The Sun. — London, England, 1841-12-21 00:00:00

EVEN LNG SUN Dar. BAINES again attempted to speak, but was again received with immense hooting, and al sorts of oppro brious exclamation?. At length The CHAIRMAN said it was now his intention to put the amendment to the meeting. He therefore wished them to understand that the question now before them was whether they would lay a rate for the purchase of additional burying-grounds.—(Shouts of " No, no.") He bad no interest, no wish, to force it upon them.— (Hear, hear.) He wished to avail himself of the op portunity of addressing that large and respectable meeting, to state that something in the course of the year must be done, or there would be a dreadful pesti lence in the parish. He had no doubt that those gen tlemen who proposed the amendment would introduce some measure for procuring additional burying-ground, and he should be most happy to second them. The Chairman then put the amendment, when an immense forest of hands appeared in support of it, and the display was followed by loud cheering. He then put the original motion, when, out of the assembled thousands, we only saw one hand held up in support of it. We have since been told by a Tory, that four hands were he'd up for the original motion. If that be any consolation, we are willing to allow him four out of the 12 000, or rather, if both hands were held up, the 24,000 hands that were there, particularly as one of the four belonged to Mr. John Beckwith, reporter for the Leeds Ldelligencer. The CHAIRMAN then said, I have to announce to you that the amendment is carried.—(Loud cheers.) The vast assembly quietly dispersed at about a quarter-past one o'clock. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, MONDAY.—The Queen and Prince Albert walked on the Terrace of the Castle for some time this morning. Afterwards his Royal Ilighness enjoyed the sport of pheasant shooting at Belvidere, attended by Major-General Sir Edward Bowater. Iler Majesty and the Prince again promenaded on the Terrace in the afternoon. The Duke of Buckingham and the Earl of Liverpool arrived to-day at the Castle on a visit to her Majesty. The Hon. and Rev. E. S. Keppel took his departure this morning. His Royal flighness Prince Albert honoured Mr. John Lucas with a sitting Air a full-length portrait on Saturday. The Hon. Mrs. G. E. Anson, and the Hon. Mrs. Ar buthnot, will have the honour of joining the Royal Din ner party at the Castle this evening. A deputation from the South Australian Banking Company had an interview with Lord Stanley yester day at the Colonial- office. The deputation consisted of G. F. Angus, Esq., G. Davenport, Esq_, and J. R. Mills, Esq., Directors; and Mr. E. J. Wheeler, Manager. Fond Effendi, Turkish Charge d'Affaires, accompani e d by Mr. Salame, her Maj es ty' s Oriental Interpreter, paid a visit on Sunday last to Admiral Sir Robert Stopford, at Greenwich hospital, to inspect the magnificent Nishan - lifftekliary (Decoration of Honour and Merit), and the Jewelled Sword, the blade of which alone cost about 12,000 piastres, sent by the Sultan as a mark of his Imperial Majesty's regard and approbation of the important services rendered by the veteran Ad miral in the late Egyptian and Syrian affairs. The Agent, for Jamaica had an interview yesterday with Lord Stanley at the Colonial-office. The French Ambassador, the Russian, Prussian, and Austrian Ministers, transacted business yesterday at the Foreifrn-office.. • Colonel flawson Darner had an interview with Lord Stanley at the Colonial-office yesterday. The Lords of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council sat yesterday. There were present the Lord President, Lord Brougham, Lord Campbell, and Mr. Justice Erskine. The Queen's Advocate concluded his address for the appellant, in an' appeal from the Prerogative Court, " Charles - Deare and Thomas Mayhew, the execu tors named in the will of Thomas Rainier de ceased, dated 20th January, 1836, v. Ellen Elwyn, wife of William Brame Elwin, sole executrix and resi duary legatee in the will of the deceased, dated 17th September, _1837." The testator was formerly of the Albany, in the city of Westminster ; subsequently of Capecure, Boulogne-sur-Mer, and died in Lower Gros venor-street, in the parish of St. George Hanover-square, the 30th October, 1837. Sir Thomas Wilde followed on the same side, and con cluded his address at four o'clock, when their Lordships rose, Lord Brougham announcing that the Court would be adjourned unto the Bth January. . The Hon. William Bathurst was the Clerk of the Council in Waiting. HAMBURGH MAIL. HANOVER, DEC. 10.—The First Chamber has drawn up an address to the King, in answer to the Speech from the Throne, and invited the Second Chamber to join in a Committee to take the Address into consideration. The Second Chamber will doubtless agree to this proposal. HANOVER, DEC. 19.—. The person who assaulted Privy Councillor Lutken is discovered and arrested. He is a journeyman timnan, who, some time ago, did some work in N. Lutken 's house. We hear that he was informed against by female with whom he was connected, and who was the confidant of his intentions. We hear no thing respecting his motive, but he is reported to have intimated that he had been seduced to the crime, and wc.,uld explain himself at the proper time. The pro niised reward seems to have contriNuted to his being discovered ; but . there is little probability in the story which is told, viz., that he and the informer were agreed together to divide the reward of 200 francs between them. ST. PETERSBURG, DEC. 9.—The road of Cronstadt, as well as the Neva and the I)ura, are now nearly free from ice, in consequence of the warm weather that we have had for some days past. Isaac's Bridge is again laid down.—Prussian State Gazette, Dec. 16. nr.t.til AN P UNDS—bitussin, , DEC. H. Actual Debt, 2% per Cent. Rothschild', Lean, 5 per Cant lin% Loan of Thirty Millions, 4 per Cent. ll2 3 per Cent. 71 .. 1 Ai) 101 7% Loan of City, 1232. 4 per Cent 97 Society of Ccmmerce, 4!, per Cent -- Hank of Belgium, 5 per Cent.... ..... National SAciety . . . — Exchange on London (shot t) — —Brussels Papers, Dec. 18. AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—VIENNA, Dcc. 10. Five per Cants. Metalliques Foss per Cents...". ..... ... ..... .............. Thrce p7r Cents Bank Shares ............................. ............. .. ...111gemeirte Zeitung. Dec. 11. HAMBURG BORSENHALLE, Dm. 17 Bills. Money Austrian 5 per Cents. ..._.., 107% 107% Ban& Shares AnAlo-rtussian Loan lOB% 109% Russian 5 per Cent. tat series, Certificate Inscription, lstSe:ias 1025 Rus:ian 5 per Cent. Hope and Co. 3d and 4th Series ... ............ ... ..... ................. 98% Ditto in Certifleates New 4 per Cent. (1840)..... ..... .........-...... Dutch Actual Debt, 2l per Cent 5054 50 Ditto 5 per Cent....... ..... „. ..... _ Polish Borvia New licket n 16154 Anglo-Danish Loan, 3 per Cen , 7714 77t4 N qwegian L. , an, 1834, 3 per Cent.... 1125( 102%, SpAnish, New 5 per Cents. 16 ;4 EXCHANGES UN LONDON. HAM Bunn, DEC. 17.-13 6j.—Two months, 13 5 Pirresssuitun, Dec. 7.—Two months, 38% pence Sro , unoi.m. Nov. 26.—Seventy-five days, 12.. 7. BIMMEN Due. 14 —Tao months, 6 19. Viuxxs, Dup. 9.-1 hree months. 9. 35%. Thirty.tevcn• SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S—YEsTERDA Y. The announcement of the :ale of Ballinkeele to Mr. Dixon did not in the 'least improve his position in the betting, 23 and 25 to 1 having been laid against him, and the lower of the two offers currently throughout the a ft e rnoon. 25 to I was taken to about 1001. about Ro bert de Gorham, and some small bets about William de Portibus, and three outside Oaks fillies, but the general betting was so flat as scarcely to merit the small space we have devoted to it. The following were the last prices of the few horses noticed ! THE DERBY. 23 to 1 agst Mr. Dixon's Balli n k eele—tkn, and off. 25 6'l agst Lord Vernlarn's Robert deGorru.habmus_t. 40 to 1 agst Mr. G. Clarke W s illiam de yo 1000 to 15 agst Mr. Osborne s Master °inrads_Jtt a o k k h n e t; n ) (late Te Honest h 1000 to 10 agst Mr. Di xon's Policy at 5000 to '25 agst Gobbo , by Defence, half-bred—taken 200 even between Lord ofHolderness and Ballinkeele—t. 500 even Felix against Rover—taken. THE OAKS. 6 to 1 agst Mr. Etwall's Passion 12 to I agst Mr. C. Wilson's Sis. to Yorkshire Lad 25 to 1 agst Lord G. Bentinek's Topsail—taken 30 to 1 agst Duke of Rutland's Baleme filly—taken 40 to 1 agst Colonel Westenra's Rapture—taken HUNTING APPOINTMENTS. Herefordshire hounds, Friday, at Dormington-10. United pack, Thursday, Oxenbold-9. Torquay harriers, Thursday, Ilshom. Mr. Lushington's hounds,Friday,Champion - courtGat e. B. V. H., Friday, King's-mill Bridge. Albrigh ton Hunt, Friday, Plough, Weston Heath. Pembrokeshire hounds, Thursday, Thornton. Tivysiele hounds, Thursday, Llechryd Bridge—lo. Prudhoe & Derwent hds.,Thursd., Rowland's Hill Gate. Montgomeryshire hounds, Friday, Bryn-y-Pentre. The M. IL, Friday, Chaldon. llurworth hounds, Friday, Entercommon. Sinnin g t on hounds, Friday, Cawton. Mr. Watson's hounds, Thursday, Kennels-10. Perthshire hounds, Friday, 10th milestone on the Bridge of Isla road-10i. Fowelscombe harriers, Friday, Churstow. Mr. Russell's hounds, Friday, Merrington. Ayrshire hounds, Thursday, Sheldon. Carmarthen hounds, Thursday, Fennel Chapel-10. 13 ''g-' II Y hounds, Fri., Commercial Inn, Llandivey— 10. Ili I. Thursday, Lanham Farm; Sat. Latham Village. Haydon hounds, Friday, Birtley-9. Ty nernot;th beagles, Friday Monkseaton —lOl. Mr. Wyndham's ho u nds, Fri., Cricklade Bottom-10-V. Tytherly harriers, Friday, Haddon Hill. Yarnborough harriers, Thursd., Stapleford Gate-101. Hursley ho un d s, Friday, Ball 1)own-10}. 141 0 : Ii i , h , a i n i. h rr ar ii r i i i e rzay., 1r . 1ursday, Clay Batch Clump of Fi rs . Roche Court ; Frid., Brook-10N. Mr. Morgan's (Ituperm) hds, Frid.,ek'ppa Park—lli. Cowbridge ha rr i • r' ' rit.ay, dash. - - D r . Lardnor has commenced lecturing with great success at New York, chiefly on scientific subjects, particularly the steam engine. He has married the un happy xfognan with whom he ran away from England, C and afitif.is already borne him a daughter. P. 4 -S 4 BefiveN half-past nine and ten o'clock on Wed nesday night; perso: s Passing acro ss t h e Pl ace d u Car -•• rouser observed three meteors or shoo:ing-stars, following ' ; e ic h other at- ver y short i n t er v a l s. gl i de along the sky over the Tttileiies, in the dire c ti on from the Pav:llon do l'Horloge t.Cl:the Pavilion Marsan, each leaving behind a long luminous train, Within ten days there have been three great 6,4 ,000,000 p eop l e. At or eight count i es m eetings in the manufactu r i ng districts, repre senting the interests e nt l er s e s sts u o m f n Derby,embracing a t no LeedA, and at Manchester, the same or similar tales have been told. There are great numbers of insolvencies and bankruptcies. Ma nufacturers have in general been working since 1836 at little or no profit; but they keep their mills going, because to stop them would be utter ruin.. Masters are getting out of busi.. ness as fast as they can. Workmen are in general not above half the week employed, and are poorly paid. The actual suffering amongst them, their wives, and,little ones, is appalling. Multitudes are insufficiently fed, they are des titute of clothing, bedding, and fuel. Poor-rates are extremely high, and are increasing, while the means of payment are diminishing. Crimes are increasing. Scores and hundreds of little shopkeepers who have contributed to the rates have shut up or have failed, or are unable, from want of custom, to contribute to the rates. Sickness and death necessarily follow in the train of poverty and want. Misery of the most afflicting kind pervades . . 4 ,• • , ‘, 01. -4" '" . •%. • . sips MoN ....NW °ROI J 1 • Mtv unlp LONDON: TUESDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1841. WEST INDIA MAIL The DIRECTORS of the ROYAL MAIL STEAM PACKET COMPANY have appointed their Steam Packet TAY, Captain HAYDEN, to take out the Ist January Mail. She will leave Southampton on the 31st instant, at Noon, and Falmouth on the mornin: of January 2, on the arrival of the Mailt.—No. 3, Winchester Buildings, Dec. 20, 1341. MR. LAING'S NEW WORK. On Thursday, Dec. 30, will be published, in I vol. B vo. NOTES of a TRAVELLER on the SOCIAL and POLITICAL STATE of FRANCE, PRUSSIA, SWITZERLAND, ITALY, and other Parts of Europe, during the present Century. By SAMUEL LAING, Esq. Author of " A Journal of a Three Years' Re sidence in Norway," and of " A Tour in Sweden." London . Longman, Brown, and Co. MISS COSTELLO'S NEW WORK. Just ready, in 2 vols. Bvo., with numerous Illustrations, PILGRIMMAGE TO AUVERGNE ; FROM PICARDY TO LE VELAY. By Al ISS LOUISA STUART COSTELLO, Author of " A Summer amongst the Bocages and the Vines,"&c. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street, Publisher in Ordinary to her Majesty. SIR. AINSWORTH'S NEW HISTORICAL ROMANCE. In 3 eels. post Bvo., illustrated with Twenty large Designs on Steel, by Franklin, OLD SAINT PAUL'S: A TALE of the PLAGUE and the FIRE. By W. HARRISON AINSWORTH, Esq. IS NOW READY. "We prefer the two first volumes of Old Saint Paul's' to any previous work of their author. Treated as a Tale of ad venture these volumes have great merit. The reader who has once opened them will hardly be disposed to lay them down again. "_.Athenaeum. We are glad to meet Mr. Ainsworth again in the region of historical romance, a department of literature in which he has distinguished himself above almost every author of the day. A better subject than that which he has chosen for his present volumes could not have been selected. Many pas sages remind us of the simple pathos and truthfulness of De foe."—Observer. Hugh Cunningham, St. Martin's-place, Trafalgar-square. Now ready, in 2 vols. post Bvo., 21s. bound, MADAME DE SEVIGNE, AND HER CONTEMPORARIES. Comprising SKETCHES of above ONE HUNDRED of the MOST EMINENT PERSONS of HER TIMES. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. MISS BURNEY'S DIARY. Preparing for publication, uniformly with the Life of Sir Walter Scott, in llonthly Volumes, the first of which will appear January 1. 111-1 E DIARY AND LETTERS OF IVADAME D'ARBLAY, Author of " Evelina," " Cecilia," &c., &c. Edited by HER NIECE. " To have some account of my thoughts, actions, and ac quaintance ,when the hour arrives when time is more nimble than memory, is the reason which induces me to keep a Jour nal—a Journal in which I shall confess every thought—shall open my whole heart." Such - is the opening passage of Miss Burney's Diary. When we call to mind the person who formed this resolution and ad hered to it during the whole of her long life, was one of the most remarkable and justly celebrated women, not merely of her own, but of any time or country—that her family position, no less than her celebrity, commanded for her an intimate intercourse with all who were illustrious in English Literature and Art during their most illustrious era, the curiosity and interest this work must excite, can scarcely he increased. Yet it ought to be stated that shortly after the publication of her second work " Cecilia," Miss Burney was spontaneously offered by Queen Charlotte a situation about her Majesty's person which brought her into daily intercourse with every in dividual forming the Court of George the Third. Durin. ' this remarkable period of h er lif e , Mi ss B urne y never om itt e d , before she retired to rest, to record in her journal the events and conversations of the past day; and this Private History of the Court of George the Third during the period in question, will form part of the work now announced. The Correspondence, which will form another portion of this Dublication, and will take its place chronologically with th e iary, will include, be s ides a large numbr of Madame D'Arhlay's own Letters, a selection from those addressed to her by the various distinguished literary and other persons with whom she was intimate. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. * „* Orders received by all Bookseller 3. MAJESTY the EMPEROR. of AUSTRIA, His MAJESTY the EMPEROR of RUSSIA, His MAJESTY the KING of PRUSSIA, having AUTHORISED and GUARANTEED several DIS TRIBUTIONS of MONEY DIVIDENDS, which (though they are NO LOTTERIES) offer many possibilities of obtain *ng LARGE FORTUNES, HEINE BROTHERS, at HAMBURGH and at LUBECK, Ore now SELLING ORIGINAL BONDS for the said DIS FRIBU PIONS. Persons desirous to purchase for the Next Distributions nay receive, PREVIOUS to giving any orders, the PRO SPECTUS and PARTICULARS, upon addressing a line to HEINE BROTHERS. The NEXT AUSTRIAN DISTRIBUTION contains DI VIDENDS of £25,000 £6OO £llO £7O 5,000 400 100 60 1,500 200 90 50 1,000 150 80 Sterling. 800 120 HEINE BROTHERS having remitted during a short time 25,0001., 18,0001., 9,000/, 5,0001., 3,6001., &c. &c. &c., to London ; 3,6001., 6001., and 7001., to Edinburgh ; 3,6001. to Dublin ; 3,600/. to Beverley ; 3,600/. to Halifax (Yorkshire); 1,2001. to Portleaven Harbour ; 9001., 7001. and 600/. to Li verpool ; 900/. to Newcastle-upon-Tyne ; 9001. to Hull ; 9001. and 6001. to Manchester ; 700/. to East Retford (Not tinghamshire); 600/. to Bideford; 6001. to Cork ; 600/. to Bradford ; they shall feel glad to remit many Dividends of the next Distribution to England, Ireland, and Scotland. Direct for Prospectus and Particulars, without delay, either to HEINE BROTHERS, at HAMBURUH, or to HEINE BROTHERS, at LUBECK. THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT-GARDEN. UNDER the MANAGEMENT of MADAME VESTRIS. THIS EVENING, DEC. 21, 0 Will be repeated Bellini's Op era o f NORMA..—Pollio, Mr. W. Harrison ; Flaying, Mr. Clement White, Oroveso, Mr. Leffler ; Adalgisa, Miss Bainforth ; Clotilda, Miss Grant ; and Norma by Miss Adelaide Kemble. After which, CHARLES THE TWELFTH.—CharIes the Twelfth, Mr. W. Farren ; Adam Brock, Mr. Bartley ; Eudiga, Madame Vestris. Doors to be opened at half-past Six—the performances to commence at Seven. Dress Boxes, 7s. ; Second Price, 3s. 6d. ; First and Second Circles, ss. ; Second Price, 2s. 6d. ; Pit, 35.; Second Price. 25.; Gallery, Is. Tickets and pl aces f or th e Boxes to be taken f Mr. Grogan at the Box-office, from Ten till Four, where Season Tickets may be had upon application. Private Boxes to be had so'ely of Mr. Andrems, bookseller, 167. New Bond-street. To-morrow,the New Comedy, entitled Court and City, with United Service, and Wooden Leg. POPULATION RETURNS. We have had so many inquiries for The Sun, containing an abstract of the Population Returns, that we shall republish the tables, with consider able additions, on Saturday next, the 125th inst. THE RAILWAY SUN IS NOW RE-PUBLISHING, PRICE SIXPENCE. THE CHINA SUN, AND THE PARLIAMENTARY SUN, ARE STILL ON SALE, PRICE S2CPENCE EACH. Sun Office, Dec. 21,414 . TO CORRESPONDENTS. YVe must decline the offer of " A Writer, Professor, Inventor, and Civil Engineer." THE WEATHER.—NOON, DECEMBER 21. ROYAL GALLERY OF SCIENCE, ADELAIDE-STREET. Thermometers.. 31 ) Highest 32 ) Lowest 26 Barometer 29.61.—Wind S.W.—Freezing Point 22 Deg. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TOMORROW ‘t , ,rning 97 minutes after 7 I Evening 2 minutes after :8. Ihe Publication of the Evening Edition of THE SUN com menced at 10 minutes after Three. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1841 this important and numerous part of the com munity, with no present hope of improvement. This is a very brief and condensed view of the statements made at all these meetings by resi dent manufacturers and ministers. All the asser tions were supported by numerous facts, and there is no authority capable of gainsaying them. If such statements be not credible, human testi mony is in no case to be relied on. Manufac turing England, we are assured at all these places, never was in such a deplorable condition before, and great alarm for the consequences is mingled with great affliction at the existing distress. It was also stated at these meetings, though not on equally good authority, yet still on authority worthy of credit, that the progress of those manufactures in which England has hitherto excelled is, in several parts of the Con tinent, very great—that we are already under sold in the foreign markets by Saxon hosiery. and some species of cotton; it appears likely that we shall be still further undersold in the foreign market, and that there will be still more misery at home,unless some measures be adopted, if possible, to put a stop to the decay of our ma nufactures, and the increase of poverty and want. It is impossible to deny this condition of the manufacturing districts, so strongly attested, and almost impossible, we fear, to doubt that it must become worse and worse, if its cause be not removed. What then, is the cause. It is happily within our power to remove it. The minds of our people have not been smitten with atrophy, nor have their hands lost their cunning. The seasons have not been much below the average fertility, and we every day read proud vauntings of the wonderful im provement in the cultivation of the soil. The land has not been desolated by earthquakes, vol canoes, nor very serious inundations. We possess, in the vast knowledge and skill of our people, the elements of unbounded wealth. Some silly persons, the Premier amongst them, ay that evils which have been increasing for years, as our columns testify, are caused by the contemptible haste of a few joint-stock banks to get rich, and their failure—a cause as inadequate to account for the effects as the firing of the guns at the fortress of St. Elmo for the bursting forth of a desolating stream of lava from the sides of Vesu vius. Others, more silly still, say the misery arises from too much wealth. They will have it that our people are impoverished because they have produced too much. If these are not arrant fools, they are arrant knaves. The cause is not single, further than it may be expressed by one phrase—unjust legislation, of which the foremost and most afflicting specimens are the Corn and Provision-laws. There is great distress in the land, and there is also, co-existing with that, a large series of unjust laws, restrict ing trade, and taking away the property of the suffering classes to enrich the law-makers and their immediate dependents and friends. The co existence cannot be denied, nor can it be denied that these laws are sufficient to account for the existing evils. We hold it to be trifling wantonly with important and solemn matters to divert attention, by side-wind inquiries, from this most plain and certain connection. The manufacturers at all the three meetings, they being some of the most intelligent men in the country, were una nimously of opinion that the Corn and Provision laws were the main cause of the distress. How can we remove the cause ? The Tory Journals make light of the distress, and scoff, in an unseemly manner, at the manufacturers and Ministers who have brought the distress to public notice. They do but give utterance, we are afraid, to the sentiments of the party in power, and the manufacturers, it appears, are to be de nied relief, and treated as rebels if they utter the just language of indignation. One Tory Journal brands them day after day as men who deal in falsehood, another as prompters to sedition, and a third says the country can spare them. If the manufacturers expect relief or compassion from those who thus habitually traduce them, they are weak and contemptible, and not the hard headed andstrong , minded men we take them to be. An aristocracy or a Government acts on sys tem or rule ; it has no feelings, no sense of justice or of honour; and all history is a lie if such a body have ever done justice to the people, except on compulsion. Our ancestors heretofore ex- torted every right they possessed from the tyrants of the hour, and the manufacturers must by legal means imitate their example, and extort their rights from the tyrant aristocracy. We are, in truth, glad to see, from the language of Mr. BRIGHT, at Manchester, that some of them take this view. We must tell the gentlemen manufacturers that it is idle and even contemptible in them to complain of the unjust aristocracy, and to go on admiring and even worshipping it. Their silly admiration of this Lord and that Lord, and their still sillier imitation of the splendid follies of those who plunder them, are the roots of the power which overshadows and destroys them. Nothing but their own prejudices or passions could work their own ruin. Their deference to rank and to landowners places fet ters on their minds and bodies, and gives them powerless into the hands of their enemies. To be successful they must stand forth independent men, and cease to revere, as the greatest of hu man beings, an aristocratic receiver of rent, the produce of taxation. We were reminded by the Times yesterday, that there is no exclusive class who own and farm the land, and that it is purchaseable by the profits of the trader, or the capital of the ma nufacturer. It follows, therefore, that it is the unfeeling system which crushes the nation. In other words, men are crushed by their reverence for landed property, and for the dictates of large landowners, which lies at the bottom of most of our institutions. If that, in its origin, was just, we are taught by the evils the system now in flicts on the community, that to entertain it, long after the circumstances which warranted it have passed away, is wrong. We are, in fact, en slaved by our own prejudices. It is curious to find the same deference to rural occupations amongst the Communists of France and the Tories of England. "Cities," say the former, "must be destroyed, as centres of domination and cor. ruption." Half otir towns, say the organs of the landlords, may be destroyed with advantage to the public. Happiness and virtue are only to be found, say the Tories, like the Communists, in rural districts and rural occupations. Both alike entertain an unfounded prejudice against the new population of manufacturing towns; and, by honouring the aristocratic landowners, the manu facturers half assent to the vulgar error, sanction the degradation of their occupation, and are parties to the oppression of which they complain. The Spectator asks, " what crime is there in being a landowner, to justify the exaction of the whole deficit of revenue from his class exclu sively ?" The community replies, what merit is there in being a landowner to justify the exaction of an immense sum annually by taxation from the whole community for his class? Though there he no merit, it may be doubtful if there be no crime, because the landlords have entered into a conspiracy to starve a portion of the people. The landlord who does not protest against their con duct, shares the crime of his class, and deserves to be mulcted for their offences. In the nature of rent, however, there is some thing so peculiar that it would seem reasonable to make it contribute largely to the expense of the State. Rent, according to modern authorities, is what remains after the whole expense of cultivation is paid, the capital employed renewed, and its legitimate profits paid. It sprin gs on l y f rom the necess i ty to cultivate inferior land; rent only begins when land of an inferior quality is taken into cultiva tion, and it increases as men - are driven to use worse and worse soils. It is the result of the greater produce of those lands which are more fertile than the land last taken into cultivation. Why that peculiarity in soils, which makes one' yield more than another, should belong to one class only of the community, is difficult to say. Accordingly, as it is seen that rent rises in the progress of society, from the increase of popula tion, and the necessity of having recourse to soils of less and less fertility, it is said that this extra produce of the fertile land should belong to no individuals, but should belong to the State. It is said that this natural revenue ought to go to pay the expenses of the State. If the rental of the country, therefore, be sufficient to bear all the expenses of the State, there ought, according to this theory, to be no taxes, and all taxation should be paid by rent. This is the answer to the Spectator's question, why the class of the land owners should exclusively bear the burden of the State. The Spectator says, speaking of Mr. COBDEN'S speech at Derby— There may be dignity, if not prudence, in refusing to offer any inducements to the landed majority in Parlia ment to repeal the Corn-laws beyond mere abstract appeals to justice, but there is quite as little dignity as prudence in augmenting their prejudices against the cause of free trade and its supporters by threatening them with confiscation, even if they grant what they at present refuse. The Spectator objects, therefore, if we under stand the meaning of the passage, to threaten ing the landlords. But it is admitted by the Spectator, or was formerly admitted—what it now admits we know not—that the Corn-laws plunder the many for the few. The Spectator would then have the many speak to the plunder ing few fairly and softly, and ask them gently and kindly to take their hands out of the people's pockets. Thus the stern, rigid, unbending Spec tator is the encourager of robbery. It would have us bribe the landlords by fair and soothing words to allow the people to enjoy their own, Apart from the meanness of such a course, worldly wisdom demonstrates that it is not pru dent. Men are not to coaxed from rapine by flowery speeches. We mentioned yesterday that the apprehended the Tories would propose a plan to relieve dis tress, by putting down public meetings and en chaining the press. While our remarks were composing, the Times was preparing a demand for a new law to put down the Repeal Associa tion in Ireland. Here are our Contemporary's words : Above all, the Repeal Association must not be su fered to continue its mischievous existence. We vvil", not pause to discus s w ith M r . O'C onne ll t h e question' whether it be so constituted as to be beyond the reach of, the existing law. If it be, let a new law be made that shall reach it. We hold that, at all events, it must be put down—by the present law, if the present law be apt for the purpose ; if not, then by express Act of the Le gislature. If the Repeal Association must be put down because it annoys the powers that be, why should manufacturing associations and the press be spared? The same arguments which would jus tify putting down one would justify putting down the other. Indeed the reasoning against the latter is more forcible, because there is much more danger to the aristocracy from the discussions on the Corn-laws, than to the State or the aris tocracy from the proposition to repeal the Union. We have, therefore, called the attention of the public at the right time to the probable designs of the Tories. They cannot retain power without using coercion, and coercion they will use if they are permitted. Forewarned is fore -armed ; if the starvationists succeed, it well be the fault of the people. We gate yesterday a summary of the proceed ings of a meeting held at Leeds, for the imposi tion of a Church -rate, but the subject is of too much importance to be passed over with such slight notice, and we therefore give to-day a full report of the speeches and the result. These manufacturers, whom the Tory landlords in their madness would destroy, are an active, intelligent, and persevering race, and we are mistaken if they allow themselves to he crushed, either by Church, or what is commonly called State, but which in reality means the aristocracy. The very Tories themselves in the manufacturing districts begin to see the selfish purposes of their Church and State friends. In Leeds, which returns one Tory Member, ten thousand persons assembled to decide upon a Church and, of course, a Tory question, and the friends of Sir ROBERT PEEL were defeated by acclamation. Affairs cannot go on longer under the present system. While the Church gets ten millions a year for religious services, and still agitates every parish for more, and the landlords join with the priests in raising the price of provision s and restricting the labour of the first artisans in the world, the people starve. Whe n th e sup porters of Sir ROBERT PEEL find that their trade decays, and that they cannot put money in their pocket owing to the selfish laws passed by a fa voured class, we shall have a re-action which nei ther Whig, Radical, nor Chartist ever dreamed of. We publish in another column a letter ad dressed by M. Onnex BARROT, the celebrated French Republican Deputy, to the Editor of the Siecle, provoked, it would appear, by an article in the Morning Chronicle, denouncing the sup port given by the French Liberals to the forti fication of Paris. As we always agreed with the Chronicle upon this question, we feel called upon to take some notice of this letter, the more especially as our Morning Contemporary passes over it very cursorily. HOBBES held the doc trine that a state of nature was a state of war; but ODILON BARROT out-Herods Herod, for be holds that a state of civilisation is a state of war also. " A nation is not a first-rate nation," says M. ODILON BARROT, " but upon one condition, which is the being able, in a good and just cause, - to combat alone against- all, and when Europe says yes, to say no." According to this French statesman it is not in the excel lence of her laws, in the wisdom of their administration, in the virtue of her rulers, and in the virtue and happiness of her people, that the first-rate qualities of a nation consists, but in her ability to bid defiance to her neighbours. Mili tary power is the essence of all national great ness in the eyes of M. ODILON BARROT. It is true, he premises, the cause for which the world is to be combated by a single first-rate nation shall be a good and just one, but it is equally clear that this must be a matter of indif ference, since the struggle is to be decided not by right but might. What M. ODILON BARROT wishes to make France, is a nation able to over whelm any one of her neighbours singly, whe ther the cause be just or unjust, and in a case of extremity to be in a condition to bid a triumphant defiance to them all. This he conceives is to be achieved by the fortification of Paris, and there fore he gives his support to that measure. There is also another reason equally cogent why M. ODILON BARROT favours the fortifica tion of the capital. The project, he avows, was a bantling hatched by himself in 1830. When the other patriots of the Revolution of July were immersed in projects for a Constitution to place the liberties of France on an immovable basis, M. ODILON BARROT was revolving plans for repelling the hostile bayonetiofEngland and Russia. The despotism of CHARLES THE TENTH was forgotten by the Republican lawyer in less than forty-eight hours after he quitted the capital ; and the future Deputy and then statesman over looked the fact that a revolution could not have taken place had Paris been fortified, in his eager ness to demonstrate the power of bidding defi ance to revolutionary France's only ally and best friend, England! These facts will speak for themselves. They demonstrate that the Re publican party in France knows not what is meant by constit ut i ona l liberty. M But taking M. ODILON BARROT'S view of this question, there is one very important point upon which we differ with him. We feel quite assured chat the " one condition" which, in his opinion, makes a nation a first-rate nation—namely, the power to engage single-handed against the rest of the world, is not to b e obta i ne d b y t h e fortifi cation of a capital in the nineteenth century. France, with Paris fortified, will not be a jot more formidable to Europe than she was in 1815. She will not even be s o muc h , f or she w i ll h ave f or ever I ost the prestige ofa name more formidable than a thousand ramparts. Paris fortified, will be for midable to France, not to Europe. When M. ODILON BARROT conceived his darling idea of fortifying Paris, he formed a conception of the cradle in which, if ever executed, a despotism shall be nursed, the pressure of whose iron heel shall crush the liberties of France. We have sincere pleasure in announcing that a Treaty for the Suppression - of the Slave Trade, confirming the mutual right of search, and de claring all traffic in slaves to be piracy, was Signed yesterday •at the Foreign Office by the Ministers of England, Franee; Austria, Russia, and Prussia. We congratulate the Great Powers upon the harmony which exists among them upon this most important subject; and after the many peevish articles which have appeared in the French journals, complaining of the exercise of a mutual right of search, the adoption of such a Treaty by M. GUIZOT exhibits an extraordinary degree of mental courage. That the United States may be prevailed * upon to join this Treaty must be the sincere wish, not only of every friend of humanity, but of all who seek to ele vate the character of that Republic. Nothing but the accession of the United States is now wanted to put down the accursed Slave Trade all over the world. The Paris Journals of Sunday have been all received, with Madrid Papers of the 12th inst. Their contents are of little importance, beyond that there are rumours of the hourly expected death of the POPE, and a change in the Russian Cabinet. Count PAHLEN, late Ambassador in Paris, is spoken of as one of the new Russian Ministers. The trial of the prisoners, by the Court of Peers, is proceeding, but no additional sentences have been pronounced, or disclosures made. The Sift.le says :—" We have repeated, after the Jour nal des Debats, the statement that Dufaur had attempted to poison himself in his prison by swallowing a quantity of snuff. This statement is not correct, and we are assured that Dufaur did not make any attempt to de stroy himself. It seems that when he was arrested at the barrier of Fontainbleau, he had taken no refreshment for nearly 24 hours, and that he was conveyed to the prison of the Luxemburg in a very weak state. He then ate with great precipitation the breakfast which was given him, and his indisposition was caused by this cir cumstance, and by the v i o l ent emot i ons which he felt at the examination." Notwithstanding the denial of the Ministerial Jour nals, the National thinks that the recal of General Bugeaud is final. It says, " General Bugeaud was soon convinced that to rescue the colony from the unfa vourable situation in which it is placed, it was necessary to begin with great reforms in the local administrations, and especially to place the direction in other hands than those of M. Laurence. Like his predecessor, M. Bugeaud was dissatisfied with the direction of the affairs of Africa, he uttered some threats, and it is even said, that his only motive in returning to France was to de mand the discharge of this man, whose hand has carried disorganisation into Algeria. M. Laurence has antici pated his adversary, and Marshal Soult has again pre ferred listening to the deputy .of Les Landes rather than to the Governor of our possessions in Africa. Only some measure has been observed with respect to a friend of the Palace. He has been prdpared for his disgrace, but in fact it is complete. General Bugeaud is sacrificed in the same manner and for the same reason as Mar shal Vallee. Marshal Soult has besides been the more disposed to take the Government from the Deputy of the Excideuil, as he is fatigued with his indocile man ner and humour. This is the truth ; let the Ministerial journal again contradict us ; the sequel will prove that we are well in formed."—Le Commerce. SUDDEN DEATH OF MK. MILLER, QUEEN'S COUNSEL. This Learned Gentleman expired suddenly last night, at his Chambers, in Stone-building s , Lincoln's Inn. Th e L earne d G ent l eman was in perfect health yesterday afternoon, and dined with several of the Benchers in Lincoln's Inn Hall. He retired from the convivial board at an early hour. This morning he was discovered by the laundress of his chambers dead in the bed with his clothes on. It is supposed that Mr. Miller, after returning from Lincoln's Inn Hall, sat down to read his briefs, and that being taken suddenly ill, he bad laid himself down on his bed, and there expired. Several briefs were found open on the table, and both the candles were burnt down to the sockets. Mr. Miller prac tised chiefly in the Lord Chancellor's Court and the Privy Council. MERCHANT SEAMEN'S COMPANY (THIS DAY.) The Quarterly General Meeting of the Court of Directors of this Company was held this day, at the office of the Company, 25, Birehin-lane, Cornhill. The meeting was a m ere rout i ne one, and called for the pur pose of following the directions of the Act of Parliament incorporating the Company, which provides that a general meeting of the Directors should be held each quarter. Some of the accounts were submitted to the Directors, which were confirmed ; after which several petitions from individuals interested in the Company were pre- sented to the Court, and the meeting adjourned, having sat only half an hour. None but Proprietors were present LLOYD'S SHIPPING—aI-HS DAY.) LONDON, DEC. 21.—Wind this day at noon W. RAMSGATE, DEC. 20.—Arrd. St. Laurence, Lang bourne, Quebec for London, leaky. DEAL, DEC. 20.—W.N.W.—Acrd. Erin, Morrison, Quebec ; Cherwell, Kind, North America. Arrd. from the river, Honduras, Sydney ; Clifford, New Zealand. LIVERPOOL, DEC. 20.—Wind variable.—Sld. Eliza beth, Hobart Town ; Camoens, Berbice ' • Elizabeth, Charleston ; Laurel, Savann a h ; Adirondack, New York. The Friendship, Wilson, from the Clyde to Jamaica, is ashore in Clew Bay, near Westport, with loss of fore and maintopmasts. The Scandinavian, from Chili to Swan. sea, is wrecked in the Straits of Magellan —crew and materials saved. The Royal Victoria steamer, from Carlisle, ran against Clarence Pier this morning, stove her bows, and lost head and cutwater. The Provident, Bell, for Bilbao, has returned to dock to discharge, hav ing been in contact with the North America, in theßiver. DARTMOUTH, DEC. 19.—Arrd. William IV., Gibbs. FALMOUTH, DEC. 19.—Wind E. to E.S.E., strong gales and squally.—Arrd. Elizabeth, Allen, Aux Cayes, with foremast sprung and loss of bulwarks ; Java, Young, Quebec, leaky, and with loss of bulwarks, &c. ; Margaret steamer, for Vigo. BRISTOL, DEC. 20. Sld. Wm. Miles, Trinidad. COWES, DEC. 20. Arrd. Elizabeth and Anne, Lid stone, Messina. MILFORD, DEC. 19.—Arrd. Bridget Timmins,—Dal housie' with loss of maintopm as t, & c., hav i ng been struck by a sea. Sld. Crusader, Monte Video; Eling, Trinidad; Lavinia, New Orleans; Congo, Africa; Greenhow, Sierra Leone; Alexander, Messina. WHITEIIAVEN, DEC. 19.—S1d. P aragon, J ama i ca. PORTSMOUTH. DEC. 20.—Wind E.N.E.—Sid. Portly, Bordeaux and Mauritius; Druid, Barbadoes. WEXFORD, DEC. 18.—The Peace, Cornier, from Dublin to this port, got ashore to the northward of Arklow, on the night of the 16th in s t. ; s h e i s f u l l of water, and ex pected to become a wreck. Conic, DEC. 18.—Arrd. Charles, Le Grand, Monte Video, sailed Oct. 1. WATERFORD, DEC. 17.—Sld. Trusty, Newfoundland. PETERHEAD, DEC. 18.—Sid. Harrison, Mobile. YARMOUTH, PEC. 19.—Sid. Enigheden, St. Domingo. The Emma, Graham, from Buenos Ayres, is supposed to be arrived off Dover. THE MARKETS.—(THIS DAY.) COLONIAL MARKET. The public sales were large, and went off heavily at lower rates for Bengal sugar, but other articles brought full rates. Refined sugar in better request, 81s. for standard lumps. TEA. MARKET. The market was dull for Free Trade, and prices were barely supported ; is. 9d. to Is. 9id. for low and good ordinary Congou cash. Company's difficult of sale at Is. 81d. cash. TALLOW MARKET. Prices firmer with a good demand. P. Y. Candle on the spot 48s. 3d. to 48s. 6d., and 48s. for delivery up to the end of the year. SPIRIT MARKET. Rum sells more freely. Proof Leewards at Is. 91-cl. to Is. 10d. Brandy in good request, and prices on the ad vance. WHITECHAPEL HAY MARKET. The supply was good, the demand for Hay and Clo ver middling ; prices without alteration. The demand for Straw was brisk, at an advance of ls. per load : Clover, 3/. to 5/. 135.; Hay, 2/. to 4/. Bs.; Straw, 11. I Is. to 11. 15s. --- PHRENOLOGICAL SOCIETY.—At the ordinary meeting held yesterday evening, in the rooms of the Society at Exeter Hall, Dr. Elliotson, President, in the chair, there was a very interesting communication read on the relative proportions of the organs of the skull between Blakesley and Courvoisier, both of whom were recently executed for murder, and casts of whom were exhibited. It Was a matter of singular coincidence that no less than 12 measurements were equal. In Blakesley the organs of destructiveness, self-esteem, and firmness, were very large, as were those of attachment and love of offspring. It was stated that, at the next meeting, a cast of the head of Ward, the unhappy individual who was executed yesterday morning for murder, would be ex hibited. KIRK PERSECUTION.—It appears from the Dundee Advertiser that Key, the man who was refused Church privileges by the minister of Barry for burying his child on a Sunday, is not the first who has suffered from priestly tyranny. A Correspondent mentions that the only son of a poor widow there lately died. The woman with difficulty mustered a sufficient number to carry the coffin to the church-yard on the following Sunday, but just as the body was laid i n th e grave , t h e grave-diggers were ordered to desist, and the coffin, jay uncovered in the open grave all that day and night! S 11 AND Pubitt ,04.thiton. " Who runs may read." :MEO A Grenobl e Paper of FO the lL I W. sth hist. publishes a letter from Rome, stating that his Holin ess th e P o p e was on the night of ? the 10th seized with an apoplectic fit, and was speechless when the letter was written. The death of Gregory XVI., a Pontiff of irreproachable morals, and of an amiable disposition, will excite a great com motion among the hierarchy of the Churdh of Rome. King Otho is not always unmindful of benefits. M. Guizot having just gratified him with a million of dol lars, his soap-locks Majesty has requited the Minister with the Order of the Saviour, of which M. Piscatory is a Commander. The Court of Peers considers the affair of Quenisset so important that it did not allow itself to repose from its labours on Sunday. No fresh sentences of guilt have, however, yet been pronounced. M. Salrandy, the new French Ambassador to Spain, entered Madrid at ten o'clock on the morning of the 12th instant. His Excellency was to be introduced to the Regent on the following day, to present his creden tials, after which he was, according to etiqi Otte, to visit the Minister of Foreign Affairs, and the corps diplo matique. PUBLIC OPINION. The Morning Herald, reverting to the fraudulent Ex • chequer bill affair, makes the following strange re marks ;—" But it is with deep and unaffected reluctance that we advert to rumours which are rife in those quar ters of City intelligence, where beacon fires are seldom false.' The ' two Noble Lords,' whose names have reached us as not intact by the disgraceful 'on dit' which obtains of this affair—are representatives of the great contending parties in the political divisions of the coun try. They are, neither of them, deficient in the three so emphatically predicated properties of plausibility— talent—and power.' Ihey are, we fear, proverbially de ficient in other more tangible properties— ' Arcades arnbo : Et cantare pares, et resonare parati.' The social liberalities of the one—the political libe ralities of the other—much as we have to object to them both, on the score of morality, and of consti tutional propriety —cannot extinguish the feeling of pain and mortification with which we are compelled to dwell, for a moment, on the report of their having been participators in the desperate preliminaries to, and desperate practices of, the most nefarious fraud, per haps, ever practised on the fiscal departments of the country. We rejoice to hear that one Noble Viscount, who seems to have almost as many personal, as he may have found political or diplomatic, enemies,—has cleared up every imputation which an unlucky combination of circumstances at first was calculated to throw upon him, in connection with the memorable bills.' We shall indeed deplore the substitution (in the event of facts justifying the intelligence of our informant), of another peer, in his place, of rank not less eminent,—of attain ments not inferior,—and of certainly superior personal influence."—lf the Herald has any thing :o say upon this strange Exchequer bill affair, it should speak out boldly, and not deal in hypothesis and insinuation, which mean every thing or nothing, according to the fancies of its readers. We take the following from th e M orn i ng Ch ron i c l e : "All Tory Journals desire to serve the cause, not only of the Church, but of Church extension.' Very good, so do we. And we, further, agree with those Tories who repudiate any application of the public moneys to Church building and endowment, as the means of ex tension. A Church co-extensive with the nation is de sired by all who know the worth of religion. Coercion, hypocrisy, and taxation, are, in our view, most hostile to that consummation. The Church-rate persecution disgraces the Church. The practice of the Dean and Chapter of Westminster, of making dissenting worship a forfeiture of the leases held under them, is a disgrace to the Church. So is the. Oxford squabble about the chair of poetry. And so, moreover, is the extortion which represses the formation of cemetery grounds be yond the boundaries of the metropolis, exposing the inhabitants of its crowded streets to the pesti lential vapours that flow from piles of rotting car cases. We oppose these things as detrimental to the spiritual character and influence of the Church."— Had it not been for the Church-rate persecutions, which the Chronicle here speaks of, the Establishment would not have been reduced to the state of exhaustion and de bility in which it now is ; and which disables it from making a vigorous head against any of the numerous schisms with which it is embarrassed. It has alienated many of its best friends ; it has conciliated none of its enemies ; and in this untoward condition, can no longer hope to derive benefit from raising the old war-cry of the " Church in Danger," for none will rally under that cry but a pack of old women in the last stage of dotage. Alluding to the approaching - Session of Parliament, the Advertiser says :—" At present the people are en during their sufferings with more than philosophic forti tude, because they are fondly clinging to the hope that, on the re-assembling of Parliament, the Premier will announce some measure or measures for their immediate relief. Heaven grant they may not be disappointed ! It will be the•most portentous opening of any Legisla ture within the memory of man, if the people shall, after all, find that they have been cherishing unfounded ex pectations. The position of the Premier, if he suffer the proceedings of the first night of the approaching Session to come to a close without some explicit announce ment of remedial measures, will be more peri lous, both for himself and his country, than that in which any previous Prime Minister ever stood. It is because we look forward with fear and trembling to the probable results of. a disappointment of the people's hopes, that we wish to press on Sir Robert Peel, with peculiar force, the urgent expediency of being prepared by that time with some tangible and substan tial measure for the modification, if not entire extinction of the Corn monopoly."—Whatever our Contemporary may expect from the fears or the sagacity of Sir Robert Peel, we have no other expectation than that he will do no more than he can possibly help—in fact, do just enough to keep the people in a state of feverish excite ment. He will just throw a tub to the whale ; and hav ing done this, he will rub on from day to day, till, all his trickery expedients failing, he will be sent to the right about, with all his congenial faction. The Post says :—" The wretched folly of men who abuse the landed aristocracy, and call the production of landed produce robbery,' is not less apparent than the wickedness of their conduct. When devoting their time and talents to these idle, aimless calumnies, practical men lose sight of what good they really might do. They know very well that the Legislature is not disposed to give way upon the principle of agricultural protection. and they know that the party now in power is pledged to a system of graduated protecting duty, according to the price. But they know also, or they may know, that it is only to these two points the Legisla• ture or the Ministry stands pledged, and they must also know (if they be intelligent) that even within these conditions there is room for much speculation as to pos sible improvement. Adequate protection does not neces sarily imply exactly that kind and amount of protection which is now established, nor does it follow because there is to be a graduated scale, that the existing one is the very best possible. If manufacturers and their ad vocates would direct their attention to such alterations as might be made consistently with the principles to which the present Legislature and Government are pledged, they would have far better chance of practical success, than in such wild denunciations as they waste their time upon at present." The Times thus comments on the late important Anti- Corn-law meeting at Manchester:—." We recur this morning to the subject of the Manchester cotton meeting, not because we ascribe any weight or value to the argu ments used there,if arguments they can by any courtesy be called, but because, observing the continuous efforts of the Radical press to set up these windy nothings as matters of substance, we think it necessary to guard against any conclusion in their favour which might be raised from our silence. Perhaps, if the persons who make the speeches and who write the commen taries were content to state merely their facts and inferences, and so leave the subject to the dispas sionate judgment of those who would take the trouble of calmly reading it up, the whole matter might be most usefully dealt with by the professors of political economy on the one side and on the other. But the tone taken against the landed interests, both by the orators and by the journalists, is so little that of science, and breathes so fiercely of inflammation, that what ought to have been a philosophical controversy has now been perverted into a passionate struggle, of which unreasoning hunger is called in as the arbiter. We deeply deprecate such appeals ; and though it may not be so easy to quench an incendiary's handywork as it was for himself to set it flaming, we will not at least be passive spectators of the c om b ust i on. "—Th ese " windy nothings '—as the Times calls the late Anti-Corn-law meetings—will yet prove a hurricane that w ill swee p th e monopolists to destruction, if they do not promptly take measures to avert the storm. Even now the wind is freshening to a stiff gale, notwithstanding our Contem porary's sneering allusion to " windy nothings." PUBLIC XIVIIMOVEMENTS. It has been proposed that a better view of St. Paul's Cathedral would be obtained by the removal of a great number of houses at the west end of Cheapside. The estimated loss of property on this change would be about 150,000/. Workmen are now employed in forming the new pri vate drive from Frogmore Lodge to Windsor Great Park, which will be finished in the spring. The ride will pass by the Cold Hospital, and through the fields, entering the Great Park through the double gates. COMMERCIAL REFORM. The people of Tottenham, at a meeting held in that district last night, to the number of 600, attended a lec• ture from Mr. Sidney Smith. With regard to the peti tion against the Corn-laws, it was remarked that "those who could not write, would not fail to affix their marks to it, recollecting that the question concerned them as much as it concerns those who can write ; and that the Barons' who obtained for them the great charter of their liberties were unable to write, and therefore af fixed their marks;' instead of their signatures." rxrrE ARTS. It is a singular feature of the Chantrey bequest, that the purchases to be made out of the yearly s um o f 2,500/. at the disposal of the loyal Academy, on the death of Lady Chantrey, are to be both from the pro ductions of dead and living artists. But the artist who soever he may be, must have resided and produced his works in this country. 'Thus it will allow of the pur chase of the works of a sculptor like Roubili ae , who had his studio in London. -X.XTER4EY iLNXI scxEreTrinc. of the Phrenologic a l S oc i ety held yes room, at Ex e t er -h all, Dr. Elliotson read a communication on the relative proportions of the organs of the skull between Blakesl e y an d Courvoisier, and it ter A da t y, a, meeting in the EVENING SUN' was matter of singular coincidence that no less thin 'la measurements were equal. At the early age of 17, the eldest son of the late S ir D. K. Sandford has been unanimously elected to a bar. sary from Glasgow to Balliol College, Oxford. The planet Mercury, which by reason of its prop** quity to the sun is seldom visible even in the serene side s of Spain and Italy, may be now seen in the morning in the south-east, a little above the horizon, from six o'clock to half-past seven. It assumes the shape of a slender crescent, and is near the planet Venus by about three or four titpes the breadth of the moon to the westward of N. NAVAL AND MILITARY. On Sunday se'nnight, Captain Northeote, master of the Elizabeth, an English vessel, in the port of H a vre, 1 and a French pilot, were unfortunately drowned. 11 1;1 Captain, with the brave pilot, Martin, and others ha' gone out in a boat to the relief of th e English bar t T e Julia, of Newcastle, and having placed her in safetsafety , the ' 9 ' boat upset. Martin and the rest were saved. LAW AND POLICE. An application was made yeste r d a y in the Insolvent Debtor's Court on behalf of the Rev. F. Sturmer, f or , s ( P dispensation to reside within the rules of the 01l 1 Bench, which the Court granted on the ground of l health. This insolvent kept the boarding school at 11 1, 1' 5 where Medhurst mortally wounded his schoolfellow- A man of the name of Coveney, who was in Maidst on t e gaol for damages in an action for seduction, applie d ‘ n t be discharged on sureties, until the hearing on the n e " circuit, but the Court would not listen to the a pplicati on ; At the Clerkenwell Police Court yesterday, two letters were received, one with the initials A. K. R. an d t other from Goldsmith's Hall, each containing a 10/. n° t , for the relief of the poor. This wealthy Con3panYf believe, has sent the same sum to each of the Metror:, politan Police Courts and deserve credit for their li b donations, as well As the mode of distributin g thew' fr 7 there are few places in London where such distress witnessed as at Police-offices. • h 4 ' Joseph Morgan, the youth charged last week with i f, 4 cidentally wounding with a bullet Eliz a b e th Brorof vl :,a of a sawyer, while shooting at sparrows, again alW e '" , n before the Magistrate, having been at large on bail., ;) appeared that the lad, who is sixteen years of ag e ' ,/§. loaded a musket with a small charge of shot, net loaded petting at the time that it had been previously with ball, and fired it at a sparrow. The poor w cr l l v ed who was in the act of wiping down her table, ree e ! roe , the ball in her left hip, and, being alone at the tieing she lay on the floor for nearly two hours without be able to move. The husband, who was in attend ja yesterday, said the ball was still lodged in her had? c i be so dangerous a part, that no attempt at present c0t..00 made to extract it. The Magistrate, on findin, o. the surgeon's certificate that she was not at present 1 5 f o r dangerous state, enlarged theprisoner's recognizance a week. At Clerkenwell, two Spitalfields weavers were br °lll o... up charged with begging, but on the Mao-istrate findil," that they and their families were in deplorable distrestil he directed the Clerk to give them ten shillings ea ch ° SPORTING. ly The Bramham hounds are returned to the Fox fen 9 they were made over to Lord Harewood when the Pr es b - ci t Mr. Lane Fox preferred hunting in L e i ces tershir e ,' rlt they have been for many generations in Bramha m l o rd where some handsome kennels exist, built by J. Bingley, great uncle to the present Mr. Fox. THEATRICAL. w ith The Birmingham Theatre closed on Friday la s h the a very full house. It will be re-opened agai n t " - •,1 1 1 27th, when Macbeth is to be produced, together wh„rt ; pantomime. COURT— PASHIONAIIZZ• of The Earl of Radnor is entertaining a select PZ: c h i p his seat in Berks, where sporting is the order Of tP - „ s re. Viscount Duncannon has arrived in Cavendish- pit The Lord Chancellor, Lady Ly n dhurst, an d i lls Copley left town on Saturday on a - visit to the bbrel of Salisbury. 00 Lord and Lady John Russell leave Belgraverlos on Thursday next, for the seat of the Marquis °- downe at Bowood. sepa rated The late Earl of Westmoreland had been the from the Countess for many years till lately, "' hen „ Noble Earl requested a reconciliation, whch Was arra-,bey The Marquis of Tavistock returns to Woburn Au on Thursday or Friday next. ar ty The Dowager Lady Holland had a dinne r- P ar Saturday in South-street. - Lady Count D'Orsay is expected on a visit to Lor d an Chesterfield at Bratby in Derbyshire. of S tste Monseigneur Cappacini, the Under-SecretarY.„,Ages• of his Holiness, the Pope, arrived in town on 1"..- day last by the Ostend steaer. t 1 ti t ' The Earl of Lonsdale ha m s given up his hounds in landshire. of the poor-box. MISCEIMANZOTTS. he de ath t To-morrow is the anniversary, in 17 39 , of t vo th of the Lady Elizabeth Hastings, daughter of the se e d hi Earl of Huntingdon. She is the lady cele bra . Steele in " The Tatler" under the name of AsPlat;oded sides erecting several schools and churches, s he five scholarships in Queen's College, Oxford. , e One of the tanks of the gas-works at Dun u e ;.hea ploded on Thursday last, with a tremendous shociklo t he two boys, named Warden and Bruce, were burl"' ruins. Only one body has yet been got out. tw ipdefl The poll on the Church-rate at Hackney, co i t he on Saturday with a majority of 77 in favour orste Rector ; while in July, after a two days' pol L ir i s b was negatived by a majority of only 1. ly "000, church of South Hackney has sittings for about 4 n'olo' while the Dissenting chapels in the district will SCC date 2,500 persons. v " lSc e The funeral of the Earl of Westmoreland takeS, o ay on Monday, at Apethorpe, Northamptonshire. The _ _ _ _ is now bei - ng removed fi-om Brighton. The Liverpool workhouse is now crowded to Oce ilis• ' there being not fewer than 2,000 paupers receivingrb door relief, and in the new and spacious West P e w° workhouse every sleeping room is fully occuPie ho use believe the same may be said of almost every io rk throughout the country. TeroPe" We understand that a member of a Fins,lP, r ' s t 1 3 1„; ranee Society was yesterday fined five shi l l ' at t"" street, for indulging in excessive tee•W t3-5111 previous night. ~, a t the There is no truth in the report that the P°P.,-;',. c e s instigation of the Puseyites, has landed at "° ty ea• fishing-smack, with a cargo of f a ggots and old a'! 1) ha s ite, We understand that Mr. Newman, t he FilseY lately been examining Smithfield withl attention, in order ll pro to select a convenient spot forroasting LOW - C h ure Disha testant Bishops in. Our•informant adds that the se to of Exeter is the first whom the Puseyites Prop to s roast, and that they are resolved he shall be dO inhis turn. Having already roasted so many r fl P is i ts e 0h../ 64 pamphlets, the ghostly Prelate cannot in Ps" or to being roasted himself. the° Letters from Paris mention that Rapallo wasthe iar recently in that capital, and the writers, under t his pression from the reports in the journals here t.B__seos apprehension was again ordered, intimate that note uverp to be lost in making an application to the French two he ment for his capture and deliv e ry, as for a day cir had not been seen in his customary haunts. RUMOUR. OF THE D.A.r• , Off er Edwin Jones, alias Palace Jones, has re use" an of 501., with board, lodging, and clothing six for , Ili te ncio : from the keeper of a strolling menagerie, who ' ll thiS to exhibit him in the country. The lad s uspec ts ,„f the a device of Sir James Graham to keep ch hiin out way during the festivities of the Royal ristening' sifg. ' - 10 ; MONEY and COMMERCIAL i" . " - ‘1( 4 CI7 Y, TWELVE 0' Ci ll c -) e 'd I ,' 1 . 1 / 4 4i1 ' LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, DEC. 20. --- ' to 4ol# l had a fair business doing in the Cotton Market exce pt' . ' the sales comprising 4,000 bales, all of whic h ' rric° ing 200 for export, have been taken by the trade. are steady at the quotations of Friday. Th til li k , s ; LIVERPOOL SHARE MARKET, DEC. 20.-- -- -e c ok actions reported at the Stock Exchange are Lanotto, and Preston, 17 ; London and Birmingham, 103 ; v a ster ° New, 264 ; Royal Bank of Liverpool, 691 ; ." Counties, 81. 17s. 6d. 20.--- Oilf -. . e MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, If EC. rfer ov' market continues very firm, very little Stock oi'stia- Manchester and Birmingham, 281, 28i 3 r, and 28; ditto chester and Leeds, 65i ; ditto Half Shares, 27 8 " ,, d . Querters, 39-, ; Union Bank of Manchester, a I ls• No later arrivals from any quarter to - daY• THE FUNDS. a o pene ci r Consols and the Three per Cents. Reduce, pole this morning at the closing prices of yesterday, t"eody pt , 84, and the latter at 89. Exchequer Bills are St 10 12 premium. ° r rtug uese y Spanish Active Stock opened at 23 1 1 ; --,., Ver , Five per Cents., 32i 33; Ditto Fives, 191 4". little business doing. * AT O PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY ..' RAILWAYS. Paid. Per Share. , to Bristol and Exeter ..... ... 6O - 288.•••• to -- Great North of England ... Great Western ... 65 ......... to ...„'"' Ditto Fifths Gosport Junction t: _ 3i ; i London and Brighton 5O ...... 38 ...... t ... London and Blackwalk: ...... London and Birmingham - ..-. to --- Ditto New... 100 2: ........... 26 - 5: ... ... .......... t : : : --- - -7 '1 i .':1196. London and Greenwich Landon and South Western Midland Counties Ditto 1 Shares South Eastern and Dover to "":4 d'' 1 41 5 3.m ..... L. .... F ....2 2r0 1 t : s. . . . . . T . .. . i 0 hy s ot 0 , pa fr : A further decline has taken place in the Eng" s te d A i' market since the opening. Consols are now cl„ ll° e docc' 88i for the Account, and the Three per Cents- -il ii ,Ji. 88i. Consols have been done for Money at 89i . ' Bonds, 1 prem.; Exchequer Bills are 11 12 pron . z oisil Very little doing in the Foreign market. Ort&ots, Bonds are quoted at 64i ; Portuguese Five pF,r - 0 0 11 321 ; Spanish Active Stock, 93i; Deferred, 11t; Two and a Half r Cents., 52; Ditto Fives, 99il'oel': and The ßri S g h h a to re n 37i; Market is flat, with but little doing . Grea t tenham and Great Western are quoted at 281 ;, 0 0 0 North of England 69 ; Great Western Fifths ; '-' )'or and North Midland N So e u w th 3l E . °C I( ' TWOO' CI tot. Consols are now 88/- i. The market looking veit )T ir O. QUARTER PA S7' 06 11 ; Eastern and Dover 01; Consols, 88i 89 ; Colombian, 2011 ; Mexico!), ' Spanish, 231-a. There is again some t Q al U k - O t f ß t T h E e and, from what is transpiring, it is evident tin pia' will never rest satisfied until the names of all tuv rti es quent parties, high and low, are expused. 0 _ A r c g t 42 , To wind up the year with a good balance, s '"',1,0117 have been effecting sales of stock to-day, an•legt:."' money does not seem to be so easy of obtainra 11 , ,s 7 f x Xeoq Exchequer-he rif.bflii j :4i i i Ir. , e f 20u`' MUNIFICENT DoNATIoN.--Th e sum 6 • has been fonsarded anonymously to the Re v ; j. s i tss. , Anderson, to be applied in aid of the funds of tr e iv ss , s bail , County Hospital, Brighton. The Lady Pull Of i' ll which took place a short time since for the be same institution, realized 171/. 'lll o f au Cour t o 00i aro t th e '4%.1i . T o , hi Ai, tva for otl , , 41