The Sun. — London, England, 1841-01-04 00:00:00

i tr re- our my hey leg t of Ids, ,his r to oral 'erf :'urY ring wbo PrO• r t:` , . • EVENING EDITION selves, Household Suffrage. The Chartists are opposed to us, we admit, to a great degree, but they are mor, opposed to the Leeds Reformers. Looking at dies( elements of stipport, and looking also at the cleat and undoubted justice of our cause, and of the cer tai❑ benefits of abolition, while many persons are convinced neither of the justice nor of the expedi ency of the reform advocated at Leeds, we are de cidedly of opinion that there is a much better pros pect of obtaining the total and immediate abolition of the Corn-law from the present Parliament than the great organic changes recommended by our friends. On these grounds, as a question of prudence, we recommend all democratic Reformers to throw aside for the moment all other objects, and unite all their exertions for the abolition. The Leeds Times asks, " allowing that we do lay aside for a time all other schemes and projects, and zealously endeavour to carry the abolition of Corn-laws, we would just ask, whether there be the slightest probability of success ?" We answer a great probability. The question, since last Ses sion, has made immense progress in the country. A flood of light has been poured on it by new facts, and by the evidence of Mr. J. D. HUME and Mr. WGREGOR, before the Import Duties Committee. By the diligent exertions of the Anti• Corn-law League, by their lecturers and journal, a great portion of the knowledge already possessed has been diffused through the country. Many persons in the agricultural districts begin to take a right view, and those who take a wrong one tremble for their beloved iniquity. It is impossible for the Ministers—responsible as they are for the revenue and the prosperity of the country—to resist the force of the evi dence given by their own subalterns, and of the facts which have transpired in the last year as to the averages ; and Lord WESTERN, in his recent letter to the Chelmsford Agricultural Assnciation, hints that Ministers may propose the abolition. We may look, therefore, for considerable support from their, in spite of Lord MELBOURNE'S unfortunate de claration. Already, too, the materials for the agi. tation of this question are in operation; day by day the evils of the law are made known by the great sufferings of some one class, or the departure of some one branch of trade ; and we are decidedly of opinion that, with this additional evidence, and with the scheme of agitation already on foot, the abolition may be wrung even during the next Ses• sion, from the Parliament as now constituted. Certainly to accomplish this, the democratic Re formers must repudiate all other measures. They ought to frown down any man in their ranks who should propose to struggle for anything else till abolition be achieved ? They must at the same time take the broadest ground, and shrink not from any of the consequences of their principles. Hitherto this great question has been too little debated on the grand and comprehensive principles of free trade, and of denying in lobo the right of the 'Legislature to tax any one class for the benefit of another, which lie at the bottom of our demands. It has been too much treated as a matter of trade, and too little as a great moral and political question. More has been said of the dimi nution of the masters' profit than of the curtailment of the labourer's wages, while the enormous horror that this murderous law annually puts multitudes of the lower classes to death by the slow and painful pro cess of starvation, has been almost kept out of sight. Little or nothing has been done, at least not enough, to make the labourers see and feel that this concerns them, while a great deal has been done, both by our friends and our opponents, to convince them that the masters only will be benefited. Make them know and feel that not only their wages, their comforts, their little luxuries, but their very existence, and the existence of their wives and little ones, depends on the abolition of the Corn-law, and they will join, we believe, in the demand for that a s cordially as they ever exerted themselves to obtain the Charter. The Abolitionists are already powerful in Parliament, and powerful out of Parliament. They have truth, justice, and morality on their side ; and we have a thorough confidence that they must prevail. Our hearty advocacy of this course, and of this cause, is dictated by no wish to found an association or place our "by urgent and repeated remon strances," at the head of a movement, but from a sincere and well-weighed conviction that no othe r measure would tend so much to make the bulk of the people prosperous, and restore internal tran quillity, or so much elevate the national morality, and improve our political system, as the abolition of the aristocrats' tax on the poor man's food, be cause that is an immoral, unrighteous tax, which violates the first principle of society—the principle of mutual and equal protection. Our approbation to the proceedings of the De putation of the Anti-Corn-law League at Walsall was given on the supposition that those gentlemen were quite sure of returning a right man. When the first statement reached us it was announced that Mr. FOSTER, Jun., was sure of success, and we cannot conceive a man being a Tory and a hearty Corn-law Abolitionist. Now it appears that Mr. FOSTER declines to stand, that the League are not prepared with a candidate, that they have to send about and propose one who has no local connection with the borough. Their interference can only be justified by success, and if their interference should lead to letting in a Tory and a Pro-Corn-law man, they will do as much mischief to their cause as we anticipated benefit from a Member being elected by their instrumentality, to carry out their principles. Now that they have begun they must spare no ex ertion to succeed, on pain of being generally con demned. The approaching Session of Parliament is looked forward to with more indifference, than any Session we remember for many years. There seems to be no hope on any side. Nothing is expected from Parliament. An excellent opportunity is thus afforded to the leaders of both parties, to show how much superior they are to popular clamour ; and that, though deaf to its demands, it is no sooner stilled, than they devote their energies to promote the public welfare. We should rejoice to see Ministers propose the modification, if not the aboli tion, of the Corn-laws ; and rejoice to see the Op position take up the import duties, and propose the assimilation of the duties on colonial and foreign sugar, and on Canadian and Norway timber. Sir ROBERT INGLIS may earn for himself great popu larity, by moving for the abolition of the Eccle siastical Courts ; and Mr. HAWES may win back public favour, by removing some of the nonsensical restrictions of the Police Act. There is plenty of work for the Members if they wish to benefit tke public ; and unless they make some exertions to keep alive attention, Parliament may die of that most fatal of all diseases for public authority, public contempt. The Members will not be able to find a single excuse, we believe, in being assailed from without ; they will be allowed, unawed, and probably almost unasked, to pursue their own course ; they will have a full opportunity of doi►►g what is right, and if they neglect it the blame and the responsibility will belong to them. The Paris Papers of Friday and Saturday have been duly received. The iVioniteur of Saturday is filled with the New Year's day Addresses, pre sented, according to immemorial usage, to the King of the FRENCH. Copies of these addresses, and NOTICE. " THE CHINA SUN" IS OUT OF PRINT. But will be Re-published in a short time, with the NEXT NEWS from CHINA, which is daily expected. 24 .B ---Parties sending Orders for the Map will 'eceive it with the Latest News, on the day of he arrival of the Overland Despatch from India and China. 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The 1, ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. tiProud pre-eminence acquired at this Theatre by the supe oritv of the pantomimicaf effects, is more than ever realized brilli ant amasing hit of the Royal Pantomime. The most overflows have been attracted by p the resent Per formances THIS EVENING, JAN. 4, Will be represented a New D omes ti c Dra m a, entitled MARTHA WILLIS, THE NIAID SERVANT. Martha Willis, Mrs. Henry Vining. '',uPperted by the entire strength of the Company, will be repeated the Grand Traditionary Pantomime, entitled 4,4It LE QUIN AND MY LADY LEE ; OR , GOOSEY ' 4 NDER AND THE SPELL-BOUND GOSLINGS. „4 which t h e unrivalled Artistes, tl e Bolouo Family; Mr. ( ,out hby, the O r i g i nal Cloqrn ; Miss Sharpe, Columbine ; and fte . ast enishingGyronastique, Signior Felix Carlo, from Fran- Grand at Paris, will erform : concluding with Brunning's a nd Dioramic s yno psis of Syria. eornlng ...... 9 ll°ll VVATER 111IDGE TOMORROW. walkutes after ' ll Eveling minutes after Le. - - he Publication of t e F.voning Edition of Tnz Sun cora• meneed at '2O minutes after Three. ' 41:41, Zzeotti.. t r iil)g Itlai, LONDON: MONDAY, JANUARY 4, Ih4l. The Leeds Times on the 26th ult., included 7'4 'Sun amon gs t t h ose J ourna l s w hi c h are favour -I,le t° the new movement of the Leeds Reform Association. Certainly we have given circulation to its m anifestoes, and we have on all occasions ad- I, ocated most of the principles of that Association, but we have never been inclined warmly to recorn tn. end its present agitation, as that which ought trurnediately to engage public attention. Seeing l'he Sun thus connected with the Association, we to ok an opportunity last Wednesday to re-state our !. ft en avowed preference for Anti-Corn-law agita kiwi to every other, at the same time implying that . Re did not aspire to:lead the democratic Reformers, by declaring that we would zealously forward that particular reform which they might unite to pro cure. Our remarks are quoted by the Leeds Times, of January 2d, as a proof that there is " a wish on the part of the Anti-Corn-law leaders to check the agitation lately commenced in Leeds." We think it right and prope r thetef ore , to exonerate a ll Anti-Corn !kw leader s from the suspicion which our words are qequoted t o j ust i fy, by declaring that they were the spon taneous suggestion of our own minds, and came less not from any Anti-Cern-law leaders, and were far dictated by a wish to check the agitation at Leeds than to induce all democratic Reformers to U nite in th e pursuit of some one object, the best being' in Our opinion, the abolition of the Corn aw• They were meant to preserve and to vindi cate th e, co ns i stency of The Sun from the charge Mplied, as we thought, in the language of the Leeds Tenses, and not intended to show any hostility to the Leeds Reformers. At the same time, as our opinion has been called in question, we will re-state, and endeavour to con firm it. If the people, we have always been of i ci Phlinti, cannot obtain the abolition of the Corn law in spi te of the aristocracy, and however the Le gislature may be composed, neither can they obtain a ny larger reform in the Legislature itself, in order t ° effect, amongst other things, the abolition of the Corn -law. The House of Lords, to begin with, will be more opposed to the Leeds Association th an to the abolition. Earl FITZWILLIAM, that ca ndid nobleman, the Earl of RADNOR, distin guished for his uprightness, Lord BROUGHAM, remarkable for his eloquence and the far reach of his thought, with several other Peers of great wealth and power, are favourable to the repeal of the Corn -law ; but we question whether one of them would go the whole length of the Leeds As sociation. Next, every one of the present Minis teTB would strenuously resist the demands of the As sociation, while several of them are favourable to a t, l arge modifi cat i on of the Corn-law, and would become advocates of its abolition, with very little Pressure. Thirdly, there is a much larger number of Members of the House of Commons favourable to the heimboliti on of time Corn-law than to any point by the Leeds Association, except the Bal lot. All the Members who oppose the abolition N'vutt a id oppos e st ill more strenuously Household tii Bir age- Fourthly, of the great public a large Majority of the electors, including of course the agricultural districts, are decidedly hostile to the Principles of the Leeds Association, particularly If extended to Ireland, as witness the sophistry wh ich ha s b een so zealously propounded by the Leeds Mercury. At the same time a majority of the electors, we believe, considering the large c;ousti tuencies w hi c h M r. V ILLIERS ' f o llowers represent, are favourable to the abolition. A very ‘:Msiderable number also, of the working-classes z ealous for the repeal of the Corn-law, while 'Aratively few of them trouble themselves about T H E SUN. L the KING's answers to them, will be found in another part of The Sun. We find much to ad mire in the KING'S answers to the Addresses of the Chambers and the Diplomatic body. They confirm all that we before heard of his MAJESTY'S unalterable desire to maintain the peace of Europe. " The real good of France," said the KING, ad dressing the Deputies, " does not consist in con quests, or in glory too dearly purchased at the price of our blood and our treasure. War should not be undertaken except when the public interest renders it a rigorous duty. At present we have the hope that the long career of peace, which we have gone through so honourably, will not be interrupted ; but, on the contrary, will be continued, without the country having anything to regret, either for its honour or dignity. It will always have reason to he proud of having preserved mankind from the dangers and evils of a general war. We have given to history sufficient monuments of our glory to have a right to add to our trophies that which is not less glorious—that of being the guarantees of the peace of the world and the repose of mankind." These noble sentiments, so worthy of the KING and of France, were delivered in a firm voice, and were responded to with loud cheers and cries of Vive le Roi 1" by the assembled Deputies. To the Diplomatic body the KING addressed himself in the same pacific spirit. " You know the value," observed his MAJESTY, addressing the Ambassa dors, " which I have never ceased to attach to the duration of the political repose enjoyed by Europe, and to the maintenance of the general peace. Con vinced as I am that this state of things is alike the interest of France and of all other States, nothing shall relax my efforts to co-operate with all the Sovereigns for the preservation of this great bless ing to our nation ; and I hope with you that in the year which has just opened to us, the wisdom of the Cabinets will effect its consolidation." May these wise and patriotic sentiments find an echo in the heart of enlightened France I The French journals, after the fashion of the English, indulge in retrospective views of the pro gress of France during the last year. These, of course, take the hue of the medium through which they are viewed. But for her policy on the Eastern question, the past year would have acquired a dis tinguished place in the annals of France. Even yet it is in the power of France, by resuming amicable relations with the Great Powers, to re- trieve many of the errors consequent upon an ad• herence to the mistaken policy of isolation vvhicl M. TIIIERS forced upon her. There is no political news of the slightest in, terest in these journals. The Courrier Francais persists in maintaining that Count MOLE is on the eve of resuming office as chief of the Cabinet. The following summary of Oriental news is from the Austrian Observer of the 26th ult., copied into the Paris papers of Saturday : On the 2d ult. the Ottoman Porte notified to the corps diplomatique the raising of the blockade of the Syrian harbour, occupied by the troops of the Sultan. On the 21st of November, after Ibrahim bad evacuated his camp of Zahle, the Emir Bcchir immediately occupied the posi tions abandoned by the Egyptians, and received the sub mission of the chicks of Celesyria. The united Egyptian garrisons of Northern Syria, under Aehmet Pacha, forming together a corps of 20,000 men, well provided with artil lery, had marched from Aleppo to Damascus, in ardor to join Ibrahim. On the 26th, the Turkish Com mander-in-Chief, on hearing that the latter was preparing to effect his retreat across the desert, detached several corps to observe his movements and at the same time to protect the inhabitants of the southern pachalics, who had made their submission to the Sultan. A brigade of the Imperial Guard was sent to Jaffa for the purpose, and other troops had been stationed at Jerusalem and Gaza. The Egytian garrison evacuated Aleppo on the 20th, and the whole army was to have commenced its retro grade movement from Damaseus on the 30th of Novem b, r. Ibrahim had still 130 pieces of artillery. He ex pected to reach El Arish on the 18th of December. "M. Cailler, Aide-de• Camp of the Minister of Wirt, left Paris yesterday," says the Moniteur Parisien, " for Toulon, on his way to Africa on an important mission." A dinner was given on Wednesday at the Pavillon Henri IV., St. Germain- en-Laye, by the officers of the Belle Poule and Favorite, to their Commander, the Prince de Joinville. Toasts were drunk to the health of the King, the Royal Family, the Prince, the Navy, &c. His Royal Highness, on taking leave of his comrades, who were to pursue their way next morning to Havre, promised to join them on board ere long. M. de Bruhl, Extraordinary Envoy of Prussia to the Holy See, arrived at Rome on the 19th ult. He was said to be charged with an important mission, and to have re ceived a carte blanche to settle amicably the affair of the Archbishop of Cologne. A letter from Leghorn of the 21st announces the arri val in that harbour, on the preceding day, of the ex- Re gent of Spain, Maria Christina. The Duke of Lucca immediately waited on her Majesty, and the Grand Duke of Tuscany was expected from Florence. The Madrid Journals received are of the 25th ult. 011 the previous day a grand funeral service was performed in the Church of St. Isidore, for the repose of the souls of the soldiers of the Constitutional Army, killed in the battle of Lu chana in 1836. In a letter from Corunna, of the 19th ult., it was stated, that an English steame r had on that morning entered the harbour, on fire, and that the Captain refused any assistance to ex tinguish it. The English Consul at once ordered him to be arrested, which was done. The vessel w as still burning when the letter was written, Five per Cents. Active, were 2Si for cash on the previous day. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, SUNDAY.—Her Majesty and Prince Al bert and the Royal Household attended Divine Ser. vice this morning in the private chapel in the Castle. The Rev. Dr. Short, Deputy Clerk of the Closet in Waiting, officiated, assisted by the Rev. Isaac Gosset. Dr. Short preached, taking his text from Galatians, chap 4, verse 6. The Rev. Dr. Short will have the honour of dining at the Castle this evening. The Queen and Prince Albert were prevented from walking this morning by the weather. His Royal Highness walked on the slopes this afternoon. Yesterday her Majesty and Prince Albert walked on the terrace in the morning, and in the afternoon his Royal Highness drove her Majesty out in a pony phaeton, attended by Mr. Rich and Capt. Seymour. Lord and Lady Kinnaird and Mr. and the Hon. Mrs. G. E. Anson joined the Royal Circle at the Castle at dinner last evening. Her Majesty commanded the Lord Steward to dis tribute the same liberal allowance to the poor on the New Year's Day as on Christmas Day. Mr. Wood, Chairman of the Excise, and Colonel Maberley, Secretary to the Postmaster-General, had iu terviews with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on Sa turday, at his official residence in Downing•strect. Mr. F. Martin had an interview with Lord John Russell on Saturday, at the Colonial-office. Captain Grey, Governor of South Australia, left town on Saturday for that colony. The French Charge d'Affaires has left town for Broadlands. Despatches were received yesterday at the Colonial office from the Governor of the Cape of Good hope, and also from the Governor of the West India Colonies. Lady Newborough was confined on Thursda last at Glynnllior Castle near Carnarvon with a son and h e ir. The auspicious event gave rise to a manifestation of rejoicing unusual in that retired part of Wales. Cannon was fired, and all the craft in the harbour displayed their different flags. In the evening Carnarvon was partially illuminated. His Lordship, who resides the greater part o f th e year at the above seat, is deservedly respected by his neighbours, and from that circumstance the display of good feeling towards the noble family of Wynn was more than ordinarily enthusiastic on that joyous occasion. Viscountess Milton was safely delivered of a son at Milton House, near Peterborough, the seat of Earl Fitzwilliam, on Saturday week. We understand her lady. ship and intent are going on very favourably. SUICIDE OF AN ACTOR.-011 Saturday even. ing an inquest was held at Guy's Hospital on view of the body of William Robert Williamson, aged 33. It appeared from the evidence of the several witnesses that the de ceased was formerly an actor at the cast end of the metro polis. On Thursday evening he took a large quantity of laudanum at the house of his mother-in-law, No. 6, Rus sell-court, Bermondsey. He was afterwards removed to the above hospital, where he expired the same night. No cause was assigned for the rash act. Verdict, " Tempo rary insanity." AUGSBURG, DEC. 30.—We have received a detailed account of the wreck of the Seri Pardas steamer ; this report is given by a German gentleman who was on board, and disproves the rep ort s p read at Trieste that the crew had mutinied. It was the crews of two Turkish transports that mutinied at sea, ~ .~ DON, MONDAY, JANUARY 4, 1841. WALSALL ELECTION. We are informed by an eye-witness of, and active agent in, the proceedings of this borough during the past week, that Mr. J. B. Smith has already attained a very promising position. The change of candidates (Smith for Lyttelton) is decidedly favourable to the chances of defeating Mr. Gladstone, inasmuch as that :1 Mr. Liyttelton had gone to the - poll a considerable number of the Anti-Corn-law electors would have been but indifferent or lukewarm in his behalf, if not altogether opposed to him. There are strong complaiuts of the fact that an inexperienced young man, without a definite opinion upon so all-important a question to a manufac turing community like Walsall, as the Corn-laws, should have been sent to fight the battle (the electors did rot invite Mr. Lyttleton.) It is understood that Dr. ILwring would, in the first instance, have willingly fought the battle. Why, then, was not the Doctor, or such a man, originally ,ffered to the electors, instead of this young cornet ? We are enabled to correct _several of our Contemporaries with regard to the assertion that the interference of the Anti Corn-law League alone dismissed Mr.Lyttelton from the fidd. Before the arrival of the League's Delegates in in Walsall, several electors had seceded from Mr. Lyttel ton upon the discovery (elicited by their own questions) that he would not plede himself to vote for the repeal ul the Corn-laws. We earnestly hope Mr.Snaith will pro ceed. At all events we trust the Liberal electors of Walsall are fully alive to the fortunate honour which, if they triumph, will be theirs, in returning the talented President of the National Anti-Corn-law League, and of the first Chamber of Commerce in the world. THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. In addition to the supply of Wheat by land carriage samples last week, part of which remained unsold, we had a fair fresh arrival, making the largest show which we have had this season. A reduction took place of Is. to 2s. per quarter. Foreign was held on the same terms, but the trade was very flat. A large accumula tion of barley caused a reduction of Is. to 2s. per quarter on that article, and beans were Is. cheaper. Peas unal- tered i►► value, owing to the sharp. Oats rather lower. PRICES ON rost having set in again very , AltD OF SFIP, Wheat,Red (old) —s. —s. Beans, Small ,new) 434.455. --.- White (old) —v. s. (old) ...... ... 45 - 48r. Red 1840) .. ..... 525. 544. ---s— Tick (new) 37. 39,. --- Fine 5:.5.574. (old) 43..445. Superfine ...... sli , s. 635. Harrow (new) 404.418. --- White (1844 )....545. 5 is. --- Fine 4 - 01. ais. Brank —.— Siverthic 6iB. 704. Oats, Feed -----. Forel lin free 514. :Os. New ............. 204.23.. nye 3 34 . 40 4 Poland —s.—s. Barley 2.iB. 578. New 25:.28.. Grinding • 63 28s Potatoe —s ,— s, Malting 325. 575. Molt Ms, 60s, Scotch 27s. 30s, -- Fine New 6•25. 635. Irish 18s. ... 215.241. Pease, Grey, New Ts. 38s. Flour Town (per sack).... 505 . 55 5. Maple New, 40, 41s. -- Seconds 465. 48s, White 345. als. -.....- Nerth Country.... 45s 46i. Boilers 375.384. Bran lts 12. ARRIVALS OF GRAIN IN LONDON DURING LAST WEEK. \ Wheat, Barley. Oats. Flour English Irish — -- 3,t27 Foreign — -- 1,0.... rls SMITHFIELD MARKET. The supply and quality of the Cattle was good gene rally, and trade steady. The demand for Mutton was depressed, and prices 4d. per stone lower. In Veal there was an improvement, there being but few Calves in the market. There was but little demand for Pork. Beasts, 2,866; Sheep, 24,150; Pigs, 439; Calves, 40. Beef, 3s. 4d. to 4s. Bd. ; Mutton, 3s BJ. to 4s. Bd. ; Veal, 4s. Bd. to si. Bd. ; Pork, 3s. Bi. to ss. PROVISION MARKET. The demand for butter was steady, and prices very firm prime Irish, 1095., and the finest Dutch, 1205, per cwt. Blum dull, but firm in price ; the best 50s. to 525. per cwt. Lard very firm and looking up. HOP MARKET. The demand was only for small parcels, but prices did not give way. The supply was small. TEA MARKET. The demand was steady with a buoyant Market, and few parcels could be obtained at 21. 2d. per lb. for cash. The stock is more than equal to fifteen months' consumption, but the holders rely upon the intercourse with China being cut oil during another tea season. TALLOW MARKET. The demand for Russian Tallow was dull, and prices had a downward tendency ; 475. 61. was the quotation for P. Y. Candle on the spot. The stock is much large. than last year. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, SATURDAY.—WC have had a quilt market to-day, but prices arc steady ; sales 3,000 bags, comprising:3o Egyptians 10/d. a told. ; 20 Maranhams, 8/d. ;80 Babias, 81d. to Bi-d. ; and 200 Surats ‘1,1.1.. to sd. Accounts from Madrid, of the 221 December, state that the Portuguese Cortes were to be convoked early in January. We have received the Journal of Antwerp of yester day's date. BOURSE OF AMSTERDAM, JAN. I.—Business was less animated in the National Fund?, but the prices in general were firm. In Ardoin's Spanish a good deal was done ; they openeal at 224, and remained at 224 3-16th i; Russian Lcan Four per Cents., 864. PRIVY COUNCIL-(THIS DAY). IN RE WOOD OF GLOUCESTER. The arguments in this case, which were appointed for this day, have been postponed till February. CRIMINAL COURT-(THIS DAY.) OLD COURT. The January Sessions of the above Court commenced this day, at the Court House in the Old Bailey, before the Right Hon. the Lori Mayor, the Recorder, the Sheriffs, Alderman Sir George Carroll, the Under Sheriffs, and the usual civic authorities. The Grand Jury having been sworn, The RECORDER proceeded to address them ; after stat ing that although the calendar contained a smaller number of offences than usual, yet that some of them were of a serious character, he proceeded to draw attention to one case, in which a party was accused of the offence of ex torting money by threatening to accuse the prosecutor of an attempt to commit an infamous crime. Now, on read ing over the depositions, it appeared to him that the prosecutor had given the party accused the money more with a view of obtaining his conviction than through actual fear of his threats—it did not appear that the money had been actually extorted by fear, bat it had been parted with under an apprehension that the character of the party would be affected by the accu ,tations threatened to be brought against him, but that it had been given in concert with the officer purel.y with a view of apprehending and convicting the party ; therefore he was of opinion that the case did not fall under the pro visions of the statute of 1 Victoria, cap. 8, sec. 4; but by the Act 7 and 8 Geo. IV., cap. 29, a party sending threatening letters accusing any party of the commission of an infamous abominable offence was liable to punish ment as guilty of felony ; and to constitute the offence under the provision of the Act of Geo. IV. it was sufficient to prove that threatening letters had been sent—in that the offence consisted, and it was not necessary to constitute the offence that money should have been actually extorted. It therefore the letters set forth in the depositions, and which would be produced before them, could be clearly proved to be the handwriting of the party accused, and it should be Shown to their satisfaction that he was the party sending such letters, then he would advise them to put the case into the course of further investigation before Petty Jury. There were other cases of serious offences in the calendar, but as none of them involved any question of law, he did not consider himself called upon to detain them longer from the performance of those important duties which devolved upon them. The Grand Jur) then retired. The calendar contains the names of 138 prisoners. LLO YD'S SHIPPIN G.-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, JAN. 4.—lt blew a most violent gale yesterday morning, with heavy rain and hail, accompanied with much lightning and heavy thunder. The storm at about 7A. U. was at its height, but at half-past seven it suddenty lulled, Ind gave place t• fine clear weather, with the sun shining in great splendour. At ten, dark heavy clouds with rain rolled from the West, and with a moderate gale, and again • cleared up at noon, and at 4 P. sr. the wind chopped round to the northward, and it turned immediately to a sharp frost, and continued throughout the night. Wind this day at noon, moderate breezes, from N. N. W. to S.W., and a hard frost. DIAL, JAN. 3.—Wind N.W., moderate.—Arrived the Globe, Barlow, from Singapore; Havannah, Grierson, Havannah ; New City of Cork, Barrett, Trinidad; Ann 11 Kenzie, Simpson, North America ; Indus, Jobline, Quebec; Pliceoix,Batavia; George Fyfe, Pike, Singapore; Roberts, Eider, Calcutta ; Liverpool, Potter, Para ; Sir John Franklin, Benthwick, R,o Janiero; New Times, Africa ; Catherine Boland, Wylie, do. ; John Forrest, Ja maica; Huzza, Hull, Prince Edward's Island; Jane, Nicholson, Quebec; Dart, Airth, Madeira; Apollo, Quebec; Is..bella, do.; England, do. ; Queen, do. ; Brown, Johns, do. ; Mariner, Honduras; Joseph Wheeler, Jamaica; Stafbrd, (barque) Mauritius; Toronto, Mon treal. Sailed the outward bound. A vessel, apparently a schooner, bottom up, one bright and one white mast alongside, with several small spars, was passed on the 21 ult. in lat. 45, lon. 39, by the Vigilant, Liverpool, arrived acre. The Queen arrived, hero from Quebec, encoun . tered a hurricane on the 15th of November, and lost sails, &c. The Indus, arrived here from Quebec, passed a brig water logged, on the 23J ult., but could render no assist ance. Arrived the Vigilant, Spence, Dalhousie. MARGATE, JAN. 3,—Off port the Sir William Collings, Avery, from Monte Video; Orbit, Robinson, Quebe ; Resulution, Carter, ditto. Cowes, JAN. 2.—Arrived the Albion, Harrison, from St. John's, New Brunswick ; William and Alfred, Cal derwell, Havannah ; Theodore Kerner, Bringsman, Ba tavia; Margaret, Prest, Porto Rico. The Hamburg h schooner Eleanor, in ballast, was run down off the Wight on the 31st ultimo, by the Prince Albert. FALMOUTH, JAN. I.—Wind N. W., fresh breezes. 2. N. to N. W., ditto,—Arrived the Pigeon packet, from the West Indies—left St. Thomas's 23d November, Porto Rico 24th, and Cape Hayti 27th. Off port, the Ann and Margaret, Romilly, Camp' o BRISTOL, JAN. :,.—It blew a very heavy gale last night from W. to N. W.—Ariived the William the Fourth, from Newfoundland ; Mary, Honduras ; Ajaz, Mirimachi ; Alexander Thompson, Calcutta. SWANSEA, JAN. I.—Arrived Andria, Hillstrom, from Valparaiso ; Mary Ray, Norman, Cuba ; %mote, Jackson, d tto. CLYDE, JAN. I.—Arrived the Merlin, Thompson, from Calcutta ; Sarah Bauford, Evans, St. John's, N. B. ; Belle Barbara, Baron, Ilalifax. RAMSGATE, JAN. 3.—The Sarah Elizabeth, Davison, from Sydney to London, has been supplied with two an chors and chains, and is now riding in the Downs. It has blown a strong breeze all day from S. W. to N.E., with heavy squalls. WHITSTABLE, JAN. 3.—A schooner, name unknown, is on shore on the Nic Sand, and expected to be got off on the flood, and brought in here. It has blown a gale this morning at S. W., but since veered to N. by W. 4P. M [Vowing bard. SHEERNESS, JAN. 3.—A ship, supposed an American liner, is on shore on the Nore Sand. Assistance has been sent. YARMOUTH, JAN. 3.—lt blew a gale at W. early this morning, and at daylight the Lavinia, of Guernsey, was on the Cross Sand. She has since been gut off, with loss of rudder and leaky. DARTMOUTH, JAN. 2.—The Dcveron, of Glasgow, timber laden was fallen in with, abandoned, and loss of rudder, in lat. 45, long. 43, by the Eleanor, Bruel, of Newcastle, from Saguenay. The mate and three of the crew of the latter were put on board, and brought her in here to-day. Arrived the Hannah, late Tucker, Laguina, with damage, and must discharge. PORTSMOUTH, JAN. 3.—The Zephyr, of Newcastle, from Quebec, waterlogged and abandoned, was passed on the 18th ult. in lat. 45, long. 30, by the Evergreen, tinny, arrived here. POOLE, JAN. 2.—Arrived the Love and Unity, New foundland ; George, ditto. The Helene, Breckwaldt, was run down on the 31st ult., by the Prince Albert— crew saved. Gummy, DEC. 31.—The Veritas, Peck, which ar rived here on the 28th inst., from London, was discovered to be on fire the following morning. The cabin, deck, stern, and several timbers were burnt. The masts were cut away. The mate was burnt to death. The Julia, Hankin,....which sailed hence on the 28th inst., has put back with loss of topmasts. Arrived the Dolphin, Dupre, Newfoundland. PLYMOUTH, JAN. 3. —Wind W. N. W., strong breeze.— Arrived the Steadfast, 'falloch, from Quebec Eleanore, Bruce, Llguna. Off port the Pomona. NEw YORK.—The Quentin, Leitch, from Quebec, wss tallen in with the 27th ult., abandoned, loss of rudder, and three feet water in her hold, by the Eleanor, ar rived here. LIVERPOOL, JAN. 3.—Wind W. N. W., fresh.—Arrived the Pilgrim, from Sydney, Naw South Wales. Jaw. 2. —The Hankinson and Robert were wrecked at Bruen pre vicas to 28th ult., the former going in and the latter on the Bar going out. A barge and a brig were sceu on shore on Goose Island 30th November, caused by the ice. A timber-laden ship, burnt to the water's edge, was passed the sth ult., lat. 45, lon. 30, by the Chevalier, Knight, arrived here. The Diligent, from Cuba to London, was run on shore, in a sinking state, at St. Michael's the 18:h ult., and it was expected would become a total wreck. Arrived the Calcutta, Gibson, front Bombay ; Blakely, Snipe, china; Wm. Ackers, field, Porto Cabello ; Oporto, Pearce, Tobasco and Nassau Union, M‘lntyre, Demersra •' James Hunt, .St , :wart, Berbice ; Zorilda , Jamaica • Providence, Nicol, Nassau ; Bowditch , Crewel! , New Orleans ; Hope, ditto: Nicholas, Biddle ; Mobile, Monticello, Lawton, Savannah; Triumph, Armstrong, Boston. VESSELS SPOKEN WITII.-The Exile, from Corunna to Plymouth, with mainsail split, lat. 49, lon. 8, by the Ariel, arrived at Falmouth. Tyne, London to Honduras, Nov. 10, lat. 17, lon. 68; Isaac Newton, Liverpool to New Orleans, 20th, lat. 26, 33 ; Hope, Quebec to Glou cester, 251 h ult., lat. 50, lon. 10, by the Helen, Hamil ton, arrived at. Liverpool. Nicholas Biddle, Mobile to Liverpool, 19th ult., lat. 45, lon. 28, by the Diadem, Mit chell, arrived at Liverpool. Acadia, Liverpool to Halifax and Boston, 9th ult., lat. 50, lon. 21 ; Prince Albert, bound to Cork, 25th ult. ; Emerald, 29th, off Cork, by the Ganges, Blyth, arrived at Cork. Fame, Boston to Smyrna, Oct. 21, lat. 42, lon. 53, by the Eupheinia, Cooper, arrivod at Newfoundland. Olivia, Oct. 16,1 at. 16 N., and Lach, London to Mauritius, by the Roberts, Elder, arrived at St. Helena. DEATH OE LADY HERVEY BATHURST.- We ha-:e to record, after a short illness, the demise of the above highly respected lady, which took place en Wednes day last at Clarendon Park, Wilts. Her late Ladyship, who was eldest daughter and co-heiress of the late Mr. Walter Smythe, was born 10th June, 1810, and married 14th May, 1832, Sir Frederick Hutchinson Harvey Ba. thurit, Bart., by whom she leaves issue a son and a daughter. Sir Frederick, it is ❑eedless to say, is inconsolable at his domestic bereavement. yV FIRE IN BLOOMSBURY.—FATAL ACCI DENT.—At 12 o'clock on Saturday night a fire broke out in the upper part of the house of Mr. llibon, tobacconist, No. 50, Museum-stieet, Bloomsbury. Shortly after 12 o'clock the whole contents of the upper floors were des troyed. The fire originated in the attics, occupied by a person named Martin, a bookbinder, whose property is all consumed. A fatal accident happened to the tire-et:cape man, under the the following circumstances:—lt appeared that after the fire was extinguished the unfortunate man ascended to the upper part of the house, and afterwards dropped himself into the canvas, but whether from its thin texture or want of proper fastening to the wooden frame. or from some other circumstance, the unfortunate man was precipitated to the pavement, and the back part of his head completely smashed. Ile was conveyed to the North London Hospital, but death terminated his suf ferings aboug two o'clock yesterday mornin4, The G elle! al Steam Navigation Company's vessel the Lord Melville, Phillips, from Scheveningen, ar rival off the Custom House at I I o'clock, on Saturday , with the Dutch mail, LITERATURE. THE KNIGHTAGE OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND. Churton, London. This will be found a very useful companion to the " Peerage and Baronetage." It is beautifully printed, and co n t a i ns a num b er o f e l egant cuts, illustrative of the different orders, banners, crosses, &c., carried by the knights, together with a short biographical account of each. The following is a specimen : °TWAY, VICE-ADMIRAL SIR ROBERT WALLER, BART., was Lieutenant of the Impregnable in Howe's action ; captured when commanding the Thorn sloop, after a well contested engagement, in which he was wounded, by the Courier, French corvette of sup er i or force ; served in the West Indies, and in the expedi tion to Copenhagen. This gallant officer is stated to have been more than a hundred times in action. He is second son of the late Cooke Otway, Esq., of Castle Otway, county Tipperary, was born in 17712, and married in Isol, Clementine, daughter and c::)-heir of Admiral Holloway, by whom he has several children. Arms —Arg. a pile sa. a chev. countercharged. THL FUNDS. The British Market opened this morning rather firmer than it left ; off on Saturday, at 891 for the Account, no doubt in consequence of the King of the French's rt - ply to the various Addresses to him on the day of the new year, which were of a very pacific nature. Afterwards Consols were not quite so good, and may be quoted now at 891, the leaving off price of Saturday. Exchequer Bills, 4 6 prem. ; Bank Stock, 157 158 ; India Stock, 238 239. In the Foreign Market Spanish Active, which left off on Saturday at 248 251, is a shade lower, and may be quoted 24:1 258 ; Deterred 121 13 ; Passive 6i ; Por tuguese same as they left off, 321 ; Three por Cents.. 1101 ; Colombian 231 241 ; Mexican the same , 28 1 291 ; Brazilian, 701 711 ; Chilian, 56 60 ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 49i. Sum:vs.—Great Western, 261 271 preen. ; New, 12 13 t rem. ; London and Brighton, 6 5 die. ; Blackwell, 41 4 dia. ; Birmingham, 82 84 prem. ; Southampton, 57 58 per share ; Croydon, 1 9 1 per share ; Greenwich, 8 9 pershare ; and Manchesterßirmingham, dis.S o uth-Eastern Do , .. .. PRICES OF SIIARES THIS DAY AT ONE. RAILWAYS. Paid, Per Share. Birmingham and Derby Bristol and Exeter 60 ...... 38 Great North of England ... ..... 70 ___ Great Western Ditto New .. - Ditto Fifths London and Brighton London and Blackwall London and Greenwich ..... ...... 2.0 . ..... _Bl • to London and South Western London and Croydon (Trunk) 13}...... 12A...... to North Midland Ditto New iork and North Midland lIALF-PAST ONE, Consols may be quoted at present at 89i, have been 891, for Account ; Exchequer Bills improved to 8 prem., Small 7 9 prem. ; Bauk Stock nothing done; India Bonds 14 10 dig. la the Foreign Market Spanish Active not so good as in the early part of the morning, when they were 2.5 ii ; at present 244 ; Portuguese 32} ; Russian 113 ; Brazilian, 71 ; Colombian 231-. In the Dutch Funds nothing doing to the present time. A good deal has been doing in the Share Market in the course of the morning at advanced prices. Birming li:m and Derby 76 ; Bristol and Exeter 37}; Great North of England 511 ; Great Western 9•21-1. ; New 63 ; Fifths 171 ; London and Brighton 43i ; Blackwall 181 ; Greenwich ; South Western 57 2 1 ; Croydon 114 ; North Midland 81 ; New 30:t ; York and North Midland 69. About four o'clock yesterday morning the thunder storm passed over Walsall, Wolverhampton, and other places in that quarter. It was equally terrific as in London. The lightning struck the spire of Wolver hampton Church and injured it considerably. THE WEATHER IN CORNWALL.—During o the past week this county has been visited b y heav y falls f snow, so much so as to render travelling impossible in settle places where it has drifted ; the frost has also been very severe, End strong north-east winds prevailing. Such inclement weather for the p roverbiall y mild temperature of Penzance and west Corn wall g ener ally has not been known ' Is. ditto; an d sn i pes, 2d. and for many years. The Lo ndon and northern mails have been six or eight hou rs behind time . A considerable quantity of wild fowl has been shot in t he neighbourhood (ck 0 :3 t di ' . Nl es a a, r c a o r s.. i o n per, To-dayPenzance,bace; (Th &c., and sold very c h ea p— w ild 1t teal :3d the wind h as veered round, sn ow entirely gone, and all vestige of the late se vere i we ather disappeared—t he sun shinin g , W ith quite a fine summer temperature. SINGULAR FACT—BELLINGHAM, THE Mutt , DF.RER OF MR. PERCEN A ••—ln our obituary of the present week we have recorded the death of the Rev. W. Brookes, by whom a servant girl was shot in this town, in the year 1812. On this occasion we have been reminded of the striking fact, that Bellingham , who was staying in War wick at the time, was an eye-witness of the death of the unfortunate servant, and expressed the utmost horror at the act by she was destroyed. Little was it then expected by these who heard him, and perhaps as little intended by himself, that he would, even in a few days afterwards, be come the assassin of a Minister of State TVartvich Adv NEWSPAPER PROPERTY.—Or Tuesday last, at the Auction Mart, London, Mr. Surridge offered for sale the copyrights and entire interest of the following Journals, which have for some time been in th e h a nds of the Rev. Charles Eyre, of Dedham, viz --The Essex, Heels, and Kent Mercury, the Essex and Suplk Times, and the Ipswich .Express. The novelty o f t h e sa l e did not attract a large company, there not being twenty per sons in the room. Mr. Surridge, h aving described the several properties, which were offered in three lots, ob served that he hoped, as there was no reserve, he should meet with a fair and liberal competition. He next read a letter from the reverend proprietor, in which he stated that as the property was advertised to be sold without any reser vation he was determined to abide by it. The auctioneer then called on those present to make a bidding for lot 1, but he did not succeed in his appeal ; he next offered lots 2 and 3 with no better success. Mr. Surridge then said, as there did not appear to be a bidder in the room, he should be compelled to close the sale, at the same time he could not avoid expressing his disappointment at the result. He thanked the company for their attendance, and the buinen concluded.-- Chelmsford Chronicle. THE BOOK OF MOTTOES. This is a complete dictionary of mottoes borne, not only by Nobles and Baronets, but also by public companies, cities, and individuals in the middle and lower ranks of life. They are trans lated into English, with occasional notes and illus trations, and arranged in alphabetical order. When the compiler publishes a second edition he would render the book doubly valuable by giving an al phabetical list of the names also, so that the motto of any family might be found out at once. Thus, Wellington, " Virtutis fortuna comes"—Napier, " Ready, aye ready." TRANSLATION OF THE BIBLE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Siw,—As you have admitted the speech of one more counsel on the opposite side, I hope you will favour me with a last reply. To a " Latitudinarian" (a not uncourteous opponent) I would observe that I still, under correction, believe, that the operations and scope of lingual critici2m, and the experiments, and phenomena of natural science, present a difference of character pre cluding any analogy. As being honoured with an adjunct from Cambridge, I must know the names of Bentley and Porson with some subsequent ones from this and the sister Univer sity— " Much renowned in Greek," of course they have introduced considerable improve ments. But, I would risk much on the answer to the following question. Would a person who had to de rive his ethics from the direct observations of Pluto, or the interjectional, though noble ones of eEsehylus, be led into fatal errorsby versions and translations prior to these two great men ? Assuredly not. There was no such Cimmerian darkness. I have tested translations, ancient and modern, from four or five languages, living and dead, according to my humble knowledge. In some cases I have thought the old translations better ; more in the spirit of the original. In cases where they were less perspicuous and elegant than the modern, they conveyed no unsafe idea of the author's meaning. My acquaintance amongst the clergy has been with men of sound learning, of more worth than wealth. They have admitted some errors in the translation, but, considering it to be generally very faithful, have thought that the disquiet attending a new translation would be the greater evil. Had they thought other• wise, I am sure they would rather have died than have sold themselves to an unworthy purpose. Let me re mind any correspondent (whose aim I will rather think correctional than destructive) that one of the first " new translations" of " separate books" was by Lowth, Bishop of London ; which beautiful work, whilst it gives a poetic dress, makes no material difference in the sense ; let the :35th chapter be examined as a specimen. And, of inn dern criticisms and suggestions, I think a very fair por tion have come from the clergy themselves, which does not look as if they thought, or primarily cared, that their own " craft" would be endangered by letting in additional light. I made a brief allusion to the Jests. Have the most learned Jew Rabbis ever asserted that the Christian translations of their Books were materially incorrect ? Believe me, Sir, that I conscientiously dare not be an enemy to the improvement in translation. This should, however, be the work of united counsel, not of one mind, however eager ; he may do his part. Any really necessary corrections might, I think, be soon made by a Committee" fairly chosen. These might be inserted in their places in future editions, and an appendix (an extremely small number of pages) added to the present. For an entirely new translation the public mind ought to be considerably prepared. This brings me, Sir, to mention the reason of my writing to you at all. I would protect the unlearned, attached Christian from groundless un easiness. Let him believe the word of one who honestly believes himself able to speak on the subject, and who, for his own sake, would not deceive him, that he may place as much confidence in his Bible and Testament, as to all objects of information and satisfaction, as he did before persons of more reading than himself wrote on the subject in public journals, and that the few altera tions hol would find would only tend to increase his ideas of the goodness and mercy of God. I am, Sir, your's, respectfully and obliged, A CONSTANT READER, M.A. London, Jan. 1, 1841. EXCISE INFORMATION.-IMPORTANT CASE. —Mr. Benjamin Palmer, of Devizes, some time during the summer months, employed a number of poor persons to pick hawthorn leaves ; and those leaves, after undergoing a certain process, were about to be forwarded to a Mr. Neale, in London, under whose direction Mr. Palmer acted, when the Excise officers obtained a warrant, and on the 27th and 2Sth of July made seizures to the amount of upwards of 2,000 lbs. weight, and charged Mr. Palmer with manufacturing the leaves in imitation of tea, con trary to the stet. 17 Geo. 111., c. 29. Tile case came on to be heard in Devizes on Friday last before the Magistrates. Mr. Stone, of Bath, appeared for the prosecution ; Mr. Smith, of Bristol, appeared for the defendant, and Mr. Wit tey, from the office of Ur. Wall, Devizes, acted as attorney. The proceedings did not terminate till Saturday, when the case was brought to a conclusion. The information con tained various counts, but the substance of the charge against the defendant was—that on the day mentioned, he had in his possession 401 b. weight of the leaves of haw thorn ; and that such leaves were manufactured, or under going the process of manufacture, in imitatio of tea. There were two sections of the Act in question, which had been relied upon, in support of the charge. The Court were of opinion that the charge had been established under the provision of the first section, and the defendant must be convicted of having 401 b. of hawthorn leaves in his pos session, manufactured in imitation of tea, and that he had thereby incurred the penalty of 2001., which the Court ad judged him to pay accordingly. The Court were unani mously of opinion that the imitation of tea was essential to a conviction under the Act, and to that point they confined their attention in the course of inquiry. There was a se cond information; but upon its being understood that the defendant would nut seek to disturb the judgment on the first, or give the Excise any further trouble in the matter, Mr. Mayew withdrew it. A warrant, with the consent of the defendant, was then granted for burning the leaves.— Dorset Chronicle. DISTRESSING SUICIDE.—On Saturday an in quest was held at St. Bartholomew's Hospital upon the body of a married female named Wkacnmau. The husband of tke deceased having been taken in execution for twelve shillings and costs, and confined in Whitecross-strect-Pri son, she and her children were left starving at their mise rable lodging i❑ Clerkenwell-close. The poor creature was on Christmas night overcome by her misery that she cut her threat with her husband's razor. The children, who were in bed with her, being awoke by the gurgling in their mother's throat, called for assistance, and she was re moved to the Hospital, where she died on Ft iday morning, The jury returned a verdict of " Temporary insanity." THF: MANCHESTER AND LEEDS RAILWAY —This railway was opened throughout (with the excep tion of the Summit Tunnel) on Thursday last, the 31st ult. ; and we are glad to learn, from two reports of the en gineers, dated the `2lst and 29th ult., that the failure of the inverted arch, in a portion of the tunnel, is likely to prove less serious than was at first apprehended, both as regards the expense of repairing it, and the time which will be lost thereby. It is now expected that the defective work will be finished early in the month of February, and that the cost will not exceed 3,0004 The open. ing of the line has strikingly verified the anticipations of the Directors. It appears on reference to their re port of the 17th Sept. 183 S, it was therein stated, that " during the present year the entire line may be expected to be in the course of execution, and it is hoped should nothing unforeseen occur, will be opened to the public within the year 1840." Considering how diffi cult it is to state, so long beforehand, the probable period when works of even ordinary magnitude may be completed , this affords an extraordinary instance of the literal fulfil ment of the expectations held out by Directors to their Proprietors ; and it appears the more remarkable, when the gigantic character of the works in questio n is , t ,",7' into account—the difficulties in which were pronounsea dt y many to be insuperable.—illanchester Guardia.n. g New BRUSSELS, JAN. 2. —Yesterday i n 'e, c il rl - received Year's Day, their Majesties the King and Body,t2e the Great t successively the Ministers, the Din Dutch Government' Public Bodies, the Civil and M ilitary, ption began at noon lo : i c A a t o ' th o r , and tho ' The Dutch on ships arriving at persons presented at Court. Tile', sum of and continued till four o'clock. received in the year 1840 for that por t b y the Scheldt, the Antwerp and leaving ro.ati\:LvolsooCdlCsidOe,l `GILD 277,491 florins. ss i EESE. —A gentleman resi din g Liverpool, in- EXTRAORDIN.A forms us, that, on 'Tuesday morning, whilst walking in his attention was attracted bye very loud Hamilton-squar , which b e at first took for a noise, mob quarrelling • but h distu b • r ancc, he looked into th.. air, and seeing no sue ere saw a most extraordinary flock of wild geese, consist. there 5 W a most extraordinary Sock of wild geese, consist ing of at least 2,000, flying in the direction of Bidston. The line of railway between London and Dar lington being now complete through its whole length, the Government intend to render it available at an early period for the transmission of the mails. This nets arrangement wilt cause great alteration as regards Berwick. EVENING EDITION. DEATH OF A FORTUNE TELLER A coroner's inquest was held at the London Ale House, in St. Mary Arches-street, before J. Warren, Esq., Coroner, on the body of a woman named Sarah ' Gribble, who had been found ded in her bed on Satnr ' day afternoon. The deceased was well known as a celebrated teller of fortunes. This must be our excuse for trespassing upon our readers with some brief account of her manner of living. She occupied a tenement in a back court in St. Mary Arches -street, consisting of two rooms on the smallest conceivable dimensions, ene on the ground floor and the other immediately over. The former of these was little better than a cold dark cell, as miserable and comfortless as can well be ima gined ; and it was here that the numerous visitors who came to seek for information of the good or evil things in store for them were compelled to wait until the prophetess was at leisure to attend to them The room above stairs was that in which the de-• ceased ate and slept, and in which she war accustomed to deliver her ()rules ; and here, in fact, the whole of her time has been spent for several years past. To convey anything like an accurate idea of the scene which preseeted itself on entering this apartment would be altogether impossible ; it was a scene, indeed, of filth and w retchedness, which, altogether, defies descrip tion. In one corner of the room a space was parti tioned off by a couple of deal planks, which served this singu'etr being for a bed, and here, with nothing but a heap of filthy rags between her and the floor, and with a miserable covering of the same description, she was accustomed to pass nearly every moment of her time. Clothes,or linen upon her person, she had none, if we except an old pair of stays, which she wore next her sk . n, and a piece of coarse fustian cloth, which was tied round her waist. A dirty ,brown handkerchief was_ tl;rown :over her shoulders, and tied in a knot upon her breast, and her head was covered with a cap 'which she had never been known to change during the time she Lad resided in the house. She wore neither shoes natockings, but dressed (if we may use the term) as we above described, ehe used to sit continually in the place which we have called her bed, remaining constantly in the same position, with (as one of the witnesses stated) " her nose and knees together." In her bedplace were found after her death a great quantity of articles of food, which appeared to have 11c - cumulated for some time, and which there is much reason to fear had been pur loined by servant girls, who probably found it more con venient to satisfy their curiosity at their masters' ex expense than at their own. There was heaped together in one heterogeneous mass potatoes, turnips, and vege tables of all kinds, fruit, butter, bacon, dripping, and a variety of other articles of a similar description, which the deceased was never known to have pur chased, and the possession of which by her can only be accounted for in the way we have described. The only article s of furniture which we ob served were two deal chairs, u small table, a tea kettle, and some trifling vessels of earthenware. There were heaps of rags and dirt covering the whole of the apartment, and upon the man telpiece a bottle ;elicit had contained rum. The window was com pletely covered with cobwebs, and the odour exhaled front so much filth was, as may well be believed, intol lerable. One thing struck us as curious ;it was an old tin candlestick with a deep bottom, which was en tirely filed a ith the " snuffs" of candles, piled up , so as completely to hide the tube in which the candle should have been placed. There was a fire-place in the roam, but she liad never been known to have a fire in it, and her kettle was boiled for her by a neighbour who was paid seven pence a week for her trouble. About the loom were scattered several packs of ca rds, in which she pretended to read the tales with which she used to gull the simple fair ones who resorted to her dweiling.The room was never cleaned, and she her self had nevir washed her skin while she had resided in the house. And yet, wretched as was her abode, Sally Gribble had numerous visitors, many from among the more respectable classes of society ; and on a market day especially, hrr ante-room was thronged with cus tomers, anxious to obtain admittance. She always pre tended the greatest poverty, although, as will be seen, a large quantity of money was found in her apartment, and the necessaries of life were evidently supplied to her in abundance. The Jury having heard evidence, returned a verdict of—Natural death. While the old woman Eyed, she was not known to have a relative in the world, but immediately on her death, and the discovery of the money (941.) becoming known, more than one person was found to claim kindred with her. The deceased was about sixty years of age, with large masculine features.— )Western Luminary. RAILWAY TRAIN IN A SNOW STORM. The following lively irecount of a railway•pluengcr's adventures between New York and Philadelphia is taken from an American paper just received. It it the more interesting as it describes a scene which, we be lieve, no one has yet had an opportunity of witnersing in this country : " The snow-storm which commanced on Friday evening and endured until Sunday night, accompanied all the while with a fierce north-east wind, will be long remembered by those who were travelling on Saturday ostween New York and Philadelphia. As the night closed in, the storm increased ; nevertheless, the dis tunes: between Camden and Bordentown was run over in reasonable time, considering the obstructions of the snow drifts ; but when the road between Bordentown and Trenton, which is a side-cut along the canal, and laid with flat bars, came to be passed over, our troubles began. In anticipation thereof, we were provided with two engines —one to draw and the other to push. " Soon the engines began to labour—now dashing with irresistible impetus through snow banks, and than the wheels flying round without adhesion, owing to the slipperiness of the rails—and ever and anon the strug gling giant that yet urged us onward would seem by his deep-drasn sighs to intimate that his powers were almost exhausted. Still we advanced gaily—for there is excitement in difficulty—and though proceeding slowly we yet believed we should get through. But suddenly, while under great headway, we felt a sharp check, which seemed, by the straining efforts of our fire steeds, to be formidable indeed ; they laboured strenuously, but with perceptibly-decreasing effect, till, after one long convul sive breathing, all became still. We then found our selves deeply imbedded in a snow-drift, and what was not less unfavourable, we soon perceived a-head of us, and also brought up in a snow-bank, the mail train from New York. It was then about twelve o'clock. Our only course now was, as there was no turn out, to endeavour to get the train hack to Borden town, and accordingly oil hands and the engines were at work to fire up and retrace our steps. But alas' going back tsar as much out of the question as going for ward. We were stuck fast, and vain were the attempts of the locomotives to stir us from the spot. After a brief consultation, the engine in the rear was detached, and ordered back to Borden-town, to bring up rein forcements. The interim of some two hours was not without its incidents or alternations of hope and disap poiutment, moodiness and merriment. " While this was going on with our train, that from N ew York, from which we now began to hear, was not idle. In the first place, the train was separated, and the ladies' car, with one other, were dropped, and the engine with the baggage trucks and forward car tried to get on. It advanced nearly a mile, and within a kw hundred yards of ours, when the engine gave out. Some of the passengers came through the snow—no little undertaking, for it drifted in some spots leg-deep—to our cars, and gave us the first tidings that the ladies' car, in which were some twenty ladies and children, was left a mile behind. This redoubled the anxiety of all for the arrival of the en gines from Bordentown, and at last their distant fires which was ow.t: ,tir l e reachedi ot ur a et b o.ure snowa ch eddies on cars,on a t n h ( e i were seen, one, two, three, and, with such a force, de liveranceh ing seemed at hand. Still their slow indicated increased difficulties in .. forcing their way. an d doubt. of t wind and snow were fiercely raging, approach probability of extricating all the cars began to circulate. Finally the nearest car was reached, two engines were attached ahead, and with the aid of that which had brought us on, and now aided to push us hack, s l ow l y, and after repeated checks, we aboute re-conveyed hree , l dentown, and one by one " The engines were all then i he le n n c t rea b .s a i e n k g to violenceb ring ofin thc Now York train, but theich tire engines gnidn,e gave road, rendered ;1 1 ne xt e lli ff ac o u r sti t rtt s eal ' and almost perished with exhausted, e men succeeded in Thus, then, about half-past four P o c n o'clock, it became certain that the passengers of the whole New York train, except the few who had suc ceeded in reaching the Philadelphia train, would be left to o i n i tg e h n e i;o t, wire b fr l till morning iu the cars. It was a vain effort to obtain cold, slei or any s other mode of reaching them ; the canal on "c side, and tuorassy fields on the other side of the road, precluded approach in the night, and the drifts on the roads itself rendered a passage of sleighs on it i mpracticable —the only consolation was that of knowing there was luel enough to keep up good fires. " Sunday morning came in dull, dreary, and bois terous the snow and wind still prevailing. All the force that could he mustered was early at work with snow-ploughs and scrapers, and spades-men,to extri cate engines and cars frozen up ; but as their progress was slow some of the passengers determined to approach the ladies' car as near as they could with sleighs, and taking with them hot co ffee and hot milk tor the chil dren, with wine and various eatables, they started, but it was mid-day before any tidings were had of them. meantime, throug h g reat difficulties, and out by one, the engines left on tire road the night before were brought hack. " About one o'clock we were cheered by the return of the sleighs, having the women and children, who thus, after 20 hours passed in the cars, were brought to the hotel in safety, and without having suffered much. Th e only mode of reaching the cars where they were was by passing through the fields."