The Sun. — London, England, 1841-02-16 00:00:00

MORNING EDI HON CElt ENIONIAL TO BE OBSERVED AT THE TRIAL OF THE RIGHT HONOURABLE JAMES THOMAS EARL OF CARDIGAN, IN THE HOUSE OF LORDS. The Lords Spiritual and Temporal, the Judges, 4 ce• will assemble in. the House of Lords. The Lord Chancellor, or in his absence the Lord SPeaker, will be robed in his Lordship's private 1 :,"° 11 1, fro m w hi ch a procession will be made in the usual manner, his Lordship being preceded by The Purse Bearer Serjeant with with the Purse. the Mace. Black Rod carrying Garter carrying "e r ,Lord Hi gh Steward's Staff. his sceptre. RUd u Poo arrival in the House, Garter and Black willl take th e i r places at the Bar, an d t h e Lord Chancellor, or Lord Speaker, will proceed . wili e 'Woolsack, where, being seated, Prayers he read. The Clerk' Assistant of the Par (ur.etn, the ts will th en call over the Lords, beginning Junior Baron. the t ue Lords having been called, the Clerks of be Crown in Chance r y, and in the Queen's itch Cl erk Jointly makethree reverences, and the will 'it the Crown in Chancery on his knee or Ter the Commission to the Lord Chancellor, th f , ` - ;t; (1 Speaker, who will give it to the Clerk of Grown in the Queen's Bench to read, and 1 7 1 , 1 Clerks will retire with the like reverences, Tabl Tie the e' riia t i Sergeant -at-Arms will make f . or L or or silence, and the Lord Chancellor . H er d t S Peaker, will acquaint their Lordships that that ',atlestY's Commission is going to be read; and c o e'l Persons do stand up uncovered while the poi4: lli 'sinn is reading. The Commission ap ing a Lord High Steward having been read, Euler to th and Black Rod, making their reverences_ Av e t e Throne, proceed from the Bar to the righ ° ,`r t ek) where they take their places on the th e ' b l and side of the Lord Chancellor, or, in pro ausetl ethe L o rd Chancellor, they will e of ,to hto the Lord. High Steward in his place, bo th h o ldi ng the Staff, present it upon their e s to his Lordship, when his Lordship rising, . Po,. e ,..,ceded by Garter and Black Rod, and the tak;',43earer, with reverence to the Throne, will G ra - , "Is . seat in the Chair provided for his Th r - o -e ' on the uppermost step but one of the hold" , and. deliver the Staff to Black Rod to Olt his right hand, Garter and the Purse f i r "' standing on his left. p t , °e ! ai natioll will then be made for silence ; th e T the Queen's Writ of Certiorari to remove re,',,'",clictment with the return thereof, and the Cl ef of the Indictment will be read by the the Crown in the Queen's Bench. The Steward will then direct the Ser eol"at-Arms to make proclamation for the 1 , r1 1 ,7, a ll Usher to bring the Prisoner to the Bar, ' r ,,,• - "Pon the Yeoman Usher will place the ner at the Bar. th re Prisoner on reaching the Bar is to make Ilili„reverences ; one to his Grace the Lord si,jteivard, the other to the Peers on each ;46' ; I fis Grace and all the Peers returning the bie t l ( ') the Prisoner kneels, and his Grace will st, ; I nn rise, when he will be conducted to a t ) ,` Placed tor him within the Bar. (14 4 ,; 1e Lord High Steward will then direct pro (lra-4tinli to be again made for silence ; and his th a -- I ' e acquaint the prisoner with the amt. The Prisoner will then be arraigned ; rte it he pleads Not Guilty, proclamation will to mad e by the Serjeant-at-Arias for all persons H's forth an d give evidence. tord's Grace the Lord High Steward, with their Taa s hiPs' lea ve , th en removes t o hi s sea t a t th e pu preceded by Garter, Black Rod, and the seat e d B earer, as before, and his Grace being sitti h e ' they will take their places, Black Rod his on a Stool at the corner of the Table on qa Gr aee's right hand, and holding the Staff, ha il sittino- on a stool on Black Rod's right ~1 11 1(1) th e Sergeant at the lower end of the Table tip b th e sauce side, and the Purse Bearer at the fr corner on the left. 'e Trial will then proceed, and at the conclu sion t he Prisoner will be taken fi•oni the Bar and h a ","gers will be ordered to withdraw, in order 8 1) - i,' ;+ the Lords may deliberate. The Lords Ji i d""al will then desire leave to be absent when as hient is g i ven , w i t h a salro.jure to their rights - uecrs. On tl High St e „ w readmission of strangers, the Lord tip jjard Roes to the Chair, and having summed be,,,-.ae evidence, puts the Question to each Peer, • with the junior Baron, writing down Ir answers, (litiltv or not Guilty : and lastly hr ierin g hi s owi , opiolon,,, Every Peer, upon s",).‘"notincing• his judvnent, will stand up un e:ed, • and laving his right band on his breast -titte r 4 ; C .' • - oT ITV," upon tr,,.• • IV 'MTV. Or 4 0/4 Th • • ro ath e ; Cira,..e will de, 1 ..uce h, the Peers host ' l ave pronounced the Prisoner Guilty, and son v , l anY Not Guilty. After which the Pri (la tieing ag•ain brought to the Bar, and pro -o,triation made for silence, his Grace will de / e t the Prisoner the-judgment of the Peers. Li s () ez tt lld Guilty, the Prisoner will be asked by what he has to allege against Judg- If pronounced upon him ? om er _ any thin g be alleged, strangers will be fr oln to withdraw and the Prisoner removed np the B ar, when the Lords will deliberate leeZ t the matter alleged. If nothing be al sfr°o Or nothing sufficient to arrest Judgment, I' l l 4ol 's being ordered to withdraw and the Will tit removed from the Bar, the Lords , th + e n Proceed to deliberate upon the sen libee,,- be passed. Their Lordships having de theted, the Prisoner will be again placed at se nt - uar, when his Grace will pronounce the been ne e upon the prisoner whtch may have p r agre e d upon by the House. th e ( ? c laniatio n will then be made for dissolving sta nd `'. (n nmissio n , which being . ended, his Grace qa rter up, and having received the Staff from do es\ and Black Rod jointly (as he always t wo ") , holding- it in both hands, will break it in an d so dissolve - the Commission. The Lord 444.tne110r, or Lord Speaker, will then take his of the the Woolsack, and demand the pleasure s o, k e . peers whether they will adjourn ; and if f ort .ns Lordship returns to his room in the same N I as he entered the House. the I) )TE * ---- In the absence of the Lord Chancellor, ie u rse Be arer w ill not b e requ i re d to atten d. ile rs eers who are Knights of the several Or will wear their Collars over their Robes. THE WEATHER. ltoyAte ,„... GALLERY OF SCIENCE, ADELAIDE STREET. NOON, FEB. 15. aerometer 29*28 In. Th ermometer Highest 53'5 ..... . Low ev Wind S.—Freezing Point 32 Deg. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. (LLOYD'S.) pEL 15._Wind this day at noon, light breeze at 1-1 1 south; with mild wea th er . 11 1 "1 't, FEB. 13.—The John A. Black, from St. t t41,40-'New" I 3 runswick, to Belfast, was stranded £; r an d 0 0 th e 2 4th of December, but got offand en Wood hoarded Harbour. The Ruby, from hence to Lisbon, was rived St " t he 18th of November, by the Charlotte , ttte i , °- 'e n, and crew taken off, except the master and a three tait.,,Previously drowned. The Grace Brown, Duff, hence to Nviti — .' r e, was on shore in the Delaware, on the 18th t!1 Noi.,o9!ne feet water in her hold, abandoned, and into (i lk next da, three pilot boats. The crew subsequently the Lat Norfolk The crew and passengers o f -i k ‘lete all saved, and as well as the crew the ' v essel ' i, u g ei ,tia, who were taken off the wreck of nt the the Garriek 24th December. Upwards of one-half l'ap ee e trge had been saved, more or less damaged, and it was si ont , t " the remainder' would be saved. Osceola, from Charl .`"-terlugged, and pumps chocked, was fallen in with 19th i .' ar '4 a i r a r t i ' v 4 d. l , long. 4i, arid erew taken off . by the Tyrone, 't e here. 14. The Swift, from Bristol to this port, t)11 sho re gnew n off the Skerries—crew saved. A ship was seen i on the Sherries yesterday. rireitit.teo,,t4ixvaetnp,,FolEn. 12.—The Adelaide, Granby, from Cita totally wrecked on Carnaroon Bay last bal."eT. during a thick fog erevv saved. 13. About 200 casks btbeen saved from her. go t F FB. 14.—The Kestrel, Reed, from the Mauritius, h er, Ce Goodwin Sands yesterday morning, in thick wea he was assisted off, and proceeded for the river. Arrived ore. :),t'rnan, Barclay, from the Havannah • Nestor, Craw- Loadjr Calcutta ; Li'nan, Penang ; Sarah t9ayidson, Singa , pore ; Mary Jane, Challis, Cape of hp r i n ,„."°Pe ; Adelaide, Cuthbertson, ditto ; Haughton-le ._ Jamaica. (1411SItioillistni FLB • 10 . —The Sovereign, transport, from Lon l'ut in here to-day, with loss of bulwarks, boats, nlld it is feared upper part of cargo damaged l',ro,l(tcekLEss, DONEGAL, Fzu. 11.—The Susan Maria, har rf ' from s, t Donegal, run on shore near the Ilallyshan nonyesterday, but is expected sill' alter dis- --- V,, sr t ° bord Ls S F O KEN INITIE—The Jercme, from Bourbon i Nt., I eaux, lat. 44, lon. IS ; Demerara, Demerara, 3d lover, 56. lon. 9, by the Ellen, Gillman, arrived in the Qriudall t;„ or ' ve sus lon• Nierchant, London to India, and Bth Jan., lat. 2, lon. 21 W., by the Heiculian, el e , t , , arrived at Liverpool. Fleetwood, London to Pool te ' t, ad ult., lat. 4 N., lon, 20 W. ; Edith, Liver burg, saAlrica, 7th, lat. 5, ion. 91 ; Mercurius, of Ham kasts me . d, S Y, a ship th e 13 arrieLl away, Nor barque opparently, with mizen. 164 9 b thr Keshel, arrived in .)1,,,,n5. -, y httve 1:::,,312.11:y th e A T r r u m. —The letter giving an account of operative Protestant Asscciation should Itlan tuie ; pt g . %led February 10, not January 10, as in the AMERICA. By the arrival of the packet-ships Columbus and Roscoe at Liverpool, on Saturday evening, we have received New York papers to the 22d ult. The following extracts from them include all the news they bring of any interest. THE CASE OF MR. 111'LEOD. The following is from the New York Herald : " The trial of Mr. M.Leod will soon take place ; the excite ment is increasing ; and every day we receive accounts of the in creased bad feeling between the frontier settlers on the boun dary line. All this the arrogs.nce displayed by Mr. Fox in his correspondence will only have the effect of increasing. We look with great anxiety for the result." The Sun has the following on the same subject : "THE CASE or 111.‘LEori.—The Canada papers make a great deal of noise, and bluster in a characterkic manner, in reference to the arrest of Mr. M'Leod. The Toronto Herald somewhat distinguished for its blood and thunder' paragraphs is particularly furious. He not only menaces the United States, but England also. He says that the latter cannot, must not, dare not, submit to the insult upon the nation in the person of Alexander M'Leod." " We perceive, also, that orders arc published, making cer tain arrangements in the army, with the view of having a suffi cient force at all times ready for any sudden emergency. Whe ther this has any special reference to M`Leod, or w hether another rebellion is anticipated, or whether it is done to frighten the Yankees, we of course have no means of judging. " We can assure Canada, and all the world beside, of one thine, that is, the authorities of New York will proceed firmly and resolutely in the discharge of their duty, and in obedience to the laws, the administration of which is committed to their charge. Mr. M'Leod will be tried for the crime al'eged against him, and if he is innocent, as we sincerely hope - he is, we have no doul„ .. i .... it . pf , 'his acquittal. If he is guilty, he ought to be, and, we trust, he will be, convicted, without the least reference to the absurd demand, made in a tone of gross insolence, by the British Minister. A New York paper states, that " an American fishing party from Vermont, and some Canadians, met at Temuskepetung Lake, when from words they proceeded to blows, and the Ca nadians were beaten. The latter threatened to cross the bor der anl burn the houses of their opponents. In the neigh bourhood of Waterloo they had formed a party, and talked of making a descent upon Lockport, for the purpose of rescuing Mr. fs'Leod. " The Rochester Democrat reports, on the authority of pas sengert from Lockport, that Mr. M'Leod was about to be re moved to Rochester for sale keeping, to be escorted by two comparies of United States troops. The Buffalo Republican states fiat two companies of artillery have been ordered horn that station to Lockport, on account, as rumour said, of an anticipated attempt of the Canadians to rescue Mr. M'Leod." The iolliowing is from the correspondence of the New York Courier and Enquirer : WASHINGTON, JAN. 15, 1841.—1 invite your attention to the recent correspondence between Mr. Fox and Mr. Forsyth, in relation to the destruction of the steam-boat Caroline at Schlossa-. When analyzed in connection with the facts as they are unde-stood to be, it contains an extraordinary, and as novel as extrairdinary feature. There remains something behind the curtain not yet developed. " I proceed to state briefly what I understand to be the facts. During tae last year, Mr. Stevenson and Lord Palmerston have had a tare correspondence respecting the Caroline. His Lord ship justifies and defends the attack upon the ground that Mr. Adams assumed on a well-known occasion. Mr. Fox, in his letter of the 29th of December, uses the argument of Lord Pal merston, out in a blind way ; clearly indicating, however, that he was not un.cquainted with the correspondence that had taken plaes on the other side of the Atlantic. To this letter of Lord Palmerston, Mr. Stevenson replied, and, I have reason to believe, in a tolerably able manlier. At all events, no sacri fice of our national honour was made in the slightest degree. NORTH-EAST BOUNDARY QUESTION. MAlNE.—Governor Kent, in his address to the Legislature of Maine, just delivered, expresses himself on the subject of the North-Eastern Boundary in the following terms. After al luding to the imrediments and delays which have heretofore in terfered to prevent an adjustment of the question, he says— " The time rennet be far distant when the question must as sume a more definite shape, either peaceable or warlike: and much as we. may deprecate the awful evils and miseries of war, we laugh to be prepared to meet the issue, if such, after all, is the determination of our opponents, with the firmness of men who feel that they have the right, and who will not yield to threats or force the inheritance of our fathers and the right ful territory of our state. The unanimity which has charac terised our Sate on this question, in the midst of all our . politis cal excitements, is a sure guarantee that the people are ready to sustain their rulers in all judicious, temperate, yet firm and decided meascres, and that it is regarded by them as too sa cred and too sdemn a subject to be made the instrument of any mere party set - ernes or movements." On the subject of the recent military occupation of Mada waska, by order of the Governor-General of Canada, Gover nor Kent says— He adverts to the occupation, by order of the Governor- General of Canada, of the posts of Tamiscouta Lake and Ma dawaska, by British troops, in direct violation of the stipulated agreement between the authorities of New Brunswick and Maine, and says— " I cannot but view this proceeding, as my predecessor does, in his reply to Sir John Harvey, as • a direct and palpable in fringement of the subsisting arrangement,' and as taking military possession of that portion of the contested territory. And if the suggestion of Lieut.-Governor Harvey, who seems not to have been consulted in :elation to this mew act of jurisdiction, and who evidently regards it with regret, if not as an infringement of subsisting arrangements, is disregarded, and the British troops are permanently ]orated at Madawaska, I shall feel it my duty to reiterate the request already made to the general go vernment, and to qrge upon the Governnsent the justice and expediency of talsiry military possession on the part of the Visited States if the territory in dispute. The General Government owes it to Maine to move forward in tkis mat ter, with promptness and energy, with a sincere, and even anxious desire to preserve peace, but with an equally firm de termination to maintain subsisting engagements on our part, and to insist upon a full performance from the other party." lii th e House of Representatives, on Friday, Mr. Walker submitted the following resolution for consideration : Resolved—That the Committee on Foreign Relations be instructed to inquire -into the expediency of causing to be pro cured and submitted te the Senate, copies of the debates in the British Parliament, pier to the ?ear 1820, in relation to the nurth.easterti boundsey of the United States, and copies of land titles emanating hems the British Government repup - mut in the calls of said titks to the boundary now claimed by said Government." Mr. Preston objected to the adoption of the resolution, as presenting us in the aspect of regulating our proceedings by British legislation. Mr. Walker said the resolution was one of inquiry only. He had read one of these debates of the British Parliament, and conceived it ought to be of the utmost importance, and that it ought to be published in an official form for the information of the people of England, sf the people of the British provilaccsi of the people of the United States, and of the civilized world. In that debate, the bounstary line, as now claimed by Great Britain, was distinctly repudiated by both branches of the Bri tish Parliament, and by both parties, the Opposition and the Ministry, in a debate too contemporaneous with the treaty of 788. Mr. Webster said he agreed with the Senator from Missis sippi (Mr. Walker) as to the importance of these documents in shedding light on the true intent and meaning of the treaty of 1783, in relation to the boundary between the United States and the British provinces. It clearly established in his mind that the treaty pursued the old boundary as established by the charter of the colony of Massachusetts, anti that the north-west corner of Nova Scotia was the starting point. Mr. Buchanan said, that, as this resolution was one of mere inquiry, it might appear discourteous towards Mr. Walker to oppose its adoption, and he should do so with great reluctance. Why should the Senate be made the instrument of communicate ing this debate to the public ? Such a course was unprece- Jointed, so far as his knowledge extended. Mr. Allen said he was opposed to the adoption of this reso lution. What was its object? To procure testimony in sup port of our claim to the territory embraced by the limits of Mains. He was opposed to this. So long as we debated, so long as we gave opportunity for cavil on this subject, so long would Great Britain protect its settlement. There is a point at which this matter must stop—where we must put our foot, and say, this admits of no further discussion. He hoped the Senate would not again open the subject of the north-eastern bound try. We had already decided, by a unanimous vote, that our claim was right, and we will, if necessary, support it. Mr. Clay, of Kentucky, said the motion was to adopt the resolution to print certain debates of the British Parliament in relation to the boundary between the State and the British provinces. What was the present condition of the boundary question? It is the subject of negotiation. The diplomatists are now acting on it, and acting on it, as he was informed, in a spirit worthy of the enlightened Governments interested in the question, and the liberal and benevolent spirit of the age in which we live. Why, then, should we interfere ? Mr. Clay referred to the recent correspondence between the Secretary of State and the British Minister, in reference to M'lseod, and said that the language used by Mr. Fox was such as should not have been used without instructions from his Government. He understood that the whole correspondence on the part of that Minister was without instructions. The affair of the Caroline was one of much delicacy ; and it remains to be seen whether the order by the British authorities to capture the vessel was intended to be limited to the waters over which they had jurisdiction, which might have been justifiable, but her capture and destruction at Fort Schlossar, on our own shore, was another and a very different matter. He concluded by expressing his opinion that the idea of a probability of a rup ture with Great Britain was entirely unfounded. Mr. Walker said, whatever opinions others might entertain in regard to this boundary controversy, here was one in which he had hoped that all would concur; and that was, that if war must come, we should have clone all in our power to demon strate, both to friends and foes, that the right of the case was with us, and not with Great Britain. The resolution was accordingly laid on the table. PIIITADET.PI4IA, JAN. 19. The last few days have been pregnant with events of an im portant character in this city. The question has daily been, ' , Will the United States Bank be able to hold out or not?" My impression is that she will. Still, however, the matter cannot be considered as placed beyond a doubt until the end of the week. I have been in the Bank every day since the resumption. During Thursday, Friday, and part of Saturday, the run was considerable ; and I was informed that up to Friday at 3 p.m., more than 500,000 dollars had been paid out. Up to last night more than a million had been withdrawn from the vaults, ac cording to all the statements and reports that are afloat. You must be aware that a few days longer of such a run would try the Bank seriously. On the other hand, people are getting tired of large amounts of specie already, and conveying the bulk of their dollars back to the banks as fast as they took them out. They do not, however, so far as I can learn and observe, take their specie back the United States Bank, as, during the prevailing panic, that institution has become unpopular. But several of the other banks support the institution by sending specie, and this it is that gives me confidence that she will weather the storm. The state of the Baltimore banks stands in relation to their circulation as 13 to 15. They are there fore well off; hut say they will not resume until the Richmond and other southern banks pay specie. You will be gratified to learn that a Bill has passed both Doilies of the Legislature of Pennsylvania for a loan of 800,000 dollars at six per cent , to pay the interest due on the State debt in February. The loan is not yet taken. The population returns of the United States are nearly com pleted, all the census being received at Washington, except Kentucky and Arkansas. Estimating these two, in the ab sence of the actual returns, the population of the Union in 1840 was . 16,900,84. Included in the above are 2,350,000 slaves, and 385,000 coloured people. The popolution in 1830 was 12,866,920 ; in 1820, 9,633,131 ; in 1810, 7,239,814. MONEY MARKET, JAN. 21. (From the New York Daily Express.) A fair amount of business was done today. U. S Bank rore 4 ; Vicksburg ; DelaAare and Hudson up SALES AT THE STOCK EXCHANGE, JAN. 21. 50 shares U. States Bank s 60 52 b 4 A 100 do d o l5 52 50 do do 100 do do 7') do do 50 do ..... .„(19 b 30 bli THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1841 25 do North Am. Trust Co cash 301 - w 30. DIVIDEND.—The Loather Manufacturers' Bank has de clared a dividend of four per cent. for the last six months, pay on let February. 50 do do n 75 do do n w 30, 50 do. do b 30 days 31 20 do American Exchange Bank 60 do Farmers' Trust 100 do Stonington Railroad s 30 days 261 200 do do n w 26 i 50 do do 100 do 75 do Harlem Railroad 36:i 100 do do 20 days 37 50 do Canton Company 50 do do -1 4- MONEY MARKET. WEEK ENDING JANUARY 30, 1841. The improvement in our money market noticed last week still continues. Prime business paper is readily dis counted by the banks, and prices out of doors do not vary materially from legal interest. The demand for money upon other securities has been less than for some time past, and such loans are negotiated with more facility and upon better terms. The rate of foreign exchange and the amount of bills which may reasonably be expected from the crop now going forward, form a reasonable guarantee against any export of the precious metals for some time to come, which, with the comparatively small amount of busi ness engagements maturing, affords every prospect of a continued abundance of money. The banks of Baltimore and Virginia are expected to resume early next week ; those of Georgia are by law re quired to resume on the lst proximo ; and the force of public opinion must gradually bring about a resumption by the sound banks !n other parts of the country. The sea son of the year—when we are delivering the proceeds of the crops—is favourable to such action, and its successful accomplishment will do much towards placing financial matters on a sound and firm basis. ... 30 do New Jersey 75. 20 do Long hand Railroad b 60 days 56 50 d 0.... 50 do do - 10 1 10 do North River Bank B3 60 do Mechanics' Bank Ass B2 50 do Bank of Commerce scrip 97 67 do Delaware and Hudson -1: 50 do 25 do. do th w 94.} .cash 91 50 do Vicksburg 50 do do SALES AT THY SECOND BOARD. 200 shares N. A. Trust Co. 10 do Delaware and Hudson The improvement in Stocks noticed last week has not been maintained. The favourable news per Columbia had the effect of raising the market for a day or two ; but since Monday prices have been on the decline, and in some de scriptions a fall of four or five per cent. has taken place. This is in part owing to Stock thrown upon the market by purchasers at IJw prices, for the purpose of realising pro fits ; and in part to some want of confidence existing in the ability of the United States' Bank to sustain a re sumption. The first a cause which always operates upon the market after a material rise, particularly so at present, when speculators are satisfied with less profits than for merly. The latter resulting from the extreme sensitive ness of the community engendered by the many fluctua tions and reverses of the last three or four years. We have every reason to believe that these doubts are unfounded, and the successful negotiations of all, or nearly all, the sterling Bills drawn against the loan, which was confirmed per Columbia, afford a satisfactory evidence of the confi dence of some, and should be sufficient to silence any doubts still remaining. At the Philadelphia Stock Board, yesterday, drafts on New York to the amount of 10,000 dollars were sold at i of 1 per cent. premium. 75 do Vicksburg 75 do do .. 50 do Long Island Railroad reg. 551 - - 551 -,,1 50 do — do b 60 days ... 25 do Stonington Railroad b GO days 27-A -25 do do b n w 27 50 do United States Bank 50 do MEXICO AND TEXAS. Letters from Mexico and Texas state that a Mexican forte had entered the territory of San Patricio, and a further inva sion of Texas was anticipated. We learn from Yucatan that the British schooner True Blue had been seized for smuggling. Her Britannic Majesty's ship Comas captured the Eusebio, belonging to Yucatan, as a re prisal, on the ground that the Government of Yucatan could not be recognised by the British authorities. Eight thousand one hundred and ninety-three dollars, the proceeds of a sale, were given to the British owners, and with a protest to the Comas, that the seizure of the Eusebio was contrary to the laws of nations. The True Blue was afterwards re-captured by the Comas. So.ne little feeling has been excited by the account of the apttre of the American barque Jones, on the coast of Africa, by tic:. Britannic Majesty's brig Dolphin, on a charge of slav ing. The case was heard at Sierra Leone, and after a deten tion of two months the barque was cleared. Meanwhile one of the c ..ew died, and the property, about $lO,OOO on board, dui not improve in value, as may well be supposed. GREAT PUBLIC MEETING.—AGGRESSIONS AND AGGRANDISEMENT OF ENGLAND. (From the New York Herald.) We understand that preparations are making to call a great mass American meeting in the Park, for the purpose of taking into consideration the conduct of the British Go vernment, in relation to the burning of the Caroline—also on the north-eastern boundary question—also on the north-western territory—also on the recent seizures of American merchantmen by British cruisers in the Atricin seas. We learn further that the conduct of England in her aggressions and aggrandisement throughout the world, will be considered and presented to the nation in several strong points of view. We conceive that this movement will be the first of a series of movements throughout the country, of a more im portant nature than any that have taken place for the last quarter of a century. EIGHT DA YS' LATER FROM AME- RICA. ARRIVAL OF THE ACADIA STEAMER. The Acadia, Royal mail steamer (Captain Dallier), anchored at Liverpool on Monday, shortly before three o'clock, having performed her passage in ten days and a half, and bringing eight days later news than the ac counts received by the Columbus and Roscoe. Mr. M'Leod's trial will not take place until the last week in March, unless a special Commission be issued, which is not probable. A letter mentions that Mr. M'Leod had determined on giving bail, as it was feared by his friends that his health would be seriously impaired if he continued so long in confinement. Meetings have been held in va rious parts of the Western district, but it does not ap pear that the excitement consequent on the affair has in any great degree increased. The party in the States desirous of a rupture with England, seem to be exerting themselves in adding to the disagreements between the two countries. It is now pretended that America is ill used and insulted, by the English blockade of Chinese ports, and recent seizures by the British of American vessels employed in the African slave trade. The movement of British troops into the Maine territory, by order of the Go vernor-General of Canada, is construed in the most hostile manner. The Garrick packet ship has been got off, and a steamer had left New York to tow her up. The packet ship North America, from Liverpool, had a fine outward run, having reached New York in 2.2 days. The Acadia has brought over 81 passengers. United States Bank Shares has again receded from the former reduced rates, and all our private sources of in formation are most unfavourable as to the prospects of the Bank. (From the New York Herald of Jan. 30.) HIGHLY IMPORTANT FROM THE NIAGARA FRONTIER.-- CASE OF MISOD. The intelligence from Western New York, and the Niagara frontier, begins to be highly interesting. The official correspondence between Mr. Fos, the British Mi nister, and Mr. Fors)th, respecting the burning of the Caroline, and the arrest of M'Lcod, has created a flame all over the border. Public meetings have been held on the subject, in Buffalo, in Batavia, and other places, denouncing the claims and conduct of England. We have despatched a correspondent to the Niagara frontier, from whom we have received the following : " Lockport, Jan. 25, IS4I. " The trial of M'Leod cannot take place until the fourth Monday in March, unless a special commission oyer and terminer should issue, which is not probable. His case will come before the Grand Jury at the County Court, to be held early in February; but that Court can only indict him. The evidence before the Grand Jury is private, of course, and not to be reported. It has been stated in some pints that he was to be tried immediately—this may have misled some. " I have not been able to obtain any information in rela tion to his history, to be depended on. There is nothing peculiar in his situation in gaol, except that he sleeps all day, and is up all night, probably expecting assistance from Canada, to enable him to escape. If 1 can find any one who can give any of the information asked by you I will procure it to done. " The statement that Mr. Brotherston, the cashier of the Suspension 13ridge Bank, had become M'Leod's bail in 5 000 dollars is also erroneous. M'Leod was arrested under a charge of murder, which is not a bailable offence. The excitement on this affair increases every day. Meet ings are holding all over the western district, and if an at tempt be made to rescue him, I would not answer for the consequences. " Why don't your merchants and mariners, sailors and jack-tars, take up the conduct of the English seitures in the African seas ? We would not stand such a thing in the west one day." MONEY MARKET. (From the New York Herald of Jan. 29.) Friday, Jan. 29,6 p.m. A startling fact has been developed to day. It is fraught with the deepest interest to many largo interests in this city, and deeply involves the existence of many banking concerns. The United States Bank has elected a precarious resumption by means of borrowing on this side largely to meet present wants. This was, however, acknowledged insufficient to meet her necessities, and at the very moment of a final failure, the bank received ad vices from England giving her authority to draw, it is stated, to the amount of 1,100,000/., or 5,000,000 dollars, on certain parties in London. Whether this credit was based on cotton, to be remitted from the south to meet the bills, or upon other securities, does not appear. The institution has, however, issued to the three Philadelrhia banks, in payment of balances. over 200,000/. of sterlin bills; she has issued 225,000/. try settle her debt due a jur!gment on dishonoured notes, and other large souls, making 1,4100,000 f. sterling of bills drawn un the Los don house. These bills were issued at a very low rate, and have been offering in the market for this past at 6: 1 , freely. Sales to some extent last week were made. The permission to draw, although said to have been arranged some time before, was not given until the latest minute of the packet's sailing. The reason of this was that the Bank of England, on hearing of the negotiation, intimated in pretty strong terms to the houses concerned, that the bills would be discredited, and also stated that it was the policy of the• bank to discountenance the paper of those concerned in &sipping coin. One mo. merit's reflection as to the posithm of affairs in England, brings the conviction that this w ould undoubtedly be the case. The bank had little over 1,000,000/. in its coffers at the latest dates, and the difficu Ries in regard to foreign exchanges were far from remove d, and the bank has for some months proscribed the paper of those houses engaged in the export of bullion. The exchanges are in favour of this country, and a small actual decline would cause an import of coin from Great Britain. What course then is the bank likely to pursue in regard to a borrower that throws 1,000,000/. of sterling bills in the market in one operation with a prospect of coming for more ? Precisely that which she has followed on former occasions, particu larly in 1836, when she struck down the American trade without the slightest hesitation. If she did it then, when we were so large customers, she is far snore likely to do it now, when the borrower in this instance is the only ob stacle in the way of a revival of the export trade, and who is at this moment operating, through her suspended branch in New Orleans, to raise the price of cotton upon the English manufactures, and consequently to retard the English export trade. The discrediting of these bills will be productive of the most disastrous consequences to all connected with them. SALES AT THE STOCK EXCHANGE, JAN. 30, (From the Commercial Advertiser.) 50 shares United States Bank 50 do do do 50 do do do next week 51 100 do do do 75 do do do 48 do do do ... 51i 50 do do do . 5ll 50 do do do b3O days 51 150 da do do 50 do do do . 5l l do do do s3o days 50 50 do do do 100 do Delaware and Hudson Can. alO days 94 100 do do do 70 do do do 100 do do dca next week 941 125 do do e.. - 14 100 do do do b6o days 94f 50 do do do 375 do North American Trust Co 75 do do do 60 do do do 50 do do do 225 do do do 25 do do do 25 do Phoenix Bank 100 do Vicksburg Bank 9g-50 50 do do do 150 do do do ..... 9l 40 do Paterson Railroadl s4:q, ii do Boston and ProYi deuce Railroad 25 do Stonington Rai'road 75 do do do ...., 3l 75 do do do ... 3l 125 do do do ._,„.. 3 ll 4 50 do do do ...... . 31i 150 do do do s3o drys 31} 50 do do da b6o days 32 100 do Harlem Railroad 50 do do do 28 do Utica and 'Schenectady R. It 130 do do tdo March 3 127 i 50 do Long Island Railroad - 450 do do do .. 561 63 do William sburgh Fi.re Ins. Co 10 do Canton Co. ...... ...... b3O days 30 10 do do do . 3O The business done at the Board this morning was to a fair extent, and nearly at yesti trday's prices. The only variation we have to notice ar , a United Status Bank ad vanced j, and the sales were large ; Paterson advanced f; Stonington U ; Harlem i ; and Canton 3 : ; while North American fell off il,, and Vick.sburgh i. STATE SrocKs.--5000 dollars Onio Sixes were sold this morning at 97, and 4000 dollars Indiana Bonds at 65i. EXCHANGE.-IForeign.—T. here is a fair demand for bills on England to g,o out by ti.le Boston steamer. Southern bil!s can be bought from '7 to 8 per cent. Sterling bills arc at Bto 81. On Pari 3 sf. 25c. to sf. 23c. I)omestic.--1000 da ,ars on Philadelphia sold to day at 99;i„. We quote : On Boston ..., ,„, ......... Philadelphia.- i to 1 Baltimore . .., ito i Richmond ..., Charleston.. „,. 2 to 21 Savannah . ~,„,,, 3i to 4 Augusta.. Mobile . New Or.reans...- . 2l. to 2i North Carolina Cinc ; .nnati •...., ..... •••• • Lo'aisville ...,., ...... - 4t.. Louis . , .......... 4 SPAIN. We have received Madrid journals of the 6th inst. inclusive. The Madrid Gazette of the 6th publishes a decree of the Regency, dated the 4th inst., containing the following articles : —" 1. All soldiers and labourers who, in conformity with the terms of the decree of the 4th of January, 1613, have obtained grants of land at any period are not to be disturbed in the pos session thereof. 2d. Those persons who have been dispossessed of their grants on the re-establishment of the absolute Govern ment will he restored forthwith to possession of those lands. 3d. It this restitution should be impossible in consequence of a sale or alienation of those lands, the political chiefs, after having taken the opinion of the provincial deputies, shall propose the proper measures to indemnify those who cannot be restored to possession of their lands. 4th. From the day of the date of this decree all lands gratuitously granted to military men shall be freed from ihe payment of all dues or rent charges, on condition that the possessors conform to the articles of the decree of the 4th January, 1813. Signed by the Duke of Vittoria, at the Palace, February 4, 1841, " DON MANUEL CORTINA." The Eco del Cootercio of the 6th instant, gives the follow ing result of the state of the poll on the afternoon of the sth instant : Dart:TIES. Don Augustin Arguelles 1)on Manuel Gil Santibanez Don Vincent Collantes 1,590 Don Carlos Martin Romeral ... 1,786 Don F. F. Ferro Montaos Don Joan Alvarez y Mendizabal Don Ramon Madrid Davila 1)on Ramon Madrid Davila 9,032 Don Pedro Mendez Vigo 1,063 Don J. G. de la Cortina .. Don Fernando Corradi SENATORS. Don Martin de los Heros Don Valentin Artigosa Don J. F. Campuzano " A fter the satisfactory solution of the Douro question," says the Eco det Comercio, " which for a moment alarmed Spain and Portugal, it is necessary the Government should not neg lect this affair, in order that the nation may derive every possible advantage from the navigation of that river. The necessity for the prey once of our Ambassador at Lisbon is most urgent, for the purpose of removing any difficulty that may occur. Our Consul at Oporto should be an enlightened and zealous man, qualified to settle the affair to our satisfac tion, and, finally, the Administrator chosen by the Go vernment for the Custom-house of La Frejenada, must be a man equally competent for the post. It is, moreover, indis pensable that we should always have at Oporto some vessel of the national navy in imitation of Franco and England, who have everywhere vessels of war for the protection of their trade. Our Government would do well also to station another at Lisbon." The Director• of the Treasury had tendered his resignation! Which had not yet been accepted by the Regency. The transactions in the Five per Cents. on the 6th amounted to 15,690,000 reals, and were :26 in number ; two were nego • tiated for cash at 28, 1 4 and 3 A, and the rsst at 29 j t at 60 days. THE TURKISH AND EGYPTIAN FLEETS. (From the Semaphore of Marseilles of the 8:h instant.) The following arc the vessels which have been handed over to Admiral Walker and Mazloum Bey by Mehemet Ali:— _ . LINE•OF-BATTLE SHlPS.—Mainoudie (three-decker), 140 guns; Massoudie (three-decker), 124; Fevzie, 96; Fetbie, 96 ; Mendouhie, 90; Techifrie, 90 ; Terkifie, 90 ; Ncutretie, 72; Nizaniee, 60 ; and Bourdigafier, 72 guns. FRIGATES.—Chadie, 64 guns ; Sourie, 60 ; Tarir- Bahri, 62 ; Hifzi-Raman, 64; Nczzimi-Safer, 64 ; Naviki-Bahri, 56; Caidi-Zafcr, 50 ; Mivati- Zafer, 48; Chebabi-Bahri, 56 ; and Fazloullah, 44 guns. CORVEITF,S.—Messiri-Ferah, 26 guns ; Carzi-Jafer, 22 ; Djai-Ferah, 20; and Fedjiri-Sefid, 22 guns. TOTAL.—Ten line-of•battle ships, 10 frigates, and 4 corvettes, mounting 1,58 S guns. The Pacha has )ct 35• vessels of war, viz. : LINE-or-BATTLE Snips. Mahulet-el-Koubra, 100 guns ; Mansoural3l, 100 ; Skander, 100 ; Aboukir, 80; Masr, 102 ; Akki, 102 ; Homs, 100 ; Beylam, 80 ; Alep, 100 ; Fayoum, 100 ; and 13enisouef, 102 guns. FraGATEs.—Chiri-Gihad, 60 guns ; 13aenid, 60 ; Bah vie, 60; Damietta ; and Menoufic, 02 guns. CORVETTES.-Giad-Bekr, 22 guns; Tanta, 24; Pe linger-Gihad, 22 ; Gena-Bahri, 22 ; and Damanhour, 26 guns. 13siGs,—Chabini-Derie, 20 guns ; Saika, 22 ; Semendi- Gihad, •20; Washington, 22; Chabhari-Gihad, 16; and Timsah, 12 gulls. CUTTEIis.—NOS. 1 and 9 . STEAMERS.-The Nile, 150 horse-power ; the •Egyp tian, 50 ; and the Boulac, 20. Two transports. There were besides in the port of Alexandria when the Oriental left, on the 22d January, two French corvettes, one British corvette, and three English or Turkish packets. PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS. uomNiurrElis ON PETITIONS FOR PRIVAIE BILLS FOR THIS DAY Bury (Sussex) Inclosure. '2. Britannia Life Assurance Company. 3. Durham and Sunderland Railway. 4. Upper llevford Inclosure. a. Denby Gas. 6. Middlesbrough Improvement.. 7. Stuniperosi. Roads. Ipswirh Docks. :1. Hull Flax and Cottiiii Mill Compa I Kidderminster Tenement,. I I. Salisbury Small STATE AND PROSPECTS OF THE NEW ADMINISTRATION,„ - ..: , (Feern the York Herald, Jan. 30.) The formation of the new administration, tinder t len,' el flarri-en, both as to men and measures, goes on very slo a ly. 'l'hei are eeming into shape, principally under the Ilidliagt ilit'llt of Messrs. Clay and Webster, eho are the wester spirit= of Ihe Eritrean, et. aed eandidati s for the succession seria fiat. The old administration seems to take things with great indifference. General Harrison will be in Washington on the Bth of February, and will take the reins on the 4th of March. Mr. Van Buren returns to New York at the same time. Ia the meantime the friends of the President elect, in Congress, are shaping things as well and as rapidly as they can. The following is considered the latest and best ver sion of new Cabinet :-- Daniel Webster, of Massachusetts, Secretary of State. Thomas Ewing, of Ohio, Postmaster-General. John M. Clayton, of Delaware, Secretary of the Bell, of f ef T L et e m u e is s i s a e n e . , , S ta s e e c e re reta ry ry o e f f W th a e r. Navy. Tr . : !oir a h s..u a r p y ßo . J. J. Crittenden, of Kentucky, Attorney-General. John Sergeant, of Philadelphia, was first named for Treasury, but in consequence of the rival claims of Thad deus Stevens for Postmaster-General, both coming from the same State, they were both set aside. Francis Granger, of New Yolk, has also been named for the Navy, but his chances of success are not so apparent. 01 the Foreign Ministers not much has been said. Mr. Stevenson, now American Minister in London, will be re called in the spring ; but General Case, now in Paris, will remain for a while, at the request, it is said, of General Harrison himself, both having been fellow-soldiers in the battle of the Thames. There will be a great contest among a variety of candi dates for the Collectorships—Post Offices--aand other ser i able m o most st the important lazza ron lucrative places—but nothing certain can be affirmed of he any until after th e 4t h o f M arc h— t h en w ill come t h e e. points, both for this country and for foreign nations, arc not so much the men, as the measures and policy of the new Administra tion. On these matters new difficulty will be encoun tered in the adjustment that was contemplated—par ticularly in the financial policy. Symptoms of division among the friends of General Harrison have already ap peared. Henry A. Wise, of Virginia, a man of consider able talent and popularity, has declared opposition to two of the prominent points of Cabinet policy given out by Messrs. Clay and Webster. We allude to the project to increase the tariff on wines and silks—and to that for the division among the States of the proceeds of the public lands. Mr. Wise may be actuated by two motives in de claring opposition to these measures—one because they are bad in themselves—and the other (which gives edge to the former) because his father-in-law, John Sergeant, has been left out of the Cabinet, in consequence of fearing that his appointment might injure Mr. Clay's popularity in Pennsylvania. Taking into view all these influences and developments, the friends of the new Administration have thus far re solved upon the following measures:- 1. A special session of Congress in May, or as soon after as practicable. 2. Distribution to the States of the proceeds of the sales of public lands, amounting to $3,000,000, or thereabouts. This is practical agrarianism. 3. Revision and increase of the present tariff laws— particularly in the articles now free of duty—equal to $5,000,000, or more. 4. Repeal or modification of the specie clause of the Sub-Treasury law--if not the creatien of a new National Bank. 5. And probably, though not so certain, a Bankrupt Law, with or without a provision embracing corporations, as the case may be. These are the leading measures that may constitute the internal policy of the new Administration. Many suppose that the existing United States Bank of Pennsylvania will resume its fiscal connection with the Government—but the opposition to such a project from New England, New York, and large financial interests in the South, would seem to present an insurmountable barrier to its accom plishment in any form. It is very evident already, that there will be great dif ficulty and great disappointment in the adjustment of the internal policy of the new Administration. The general expectation is to raise all values by the fiscal action of the Government, so as to enable the several States, the banks, and many large stock-jobbers to stand as they did in 1836 ; but this hope will be h ardl y realised. The old admini stration party will oppo se such p ro j ects fr om the jump — and best views of the financial policy of the they yet possess arethe great power and influence in the couutry. Such new Cabinet—their foreign policy has not been developed at all. We are disposed to think, however, from the ele ments in motion, that they will take a high and indepen dent ground in our re lations with En g land . The spirit of is s he gettingexcited on sever a l su bj ec t s . Th e Carol i ne at Schlosser, and th e recen t arres t the burning nation of of M`Leod—the seizure of American merchantmen in the African seas, by British cruisers—the movement of British by order of the to b elieve that iews of Messrs. t t r h o e o ß p sr Governor-Generali i t r i , g t h o t G h o e v d e i r s n p mo u t fe e nc d t : hn e aa r v r de i a t territory rgyi adoptedoef s I .l r i e a t ah i n seo e nv , Mudge and Featherstonaugh, that that territory belongs to Canada—the bloc kade of the Chinese p orts, ex cludin g therefrom American shi p s—the claims of En gland u p on f England throughout th e wor ld, arc the north-west territo r y —all these p oints, co upled wit h t he of this country to the belief that aggrandizement p c o o p l e they must be up and doing, in order to preserve their rights and liberties en land and on water. 1 These very important matters will be subjects of deep consultation for the new administration ; and it is believed ,‘ICIRDEIt AT itt We stated in our paper of Monday last, on the au thority of the C'arnarron Herald, that a gamekeeper, in the service of Mr. Edward Lloyd, of Rhaggatt, named , Evan Evans, had disappeared, and was supposed to have ' been murdered by a tailor, named Edward Chubb. In searching the house of Chubb clothes were found with blood upon them, which corresponded with the descrip tion given by the wife of Evans of the clothes he wore at the time of his disappearance. But there being no evidence on which to charge him with the murder, he was committed on a charge of sheep stealing, a quantity of sheep skins having been found in his house. It appears that the wife of the prisoner has subse quently stated, that on his return home on the evening of the keeper's disappearance, he told her that he had " settled Evans," that he had called him out on the Sa turday night in the way before spoken of, and had led him about two miles from his house, pretending to show him some snares that had been set ; that during the walk he had tried to shoot him from behind no less than three times, but that each time his pistol had missed fire, and that the gamekeeper, being deaf; did not hear the noise, and mistook the flashing in the pan for a gleam of lightning ; that having failed in these attempts he led him to the bank of a certain slate quarry, which he described, and having told him to look about fOr the wires, struck him with the pistol from behind, and thrust him over into the water; that there was a fall of •?5 yards to the water, and that the pool was six yards deep. In consequence of this statement the pool referred to was submitted to a rigorous search, and several men were employed for four hours breaking up the ice, which had accumulated over it. A small boat used for fish ing (a coricle) was then let down, by which means the body was soon discovered, but the boat not being strong enough to raise it, another man was let down by ropes, who succeeded in bringing the body up. An inquest was held on the body on Monday and Tuesday, at which the evidence of 35 witnesses was re ceived ; but beyond the statement of the wife of the prisoner regarding what he had said to her, there was nothing elicited, except evidence of a circumstantial character. The testimony of these witnesses, although far from conclusive as to the guilt of the prisoner, was quite sufficient in the minds of the jurors to justify their verdict of " Wilful Murder against Edward Chubb," which they returned accordingly. ---- - SUNDAY MEETINGS OF TIIE WORKING CLA SSES..--( From a Correspondent.)—A large meeting of the above class was held last Sunday evening, at the Working Man's Chapel, Dock-head, Bermondsey, to hear, after a comfortable tea, two of the society address the meeting on the difference between true Christianity and the Christianity of the present day; and also an in aptiry into what was truth, and showed, in a very forcible manner, that the people, instead of paying the priests sonic two, three, or five hundred pounds a-year, for thinking and paying for them, must, in order to arrive at truth,] do the work themselves, by employing the faculties God has given them. The meeting was highly delighted; and although the priests and the reli gious bigots are alarmed at this attempt to enlighten the people, it is hoped that this is the commencement of a great movement amongst all classes in this metropolis. ENGLISH OPERA.—Balfe is about to open this theatre, apparently in great force. He has three operas in preparation—one by himself, called filo/an/he, and the other two by John Barnett and Maefarren. Ma. dame Balfe—who, as Nldlle. Lina Roser, played and sang with so much success upon the Continent, at Vienna, Frankfort, Berlin, Milan, Venice, Turin, and Florence—is to be the prima donna ; and two young ladies of the names of Howard and Gould (the latter a pupil of J. Barnett) will be introduced under the auspices of the new manage ment. Henry Phillips and Wilson are both engage ; and Barker, Stratton, and Duruset have been ack:ed to the strength of the company. AGRICULTURE.—The coating of snow which lately covered the earth has naturally produced a stagna tion of the general operations of agriculture. No injury, however, is likely to be done to the farmers' prospects. The wheat crops are well sheltered by their silvery cover ing ; and if we should be blessed with a genial spring we may look for plenteous pasturage and a bulky sheaf. From different parts of the kingdom the accounts are, upon the whole, encouraging. In Lincolnshire the marsh sheep have weathered the winter well ; in Nottinghamshire the younr , wheats have not sustained any material injury from the frost ' and floods ; in Somersetshire their appearance is favourable, but the lambing season has not been a good one ; in Cambridgeshire no fears are entertained for the crops ; and from other districts the accounts arc of a simi lar character. This old-fashioned winter , we hope, will render the spring and summer more favourable, and fill to overflowing the hand of autumn.—Chelmsford Chronicle. We have authority to contradict the stateinent that has gone the round of the daily papers, copioefd,f,w; the Brighton Gazette, which circulates a report _ wealthy projected marriage of the son of an eccentric d Kentish inn- Nobleman with the pretty daughter of keeper," & c., such report being entirel y wi thout foundation. that General Harrison has the will and the disposition to MEDICAL REFORM.-ADULTERA manage our foreign affairs with the like energy and promp- TION OF DRUGS. titude with which General Jackson settled the French claims. We will see. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sin,—A few weeks ago there appeared in the columns of The Sun, taken from a pamphlet, addressed to Mr. Warburton, some notices of the mal-practices of drug gists in the adulteration of drugs, from which it would appear that the well-directed efforts of the medical prac tioner are often rendered unavailing, and the public arc both directly and indirectly robbed of their money and their lives. I have read that pamphlet, and from facts which have come within my own knowledge, as well as respectable testimony, am convinced that its statements are founded in truth ; the chief defect being that it has not stated all the adulterations practised in the more efficient remedies that are employed. A. few days ago, Mr. Hawes introduced into his Bill for Medical Reform, which is to be read a second time on Friday next, certain clauses in this Bill, providing for the better education of chemists and druggists, and for their registration ; the Bill also makes it compul sory o❑ them to undergo an examination on certain sub jects of study, in which they are now (with some few exceptions) notoriously ignorant ; and it indirectly pro vides a remedy for the extinction of quackery ; but its introduction has preceded inquiry ; it is therefore looked upon with suspicion by some, and with aversion by others of the druggists, and hence, doubtless, has arisen the de termination in a portion of that class—it remains to be seen how large a portion—to organise an opposition to it, in which neither exertions nor expense will be spared, to render the Bill, with regard to themselves and their London, February 13, 1841. THE CORN-LAWS AND THE CLERGY. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. W 11. SOUrfAlt. practices, perfectly nugatory. Mr. Hawes's Bill, certain chemists and druggists de Clare, is calculated materially to affect their interests, and they arc determined to oppose it. It unfortunately happens that the Members of the Legislature are not well versed in the subjects of trade, still less in the de tails of one that differs so much from all others. The medical profession labours under the same disadvantages, and hence it is not unusual to find the whole burden of inquiry and of legislation in such cases, to rest on two or three individuals, whose particular attention has been de voted to such subjects, or who themselves have been, or are practically acquainted with them. The Bill is in good hands now, and if Mr. Hawes is firm in maintain ing his position, without being diverted from it by the clamours with which he will be assailed, he will deserve, and receive, not only the thanks of the medical profes sion, but of every respectable chemist and druggist, and be hailed as a public benefactor. There seem to be two things imperatively necessary to qualify the chemist and druggist for his office, as the coaijutor of the medical practitioner ; the first is an education suitable to his station and office, and the next to provide some check upon the facilities which he has to be dishonest. For the first, Mr. Hawes's Bill in some measure provides, the rest must be left to time ; for the second, in his Bill there is no provision, and 1 therefore offer a few remarks on its utility and necessity. The druggists originally belonged to, and formed, with the apothecaries, a part of the Grocer's Company, the Wardens of which Company visited, at certain pe riods, the shops of its members, to inspect their weights and measures, and the articles which they sold, and were empowered to fine and imprison all offenders. Not content with this, an officer, called a garbler, was ap pointed by the Company, whose duty it was to inspect, and if necessary, to garble all drugs and spices which were imported, before they could be offered for sale ; the penalty for selling ungarbled goods being, on conviction, attended by forfeiture of the whole, and not unfre quently the offence was punished by a fine in addition. The garbling consisted in cleansing the different sub stances from extraneous matter, such as dust, stones, fo reign substances, and of any portion, which, in the trans mission, had become damaged, or by fraud had been intermixed. The origin of the custom appears to be coeval with the origin of the trade itself. Previous to the reign of James the First, garbling existed, and was practised as one of the customs of the City of London, but in 1604 it passed into a law, and for many years was found to be of great advantage in protecting the public from imposition and fraud. Another effect resulted from the existence of the law, which was, that drugs and spices were imported in a much purer state, the de mand for articles of inferior qualities being thus kept down. Unfortunately the garbler's fees remained the same, and thus an office calculated to prove a prolec tion to the honest trader, became, in time, a source of oppression ; for although the labour of garbling had almost became nominal, the simple act of inspection in most cases being sufficient, there was no reduction in the fees, and therefore persons of every description en gaged in trade affected by, its provisions, united in en deavouring to obtain its repeal. The great defect in this law consisted in the method of pay went, making it to depend on self-imposed fees instead of on a regular stated salary. The pecuniary value of the office may be estimated, when it is stated that, in 1686, the right of admission to, and lease 01, the office for sixty-nine years was purchased for about a thousand pounds, subject, in addition, to the annual payment of A ttempts were made as early es .1 6 . 9 a a tlic sm.:, al :olepsiiies of alai chew s and traders alleetr4 by it, to he r elieacit ttom a pm t of the h eav y fees uhicli they were liable, but without success. Another attempt was made in 174.17,• wlii:o, after a protraeted inquiry, the office was found to he a grievance that could no longer be borne, and the Act of James I. was repealed. Since that period no check has existed to the im portation of drugs in any state, and as great competition exists in the wholesale trade, it is met, as such compe titions arc usually met, by a depreciation in quality. Those who have had the opportunity of examining the state in which drugs are now imported, and whose judgment is not biassed by interest, must be convinced that the re-enactment of sonic law of this kind is ne cessary ; that a system of rigid inspection of every drug is necessary, and that the analysis or testing of the various chemicals used in medicine is imperatively called for. But as the facts connected with the use of damaged drugs in an impure state, of foreign and home-manufactured chemicals in the like state, and the various ways and means of wholesale and petty corruption cannot he known without evidence or testimony, a Par liamentary inquiry into the present state and practices of the drug trade is necessary previous to any legisla tion. There is, however, a strong feeling of dislike to this inquiry on the part of many, which it is not diffi cult to understand ; but as the " greatest happiness principle" is unquestionably concerned in the matter, I trust, Mr. Editor, your exertions will be used in the advocacy of this righteous cause. There is another thing too, which appears essential to a thorough reformation, that is the extinction, the total and absolute extinction, of quackery. To this sub ject I regret to find that Mr. Warburton has de clared his determined opposition. It is, perhaps, on this very point that the corruptionists amongst the druggists will rally around him ; for many of them have their little venture in this unhallowed traffic, in the shape of some dinner, stomachic, or antibilious pill, or favourite cough drop, or essence, for which they will clamour and fight as though it were the sheet anchor of their existence. The no-legislation would in this cifse shield them, and the opposition to Mr. Hawes's Bill, " calculated so materially to injure their interests," will, it is to be hoped, be estimated at its just value. I have proceeded on the supposition that no man's interest can consist in doing wrong. There may be, and doubtless are, various motives which influence men in their opinions and in their actions ; but when, in the latter case, they interfere with the well-being of society, the limit of non-interference is passed, and law should be called in to put down what nothing else can put down. Should some few additional facts to those which you before gave on the adulteration of drugs be of sufficient interest to your readers, I may be induced to address you again on this subject, and in the hope that the cause will receive your hearty support and advocacy, I remain, Mr. Editor, your humble servant, A DRUGGIST. Sia,—The Committee of the Anti-Corn-law Assoeia. tion desire to express their approbation of your unre mitting labours in the great and good work of exposing the injustice and cruelty of the monopoly of bread. 'l'hat a law so monstrous should ever have been sanc tioned by our lawgivers can only be accounted for by the junction in conspiracy of those who, both in tempo ral and spiritual matters, lord it over all in th eir p ower. The former have defied the rule of right," Do as you would be done unto." The latter have chosen another another guide than Him, who put it to his hearers, " If any of you fathers be asked by your child for will ye give him a stone ; if for a fisb, will ye give him a serpent ?" Even in our less corrupt establishment in the north we have a standing committee, ready at a rnoment's no tice ro sound the alarm when a hungry nation would at tack that system which fills their (the CleTghy's) la coff rders ers out of the poor mans scanty pittance, while te of the rich must not be so much as looked a . t. n ess the motion for inquiry! Their conduct is second only to the wickedness of Him who spared to take of his flock, and sent for the solitary lamb of his neigh bour. The kingdoms of the world and the glory of grinding them have prov ed the Statc.paid clergy .. unworthy o f that M as t e r who would make n o sacrifice to obtain th em . in The allotments .of the starving poor have been cbrought a . s low An as inquiry will keep is about to be instituted in life by the same grint the provision for the p oor o f Scotland. , e trust you oponotice.prtunity to pass without 'i l expressingvg ei would u h sr notubj e a c l subject o satisfaction t: v m t timely this in your view s o f civil and re• ligious liberty. Go on, Sir ; promote the happiness of the greatest number, and it will more.—Four's respectfully, prom o te your own the Peterhead, Feb, 10, MORNING EDITION, THE NON______ ......_ -INTRUSIONIsy .a j The following accounts, taken from the: Edinburgh:- 1,, Papers, will show what arc the objects of .r - ,, ,, chaltieers`;`§ti ..i.': - ., , • A t and the hypocritical party in the Scotch 9.kuych, itclif- 1fi.,.: , 1 4 ... ,r, , ,t 4 . - ''''' making such a noise about the Veto que ifiti. Nor' i r-_,, 5 ,_,,-• ..,,',..:i.::i thing could prove more clearly that the voice of_t.4-..2: - . , ..—:=---A ; people is the last thing they think of ; and that,forit, ( is. A aK is their own professional aggrandisement, or that of their friends. Would any man who has only 150/. a year, refuse 800/. a year, without giving any reason, unless he were afraid of the vengeance of the holy men for taking this valuable living from one of their favourite protegees ? As regards the living of North Leith, the best in Scotland next to Greenock, the parishioners may rest assured, that now, for the first time, they will have a pastor forced on them by the vilest intrigues, and through the most hypocritical pretences of the very men who profess that no minister should be appointed in opposition to the will of the people. If any one," says en Edinburgh paper, " wishes to know what would be the result of the pretended reforms of the Non-Intrusion men, let him now attend to what is passing, as regards the vacancies in North Leith and the Old Church in Edinburgh. North Leith is the best living in Scotland, and, strange to say, the stipend of 800/. is going a-begging, and can find nobody willing to accept it ! So far as we can judge, the Ilightlyers have taken the lead from the first in the congregation, and the consequence is, that they can name nobody who is not completely under the paw cf the central club of agitators. The latter had set their hearts upon Mr. Tweedie of Aberdeen, and they have contrived to frus trate all attempts of the congregation to get any other minister. Mr. Main of Kilmarnock was, proposed, and declined, for a reason plausible enough, but which might never perhaps have been heard of if his mind had not been influenced by private advice from the conclave. Mr. Fairbairn of Newhaven, who was also named, refused to stand ; and those may believe who choose, that he was not moved by private hints, but merely by an impulse of magnanimity, to prefer ISO/. to 800/. A portion of the congregation then turned their eyes to Mr. Glover of the mushroom parish at the Calton Hill—we forget what Saint's name it bears—but he, too, though sub ' sisting on a small salary, was deaf as an adder to the charms of 800/. per annum I. It somehow fell out, that in whatever quarter, except one, application was made, it was unsuccessful. The committee, thus held in the toils of some invisible power, and baulked in their ef forts to have a free choice, decided in favour of Mr. Tweedie. Alter the step was taken, the congrega tion, suspecting probably that the committee had been ~ jockeyed, became restive, and the following document, signed by 400 of the patrons, was sent off to Mr, Twee die, who has now refused the presentation, but, it is thought, may yet be icduced to accept it by the private solicitations of the clique :- 1. REV. Str a —We, the undersigned, heritors, elders, and inhabitants of the parish of North Leith, consider ing,—That the declared feeling of the congregation is decidedly against you as being fixed among us as our pastor : That undue means were used. by your friends in causing Mr. Glover to withdraw his name, at the very moment when the people were eagerly signing his presentation, and to which above one hundred names were added in the course of an hour : And also the un warrantable means which have since been taken, under false representations, to induce ignorant persons to at tach their names to your presentation ; and that still, with all these means combined, you have but a tithe of the voters inviting you—Beg humbly, but firmly, to state, that we cannot believe such a presentation can ever be accepted, or that you, as a minister of the Gos pel, and a declared Non-lntrus'onist, will ever be in duced to think that such a settlement, under such cir cumstances, can either conduce to the glory of God— the welfare of the Church—the good of this people—or your own comfort." Tire previous proceedings are thus described in the Edinburgh Observer of Friday : " When the meeting of the patrons of the parish of North Leith took place, on the 4th instant, to con sider of Mr. Tweedie's acceptability, he being, in fact, the nominee, not of the parish, but of the Non- Intrusion clique in this city, a leading Non-Intrusion azitator of the Presbytery of Edinburgh was in the im mediate neighbourhood of the church during the whole (lay, and progress was reported to him every ten or fifteen minutes, turd his advice taken as to the means that were there and then adopted, for the purpose of carrying Mr. Tweedi(•. He left the parish that day, touch chagrined :red disappointed at the resolution to present Mr. Glover. In consequence of this, a lead ing Non-Intrusion Elder of North Leith waited upon Mr. Glover the day of the meeting, and, after being closeted wag him for a considerable time, prevailed on him to refuse the precniation. The Rev. Gen tleman had previously been importuned to the same elicet, by a gentleman who has taken great interest in fore arding the election of i\lr. Twee:die. Mr. Glover having consented to refuse, the Noti• lutrusiouists then agreed to present Mr. Tweedie, at a meeting - held for a totally different purpose—that of presenting Mr. Glover—and that without the knowledge of the patrons Slid preipl, eeerrelly. The iilr•galii‘ of this puoceediag i , tee e t see, et 1,. it quite ill; imminent. the eeiee elope. air stiaooti:: i., , ,ty-nervc to .4ct Mr. l'Nitt,;litiiii .ii Poisley appeilerel ie the vute:ancy in the 1)1,1 Chreele It appears the( all the acting elders, and at inajorit ot the members ot the present congregation, are in favour of :\ Ir. Hamilton Buclialcul. minister of StratliLl.rne. The congregation, no doubt, is small ; bus if the Council is to listen to any external influence, most certainly it should either be the voice of the congregation, or, what is still better, the voice of the parish, as exhibited by an actual poll of • the adult inhabitants. We know that certain busy bodies, anxious to make up a case for Mr. APNaughtan, are going about inducing persons, whose votes they can depend on, to take seats. In truth, a fair or honest decision would rarely be conic to, if the election were to rest either with the communicants or the pa risliienci s generally. The living would be considered a job, which would be intrigued for and voted away, under tire influence of private friendship, party feel ing, or momentary caprice, because the elector has not interest enough in the result to make him resist mo• fives of this description. To get considerate and con scientious votes from persons in such a curse, they must pay their clergy man as well as elect him. Men are al wa)s serious when they put their hands in their pockets. F. 'IL STANDISH, ESQ. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sik,—Several paragraphs having appeared in various public papers, relating to the supposed disposal of the estates of the late Frank Hall, caring himself Frank Hall Standish, it is only necessary at ,present to state that he had no power to will the estates, he having only the adverse possession of them, which he held against the lineal descendant, and r;ght male heir of the late Sir Frank Standish, and that proceedings are now in prcgress to recover possession of the valuable property. ROBERT BAMPTON, I, New Church-street, Edgeware-road, Feb. 15, ItA 1 . St. Marykbone. TIIE N O N-INTRUSIONISTS.—WC have only room to call attention to the proceedings of a public meet ing held hare last week. The exposure and defeat of the Non-Intrusionists was complete. But for their agitation there is no likelihood that the Dissenters would have moved; and we have only to look to the respective num bers who attended the two meetings, and the different complexion of the proceedings, to sec on which side public sympathy and sentiment preponderate. After nearly a week's notice by placards, and intimation from the pulpit, only about 300 mustered to hear Mr. Crichton, the knight errant of Non-Intrusion, and these consisted chiefly of females and children, with not a few Dissenters. The other meeting, called on the spur of the moment, a f ter public notice of only a few hours, was att . ende f d by whom were m a n named aci cuetmhsbet eatnAac, Corneliusteetesen.r i t ' lb :l ac : - n v dai Rymer, of a thousand people, the appealed to, male adults, and the sense of the meeting of the proceed and triumphantly obtained, atereuv great majority was se7ortlpie speeches to our ings. We recommend the . p readers, and especially Mr. M a eg o il n l e C e r s i z i h n t l o n u easntd hasthe Aiti.u—RfeEllsitti:;gbourne, near Wallingford, on No N n 7 l i n L tr F us u io L ai a n l i y an ii r h esidin g in the just been held at Bast ing having Cease named Grace ; and that on the day l same parish boeneny cal i n good health. lie called in Mr. Breech, a r med earrie d d man, who, presuming he was labouring under bpt w hee • I i feao o rrebe d d o hda i toi e yhsnn. d dadoat cifl u al 1 if i n sriahle d i sq e i l 'c i ' I r airetbcni nt'. labouring rn s stq et u t er : cos k ronur e usseC t leri t ) sql: ic e Acurti x o:e' c 'ouni . l e ikCsci t e cehei d opei i olra n the effects of dysentery, prescribed for him accordingly. The next day, however, the man died, and a jury was immediately summoned to inquire into tho cause of his death, suspicions having been entertained that the de ceased had been murdered, in consequence of his wife having refused to suffer any of her neighbours to see him during his illness, and it having been ascertained that shortly be fore she had purchased some poison. —Mr. Breech de posed, that, assisted by another medical gentleman, he had opened the body of the deceased, and that, upon analysing the contents of the stomach, large quantities of poison were discovered, which had clearly caused death. The Jury, after a lengthened inquiry, returned a verdict of " Wilful murder against Hannah Rymer, the wife, as principal, and against John Grace, as en accessory before the fact." The Coroner immediately issued his warrant for their eom. 'natal to 'inkling gaol, to take their trials at the next as sizes for the county of Bales, which will commence on the `24th inst. Tit E LATE SIR ASTLEY re mainsCOO of this distinguis hed sur g eon will, it is lt— expected, interred beneath the cha p el of Guy's Ilospital, the de- I;E. r e h e e d, be ceased having ex pressed a wish th a t his remains should re pose within the walls of that institution , with which he wa s so long connected. In this event, it is likely that his ov giveed a t there opportunityer e the day t p o r etvhieous professiont o its in inter ment, d , friends of the deceased to testify their respect to his me moo'. A Post morlenz examination was made on Saturday evoi i ri g by Mes:rs. Cock and llilton, in the presence of Dr. Chambe rs, Dr. Bri ght , Mr. Key , an d Mr . A. T. n bodyi ent , willi in ord e r b e r c ro Balderston, of the remains of the deceased, when it was ascertained that effusion into the chest and pericardium was the immediate cause of his death. 7 , /"f : ~. '( ~