The Sun. — London, England, 1841-01-20 00:00:00

MORNING EDITION. REFORM.-THE QUAR TERLY REVIEW AND THE UNIVERSITY OF LONDON. In an article on .1 Medical Reform," *in the last number 01 the Quarterly Review, are some, misrepresentations an d t respecting. the University of London Which the author would not have v diitured to make had lo been at all acquainted with the regulations and progress oi that institution. In this article the following remark oc curs:—." We conclude tha't it was the failure of the Me tropolitan University which led Mr. Warburton, at th. Close of the last Session of Parliament, to by on the tablr tlf the House of Comm ons his Bill for the registration of Medical practitioness." • What the failure or success of the Metropolitan Uni. v !raity had to ri,o with the registration of medical prac titioners is not - .Try evident. The failure of that institu tion could not have rendered medical reform more, as its remarkable success has not rendered it less, necessary. however that ma y b e , th e f o ll ow i ng s t a t emen t of facts will that the Metropolitan University, so far from being It_ failu re, has had a degree of success, unexampled, per °lll4, in the progrccs of such institutions, and has al 'Cady exerted a hig i aly beneficial influence in raising the ` i jandard o f general and medical education throughout L a ° country. Th e U n i vers i ty o f L ondon was esta bli s h e d "I charter in November 1836, and the first matriculation r e am ination was h e ld i n O c t o b er 1638. D ur i n g the period t ween these two dates the members of the liniversits Rareassiduously engaged in c o nsidering and drawing up . a ,2.rse of edu cat i on an d arrang i ng t h e su bj ects o f exam!. Ze tton for graduates in liter a ture and science, in law and in f er dici nc. Committees of these different faculties were tried, and each Committee was required to draw up and 'which to td. Senat e a re p or t upon the particular subject .thheich it arabraced. F u lly sen sible of the importance of t ask thus imposed upon them, the Committees endea /Mired - to obtain the fullest information on the present 111 -4 . 11 ° of education in this and other countries. The Corn ini_ttec of the Faculty of Medicine in particular, from the volved s t ate 1: 0 t. of the' subject in . this_ , country, occupied i t t ut . " cin the preparation of their Report ; and, in order might have the assistance of those whom they inf o u r a m ht flost likely to afford them useful and practical lent the Report, when in an advanced state, was of th t he most important medical schools and to many kingdomeMost distinguished medical men throughout the " Oroong whom were not a few who had ample coettxrperiente in hospitals and schools," as well as inter mit i Se with students,") with a request that they would sub tteh tthteoira critical examination, and favour the Committee opinion freely on every point of importance in shi, P) P. ° sed system of medical education. The result of invitatiun vvas a number of communications sufficient rleast a good) sized volume, which constitutes not the str emarkable or va l ua ble part of the printed records of the University. A similar plan was adopted by the Com mittee on arts, although to a less extent. In addition to •ceurate information on the institutions of this country, the Zgtuealactiin i i nti g, srespecting the extent of education, the method and the mode of conducting examinatiorrs in our h principal States of Europe were obtained trough I ; U ' Amba ssa d ors . From these and other sources h a —I " of valuable information was collected, of which the InLetnbers o f t h e C om mittees availed themselves to the " vs t of their abilities in drawing up their respective re- P o tts fur the consideration of the Senate. The reports (,).: Mt Committees, after being presented to the Senate, "re submitted to a searching examination by a Corn- Ontte e of the whole Senate, and, after being printed and Corisidered, were finally examined by the Senate, before the y became regulations of the University. Thus much 1 1 ! Stated h ere to s h ow t h at t h e mem b ers o f th e M etropo- Z i t University spared no pains to perform the important es which nad ueen entrusted to them by the Govern went. % I le regulations of the University were published in f.l the first matriculation examination was fixed th "(!toher, 1836.. Twenty•two candidates presented e erll sdves— a number surely as large as could have been r n ., -(1 ; "ablY expected, considering the extent of the ex texhibits the : I C n*6ol l,llnd the short period which had elapsed since Publication of the regulations. The subjoined table progressive increase of candidates during the 1 : 71) Years in which the University has been in operation. I ' m uEß OP CANDIDATES WHO HAVE PASSED THE SEVERAL IXAMINATIONS. E xaminati on f or Matriculation 1838 E xatuin a ti on fir 1839. latriculat ion "• ••• Degree o f B ac h e l or of Arts l7 ••• ••• ••• B ac h e l or o f L aws ••• •• ••• Bachelor of Medicine, Ist Exam. 16 1. 23 2d Exam 9 '•• ••• ••• Doctor of Medicine 1840. EzaMination for Matriculation ••• Degree of Bachelor of Arts 3O ••• "• Mager of Arts "• ••• Bachelor of Laws • ••• Bachelor of Medicine, Ist Exam 38 . 1 5 7 2d Exam... ••• 19 1 ••• ..• ••• • Doctor of Medicine .. 2 77 Itat ulat ion s.. ; 1 162 Total ........ .••••• .26 SUMMARY. 163'4. I 1840 3() 69 Itavhelors of Art. Master s of Arts Bachelors of Laws (Ist Exam. in Iletlieine 1K39 1840 16 38) liache!ors of Medicine (2cl examination) ........ lectors of ...... 17 30 ... 3 9 19 2 1 :31 :-,.5 th Ti ., 'Pe facts afford the best refutation of the assumption • - "he Mistropolitan University is a failure. So far from t ic t Prny ing a failure, its success is, perhays, t uneq a u l a t l h l o e u d g i t i t i 4 e i _ history of similar institutions, and this, o " 44 to contend with difficulties of no ordin j a , ry kind at almost everystep of its progress. In the department of reed • -,_ • lcinc the success of the . ; ""et, more especially when it is coTidered that the ca ndiriate is rc uired to give proof of a liberal . preliminar t y t it elluea. i°e, and that the examinations in medicine are upon mt" a extend e d sca l e , an d, we b e li e ve, much more Searchingin . tr than th ose o f any ot h er i nst i tut i on tnecoua 1, and th at the degree grants no license to practise. \ Vc , hall now examine the force of the strictures of the it 1 ve e r viewe r on the course of instruction required by the Uni t, EtY• Aft er po i nt i ng out SOKle o f the faults o f t h e Wl,edical corporations, the writer, referring to the Uoiver i I ntY of Lond on, o b serves : i ," In thi s new institution (the Metropolitan University), i S he fault s o f i ts predecessors seem to have been rather ex. i I.iggerated than otherwise. As far es we can perceive, it e res ponsible only t o i tse lf ; an d i t w ill b e remar k a bl e if, _ e ntually, it d oes not l ook to i ts own i nterests more t h an to those of the community. The degree of Bachelor of Medici ne i s said to be intended y' for the class of general Practitioners. Those who wish to obtain this distinction ar e f R e a llowed to matr i cu l ate and begin their profession while i they are yet b oys , at the age of sixteen years, and to pre sent themselves for their last examination, so as to be es eee _a ! To practiti oners, as soon as they have passe d t h e i r twnty-first birthday, Fourteen different kinds of lectures ar eincluded i n the curriculum, being five more thau those w hich are required by the College of Surgeons and So ciety of Apothecaries; while the attendance on hose . da l Prac tices which we believe to be of more importsne,, than 411 the l ectures put tog e th er , i s ac t ua lly less. Toe whole 'rent , as it appears to us, is unnecessar i ly complicated. r'et We must ac k nowledge that it affords e'odence. of good intentions on the part of those who form'A it. l'hey seem r i have been really anxious to plae,e the medical profes. ,',° l l on as high ground as possible, ; but they have not had that °n in hospitals a'al schools, nor that inter :ll!'se with students, which. they should have had, to • "sole them to und ers t an i the trite principles of medical education." tulpe Reviewer's fears lest the University should even. ,„ ' Y look to its own interests more than those of the vot t i mr . • I ,i. .elty are very natural, with the example of the rue sma' . p 112 , c ',_ r Perrstiras before his eves ; but fortunately it hap -0 h sa ut — t r at (Ire University o f L on d on h as no interests f W it h 'S of the community. 0 Sh ould . respect to the minimum age at which can did a t es i i RU ' bj be all owe d to commence their medical st u di es , th e In, ' k et was carefully considered and discuss e d by the full f f i 4w uers of the University ; and it was believed that i 11:1° me Occupid in acquiring a good preliminary and rewerdleitcarl ed ucat i on would regulate the matter of age. The • 0 kn t o lown in the Quarterly Review, moreover, must ca N u t t !. well, th at the practical part of the medical edi•- young gree or diploma • men, is chiefly acquired after the d t i.. t coals, dis .is obtained, by an attendance on bos s cotters pensartes, or as assistants to medical practi -0 tree,tmonta.oldf that few indeed arc entrusted with the bey ond disease until they have reached an age far I . that which a University could require. I d onTihe 'regulations of the University respecting attendance r Ctures,e as a means of instruction, are more in ac cordance with the critic's views than he imagines. Sir etioyntrhses of lect ures only are required, not fourteen, as stated oviewer. Th e mem b ers o f the University, after 'mature Re consideration, thought it better to leave the mode ,I ( Of acquiring the instruction as much as possible to the pupils to themselves. Th ey distinctly pointed out the whole of the 0 s ubjects on which the candidates for medical degrees would be examine.: 0 , but left th em to acqu i re t h e i n f ormat i on as t$ trfound ü best, with t h e except i on of requiring proofs of i having attended a recognise d sc h ool each year of i th eir studies. w; But while, in such branches of knowledge as might be '? Required either from books or lectures, the pupils arc left thehoose for themselves, the University requires proof of cali!candidate having been actually engaged in the practi ' departments of his profession. With respect to hos pital attendance which, we agree with the Reviewer, is 5( t he mo a t . ' important part of medical education, the period $ 1 to of the bachelor of medicine is two years and a Pi h alt The d octor o f medicine, in addition to t h e s h ove t io e e Period, i s required to attend two years, I. e. to have four .), yars and a half's attendance on h osp i ta l pract i ce. Let us el Row see whether this amount of hospital attendance be le s , as is asserted by the Reviewer, than that required by I•! th . e other institutions : Tee APO THECARIRS' COMPANY require . . 1 0 , The COLL EGE of SURGEONS (since 1340 1 years. ) • 3 years. l' Th e COLLEGE of PHYSICIANS, 1 0 For Licentiates, or those who practise in London, o or within seven m il es of i t . 3 years. to . . . rer Ext ra -Li centiates, or those who practise be ' ti 1 yond the circle of seven miles around London, 1 year. Peer The UNI VERSITY of L ONDON, 1 1 Bach e l ors of Medicine . years. • ' 'er Doctors of Medicine . . . . 41 years. ii' So much for the attention which the Reviewer has be. t ' stowed on the course of instruction promulgated by the University which he has so unscrupulously condemned /t 0 B ut the s y stem i s said to be unnecessarily complicated. It / ~ 111 2 Y appe ar so to one who, like our critic, has not taken me trouble t o exam i ne it ; but it has not occurred that •" , t .9 19 of the num erous cand i dates who have presented thern .)' ON' • Gen , ra ves a bou°°' o is istebt dutY, °f, vP)-*irtit p 7 0 rica bj tet ° I cool(' to,; tyra„to,' t besit 3c ed we ' , y !If unabl e d's Deb° tit IC' A by ge iti , • be flag rot A ' the he d 'r ( o 6 , ntirelY 11 0 Inc of the n # of the n :, let 1144' himself, over Lis be th e this t ' ; of th e r' ; t h e m of rhompo' Ireats be arnoot°; rV i other a nd a lt :olice th e ' y are °F, P I - the ; 0 1 bou'" TT Ol4 ' , 'ter 4,01, h ob6er ve Lo bc ~ut • m born ly • On 1$'0! Jai ! Co e 4 c etae ns 11° ` cifi ft; Fo° l° "il gl 01 f 'II I 0 A o or Wpte St lbdi 0 ,4 3 001 tir , 00 4 ; iCC tea duty .1" the 1 e i, P I'r! f rout ~,ot! er se r "pl:, l and of:, ndan c ;di r 4 , anic,_ elves for examination, has had the smallest difficulty in comprehending it. The University requires—lst, That the pupil shall, before he enters on the study of medicine, give proof of having had a liberal education, by hi s passing the matri culation examination ; 21, that he shall be occupied four years in the study of medicine ; 31, that he shall pass two examinations for the degree of Bachelor of Medicine — one at the end of the second year of his at ulies, and the otht r when his studies are terminated ; 4th, the subjects on which the candidate will be tested at each examination; 4re clearly pointed out, and thus the order in which they may be best acquired is indrented to him. A less coin. plicated system could scarcely Le imagined, or one more suited to prepare the pupil for entering with advantage on the study of medicine, and guide him in acquiring a knowledge of the different branches of his profession, caving him at the same time the utmost liberty in select ing his sources of instruction. But while the University !eaves the utmost license to the pupil in the mode of ob taining information, it hiss endeavoured to r ender the exa minations red tests of the candidate's proficiency. With his view, he is exam'ned on every subject laid down in the curriculum : Ist. by means of written pa;ters; 21, by visa race interrogations; and, 31, when the subject admits of a practical examination, that is added. It would be difficult, ac think, to device a system of education better suited to stimulate both pupil and teacher, or a mode of examination more calculated to test the can didate's proficiency, than that which has just b e en de scribed ; and now that the writer in the qrarterly Review knows something of the regulations of the Metropolitan University and their results hitherto, he may be disposed to admit that the ni,.!inbers have given evidence of some thing more than '' good intentions," and that they do know something of the st true principles of medical education." Had they not taken a more liberal and enlightened view of medical education than the Reviewer list of medical re form, the Metropolitan University would assuredly have been a failure. The truth is, that the University of London has already done more to raise the standard of medical education, and place the medical profession on higher ground, than all the chartered medical institutions in the kingdom have done from their first establishment up to the present time. The University has been in active operation about two years only, and at this moment there is not, we believe, a medical school of any character in the British dominions which has not applied to be recognised by it ; and col b.ges of general education over the whole country have solicited the same recognition, and have in conseqaenee increased the extent and raised the standard of their courses of instruction to the requirements of the University, The regulations of the Metropolitan University have thus given a stimulus to education throughout the whole kingdom, a result highly gratifying to the members of the institu tion, and which, had it been the only effect of their la bours would he sufficient to justify the expectations of its founders and the expenditure which it has cost the country. CALAMITOUS FLOOD AT B ITII. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sia,—Owing to the sudden change in the weather, from the extremest cold to the warmth of a summer's day, there was a general thaw here the latter part of the past week. The consequence has been very calamitous to the poor people living on the banks of the Avon, especially as to those living in the Dolemeads, Bath. So sudden did the flood come upon them early on Sunday morning last, that the kitchens were full of water before they could re move their furniture. Some who were sleeping in their kitchens were not aware of the flood till it reached them in their beds, which are consequently very much damaged. Some have lost their pigs ; others, valuable articles of furniture. Those losses might have been avoided had the police given timely warning of the approach of the flood. The pigs gave the first alarm to the inhabitants of Queen's Terrace, P.lteney-road. At four o'clock, a.m., all was bustle and confusion ; the darkness of the morn ing rendered it impossible for any one to ascertain the extent of the flood. At break of day the flood had so far advanced as to render the Pulteney-road impassable. All the woodwork, erected at great cost, for the purpose of building a bridge across the Avon for the Great Western railway, was entirely swept away by the flood. The crash was tremendous ; the noise it occasioned was heard nearly all over the city. Great must be the loss to the Railroad Company ; in consequence of this calamitous occurrence the opening of the railroad will not take place so soon as the Company expected. The loss experienced by the poor people of the Dolemeads is frightful ; some have lost all they had in store for their winter's provision. It. is re ported that a child and a woman have been drowned. One man has lost all his pigs ; another has lost a cow. In the parish of Walcot the flood has done great mischief. It is really heartrending to bear the tales of distress, and to witness this morning (Monday) the condition of the inha bitants of the Dolemeads. Here is a case in which the humane of our city may exercise their charity ; here is a case calling loudly for some individuals to come forward to relieve the distresses of those who have been so much in jured by this disastrous flood. Let a Committee be ap pointed and a subscription opened for that purpose. The scene in the Dolemcads is truly miserable : the flood has left behind immense quantities of mud, to clear away which it will require much time and espense. In conclusion, I trust that a Committee will be appointed to receive sub. scriptions for the purpose of affording some relief to to those injured by the flood. HUMANITAS. Bath, Jan. 18 A YMARKET THEATRE. Mr. Webster commenced his additional term of two months, his post-season, as it may be called, on Monday night. We heartily rejoice that the Lord Chamberlain has granted Mr. Webster this special license. Never was mana ger of a theatre more worthy of any favour that canbe con ferred upon him than Mr. Webster. His exertions to cater for the amusement of the public have been untiring ; and he has not been contented to provide them merely amuse ment, but amusement of the highest and most intellectual order; his success is au abundant proof that there is no neces- sity whatever for managers of theatres to have recourse to spectacle, or, what is far worse, to the coarse excitement of what is vulgarli called " a drama of intense iliterest," the meaning of which is, a drama of immoral tendency, to ensure success. We heartily wish Mr. Webster the same success in this extra season which has attended his exertions during the regular one ; and, judging of the suture by the pest, we entertain little doubt but that such will be the case—certain we are he will richly deserve it. The performances commenced last evening with Bulwer's new comedy of Money, which, having undergone some slight alteration and some judicious curtailment, has mellowed down into a vary good acting play. Mrs. Stirling was the Clara Douglas, and although she had to contend against the recollections of Miss Helen Faucit in the same part, her personation of the heroine was :,lost successful—so admirable indeed tha t the r e w as 1 1,ut little : occasion to regret Miss Fau y indisposition.cies absence, c" ,:pt from our knowledge of the fact that It was caused ', J. Webster appeared as S ir F. Blthe dandy, vice ( 19it' . ... as good as his prede- Mr. Walter Lang , and w as material variations from cessor. These were the sr.„), the original cast. A ae" farce entitled Widow Burnaby followed- It is a d":.aatic adaptation of some of the most ludicrous Sirtin . t iP ,lS in Mrs. Trollope's novel. The chat tering, hushae fortune-hunting, and tuft-hunting "'id" of 'ale late worthy Apothecary Barhahy was sepses Mrs. Glover to the life. Her description of seated . ny her dight from " the beastly bullock " was excellentl given. tier fussiness in the babe scene, and her intense anxiety to he introduced to a real Loud, and to galop with him, were admirable ; but by far the richest scene of the whole was the last, in which she appears before the Magistrate on a chsrge of being concerned with her a ttached friends Allen (h. King) and Maitatry ( llowe) in a robbery. Never was impotent indignation, mingled with fear, more aumorously pourtrayed. In this scene she was well acted up to by Mr. Clark, who was the Magistrate's clerk—his " Silence, Barnaby," told excellently. Wrench, as Snipe, was excessively quaint ; and Vining's Major Allen was perfectly swell-mobbish. The farce is carefully got up ; and although there was some little disapprobation when the curtain felt, yet it was speedily drowned by the applause, and the piece is announced for repetition every evening. All those who admire Trollopisms should sec Mrs. Glover's Widow Burnaby. WALSALL ELECTION. Ma. ErnTott,—l am quite ignorant what great deed?, were performed by Mr. Thomas Gladstone during the time that he was M.P. for Portarlington and Leicester, but surely they arii . not recorded by Hansard. The Times, however, and the Herald, rceommLud him to the electors of Walsall on the I , ,trength of the laurels he has earned in Par . _ The candidate for Walsall liappe tr. be Mr. John Gladstone, a younger brothel of the lion. Member for Newark, and of Mr. T. Gladstone. lie is (I he lieve) a lieutenant in the Navy, and never 11'35 in Par liament in his life. GAMBLING IN PARIS.-The owner of the billiard-room and cafe in the Faubourg Montmartre, where clandestinp gambling was carried on, and the visit. of the police to whose establishment we mentioned a short time since, was tried the day before yesterday by the Tribunal of Correctional Police for the offence, together with his garcon or as s istant. The former was sentenced to 2001. fine and two months' imprisonment, the latter to 200 f. fine; and the confiscation of all the furniture, money, &e. was confirmed. The appearance of the parties (some in respectable stations of life) found there in the act of gambling, and who were had up before the Court, was ludicrous in the extreme. Sir Francis Chancre} , visited Shrewsbury la 4 week, for the purpose of fixing upon a site in St. Mary's Church for the monument and bust of the late Reverend instructor of youth. Bishop Butler. The subscriptions to the monument of Dr. Butler exceed sOO/ , but, no decision hasn't been formed thereon by the Corroui'tee, although they will doubtless b chiefly guided by the opinion t.f the eminent sculptor to whom its execution is entrusted. Sir Francis has been visiting the family of the Earl of Liver pool, at his seat, Pitchford Park, where a very numerous party was assembled, including his Grace the Duke of Sutherland, Viseountess Milton, and Mr. and Lady Cotes. —Birmingham Gazette. THE LONDON COFFEE AND EATING-HOUSE KEEPERS' ASSOCIATION.—On Monday evening the half yearly meeting of the members of this truly charitable Association, established in 1837, for the purpose of re. lieving aged and decayed members of the trade, the'r wi dows, and orphans, took place at Anderton's Hotel, Fleet street, Mr. C. Marshall, vice-president, in the chair. Mr. Hare, honorary secretary, read the 8:h half-yearly report. &nee the last general meeting 1001. had been added to the reserved fund, which, with the interest, the balance in the tresurer's hand, and other moneys, made the funds of the Society upwards of 6001. Mr. Humphries proposed the adoption of the report, Mr. Alleles seconded the motion, and it was carried nem. con. Messrs. Rogers, i a ? ;i i d ee e , o S e t r e a v i c o n t s h , er Hare, gentlemen,llemphries, Alldes, the chairman, addressed the meeting. TIDE -ITN. LONDON, WEDNESDAY. .JANUARY 20, 1841. FORTIFICATIONS OF PARIS• The rOilci*lng is the text of tho project of law on the fortifications of Paris, as it has been amended by the Commission : " Art. 1. A sum of 140,000,000'. is specially allotted to the works of the fortifications of Paris. . . " Art. 2. These woAs complise —l. A contiucu. lino cf enclosure embvicittg tho tWo hulls of the l'.7.eitte, bas.tioticri and teli'aceo, w th ten metres of esearpmeut fronted with masonry.-2. Exterior casemated work. " Art. 3. The funds allotted to Close works arc to be employed simultaneously towards the execution of the enclosure and the exterior works, and divided between the different estimates, and in proportions determined below. " Art. 4. The sum of 140,000,000 f. comprise; that of 13,000,0001., forming the Amount of credits already opened in 1840 for the rause purpose, to the Ministers:of War and Public Works, by the royal ordonnances of lac 10th of September, and 4th and 3•11 . of October. Out of the turn of 127,000,000 f. rem - doing .to be disposed of, there is allotted the sum of 35,000 000 f. far the works to be executed in 1841, and 20,000,0001. for those in 1842. Such portions of these credits a hick shall no , . be employed in the period to which they are allotted, shall be carried to the account of the succeeding period. " Art. 5. Provision shall be made for these different credits out of the ordinary and extraordinary ways and means for 1840, 1841, and 1842. 4 . Art. 6. The expenses caused by the department of public works, in virtue of the ordonnances of 10th, 19i.h, ant 29th September, and 4th, Bth, and 19 . 11 October, 1840, shall be liquidated by the Minister of that depart ment, and paid out of the ere lit of seven millions which remains open to him, to the amount of this credit. Tice excess, if there be any after this liquidation, shall be paid upon the ordonnanees of the Nlinister of War, and upon the credits opened by the present law. " Art. 7. The first zone of military servitudes, such as it is regulated by the law of 17th July, 1819, shall alone be applied to the eantinuous enclosure and the exterior forts. Tnis signal rule, of 250 metres, shall be measured from the capitals of the bastions, to begin front the crest of their glacis. " Art. 8. The actual limits of the ocroi of Paris cannot be changed, except ir. virtue of a special law. " Art. 9. There shall he an account given to the Chun bers every year of the progress of the execution of the works ordered by the present law." To which, for the public understanding tha subject, we add the project of law as originally presented by the Go vernment, and of which the bill, as it now stands, is a mo dification : " Art. 1. A sum of 140 millions is specially devoted to the works of the fortifications of Paris. " This sum includes that of 13 millions, forming the amount of the credits already granted in 18-10 for the same destination to the Ministers of War and Public Works, by the Royal OrdonnAnce, of the 10th September, 4th and 25th of October last. " Art. 2. The credit of 127 millions, necessary to com plete the sum of 140 millions, is divided as follows Works to be executed in the first place Works to be executed in the second place 52,000,0001. Total a mount " Art. 3. The sum of 75 millions, to be applied accovd ing to the preceding article to the works to be executed is the first place, shall be divided into three yearly allow ances commencing from 1841. " To this effect a credit extraordinary of 35 millions is issued fur the Minister and Secretary of War for the year 1841. " The portion of the credit not employed during the year 1841, shall be carried on to the allowance of the fol lowing year. " Art. 4. The credit extraordinary of 35 millions, opened by Art. 3, shall be provided for by the ordinary and extraordinary resources of the year 1841. " Art. 5. The expenditure effected by the department of public works, in virtue of the ordonnances of the 10th, 19th, and 29th of September, and the 4ifi, Bth, and 19th of Oc'ober, 1840, shall be liquidated by the Minister of that department, and paid out of the credit of 7,000,000 f. opened to him, so far as that credit TS ill go. " The surplus, should there be any, after this liquida tion, shall be paid on the ordonnances of the Minister (I War, and out of the credits opened by the present case." PROTEST OF THE FRENCH AT MONTE VIDEO. The mariner in which the treaty has been received by the French residents at Monte Video ;sill be best seen by the following protest of the French inhabitants : " This 4th November, 1840, the French residents at Monte Video, at a spontaneous general meeting held at the theatre for the purpose of protesting against the treaty concluded on October 29, between the representative of France and the Government of Buenos Ayres, proceeded to appoint a committee, of which..M. Frederic Desbresses was named president, and Messrs. Pierre Barron and Alfred G. Bellemare, secretaries; who having sat returned to the assembly, and read the following resolutions to serve n s the bases of a petition. " Resolutions.-1. The French residents at Monte Video assembled here, and making themselves spun caneously the interpreters of the French residents at Buenos Ayres, in order to make a national manifest:►tion of their sentiments on the subject of the treaty conctided on the 29th of October last between the French .repre sentative and Governor Mesas, declare that this treaty has been made with an illegal power unqualified to negotiate, and which has forfeited the respect and confidence of the world; that it is illusory, and seriously compromises the present and future interests of the French in these coon tries ; they, therefore, declare that they solemnly disap prove this treaty. 2. The French residents address themselves to the Chamber of Deputies of France, to obtain the non-ratifi- cation of the treaty of 29th October last, seeing not only that it does not in any respect accomplish the exigencies of their interests, but further seriously compromises the honour and dignity of the French name. Messrs. - are nominated as a Committee to draw up this address. " 3. The French residents, in order to give to the re solutions which they have adopted the solemnity and im portance required by their object and nature, appoint as their delegate in Paris M. —, whom they charge with powers to represent them, and to support their demands in an active and efficient manner. " '4. It is also resolved that the retolu ions agreed upon shall be signed, in the name of the assembly, be the presi dent and secretaries, that all Possible publicity shall be liven to them, and that an 'official copy shall be sent to France, with a stet` to accomplishment of the contem plated object.' " The 'tnird proposition having been read, the meeting "':,4nimously elected as its delegate in Paris, M. Alfred Gustave Bellemare, and as its representat:ve in the Cham • ber of Deputies M. Mermilloid. On the proposition of M. Valliant, that a second deputy should be charged with the interests of the meeting in the Chamber of Deputies, it was agreed to leave this to the discretion of the delegate and deputy already appointed.—Signed by the three secretaries, .4 MM. DESBROSSES, BELLEMARB, and BASON.' PORTUGAL. LISBON, JAN. 11, 2 P.lll —The Chamber of Deputies has keen almost exclusively engaged in ballotting for the various committees. On the election of the Finance Committee, under the immediate superintendence of Mi nisters,:M. Florid() Rt;drigo Pereira ['can, the actual Se cretary of State for that department, was excluded. This has caused much surprise among the members of all coin. plexions. The Committee is composed of Messrs. M. G. Ferreira, Jose da Silva Carvalho, Gomes de Castro, B. M. 0. Borges, J. J. Palm, Avila, and Roma. Notwithstanding the little interest this session has hitherto offered to public curiosity, M. Soure called the attention of the house to a petition which he presented, a copy of which I subjoin, numerously signed by the various commanders, officers, and privates of the Metropolitan National Guard, complaining of a circular front the Ad ministrator-General of the Nth of December ult., in which he orders that the soldiers of this civic corps, who, ac cording to the construction of the said circular, came within the meaning or are liable to the decree of the 13'h of that month, are to join the new corps rai'ed under the same, This petition met with the sympathy of the majo rity of the Chamber, who decided that it should be forth with referred to the Committee of Public Instruction for its report, To return to the Douro question, which:still continues to be the all-engrossing topic. At two o'clock on Friday morning last, Count de Almoster (son of' the Marquis de Saldanha) arrived express from Madrid, in sixty hours ; at eight o'cleclt. a Cabinet Council was held at the Home Depatttreent, and, after a short deliberation, proceeded to the Palace of the Nseessidades, At two they went clown to the Cortes, where an immense concourse of per sons, eager to hear some important communication, ltd assomided; but, to th c it bitter di , „appointrecnt ab , (l mar tification, not 15inglb ainclnutt! %vas trade. 'I ins, of couran t gave, rise to conjectures that the news cAild not be of a palatable nature ; and in the evening:, at eight o'clock, a meeting was held at the hotel at the Deputy Joaquim Jove Pereira de Mellor which was at tended by the Dititee de raltlitifia and te . rtyra, a few S'enatorn, and the greater part of the Ministerial Deputies. Here, again, however, nothing of moment was divulged, Ministers confining themselves to the vague statement, that the Cabinet of Madrid would not consent to withdraw the ultimatum of the ith of December; it liarlr deeldud only bon Waiting • until the end of this month, January, for the fulfilment of the promises made by Portugal, and that the mediation of Great Britain was not deemed by it to be necessary. It is, nevertheless, understood, that the Regency of Spain will nut treat further with the actual Ministry, nor accept the mediation of England, and that a strong military force is in readiness to march upon the frontiers of this kingdom without delay. A Forcign-ollice courier Was despatched for ti idri,t yesterday afternoon at five o'clock, with the answer to the express received on the preceding morning, which states, 1 ant informed, that the Govern ment will accept the extension of the thirty (Inas, but in sists an the mediation of England. Ministers, however, hold out, that if they cannot carry the question in the Cortes within the period mentioned, they will retire from office. ...~~_ .. - The Spanish Government expresses itscif angry at the hostile demonstrations Portugal is making, without first publishing a manifesto declaratory of the cause, and d: ily asks if Portugal is about to wage war against her. It is next to impossible, in this distracted state of affairs, to hazard an opinion as to how thin quarrel still end, the difficulties that now surround Ministers being of more than ordinary magnitude. Another very serious circumstance, which must ten] to cause extraordinary embarrassment to the advisers of the Crown is, that the populace of the Alto Minho have risen in arms, and spread themselves into many districts for the object of preventing the enforced recruitments; to such an extent have they , carried their resistance, that they have already come in contact with a detachment of the 18th Regiment of Infantry, kitling some soldiers and r e s e tting the recruits they had made. It is further said that they have killed tart ithttices of the Peace, rind that the autho rities, through lea, have ceasvd to com e t h e peev i i, , , and, consequently to fulfil the order of the Government. In the Let:irias many persons are going about with arms, re stating the tteciuitment Act, and a ednsiderable number of persons have fled from the Alemtejo to Spain from the same cause. The authorities of Porialcgrc have, from being menaced with assassination, left unexecuted the injunctions of Government upon this head ; in fact, every thing augurs a disseletion and breaking up in the interior df tliii ecitlntr,. The preparations for war are actialy goleg on, and every demonstration to repel invasion is manifested , 110 pieces of artillery are already planted on the lines of the capital, which, with its suburbs, is said to have fur nished 5.200 men for the standing army; and orders have accordingly been issued to some of the parish overseers to suspend further impressment. The Porto steamer, having on board the Duke da Ter ceira and Staff, the Count Villa Real (the ex-Foreign Se cretary) to command the first division, and Viscount da Serra do Pilate left for Oporto on Siturday last. The gallant and distinguished 'juke 80 ,1 0 after hi, arrival there, proceed to V.,lenca and other important itilitary points in the northern provinces. The debate on the speech from the throne will com mence in the Senete to morrow. The Baron do ()icinss, a rich land proprietor in the 'Beira Beixe, his two sons, and other emigrants implicated in the eineute of Castello Branco, who took refuge in Ciiir.ad Rodrigo and Avamoute, have at length, after the repeated remonstfances of the Marquis de Seldanha, been removed to Salamanca. The Baron and ' i followers have refused the amnesty of her Majesty the Queen. Arrived on the 7th instant—The Espeir brig of war, from Falmouth. The schooner Wave, from Newfsund land 39 days, hound to Jersey, laden with dry codfiih and oil. On the 8 - 11, the brig Thames, from Leghorn 30 days, with a general cargo, bound to London, wits compelled to bear up for this port, having on the 3d instant, when about 100 miles from the British Channel, been struck by a heavy sea : she will probably have to discharge under quarantine. The schooner Buoy Yacht, from Cardiff 23 days, laden with iron, bound to Oporto, has suffered severely from boisterous seas and weather, and will dis charge. The Royal Tar steam-packet, from London amid Falmouth, with the mail of the 2d instant. On the 10th the Iberia steam-packet, from Gibraltar and CadiZ. The French brig Mathilde, from Martinique in 43 days, bound to Havre de Grace, laden with coffee, sugar, logwood. and rum, with loss of bulwarks, stanchions, and two of the crew washed overboard. The schooner Orange Branch, from Dartmouth in nine days, bound to St. Michael's, with damage to her rudder. The cargo of the brig Homer, which put in here on the Ist instant, i s discharging under quarantine ; the wheat is much heated. Sailed on the oth.—The Royal Tar steam-packet, for Cadis and Gibraltar. Foreign Ships of War in the Tagus.—Trinculo and Espoir brigs, British ; La Coquette, corvette, French ; Brandy-wine frigate, United States; and Oscar brig, Swedish. Exchange upon London at 30 days' sight, 53d. per ; discount on ex-paper money, 60 to 62 per cent. The following is the National Guard's petition above referred to : " Senhores Deputies of the, Portngt'ese Natien o •aeThe undersigned commandants, (Akers, and privates of the Lisbon National Guard, having received, on the 30th of December the enclosed circular, in which the Administra tor- General of this district orders that all citizens who by the decree of the 13th of December last ceased td belong to the National Guard, be transferred to the National Bat talions, and demands that within the space of eight days a nominal relation of all the individuals to whom such trans• for has been granted, consider it their duty to lay before the Senhores Deputies the following I— " By the constitution of the monarchy, Art. 121, the National Guard constitutes part of the public force, and the actual law by which it is regulated, pointing out the individuals of which it ought to be composed, cannot be considered as altered, except when very expressly declared so, and by legal means ; and much less can the Adminis trator-General give the decree such interpretation. So much so does the decree suppose the National Guard to be in existence, that in the Bth article it says, that officers can be nominated from among persons of probity, &c., although belonging to the National Guard,' and no revocation taking place of the law by which it is governed, the undersigned consider themselves de jure a de facto members of it, and that they ought to be kept in it ; for which reason they ask the Senhores Deputies of the Por tuguese nation to be pleased to take this exposition under their consideration, and cause to be respected the authority of the laws in conformity to the 37th article of the Con stitution." AMERICAN BANKS. The last arrival of New York papers furnishes the speech of Mr. Wright, Member of the United States Senate, in defence of the President from the cimrge, by the Hon. Daniel Webster, of having made a number of misstatements and omissions in his mess ige respecting the national debt. It had already been ad mitted that the balance of outstanding Treasury notes had been entre-30y stated by the President as amount ing to no more than ,q 4,500,000 ; hut the complaint wa., that he bad wrongly represented that as the whole debt. Mr. Webster, to show that the President was wrong, had referred to what arc called the " trust funds," and chisfly, if not entirely, to those portions which ap pertain to the Indians. Of these he (Mr. Webster) hail said that he was inclined to believe that portions had been expended for the use of the Treasury, and were now a debt on the country, and that the money Stipulated by the Indian treaties to ha invested had not nil invested, but that large sums had been ex pended, and tacru therefore a debt against the Treasury. To answer these allegation, Mr. Wright said, he found it necessary to consider several of these Indian treaties by themselves, as they varied in the provisions s)r the trusll constituted under tly.m. In the firA pLice, he referred to the treaty with the Ciiickass ws, ,vhich constituted a trust of a novel description, aceor,l - to which the United States had become the volun tary trtiFte of the Chickasaws, stipulating to sell their . . lands, and, after dcdeeting incidental expenscs, to ae ,munt to them for all ninnies remaining ury xnenclA. The principal part of the money to be so received, he learned at the Treasury, had been placed in charge of the head of that department, for the purpose of invest ment ; small portions, belonging to orphans, and certain other members of the tribe, remaining in charge of the Secretary of War. All the money in the charge of the Treasury, above the expenses, had been invested, where there had been time since the receipts ; no part of it had been expended, and therefore an addition to the national debt was not to be sought in this quarter. This money Is the only Indian money in charge of the Trea sury, the rest being committed by the treaties to the Secretary of War. Another reference of Mr. ‘Vebster had been to a number of treaties, with nine tribes, which he had classed altogether, with a sum attached to each of their names. These treaties, said Mr. Wright, had stiptilated that the several sums should be invested for the bcnufit of the tribes mentioned, which he believed hid not been dune, Congress having preferred tti appropriate the annual interest as part of the current expenset;. lie bad learned, indeed, that in many cases sales of the lands eedr4 by the treaties had not been made, that in many cases the opeortes of the treaties hitd not been covered, and that in actoe was there sufficient money t,i brinis a large portion of capi tal into the Treasury. lie also sl;:rfreJ that there was a constitutional reason for the non-investment, which seas, that Congress had neither provided nor Dppro ' printed the money fetjuired, end therefore, while he ad mitted it was a debt, said it was act 9ne that could be recognized by the Secretary of the Treasury in present ing the means and liabilities. Mr. Webster had also expressed suspicion? of other debts, but these mere sus picions Mr. Wright said it il!v impossible for him to fathom. Thus it is tolerably apparent that the Arlie of Mr. Webster's attempt to criminate the Executive amounts to little more than a piece of special pleading. It is a very forced construction of the phrase " national debt" to apply it to transactions with the Indians, as the purchase of the ceded territory is commonly redeemed, and that at a very early period, by sales of the. land itself to new settlers. The message, therefore, in its items of account, appears to us to remain anshaken. These papers, by the present arrival, haves been ►e ferred to in the city with some curiosity in connexiod with the affairs of the United States Bank, which have acquired new importance since it was known that the agency in London has been undertaken by the eminent house of James Morrison and Sons. Trough it is con fidently held out that the Bank would resume specie payments in this month, it is nevertheless certain that an the spot, and in New York particularly, a very un favourable view is taken of its affairs. Fur this some allowance is to be made on account of the rivalry that subsists between New York and Philadelphia in bank ing, business generally, but still it seems that no harm can be done to the shareholders in Europe of the United States Bank by exhibiting to them the view of its condition taken by an opponent, especially as that is supported by a reference to figures, put forth as a statement of account by the management. Mercantile men more particularly will judge of the soundness of the following remarks, which are;taken from the Journal of Commerce of the 28th ult. : " THE UNITED STATES BANK STATEMENT. " In the present posture of our currency it is of great importance that the real condition of the Bank of the United States should be correctly understood. The ex position of its affairs, as published by Mr. Jaudon in Lon don, throws a good deal of light on the subject, though not AO much as the public would be glad to have, nor as the exigency seemed to demand. The fact that this state ment represetv.s the Bank as possessing its capital entire ; and a surplus of over three millions, while at the same time the stock is allowed to sell in market at two-thirds of its par value, has caused some persons to conclude that they who know most about the matter know the state ment to be fallacious. The fate of the Bank must turn upon the value of the following large items—viz.:— " Dollars. Cts. " Bills discounted on personal security 16,530,037 11 - Bills discounted on other security 5,438,177 08 Domestic Bills of Exchange Foreign Bills of Exchange ..... 809 507 95 Stock Accounts 10,980,569 05 "37,595,663 34 " Of this immense mass of claims, exceeding the whole capital of the Bank, we suppose it is safe to sty that there is not one obligation which has not been dishonoured. There may be, perhaps, more or less of these claims which have been renewed from time to time, and these renewal notes may not all have been protested. But the Bank has made no new discounts of any importance for the last 12 months, nor in fact but few for the last three years. Every bill, therefore, which it took must have long since arrived at maturity. Ever since the suspension in 1837, it is well understood that the Bank has been earnestly engaged in collecting its claims. It has within that :ime done a vast amount of new business, and has made some new discounts. Immediately on the last suspension it discounted a million or two, perhaps more ; but all these bills matured long ago. If one quarter part of these bills are such as would be counted good in market, they might have been readily dis counted at other banks, bringing four times the amount of the loan which has been negotiated with so much trouble. The large amount loaned on stocks, which appears under the head of Stock Accounts,' must be in the same coali tion of dishonour with the bilis ;' and as to some of the stocks held as collateral, it is known that they are worth very little. What, then, is the value of these debts? " There is another class of assets which, perhaps, is worth a somewhat larger per ccntage upon its par value, vz, : " Real estate 134nking-houses Bonds and mortgsgca 961,302 23 " $4,138,625 29 " There is then the items ' due by the State honks,' and ' notes of State banks,' both together $9 573,237 3S. The State banks referred to cannot mean the solvent hanks of Philadelphia or New York, unless it may he that the ' bank of the United States in New York' is included, which may perhat,s stand on the books as a large debtor, in consequence of being charged with the suspended debt here, The bank balances in Philadelphia arc all the other way. Tne, , .e claims, therefore, must many of them be against insolvent institutions. In the item of notes of State banks,' we have reason to think, are included the notes of one or more banks in Pentisylratiia which have been worthless these dozen years. " The item bonus for charter 25 years,' though pro perly enough put as it is in the statement, is obviously of no value ns a resource for the payment of debts. " The stocks deposited as security for loans in Europe,' may be fairly offset against those loans, though, as they are put down at their own cost, which was generally par at least, they would net now sell for enough to settle the account. ti Then come stocks on hand in London ...$2,711,505 Agency—London, Paris, and Amsterdam 1,377 ; 999 72 " $4,119,505 28 " What these stocks are, and why it is that these ba lances lie thus in the hands of agents, we have no means of judgii:g. The balances would certainly not remain, if they were roally available. Finally, we arrive at something, tangible, viz.:— " Specie $2,890,388 37 Penusylvania Five per Cents. 1,116,407 21 Loan to Commonwealth " $4,267,795 58 " The spec' is a good and substantial asset, and the Pennsylvania stock can be sold for its - market value. " Guessing as well as we can, we will now just put a value to these several items, as high as in our jude:ment the finial result will prove them to be now worth, viz. : .6537,695'663 34 at 50 per cent $18,847,831 67 4.138.625 29 at 60 9 573,237 38 at 50 4,119.505 28 at 66 2.3 2.890.388 37 at par 2,890 388 :37 1 ; 487,407 21 at 93 Europe, ale n follow: Circulation 59,725,508 90 Post notes Bonds to Unitud State 1,336 904 28 Due State Banks Depogits 2,815,368 40 Guaranteed to Michigan Guarantee of Boluk Mantels' Bank 611,000 00 " $33,144,639 58 The liabilities of the Bank, exclusive of the loans in " $24,396,078 10 " Nearly 20,000,000 of these liabilities arc payable on demand, while most of the assets can only be realized by very moder.ae instalments. How there can be any hope of success with the loan in Europe, which Mr. daudon went out so confidently to negotiate, we do r. o t under stand. Surely the Bank cannot borrow without collate rals, for it could not 18 months ago, when its credit was much stronger than it is now ; and of collaterals it has hilt a very small remainder. Should the assets of the Bank prove finally as good as we have estimated them or better, three years at I , :nst wid be required to realizc an amount RIOTS IN SWITZERLAND. TELEGRAPHIC DESPATCH. TREFECT OF 7IIE LOWER RHINE TO THE MINISTER OF THE INTERIOR. " STRASIV)I.7I{G, JAN. 14. " A sanguinary struggle has just broken out in Argau between the Catholics and Protestants, under pretext of thu revision of the constitution, which was rejected by IG,OOO voices agai:st 14,000. The two factions had al ready come to blows without any decisive success ; at this moment they arc very probably still fighting." The Journal des Debais of Saturday has the annex/:d article on this subject : " The new Federal Directory, which has just shifted to Berne, had hardly commenced its functions before it bad to put in force its authority. Disturbances have broken out in the canton of Solcure. The Grand Council of this canton had, in the course of last month, prepared a project of Constitution, which was tti be submitted to the vote oc the people. But fearing a rejection, the Grand Council, putting a con3truction on an article of the Constitution, had de cided that, if the new project was thrown out, the old Constitution would be in force for ten years. That de cision met with opposition. The aristocratic party, being opposed to tho Government, convened for the 3:1 of Ja nuary a meeting at Alumliswyl, and voted a protest against the resolution of the Grand Council, claiming, in case of a rejection of the Project of Constitution, the for mation of a constituted assembly in order to prepare a new one. " The Govcrrment of Soleure immediately adopted measures to suppress the same. Several arrests took place. The petty Council, the centre of the Government, re moved to the arsenal in order to hold its sittings, and asked the Vorort of Berne for federal assistance. " The Vorort promptly granted assistance. The Go vernment of Argovia had also supplied its contingency, but it was forced to eccal it, in order to defend itself against an insurrection of the same kind. The Vorort likewise sent troops to Argau. " These measures temporarily re established order. The vote on the con s ti tut i on o f S o l e ure was to take place on the 10th. The resu l t i s not ye t known." There is a c on t ra di ct i on i n the statements of the tele graphic despatch given above, and those in the Swiss papers, as t o t h e re j ect i on o f t h e C ons titution of the canton of Argau. According to the Nouvelliste Vaudois it was adopted by a majority of 15,306 votes against a minority of 11,480, not 14,000, as stated in the despatch. The civil war commenced owing to the rejection of certain in admissible pretensions of the Catholics. A Berne letter of the 11th, which we find in Saturday's Constitutionnel, states that the first engagement took place near Woh:en, w h en t h e i nsurgen t s l os t thirteen men killed : the Gover nment troo p s (Argauvian) losing onl two wounded, y having t a k en possession also of Wohlen and Vilmergen, h a lf chief place of insu rrect i on . R e i n f orcemen ts had been sent a league only from Bremgarten, the front Liestall and Berne. Another letter from Berne of the 13111 says:— We learn from Argau, under the date of yesterday, that on the 11th an attack took place at Vilmergen. The insurgents were entrenched in the churchyard ; but the artillery succeded in dislodging them, after having killed 15, and wounded a great number; the troops lost two men, and had a few wounded. The troops passed the night at Vilmergen and Wohlen, which surrendered with out resistance. During the night the insurgents received reinforcements from Frickthal, Baden, Zurcach, and it is believed they will make another attempt. Five hundred men and a battery of artillery have just been directed against the rebel districts. A. courier 11:;s just arrived with information that yesterday evening the insurgents were put entirely to the rout near Muri. The monks, who were at the head of the insurrection, have taken refuge in the territory of Lucerne. The Government Commis sioner, M. Waller, who had beau taken prisoner by the in surgents, has been set at liberty." The Basle Gazette of the 13'h blames the Governments of Soleure and Argau for having prematurely made arrests for high treason, and their imprudent conduct had I,d to the insurrection. ZURICH, JAN. 13,—Another letter says—A am happy to tell you, by this post, that the Argarivian insurrection has been put down. The Government of the canton has heen able to suppress it even without the aid of Borne. The militia, under Colonel \Vyer, marched against the in,ur gents, and defeated them, first at the village of Vthmergen, where a combat formerly took place between the two reli gious partics. There was another encnunter at Wt.hlen, where thirteen of the insurgents were killed. Bremgar den was occupied, and they dispersed. The convent of Muri has been occupied. Guyger is arrested, as %yell as Scherer, editor of the Jura Sentinelle, who were chiefs of the revolt. There hi no stirring here, nor, I hope, at Lucerne, though I had fears at first. No time to write more. , There 1. , 1 no w no question that on the last (lay o f the prcsent 'Tam, Mr. etc Little will quit the bench. after fifteen years' service. lis very currently re ported in Westminster Hail that he mill be succeeded by the Attorney-General. We doubt it. , CONCERTS D'IIIVEIk.-- 7 Motls. Jullien as con- , , . doctor of these concerts was welcomed on Monday on hii re turn front l l aris by a most numerous and respectable au• thence. Bannianni 1..7h0 astlnished the company by his brilliant and e xquisitc,44ormance on the bassoon, is a great acquisition, and‘foralOpother important addition to the solo players. Koinig's" horn solo equally de , erved pra i s e, and the mele-Arsmatic effects introduced to aid the desjriptire music 'from Les bi e: , , uenols were ripe it rously e ninycd by the fwdience, and pr,.va: Tine successful, s o holer's " Ode to Joy,'' by Beethoven, was more tame. but the conc ert on the whole went uft well. D held t° :fo 's r l e NG Mr a . % l T 'ay r ::::: = l'S°t.'4l:NinlilatEigt LEs'ACTAEnCi Church, nAquSeE T st ii O' a v i l lv a' s e s-itrcet, on the body of a man who Wl`s seen to sink after struggling for a few mi nutes in the river near London. bridge. The deceased was a labourer employed by Mr. Voller, of Battersev.; h e tio ;ited home on Sunday, th e 10th, awl was not heat a of by h is friends until Saturday last, when they saw his desc r ipti on in a newspaper. but as n on e o f tltp witnesies e nl : h o n e l dbicC'otl was advertisement fo r r aen c t so l "g : nr e eis mann er in which he g rt,t into tir water, whethe r b y accident or desi g n, a verdict O f wa s returned. IVI name was Wdliarn Saah• " Found IS il AT NICE.—The British resitlents at dls:cliNtleaGav're subscribed 2,430 francs for the sufferors by the inundations in the south of France, ano have remitted that amount to the Central Committee thro m.nd thee medium of M. Lacroix , English Consul at Nice, Excellency Earl Graciville, equal to the claims against the institution now pyable on demand. Under these circumstances, the effort on the part of the Bank to resume specie payments, and on the part of the other Philadelphia banks to assist in doing so, is preposterous. The Bank cannot continue to pay specie, nor to pay at all, and it is a shame that the currency and business of the country should be again agitated and put i n j eopar d y f or i ts sa k e . I ts proper course is liquidation. Justice to its stockholders and the public demand that it should make no more sacri fices to maintain appearances. The Philadelphia banks have yet one chamee to save themselves. We fear it is their last, and if their eyes are not clesed with scales which no exhibitions of truth can cause to fall, they must see their danger, and try to escape. In Philadelphia, although there are more men who think as we de tlein dare to tell their thoughts, yet it is the way with the newspapers en d with too many of the bank directors to answer fill such statements by crying Hostility to Pennsylvania and her itistitutions.' But we beg to remind them, that 1.1 month s ago we sent them the history of the present position, and declared all the prominent facts which this analy,is con- We beg them also to remember that ali our state ments and predictions concerning the course of this bank, and the cud of that course, have turned out as true as if they had been spoken by inspiration ; and we ask them to inquire whether, if an enemy tells us the truth, it is the part of a wise man to reject it because of its source. But it has been the lot of all who have predicted events disagreeable to their fellow men, to be cadet' ene mies. Yet, when all their predictions hate been verified, ir irs been common to allow thorn a Hester motive. Bet what is thought of our motives in this matter, we can tell our neighbours of Philadelphi ot more serious ire pertauce to them than to u'. We have lost a good deal by our resistance to the bad administration of the United States Bank. But we do not wish to retrace our steps, nor to stop until it shall cease to wrong the business of the country. IL is of great importance to the whole nation that the resurretion .about to take place in Philadelphia should he scampi. :Ind permanent. It is especially import alit to Philadelphia. If the other banks resume without the United States Bank, the resumption will possess in some good degree the public confidence, and will bi a comparatively easy thing. But if the United States B ink is included, the pub:ic distrust will , draw every dollar of money out of Philadelphia im mediately, and place it in situations more secure, and most of it will come to New York. To sustain such a resumption will require that money should be made and kept intensely scarce in Philadelphia. For once, the interest of every Poiladelph;a merchant, whether be be a debtor to the United States Bank or not, is obviously op posed to the plans of the bark. The interest of every mer chant in the whole country is also against the bank. New York, and Providence, and Boston, secure as we all are, not behind cotton bales exactly, but behind principles of truth and honesty, all these places will he agitated end in jured by the proposed resumption. We know that the Philadelphia banks have negotiated their loan on the plan o f including the United Settee Bank in the resumption. But there was no pledge tint this should be the case, nor do those who loan the money care, we think, to have it so. They are therefore not shut out from the liberty of turn big which way they please."— Times. EXPORTATION 01. , WINE FROM THE DOCRO. Daring the last year 3-1,1901 pipes of Wine have been exported from the river Douro to the undermentioned parts ; viz. : Great Britain 25,6781 Jersey and Guernsey Gibraltar Canada Newfoundland Australia .... 2854 1081 262 Kingdom of Portugal . . Azores Caro de Verds Angola Brazil Monte Video 9O - - ._...-' United States Danmark Iceland Prwsia 1,40(4 1391 4 Sweden and Norway Russia Hamburgh France Hglland Genoa .. . Spin 8 ';4 THE LATE FLOODS. The effects of the late awful floods were most severely felt in the town of Watford, and the neighbourhood of that place. Between four and five o'clock an immense body of water came from the river Co!tie, which speedily overflowed its banks, and rushed with the utmost im petuosity into the town ; tho rush of the flood was so sudden and violent, that the watchman on duty at the water works had hardly time to make Lis escape, and he was obliged to wade up to his middle in water before he could get to a place of safety. The whole of the tim ber upon the works was washed away and lost, and the water poured with frightful violence into the High street of Watford, and at eight o'clock there was a depth in some places of from six to eight feet of water, which completel; fined two leas: perte of the heesoe, and the inhabitants were obliged to take shelter in the top rooms, as from the suddenness of the flsod they had no opportunity to leave their habitations. All means of communication were of course entirely stopped, and it was at one time feared, from the immense body of water, that the bridge over the Coins would have been destroyed. The rater continued to increase for several hours, and in the middle of the day the whole of the meadows, extending on each side of the town of \Vat ford to the embankment of the London and Birmingham Railway, present d the appearance of a vast lake, and it is feared that the embankment has received some iojury ; for, since the water has subsided, workmen have been constantly employed upon the embankment, and the trains pass over the whole of that portion of the line at a foot-pace. A great deal of property has been washed away, and a number of pigs and sheep were also lost ; hut happily no human lite has been sacrificed. A rather ludicrous occurrence took place in the town during the flood. An old man, who preaches at a place he calls Gilead Cha pel, near the bridge, at Watford, and who lives in a cottage adjoining his chapel, was surprised by the ap proach of the water ; but not imagining that there was any danger, he retired to his chapel, taking with him a pipe and some tobacco. The water speedily began to rise, and he was obliged to betake himself to his pulpit, where he began smoking, and hoping for the speedy re treat of the water, that he might be able to retire. A number of the Gileadites, as his followers term them selves, went to him, and one of them wished him to ride on his back through the water ; but the old man would not venture, and he remained in his pulpit smoking his pipe, and surrounded by the water for nearly nine hours. A man named Hudson had a narrow escape from losing his life. His cottage was situated at the lowest part of the road, where the water would consequently be- the deepest, but he refused to leave it, and said he knew the water could not do him any harm. In a short time the lower room of his house seas filled, and at length he was obliged to get upon a table, which soon floated with him, and pitched him into the water headforemost. He contrived to scramble into the street, and assistance being near at hand, he was rescued from what appeared to be almost inevitable destruction, as the water at this spot reached nearly to the first-floor windows. A medical gentleman narnsel Piddock, residing at Watford, also had a narrow escape. He attempted to drive through the water in his gig, but when the horse got to the middle of the water he became alarmed and would not proceed any further, and the chaise was nearly overturned, when a waggon was driven into the water, and Mr. Piddock was brought out, and after considerable difficulty the horse and chaise were, also brought nut of the water. On Sunday morning the flood began to subside, and on Monday the houses were left free from water, and the road was also open, and the parish officers immediately, very humanely, or del cd a supply of coals and other necessaries to the poor persons who bad been sufferers by the flood. At Herrow a similar inundation took place, and there is too much reason to fear that one young man has lost his life. It appears from inquiries made by a corres pondent that this young man, whose name is Chapman, had borrowed a lantern to light him home on Sunday evcnire, , , and on his way he would have to pets the stone. bridge, where the water was very deep. The lantern was found the next morning, but the unfortu nate young man has not since been heard of, and it is feared he missed his way and was drowned. The seater throughout all this neighbourhood is now, we are happy to say, fast subsiding. " PLENTY OF FoxEs."—Our friends the fanners in the neighbourhood of Crosthwaite, Lyth, and the Mosses have often had occasion to exclaim, more in bitterness than exultation, "we have plenty of foxes I" We ate told, that within a very short period upwards of twenty Of these wily and destructive animals have been imitated from Scotland and Wales, and snugly located in the fast nesses of Whitbarrow, from whence they issue whenever olipirtunity offers, to take a tithe of the contents of the beoroosts, tiv,•2. of the poor farmers. This is hardly as it ought to be. The small farmer arc prat.) , well plucked by two-footed foxes at. house, without bringing a freslt im portation of four-touted ones from a distance. Out of the s-ore which havo bee n introduced into the vicinity of Whitbarrow, only two or three have been captured. One day last week, no l ess than three members l o d f . ti l ie l A fa c m o i N l. , of Reenard were seen running abreast over Helsington B3rro;:s.—Kendal Mercury. NORWICH.---T RI BUTE TO R. EcQ __ The man y years devoted to the public • qervlee by the Edi•er of the Norwich Met cur!! , Lii 1 . ' . . Ltd!. of his elan vary of Liberal principles, and et the r i i r l i 'ii '" c i llio .Vi " I "' Ix , ter n, against fraud, factino, ,„ :d talents as a writer, and hi s inte,ritv niVresirio, his primiipal ba noblemen and gentle called forth an expression of the J as a mat', Lave respect entertai ned towards him by the linen on the Liberal side, w i n) of a committee the sum of 2001,, collected by individual have placed in the hand.; s ubscriptions, to be expended ill the of the estimation in which plate, to be presont e d to mr. l ' the purchase of pie" of he is held. Aineugst the con, 3acon, as a lasting memorial Earl of Leicester, E a s r e i of tributors are the Duk Norfolk, Earl of Albemarle , E. L. Pulvivr, of Rosebery, Lord Boners, Lord Colborne, Lord Staff ord, Bart., sz manyJ o a tl c i o v b rs. Aqley, 134r . t., Si:. MORNIIsrG EDITION COURT OF ALDERMEN. Yesterday a Court was held for the despatch tf business. It wxs crowded in consequence of the inte rest excited by the petit;ons against the late elcotions at Wardmotes for Common Councilmen. LANGBOUIIN WARD ELECTION• Alderman HUMPHERV presented a petition from Mr, Richard Gutle against the return made for Largbourn Ward, on account of certain irregularities in the pro. ceedings at the last irardmcte. The petition sub mitted that the election was hull and void. in conse quence, amongst other things, of the poll not being cycn at the hours preselibed by law. After some conversation amcng the Aldermen the petition was ordered to be taken into consideration a t. the text Court, an it was (lit - toted that the parties in tec:.'sted should hate notice to.attend. COLEMAN•STREET WARD ELLCTION. Su. JOHN KEY presented ae petition from Mr. Taylor and Mr. C'nst against the return of Mr. 11. T. Crms sens, as n reprasentmtive of this ward, on the ground of i , :Vlr. Consens not being :i resid‘nt inho bitant of the ward. 'roe Alderman afro presented a petition from Mr. 13: - aeher, one of the candidates, to the sonic (11 . ,-c.t. Ti,e petitions were ord; red to be considerA at the next Court. CORDWAINEICS WARD Mr. T. G. NVILLIA,46 appeared with n petition against the return of tit's wars, upon they ground ut the inaccurate and careless (intoner in mhich thd poll hooks were kept. however, af.er some obscrvations 'nun Alderman Thomas Wood and others, beg,zed permis sion to withdraw the petition, a rcqucst wnh which the Court complied. THE WARD OF FARRINGDON WITHOUT. Sir PETER LAURIE then called th e Hti„„tion of the Court to the petition which he had presented on Plough Monday, on the Fu')jelt, of the election at the mar:l:note of this ward. Ile stated that as it was admitted upon all sides that the election was null a...d void, the course to be adopted would be very caneise. It %vas only cessary for the Lord Mayor to i,lue hit precept to hold a weirdlnote for a new election. Sir JAMES DrK E said that he had admitted. upon tho presentation of the petition, that its allegitiuns were nit perfectly true He had, he sail, been induced to kayo the wardinote to vote for a clerk to St. Bartholomew's HAspital, during the polling, and had thus vitiated the election.—(Hear.) . . . . . . Sir P. LAURIE Said thqt the head elert: admitted the truth of the aPrgations in the petition. The TOWN CLEIIK montioned chat a scrutiny hi,d b ern commenced in the ward, i•ut was withdrawn. Sir J. DuKE: stated that the scrutiny had been ;rith. drawn, upon the understanding that the Court of Al dermen would declare the election null and void, on account of his having left the chair during the polling. The petition of the inhabitants of the rvard having been read, Alderman linowN asked whether all partits concur red in the prayer, and an answer in the of was returned. Mr. WELLS, as advocate for the petitioners, wished to say a few words on the subject. Alderman T. WOOD said the application was rather singular. Could not the Learned Gentleman be satis fied with the success of the cause he had undertaken to advocate?—(A laugh.) Mr. ‘VELLS said his only objection in addressing the Court was to disclaim that the petitioners meant any thine, invidious to Sir James Duke.—(hear, hear.) It was then formally proved that the allegations in the petition were correct, and Upon the motion of Alderman ThomrsoN the Loan MAYOR was requested to issue a precept for calling a wardmote for a new election. Sir JAMES DUKE, with whom it rats to appoint a day for the new election, stated that he sliould consult the einvenienee of all parties in that appointment as much as possible. WINTRY WARD. Tho return of this ward, which stated that two of the candidates had an equal number of votes, was then taken into consideration, ar.d the LORD MAYOR was requested to issue a precept fur anither,cleetion as re garded the gentlemen whose votes ,vero on an ,q4a TM. BOROUGH MAGISTRACY. Alderman BROWN brought up the itoport. from the Police Committee respecting the B.orough Megistracy. It recommended the discontinuance of the performance of magisterial duties by the Aldermen of London in the borough of Southwark. A long conversation took place upon the subject, which is postponed for further consideration, after the inhabitants of the Borough shall have had an oppor tunity of meeting and petitioning in favour of the con— tinuance of the Aldermanic Magistracy. ATTENDANCE OF ALDERMEN AT TILE COURTS or COMMON COUNCIL. Alderman BROWS brought up the Report of the Po lice Committee, recommending, as a security for the at tendance of a sufficient number of Aldermen ui the Court of Common Council to prevent the breAlLing up of the Court, that the two Aldermen on the rota as sisitors to the prisons for each month should attcnd C ,urts of Common Council. The Report was ordered to lie on the table. Alderman GIBBS begged to know whether the Lord Mayor had any communication to make on the subject of a statement addressed to hip Lordship and published in the newspapers on the adadnistration of the Pour laws in the City, by Mr. Pewtress ? The Loan MAYOR said that he considered the com munication which Deputy Pewtress bid sent to him, to be one rather of a private, than a public nature. Alderman Grans said that there wero some allegations in that statement which he considered it to be proper for him to notice, as they were calculated to throw con tempt upon the City of London Union, of which he (Alderman Gibbs) was chairman. He then read some of the passages alluding to the shocking state of (testi tution,and stated to than bow opposed the fact rnts to the impression meant to be conveyed, that within the last year, 7,015 individuals had been relieved by the City of London Union, and of that number only six ap plied for second relief.—( Hear, hear.) The Court then adjourned. ELECTION FOR BRIDGEMASTER.—Yesterday at 3 o'clock, the following numbers were exhibited in the Guildhall : —Gibbs 2,217 ; Ledger 1,966. LIVERPOOL RACES, 1841.—The entries for principal stakes at the above meeting have just closed, and being now pretty generally known to the cognoscenti, it is hardly necessary for us to expatiate on the good things in store, further than to express our decided opinion that the is one that may vie with any other in the kingdom, and in our local racing annals quite unprecedented. Although Liverpool may venture to take first rank as a provincial arena of turf preceedings—whether we consider the qua lity of the sport, or the noble piece of ground set apart for the purpose—yet we cannot withhold the fact, that the modicum of support extended towards it is far below what we sJmetimes meet with at turf gatherings of a much less attractive character. However, let this pass for the pie eat, and look forward with hope to a better s t a te of affairs. The forthcoming July Races, should t h e wea ther prove favourable, will, we think, afford the p:oprietors p tolerable estimate of what degree of support may be expret„d in time to come, as well as a test by whic h to dircet t.aeir futui c efforts in catering for the am usement of tho Saws." Too much praise can not be bestowed upon the Committee of Management. The new rules are judicious); framed. Punctuality in the time of starting was " a cOns,urnmation devoutly to be withed." The various improvemet , is effected in and about the Grand Stand, as „ e ll as t h e app. -caches to the race ground, have also been universally aca..""'dgcd to be most successful in their operation. Let t.. 5 ho p e that the next July Meeting may not lack that degree o: encourage merit which it no richly deserves at the bands of . sportsmen f in general, but more particularly nt fro the inhablO nts the " good old town."—Liverpnol Chronicle. TII E SPITA LEI ELDS SELKIVE4 VE RS.--Esl'Aj7 —Ong lILISIIMENT of A SCHOOL of PRAC TICAL DE"" he Monday a meeting of some of the most eminent of t inuf,,e.urers, and of the most skilful of the jou . rn o Fymen silks was held at All 6.6 i"ts' a o l m ro n o l m it , Spicer-street, for the purpos2 f pp 0 Which is C about to tee to sup qintcild the school 0: d ebi g n There wore present b established in Spitaltieldi.' . Tarrisson, &c., silk. art of silk. Messrs. Gibson, Soper, Robinson. I- Committee specimen of the manufacturers, and eighteen of th of the u ose of forming J„urneymen, who have u nited for p Nati.onal S I Weaving, which is to be offered for her Majeat) 's accep tance, and which will cost many hundred' of pourl, lB . a pictorial and emblematical It was stated that the funds for the support of the :nael would be in part granted by t yke council of the centt:d school at Somerset House. :\lr. Robinson tha.n move& the following resolution :—..' That in the opinion of this moct i gqa it is highly expedient to establi .h a school of design in this neighbourhood, t o co-operate with she central school at Somerset House ; and that a Commat . tee consisting of m anu f acture and • journe ymen, bcr rry formed to ca t h e object into I.' u effect.' , This being se conded was carried object nainomly. The Committee . was next formed, c ol , atsting of ten tuantiftteturers null ten Jour no} tor • 1.16•• manufacturers were—Hawses. Gibson, Moore, Sop to o er l' L' • orison Harrisson, Ilrydges, Sandersorr,,, Vaulter. I' \city, ano. Mr. Rota r Hai bury wag; appointed treasurer, the R.:v. Henry Tayler sub-treasurer,, and Mr. A. Dear secretary. At tine ot the. proceedings Ibe piettnial and emblematical design, which , is ihtentled to be formed into a piece of vvcrkinairship• entirely of silk, was exhibited. Iu it were represented bar Maja.ty seated, and Nine!! Albert standing on bar right. The ruffles of Nelson, Howe, Wellington, Moore, Ac. &c., were on each side of the icture. The design was admired by the manufacturers present ; aad it was olierved by one that when finished it would astonish the sdk.rnenutartneer , of Lyons, 'I lialiks vo,,re voted to the ChAirmitn, Will) hi icily replied. DREss.—lti and no little tact, to become an noel:rept ioriable dresser. Many a votary of the greldoss " Fashion" has been wrecked on die shoals and quicksand; cf dandyism. We hate the torrn—vre never in our own minds can distinguish it from tawdriness, frippery, foppery. and bad taste—the associa tion is irrepruailia; we couple it with , affectation, pre , , t ar'on, and vulgarity.—Sportsman. The Cheltenham stag hounds recommenced hunting this week, fresh as kittens from their long holiday, and anxious for a turn with the antlered monarch Qf tht park. 151+ 1644 6-151;-