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

EVENING EDITION OMS IN E SYMP FRANCE. WARLI The following are some of the statements made by the Correspondent of a Morning Paper relative to militia feeling in the south of France. We are in ane(' to think the warlike symptoms are much exag gerated : You are aware that Perpignan is the capital town o the 21st military division, which includes within its circle the departments of the Eastern Pyrenees, of the Aude, and of the Arriege. The ancient fortifications of the place were augmented by Vauban, and the citadel commenced under Charles IX. defends the town. The ramparts, which are of brick, are lofty and flanked with bastions, raveling, cannon-proof parapets, and a deep fosse. The Place d'Arnzes forms an immense square, the left side of which is composed of very handsome barracks. This department is now garrisoned by four regiments of infantry, of three battalions each—namely, the 13th and 47th Infantry of the Line, and the lath and 16th Light Infantry. There arc, b es id es , th e I s t an d 16 t h Regiments of Chasseurs and an establishment of the ar tillery attached to Perpignan, Pratz de Mello, Belle garde, Mont Louis Coliiure, Port Vendres, Fort des Bains, Villefranche, and Salces, all in the department of the Eastern Pyrenees. The whole Effective force of the army now spread over this department alone is little short of 12,000 men. The Lieutenant-General commanding is the Count de Castellene. The troops are for the most part in good order, and have been for the last four months incessantly exercised ; but the offi cers complain much, that notwithstanding the frais de representation allowed to General Castellene, few or any of them are invited to his inhospitable boord. This produces a want of cordial social feel ing between the parties ; but if any emer gency were to arise requiring the co-operation of the superior and subordinate officers, it would not in tiro least interfere with the exigencies of the service. I allude to this circumstance because an opinion pre vails in Eng4ind that there is not that good feeling and intimate social union between the officers of the French army which prevails in England. This is, I think, in some degree a mistake. There certainly is not that tone of quiet gentlemanly feeling among the officers of the line in France which obtains in our own country, (for ttia Freirch officers in ais branch of the service are neither so well born, nor so well bred, as in Dig land,) but the mere fact of the officers not messing to gether in common, as in England, but according to rank, operates not in any degree to produce cold ness, reserve, or absence of intercommunication. To any one acquahited with the constitution and the pay of the French army a general mess of all the officers together would appear ilipossibie. The temper ant. frame of mind of soldiers and citiz ns at Perpignan are decidedly warlike. Much allowance must be undoubt edly made for the vehement and vivacious temperaments of the people of the south, and I am not disposed to visit occasional ebullitions of wounded vanity too se verely ; but it seems to me, with every disposition to make allowances for heated and exacerbated feeling, that the settled purpose of this people is to insult and wound us by every means possible. In the affair of mere external winners and conventional delicacy the French man of the present day, if he be not a Carlist and bred up in the traditions of a bygone school, is behind the most savage people in or out of Europe. Delicacy of sentiment, respect for the feelings of others, he has none. Though it were easy for me on any occasion to pass in any part of France as a Frenchman, though the language of conversation is as familiar to me as my own, and the language of style still more familiar, yet I have never attempted to conceal that I am in heart and soul a thorough Englishman. One would think that under these circumstances, prokssing, at the same time, to like the language, literature, and social system of France, and desirous of pleasing and being pleased, I might be permitted to pass through the south without offensive remark ; but no—far, very far, from it. Though I have never in French society breathed a word against France or Frenchmen, I have been more than twice, between Carcassonne and Perpignan, ab ruptly addrtss:d in the following fashion : " Nous allons bientot vous voir a Londres. Nous allons bruler la Tour de Londres. " Messieurs, Jo ne doute nullement de votre bonne volante I Je ne desire mieux qua vous venessiez nous voir la bas. Eh, mon Dieu! vous aye: etc si bier rcuisi depuis Crecy. jusq' Waterloo, que vous devez bientot vous autres prendre encore l'initiatif." This is the universal pitch-plaister which straight way silences those boasting braggarts, on whom soft speeches would be thrown away. But, though silenced for a season, they are neither tranquil nor resigned ; on the contrary, the memory of defeat maddens and galls them, and, as far as my observation extends, 1 think they will never rest quiet till they have an oppor tunity of wiping out from the public law of Europe what they call the accursed treaties of 1815. On this subject, as on the frontiers of the Rhine, all Frenchmen are unanimous. The Carlist, the Bona partist, and the Repuhlican meet here on a common ground. Nay, in secret conclave, the Louis Philippist professes his sympathy and confidence, but prudential copsiderations induce him to hold his tongue and" bide his time." Judge, therefore, for yourself whether these are elements of peace, and whether in such a season and in such a Laver of the public mind a spark emitted may not produce an universal conflagration. I: is not for inn te speculate, much less to prophesy, but, notwithstanding a temporary lull, it str;kes me that the chances of a prolonged peace are every day dimi nishing. All the activity and energy, all the young and vigorous Wood of France, vehemently longs for war. Toe monied interests, the bankers, the capitalists, and some of the Icrge shopkeepers, desire peace, but the great mass of the proprietors are neutral, and look on with calm indifference, for " le sol (according to the ex pression of Napoleon) lie tremble pas." Many there are, no doubt, among this class, who look to war for the realization of their hopes of a return of the old dynasty —some, but very few, for a restoration of the Imperial sway ; but, I repeat, the great mass, with a few exceptions, is indifferent, while the schools, the uni versities, the clerks, the workmen, and 30,000 sous- 1 ryfleiers, forming the bone and sinew of the army, the stuff, in a word, of which future Hoches, Neys, and Murats will be made, are one and all for prompt and immediate war. For the present month, or the „ - teat three months, or even year, these turbulent spirits may be kept under ; but I tell you, in their own lan- guage, ravenir est a eu.v, and that the man, or the dy nasty who seeks to curb them, will ultimately fail in the attempt. These men are impelled by two of the strongest passions —selfishness, and a sense of wrong, however imaginary and unfounded. Uniting to the suggestions of a calculating self-interest the ferocity of the military spirit, and the hoarded venom Dia "lodged hate," all the stronger for being repressed for a season, they long for the moment when the lust of rapine and the thirst for revenge may be simultaneously gratified. This, you will say, is but a gloomy picture ; but what I have observed for the last four months affords me proof that the colours are not overcharged. Sir Robert Peel is reported to have written a very strong letter to his brother-in-law, the Right Hon. Robert George Dawson, whom you no doubt remember as his Chief Secretary of Admiralty during his short occupation of the Treasury in the latter days of the good King William, Sir Robert is alleged to have "scolded" this Mr. Dawson for letting the cat on•. o f the bag at the Ultra-Orange meeting on Fr: • in Belfast ; on which occasion "my ..ray last, in-law" threatened the Irish Papists—•* nat R'ght 'don brother. . is,eight out o the nine millions of the people of Ireland, with " making every river in that country a P ne " if i t r h i ey d are f not quiet. ..far aga i nst This declaration of civil ernbaraesed Peel Ireland— for is it tantamount—has u o e r h t to that e . Dawson is a hot.headedyunmealeulaere. The truth is, Mr. Irishman, and - ,emarkable more for zeal than discretio n.mg As great a. fool on the other side, Mr. Charles O'Connell, one of '.ne small party who accompanied his great name mks en his Belfast visit the other day, when he gets on ots own repeal ground in Dublin, threatens to meet and 44 lick" (as the phrase in such cases is) all the Orange men of Ireland in the Curragh of Kildare, with a handful of the Tipperary boys alone, And these are the people on both sides to be allowed to govern themselves I—Corre spondent of the Hampshire Telegraph. FREE 'TRADE.—Society has cut away, one sifter another, all its imaginary safeguards, and has row tothirsg left but Free Trade. Free Trade is our last sheet anchor, which we must put our trust in or go to pi2cea. If the condition of the lower classes be not rendered more co4rfortable than it is at present by means of Free Trade, a great democratic struggle may ulti suitely come ; in which, after the loss of millions of lives, it will be admitted as a great truth fogp evermore that " Property has its duties as well as its rights," which are not perfectly fulfilled by yielding to human beings, reduced to mere money-making machines, a pit. 'anes on which they cannot by any possibility exist. Capi tal, in return for the security which society guarantees to ti, owes more to Society than this. The moral and phy sical condition of the masses cannot be so totally overlooked as it has hitherto been without the greatest risks. Quid Lege.. sine Moribus? What are laws without morals ? Se long as riches are the only deity that we worship, we fear that the masses must c3ntinue to be the slaves of the capitalists were the constituency of the kingdom ten thou. land or ten millions. —Merlin. THE SULTAN AND THE QUEEN, --The young Sultan Abdul Medjid has addressed a " letter of fe licitation" to her Majesty the Queen, on the occasion of the birth of the Princess Royal. The letter is about three feet in length by four or five inches. in width. I t i s written in very beautiful characters, small, but extremely distinct, and evidently done with great care. In the mar. gin is the autograph of the Sultan, with an enumeration of all the titles of " the Most High and very Powerful Seigneur" which have appertained to his Highness's pre decessors from time immemorial. The paper is of fine quality, resembling hut superior to vellum, and with a fine enamel on its surface. The letter was enclosed in an en. %elope, and sealed with the armorial bearings of the Sul- tan. The whole was enclosed in a rich sachet (or small bag, similar to a lady's reticule) of crimson satin, elabo rately embroidered with silk and gold, and to which were attached a cord and tassel of bullion of the mort recherche manufacture. Another Member of the National Convention, M. Bouchereau, died on the 26th ult., at Chattny, in the 85th year of his age. TO CORRESPONDENTS. The letter from Gainsborough, Yorkshire, has been re ceived. Our Correspondent is partly right and partly wrong, for the Chilian affair has been attended to, though it may have escaped his notice. " THE CHINA SUN," Which was RE-PUBLISHED on the Gth INSTANT, with the LATEST NEWS from CHINA, IS NOW ON SALE. Price SIXPENCE. Orders received at The Sun Office, No. 112, Strand. IN PROGRESS, THE RAILWAY SUN. With a MAP of all the RAILWAYS in the United Kingdom ; containing all the STA TIONS on each Railway, and a great variety of Information and other particulars connected with Railways. 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COCK SIT DAILY at the following places : Central Committee . The Bridge House Hotel, Borough. Bermondsey Simon the Tanner, Long-lane. Rotherhithe Old Kent-road Lambeth The White Hart, Kennington-cross. Christchurch St. George, St. Sa viour's, St. Olave }The Central Committee Room. Camberwell Wandsworth ... The Spread Eagle. Streatham Kingston Richmond ..... The Talbot. Reigate Croydon The Crown. It is particularly requested that all communications which may lead to secure his election may be made at any of the above-mentioned places. SAMUEL PALMER, Chairman. GEORGE G. DE H. LARPENT, Vice-Chairman. Central Committee-room, 30th January, 1841. Just ready, in 3 vols., post Svo., Or, MEMOIRS OF A COXCOMB. A Novel. " He was such a delight—such a coxeamb—such a jewel of a man."—Byron's Journal. Richard Bentley, New Burlington -street. THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT GARDEN. NDER the MANAGEMENT of MADAME VESTRIS. THIS EVENING, FEB. 2. FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE WESTERN JEWISH CHARITIES. 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Titkets and places for the Boats to be taken of Mr. Grogan at the Box-office, from Ton till Fear, where Season Tickets teay oe had upon application. Dress Boxes, 71. ; Second Price, 3s. 6d.; First and Second Circles, ss. ; Second Price, 2s. 6d. ; Pit, 3s. ; Second Price. 25.; Gallery, Is. Private Boit.. to be had s&ely of Mr, And: 'vs, bookseller 167, New Bond-street. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Continual overflows, signal success of the Cask Vaulter, and increasing desire of the Public to witnc..s Ainsxorth's Tower of London, and the best Pantomime of the Season. THIS EVENING, FEB. 2. Will be acted a Grand Historical Romance, founded on and , entitled THE TOWER OF LONDON. The Tableaaz Vivans, splendid Costume, and Appointments, from the Designs of the celebrated George Cruikshanke. After which will be repeated the Grand Traditionary Pantomime, entitled HARLEQUIN AND MY LADY LEE; OR, GOOSEY GANDER AND THE SPELL-BOUND GOSLINGS. In which the astonishing and incredible evolutions of the Cask Vaulter will be given, as well as Brunning's Grand Dioramio Synopsis of Syria ; the Pantomimic Characters by the unri valled Boleno Family; Mr. Southby, the Original Cloven; Miss Sharpe, Columbine ; and the astenllthing Gronastique, Signior Felix Carlo, from Franeoni's, at Paris. MOH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO MORROW. M0rning......12 minutes after 11.1 Evening 53 minutes after 11. ____. ------..-----. The Publication of the Evening Edition of THE Sux corn• meneed at 20 minutes after Three. • ~,, 44...1., H .57 Apt 14 .......--,,, ii-,AI-_...1.4)61,,,5.',-, ' ,"•-' l ' . :'t' - , iiiii.—.l"llfti,* ' Earb ,---tr"."'". '- .".--, , • . 4 ..s.: - ~:' - - , ssollWAiVoi4sriw; % s LONDON: TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1841. SETTLEMENT OF THE EASTERN QUESTION. L; The Paris Morning and Evening Journals of Sunday have been received. They bring the long-P:xpected and highly important news of the se.`alement of the Eastern Question. The an nouncement in the Moniteur is as follows : " We have received this evening, by means of the Aus trian Embassy, intelligence of importance from the East. " ' On the 12th of January one of the o ffi cers of the Sultan left Constantinople for Alexandria, the bearer of a Erman, by which his Highness officially accords to Mehe met Ali the hereditary possession of Egypt. On the 14th of the same month Mehemet Ali re stored the Turkish fleet.' " In the same official organ this intelligence is noticed in the following terms : " The simple mention of the dates is sufficient to show that this act of the Pacha has been entirely spoutaneous on his part, since he was then ignorant of the definitive intentions of the Sultan with regard to him. " On the other side, the despatch of the firman by the Sultan preceding by two days the restoration of the fleet, proves that at Constantinople they acted with sincerity and good faith. "It is the character of the two events we an nounce which gives them above all importance. We can conclude from them, that all the difficulties which dis turb the peace of the East are definitively settled, and as the peace of the whole of Europe was connected with the solution of these difficulties, the news which has ar rived will be received everywhere with the greatest interest. " The Messager publishes the same news, with no other addition than that the name of the SULTAN'S Envoy to the Pacha was Al —ASSLo um BEY. So much for the account in the French Journals. Despatches from Sir ROBERT STOPFORD, dated from Marmorice Bay, January 14, and received yesterday by her MAJESTY'S Government, com municated this news to the British Cabinet. On the 6th of January Commodore NAPIER left Marmorice Bay for Alexandria, and was fol lowed on the Bth by Admiral WALKER. The voyage occupied two days, and when Admiral WALKER arrived at Alexandria on the 10th he found that the Gallant Commodore had arranged everything with the Paella, who was quite ready to give up the Turkish fleet, and to recal IBRA- HIM PACIIA'S army from Syria. He, moreover, offered to send the Egyptian sailors to navigate the fleet to Marmorice Bay—an offer which Ad miral WALKER gladly accepted. These conces sions obtained for him from the SULTAN the he reditary Pachalic of Egypt, which includes both the civil and military administration of the affairs of that COUlltry. The Treaty of July—the cause of such heart burning and general alarm in France, and of such peril to the repose of Europe —now happily ex pires, and with it disappears all excuse for the After all the noise that was made about the in formality of Commodore NAPIER'S treaty for the settlement of the Eastern question, we are gra tified to learn that the final arrangement was effected chiefly through the personal influence of the Gallant Commodore, who has thus esta blished fresh claims to the good wishes of his countrymen, and the consideration of his Sove reign. We have not the slightest doubt that the two days spent by NAPIER at Alexandria did more towards reconciling the PACHA to the will of the Four Powers and the SULTAN than would have been effected by a five years' blockade of the Egyptian coast. As there can be no doubt that Commodore NAPIER proceeded to Alexan dria at the express wish of Admiral STOPFORD, we gladly accord to the latter brave officer the merit of generously endeavouring to re move any painful impression which his repudiation of the former treaty might have left on the mind of the Gallant Com modore. Presuming that everything was done agreeably to the instructions of Admiral STOP FORD, there was equal generosity and delicacy in allowing Commodore NAPIER a two days' start of Admiral WALKER, who was proceeding in the name of the SULTAN, to demand in form the restoration of the fleet. To Commodore NAPIER this second visit to the PACHA must have been extremely gratifying. He came to offer, with the exception of a mere formality, precisely the same terms which the PACHA had before ac cepted from him. He came to prove the amicable spirit by which he had been actuated by preparing the PACHA beforehand for the arri val of the Turkish Admiral. How well this simple generosity of feeling and of conduct becomes the characters of brave men like NAPIER and STOP FORD! In the House of Lords, last night, Lord ELLE . BOROUGH presented a petition from the East India and China Association for an alteration in the laws which now regulate the trade of our In dian empire. The Noble Baron enforced the prayer of the petition, and inquired what part of the Report of the Committee of last Session the Government meant to carry into effect. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE admitted the pro priety of doing full justice to the inhabitants of our Indian empire. It was the intention of Go vernment, he said, to propose a measure to Par liament to equalize the East India and West India rum. Other duties were so connected with questions of revenue, that it was necessary to be very cautious in proceeding to remove the re strictions on Indian trade. The petition was, of course, laid on the table. Lord BROUGHAM gave notice that he would to-morrow move the second reading of the Copy hold Bill; and the Earl of RIPON gave notice that on Monday he should call their Lordships, attention to our relations with Persia. The Earl of SHAFTESBURY brought up the Re port of the Committee appointed to search for precedents in the case of the Earl of CARDIGAN, which recommended that the trial should take place on the 16th instant, at the bar of that House—not in Westminster Hall ; that all the Judges be ordered to attend; and that the LORD CHANCELLOR do write to all the Peers to ac quaint them that their presence was required on that day, except members of the Royal family, who are to be informed of the trial, and may attend or not as they please. These recom mendations were adopted and an address carried to her MAJESTY to give orders to make the ne cessary preparations, and to appoint a High Steward to preside at the trial. The Peers then adjourned. The Commons did not assemble in sufficient number to form a House, and adjourned till this day. A short conversation which took place last night in the House of Lords on Lord ELLEN. BOROUGH presenting a petition from the East India and China Association, indicates the dif ferent manner in which both Houses of Parlia ment treat questions, as they have or have not a strong personal interest in them. In the early part of last Session a petition was pre sented to the House of Commons by the Chair man of the East India Company for an inquiry into the duties levied on the produce of our East India possessions. It was represented that the duties levied on East and West India produce were unequal and unjust to the former, and a Committee was moved for to inquire into the subject. The opposing interest, that of the West Indies, consisting only of a few persons, the bulk of the Members being neutral, the motion was assented to, and the Committee immediately appointed. A similar Committee was also ap pointed by the House of Lords. In due time these Committees made their re ports, including several suggestions for the equali zation of duties on the produce of the East and West Indies, and for the improvement of the trade with India. The drift of Lord ELLENBOROUGH'S observations last night was to recommend the Government to carry the suggestions of the Committee into effect. But the Ministers have already given notice of their intention to intro duce into the House of Commons a measure to assimilate the duties on East India and West India rum, in pursuance of the suggestions of , the Committee. This is a trifling measure; but as far as it goes we approve of it. We make no sort of objection to giving our East Indian fellow subjects all they ask. We are, in fact, strenuous advocates for abolishing all discriminating duties whatever, considering that it is wholly beyond the sphere of legislation tcrdirect or encourage any particular species of industry ; but we wish to impress on our readers that the Legislature treats questions very differently, as they affect or not its own Members, In this case the motion recommended by a few opulent East India merchants, and by the reason of the thing, was scarcely made before it to, e andy ripe, h b e e fo s r u e g i g t e i s s t i p o r n o s p o o s f e d the to was Comm ac i e t t e e d e e d s c a scarcely give them the effect of law. In the case of the Corn-law, however, to repeal which many hun dred thousand inhabitants of this part of the empire petitioned last Session, a Committee was refused, all inquiry was refused, and the Peers and the Commons, having a personal pecuniary interest in maintaining the law, steadily resisted even the smallest attempt to give effect to the prayers of the people. Their humble supplica tions went for nothing; those who spoke for their cause were derided and scarcely listened to ; and both Houses passed away from the subject with ill-concealed disgust that the supposed ad vantages of their Members should be assailed, and with ill-concealed contempt for the pe titioning people. The few rich merchants trading to India, not coming into collision with the landlords, were immediately attended to; the millions hungering for bread, the manu- longer isolation of France from the councils of Europe. We sincerely rejoice at this. The con tinuance of what France calls an armed peace, we knew to be impossible, and it was not without apprehensions of the worst that we witnessed the military preparations carried on, not only in France, but throughout the whole of Germany. That the Treaty of July was a measure essential to the conservation of the Ottoman empire is de nied by none but the few who regard Turkey as a country doomed to destruction —that it was as much the interest of France as it was of Eng land to sign, is now admitted by the ablest states men in that country—and that France would have signed it, but for the duplicity of M. TIIIERS, is a fact resting upon the authority of the able statesman now at the head of Louts PHILIPPE'S Government. But essential, and necessary, and politic, as was the Treaty of July, by not including in it the name of France it car ried in it the germs of a war which no humane mind could regard without horror. For this rea son we rejoice it has expired without requiring for its execution any other than verbal co-opera tion on the part of Russia. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1-41 The turning point of the late Presidential elec tion in the United States was the currency. The VAN BUREN party was defeated by the advocates of a national bank and paper money. Accord ingly it has been predicted that General TlAnnt sox will no sooner be installed in office than a total change will be made in the monied system of the United States. We have ventured to doubt the probability of such a change, and we must now refer to the intelligence from America, in another part of our Journal, as tending to confirm our opinion. The great opponent of General JACKSON and Mr. VAN BLTREN was the monied interest as re presented by the United States Bank. The Bank and the President were the two con tending powers. In the first instance Mr. VAN BUREN has been defeated because his sub treasury scheme has not answered all the ex pectations of his countrymen. But now, in the full tide of success, comes the "panic in the Money Market;" the United States Bank returns show that " it has not got the means of standing for an hour before the slightest dispo sition to discredit it." " The question now is," says the New Yorh Herald, "will the Bank stand the storm ?" Whether it stand the storm or not, the Americans are too sagacious not to learn wisdom by the lesson which the condition of the Bank teaches, and much too cautious to over turn a system of currency, in order to set up anew bubble banks. A modification of the pre sent scheme may be admitted, but we may rest satisfied, after the exposure of the Bank of the United States, that the party of which it is the representative, will be unable to carry any such sweeping change as that our over-sanguine money speculators have expected and announced In the article which we copy from the Times, , the condition of Louis PHILIPPE is represented to be very precarious, painful, and tormenting. He is surrounded by a mass of intrigue, complex • and embarrassing, from which all pretence, even, • of generous motives or patriotic spirit, is banished by common consent. The Times gives that as a description of French statesmen, but to us it seems of more general application. It is not only in France that statesmen want a fixed principle tor their guidance, such a want is felt everywhere. Our own statesmen talk of holding fast by the Con stitution ; of maintaining the institutions of the country ; of resisting all progress towards demo cracy and republicanism; of upholding the Church; but almost every day sees them com pelled, whether they be Whigs or Tories, to make or consent to some innovations which weaken and tend to destroy the institutions of the country. Great changes have been made in them during the last few years ; the changes have deprived the institutions of the sanction of prescription, without winning that for them selves ; the changes are already found not to an swer the intended purpose, and men's minds, however fast the leaders of both political parties may clinch and rivet our institutions, are en tirely unsettled, and there is no solid foundation on which to fix them. Take for example the Church. That rests, and must rest, wholly on opinion. No coer cion, no bribery, can prop it up against the sense of the community. However loud the parsons may preach, and whatever sums of money they may coax out of the pockets of indolent gentlemen and timid ladies, however much they may say in praise of their own call ing, —when th e peop l e d eser t it, w h en i t is proved to be ineffica c i ous , w h en its claims t o promote morality are ascertained to be hollow, when the multitude instead of listening to the parsons mock at them and their doctrines, no State art fice can uphold the Church. If statesmen cannot unlearn the people the experience of the last half century, if they c anno t re vive in the hea r t s o f the if they cannot sauvpoplit.iensstakrynor,evslpedegcte, their asserti on thatfor the clergy, they will support the Church will be mere idl e talk. If Acts of Parliament could fix men's opinions it might be reasonable to declare that the Church shall be upheld, and the House of Peers shall be preserved ; but as long as opinion is formed and determined by circumstances and events, and as long as institutions depend on opinion, it is pue- rile in statesmen to say, as if they could command the universe, Our institutions shall be maintained . How, if the nations will not have the institutions, can they be maintained ? But it is plain from the discussions of the press that opinion as to political institutions and political principles is everywhere unsettled, and till it be settled it is little better than absurd to talk of giving permanence to in stitutions. This unsettled state of opinion is shared by statesmen both at home and abroad. They are in a situation in which they are bound to act. They are lashed, in fact, into exertion by the public demands and by the fears of rivals. There are about a thousand legis lators, now assembled in and about West miftster, looking for something-, having occa- facturers stopping work because they can get no profit, but coming into collision with the land lords, who compose the Legislature, prayed in vain. Such is human nature. The smallest personal inconvenience weighs more with every individual than the welfare of millions, and he will, if he have the power—let him be called Emperor, King, Consul, President, Peer, or Representative—disregard or betray the public welfare and gratify his personal feelings. At the same time, there runs through the oratory of the speakers on the subject a large vein of hypocrisy. On both sides they referred to the people in our Colonies and in our Indian Empire. Now, it is well known that the wages of the labourers, semi-slaves as they still are in both dependencies, will not be affected one dolt either way by any ahem_ tion in our discriminating duties. It h mon strously preposterous to suppose that the wel fare of some 80,000,000 labourers in India can be influenced by the admission of a few barrels of rum, or hundred weights of sugar, more or less into our country. But the few European sugar planters, the few merchants trading to India, will be enriched by the change; and while these alone, amounting at most to a few thousand, not to say hundred, Europeans, and their connections, will be benefited, the change is hypocritically described as demanded by the welfare of the people of India. This is the hypocrisy of the matter, to which is added a spice of pseudo bene volence. The poor Hindoos, it is said, are our fellow subjects; the Legislature is bound to take care of their interests, just as it pays attention to the negroes, and for their pretended benefit mulcts the suffering labourers of England, their wives and families. The Hindoos have no means of appeal ing to the justice of the Legislature, they are dependent on its bounty. To them the Legisla ture is, therefore, kindly disposed; to the peti tioning people who appeal to its justice, and have some power to disturb its equanimity, it assumes the character of a severe and rigid master. At home its authority is at stake, and it stickles for that at the expense of justice. The people some times assume the character of teachers, and they can expect nothing from the benevolence of the Legislature. It expects them, in fact, to help themselves. They are freemen, and must decide their own fate. What they can not command they will never obtain. The inhabitants of India, and of the Colonies, are thoroughly slaves. Submission, were it violated, would be instantly restored, if possible, by the sword; but as long as they are submissive, the Legislature feels benevolently disposed to wards them. Between the people here and the Legislature there is a struggle for power ; they are something like rivals; they approach to an equality ; the Corn-law-starved people may ac cordingly, at some time or other, command justice from the Legislature—they will never receive it as a favour. sionally something to recommend or to censure, and without, as loug as opinion is unsettled, compass or chart to guide them, and even with out a knowledge of the port they arc to steer for. This is the source, we believe, of the intrigue which flows about power, which may, from the more disturbed state of opinion in France, rise higher there than here, but which is as visible here as there. It takes, indeed, a somewhat different form in the two countries. In France the Monarch stands for much more than in England. In England the Parliament must be won, the con stituencies must be bribed, or seduced, or cheated, and in England intrigues are directed to this end. In France they are directed to sup plant a Minister in the good graces of the KING, and to control the appointments of Pre fects and the Parliamentary majorities. Here the gold of the Carlton Club bribes the consti tuencies; then the fears of timid men of pro perty are appealed to; next, loud-sounding ap peals on behalf of the Church and of Chris tianity arc put forth; afterwards, Bills are proposed, under the pretext of promoting morality and preventing perjury, to disfranchise opponents; and the timid men of property and the friends of the Church, who have some alarm, perhaps, for their salvation, gather round the Bills, and arc used to break up a Government, or obtain power for a rival. In all that, the intrigue is as disgust ing as any intrigue carried on in France to get place ; and is as destitute of generous motive or patriotic spirit as the passive watchfulness of M. MOLE, or the restless activity of M. THIERS. LLOYD'S , HIPPING-(THIS DAY. -- MONEY and COMMERCIAL NE WS LIVERPOOL, FEB. I.—TIIE ROYAL MAIL STEAMER CO LOMRIA.—It was reported early in the week that this vessel, which sailed from this post on the sth ult. for Halifax and Boston, had been spoken on the 12th, six days am: a half out, with her cargo damaged, going only four knots an hour. The following letter addressed to Mr. Court, the active and intelli gent Secretary to the Underwriters' Association, will tend to allay any anxiety which the rumour may have created Cove, Jan. 29, 1841. " Dear Sir—l received yours of the 2Gth instant, and ac quaint you that I have seen the master of the Rapid, and got his answers to the queries. The steamer he spoke was the Co lombia, the captain of which did not wish him to make any re port. He brought some letters from him, which were posted hole. The steamer sent her own boat with the provisions, and in which was a man (the master of the Rapid believes the boatswain) who mentioned to him as a cause for her going , o slow that the engines were partly damaged, so that they could not put the full power of steam on them. " This man did not name any particular part of the machinery. They first saw the steamer at 11 A. 31. and got the supply about 2v. at. The crew of the Rapid made a signal to the steamer, when she came towards them. The supply received was one tierce of beef, one bag of bread, and about 121 b. of potatoes ; inquired if the crew and passengers were all well; was in formed they w ere . A ga i n says he did not appear to go more than about four knots. "These are, I believe, all the particulars you require. I can not help thinking, from the manner in which the report was made, that little apprehensio n of any serious injury to the steamer should be entertained by parties interested ; and that, in fact, it was some necessary operation of cleaning the flues, &c. that was going on. " I remain, dear Sir, " SIMON RING." THE FUNDS. The final settlement of the Eastern question, received this morning, by express, from Paris, gives great satisfaction in the City. Consols, which left off at 89i a for the Account, opened this morning at 89i ; Exchequer Bills, 4 6 prem. ; Bank Stock, 165 167 ; India Stock, 246 248. In the Foreign Market Spanish Active has rather improved, closed at 244 g, at present 243 i ; Deferred, 12 1 3 i ; Passive, 6i ; Portuguese same as it left off, 31 , r 1 32; Three per Cents., 20A ; Brazilian, 72 73 ; Colombian 24 23 : Mexican, same, 27i 26 ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents, 49& 50b ; File per Cents., 98i 99. SBA RES.—Great Western, 26 27 prem. ; New, 12 13 prem. ; London and Brighton, 6i 6 dis. ; Blackwall, 4 3i dis. ; Bir mingham, 87 89 prem. ; Southampton, 57 58 per share ; Croydon, 126- per share ; Greenwich, 84 'per share; Man chester and Birmingham, 15 14 dis. No papers as yet from the Cambridge. PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE. as, nw.s.rs. Paid. Per Share. Great Western Ditto New ... London and Brighton Manchester and Leeds Ditto New Shares JOINT STOCK BANKS. Colonial ... PRICES OF IRISH STOCKS, DUBLIN, JAN. 30. 3 per Cent. Consols Three and Half Stock o7i ' Grand Canal Stock ...... Ditto Reduced ...... Ditto Debs. 6 per cent... Ditto New, 1630 3i per Cent. Debs. HALF-PAST UNE. The Hamburgh mail of the 26th ult. has arrived, with papers of the same date, bringing the Exchange upon London 13 12i ; Gold comes lower, 424; Metal, 105; Bank Actions. 1,655. The French mail is still due, and the Nov York papers have not as yet been received. The extensive fire, which took place this morning, at Painter's extensive furniture warehouse, Finsbury-square, caused rather a thin attendance at the Steck Exchange, owing to a number of the members proceeding to view the ruins, in consequence of which very little business has been done during the morning. Up to the present hour the settlement of the Eastern Affairs has not had any effect on the British market. Consols for the Account 89i ; Money bfli, have been 89i1; Exchequer Bills 6 4 prem. ; Bank Stock 165 ; India Bonds 5 discount. In the Foreign Market Spanish Active 24%, a shade lower ; Portuguese 32k; Three per Cents. 20; Russian 114}; Dutch Two-and a-Half per Cents. 50A; Five per Cents. 9N. In Shares very little doing. Great Western 911 92 911.2 ; New, 6214 s ; London and Brighton, 43 ; Manchester and Leeds New Shares, 321. We are now enabled to confirm the intelligence which we some time since announced, that the Governor ship of Greenwich Hospital has been offered to and ac cepted by Admiral the Hon. Sir Robert Stopford, G, C. 8., G. C. M. C. The successor to this gallant officer in command of the Mediterranean Fleet has not yet been fixed on.—Naval and Military Gazette. DESERTION 011 SEAMEN.—The POli .2f Tyne Pilot has an account of wbzt. took Place before th,' Ma gistrates at North Shields, on Tuesday last, in referem:e to a charge against a captain of a vessel belonging to tha! port having illegally detained and secreted a sailor-deser ter at Miramichi. The principal party charged has still to answer to two informations of a like character to the one which was " not proven" on Tuesday-, LONDON, FEB. 2.—lt blew a heavy gale with squalls last night and this morning at N. E., with snow. Wind this day at noon, fresh north-easterly breeze, with fine frosty weather. LOSS OF THE LUCY. The following is a copy of a letter received at Lloyd's, dated British Consulate, Boa Vista, Cape de Verds, Dec. 16. 1840 : " Sir,-1 take leave to report, for the information of the Committee of Lloyd's, that the brig Lucy. Houston Wallace, master, of and from Liverpool, bound to Valparaiso, with a cargo of coals, w as wrec k e d on t h e east point of the Island of Sal on the night of the 9th ult., and has become a total loss. " No lives were lost, but the 'crew have suffered by contu sions in getting on shore, and are in a destitute state, from not being able to save their clothes. • " Captain Wallace has been furnisheel with every paper ne cessary to show the loss he has experienced, and proceeds to England by this opportunity. I have the honour to be, Sir, " Your most obedient and very humble servant, ( Signed) " JOHN RENDALL, " Her Britannic Majesty's Consul, and Agent for Lloyd's." " To William Dobson, Esq., Lloyd's." DEAL ' FEE. I.—Wi n d E., s t rong i n squalls.—Sailed the Heiress, Randall, foe Mogadore. LIVERPOOL, FEB. I.—Wind E.S.E.—Sailed the Windsor Castle, Young, for Bombay ; Cornubia, Bell, Maranham ; Meams, Dryman, Mobile; Eagle, Bell, Apalachicola ; Chase, Powell, Alexandria. Off port, Mary, Elizabeth, China. Four steamers left New York on the morning of the Bth ult., to render assistance to the Garrick, bound to New York, on shore near Sandy Hook, and the weather being fine, it was expected all hands and the cargo would have been saved. The Penang, Cumming, hence to China, was spoken with on Dec. 13, in lat. 2 N, lon. 23 W., had experienced very severe weather. On Nov. 21 spoke the Lavinia, hence to Sierra Leone, with loss of boats, bulwarks, and one man over board. BRISTOL, JAN. 31.—Arrived, the Arab, from Jamaica. The Helen, Dunn, on shore on the Swash, is beneaped. CORK, JAN. 30.—Arrived the Barbara Ann, Atkinson, from St. John's, New Brunswick. The wreck of a vessel, apparently a ship of 700 tons, figure-head a female's bust, yellow-sides, painted ports, burnt to the water's edge abaft, was passed on the 10th ult., lat. 46, lon. 36, by the Barbara Ann, arrived here. POOLE, FEB. I.—The Reaper, Pinton, from Newcastle, is on shore on the Hook, and bilged. Crew saved. PORTSMOUTH, FEZ I.—Wind, N.E. to E.N. E.—Sailed the City of Poonah, Rogers, for Calcutta; Warrens, Cole man, South Seas ; Edward Waller, Rio Janeiro ; Tancred, Batten, St. Lucia ; Sussex, Comin, Bermuda ; Seduisant, Hebart, Martinique. HULL, FEB. E.N.E.—Arrived the Forager, from St. Andrew's, New Brunswick. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, MONDAY.—The sales to-day are 6,000 bags, of which 1,500 have been taken on speculation at Friday's quotations. LIVERPOOL SHARE LIST, FIB. l.—Bristol and Exeter 32 ; Eastern Counties 8i ; Debentures 5; Edinburgh and Glasgow 29%; Glasgow and Paisley 224 ; Grand Junction Quarter Shares 52; Great Western 92%; Fifths 10k; Liverpool and Manchester 187 ; London and Birmingham 177; 321. Shares 59%; South Western 58%. MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE," FEB. I.—We have had to-day a fair inquiry for several kinds of Railway Stock, but few sellers at present prices, in consequence of which our trans action; have been limited.—Manchester and Leeds, 734 ; Manthester and Bin, ingham Extension, 21. 16s. ; London and South Western, 58 to 59; Manchester and Birmingham, 25i ; North Midland, 77 ; New ditto, 38 ; London and Brighton, 434 to 434 ; Man c h es t er an d Li verpool District Bank, 114. The following information received at Liverpool has been posted at the North and South American Coffee-house : Tug Wascx OF THE GARRICK.—Another passenger has this day arrived from Cove; he states that four steamers left New York in company with the Cambridge, and that the greater number of the passengers were saved from the Garrick. On the morning of the Bth the communication also from the same source is, that a considerable part of the cargo would be got from the vessel. HOUSE OF LORDS-(TIIIS DAY.) The House sat to. day, for tin. first time in the present Ses sion, to hear appeals. The Lords present were the Lord Chancel'or, Lord Brougham, the Marquis of Headford, and Lord Camoys. DIXON V. DIXON. This case came before their Lordships upon appeal from the decision of the Ceurt of Session. The only question in the case was whether a legacy given by Mr. Dixon, the proprietor of the Dumbarton Glassworks, to his eldest son, leased in consequence of the death of that son in the lifetime of the tes tator. The Court of Session decided that it did not ; and from that decision the present appeal was made, Sir W.n. Follet appeared for the appellant, and Mr. Bell for the respondent. The case was not concluded when our reporter left. COMMON PLEAS.-(THIS DAA' (Sittings at Nisi Prius, before Mr. Justice COLTMAN and a Common Jury.) HART V. RUSSELL. The parties in this action were proprietors of the well-known gamblinl house called the Berkeley Club, in Piccadilly. The plaintiff claimed 200/., for money lent, and 41. 10s. for goods delivered. In support of the claim for 2001. witnesses were called, who swore that they heard the defendant state that he had borrowed so much from the plaintiff, but would never pay him, because he had Nabbed, and subjected him to penalties for keeping the club. Proof was also given of the delivery of the goods, and the Jury found for the plaintiff for their amount (41. 10s.) only. CRIMINAL COURT.-(THIS DAY OLD COURT. (Before the RECORDER.) The Court was occupied dui ing the morning with a case of alleged perjury in a charge made before a magistrate, which had not terminated at the hour of our going to press. NEW COURT — : (Before the COMMON SERJEANT. John Francis Gray, pleaded guilty to a charge of stealing a gun, value 21. the property of Thomas Burt, of Woolwich. rhe prisoner wa sentenced to three months' imprisonment in Maidstone gaol. Witham Wootton was charged with stealing 13s. from a box which was broken open, the property of William Ashton, of Uxbridge, in whose service he was engaged. The prisoner was found guilty, but recommended to mercy in consequence of his previous good character. The Learned Serjeant said he would consider his sentence. William Price was charged with stealing a Mackintosh coat, the property of Mr. Thomas Fardell, from a tavern in Ahlgate, on the night of the 22d of January. It appeared from the evidence that the prisoner, who was a young man of respectable appearance, took the coat, which was hanging up in the room of the tavern, rolled it up, and ran away with it. He was, however, pursued, and apprehended. The prisoner, in his own defence, said that he was intoxi cated at the time, and that he mistook the coat for one of his own. The proprietor of the tavern deposed, on the contrary, that he was at the time perfectly sober. The Jury returned a verdict of Guilty, and the prisoner was sentenced to seven years' transportation. BANBURY, FEB - . 1. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sir,—ln your report of the proceedings in the Rolls Court on Thursday last, you have fallen into an error which I shall feel obliged if you will correct, in the case " Gardner v. Howard,". which was an application for an injunction of the Court to restrain the defendant from further making and selling certain machines for cutting turni2s infringing my patent. You describe the de fendant as an ironmonger living at Brantford ; it should have been put BAlord, not Brantford. You also state the defendant was making and selling ma chines in every respect similar to those patented by me. It was stated to the Court by my counsel, that the defendant was making anti selling machines, the knives or cutters of which separately and in the series were similar to those for which my patent was obtained, but instead of affixing them upon a rotary drum as made by me, the defendant, it was stated, affixed them upon a rotary plate. The Court, regarding it as a decided case of infringement, granted the Injui.ction. 1 am, Sir, your obedient servant, JAMES GARDNER. VICTORIA THEATRE. Haines's new drama, The Yew Tree Ruins, continues to draw crowded houses at this theatre every evening. The spirited lessee, however, does not rest on his oars, but seems in defatigable in securing all the talent in the market for the gra tification of his patrons. That enchanting actress Mrs. Honey, commenced a short engagement here last evening, and was rap turously received. She appeared in a short farce, evidently written expressly for her, entitled The Widow's Frolics, in which she acts the part of Mrs. General Mapleton, a widow anxious to get rid of a crowd of obnoxious suitors. She sings, acts, fences, fires at targets, and is in fact " every thing by turns, and nothing long," to the great dismay of the suitors, who one and all declare off. Her naivete and archness are admirable, and the curtain fell amidst thunders of applause. She sang the song of " When at your feet a lover kneels," ex quisitely, and, as a matter of aourse, was called on to repeat it; she also sang the finale to Luccia di Lammermoor in a style which elicited shouts of laughter and applause. As a burlesque imitation of the exaggerated style of singing and acting of the Grisi school, it was one of the best performances we ever wit nessed, and it had this great merit, it never degenerated into mere vulgar caricature. We bail the return of Mrs. Honey to the metropolitan boards with unmingled satisfaction, and hope that she will not again leave us for such a length of time as she has done recently. MYSTERIOUS AFFAIR.-A WHOLE FAMILY POISONED AND DISINTERMENT OF Two OF THE BODIES BY ORDER OF THE CORONER.—During the last three Or four days a rathit painful excitement has prevailed throughout the souther,' division of the parish of St. Pancras, in con sequence of a rumour, in the fiast place, that the family of a foreigner, named Azoni, resi-ling in Ch irlotto.street, Fi zroy- square, had been starved to death, and sub sequently, that the whole of them had been poisoned. It appears that about a fortnight since Mr. Azoni, whose occupation was that of a manufacturer and grinder of colours for artists, died, and his death was registered by Mr. Wells, the registrar of the district, as that of a con sumption. Two days after a certificate for burial was applied for to the same registrar, for Mr. Azoni's s; ,n, a boy about. ten years of age, who was stated to have disd of a similar disease. The certificates were granted, and the burial took place. Subsequently Mrs. Az,,ni and her two remaining children became ill, and went to the Middlesex Hospital. All that could be ascertained, lead ing to a suspicion that the whole family has been poisoned, was, that they had been lately in the habit of drinking water contained in a copper, and which might thereby have become deleterious. Hearing this Carter lost no time in representing the facts to Mr. Wakley, the coroner, who immediately ordered the water in the copper alluded to to be analysed, and which has proved to be perfectly pure, This rendering the circumstances of the case the more mysterious, coupled with the fact that the wife and two children of Mr. Azoni still lay in the Middlesex Hos pital, under treatment for having taken poison, and in a hopeless state, the Coroner, en Friday last, issued his warrant for the disinterment of the two bodies, and on Sa turday, in pursuance of that order, the exhumation took place, in order that a post mortem examination might ba made. This process was performed yesterday by one or two eminent surgeons, and the contents of the stomach were analysed by Mr. Everett, principal professor and lecturer of chemistry to the Middlesex Hospital, but the result of the experiments will not be permitted to transpire until they are made the subject of a judicial investigation. On inquiry at the hospital last evening respecting the condition of Mrs. Azoni and her two unfortunate children who are inmates with her, the retorter was informed that they were in an almost hopeless condition. The Coroner has appointed the inquest on the two bodies which have been exhumed to take place to-morrow, when it is expected that some light will be thrown upon this mysterious affair. WooLevicif, FEB. 1.-ESCAPE OF A CON• VICT.-About half-past six o'clock on the morning of Tuesday last, one of the convicts belonging to the Warrior convict ship, moored off the Dockyard. Woolwich, made his escape, and although every exertion has since been made to recapture him, he has eluded the vigi lance of the police. It appears be was employed as cook to the guard, and availed himself of the opportunity afforded by being able to dress himself in a cap and pilot-coat left within his reach, and passed the sentry on duty without being detected. He then managed to get over the wall of the dockyard by ascending the roof of the boat-house, and as it was raining at the time, un perceived isy the sentry stationed outside. Every thing seemed to favour the escape of the convict, as there were two sovereigns in the pockets of the coat he carried with him. A reward has been offered for his apprehension. The Zoological Society commenced yesterday sh e remov a l of their very extensive stock from the Mu seum in Leicester-square, to a temporary warehouse en. gaged for their reception in Broad -street, Golden-square. They will not be placed for inspection, and nothing has yet been arranged as to how, or under what circum stances it will be re-opened to the public. Considerable interest is excited amongst the members on the subject, as the Society is considered to be in possession of mate rials for forming the finest Zoological collection in the world. A proposal has been made to the Council to attach it to the British Museum, but this, it entertained, must be brought before a general meeting of the Fellows for approval, who arc likely to reject it by a large majority. INNER TEMPLE, JAN. 30.—The following gentlemen %ere yesterday called to the Bar by the Hon. Society of the Inner Temple ;—viz., Messrs. Edward Badely, Alfred Pearson Hurlstone, Edward Herbert Bun bury, John M'Dowall, John Thomas Henry Peter, Henry Wall Turner, Edwie Plumer Price, Gerard Wolfe Ly dekker, James Parker Deane, Charles Packer, and Thomas Cabe. NEWS —News increases in interest inversely as the distance. In a village, the birth of one child is a matter of high interest ; to nuke it so to people a little way off, it must be twins, a little further off, three at least at a birth, and at a hunch-rd miles off, nothing short of a birth of rnonster3 will interest. The Earl of Cardigan left town, at the close of the last week, to join his regiment at Brighton. TIIE ESSEX UNION [IOUNDS.—SINGULAR CIRCUMSTANCE.—Last Tuesday as these hounds Were run- niog their fox from the 1100 Will to Mr French's farm, poor reynard, put to his last shift, jumped through a pane of glass pop into the parlour, whither the pack ran in to him. Beckford tells us of a somewhat similar occurrence with the Duke of Beaufort's, who followed their fox into a cottage, and found pug lying in an infant's cradle. Last Sunday evening during divine service, at a Dissenting meeting-house, in the City, the minister in terrupted the singing of the hymn, previous to the sermon, by the following ejaculation :—" If that gentleman who sings so very loud, cannot sing more in tune, he had better leave cif altogether." John Haslock, the clerk who recently absconded Iron' his cnip;o)ers, :Messrs. Whitworth, the bankers of t hi s town. with upwards of 3001., is in custody. He was arrest.. d by the French authorities, at Tours, for travelling under AL feigned name. —. Northampton Mercury. 14]VENING PROVINCIAL BANK OF lIIELAIP TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Parliament-street, Feb. 1 , 184" SlR, — Your Paper of the 30th ult. conta ias e a _ report of the pro cee di ngs o f a m eeting of S bar i r i holders of the Pro v i nc i a l B an k of Ireland, bed' on the 28th ult., with remarks on Circular (herewith enclosed) highly 'lreful:7 o to my character, and therefore I request 03%14 will publish, in as consp i cuous a manner a , " 1 ; of the repo r t, the enclosed Corresponde nce/ t o order that th e pu bli c may suspen d t h e ir judglg%) until my expl ana ti on ( w hi c h I a m PrePtteo shall appear, and which I will send you completed. Your obedient servant, CHARLES BARRY BALOI' (Copy No. 1.) Parliament -st r eet, Jan. 29. 19 " pe r My M dear Sir,—l h ave thi s i nstan t t a ken up a P IA (the 'Globe), in which there is a report of a I _,„r to ff yesterday made by yo u a t a meet i ng of the P ro p r Te of the Iri s h Provincial Bank, on the subje ct. ° o l d, Circular. I cannot suppose that it is correctly rePl a i t s but, under all circumstances, I cannot • leave ' t ;,; ( 41 present state without replying to it in as publ„ie as your spee c h h as gone f ort h to t h e wor ld. r i° "beir previous to taking any steps I should be glad t° Alf from you ( w ith out d e l ay ) whether i t b e correct, 33te, not, in wh a t p assages t h e var i at i ons ex i s t. T .° ,,, d r i '•l CHARLES BARRY BAI,DIT' 4I Oliver Ferrer, Esq. (Co No. 2.) ra n Lincoln's-inn-fields, Jan.3o , 1841, Five 0%1 :0 Is Dear Baldwin,—Haviog read in the nev"P a cl o to-day, a rep or t of what lam stated to lo ve "-'pre Chairman of the Meeting of Proprietors of th e nat ut vincial Ba n k o f I re l an d , h e ld on T hurs d a y lest , :,.'prr again expre ss my d eep regret t h at you were ou"bor sent at the M eet i ng , ( as I th i n k you o ught ° Orel' been, for you cou ld h ar dl y expect t h a t your )to l ar could p ass unnot i ce d b y the ProPrietoooo hear what rea ll y occurred, as you would jo t Imo had the opportunity of forming y e a h' ' c , judgment as t o w h et h er an thin g was 'std ;"0,9111 which could b e reasona bl y cons i dere d es P c ' „9 4arf offensive. Nothing which could bear such t' s 0 0 0 prctation was said, and nothing could be further • rny intentions. • ircc . My sole object was to e xcu l pate t h e Court at tors from the charges contained in your circula r ' The report of my speech con t a i ns fully as 41 ,, a t - 0 04 accuracies as are usually f oun d i n suc h dee°°le,:j ore s in some instances a tt r ib u t es to me words ti" whole sentences whi c h I never u tt ere d. 0 . 0 At a full meeting of th e Di rectors this O r r est I s , ordered such alteration s t o b e ma d e i n the Reit whP bring back my speech as nearly as Ws could I actually did say. We stopped th e t ransm i ss i on o f t h e papers cop ing the in accurac i es , an d h ave or d ere d a° s redsP Report to be publi s h e d i n t h e newspa pers 00 14%ste a copy of which w ill b e f orwar d e d to ev6r . l 5 holder. n eo , As Chairman it was my d u t y , called ti r r o, we were, to put f orwar d an d c onarneet s 'llo upon all the fact s b ear i ng upon the ea se 'tittl e ' I endeavoured to d o ; b u t, a t the sa l l e .otsP er I was studiously cautiou s no t t o a ttribute Tro motives. I had no inclination to do so, 61 7 1 , 6 011 happy to add that ever y one o f my who were present, have assured; me that in tots at all events I succeeded. Yours ever sincerely, t,1151t4 °LIVER Fl" Charles Barry Baldwin, Esq. M.P. &c. &c. &c. (Copy No. 3) 1 841 , Parliament-street, Jan. 31' kbtA My dear Sir,—l rece i ve d your l e tt e r lest D fo: my return hom e f rom a very l ate di nner partr' sle e l very much with y ou t h at I was not prese nt at th e c o, ' ing in qu es ti on , b ut , as I h ave a l rea d y s tated t ° purposely a b sen t e d myse lf to prevent any a". cusslon. Pu b- ' sind However, the point at issue now is the Pu -- the proceedings which has prejudiced me so m uc- 0 0 10 ' my friends, and no doubt more so with he u .r n ise t that I am sure you will not object to my pub 1 , i14. 00 13 1 correspondence, as (to use your own word') to the poison has been dispersed I wish the antidote 00 , 0 , its way." An answer by bearer will particular i f Y, &c. DOS' CHARLES BARRY ours , BAL. , - Oiver Ferrer, Esq. (Copy No. 4.) to Lincoln's Inn•fields, Ist Feb. 1841, 10 nc' - d elt Dear Baldwin,—l have this moment reeci fe ro ts o , note of yesterd a y's date, and although when ti" you hastily on Saturday, I had no expectat ion do you could; wish to publish our correspondeo ce ' not see that I can object to your doing so if Y °l/ it be of any a d vantage t o yourse lf. Or r Had you pointed out t h e passages in the ne"seitr report which you objected t o , I would without, ife. tion have told you wheth er th ey were correc ti f ;c c or not. The words quot e d i n y our letter as tract from my speech were never ut t e red by ag e wish you distinctly to und ers t an d that 1 de ° Y used them. tb s 4 The quotation is not applicable to asy thi" is said on the occasion i n ques ti on , an d should 00 ' 00 10 opinion have been used, a t a ll even t s not untilY- seen the report in its corrected form. Yours, sincerely, O ft ' kA g Charles Barry Bald w i n , Es o q. L , IhIII7.EPTI. (Copy No. 5.) I, 18 41 ' Parliament -str e et, Ist re,,, Dear Sir,—As the incorrect report of the i ris vincial Bank Meeting has gone forth to the ' l° o l' oo' is impossible, in justice to myself, that I can ,c 1;: wise than publish the correspondence in que s `, - : ' 6e : although you disavow " words, and even w "„ -le ye,, tences," I find that the corrected statement ale'r",,l,l" lifies some of the expressions used. My 01.7.ie. et ; :•01 ° ;; and is still, to the tenour of the sp eeches , as It sible that any one can peruse them without attlt;hica me a charge of having published a statemen t , ~..11 3 1 1 / 311: was not prepared to defend. The passage ev'' l l ,• e ctl °° l turally quoted was decidedly one of the most t j- 0 0 1, able, and must have been noticed either le t "„ - ; p3° 1 ; E ° have done it, or in the statement which I am 13 ', 1 - 04 1 :;; for publication. I am glad that you deny having "bigl' as there is no person of whom I entertain opinion, or esteem more than yourself. I am, dear Sir, your's, sineer,, el W 4 ' CHARLES BARRY BALV • Oliver Farrer, Esq. . actod HAY MARKET, WHITECHAP'„;; e rW, t er The market was but moderately supplied. 1 ," - 0 6 0 pretty good, and prices were well supporteo•6ooJ'a 41. 16s to 61. Meadow Hay 31. 15s to 51 Straw 3 te o DESTRUCTIVE Ft RE.--This Morning Ajetiri, o'clock a fire originated on the premises of thaeter,e:d Paynter and Co., the extensive cabinet-Ine nu- iov ee t I.‘nsbury-pavement, which has, we are sorry to oP, r he °c e p the toi.: l destruction of that spacious building. d the op occupied ni it was almost an acre in extent, O f t he ,f of it was surmo;:nted by a dome. The cause,? e o' cr oi our informant was told, arose from the hoi lll ' o r r ebe il D ;e some varnish which was 6. - 1 a fire in one of the 11001 to which were situated under the roof. The h' ... . es tr f i, properties of the varnish, however, soon cominue"lsoottteibe the other materials in the room, wiien ditthiffheeerpceranoutotg:6sto4ooo,oooo,of dent that no human effort could arrest flames. The various engines from the the London Fire Brigade quickly arrived : b d .0 0 : r oo f not supplied with sufficient promptitude; a" ?..eO O pl° street, where the back of the houses abut the P' lye Messrs. Paynter, at a little b e f ore e l eve n o'elec'r no plug opened, a n d th e fi remen were ca lling ' I ; o , Long before elven o'clock, however, the w h i ° 0 e• Messis. Paynter e 's premises were in one solid t p h a i y s nt t e i r m , e, wh h ic or i however, the t o li c e cu h v o ie u d se baydjoining the 001',re, the corner of Finsbury-square, a ha m d ed . j e cl:lfi q i C r :l ; The rear of the houses to the south ele ° a lit' street belonging to Messrs. Baker and Co , rner ch iv , of foreign wines, of Mr. Everest, a wi ne 01 3nlj tli c and of Messrs. Ballard and Co., paper hangiog a tel/ bO O . utters, were in the sa me situation, and unte rtu i l geithe wind wa s bl ow i ng i n th at di rect i on . The P rein casi° l3 o o ' referred to were built about forty years ago hi,.. ao lcie;v o , hinter. From him they f e ll i n t o the bands o f ' we re e famous bookseller, and upon his death they tructi° possession of by the M essrs . Paynter. The d ept d ye valuable property is very great. b e fore t o. Yesterday morni ng , a f ew minutes " fiar , ` r pic o o'clock, a fire brok e out in the premises of A f , ( 0 . ;10. ° r a t pawnbroker and silversmith, Princes-street. pr%ter destroyed the back parl our an d f urni t u re. BY Sh e -ot oaf arrival of the fire-cegines, the valuable stoc Jewellery, and other property in the shcp a nd pr e %„,, saved. „ e 511 :0 0 ' CANDLEMAS -DAY, FEB. 2. drop," Mr. Forster remarks, is almost pr over t he r".f c on ° stunt in its appearance on Candl e rne.s-day ; a' litt le 0 4 4 ness and severity of the weather seem to In 4 k e d fl ° ence in the time of its blowing. It comes llP.anodl::,, throuch the snow, end seems to evolve its whltdeical I,i dent flowers as ,f by the most determined pe rt " EARTHQUAKE IN WALES.- -- °" rnu r ti c• morning laa between the hours of three an d ::0 00. • a smart shock of an earthquake was felt i n thl' et t i , e l ' companied by a very visible tremor of t he c , Li de r ",ol' rumbling noise similar to the sound of distant w ive 01 00 like occurrence was felt at Poritantwn on the e tc Lio t P ho ing ; and it seems to have passed onwards to o f c . and the Ferry Side, as shocks were felt a t eaeb ir e° r id places at about the same time, the vibratio n or ~o,ioo momentary eompanyi alarmngth them d m abneincgonvestreyrnatin in the m the considerable o o'os°, hearers. ;:,, hearers. Similar shocks were observed abc'u;_ o ster of November last, in the neighbourhood of lust of so slight a nature as scarcely to Werra Carmarthen Journal Sarah te st Viscount Ingestre, M.P., and Lady t o gestre, have arrived in town from Curraghtnore, of tho Marquis of Waterford, in Ireland. b e Th . fit: ar e . 1 t eatf l e Pap er eri t i ti gents In t ( k itv Of s s), to t l h Cha s , ic .11; 1 914 y jOlo o d took ~Ti Mgt Ti 'day s 'l)rev; ha y; i l for m Wit te rat IVA ] Gros ( Pia Mal