The Sun. — London, England, 1841-01-16 00:00:00

the °. 111 ) t ece r6 Ferry re the" Oat 35 d ertakiPj an e have jow a vendlr'l includdl urn) a l ich roil verdiell 'fie d al ho vis!A in th e Is ill Col_,,.rg e nor stto o 041 EVENING EDITION, COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR. FRIDAY.—ner Majesty was driven out 'n a pony phaeton to-day by his Royal Highness Price thAlbert. L or d Alf re d P aget an d C o l one l B ouvJr ie, e Equerries in Waitin,;, attended her Majesty and his Royal Highness. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, Las not left the Castle to-day. His Highness Prince Est et hazy, Viscount an 1 Vis countess Palmerston, Lady Fanny Cowper, Viscount buticannon, and Colonel Cowper, took their depar ture from the Castle this morning. Mr. G. E. and the lion. Mrs. Anson will have the honou r of joining the Royal dinner party this evening at the Castle. A subscription for the poor at this inclement season, to the innount of neL.rly 501., has this week been made by the domestics of lo.r Majosty's household. It was commenced, on one of the most severe days, in the I;cr hall, and, highly to the credit of the inmates, l'2l. 4as immediately placed at the disposal of their own C ommittee. The stewards' room followed the laudable e xample, and :301. has been hanled to the Rev. Mr. G ossett, to be distlibuted as he, and those acting for the Poor, thought best. Upwards of females have a nd will receive a sack of coals each from this most praise worthy cireumstanc:.% His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge visited the Duke of Sussex yesterday at his residence in Ken sington Palace. A Deputation of Directors of the Guarantee Society, e j'nsi‘ting of Mr. Pattison, M.P., Messrs. Shuttleworth, '"vell, and Palmer, had an interview with the Chan cellor of the Exchequer yesterday at his resi dence in Downing-street. Baron Bulow, the Prussian Minister, had an inter terview with the Right Hon. H. Labouchere at the Offic e of the Board of Trade on Thursday. Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston returned to their residence in Carlton-gardens yesterday, from a Visit to her Majesty, at Windsor Castle. Lord Camoys and Sir William Symonds had inter lie vs yesterday with Lord John Russell, at the Colo -1114 office. 'ft e Marquis of Lansdowne arrived at his residence, Lansdowne House, Berkeley-_quire, yesterday. from his seat, Bowood Park, Wilts. Viscount Duncannom arrived in town yesterday from a visit to the Queen, at Windsor Castle. CLERICAL INTELLIGENCE. PREFERMENTS AND APPOINTMENTS. The Rev. Win. Jackson, D.D., Rector of Lowther, Westmoreland, to the Rectory of Cliburn, in the same county, void by the death of the Rev. John Ro binson, D.D. The Archdeacon of Wells has appointed the Rev. Joseph Ditcher, M.A., of Hutton, to be his official 'roughout the Archdeaconry of Wells. The Rev. Edward Tottenham has succeeded to the Ministerial duties of Laura Chapel, Bath. 'The Rev. W. C. Frampton, M.A., to the Reetory of Moreton, Dorset, vacant by the resignation of Wil liam Butler, Clerk, on the presentation of James Frampton, Esq., of Morcton. Tho Rev. W. North, M.A., Professor at St. Liaviir• College, to the Rectory of Llangoedmore, e ardigatashire, vacant by the res;goltion of the Very ite , • the Dean of St. David's. Patrons, the Prin "4l mid Professors of St. David's College. R The Mtrquis of Cholmondeley has appointed th e e 7. William Tilson Marsh, incumbent of St. Mary, ~,e ai it'ogton Priors, to be one of his Lordship's domestic 'uoPlaio s . 7 The E ar l o f C arnwat h h as appo i nte d t h e R ev . W m . ? II '" Marsh, incumbent of St. Mary, Leamington, r '°rs, to b e one o f hi s L or d s hi p ' s d omes ti c c h a pl a i ns . la "is Grace the Duke of Leinster has presented the George Blacker to the prebend of Maynooth, vacant by the death of the Rev. Thomas Tisdall. • The Lord Bishop of Cashel has instituted the Rev. JO bn Whitty of the Cathedral of Cashel, to the living of OBITUARY. In the 82d year of his age, the Rev. Thomas Coney, .C.L., 50 years Rector of Batcombe and Upton Noble, otnnerse t sh i re. II . n At the vicarage house. in the 72d year of his age, the ". John Dodd, Vicar of Newcastle. HAYMARKET THEATRE. Last night was the concluding night of the season, according to the general licence of the theatre. O n t his occasion the new play of Money was repeated, W. hich was received (as has always been the case) with ti lt t greatest applause by a numerous audience. On the fall of the curtain, Mr. Webster came forward, 4 44, addressing the audience, returned thanks for the %teat patronage that he had experienced during the Pr L e i ltain' As in past seasons, and alluded with consider able t at t o and delicacy to the success which had attended 4 15 endetiv t Airs to cater for the public taste by the pro :lel:10o al , cew and original pieces in support of the i _uxe of ti,,l, , gitimate drama. He then announced that, e u u eonse que , ct of circumstances which had recently oc- L ", r e,d, in con , talon with the very successful play :"ell had b ac ,. exhibited that night, and which .au obtained sac:i approval, he had made f or applica the exten t : 9n of lion tlaeatre, which hadthe general season of that acceded to him. ,: ;e en was received wi t h k ,ud and general applause. This Wallack was followed by the eh'ildren in the Wood, in which Mr. enacted the ‘ r. with , t.rt of Walter, and, if possible, greater ' effect than he manifested on fo energy an) rmer oecasi The 'dies' Club concluded the per for ons. I., in airces of the evenincr, L ‘od we regretted to observe that M rs . G lover who enac teL' the chief part in this farce I boured under s •d' insVion. ri„. following severe in isi .. - address of Mr. Web uel'.° is a copy of the Of'l Ladies and Gentlemen,--This toeing the last night - wh at, under the, D • sent ma nagerneot, has been con k the regular season, becomes 'red • 1 e it cOlifieS my duty to than to solicit a YOU earnestly and heartily for the past, and Amtinuance of the very liberal pa tronage 1 have hitherto i:Alierieneed, for the future. AL..ny untoward cireum :"nees, which common foresight could not calculate I ,,, P ' en i have occurred the latter part o f this season, which, - s c•ltle degree, your has marred my efforts in catering for amusement such as the unavoid,tble delay in the t t° duc t ;on of t h e come d y of .3/oricy, anet the inability of r 'l'eviel "from sever e illness,to fulfil hisir, tention of cohnc 11rtbUtilg io 1 ' tie hilarity of this oeason of the .j•ear from de- 1 ? " ""lailng 'und of humour ; still it is with some i t ee of ~,,.. , " ,1 your kind encouragement, am v•icie t, .'"rough i your (~, to state to you that at the little theatre in the t.'3ittlaiket, besides several well 4 lgoldi five -act approved farces, ti c ir e e d e , Id ,have been successfully produ 1 plays" by' the highest available talent ,i n I atel for, support °a tl, a • ' 1 t after paying upwards of ,) n Colthlry ; an d t. la 9 (kitt"l,(4ll. L° auxiliary talen'tt, dramatic nearly 2,000/. to dramatic 1 14 1 ,' ° ' 2 , and 250 nights' k ialaries to every person 1 ,, .17 i‘ lis tient, I shall now close Ith gaged on this esta - 1 --- 1 " - profit. vr 11 ')' season's account with' a very considerable inform You tbo h future, Ladies and C;entlemen, I beg to 4t that high-minded • mi liberal nobleman, the 1) %..J ellt Lord Chamberlain, havl , V sid e .into his con trataken he ration the strict devotion of this theatre to t g • 48 Interest of the legitimate dr, trn,l,granted has kindly e. senPecial license of two months in addititu to the pr .t. wi: e t 'eason, which will commence. on Monday next, Wili n if Ilia Lordship's own words, that '. he hoPt's . i n of t h e°n thiee to the due entertainni mit and satiafae.W. , H of e public, it shall nut be for want i ; . 0 any are not verified, 1 individual who tab t I,t'ettiou on the part of the bumble ost "EPe 4- 7 1 the liberty to address you, and who, na . ~ eti - Y. beers you will accept his heartfelt gratitude. R e p tt ........-..-.,,...........-,.....„—..„ la ig ~' la jeSty w ill, we learn, open the approach- A 538 1% of Parliament in person. . t ot •m B 4lsIc ilEsTER, A POlf.T.—A -OM , c 'symndent In . 'l% th atabout sixteen years since a project was . 'as cult rat tted tn , for cut n & C I. " public by the late Nl`r. NV. W. Tait, . eo 4 4 ,,,, - ,,P canal from Manchester to the River Dee, in th a ll 4- Ti e nee of which a Company was formed, but one of tow % e disastrous reverses in trade to whjcli manufacturing k,,.'1 Ore liable, stifled the project. Of late, however, 41 1.."-, koirited individuals have chart red small vessels from in ,to bring their cargoes direct !o ' roe town up the 'W Irv, ell which have been landed 4- ti , e New Bailey 4 ., • • a, 1 1 , ; _°, 1 y, and Ib' ev cral of the minor importers N.o__ , d dealers in 1117 ,produc,2 have united for the same purpose. , IA have e, (l •ll li rnio3leasing pro,•••sect of their being rapidly iner,... t) vih re extended aIA eligible communication is establChed, i eh from • h ted. our °intl:wise and wealth i may soon be ant,ei- G RE „, ~,,, ~ .., r , -, INORTIr O'F ENGLAND RAILW . Ay._...• Lak in sliFil of our readers , as are shareholders in this .under -0„,,_11 It trust be interesting to learn that the line was ti l vi' po_, On the 4th instant fo.r coal traffic, from Darlington ti kv "C , a distance of forty- Ere miles ; and that on that I ,„,_•'' to the city of York atone, ;two hundred and five Nokrog, averagineabout four tons each, of Durham coals, great er "nve yed along the line', independently of a still of . quantity supplied to ea ',Ai of the intervening towns bas bTingwo'd, Thirsk, and N Orthallerton, which supply th 'en daily continued without taipeding the progress of o works ap, e ,___ now fast approachin g t ,; completion. This it n r„...' l . r, 3 to be the only main trun k railty..'q in the king- A „" l on ttLt has so opened, and the result en.".'ot fail to be :rieu esolidation of the embankment s besides givil",t `'xlie ,tileto to the conductors of the en gives, as Well s I ' s , the ~,o u , , servants of the Company, s, i as to insure the rat'.'- l ett ' . ' . l ,l ?leg in the best working ora, er by the time the pas t I T I traffi c en ramenees, which th a Directors confidently ) iii i .VP ia te will not now be dela 3 cd beyond the Ist of 1,, : h next.- --Liverpool Mercury. .IVAaitIOE" AND " LONGD. BARD.". 'l Ivan -1,1 ; ) 11 bscrves the Athenceunz, i , treat 'd a new era in his ,to iteri:dl romance. Before its public ation most of our ) ' gs. ost sight of the Saxons after ti le battle of Nast ) *ta,, r. Mackay has chosen the 1. e.. me period for his i c , -. ‘ "lee of • L , , I • rho ' but ongbeard as tho author fst %a , e, - as• selected llurtration ; kn.., a different phase of soc*ity ter I , • • il l Petts . to prove that affectiner itici(te nt, pm - e affection, , t, 4,85: exaltb,d sentiment might be s fot and bsvtid the baronial :' n , 3e , and t.,,eurtly hall, b e has sr. t the example of aban .ttt li ng; hat cant of chivalry with which it has been too .eli I„the custom to gloss over the horn ors of feudalism." t i 4 Longb ear d , " observes anot.her flab viewer, "is de ft e dlY one of the most ' stun, maste a d • is ti , am pre ss s i nce the days of the ) Alag 'e that has issuedlan of Romance, 4 Autho r o f ' Wavorloy.' " -~ _~'•- LITERATURE. POETICAL GL.E.4 N G Madden, _Lando?, i 8.41. A we'l chosen collection of poc►n:,, chiefly fron► the pens of modern authors ; among them, we pci ceive our favourite " 0 - de to the Cuckoo," which was written by Logan nearly seventy years ago, and so delighted Burke that when he visited Scotland l►e made a point of finding out the author, and complimenting him on his poetic genius. KHI VA 11. Madden, London, 1841. This little volume contains an account of the countries in the neighbourhood of the Caspian Sea, and the Lake of Aral, - illustrative of the late Rus sian expedition against Khivah. It is a transla tion from the German of Carl Zimmerman, by Captain Morier, and abounds in important statistic and geographical information. A map is attached to it, executed in Arrowsmith's most careful man ner, and compiled from the best .sources, which gives U 3 a better notion of the remote and little known districts on the borders of the vast lake, or sea, of Aral, than any we have yet seen. It is still more deserving of notice, as enabling us to get an insight into the nature of the progress that Russia has for some time been stealthily making towards the East. JVARRATIVE OF EVENTS CONNECTED WITH THE FIRST ABDICATION OF NAPOLEON. Fraser, London, 1841. Of all the accounts we have yet had of Na poleon's voyage to Elba, and his habits of life during the first two or three weeks of his residence in that Lilliputian island, this by Captain .Sir Thomas Usher is unquestionably the most enter taining, as it is the most authentic. The gallant author is very lively and particular in his descrip tions, and gives several droll details respecting the enthusiasm of the French, when he and his friend, " fighting Charley Napier," landed at Marseilles, previously to Napoleon's embarkation. " Never did I witness," he observes, " such a scene as now presented itself, as almost choked by the embraces of old and young, we were hoisted on their shoul ders, and hurried along, we knew not whither. I certainly did not envy the situation of my friend, Captain Napier, whom I saw most lovingly em braced by an old woman with one eye, from whom he endeavoured, but in vain, to extricate himself, not using, I must say, the most gentle terms our language affords I" This must have been a rich scene, and we can readily imagine the complimentary expostulations which the astounded Captain addressed to the snuffy old she-Cvclops, in order to extricate himself from , her hugs and kisses. While strolling about Marseilles, waiting for orders from the commanding officer of the station, relative to the fallen Emperor, Sir Thomas Usher was greatly struck by the absence of young men among the crowds whom he encountered in the streets, and elsewhere. " The predominance of old people and children among the crowd, was," he assures ns, " remarkable. Observing upon this to some of the municipal officers, they told me it was caused by the conscription, which had swept off without distinction, like another plague, all the young men who were capable of bearing arms, causing indes cribable misery, not only here, but everywhere throughout France." What an idea does this con vey to us of the devastating character of Napoleon's campaigns ! It was not, however, to his conscrip tions only that this drain was owing, for before lie commenced his career, the revolutionary wars uncle' Dumouriez, Pichegru, Kellerman, custines, and otters,' had swepi'Otl: sev, al liqudreaslf of young Frenchmen—to-2ay nothing; of those who fell . in the struggles in Lo:Veildre; - and. under the axe of the guillotine. Attached,Ao Captain Usher's Narrative are some hasty, meagre details respecting Napoleon's flight from Elba, and his triumphant march from Grenoble to Paris. . MUSIC. INSTRUCTIONS FOR MERE BEGINNERS ON THE PIANOFORTE. This is the title of a little work which has just been publ:shed -by Francis Egani- Kingston, Jamaica. It contaiiik3n a. small conipaSSOl the information comprised 'ln the ponderouS tomes of the old school, with a table .of time, and standard of reckoning, on an original plan, which is well calculated to facilitate the acquirement of a know ledge of this most necessary branch of the art. Th e lessons are constructed upon a simple and judicious scale of progression, and as a whole, tile workwe doubt not, will be eagerly sought after by the musical public of Jamaica, whose rapid progress in this refilled and delightful study during the last few years, is in a great measure to be attributed to the industry -and exertions or Mr. Egan, and others -of his class, who have so successfully catered:for - their recreation and imploveMent. TRIAL BY JURY. A WISEACRE. At the Derbyshire Quarter Sessions, on Wednes. day, the Gth instant, before John Balguy, Esq., Chair man, Ann Robinson, alias Trantum, alias Ann cults, aged 20 ; Ellen Walker, aged 19 ; Solomon Robinson, alias Trantum, aged 30 ; John Robinson, alias'Trantum, aged 23 ; and Emma Watson, aged 22 ; charged with stealing from the person,.on the 18th of November, at the township of B:lper, two half-crowns and two inv, the properly of Elizabeth Byare. - After a consultation, the foreman stated that there was no prospect of unanimity of opinion being arrived at for the present, and the Jury were therefore ordered to retire. During their removal, one of the jurymen contrived to make his escape, and the others were di:- charged ! The prisoners were set at liberty, and the Court adjourned. On the following morning, a juryman, named Thomas Aldread, farmer, of Horsley, was brought before the Court. He pretended, that when the jury were retir ing from the box to the room, under the custody of one of the officers of the Court, he thought their delibera tions were at an end. The CHAIRMAN could not believe it possible that a man could be so ignorant, or so foolish, CIIAIRMAN—The Court fine you 101. Aldread—l am not able to pay. Aldread was then removed, and a number of priA ners were arraigned.—Noltingham Review. NEWPORT, ISLE OF WIGHT. The Quarter Session for the Island, was held at our Town-hall, on Monday. The calendar was very light. There were only seven prisoners for trial, and those all for minor offences, The weather has been very severe. We had a fall of snow on the 4th inst., followed by a sharp frost. The days beautifully fine, till the evening of the 9th, %hen we had another fall, which lasted nearly the who;e night; the wind from the S. S. E., barometer 28 87. Sunday brought the wind round to the S. W., the mercury still sinking : and on Monday and Tuesday the frost continued, with the wind frerri the southward and westward; the snow, which was about four inches deep, melting in the day and freezing hi the night, locked up the land from man and beast, making the roads almost impass4ble. The " Quicksilver" coa ch between this town and Cowes ceased running, to that the' " Mercury” was brought to a standstill, regularly frozen up. Persons might have skated from one extremity of the island tO the other. Many might be seen on the roads, and the fine parade at West Cowes was alive with the numerous L-katers. Yesterday (Wednesday) the wind came round to the east, attended with rain, which still continues, so that the thing is quite reversed. We got frost from the west wind, and thaw from the east wind ; barometer 23.77, thermometer 33. We have had no intense frost, but long continua and severe, followed by a hitter cold rain. _ . We have been supplied with vast quantities of sprats, w hi c h save been sold as low as a halfpenny per quart. DEATTIS IN THE LONDON HOSPITAL. — On Thursday t a Jr. Baker, the Coroner, held three inquests in the above institution, The first was on. the body of John Shenery, aged 21, a seaman on board th.e ship Lime • rick, now lying in the London Docks. On Sandal morn ing lsst the deceased was found lying insensible in a &wall cabin in the forecastle of the vessel. A surgeon was sent for, who said that the deceased appeared to be dying from suffocation, and he soon afterwards expired. It appeared from the evidence of a youth named Cameron, the mate of the ship, that there is si register stove in the ,cabin in which the deceased was found lying, and, than niitiin being very confined when aie deer was shut, it wits usual to open the stove so a 3 to permit the free descent of air, as without this was done no air eould enter. The d e :kcased omitting to take this precaution baaame suffocated: He U.'d gone i nto when discovered,--The t.eerind the cabin to lie down to sleep, and i t i s suppos7i.was sleeping the death of Catherine Carey, aged t 4. inquest related to A lodger living in tzio ,Eawo house as deceased stated that last Saturday fort- , i gil.it to heard screams proceed from deceased's apartment, timll op going to see what was in extinguishing them, but the matter she found het in .4464'5' The witness suc ceedednot Warn the deceased fire alone, was very much burnt. The deceaseLl was sitticg by the grate. She died on Monday last. when she fell asleep and fell 1 of Hannah _ be last into it. 2 T 'ilSC was that poor parents, Warren a child two ears old, the child of living at No. 3, King -street, Olt: clothes igniting by playing Gravel lane, Wapping, who was death owin g t o her burnt to , . , , p.m from home. with the fire while her mot.."tr i The accident occurred on Saturday, ant. she died on Monday. Verdict in each case—" Acciden tal death.". , fl fl' I,ONDO'4. sArrlartAy..lANl - TARk i 16, IRit. I RELIEF OF TR01.)1 1 :3 ABU() AID I() ME ED7 7' 0 R (F THE SUN. SlB,—Frout the character yeti; Parr has hithort.: pois,ssod, I fed suro you would not admit into youi columni anything which wc.uld tend to create diss4:l,- ' faction in the Army, if you did not believe there ware grounds for the complaint. Allow me, therefore, to a , —s...t,e you that the assertions made by "Hector CoUnterscarp," in your Paper of this date, are contrary to fact. as the following extract from the Ar'ny and Navy Register will show ; and I have only to add, that having wit nessed the sailing of the troops alluded to, I ant collect as to dates, which you can further satisfy yourself to be true by referring to the columns of The San, the move ments haling been copied into your Paper from coin munimitions made by me to the Press at the time : " 79th (Cameron flighianders)—One hundred tried be hmging to this gallant corps, embarked at Deptford, id the Abercrombie Robinson. traosnort ship, for a pas.s::ge. to Gibraltar. oo the Itith November. 'Tice reme.inder of the regiment were stationed illoat four wuckx st Wcedoa and then proceeded by railway to Euston ?quire, 29th December, and marched to Deptford on the same d.ty, where they embarked, and sailed on 31st for their destination." How the above agrees with the statement of " Elec tor Countasearp," that '' the 79th are still at home," and " the convenient detachment of WO have only sailed within the last ten days," I leave the Army to judge, and whether facts known to thousands are oat better titan arguments. There are two other regitmmo viewed as " pets" at the Horse Guards, the 7,-.kh (Highland), and the 92d ( Highland) Regiments, and yet it is well known the former served a long periail iu the East, and the latter in the West Indies.. I remain, Sir, your obedient servant, THE EDITOR OF THE ARMY AND NAVY REGISTER Woolwich, Jan. 15, 1641. [Countersearp may possibly not be so correct as to dates as the writer of this letter, but that cireurnstane , ! does not affcct the grievance of which he complains. Aware of the extensive warlike operations in the East, the military authorities at home must have known thm. more troops would be wanted in that quarter, and it was therefore their duty to keep those regiments in readiness to take their turn, and not send them out of the way but a few weeks h2fore, as they knew to a cer tainty there would be a demand for them. The oth,r two regiments, the. 78th and 9:24, are not alluded to in Counterscarp's letter.] THE STREETS, PAVEMENTS, &c. MR. EDITOR,—The state of the streets and pave ment in this great metropolis still continues to be hor ribk, especially since the fall of mingled snow and sleet of Wednesday and Thursday, and the subsequent rapid thaw ; the carriage -way is, for the most part, almost knee-deep in filth and " slosh," and as for the pavement, the police regulations for the due cleansing thereof by the inhabitants are almost entirely disre garded. What are the police about, I would ask ? I have seen many stand gaping, without attempting; to enforce the " pavement law," as it is their duty to do. And I would also ask why the destitute poor, &c., of the metropolis are not employed to clean the streets at so much per day? A few hundred able-bodied men might easily clear away the whole in twenty-four hours or so, and they would he glad to do the work for a small re muneration. St. James's Park, a great thoroughfare, is nearly knee-deep. Nothing can possibly be worse than the footpaths within a few hundred yards of the Palace. THE WEATHER IN THE NORTH —.Severe frost and snow continue still to reign paramount in the north, and have not only " hushed the music of the year," but have well-nigh suspended business and friendly communication. The lowest point of depression in the thermometer has been 8 degrees of Fahrenheit, at which it stood on Saturday the 9th ; the day previous it was at 9 degrees. The capacious basin of the Caledonian Canal is wholly frozen over, and of course all the mountain Irrkes (except Loch Ness, which, from its extreme depth, as is well known, is never touched by frost) are now sheets of The._ snow seems to lie deepest on, the.. Highland Road. Froin -- Inverwess to Moyi-.4o€l4taiace , -Of :twelve miles; tb passage;,, is so far open that . the'mail-bags ,Can; be' conveyed in it. post-chaise,_lrawaC . bir horses. Thence to Blair- they are carried on horseback—a lting.and dreary journey of about sixty miles; One part of the road, a narrow passage has been cut through snow 14 feet in depth. Considering these disadvantages, it is creditable to the parties concerned that the mail has not hitherto (except ing one day) been above thirteen or fourteen hours behind the stated time. The Aberdeen mail coach has, by great exertion, been kept on the road. On Monday it arri'cd at half past seven a.m. instead of seven o'clock the pre vious evening. The north road is open for the mail coach as far as Tain ; , but this morning (Tuesday) no Suther land or Caithness letters arrived. There has since been additional snow, and is much feared that farther inter ruption sill take place in our means.of communication. From -Strathspey, _Widened', and • the. nest Highlands (where such storms are rare), we have inforination , statieg that such a heavy tall of snow—uniform and immovable— has not been experienced for a long series of years. It, the pastoral districts it cannot fail of proving injurious to the flocks on the hills ; but as the sheep were in excellent condition previous to the on full, we trust they will weather the present season of privation.—lnverness Courier. A FATHER DROWNED WHILE ENDEAVOUR ING TO RESCUE Ins SON.—About four o'cloek on Friday afternoon last John Halstead, a boy about fifteen years of age, while in a boat which was near one of the locks of the canal at Ashton-under-Lyne, owing to the slippary .state of the boat, fell into the canal, His father, who was on the canal bank. at the time, immediately threw off his frock, jumped •into the iwater, and endeavoured to get to his son, but being unable to swim gotuut of his depth. He sank and rose again two or three times, and then the appeared altogether. - - In the mean time the boy clung to the boat, and Thomas Hill, a boatman, jumped down from the lock, got hold of him, anti pulled hint out. Immediate search was made for the body of the father, but half an hour elapsed before it was discovered, when we hardly need add life was quite extinct. An inquest was held Ott the body of the unfortunate man, whose name is flenry Halstead, on Monday, before Mr. Chapman, the coroner, when the above circumstances were stated, and the Jury returned a verdict of " Accidental Death."— Clies:er Chronicle. CRIMINAL LUNATICS.—Me ssrs. ,Mayo and Southey, the physicians appointed by the Home Secretary to inquire into the treatment of the patients in criminal wing of 13ethlent Hospital, made their report last week to • Mr. Fox Maule. It is ntedle'is to give the document at length, as its contents consist chiefly of unqualified praise of the system now in operation in Bedlam. It contradicts, to almost every instance, the charges made by Mr. Sergeant Adams, and thus concludes—We have the honcur, Sir, of transmitting to you this detailed result of our inquiries into the mode of treatment followed in the criminal wing or Bethlem Hospital, which, we trust, will satisfy the 'Marquis of Norrnanby, ,as it has convinced us, that the criminal lunatics arc well and conscientiously treated. When the class of lunatics who are to he controlled there is considered —when it is remembered that of the seventy-eight crimi nals now in that wing twenty-nine have murdered, and twenty have attempted murder, that nineteen are thieves, and three housebreakers, the difficulties opposed to their moral regulation and rho preservation of their life and Itsalth are obviously extreme, and the credit given to those who have adequately performed these duties; ought . to be proportionate. Mit. VINCENT STANTON, PRISONER IN CHINA —Mr. Thomas Stanton, the brother of this gentle- IWO, gives the following account of him :—lc is now about three years since, while he was a student of St John's Col lege, Cambridge, that his attention was first directed to the benighted condition of the millions of China. His more immediate friends felt their duty to repress, at any rate for a time, the missionary flame which burnt so bright within him. But it was all in vain. fie soon offered hiss r vices to this Church Missionary Society, but not being in a condition to extend their operations in that quarter of the globe, hie services were obligingly declined. At that critical moment ha was offered the charge of two sons of the late Mr. ft. Turner, a British merchant at Canton ; and feeling as I know lie did, that it was at. evi dent nil: from God, ire accepted the offer, and accompa nied his pupils to China. Soon after his arrive', there. Mr. Turner died, and it was his mournful duty to reed the burial service over his remains. This melancholy event led to the return of his palpils, But, unwilling to he diverted front his rnizaiontiey work, my brother re mained behind, where since then he has been with single ness of heart devoting his little property to the further, ante of his heavenly Master's work. CONVICTIONS vo 7IIE MURDER AT THE CAPK.—The Circuit Court of Beaufort, Cape of God Hope, was occupied on the 14th Septemlier be, with the trial of Jan Lodewyk du Preez and Arnoldua, for the murder of Marie Darics, and Jac'ob Jacobus Jobannea Diederiks for being accosaory before the fact. It appeared from the evidence, which was taken at considerable length, that the prisoner, Du Preea, in company with Arnoldus, had deliberately fired at ate 4A:teased with a gun, and that the ball had passed through the tteg,d, wind,. pipe, and ribs, inflicting mortal wounds on those and other parts of her body. The prisoner Diederiks was charged with being accessory to the crime, by inciting the other prisoners to it. commission, as it appeared, for the sake of being revenged upon A.edri.es Durres, the father of the poor girl, Diedcriks, having sense abort time previously been cast in damages for an assault upon him. The evi dep,CO was, in this respect, however, defective, bad the Jury foians,!the two principals guilty, but acquitted Diode. riks. Immediately upon the verdict being returned, the Judge sentenced Du Paw and Arnoldus to be hanged hy the neck until they were dead. Pu Preez had at first Osaded guilty, but was, by the Court, reeeinmended to re twit .ekais, plea, and take the benefit of a trial in the re late far coarse ; The culprit Du Preez was only fifteen years of age, and were t be,l,i,eyed to have been an instrument in hands morally more gia.47 than himsalf. NAPIER IN BA VII , Fre'a - Ig4,er just received cue of ,r,he ships—says that they were there-.-.a ni4e i f i r e o e n t i l the Bay of 6 :p a t' ' r:i a : t r s I c f:i i rls:i t n t :h i r ip s l a ci : " 11;) 4.Ca'l4 arrival he W rAC14194 with cheers from the ships, that Ile b y ( his Najaapier) led itte.ad;hrdg:gbi3tiegetihliartripnoco:drueunidlwipwii:, storming party hand, and accompanied nd T is s l o h u e rb eblolusf time .ocg. ,hip. " 31 4 1 4 6n hat N : a r iP o i u e n: trousers ) ia t tn h_ .ci ep ao e r —e ot mu d y4 c B: l l l , 1 4, d a oti, : g tlo t w o t c. ' , : p : er shortits'w and wide. d f e o ' r papa's favourite, anerdheinnorgnemarkable for his cour c., besides fighting." Mr. Hume, M.P. for Kilkenny, has addressed letter to Mr. Buggy; enclosing a check for 20/., It) be 110 d into the fuel and food funds, for the relief-of the poor. I THE PORTS AND THE PACII,IJ The Bthish and Foreizu Review just publisil, has an article on Eastern affairs, the object of is to prove that Russia alone has profited by the commotions in the Ottoman Empire ; that they were chiefly instigated by her, and that owing to the intrigues of the same power, England has em broiled herself with France, and contrary to the in terests, policy, and professions of a Liberal Govern ment, united herself with the " Holy Alliance,and the partitioners of Poland." It traces with great minuteness the crafty policy of Russia, ever since Nicholas came to the throne, up to the treaty of the kith of July, and thus sums up the results of this famous Convention : The object or Russia in this convention was the en tire roalization of her system of state policy throughout the world. i. She arrayed the Sultan and Mehemet tlli in hosli lity, whet eas they were at peace, thus lighting the iluwe of war and convulsion in Condia, Adana, Syria, Arabia, and Egypt, 2. Slie . leagued England ivith the partitioners of ro land, to the exclusion of France from all influence or participation in European affairs, whilst dismembes,ing the empire she pretended to support. 2. She made England the enemy of the southern hall of the Octomau empire, Prance the foe of the northetn half. 4, She made England violate a series of treaties %vial France, which see rail to France a coequal share of in tluencewith England. , „ -- 5. She produ ce d an i mos i ty b etween England ano France. 6. She arra3ed France against Austria, and Austria against France. 7. Prussia against France, and France against Prussia.* 8. She depressed the national credit of England and France, to the elevation of her ownt 9. She secured to herself the arbitrement of the affairs of the world from a position of guaranteed secu rity to herself, resulting from these combinations in their aggregate and fractional characters, which can occasion her neither the sacrifice of a rouble nor the loss of a man, wh►lst entailing a waste of treasure and of blood on those she dreads. Finally, the sole excuse which can be alleged by the Minister of Englacd for this Treaty, is the dread of the advance of the Egyptian army and navy towards Cow= stantinoplc, because it would entail on Turkey the ex clusive protectorate of Russia, which he admits would he, mortal, and which he nevertheless lends the power of ELTland to Russia to secure by the guarantee and sup port of three disinterested allies. The writer then states a circumstance on certain authority, which certainly appears strange, though rumours to that effect have prevailed for some time. We can with difficulty conceive a Cabinet led by one Member, and that Member neither a Welling ton nor a Prime Minister, in opposition to tl►e wishes and judgment of his colleagues. Such, however, appears to be fact : The Convention of July the 15th, 1840, so far from warranting hostilities, did not even contemplate them. The " prevention of the effusion of blood" was the very object professed by the Alliance in the preamble of the Convention drawn up " In the name of the all-merciful God." Fortunately for the repose of the world, for the inte rests of peace, which have never yet been so fearfully perilled, England is not yet a party to these acts. Tax treaty is unknown to the British Parliament, from whom it was concealed. The people of England have voted no supplies for its execution. Its successful issue is rendered impracticable by the very terms in which it it drawn up, and on the shoulders of one man alone, whom we state, on certain authority, to have enforced the rupture with France single-handed against every one of his colleagues, rests the exclusive responsibility of wits alike subversive of the prerogatives of the crown, the practice of the_constitution, the faith of existing treaties, .and the rights of war andVaelt. --+' The following extra'ets. relative to the course which our Government ought now to pursue towards . France, and the defence of Lord Holland's policy, will he read with interest To Lord Palmerston himself we would fain point out a great and honourable course. The vigour of our acts has in some degree atoned for the error of or conceptions ; it is, indeed, lamentable, that we shoulTh have been the instruments of so much evil as has heat' effected, but the daring and decision which we have shown in its execution has placed us in a favourable position for withdrawing, and secured to us an honour able retreat,. • The shells and shot of Acre have been . heard of on the banks of .tlee • Danube and the Dniester, and as .the star of England culminated the strength of Russia dwindled. Though France was neglected, Europe has been taught that Russia was not needed' and if he knows how to improve his position, the Se cretary for Foreign Affairs may yet speak out the aaati inands of England in a voice not to be misunderstood or cont tuned. The Germanic Confederation has beefs aroused and excited ; the marching of troops and can non has been heard, accompanied by songs breathing (and creating) national hatred, and six hundred thou sand men are now burning to revenge on France the horrors of the Revolution and the empire. Who doubts that the first cannon fired on the Rhine may spring a mine whose echoes our sons' sons may yet live to hear and tremble at ? This it is .still possible for England to prevent, if she will honestly and earnestly ally herself to the only cause that brings a blessing with it—the cause of free institution s and national development, the cause of peace and commercial ircedom, in one word, the cause of the ' , Eons:: throughout the world. We should leave this subject here, but that we are bound to say a few words in behalf of one of the best men this country possessed ; who has been snatched rum us at a moment when a clear head and upright {Heart were never more needed, and over whose tomb, hardly yet cold, the obscene raven-croaking,s of calumoy hive sounded. It is for entertaining views similar to those which we assert to he the unshaken conviction of the true patriots in all European states, that the late Lord Holland has been made the object of restless pos thumous hostility. W e fee l no surpr i se at t h e attack ; it was worthy of th e quarter from which it came ; but we do feel indignation and shame that the attack should not at once have been rebutted by those organs which not only prokss to be the mouthpiece of the Liberal party, but even to be in communication more or less strict with members of the Liberal Cabinet. Could not even a pretended, a superficial answer, have been ven tured, if not for the sake of truth, at least with the pru dentist object of concealing hostilities whose existence threatened the stability of the Government ; or had death fought the battle of party well enough, and left the survivors scornfully and fearlessly to dis ide the spoil ? To this an answer is yet to be given upon the floor of. the House of Commons, and we wait for it. That Lord Holland took a deep interest in the settle ment of the Eastern Question, was well known to his personal friends, although he had enjoyed no opportunity of giving his public support to the side which he had adopted. He saw, and saw clearly, what the objects of the principal actors on the scene were, and considered the affairs of Egypt as of minor importance when com pared with the vast interests now in jeopardy, however important a portion they might be of the whole stales, played. for. He did, as ever y h ones t E ng li s h man oug ht , earnestly desire that the good understanding of France and England should not be disturbed ; on the mainte nance of that good understanding he knew the hopes Of the Liberal party throughout Europe to depend : the destruction of that good understanding he well kneiv to be the anxious, the n ever-forgotten object of Russian intrgue, to gain which she was even ready to sacrifice her exclusive protectorate of Turkey, and allow the treaty of IJirkisti Skelessi (a nominal rather than a real advantage) to be cancelled. France and Eagland, once brought into a potitian of hostility, she could at any moment assert, and make good claims which yet were, at best, but insolent' pretensions ; and k now i ng, what is not even suspected in England, the secret of the weaknessa of Austria and Prussia, she has nothing to fear from them. it was therefore Lord Holland's duty as an Englishman, as a Peer of the couptry which is th e on the Continent, to Oppose every example, and ought to be the best support of the con stitutional party measure wliielr tended to t he destruction of th a t friend. ship which alone emold keep R ussi a in cheek. He did so, and so far M. Tniers was speakln g °D I Y t h e truth when he asserted t hat Lord Hollan d was with Prance. But M. Tiliers did not'apeak the tr u th w h en he iva nuate;: that, because Lord Holland was with Frisn4 he was wish yr , npe Tints: eP was labouring to make iS, or With lg. r ah as 4 r," h /T e lf: lie wag not speak ing the trait., or hoe pile p4rfy , grgans of this country spoken the truth , in criaswis4 a 1144Pher of the British Cabinet with intriguing against his collegg nosfnn n adopt .separate line of action fOr himself i n oppos i t i on . to mg a thew. WP believe the respectable members of the Tory party to look with i !nut horror as we do our selves upon the dastardly accusatio n of peajatas, the per fectly gratuitous assertion that a Minister revealed •to • his co untry those private the enemy of ate acts of the Ca binet rahich his oath of office bound him to conceal ! iMiwowir,fqr honour of figti s h rntry, that some Tory gentleman had carne for ssaw i irpacilf and for his party solemnly to repudiate the hateful calumev! Vh a re six hundred thousand men a t t hi s moment undo - ii.rms in tgeHth4 See the fail in the fnad . s oh 111; _ iigi4-0 Frquce, and the terms G. *lie Nytheaming new Rus s i an l oan of four per Cent. E1.E.,10L4 p!qpcifi MI:10:11:11:d.:Yt:sat::saiys n o ;.fuine. At three o' "TH" : lv e free r r e rr:ill e ds x :s i: Ci bited a l e4 " Yig""slY the contest was ers clock utsi throughou t eflololnoGwsiuti)nbe t g h sh ......... ......... 1,182 Ledger 950 Majwity for (Aim 23:2 FRANCE:. PiEPOIZT OF M. TrilEIZ ON TIIE FORTICA TION BILL. tie questioo of the nvees,lty _fortifj,ing Paris is one of eireamst:inces ; it oceopieri the- attention o! Vauban half a century ago, and a quarter of a century' ago it also entered the mind of Napoleon. It is im pwisible, therefore, to say it is a question of circum- Atances. Vauban thought of it in the midst of the pros pea ity of Louis XIV., and Napoleon turned his atten tion to it at the moment when his power and that of France seemed to be fully established, after the battle of Austerlitz. Vauban thought of fortifying Paris at a time when the necessity for doing so seemed to be much less urgent than in the present day. Vauban, who was a,; good a politeian and administrator as be was an en• jtoter, employed his whole life in creating a frontier for .France, and although in his time wars of invasion had Tiot yet startled the world, it was easy to perceive that the! powerful Monarchy of Louis the XIV.. which had • excited the jealousy of all Europe, and had had to con tenil with at the satne moment, England, the House of Austria, the House of . Spain, and the greatest part of Germany, might one day be attacked at its core. " The capture of Paris," says he, " would be one of the heaviest mi,fortunes that could befit' the kingdom, and ona front which it would not soon recover, if ever." Daring the whole of the ISth century, in which France eas in a coalition with almost the whole of Europe, sometimes against Marie Therese, and sometime against. Frederick the Great, no fear could be entertained for the capital. The American war, more fortunate than arose which preceded it, and which was of a naval cha racter, did not, of course, attract any attention to the interior of the kingdom. But as soon as the revolution •of 1789, by placing us in contradiction with the whole of Europe, gave birth to a war of principle and con quest, serious thoughts of fortifying Paris were enter tained ; but, as:usual, the thoughts were ill-formed, and formed too late. The revolution soon became victo rious, and the idea of fortifying Paris was no longer thought of. Napoleon came. It has been said that Napoleon did not think of fortifying Paris until the year 1814. We shall see, however, by turning to page :38, vol. 9, of his memoirs, that he entertained this idea on his return from Austerlitz, but the fear of wounding the susceptibility of the Parisians, and the extreme rapiaityof the course of events, prevented him from carrying it into execution. It' Paris had been fortified in 1814, it would perhaps have been the means of saving France. We should be culpable if- we neglected the aid of experience, but we cannot conceal from ourselves that the project contains many grave questions, of which the following arc the principal :-Ist. Is not the state of things in which Paris should be menaced by the enemy an exceptional one ? 2d. Supposing that Paris were thus menaced, ought it not to be defended by per manent works ? 3d. If Paris is to be defended by permanent works, is it to he hoped that, in arming the population, there can also be imparted to it the courage and sang Paid that arc necessary for the defence of ramparts? 4th. Supposing this question to be answered affirmatively, might not such a work, by the enormous expense it would occasion, exceed the means of a great nation ? sth. Might not the advantages to be de rived from the fortifications become dangerous to the cause of liberty ? With respect to the first question we must observe that Vauban was the first man who thought of fortifying Paris in a regular manner, and assuredly France at that time was not in a revolution. Coalitions were formed against France in 1792,1798, 1805, 1809, 18 Mand 1815,under pretext of combating our revo lutionary principles. This state of hostility ceased under the restoration, because Europe then hoped that the elder branch of the house of Bourbon, transported from exile to the throne, would keep within bounds the spirit of the revolution, and would not seek to recover what France lied lost. But the revolution broke out afresh iu 1830, overturned the dynasty charged with keeping it' 'lowa, and gave itself a new Government. What has this Government done within the last ten years to justify the patent in latent hostility of Europe? Nothing assuredly, for it has neither been ambitious, nor has it son& to provoke disorder. A n d yet at the present Moment it stands alone in Europe, as it did during the coalitions of 1792 and 1813. If our fortresses in 179 0 - protracted the invasion, and gave France time for or ganisation ; if in 1815 they occasioned the enemy much loss of time and blood ; if they diminished one fourth the armies advancing on Paris—they did not do all that was requisite, for our capital, owing to its being exposed, was finally invaded. What is to be inferred from this? Why, that however useful and indispensable fortified frontiers may be, they are not all-sufficient, And that capitals should be defended. In support of this argument we have the authority of N a p o l eon , w h o -•: wits aware that if Vienna, Berl n, and Madrid had been fortified, he would have failed in his campaigns of Austria, Prussia, and Spain. Having shown that Paris ought to be fortified, the next and a very important question is the means of execution. Some persons have said that all that is necessary is to protect France from a coup-de-main. Napoleon, they say, did not contemplate any more than this in 1815, but if he did not, it was because he had not time. His intention was to establish permanent fortifications at a later period. What we should never lose sight of is the ne cessity of protecting the capital against the chances of a coup-de-main. With permanent fortifications it would no longer be a coup-de-main or a battle that Paris would have to dread, but a regular siege. Now an army does not carry on a siege in an enemy's country with ordinary means. It is difficult even in one's own coun try for an army to carry with it all that is necessary for a siege; and ,it is still more difficult to do so in an enemy's country. This is the consideration which bus induced the Committee to adopt the principle of permanent fortifications. Paris once capable of resisting a siege, is for ever delivered from the dangers and terrors of a seige. But, it is said, it is impossible to think of making Paris a fortified place, and to expose a million of inhabitants to all the horrors of a siege, and of a bombardment. How, it is said, could you in such extremities lock yourselves up in Paris with its inhabitants, the Government, the Cham bers and the agents of publicity ? How could you block up all these elements, and subject them to mili tary Government? These objections vanish on exa mination. If we succeed in making the capital capaUe of resisting a siege, we at the seme time deliver it from all the dangers of a siege. But again it is said, the inhabitants of large cities are not capable of resisting a siege, and why not? We deny this positively and openly, in the name of the inhabitants of Paris. Reml to mind how many combats have taken place in Paris within the last 50 years. Have you not seen in all thpse events the most striking proofs of the bravery of the Parisian population ? In 1830 they. fought for the charter, and ,triumphed. In 1832 and 1834 the nati onal guard fought bravely for order and the laws, against those deluded men who,in this contest displayed a de plorable courage. In these events, was a sense of dan ger exhibited by either the attacked or the attacking party? But without dwelling upon these reminis cences of civil war, let us go back to the year 1814. Did the Parisian then show that he was afraid of danger ? We have consulted ocular witnesses of these events, and they have told us that on all hands the people of Paris demanded arms. Officers have told us that under their eyes the inhabitants of the fau bourgs placed themselves near the walls, and profiting by their position, bravely acted the part of tirailleurs. In such circumstances an energetic and zealous chief has only to present himself, and to stamp with his foot upon the earth, and soldiers will spring forth. When in 1723, Lille and Valenciennes underwent a siege, in the sacred defence of the country, the inhabitants thought little of the inconveniences of the siege for themselves, and Paris would do the same. Wti are asked, however, how such a capital as Paris could find provisions in a state of siege ? We have consulted all the necessary documents, and have arrived at the conviction that if a capital has more wants it has also more resources. Traders, in the hope of gain, would not hesitate to esta blish large depots. Russians knew this when they burnt Moscow. 'lle Chamber will now permit me to quote from documents. The flour which the bakers are com pelled to have in reserve, and that deposited in the grenier d'abondance, must always suffice for a consumption of thirty five days. There arc besides commercial depots which bring up the store of flour to the consumption of forty-six days. Paris has generally a large quantity of salt meat. The greatest difficulty would he itts to the fresh meat t of this I shall speak by and by. There is always in Paris a six months' store of fuel, wines, and spirit. These facts being known, we have inquired whether it would be possible to proyisi t ,,, Paris for 40 days, supposing a population of 1,300,000 souls. Phis fact appears, in our opinion, to be quite possible. Now no enemy could ever besiege Paris for 60 :ria,ys. For supposing its army to consist of ooly 250,090 men, the invaders, 4P4 kic4 tO.P itlbabitants of Paris, wopld be starved, for to provision a besieg ing army of 250,000 men, several analog and mag4ines would be necessary i bqt tlae hypothesis of a siege of po days la net to be contemplated. We have supposed a population of 1,300,000 inhabitants, whereas the regular populatio n within the walls would not he more than VOO,OOO. When we add. 300,000 for the inhabitants of the environs who might seek refuge in Paris, and for the garrison, we are evidently going beyond what would be possible, It has been said, that in order to fortify aria there moot be five hnnclfed fronts of fortifications, and that these would cost each 1,000,000 f., labour and mate riali being dearer in Paris than elsewhere. Here it is said, is at once an expense of 500,000,000f.1n the first place, we must observe that th e expenditure of 500,000,000 f. would, in 1815, have appeared a great economy. if by that we could have orevetated the say meat of a milliard and half to the enemy. On ail the essential points there is an unanimity between us and ' the dovernnient. We are all agreed on the advantage of fortifying Paris, and surrounding it with a continkt o 9l wall and ou,ter works, 4 ditrlc4lty Grote?, ll o , o distaPee 14 - whi;ah the COO wor4 sbeN _ be placed, but We withdrew all objection on this heal on receiving from the Clovernaieat. declaration which it has promised to renew before you, that no external work shall be nearer to the continuott wall than Vincennes,: We have asked iu our port that the works to be undertaken shall be a continuous wall and outer works, that both shall be con structed at the saute time, that a guarantee shall be elven to the communes within the wall that they Lila!! not be included in the oetroi of Paris, and certain special exceptions with regaiel to miliary servitude. On al these points we are pettedly in unison with the Go vernment. 1 roust now inform the Chamber of some difficulties that arose in the Committee, but which have been removed. We were desirous that the precise situ ation of the external works should be stated in the Bill, hut we .gave way, lest we should embarrass the execu tion oldie plan, contenting ourselves with the engage ment made as to the continuous wall, the expense of which is sixty-nine millions. Some persons have feared that we might have a Grovel nment which, for its per sonal preservation alone, would bombard Paris. But, Gentlemen, could there ever be a Government which would bombard its own capital Murmurs at the left al' the Chamber. Our task is now completed. .In our own conviction, there is no more patriotic work than fortifying the capital, and of the propriety of doing this there can be no doubt, after what his been sail by two such judges as Vauban and Napoleon. 10 the name of my colleagues, I implore your adoption of the Bill. Never was an enterprise of greater grandeur or im portance proposa to a great people. In ordering its execution, you will take away from our enemies the pre tence which they would deduce from a pretended want of firmness on the part of the French nation, and you will endow the capital with an enclosure which will ren der the country invincible. UNSOUND ANNUITY AND ASSU- RANCE COMPANIES. (From the Sects Times of Wednesday.) Extract from a letter dated London, Jan. 7, 1841, received by a gentleman in Edinburgh : " The Independent and West Middlesex Annuity Company, have stopped, and the Acting Managers are off. It is said upwards of 200,000/. has been invested with them. "I do not say stopped on report. I was in their office in Baker-street to-day, and I was told the above by the clerks." We understand that a meeting of parties in this quarter who have sunk money on annuities with the above concern, is to be held in Glasgow to-day.—Glas gow Argus of ,yesterday. By a letter from one of our London agents we learn that the " Independent West Middlesex Assurance Society" suddenly suspended business on Tuesday last. Our agent expresses great alarm as to loss on the part of those who placed confidence in this Society.—Lceds lotelli;gencer. [ln reference to the above, we learn that a meeting of the annuitants in Glasgow, of whom there about a dozen, was held yesterday in the BI sck Bull ; that Mr. Livingstone, late agent of the Company here, appeared, and wished authority to employ an accountant for them in London, which was declined, and the meeting adjourned without any farther proceedings being gone into. 'lucre arc, we understand, about 350 annuitants altogether, and the Company, it is said, have lifted upwards of 98,000/. of annuities. Comparatively a small sum of this is out of Scotland.] THE MAILS AND COACHES. The effects of the snow on Thursday were more se verely felt on the railway trains and by the coaches than during the previous part of the season, and the only con siderable delay at the Post-office, in the delivery of let ters, occurred yesterday. The Dover mail arrived in due time bringing the French and Flemish bags, and the Jersey, Dublin, and Donaghadee mails else arrived, but those from Holland and Hamburgli remained due. The Brighton mail arrived at the Blossoms Inn, Law rence-lane, at ten minutes befo-e seven o'clock, being but little after time, although in some places the water was up to the body of the coach. The mail would not carry any inside passengers, and the inte rior was full of water on its arrival in London, several parcels which it contained being saturated. Tile different coaches from Wales, Shropshire, and Kent belonging to this office were none of them delayed beyond half an hour. The Liverpool, Manchester, and Birmingham bags came in by railway at tho usual hour, hut without the Glasgow, Edinburgh, or Gloucester bags. The B.thinsail did not arrive until half-past twelve o'clock, and the guard was compelled to leave the coach near Kennett, where its further progress was impeded by a drift of fifteen feet of snow, and came across the fields with the bags on horseback. At the Bull and Mouth, the Melton Mowbray mail, which should have been re• ceived at seven, did not arrive till half-past nine ; the old Edinburgh mail, which should have arrived at six, did not come in till twenty minutes past ten ; and the Exeter mail, which should have been received at seven, and comes part of the way by railway, did not arrive till ten minutes past eleven. The Stroud mail arrived at the Cross Keys, Weed street, one hour after its proper time. The Worcester mail arrived at the Post office a few minutes past two, being just in time for the afternoon delivery, which takes place at a 4 to 3. The Lynn and Cambridge mail arrived in time for the first delivery, as did the Norwich and Ipswich ; but the morning delivery was much later than usual, and did not take place till 10 minutes to 10. The Glasgow and Edinburgh bags arrived by the Birmingham railway in time for the mid-day delivery. The Bristol mail ar rived at two o'clock. The Dutch mail arrived at half past three o'clock, when two Hamburgh mails.w.ere due. On Thursday night no less than three engines were attached to the Birmingham mail-train, and it was brought up to town by- a similar number yesterday morning. Extra engines were also employed in propel ling the mail-train on the South-western and Great Western lines. At the terminus of the South Western Railway there was no arrival from the two o'clock train on Thursday till the mail train of yesterday morning, and it was reported that an engine of one of the inter mediate trains had become imbedded in the snow some miles above the Woking station, and from which the united force of six engines could not extricate it. By the aid of workmen in excavating the snow, a free communi cation was restored, and the afternoon trains of yester day came in nearly as due. On the Birmingham and Great Western lines the trains were delayed, as, not. withstanding the power of additional engines, the wheels of the carriages would not bite on the rails. From the accounts given by guards and travellers, it appears that the effects of the snow were principally felt in the western and south-western districts, and that a large belt of drifted snow extended over the country from Basingstoke and Andover to Devises, including Salis , bury-plain, and equally over the unprotected country el' the chalk-hills beyond Marlborough. The Bristol mail to London was left a few miles on the other side of that spot, the bags having been brought on by the guard by post horses across the fields where the snow had not accumulated. There was no delay in the arrival of the Portsmouth mail, but the Hull, Louth, and Yeovil did not arrive till a late hour in the morning. At six o'clock yesterday evening the Devonport and Poole mails were due at the Post-office, and it is appre hended that the accumulation of snow on these lines of roads must be very considerable. From the Swan with-Two-Necks Inn there were despatched yester day evening extra mails to Bath, Bristol, and Devon port, none of which had arrived during the day. On inquiry at the principal coach-offices it was ascertained that many of the ordinary coaches had been suspended. The Eastern Counties Railway trains came in as usual, and there was n o d e l a y i n t h o arr i va l of any of the branch coaches connected with it. A great extra duty has devolved upon the clerks at the Ciesseeal Post office, on account of the delay in the veceipt of letters, as also on the twopenny postmen, who have had to take charge of the principal part of the delivery, these being only two in the day by the postmen of the General Post-office. The twop enny pcestanen have Suffered much by the inclemency of the weather and their extra duties, and, of thirty-five supernumeraries last week on the establishment, but two rem a i ne d unemp l oyed. From inquiries at th e principal carriers' offices it appears that all canal navigation is stopped, whilst considerable de. lays in the transmission of goods have occurred, not only on the common roads, but also on the luggage trains of the principal railroads, GILLRAY, THE CARlcArru- RisT.--The felicity with which he composed 1 - ;)s subjects, and the rapidity with which he etxl:ed them, astonished those who were eye-wittvoqszs of his powers. This culty was early developed ; he seemed to perform all his graphic eperaiions without an effort. Many years ago ho had an apartment in a court in I•lolhora. A commercial agent for a printsellcr had received a commission to get a satirical design ctclied by (Ill!ray, but ho had repeatedly called in his 4,scrice. Ije lived at tuff west end of tho me ffepolis4 and cit his way tq tito city waited on him again, when he happened to tic as home. " You have last a good job, and a npfni patron, Gil'ray," said he, " but ,:re,n .re away: cat." " How ! what--what is your e,bjeot said the artist. " I want thi s su bj ect d rawl.; and etched," said the agent, " but now it is tea 'Jaw." When is it , wanted?" " Why, la-tazwrow." "It shall be done.' " frc)ossible, " Where arc you going 7: ( "On ward, to the Bank." " When do you rc.iorn ? At four o'clock." It was now eleven. 44 I'll bet you a howl of punch it shall be etchcd, and bitten in, wid a proof before 0.6c,t tide." " Done !" The 1„..?,,te was finished; is contained many figures. 'AL. parties were mutually delighted; and the affair e...ded with a drunken bout at the Gray's-inn Tavel;,, at the employer's expo —Fraser's lilaqa:! . .n.4. ALL AN GOOD F LA/E .—A c u r i ous .eitcumstance occurred at Lewis Sessions last weet. The Grand Jury had ignored the bills preferred :: k gainat two prisoners, W hi c h being by some means wewluoked, the men were pl aced at the bar, ;era they pleaded guilty. The Chairman w a s just en the point of passing sentence on them, when the error was discovered, and they were discharo c t i The Prussian Slate GazellC d• t he un head of Berlin, 7th January, thz, It • . , 0, lyin g article A 4rlrrib,e (.rinte was comm4ted tie 3d at • ral. erg, in 4i;ast hi e ecoteatant Bish up ti.rrneland, a vene role old man, highly OdAitag of Clay ; - betwe L- se e v r- e , was assaulted on the l e l igh h t o'clock, in hia own house, murdered and lund n ere a d nd P • an aged woman, the only person irt4 aim in the howc, was dangerously wontotod • •.' An spite of every exertion tl;e perpetrator or perpe!.rators of this'crime have nrs. ••• ?9,X0 . 1;4: •'4e 7 7 8 years e,id• EVENING .EIATION. _HONE V ) I =l ttK ET and CITY z ilv -- rlitDA V:ENIN - G.) • :.1:c.:1:cr place will 'Le found the ofil- Cult publication the pe6ition and operations of the li.,t,k cf .F.,:Lce as plblist,ed iu a late Lumber of the -110;d/cal. It Is uc. idcd into 'fuur separate ac LI CAS uucier the following heads 1. Balanec-.Jteet of the Bank of France, and the actual state of its afrtirs on the 30:1 i ult. 2. AVera' V potilioil of the BAuk during the last, data wouttlS. 8. Operation; during the last, three Int:inert:. 4. Rosult of th, (poi atiuns of the Bauh duritig the lam. six month-. Front th, tint artide, which contains the actual po sition of the I; nil., ti ;tppears that on the :;Oth ult. the speis.ic in the 11.-alk amoutitcd to the discounted to 1:45 ; the limbs on and coin to ; anti the ad VaileCS on public se curities to (),1 th e ~tme r sit!e ul the atccount it :ippears that the notss iu eircuiaticu tanottotett to 2-11.,titi'2,0.10f. The btCance due to the TlCablli y upon account current (tlepost account), to anti the balance due upon su , idry ptiva: e aceouttts currcat; (deposit at:- coo t:1.0, to 70,72.1 U•1:31. It appears tht-re!ore, that the epecie in the Batik is only 8,1:33,2381. sort of the amount of the notes in circulation. The following are cemparative results. By comparing the present return under this first head with the return under the same head of the 80th of September last, there is a decrease in the actual amount of specie of ` - '2,20'..2.,:3;35f., a Jeanie in the amount of bills under discount of 1,62.4,8:281., a decrease in the loans on bullion of 4,Zi36,1001., a decrease is the loans on public securities of 736,795 L, an increase in tha circu lation of 14,884,0101., a decrease in the deposits of the Treasury of 9 251,8441., and a decrease in the private deposits of 6,961,9131. This, as regards the first head of the return. From what is stated under the second lived, which regards the average position of the Bank during the preceding three months, it appears, among other things, that 'l'i►c average amount of specie in the coffers of the Bank during the preceding three months was :234,271,0001. ; and therefore, by ccmparing this with the first head, it appears that the actual amount of specie on the 30th ult. is short of the average of the. three months in 1,0,17,248 f. It then api;ears that the average amount of b . : ( is dis counted during the rrcceding three turaths was 145,831,500 f., which is 10 ,044,610 f. Lis than the amount actually under discount on the utlth of De cember. On the other side of the account it appears that the averv a ge of the notes in circulation during the preceding three months was 234,859,000 f., which is 6,803,0101. less than the actual amount of the circulation ou the 30th of December. It, further appears that the average balance due to the Trca:ury on account current (deposits of r moat), during file three months 'vas 115,784 4000., which exceeds by 9,677,8771. the actual amount tsi the Government deposits on the 30th of December. And, finally, it appeais that the average amount of private deposits during the three n,ouths wax 77,689,500!„ wt.ich rxeceds by G.905,437f. the :tonal amount of the Gov:ln:new deposits on the 30th of De, ember, The third brad contains a surrunaty tlthn actv d i G p e . rations of the Bank during the proccaug three tuouths, and from this it appears z That the operations relatinz to (lc ;u[M, loans on bullion, and advances oti public securi;ies, Francs. amount ts s Thtit the movement of the privzte deposit account anicunted to And th e movement el the Govern- 2,543,023 800 ment deposits And from the other side of the account, which re lates to tho general movement of the offices, it appears— That the receipts in specie amounted .Francs. t 0... 100,735,800 In notes to That the payments in specie amounted to 2P8,652,‘..)00 120,696,900 In notes to . .542,765,500 And that the liquidations by means of transfers from nu;; account to an other amounted to 1,742;897,70 From this we stray perceive the amazing activity of the -drpo-sits. The fourth head, which relates to the operations of the Batik during the last six mouths, calls for no ob servatiotts, except in so far as regards the expenses of the management of the Ruth, and which appear to have amounted to 472.316 f. These documents will be referred to at this. time with peculiar interest by all engaged in the study of banking affairs. They arc clear and explicit, end evidently conceal nothin. This is :he sort of return which should h ave b een requ i re d front the 1344 k .Of England on the r enewa l o f t h e charter, whichytould have been infinitely more useful than those periodical averages, which serve rather to mystify than to enlighten the It is obse rve d by the leading brokers in the Stock- Exchange, that the disposition of the public to in vest money in foreign securities has greatly dimi nished, if it has not altogether ceased. Hence, as all the money for investment is brought to the Eng lish market, and even French stock -is sold out for that purpose, a new demand for stock, especially Consols, has been created, which gives the , parti cular feature to the settling of this day, 'as some quarters a slight difficulty has been found ia procuting stock, while money is so little in. request that it is very hard to lend it to any advantage. in the Stock Exchange, Altogether the fluctuations in - thy: market during thie account have been above the usual.. overage (the lowest quotation being 87-Z- and the higbest 89i) and, although the business transacted has been of some extent, it is remarked that the public bas taken little interest and dealt very spariegly during it. The prie (rip! operations have been between the regular jobbers, who sold freely at low prices in the early part of the account, anticipating that the fundholders, alarmed by the threatening aspect of external politics and tare prehension of foreign loans, would be induced to part. with their stock, and enable the dealers to repurchase at lower pekes than those at which they had sold. In this, ho-,vever, they seem to have ken disappointed. 'Phe public never exhibited welt alarm as to sell largely, but, on the contrary, appeared as buyers at the low quotations, and the jobbers are generally sup posed to have beca losers by their transactions. : Thee report prevalent in Paris, that the Sultan had agreßl. to the securing to Mehemet Ali the hereditary Pachalic, of Egypt, favourably itiluenced prices. II ERALD.—The advance in Consols today may be eamaiiiered as perhaps a more important indication of ialprovement in money affairs than taken by the mere event might be imagined, For the fact is, that large deliveries of stock took place on the part of those who had subscribed for corresponding amounts of Teiuity Bonds, or the Trinity Loan, on which pay ments had to Oe made. The advance in value of stock securities, trt the face of sales for realization and invest wet elsewhere is a proof of the abundance of unem ployed capital. It may be noticed besides as a singu larity that money, which has been so extremely easy for save r:',l days past, has a2tually become rather tight netaithstanding, the p/eaaora generally produced by the pay,anent of dividends. Tue contradictions apparently involved by such eoellcting circumstances are, how ever, susceptible of explanation, although, generally speaking, nothing more is pretended under this bead than au accumulation of facts for the infermation and dieeslioo o: Ihe reader. For, it will be recollected, on closing the books for transfers, preparatory..,,e.d the snaking advances oat linking them up for the payment nattal Bank notice WQ,3 issued for I , l :i a a l other securities: the deposit cf bills ef exchange e like a nedinagc.amo7 Moat, precise estimat e , Without pretending to anything , ~ before the 16th cur it may he mentioned, advances made a ,o v o a o i l u e o d oo t 1 / I . e m m ltw s, a u •a n o d v e ' e r r t s h a i i l i t t 1, N ., . i , t ,d h , such as ii t matters, l ii e l :t ( i l l i iol : a l er r t: t e t a 4 h tle Bante do not wtait, rena, amount of the facility thus gra ti 1 t d b n ecessity, to ti c .ass ay, but so soon as thou those except by . aro themselves in receipt of the needful, or are able tc, raise t, to : they the B a re careful to m aloci th e earliest repayment possibleank and reatae thei r secur i ties. They have the so much stronger inducement to this. punetu aity er anticipation of their debits, inasmuch as their totem erelit with the Bank is dependent on the fact. s o it is, in ceaaequence, that a large portion of the ad. vances sii made by the Bank have been already ae decreed, and the more readily as the Money Market, in the way of discount, has been so easy of late. In this manner, therefore, it happens that a part of the over flow of money consequent on the payment of &vale, ela has Le.en absorbed, ite.d that money, in despi aof the natural anticipation from that overflow, has actually become altuast as scarce and as dear as before. The argument of the 'Timis, tending to excite the 13,:ai k to increase issues upon the strength of certain ' speculations of improving trade, was noticed and re. probates; yesterdav,although not at the length or so i forcibly as was d es i ra bl e . The truth is that the Banl-,, as the legalised regulator of the currency to a curt d i n extent, has, er ought to have, no concern with p „i ces or trade. The circulation, if it is to represent r I should have a certain fixity, for prices high or do-boy, l ow. or trade prosperous or adverse. If hank not es are to be ' a standard equal to gold, the quantity .shLorri b e , lik e and no more vimable than . what the mine supply should effect. l'h. Times is extremely geld, determinable, inconsistent with itself', in real,k, in advancing. a pr,- :;wade is impro . eing the Band; se l f bps issues, for its arsument has alelays n itio tl i t i : ' : t t ehr t ea t at ,e Rank, for the sapi d ; of dividends ' has been should: e s alvatte,is been inclined to over-isvaes, and. that it should square its paper circulatian by the standard of gold in hand. The truth is that the Bank should no t look to prices or to the aaadition of trade as an abaaa'oate rule r W nor. ies tal t [s II tanb°, 911 1 not :rsi ntaie4 ICC.cO 1 last it 91P 11: ntoe 1 ,Y nd :itnet tic3ll are T Y CO rtil l 0 1,:lt