The Sun. — London, England, 1841-01-12 00:00:00

MORNING EDI FiON SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM THE DAILY PAPERS OF YESTERDAY. (From the Morning Chronicle.) S o l on g as :the French Government continue to in crease their armaments , the other Powers must be more rlees in a state of uneasiness. The lovers of peace in France, who form the great majority of the nation, at all events who form the majority of the classes pos sessed of the greatest influence from their moral worth and their station in society, must see that it is impos sible for one great country in Europe to arm, without alarm being felt by all the surrounding countries. Alarm dictates, as a measure of prudence, counter armaments on a scale of magnitude, and these entail on the popula tion of the different countries s icr:ficcs of the most pain ful and burdensome nature. It is impossible not to have been struck with the accounts received from the different States of Germany of the enormous amount of misery occasioned to families by the withdrawal I for the different levies of the heads of these families, attended, this must often be, with total ruin to the different pursuits in which they were embarked, and the consequent destitution of wives and children. We implore, then, the peaceable and well-disposed of our French neighbours to take these circumstances into their serious consideration. When a nation makes an ill-advised step, it may not always be possible for it to recede with case and creche The countries a larmed by preparations of which they do not clearly perceive the object, b u t w hi c h t h ey natura ll y con strue into a design against their independence, into counter pre parations, cannot be expected to entertain any other than the most hostile and even vindictive feelings to wards the people by whom they are compelled to make these sacrifices. It is of the utmost conse quence, then, to all who look forward with horror to an European war, to make their stand against what ever tends to bring so dire a calamity on the nations. It is much easier to combat the bad and unprinci pled men who are seeking, step by step, to bri ng th e masses of Europe into armed collision, than to allay the storm of war when it shall once be fairly raised. We call, then, en nil the wise and good men of France to make head against the band of conspirators against peace and order, who, under the pretext of apprehen sions for France which are not seriously felt, or through appeals to mistaken honour, are seeking to draw their countrymen into perplexities which may be lamented when too late. More true courage may be shown in disregarding the imputations which may be cast on those who set at defiance vulgar prejudice and appeals to the worst passions of an unreflecting mob, and in boldly combating the enem:es of peace and order, then in combating in the tented field. Universal esteem will ultimately reward them for any temporary sacrifice of popularity they may have to encounter. In this country there has, from the first, been a strong and rooted aversion to any policy which might eventuate in again plunging Europe in a general war, though, from our insular position and the strength of our wooden bulwarks, no nation has less to dread from the general war than we have. Were it necessary to adduce any proof of the desire for, an 1 love of, peace which pre rail am ongs t us , i t wou ld b e f ou nd in the enthusiasm with which the recent declaration of peaceful sentiments by Louis Philippe was received by all classes in Eng land, and the satisfaction before felt at the removal by him frown his councils of a Ministry under which peace could not possibly be of long continuance. The eleva tion to his counci's of M. Guizot removed all appre hensioes previously entertained here, for the utmost confidence was felt, not only in his serious desire to maintain peace, but in his honour and straightforward honesty. The only fear now remaining is lest the am bitious intriguers who have been defeated in their schemes by the King and the present Ministry, should in spite of the well-known sentiments of the Govern ment, succeed in drawing it into approbation of mea sures of preparation which may, by rousing the jealousy of other Powers, render the preservation of peace a difficult problem, notwithstanding its good intentions. We repeat that we have the utmost confidence in the honest disposition of King Louis Philippe and his present Ministry to maintain peace. We know also, that the best understanding prevails, not only be tween the English and French Governments, but also between the French Government and the Governments of Austria, Prussia, and Russia. There is really nothing in the present state of affairs to " warrant the infer• ence,"sought to be drawn in a long and elaborate article in the Times of Saturday, " that there must be a screw loose somewhere in the transactions of the Foreign De partment, with one or more neighbouring Powers." It is an almost inevitable result of the very difficult posi tion in which the French Government is placed, of being forced, notwithstanding its anxious desire to maintain peac e , t o ma k e so many concessions to am bitious opponents who appeal to the warlike pro pensities of the nation, that speculations like those of our Contemporary, the Times, should be entertained. Our Contemporary has, we see, been deceived by its Paris intelligence into the belief of a note having been "sent by Lord Palmerston to M. Guizot, which, though on the face of it of a most respect ful and conciliatory nature, and evincing the most delicate consideration for the difficulties which sur round that statesman, requesting also that France would join with the other Powers in regulating what is still un settled, does, nevertheless, contain a proposal that France should disarm, or rather discontinue the arma ments now in progress, viz., those of which the minimum scale has been fixed at half a million of soldiers." That a report of some such note was in circulation in Paris, we know ; and, in the Chronicle of Friday last, mention is made of it in our Paris intelligence. But we can positively state that no note has been presented by the English In the French Government about these arma ments. What led to the report of this pretended note, it is impossible for us to say. We are assured also— mil our assurance is from a source on which we can place impl cit reliance —that M. Guizot has received no note or despatch of any importance, from any of the great Powers, for the last six weeks. The whole of the superstructure which our Contemporary has built on this loose foundation must, therefore, fall to the ground. There never was a better understanding than that which now exists between the present Go vernment of France, and all the Great Powers. But though we are happy to say the gloomy speculations of our Contemporary are utterly unfounded, it is not the less important that the French Government should be strongly impressed with the necessity of doing all that it. possibly can to prevent the alarms en tertained on account of its armaments, and the pos sible misconstruction of its motives. Let there be no 'possibility of mistaking the intentions of France. France is too important a member of the European commonwealth to allow the other nations to be in different to what passes within her boundaries. Ap prehensions France herself can hare none from the rest of Europe. Nothing less than the dread of an attempt to realis e th e am bi t i ous schemes of certain ench men to extend their frontiers could render a confederation of the other Powers possible. A confe deration for aggressive purposes is quite out of the question. We entreat, then, the well-disposed citizens of France to rally rotiod their Government and strengthen its h an d s at th i s juncture, that Europe may have no cause of apprehension. Danger at present from France ther e i s none ; but Europe should feel that there is no danger. Such an article as that of the Times, full of wars and r umours o f war, is necessarily of the most mischievous tendency. The pursuits of commerce and industry are sensitiv e , and what ever t en d s even toy peace beget a sus p ic i on of the possibilit of being disturbed p ara l yses enterprise and involves thou sand in distress. (From th e illorniu,g Post.) Mr. O'Conrell has been rash enough to avow an in• tendon of visiting Belfast, in order to set the Re cal ag itation agoing ther e . We suspect he will endeavour t o find some excuse for hacking out of this exploit. will find some sturdy Conservatives to grapple with him ! h er ., and a population upon a considerable part of which his blarney will have no effect. The fittest man alive to have a tussle with Mr. O'Connell has already sent him a challenge to open conflict in Belfast. This man is the Iter. Dr. 11. Croke, a Presbyterian Minister of vigorous, athletic mind, who is totally unembarrassed by any scruples of refinement. He has plenty of words at command, and strong ones too, and can give O'Con nell blow for blow, with ample interest, unless we are much mistaken in him. 14'e differ front the sturdy Doctor's theology, and think hint more fitted to shine be fore a coarse audience than one of cultivated taste, bat he is on that account none the worse match for O'Connell. Dr. Cooke is a thoromth ultra-P rotestant whose h a t re d o f Popery is an perhaps stronger than his love of anything, but he has too much ?Ail! and too much practice to let this emotion run away with him in the debate. 13c,ides, he professes his desire to avoid every purely theological topic, and to confine himself exclusively to subj ec t s of political economy and jut ii , prudence. W e only wish that O'Connell may meet him, and that no riot may disturb the It would b e , a s an ill us t r i ous G ene!al said of the set -to. battle of Wa match as terloo, " as great a Pounding ever was seen." The letter of the Presbyterian chanipion containin g the cba!lenge is very characteristic. The following is a passage from it : " I propose, accordingly, the f o ll ow i ng ' plan for your consideration " I. Your proposed Repeal meetin g in Belfast, instead of a meeting for harangues, all on the one side,' shall be a discussion between . yourself and your humble servant. ' 2. The meeting shall be managed by a Committee composed equally of your friends and mine. " 3. Tickets (free) shall be issued under their common authority —one hall to your friends, one half to mine. " 4 Subject—The advantages or disadvantages of a re. peal of the Union to Ireland—in its bearing on agricul ture, manufactures, general trade, safety of the present settlement of all property, and the protection of civil and religious liberty. " 5. Each speaker to confine himself, as far as pos sible, to two hours' speeches but no absolute limit beyond ; the feeling of the speaker; but if the opener of the dis cussion occupies three hours be shall forfeit his right of reply. " 6. The meeting to be governed by two chairmen, one chosen bti each discussionist. " And now, Mr. O'Connell, let me speak a word very plainly to you. Yo u cannot avoid this discussion, l am the man you have often reviled behind his back—can you do less than meet him face to face I You cannot pro nounce me too ignoble for argument, when you did not judge me too obscure for your abuse, Turn the matter as you will, you can find no excuse or evasion, Let your friends hint that it may endanger the peace. The time to have thought of that was when they invited you to make an experiment upon our northern patience. But, in point of fact, Mr. O'Connell, the discussion will be the surest mode to preserve the peace, which your presence can never once endanger." We arc very anxious to see what answer the doughty Daniel will make to this challenge. Our present opinion is, that he will avoid the conflict, either by not going to Belfast at all, or by going when the Rev. Dr. Cooke is not there. Mr. O'Connell, with all his boldness (of a certain kind), does not like encountering such antagonists as the sturdy, stout-lunged Dr. Cooke. (From the Times.) When the Irish agitators were trying to carry the Ca tholic Question, their principles and pretensions, both civil and ecclesiastical, were the most reasonable and the most temperate. It was not political power that they wanted, but only a relief from political degradation. It was not the destruction of the Protestant Establishment that they sought, but merely the rescue of their own communicants from invidious disabilities. So spoke the evil genius while it lay pent in narrow durance. Now that its liberation has been effected, it dilates itself to its own monstrous dimensions, and threatens the very existence of its deliverers. There is an end to for bearance and to disguise. Wherever Popery is power ful, whether in Ireland, which as yet has no separated Legislature, or in Newfoundland, which does possess that curse, war is openly declared against the institu tions, the liberties, and the very lives of the Protestant people. The more cunning, indeed, of the agitators— the persons in immediate connection with the Ministers— find it necessary, for the appearances of the Govern ment, to abstain from a full avowal of their purposes.- Mr. O'Connell, for instance, who is a lawyer, and, in a certain low sense, a man of the world, knows better than to blurt out all his ultimate designs. He talks only of means—not of ends. His ostensible motive for desiring the repeal of the Union is to procure for Ire land a constitution which shall entitle every male adult to en equal vote in the election of representatives. But to what account those equal votes are to be turned, he, for the present, judiciously abstains from announcing. His ecclesiastical colleagues, not being so much used to public business, are less discreet. Dr. M'Hale, the Ro man Catholic Archbishop of Tuam, who nominated Mr. Blake at the Mayo election, tells the world in plain terms what objects the Repeal is really wanted to accomplish —namely, to get rid of the present system of education —to get rid of the Protestant Church—and to get rid of the police. On the education question we say not a word ; for there, this titular Archbishop is opposed by another Prelate of his own church, Dr. Murray ; and, between these two conflicting infallibles, we leave the truly faithful to choose for themselves. But Dr. M'Hale cannot tolerate a Protestant Establishment in Ireland, and boldly demands a repeal of the Union to put down so abominable a nuisance. Says this sophis tical priest," a nation clinging to its eminent faith and hierarchy, should not be burdened with a new estabtisk meat." Now, he knows right well that the new esta blishment, as he designates the Protestant Church, is not maintained by the " nation." He knows that it is maintained by the specific lands and hereditaments given by private owners to the national Church, which Church, originally Romish, became afterwards Protes tant ; and there is the grievance. He dares not reclaim these revenues directly for the Roman Catholic Church —that might be startling ; and, therefore, for the pur pose of rendering the Protestant Church obnoxious, he tells the people that these revenues arc a burden upon then:. These revenues are not even a burden upon the landlords, through whose hands they are paid ; for those landlords took their lands, whether by deed, by will, or by descent, subject to these revenues ; and such a charge is no more a part of any landlord's property than is the interest of a mort gage which his ancestor may have left upon the estate. You may argue that the devise, having been given ori ginally for the unreformed Church, was not applicable by the State to that same Church in its reformed condition —you may say that the property belonged still to the ad herents of Rome, or you may say that it reverted to the heirs of the donors, but to say that it is the pro perty of the nation, and that the receipt of it by the Protestant Church forms a burden which the nation bears, is at once so foolish and so wicked, that we scarcely know whether to ascribe the doctrine of this repealing Prelate to a want of understanding or to a want of principle. We are led unwillingly to suspect the latter, for the reason which we now proceed to state. And this brings us to the third great object of the Right Rev. Separatist—the reduction of the police. " Tho freeholders," he says, " have a right to demand of their representatives their efficient aid in reducing this unnecessary staff." There are more sorts of wrongdoers than one, to whom a police force is objectionable. In the towns of England the glazed hat and the blue .:oat, numbered on the collar, which arc so disagreeable to the pickpocket, give equal umbrage to the receiver who keeps that pickpocket in his employ. Among the mountain farms of Ireland, that same constabulary force which is unpopular with the principal actors in scenes of assault and arson, is also odious to the priest who prompts and pardons their deeds of political vengeance, and consequently to the prelate by whom that priest is ordained and patronized. We are persuaded that we are drawing no uncharitable conclusion when we refer Dr. M'Hale's misrepresen tation about Church revenues to the same frame of mind which renders him so uneasy about the continuance of the police. The results, then, anticipated from Repeal by its own advocates are—first, the destruction of the Pro testant Church ; and, secondly, the destruction of the police force ; that is, in two words, Popery and anarchy. Now, what Ireland is on a larger scale, Newfound land is on a smaller—a community of enfranchised Papists under a Protestant monarchy ; but the priesthood of Newfoundland having achieved that for which the priesthood of Ireland have hitherto mu tinied in vain—a separate Legislature —are already exhibiting, in actual practice, the enormities which Dr. M'Hale and his brethren are obliged to content themselves with merely plotting. The Conception , Bay election, of which the news arrived last week, was a contest between the Protestants and the priests. On the 9th of December a special messenger ar rived at the seat of Government, bringing tidings that the returning officer had been obliged to close the poll without making any return. The mob who opposed the election of the Protestant candidate had proceeded to the last extremities. The Magistrates had attempted in :vain to suppress the riot. One of them, Mr. Ridley, was knocked down by a tre mendous blow, inflicted with a heavy instrument on the back of his head : his skull was fractured. The mob destroyed two houses, of which they pulled down one, and set fire to the other. At half-past two, when the Protestant candidate was a-head on the poll, and the Popish tallies exhausted, a boat heaved in sight with a fresh reinforcement of Protestants. The rage of the priests' party then rose to madness. Hun dreds of pickets were torn from the nearest fence, and, without a moment's warning, broken in shivers upon the heads of the Magistrates and other gentlemen who had accompanied the Protestant candidate to Carbonear. " Scores of our peaceful inhabitants," says the corres pondent of the Newfoundland Public Ledger, " are mangled in the most horrible manner." Subsequent advices state, that the priests' party had threatened to go in a body to Harbour Grace and fire the town, but that the inhabitants had armed themselves for resistance. The leader of these outrages appears to have been a certain priest, named Cummings, who, on a Sunday in August, 1838, after some of his brethren had in the chapel solemnly imprecated a curse from the Al mighty, even to the death, on the head of Chief Justice Boulton, in the hearing of his lady, called out to the populace who had surrounded her carriage in the Chapel_yard, to get a horsewhip and drive her away. The same Christian spirit continued to actuate him at the late election. " A sly fox," said he, describ ing to the rabble an intended victim, " has done his utmo s t to put down our influence ; but we will hunt him to his own b urrow, and after, find him die like a snake in the grass." The people were not to kill him ; oh ! no ; they were only to " find him die." But what was the G overnor about, while the priests were and th e mo b s murd eringand burning e The complaints tm o h f ae y s. anal re p l u eg c r th t a ae n pv c os e ui st t o was andaffordatbhe must theu m ghsttnebcees called protection are necessaryl ed o , n to o r a d n e s r w : o r complete the parallel with the Irish case, that New foundland should have a Governor afraid to repress Let insurrection w h en pr i ests were the insurgents. Lethe Parliament and the people of this Theye may seem take ti me l y warning by th ese movements. yseem small matters in a N or th American colony; have but erect in the sister kingdom, as Dr. M' Hale would a orate that is, a Popish Legislature—destroyytehuena sep as he desires, your Church and your police—and there the curses, and the denunciations, and the bl oo d shed and the burning, that have driven the Newfoundlanders to arms, will prove but types of the more wholesale io fictions reserved for the Protestant people of Ireland. (From the Globe.) daily That " foolish schemer ofrom a penny f the pockets o post doubtless f drags just now many p ennies e Tories, whose franking privileges a letters t earl's none. pastin g rr' e Y are all busy writing and s stamps in order to turn out t according to a gr ea t Irish and Orae an a d ut d h in o c riti h , , r tl t l h e e y are to b eg i n t h e b us i ness " i n earnest," proves same purpose. Now, the news of have for days been full, overwhelmingly s th ta e tes i m i ai incapacity i t o Y f " theo of a•hichour columns andCa Canada, a t d h a e , India, and O t p h p e osi G tio n n v . ernn s ie; r t ia, facts in confirmation of the opinion which some China, are sending forth innumerable easy and tat gentleman had begun to believe, be cause they were often told it, regarding the in capacity of the Government. The policy which, when , it was merely wor d s and thoughts, was said and be lieved lieved to be f oo li s h ness, concentrated is now actions and results ; and, of course, every fat and easy-headed believe that. these ac ti ons an d resu l ts gentleman mu s t are failures and disgraces in Syria, Canada, India, illiq China. Only the other day Acre was impregnable, and the Treaty of July was the introduction of the Russians into Constantinople ; therefore, though at tacked, it cannot be true that Acre is taken ; and as the Treaty of July has been carried out, it is true that the Russians are in possession of Constantinople. A little later than last week, and everybody who had the slightest political information knew that the navy was in a disgraceful and paralytic state—ill-manned, ill-disciplined, ill-officered, and ill every-thinged. The fact is proved by the shores of Syria and the islands and forts of China ; witness Acre and Chusan, and cry, " Out with the salary-drawing incapables!" Se riously, it must be a very disagreeable thing to be a Tory, and especially irksome to be a Tory journalist. He is compelled to admit that all his life prior to 1831 was spent in saying, " If the Whigs had office they would ruin the empire," and the ten years since they have had it, in declaring that "the Whigs are ruining the empire," and yet it is not clear that the empire is ruined. There are understandings to whom the problem of how the apples get into dumplings, presents difficulties ; and there must be understandings not a little puzzled to find why it is that a process of ruin for ten years does not make ruin quite clear. It our Tory journalist keeps out of Ireland, he can abuse the Irish policy of the Government with a gush of epithets of the most uncomplimentary description ; but should a wish to cool his feverish blood with the breezes of the lakes of Killarney take him into Ireland, he cannot look out through the windows of his conveyance without hem; told by his own eyes that the Whigs have done good in Ireland. Should he return by Belfast and Glasgow, he cannot stop his ears to facts which compel him to unsay his praises of the Bill of Lord Aberdeen for the set tlement of the Church of Scotland. As he passes through the manufacturing districts, even the speed of the railway does not save him from being obliged to hear that the greater prevalence of peaceful purposes among the Chartistsis owing to the firm and mild conduct of Lord Normanby and the Whigs—a policy firm in punishing men of violence, and mild to counteract their violence. When once more in London and his clique, the comfort of his coffee every morning and evening is disturbed by the news from all quarters of the world. Lord Syden ham is perfectly successful in Canada, even though our journalist had always said the Whigs had basely and weakly given it to Brother Jonathan. The Irish. are not half so turbulent as his imagination. Rumours reach him of Scotch Conservatives turning Whigs in thousands, ' in consequence of " the felicity" of Lord Aberdeen's Bill. The " Opium War against which he wrote and spoke so much to the sat isfactiou of S r Jams Graben] and Joseph Sturge, turns out to be no war at all, but reprisals, which have ended successfully in negotiations. Tue despicable economy of the Whigs had made the British Indian army utterly inefficient and powerless, and yet the expresses will say the British are triumphant in India. (From the Standard.) On one side the effect of a repeal of the Corn laws might be for a time, and for a time only, to reduce the price of bread one penny in the loaf of four pounds— this is the estimate of Lord Sydenham (Mr. Poolett Thompson), a Corn-law repealer ; but the effect of the repeal would be, certainly, on the other side, to throw a great part of the agricultural labourers wholly out of employment, and, of course, to diminish materi ally the wages of the rest ; that is to say, the effect of a repeal of the Corn-laws upon the agri cultural labourers would be, not to excise the poor man's loaf a penny, but to take it away altogether, or, at least, take one half of it ; in short, to reduce the condition of the agricultural labourers of England to that of their continental competitors, who cat no bread at all, or a very scanty portion of the coarsest bread possible, subsist for the most part upon fermented cabbage le a v es , and rarely indulge in the luxury of shirts or shoes. The labourers in agriculture, and the persons immediately dependent on them, however, constitute a very great majority of the labouring population ; and for our part we can see no inconsistency, but a complete harmony, between the wish to protect them from a Polish or Pomeranian aitti ry, and the wish to improve by a nearer approach to humanity the dietary and regimen of the poorhouse. But the manufacturing population, though a minority, are nit to be overlooked. How would a repeal of the Corn-laws affect them ? It has been demonstrated again and again by arguments never answered, and never attempted to be answered, that a repeal of the Corn-laws would, by transferring the capital of the country, utterly ruin all our manufacturing esta blishments in a few years ; and the late suspension of the laws in question, which, by the simple process of the exportation of gold, has inflicted embarrassments upon manufactures, that have vanished as if by a charm, when the exportation of gold ceased, puts the seal of experience upon the conclusions of the arguments to which we refer. Now, surely, a desire to protect our manufacturers, as well as our agriculturists, from abso lute ruin, is not incompatible with a wish to alleviate the burden of poverty. But there is another, nod probably a more obvious view of the intere,t, that the labourers in agriculture have in the perp,Anity of the Corn-laws. The labourers of all classes in a count►y must fare pretty much alike, because labour being st rude article, capable of indisc►iminste application, is easily transferred from one department to another ; thus always giving to employers a redundant supply in the market, and of course, to a great extent, the _ . power of fixing the rate ef wages, which they wtl► fix at the lowest rate by which life can be supported, urdess some provision of law, such as the Ohl Poor-law, vent them, Starve the agricultural labourer, therefore —and a repeal of the Corn-laws would go near to starve him—and you starve his brother labourer in ma nufactures. Once more we ask, is the wish to oppose this horrid process incompatible with the most earnest desire " to alleviate the burden of poverty ?" (From the courier.) Lord John Russell, who has never till now been de graded in public acceptation to the level of the late gaol deliverer of all Ireland, would seem at the close of his official career to have become infected with the leprous taint of Normauby sympathy for crime and criminals. We have had occasion lately to refer to the sort of " le niency," that is, remuneration for murder and treason, exercised in the case of Frost, reported according to advices from Australia, to have been appointed to a go vernment place, and admitted by the Ministerial jour nals, with all their foul-mouthed denials and sly mysti fications, to be employed on " Government works," which may be interpreted in precisely the same sense ; and now we have to introduce to the notice of our renders a somewhat kindred, although perhaps more atrocious case of Ministerial sympathy with the worst of criminals. We find the account in that most respec table and ably-conducted paper the Newcastle Journal, as follows : " Atictunato BoLam.—Accounts have been received from the murderer of poor Millie, Archibald Bolam, from which it appears that he has obtained a situation under Go vernment, and is under but little restraint. At the expi ration of six months from the date of these accounts, he expected to obtain greater freedom, and also an advance ment, as his good conduct had recommended him to the attention of the authorities. It is said that he entertained some intention of quitting the Government office, and ac cepting some situation in the interior of the country, where he had no doubt of soon being able to realise a fortune. Such is the manner in which England deals with her transported convicts. How many would be glad :o change places with him in all but the consciousness of guilt, which must haunt him everywhere I" We recommend this paragraph to the attention of the Morning Advertiser, which this morning returns to the wasteful expenditure of a considerable quantity of indig nant eloquence about those alleged misrepresentations of the case of Frost, in which, if true or proven, which they are not, it was largely itself a particeps criminis. While such is the system on which criminal justice is distributed and understood at the Colonial Office, let us inquire how the poor„ who unluckily as it would seem are neither felons nor traitors, fare under the new Poor law administration of the Home-office and Somerset house. Amongst other instances into which inquries are now going on, of new Poor-law miseries, one has recently terminated at Eton, the result of which has been the conviction of the master of the workhouse there of a series of atrocities to wards an unoffending victim which make the very blood to curdle, or in a chilly stream to rush hack upon the heart from whence it ,flowed warm with the affections of kind. The conviction of Howe, the master, after two inquisitions upon his conduct, in one at least of which he had the new Poor-law Assistant Commissioner for counsel and advocate, terminated tar dily in his dismissal by the triumral tyrants of Samer set-house, a sentence, in respect to which we may re mark, that it is manifestly most unjust and partial so long as the new Poor-law Board, the criminals in chief, remains unscathed, and the new Poor-law unrepealed or unchanged. MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS (SATURDAY EVENING.) I C HRONlCLE—Arrangements have been completed with Mr. :Morrison, of the late firm of Morrison, Cryder, and Co., for the transaction of the general business of the Bank of the United States in London. It is understood that Mr. Morrison will associate his two sons with him in the agency, which will soon be definitively announced as established and in operation. We hear that Mr. Morrison has also secured the co-operation of a gentleman possessed of great knowledge and experience in American affairs. It has been formerly stated as an objection to the agency of Mr. Jaudon, that he I.fforded no check against an un due extension of the operations of the bank, and that his acceptances gave no additional security to the holders cf the bills in London. These objections evil certainly be now effectually removed, as the un doubted wealth and prudence of Mr. Morrison af ford full security to the holders of the bills which he may accept, independent altogether of the drawers, and he would not authorise operations to any extent that would imprudently involve his house, and thus impair his own private fortune. The appointment of Mr, Morrison can not fail to give great satisfaction to those interested in American affairs, and more particularly to the shareholders of the Bank of the United States. Connecting this arrange ment with the resumption of specie payments by the bank this month, which we consider definitely settled, we cannot but infer that au improvement in the general business of THE sUN, LONDON, TUESDAY, JANUARY l2, 184 i. the bank and of the currency of the United States may be confidently expected. A gentleman of Mr. Morrison's prudence and sound practical business knowledge would hardly have engaged in such a responsible agency without b:ing well sa isfied of the means of the Bank to resume and sustain specie payments. A sum of from 700,0001. to 800,000/. has recently been placed at the disposal of the Bank of the United States, to be applied for its engage ments here, or to increase its power in the United States, as the Director, may decide. Mr. Jaudon will remain in London some months for the purpose of closing the busi ness heretofore under his charge, and of assisting in com pleting the arrangements with the ne w agency , an d gene :ally superintending the interests of the bank in Europe. TIM E S.—lt is understood in the city that Mr. James Morrison, of the firm of Morrison, Cryder, and Co., has accepted the agency in London of the United States Bank, formerly held by Messrs. Baring, and of late years, ince the stoppage, by Mr. Jaudon, the cashier of that in stitution, who had an office in London for the transaction of that business. The high character of Mr. Morrison as a merchant will naturally cause his acceptance of the omen by the English good trust in thi s i n f amous ly shareholders e w i r i c o g have ar de d p a a s e c a d t g h o e o i managed bank, and whose interests have appeared to want protection during the whole progress of its difficulties; but something mere than character will be required before the confidence which has been thus severely shaken can be re stored. A total change of system in the management of the Bank must be resorted to. Cash payments must be resumed, trading speculations in cotton and other wise abandoned; post-notes called in and redeemed and no more issued, so as to restore to the concern its legiti mate functions of a lender, and not of a borrower ; all the accounts with the other banks must be wound up, and the practice of loose credit with all rotten institutions put an end to, with many other obvious reforms, the list of which might be extended to a much greater length. There ought to he, further, some plan adopted for giving to Eng lish and European shareholders generally some influence in the choice of directors at the chief station in Philadelphia, and arrangements made by which honest and intelligible accounts shall be periodically submitted to their inspec tion. The European holders of stock in this bank exceed, in fact, the American, being estimated at 4,000,0001. out of the 7,000,000/. which constitutes its capital. The new agent has therefore a most difficult and responsible part to play, for, unless he has both the will and the influence to effect all this, and more than thie, he would have done well to abstain from undertaling the agency. At a meetlng of the Agricultural Society in Calcutta, mentioned in the papers received by the overland mail, a reply was read from the Government, stating that the ap• plieatien of the Society fora reduction of the duty on sugar and tobacco grown in India was approved by the Governor-General in Council, and would be sent, with a strong recommendation, to the home authorities. The military Board had sent a communication, asking for in formation relative to the growth of hops, since it was found desirable that beer sheuld be provided for the sol diers in preference to spirits, but the price of English beer had precluded its use. A latter, dated as far back as 1839, was read, to show that the hop had been found to thrive in the Dhoon. It was said that there was no doubt that the hop would succeed at Dorjeeling and elsewhere, while, in the mean time, dried hors might Lie obtained from New Saudi Wales. A plant from St. Domingo. called in Spanish " Libidibbe" (Cisalpina Carraria), and abounding in :stringent matter, which renders it useful for tanning pur poses, had been introduced into the botanic garden in 1835, bet it had blossotned this year for the first time. Some fine specimens of potatoes and other plants were at the came time exhibited. An improvement in the trade of the towns of Scindc s, according to the Indian journals, looked forward to with some degree of confidence. All the river duties towards the northern frontier arc abolished, and a state ment of revised duties to be levied on the merchandise on the Indus and the Sutlej, between that frontier and the Himalaya mountains, has been published. It is said that nothing can exceed the security from mo lestation experienced by boats going up and down since the commencement of traffic on the rivers in 1838. The late impulse to trade has been given, by the consent of the two Chieftains through whose territories the lino of navigation runs, to a remission of their duties on certain specified articles. The result of this concession is a moderate rate assessed conveniently for trade instead of the toll of a fixed amount, which used to be levied without reference to the size of the boat that was taxed. Lahore was the first to reduce the toll, a reduction which took place last May, and the effect has been that the boats that have left Ferezepore since that time have been more than ten times as many as those that left in the 12 previous months. The rernision of duties which the Sheiks formerly levied en grain, when brought by the river, has been found very beneficial, for the banks of the Sutlej are very proi!uctive, and this has encouraged its exportation to a great extent. The resources of the f-rests on the same river will, it is expected, be opened by the removal of the river duties which obstructed the timber trade, and already this and the importation of lime brought from the head of the same river ab rut Roopur have proved a great assistance to the buildings at Ferozepore, which are now numerous. HERALD.—Rumours have been latterly current re specting changes about to be made in the agency depart ment in this country of the United States Bank, which the presence of two of the Directors in this city seemed to counteranee, but it is only within the last few days that the proper nature of them transpired. It is now ascertained th,t on Monday or Tuesday articles of agree.. ,icnt were formally signed by which the United States Bank agency was transferred from Mr. Jaudon to the house, newly constituted, of James Morrison and Sons, a•e Morrison and Cryder, who are to have the bmefit of the assistance of Mr. Shaw, late of the firm of Thomas Wilson and Co., in the management, a gentleman of con siderable experience in American commercial and money affairs. It is stated as one of the conditions and foundation of the new agency that a sum of 750,0001, realised by the sale or pledge of same portion i.f that vast amount of States stocks with which the hank has so imprudently ineumbered itself, is deposited in the nands of the new agency as a guarantee lodgment to be drawn against. It would seem from this that the bank is wisely providing for a return to business more nearly ap proximating to that of banking, th a t i s , d ea li ng i n foreign exchanges, which skilfully managed may undoubtedly be productive of profit, although it may still be doubted whe ther, as so imm4diately connected with and forming a part, of mercantile operations, they would not be more appro priately left in the hands of mercantile men ; the proper sphere of banks, purely as such, being s to lay out their monies at usance at home and inni domestic bill an d on , y dealings. Be that as it may, it may be owned, with • out offence to Mr. Jaudon whose conduct hero as the United States Bank agent has acquired him justly universal esteem, that this transference of the agency to so wealthy a firm as that of the Morrisons cannot but tend to reinforce the credit of the banking establish ment, or principal, although that object would have been accomplished more efficiently still if the great house of Barings, the foreign agents, could have been induced to resume the agency, which however was probably not offered, as it is understood that the best understanding does not exist among the different parties. The con nexions of the Barings arc so extensive in all parts of the world, and their credit of course sa universal, that it is clear much greater facilities could be afforded for ex change business through their intromission, than perhaps could be accomplished through any other parties, however powerful, and the Morrisons are in that respect all that could be desired. For not even the Rothschilds enjoy the standing or possess the extensive connexion through out the new world of the two Americas and the Indies East and West, as the house of Barings. It becomes naturally an object of inquiry what becomes of Mr. Jaudon as the result of the new arrange ment. The report is that the talent he has displayed in the management of the United States Bank business under the most trying circumstances, and the reputation he has justly earned in consequence, have attracted the no tice of the now ruling party in the United States, and that it is not unlikely his services may be called for either in the Treasury department of the Federal Government, or in some other high political capacity. Wherever he goes and whatever his destination, he may be assured of carrying with him the respect of all parties in this country without dis tinction, not excluding those who have been most uncom promising in hostility to the course and projects of the United States Bank. As a last word upon the subject, and by way of friendly advice to the new house of agency, it may be hinted that the sooner an accredited statement a statement of so authentic a character as to defy suspicion or attack—of the actual situation and affairs of the United States Bank is published, the better for all concerned. It is an imperative act of justice to the long-suffering share holders here, much too long delayed already. POST.--Th e Bank of England returns for the month ending the sth inst., arc comparatively satisfactory. The circulation shows a further reduction of 334,0001., the difference between 16,446,000/. and 16,112,0001. The securities have increased 284.0001., the difference between 22.078,0001. and 22,362,000/. The deposits have in creased 712,0001., the difference between 6,337,000/. and 7,049,000/, The stock of bullion is greater by 46,0001., the difference between 4,511,0001. and 3,557,0001. Thus whatever variations there are in the averages prove to be on the right side. A change which has been for some time contemplated, with respect to the London agency of the United Sates Bank, was effected yesterday. It appears that Mr. Jaudon resigns the trust in favour of Messrs. James Morrison and Sons, of Broad-street-buildings, a reconstruction of the late eminent house of Morrison and Cryder. Mr. Gabriel Sh aw, f ormerly of the firm o f Cope, Ellis, and Shaw, of New York, and more recent l y , a p artner in that of Tho mas Wil son and C o , o f this city, one of the four A mer i can establishments which yielded to the financial pr essure o f 1836, will ass i st i n the management. The new agency commences with a deposit in its hands of the sum of 750,000/. sterling to face the drafts which are to be passed upon it from the United States, the cash having been realized out of a portion of the mass of those American securities with which the United States Bank imprudently encumbered it se lf. The transfer of the agency to a house of the w e ll - k nown opu l ence of that of the pos sessor of the Fonthill and other va l ua ble estates is an ar rangement which is undoubtedly calculated to aid the con cern most materially in extricating itself from its embar rassments. Mr. Jaudon remains in London for a fem weeks or months, for the purpose of giving what facilities he may be able to his successors ; after which it is supposed his services will be employ e d i n a different sphere. His abilities arc thou g ht to qualify h i m f or the higher duties of diplomacy, and h e the office of one of th e l eading European embassie s ; but this point has evidently yet to be determined. It is n ot unlikely that he may be charged with the helm of his own bank at Philadelphia, may possibly be called u p on to fill or, in -- the event of a national bank being founded under the new presidentship, that his talents may be made available by the appointment of him as its principal director. SALAION.—O n New Year's day the first salmon shown in our market this season was sold whole at 3s. fjd. p er lb.—. Carlisle Patriot, FRIGHTFUL RAILWAY ACCI DENT. SEVERAL PERSONS DREADFULLY LACERATED. The melancholy intelligence, we arc about to com municate to the public may be depended upon, it having been sent us by a gentleman who arrived this morning at the Euston terminus, and was one of the passengers in the Birmingham train to London ; from whose state ment it appears that a frightful collision took place between the Birmingham and North Midland trains at Rugby, whilst the shifting of the carriages took place, on which occasion two of the latter carriages were smashed to pieces, and three persons were so dreadfully injured that they were expected to survive but a few hours. The accident is stated to have arisen from the neg ligence of the officer on duty who had the care of the red light, which he neglected to display. The officer, it is stated, was immediately taken into custody. The Birmingham train was uninjured, and the whole calamity fell upon the North Midland. The scene was of the most appalling nature, and nearly the whole of the passengers in the two carriages were more or less injured. Ercry attention was paid to the sufferers, who were conveyed to the head inn, and a surgeon was in immediate attendance. Dr. John T. Veitch was one of the passengers in the train, and afforded his professional assistance, for which he was remuner►ted by the Compaay on his arrival at the Euston station. The statement of the servant of the Company having been apprehended, as stated above, we have since been informed is erroneous. 'ltie fallowing is the official account : The mail train which left the Euston Station at half-past eight last night, on arriving at Rugby detached two carriages, which were to proceed on to the Midland Counties Line. The carriages were in the act of be ing passed from the London and Birmingham down line for this purpose, when the mail train, which leaves Bir mingham for London at 12, p.m. arriving very slowly at, the station, ran unfortunately in contact with the crossing carriages, and caused contusions to four of the passengers, and c slight fracture of the collar-bone to a filth. Surgical attendance was at hand, and every care taken of the parties. The immediate cause of the accident is now under investigation.—Eve►►in Paper. WEATHER IN THE COUNTRY, (From the Papers received in town to-day.) WESTMORELAND. -_"The state of the weather during the last four or five weeks is a very good illustration of the absurdity of weather almanacs. We have had, on the whole, very fine weather in Westmoreland until about ten days ago, for the dry, frosty weather, with a little snow, which marked the end of December, was too mild to be considered as really winterish. Yet, while we enjoyed comparatively fine weather, the inhabitants of Paris and London, of Edinburgh and Glasgow, have had intense frost and dense fogs. At present the fr ost continues more intense than it has been known in this neighbourhood for several years. The Edinburgh mail has bQen, each day this week, two or three hours later than usual in passing through Kendal. flauFax.-0a Monday evening the frost set in with intensity, and has continued up to the time of our going to press. The consequence of such a long protracted snow storm has been to retard travelling, and the mail and other coaches have been thrown some hours out of their usual time, and several of them have travelled their dif ferent routes with six horses. We believe four years have elapsed since so great a fall. of snow was experienced in this country in the same length of time. Our accounts from various quarters describe the drifts as being of from we to three yards in depth, according to locality.— liaWax Express. WALES. —We have an intense frost, and the fall of snow is larger. Thursday night was the coldest which has been experienced for many years in this neighbour. hood. Yesterday (Friday) morning, as late as nine o'clock, whilst the sun was shining brightly, the th►ermo. meter stood in the shade at 11 deg. (or 21 deg. below freezing point.) The River Usk at Brecon is frozen over, even the 1 3 %11 Tro under Llanvaes Bridge, being covered by a sheet of ice, a circumstance which has not occurred within the last 25 or 30 Fears.—Silurian. SCGTLAND.--.The frost has been very keen the last few days, and several falls of snow have taken place, but not of long duration. Nearly all the mails have been retarded, the snow in some parts of the country being of consider able depth. On Tuesday the mail from Inverness to Perth was upset in a snow•wreath, hut fortunately no damage was sustained. The cold, during the last two days, has been intense.—Scotsman. IRELAND.--in the afternoon of Wednesday, and during the early pat t of the night, we had a heavy fall of snow ; after which a sharp frost set in, and has since continued without cessation. The canals are frozen, and the health ful and delightful, though dangerous exercise of skating, is pr,ceeding on all the locks and ponds in the neighbour hood of the metropolis. It is the first severe frost we have had fur a considerable time, there bring for the last fire years scarcely as much ice procurable as was sufficient to supiiy the confectioners and fishmongers. In the after noon there were some indications of a thaw.—Dublin Evening Mail. snow and sleet storms of Sunday and Nlonday have be,m succeeded by are intense frost. Already the Lough is a sheet of ice, in many parts sufficiently strong to sus tain skater>. The thermometer stood, at 9 o'clock this morning, at 25, being 7 degrees below' the freezing point, with bright blue sky, sunshine and perfecly calm. "The drinezA of the atmosphere." writes an este , rned corres poml, "prevents the cold from being dis+greeable, and dr7 , !&drs!ss, th :ugh it checks vegetation, is rarely hurtful at ; muly period of the year."—Corh .ilepoi ter. COURT OF JUSTICIARY. EDINBURGH, FRIDAY, JANUARY 8. Akxander M•lia or M•11.4c, charged with as , aulting an , ! ravishing IMay or Marjory M.[ntosh, daughter of Donal.] M`latosh, lock-keeper on the Caledonian Canal, on ti:e 2Stli of August, 1840, at or near th'! Dockgarroch Loch, on the Caledonian Canal, in the county of Inver ness, pleaded not guilty. The Court was occupied with this c,:se with closed doors till a late hour, and the Jury reiurtkid a verdict unanimously finding the panne' guilty as libelled. Lord Meadowbank, the presiding Judge, then put on the black cap, and addressed the prisoner —Alexander M' Eta or M'lZae, you have had an opportunity ot hearing the opinion I had formed from the evidence that has been to-day adduced aguinst you, and the very admirable manner in which your case was defended by the able counsel you employed ; who, however, found that without a foundation to rest upon, all hia ability, knowledge, and learning could not save you. The evidence was clear and conclusive, leaving not a doubt upon the minds of the Jury —nor, lam sure, a d ;übt upon the minds of any who have heard and attended to it--of the atrocious guilt you had contracted on this de plorable occasion. Tile crime you have committed infers the punishment of death ; and it is my most painful duty to announce to you the dread sentence which the law pro nounces in your case. That sentence gives you but a very short time to live; and let me urge and entreat you to be stow it in repenting of this and all other crimes of which you may be guilty. It is but a very short period indeed, and let me entreat you not to waste it in thinking of the chance or possibility that the law will not be permitted to take its course. The Jury have not recommended you to mercy, and it is proper in mo to tell you that I have not seen the vestige of a ground upon which such a recommendation could have been given. In these circumstances, you must prepare for a far more dread judgment-seat than that at which you at present stand—you must prepare to appear befor e the throne of Almighty God, there to answer for all the crimes Y ouhave done in the body. L e t me recommen d you to apply to the ministers of the Gospel, who, I am sure, if you do not know your duty, will teach you it. 'rho sentence of the law is —that you be carried from this bar to the pri son of Edinburgh, and be forthwith transmitted, under a sure guard, to the prison of Inverness, therein to be de tained till the 29th of January current, and to be taken, between the hours of 8 and 10 forenoon, to the common place of execution of that borough, or such other place as the Magistrates may appoint, and to hang on the gibbet till you are dead; and may Almighty Gad have mercy on your soul. The prisoner was then taken from the bar. "[LIE TEMPERATURE.—The weather here has been extremely severe since our last. Wednesday was cold, but the temperature became still lover in the even ing ; and, about midnight, Mr. Ronchetti's thermometer, kept in the open air, though nithin the town, namely, at the top of his house in Greenwate, Salford, was down to 12 deg. Fahrenheit, or 20 Seg. below the freezing point. The cold, however, became still more intense on Thursday morning, end the minimum temperature seems to have been attained between seven and half-past eight o'clock, A at. Knowing the careful and constant observa tion of the temperature continued during many years by our illustrious and venerable townsman, Dr. Dslton, we made inquiries of him and learned that his thermometer, which, though in the air and shade, is in a central part of the town, indicated the lowest temperature to be about eight o'clock on Thursday morning, when it had fallen to 15 deg. The Doctor added, that, in the country, he had no doubt the temperature would be full 10 degrees lower. Indeed, we find that, in the vicinity cf this town, several observers, in different situations, found it much lower. Mr. Ronchetti's thermometer indicated 9 deg. as the lowest I point, which was attained about seven o'clock. Mr. T. Gale, engraver, of Irwell-place, Lower Broughton, had a thermometer in the air, which, about the same time, indi cated the lowest, temperature to be 7 deg. And Mr. J. E Bowman, F. L. S., F. G. S., observing that the cold was intense, suspended two thermometers outside his re sidence, Elm-place, New Stretferd.road, abeut half pest seven o'clock, at which time they stood at 9 deg., but subsequently both of them fell to the remarkably low point of 5 deg., somewhere about eight o'clock, or a little after that time.—Manchester Paper. FUNERAL OF LADY RENDLESHANI.—The interment of the mortal remains of the above much. lamented lady took place on Friday last, at Woodbridge Church, Suffolk. The mournful cavalcade left Rendle sham Hall at noon, Lord Rendlesham following as chic. mourner, with Lucy Dowager Lady Rendlesham, Hon. F. Thellusson, and other members of the family attend ing. A great many of the villagers were present, and seemed much affected at the premature death of an excel lent and truly amiable benefactress. Lord Thomas Hay was the officiating clergyman; DEATII OF MR. SHERIFF BOSWELL.—WC regret to announce the death of William Boswell, Esq., , Sheriff' of Berwickshire, which took place on Thursday morning at his house in Castle-street. Mr. Boswell had been complaining for several weeks previous, but until the last fortnight, his disease had not aFsunw,d an alarming aspect,—Zlinburgh Courant. FATAL ACCIDENT TO SCOTT, THE DIVER. This unfortunate man had announced that he would perform his usual diving feats from Waterloo Bridge yesterday, and consequently a great crowd collected to witness them. After performing several of his usual tricks, which he did successfully, on attempting to re peat the performance about three o'clock, and while going through the operation of hanging by the feet and neck alternately, it appears that the noose round his neck slipped, and he remained suspended for several minutes. The spectators not aware of his danger, and believing that he was only going through his usual manoeuvres, remained quiet, while one man, more attentive than the rest, seeing Scott struggle, leaped upon the scaffold, and cut him down, apparently quite dead. A surgeon was sent for, and an attempt was made to bleed the unfor tunate man, but with only partial success ; he was con veyed directly to Charing-cross Hospital, with scarcely the slightest hope of recovery. The accident, we have since learned, has terminated fatally, the exertions of the surgeons at Charing-cross Hospital having been unavailing to restore animation. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. (LLOYD'S.) LONDON, JAN. 11.—It thawed very fast during the whole of yestcraay, and continues to-day.—Wind this day at neon, light airs, at S. W. by W. DEAL, JAN. 9.—Strong breeze. 10.—Wind S., fresh breeze.—Arrived the Eleanor, from Quebec. DOVER, JAN. 10.—Arrived off, the Superb, Shannon, from Batavia. DUBLIN, JAN. 9.—Arrived the Transit, from Quebec. Cultic, JAN. 8. —The Brilliant, M'Kenzie, Greenock for Port Philip, has put in here ; the crew and passen gers having insisted upon the vessel being taken into port, on account of its having been impossible to work her, from the lumbered state of the decks. THURSO, JAN. 4.—The sloop Young Alexander, Ste phen, hence to Rosehearty, was driven on shore during a severe gale this morning, and is expected will become a wreck. BLYTH, JAN. B.—The Alice, from London, in making the Tyne this morning, got on the rocks and bilged, and is expected to become a wreck. DUNDEE, JAN. 8. —The Prompt, sunk at the entrance of the river Ness, has been raised and brought up to North Ferry Beach. SHIELDS, JAN. 9.--Arrived, the Arrew, Tristram, from Taganrog. Sailed Cowslip, Savannah. SUNDERLAND, JAN. B.—Arrived the Defender, Duncan, from Quebec. SCARBOROUGH, JAN. B.—The Industry, Turner, which was ashore near Tiley, has been got off, and will proceed to Newcastle. 10. The Emma, Clarke, from London to Newcastle, was totally wrecked on Bland's Point this morning ; crew saved. The Sovereign, Whitby, from London, went on Tiley Brig in the night during a snow storm. FALMOUTH, JAN, B.—The Thames (steamer), from Dublin to London, was totally wrecked on Rosevear Cern, (Scilly) on the morning of the 4th instant. One man and three women saved ; about sixty persons are supposed to have perished. HULL, JAN. o.—Wind S.W. by W.—Arrived] the Lord Wenlock, Mitchell, Miramichi. 10. It blew a very heavy gale this morning at S.S.E. The Edward, Darnston, from Sunderland to London, was totally wrecked on the Bull Sand this morning ; crew saved. 10 a. m. light airs at S. S. W., nearly calm. RYE, JAN. 10.—The Ivan, Kea, Grotins, horn Hon fleur to Sunderland, was driven on shore last night dur ing a heavy gale, at south, about three miles south of this harbour. The Dove, Hynes, was drivea on shore at the same time, but both vessels arc expected to be got off LYNN, JAN. 10.—About 140 sail were driven from their moorings by the ice yesterday morning, and drifted in all directions. The Peggy, of Whitley, drove foul of the Eancut-bridge, and was totally dismasted. The Wood field, of this port, was also totally dismasted. The Pene lope, lying on the opposite shore, fills. The Queen of the Isles, Celerity, and Sally, and many other vessels, have received material damage. The shipping is secured for the present in a temporary manner until the frost breaks up. MARGATE, JAN. io.—Arrived off port the Superb, from Jam pica ; Mary. Williams, Quebec. LIVERPOOL, JAN. M.—Wind S.—Arrived the Ann Mary Ann, Lane, from New Orleans; Elizabeth, St. John's, New Brunswick ; Esk, Paraiba ; Hanover, Balti more. Sailed the Montezuma, Selkirk, for Valparaiso ; Jane, Temperley, St. Thomas; Ocean Queen, Wilson, Savannah ; Belvidere, Spear, Baltimore ; Bombay, Spuir, Africa; Mary, Kemp,Sydney ; George Ileng, Hanis n, Wetherell, Hubert Town. Off port, the Eliza, Radcliffe, from Lima. PORTSMOUTH, JAN. 9 —Wind S. to S.S. E., fresh breezes, and squally.—Arrived the Adelnar, Noltee, from Batavia ; Diamant, Rio de Janeiro ; Alhion , Harrison, St. John's, New Brunswick; 'limbo, Wooldridge, Africa. GI,cr. , CESTEK, JAN. 9. Arrived Bruce, Wright, Quebec. HARWICH, JAN. 10.—The J.;fin B3rroev, from London for Whitby, has put in here ieaky, having been on the GunfLet Saul. THE ASHTON MURD ttli.S, AND THE TRADES UNION COMBINATIONS. A SIITON, SATURDAY.--It is now fully anticip_►ted tha the perpetrator or perpetrators of the shocking murder of Benjamin Cooper, the sawyer, will be discovered. Thirteen individuals charged will conspiracy have been admitted bail, themselves in 1001,, and two sureties of 501. each. The first four who were committed to Kirkdale, for want of bail—viz , Davis, Wiliiams, and the two Hardwicks, were liberated from tha: prison yesterday, some one hav ing provided them with sureties ; but no sooner had they reached the outside of the prison, than they were again taken into custody charged with wilful murder, and were cony( yed to Ashton, where they will undergo an examina tion before the Magistrates on that charge some day dur ing the next week. The circumstances which have led to their apprehension I believe are (although the police of Ashton are very chary of giving information), that for the last few days a man named Holmes, alias " Brass Met al Jack," a desperate character, has been in custody on suspicion of being the man who actually fired the shot at Cooper. He has net been taken before any Magistrates, and few of his captors know anything of his apprehension. Whilst in Kirkdale one of the four committed for conspi. racy above alluded to (Davis) manifested a desire to dis close something connected with the murder inculpating parties then in custody, which led to their re-appre hension. Trio murder of Garland, which took place about two months ago, has caused the Government to issue the fd lowing proclamation " ONE HUNDRED POUNDS REWARD.—When.sas, on Sa:. turday evening, the 31it of October last, Thomas Gar- land, a sawyer, was most barbarously murdered by some evil-disposed person or persons, who are also supposed to have been sawyers, and who effected their murderous pur pose ,pn the toad between AshtJe.under-Line and Man chester. The circumstances of such murder having been represented to the Marquis of Normanhy, the Secretary of State for the Home Department, his Lordship has inti mated that a reward of 100/. will be paid by the Govern ment to any person who shall give such information as shall lead to the discovery and conviction of the murderer or murderers; and his Lordship has further intimated that he will advise the grant of her Majes'y's pardon to any ac complicei (Hot being the actual murderers), who shall give such evidence as shall lead to the same result. Informa tion to be given to Captain A. W. Sleigh, Chief Super intendent of Police, Manchester. " January 7, 1841." A NEW WAY OF INCREASING A FAMILY.— On Thursday week, a tradesman from Huddersfield, in Yorkshire, whose name we could give if necessary, was coming from Liverpool to Manchester by the railway train. A respectable looking woman, apparently from twenty. five to thirty years of age, and who had a female child about fifteen months old on her knee, travelled in the same carriage. The tradesman took the child and dandled it on his knee, and said it was worth a sovereign. She said she would take the money for it; and, after some joking, he handed her the money, which she put into her pocket. Arriving near the end of his journey, be wished to put an end to the joke, and asked her f)r the sovereign back, which she gave him. When they got to the station, the woman got out first, leaving the child with him, and when he got out and looked about for her she was gone, and hp could discover no trace of her. Being a married man, and pro bably deeming it imprudent to take the chid home, he took it to the Manchester police.office, where lie informed the officers how he became possessed of it, but could give no decription of the woman, except that sho was a good looking woman, of from twenty-five to thirty years of age. Ile left the child at the office, and a sovereign to defray the expense of its maintenance until the mother should be discovered. The child, which we understand is a very fine girl, is now at the house of one of the officers ; but nothing has yet been heard of its mother.—Manchester Paper. kVILL OF LOltD JOHN CHURCHILL—The will of the Right Hon. Henry John Spencer Churchill, commonly called Lord John Spencer Churchill, late Cap tain of her Majesty's ship Druid, deceased, has just passed the seal of the Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury, in Doctor's Commons, to his Royal Highness Prince Frederick Duke of Sussex, and the Hon. John Frederick Gordon, commonly called Lord Frederick Gor don, the executors. The personal property of the de ceased has been sworn under 12,0001., and which is given to the executors, to Sir Francis Molyneux Ommanney, and the Right Hon. Lord Churchill. Sir Francis died in the lifetime of the deceased, so that the whole of the property becomes divisible between the executors and the Hon. Edward Lord Churchill, being 4,000/. each. COINAGE AT IVIANCIIESTER.—We were pretty well aware that certain of her Majesty's subjects, resident here, occasionally employed themselves in fabri cating base shillings and sixpences; but we did not know, until very recently, that a legitimate coinage of money is at the present time going on in the town. We have now lying before us some spe c i mens o f co pp e r money for the island - of Sumatra, now coining by Messrs. Vivian and Sons, copper merchants, of this town. The coins are about the size of an English farthing, but much thinner, and probably not more th an h a lf th weight, and bear a rather strange mixture of English and native devices and inscriptions ; some part of which, at any rate, will puzzle the Surnatrans more than a little.—Manchester Guardian. Early on Thursday morning, as a boy was skating on Lochend, the ice gave way, and he fell into the water. A gentleman passing went to his assistance with a hook, which he obtained from some men engaged in carting ice, but he also got immersed, and both would have been drowned had it not been for the activity of Mr. Miller, of Leith, who undreasA himself and jumped into the water and rescued them. The boy, when taken out, was to all appearance dead, but afterwards recovered,— Edinbtfrlli Courant, MORNING EDITION. THE MARKETS-YESTERDAY CORN EXCHANGE. The supplies of English G ra i n l as t wee k w ere tolerablf good, and of Irish Oats considerable. The navigation 4 the river being still impeded, the factors have showed few, samples, and so very little busine s s h a s b een transack7 that former prices cannot be altered. In Fl o ur the trio. 8 continues free. nucis Ott BOARD Or WI? Wheat,Red (old) ..... —s. - White (old) —s. —s. ..----.11ed1840) 525. Ms. Fine 55e. 575. - Superfine 58e. 635. --- White (1840) 545. sgs. Fine 606. 03s. Superfine 655. 706.1 ---.—.-Foreignfree 511. 706. Rye 38s. 40s . Barley 2fis. 376. Grinding • 6s. 28s. Malting 3•25. 373. , Malt s6s. 605. 1 -- Fine New.. 625. 631.1 Pease, Grey, New 31s. 386. Maple New . 40s. 41s. White 345. 365. ---- Boilers 37s. 38s. ARRIVALS OF GRAIN IN L( Wheat. English Irish Foreign Beans, Small (new) 434 45 4 , (old) .45 - 4e l ^ Tick (new) 37 3 4 •• (old) 4'2... 441, -- Harrow (new) 40s. 41s. (old) 445.4(f. Brank Oats, Feed ....s.--s• New 20..2 36 . Poland _,........13, New 25;. 2 9 t, Potatoe . —... -- 1.7, w 2,0(. 501. Scotch 2 7 ,.30- Irish ISs. ...21-.241. Flour Town (per sack) .... 505.5•`• 6 • —. Seconds 4.6,4f15. North Country 453 4 6, • Bran ll5 12 . INDON DURING LAST WENg arley. oats. Flour ,607 qrs. 1,81 1 4 qrs 5,516 sato ~ 12 37,920 -- -.—. 8,4.,0) 09. SMITHFIELD. The trade for both Becf and Mutton was brisk, the sari' ply but moderate. The supply of Calves was very s hort, and the trade was equally brisk. The trade for Pork 04 5 middling, there being principally large Hogs and Stares in the market, and very few good Porkers. Beasts, 2,425; Sheep, 20,350; Pigs, 439; Calves, 58. Beef, 31 gd to 44 8d; Mutton, as 8d to 4s 10d ; Veal, 4s 6d to bs 10di Pork, 4t to 53. __ _ TEA MARKET. The transactions were upon a small scale, and price s were very unsettled. Sales were made in Company Congou at Id per lb advance on the sales of Saturday, a" some of the holders withdrew their samples from the market altogether. The cash price of Company's Coil' you was is 7d per lb. TALLOW MARKET. The demand for Russia* Tallow on the spot was dull, but prices were steady at 465 6d to 47s per cwt. I lls stock is much laeger than it was last year at this time. HOP MARKET. A fair demand for Hops, arid prices firm, particular ! l for fine descriptions, of which the supply was small. PRICE OF BREA D. The highest I ri. cof '4ieot i the Maroons is 930 for the Loaf. Go, d Bread may be had at "i;id. PRI,Ei OF SEEDS. Per Quarter Per Cwt. New E ;gl•sh Reu Clover...sos 84s St. Fein —: p a : Old Ditto Ditto —8 s—s Rye Gass ...I New Foreign Ditto —s 55s 7s Pacey Grass —s —.--A I Olt Ditto Dit to —s —ei —s Linseed, for feediog ...—s 60 is 6' e gs New White Clover 45 8 50 s 0 0 s Di t o, for sow i ng ......—s 60 ' 4 gs Old Dia , Ditto — s —3 —s D itto, f or crush i . g .. .. -3 455 4. Ncw Tre 'oil — s :Ss V— s Hem Old Ditto -‘l3 20s 30s Canary ,_..5 85S Lw 'Fr folium -8 4Ss 70s Per Bushel. English Carraway —s 50s 5, s Whit e M us t ar d.... la Od to 145 5 Foreign Ditto 3 46s hOs Brown Ditto 14$ Od to 17 5 6 .4 Coriander —s 148 18s,Tares .7s 6d tc DO l'itlCE OF OIL. Rape Oil, brown, per ton ....£l4 0 Ditto, refined Linseed Oil :,'S C Lins ed Oil Cake at the Mill (per 1000) l4 0 Rape , ake, per to., PRICE OF TALLOW, SOAP, &c. per 1121 b. 0 Town Tallow .. £2 13 6 Melting Stuff £1 l p Yellow Russi t White Soap Ditto 0 0 • G oo d D regs 0 5 v PRICE OF RAW FAT, per stone °U MW, Price of Tallow (as stated by the Tallow Melters) 34. ed COAL MARKET. Ships arrived since last market.day, 52. ' d. s. d. s. Adair's Illaydon Main lB 6 WalliEnd Hetton 23 0 Buddle's West Hartley l9 6 Walls End Lambton .... ..... 1-4 0 Garestield Hebburn Main 22 r Walls End Carsdoc 25 g Unix's Main ... 17 6 T e n na nt's Ha r t'epool... ..... 1 4 0 Smith's Pontop l9 0 Walls End varrington Tees 9,', 0 Tanfield Moor . 23 ii Walls End South Durham... ' 2 ' 6 f. , 3 Wyla.rt Walls E d Bewicke and C, 23 5 Wal s End Tees Walls End Brown's 22 6 Walls End Tees Hetton .... 2 : 3 , 0 Walls End Hilda. ..... Walls End Killingworth es Walls End Belmont 24 0 Llangennech Coal 19 W. E. Braddyll'slietton„, 21 9 Mithley vvIC COUNTRY CORN MARKETS DURING LAST W...-__, Wheat. Barley. Oats. I Beans. 1 .... 2› . ' Per Quarter.' s. to s. s. to s. s. to s. s. to s. 8. cc:' ' Carlisle '63 30 22 56 56 Hcxham '5O IV 32 341 21 23 -- 30 Morpeth ;50 62 25 28 19 1,2 10 41 31 Benrith 1 63 30 •-• 23 33 -- 40 Sheffield ; 63 31 22 --- 40 -7, 34 Winchest r 152 63 28 32 26 29 42 45 3 , , ,A. Per Bushel.' s. d. 8. d. s.d. 8. d. s. d. s. d. s. cL s.d s. 0 0 0 Carmarthen It. 0 7 1 00 50 00 22 56 00 0 0 0 0 Cowbri Igo ._. 10 0 —0 50 56 30 40 50 53 ( 2 ' a f t 0 0 Swansea '7B 84 4 0 48 2 4 26 5 6 6P ~. - Per 8011. ; A 1 1 0 Barnardcastl 16 0 18 11 8 0 9 3 7 4 8611 0 12 610 ~ ; 11 Durham l3 6156 80 90 79 89 It / 0 I 3 0 10 v 10 0 Richmond II 6 IS 0 70 90 56 8 0 9 0 11 6 90 Qv Stockton l3 0160 9 0 90 ; 7 0 86 7 6 86 0 0 WAKEFIELD CORN MARKET' N'neat, Red, Norfolk and Suffolk -- Lin. and Cam. 5 1 ;‘" -..—.—....---... Yorkshire —a. --a. to 545. fine di , — 3 B. 662318.. to to 6 62 13 5 : fi fi o n e e% White —s 625. to —s. fine v %, fir Foreign, tied —9 ..6. to 5.3 c. fine a m, ------ White —s. —s. to 60s. nne`,,i, Barley, N.,rfolk and Suffolk ---- Lincolnshire -- Yorkshire Weld Foreign --0 , Beans, New -- Old —s . t o 46 5 . fine. , " Oats, Potato ..-8. to 30s. site S l5. 5 . 05 , -..- Poland --s. —s. to 2es. tin:s"). -- V riezland and Small —s —s. to tll,e. iiP I‘.nling 122 to , 3d pet SWI Slyd ling, . L. , 275. to 28s. Od. per i d Malt —.4(ls, fine 44a. per L° , . P s Rapeseed NEWCASTLE CORN EXCHANGE. Red. White. Wheat, Northuml,erland ....... 50d. s ..-5 630 --- Norfolk and Suffolk 63s. 643 665. 70 b . ---- Berwick and Scotch 6ls. Os —l. o' l6 Foreign 6.25. 665........ 6•25. 651. Rye, Norfo!lr And Suffolk -- Foreign 293.338 —s. — 4 .. y Barley, Malting, Norfolk and Suffolk... —s. —s —5.. ...a 1 ' : % -- Grinding And Feeding POs. 335. -5. — 44 1.•,, 0 Malt, Noribik and Sutlbik 583 60s —B. ' 4 " t .{ Beans, Small 4os. 488....... ....i. ' - ' 45. ' ---.. ••• Tick ..,•-, 425. 488 —s. -- 5 . °'. ?vase, White 44s. 465..... —8...... - Gray . . --6, --S ..5.. ".8. Oats, Northumberland, rotatoc ...... ... 306.328 -6. -6. Feed F °reign -s. —s Flour (tier sack) 493. 335. —s, .—s• SCOTCH MARKETS. Wheat. Barley. Oats. Beans. Oitio ' ~ _....--• 0 ;5 -- -- „ thertlecn sr; to 60 25 to 26 13; to '22 —to 33 5 1 Betv..ick 3ti 45 IS :21 16 17 32 24 ...• ,7oklstre:oll - 30 -' .., (%opar :Vile) 4,1 65 12fi 31 Pi 22 22 26 -... Donhai 4B 68 26 4!) 23 27 40 42 40 , Elgin hiverness Kelso ......... :36 47 17 21 15 18 :n :34 .." Kirkahly Perth - ."-:;-, The size of the measure varies throughout the countrP EDINBURGH CORN MARKET. Wneat. Barley. Oats. _ s. f ease. r e pi 3 ii First ,a s 7." . .0t1. :1")s. lid. 20s. Cl. 424. Od. "- :coed (32 031 0 24 0 40 (1 40 ~ ° third Average price of Wheat 0 2 19; 3 1. PRICES OF PROVISIONS, 4, CO 1 ' I ' Beef, per io. --- os. Pd. to Os.7d. F res hß utter, Ih. Os. 0 , 1. to 1 1 lltittoli ------- 0 6 0 7 Salt Ditt0......---. OJO 0 V , a 1 ....--- --- 0 8 1 0 Ditto, per cat. «9 . 1 0 11 1 g P , „.....- ra-_—.-- 0 5 0 7 E ggs, Per doz.,. 0 0 4 , 0 Limo, per gr. -- 0 0 0 0 OatStrawtkpl.)... 7 0 ' 0 fallow, cwt......... 39 0 42 0 Wheat Ditto.... 6 0 .1 0 9,tiartern L0af...., 0 01 0 9 B ar l e y Ditto ...- 5 6 0 Potatoes, 141 b....., 0 5 0 0 Hay, per st..w.. 0 0 ' EDINrURGH MEAL MARKET. Per Sack of 280Ib. Imp. Per Stone 01 141 b. Imil• .2 0 , 0 . Fist Oatmeal 1. Second ditto. 3 Harleytneat. ... 1 8 0 Barleym e eal Peaselaml .. 1 8 0 Peasemeal 0 1 rot Barley from 30s. to 50s. per sack. II ADDINO.CON CORN MARKET. 'heat. Barley. Oats. Pease. " e'r gi first 7O. it 2( 04 33s 011 393 0,1 Second 67s lid :30s Od 23s Od 3;.,s Od no 0,1 Third .(Os Od 28s Od 2l s Is] —s Od 005 Avenge 2: 17s PM. 8.12:1,5. DALKEITII CORN MARKET. Wheat. Harley. Oats. First (iSs ra 3is 0I 25s 8d Second s9s Od 30; lid :4 . 23 tid Third 5O; 0.1 2is OCI ICS 1 0:1 Pease. I 41s 0(1 1 403 Od 31s Of ni• Sei 42$ m 4 0 34: GLASGOW CORN Mt RKET. , s( ( *; ) ‘Vheat, per 2401 b. s. d. s.(l. Oat; per 2841 b. r,. ( ".20'' riritisll, old '2l O ---- new Canada, free —(l 0 Beans, per 2601 h. 00 0 Irish Barley, plr 3201 b. Scottish Eoglisli -26 5 20 0 Pease, Scottish .. .. ' 2 ' 2 6 1 01 Scottish Irish .... 17 0 5 . 0 0 190 230 Flour, per 2r-4u. 4OOl CiES A REA N OPERATION.—This difficult a n e t : dangerous operation was perf or m e d a t B e l oer , Derbysi! r g n Wednesday last. The moth er an d child are both ' ll and likely to do well. ( THE WEATHER.—___The Minimum O. ae thermometer near this city on Wednesday night 1 0 ; 1 , 2 degree, or 30 degr ee s b e l ow th e f reez i ng po i nt .---"- lisle Patriot. SUPERIOR LONDON TABLE KNIV • ; with Ivory Handl es , 14 s . per dozen Dessert Knives, I , —. O ; Carvers, 6d. per pair ; Table Knives, with white b y , handles, Bs. Bd. per dozen , Dessert, 6s. M. ; Carvers, e 5, per pair ; Globe-shape Tea-urns, 4 quarts, 275. ; new 0 , 51' 1 of 391. ; Papier Mache Tea-trays, gothic shape, 60 s ; the e full sizes. Catalogues, containing the price of every article n /a n ing ironmongery and cutlery, gratis. RIPPON and BURTON, Wells-street, olford-stree t ' Established 1820. 818 TH S. At Broxmore Park, Wiltshire, Mrs. Bristow, wife 01 11°11°4 Bristow Esq., of a daughter. °' On the 27th oh., at Frank fort, the Hon. Mrs. Massy 1; son, of a . On the son Bth inst., Mrs. W. Ridge, of Duke-street , W e't' minster, of a daughter. On the Bth inst.. at Neweastle-upon-Tyne, the lady of A• Fre're Marreco, Esq., of a son. r defif' On the Bth inst., at Clarendon-place, Hyde-park-g 3 the lad) of Alexander Colvin, I of a daughter. MARRIED. On the sth inst., at Westbourne Church, Lear Ifo , c' of Wanstead, Essex, to Emily Ann, eldest daughter of CO B. S. Bluett, . ll.,PrinsteaW W. Sd, ussex. On the ith K inst., at Southampt on , J. Richard s, solicitor, to Jane Angell, daughter of Richard Elridge , oi on. one of the Magistrates of the town and county of SouthM________!!:/ lED. On the sth i ns t., at Ben tl ey-green, Hants, Margaret, eli of NV. Langmore, Esq., formerly of Hackney, aged 8 1 . fe ll On the sth inst., at Hoxne, near E 3 e, Suffolk, Mr. On the 7th inst., at East Court, Sussex, E. Cranston, no. On the 7th inst., Ann, the i n f an t daughter of Eliza sea' well Middleton, barrister-at-law, in the Island of Jainaica: n On the Bth inst., Margaret, the wife of A. G. ikla rtt , Green -street, Leicester-square, aged 55. On the Bth inst., at Battersea, Mrs. Elizabeth Scollick ts . olo o On the 9th inst , at Stoke Newington, Ann, the Y ° daughter of Sparks Moline, aged 45. On the 10th inst., Sarah, the wife of J. Stevenson, Conduit-street, Hanover-square. 1....)nd0n: Printed and Published by MURDO YOIJ I ‘ I n d iti No. 11'2, Strand, at The Sun Office, 10. 112, t tr i a the county of Middlesex,..Tunday, January 12, / pe, L 0 A List tb , c of kl .rilitior t t „ t l Y l . Nie• ItA el , iipi '. J) ~Ei