The Sun. — London, England, 1841-01-29 00:00:00

y.PNING EDITION. Echo Francais, the Commerce and the National, 1 were all seized at the Post-office, and the Editors ?f these journals received notice that they would be prosecuted for forgery and personal attacks °n the KING. If any journals had published i England libels on the QUEEN, the Govern inent would not have been compelled to inter fere. It might have used its discretion. It might have refuted the scandal through the medium of sore other journals, or it might have omitted to notice the calumny. No harm would have been don e by its adopting either course, as prudence might have dictated. But in France the Govern- Ineut was obliged to proceed against these journals, obllged to arrest them at the Post-office, and t ul iged to prosecute the Editors before the Courts. 'Ve wish to draw the attention of the public and of sete snien and very particularly we wish to draw the attention of meddling statesmen, to the sou rce of th e diff erence b etween t h e con d uc t o f the two Governments. ° f course it or i g i nates i n t h e diff eren t l aws o f the, two count r i es . I n F rance the law con fers on the Government a sort of supervising pow er over the Journals, or a quasi censorship. t ii sh call not, therefo re , a ll o w anything to be pub hLed in them which provokes, as it may sup- WA,Pei resist ance to the Government, or w hi c h i s R . P ° sed to be an insult to the King, or to the ; 311 auth ority. S uc h i s t h e consequence o f th e ittweePtional laws of 1819, and the September G u s ' which the Republican Doctrinaire, M. i ost iz° Ti with his friends, was one of the chief go : lll24 ms for passing. It is clearly the conse oblinfre,,e, °f that law that the Government is Jou rnals to interfere. If it were not, the lie s would receive impunity, and the it i n ", 4l d be circulated by authority. When of —Lerferes, the law prescribes its course p a l p roc eedings, and having stopped the jour pro: it Must, in vindication of its conduct, i l e nte the editors. It is clear, therefore, that th Pe obligations are created and imposed on it e : re nch Government by the law which gives wi lt over th e press. t is als o p l a i n that power carr i es g reat duties b i lt a ll it, and imposes great obligations. It was ti e 11 ; a s a protection and relief. Now, the ques ie:tll;or Consideration is—does it effect that ob i.) Are not t h e d ut i es m ore onerous than the l o t e °tee tion is us e ful ? We wish that the gentle -1411 w ho so perpetually demand more coercive gentle laws would think of this. Every such law im hotels, o bligations, and creates duties which did Iv h " e f°re exist, which the GOD of nature, under ti ot ° ,,, se dominion both kings and subjects live, has the provided, and has not thought necessary for re e ti l la PPiness of his creatures, and which are ti o e i nts on freedom, impediments to action, el °g's on the exercise of discretion. ti lt - nal seem that the one in question is not e ces Would k od sa rY, because the United States and Eng- Go v P r osper without any similar law. The With ' r inents in both countries are more secure o ut such a law than the Government of ti ; it - ulee with it. If no such law existed, every oi l : B o l t :reflection and of common sense would at di s t; b elieve the denial of Louis PHILIPPE and and e ueve the assertion of the obviously factious ° bYlously di s h ones t p erso ns who have put fo rth the letters. Nothing would give them a'cre the" except the existotice of a law authorising l ett t rest of th e J ourna l s a n d th e allowing the a pa r :tube published. The law, by conferring such p ea ,, er, gives validity to everything which ap pub.,B: in print. It undertakes to judge for the ver e; the public submit to it—for the public re ittrellees the law, although it enact the greatest p lib e l e itY that ever disgraced human nature—the s t , lj e discretion goes to sleep, and every lie not h l r p t r essed by the law receives the stamp of 141 . It is the law, therefore, which, by creating u . Power, also creates the duty, and also creates t he unpleasant consequences. a h hz bis is an illustration of a principle. A 4 —tl ar train of facts may be observed of P er t variety of enactments, well meant, ttor),9 e , a Ps, but full of evil. Take, for ex ) our licensing system. The power to a tid ll t t licenses imposes the duty to grant them, t Punt them to proper persons. The law the s 41 akes th e p u bli c au th or iti es responsible for li cense is of licensed tradesmen of all kinds. 4 eellse i s a legal sanction, and sets discretion , 0 1: - el% It does not serve the public, for it really e tri butes to imp ose on them ; it does not serve 4 fil . l tuthoriti es, f or i t a dd s amaz i ng ly to their re::B' and 1i must make them, if conscientious and nb men, doubtful whether or not the du- Derti: e properly performed. True, they may be ti s rc ri ned as the law prescribes, which may sa s(nue consciences ; but a law which substi all e s its hard an d i nvar i a bl e ru l e — w hi c h i s , a ft er ti nge O nly the di c t ate o f some one man ' s j u d g ment t o ti gnainted with the circumstances which ought ow n h i de the cas e —a law which substitutes its u ard and invariable rule for the reason and tireMent of indi v id ua l s un d e r the influence of iti ty. ixi stances, must be injurious to the commu- C liv e might quote further, as illustrations, our l ksl L °lll -hou se an d E xc i se d ut i es , w hi c h, g i v i ng t iti lr er to th e Government to raise money b y cer siik4 methods, imp ose on it the irk Some duties, t oc e injurio us to t h e mora li ty an d prosper ity o f 'ho t : t Y) of watching over the arrival and depar the °F every ship, and making it responsible for itkO k tional commerce, and of interfering with jet?, re scribing every species of manufacture sub -8))01;° Excise regu l a ti ons , an d so m aking it re kivBl?ie for the national manufactures ; but we 111 48 ; 115 ? the present referred to cases enough to (1 014,, tat e the general principle, and make men 4 41 '5 We thi n k, w h et h er th e powers crea ted by tie s, el. ° ll s laws, which impose corresponding du- N rl i° t imposed on man by nature, are not ttitu t ii.' burdensome to the authorities, and / 'lloxious to the people. Tit - - exp,! l lomination of candidates for Walsall is ti o W et4 to take place on Monday, and the elec t : 11. Tuesday nex t. We have therefore yet 4: 1 :1 - , t° say one encouraging word to the honest With rue electors. If anything can inspire men l 116ble thoug hts, and make them spurn all t o h W at a . " r base c ons id er ations, it is the conviction „ - Y are acti ng under the eyes of an intelli- Public, whi c h ex p ec t s s uc h conduct of them. eo e, ` wil l quarrel with no man for his honest hi likvieti ° 4B , however sorely we may lament afts error ; but the elector who, in such a u ; li se) gives a vote from bribery or fear, who hi'ePs"r respe c t f or any individual to overmaster publi c , sol emn conviction of what is due to the th ought to be h an d e d d own to poster i ty w ith elltloost disgrace. Care will, of course, be taken t 0 Publish t h e names of the voters, and high i7nour will be b estowe d on those who, surmount ho and person a l pre dil ec ti ons , g i ve an fo _ l iest vote for a public cause. We have no fear of f n',12,1e result. W e cannot conceive that the men alsallwill make the name of that borough a ,Ye-'vvord to all future time. They are placed in etnvee front rank of one of the holiest contests that b..: engaged the zeal of patriots, and the 1 3',._K of the nation cheers them on to victory. uw With the bread -taxi is the emphatic rallying Der): 1 .1 °113 triumph. und er which they march to an assure d an d ° The m b °l . - aYor, Alderm en , an d Burgesses of the °ll O l of L e i cester have petitioned Parliament tol, Put a stop to the compulsory levying of .‘l"e rch-rates upon Di ssenters, an d for abolishing 17 Ecclesiastical Courts. That these Courts laye n ot been l ong s i nce abolished is disgraceful t o .the intelligence and the boasted liberality of c ountry. Th ey are part and parcel of the . tar C hamber, an d ought to have been swept -w aY With it. If we must have a connection be nomn Church a n d S tate, let the connection be g a lete. If we are to have but one Christian e j r . e, let us have but one civil and criminal one. .th our p u l p i t uniformity, e have a right to i nsis t o - w n uniformit y i n the athninistration of the j aw s) and i n t h e laws themselves. The Church, s il t : riac ting and en f orc i ng laws unknown to the —te ""'in claiming a right to exenise a separate and independent jurisdiction over the minds and bodies of men—annuls the connection between herself and the State. She places herself above the Constitution, and assumes the privilege of ex ercising a right to which the QUEEN, Lords, and Commons, and the Judges in her MAJESTY'S Ci vil and criminal Courts, are alone competent• Now, such a state of things cannot continue. If the Church looks to the State to uphold what she calls her rights, she must appear in the ordinary courts of justice to uphold and defend them. Her Courts into which men enter as flies into the meshes of the spider's web, to be blood-sucked and de voured, must be swept from the face of that earth whose soil they moisten with the tears of such victims as the poor widow YOUNG. They are neither courts of equity nor justice, but dens of ec clesiastical rapine and prelatical persecution; and nothing will tend more completely to alienate the minds of the working classes of England from the Established Church than any attempt on the part of the priesthood to save them from that extermination to which the voice of public justice has doomed them. How humble are the instruments with which GOD sometimes works for the confounding of in justice! A poor shoemaker, a weaver, and a pen flyless widow, have broken the sword of spiritual tyranny, irresistible by Prince or Noble since the days of the Norman Conquest. What no com bination of lay Lords was ever able to accomplish has been virtually effected by JOHN THORO GOOD, WILLIAM BAINES, and SARAH YOUNG. We call public attention to the letter in an other place, headed "Tithe Commutation Ex penses." The subject is likely, we understand, to be brought before Parliament in the shape of an amendment in the Tithe Commutation Act. Certainly the principle complained of—that of imposing the whole expenses of the commuta tion on tenants for life, while they can reap only a small portion of the benefit—is unjust. Whether Parliament will be able to find a remedy for its own wrong, may be doubtful ; though there does not seem to be an insuperable obstacle to fixing on each estate the expense of the commutation, so that every succeeding pos sessor should pay in proportion to the advantage he derives from the commutation. We have received the whole of the Paris Jour nals of Wednesday. The speech of M. TRIERS, which occupies more than eight columns of the illoniteur, is too long to allow us to give even a summary of it to-day. This speech, which occupied three hours in the delivery, and which, says the Constitutionnel, refuted every objection made to the Committee's plan of fortifying Paris, closed the general debate upon the Bill, which the Chamber proceeded to discuss, article by article. If all France was inspired by the sen timents of M. TRIERS, we should not long con tinue to enjoy the blessings of peace. Instead of contending, like M. GUIZOT, that the fortifica tion of the capital was a guarantee of peace to Europe, he proved that the idea was never enter tained but when France indulged in dreams of conquest. He assured the Chambers that if it employed all the resources that national grandeur, art, and a long peace had placed at its disposal; France might brave, not only Europe, but the world. In a still more Vandal spirit he alluded to the stripping of the Louvre of works of art in 1815, and asked the Chamber in what it differed to France whether these works were destroyed by the cannon of a besieging army) or carried away in triumph to adorn other ca pitals? M. TRIERS chose ,to forget that the works of art of which the Allies deprived Paris, were those of which they had been disgracefully pillaged by her. Not a picture, nor a statue, nor a relic of antiquity to which France could es tablish other than a robber's title, were taken from her. But whether or no, who but a Vandal would destroy an immortal work of art rather than witness its humanizing and ennobling effect upon the mind of an enemy 1 M. TRIERS had also the hardihood to affirm that the Eng lish and the Allies within the lines of Torres Vedras amounted to 70,000 men, that MASSE NA'S force was 40,000 ; and that had Marshal SOULT ably supported MASSENA the lines would have been forced. This brought the Marshal upon his legs, who in substance told the ex-Pre mier that he knew nothing of what he was talk ing about. The hulk of the Allies were engaged with him, and yet MASSENA could not force the lines because they were impregnable. On Wednesday the discussion of the Bill article by article was commenced. M. BEA umoNT moved an amendment uponithe first article for reducing the grant from an hundred and forty millions of francs to twenty millions. It was rejected. M. JANVIER next moved its reduction to thirty-five millions, and upon this amendment the Chamber was debating up to the departure of the mails for London : The Univers of this morning has the following para graph " The letters ascribed to the King, of which those published by the Gazette de France a few days ago, and those which the Government prosecutes, are said to be one hundred and ninety.three in number. It is affirmed that 20,000 francs were paid for them by the two honourable gentlemen whom the Morning Post accuses of having purchased them." The affair of the National is to come on before the Court of Assize on the 13th of February next. We find the following account in a letter from Bilbao of the 19th :—" A frightful event has just spread consterna tion in the country. " On Sunday, the 17thlinst., the inhabitants of a small village in the district of &plata, in the Encurtacionea, were:attending mass ; six armed men entered the church. They forced the persons present to fall down with their faces to the ground, they called Don Augustin San Gine, dragged him out of the church, and after they had mur dered him, found their way into his house, where they seized his son, whom they also assassinated. They fled into the mountains before the few inhabitants could recover from their terror. The motives of these murders are unknown. THE Ex-KiNa OF HOLLAND.—We learn (says the Journal des Flandres) from very good authority, that the marriage of the ex-King William to the Countess d'Oultre mont is definitely fixed. The outfit of the bride is actu ally preparing as Liege. This union, which we have always considered as probable, will be solemnized next Spring. The damage done by the inundation at Degnie and Thiel, and the environs, is considerable. BRUSSELS, JAN. 27.—Some journals have stated that the University of Brussels had sent an address to M. de Lamennais. This is a mistake. BEUSSELS, JAN. 27.—The average price of Wheat last week was 18f. 35c., and that of Rye, 111. 58c. 130 UR SE.—Paats, WEDNESDAY, JAN. 27. _ first Highest Lowest Last Price Price. Pricy. Price Fre. ch 5 per Cents ll2 55 ... 112 60 ... 112 50 ... 112 50 4 per Cents 3 per Cents 77 10 77 15 77 10 77 15 Bank of France Laftitte Sank 5000 f. Stares 5112 50 .4112 50 ...5112 50 ...5112 50 Itelgian Bank S per Cents 9814 98% 9S3i 51834 New Lean -98% ... 98% ... 98% ... 9 8 % ip.unsh Active 25% ... 26 ... 251 i. ... 2 5 % Passive ... 6g, ... 6% ... Portuguese 3 per Cents 2l ... 21 21 21 Roman... ....... ........ RAILWAY SHARES. St. Germain Vorsailles,lt. B 435 ... 435 ... 435 ... 435 L. 8.... ..... Orleans .. 4BB 75 ... 488 75 ... 488 75 ... 488 75 Strvtburg to Bale 250 ... 25(1 ... 248 75 ... 248 75 Rouen 465 ... 485 ... 465 ... 485 NEW ENVELOPES.—The Post-office has prepared some new envelopes with a medallion of her Majesty, very beautifully engraved, stamped in pink on the right hand corner. It is much to be regretted that the en velopes first introduced, and the adhesive stamps, have not found favour with the public, as the use of them, instead of pre-paying letters, is a part of the penny postage plan, which in its working would save a great deal of trouble. We hope, therefore, that the new envelopes, which are better than the adhesive stamps, will satisfy the public, and come into general use. If they should not, the Post-office authorities may, pro bably:think it right to propose a somewhat higher charge for pre-paid letters than for letters protected by a stamp. We are informed, on authority, that several false tickets of invitation to a grand ball, to be given at the Tuileries on Wednesday last, were fabricated for the purpose of passing into the King's presence evil-disposed persons, by whom it is possible that his life would have been attempted that evening. The police, informed of the fact i n ti me , were ta ki ng measures to prevent t h e in trusion Herald, of improper characters to the ball. —Morning ERRATIYIW.—I n the remarks of the Earl of Haddington on the Non -intrusion question, which appeared in the Second Edi t i on of 77te Sun of last evening, and in the Morning Edition, for 4• the question could be settled," read " the question could not be settled" without the in tervention of Parliament. TER MT N, LONDON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 2g, 041. THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY). CORN EXCHANGE. The arrivals of Grain this week have been moderate. Wheat at Monday's prices, with little doing. Barley sold heavily at the terms last reported. Beans and Pease supported their value. Oats met a moderate demand, and firmly maintained their prices. The Flour trade dull. SMITHFIELD. The supply was moderate, and trade brisk ; prices higher. Beasts 447 ; Sheep 1,900 ; Pigs 347 ; Calves 104. Beef 31. 4d. to 4s. 101 Mutton 3s. Bd. to 59. Veal 41. 4d. to 6:. Pork 4s. to ss. COLONIAL MARKET. The large public sales went off without spirit, but in prices no variation of moment took place ; privately little business was done either for home use or export. The arrivals were to a fair extent. TEA MARKET. The Market was inacti►e, but prices were steady for best Black and Green sorts. Company's Congou sold at Is. sd. cash. CHANCERY COURT-(THIS DAY.) NEGLECT OF SOLICITORS. Upon Mr. GIRDLESTONE mentioning a case to the Court this morning, in vihieh he had obtained an order yesterday, for the purpose of relieving his client from . a difficulty into which he had fallen, relative to the affidavn of service, The LORD CHANCELLOR said he would not assist parties to overcome difficulties by which they had been surrounded in consequence of their own ladies. The Court had been treated latterly by its own officers, the Solicitors of the Court, in a most improper manner, which his Lordship ;you'd take care should not occur again. In half the causes that had been called on no party appeared, and Counsel had not been instructed, in consequence of the neglect of Solicitors, and in many of the other cases the parties had taken such decrees as they could abide by, the defendants not choosing to appear. This was a state of things that ought not to exist, and which the Court would take care to adopt some means to remedy. His Lordship wished also the Bar and Solicitors to un derstand that, with respect to applications for causes to stand over, in future the practice of the Court would be, when such applications were made on the same day as the cause was in the paper, all the Court would do, if sufficient cause was shown, was to place the cause at the bottom of that day's list, and, if parties were desirous of further de lay, the application must he made the day previous to the cause being on the paper. The COURT then proceeded to the hearing of original causes. VICE-CHANCERY. - (THIS DAY.) Unopposed petitions andshort causes occupied the Court the whole morning. The Countess of Haddington is staying at Sher• borne Castle, Oxon, on a visit to her father, the venerable Earl of Macclesfield. The Earl of Haddington leaves town to-day to join the family circle assembled at the above seat. The Earl of Macclesfield comes to town for the season the week after next. NEW WAR STEAMERS.—Of the five new war-steamers of a large class which have been built in her Majesty's dockyards, and are to be immediately fitted for active service, the first has arrived in the river, and is now lying at the Isle of Dogs, where on Wednesday her boilers were put on board. She is a most majestic vessel, of the same class as the Cyclops and Gorgon, lately found so effective in active service. She is to be fitted with two engines of 140-horse power each, and her tonnage is about 1,400. She is named the Driver, and is already commissioned, a great part of the crew being now on board assisting towards her completion. Her engines are furnished with all the recent improvements, espe cially that importaant one which will enable her to connect or disconnect, either one of her paddles in an instant, and thereby change her position with equal celerity. It is said that she will be furnished with ta o long 98-pound guns on her upper deck, working en swivels, besides other guns of a large calibre on her lower deck. It will be observed that the steam power of the Driver is 20-horse power each engine less than the Cyclops and the Gorgon ; but the peculi ir build of the vessel and the improvements in the engines will, it is stated, place her on a perfect equality with those war-steamers. The Driver will be completed in three months, and the four others, two of which are named the Styx and the Vixen, will also be fitted with boilers and engines in the course of the year, the machinery for that purpose being already in a very advanced state. DISASTROUS COLLISION AND Two VES SRLS LOST AT SEA. —Yesterday afternoon intelligence was received in the City of the total loss of the Robert, of Goole, Captain Redman, master, and the Hunter, of Sun derland, a trader, with a cargo on board valued at 5,0001., which occurred on the night of Sunday last, at about ten o'clock, in the North Sea, by the vessels coming into col lision. This disaster took place near the inner Dowsing Sand, some distance from Bridlington Bay, a seaport situated in East Yorkshire. From the few particulars re ceived it appears that at the time of the accident the wind was blowing a gale from the westward, and the night ex tremely dark. The Hunter, which was a finely-built vessel, left the river Thames for Sunderland in the early part of the week, and was bearing under press of sail to wards her destination. The other unfortunate vessel, the Robert, was on her voyage from Goole to Lcndon, and it is stated there was a good look out kept on both vessels, and that each other was not perceived until within about two hundred yards, and the crews strained every nerve to avoid collision, although they came in contact with tremendous force. The collision is de scribed to have been most awful. The bows of both vessels were smashed in, and they were so tightly wedged together that several minutes elapsed before they could be extricated, when it was discovered that both were sinking. Many of the crew were asleep at the time in their berths. The long-boats were, as quickly as possible, lowered into the sea, upon which the crews threw what little property could be saved into them, and afterwards jumped into them themselves. The masters were the last on board. Captain Redman, of the Robert, states that when he got into the long-boat the water had covered the cabin deck ; and Captain Smithson, of the Hunter, says that when he left his vessel the water was six feet in her hold, and was coming in on the starboard bow like a main. Within ten minutes after both vessels went down head kis most into deep water. The crews kept close together, and in the course of the night were picked tip by the brig Halifax, from Newhaven, Captain Jones master, who, after treating them with the greatest humanity, safely put them on shore at Bridlington. The total loss is reported to be upwards of 12,0001. The vessels and their cargo are sup posed to be insured. The Board of Guardians of the Wakefield Union have confirmed, by a vote of 11 to 5, a resolution adopted on the 30th September last, " that no relief, ex cept relief in the workheuse, be given by this Board to any woman who has had more than one bastard child, nor any woman being more than 21 years of ago at the time of the birth of any bastard child of which she may be the mother." ACCIDENT TO A STEAMER AT LONDON BRlDGE.—Yesterday afternoon, soon after four o'clock, the Planet Gravesend steam-packet, Captain Hollingum, was coming into London Bridge wharf, with 120 passen gers on board, and the Red Rover, from Herne Bay, was a-head of her, also going into the wharf to land her pas sengers. The Planet threw out a rope in the usual man ner to bring up alongside, but could not make it fast, and the tide, which was running up at the time very rapidly, carried the Planet towards the bridge. She then let goher anchor, but it dragged, and would not hold, and directly af terwards the stesmer came against the bridge with a tremen dous crash, and got athwart hawse of the pier. The tide swung the Planet round stern foremost under the arch, and her fun nel caught the top of it, and was carried away to the great alarm of the passengers. The funnel went went over the starboard side of the vessel into the river, doing consider. able damage in its descent. Several boats immediately went alongside the Planet. The foremast came in contact with the bridge, and was carried away. The passengers all this time were jumping into the boats alongside in all directions, and although they were much frightened, nut one of them sustained any bodily injury. The Planet re mained under the arch for some time, and after landing the remainder of the passengers at Fresh Wharf, proceeded to Deptford to repair the damage. THE PHCENIX AND THE BRITANNIA.—The Havre Journal states that the London General Steam Navigation Company had put the James Watt steamer on the London and Havre line. to replace the Britannia, which was damaged at the time when she run down the Phoenix, and is still under repair. On the 19th inst. the Captain of the James Watt, who was pre paring to sail from Havre for London, was informed that the vessel had been ordered to be detained by the French Custom-house, and that its papers would not be issued ow account of M.lGuillou, geraut of the Phoenix Company, having applied for its detention as security for the payment of 700,000 francs, the sum claimed by the company as damages on the loss of the Phoenix, In the suit which we mentioned the other day. The captain of the James Watt summoned M. Guillou on the 20th be fore the Tribunal of Commerce, but that Court, by a decree of the 21st, declared itself incompetent. The Captain then summoned M. Guillou before the President of the Civil Tribunal en refere, in order to obtain a revoca tion of the order of detention; but that Magistrate, after hearing counsel on both sides, maintained the order and dismissed the case with costs. BRISTOL SUGAR MARKET, JAN. 27.—We i have had an excellent demand for all descriptions of sugar and every desirable lot for either grocery or refining pur poses has been cleared off the market at extreme prices. The stocks in first hands is reduced to a very small quan tity, particularly for fine descriptions. ' Refined goods have also been in good request, and prices have improved. —Bristol Gazette. STATE OF TRADE. DISTRESS OF THE WORKING CLASSES.—The Nottingham Review of this day describes the trade in that town as being unprecedentedly depressed, and states, as a necessary consequence, that the 1 working classes are suffering dreadfully. The warp silk blonde trade is still in a very ur.settled state, most of the hands contemplating to leave a manufacture that does not afford remunerative wages for subsistence. The warp eating lace branch is in a most deplorable state ; many of the workmen being stinted to short work, which, with the abatement of the wages, makes their situation truly wretched. The fancy bobbin-net trade is not by any means improved, though the workmen are inde fatigable in producing new patterns. Power nets are in good demand; wages are low, but profits are good. The fancy hosiery trade in Nottingham, Hucknall, Sutton, Mansfield, and Derby, has been long in a stagnant state, hut a new trade is revived, not much to the advantage of the county of Nottingham. The silk cut.up trade is rapidly extending ; ma n y of the frames is the neighbour ing villages make three hose at once. The practice is also extending in the silk glove trade, and, of course, employment is dec reasin g . The most fatal effects to the interests of this town must ensue, if the practice be per severed in. The silk knotted hands are yet in a very de pressed condition for want of employment. The cut-up imitation warp silk knots have wholly failed. Full frame rent is much complained of in this and other branches, when the workmen have only half work. NORWAY.--(From a Correspondent.)—Yester day being the birth-day of the venerable Bernadotte, King of Sweden and Norway, a party of Norwegian gen tlemen, resident in London, met in the Cit y , accordin g to a preconcerted arrang ement, and dined to g eth er in ho nour on olter enthusiasm having p t l o ed th g e ed to t a h s e t m o - f their King, and a ft erwar ds of te hsesoifhealth: of Queen Vi c t or ia and o stt eih f 1 lee t v h ec e s i rrwobwi evening—the t e hn l o e v pv e er i d r nyeeeh_l monarch. patrl Prince Albert were drank with feelings of great respect. An excellent band was engaged for the occasion, which responded to these sentiments by striking up the National Anthems of both countries, and appropriate airs to the many patriotic toasts of the evening, thereby giving addi tional zest to the enjoyments of the meeting. The saloon in which the party assembled was decorated with a splen. did transparent representation of the King, around the upper part of which was inscribed, in the Norwegian lan guage, the enviable motto—" May ha be as happy as his and'below, " His people's love is his reward." people are ;" LITERATURE. ; 1/0 ORE'S POETICAL 11TORKS, Vol,. IV. Longman, London, 1841. The far-famed " Irish Melodies" are conclude►'. in this volume, whiCh contains also " Sacred Songs," " National Airs," and a graceful little rhymed trifle, entitled the " Summer Fete," which was suggested by a fashionable entertainment given some years sinee at Boyle Farm, In his preface to he " Melodies," Mr. Moore relates several cui:ous particulars regarding the great Irish outbreak of 1797, the leaders of which, strange to say, were almost all Protestants.. Among them was Robert Emmet, with w h om , observes our author, " I formed an acquaintance, which soon grew into in timacy ; he was my senior by one class in the University, and I found him in full reputation, not only for his learning and eloquence, but also for the blamelessness of his life, and the grave sua vity of his mann er s." Of this generous young patriot, who was passionately fond—and no wonder —of the national music, Mr. Moore tells the fol lowing characteristic anecdote :—" Though never regularly instructed in music, I could play over the old Irish airs with tolerable facility on the piano. forte. Robert Emmet used sometimes to sit by me, when I was thus engaged : and I remember one day his starting up as from a reverie, when I had just finished that spirited tune called the Red Fox, and exclaiming Oh, that I were at the head of twenty thousand men, marching to that air !' " Here is another amusing anecdote, which regards our author himself : "'Towards the latter end of the year 1797, the cele brated newspaper called " The Press" was set up by Arthur O'Connor, Thomas Addis Emmett, and other chiefs of the United Irish conspiracy, with the view of preparing and ripening the public mind for the great crisis then fast approaching. This memorable journal, according to the impression I at present retain of it, was far more distinguished for earnestness of purpose and intrepidity, than for any great display of literary talent ;—the bold letters written by Emmet (the elder), under the signature of " Montanus," being the only compositions I can now call to mind, as entitled to praise for their literary merit. It required, however, but a small sprinkling of talent to make bold writing at that time palatable ; and, from the experience of my own home, I can answer for the avidity with which every line of this daring journal was devoured. It used to come out, I think, twice a week, and on the evening of publication I always read it aloud to our small circle after supper. " It may easily be conceived that, what with my ar dour for the national cause, and a growing conscious ness of some little turn for authorship, I was naturally eager to become a contributor to those patriotic and popular columns. But thesconstant anxiety about the which 1 know my own family felt—a feeling more wakeful far than even their zeal in the public cause — withheld me from hazarding any step that might cause them alarm. I had ventured, indeed, one evening to pop privately into the letter-box of the Press a short fragment in imitation of Ossian. But this, though in serted, passed off quietly ; and nobody was, in any sense of the phrase, the wiser for it. I was soon tempted, however, to try a more daring flight. Without communicating my secret to any one but Ed ward Hudson, I addressed a long letter, in prose, to the #*### of * * *, in which a profusion of bad flowers of rhetoric was enwreathed plentifully with that weed e hich Shakspeare calls " the cockle of rebellion," and, in the same manner as before, committed it trem blingly to the chances of the letter-box. I hardly ex pected my prose would be honoured with insertion, when ; 10, on the next evening of publication, when seated as usual in my little corner by the fire, I un folded the paper for the purpose of reading it to my select auditory, there was my own Letter staring me full in the face, being honoured with so conspicuous a place as to be one of the first articles my audience would expect to hear. Assuming an outward appearance of ease, while every nerve within me was trembling, I con trived to accomplish the reading of the Letter without raising in either of my auditors a suspicion that it was my own. I enjoyed the pleasure, too, of hearing it a good deal praised by them; and might have been tempted by this to acknowledge myself the author, lied I not found that the language and sentiments of the article were considered by both to be " very bold." " I was not destined, however, to remain long unde tected. On the following day, Mr. Edward Hudson, —the only one, as I have said, entrusted with my secret, called to pay us a morning visitond had not been long in the room, conversing with my mother, when looking significantly at me, he said, " Well, you saw ---" Here he stopped ; but the mother's eye had followed his, with the rapidity of lightning, to mine, and at once she perceived the whole truth. " That Letter was yours, then ?" she asked of me eagerly ; and, without hesitation, of course, I acknowledged the fact ; when in the most earnest manner she entreated of me never again to have any connexion with that paper ; and, as every wish of hers was to me law, I readily pledged the solemn promise she required." We wish Mr. Moore had been a little more com municative of the personal recollections of his youth, especially of that portion of it which was spent in Ireland, for even from the brief glimpses he affords us of his early life, we can see that he must have come into contact with many singular charac ters ; and sketches of these, drawn by one so obser• vant, sagacious, and quick-witted as himself, would have been read with great interest and curiosity by the majority of the public. In particular, his one or two hasty and passing references to Emmet make us anxious to know more of this generous young enthusiast, and we have no doubt that we share this anxiety in common with hundreds of others. Mr. Moore need not be apprehensive of becoming too much of a gossip or an egotist ; we shall always be eager to read what he has to record of his personal experiences, for few men of his time have seen more, and can relate what they have seen in so lively and attractive a manner. To resume our extracts. Speaking of that popular Irish Me lody, " Dear Harp of my country," our author says—quoting the authority of a late number of the Quarterly Review : " A young and promising poetess, Lucretia Davidson, who died very early from nervous excitement, was particu larly sensitive to music. There was one song—it was Moore's Farewell to his Harp—to which she took a spe cial fancy. She wished to hear it only at twilight, thus— with that same perilous love of excitement which made her place the tEolian harp in the window when she was composing—seeking to increase the effect which the song produced upon a nervous system already diseasedly suscep tible; for it is said that whenever she heard this song, she became cold, pale, and almost fainting ; yet it was her favourite of all songs, and gave occasion to some verses addressed in her fifteenth year to her sister." We well know the song in question, and are not at all surprised at the effect it produced on the sus ceptible feelings of a young poetess. Though somewhat monotonous, it breathes the very soul of tender melancholy—indeed we know of but one air that can compare with it in plaintiveness, and that one, strange to say, is a French air, " Waters of Elle." We quote the closing portion of Mr. Moore's preface : Of the translations that have appeared of the Melodies in different languages, I shall here mention such as have come to my knowledge. Latin.—" Cantus llibernici," Nicholas Lee Torre, London, 1835. Italian —G. Flechia, Torino, 1836.—Adele Custi, Milano, 1836. French.—Madame Belloc, Paris, 1823.—Locve \Tel mars, Paris, 1829. Russian.—Several detached Melodies, by the popular Russian poet Kozlof. Polish.—Selections, in the same manner, by Niemce wich, Kosmian, and others. I have now exhausted not so much my own recollections, as the patience, I fear, of my readers on this subject. We are told of painters calling those last touches of the pencil which they give to some favourite picture the " ultima basis ;" and with the same sort of affectionate feeling do I now take leave of the Irish Melodies,—the only work of my pen, as I very sincerely believe, whose fame (thanks to the sweet music in which it is embalmed) may boast a chance of prolonging its existence to a day much beyond our own. THE NEW TALE OF A TUB. Colnaghe, London, 1841. There is a good deal of spirit and drollery in this little poetical extravaganza, which is from the pen of Mr. Bayley, and refers to the adventures that befel. two Bengalese gentlemen during a pie-nic dinner, which, in the exuberance of their animal spirits, they determined on taking in the dangerous vicinity of a Bengal jungle. While they were sitting enjoying themselves beneath the shadow of a large tub which had contained their provender, but was now empty, they were. startled by the unexpected approach of a large tiger who seemed anxious to make a third in their party. The brute came on, with a steady determination of purpose evinced in every fea ture of his intelligent and expressive counte nance,. and after chasing the revellers two or three times round the tub, he made an attempt to jump.over it, but falling short in his spring, overbalanced the tub, which instantly rolled over, and shut him up. The Bengalese, of course, availed themselves to the utmost of this providential chance, by pressing upon the tub all their weight and while they were engaged in this interesting occupation, one of them hap pened to see the tiger's long, stiff, thickened tail popping out of a hole in the side of . the wood. Quick as lightning, he caught hold of it with a sturdy grasp, and assisted by his com panion, suc ceeded in tying a double kno t on it; winch so hampered the animal's movements, that the Ben galese had no difficulty in m akin g their escapes TALLOW MARKET. There was a fair business done in P.Y. C., and prices were firm at 46s 3d to 46s 6d on the spot, and for delivery Town Tallow sold freely at 51s per cwt. SPIRIT MARKET. The Rum Market was dull, and prices on the decline. Brandy was in fair request, and prices firm. LLOYD'S z"HIPPING-(THISDAY.) LONDON, JAN. 29.—Wind this day at noon, light breer's from the N., and with fine clear weather. POOLE, JAN. 28.—About two-thirds of the cargo of the Renard, from Havre to Pernambuco, on shore near St. Alban'A Head, has been brought in here in a damaged state. The remainder is expected to be saved. The ves sel is bilged. BRISTOL, JAN. 28.—The Daniel, from St. Michael's, in proceeding down the river to-day for Gloucester, got on shore below Pill, but lies well, and is expected off next tide. PORT TALBOT, JAN. 27.—The Bristol Packet, of Ply mouth, and the Beaseley, M'Arthy, from Cork, came on shore this morning during a thick fog ; the former has been abandoned by the crew. SHEERNESS, JAN. 28.—The Eliza, Robinson, of Whitby, which put in here OR the 22d instant with loss of bowsprit, has refitted, and sailed to-day for Stockton. DEAL, JAN. 28.—Wind, N. W.—Arrived the Rebecca, Drake, St. John's New Brunswick. Sailed the Romeo, Pollock, for Calcutta. LIVERPOOL, JAN. 28.—Wind W.—Arrived the Chas. Hamerton, St. Domingo ; Oswego, Wood, New Orleans ; Prentice, Hopkins, do ; Susan Drew, Babbage, Savannah. DOVER, JAN. 28.—Arrived off-port, the Kingston, Sergeant, from Jamaica; Jane, Barker, Halifax. PORTSMOUTH, JAN. 2N. —Wind N. N. W. to W. N. W. —Off-port, the Ganges, Bruce, Mauritius; Victoria, Schroder, Monte Video. MILFORD, JAN. 27.—The Ann and Eliza Messerey, from Jersey, which was on shore in West Angle Bay, has been got off, and brought in here. FISHISUARD, JAN. 27.—The long-boat of the Pomona, from Pernambuco to Liverpool, run down by the John Burtley, of Liverpool, washed on shore with some frag ments of wreck to the eastward yesterday evening. DUNDEE, JAN. 26.—The Isla, Norie, which sailed hence for New York, has put back with loss of bulwarks and other damage by heavy seas. HULL, JAN. 28.—Wind W.N. W.—Sailed the Clarissa Andrews, Colby, New Orleans. HUMBER, JAN 27.—Arrived the Apume, from Port au Prince. MONEY and COMM.E.R.CIAL NEWS. CITY, TWELVE O'CLO CI A Hamburgh mail, of the date of the 22d instant. has arrived, bringing the Exchang e in London at 13 2. Gold 423} ; Metal, 105 ; Bank A ctions, 1,675. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, TIIURSDAY.—The sales to-day are 6,000 bags, of which 500 Peruvians, 8/ 9i; 200 Babies, 81 9 ; 30 Egyvtians ' 11,-1-; 800 Surats, 51 ; 80 Sea Islands, 1 6d. to 18d. The remainder Ameri cans without any change in prices. A few hundred Ame ricans have been taken on speculation. LIVERPOOL SHARE LIST, JAN. 28.—Grand Junction Quarter Shares, 52i; Great Western, 92 ; Ditto Fifths, 10 ; Lancaster and Preston Three Quarter Shares. 18 ; London and Birmingham, 178; Ditto 321. Shares, 59-; South Western, b 8 •, Manchester, Bolton, Bury, 51. We have received the Journal of Antwerp of yesterday's date. _ _ MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, JAN. 28.—Our Mar ket in Railway Stock still continues languid, but Bank Shares are in good demand. Manchester and Leeds, 754 ; Ditto, Halves 32 to 326; Manchester and Birmingham, 25 256; London and Birmingham, 179 to 181 ; Ditto, Quarters, 30 to 304 ; Midland Counties, Quarter, 14} to 15 ; Union Bank of Manchester, 81 ; South Lancashire Bank, 56. BOURSE OF AMSTERDAM, JAN. 26.—The national funds were more firm to-day. The Actions of the Society of Commerce opened at 164, and got up to 1611. In Ardoin's Spanish a good deal was done ; after the closing they were 22 11-16 to Coupons 201 9-16. THE 1 , IJNDE. This being settling day ii;th; Fore! gn Market, the brokers and jobbers are chiefly employ, :d in paying and receiving the various balances. Up to the present time the Account is going off well. In the British Market little doing as , et, but Consols continue firm at present at 89i for the A ccount ; Money , 89a Exchequer Bills 46; Bank Stock 167 169; Inaia - Stock 248 . 250. In the Foreign Market Spanish Active may be quoted a shade higher, left off 248 25 , at present 248 25i ; De. (erred 121 , 13 ; Passive 68 f; Portuguesi same as they left off, ; Three per Cents. 204 ; L razilian 73 74 ; Colombian 238 ; Mexican 281 ; Danish 78 79 ; Buenos Ayres 20 22; Dutch Two-and-a-Hall pc r Cents. 504 ; Five per Cents. 9q 994. SHARES.—GI eat Western 27i 281 pre? m. ; New 13 1 4 prem. ; Leann and Brighton - 6-k 51 die. ; Blackwall.44 34 dis. ; Southampton 571 58k per share ; Croydon 12i per share; Greenwich per share; I danchester and Birmingham 15 14 dis. ; South Eastern and Dover 15i 141 dis. PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE. RAILWAYS. Paid. P er Share. Cheltenham and Great Western. 62k 3O to Great Western Ditto New Ditto Fifths and Selby London and Brighton North Midland JOINT STOCK BANKS. Union of Australia.. - Ditto New Shares __. HALF-PAST ONE. For a length of time past we have not had a week so unproductive, both for intelligence and sp mutating in the Funds, as the present one, although m mey continues plentiful, and at an easy rate ; in the hour e there is scarce a bargain doing of any magnitude. Disco unts may be ob tained out of the house from 44 to 4i l )er cent. The settling of the Foreign Accountnot beings,. a large extent, is going off well to the present hour. Consols may be quoted a shade bet tter than in the early part of the morning, 89i for the A ccount ; Money 89i ; Exchequer Bills, 6 4 prem. ; Bank F. tock, 1674 166, rather lower; India Bonds 10 5 dig. ; Ind is Stock 248. In the Foreign Market the only business doing is in Spanish Active, which reached 25i the previous part of the morning ; at present a shade lower, 2 5 ; Passive 61 ; Portuguese, 324 ; Three periCents. 20k ; Chilian 60; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 5 Di b ; Five per Cents. 99k. In the Share Market little doing, I) , at the prices are rather better. Cheltenham and Great ; Western 30 ; Great Western, 94; London and Br ighton, 43i 44; North Midland 77. STORM AT NAPLES.—The fi ightful temper which raged at Naples during the night r if the 4th and the following day caused a great many seri°• as losses. Three ships, two of them belonging to the Neapolitan navy, perished in this port. They bad just a rrived from Cala bria, and were crushed by larger ships, vhich were driven from their anchors. The crews were sal red. The French brig Les Eafans Cberis, from Marseilles made an attempt during the night to get into the harbour ; but finding this impossible, the Captain tried to come to an anchorage at the entrance. He was driven, however, on the rocks. His signals of distress brought him su scour, and all on board were saved: Every vessel in our port has suffered, ar.d even the largest ships of war were in danger. The storm was so violent that it was not poi Isible to remain 011 the Mole, over which the waves broke. . From Cosonsa, in Calabria, we learn that on the 27th u It., at half-past six in the morning, there was a strong sh ock of earthquake which lasted fifteen seconds. The winter has commenced, and the summits of our mountains, ii lauding Vesuvius, are covered with snow ; but the orange s continue to ripen on the plains, the meadows are in ful 1 verdure, and the gardens are blooming with roses, byat inths, narcissuses, and other flowers. THE GREAT FIGHT FOR 1,6 001.—On Tues day the match between Hannan. of th. r London ring, and Broome, of Birmingham, for 5001. aside, was decided at Bitester, after a most determined str• aggle, in favour of the latter, to the great surprise and discomfiture of the metropolitan " Corinthians," who had backed Hannan to an immense amount, from his being cot utidered one of the must scientific sparrers of the day. Tb a contest consisted of nearly fifty rounds, which were fougb ;in about an hour an I twenty minutes, and throughout the, fight both men exhibited the most determined courage. They are light wt ights, and there was not more than. four or five pounds difference in their weight. They were. is prime condition. At the time they entered the ring Hans .an was decidedly the favourite, five to four being freely 'at id by his backers ai.d supporters on his winning, and th, e were plenty of takers among the Birmingham fancy. SUPPLIES, &C., OF WHEAT.- ...d r estorday there were ordered to be prepared for the H. 'use of Lords, on the motion of Earl Fitzwillians, three yes e .v importan t accounts regarding the supplies, &c., of wheat : .An a ccount of the total quantity of wheat entered for • home comiumption from June 1, 1840, to Jan. 1, 1541 ; specifying the quan tity entered, tog ether with the amount of rev enue received thereon in each week during the said period. 2. State ment of the several rates of duty at which such . total quan tity has been entered, and of the portions of th a said total which have been entered, at each several rate of 'duty; and 3. Account of the total revenue received upon the said wbeat entered for home consumption, specifying ti 'le amount received at each several rate of duty. LIABILITY OF CAB-OWNERS. Gre gorie, of Queen-square, holds that the proprietor ,mare be legally mulcted for the misconduct of his driver.„, in the event of their absence, and legal proof of such m iseond, uct being adduced. Mr. Board, a cab-owner, is at iirtie VII . th his Worship an the law of the case; and, as a distress we. r rant yesterday was directed against Mr. B.'s chat% tels, o satisfy a fine inflicted previously, the question i s lii come before a superior court. greatly to the annoyance of the tiger, who set off after them, with the tub banging and.bumping away in his rear. The conception of this inci dent is highly • comic and grotesque, and the author has worked it out with equal humour. Indeed we know not when we have met with a piece of drollery so much to our taste. It is il lustrated with several plates, which, however, are not remarkable for humour. COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen held a Court yesterday afternoon at Buckingham Palace, for the reception of the Address from the House of Commons. The Commons arrived at the Palace at two o'clock, the Speaker in his State coach, wearing his robes of office, and attended by the usual officers. The Right Honourable Gentleman was accompanied by a party of Members. Immediately on the arrival of the Deputation the Commons were ushered to the presence of the Queen on the Throne by Sir Frederick Smith and Sir William Martins, the Gentlemen Ushers in Waiting, and ad vanced between the ranks of her Majesty's Honourable corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms to the foot of the Throne, the Speaker being supported by Lord Brabazon, the mover, and Mr. Grantley Berkeley, the seconder, of the Address, and followed by the Earl of Euston, the Right Honourablcs T. B. Macaulay and F. T. Baring, Sir Hesketh Fleetwood, Sir C. Style, Sir De Lacy Evans, Sir Rufane Donkin, Captain Pechell, R.N., Lieutenant-Colonel Rawdon, Lieuteant-Colonel Salwey, O'Conor Don, Messieurs Briscoe, Crompton Stans field, Ainsworth, Corbally, Vernon, Smith, Redington, Dottin, Edward Rice, W. G. Hayter, Morison, H. Tuffnell, Grimsditeh, Bolling, W. Turner, Brotherton, W. Williams, Thorneley, Morris, Childers, Elliot, Carew, O'Connell, M. O'Connell, John O'Connell, M. J. O'Connell, Dick, R. M. Milnes, K. Hoskins, Pryme, Thomas Hobho use, Blakemore, and Scholefield. The Speaker read the Address from the House of Commons. The Queen returned a most gracious an swer, and the Commons then withdrew. His Royal Highness Prince Albert was present at the reception of the Address. The Court was attended by the Lord Privy Seal, the First Lord of the Treasury, the Secretaries of State for the Home, Foreign, and Colonial Departments, the Lady Portman, and the Marchioness of Normanby, Ladies in Waiting ; the Lord Steward, the Lord Cham berlain, the Master of the Horse, the Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemrn-at-Arms, the Captain of the Yeomen Guard, Lord Hill, Gold Stick in Wait ing, the Groom of the Stole to Prince Albert, Earl of Listowel, Lord in Waiting, the Treasurer of the Household, the Comptroller of the Household, Earl of Morley, Gentleman in Waiting on Prince Albert, Mr. H. Robinson, Standard-bearer to the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms, Mr. Rich, Groom in Waiting, Lord Alfred Paget, Equerry in Waiting, Colonel Bou verie, Equerry to Prince Albert, Mr. J. B. Curling, Clerk of the Cheque to the Honourable Corps of Gen tlemen-at-arms, Mr, Samuel Hancock, Exon in Wait ing, Sir Boejamin Smith, Masters W emyss and Wil , son, Pages of Honour in Waiting. The Queen's Guard of the Scots Fusilier Guards was on duty in front of the Palace during the reception of the Address. - - The band of the Scots Fusilier Guards attended at Buckingham Palace during dinner on Wednesday evening. The Queen and Prince Albert left town five minutes before three o'clock yesterday afternoon, in a carriage and four, with outriders, escorted by a party of Lancers for Claremont. Three of the Royal carriages and four followed ; the first containing Lord A. Paget and Col. Bouverie, the Equerries in Waiting on her Majesty and his Royal Highness ; the second conveying her Royal Highness the Princess Royal and her nurse ; and the third containing Lady Portman, Baroness Lchzen, and the Earl of Listowel. Her Majesty and Prince Albert were conducted to their carriage by the Lord Steward, the Lord Chamberlain, and the Groom of the Stole to Prince Albert. . . The Duchess of Kent took an airing yesterday in a carriage. Sir Harry Verney had an interview with Viscount Melbourne yesterday in Downing-street. The Bishop of London, Mr. Pigot, and Mr. Burke, had interviews with the Marquis of Norinanby yester day at the Home-oflice. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS. The Dowager Duchess of Marlborough, in Park-lane, from Blenheim, Oxon ; the Earl anti Countess of Ross- ' lyn, in Grosvenor-place, from their seat in Scotland ; Lord Foley, in Portman-square, from a Continental tour; Mr. and Lady Elizabeth Drutnrnond, in Brvunston square, from Belvoir Castle, the seat of the Duke of Rut• land ; Lord and Lady Southampton, in Great Stanhope street, from their seat in Northamptonshire ; the Hon. George and Lady Agnes Byng, in Eaton-square, from Harts; Sir Augustus Clifford, Bart., in Eaton.square, from Leamington Spa ; the Marquis of Granby, M.P., at the Brunswick Hotel, Jermyn.street; Lord Napier, at ditto ; G. S. Harcourt, Esq., M,P., at ditto; Mr. and Mrs. Staveley, at ditto; the Rev. George Hill, at ditto; the Earl of Charleville, in St. George's-place, from Char leville Forest, his scat in Ireland ; the Right Hon. Frede rick Shaw, from Dublin; the Bishop of Rochester and Lady Sarah and Miss Murray, from the Deanery, Wor cester ; Earl Fitzwilliam, at Mortimer House, from Mil ton House, near Peterborough ; Viscount Grimston, in Grosvenor-square, from Ireland ; the Hon. George Rice Trevor, M. P., in Stratton-street, from Brighton ; Sir Charles Lamb, Bart., and Lady Montgomerie, in Bond street, from Beaufort, Sussex ; Lady Elizabeth Fielding and family in Sackville-street, from Laycock Abbey, Wilts ; the Earl and Countess of Mount Edgecumbe, from Brighton ; the Right Hon. L. Sheil, from Ireland ; the Marquis of Tweeddale, from Yester House, his seat in Haddingtonshire. CASTLE HOWARD.—The Earl of Burlington and family, who have been visiting the Earl and Countess of Carlisle, left on Wednesday for Chatsworth, the seat of the Duke of Devonshire, from whence the Noble Earl would proceed to llolkar Hall. Mr. and Lady Fanny Howard left, on Tuesday last, for the metropolis. The Earl and Countess of Carlisle and Lady Mary Howard take their departure next week for Grosvenor-place. HOLKIIAM HALL.—The Countess of Leicester has nearly recovered from her serious illness, arising from the accident her Ladyship met with some weeks back. The amiable Countess has of late been able to take airings when the weather permitted, and, we understand, will leave next week for Brighton, accompanied by the Noble Earl, where they purpose passing a short time before going to Longford Hall, the family seat, in Derbyshire. Lord Coke has completely recovered from the effects of a sprain he recived when skaiting. Lord Crewe, Right Hon. Sir Edward Ellice, M. P., Sir George Anson, Capt. Ellice, M. P., and Mrs. Ellice, Miss Anson, Earl and Countess of Rosebery and the Ladies Primrose, who have been visiting the Earl and Countess, have since Monday taken their departure. It is expected that Lord Aberdeen and the Duke of Richmond will, early in the Session, introduce a Bill into the House of Lords for settling the Scotch Church question.—Morning Paper. The Earl and Countess of Winchilsea and the members of that family have been placed in mourning by the death of Mr. John Finch Hatton, son of the Hon. Edward Finch Hatton, and uncle to the Earl of Win chilsea. The deceased gentleman was in his 84411 year. The Duke of Richmond has been elected Presi dent of the Highland and Agricultural Society of Scot land, and the Duke of Rixburglie, Earl of Erroll, and Earl of Harrington, Vice-Presidents. Viscount Ken mure, Lord Frederic Fitzelarevce, Sir Henry Dalrymple, Bart., are among the new members enrolled. LORDS' APPEALS.—The Lord Chancellor be gies the hearing of appeals, before the House of Lords, early this Session—namely, on Tuesday next. There are three appeals set down for that day—namely, " Sir W. Elliott v. Cleghorn," " Crawford v. Edward (pauper) ex parte," and " Parr v. the Attorney. General." METROPOLITAN AND RURAL POLICE.—On Tuesday there were required to be prepared for the Par liament, on the motion of the Marquis of Salisbury, Ist, a report of the number of police employed in the metropolitan police on the 31st of December, 1840 ; 2d, the distribu tion of the force in the different districts, specifying the number in each district on the 31st of December, 1840; and 3d, the total expense of the forces during the year 1840, distinguishing the amount paid by Government and that paid by rates levied on the different parishes and die tricts. An address was ordCred to be presented to her Majesty to give directions forthwith for the preparation of such accounts. The Lcipsic Gazette asserts that the Duchess d'Angouleme is seriously indisposed, notwithstanding the contradictions given to this statement, and that the malady of her Royal Highness is of a dropsical nature. The Marchioness of Lansdowne and Lads , Louisa Fitzmaurice will leave Bowood Park, Wilts, on Monday next, for Lansdowne House, for the season. The Duke and Duchess of Northumberland leave Alnwick Castle next week for Northumberland House. The reason of the Noble Duke and Duchess leaving Northumberland so early this s eason is, christeningthather Grace is desirous of being present at the of the Princess Royal. L O NDON. —The SU PP LY OF WATER TO tb L o m n 9 d r o e n t and ban efforts Nvestm o in f s s te o r m Nevoaftetrhweermksil,l•soeewmnetrea bneemaretthwie corresponding energy by the well-owners in the neighbour hood of the works, 2S of whom it appears have certified, in addition to the 70 formerly advertised. It is understood to be finally arranged by the Post-office authorities, that the transit of the London and northern and western mails to Worcester, by the Birming ham and Gloucester Railway, shall commence on the sth of the ensuing mouth. The English Opera-house will be opened early in March, by an operatic company, consisting of Messrs. Balfe, Wilson , B arker, Stretton, Ph illips, Madame Balfe, Miss Macmahon, &c. &c. Leader of the orchestra, Mr. T. Cooke. COMMONS' " PRIVATE BILLS." On Wed fnßoeil sda Bills:—" losi n t , e r r T ee shtar were That this adopted hi sns andouser e by gwui ll t la h t e ni oo Hu nt so regarding of receive eairydei Co n ga n ro , ; m p o e ns the petition ti Private"o n for Private Bills after Friday, the 12th day of February next; that no Private Bill be read the first time after Friday, the 19th day of Marc.rc. next; that this House will not receive any report of such Private Bill after Friday, the 28th day of May next. tVrENING MN-LAWS. T / , \t ft* It is familiar to conimoti observation that the total -':r - "r,. " 4- 4-.,:,,s- Iss\O i failure of crops, is a calamity which seldom occurX„ilisW: 9 ;- . t:',:trii i an extensive kingdom. What is thus generally•triNks,_rZi single countries, is always true of the world at large., .1 . ,.. ; .. __:* 4 is uniformly found that when the crops are unusuall?„'Vci,, •,_ deficient in a particular district, they are proportionably i'vk :4 ,s' abundant in some other quarter ; for it is a statement corroborated by the widest experience, and calculated to call forth the utmost thankfulness to the great Go vernor of the Universe, that provision has been thus made for the variations of climate and the vicissitudes of seasons. But in order to secure the benefits so graciously designed (the essence of which axe steady prices and a constant supply), a system of averages, not confined to a few ports in any nation, but embracing all parts of the globe, should consti tute the regulating principle on which foreign corn m,"l be allowed importation into any particular State. Va rious schemes have been devised to accomplish these objects, with a due regard to local interests, producing results partially successful. However, as tar as our own country is concerned, few persons will be found to agree in the proposition, that the presnut Corn-laws afford either an adequate protection to the agricultural body, or prove a satisfactory arrangement with reference to the veiled interests of the empire. It is .qertainly true that the produce of land is more heavily taxed than any other branch of industry, and therefore, agri culturists are entitled to demand that a duty be lahi on foreign corn, when imported, corresponding to the Cc cess of burdens affecting them. The justice of the claim admits of no doubt,but the great difficulty lies in ascertaining the amount of duty, and establishing the mode of levy on fair and equitable principles. A fixed duty is liable to many objections, and the sliding scale now in force is universally admitted to be defective. At the same time, it must be allowed that each system has its respective merits, and perhaps are capakie, by a judicious combination of what is useful in both, of leading to a solution of this complicated question. With this view it is suggested that foreign corn should be always admissible for consumption on the payment of certain duties, the outline of which may be thus specified. For instance, as to wheat (with a propor tional duty on all other species of grain), a fixed duty of lOs. a quarter might be adopted when the home price was at or under 60s. ; and for cyery shilling that the price increased the duty to be ditninislied in 1 an equal rate, until the average price reached 705., ' when the constant duty of Is. should take effect. Un- . der regulations of this kind, the ports would be always open, the duty would be so graduated as not to inter pose any formidable obstacle to importation, or hold out inducements to enter on gambling speculations in order to influence the averages, and the principal objection removed, of levying high duties at famine prices. Moreover, the revenue of the country will be benefited —the working of the measure simplified—steady and remunerating prizes maintained, while the derangement of the currency and circulation resulting from a fluc tuating trade, and consequent on the variations of the foreign exchanges, would be materially corrected. On a calm review of the whole question, it is hoped that the proposed plan will at least appear an improve ment on the present system, and concede as much free dom to the trade of corn, as will be found at the pre sent moment compatible with a just regard for the in terests involved, and a consideration for the vast amount of capital embarked on the faith of existing laws. Limerick, Jan. '25,1841. EAST SURREY ELECTION. (FROM OCR CORRESPONDENT.) The most active measures are going on through the county, and, notwithstanding that the Liberal candi date was rather late in the field, the Reformers are san guine of success. The assistance of Mr. Robert Rus sell, a very active and influential gentleman of Croy don, has been engaged in their behalf as their agent, and most active steps are being taken for a sq„yre strug gle, and it is expected that there will be the most se vere contest that has ever taken place in this county. The declaration of Mr Alcock, himself a treat landed proprietor, in favour of a repeal of the Corn-laws, has operated wonderfully in his favour, and many farmers have been induced in consequence to give him their support ; and the universal respect in which he is held, and his high connections and station in the county, are also very much in favour of his pretensions to repre sent East Surrey in Parliament. Mr. Alcock has made a personal canvas of a considerable portion of the county within the last two or three days, and his reception has been most flattering. Many of the moderate Conser vatives, who would have supported a man of known cha racter and inflaence, decline to vote for Mr. Antrobus on account of his youth and inexperience, and unfitness to represent such an important county in the Legisla ture ; and it is probable that a great number will not vote at all on this account. While on this head, it may be remarked that at the time the Hon. Locke King, the present High Sheriff of the county, stood forward with Mr. Angetstein to oppose Mr. Kemble and Captain Alsager, that a great outcry was made by the Tories about a " boy" being Put forward to represent East Surrey ; but the " boy" in question was, at the time, at least seven or eight years older than the present idol of their affections, who has only just attained his majority. So much for the consistency of the Tories It has been already stated that the Liberals are very sanguine of success, and they ground their opinion upon the fact, that at the last contest, when the Reform can didates were very late in the field, and the arrangements on their behalf were badly organized and most ineffec tive—that they were only defeated by a majority of some two hundred votes out of seven thousand electors; and they consider that now they have a fair start and have organized all their resources, that they are sure of success. The Tory party, of course, are not idle. Their agents work untiringly, and no expense is spared, and there is therefore no doubt that there will be a sharp contest. The returning officer has fixed Monday the Bth of February, for the day of nomination, and Wednesday and Thursday following for the days of polling. THE HORSE GUARDS AGAIN. —There call be little doubt that at the meeting of Parliament some stir will be made about the recent conduct of the authorities at the Horse Guards relative to the affair of the Captains Reynolds and Major Morse Cooper. In fact, we have heard certain whispers to that effect, but at present re frain from doing more then alluding to the probability. In the meantime we cannot avoid saying that some interference of the Legislature is loudly called for. Charges of a nature which involve the honour and honesty of two oficers high in rank—one of them the brother in-law of an official personage, and the other a Colonel of long standing—have been brought before the autho rities, yet no investigation, no court-martial followed the allegations, but the gallant officer who had the moral courage to prefer the charges, was not only impera tively "ordered" to cease his correspondence, but with difficulty escaped being cashiered. Surely this state of things cannot be allowed to continue. Is a gentleman, on entering the army, to forget that he is a man, and si lently submit to treatment from the Horse Guards which a gentleman's servant would resent, and justly too ? We are averse to wound the feelings of any man, or wantonly to bring the authorities into disrepute, but a pamphlet,whioh has been lately printed, thud, we believe, privately eireulated, contains such overwhelming proofs of corruption, favourit ism, and family interference, in the affairs of the army, that we are at a loss for words to express the surprise and pain which we experienced on perusing it. The fol lowing quotation is all we can, in this day's impression, venture to give. The author, atter stating that the cases of the Captains Reynolds induced him to print the corre spondence, thus continues :—" The publisher of this cor respondence confesses that it is balm to his wounded spirit to cxpose the partiality and injustice to which be has fallen a victim ; and he fervently trusts that his case, with other similar enormities which can be produced, will, by its pub lication, tend to effect a reform, so much required.in the constitution of the authorities at the Horse Guard!.' We hope the wish may be realised. In fact, something must be done. We shall revert to the subject in our next, Alligator. S O CIETY IN INDIA. --A g ood deal of the p a b n l ic o attention has a b t e e t i n , e y r e a c r e : l n y the r e 6 c t e e ki d towards history " I n. of our wars in the East proclaim s, ver y much to their credit, and we are equally capabl e o es no i w afbouttabrishidni establishing r whether h gh a character in notthe profession of literature; for we observe that an officer of a work written with a . view to exhibit . a picture of high rank in India, is about to stand forth as the author of Society in India." .Or . this production, report speaks so well, that its publication . seems likely effectually to put a stop to any such calumnies on the gallant and intel ligent class to which the author belongs, which certain recent events have made public. f ll altr a idlity odd, z erb e cyc i te l hcaa / otar inlpty d vapseb e lptiniaceotntds Z ei t u oosotanf r i nst i t c u. dAh_ i t c eirotyghe; o zgavt: tTtth ahhabheev leSeis2pmih:2rrmeoodl been monks, nn Z estsd,d F t : eash i cen t olc L otawhfr A seteit : rtd:ceht l iree : 7lh; the abbot, 2,000 f. ; upwards of 80 years of age, 1,4001., under 60, 1,200 f. ; a lay brother 60 years of age, 500 . f., under 60, 400 f. The Government had, moreover, decided that a sum of 1,000,000 f. should lie reserved out of the proceeds of the sale of monastic property, and one half thereof given to the Catholic district schools, and p the other to the poor of that persuasion. The Coun cil of State of Friburg, being the protector of the convents of the Swiss Confederacy, in virtue of the Federal Act of 1815, addressed an official application to the Government of Argou on the pith inst., demanding if it had actual ly decreed the suppression of tbo convent s situa t e within its jurisdiction. The reply of the latter will guide the Go. vcrnment of Friburg in the course which it is bound to pursue in this circumstance.. The resolution of the COllll. cil of State has filled with joy the entire population of Friburg, who feel the greatest sympathy towards the op pressed Catholics of Argaui— Gazette de Basle. 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