The Sun. — London, England, 1841-01-09 00:00:00

MORNING EDITION• COUiiT CI.tCULAIt. WlNnsoa, Ftan Ruyal Highness ['dm:L. Al htteutleti by Colonel Bouverie and Lord Alfred 4 W , Mr. George Edward Anson, anti Dr. Preto rius, , the ezete:se of skating on the lake FroErtnore this ttierni e w. Hcr Maj,sty nit: her Royal 11;glin , :ss the Duchess of lk 'tit have nut left the Castle to-day. Mr. Byrne, the blind Irish harper, bad the ho nour of pa aYing l'iatiun ' al airs before her Alajesty at the C astle st evening. tlia Excellency Monsieur Van de Weyer, the Belgian gibi l‘ters and Madame Van de Weyer, left their residence ;" Portland_ place Yesterday merning, and embarked on ' °ar d a tteam racket for - Oaterl, en route for Brussels. • Mr. Deouct, Secretary of Legation, nrri%ed in town on T hurOny from the Continent, and will officiate as Charge d'Affaires during the absence of his Excellency. Baron de Boni queney, French Charge d'Affaires, trans , acted business yesterday at the Foreign office. Thu Attorney-General, Sir Harry Verney, and Mr. • ' lichee?, hart interviews with Lord JJlin Russell yester • day at the Colonial-otree. • • Tho Judicial Committee of her Mi , je:ty'e Most Honour- I hle Privy Council sat yesterday. The Lords present %ere, Lord Brougham, the Vice-Chancellor, Mr. Justice L. 4rr - um, and the Judge of the Admiralty Court. • klessrs. Pemberton and Burge, Queen's Counsel, were heard for the respective parties in an appeal from Jamaica, Is Vidal v Girod." The Vice-Chancellor gave judgment on the part of the Court, reversing the decree of the Court • below. Sir William-Follett and Mr. Edmund Moore, for the a PPeant, were heard in " Magnus Smith v. the Judges of Sierra Leone." Lord Brougham gave judgment on the Part of their Lordships. that there were no grounds for the order disbarring Mr. 0 Smith, and that there was nothing Whatever in the proceedings, which in any way affected his character. MODERATE INTEREST.—The Batik of Eng land, establiilied about two years and u half before with a capital of 140,000/ ; lent, in July of 1696, 200,0001. to Day the Flemish troops, demanding 18,000/ for ihe loan, Shen n one elm would take the Exchequer Tallies unaer 30 per aant.--Janies's Court and Times of IVilliam 111. The Louth Tories, according to their own ac- Tun, intend starting two candidates to oppose the Liberal wientbera at the next election—the persons solicited for this hopeless experiment are Mr. Skcffington Foster, son of Lord Ferrard, and Major M'Cliutock of Drumear. The first copy of Whishaw's new work on Rail waYs was purchased for his - Royal Highness the Duke of' Sussex. PRICE S OP PROVISIONS, &C., AT CHUSAN. '.Wines, beer , provisions, and groceries of all kinds , are selling at a most exorbitant price, 200 or 300 per cent. bore Calcutta rates. Fowls and ducks, at first so plen tiful, ar e not now procura bl e . V ege t a bl e s the asrame,ex. apt swe e t potatoes, o f w hi c h sma ll quantities c yamsgiven some times t o b e h a d . Th e men h ave latterl had as ration s by the Commissariat, in the proportion of one Poised e ac h. Any Calcutta merchant sending sions, groceries, 'he wit es, &c., would be sure of a ready sale re on very profitable terms. Cloth fit for soldiers' shirti ng , strong leather, such as is used for animunition, Loots, fl !rinds, and warm clothing of all descriptions would Ilk() bo eagerly bought up : the weather is already quite cold enough for cloth clothes. Thermometer, 62 at sunrise, . Ird at present in my tent at half-past ten a.m., only 63. Three young men, who gave the names of Grant, Wayler, and Lambourn, were taken before Sir Henry Fletcher, a Magistrate for the County of Surrey, at the Town hall, Kingston, on Wednesday, upon a charge , l) 6oss common utterers of' counterfeit corn, and with s " s svl nl4 defrauded a number of tradesman at Kingston and w e'ghbourhood. Miss Harris, a shopkeeper at King ' a e -° d n ' si l jPosed that the prisoner Wayler came to her shcp ed her to give him change for a shilling and she I hi m a . sixpence, a four-penny-piece, and two-pence. nd he handed her a shilling which she placed in the till. S hort time he again came to the shop, and asked for tar,"Yveorth of cotton, and he threw down a shilling upon that "ark p art o f t h e counter, an d s h e p i c k e d i t upend round al it was counterfeit. She told him so, and he immedi a, i s natched it from her, and ran out of the shop. She then Coked in the till, an d f oun d th a t th e f o rmer shilling she had :" 44 Was count er f e it, an d s h e i m mediately marked it, and he aded it over to t h e po li ce. A not h er s h op k eeper at Kings on, named W entwort h, spo k e t o a s i m il ar p rocee di ng on n i h e Part of Lambourn. This prisoner also succeeded Passing one counterfeit shilling, and made a second -.4enapt, when the fraud was discovered. Mr. Hull tts a cookshop-keeper, proved that the prisoner Grant 444 , e to his shop and purcha ed some ox-cheek, and tl'ill,' him with a counterfeit shilling, and he gave M the change. Abort half an hour afterwards he re turned to the shop, and asked for the same quantity of Or cheek, and he tendered him a shilling, which he dis covered to be a bad one, and told the prisoner so ; illtd h e replied that he knew it was a good one, and tack it horn him and left the shop. I n f orma ti on havin g been gives to the police of what bad taken 1 1 , 1 4ce they instituted an inquiry, and took th e prisoners into custody, and upon searching them they found a tteat quantity of good silver and copper coin. The pri loners, who said they got their living by hawking memo ratidurn-books and 11x:1'er-boxes about the country, were temanded, in order to give the police an opportunity to i t' s , z ak . e the necessary inquiries, and to communicate with the -9 , 4 l „...' eit ej to the Mint. There is no doubt that the pri i°—* "aye laid the whole of the neighbourhood of King -1.21" and Richmond - under contribution, and that several rel t h c ases will b e brought forward _a , sainst them. ~.`3 111" 3 1 1. CHURCH OF Sr. BOTOLPH WITH ALDGAT6.—A Vestry Meeting of the Freedom and ~,.I )rd 'hip parts of the pariah of St. Botoph Without, Ald eAte. was held on Thursday in the Committee-room, Cock laid 11 ° 0 p -yard, Houndedith, for the purpose of taking consideration the dilapited state of the parish church, and to determine on what steps should be taken to- W ards r epa i ring the same. Mr. R. Coombes, Church. • ward e was in the Chair. After a very violent dis relative to the obligation of the parishioners ge eradY to assist in the expenses incurred by the neces- Itaq repairs, Mr. Wtight said that the church was in uc h a dangerous condition tht the minister was cor- Pall e d to suspend divine servic a e. He moved, " That a • O verseers b e f orme d , cons i st i ng o f the Churchwardens,to , and twelve parishioners, to employ a surveyor take a survey of the church generally ; to prepare a reeificatiou and to report the same to a tuture Vestry" "-seconded by Mr. Chi istie. Dr. Hadlow moved an aravtldr eerit, " That whatever expenses arc incurred in the r epairs sh a ll b e d e f raye d b y voluntary contributions" seconded by Mr. Jones. A show of hands was taken, " l id the Original resolution was carried by a very large ma •3I,IY. Dr. Hadlow moved two other resolntimis, one, t" that the question be taken into consideration that day h''el'e-rnonths," and the next, with a view to annul the Vi,r,°eccdings of the Meeting, was, the previous question." 'e motions were lost by at least three to one, and, amidst considerable confusion sod uproar, a Committee was ap- Pointed to carry out the resolution passed. THE METROPOLITAN POLICE.—The official ret urns of the sick i n th e different divisions of this force, given in on Tsursday at Scotland.yard, were 11 sergeants 4 "(1 144 constables, who were disabled from duty on the 4P!.lvious night : the total number of men being 4,350 of ranks. and making an average of less than tour per ; t e _ h t• The a b ove, a l t h oug h a l arger proport i on o f s i ck Eat usual, is less than might have been expected front the !!verity of the season. It is to be taken into account likewise, that, from the extension of the limits of the me. I„t9olitan police, the force is 700 men stronger than at less period last year, when the aver ag e s ickness was much t "I• The C omm i ss i oners h ave g i ven orders to t h e coon divisiona that every indulgence consistent with the theirubhc duties easy. , We are glad to observe that Colonel Ferguson meeting with a Leal ty welcome in the Kiikealdy n ll Tha• has had various meetings with the electors, o seem to have been greatly pleased, both w ith his po "lice' sentiments and the frank way in which he expressed them, It is presumed he will be allowed to walk the C° Urge, as 110 other candidate has yet aispeared. —Seotsnian. 4 1) 110 1 44T11 OF RAJAI I SI NGI! AND HIS SON. aMahe- Raj ih Khurruck S ing h, a f ter a l inger i ng Painful illness, expired on the morning of the sth. No 6° °"er was the melancholy event made known to the Un hrOn, than the Rsnee‘iisur Koour, sister of Sirdar Mun- CO Singh. expressed her firm determination to burn, and 4 eeordingly about eleven o'clock of the same day she was immolated with three of her hand-maidens. On the ter ination of the funeral the Court was proceeding to bathe in th e Ravec, tut in passing through one of ti e covered totoways of the town, the crush of elephants cawing one of the beams of immense weight to fall, it strm k Koonwur N ow-Nehal- Singh, the heir -apparent, on the head, and a Youth, named Mean- Oadum Singh (son of Rajah G.,lab i T l egh), who was on t h e P r i nce ' s elephant, on the loins. in aduns Singh died immediately, but the Prince remained an iaaansible state until ten o'clock at night, when he ! 2 apired. Th e aspect of affairs in the Punjaub, as regards 1 4 ernal p, liti es , may b e cons id ered to be totally altered, Out to its British ally the same friendly feeling is evinced, 11?rouch so, th at i t i s b e l ieved the brigade will cross the Putleg e on t h e morning of Wedoesday next in progress to oi,ahour,..—DeMi Gazett e E x t ra , N ov. 11. oFRR GREAT REFORM DEMONSTRATION AT Rt 's —The foll ow i ng M em b ers o f of Parliament and Other distingui s h e d l ea di rg R eformers have already an 11hord their intention of being present on the occasion 1 - 4!• O'Connell, Esq., M. P. ; Sir William Molesworth, Es t '. M. P.: Hon. C. L ang d a l e, M . P . ; T. Dimcombe, t it l l , M. P. ; T. Gisborne, Esq., M. P. ; J. O'Connell, T h l l M. P. ;J. T. Leader, Esq., M. : Colonel .T. P. ampson ; W. S. Crawfo r d, Esq. ; Dr. B owr i n g : Warburton. Esq,, M. P. ; 'F. Wakley, E sq M. P.— ' S heffield -trig. On Sat ur d ay even i ng we were visited with a Yainleat gal e f rom t h e northward, which was accompan ied oe 4r ds mornin g w i t h a s li g h t f a ll of snow . The frost was tin exceedingly keen. The gale continued with almost f e ritted violence till Monday night, when it gradual!) Mail On Monday morn i ng th e l arge b r i g, Sarah Jane, Lei and. with m a h ogany . runt, and suga r , f rom J ama i ca to gn a sh ' in attempting to m a ke Leith h ar b our, re f used to ..Teo/sver the helm, an d went on shore on the sands.ion. n o. , T ON UNION.—At the weekly meeting of th e Board - of Gu ar di ans , hell at the Union wei !choose n s„ llQ ..day, an ord er was rea d b y t h e c l er k , w hi c h h a d b een dismissal by the Pooowe,r -law theo Cnimissioners, au ad thorising tbi Missal of John H master, who h been eon . 'tete d bvt he Magistrates in a penalty of IN. on the pre r riot; • ataolav for cruelly ill-treatiog a female pauper. t ontately aftor the termination of Ayr,- A. • the investigation on L itd aYs Mr. Parker, the Assistant-Commissioner, de 'Patched a report of the case to Somerset House, for the Zlll..llO.deration of the Commissioners, who at mica confirmed geeision of the Magistrates, by commanding that tin t 4114 er 1. IA be t 1: 2.0.11 u ostnisseu at the next meeting of thi. i litELAND AND THE TORIES (From the Morning Posl.) We hear from Ireland that a good deal of uneasiness has been excited there among the best class of Conservatives by an article on " Romanism in Ireland," which appeared in the recently published number of the Quarterly Re view. The class of Conservatives to whom we refer arc landlords and their families, sincerely attached to the Church of England and to English habits and sentiment' generally, but resident in Ireland, both from affection to the laud in which they were born, and because of the duties which they owe to their respective la ighbourhoods as proprietors. They have been sufficiently accustomed, ever since they could read and take any interest in public affairs, to hear of plots, and conspiracies, ands( cret machi nations on the part of Romanist priests and politicians, against the existence of the Protestant Government of England and the :security of the Protestant people of Ireland. By long habit they had come to regard these rumours as a kind of stock exaggerations convenient for the use of speech makers in moments of excitement, and of newspaper %%titers when " something strung" was con sidered anropriate to the occasion. They did not think that such alarming statements were totally without founda tion, but they believed the: they went my far beyond what cautious and calmly investigating persons could believe, and that they themselves (the Irish Protestant landlords), though not quite so safe as they would be in E !gland, had, nevertheless, nut much to fear. But the writer in the Quarterly Review Ins thrown up a fire-ball--a horrible blue light—which discloses to them the nets of Romish stratagem by which they are surrounded, and the mines of Romish enmity and ambition which are ready to be exploded under their feet. The writer in the Quarterly is not only Ica: tied and acute, but be evidently wishes to be very candid, and to guard himself against being carried away by the exaggera tions of certain Irish witnesses, who testify with great ve- hence upon the subject of Romish conspiracy. And yet be goes beyond any of them. He declares that the grand source of the evils of Ireland —the tons et oriyo of all the various mischief—is religious dissension. " The whole circle of life," he says, "is tilled with jealousy, and bitterness, and fear, rumours of rebel lion, and secret conspiracies, which no art can fathom, be cause religious associations exist drawn up in array against each other, each laid under spiritual obligation." The writer is, however, of opinion that religious truth should be the first thing considered, and he despises any thing like making terms with religious error, by what has been called " conciliation." We cannot but agree with him here. We doubt, however, that his way of advancing religious truth would answer the end. Look at his illus trations of the state of affairs in Ireland, and the attempts which are made to remedy that state : " First, What would be said of a man who, on meeting a naked, starving, infuriated maniac, should proceed to re liese hied by putting shoes on his feet, a cost on his back, food into his mouth, and maxims of love into his head, overlooking his one great calamity, disordered reason— forgetting that the mind, and not, the body, is the man, and that where the mind wants truth, in whatever degree, whether in madness, or error, or ignorance, there to dress up the body is only, as Bishop Taylor expresses it, to wash the face of the dead ?' We ask if religious truth be not the first and most essential of all truths, and whether a nation, of which one portion at least, without at present deciding which, must be destitute of this truth, is not like the maniac labouring under a radical disease, which must be cured before any other remedies can be .applied to its ills ? " Under this head fall the evils of poverty, ignorance, superstition, ill-management, intemperance, excitability, falsehood, and the like, with which Ireland is now afflicted. " Secondly, What would be said of a man who, seeing an officer of justice struggling with a man for whom he had a warrant, should fall into melancholy lamentations over the anger and animosity excited by the struggle, should endeavour to soothe the feelings of both parties by texts from Scripture, and exhortations to mutual charity and amicable association, forgetting that it wus the ap pointed duty of the officer to take the culprit into custody, and the vi:al interest of the culprit to make his escape, and that, while human nature continues, no struggle can be carried on without at times risking violence and heat, but that, where the struggle is a matter of duty, violence aid heat are jar less evils khan quiescence and friendship " Let this be applied to the second class of the evils of Ireland—those wWolt arise front the conflict between the old Catholic Reformed Church, and the schismatic intru ders of Popery, and consider whether it be possible, or even allowable, to remove them, till in one way or other the conflict is not suspended, but decided, and one party or other is victorious." _ _ . This is taking the " conciliation " bull by the horns, at all events. There is no mistake and can be none about this writer's determination that the battle should be fought out. But we think he is wrong, and that his own illustra tions show it. The deduction at which the writer arrives from his con sideration of the prime source of evil in Ireland is thus expressed:— " here, then, we arrive at three distinct 'measures to be alopted, one or the other, as the first step to the cure of ti:e ills in Ireland, either convert Popery to the Church, or give up the Church to Popery, or let both continue as they are at present, and prohibit any rivalry, any conver sion, any attempt at mutual instruction, any jealousy, any bitterness of feeling, or condemnation of error. Chain up the combatants, and place them both in one cell, till they have unlearnt their lesson of hostility. " Of the three plans before us the last is evidently the one contemplated by what arc called the Liberal politicians of tie day." The error cf the above representation we conceive to lie in supposing that they who differ in religion must necessa rily be " combatants." This writer manfully contends against the plan of non interference of professors of one religion with the belief of the other. Religious truth being the most important of all things, he proclaims the duty of inculcating it, and deel Ares that the business of the Church is to proselytise. If we connect this writer's views of the duties of mem bers of the Church, with his details of the means of per secution and punishment which the Romanists have at their command, we are not at all surprised that he should have made dutiful members of the Church in Ireland very un easy. But we entreat them to be not so easily carried away by the melodramatic excesses of this author's mind. If they continue just and kind to those around them, and, in the best sense of the word, " charitable," we do not think they have much to fear; and we know they have much good to do, with the doing of which a sense of alarm would seriously interfere. BELGIUM. BRUSSELS, JAN. s.—The average price of wheat last week vv , is 18f. 28c., and that of rye 11f. 44c. per hectolitre. The import duty on wheat is 37f. 50c., and on rye 21f. 50c. per 1,000 kilogrammes. The export duty on both is 25c. per 1,000 kilogrammes. Some time ago a quarrel took place at a tavern-keeper's in this city between three Englishmen, which rose to such a height that one of them received several blows and wounds. This affair has been brought before the Correc tional Tribunal at Brussels. Edward Baring and Edward Reynolds were condemned in default of appearance raeh to six months' imprisonment and 16 francs fine for striking and wounding John Eaton. POPULATION CY BRUSSELS. 1839 Deaths 2,945 Births EXCCfI3 cf Births 1840 Deaths 4,351 Birtha Excess of Births ....... 167 The number of inhabitants of Brussels at this moment is estimated in round numbers at 107.000. A letter from Hanover of the 28th of December, says— Colonel Radowitz arrived here from Frankfort, on the 2511 i, and had an audience of his Majesty on the following day. It is thought that the Colonel will not set out to morrow for Berlin. " The Princess of Restelitz, who assaulted n sentinel at Buckingham Palace is, Is ithout doubt, the widow of a dis tinguished Hanoverian cavalry officer, who is by birth an Englishwoman, and one of her sons was implicated in the attempt to excite disturbance at Frankfort in April, and who was afterwards declared to be out of his mind." tier Majesty the Empress of Russia has g iven to the charitable institutions at Berlin her share of the property of her father, King William 111. tigL.OIA7N I, UNDS—Bauseato . JAN. C. AetUal Debt. 2% per Cent. Rothschild's Loan, 5 per Cant ii6N Loan of Thirty Millions, 4 per Cent H 4 },2 --.—(f t 4i q 116% --- 3 per Cent. — -------Thirty.seven------- .. 69!3 Loan of City, 1:332, 4 per Cent OO Society of Commerce, 4 % per Cent no Batik of Belgium, 5 per Cent t.47 National Society . Exchange on London (short) ' ll 05 —Brussels Papers, Jan. 6. : DUTCH FUNDS.—AMSTERDAM, JAN. 5. Money. Bills. Actual Dabt, t2Y4 per Cent ,)itto, ditto 5 per cent. A,. t Svadie, 4 !..., per cent 8656 8134 Ditto, ditto, 3% per cant 70% 71 Commereita Company, 4% per cent 5,14 El t.% Ontr, (1605 and :tin) b per cern.. ..... Loan I r:.37, 5 per cant. Exchange on London, One month l2 0 Two months Dutch Papers, Jars. 6. A USTRIA N FUN DS.—VlErma , DEC. 5:8. Five per Cents. Mctalliques • 106% Foal per Cents. lO% Tl.ree per Cents. Bank Shares '576 _4llgenteine Zcilung, Jan. 3 HAMBURG GRI vvtieat. Marks 312 to c 42 - Magdeburg - Anhalt, white 330 to 3722 —red WM to 340. 11runsaiek 1324 to 34S --- Mecklenburg 270 to 354 ---- Polish 'loo to 3:4; 270 to :iO6, Rye,• Mecklenburg - Dantzie - Elbing and Ko nigsburg to 2461 --- Upland -- Hip 2lO to 240 MARKETS. IN. Barley, Meeklenourgb 151 to 194 -- Magdeburg ititt to 11i5 ---- Holstein --- Summer R32 to Int; Oats, Eider l‘2) to 132 - ISleCclenburg „ 1%5 -- Holstein RIO to 13t4 East IF 5 to 1:11 ll'case, Mecklenburg „„„ 210 to:40 Beans 1125 ID 30G Buck IV heat tit) to 05 Rapeseed, Hanover ; '223 to ‘2!) Malt - 150 Tats COVION, • Carolina and Tennessee 7(4t0 9% laranharn (;corgia. let suit 7 71 44 Madras 4% 5 2cl 3d and 4th ... sy, tit A Domingo COFFEE. tilecha 11 to 1:3!.4 Batavia Sumatra Domingo La tia) I'orto leo 5. Rio 4% 5% Bahia 4% 5% SUGAR.— (With 5.% Discount.) Uavannah, White ....... 6 to 9 Bala, Whim 57i, t 0754 Brown 5 i!4 Brown ' 5 53 Rio, White 5% 6% Pernambuco, White ...5% i% Brown v Manilla, Bro _ - _.. Ilavannah .l,i, ti>s, 11, 5 to 04 RELIEF OF TUE POOR.—In consequence of the inclemency of the Eeasou, Levural parishes have called upon the inhabitants to assemble and take into consilera ion the best means of relieving the distressed poor. E 13 N., ION DON, sATURODAY, JANUARY 9, 1441. SEWERS OF WESTMINSTER AND PART OF MIDDLESEX. The Commissioners of Sewers for the City and Li berties of Westminster, held their ti7st ordinary meet ing for the present year, at their office, Greek-street, Soho, yesterday, at half-past twelve o'clock. T. L. DONALDSON, ESq., was in the Chair. The Court waited a considerable time in conse quence of there not being a sufficient number of. Com missioners present to form a qeorum. The account of the progress of the works in hand was real and signed by the Chairman. The cheques for the [Hy tuent of the Officers' Salaries, amounting to 6531. 154. were signed, and also the cheques for the Collector's poundag„es. Mr. BIRD stated that he had tendered the Gos Company 1,6961. 13s. id. which - had been refused, in asmuch as the rule had been drawn up, for the pa)- went of that sum and costs to the Gas Company. This was contrary to the decision of the Court, which had said not one word about costs. The Clerk of the Court, when the subject was mentioned to him, ac knowledged his error, and gave them a correct rule. This the plaintiffs refused to abide by, and stated that they wonld take the opinion of the Judge on it. To this of course 'they could not consent without applying to the Commissioners, and therefore the money ha not been paid. The SOLICITORS read their report on the question proposed to them as to the powers of the Court to alter the names of persons by the Jury as liable to be rated, which stated that they were of opinion that the Court, in cases where it was clear that such alteration was necessary for the purposes of preventing the doing an injustice, did possess such power, and that the duties of the Jury were distinct from those of the Commis sioners. The Juries presented the property liable to he rated, and the Court determined the amount of the rate ; and the Court, being a Court of Justice and Re cord, had a power, and were bound to administer jus tice to all parties ; and might, in proper cases, correct the presentment of the Jury. The Jury possessed only the power of inquiry ; they had no power to mak. rates ; that belonged exclusively to the Court. Mr. LESLIE said ho totally dissented from tho doc trines laid down in the report. He would move that it be printed, together with the report of Messrs. S.nith, of the 4th November last, and circulated among the Commissioners.—Agreed to. Various applications for new sewers were mado and granted, and warrants granted for the payment of money for works done. Letters of thanks from the different parishes ; also from the Librarian of the British Museum, for the copy of the plans presented to them by the Commis sioners, were read. The CHAIRMAN stated that he had also sent a copy of the plans to the Prefect of the Seine, at Paris ; to the Commissioner of the Pouts et Chaussees of the same city, and also to the authorities in Berlin. Mr. WHITE suggested that a copy should also be sent to the Library of the House of Commons. J. Frisby, the proprietor of certain small cottages in Perrin's-place, was summoned for irregular drainage, and stated that what he had done had been done through ignorance, and that if he had violated the regulations of the Court, he was very sarry for it. Having heard what he had to say, he was ordered to withdraw, and the Chairman suggested that the authority of the Court had been sufficiently vindicated by bringing him before it, and that all that would be necessary would be that be should be warned as to his conduct for the future. The Court agreed to this suggestion, and he wca called in and warned accordingly. Various appeals of no public interest were heard and decided. Shortly after two o'clock the Chairman retired, the election of Chairman for the ensuing year having been fixed to come on at two. Sir G. FARRANT was called to the chair pro tem. Mr. WHITE, in a neat > peecli, moved a vote o 1 thanks to Mr. Donaldson fOr his services as Chairman during the past year. Mr. BEACH seconded the motion, which was put and carried nem. con. Mr. T. H. JOHNSON moved that Mr. Donaldson Le requested to take the chair for the ensuing year. Mr. WILLOUGMBY seconded the motion. Mr. LESLIE considered that no such motion could Le entertained before three o'clock, according to the rules of the Court, which absolutely prevented any such motion being put before three o'clock, inasmuch as it was perfectly competent to any Commissioner before three o'clock to propose any other person for Chairman. He apprehended there was no occasion for any motion for the re-election, inasmuch as the rule stated, that if no new Chairman were proposed before three o'clock, the old one should be considered as Chairman for the ensuing year. Mr. ADEY considered it quite clear that no person could be declared elected as Chairman before three o'clock. Mr. LESLIE said that at some future occasion it might be requisite to consider whether they ought not to have some men of very high legal attainment in the chair. Ho did not mean that as any objection to Mr. Donaldson, nor had he at present any intention of op posing that gentleman. He thought it was undesirable Mr. Donaldson should have quitted the chair at all. and had he had any objections to state to that gen tleman's re-election, he would much rather make them in his presenco'than in his absence. Sir G. FARRANT considered the rule badly warded, and hoped it would be altered. Mr. HAKES considered the rule an excellent one, and hoped it would not be altered. He thought there was no necessity for the Chairman leaving the chair before three o'clock. Mr. LESLIE said he could see no reason why the business of the Court could not go on until three o'clock, with Sir George Farrant in the chair. Mr. MULLINS wished to ask the Clerk whether any circulars, other than the usual ones, had been ever sent out to certain of the Commissioners, and not to others? Mr. ADEY thought :the Clerk ought not to answer the question. Sir G. FARRANT could not put the question, as.it had no reference to the business 'before the Court. Mr. FRANCE wished to know who had received the letters ? Mr. MULLINS—Mr. France has, as I have been told. Mr. LESLIE thought that it was very wrong for any one to interfere between an efficer of the Court and a Commissioner. He (Mr. L.) would ask the question of the Clerk. Mr. ADEY objected to Mr. Leslie attempting to put a question to the Clerk which the Chairman had rL fused to put. It was an insult to the Chairman. Mr. HAWK ES considered it very wrong to interfere to prevent the Clerk answering. S G. FARRANT would put the question in his own way. Do you, or not, send out the regular notices to all the Cemtnissioners ? Mr. LESLIE was glad the ice was broken, for Sir George P.arant's question had no more to do with the business now before the Court than Mr. Mullins'. Mr. BEACH considered that as Mr. Mullins had only asked his question upon hearsay, it ought not to be answered. Sir GEORGE FARRANT.—Mr. Mullins do you accuse the Clerk. Mr. MULLlNS—Certainly not, I ask for information. Mr. LESLIE said, that the moment the ChairtuAn was appointed he should ask the question of him, It it were answered No, there would be an end of it ; if Yes, an inquiry ought to be instituted. It would be putting a Commissioner in an invidious situation to propose him as Chairman, and if he were to do so, he should do it merely for delay, but he considered it disgraceful that such a fence should be attempted to be thrown round that Clerk. Mr. ADEY would, if he were Chairman, refuse to answer. Mr. LESLIE wished Mr. Mullins would speak ou'. Mr. MULLINS said that lie had been informed that if the question were put an answer would be returned in the affirmative. It they wanted evidence lie would summon up all the Clerks, and ask them if such no tices hod bean issued. It was a anounced that three o'clock had arrived ; and the motion for the re-election of Mr. Donaldson was then put and seconded. On KT. DONALDSON entering the room, Sir GEORGE FARRANT communicated to him the vote of thanks which had been passed, and announced to him his re-election. Mr. DONALDSON, on resuming the chair, acknow ledged the compliment which had been paid him, end returned thanks for his re-election. Mr. LESLIE said it had been reported that Mr. fleas let, the clerk, had been in the habit of sending private letters to certain members of the Court. He gave no tice that at the next Court he should ask whether the Clerk had sent out circulars to select members. The CHAIRMAN would rather answer the question at once. When he knew there was important business coming on he wasin the habit of sending to the Cone missioners to whom he could send, being his private friends, requesting them to come early to form the Court. On this day he could not do so, and the consequence had been, that they had had to wait. Mr. MULLINS thought the answer satisfactory. Mr. LESLIE could not but admire the plain, straight forward way in which the Chairman bad answered the question, but he thought the practice objectionable. He always carne to his time, and not for the purpose of particular motions. He regretted the course which had been adopted, and hoped it would not be continued, as it was liable to ab ase. Mr. ADEY always attended to defeat vexatious mo tions brought forward, rather for public notice than public good. Gen. ALEXAS DER believed the Chairman's object solely to be to e nsure an early attendance. Sir GEO. FARRANT said letters were coestaetly written to secure attendance in the House of Commons. Mr. LESLI E would ask if such letters were issued by the Speaker ;sod the Clerreof the House)? The CHAUtMA.N would take care that for the future t notices should not he issued by the Clerk of the Court but by his own clerks. Mr. LESLIE would, had such an avowal been made an hour ago, have opposed his reelection. Mr. FRANCE would have answered Mr. Mullins's question, had he not understood that that gentleman proceeded on anonymous information. The CHAIRMAN interfered to order, and calved the Court to proceed with the regular businesy. A communication from the Marquis of Normanby, Hating to the sewers in the neighbourhood of Buck ingham Palace, was read, and ordered to be referred to the surveyors. Various notices of intended sewers were read. Mr. LESLY4E—With reference to the motion of which he had given notice, he wished to ask Mr. Heftslet whe ther any such private notice had been sent out for to-day The CLERK--Nona, Sir. Mr. LESLIE —Then I withdraw my notice of motion. A letter was received from a person who had sus teed injury in consequence of his falling into a sewer in Chelsea, which was left in an unfenced state. The attention of the parochial authorities had been called to the subject, and they had undertaken to do what was necessary. Mr. Combes, the Individual in question, was called in, anil described the nature of the accident, and was in formed by the Chairmai❑ that the parochial authorities had had their attention culled to the subject. Mr. FULLER reported that he had examined the books of accounts, and found them correct. They were thereupon ordered to be signed by the Chairman in the usual manner. The account of Comtniasionerb' was.es was laid n the table. Mr. LESLIE said that some received the wages, and some did uot. Now he thought that it ought to appear in the ledger. The CLERK said that they would be obliged to open 150 new accounts in the ledger. At present. they had one account of Commissioners' wages in the ledger, and tho particulars appeared in a subsidiary book. Mr. LESLIE—There was an item of 254/. 4s. for general attendance. Was that fur the whole ? The CLERK—Yes. _ _ Mr. LESLIE—Then you have received my wages- Suppose Ido not receive them. They were received by you, and applied to the others' dinners.—(Loud cries of Oh, oh.") The CLEII6—The account was debited with it, but the money was not drawn...Ll ,have not received the money. Mr. LESLIE—There is a balance of 701. for attend ance, which you have carried forward. You have re ceived that, and therefore you have received my wages. The CIIAIIMAN—Mr. Hertslet you must say yea or nay. Have have you received Mr. Leslie's wages. The CLERK—N,), Sir. Mr. LELSIE—The balance on the account is 701., and having received that, Mr. Hcrtslet has received my u ages. I will appeal to Mr. Fuller, who has exit• mined the accounts. Mr. FULLER—It is in the nature of unclaimed divi- lends. Captain PAYNE said that Mr. Leslie had confused himself with the accounts, and now wished to get out of the mire by appealing to Mr. Fuller. The CHAIRMAN said that the book which he bald in his hand explained the real state of the accounts, and that, if the Commissioner wanted his wages, he could draw them at any time. Mr. LESLIE—Then you have charged my wagc3 against the public, eversince I have been a Commissioner. The CLERK—I am obliged to do so. The rule is, that the Clerk shall charge the Commissioners' wages, and retain it until the Commissioners, in writing, shall direct what is to be done with it. , Mr. LESLIE—Then the fact is, that the Clerk has received my wages. The CHAIRMAN—It is retained as a balance, which cannot be appli, d to any other purpose ; and he must snow to the Court your receipt, to discharge him. General ALEXANDER—The Commissioner's com plaint is that the Clerk has it instead of the rates• Now be can, if he likes, order the Clerk to pay it to the rates. Mr. LESLIE would do so, and would advise the Clerk to apply it to that purpose. He should like to sec the account closed every year, and those who had received the money should give a proper account for it. The CLERK--1 can give Mr. Leslie his wages from December, 1837. 1 will have a regular account made out. Mr. LESLIE—And when 1 receive it, at the next Court 1 will give 3ou an order to pay it to the Western Division of Rates. _ _ _ Various tradesmen's bills were ordered to be paid. Certain bills of various expenses were laid on the table. Mr. LESLIE said that 4.4. a day, their wr.ges, was to pay all their expenses. Now, they had gone to ex penses for views.' The CHAIRMAN said they must have a Mr. LESLIE—YOU must pay for it out of your wages. If you arc determined to have your 4s. you must have it, but I will endeavour to prevent your having Bs. Ile objected to these accounts being kept open, and ba lances carried IC rward. They ought to be closed. The CLERK s d he was obliged to have a balance on hand, or else to advance money out of pocket. Mr. LESLIE should like to trace one rate In order, if possible, to ascertain what had been done with if e incney. \Vus it the cash balance with the western ciiiision up to Dec. 1840, 5,0001. in favour of the west ern divi,icn. The CLERK—Yes, Sir. Mr. LusuE—And you had the money from u 3 in 1838. It is a notorious fact, that our money is lent 10 other districts. The CiIAIRMAN—And before that period other tricts had lent money to thst one. There being no other business before the Court, it lircle up shortly alter five o'clock. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. (LLOYD'S.) LONDON, JAN. B.—Wind this day at sour light, N.E. air:, with a sharp frost and dense fog. PORTSNIOUTII. JAN. 7. Wind N. E.— Arrived the Eagle, Craig, trom St. John's, New Brunswick. Sailed the Aurora, Sandmark, for Rio .lineiro ; the Christine, Louise, Moritzen, from Gale to Valparaiso, in going out of the harbour to-day, got on shore on Hamilton Bank, and remains, with a considerable list. A royal mast head, painted a light red colour, about four feet out of water, was passed to-day, Nab Light, S S. W. Second buoy of the Dean, N. by H. E., about three-quarters of a mile from the buoy, in about twelve fathoms water, sup posed to be the brig Alert, of Chichester, coal laden, which was off that port, 31 inst., during a violent squall, and has not since been heard of. SALCOMBE. DEC. 6.—Sailed Speedy, Wells, Azorc.. LIVERPOOL, JAN. 7.—Wind Variable.—Sailed the Orestes, Cook, for Sydney, New South Wales ; John Knox, Forrest, Calcutta ; Santon, Iluxtable, do. ; At week, Robinson, Bahia ; Lee, Boness, Jamaica ; South America, Lowber, New York ; Speed, Puntreath. Mc bile; May, Brown, Africa; Post Boy, Sovering, Azores; An iceberg was seen on the Bth ult. fat. 37, 24 S.. lon. 13133, E. Another on the 9th, by the Inglehorough, from Bristol to Bombay. BRISTOL, JAN. 7.—SailedAnson, O'Neil, New York. WIIITHAYEN, JAN. 6.—Sailed the Campbell, Wilson, Antigua ; Martha, Cowman, St. Thomas. LEITH, JAN. s.—The Sarah Jane, Maitland, from CuLa, on shore at the back of the Docks, is discharging with little damage, and is expected off in a day or two. CLYDE. JAN. s.—Sailed the Prince Albert, Banks, fcr Calcutta; Dalhousie, M•Kellar, Trinidad; Eliza, Itmltin, Honduras; Fironia, M•Lellan, Havanna ; end New York Packet, Crawford, Havanna. kvitacosinF., JAN. 6.—The Zena and Harriet, White, from Newport to Barnstaple was totally wrecked yesterday morning —Crewsaved. Arrived the Piinee Alb !rt, GAF, froth icli. 2. CAI DII F, MtLFORD, JAN. s.—lt hasblown very hard the last two JAN.i( l l .. 3 e l r s ; c —The reports the elo — ss T o le L f r a sc e h r oo wic n k, er arrived an here dallba f ndi ro i r: Stud well Roads. JAN. N.N.W.—Arrived the Ana, Kultiye, from New Orleans: and Lady Constable, Lawson, Richebucto. The ice in the Humber has accu mulated during the last twenty-fours to an extraordinary extent, and it may be considered that all inland navigation is concluded for the prescr.t. ABERDOVEt, JAN. 7.—The Robust, Meadows, from Newfoundland to Liverpool has been got off and into Aberystwith. Off the Oid Head of Kinsale, Jan. 1, the Canton, Gib. from -Nuebec. 10 W., by t h e Alli ance, H arper, son, Q--_ Chill steamer, London and Rio oe V ESS ELS SPOKEN VVITIL —Tile W e th ere ll, Li verpoo l t o a ß . a r i v a e v d ia, in la t t h . e 4 r 6 ive N r .. , Chili t j h a e ne l r t ° rats of tioVaiParaisSept. 23, at th e caster! , entrance o f Magellan; a steamer, suppose d t h e P ere , from London to Valparaiso, 24; Lady Harvey, St. Ulie's !o Mente Video, Nov. 15, lat. 8 N., lon. 23; Woodbine, for Philad.lphia, Nov. 14, lat. —9ft, . i on. 66 ; St. Cloud, Liverpool to Philadelphia, 15, lat. 39, lon. 64; Lucilla, of Richmond, 15th ult., lat. 50, lon . 20 ; Ann a nd Margaret, Bay of Fu„dy to Hull, an d supp li e d w i t h provisions, Eagle, Grey, arrived at Portsmouth. SYrninetq , Quebec to So ut h a mpton, Gill ult., lac. 42, 1011. 50, by the Breez e , arr i ve d at Bide ford. n ( d lv ic is s i , "9s 3 ' , 1 Ia 8 ;. 49, lon• 13, b y the Ea_ lat. 5 1 , lon. 19 ; Calypso, Clyde to West inatihll-chhappened t o e xpress the ill-chasm w o rd, th o ugh with A STARVING KING.7When the House were in a Committee up on the civil list, th ere were some re flial ee goodcc te i snsgi t y i n t o : t .u n e n t 1 i hl n ee : .f , arnaja‘tyllY4 Smith that the King was in a starving condition. Mr. Grenville took a fancy t o r epeat the word very often ; and if t he King were star ving , why then w e r e such grants made of c rown-land s, and why suc h gran ts end great peesions , a nd wh y fore igners enriched and made lords.—James's Court and Times of William 111. MADAME LAFFARGE.--: rhe Audience states that Madame Laffarg,e is to undergo her confinement for life in the prison of Cadill ac, in th e Gi ron d e, an d is there to be placed in the yell which was occupied by the woman Baneal, who obtained t.ueli horrible celebrity in the Fualdes case. The servant who has never quit te d M a d ame L a tn rge m i fr a her first arrest is not allowed to accompany her. " The prisoner," it adds, " appears to be resigned to her Ifate, but shows some little repugna nce at t h e id ea o f b e i ng obliged to wea r the prison dress of gray c l ot h. Sh e ha s addressed an affect ing letter to the Queen, thanking her , Majesty for saving her from being exposed on the pilloiy." MAIL TENDERS. The Post-office has recently issued Tenders for carrying the letter-bags in the London District Post. They differ from all previous Tenders in intimating a readiness to permit the carriage of the mail bags by conveyances of any description whatever, as well those taking passengers us those taking only parcels. It appears, also, that such conveyances whilst carry mg the bags are to enjoy the privileges of the mails, in being exempt from tole, and having their conductors 'quipped in the Post-otlice uniform. No doubt such conveyances will be permitted to call themselves mails. l'nese terms seem very well worth the attention of the respectable Proprietors of Oninilm,es., which are rune ,ual in their journeys, but which the public at pre sent have no means of distinguishing from the slow tad loitering Omnibuses. The insignia of the Mail, itauips the convevance with the character of speed and punctuality, and the public prepossessions have long been en fisted on the side of Mail Coaches. The Post-odice Tenders seem also to offer a good unity for establishing single horse carriages to .arly two or three passengers and parcels requiring leepatch besides the letters. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. (OLD COURT.) (Before Mr. Justice MAULF. Jawes Stevens, a Post-office letter-carrier, was charged upon two indictments, with robbery, while employed in that capacity, at the General Post-office. Mr. SHEYHARD and Mr. ADOLPHUS conducted the pro secution. Mr. PmLurs and Mr. CLARKS9N defended the prisoner. 'inc first charge aas that of stealing a 51. note, from A letter, and the second was for stealing a gold medal, also in a litter. The facts of both the cases have been fully eiven within the last few days, and it will therefore be unnecessary to repeat them. The prisoner was acquitted upon both charges. William Summer, 40, was indicted for stealing a quan !ity of copper, the property of the Master and Assistants of the Royal Copper and Zinc Company. Mr. CLARKSON conducted the prosecution, and Mr. BALLANTINE the defence. It appeared from the evidence that the prosecutors have e warehouse in the City of London, and they have mines It Swansea, and an establishment at Harefiald i in Middle sex; where the metal is manufactured. The course of business was to transmit the metal to London, and it was then scot to Brentford by the river, and from thence to Harefield, in barges, on the canal. The prisoner was the Captain of one of these barges, and he took advantage of pis connection with the establishment at flarefield, to ab stract a large quantity of copper, in which act he was assisted by a young man, named Bignall, who was com mitted for trial with the prisoner, but who was subsequently admitted as a witness in support of the prosecution. Mr. BALLANTINE addressed the Jury for the prisoner, end call several witnesses who gave him a good character for honesty and general propriety of conduct. Mr. Justice Mauut having addressed the Jury, they re turred a verdict of guilty, but at the same time recom , mended the prisoner to mercy ton account of his previous good character. The prisoner oat sentenced to he imprisoned and kept to hard labour for eighteen calendar months. Mr. CLARKSON stated that there were other indictments against the prisoner and another person, who was not yet in custody. and who was charged with feloniously receiv ing the property that had been stolen by Summer. The witness Bignal would give material evidence on the pro secution of that indictment, and he had to pray that he should be kept in custody until the next session. The Corn . ordered that I3ignal should be kept in cus tody until next sessions, unless he found sureties for his appearance to give evidence. (Before the RECORDER.) John Wingfield, 22, and William Kennedy, 24, the two young men who xere convicted on Wednesday evening, the former for robbing his employer, Mr. Simpson, a silk mercer in Regent-st!ect, and the latter for receiving the property, knowing it to have been stolen, were again charged upon another iaadictmont, Wingfield with robbing his employers, Messrs. Hepwell and Goodgames, silk mercers, of gloves, cloth, silk, and other articles; and Kennedy for feloniously receiving the property. The pri soner Wingfield pleaded guilty, but Kennedy abided his Mr. C. Jens appeared for the prosecution, and Mr. Pnisiars for the defence. The evidence exhibited a most extensive and impudent system of robbery carried on by the defendants. Wing it appeared, obtained a situation with the prosecu tors, who have extensive establishments at Polton, in Bed. fordshire, and St. Nects, Huntingdonshire, as a shopman, and it seemed that, from the moment of his entering the situation until he left it, he robbed his employers of pro perty of all descriptions, which was immediately packed off to the other prisoner in London, where it was disposed of by him. Wingfield remained in the service until the 17th of December, when Mr. Shrosberry went from home on business : and directly he was gone, Wingfield told a.sother shopman that the country was too dull for him, and he should leave; and, without giving any notice, he packed up his things and left the place. Mr. Shros berry returned in a day or two, and the sudden disappear. auce of Wingfield created some suspicion, and an exami nation of the stock took place, when it was found that a quantity of property had been stolen. The prosecutors proceeded to London, where it was ascertained that Ken nedy and Wingfield had been lodging at a house in John street, Blackfriars-road, where a box was found, in which were a number of letters in Wingfield's writing, addressed to Kennedy. These letters clearly showed the conspiracy to plunder which existed between the prisoners. The ob - - ject of the prisoners, in disposing of the property in Lon cot, appeared to be to avoid a chance of the stolen ai tidies being traced, and earnest injunctions were gi•cn in all the letters written by each of the prisoners to the other, to destroy bin letters, au injunction which, fortu nately for the ends of justice, they both disregarded, and this led to the apprehension of the prisoner Kennedy, and to the u ltimate conviction of both. Mr. Puisstes addressed the Jury, and said that, after the facts which had been disclosed in evidence, it would be hopeless for him to attempt to combat them, and he must therefore leave the prisoner in the hands of the Jury and the Court. There was no reason to doubt that the pri soner, before this trtsnsaction, bore a good character, and that fact would, no doubt, have its due weight with the Court. The RECORDER summed up, and the Jury found the prisoner Guilty. There were other indictments against the same prisoners of a similar character, but the Court intimated that it was unnecessary to proceed with them. The prisoners were then called up for judgment, and the Recorder, after commenting upon the enormity and the the utter heartlessness of the system of plunder that Wing field had been carrying on upon his employers, sentenced both the prisoners to be transported for fourteen years. Mr. JONES then addressed the Court, and said, that the prosecutors in this case had been kept in London at a very great expense, and be hoped the Court would think that under the peculiar circumstances of the ease, the roost liberal scale of allowance in the shape of expenses should b.: given to them. The RECoRDER Sal& Was a most proper prosecution, aid he did certainly think that the prosecutors ought to be allowed liberal expenses. It was a case of the very greatest importance, not only to persons in trade, but to the public in general, and it was very essential to the interests of justice, that persons who could be ca pable of carrying out such a system of fraud and plunder upon their employers, should be prosecuted to convic tion. It was a melancholy case, but it afforded another instance to those already, unhappily so very numerous, that education—mere intellectual education—without a moral and religious one, had very little hold upon the human mind. Both the prisoners were gentechlooking young mc n, and it was stated that the relations of Wingfield are highly respectable, and that at the death of ono of them he would be e ntitled to the suns of twenty thousand pounds. Charles Beddle, alias Preddle, aged 24; was convicted of a burglary, and stealing several, pairs of shoes, and was sentenced to be imprisoned and kept to hard !abet's, fur one year. A man named Walker, who was tied tt ith the prisoner was acquitted. This case cohcluded the business of the Session, and the Court adjourned to Monday, Feb. 1. SENTENCES ON THE PRISONERS. The Session haying terminated yesterday, we subjoin the principal sentences passed upon the prisoners. Transported for Seven Ycars—Thomas Williams, Frederick Dunbar, Thomas Andrews, John Jones, alias Burnham, Patrick Norey, Mary Ann Marsh, William Hut ton, William Hutchinson, Sophia Cooper, Thomas King, Daniel Daltun, Mary Sullivan, Peter Gann, John Smyth, John Brown, John Mot ton, George Brandon, John Oakley. Fur Ten Years—Wiiliam Miller, John Froter, William NeedhAm. For Fuurtc:en Years—Martha Williams, Thomas Spiek. INIPRISONNIENT AND HARD LABOUR- For Two Years—J. Smith. F,,r Eighteen Months—Joseph Powell. In . ,r One Year—Henry Dickens, James Cann, Mary Lanbeth, Thomas Smith, Peter Brown, Ellen Moriarty, Peter Collins. For Nine Months—Charlotte Kay. For Six Months—Caroline Hughes, Mary Ann Woods, Henry Frederick Powell, John Healey, Sarah Towers, J..ihn Stafford, William Parsons, alias Green, Henry Day, Juhn Oxley, Ellen Day, Samuel Swift, John O'Dart, Mary Murray, J. Harris. For Four Months—Philip Samway, William Harwood, Thomas Smith. Fur Three Months—Ellen Moriarty, sen., Patrick San tree, Ann Williams, Sarah Giles, Michael Hunter, Tho mas Harrison, Frederick John O'Chadlin, Charles Jones, John Smith, Joseph Matthews, Thomas Mixon, Samuel Jordan, Alfred King, Thomas King, William Jones, Johanna Connor, Patrick , Mahoney, Daniel Donovan, J. Henry, John Allen, Eliza Davis. For Two Months—Samuel Clifton, Sophia Watts. For One Month—William Smith, Eliza Ferris, George ' Kirby, Richard Freeman, John Brown. Fur Three Weeks—J. Clark. HEALTH OF THE AlETnoPorAs.—The parish authorities of Whitechapel have extensively circulated no tices, calling upon the inhabitants, under a wholesome clause of the new Police Act, to thoroughly cleanse end whitewash their houses, or otherwise . threatening them ith the penalties of the law. In nu parish was this pre caution more needed, particularly in the wretched and ill ventilated street in the neighbourhood of Wentworth-street and Brick-lane, where small-pox and fever of a low typhoid character have latterly been very prevalent. The circulir solicits information from any party on the existence of nuisances which may prove detrimental to the public health. Although the period of the year is not very conducive to the spread of contagious diseases or the propag ation of miasm, yet in unhealthy and ill-ventilated houses and apartments the danger is greatly augmented. EXAMINATION OF MR. STANTON AT CANTON. Mr. Stanton, it will be remembered, was kidnapped by a party of Cninese trhile bathing near Macao, ant: carried up to Canton. His ex linination by the Chinese authorities, at the head of whom was the redoubted Com missioner Lin, will be read with some interest. The account is taken fr,:in the .Bombay Courier:— Mr. Stanton artived early on Frido), the 7th, and was delivered i'ito the custody of the Nainhoy-yune, auel though one wou!d think the capture of a solitary foreigner, nu:Accused of any crime except that of his birth, to be an event of very slight importance, great preparations were immediately made for his examination in the public hall of the Viceroy's palace. The prelimi naries for this mighty business were concluded at about „ . one o'clock, and at two the Kwang-chow-feo, the Pwan- yune, rNarnhoy-yune, and four other officers of hieli rank made their appearance, taking their selts, the Kwang chow-J.oo in the centre, in a row, on chairs adorned tt ith scarlet cloth, and the tables usual on such occasions be :Ore them. Behind the chairs of these functionaries was a partition which screened his Excellency Viceroy Lin from the looks of the profane. All the Hong trier ,diants and linguists were iLI attendance, standing during the whole of the examination, which lasted from two o'clock in the afternoon until past nine at night. A number of lower officers, police runners, lietors, exc., were also present, when Mr. Stanton, under the charge of two linguists, was brought into cour2 with chains on ais bare feet, and dressed only in a shirt and trosysers, the former somewhat discoloured by the blood, from a wound in his shoulder, which though not deep ap peared as if inflicted by sonic sharp instrument ; his head and face were also bruised on one side. In spite of his evident exhaustion, lie being very pale, Mr. Stanton was made to kneel before this august assembly, which posture, in the course of the examination, he !hanged by sitting on the floor. A little food was given Aim before the examinatioAegan, which was conducted by the Kwang-chow-foo, the linguist Atom acting as inter preter. The first questions put to the prisoner were," Who are you ?" " What is your name? What your nation?" To which the reply was, that his name was Stanton, Ault he resided in Macao, and that he was an Englishman. " now can you be an Englishman," replied the Kwang-chow-foo," when it is well known that all the English have lung since been ordered away from Macao, and that we have the assurances from our officers there that they are all gone ?" To which Stanton answered that so far from his countrymen •raving all left Macao, there were upwards of a hun dred living there. This answer seemed to create a good deal of astonishment in the judges, and the Kwang-chow too was seen to whisper first to his right side neigh aour, thin on the left, and these again commu ideated with the next in the line, all of which pro luced a good deal ofgrave nodding, of shakes of the head, tnd so on, and the Kwang chow-too got up to com mune with his master behind the screen, whence he returned after a short absence. These low whis- pers among the judges, and the conferences be tween the Viceroy and Kwang-chow-foo, were rather frequent, and happened whenever anything appearing to them extraordinary was said by the prisoner. Owing, it is suppossd, to the presence near the tsung-tuck of several Chinese who well under stood English, the interpreter was observed to discharge his duty with considerable fidelity, which is a rare occurrence, Chinese interpreters generally preferring to give the story they wish the mandarins to receive to giving the real meaning of the deponent. It is on this account chiefly that the mandarins heard several things, which must have astonished them not a little. The Rwang chow-foo then asked Mr. Stanton whether he was not aware of the existence of the Proclamations offering rewards for the taking and killing of English men ; which being answered in the affirmative, he was asked why, such being the case, he had been walking about, well knowing he subjected himself to being snade prisoner. To which Mr. Stanton replied that he was walking peaceably towards the beach to bathe, when he was sunrised by Chinese, who hurried hint into a boat, tso of which were at Casill a Bay apparently waiting for him ; but, said Mr. Stanton, though now a prisoner, I ad vise you to liberate me without delay, for I am certain that within three days my countrymen will demand me, and if refused, their ships of war will open their fire upon you. This bold speech occasioned a good deal of surprise, which having subsided, the examination was continued. The prisoner was asked what his business was, and where he lived, to which ho replied, he wis a teacher, who had come to this country with Mr. Tur ner's sons as their tutor ; that he was in no way con nected with trade, and was then living in Mr. Turner's house. To this it was objected that Mr. Turner was dead, and inquiry made of the present abode of Mrs. Turner, and her sorts, the Kwang-chow-foo was told, had re turned to England. He was next asked, how many ships of war had arrived on the coast of China, and how many troops, to which the prisoner answered that about 43 ships had gone to the northward, that five re mained in Macao ; that there weres,ooo troops on board, aNd that a❑ equal ❑umber was expected to arrive soon. It was then asked why the English had sent an arma ment to fight the Chinese, to which answer was made that the English had not come to light the Chinese, but to obtain redress for injuries suffered. It was objected, if they had not come to fight, why they had fired on the forts at Amoy, and why they had taken Chusan. Answer, that at Amoy it was the Chinese who first fired on a boat bearing a flag of truce, and that in consequence of that the English ships destroyed the forts ; that Chusan was taken because the letter which the English wished to have sent to the Emperor of China had been refused ; that the object of the English was to complai❑ of the treatment they had received to the Emperor himself, but that their letter had been every where refused ; had it been received and forwarded no hostilities would have ensued ; that the English had only occupied Chusan until a satisfactory answer shall have been received from the Emperor, when they will return the island to his government. The Kwang-chow foo also asked, why, if the intentions of the English were pacific, they had captured so many salt junks? To which it was replied, that the salt junks, being considered Government property, had been seized and would be detained until restitution shall have been made for the property of which the English have been despoiled by tins Chinese. These arc the principal points in the examination ; to till up the seven hours a great many more things were said, which it is unnecessary to repeat. Mr. Stanton now remains in custody of the Nam hoy-yune, but is not shut up, we are told, in the com mon prison, but in a room in the Nainhoy-yunes house, in which generally such prisoners only arc confined as can afford to pay handsomely for this indulgence. In the same prison with Mr. Stanton is a Lascar, who, by his own account, was also seized in the neighbour hood of Macao ; we know not who this tna❑ may be, not having heard of any missing ; his seizure, however, has drawn a poor Chinaman into great trouble, who, when he saw his countrymen approach the Lascar, warned him of his danger, exhorting him to run away. This warning was overheard by the minion of the law, and he was seized, and may possibly lose his life for treasonable practices. I'RINCE ALBERT'S MUNIFICENCE, OR A THOUSAND POUNDS FOR A FIFTY GUINEA HORSE. A gentleman residing upon his estate, not a hundred miles from Canterbury, lately rode his own horse to town ; and during his temporary stay in the metropolis, more than once made his appearance in the Park, mounted upon his handsome and gallant steed. On one of these occasions it was his good fortune to be observed by the Prince, who, with his attendants, were riding in the park at the time, and who was so struck with the beautiful figure of the animal which our friend rode, that his Royal Highness immediately dispatched one of his attendants in the direction in which our friend was then cantering off the ground in fine style, in order to ascertain whether he would "part with the splendid animal he rode." The servant of his Royal Highness was successful. He presently overtook the gentleman in question ; and, after respectfully making known the nature of the command of his Royal master, begged to know whether our friend would be pleased to pa :t with the horse in question ? The reply was a negative one. His Royal Highness's servaut's re joinder was remarkable. " If," said he, " you should think proper to sell, the Prince commanded me to say you have only to name your own price." The owner of the horse was not to be tempted The servant returned to the Royal party with a negative answer to his Royal master's proposition. Prince Alb,:rt was not to be thus disappointed. Our friend had very properly sent h s card of address hack, which was punc tually presented to the Prince by the messenger. The Prince gave orders directly to the effect, that the owner of the " crack animal" he had so niuch admired, should be written to. Accordingly on his return home , ou r friend i received a letter from one Seymour, stating his Highness's anxious desire to possess himself of die % ele gant horse he had seen him ride in the P a rk, &e., this very significant peroration—" m ention your own fi g ure ; money shad not prevent the Princefrom making a purchase." The gentleman retu rn e d for answer h e was not disposed to sell. Another le tter followei this second negative. A second letter fro m Se y mour almost as soon. arrived. A third refusal fo llowed on the par t of our friend. A third communication was ultimately received from the amanuensis of the QUCCrl'i Consort. Our friend, as a favour, was requested to consent to sll A ", an, name his price. He did not consent to sell, hut sent for 'answer, that a thousand pounds alone could purchase the said horse. Of course, he determined to adopt this line of conduct, not out of any d:srespect to his Royal Highness, but simply to put an end to fur ther importuni ties. The reader will be astonlshed to hear the next post nut only brought our friend a reply to his last, from the same party, but also a "cheque" for 1,000 pounds ! \‘' e need not say the horse was delivered— and to whom ? Why, t o ono of the Prince's grooms, who had been sent from Buckin g h am P a l ac e purposely to take charge of the same, and conduct it safely to ,Luodon.--lionlidi 01)471.w. mottNING FMITiOv JOHN FROST. (A LHAFSODY, BY THE EDITOR OF THE " STAFFORD. nhlnli GAZET'FE," ON TWELFTH NIGHT.) Tim Melbourne Government has reached its lowest stage of degradation. Not one of the multitude of enormities that we have recorded during our brief career, at approaches in baseness the last daring act they have Just perpetrated. These traitors to their country lia,e actually rewarded the notorious John Frost. the Chartist Magistrate of their creation, with one of the inoct lucrative and important offices at his place of exile, Poi t Arthur. Who would not be a traitor ? Tue Melbourne Cabinet have ever and anon rebutted nid indiwnation the charge brought against th.lit of encouraging the monstrous doctrines of the Chartists, Socialists, and other agitators that have of late entailed such disastrous consequences upon the community. Now th.y are convicted by their own acts ; and who will believe them? 'Who will place the sligi:test reliance upon their declarations, .or even their oaths, after this mockery of justice—this base betrayal of tile 'oe:t interests of their country ? Parlia ment wili shortly meet, and will they not then las rai~ncd ,t the bar cucourlgement of of lub v,ip openly iic i ioin ,e ion for this their direct nle sought by force of arms and deeds of blood to overthrow the Monarchy, ti! Chu. eh, and to remova every vestige of our ancient and well tried form of government. They wjJJ they must be so arraigned, and we Emil assured that - The in dignant voice of the country will make itself heard w i t hi n t h e walls of Pal !lament, and that n vote of " no con,fidenee" will be car, is'd by a large majority. They have rewat (led John Fro3t, and that is enough to hurl than from tile posts they so uuwerthily fill. Will their old \Vhig friend:—wiJ even the " Tail" support them after this ? Surely nof. Tney must fall, and like Lu cifer, never to rise again. Vs trust every Conserva tive journalist in the empire will make his readera fully acquainted with this case of rewarding . High Treason by Lord Melbourne's C thinet, and also urge the pro priety of immediately larwarding petitions to her Gracious Majesty :or the isjtant dismissal of sum; a worthless and traitorous crew. Weak and short-sighted Chartists of the North, you did not imbrue your hands in the blood of the Queen's faithful magis trates and soldiers—you did not lead on the Queen's misguided subjects to fall by scores under military exe cution—you projected no schemes of town-butnil - g and plunder, and therefore you rot in gad. Silly Mr. Feargus O'Connor, you rested upon " moral force," and therefore rest you in York Castle. Chartists generally, Lords Melbourne, Normanby, and John Russell have told you what to do. They have rewarded Frost for his treason. " Go," say they, as plainly as men can speak by actions—" go and do thou likewise ;" assemble in thou sands and tens of thousands —try if you cannot but n your fellow-subjects in their beds—plunder towns its the confusion of midnight conflagration—daughter, if you can, the Queen's magistrate s aral soldiers—levy war upon her Majesty ; you will merely hav e the form of a trial to go through, for a " stitch will be dropped" conveniently for your safety. You will be sentenced, indeed, and a gallows may be built ex pressly fur your use, but this vvnl be all u delusion to gull the public ; you know what really awaits you—a free passage to comfortable " seats beyond the s.Juthern main" provided for you by your Whig-Ridical friends and patrons. People may say' that you will be sent to penal colonies, but to you they will not be penal ; these penalties are reserved for knaves—guilty of poverty, and of those petty-larcery ofT.x.ces,to which poverty urges those who arc not depraved tip to the temper 'fit for your greater transgressions—your crime is high treason. It tray, as Frost's did, involve murder, arson, robbery', and eveu the most paltry thefts, but it is high treason, and with high treason a Ministry appointed by and dependent on Mr. Daniel O'Connell, must own a s 3 tnpathy. The men . . had beer•. guilty of the highest crime known to the law All England had resounded with the noise of that crime, and of their conviction. Ministers had for weeks pretended that they must leave them to the extreme pu. nishment. Will it IL! believed that such men are sent out without special instructions for the disposal of them ? We think not. DIPLOMATIC ETIQUETTE. An anecdote is hieh has scarcely transpired even at Frankfort, where the occurrence has recently taken place, proves what importance is bestowed on prece dence by the diplomatists of Germany. According to custom, the Ministers of every country give precedence at home to the members of the foreign diplomacy This is but a compliance with tLe ordinary rules of politeness whereby the master of a house always cedes k pas to his guests. At Frankfort, ns elsewhere, the Diet, which is on its own ground, does the honours of prece dence to the Ministers of foreign States ; but in the way of reciprocal courtesy, the Ministers and Envoys to the Diet have resolved to give up the pas to the president of that assembly, so that the corps diploma tique have the pus after the president, but before all the other Members of the Dist. It is the Austrian Minister who is in possession of the Presidency ; whilst he was present all was therefore settled ; but having left Frankfort for a time his station devolved ad interim to the Prussian Minister, who, though but tcicporaiy President, laid claim to precedence over the foreign diplomatists. Hence the momentous discord we have to record among the events of 1840. Mr. Ansteil, the Russian Minister, to whom M. d'Oubril has now succeeded, had invited the corps di plomatique to a dinner at his house. According to him and his colleagues, it was the French Minister, as being the senior member of the diplomatic body, who was to have the vas ; according to the Members of the Diet, precedence was due, on the contrary, to Baron de Nagler, the Prussian Minister, and ad interim Psis sident. It was with these jarring notions that all the guests assembled in the drawing rooms of the Russian Legation, when all eves were directed to the two diplo- Innis:its upon whose spirit, dexterity, or nimbleness the decision of so grave a question depended. The mo ment the folding doors were thrown open, and the words " Madame la Baroune est servic" were uttered, the En voy of Prussia, who was evidently on the watch, leapet.l from his chair across the mom, and gallantly tendered his arm to Madame d'Anstell, luckless France being still in search of theilady of the house, when triumphant Prussia had already securel her seat at taLle by her right side. M, d'Anstell, who had beheld the issue of both am• nogurres with indignation, entered the dining-room after the other guests, and anxious both to arrange the corps diploniatique and soothe Gallia, roared out to his vas. sals, " Vous servire z d'abord la soupe a Monsieur lo Ministre de France I" The order was executed, and no vutage was handed to the Court of Berlin until that of the Tuileries, making up for its previous sluggishness, had had leisure to convey its spoon repeatedly from its plate to its mouth. The soup retaliation would seem to have given great satisfaction to the guests, since it is affirmed that they next day despatched couriers to their respective Courts, to inform them that the ques tion was settled, and that their Ministers would hence forth secure precedence in the tureen when not quick enough to assert it elsewhere. . _ Pugnacious as France has proved herself of late, it it is fortunate for the peace of the world that her Minis ter obtained the support of Russia at the Frankfort dinner, the account of which we derive from the Revue des Deus Mondes, for that he had the worst of it all will agree who prefer fair lady to soup, whether a la Julienne, Aurore, Reuse, or la Bonne Femme. It was lucky also that he was not an ambassador, which desciiptio❑ of Minister is, in diplomatic etiquette, thu only one considered as representing his Sovereign, all the other clascs, such as Envoys, Ministers, Resident Ministers, end lastly, Charges d'Affaires, having a much less majestic character. Tne soup satisfaction was pro bably accepted the more willingly, as to uphold his per sonal rights the French Minister would have had Id appeal to the odious treaties of 1815, in complianew with which diplomatists rank among themselves, in each , class, according to the priority of arrival. 24 02t e l n E t T b E e ß ar . i — ng technio Athi r e g ' i l s . t l e i r E i n g l i N n s E t r lA u l sVErnyamiengweansloyu; yesterday y put into operation at the Royal Poly Institu tion. Too inventor is slr. A. Follett Osler, of Bir mingham ; and hi s machine i s intended to register, on paper, the records of storms and the fall 91 rain, for meteorological purposes. The importance o f self registering instruments for obtaining a sufficiently ex temive and accurate r ecord of metcorolotical facts will be obvious to all aho take an interest- in ascertaining their causes and effects, and the resulti of the erection of the anemometer at the Polytechnic Institution are, therefore, looked for with correspondifig interest. A general notion of this machine, and i ts pock of operation, will be obtained if we state that a vat* construction,, of a particular d much a t,i9sec - the roof of the vatebuilding, and that to this vane is atmsticd a rod, or tube, which comsnunica tes with the m achinery in the apartments beneath. The direction o f the wind is rcg'.etered by means of a pinion being attached to the lower extremity of this rod, which works , in a rack, sliding 1 , ,c k ) ward s and fOrwards as the wind m oves the vene. To this rack a pencil is fixed, which marks the direction of the wind on a paper intersected with the cardinal points, and so adjusted as t o p rogress at the rate of half an inch per hour by means of an attached clock. Tof The forc e the wind is at the same time ascer tained by a plate plpoed at r'ght angles to the vane, sup ported by two light bars on friction rollers, and cornmuni.- Siting with a spiral spring in such a way that the plate cannot be infected by the wind's pressure without instantly acting on this spring and communicating the amount of its action by a light copper wire passing down the centre of the tube to another pencil below, which thus registers its degree of force. Similarly ingenious arrangements accurately determine the time at which any rain falls, as well as the amount and mode of falling. The institution of means for correctly guaging wind and rain is a good step towards the development of admitted facts of which the science of meteorology, perhaps, more than any other, stands particularly in need. The directors of the Poly technic Institution arc, therefore, entitled to the thanks of scientific men for having purchased,and put into useful operation, this most interesting instrument, whose name, , taken from two Greek words, signifies a measurer of wind, MARCH OF DRUNKEN 1•11..—011t of twelve charges brought up at Bow-street on Thursday morning, e l even were for being found drunk on the previous night; eight were discharged with an admonition, and three were' fined ss. One gentleman gave si. more to be put into the poor-box, as he had some valuable property about him when be was found by the policeman. . • • ■ I Lbe isi in% or• of orl )od Ric yri. Nal Ira g out S uC too° V iVa ,; al l " ad Limo tb° ad' 101' e l k