The Sun. — London, England, 1841-11-02 00:00:00

EVENING SUN also dismissed, and the students, when complaining of_ i t its harsh treatment, were told by the Magistrate, to State the case to the Commissioners. „An extraordi nar y ease came on for hearing in the Z n ankruptey Court yesterday, at the examination of T. S. "vc, who h a d b een for many years in the War-office, at a good salary. He started a mining spe b culation in 183 0 , Ivith about 14,000/ , and an estate mortgaged for 20,0001, a nd lo an rais,..d 360,0001., all, as he said, from " volun leers!, No less than 191,0001. was advanced by a very 3 derate num b er of the c l ergy. Th e d eta il s o f this mi ning mania will be found at length under the proper head. , LITERARY I.ND SCIENTIFIC. -Lord Sydenham, it is reported, has left 6001. to Mr. M f urd °cli, late his chief secretary, to publish a memoir his adaduistration in Canada. SPORTING. s a lu Th rte Ealt Sussex f ox -hounds bad an excellent run on tr'gliton I, end after a chase of fifteen race-course, captured two foxes miles from the. THEATRICAL. tr The il.i ends and theatrical admirers of that em inent d est aetlialt-lir. Charles Young, have expressed a s tron g tre to w i tness his chief characters once again, and o re . met for th e pur p ose o f a dd ress ing a formal request "Ira on the subject, Pil e Ir CounT--rA5H10N11. 237 .M.. Deri!urghersh, wo is a ppointed /‘ mister at 1‘ ,14 4tkes B his departure h this day f Germalny' ce , ni e r egret to stat e th a t the CounteSs of Roden still Thra indisp ose d at T u lly m ore Park. go n ttr farquis and Marchioness of Lan sdowne have tn e oa a to ur of v i s i ts. Th 1.4 tilenheroueh returned to Grosrenor-place on orsd m . 'Fl a • b e marriage of teai Lord Walpole with Miss Pellew i s to i o nized on Monday next. eld es e ,"tlaY at St. George's Church, Viscount Campden, th e 30 a of the Earl f Gainsborough, was married to aclY Ida llay, daughter of the Earl of Errol. IVIISCELLANEOITS. tin?e'l-1 this 'lay, the first of term, the Judges in former ccaa went down to Westminster Hall on horseback in ol o n r Procession. Cardinal Wolsey, when Lord Chan on 4 , 11 (3f , England, proceeded in state " to the Hall door of th e trapped all in crimson velvet, with a saddl , e , J same, He was "apparelled in red like a Cardinal. ilendersen, B.A , of Pembroke College, Oxford, Ilia character, died on this day in 1788, aged 31. ciat e d e l l ! i sitions as a scholar were immense, and he asso life w w ith the fi rst li terat i o f the clay. His mode of davb r as , singular. He generally retired to rest about q u „„ e44 , and rose in the afternoon, and would fre- Illat' Y So ak his night-gown in water, and go to bed in 6a'allne(lition. He was a great " opium-eater," . and sii ver .7"ea vast quantities of noxious drugs and quick irttlt 1 , / , 3111 e, thequantity of rain that fell in September s.23 3 ;,`,_ fi telles ; and during the last month it has been T h —e nes, nearly 54 inches. c hr e cotsman, wi t h its vile Scotch economy , and the. tan t 7 -licle, imitati ng t h e b a d example, are highly indig ,, that Lord Heytesbury should have bee n a pp ointed erleitiler-General of the Isle of Wight. This is too Point er . ; n old faithful servant of the Tories was ap i of - I ', ' ll 1835 by Sir Robert Peel, Governor-General i a h a Zia, with dominion over one hundred millions o, at h i It antg, and these political economists now grumble SanZPointreent to govern an island not bigger than with only thirty thousand inhabitants. IVIO V IT and COMMERCIAL NEWS, CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. • 111 11 1 , COTTON -MARKET, Nov. I.—The business Wale Cotton "ttoll Market has been to a fair extent. The Frid a e,,°mprising 3,000 bales, wholly to the trade_ at d State) Prices. The intelligence from the . U up on , 15 3 , the Acadia, appears to have had no influence uoth i u ° hlets or purchasers. In speculation or export t ° report. - tiou: -4P ° Ol . RE MARKET, Nov. I.—The transac- Th,i; at the Stock Exchange this day have been limited. tir r i,i„ e ?roPrise E as t ern ° Counties, 7-k ; London and S hare s ; 1 , London and Manchester, half •vs 2 ; ! , N orth Midland, Half Shares, 32k. 's tir:' eriE sTt R S TOCK EXCHANGE, Nov. I . — T here I.) r i ,n - m aterial ch ange to note in our Market to - d a y . °lest: r emain steadily. Our sales are—Bank of Mai- Ily n g e Union Bank of Manchester, 6 4 ; s ter and S a lford Waterworks, 54. THE FUND S . pot oS Y continues Very scarce in the Discount Market, 4t tFirst W hich ' lt at all likely to be eas ie r until after ILie h a very heap , day, so many' bills' coming." due. c ept. rate bills cannot be discounted under ' 5 to 5, per op,,,alloth. the English and Foreign Stock Markets tirm this morning. N•i n l ts ° l is are 881 -I for Money, and 88i- for Account; Per - e .3 ' l Active Stock is 201 21, which is an advance of en t• upon the leaving-off price of yesterday.. For 'l,ll,hese Fite per Cent ' s. are 29- 4 - 1 a 4; Do. rhrees,l74 184. LIA e nraganza steamer, with the Mediterranean mail, arrived ; th e d a t es a r e from Gibraltar Oct. 21 st , 1 41 1422 d, Lisbon 25th, and Vigo 28th ult. No news of tance from either place- Levenside has arrived at Liverpool from Jamaica, 11,L'i place she left on the 18 th of September. The fti r 'c,"'er steamer was to leave on the 20 th , with the mails 2' t Thomas and England, which were due here on he PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE. ItaiLwAYs. Paid. Per Share. dr"' lr 'Rham and Gloucester ...... 100 ...... 56 t ht 13 . Western u tc , .. 50 'nda Lor,d °4 and Gre l'kncillrighto en i n ch (NO*).":"."1 0 lIALF PAST ONE. Ilit h Stock M ar k e t s c ontinue firm. e_ u t "ins% have advanced 'to 883 3 4 - for the Account, and Th rt °r Nloney ; Three per Cents. Reduced are 87+ ; St o Z and-a-H alf per Cents. Reduced, 96 + ; Bank 2 , 1641 India Stock, 244 245 ; India Bonds, ftr4 d w sh Active Stock is now 21; Passive, 4i ; De ; Belgian Bonds, 100 i ex div.; Danish, 78i; Th - j ll ' 25 i; Brazilian, 57. e I tark re ha s b een a pretty goo d business doing in both r V U tS. su ulo Y little doing in Shares. In consequence of the „ unee ment that the London and Brighton line will kir a t erie d again to-morrow throughout, the Shares have ~ 74 e ed to 131- discount. Great Western have a dvanced Q[1: 1 P eQ s te e r r Share ; Ditto New, 57 ; Birmingham a nd -, 561 ` t NSU Lr h , sof tho UN/TED STATES. t he fl "ing epitome of the Census prepared from ie:filycr ei _ 4 , l table s laid before Congress, is , taken from the tp rroxt ic Journal of commerce.] ~....Tz karr( l r THE WHOLE P OPUL ATION OF THE STATES AND OEs E . RTES OF THE U NI TED STATES, EXHIBITING THE ~.AL PusAGGREGATE AMOUNT OF EACH DESCRIPTION "0 , O N BY CLASSES. FREE WHITE PERSONS. • zt, es ................................. . 7,249,266 eznalcs 14,189,103 186,467 199,778 386,245 Total F REE COLOURED PERSONS. .. • Males ................... ........ i'etnales - Total `4,.•. ?tales .eern .... ale 4 ................................ 1,246,408 tt.!, ................................ 1,240,805 SLAVES. T Otai "To te] aggregate 2,487,213 rd White- bp ' are inv:rs°ris included in the foregoing who White ' 4n e and idiots at public charge et . e :PerSons included in the foregoing who 1 ` 1 ... 11 04 .4 r 3ftne and idiots at private cha . rge 10,179 tat/ " .persons employed in mining "In%l, e r °f persons employed in agriculture 3,717,756 I c iateb r °I . Persons employed in commerce h ander °I persons employed in manufactures 'of ti ' l lber persons employed in navigation of X , ,, Q ,ocean z 4 i 'la J e er of persons in navigation of canals, en 4 , ll:l s, and rivers • • er of persons employed in learned pro -14,,,"i(-)ns e s and coloured persons included in the , -r e'oing who are insane and id iots at pri l-',4.techarge f or ' and c oloured persons included in the li t e Ping who are insane and i diots at pub- • Arm' L e harge . ................................. . 444 11t e ue ' . of pensioners for revolutionary or .20,79. a t Nu t o l l ) services .......................... I ‘ l ,ar e h n er of universities or colleges ........ . s 6,2 17 3 3 3 of students in universities or colleges 2,342 Aa ill-er of academies and grammar schools... 141. of students inacademies and grammar N "ll° ° l s ~.are b n ••••• 47,209 ~ure h 'r of primary and common schools .... ..'Ner ci er of scholars in common schools ....... 1,845,244 Ne r of scholars at public charge ether cf white persons over 20 years of ag e c annot read and write tt l i t ' t imber of p ersons on board of vessels of war in the 11 " c to a S I 4 tes' naval service, June 1,1340,6,100, making , -,.: aggregate of the population of thO United States 4,329 2,093 It ov Va n AL V ICtOtilA. PARK.--The Governme_n , thi s b a, B just Leen published, and gives a fair idea that riei,j," l be one of the most ornamental spots in the f kre 's 'oourtiood of the metropolis. The two sides o by atest extent are well defined in their boundaries th e Ilegent' s C ana l an d Sir George Duckett's aot o a ';,. There will be four principal openings Übll Park, which will only be crossod by one r°o -( 1 , bg' , ein the line of traffic between the a 31 4.41 ad-road and Well-street, Hackney, which will be a ced from the Park by iron railings, and closed at 43 , 1 , 1 1 xte n - , 1 " ; 3. gates. There will be two carriage drives, one -7 4C- .r otti C i :".!Z in a serpentine form round the Park, and the alit e /i," t ' l n;'; a lesser drive. The neighbouring - inhabit- The e TVPenr fully to appreciate the value of this boon to Ikav e 'Z t- end of London, and very great improvements e r ,ell lately made in the parish of Bethnal-green._ I'ORTUNATE REPORTER.— A Yankee edl stv'eugeribing the bursting of a cannon, by Our‘Nlich p or ,_ a l- persons were badly wounded, says—", r o e- . t h e '"r, who had his hand tlown off, was fortunate l y th e 11 ' ) t and has narrated to us the full particulars of catastrophe Qt.it E rn ati „ PROCLAMATION.--In 1679 a of f o n,' issued in Dublin for seizing the near relations__ procla b e and imprisoning them till such Tories should or taken, —Dublin Evening Register. 4141 i ~ +, CHANCERY COURT-(THIS DAY.) This being the firA day of Term, the Lord-Chancellor took his seat on the Bench, and the Court was occupied. with cases of no particular interest up to the time of our• going to presF. ROLLS' COURT.-cm IS DA His Lordship, the MASTER of the ROLLS, took his seat shortly before two o'clock, and proceeded to hear motions, but no case_ of any interest came before the Court previous .to our reporter leaving. HAYMARKET THEATRE. (1 Min - Helen Farcit's benefit took place at th's Th e e tee last house evening,ias filled v and long e before atrht. T the rising of the promised tragedy the tragedy of .Nina Sforza, written by Mr. !;ouch Trough ton, was - acted . on this occasion. f o r the first time, and the anticipations of those `rho, lished for some time) augured from a perusal of this beautiful dramatic poem has been pubs: (which play, have been fully real' - Venice, in the palazzo Venetian noble,stet!. The scene opens at (Mr. H. Wallach), Nina (Miss II I whose daughter, e en. Faucit) is ,just 'W l 'sarsting into womanhood. Raphael Doria (Mr. allack), the son and heir of the reigning ake of Genoa, accompanied by Ugone Macready), a noble Genoese, and other a'itendants, arrive at the palazzo of . Sforza. In former times there had been a deadly feud between the ' houses of Spinola and Doris, and the father of Spinola had, in a sedition excited by him, been slain by the par tisans of Doria. The houses had subsequently become sfo:rzstsit success - as' an acting reconciled, and Ugone Spinola and Raphael Doria had become bosons friends. Raphael Doria how ever, a youth of wayward tastes, who wants but firmness to be virtuous, is unconsciously a mere tool in the hands of Spinola, who obtains over him that mastery which strong minds ever have over weak ones. His dissipations are encouraged by Spinola—his boyish freaks magnified into crimes in the eyes of his father, and the result is that Raphael is sent on his travels for three years. He takes with hini Spinola as the compa nion of his exile. Spinola has, from political motives, previously sought an alliance with the house of Sforza, and without Nina's knowledge has asked her hand from her father. lie tells old Sforza of Raphael's vices, and warns him to keep his daughter from the sight of Dos.e. Accident, however, subverts his schemes. Nina, whose gondolahasbeen u n canal of Venice wh rise w by a vessel in ti , Doria. The y is saved by-Raphael love, are wedded, and the old Duke dying is smce9( l .ed by Raphael, who takes his young and lovely bride %sith him to Genoa. " Love and genius," as the aestor beautifully expresses it, " invest even the meanest '.nings with princely value," and their life in Genoa for the first few months is a perfect heaven of love. Spinola, like Satan of old, inspired by envy, jealousy, and hate, hovers around this Eden, which he seeks in vain, to turn into the hell which reigns in his own had heart. • Messengers arrive from Florence, and .the Duke is sum-. moned from the arms of Nina to attend the coancil. Spinola is also summoned to the senate. He .asks, in reply, " Wherefore he should go there ? To seethe nobles yawning on their benches, unsnindful of the IniSi ness of the State, raeking s their-Israins for coming lux uries." This description of the Genoese senators, which may apply with equal truth to the doingS - of cer tain senators nearer home, was eagerly caught at by the audience, and loudly applauded. Spinola, however, on being informed that Doria is eager to go to %vas with Florence, immediately proceeds to the senate, and vehemently supports the war policy of Doria, which is ultimately adopted. Doria leaves Genoa in command of the troops, is victorious, and returns to Florence, bring ing with him a certain Florentine lady and her father, who have placed themselves under his escort for safety. This lady is represented as a young, loving, and love able dame. The weak-minded Doria is flattered by her attentions. Spinola sees that his time is at length ar• rived; as he himself expresses it, " The devil never enters the heart of man but when his proper weakness leads the way." Doria's weakness does lead the way, and Spinola encourages it. On their return to Genoa, Doria's con nection with this lady is still kept up, and at length lie writes to her, appointing an assignation, and con fides the letter to Spinola. 'With this letter in his possession, Spinola seeks Nina. and in a scene of great power, but which rather too closely resembles the celebrated scene between Othello and Ingo, he shows to Nina this damning evidence of her husband's guilt. At first she spurns him, tells him 'tis a lie, a vile inven tion of his own, and declares that were she even to have ocular proof of Doria's faithlessness, she would tear her eyes out as perjured witnesses, rather than believe her husband false. She sees the letter—recognises the writ ing as Doria's, and, to put an end to the agony of sus pense, consents to accompany Spinola at midnight to a place from whence she can see her husband enter the house of her hated rival. Sinkin g from mental excite ment, overwhelmed with agony, she goes at midnight on this hated errand ; unseen by him, she watches her guilty husband stealing through the streets, sees him enter the residence of his paramour, and falls senseless into the arms of Spinola. This, which Is by far the most powerfully . written, and the most intensely.; exciting scene in the tragedy, was most admirably played- by Miss , Helen; Faucit, and drew down thunders of applause. Satz returns to her palace ; Spi nola, whose motives she thoroughly appreciates, and whose presence is hateful to her, forces himself into her chambers and urges her to administer a slow poison to Doria, with which he (Spinola) supplies her. Doria returns to the palace overwhelmed with remorse, at having proVed false to Nina, and reproaches Spinola with having encouraged him in his career of vice. He finds Nina sinking under the mental anguish occasioned. by his falsehood, but is unconscious of the cause. She says she is ill, but that a draught she has will soon restore:, her. She asks her husband to hand it her, be does so, and she swallows the poison given her by Spinola, but which, by her contrivance, is administered to her by the hands of Doria. She immediately quits the Palace, leaving a letter for Doria, which explains all. Doria, stung to mad ness, pursues her, and meets with Spinola, who, a /a Zanga, tells him his whole course of vengeance, and after dis • arming him, and informing him that Nina has taken poison from his own (Doria's) hands, leaves him writhing on the ground in agony. Doria is aroused by hearing cries in the wood, Ind finds Nina dying from the effects of the poison. She forgives him and dies in his arms.- His attendants , s enter, and report that having found Spinola in the wood with Doria's sword, they concluded he had slain the Duke, and con sequently had killed him ; and Doria, snatching a dagger from one of his attendants, stabs himself, and fulls dead upon the corpse of Nina. This tragedy, it will be perceived from the above sketch, although abounding with passages of great power, is not alto gether free from defects. In the first place, it is too long. The first three, acts are almost totally devoid of incident. Although replete with exquisite poetry — which, however, was frequently marred by the sing-song recitative-like declamation, which is the prevailing characteristic of the Macready school—they contribute but little towards forwarding the business of the piece, and might be advantageously compressed into one. The characters also are evidently copied, not from nature but from other poets. Spinola, for instance, is a compound of lago and Zanga. The scene betwe e n Doria and Spinola in the - fifth act is evidently a close imitation of the fifth act of the Revenge, and Macready, as Spinola, admirable in the other scenes, seemed too much inclined to lengthen out the last one. The play would go much better off if this scene were curtailed. The fourth act, however, shows that the author is capable of better things, and therefore it is that we are thus particular in pointing out what we consider the de fects in this his first attempt, which, for a first attempt, is a wonderful production. Mr. Troughton possesses genius of a high order ; let him depend hence forth upon himself, not upon those who have preceded him. Let him study books less and the human heart more, and he cannot fail to achieve for himself a high place among the dramatists of England. Of all the young aspirants for dramatic fame, he is by far the most promising. Miss Helen Paucit, Macready,' and Wallack, were all called for at the fall of the curtain, and the piece was announced fur repetition four times a week without a dissentient. Y.) Y) VIOE.CHAIWERY—(THIS DA NEW COURTS. (Before Vice-Chancellor KNIGHT BRUCE.) The Committze-rooms of the House of Commons, which have been appropriated for the accommodation of the new Vice-Chancellors appointed under the Act lately passed • for the better a dministration of justice, were crowded froM an early hour with persons anxious to witness their Ilonours taking their seats in their re, spective Courts. Indeed so great was the throng of professional. gentlemen and others, that it wit.; (par; a task to effect an entrance into either Court. 'Whoever were so fortunate as to gain admittance, might justly say that they. neve r 'conceived it to be so difficult to " get into Chancery." At a few minutes before two o'clock- his lionour Mr. K. BRUCE entered the Court, and proceeded to hear mo tions, in which he was engaged at the time of our going to press. (Before Vice-Chancellor WIGRAM.) His Honour entered his Court at ten minutes before two o'clock, but in consequence of parties not being pre pared in the different motions appointed to be taken before his Honour to-day, the Court rose at two o'clock. His Honour will sit to-morrow at ten o'clock, and take cause petitions. A. Y.) QUEEN'S BENCI-1.-01-11S This being the first . day of liiichaelmas Term, the Court was opened with the usual formalities. The following gentlemen having .been appointed Queen's - Counsel, were, at the sitting of the Court, called within the bar :— Messrs . Wakley, Godson, Sut ton Sharpe, Knowles, Baines, Austin, and Stuart WOV:tey. THE QUEEN V. _JOHN SUEEHAN AND SIB JOHN r.fujEy• DOYLE. Mr. TIIESIGER. had been instructed on bt-Italf of Sir Alexander Grant, M.P. for the town orCarnbridge, to move for a rule to show causr., why a e:iminal informa tion should not be filed against Mr. John Sheehan, editor of the Crunbridge Press, ati a Sir John Doyle, for using language calculated to - provbke a breach of the The COURT, after hmti , ..ig the arkuments, granted the rule. ---- EXCHEQUER.---(TRIS. DAY). The Judges of this Court did not take their scats on the Bench till near two o'clock. - Messrs. Whateley, Godson, Sharpe, Knowles, Baines, and S. Wortley having been appointed Queen's • Counsel, were called upon to take their seats' within the bar. Mr. Austin likewise took his seat within the bar before Mr. Wortley, he haying obtained a patent of yrecedence. TEMSDEN V. CLOG. Mr. ERLE moved for a rule nisi to enter a nonsuit in. this case, which was tried be fore Mr. Justice Maule at the late Exeter As-' sizes; when. a verdict was found for the plaintiff. It appeared that there had been many claimants to and much litigation respecting a property called " The Four Lords' Land," but that in 1815, by means of a Chancery suit, the husband of the plaintiff was declared the owner of three-fourths of it, and another person got the other portion. The present action was brought to recover rent for the last portion, and the plaintiff relied upon an acknowledgment of title by the defendant in a letter, wherein he said "in consequence of the long and harassing litigation, he prayed for mercy, compassion, pity, and recompence, The Learnwl Gentleman contended that these words did not .mount to an acknowledgment of title. The COURT thought that the point was worthy of further consideration.—Rule nisi granted. DAINTRY V. HUTCHINSON. TA . V. KELLY moved for a new trial in this case, w filch was tried before Mr. Baron Alderson al the late Cambridge Assizes, when a verdict was passed for the defendant. The Learned Gentleman said the action was upon an agreement to run a match with greyhounds for 1001. a-side. The defendant challenged the plaintiff to runApoury of three matches with his dog Grasper, against hi“tlie defendants) dog King Co!e. It was accepted, and 'an- agreement entered into, in which it was stipulated - that the said match is to- be run (in the Wednesday during the Newmarkett, February "Meeting. ih . 1841, P.P. ; and it was upon these words the point turned. It was given in evidence, that the . usual prac tice' was for the Stewards to appoint the day of the February meeting in the previous November, but al ways with a proviso that it was fixed, weather permit ting ; and that clause was rendered necessary, because it was impossible for the dogs-to run should frost prevail at the time fixed. The first - Tuesday in February, 184 i, had been so appointed by the Stewards for the 'commencement of the meeting, but some days previous to that time, there being a hard frost on the ground, and no immediate prospect of a change, the Stewards met and adjourned the day of meeting till the Tuesday fortnight, and both parties to the action were present at the time, but, in order to make all sure, the plaintiff caused a written notice of the fact to be served upon the defendant. The meeting was held upon Tuesday, the 16th of February, and the plaintiff attended with his_ dog, prepared to run the match on the Wednesday, but the defendant did not appear. The plaintiff took ail the steps usual upon such an occasion, and brought his action upon the agreement. At the trial the Leained Judge laid it down that the meeting specified in the. agreement was the first Tuesday in February, and • the Jury found fcr the defendant, according to his directions. He was surprised at the direction, and would contend that the meeting clearly " was properly adjourned till the 16th, and that,the meeting then held was the meeting contemplated in the agreement.. The COURT granted a rule nisi. BAIL COURT.—(THIS DAY. This being the first day of Term his Lordship did not take his seat on the Bench until half-past one o'clock. THE QUEEN V. GREEN.—QUO WARRANTO. Mr. COLE applied for a rule calling upon Mr: Richard Green, a banker, to shew cause why a writ of quo war rant° should not issue; calling upon him to show cause why he exercised the office of a Town-councillor of the city of Lichfield. It appeared from the affidavit of Mr. Brassington, the relator, that the defendant had been elected a Town-councillor of Lichfield on the 2d day of November last, and that he had accepted office on the 6th of. November following, at which time he was incapable of being elected or of per forming the duties ;of :a T o wn-councillor, inasmuch as, holding a place of profit under the Corporation, he was disqualified under the 28th section of the Muni cipal Corporation Act. The office he held was that of treasurer and banker to the corporation, to which office he had been elected on 20th April, 1838. Mr. Justice PATTESON--DOeS the affidavit state the amount of his salary ? Mr. Cole—No, my Lord, the profits depend on the amount of business transacted. Mr. Justice PATTESON—Take a rule nisi.—Application granted. ELECTION FOR BRIDGE-HASTER.—THE QUEEN V. LANG LEY AND OTHERS. Mr. GURNEY moved that thOdefendants in this case, W. Langley, John Lank, Robert Salmon, and J. Snow, should be brought • up to plead to an indictment, charging them with conspiracy and perjury at the late 'election for Bridge-master in the city of Lon don. Lank refused to plead, on the ground that he was wrongly named in the indictment.- The other de fendants pleaded not guilty. THE QUEEN V. COOK. In this case a rule nisi had been cbtained by Mr. Erle, calling on the defendant to show cause by what right he exercised the functions of Coroner for the county of Oxford. The rule was enlarged to next term by the consent of all parties. His Lordship rose at three o'clock. COMMON PLEAS.—(THIS DAY.) The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE, Mr. Justice COLTMAN, Mr. Justice ERSKINE, and Mr. Justice MAULE, took their seats upon the bench at halF-past one o'clock. COLLIS v. BROOMS. In this case, which was tried before the Under- Sheriff of Warwick, Sir THOMAS WYLDE obtained a rule nisi to set aside the verdict given for the plaintiff and to grant a new trial;'' on - the ground that the cause of action was nof - within , the ju risdiction of the Sheriff ; and - secondly, that the verdict was against evidence. The Learned Sergeant contended that the defendant was entitled to a nonsuit, as the ground of action was an alleged breach of con tract arising out of the 'hiring of U 'Court, the jurisdic tion of the Sheriff extending . only to cases of debt or demand. •11 -- , SPAIN. . : COEZ tr_4ll , POCVMENI'S.) 7 7 PROCL.A.N4T,I67Iq 'OF THE REGENM " Basques - Thane whUso often abused your credulity and good faith, have'•-`sought'to;do - , so again ; but they have failed rin realising ; their projects. •You, Basques, having learned to be cautious in the school, of disappoint ment, six years of cruel war didUot suffice these Vvretelr• - ed persons 5 they sotight to 'alliance it anew with the force left them by the treatrof-Bergara. ---But that the nation abhors thOso who would again raise the standard of civil war is seen from the shout of indignation raised against them in every province, by the repentance of the troops which they seduced, and the rapidity with which faithful battalions . fleW 'to . the province to chastise traitors. No, .Basqt4s, you must no longer be under the yoke of a, dozen -.persons, whose interests are not yours. It is -my, duty to free 3OU from this, and I will do so. You ought to - be, and shall be, freemen ; and I promise you shall • be. You shall no longer nourish with your sweat ~.the sordid class that would have betrayed-:you to death. On them shall be taken ven geance. They detest the Conetitution which your re- • presentatiVes concurred in' 'forming, because it elevated . you to tlle rights of freemen, instead of remaining the patrimony;of a few families. And as it is my duty, as first magistrate of the nation, to labour for the good of Spaniards, you who are Spaniards - shall enjoy all those benefits which the 'fundamental law of the State con cedes to all. Without peace there can be no happiness • for nations. Our country has entered into the path of prosperity; it will become as great and powerful as it deserves to be. And I repeat, what ye said to our adored 'Queen, Isabella the Second, the Basques shall contribute, like all other Spaniards, to the fortunes of the country. " EL DUQUE DE LA. VICTORIA. " FACU.N.OO INFANTE. "'Vittoria, Oct. 23." CAPTAIN-OENEEALSIIIP OF THE 12TH MILITARY PIS- TRICT.—ESTADO MAYOR. " Excellent Sir—ln my communication of the 17th instant, I informed your Excellency of the position I had taken up in Andoain, and of my resolution to defend it as long as possible. There I remained till twelve o'clock last night, when I received information that three bat talions of the revolted regiments of Bourbon and of Burgos hal advanced as far as Villabona, an hour's dis tance from me, and that their intention was to attack me in the morning. " I immediately gave my orders to prepare for battle, and when, at half-past three o'clock in the morning, the troops were beginnino- to move, Don Jose Maria Bousingalt, Captain of the Regiment of Toledo (who had been taken prisoner by the rebels on the night of the 4th instant, whilst bearing an express from Ber -gara to-Bilbao for the Commandant-General of Biscay), presimted himself to me, and stated that the four batta lions, in mass, were determined to re-acknowledge the legitimate Government of the nation, and to place them selves instantly under my orders ; trusting, at the same time, on my being convinced that they had been led astray by an act of obedience to the Generals who com manded them, and not from nay ill intent, that I would pardon the irregularity in which they had been mixed up, seeing that they had not, taken any active part in the in surrection, and that they were prepared to wash out the stain by volunteering to be the first to do battle with the enemies of the national cause, wherever they might pre sent themselves. My situation—the perspective of the evils which might be averted from my country by grant ing the prayur of the petitioners—the entire sub mission with which they implored mercy, and the natural generosity of a liberal and beneficent Go vernment—all decided me at the moment to address to the Chiefs the communication which I enclose to your Excellent}` - , which I sent to them by Captain Bousingalt. In conclusion, at ten o'clock in the morn ing all the battalions, led by the Lieutenant-Colonel of the regiment of Bourbon, Don Martin Colmenares, presented themselves to me, with repeated acclamations (well replied to) for the Constitution, the queen, his Highness the Regent of the kingdom, and with all the proofs of the most extreme enthusiasm. "Among those soldiers,- who had fought along with me, and to whom I was personally known, I could per ceive a degree of joy lighting up their aspects at our meeting, which I could well interpret as the true ex pression of what was passing in their hearts. " The Generals Clavaria, Urbistondo, Lardizabal ; Brigadier Laroblia tW Conde Montemor, the Feral De puties, Pa'aelos and Lardszabal, the chiefs and officials . , of :Alm - ennvinstion Of- Bergara, which were in this pretVince (and who, with very few exceptions, joined • the ..reliels), the •Miguelites of Guipuscoa, part of those of Biscay, and severalall fled chiefs, officers, and pea at sants who adhered to the m, out of this city midnight, in the direction of Pampeluna. It is known that at noon to-day they passed by Lecumberri, and, as I supposed they had taken the road to France, I have or dered a party of people of the country to cut off their retreat, and warned the military commandant of Irun to guard the fro:tier by way of Vera. "I hope that your Excellency will do me the honour to snake knoa n . this happy event to his Highness the Regent of the kingdom, of whom I humbly pray that he will please to approve my conduct in this matter. " FRANCISCO DE PAULA ALCALA. " Cuartel General of Tolosa, 10 o'clock at night; Oct. 20. " To the Minister of War." (Enclosure). " GENERAL ORDER, " Captain-Generalship of Military District No. 12, at Andoain, Oct. 20. Soldiers,—The Regiment of Bourbon, No. 17, and the Provincials of Burgos, who yesterday stood opposed to us, and whom we considered as enemies, are now again amongst us ! If they_ have been led into error by obedience to the severe rules of discipline, of which un grateful Generals availed themselves, and thereby for an instant withdrew themselves from their obedience to Government, it has only been until 'an occasion should arise of enabling them to make known to the whole nation that those who had spilled their blood in a hun- I dred combats for the defence of liberty could not be traitors ! Soldiers, in the name of the Queen and of his Highness LOffer you a totaloblivion of the past. Already there exists no yesterday. Already we have no more to think of than to march and finish with the evil-doers who remain. The soldiers of the Prince, of Bourbon, -and of Burgos are already one and the same. We shall all combat unitedly, and all present ourselves to his Highness the Regent of the kingdom, as loyal . and worthy to be pointed out as the soldiers who exterminated the ominous standard of despotism. " FRANCISCO DE PAULA ALCALA. " FRANCISCO ALCALA." The despatch of the Minister of War contains two other letters, scarcely less important, viz., one from the principal administration of the- Correo (Post-office) at Bilbao, dated the 20th of October, informing the Chief of the similar department at Burgos "that the city of Vittoria is now in possession of Brigadier Zurbano, and that the city of Bilbao has submitted to the Government of her Majesty Isabel 11., and the Regency of the Duke of Vittoria," and thereupon praying the correspondence addressed to Bilbao remaining in Burgos to be for warded without delay. - . . The Postmaster of Burgos, in reply on the 21st inst., states that he will the next morning forward all the let ters, being obliged to keep the newspapers for the pre sent, as such a quantity had accumulated —adding, as news to what is stated above, " that Munagorri had been delivered up by the people of the country, and shot ; by that they consider the communication with France would, one moment or the other, be entirely set free ; thus they had already forwarded by .Vittoria the mails that arrive by Bayonne, thereby gaining much time over the Santander route—an object to which the Admini strator of the Posts was devoting all his energies. The Government has published the following Gaceta Extra ordinaria, decisive of the fate of the revolt of Oribe : " OFFICIAL ARTICLE. VICTORIA THEATRE. One - of the best pieces we have ever seen at this Theatre was produced last night, entitled The Wreck of the Heart, or the Story of Agnes Primrose. The piece pourtrays a too common occurrence in real life—the seduction of a young and innocent girl by an aristocratic villain. The first uct is occupied with the various arts used to accomplish the ruin of the heroine, a nd con cludes with the elopement. In the se cond the desertion, the invariable consequence of the scene of the first act, is depicted, and the heroine is shown wending her way with her child to London, there to seek employment. She arrives in London with but sixpence in her pocket, having lost her purse on her way up. She wanders about London, and at length arrives in the neighbour hood of the Mint, where she stumbles upon a den of thieves, dignified by the name of a lodging-house, where travellers are taken in and " done for." A scene here occurs, apparently modelled upon that in Jack Sheppard, celebrated as containing that once fashionable air, " Nix my dolly pals." Agnes is now penniless, and the keeper of this den offers her a guinea if she will get him change for a 101. note, which, it is needless to say, is a forged one. The artless girl, without suspicion, takes the note, and she is given into custody on a charge of " smashing." This concludes the second act, and the third opens with the trial at Hertford. The seducer of Agnes, Who was a law student, and the son of a Rev. Dean, has bee n made a Judge, and, by a singular coincidence, which so strangely occurs in dramas, he is the very judge before whom Agnes is to be tried. The trial goes on, but from strange inattention of the judge the name of the prisoner does not occur to him till he is about to pass sentence, when he asks the name of the prisoner ; and then a scene of theatrical recogni tion takes place. Agnes is condemned to die, but the innocent gentleman ChoN had led her to the commission of the offence is taken to Hertford, and confesses his share in the transaction, and Agnes is acquitted. The judge then; in a fit of penitence, declares Agnes now to be his wife, and the pike con cludes. The heroine was beautifully played by Miss Vincent, and she was much applauded throughout the piece. Messrs. Gardner and Paul sustained two very droll characters, which Were relished much by the audi eUce. The piece Was, got up with admirable' scenery and effect, and Was received with vociferous applause d e islr e e r) s , s p o ointed c a o l u h n is t i r o ) n ,, s v, ‘ .l N;e ic r h e t4 d it e s :a c s on io cl t u i s i o r n i ... e,e S n o t ip were eagerly grasped at, and much applauded by . the audience. The theatre was crowded, which is a reward the management certainly merits, as neither ex pense nor exertion is wanting to deserve it. Miss Vin cent takes her first annual benefit this evening, which will of course be a bumper:' • " SUPERIOR POLITICAL GOVERNMENT OF ZAMORA. " MADRID, OCT. 24, 1841. " Sir—At this instant (4 o'clock in the afternoon) I bare received a communication from the Commandant- General of this province, dated yesterday, at Alcanices, in which he informs me that the traitor, Brigadier Don Jose Oribe, with 235 men who accompanied him, was dis armed in the PLAN of Manacles by ,the Portuguese authorities, on the evening of the 20th inst., whereupon the said Commandant-General, with eighteen horse, rode to Braganza to reclaim and retake the arms, military chests, and ether effects belonging to the said force. The public peace has been without the slightest altera tion here, a decided proof of the bad reception given to the traitor Oribe, despite his promises and constant ef forts to make proselytes. " Zamora, Oct. 22, 1841. " NICHOLAS CALVO Y " To the Secretary of State." PORTUGAL. LISBON, OCT. 25.—The law for abolishing the diffe rential duties,' or bounty in favour of Portuguese - shipj, ping, a copy of which I .subjoin, was published iii the, Diario do Govern° of Tuesday last. This law will-take' effect for goods three months from the time of its pilbitu cation from ports in Europe and North America, and ; site: passed the . LoWer 11 *Mil filet; months from all others.an`dYh:ilSiteanryate; thislias ' tit be i en2noL exclusively occupied in discussing 'the prdjeA' hielli. poses a tribute of ten per cent. upon the SalttiltftitOfi ttll p\x‘Nlliibttiillisetacneoffldnpisn/ioCletatisb, iCehiavli.ilonp%osition in the Upp‘r, on account Of the 4th Article, which also places , * de pre a:re an amendment, whereby de cima upon the ' script of the Board of Public :Credit. rto, as well as- the Senater Manoel Antonio Vellez Caldeira (ei-Ilinister of State) has protested in the House that should such a commer cial companies, may be su )jected to the same. Little worthy of notice has occurred in the Chamber of Depu ties, if we except the proposal of Count da Taipa for de male: claring vacant the seat of M. Florid° Rodrigues - Perreira banks 'reP a l ' L I i'S't i Cin i l a l nd - Perraz, who haS been lately appointed; pro teinpbre, Com missary-in-Chief of the Army, in the rodlii-of M. Luiz Jose Ribeiro, V. ho, as mentioned in my last, has been dismissed. This proposal Was approved of the House, but on being sent to a Special Committee, was negatived, so that M. Florid() retains his seat in the Chamber of Deputies.. This decision was founded on the recent pre cedent of the Minister of Justice, M. Costa Cabral, in favour of his brother, Jose Bernardo da Silva Cabral, and Joaquitn Joso Pereira de, Mello. The discussion of the protect for the sale of national property in the Azore Islands and Madeira still conti nues, and the debate relative the project , which is to, decide the fate of the inactive claAes', commences this day. The Opposition deputy, .11M. Sa Nogueira, made an interpellation to the Minister of'Finance, in quiring whether he intended to . 'diSetiss • the budget or not ? The Minister answered in theeaffirmative, and ad ded, that he had had already severaconferentes with the Soled Committee of the House, and expecteeD _-shortly to prese • nt the budget as called for. m , • - . . . , The telegraph an nouncedyestertity;•lbiat'f on Vriday l a st a Spanish battalion, A ..,f .'s.llbtrenbn: ,,, underl.the. d of a 13rigadiqlq s 0iiirel and 'beyiertti Other command' '''''',lll-',!' ~ ,,: pl:ft, -) ! "' -I ~,,{ i of LORD LisTowEL,—We understand this excel lent landlord and.. patriotic Nobleman will arrive on a visit to his extensive . estates at Listowel on "the 4th of November.--Cork Southern Reporter. More rain has fallen during the present month than in any former October for, more than a quarter of a century. Bleak and gusty winds have swept over the land, winnowing our forests, and scattering the fruits from the trees in out orchards ; whilst the floods have inmany districts overspread the •meadows destroying the hus bandman's hopes o f a second crop of hay. In many parts of the kingdom much of the grain is still abroad —Liver pool Chronicle, Ju 193 i, grata QUIIp , THE SUN, LONDON, TPESDAY, NOVEMIIgit 2. 1841. ,3aol 1u e.p4. officers, entered Braganza, as refugees ; these, it /would appear, are compromised in the . late Christina movements, and their entrance into this country_ was caused by their finding no sympathy at Zamora and Toro, whence they were driven by the National Guard. The men were disarmed by the Portuguese authorities, and the Minister for Foreign Affairs here has officially communicated to the Spanish Envoy at this Court, M. Aguilar, that orders have been given to re move them all into the interior. The revenue of the Lisbon Custom-house and Ricise office, and Custom-house of Oporto, for the month of September last, paid in debentures, ex-paper money, and coin, amounts conjointly to 304,018,987 reis (equal to 69,671/. 05..4d. sterling), showing a decrease on the pre ceding month of August, of 13,9141. 4s. sd. sterling. Exchange upon London, at 30 days' sight, 53d. to 54d. per milrei. M. Joaquim Ferreira Borges goes by this packet, as Portuguese Envoy to St. Petersburgh. " FINANCE OFFICE —THIRD DEPARTMENT. " Donna Maria,, by the grace of God, and by the Con stitution of the Monarchy, Queen of Portugal and Al garves, Make InoWn to all our subjects, that the General CorteS ,have decreed, and we have sanctioned, the following law :-• " Article 1. The premium of 15 per cent. granted by the first article of the decree of the 16th January, 1837, upon goods, merchandise, and manufactures imported in Portuguese resSelS 'admissible into the cus tom-houses of the kingdom andislands adjacent, is hereby abolished. " Par. 1. The goods, merchandise, and manufactures shipped in places or ports where the Portuguese flag is not admitted, imported and cleared for consumption, shall pay the respective entry, and further, one-fifth of the amount of the said duties. " Par. 2. l i ne goods, merchandise, and manufactures, shipped in places or ports where the Portuguese flag shall be admitted, and not be subjected to differential duties, imported in foreign vessels not belonging to the place where the goods, merchandise, and manufactures are produced, upon clearance for consumption shall alsO pay the respective duties, and further, one-fifth part of the amount of the said duties. "Par. 3. The goods, merchandise, and manufactures shipped in places or ports where the Portuguese flag shall be subject to differential duties, imported in foreign vessels and cleared for consumption, shall pay the re spective duties, and as much more as the Government may be under the necessity of imposing, in accordance with the Bth article of the General Custom-house duties, established according to the Act of the 11 th of March, 1841. " Art. 2. The provisions of the present law shall come into operation three months after its publication, as re gards goods, merchandise, and manufactures imported in vessels coming from the ports of Europe and North America ; and in six months as respects all other ports. " Art. 3. All other laws to the contrary are hereby revoked. " We, therefore, command that all authorities to whom the cognizance and execution of the said law may be long, will fulfil and act upon it, and cause it to be ful filled and acted upon, according to the full intent and meaning thereof. " The Minister of Finance shall cause the same to be printed, published, and distributed. " Given at the Palace of Necessidades on the 18th o October, 1841. TRIAL OF ~T HE NATIONAL." THIRD PROSECUTION. When the. Assize Court was opened the President bade the Advocate- General, M. Nauguier, speak. -- He began, as usual, by reading the article which was the object of the present action ; it was an article written on the day after the late acquittal of that paper by the jury. The article was as follows : " We, with all France, .have been present at the trial which has just taken place in the Court of Assizes. We do not say so from a personal sentiment, nor to flatter our advocates ; but because the discussion which took place, and which the President has so rightly called eloquent and animated, has presented to the public, as well as to the Government, all the interest of the greatest political question. The article submitted to the Jury was published in the month of December last. The trial had been several times adjourned, on account of the painful illness of our gerant, M. Delaroche ; but, if the article is old, the question it treats of is always new. The National, witness of the re crimination of M. Guizot against M. Tillers, and of M. Thiers against M. Guizot, thought it might repeat, in its turn, what every one has said, what the orators of the Chamber, and papers of every opinion had The National thought it might attribute to .enuence of personal government the cause of that policy which seemed to us to debase and ruin the coun try. Tho article accused had no other sense. Its ex pression was melancholy, but firm. It said to M. GiLizet and M. Thiers, and to all those who have held the reins of State, " You ate all accomplices, but we know who is really the gui4 one. France knows it also, and pos terity will name hiln." It is in that article, and par ticularly in those words; that the public accuser has seen two offences—an offence against the person of the King , and a breach of the King's irresponsibility. " M. Partarieu Lafosse developed' with - . great talent the constitutional principle of ' Royal inviolability ; he showed its necessity, and after having established that this principle had been created, not, only . in the interest of Royalty, but in the general interest of order and public peace, he took up the :National, and proved that the pith of the article might be said in a few words, viz., 'That the policy which had been followed since ten years was one of shame, de basement, and ruin. But the ' ,ten who ' have had the man2gement of affairs were not responsible ; they were only accomplices. The guilty person is the .King.' The Advocate-General then easily showed that the Na tional had committed the double offence imputed to it. Then seeking to anticipate and refute beforehand the system of our defender, he. pretended that M. Marie would seek refuge in equivocation and miserable sub terfuges ; that lie would try to prove that, the King not being named, no offence had been committed ; that this offence was the result of the inferences of t he p ublic Ministry, and that it was an offence by inference. M. Partarieu Lafosse spent much logic in refating a priori this system of defence, which lie had found very easy to foresee, and which lie triumphed over so easily. But it was pains throwii away. It did not suit either the character of the advocate nor the dignity of our jour ' to shelter ourselves behind a discussion without `y and without truth. What we meant was evi . , our expressions plainly showed it. It was the icing we spoke of, and our readers could not but know it. A denial of it would have been a real insult to the good sense and intelligence of the jury ; it would have been a lie on our part. In supposing such an intention, M. Partarieu Lafosse denied at once the sincerity of our i ! principles and the consci n tious - habits of our defender. Yes, it was the King we' ke of, and all the circum stances in which we were p aced when the article was published gave us the right to do so, and justified the at tack. This is the thesis which M. Marie has developed with a power of reasoning, an agglomeration of facts, and an elevation of thought which bore conviction to all minds. This doctrine was sincere and bold, and for that very reason it became perilous. But, whatever danger there might be siaco the occasion presented itself for discussing before the justice of the country that burning ques tion of personal government, it was necessary that justice shculd be interrogated with sincerity, and that it also should answer with sincerity. The answer was complete. The Jury, after ten minutes deliberation, brought in a verdict of acquittal on every point. We declare, with entire good faith, that if we are rejoiced in our own interest, we are much more so in the interest of the public. Must not Government remain within the limits which have been traced for it ? Does the law, which forbids us to attack the inviolability c,f the King, permit our adversaries to present the King continually as the author of a system? Is the irresponsibility of the Royal person a dogma with -out condition? Will M. Guizot be alldwed to say that it is the King . Who has decided the Eastern question, who has wished for peace, and who is to have the glory of it? And are we to be forbidden to declare, that if this question has been ill re solved, if peace brings a shame, it is to the King that the responsibility is left ? If there is a party which goes on its knees to personal government, which praises and adores it, is it not lawful for another party to attack that Government, and to prove to what misfortune and disorders it may bring us ? If the public, finally, leaves unpunished all those who uncover royalty, who make it descend to the level of political realities, can it loyally demand the punishment of a paper which applies respon sibility, when the author of such an act or system of go vernment is shown ? Either the law is unequal, and, then it loses the character which commands obedience ; or it is equal, and than it obliges every body, those who like monarchy, and those who do sot. Either those who violate it must be made - to ob- Serve it, or it must be suffered that those who have fol lowed your example should find in the equity of the Jury the justice which you haVe refused. All these thoughts have been developed by M. Marie in that admirable pleading which left no hold fer doubt, no re source for a reply. He gave in a„fewr words the history' Of the last years. That personal government attacked by us, he has shown attacked by M. Guizot, M. Thiers, M. Barret, and all the political men who took an active part in those irritating debates." The rest of the article, - and the pleadings which fol lowed it, were nothing more than developments of it s leading idea. The question then went to the Jury, wh o Without hesitation, - returned a verdict of " Not Guilty. , - .. • ' sinceri " THE QUEEN. " ANTONIO JOZE THE DISTRES OND D N SE PRINTERS OF LO. - - AN APPEAL TO THE NOBILITY, GENTRY, &c. " When sorrows come they come not in single pairs, But in battalions." TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR—In soliciting the favour of insertion in your Journal of the following observations, I trust the pressing urgency of the subject herein discussed will be read not as mere matter of detail, but one that shall receive at the hands of the public generally that benevolent atten tion which its appeal so justly entitles it to : " Gentlemen—The humble individual who has taken upon himself the onorous task of submitting a few plain remarks to your candid perusal, is one who belongs to that numerous but depressed body styled Letterpress Printers. It is no supposititious averment when I say, Ond hundreds can attest the fact), that during the lengthed period of the art of printing (about four can turies), there never has occurred a time in which such distress from the want of employment has been felt amongst its members as in the present year, 1841. Like other trades, there is always a portion of the year in which work is scarce, particularly when; Parliament is not sitting ; but for the whole of the lasCsiac months the Letterpress Printers have boen driven neqly , to their wit's end by a stagnation in their calling the;oldest mangy among-them never remembered before. " As a working body, they are the first to respond to the calls of charity, whether amongst their individual members, or to those who belong to other professions; but as it respects themselves, they sensitively flinch from appeals to public sympathy—not from a feeling of pride, but of honest endurance of ills, which they fondly hoped time and circumstances would have ameliorated. But hope has proved delusive ; yet, while they make no ob trusive claims upon the benevolence of any, they may be allowed to say, without being chargeable with presump tion— 6 ` The mercy Ito OTHERS show, That mercy show to ME.' Even in the year 1826, a season which presented - a 'nest. tragic picture of destitution amongst the printing profession, yet it fell infinitely short in th e number of cases of absolute' want, as well as the period of its dura tion, when compared with the present time. One fact will illustrate it—that all the time of the present dearth nothing has been done in the shape of pecuniary relief. Thin it received almost immediatd anent o n ;- hich was extended to FORTY WEEKS' SUBSCRIPTION from those in employ, which.produced 9481. 6s. 104 d.; from the master printers in the metropolis, 315/. ; from masters and Journeymen in the country, 4301. 14s. Id.; two excursions to the Nore, 491. 15s. 100. ;. benefit at the Cobourg Theatre, 531. 155.; ditto concert at Crown and Anchor, 7L ls. ; public donations and subscriptions, 332/. Ils. ; total, 2 , 1371 . 12s. 1 0 1 d. This was a notable offering at the altar of benevolence; may a kindred feeling again be shown. " But how stands the matter now, when four-fifths are destitute, and when the appeal is made, most must be ready to say 'my poverty, not my compels me to refuse my mite. That they have commenced a sub scription among themselves, and will make a public ap peal, is, true ; ,bup only look at the following statistics: — The number . of k t urneynen compositors in Londcin is stated to be 'Ankle 2,500, besides apprentices, at the present' perio“b.bout one-fourth more than in 1826) ; the number of Tressmen about 1,000, many of whom are as destitute of employment as the compositors, the one depending upon the work which the other prepares to his hands. In the composing branch upwards of 1,000 are seeking employment in vain, besides about 500 ave raging about 10s. a week. This deplorable state of things must astound every lover of literature, but who may scarcely think it possible, while he is feasting his mind with his ever-swelling stores, that London has . such a plague-spot. " At this stage of the discussion, it may not b e out of place to say, that there is not an individual member -of civilized society but who owes much, very much as to what.ihe as, to the handicraft labours of the press, con trasted with what he MIGHT have been had t he art of printing .not been the agency for improving his mental, meral, and social condition. Then, as the benefits of this mighty engine have been so widely diffused, en lightening and refreshing in its influence all upon whom it sheds its radiant beams, and as they find the highest mental gratification they can freely indulge in to arise from the compensating power of literature, in all its rich and luxurious variety of incident, let them by all means satiate themselves in this feast of reason and flow of soul,' but in the mean time give a practical de monstration of that heavenly injunction, which is an epitome of benevolence Freely ye have received, freely give.' "The art of printing is none other than the key which has unlocked the gate of knowledge ; it is the sun of the moral system, which has dispersed the mists of ignorance, that, like the Egyptian gloom, is a darkness which might be felt ;' and, as one of its noblest features, it has taught man his duties and responsibilities to his Creator and to his fellow man. Ere the dawn of this effulgent luminary, darkness covered the earth, and gross dark ness the people.' " Will any one then apathetically, sit down content with a barren admiration of this mighty lever, which moveth all things, HIMSELF EXCEPTED, and permit this humble statement (if they have the means to do good and to communicate'), to evaporate into the callous con duct of the priest and Levite of old, rather than cherish a Samaritan feeling, by binding up the wounds of those who are stricken with penury, and too weak to help them Selves ? The thought is too harrowing to be in dulged—nay, it is a libel upon human nature—nay, more, it is an insult to the generous dispositions of English amen l Shall the whirlwind moans of distress be wafted i across the ocean from foreiom sho res, and find an entrance 'both - into their hearts and their purse,' and no listening ear and helping hand be lent to the necessitous letter press printers; who are now completely identified with the very age and body of the times, .its FORM and PRESSURE,' ready to perish at our very doors ? It can not be 1 The benevolent people of England must change i their natures ere t h ey can erase what is - so indelibly en graven upon their hearts , a nd exem p lified in their general conduct, that mercy TO TIIE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sin—l request that you will be so good as publish the folloWing in your Paper : For several years previous to 1839, especially while residing in Greenock, I was greatly molested by certain persons making themselves busy in asking, " Why did you leave the Kirk of Scotland?" telling me "You are an apostate and a traitor to the Kirk of Scotland." And to my remark that I got a discharge from the Kirk of Scotland, it was replied, " And you got a diploma along with it." " You cannot prove a negative," was gravely retorted, on my denial of a grievous revived slander, insinuated in a very artful, though apparently careless manner. These persons manifested a great anxiety that I should attend the Established Kirk, and keep silence on the cause of leaving it. Compliance in this point would have been a virtual acknowledgment of the truth of grievous slanders in the shape of Kirk censure, to which I had fallen a victim many years before. The case was a very flagrant breach of the usual rules of judicial procedure in the Kirk of Scotland. These cen sures were contained in a discourse delivered in the parish Kirk of Keith, in the county of Banff, and Presbytery of Strathbogie, Scotland, by the Rev. Mr. • Findlater, Minister of the adjacent parish of Carnie, in the course of Divine Service on the Sabbath day. The following passages of Scripture formed rather the sub stance than the subject of the said discourse i—Rom. i. 28 (regarding the preceding verses I am not confident.), ii. 1 to 6, 17 to 24, xii. 9 to 18; Heb. x. 26 to 31, Psalm 1. 16 to end ; the lii. Psalm 107 was sung, and a para phrase Rom. ii. from verse 4. These passages Were in terspersed with these, and the like sentences, " 0 man," " 0 Christian," " He has given thee wealth, which thou appliest to thy sinful gratification, and yet thou art net satisfied ;". " Thy blasphemies, thy lies, thy talebearings , and thy uncharitable judgments, thy treachery, and fraud 1" and the passages of Scripture reprobating these e impious arts and practices of Sim on Magus. All th put beyond a doubt the intention of applying the dis course to an individual. I was not questioned on any of these counts by any Eld er or Minister, or I would have declared (as I do now) t hat of these impious arts and practices, or of any other of the same na ture, b ot y wish, word, or deed, or of an y of those agencies n human or common, reputed to be resorted to with impi ous intention, lam and was entirely ignorant and inno cent ; and also that the alleged breach of the seventh Commandment was ent irel y false and grou ndless. These two are a sample of the falsehood of the others. Mr. M'Lean, the parish Minister of Keith at that time, denied any knowledge of any such transaction, or of any records regarding it. His letter has been thrice pub lished. Dr. M‘Farlane, of Greenock, when a member of the .Commission, refused tureceiVe a memorial which I preferred to him. A solicitor-at-law in Edinburgh; 'Mr. Mickle, disadvised any application to the Kirk authori ties ; and so I have no other resource but to apply to get this published, in order that I may for the future be re ,lieved from those insults and injuries from which I have suffered so much in time past (as I believe),lrom a mis ignoraKußecellithoA,foNthrleee'ranocerikts:fe taken motive of religion, and 1 the case . l a,e ffic . 'e i ,E '' o 'l f, l Exeis N e V i A n L ß S u li ck l ie rl , E , 'ls twice bless'd, It blesses him that gives, and him that takes.' " With the humble hope that the above stateent of ;acts may receive your hu mane and prorapt considmeration " I beg leave to su bscribe myself, gentlemen, " Your most obedient svant, J. P. S er. BICKNELL. " 63, Barbican, Nov. 1, 1841. " N.B. A general meeting of the trade was held -b on the 28th ult., at the Mech anics' Institute, Southamptonuild ings, Holborn, and a Committee formed for the purpose of receiving subscriptions and relieving the unemployed. " Committee-room, Red Lion, Red Lion-court, Fleet. street." ..... ......----- ~,, -- 0 . BLAKESLEY THE C ONVICT:-- Since his con viction, Blakesley's conduct has been such as is com patible with his awful situation. He does not impugn the justice of his sentence, or indulge hope . of its not . being exocut ed, but p ersists that he had no meention 'of murdering Mr. Burdon, whose untimely end le Much. deplores. The Rev. Mr. Carver, the, ordinary, isohis co mpanion daily for several hours,. at 'his own request, and he listens attentivcly to .the _advice ant instruction of that pious divine• lie is. frequently visited by the Sheriffs (partieularly - 'Mr:' Sheriff Togers," `Whose atten tion to his official duties in the prison,. as elsewhere, is ca,2st4r.emitting), who art,El4l9U3 to afford him every ednifert in their power, both physical and mental. . At present no day is fixed fot th 4 'law being executed, -but t he pro b a bility is, that it will be Ilib3eClA9llt W,t 1 ;( 0 9th of ,N o venaber,_ iam.,y,,istis-,4rlu ov nit „.„1-3._..„1,i,,.., ;jl3lt 1. sao .111 i ly [lllO THE BARK SHIPWRECK 01‘ \'E LIVES LOST. AMANDA.—FORTY-01 :ette . , 0ct.4.) -e . informed our readers (From the Quebec ax In the Gazette of Friday last s ..to all appearance, was that Captain Buchanan, of the sl tip Scotland, had seen off Metis a ship on shore, which, a total wreck. Yesterday that repot -t was received in a letter by. Messrs. W. Price and Co., of this city, from which we have been favoured with the following extract: "46kietis, ,Sept. 29,1841. "I have to inform you of the loss of the bark Amanda, Captain Davis, from Limerick, which can;" dshore at Little /sleds Point at five o'clock on the 26th :inst. She had forty passengers and a crew of eighteen. The cap tain, two seamen, and two apprerctices, were amongst those saved." A. C. Buchanan, Esq., Emigrant Agent, has kindly f avo ured us with the following list of the passengers and crew. List of the passengers and crew of the bark Amanda, Solomon Davis, Master, bound for Quebec; cleared on the 17th .of August, and sailed on the 22d. of August from Limerick :-L• Passengers saved. James O'Neal and Catharine O'Neal, of the county of Clare ; Patrick Hardan, county Kerry; Timothy Murphy, Michael Hall, Maurice Philip Sarsfield, James Nevill, and Margaret Maloney,of county of Limerick; and Ann O'Neal, of the county of Cork. Total of passengers saved, 10. Passsengers lost Stephen Rennals, county of Clare ; James Slattery, Patrick Chtucy, Ann Murray, Mary. Hall, levy Hall (aged 60), John Hinchey, Margaret Hinc:ley, llinehey, Maria Einchey, Frederick Harden, hauler Carney, Margaret Carney, James Carney, Mary Carney, .....r)aniel Carney, Jeremiah Connors, Catharine Eustace, o f Limerick; John O'Brien, of county of Clare; Mary Cumm i ns , Bridget Cummins, Ann Cummins, Ca tharme Cummins, ond Michael Cummins, of the county and Patrick O'Neil, of Clare; of Galwa ; Julia erM yle Y and Thomas Kennedy, of Dingle-29. Male adults lost, 1 female adults lost, 12 ; total adults, 23; children lost, 6; .otal passengers lost, 29. Crew saved. Solomon Pavis, master ; Edward Boundy, 2d mate ; Timothy B e 'lane, seainan ; Patrick O'Brien and John Donnelly, aW:rentices ; also one seaman name not known. Total, 6. Crew lost.—Patrick Beake, Ist mate ; James Wlndry, carFenter ; Michael Higerty, cook ; John Riley, steward ; David Keefe, John Harper, John Graham, Thomas Allen, Patrick . Shannon, Thomas Harte, and John Hynes, seamen ; James Cusack and Francis John son, apprentices.,. Total crew lost, 12. The Limedel; passenger ships have been peculiarly unfortunate this season. It was only in May last that we had to record the loss of ti: . Minstrel from that port, with about 160 passengers, 'when 137 of them, with 11 of the crew unfortunately perished. (Correspondence of the Rochester Daily Democrat.) PROBABLE SHIPWRECK AND LOSS OF LIFE ON LAKE ONTARIO. Charlotte, Oct. 6. Gentleman—The severe gale of the 27th has, no doubt, been more severe on the Lake than was supposed. The late northerly winds have driven ashore at or near the mouth of :the Genesee river, fragments*Of a vessel; such deek, plank,' and beams, bulwarks, scuttle-hatch, ike. Also, a quantity of pipe states, marked D. X. and J.Y.; and yesterday fire tarpaulin hats were found, which leaves no doubt that a vessel has foundered, and all hands were lost.. From the paint of the bulwarks there is no• doubt but it was a British vessel loaded with staves, bound ;o Long Island, Canada. Yours P ly . tru, . . A SMITH. COURT CIRCULAR. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited her Majesty yesterday at Buckingham Palace. The Royal dinner party at Buckingham Palace, last evening, included her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, the Duke of Wellington, the Marquis of Exeter, and the Earl of Listowel. The Band of the First Regiment of Life Guards was in attendance at the Palace during the evening. Colonel Arbuthnot has relieved Lord Charles Welles ley (Clerk Marshal) in the duties of Equerry in Wait ing on her Majesty ; and Colonel Wyld has relieved Colonel Bouverie as the Equerry in Waiting on his Royal Highness Prince Albert. Her Majesty the Queen Dowager has passed a restless night, occasioned by the frequency of her cough ; but there is no material alteration in her Majesty's symptoms this (Sunday) morning. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited.the Duchess of Gloucester yesterday, at Gloucester House. The Duke of Cambridge arrived in town yesterday morning from his residence at Kew, and paid a visit to the Duchess of Gloucester at Gloucester House. His Royal Highness, attended by Major Stephens , le ft town at half-past twelve o'clock, to honour the Duke-of Rut land with a visit at his seat, Chevely Park, Cambridge- Mr. George A. Fleming, of Leeds, and a deputation from the 'West lading of Yorkshire, had an interview with Lord Stanley yesterday at the Colonial-office. Count St. Aulaire, the French Ambassador, trans acted business yesterday at the Foreign-office. Despates were sent oirlast evening from the Colonial office for the Governor of the West India Colonies. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS. The Earl and Countess of Chesterfield ; the Lord Chancellor, Lady Lyndhurst, and Miss Copley, in George-street, Hanover-square, from Turville Park, Henley-on-Thames ; Lord Ilinton, son of the Earl and Countess Ponlett, from Sotncrsetshire ; Lady Elizabeth Fielding, Mr. Henry Fox Talbot, and Miss Fielding, in Sackville-street, from Tunbridge Wells ; the Hon. Col. Fulke Grevitle Howard, in Grosvenor-sq., from a tour. CHANGES. The Duke and Duchess of Bedford, on a visit' to the Earlend.Countess of Leicester, at Holkham Hall, Nor folk, frOlii NeWmarket ; Earl Spencer, at Trulkham Hall, from ,Althorpa Park, :Northamptonshire ; Sir John and Lady Anne Beckett, at Sowerby Park, near Gainsbo rough, in Lincolnshire, from Lowther Castle ; Mr. and Mrs. Lysley and family, at Mimwood, Herti, from North Wales. DEPAR TURES. The Earl of Beauchamp, from Portman-square, for Lincolnshire ; the Dowager Lady Ellenboroug, , h, from Stratford-place, on a visit to L ord and Lady Colville, at Brighton ; Mr. and Mrs. Dering, from Chapel-street, G rosvenor- square, for the Hon. Mrs. Ward's 8(11104 Kett. Some idea of the extent of the corrancrojel dist tress which has prevailed in this, district dying the last year, may , be formed from the circumstance of the debtors' prisons in Newcastle, Durham, Lancaster, &c., being crowded to excess. At the approaching Courts for the Relief of Insolvent Debtors, to be - held in this and the neighbouring counties in the early part of. No vember, there are a greater number of petitioners than has been known for many years ; and in addition the gaols contain already a considerable number who, unfor tunately, having been arrested too late to file their peti tions to be heard in November, must remain incarcerated till February next—Northei n Advertiser. • DISTRESS IN CARLISLE. -1 know families in Carlisle, of five aria six of a family, who are compelled to live on 4s. or ss. per week, who have nothing but a pallet of straw to sleep upon, with little or no covering ; anti in order to keep in life, and that each daybe as miserable as another , when they divide their scanty vie tuals over the w eek the y sometimes have just FIYE POTATO ES for each m eal, and six human g beat s for them ! . —Letter of a Worki»g M a n to the Editor of the Carlisle Journal. PEEL'S GENEROSITY. —Sir Robert Peel has generously subscribed 501. to the contribution towards the relief of the starving population of Paisley. That borough is robbed for the , amount of-400,0001.,a4 ear by the Corn and Provision-laws which Sir Robert upholds, and he returns to it a two7thousautith part of the amount of the robbery! His munificent. contribution is ; exactly equivalent to the amount of the unjust tax inflicted per annum on five families. Some fifty or sixty years ago there used to be some exceedingly generous highway men, V% ho after having stopped a coach and taken all the gold and jewels of those which it contained, most liberally returned them us much as would pay for their dinner at the next inn. " What a delightful man Duval is," sa id a lady once; "he has robbed my husband of 1,000/., and me of my diairiend necklace, - bnrile - has returned me, and with such a gallant air; MY icredding ring!" The par allel is in favour of - Duval.. Duval -robbed the rich of their rouleaus of guineas, leaving theM the shillings and ttolie copper. Peel helps the - rrelt to rob the poor o 2,00 01 a• bf bread, and leaves' them llb. out bf the 2,0001 h. to keeP them - from starvation.— Ma nchcster Times. z i ts , MURDER. ACCORDING TO LAND°W.,t of Ith.w.—On Monday an inquest was held, at the an .L e W in- Man public house, Blackburp, on the body of J r _ dle, the infant daughter of Catherine Ilindle, that the tied woman. It apPeared from the evideto.her was child had been ill for some time, and thethatt: v child with a in.great poverty, and unable to furnish other only earned proper degree of nourishment The in es not so much as four shillings per week (and sometime Shilling per week that); out a 'Which she had to pay an unina of bed on some chairs. and forithe child she made a sort lwdee cased had died from for lodgings.. She had not been The verdict returned was that t Belton Free Press. want of proper nourishmenwt.--- eathcr the last few ilays YARMOUTII.--The in boend for several weeks, and some tremendous interrupted succession tor tresent the happiness to record gales, though we have at Some of the roads - in the rain, and have had an almost un bee°en rendered almost impassable.— s om the l4 n 2 am ar7M 6:f ar 2 k 6 ed 3 AND CRIME. ---Tile calinitir for , 1 1: a o s abeeecidneinntossot oN E D ucATI n ii e j i s g u l , i i bo ch u E rli ,y o i o , prisoners, cunable either to read ' or' write, A fty can read as being ii x ty-four can read and write imperfectly ; imperfect y,.s d and write well, and one i- notmarked. only six can rea . on . . also thirty-two persons charged with inisde the Salford Ibiaurno.dedredwiStbesfseiolenesyc o e n f t . t . t lN in b There al e a The educational acquirements of three of mennours. not stated. "seventeen cart neither read nor write, them are ' ht can read imperfectly, and .only three can read and e i g ht ' write well. —Liverpool Chronicle. DAMAGE BY THE LATE STORM.-1.11te ll i• ence of disasters by the late dreadful hurricane g • con tinnaii 'to pour . in upon us. We do not hesitate to say that two millions of dollars will not more than cover the aggregate loss sustained on our coast. Many lives were neighbourhood have n s isio;uivaren c h ° I .: lost, and we shall probably never know the full extent of the damage done. N ew York Herald. Oct. 11.' ca d lie e d x a mt hi i l n l i t n o g a it l , ai s v a y id er , LAWYERS - AND PAINTE RS .- - A s i gn -p a i n ter , o , n D ce o for yo u p aeyxmAtt. anyTe p l a a i w n yi e e r r s , :Will go to heaven if they make such charges as these ?" - "I neverlAard of lint one who went," said the painter, "-and'he behaved so.bad .tl4 determined to turn him out, but there being no lawyer present to draw up a writ of,ejectment, he tenigianed."—Bosts Post. - - 101) B 11118 '" P . C I ORRA:TES. - I ''''-' TdVII..E EDITOR OF THE SUN. i t.. - Stepney-green-terra ce , O c t. 30, 184 ,; ; ;.. • Sin-- 7 1,, am much pleased to see the subject of the equalisation .of the Poor-rates taken up in the City. It is one orthe many heavy burdens we, at the East end of London, have to complain of, the burden of the Poor-raks: Now-it is once begun to be agitated, I trust it wilWt be suffered to die until it is equalised throughout the whole county of Middlesex. 'the parish of Islington pays only sd. in the pound, and some other parishes pay little or nothing, while Spitalfields, Bethnal-green, and other parishes adjoining pay four rates in the year, at is. to Is. 3d. in the pound each rate, varying only a little, summer or winter. Although the complaint has begun in the City, I trust it will not end there, but will be el tended to the whole of London and its vicinity—yea , t . to the whole of England if necessary—and not ce a ti se eon ill . it is altered and equalised throughout. Should ye! 'rider with us that a general equalisation of this t n h o is tic r e at i e t 'ought to be effected, you will be so good as to in your valuable paper, by calling publ i c to the :ill coder a be equalisation of the poor. rates ; and 3:0 , , __ rittril h t urible besiacs j neilt - di, • many -it rate-payer, 7 ,, imA DER. A CONST,A.I\ J. . setvant. - 1 d de ., . . predations in the cemeteries of g _man employed by. the ti o c u re o One of . the men who aavie,alraistehlays and brought to trial. A 3 head gardener of the Cime Crec day brought before N v i a c s t e e s d i n o f bronzestealiligan consequence of his p tented only to six won tional Tril:un in al n , ll and con- Alontm art be re cu w a a i s se :te v s e t r e e r d. n y n ree iainn decorations pat e o r re f , tombs, cups, isz, su c e . h i n i s i _ rep o :, sin g 3 o p o riz d t ; ira har e a n e t t . er, he was sea- SHERIFFS' COURT-O'IIIS DAY being l This s t h w e 'a f s tin a o n uil a t e o t f iO a n n tO a t r t e o c r o n i e , recover s the i s o u f m co o s f ts 7 . l. Bs. 9d . TIPSTON V BROMWICH. Mr. Thoietts - appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Baines , ii ll e . f w e , l a u s:wsA t a: the ell items,o f oo costs, whichali and the for the klefendant. Yi. attorney e t Y o ' s 4 . .1X1' .e,' , were, allq;ed to.have been unnecessarily charged. An theTohnelyL other ground of defence 'was, that the amounts of those items had been paid at various times. A witness w aaput into the box, a clerk of the plain tiff, who stated that many of the items were charged for attenda n ce; &A*: upon the defenda ant, which chargespon were not' entered in any book, but ere . charged upon recollection of the witness. Mr. BAINES addressed the Jury for the defence, and. stated that the present action was a vexatious one, as the plaintiff was indebted to the defendant, and, in order to get rid of that claim, the present was brought. The Learned Counsel then called several his wicreditors to tnesses, who proved that the plaintiff had called - ge th e r, and in the list was then ame of the defendant. The defendant's claim was for . money received by the plaintiff on accernt of the defendant. The Learned UNDER-!SIIEF.Iii sum med up, and the Jury returned a verdict fur the plaintiff. .__._.....------.... - _ ROYAL. SPORTS IN THE OLDEN ex- TIME.— When Queen Mary yisited her sister , t he Princess Eliza "-bah (afterwards Queen), during her confinement a,l Hatfield House, " the morning,lafter mass e, a grand t hibition of beare-haiting was made for tbeyre amuse ment, and theyre highnesses were right well content, as with other merric disports." The Court of Quarter Sessions at Portsmouth i is said by the Rants Advertiser, to be the only Court of Ithe kind in the kingdom which is closed to the public. 791,545 56,025 33,067 65,236 expressed o itY e°' e - co * 3ce a s tD`" poo r 00.'; taw o'e r° e r 3 di f, ,at o Y eCe c , WO. EVENIVG SUN