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Just ready, 3 vols., post Bvo., SCHO OLFELLOWS; or, A BY-WAY TO FAME. By RICHARD JOHNS, Esq. Author of " Legend and Romance, African and European." Richard Bentley, New Burlington -street. T HE THE NEW NAVAL NOVEL. Now ready, at all the Libraries, in vols., T HE NAVAL SURGEON, By the Author of " Cavendish," " The Flying Dutchman," &c " We consider this novel to be the best that Mr. Neale has yet written. It is a very admirable transcript of naval life, till with great truth and feeling, and abounding both in inci &Lit ar.d charader."—Morning Herald. Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. LIPS MAJESTY th e EMPEROR o f RAL. AUSTRIA having AUTHORISED and GUA RANTEED several DISTRIBUTIONS of MONEY ( AMENDS', which (though they are NO LOTTERIES) Wer many possibilities of obtaining LARGE FORTUNES, BEANE BROTHERS, at HAMBURGH, Are now SELLING BONDS for the said DISTItIBU PIONS. Persons desirous to purchase for one of the next Di s tributions natty reeive, PREVIOUS to giving any orders, the PROS PEI TUS and PARTICULARS, upon addressing, WITH OUT DELAY, a line to HEINE, BROTHERS, at HAMBURGIT. THE NEXT Ims-rill BUTION, contains SEVEN HUN DRED DIVIDENDS, aliounting to £72,170, • Tao Dividends being 4: 2 if,oo £6OO £l2O £BO 5,000 400 110 70 1,500 200 100 60 I,OJO 150 90 50 Sterling. 4[310 THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT GARDEN. N DER the MANAGEMENT of MADAME VESTRIS. THIS EVENING, JAN, IS Will be repeated Ehakspere's MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM. Theseus, Mr. Diddear ; Quince, Mr. Bartley; Bottom, Mr. Harley ; Flute, Mr. Keeley ; Snout, Mr. Meadows ; Snug, Mr. F. Matthews ; Hermia, Mrs. Nisibett ; Oberon, Madame Vests is ; Titania, Mrs. W. Lacy ; Puck, Miss Marshall; First Fairy, Miss Ra'nforth. After which, Tl,c NEW GRAND CHRISTMAS PANTOMIME will be repeated, entitled THE CASTLE OF OTRANTO; OR, HARLEQUIN AND THE GIANT HELMET. Harlequin, Mr. C. J. Smith ; Clown, Mr. T. Ridgway ; Pantaloon, Mr. ; Columbine, Miss Fairbrother. To-morrow, The Merry Wives of Windsor, with The New pantomime. Oi Wednes lay, The Midsummer Night's Dream, with the New Pantomime. uuurY to be opened at half-past Six—the performances to ewn nence at Seven o'Clock. Titket-s and places fur the Boxt t to be taken of Mr. Grogan a, the llox-office, from Ten till Four, when* Season Tickets way ue had upon application. Dress Boxes, is. ; Second Price, 3s. 6.1.; First and Second ( ireles, ss. ; Second Price, •Is. 6d. ; Pit, 3s. ; Second Price. ; Gallery, Is. Private Host. to Ito had so`ely of Mr. Ands eff3. bookseller It;7. Nesv Ilond-street. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. 'rriumpliant again ! Overwhelming Success of Ains:vorth's Tower of London. Nightly overflows. Upwards of 57,00 U Persons have a!rvady witnessed the best Pantomime in London. THIS EVENING, JAN. 18, Will be acted a Grand Historical Romance, founded on and entitled THE TOWER OF LONDON. Tho Tableaax Vivans, splendid Costume, and Appointments, from the Designs of the celebrated George Criiiksbanks. A tier w hick will be repeated the Grand Traditionary Pantomime, entitled HARLEQUIN AND MY LADY LEE; OR, GOOSEY GANDER. AND THE SPELL-BOUND GOSLINGS. In which the unrivalled Artistes, the Boleno Family; Mr. Southby, the Original Cloxn; Miss Sharpe, Columbine : and the astonishing Gymnastique, Signior Felix Carlo, from Fran coni's, at Paris, will perform : concluding with Brunning's Gaud Dioramic Synopsis of Syria. MOH - WATER AT I.ONIAW BRIDGE THIS AY. orn.n.; 3•J minutes alter 10.1 J. ning ......12 =altos alter 11. ; s- 7 - -77: '4:4 I'Vre z i b i e LONDON: MONDAY, JANUARY 18. IF4I. There is to be a great meeting of the people this week at Leeds. For what purpose ? ask the vast multitude of the nation. And who dare answer tile question honestly ? Not the Tories ; for they are, and always have been, afraid of meetings of the people. And what answer do the Whigs give ? —passive resistance merely ; for if they had lent a willin g hand to work out the good fruits of the Reform Bill, there would not Now be any necessity for a meeting of the people in the chief town of the greatest county of this king dom. But so it is. The Reform Bill was said to he ine.int for the benefit of the many ; it has turned to the advantage of the few, as the long list of GEtEYLINGS can well testify; and now the people begin, too late, to find out that they were mistaken. This feeling has been bandied about, and re-echoed from town to city, front county to shire, until at last the stream of public indignation has burst the bounds o f Whig and Tory decorum, and now fairly challenges the mock lawgivers to meet the repre sentatives (2f the people at Leeds. We say the representatives of the people emphatically, for they cannot be called such w ho succumb to Whig or Tory domination, as the weathercock may shift or turn, And what will be the topics mooted at this mee'cing of Indescriptibles ?—for such will be the term applied to it by both Tory and Whig. The answ. er is-- the general good of the people at larr ..4 e, and not the especial gain of the few in particuLar." If the pressure of the taxes—that is the law s—fell on a I alike, there would be no fair occasiou:for grumbling ; but when people who can see and - .feel like their better neighbours, look on and observe the vast disproportion of good and evil meted out to them—that is, taxation without - voice or volition in its enforcement—is it not natural that the spirit which GOD has implanted in their hearts— " Do unto man as man would do, unto you" should rebel at the monstrous misvnlication of the common dictates of humanity ? If men in high places do wrong, is not that a te , mptation to th ose who look up to them for advice road exarny,de to do likewise ? What right has one Irian over 'his fellow men to do that which lie would not -suffer in his own person ? Would he rob his neigh hour of half his loaf, and say that the circutrist2tices of his posi tion justified such robbery ? And. yet : so it is. The Corn-law is a greater curse thain .ie plagues of Egypt—for there the oppressor scow rged all alike ; but our modern calamity is a ended plague, which falls only on t h ose wh misfor tune to be pc r, thereby f u ll y have the 'ill co ustratina the truth of the Gospel--" From hi m who is poor, take away that which he has got." And to complain again st such iniquity were vain unless it be done with the voice of thunder. By thunder we do not mean such thunder as brought rebellion to common sense at Acre ; bu. the mysterious thunder that wakens the sleeping, conscience of the landowner and the aristocrat, and the thousand other scheming vermin who fatten on the vitals of the people, and keep their superior in a dreamy delusion for the time being. But can such things last ? Has iniquity ever prospered in the long run ? If it did, there would soon be an end of the world. Men might as well or better die of starvation in company with their oppressors, than work out their lives for the benefit of those who ask all and give nothing. And such, if we mistake not, is the feeling of those who are to assemble at Leeds—be they 'Whigs, Tories, or Chartists. Being men, they all deserve our sympathies, for true philanthropy does not condescend to deal in creeds of politics or religion ; the sunshine and the rain of heaven visit all alike, and why should not the presentiment of man take a higher and a wider scope in the administration of his humble sphere ? One thing is quite clear, if there were not deep rooted grievances festering in the minds of the people, such a meeting as that expected at Leeds would not and could not take place. Hitherto the aristocracy have had all their own way, and things went on apparently smoothly until one portion began (that is of the aristocracy) to think that the other had too much of the good things— the people in the mean time, as in all times past, were never thought of; but wken rebellion mani fested itself among the law-makers, it was high time for the people to think. Now, thinking fot those who were not intended to think, is a trouble some dilemma ; and so it was thought safer, by those of the refractory aristocracy, who wanted to turn the masses to account, to take the thinking part of the question into their own hands, and, by professedly stemming the tide of corruption, to turn all things to their own account. And so it has been with the Reform Bill. Lord GREY and all his followers, with few exceptions, turned its stream of popular benefit to their own selfish account, and, behold, the result I The people, who achieved everything for the professed good of all, obtained nothing but the satisfaction that their leaders were provided for, and that the multitude would be happy in good time. Now this mockery has at last fairly worked itself out, and people have been asking, and are now asking, what is meant br Reform, for they cannot understand what HAS been meant by the Bill— "the whole Bill, and nothing but the Bill." If they go to the Whigs, the answer is, —" We are in place :" If they turn to the Tories the answer is, perhaps, not so satisfactory to both parties—" We are turned out of place !" And if they go a step beyond, and enter the mysterious regions of conscience, they will be told to believe and pay—for that is the doctrine of those whose pleasure it is to will it so for the support of their vessel of State, which has hitherto sailed along with " Church at the prow, and Corn-laws at the helm." Aye 1 these Corn-laws cut with as double-edged a sword as the abhorrent exactions of the Church ; and, both evils compounded for, they go hand in hand in the work of iniquity. How can the propa gators of such damnable doctrines reconcile it to their own conscience, that one man should labour and starve, while the other should laugh and eat ? Such doctrines may answer very well in fancy, but they never will act. And how could they be supposed to act, while men felt as men ? You must not hold the language of slaves to freemen, any more than you would change the present Siberian winter to the sultry climes of Africa. Some thirty years ago a - violent and just outcry was raised against the Commander-in-Chief of the day—the Duke of YORK, for certain malversations in his department, which are still fresh in the re collection of men of mature years. These malver sations were mixed up with the intrigues of a worthless but clever woman, and as they were considered of a dangerous tendency, a Parlia mentary inquiry was instituted, which led to the retirement of the illustrious Duke. His conduct, no doubt, was bad, and deserved such a retribution, but was it half so injurious to the public service, or so dangerous to the security of the army, as the sys tem which now prevails at the Horse Guards, un der a Reformed and Liberal Government ? It was a simple and amusing episode compared with the disclosures which have been produced by the con duct of the Earl of CARDIGAN, the partiality of Lord HILL, and the complaints which have poured into the Horse Guards from almost every Officer of the 11 th Hussars. At first no redress was to be obtained. The commanding officer was justified in every one of his acts, however tyrannical ; the inferior officers were reprimanded and humbled ; acts of insult were repeated without redress ; and though the general voice of the coun try was loud in denouncing a system of tyranny un heard of in these times, Lord HILL and Lord FITZROY SOMERSET still persevered in protecting the Noble Lord who had caused all the disturb ance. As the Session of Parliament approaches, however, a change appears to have taken place. The orders ofloid CARDIGANhaVebeen countermanded, reproofs have been addressed to him, and a num ber of the individuals on whom he had trampled have obtained leave of absence, some for six months, some for two years, and others have received pro mises (if - we arc to credit a new Journal, apparently well infrAmed on these subjects) that they shall never li , e required again to serve under the same commanding officer. Can anything be more subver siveof military discipline than the wholesystem which has been pursued for the last twelve months ? W bile almost every officer in the 11th; Hussars ',vas insulted in a manner that no private gentleman would submit to, and remained submissive solely from military instinct, the Horse Guards did not afford him the slightest protection, but on the con trary, favoured the very individual whom every man in the United Kingdom believed to be the cause of all the mischief. The delinquency of the Duke of YORK was a trifle compared with this, and if the House of Commons do not take up the question in a way that shall put an end to this aristocratical and tyrannical system, the people, and also the army, will look for new representatives. It is said Lord HILL is to retire, and possibly also Lord FITZROY SOMERSET may find it expedient for the time to adopt the same course, but will the country be satisfied with these temporary expedients ? The system at the Horse Guards is subversive of disci pline and justice, and if the House Ra of dc Cioamilefrm Commons do not take take steps to produce a it may spring up from parties who will not carry it through with so much security to the throne or the peace of society. In another part of the paper will be found some extracts from a Journal i (the Alli gator) which throws some new light on the history of C a p t . J. R EYNOLDS , th e Earl of CAR DIGAN, and the Horse Guards. By the brig Harebell, Captain CHIJDLEIGIT; which arrived at Falmouth on Thursday afternoon, from Buenos Ayres, advices have been received confirming the news brought by the French tele graph from Brest of the restoration of peace be tween France and the Argentine Republic. The Harebell left Buenos Ayres on the 10th of No vember, eight days after the French Admiral had THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY, .I.ANUAgN 18, 1841 raised the blockade, and signed a treaty of peace. This treaty was much more favourable to the Re public than was anticipated, and consequently dif fused general joy among the Buenos Ayreans. As soon as it.vvas known at Monte Video that the blockade was raised, a great number of British vessels proceeded up the Rio Plata in con fident expectation of finding a profitable market for their various freights. The pa tience of the mercantile world has certainly been severely tested by the tardiness of the French blockades of two of the principal emporiums of commerce in South America. Had the blockading squadron been manned with Dutchmen, commanded by a Chinese Mandarin, it could not have displayed a more edifying amount of patience in the exercise of a system of observant passive hostility. 'he Paris Journals of Thursday have all been received. They are principally occupied with M. TRIERS' Report on the fortification of Paris, a complete summary of which will be found in another part of The Sun. The Journal des De bats praises the Report as able and impartial. The Debats is the organ of the Court, and not of the Government, and on this occasion expresses not the sentiments of the Ministers, who want no forti fications, but of the KING, who does. The Siecle, which advocates the views of M. ()DILLON BAR ROT, insists that pledges should be exacted from the Government, to erect the works in a given time. The Presse, the organ of Ministers, says the Ca binet has triumphed in obtaining a complet control, not over the erection of the works, but in the means and manner of their erection, and of the time most expedient for such a purpose. It likewise remarks, justly and sensibly, that military science is no longer what it was in the days of VAUBAN, and that it was soothing to the vanity of NAPOLEON, when an ex►le in St. Helena, to suppose that, had Paris been fortified, he would then be on the throne of France. The Commerce which, from the outset, steadily, unflinchingly, and patriotically opposed the fortification of the capital, knowing the real design to be the repression of any liberal movement on the part of the Parisians, describes the report in the following terms : Knowing the paradoxical nature of M. Thiers, and his undeniable facility in disguising the reality of facts by the seduction of eloquence, we did expect, in a work which has occupied so much time, and which must have so decided an influence upon the present and future reputation of M. Thiers, some new ideas of im portance, and, at the least, a display of political energy. We are disappointed. Nothing more poor in sophistry, more trivial in mind, more empty and declamatory, can be conceived than this work, which gives us a true esti mate of the capacity of the ex-Minister. The Quotidienne a Royalist paper, says of the Report that it was received by the Deputies coldly, and with a silence which appeared to be condemna tory of it even by his friends. M. THIERS' repu diation of circumstances arising when the Govern ment might turn the guns of the forts upon Paris absolutely frightened the extreme left. We pie sume a glimpse of the real object of the works for the first time burst upon their minds. The following remarks on the armaments in France are from the private correspondence of a Contemporaiy. We trust for the sake of France and of Europe, they are 'well founded : I have every reason to believe that M. Guizot has just made to the representatives of the greatrowers the subjoined calculations, which are certainly of a nature to remove much uneasiness as to the belligerent attitude of France. The effective of the army, as carried up by the war like ex-Thiers Ministry, amounted to 480,000 men, by resorting to the reserves anterior to 1840. Now, those 480,000 men have been reduced up to the 3lst of Dec. last to 430,000 men, by the disbanding of the class of 1833, in conformity with the recruiting law. By the half-yearly tlisbandings, under the operation of the same law, up to March 1, the effective will be still further de creased to the extent of 143,000 men, and at that period no more than 290,000 men will comprise the French army But if you take from this latter amount 70,000 men absorbed by the war in French Africa, the garrisons composing Corsica and the French colonies, only 220,000 men will, in point of fact, be found to con stitute the military force of France. From this amount you must also deduct at least 6,000 veterans and 13,000 gendarmes performing civil and criminal functions, so that the real army of the country amounts after all to but 200,00) men ; the army's ordinary force, it must be remarked, in a time of profound peace. Indeed, the statistics may be justly and legally estimated at a lower rate, for there is always at least a fifth to be deducted for the actual difference subsisting between the paper re turns and the positive e/cctive. It the tables are pro perly dissected, and the balance fairly struck, an army of 160,000 men is nearer the mark when the Ist of March returns will be made up. It is useless to enter into fur ther calculations as to the number of men soliciting leaves of absence or definitive retirements from service. I have confined this statement to round numbers, which are susceptible of confirmations by reference to the returns, It can only be in the year 1843, when the accounts of 1841 are discussed in the Chamber, that the lino of conduct pursued by the present Ministry can be pro perly ascertained, for it has had to meet the excit able exigencies of public opinion, with the very natural suspicions of the great Powers. It is to be hoped that the incalculable advantages of the prolongation of the state of peace will then be thoroughly appreciated. The French people, if they recover from the dreamy aspirations caused by the fantastic and exaggerated elo quence of M. Thiers, may then hereafter have good cause to rejoice at having escaped from the emotions of 1840, and perhaps some reserve in the treasury by the operation of the reductions may compensate for the hollow language of mistaken and misguided nationality. The Conslitutionnel states it is the intention of M. GUIZOT to appoint M. CARNE to an Em bassy, and that France will henceforth be repre sented at the Court of Madrid by a simple Charge d'Affaires, who will take no part in the political squabbles of the Regency : The Piedniontere Gazette says that letters from Con stantinople, dated the 22d. state that the Sultan had decided to grant to the Viceroy only the Government for his life. The Moniteur publishes an extract from al report of Marshal Vallee to the Minister of War. This re port is only the development of the telegraphic des patch which we published yesterday. The state of Al geria, says the Marshal, appears to be satisfactory in every respect. In the extract of a report addressed to Marshal Val lee by Lieutenant-General Galbois, dated Constantine, Dee. 30, similar results are announced. The Pletse says—" We have reason to believe that the baptism of the Count de Paris is fixed for the Ist of May next, and that it has been notified to the diplomatic body."—Le Conslitutiounel. BO UR S PARIS, THURSDAY, JAN. 14. 1 , irst Highest Lowest Last Price Price. Pricy Price French 5 per Cents ll2 65 ... 112 70 ... 112 35 ... 112 35 454 per Cents 4 per Cents 99 ... 99 ... 99 ... DO 3 per Cents 77 75 _. 77 75 ... 77 45 ... 77 45 dank of r ranee Laffitte Bank 1,0001. SO 1057 50 ...1057 50 ...1057 50 ...1657 50 SOCOf. Shares 5132 50 ...5132 50 —.5122 1,0 —.5132 50 lelgian Bank 5 per Cents 90% ... 99% ... 09 ... 1 ,9 New Loan Spanish ACLIVe !..4 ... 2154 ... 24% ... 24% Passive 6 ... 6 ... 6 ... 6 Sloapolitan Itosian lOO ... 100 ... 14)74 ... DO% Vittoriano, which you hare touched with your ri 4 hi hand, that, in your capacity of Procurador-General of this city and its jurisdiction, you shall defend, eflicienry and faithfully, all the rights, privilc.ges, immunities; and liberties appertaining to this city. Should you nrllect to do so, may God bring you to an account. for your conduct, and your head be cut off with the iron and s teel sword el Machete Villor•iano." The oath was successively taken by each of the municipal councillors. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. (From The Sun of Saturday Evening.) LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, FRIDAY.—The business done since our last report is very large, there having been a very active demand daily, the sales ranging from 6,000 to 10,000 bales per day. Speculators have purchased very freely, and it is their operations which have been mainly instrumental in causing prices to advance; which is this week id. per lb. on American, id. to id. on Surat, and id. to id. on Brazils ; Egyptian and Sea Islands have been more looked after, and some parcels of the latter, we suspect, taken on speculation. The causes which have induced so large an extent of business are the improved state of trade and the assumption that the crop of the United States will be much less than that of 1839. The latter cause appears to be the most speculative, although opinion as to the extent of the deficiency is vari ous, being from 250,000 to 550,000 bales. S_cculators, under this influence, have taken 13,000 bales of American, 6,500. bales of Surat, and 600 Bahias ; and exporters 4,000 bales of American. The sales to-day were about 6,000 bags. LIVERI 7 OOL SHARE MARKET, JAN. 15.—Eastern Counties 81 ; Debentures si-; Edinburgh and Glasgow 291 ; Grand Junction, Half Shares, 941 ; Quarter Shares 535; Great Western 94 ; Fifths 10,i- ; Lancaster and Preston Three quarter Shares 155 ; Liverpool and Manchester 186 ; London and Birmingham 321. Shares 58; Brighton United Company 43k. MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, JANUARY 15. We have little business doing today; Manchester and Leeds New Shares have been sold at `294; Liverpool and Manchester, 186 ; Eastern Counties are 9 to 9 : lt:Great Western, 94 to 95 ; South Eastern and Dover, 13 to 14; Manchester and Liverpool District Bank, 104 ; Manche►- ter and Salford Do., 105. No communication with the Telegraph owing to the fog. We have received Mauritius papers to Oct. 17, they are entirely void of interest. This being pay-day in the British Market for the settlu ment of the Account yester day, the brokers and jobber are chiefly tmployed in receiving and paying their various balances, Consols opened this morning at the leaving off prices of yesterday, 90i for the Account, and 89:i for Money ; to the present time there is not a feature in the market worth observation. Exchequer Bills, 911 prem. ; Bank Stock, 167 168; India Stock, 250 252. In the Foreign Market Spanish Activcs same as they left off, 2.1 - ; Deferred, 12.; ; Portuguese, 31 321 ; Three per Cents., 191 ; Colombian, as they closed, 231 4 ; :Mexican 281 ; Brazilian, 701 711; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. 50k i; Five per Cents., 981 99. PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE. RAILWAYS. Paid. Per Share. Eastern Counties Ditto Debentures Great Western Ditto Fifths .. 4 .... 10i London and Brighten London and Birmingham South Eastern and Dover 2t A report prevails that the dividends on the Spanish In demnity Bonds will be paid. The said bonds were issued by the Spanish Government for a convention entered into with the English Government fur the losses sustained by the British merchants during the War of Independence in South America. Dividends have not been paid, in con sequence of the impoverished state of the Spanish Treasury, caused by the late civil war. The above report got . up Spanish Activa this in)rninz 1 per cont. Consols have improved since the early part of the morn ing, and may be quoted at 904 for the 25th Feb. ; Money 894 90 ; Exchequer Bills, 9 11 prem. ; Bank Stock nothing done ; India Stock ditto. In the Foreign Market some business has been doing, particularly in Spanish Active, which has fluctuated, 24k I at present ; Deferred 12f ; Portuguese 32k ; Three per Cents. 201 ; Colombian 23k 4 ; Mex'can 284 ; Dutch Two•and-a-Half per Cents., 501; Five per Cents 981 In the Share Market scarce any thing doing. They are lower. Great Western 93 94f ; London and Br'ghton 44 43f 1 1 ; London and Birmingham, 171. CLOSING PRICES. BRITISH FUNDS. Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Red 9oi Ditto Bonds 3 per Cent Cons ...... .. 90 Ditto Old Annuities 3, per Cent Red........ 98,t Ditto New Annuities... New 3i per Cent .. ... 98i Ex. Bills, 1,000/....21d 11 pm New 5 per Cent ... ...... Ditto 500/ 9pm Long Annuities to expire Ditto Small l2 pin Jan. 1860. l3 1-16 Bank Stock for Acct ... Oct 1859 ... — India Stock for Acct ... - Jan. 1860 ... l2-,3 Consols for Opg 9OA FOREIGN FUNDS. A ustrian, 5 per cent... Portuguese, 5 per cent. Belgian, 5 per cent — • Ditto, New Dittty.... 13razilian Bonds ... .. BuenosAyres, 6 per cent I9i Russian, 5 per cent. ... Chilian, 6 per cent Colombian, 6 per cent ... Spanish, 5 per cent 24, Ditto, Deferred ... 12, Ditto, 1824 Danish, 3 per cent — French,s per cent... —f. —c. Greek, 1825, 5 percent — Exchange —f. —c, Mexican, 5 per cent.... tltq Freneh,3 per cent —f. —c. Ditto, 6 per cent, 1825. Dutch, 2i per cent 50,: Peruvian,lB2s,6 per ct. Ditto, 5 per cent..... 93, SHARES. Eastern Counties Railway (23 paid) ...... .. Ditto Debentures ( 2 paid) Great Western Railway (65 paid) 94i Ditto New Shares (50 paid) .... .. ... 6-q Ditto Fifths ( 4 paid)... ... 10 London and Brighton Railway (50 paid) ... 44 London and Birmingham Railway (90 pd) 172 London and Greenwich Railway (20 paid) Ditto Scrip. ( 2 paid).., 4l London and South Western Railway South Eastern and Dover (28 paid )... ~ „ 1:.3i 3I FLANDERS MAIL. BRUSSELS, JAN. 14.—Our readers will. recol lect that in the month of April last, a band of for gers, whose head -quarters were at London, spread themselves all over Europe, travelling in post chaises, lodging at the fi rs t h ote l s , I,:ith servants in rich liveries, &c., and who, by forged letters of credit from the house of Glynn, Halifax, Mills, and Co., succeeded in obtaining enormous sums from many banks in almost all the great cities of the Continent ; among the r es t i n Belgium from the houses of Nagelmaekers, and Cerfonlaine, at Liege, and Engler, at Brussels. This band, which the police of Paris described as European forgers, in cluded persons whom nobody would have expected to find in it, such as the Marquis de Bourbel and Baron d'Argusson, belonging to ancient noble families in France, Messrs. Graham, father and son, arid Mr. Boyle, two rich bankers at Florence. By a decision of the Court of Appeal at Brus sels, dated the 13th January, Messrs. Perry Gra ham, jun., and Baron d'Argusson, are to be tried before the Court of Assize of Brabant for having made use of forged letters of credit at Liege and Brussels, and attempting to do the same at Ant werp and Ghent, whei.e their schemes were de feated. A female, Angelina Lamont, who was in company with these persons, is also to be tried as an accomplice, but only on the ground of having knowingly received part of the funds obtained by means of these forgeries. The other persons, such as Bourbel, Graham, sen., &c., not having committed any act of the kind in Belgium, could not be pro secuted. We shall acquaint our readers of the progress of this affair, which promises to be extremely curious, on account of the rank in life of the accused, their plans, their manoeuvres, and their ramifications. M. Van de Weyer and his lady have arrived at Brussels from London. A letter from Maestricht, of the 9th of January, to the Journal of Belgian Limburg, says, " I have to tell you that the line of demarcation is irrevocably fixed as to Canne. The Belgian Cimmissioners have ceded to Holland the two heights which it was so important to retain for the safety of their country. The bad weather alone prevents the continuation of the works of making out the line." BRUSSELS, JAN. 15.—What we foresaw when the thaw set in so suddenly, has unfortunately taken place. The Senne, much swollen by the melting of the snow and by the rain, which has fallen without interruption for several days, has again overflowed its banks, and covered an immense extent of country. Since yester day, the environs of Brussels again have the appearance of lakes. The water is nearly as high as in February 1839, and it continued to rise to day at noon. From Brussels to Vilvorde is only one vast sheet of water ; the meadows are covered to the depth of several feet, and the iron railway is almost wholly under water. The same is the case from Brussels to Halle. At Brussels there are few cellars in the lower part of the city which are not full of water. The causeway at some distance from Anderlicht gate is almost under water, and the communication is interrupted. The damage is incalculable. The river has still much floating ice. We hear that the environs of Mahnes and Louvain are also inundated. DUTCH FUNDS.—AMSTERDAM, JAN. 12 Money. Hills. actual Dabt, `2!..;, per Cent .)itto, ditto 5 per coat. A mot t Syndic,4}i per cent 3h tir Ditto, ditto, 3!4 per cent._ 70% 71 1 4 Commercial Company, 4 1 . 2 per cent 1533(, 594 Ditto (1835 and 1837) 5 per sent. .. 100 1 ,4 100sj Loan 1t37, 5 per cunt. 95% Exchange on London, One month l2 0 Two months Dutch Papers, Jan. 13. IS ELM Al 4 U NDS—Bnussitui, JAN. 13. Actual Dckt, 2N, per Cent. Rothschild's Loan, 5 per Cant Ufi Loan of Thirty Millions, 4 per Cent. S9 ( 1 . 411 ) 963 4, 3 per Cent. Thirty•seven---- ...... ft) Loan of City, 1832, -1 per Cent 9ll Society at ConunAree, 45.4 per Cent l(4 Bank of Belgium, 5 per Cent...... ........ National Society. Exchange on London (short) --Brussels Papers, Jan. 13. DREADFUL ACCIDENT ON THE RIVER-TEN LIVES LOST. On Saturday evening an appalling calamity happened at Brentford in consequence of the bursting of the lock gates, and the consequent rushing out of the waters, which sunk a number of barges and boats, and caused the loss of no less than ten lives. It appears that owing to the late thaw and the heavy rains of Friday night and Saturday a great accumulation of the land water had taken place, the town of Brentford was in many places overflowed, the principal streets under water, and Brent ford-common completely inundated, effecting the de struction of property to an enormous amount. The landwaters from the hills caused the Thames to rise se veral feet above the usual level, and to fill the canals and creeks leading to the river. At the entrance of Brent ford-lock on Saturday evening a number of craft, boats and barges, were waiting to go in, when suddenly the gates of the lock, unable to resist the pressure of the water, were burst open, and the stream came down in a torrent and overwhelmed the barges and boats, sinking some and destroying others. A most fearful scene en sued. Nearly every barge had one or more persons on board, and the " Monkey-boats" (long narrow-barges, with a small cabin at one end, which navigate the ca nals) had a family in each. The cries and shouts of the men, and the screams of the women and children were heard amidst the roaring of the waters, which swept everything before them. The craft were thrown upon each other by the force of the water, and a great quantity of timber, which was lying afloat in rafts, set adrift by the violence of the current. A man and a boy in making an effort to escape from one of the barges and get ashore, perished ; and a family of seven chil dren, who were in the cabin of one of the monkey boats, went down with it, and met a watery grave. A woman in another barge was also drowned. Many swain ashore, which they reached in a most exhausted state, and others were picked up by the persons who put out in boats to their assistance. After the confusion created by this sudden and terrible calamity had in some degree subsided, it was ascertained that two monkey boats, a barge laden with corn, and another with coals, were sun, and three other barges empty had also gone down. Not less than 20 stacks of tim ber were set adrift, and were floating about the stream yesteiday morning, some of which had floated several miles down the river. The body of the bargeman already mentioned as drowned wrapped in a sail,was found yester day, when the tide receded. Theothors have not yet been recovered. Great injury has been done to the banks of the canal by this sudden irruption of the waters, which exceeded, in violence and impetuosity, anything of the kind for many years past. It is reported that other persons are missing ; but we have reason to be lieve that we have not under-rated the extent of this serious accident. The ebb tide was remarkably strong on Saturday night and yesterday, and the craft going down the river were carried along with the greatest velocity, which was caused by the immense quantity of land-water rushing down, and a good deal of damage was done. The boats going up the river had the ut most difficulty in making headway, and in shooting the bridges, and were often carried back by the force of the current. The ice has almost totally disappeared from the river, and the rain has sunk the vast fields and icebergs below bridge, which, for a fortnight be fore, had caused so great an obstruction to navigation. THE USHER.—The career of this humble and unhappy son of learning is thus most feelingly drawn by Crolly :—" In his turn, our hero himself becomes less amiable : he is fretted and wearied for ever. Day by day, and all day long, the same dull din goes on—the same endless, hopeless toil ; no prospect of good, no respite, no sympathy, no reward,— ' Pain, pain, ever, for ever I' Then he is without a friend. For the usher stands always apart—the master is above him, the scholars beneath. He is alone tossed and swung about in the dark and turbid region of his thoughts,—the light of hope, that once threw a trivial ray upon him, being now diminished to the smallest point. Once, be had a poor refuge in his father's house; he was at least endured there ; it was there he passed his brief holidays. But his father is now dead, and his house is the home of a stranger. During the tedious school-hours he is at the oar; a slave chained to his galley. In the in tervals, he cowers over the winter fire, or watches games which he can partake no longer; or he is sent out, at the end of a long file of boys, to keep anxious watch over all, and to check every turn and threat of mischief. His position is such that be is certain to attract dislike, and can never hope to excite affection. Should you enter the school play-ground on some sunny day, you will perhaps see a man with a small book in his hand, pacing up and down, under the southern wall. He is young, but his face is thin and colourless; his cheek bellow, his lips compressed, his eye hard and watch ful. He stops occasionally, and casts a fierce inquisitive look around ; or he calls out in a harsh voice, or quells a dispute about marbles, or stops the progress of an incipient fight. If you wait, you will perhaps see him followed by a boy on tip-toe, making faces behind his back, " squaring" as though he would hit him in the spine. If the urchin be more than usually lively, he chalks softly the poor man's back ; or puts dust in his pocket; or thrusts a pen under his collar, ' baying a string and t asse l annexe d, producing a t a il indeed of some pretensions, to the inexpressible delight of all beholders. On the walls there is the same man's likeness, scrawled in chalk or charcoal, exaggerated and ridiculous, but still with suffi cient resemblance to enforce your laughter. Do you ask nho is at once this tyrant and victim? Alas ! it is still— the Usher 1" Is it not strange that in these matters we should have to use the melancholy words in which Dryden addressed the public of his dab. "It will continue to be the ingratitude of mankind, that they who teach wisdom by the surest means, shall generally live poor and unre garded : as if they were born only for the public, and had no interest in their own well-being ; but were to be lighted up like tapers, and wastcth themselves for the benefit of others." SEWERS OF WESTMINSTER, AND pmur OF MIDDLESEX. A special meeting of the Court of Sewers for the City and Liberty of Westminster and part of tlie County of Middlesex, will be held at the Sewers' oiEce in Greek -street, Soho-square, to-morrow, to sign a pre cept to the Sheriff of Middlesex to return a Tra verse Jury. MORNTNG MINISTER'S MONEY !I TO THE EDITOR OF THE :.;OUTHERN REPORT"' Sir—Not having the fear of the Conscience Co i r before me, in refusing, 1 think since August last , : pay Minister's mo n , y to t h e R ev. M r. N e li gan , of Mary Shandon Parish, subjected me to th e po wer pa r , sesscd by the gentlemen of that misnamed car t : which they exercised in my regar d, b y i ssu i ng a 'fal rant to incarcerate my pe rson f or t hi rteen days, did not submit to pay. This I still declined d° 3l ! l , but Mrs. Murphy, in order to get rid of the annoynn; of his man Love, and a bailiff, coming about micile, sent on the 21st December, and paid the ° t in question, notwithstanding whi c h, I was arreSttla o next day by a common bailiff for this same money Feeling naturally indignant at such treatment, waited on the Reverend Gentleman and re preseet e ,, to him the con d uc t o f hi s man L ove, who, 3lrt; forcing from m e m y money , wou ld not ta ke t" j " trouble to get the warrant cancelled. H e express' 11,, much regret at th e o ccurrence , w hi c h h e term ed '( pleasant, and the morn i ng f o ll ow i ng wrote me a no e t u , way of confirming that regret. I, however, n ot be l°i , over satisfied with an em pty express i on o f regre t, vit ° 'l him a letter, ownin g rece i pt o f hi s note, in Wh'c h 'cf stated, candidly and pl a i n ly, my v i ews on t h e subject', Minister's Money, an d as h e did not rep l y to t h a t lett l , now ten days in his po ssess i on , I ta k e for granted 1; considers its consents to be true. If so, I should the Rev. Gentleman and his Protestant parishioners O t adopt the suggestion con ve y e d t o hi m t h ere i n , and rill lieve Catholics and Di ssenters , i n hi s par i s h , f rs tn t impost. Enclosed you have his note to me, and a cog mine to him in reply, which, if not out of courso, be kind as to give a place to in your invaluable paP I through which, if a ca ll was ma d e to t h e G it h o he Dissenting parishioners generally of the city, to and get up petitions to Parliament against this a impost, it would have the best effect.—l am, Editor, your ohoilient servant, Sunday's-well, Jan. 4, 1841. E. MURPHY' Sunday's Well, Cork, Dec. 1840 ; rt Rev. received your note of yesterday 133° ,,,.. ing, in which yo u say " I regret e xcee di ng ly the cumstance which took place yesterday, and beg 0 1,1 1 sure you most sol emn l y t h at I was wholly uuconoec.o with it, and that it was d one w i t h out e i ther my szac t i or knowledge." The circumstance to which you was the arrest of my person by one of the Court 01 ' 0 Conscience:Bailiffs, at your suit, for Bs. Ministers' lq, l and 3s. 3d. c os t s , i ncurre d i n res i st i ng so oppres sil, demand, and that arrest, recollect, after Mrs. Mu ri ji sent to and paid your man, Love. If, however,lof " regret and solemn declaration," so expressed in Yo note, had been accompanied by an assurance that the future I should not b e ca ll e d upon f or t he P f, ment of what I, as a Roman Catholic, consider t° unjust in principle and oppressive in exacti°„t r i r . could then give you credit f or th a t d egree o f o h o tiun charity which oug ht t o ma k e you d o unto ut",,oi as you wish others sho u ld d o unto you. M :Of have not done so, I must withhold from you Dl , O , credit, for I can w e ll i mag i ne your f ee li ngs as a 'f testant Clergyman (wh o , if report b e true, has takeo 4i, much pains t o vilify t h e re li g i on to which I b e lo lf being forced to pay towards the support of a d ery man of that reli g i o n. Y our outcry against such aoPotif seeding would, I um sure, be lo u d an d l ong , [Lodi of so. You must b e aware R oman Catholics have a r e f,7l nance to the pay men t o f Mi n i ster ' s M oney, and fecleo hardship, and ought not 3 our Protestant parisb` ° d feel de gra d e d i n su ff er i ng you to harass their 11%4 Catholic neighbours for any portion of your income, til — o t I it may be tolerated by an old Act of Parliameut`, o l rather ought they not a t once a d opt t h e principle $l,lO upon by Protestants in m an y p arts o f E ng l an d, in r ; 0 1 Lion to Church -rate, when in VESTRY they refuse to Br i o one, but like honest men m a k e up t h e amount mu°°,o4 themselves, thereby fre e i ng E ng li s h C at h o lics ' e t Dissenters from the rate ? In God's name, then' your Protestant pari s hi oners toget h er, represell-,ol' them honestly the diffi cu l ty your man L ove has i° hol- lecting this money f rom R oman C at h ol i cs ; stilt° „"ft much of your incom e i s f orce d f rom t h e memberist religion you so mu c h d ecry , to w h om you g!ye 01 value in return, a n d I cannot f or a moment bring 0 1 mind to believe they are so lost to every seu g , e b e io shame as not t o f o ll ow t h e goo d example thus set vol by their Engli s h P ro t es t ant b ret h ren. B y so dOl",:pel will at once put an e n d t o th e h eart -b urn i ngs rally engendered by the exaction of this impost. 0 , 1 will, I dare say, say that you are entitled to it by but I tell you plainly, that a law which give s Y t ye by your man Love, to whom you told me you 1e .' 130 0 1 parish), the power to force from me my money, wit of a particle of value for it in return, and which 01° , 00 i would be more usefully laid out in the purchas e . of t1!,4 for my children, is an iniquitous law, there would be more credit in the breach than the y . servance. In defending this claim before h three A t 1 men, I inquired whether their'. wag A. Court of or Law ? One of them, I think Alderman 14 1` t7 ii. a nd one in nr7,„ said, " strictly a Court of Equity." Then I 05 `" 0 ,: 2 1its consider the equity of the case ; I ha ve g ot ne pe from the Rev. Mr. Neligan, and ask you to p ut y be' hands on your consciences as honest men, and s a Yb . t ther I ought not to be exempt from this ' claim ; 11 0 0 may as well have appealed to the winds ; they t h e e!' equity overboard, and stuck to the law ; they, b, u l t ist unanimously gave me the consolation of nuu )-t i bet the hardship of the case. I, however. have Ingot consolation, namely, that the coining Corporate 'oll will prevent a similar a dj u di cat i on aga i nst me , an cep men will be on the bench w h o can di scr i m i nate be• equity and old oppressive law justice and wroug l ',o ll Allow me, in con c l us i on , t o assure you, that L. - e r' , give the further e x ac ti on f rom me of this Nitinis,',l), Money every resistance in my power (short of PhY ll i/ro' and if every Roman Catholic did the same, you r 01 testant parishioners w ou ld be shamed i nto colle. c ce il your income amongst them se l ves , an d I am con v , l l ,, P t o you will agree with me i n say i ng, t h ey ought to th" as they, and they alone, get your spiritual services' I remain, Rev. Sir, Your outraged, but obedient se r vant' El y, E. M URr Rev. Mr. W. C. Neligan, Sunday's Well. , s Sir—l regret exceedingly the circumstance ;• took place yesterday, an d b eg to assure you Wl t VI lenanly that I was wholly unconnected with it-4111: e' it was done without e ith er my sanct i on or know le" I am, Sir, yours very obedient, j 4, Dcc. 23, 1840. WILLIAM NELIGP. RAILWAY SHARES. St. Germain ...... .... ..... O9O ... 690 ... 690 ... 690 Versailles.ll. B 42'2 50 ... 49'2 5C ... 417 50 ... 420 L. 8........ Orleans . Strasburg to Bale 248 75 ... 248 75 ...:46 25 .. 246 25 The Madrid Journals received are of the 6th inst. The ex-Minister ANAZOLA had obtained from ESPARTERO permission to return to his native country. There was no longer any idea entertained of a war between Spain and Por tugal. British mediation was expected to settle everything amicably. The deputation of the Province of Guipuzcoa, yielding to necessity, had submitted to the authority of General A LCALA, notwithstanding his refusal, by orders of the Regency, to swear to main tain the Provincial fueros, but under a solemn pro test against such a proceeding on their part, mili tating in future against the rights and privileges of the Province. The Gth being a holiday, the Madrid Bourse was closed. On the 2d inst., the new municipal authorities of Vittoria took the usual oath of office on the sword called el Machete l'ittcriano, in the church of San Miguel. It was tendered to the members by the Secretary of the Municipality, as follows :—" You swear, e b fore God our Lord, and the Virg n Mary his mother, by the holy Evangelists and the Machete COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, SUNDAY.—Her Majesty and bis Royal Highness Prince Albert, and the Royal Household attended Divine Service this morning, its the private chapel of the Castle. Her Majesty and Prince Albert received the Sacra ment, which was administered by the Rev. Dr, Short and the Rev. Lord %Vriothesley Russell, who bot.h ficiated at the altar. After lunch in the afternoon, the Queen and Prince Albert walked on the Terrace of the Castle for some time. Lady Fanny Howard attended Divine Service in St. George's Chapel, as did several Ladies of the House hold in the evening. The Rar. Dr. Short will have the honour of joining the Royal Circle at the Castle at dinner this evening. Viscount Melbourne took his departure from the Castle yesterday morning for town. Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Prince George of Cambridge attended Divine Service yester day morning. in Grosvenor Chapel, South Audley street. Baron Knesebeck was in waiting on their Royal Highnesses. The Duke of Sussex had a select party at dinner yes terday, at his residence, in Kensington Palace. A Cabinet Council was held at the Foreign•office, at three o'clock, on Saturday afternoon. The Ministers present were Viscount Melbourne, the Lord Chancellor. Marquis of Lansdowne, Earl of Clarendon, Marquis of Normanby, Viscount Pahnerston, Lord John Russell, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Earl of Minto, Vis count Duncannon, the Right Hon. H. Labouchere, Lord Morpeth, and the Right Hon. T. B. Macaulay. Viscount Melbourne came to town to attend the Council at half-past two o'c ock, from a visit to her Ma jesty at Windsor Castle. The Council sat two hours and a half. Viscount Melbourne gavea Cabinet dinner on Satur day evening at his residence in South-street. All the Ministers were present except Sir John Hobbouse. Despatches for the Governor of Gibraltar were sent off from the Colonial-office on Saturday evening. The Earl of Minto has arrived in town from Scotland. THE WILL OF THE LATE MR. LOVEGROVE. —The will of the late Samuel Lovegrove, the proprietor of the Ludgate Coffee-house and Hotel, and of the Crown and Sceptre, Greenwich, has just passed under seal of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, in Doctors' Commons, to Samuel Lovegrove, Edward Lovegrove (the sons), and Isaac Churchyard and James Toplis, the executors. The personal property of the deceased was sworn to be under 35,000/. The deceased, in early life, was originally a waiter to Mr. Griffiths, of the Horn Tavern, Doctors' Commons, and succeeded him in his business; and after wards, by persevering industry, became so well known as a tavern-keeper. He was many years a Common Council man of Castle Baynard ward. THE ELECTION FOR BRIDGEMASTER.—On Saturday, at the closed the poll, the numbers were as fol lows : —Gibbs 1,601, Ledger 1,242. Majority for Gibbs 359. The polling lasts seven days ; Saturday was the third. LATEST RAILWAY RETURNS FOR TRAFFIC rose ONE WERK.—London and Birmingham, 12,068/. ; Great Western, 4.660/. ; London and South Western ( Southamp Grand Junction, 7,167/. ; London and Greenwich , 790/. ; t0n).3,093 ; Liverpool and Manchester,4,ls4/ ; London and Brighton ( Shoreham Branch). 991. ; London and Black wall, 4221 ; London and Croydon, 422/. ; Eastern Counties, 4341 ; Midland Counties, 1,549/. ; North Midland, 2.2201 —Railway Mayazine, Jan. 16. RUMOURED LOSS OF LIFE UPON WIIITTLESY MERE.—There is no truth in the reports of an extensive loss of life on Monday last on the above spot by the break ing of the ice. We have authority for stating that no material accident occurred. The sum realised by the two amateur perform ances of the officers of the 60th Rifles, for the benefit of the poor of Windsor, and other charitable purposes, amounts to little short of 120/. Mr. Hume, M.P. for Kilkenny, has addressed a letter to Mr. Buggy, enclosing a check for 20/., to be paid into the fuel and food funds, for the relief of the poor. The Diamond and Star Companies have, in con. junction with the Sons of the Tnames, raised their fares to Is. 6d. anti 2s. per passenger, with an agreement that one boat only of either company shall run daily between Gravesend and London. hIARYLEBONE VESTRY. On Saturday the Vestry assembled at the Court house, for the despatch of business. THE REVISING BARRISTER'S CHARGE. Upon the motion for the confirmation of the minute that the sum of 661. 9s. 9d. be paid to Mr. T. W. Nel son, the late Revising Barrister of the borough, Mr. KENSETT moved its non confirmation. He said that since the year 1836 they had had two unprofessional and unlearned men to revise the list of voters of the borough, and two learned and professional men, and that it would appear that the charges made by the lat ter much exceeded those made by the former. In the year 1836 there were 5,149 voters collected in the hook, and the charge for that year was 41/. 18s, 10.1. In the year 1837 there were 5,766 voters, and the charge for that year was 471, 14s 9d.—these being the ex penses of the two unlearned men. Then in the next year, when the professional gentleman undertook the office, they found that his expenses amounted to 631 125., while there were 100 voters less than the previous year ; and in the following year (that to which he objected), although the number of voters had de creased another 100, the expenses had increased to 66/. 9s. 9d. Last year they objected to pay the charge, when the Revising Barrister consented to accept 501. Ho objected to pay the present demand, without vouchers to show the different items. The Board ought to make a stand against such expenses. He should therefore move the non-confirmation, until such time as they had vouchers. Mr. TABRUM seconded the motion. Mr. GOSIME observed that the former expenses had been allowed unanimously by the Board. That was, therefore, not the time to complain, when the charges had been acknowledged. Mr. Bacsita , ,v said that in the borough which he had once the honour to represent, the office of Revising Barrister was considered an honorary appointment. But if expenses were incurred, it was but proper that they should have vouchers of the charges made. Mr. SODEN requested the vestry-clerk to read the charges in the account which had been sent by the Re vising Barrister. Mr. FLOOD, vestry-clerk, read them seriatim. Mr. SKINNER remarked that there were evidently expenses incurred on account of business that the Re vising Barrister must have employed persons to perform. The CHAIRMAN then said, that the vestry could post pone the confirmation of the minutes for a fortnight. Mr. BAnstraw moved an amendment to that effect, which was seconded by Mr. Gomm., and, after a reply from Mr. Kensett, was adopted. THE LONDON AND WESTMINSTER WATER COMPANY. The minute being read that a pet Con be presented to Parliament in favour of that Company, Mr. KENSETT rose, he said, in consequence of a statement having appeared in the daily journals, with the signature of Mr. Knight, the Secretary to the Mid dlesex Water Company, purporting that for the last 20 years the rates for the supply of water in their district had never been raised, and he stated that he had docu ments to show that such was not the case. There was one of the largest rate-payers in the parish, Messrs. Wil liams and Sowerby, who had two houses in Oxford street and two in Wells -street, adjoining, and which was rebuilt about three years ago. Previous to being re built they paid to the Company 71. 18s. a year ; but subsequently their rate was raised to 15/.10i., exclusive of high service, which made it about 23/. Now this could not arise from any increase of supply, as before the houses were re-built, they had 98 persons in the es tablishment, while afterwards they bad but 48 persons. Application was in consequence made to the Board of Directors of the Company, but where he could obtain no redress, and they would give no explanation whether they had any principle to go by in rating houses. Ha could offer other instances. Some of die vestry remarked that they had been dou bled in their rates. Mr. GLASIER said, that he could bear his testimony to the statement of Mr. Kensett, and he could also state that a poor womsn, one of his tenants, had her rate doubled. CHmamAN—Does any ono move the non-confirma tion of the minutes? No reply having been offered, the minutes were con- firmed. SCOTT, THE DINER. On Saturday, at the Westminster Medical Society, Dr. Chowne, one of the physicians of the Charing-cross Hospital, stated that Scott was thirteen minutes bang ing, ten minutes on the pavement, where an attempt was made to restore animation, and from ten to fifteen minutes elapsed in bringing hirs from the bridge to the hospital, making in the aggregate thirty-three minutes before he was subject to the process of resuscitation. Owing to this circumstance, there was but little chance of restoring him to life. Notwithstanding this, every attempt was made to effect that desirable object. The lungs were inflated, brandy was administered, and the body was exposed to the galvanic influence. His head and lungs were carefully examined after death. The vessels at the posterior part of the brain were very turgid, in other respects the brain was natural. A great accumulation of blood was tound in the lungs ; in tact, there was clear evidence that the circu lation in this organ had been completely stopped, and that asphyxia was the proximate cause of death. Dr. Chowne stated that Scott's usual mode of performing the trick was by placing the rope imme diately underneath the lower jaw -bone, and by adjust ing the rope in this manner he might hang for some time without respiration being suspended. It is be lieved that the rope slipped from under the jaw and produced strangulation. It was Scott's usual custom ‘%hen hanging to stretch out his arms, but in the last fatal experiment he did not do so. Alluding to this circumstance, Scott's wife observed to Dr. Chowne, What fools they must have been not to have seen that he did not make his ordinary motions, and that all was not right." Oa the morning of the fatal accident he was in good spirits, and observed to his wife that the result of th..t day would relieve them front their pe cuniary difficulties. Mr. F. Winslow observed that he had been told by a person who was immediately under Scott while he was hanging, that he appeared depressed in spirits, and that from this circumstance some supposed that his death might have been premeditated ; but Mr. W. thought the history of the case did not warrant any such conclusion. From the absence of all struggling, Mr. Winslow said the dea.h must have been instan toneous. HORRIBLE DISCOVE RY.—A young man, of the commune of Renil, was out shooting a few days ago, when his attention was attracted by a large flock of ravens, who were all standing together near the side of a brook, and apparently disputing the possession of the ground. On his advancing to. wards the spot the ravens took flight ; but, curious to see what had attracted them, he proceeded to an examination of the ground. Seing a little hillock covered with snow, he kicked against in order to ascertain what it was, when to his surprise be discovered that he had, by the stroked his foot, exposed to view the head of a man. He was so alarmed at this discovery that 's:e instantly ran home, and told what ho had seen. Some friends re• turned with him to the place, but what was their horror, on removing the body from the position in which it had first lain shrouded in snow, to see a quantity of rats and mice make a precipitate retreat from the inside of the dead man They seemed to have forsaken the brook and made a nest in the body,which they had entered by eating a hole in the throat. NI. Bouchard hastened totho spot as soon as informed of the circumstance, but could not dis. cover anything to indicate the name of the deceased, whose death he knew not whether to ascribe to the hand of the murderer or the inclemency of the weather. The deceased was well dressed, and is supposed to have bean the mate of a ship. The body, which was at first hard and frozen, was in a shocking state when the " autopsy" took place, from a thaw hosing in the mean time taken place.— Gazette des 7ribunaux. MORALITY OF AGRICULTURAL DISTRICTS. —The Report read at the Hants Quarter Sessions con. tains the following significant statement :—" From the earliest records of county expenditure, kept in the CI. rk of the Peace's office, and from whi c h t h e R eport was drawn up, it appeared that in the year 1792, the amount of sums paid to prosecutors and witnesses was 1,0081., and in 1840 it amounted to 4,0351. ; and as t h e i ncrease of popu lation during that period did not tally with this enormous increase, it must have arisen front some other reason. One of those reasons was the great increase of crime, in propor tion to the increase of population." The Chairman of the Berks Sessions " was sorry to perceive so large a calen dar ;" and the Chairman of the Hereford Sessions " re.. gretted to say that the number of prisoners was nearly as large as he had ever remembered sinco he had had the honour of presiding at these sessions, and some of the offences were of a heavy nature." But perhaps the most convincing proof of the state of crime in the country districts is furnished in the cJse of this very county of Wilts. From the report of the Chief Constable it appears that since January, 1840, the number of offences which have come under the cogni zance of the rural police, exclusive altogether of those under the charge of the police of the various towns, stands thus : "In the April quarter there were 269 charges; in June, 368; in October, 501 ; and in January, 300, making a total of 1438." In his charge to the Grand Jury the Chairman of our Sessions, the Tory Member for Bath, said, " The result of the present calendar tended to con firm the opinion he had long since entertained, th at b y f ar the larger portion of crime in this count s was committed in the rural aed agricultural districts ; of the 84 felonies, 60 at least had been committed in those districts, and but 24 in the towns.— Wiltshire Independent. DOVER, JAN. 15.—The report just received by the French mail is, that the English mail bees were lost at Boulogne, by the French pilot-boat capsiaing on the bar, and some of the crew drowned, HOW TO GET A SUPPER" (From the Scotsman.) rt of We have, i n anot h er column, given a full rer°;of the discussion in the Town Council yesterday, 11 r :,y/ out of th e f ac t, th at t h e Hi gh Constables of the ciptil6 selected f rom th e most respectable of the rnere ll classes—sent B a ili e J o h nston to Coventry, re6°-tcheir by a majority of ab out 6 to 1, to exclude bins freo l „ o ir supper-table, while th ey i nv i ted all the other Nibs trates. This exclusion was avowedly founded a n o tlf facts which h ave more than once been protolagbior brought befor e the publi c , that he pledged jilr' self to the Liberal Committee to vote f ar i e d . Black as Lord Provost, and violated this P;blee by afterwards d ec li n i ng to vote. The High Cone.Telre being app arent l y satisfied with the direct evi—ilts which had been brought forward in support °f a /le charge, and bearing in mind that Mr. Johnston ha ai el dined to follow the course usually adopted in soc l ! e otr —demanding a C omm i ttee of inquiry into the c lr '' m the stances, in order, if p oss ibl e, to free himself fra m eoo' charges which had been brought against hinll o lo ceivcd that, as gentlemen, they were precluded. o pal inviting hi m as t h e i r guest. T hey had an additneste reason for their c o n d uct i n t h e f act, w hi c h it aPiiione from the di scuss i on t h ey were aware of, that oble of his broth er M ag i strates would sit at the some t 0 with him. I n t h ese c i rcumstances, they reolv- od j or invite the other Magistrates, to his exclusion. a n o ith this proper act of discretion, the Lord Provos t ' de! the as s i s t ance o f a ll the Tories and a ll the Tell e s , o ly — o f all the men who were censured by their or e Or tuents, and all w h ose pu b l i c characters were 111:31100 less dam age d d ur i ng the recent contest—MessrP• l'1001)1 M'Aulay, D rys d a l e, an d Johnston—for Bea Jobtioiolll the party whose conduct gave rise to the whole th e actually voted as judge on his own cause--IL O ,l ll# assistance of a ll t h ose persons, and of hi s ma trusion allies, forming a group more rn.otleyf David's men, succeeded carrying in his m otion a ino ril l sure by a majority of fifteen to fourteen, the "hose, being all staunch and consistent Liberals. Dr' ot ter' and Mr. Melville, two of his Non-Intrusion sUPP h th e , for the Provostship, refused to be dragged throug abo e; mire on this occasion, and in consequence wer e s from the meeting. Never was man placed in a rt) , p;tiful plight than the Provost. The Liberal P_ en osP, the Council, including all his Bailies, of Mr. Johnston, are constantly opposed 1 ) , c o th hence on all questions lie has to depend e nwelY support of the Tories and renegades ! with the eisi,';ool; ` un it It is with sin cere regret we announc e the ° death of Thomas Crater, Es, of the Treas urP ,, lit tle nearly half a century back sin q. ce Mr. Crafer , the ' 0 10°' beyond his boyhood, entered the Treasury. His Pro the tion to the hi g h o ffi ce h e h e ld d epen d e d en tirely te R e just appreciation of his on n merits; and safely may say that no Government ever possessed a servant fo r " ( tinguished by his untiring zeal in the perf,trmocie of public duties, and his courteous demeanour towar" s ,. c oo' with whom the duties of his office brought him la— oil' tact. Or. Wednesday Mr. Crafer was at the apparently as well as his warmest friend could wi Friday night he was dead.— Observer. , de' A breast-pin has just been manulactUreci,biolt signed by an officer of the army, consisting of 'Logo!' buttlo, mounted with a coronet for a cork, a" a f Some of these are set in gold, and at an expo nce 0 Limerick Reporter. 10Wilig, BEAUMAItIS, JAN. 10.—Wind S. « r ' b ot fre,h.—The Mountaineer, previously reported as be rI ° : 1 bos the Lwelly Rocks, has become a total wreck. a • bee sunk in deep water. Very little of the carp 11 . saved. o` , Tilt f ro ,, CSI (L it , 4,4