The Sun. — London, England, 1841-12-20 00:00:00

{ ~~. ~~ ; EVENING SUN , 1. -----_-_____-_-____, ° starboaid_ tack, and the men in the Vesp er were t•i, firing at the windlass. • Ctiptein ,Shepherd hailed her APeatedly to square her main ; y ard. . If she had done en uld have cleared the Vesper. She had then le "Yof room to have gone about. The Vesper had , i ‘ c v ,ay upon her a t the time, and could not answer her th ' The Argus hailed to starboard her he lm, but Ca p t. el)herd said it was no use. The Vesper had just dropped remain-topsail when they came together. I thought hi t Captain of the Vesper took the proper course to get ti' /e 'sei under weigh. The foremast shroud struck the 1/ 4 - P e r's jib-boom end, and as the brig slewed round, le. tarried away the fore-topmast back-stay. The a' r's anchor-stock was a-wash. The men continued e, l 7e Windlass till the vessels came together. They 'lean, away 'lest some spars should full on them. After t)b, - ‘ ; ','sien "the Captain of the Vesper called to the brig tole to. his trysail and drop his anchor. I myself t e l : e , to. Captain Robinson, and, with a good deal of ' "asion, he squared his yard and dropped the a nchor.., I do not think the people in Yth," eker could • hare avoided the accident. %,, ' e anchor of the Vesper had been let go it would not 1 111: t h,„ °11 e into the vessel. It was impossible to say Nobj ' a ft a the barque the Argus would strike. The te', % - ,,' m the Argus could hear the windlass at some bore, and knew that the Vesper was weighing her J os ,, R e P --" Singleton-I aim barge-master of the Town i lli o ' t .Zxravesenki. I saw the accident , which occurred l'iniai 'half a mile higher up the r iver. The vessel was 'ti1 3 "„" 40,1 lerl'head down to the tide. She had no !le l'' and I saw that they were hea v ing her anchor ' tight save the Argus going towards her. The Ar g us 'ho le "iwelcee her head-yards to the mast, or gone tet i ef:tild avoided the accident. I don't think the barque Itate, have done any thing to avoid it. The Vesper had 11,1, 1 0 the'fid e about half an hour before the accident. 4 a. e sPer had no sail set before the accident. tut tp tl e l e is Bestwright-I was a seaman on board the Ilt t e ' when the ste.cident occurred. We were at the 4e4 ass till the vessels came in contact. The Vesper lii e 11 ,, ° way on her, and, could not avoid the accident. \;te t - Os might hare backed, and avoided the accident. t,,aill Shepherd hailed them repeatedly. e " slier 13 ell, a seaman oe board the Vesper, described t.eeident as it had been stated by the other witnesses. ltletetithevv Hetherington-I was master of the brig dera- the 28th JainAry last. I was delivering 1 - Union Wharf, about: too fathoms from the Ves- Ile BB ' w the men in the Vesper heaving up th anchor. ' toerglls should have tacked short, or gone about te r th ei , the a cc id ent. Th e V espee could do nothing, for i tiltd no weig • h I 'm upon her. .Any one could see that she iteeL ett ing under weigh. The main-topsail of the ii Was Was let fall just before the blow was struck. The 'e s aS and the Argus both belong to Newcastle. The ileit , belongs to London. The Vesper, after the acci lise,s,lit sail and steered for the south shore. 14r eep w44 m t Cornish was on the maintopsail-yard of the S t ; when the Argus struck late. When within en ," 11 4; a r e sh e iP's length he heard the master hail them -gel,. eue second time the man at the Argus's helm plea eot_ te e ; we shall go all clear of you." The Argus had h ier s '. 7 ' r oom to go about. /; ek t i l t / Mattheves master block-maker at Gravesend, ' ' t t•iiil, lnci dent. ' His attention was attracted by the I k x l e Ping her course, the Vesper having no way on , l 'idee -'"°ught the Argus had plentrif room to have , `he ' ale 4 `' accident. I saw the anchor, and thought it •11 41 , , ,, , a mischief to either the one vessel or the other. Si ' le k k tg e t"bYe-I a m-a - ship-broker. I offered to pur ---t•r: ' eslier-iti A pril, 1840, for 1,800/. It was re i .4 04 , n 4 !e parties asleieig2,2ool. for her.' _ l i lt t e er. " Ashton-I ki iew the Vesper. i r , ra a ship i la st , The value of ; shipping has deteriorated within ,° i1 )3 ,,,e"r• I advi se ,' the owners not to take Mr. 0 .310 - °l fer• I value the vessel at about 2 , 0001 . She ltd, tons burden, carried a very large cargo for her ki ! , n, and shifted . K e h er without ballast, and these qualities L I ,ired velnable. She w ould carry 550 tons of coals, and 0 at between 70 and AO tons ballast. I think she was 4 s 1 underland about 1823. She was in my hands I k rt - e l k : a il eta 1839. Her owners were ver4 , indifferent, O tt i i 3s wanted more than I could get for her. She '1 r3 , ri e ttyd's list with the. black diphthong. That was L ~ apt r, a class for a collier. Ire . „hepherd-'rliere were 557 tons of coals on Oly h . ad " C he freight was 7s. 101 d. per ton. She had e t . 3, b . a new bowsprit, the other having been carried 'ie 3 , a ship in the River. I don't know who paid 4 le e. , e 'L am nephew to one of Cie plaintiffs. , laud addressed the Jury for the defendant. i result .lry little apprehension is i the present case as to tl '4l. 1 tr t of the investigation, bucause he would show 6 1 / 4t 1 y that the Captain and crew of the Vesper were 1 ;11, ;‘ , .and that t o th em i n a (Treat measure the acci 'a, attributabl e . N ow unless it was shown that no 1 ' whatever attached to the plaintiffs, they had no Llu rlght to claim compensation at the hands of a Jury. Se l l °lnuder uay, idsho.wto them that the Vesper was at t hat that the Argus being on her starboard Nt tad aright to continue on her course, according to the nautical rule, and that it was the business of the t `, 5 lA, .. ? ,_ Ol l board the Vesper to have made way for her. ii it4iteeed t s h u e bm gr i o tt s e s d est th the Captain of the Vesper had n a e t gligenceand culpability . in heave !, t ~ anchor up, and leaving his vessel, heavily loaded, 'l', ' helpless log on the water, without any sails upon (. is t 'r•i erfectly unmanageable. 'Le perfectly unmanageable. e was proceeding when we went to Press.) ` Si ts I M ON PLEAS.-(THIS - DAY.) t ' s an London before the LoltD CHIEF JUSTICE and • a Special Jury.) e , CRAWSHAY V. THOMPSON. f It o ,. plaintiffs and the defendants are extensive dealers Rte ti and this action was b roug h t to recover &images O e defendant for having imitated the mark by N li , le iron, produced i n th e pla i ntiff ' s works was At tee t listinguished. The case occup i e d the whole of dear y, and will not conclude before a l a t e h our t hi s t it), 1,,,, • I'D'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAX.) , b t l t ON, DEC. 20.-Wind this day at noon S.W. ; 1 41: ki . e DEC. 18.-Wind W.S.W. 7 P.m. E.S.E. i le i , . Peter Proctor, Armstrong, Launceston. Arra. , 1 01, 1; le River, Marianne, Hobart Town , David Lyon, tL '4l, le%; Colu m bi ne , New Orleans; Ann Halle,Charles "Ot, Palmyra, Fernando Po, and sailed with the rest of 1 T5l tward bound. t '''‘ DEC. DEC. 18.-81 d. G. M`Leed, Mauritius ; Ga. Sti Bahia ; Jane, :Coast of Africa ; James Holmes, 'le 14 ; Patriot, Monte Video ; and several others. gt'et . • 11.•errir, DEC. 19.-Wind S.E. b y E , a g ale.- 'Y . N arbinger, Quebec ; Tomatin , L ondon, fur Syd h ' 4l.N, h )'' • Majesty's ship Powerful, Ma lta. te -0 UTU, Dr.c. 17.-Wind W.S.W to N. , strong zs ,o , : Ind squally. 18. Wind N. to E., moderate.- e d te e ir'ts '", ' Packet, Havanna, &c.; Sea Gull packet, West "Ae, ; c , -t• ondon, New Zealand ; Cyrus, South Seas ; t4',, °41 :,1 'lon ; Amity Hall, Nesbitt, Scotsman, and V'ea l , 4 °ling, all for Jamaica ; Eliin Grove, D00uti,,,,, outi,,,,, . fronside St. Thomas's ; Supply, Cuba . ; ' l , -- ',' l _, l er, Mobile ; Charles, Teneritle ; Jordi- O tt •,.`"'l ssa ; her Majesty's ship Madagascar, ' 4 , 1 , 1 , ''''''; ne. Arrd. off-Cato, Quebec; Haidee, r Mar 4IV .. .. ,a1 a • Queen Christen, Miramichi. ihe cargo art , - 4A . IA is being , transhipped on hoard the lona t,t, e. l , , mte, patch. The Crystal, from Richebucto to this e 4 4se, 4 tA . andoned on the 4th inst., in lat. 48 lon. 43, k B R's Ario,eged, crew saved. Sld. Dart, Madeira. e t ' r lia l °re D.C. 18.-Sld. Barbara, Jamaica ; , G r e le orre, lcutl t eat ; A l ine, Demerara ; 19, Morearch, r - N„ Charlestten ; Emerald, Leghorn ; Archimesdees, Ph e w` *land. Ste :l'g li.'O,TER, Dec. 18.-Arrd. British Queen, Ste "l,k,, S '',. John's N.B. 17r 11 .1e, 44 . r, DEC. 18.-Std. Cosmopolitan, Messina. t0;',„.°14-,,4 2 ~ DEC. 17.-Arrd. Maria, Corrigil, Quebec. - tht -'- D DEC. " .. ,-Arrd. Maria and Grace, Clyde 1 ., t h, ‘ ... , , c. •u e ee t 5' to as. ,!41 t ,,, i ', : DEC. 17 -Arrd. Onyx, and Oberon, Quebec. " 1 ,,,%e; . 4 'f , 31 vii, DEC. 17.---Arrd. Northumberland, from ii ( ,` ;°l l ' 0 1( ' D EC. 17.-Arrd. Fdward Thorn, Allen for 'le t • ' e k e .re ;, with loss of fore-topmast, &c. 4 1 ,?•tes . - 7, DEC. 17.-2\ rrd. Rosebank, Quebec. Ot'a i, l '- r, DEC. 16.-The Lively, from Quebec, was t , lv 'tlt i,4 1 0 1 a her anchors last night during a gale, and 1. 1 431 • . i, °''' 7e on Hare Island ; her mainmast has been cut II 1 e r -., 1 (:) khl o, f net e 18.-Wind S.W., moderate.--Arrd. ;t• 1 , Vndrew's, New Brunswick. The . c , (,;,'' i ll It t " frej IA. lalta to this port, struck on the Bintes t: ''N, s e 4( ' • hrel e her rudder, and has been assisted into i ) e" '.l 171 1. 1 Simon Bolivar, Wick, from Plymouth : 1 ., -, an - ne . 11 1 )sized off the Dogger Bank on the 12th -W , 41 ' 4 3 1 .1 11 ' S ‘C ‘ a l b, andoned in a sinking state the neat day; h' l ! ' 4 • • Vi. t ttL At ~ DEC, 18.-The Susan, Aslett, from 4 1)1% 4 2 e', 1 • 1 14 0e 4 .1 1 3 t in here with damage, having been on fire. 4 t ~,," ri t i, 4 s: DE C . 1.7.-Part of the wreck of a schooner, laa.r• kii } Ilt4 .v, with a-yellow streak round the hull, and ,I','" N 4 1 arll ed ,Brown, sailmaker, Yarmouth, has been 1 / 1 ,, i ~,tl ,o :' No-sand Head Light. -' L e e. 17.-Arrd. Matchless, Aiontague,Laguna. e• t e , 1 'OTICE TO MARINERS. ' t he 4. " l ; 11 in Malta harbour, Nov. 30, 1841. i 7 bl ac k • f t • tf „ k , nos on Cape Bianco shoal, off . the. mile e tint th -; , 31 f t :, which bore S.W. by S., about II ,' a ; e „ ref I t tie, has. disappeared, which buoy served 41 g Ch e T 0 f c e msiderable importance to vessels for clear ‘)l. Pax S4o ' 1 wlien passing to the northward of the Island ( - e;' a tl d ste,sring for the south channel of Corfu. .g l ie d) I'RANCIS: MASON, Rear-Admiral. PA ' ' _ b'lith - , 8 , 41 0,/rs poll TILE MoNTH.--Coats are very . -uarticularly at the elbows, and are trimmed ",PPe ttr ,:uin ' 2O g s u b stance, which gives hem a very glossy : ‘ ," - e uv , le e• A ri m ' of white runs down the seams, and rc'vrt6, t ' ul g• 4-if the buttons is slightly opened so as to r , - "N - ,i 'as len matc•rialunder it. Hats are now slightly part tt le top,ac'd we have seen several in which 441 14 -: 7 t e isslopod off without any particular re in6„:e quantity abstracted. Walking dresses are !otted just now with brown spots of a m . ud In -c 'ekin ) , -I.° Fin on quite irregularly, and the heels_ of the : a te • 111 sometimes be seen trimmed with the same al / 31 sort of basket work is now a great deal 1 ,1 t d 1 :; -- tt ue ' L ti-dre....1 and in these cases it is stressed over si tver something like a common sprat, M i t r es I't a light and graceful character. 7 Punch. mi l l t , t el't ) 1 I.—Towards the end of this month '''l, v (! -e AS i n °Teat request, to decorate the rooms and t ile 2 . l , e nse 'orrips and gallantry. The singularity of l ' e Pui,l "4ll u form of the misletoe brought it mystical „ I he Druids, for the purpose of d ' d its use has thence been continue `KA Y • afterwards, so difficult is it to era teott,j', of this sort from the minds of the !it is fairly rooted. It was lo n g thou g ht "41 a ' ,le to propagate this plant. In the ma . ter- Ihrti s - h - ' e ,the are said to be dropped by the misle . - tut 6,' I 'v4ich f i . e 'd - 4 on the berries. Lately, however, t uerri,„" sue( ,6, s fA • propagated by causing the bruised ° arc v viscid, to adhere to the bark of Rte lvt i fult-tr ams as 4e been most congenial to their I bia4t e 23 ,1 T P on the bark of these the seeds readily ger - L ate root. _____.... - - T HE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. Last week's arrivals 'of Barley and Oats were large, but moderate of other grain. The fresh supply of Wheat moderate, and of Barley and Oats good. Fine Wheat, ls. per quarter dearer; other qualities and Foreign as last stated. Barley very dull. Beans hardly maintained their late value. Boiling and Grey Peas ls. to 2s. per quarter lower. Good Oats Is. per quarter cheaper ; other sorts nearly unsaleable at a greater .reduction. Flour as last reported. fiRRIVALS OF GRAIN IN LONDON DURING LAST WEEK. Wheat. Barley. oats. En g lish Irish - - 20,940 , ..-- Foreign ritlcES OK BOARD OF SFIP Wheat,Red (old) - a. -a. Beans, Sinall(new) ..... ... 38s 40s. White (old) -a. -s. (old) 42' 465. -- Red(1841) 52a. 55s - Tick (new) 28 30s Fine &‘s. 635. -- ( o ld) 38..41's Superfine ...... 66a. 675. - Harrow (new)......323.3 4 s White (1841)....545. sqß. -- Fine .611 s 623 Brank -3 . - ' • Superfine .... 10s. 735. Oats, F ee d --. -a --.-- Forman free 565. 765. -- Ness 17s. 235. Ryt 18s. 40s. Poland C ar l ey 23is. 32s New 215.26•. 1 -- Grinding -6s. 32s --. Potatoe "'' -s • --- Malting 335. Ws .----- Now 213'.285. Malt ' sth. 60s, -- Scotch 26s 2.05. - Fine New 64s (itis -- Irish 165.... Ws. 238. Pease, Grey, New 13s. 355. Flour Town (per sack).- 583.625. -- Maple New . Sts. 375. ----. Seconds ......... ...... t2s. 545. --.. White 345 . 3G, .......... North Country-. 50,4. 541. ........-. Boilers 36,.38,. Brats 7B Bs. SMITHFIELD MARKET. The supply of beasts and sheep was moderate, and trade brisk; the fine quality sold readily. Veal and Pork were in good demand, the supply short. Beasts, 2,597 ; Sheep, 18,660; Pigs, 550 ; Calves, 96. Beef; 3s. Bd. a 4s. 10d. ; Veal, 4s. a ss. 6d. ; Mutton, 4s. a ss. 2d. ; Pork 4s. 4d. a ss. TEA MARKET. The market was quiet, and prices were hardly sup ported. Sellers of Company's Congou at is 9d cash. TALLOW MARKET. The demand for P. Y. Candle was steady, and prices firm at 48s on the spot and for delivery up to the end of the year. South American sold at 41s to 46s 6d per cwt. PROVISION MARKET. Butter in good request, and prices advanced to 106 s. to 108 s. for fine Friezland ; Bacon in good request, and 545. to 555. for the best. HOP MARKET. The Market was dull, and former rates were barely supported. ,-- EXECUTION OF JOB J. WARD. The awful punishment of death was this morning in flicted on Job John Ward, who was convicted at the last November Sessions of the Central Criminal Court of the wilful murder of Timothy Ested, an infant, aged only one year and nine months. The wretched iculprit, who was in the prime of life, his age being only 28 years, has ever since his condemnation suffered the most acute mental anguish, and yesterday, during the condemned sermon, he fainted away in the chapel of Newgate, and the service was suspended for nearly a quarter of an hour in consequence. The same thing had occurred at his condemnation, and we understand that during the brief interval which has since elapsed, fits of a similar nature have been of frequent recurrence. From all these cir cumstances it had been feared that his strength of nerve would have failed him in his last awful moments. Such, however was not the case. Shortly before eight o'clock the Rev. Ordinary, the Sheriffs, and other officers were in attendance upon the prisoner in his cell. The prisoner was seated on a form, and Mr. Sheriff Magnay sat by his side. Mr. Carver asked him whether he admitted the justice of his sen tence, and he replied, " Oh dear, yes." Mr. Sheriff Mag nay then asked him whether he would now wish to state anything as to the manner in which the child was killed; he replied that the child was lying in the bed and he struck it with his fist twice; he added, that when he did so, he had not the least idea or intention to kill it, and he concluded by declaring positively that he never made use of the hammer. The Sheriff then asked him whether it was true that he was intoxicated at the time, to which he replied that he was, and he at the same time said he hoped that all working men would refrain from drink, for that had been the means of placing him in his present dreadful situation. Upon another occasion he told the Ordinary that it was drink which put the idea of strik ing the child into his head, and that he wished liquor had been a guinea a quart on that day, as it would have prevented the unfortunate occurrence taking place. The Sheriff then asked the prisoner whether it was not possible that the head of the child might have come in contact %s;ith the chair:or the bed-post, but he replied that that could not be, and again repeated, that the only injury inflicted upon the child were the blows with his fist, adding that at the time he had not the slightest in tention of killing it, but us those blows were the cause of death, he acknowledged that he was justly charged with the murder, and was, therefore, liable to the pu nishment he was about to suffer. When the prisoner was pinioned he expressed a wish to shake hands with the Sheriff's and the Ordinary, and having done so, he ex claimed " God bless you, I thank you all for your kindness." The usual hour, eight o'clock, having arrived the cul prit was led to the scaffold, with the usual procession. He appeared very faint, and was supported by one of the turnkeys and Mr. Holding, one of the surgeons. The appearance of the wretched man on the scatfold was the signal for a burst of cheers, mingled with groans, from the assembled crowd. He appeared to struggle for about a minute before life was extinct. At nine o'clock the body was cut down, and will be in terred this evening by the side of Blakesley. PARTIES IN TINE UNITED STATES.— The relative strength of the two parties will have undergone some alteration during the recess. At the last session, the Whigs had a clear majority on questions of a purely party character of upwards of thirty. The dissensions between Congress and the Executive on the subject of a bank, the change in Georgia from the resignation of three Whig Members, and the election of two democrats in Mississippi, render it a matter of doubt, whether the Whig party proper will have an available majority in the House of Representatives. This circumstance increases the difficulty of predicting the course of Congress. It seems probable that Mr. - Wetaster's permanent adherence to the President, will bring sufficient strength to the Adminis tration to give it the controul of the legislation in both houses. In such an event, if the scheme of finance re commended by the President shall be of such a charac ter as to receive the support of the democrats, it will be successful ; but if the ultra Whigs are able to retain the ascendancy in either house, the Executive projet will be thrown out. —New York Herald. _ _ THE WET WEATHER.—The pages of history in form us that i n th e year 1348, " It rained from ,Mid summer day to Christmas so constantly that there was scarcely one and night dry together. This wet season caused great floods and a pestilence, which raged for one whole year. The earth was barren, and even the sea did not yield its accustomed quantity of fish ! !" Every one must be struck with the extraordinary coin cidence between what is recorded of 1348 and the present year. It has rained almost incessantly . from Midsummer to Christmas. At no one period within the memory of the present generation have the fresh waters been kept up above their natural level g for so long a time ; and the probability is, that nearly five centuries have elapsed since a similar visitation has befallen this coun try.— Wiltshire Independent. EXTENSIVE FRAUD ON THE BANK OF ENG LAND AT LIVERPOOL.—During the last week a fraud to the extent of 1,3361: was committed upon the above esta blishment, by means of forged checks upon a Belgian bank, known by the title of " Societe General pour favo riser !Industrie Nationale." The guilty party is a foreigner named lianyier, between 35 and 40 years of age. His height is five feet four inches • he has a florid com plexion, and reddish hair. He speaks bad English, and but indifferent .14:rench. He is supposed to have arrived in Liverpool since the Ist instant, in order to em bark for America. V - ie following is a description of the notes obtained :—One 3001., dated the 3d of February, 1841, No. 47,312 ; six 1001., dated the sth of February, 1841, No. 79,366 to No.. 79,371 ; five 501.01ated the 6th of October, 1841, No. 13,363 to No. 13,367 ; two 401., dated the 7th of June, 1;'41, No. 40,575 and No. 43,961 ; five ICI., dated the 10th c d September, 1841, No. 70,010 to No. 70,014 ; ten Si. dal;ed the 12th of October, 1841, No. 74,837 to No. 74,846. A confederate of Ranyier's was supposed to have gong ,to Leeds on Friday se'nnight, and the police-officers wet •e on the :alert to secure him. Their alerts, however, if he did enter the town, were unsuccessful. LIVERPOOL, SUNDA Y MORNING, QUARTER.. PAST EIGHT.—The packet.. -ship Europe, from New York, is now due, but has not yet made her appear ance. The wind, which has blown for some time from the westward, changed yesterday, and 'enabled about 200 vessels to go to sea (amongst which were about sixty ships for foreign ports), to all parts of the; globe. Tie packet-ships Eng land, Garrick, and Royta Sovereign, for New York ; the Susquehana and Octarara, for Philadelphia, also left the port, after a long detention. FRIGHTFUL AND FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE LONDON AND BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY.-011 Sa turday afternoon au accident of a frightful nature, and which terminated with fatal consequences, took place on the line of the London and Birmingham Railway, at a place called Chigington, a few miles below Aylesbury. Ihe up third class, or goods train, had arrived Iv ithin short distance of the station, and the train had not yet stopped, when a man named William Gilley, foreman of the plate layers of that division of the line, w h o had come up. as a passenger, imprudently jumped out of the tram. The unfortunate fellow, not being aware that anything else was sid e appasroac the h ing, instead of jumping off on the same station, did so on that next the road, at which mo ment the York passenger train was coming up at the rate of at least 30 miles an hour. Before poor Gilley could reach the ground be was caught back was by the buffer of the eng ine by which the York in the train being hnnk drawn,thnth Lis body with w a s s u c s h e e t a rnf)u.l the Ii o g e c a e r d awas the shock, e goods it had trainno not reached apparently tog round t a h c e o nsseied i: o e td a b t l iemdei before. a nd hurled front s n b t againoodfythweaesngine e driver , c t ugendeavoured ou b re y d th to e stop the speed, but was wholly unable to do so before the central train, consisting of nearl y thirty carriages, of which forward had passed over him. The guards of the goods train in stantly ran to the spot, and notwithstanding the dread fully shattered appearance of his body in every part, life was not then quite extinct, and he breathed fur a few seconds after. The body of the unfortunate man, who was 28 years of age and single, was conveyed by the goods train on to Aylesbury. ASH TON-IN-MACKERFIELD ANTI.CORN- Lam , ASSOCIATION.—We are happy to state, that the above Association, though recently formed, can now boast of upwards of 400 members ; and this, too, in a village like Ashton, where Tory power is so strongly displayed, speaks loudly of the feeling which exists relative to the Corn-laws. We wish them every success.—. Bolton Free Press. TiITE LEVANT MAIL. TURKEY. CONSTANTINOPLE, Nov. 27.—Never was the Ottoman Government so poor as it is at present. A draught on it of 1,000/. was the other day pee4ented to its Minister of Finance foi paymeni in gold, and - the Sinn could not be procured to satisfy it. It is, in fact, now living from hand to mouth with its resources, often spending them befjre their receipt. The - Porte is restoring the system of taxation to what it was a . te.W years ago, and is farming out the revenue of its provinces to the highest bidder. It' this is continued, it will renew the necessity of making use of the infamous and unprinCipled Armenian bankers, and the always ill-used influence of money in the affairs of Government. New taxes are to be levied on houses in the capital, which will be a, new, source of -revenue heretofore unexplored. The Smyrna journals of the day will inform you that the Druses sand Maronites have broken out in open hos tilities, and are slaying each other with dreadful cruelty. The Porte seems not to be much concerned about the matter, and even the Governor of Bey - rout, Selim does not care to interfere and stop the effusion of the blood of the Sultan's subjects. It need not be told you that Syria at this moment is a prey to an anarchy of the worst kind, viz., that which is caused by religious in trigues. Numberless French Jesuit priests have been landed on the ill-fated shores of the once Holy Land, and, in their anxiety to convert their inhabitants to Popery, have induced the Patriarch of the Maronites (who are Catholics) to exert his influence over the secular chief of the Maronites, and induce him to com pel the Druses, a people half Mussulman half Chris tian, but under his authority, to become members of their church. The two tribes have not been friends for many years, and this religious persecution has added new fuel to the fire of discord. It is said that the Patriarch rides side by side with the Emir, and excites him and his people to exterminate the infidel Druses. A petition has been sent to the Porte by the Druses, beg ging they may be taken from under the jurisdiction of the Maronites, and form a separate and independent ttibe. Their numbers are much less than those of the Maronites, but thus far each Druse .has proved a match for two of them ; and if something is not soon done to stop the war now raging between them the Maronites will be exterminated. The old Emir Beschir is still here, and although it is reported that he is to bC restored to his principality it will not probably be done. His cause is supported by the French and Austrian embas sies, and the Catholics of this capital are warmly in favour of the Maronites. If the Pori() consults its own interests, is not biassed by these two embassies, and is really desirous of procuring the tranquillity of its Sy• rian subjects, it will do what nature suggests as the only rational method of doing so—allow the separation of the conflicting tribes and give a Chief to that of the Druses. The new Opera established in Pera has commenced operations, and has quite gained the hearts of the Pera otes, most of whom have grown up in ignorance, of a drama of any kind. Several representations of the opera of Norma have been made, and though none of the best, yet they really do credit to such strolling actors as these. The theatre has been fitted up with good taste, and each chief of a legation has taken a loge for the season. The night before last the circus erected some time ago in the Grand Champs des Morts by their Excellencies Redshid and Achmet Pashas took fire, and was burnt down, much to the gratification of the more devoted Mussulmans, who regarded it as the work of a certain nameless coloured gentleman. It was, however, generally pretty well patronised by the lower classes of both Mussulmans and Christians. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY, DECEMpiqt, N, 1841. GREECE. ATHENS, Nov. 30.—France having granted the long talked- of million, everything 14 the moment is French. that is to say, the Government, for I believe never was the French interest so low 'throughout the country generally as at the present moment. The French have done everything to make themselves unpopular in Greece. N. Guizot's circular will not easily be forgiven by them, and M. Piscatory's conduct in Greece will long be a source of ridictile to the Greeks. The public papers have accused France of trying to upset the present Go vernment in favour of the Duke de Nemours, and yet supporting the Bavarians in Greece. They call upoe France to come forward and frankly say what she is aim ing at, if anything, for the happiness of Greece ; then she may be cordially embraced as a friend, but her half measures will do her no good, and keep Greece conti nually in hot water. The Turkish question and the threatened Turkish ex pedition against Greece seriously occupy the thinking part of our community, but the Government shows the greatest apathy about leaving them all to its friends, the three protecting Powers. We are anxious to see whe ther France will play her usual noble game with Greece, as with Mehemet Ali, Spain, Poland, Italy, &c. The position of poor King Otho certainly seems very preca rious, and nothing will persuade the Greeks now that the Powers intend any good towards him ; for England, Russia, and Austria are by no means friendly to his pre sent Government, and they strongly suspect that France has some arriere pensee, from her conduct towards Greece. Our diplomatic circles have certainly taken every op portunity of expressing their opinion of the present Government. The Austrian Minister gave his first soiree for the season a few evenings ago, and he took especial care not to invite any of his Majesty's Ministers. Their absence was 50 much the more striking, as Mavrocordato was there with a whole host of his relations, and all the world was there, except King Otho's Ministers. M. Catacazi, the Russian Minister, gave his first grand di-, plomatic dinner, at which none of the Ministers were to none - of r-- be seen. The other foreign Ministers keep to their strict official communications with them, which naturally leaves them to cut p. poor figure before the public. Of course things cannot last long in such a state. There is a report that Sir Stratford Cunning will take Greece on his way to Constantinople ; if so he may be of great use to this unfortunate country ; at all events, his arrival is anxiously desired by all parties. The next thing of importance is the bank; there have been two meetings held, but as yet nothing has been done. The first meeting was taken up in choosing a provisional committee, and the second in examining the offers, or rather demands, for shares ; great are the intrigues for the places of directors and members of the council. The French lega tion takes the lead in it for the moment, having got the Go vernment to name ayoung lawyer, named Petsalis,the editor of a paper in the French interest, as Government agent, but of course everything is provisional up to the present. To increase French influence they are very active in spreading the report that France will advance the re mainder of the third series, which, however, will not be so much as people imagine , as, when interest, &c., be deducted, it will be under 2,000,000 f. ; and it must not be forgotten that, on the Ist of January, 1842, Greece has to pay 1,500,0001., advanced by Bavaria, and on the Ist of March, 1842,_2,000,000f. for the interest on the loan guaranteed by England and Russia. Belgium has sent a lot of crosses of the order of Leo pold for the present and ci devant Ministers for Foreign Affairs, Messrs. Paikos and Rizos. Coletti at Paris gets the cross of Grand Commander, the others are for sub alterns in office and the Court. The Turks have demanded the recal of the Greek con sul in Candia, and have obliged the Greeks to quit Ja nina and Prevesa, and they are performing quarantine on the frontier. This seems a prelude to hostilities. EGYPT. ALEXANDRIA, Nov. 6 --. .11 , 11e are without further par ticulars from Syria. Travellers come back with fever, and complain of interruptions on the route. They were saluted with a quarantine on entering Egypt, though we hare cases of plague even in Alexan dria ; much lever still prevalent in this city. Some travellers come by land from Syria, and had a long quarantine near Damietta, in a bad locality, and with bad accommodations ; the consequence was illness, the place being feverish, and one of the party died afterwards at Cairo. There is no end to absurdities in this country, under pretence of quarantine ; and the worst of it is our new Consul-General does not protest stoutly against them. Conciliation is the order of the day. The Pacha is still in Upper Egypt. The custom house of Alexandria is crammed with im ported goods. Anything may come iu, but nothing al lowed to go out till his Excellency Boghas Bey has heard from the Pacha. The object is, to levy the new duty, under the Turkish commercial treaty, of five per cent. ad valorem on the contents of the Custom-house, instead of the old duty of three per cent. Here, as in Syria, they are ready enough to lay on whatever the treaty sanctions, without taking off an iota of what was levied before internally. The commercial treaty was fudged on the public at home as something wonderful, but, so far as Egypt and Syria are concerned, it is very injurious to foreign trade. Turkish goods, or those coining from Turkish ports, are treat - ea here as foreign, and pay foreign import duty ; nay, they even levy 12 per cent. as the export duty . from Turkey, unless pro vided with certificates of having paid it before export. Our latest dates are London 6th, Marseilles 11th, Malta and Constantinople 17th inst. Bombay Ist inst. MALTA. MALTA, DEC. s.—The Wasp arrived yesterday from Beyrout. At a late hour last night the Court-Martial declared that the charge brought by the boy of the Savage against Lieut. Bowker was unfounded and mali cious, and condemned him to be dismissed from the navy after receiving two dozen lashes, and to be imprisoned for nine months. (From the Malta Chibnicle of the 3d inst.) At an early hour on Wednesday the whole of her Ala, jesty's ships were dressed out in fl ags , an d t h e union jack waved from the various staffs on the batteries and the public offices. Most of the private dwelling-house in Valetta shoed the note of preparation for an illumi nation in honour of the birth of the Prince of Wales. The lighting up commenced about half-past six P.M., when the muinguard presented a most brilliant spectacle. The columns were covered with serpen tine lines of variegated lamps, s urmoun t e d by " Victoria," in large capitals, above which also ap peared the " Regent's Plume" formed also of lamps; the offices attached to the guard, and also the Casino to the right of it, were splendidly lit up ; over th e d oor o f t h e Casino were the words, "Prince of Wales," s urmoun t e d by a vessel under sail decorated with lamps, emblemati cal of the commerce of England. The front of the Public Library was also very prettily ornamented with lamps of all colours ; the colonnade to the left had the words, " Viva it Principe Infante," in large capitals, formed with variegated lamps. This had ti beautiful effect. Adjoining the colonnade, and extending across the street to the Post-office, some loyal and patriotic individuals bad erected a triumphal arch, ornamented with at least two thousand lamps, surmounted with an inscription commemorating the auspicious event. St. John's Church was 'more fay illuminated than ever we remember to have seen it, even on St. John's day. It presented a perfect blaze 'of light ; the Court-house opp9site was also well lit up. The top of the palace was covered with lamps, and over the entrance doors were clusters of variegated lamps with the letters V. A. Many houses were .yery handsomely and bril liantly illuminated, and upon the whole it was. perhaps, one of the very best things of the sort it ever fell to our lot to witness. We had yet a sight in reserve, which, to the heart of an Englishman, was the most soul-stirring sight of the whole. At five minutes to eight a signal rocket was thrown up by one her Majesty's ships, and at eight precasely, the Howe, the flag-ship, fired the first gun of a Royal salute. Scarcely had the sound reached our ears when we beheld the whole of the squadron in an instantaneous blaze of light, from yard-arm. to yard arm, from truck to hammock netting, nothing was to be seen but burning port-tires. This lasted during the sa lute of 21 guns, when the lights burnt out, and left only the stern of that noble ship the Howe brilliantly illu minated. At ten the company began to arrive at the Palace, naval and military in full dress, and assuredly a more brilliant spectacle was never seen. Never within our recollection did Malta put forth such an assemblage of - beauty and fashion. Dancing commenced at 10. 30. and was kept up until three, when nearly all had de parted, highly delighted with the urbanity of their most excellent host, a better man than whom Malta never could boast ; let us hope he may be spared to us yet many, many years, as one who has sincerely at heart the xellare of England, and tLe interest of this community at large. The triumphal arch in Strada Reale, and the lamps in the colonnade, were again relighted on Thurs day night, when a band played near it until a late hour, amidst the joyous shouts of a large assembly of spec tators." The Matta Times of the sth says— This morning was solemnised at St. John's church a grand Te Deum in thanksgiving for the birth of the Prince of Wales, the Bishop presiding, which was at tended by his Excellency the Governor, the Admiral, several heads of departments, the members of the Coun cil, and a great concourse of people." MALTA SHIPPING NEWS. MALTA, Nov. 30.—AN AFFAIR OF HONOUR.--An English officer and a French commander of a steamer were about to fight a - duel, but the thing having got wind the police, we imagine, interfered, and the affair, we are happy to say, terminated amicably without the shedding of blood. There is a strong probability that four line of battle ships have been dispatched to China from this station ; it is said also that the Vernon, arrived yesterday from Corfu, is to join them. These vessels, however, might wait at Gibraltar till the next India mail, when important news may. be expected. The Ileaate, it is said, will take pratique. The Thun &rm. and Scout are on the coast of Syria. The Gorgon is at Alexandria. The Medea left on the morning of the 28th inst. for Corfu, and, it is said, she will continue on that station. The Circassian yacht arrived on Saturday (Captain W. Lyon) from Malaga and Gibraltar, bringing Vis count Castlereagh. MALTA, DEC. s.—The four ships of the line, which the Vernon is about to follow, and will leave here about Wednesday, are supposed to be gone to the coast of Spain. SAILORS' UNION.—We are happy to announce that Sir Francis Mason, Commander-in-Chief, has given his high patronage to this proposed establishment. Nearly all the ships hare subscribed to it, and it will soon, we un derstand, be opened. ARRIVALS OF SHIPS OF WAR AND PACKETS.—NOV. 26 —The Royal yacht schooner Circassian, Captain W. Lyon, from Malaga and Gibraltar, in 7-6 days ; Penin sula and Oriental Company's steamer Iberia, Captain W. D. Evans, from Corfu, Patras, and Zante, in 4-3 days. Nov. 27—Her Majesty's steam-packet Alecto, Lieutenant W. Hoseason, from Gibraltar, in 4i days ; her Majesty's steamer Hecate, Commander J. H. Ward, from Beyrout, in 7 days. Nov. 28—Peninsula and Oriental Company's steamer Oriental, Captain J. Soy, from Alexandria, in 4 : 1- days ; Royal yacht Therese, the Earl of Desart, from Ancona, in 6 days. Nov. 29—Her Majesty's frigate Vernon, Captain Walpole, from Corfu, in 8 days ; French steamer Lycurgue, Lieutenant Le Vavaseur, from Marseilles, Leghorn, Civita Vecchia, and Naples, ip 8- 6-5-2 days. Dec. 4—French Government steamer Scamander, Lieutenant P. Dupare, from the Levant. DEPARTURE OF SHIPS OF WAR AND PACKETS.—Nov. 26—The French Government steamer Sesostris, Lieut. P. Cosnier, for Italy and Marseilles. Nov. 28—Her Majesty's steam frigate Medea, Captain F. Warden, for Corfu ; her Majesty's steam packet Polyphemus, Lieut. J. Evans, for Marseilles. Nov 29—The Peninsula and Oriental Company's steamer Oriental, Capt. J. Soy, for England and Gibraltar. Nov. 30—The French Govern ment steam packet Leonidas, Lieut. Lorin, fur the Levant. Dec. I—The Royal Yacht schooner Circassian, Capt. W. Lyon ; the Peninsula and Oriental Company's steamer Iberia, Capt. W. D. Evans, for the lonian Islands. I. PORT.—The Ceylon, 6 (bearing the fl of Rear- Admiral Sir J. Louis, Bart.) ; Howe, 120 (bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Sir F. Mason, K.C.8.) ; Impreg nable, 104 ; Monarch, 84 ; Ganges, 84 ; Vanguard, 72 ; frigate Vernon, brig Savage, steamers Hecate, Prome theus, Alecto, Locust ; yacht cutter Stork ; French Go vernment steamers Lycurgue and Scamandre. IRELAND. RAILWAYS IN IRELAND. DUBLIN, DEC. 17.—His Excellency the Lord Lieute nant has addressed a short reply, - throngh the Earl of Bandon, acknowledging the memorial on the subject of a railway between Cork and Dublin. The Noble Earl observes, " 'that without entering at the present moment into the extensive and difficult subject of the question at large, his Excellency begs Lord Bandon will inform the gentlemen who took an interest on the occasion, that he had received their memorial, and that he will bear in mind their suggestions whenever the occasion may arise." PROVINCIAL COLLEGES IN IRELAND, , A very long document has made its appearance in the Cork papers in reference to the establishment of provin cial colleges in Ireland, to be founded upon the principle of giving " industrial education" to the sons of the landed gentry, in order the better to work out the objects for which so many agricultural societies have been so re cently formed in this country. This production is written by Mr. Thomas • Wyse,. late Member .for the city of Waterford and a Lord of the Treasury, who states that his proposal had received the sanction of the Whig Go vernment, and that the question would have been brought before Parliament as a Cabinet measure " if the Liberal Ministry had not been obliged to resign." Mr. Wyse also mentions that Lord Morpeth has ex-officially trans mitted the documents connected with these proceedings to his successor, Lord Eliot, in whose possession they now are. LAW COURTS' COMMISSION. The Commissioners held their first sitting yesterday ja the Nisi Prius Chamber; Mr. Sergeant Greene, Chair man. It will be necessary, it is reported, according to the wording of the Commissio n , that the inquiry should terminate before the close of the present year. The Mer cantile Advertiser says that witnesses will be examined respecting the duties of the various officers, one of the oNects being to ascertain the extent of saving that can be effected in the way of salaries paid out of the law fund. Patent officers, whose salaries are fixed, cannot be interfered with. • PRIEST AGAINST PEER. The Catholic Archbishop of Tuam has hurled a mis sive, four mortal columns and upwards in length, at the devoted head of, as he styles him, the " Honourable" Lord Cliilbrd, " his Grace" very properly conceiving that " right" constitutes " might, the possession of which the archtitular altogether denies to the rebellious Peer. Although the letter is addressed to Lprd Clifford, its contents apply equally to Lord Alvanley, Lord Shrewsbury, and all the other noble pamphleteers who have recently broached the subject of pensioning the Roman Catholic clergy ; but a correspondence between Lord Clifford and the editor of an Irish provincial paper seems to have been the chief inciting cause which dic tated this last bull from St. Jarlath's. The great va riety of topics introduced, and the many questions, po litical and religious, which are discused in the space of four columns, render - the task of abridgment a hopeless one; it must suffice to say, that " his Grace" roundly abuses the English Roman Catholic Peers as a body, whom he taxes with ingratitude to O'Connell ; and then, with admirable 'consistency, sneers at the Duke of Wellington for conceding that emancipation which placed Roman Catholic Peer and Commoner upon a perfect footing of equality with their Protestant brethren ; he denies that he was at the celebrated as sembly of Rotnkh titulars in the year 1832, where re solutions N% ere entered into, and an exhortation pub lished to discountenance agitation ; nor did he authorise any person to attach his name to the said resolutions, and as for the exhortation recommending the clergy to banish politics from the altars devoted to the service of God, he candidly admits that there were passages in it which never had his sanction. He affirms that perse cution was never so rife against his own faith as at the present moment, and must continue .to be so as long as a Protestant Establishment is quartered at an enormous expense on. a "Catholic population." He gently , touches on the repeal question, and concludes by observing— " It is amusing to see with what zeal some Lords of every shade of creed and politics are coming forward to denounce the present agitation about repeal, whilst in reality they are pushing it forward. Restlessness is a state of which but few are ambitious ; and if the people of Ireland were to have a prospect of justice, they would gladly enjoy the blessings of repose. Whatever may be their destiny, they know that hitherto they have been but little indebted to the sympathy o 1 the support of Englishmen .; and whilst they will keep a steady eye on that duty which shall ever bind them to their beloved Sovereign, they will take care to discard the officious counsels of those men who, under the guise of zeal for us, are labouring to promote their own selfish-purposes. " t JOHN, ARCHBISHOP OF TUAM. " St. Jarlath's, Tuam, Feast of St. Lucia, 1841." _ ABSURD SCALE OF RAILWA Y CHARGES.-- Nothing can be more inconsistent than the present mode of charging for goods by the Great Western Railway— for instance, a parcel of 831bs, costs more than one of dealer in Bridge w at e r receiv ed two chests of tea per 851 b. ; 1131 b. is charged the same as 2 cwt. A tea Great Western and Bristol and Exeter line, the charge for the two was exactly the same as one he had the week before, which was only half the weight, namely, 801 b. The Company are losers by this foolish plan, as it is the custom of retailers in the country to order their London dealers to send several small lots to one house, where they are made into one package. A vessel was seized a few days ago in the river under circumstances which do credit to the vigilance of the officers concerned in it. She had cleared out as a coasting 'vessel, having at the time goods on board, which by the Customs' Acts she ought not to have had without giving bond for their due delivery in a British port. It was suspected that her destination was far dif ferent from what her clearance indicated, and when on the point of starting, Messrs. Forsyth and Holmes, land ing waiters, boarded and seized her. On searching her she was found to be nearly full of machinery. The vessel has been condemned, and the machinery is now in the queen's stores --Observer. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSQR, SUNDAY.—The Queen and Prince Albert, .her 11 Highness the Duche ss o f Kent, and th - Oyal Suite, attended Di v in e Service'thiS morning in the . private Chapel of the Castle. The . Rev. Lord W. Russell officiated, assisted by the Hon. and Rev. E: S. Keppel. At the conclusion of the Service, her Majesty and the Prince, and part of the Royal Suite, re ceived the Holy Sacrament. Her Majesty and 'Prince Albert enjoyed their usual walk - in the forenoon, both .yesterday and to-day. His Royal Highness Prince Albert shot at Norfolk farm ,yesterday, attended by the Earl of Warwick, Sir Edward Bowater, Colonel Ar buthnot, and Mr. George Edward Anson. Count Ravenslow, the Earl of Aberdeen, and the Spanish Minister took their departure from the Castle yesterday. Sir James Clark arrived last night at the Cas tle, and returned to London this morning. Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, Prince George and the Princess Augusta of Cambridge, attended ,by Lady Augusta Somerset, arrived at their resi dence at Kew on Saturday, from honouring the Earl and Countess Delawarre with a visit, at their seat, Buckhurst Park, Sussex. The Danish Minister arrived in town on Sa turday from a visit to her Majesty at Windsor Castle. Captain Polhill and Mr. B. Disraeli had inter views with Lord Stanley at the Colonial-office on Saturday. The Turkish Charge d'Affaires, accompanied by Mr. Salame, her Majesty's Oriental inter preter, had an interview w►th S►r Robert Peel on Saturday at his official residence in Downing street. The Earl of Aberdeen arrived in town ou Saturday from a visit to her Majesty at Windsor Castle. Despatches were received yesterday at the Co lonial-office from the Governor of Van Diemen's Land and of the Cape of Good Hope. The Lords of the Judicial Committee of her Majesty's Most,Honourable Privy Council, sat on Saturday in the Council Chamber. Lord Campbell, on the part of their Lordships gave judgment on an appeal from the Royal Court of Jersey " Brouard v. Dumaresq," re versing the Judgment appealed against. Lord Brougham gave judgmen • i,on the part ot their Lordships, on an appeal fr 67 111 the Court of First Instance of Civil Jurisdiction in the Island of Trinidad, " Sir George Fitzgerald Hill, Bart., v. Rundell and Bigge," affirming the judgment of the Court below, with costs. The Queen's Advocate, on the part of the respondent, made an application to their Lord ships to dismiss an appeal from the Prerogative Court, " Sir Robert Wilmot Horton, Bart., v. C. F. Wilmot, E. N. Wilmot, and J. Benbow." The Court granted the application. The Queen's Advocate then opened an appeal from the Prerogative Court, " Deare v. Elwyn," and had not concluded when the Court rose. THE PRINCE OF WALES. The following is a copy of the original document, di recting the insertion of the name of his Royal Bigh nes the Prince of Wales in the Litany, when read in the Principality : " Yu y Llys yu Windsor, y Degfcd o Ragfyr, 1841, yn Brescnnol, ei llardderchoccaf Fawmydi y Frenhines mown Cy n,h or. " Yu gymmaint a'i fod trwy Weithred ddiweddar yr tillurfiad, yr hon sydd yn sefydlu y Liturgy, nen:) , Gwas auttcth Cyffredin yn orchytnyneditr na bo un Ffurf neu Drefa o Weddi Gyffredin i gaol ei harferyd ar gyhoedd, amgeu nac a bennodir neu a osodir allan i'w harferyd yn a ch:tn y Llyfr dywededig, er hynuy darperir ar fod yn yr hull Weddiau, Litanies, a Cholectau, y chaff pipit mown unrhyw fodd yn perthynu i'r Brenhin, y Erenitines, nett i'r Eppil Brenhinal, i'r Enwau gael en new id a'u cyfnewid o Amser i Amser, a'u haddasu fel y bo yr Achos yn gofyn, acyn of Gorchymyn Awdurdod cyfreithlon : Rhyngodd budd i'w Maw•rhydi heddyw yn y Cynghor ddatgan ei Brenhinol Ewyllys, Ar fod yn yr ho!! Weddiau, Litanies, a'r Colectau, dros y Brenhinul Deulu, i'r Geiriau, Tywysug Cymru' gaol eu rhuddi i mewn yn nesaf ar of y Geiriau '.Y Tywysog Albert.' "Ac y mae Ei Mawrhydi yn gorchymyn yn gaeth, Na byddo yr un Argraphiad o'r Llyfr Gweddi Gyffledin o hyn allan gael ei argraphu heb y Diwygiad hwn : ac yn y cyfutnser, hyd nes y carter Coplau o'r cyfryw Ar graphiad diwygiedig, dod i'r holl Bersomaid, Ficceriaid, Churadiaid o fewn y Deyrnas hon (er rhwyero Cam gymmeriadau) ddiwygio a Phin ysgrifenu yr holl gyfryw Weddiau yn Llyfrau eu Heglwysydd, yn of y Cyfarwyd diadau blaenorol : Ac er helaethach Hyspysiad o hyn, argrephir a chyhoeddir y Gorehytnyn hwn yn ddioed, a'i anton i'r amrywiol Blwytdd ; u bod i'r Gwir Barchedi gion yr Esgobion Ufudddod cyfattebol yn cael ci dalu iddo. . " WM. L. BATHURST." ROCHDALE NEW TORY MAGIS TRATES. It appears that soon after the present Ministry came into power, some consultations of the Rochdale Tories took place, as to the best means of obtaining additional magis trates of their own political opinions, and as to the fittest persons to be recommended to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster for that purpose; and it very soon became apparent, that they were divided into two parties; one composed of Mr. C. Royds, with one or two hangers on of that gentleman; the other comprising the great bulk of the Tory party, with whom (as indeed we scarcely need tell our readers) Mr. Royds is by no means a favourite. After some preliminary discussions and consultations, a meeting of the party was held, and a list of names was pretty unanimously agreed upon, con taining, if we are correctly informed, those of Mr. En t wisle, Mr. Bearden (the Lord of the Manor), Mr. James Fenton, and Mr. Roby. These names were, we believe, forwarded by the Chairman of the meeting to Sir Robert Peel, who, in reply, desired that they might be submitted to the proper authority (we presume, the Chancellor of the Duchy), from whom, no doubt, the recommendation. of the meeting would receive due attention. Owing to some cause which we do not exactly understand some little delay took place in complying with Sir Robert's request ; and, in the meantime, Mr. Royds and his three or four friends, who had been on the alert, forwarded to the Chancellor of the Duchy another list of names, wnich they had privately agreed upon. The Chancellor, Lord Granville Somerset, who had moit probably heard of the list that had been laid before Sir Robert Peel, and concluded that it was identical with the one forwarded to him by Mr. Royds, proceeded, we be lieve, without delay, and with little or no further in quiry, to make an appointment of Magistrates from it. The parties so appointed are, we understand, Mr. Ent. wisle (whose name, almost as a matter of course, was iu both lists) ; the Rev. George Cotton, curate at one of the churches ; and a Mr. Butterworth, better known in Rochdale as Capt. Butterworth. As soon as these appointments were made known to the members of the Conservative party in Rochdale, they excited the strongest feelings of disgust.— Man chester Guardian. We are happy to hear, on good authority, tha the old-establishectfirm of Hector, Lacy, and Co. bank , ers, Petersfield, will shortly resume business.—arnp shire Independent. ANTIQUITIES IN THE TEMPLE.—At the west end of the hall are considerable remains of the ancient convent of the Knights Templars. A groined Gothic arch, of the same style of architecture as the oldest part of the Temple Church, forms the ceiling of the present buttery, and in the apartment beyond is a groined vaulted. ceiling of great beauty. The ribs of the arches in both rooms are elegantly moulded, but are sadly disfigured with a thick coating of plaster and bar barous whitewash. In the cellars underneath these rooms are some old walls of immense thickness, the re mains of an ancient window, a curious fireplace, and some elegant painted Gothic arches corresponding with the ceilings above ; but they are now, alas I shrouded in darkness, choked with modern brick partitions and stair cases, and soiled with the damp and dust of many centu ries.—Addison's History of the Knights Templars. CORN-LAWS.—Mr. Richard Taylor, of the City, desirous, at a time when a crusade against the Corn-laws is general, of contributing his part towards the statements which exhibit their gross fallacy and wretched effects, has published a letter, which he has just received from a correspondent, engaged in extensive ' business at one of the principal sea-ports of France, and addressed it to the inhabitant householders of the Ward of Farringdon Without, for the purpose of pressing an additional proof upon their notice of the devastation they occasion at the time when the annual election of their representatives in Common Council occurs. The subsequent paragraph, which we extract from it, exhi bits the operation of the monopoly laws in a strong light •.—" From this port we have been sending you an enormous quantity of wheat, but how stupidly you go to market ! When you could buy it advantageously, you cannot import it. Then all on a sudden you come into the market, and, buying one against the other, like mad men, raise the price to double what you might have had it for. Ido not exaggerate, for the price has been thus advanced within a short time from Is francs to 40 francs per charge. And this is not the whole of the folly. You want all this mass conveyed in the shortest possible time, to accomplish which ships are engaged at any price, and you have paid 8 francs per quarter freight instead of 34- to 4 francs. You give yourselves no chance of our taking iron, coals, copper, tin, or manufactured goods in payment ; for we are not disposed to buy like madmen, because you do. You must therefore pay in cash. This will cripple you, and do more harm to those suffering from want of employ than our corn will do them good ; for after all it will be dear bread which you have bought for them, when you might with less trouble have had cheap bread, and orders for goods instead of orders for cash to pay for it." The ~Carlton Club, according to some of the Irish papers, have g iven th e sum of 4 ,0001; to the testi monial to Colonel Bruen, " the exterminator" of the Roman Catholic tenantry of the county Carlow. KING ERNEST'S HATRED OF SONGS.—Ad vices from Hanover state that a seizure of a collection of political songs, termed " Songs of a Cosmopolite," has just been made in the capital by order of Government.— ' Galignani. The King of Sweden has created the Viscount Beaumont de Vassy a Knight of the Polar Star, for his work entitled Les Suedois depuis Charles XII. FRENCH COMMERCE: The three Councils-General of Commerce, Agricul ture, and Manufactures, commenced their Session on Thursday morning in one united body at the Ministry of Commerce, under the Presidency of M. Cunin-Grie daine, the Minister of Commerce and Agriculture. The meeting was very numerous. The Minister, after having announced that the duration of the Session would be one month, addressed the Councils in a long speech, the first part of which was a retrospective view of the laws which had been passed, and the measures which had been adopted for the encouragement and protection of the three great branches of industry represented by the Council. The Minister then said :—`• All these interests had been the objects of the most earnest solicitude on the part of' the Government. He alluded particularly . to the law for the definitive establishment of the metrical system, the encouragement of fisheries, the law relative to the responsibility of owners of vessels, the ordonnance respecting quarantine, and the law relative to public sales. Alluding to the important law for the better re gulation of child-labour in factories, the speaker said that nothing could exceed the sympathy and zeal which had been manifested in all the departments, in order that this measure might be carried out in the spirit in which it had been conceived, and he had consequently been able to choose from amongst the most respectable men the inspectors who were to see the law executed. The Mi nister then announced that a bill for the protection of new inventions had been carefully prepared, and would be brought forward next Session—and remarked on the appointment of new professorships at the Conservatoire des Arts et Metiers for mechanics, descriptive geography-, chemistry, and agriculture. The want of scientific schools in the south of France was next noticed by the Mi nister, and he observed that something must be done for that purpose. M. Cudin Gridaine then noticed the cattle and sugar questions, at which, however, he merely glanced, as subjects of deep importance, which the Councils would have to take into their most serious con sideration. He next enumerated the various measures which the Councils would have to discuss,. and said that, with a view to the increase of the commercial relations with foreign countries, they would be led to inquire what modifications could be made in the tariffs, particularly as regards iron, woollen, and cotton manufactures, glass, &c. The Minister then proceeded to say that, as a general means of enlightening the Councils in their examination of the French customs tariff, and the commercial relations of France with foreign countries, he would call their attention to the commercial situation of France during the last few years. At no epoch had the foreign trade of the country become . ati much de veloped as at the present moment; since, in 1840, the total amount was 2,063,000,0001., which was the largest sum hitherto attained, and surpassed by 33i per cent. the average of the 10 years from 1830 to 1839 in clusive ; out of the above total, foreign produce con sumed in France, and French produce or manufactures exported, amounted to the sum of 1,442,000,0001. This was to be divided as follows :—lmports: natural products and raw materials, 697,000,000 f. ; manufac tured goods, 50,000,000 f. Exports: natural products, 184,000,000 t.; manufactured goods, 511,000,0001. These facts were sufficient to show the increased occupation given to France by the extension of her trade. Trans ports by sea entered into the total system of interchanges of goods for 1,481,000,000 f:, or about 71 per cent., and this occupied ships, the burthen of which was measured by 2,896,000 tons, a figure which would have been increased to 3,330,000 tons, if the old system of measure ment had been adhered to :—thus giving an increase of 43 per cent. over the tonnage of the years from 1830 to 1839. This result included the tonnage of ships of all nations employed in this branch of French trade; but the augmentation of French tonnage alone was 422,000 tons, or 49 per cent. ; all branches of French maritime trade had not, it was true, been so prosperous. Thus the navigation between France and her colonies had lost 11 per cent. compared with 1831 ; 13 per cent. com pared with 1836, and 20 per cent. compared with 1838. This formed one of the subjects connected with the Sugar question, which the councils would have to examine. In some particular markets, such as those of North America, Egypt, Portugal, and the China Seas, the total of French commercial interchanges had shown a slight falling off as compared with preceding years ; but this was compensated by the increase in other quarters. Government was watching these vicis situdes with care, and was .on the look-out for applying effectual remedies and . improvements. The general amount of exports had exceeded by 25 per cent. the average amount from 1830 to 1839 ; but this had not held true, for all branches of French manufactures ; thus jewellery, watches, clocks, articles of modes, and worked skins, had fallen off in exportation. The Government, wishing to facilitate and encourage the export trade as much as possible, had been occupied with the question of directing commerce into as wide and liberal a path as possible. Thus treaties of commerce had been formed with several nations, and the Customs tariff had been revised ; useless prohibitions had been abolished ; two heavy duties had been reduced ; and others had been modified. Government, with a view to facilitate international com munication, had ordered the building of steamers for Transatlantic expeditions, and was, at this moment, diligently occupied with the preliminary measures for establishing a line of steamers between Suez and the island of Bourbon. The Minister concluded by stating . . that, charged as he was by the King with the direction of three great interests, in which sometimes there ap peared to be -differences as to the degree of encourage ment and protection to be given to each, it was neces sary for him earnestly to solicit them to cultivate con ciliatory feelings amongst themselves, and so to facilitate the important task imposed upon the Government, which had need of assistance and support from the re presentatives of the three interests. It was only by their coining to a cordial understanding with each other ou the great questions which they would have to discuss, that they could enable the Government to give due dove lopmeut to the productive and commercial resources of the country. When the Minister had concluded, the members of the three Councils retired to their respective Committee-rooms to select their Presidents and Vice-. Presidents. The result was announced as follows : Council-General of Commerce, M. Legeutil, President (no Vice-President) ; Council-General of Manufactures, M. Mimerel, President, M. Berard, Vice-President; Council-General of Agriculture, the Duke Decazes, President, M. de Gasperin, Vice-President. THE WEATHER-PA RKS. In the Regent's Park, yesterday, several persons had the temerity to venture on the frozen surface near the Marquis at Wellesley's mansion, and were sliding and skating for some time ; the ice, although very strong, bent beneath their weight. About two o'clock, whilst a gentleman was skating on that part of the ornamental water facing Hanover-terrace, the ice gave way, and he was immersed in the water. He was immediately got out by William Griffiths, iceman No. 2. Towards the afternoon great numbers ventured on, although the ice was broken at the sides. In the forenoon a serious accident occurred in this park to a boy, named Jones, residing with his parents in North -street, Lissou-grove. The poor little fellow was sliding on a kind of gutter, caused by the late heavy rains, which was frozen, when he fell, and fractured his skull. In Hyde Park and Kensington-gardens crowds of persons were collected; but the only part of the Serpentine capable of bearing was near the bridge. On the Round Pond in Kensington-gardens great numbers were sliding and skat ing, as in the Regent's Park. The Royal Humane Society's men were on duty. The ice in St. James's Park was very thin. Yesterday was piercingly cold, and in the forenoon there was a slight fall of snow. About two the weather cleared up, and the remainder of the day was clear and fine. The thermometer at the entrance of the superin tendent's office in the London Docks stood, yesterday at noon, at 29 degrees. At four o'clock in the afternoon it had risen to 33. Throughout the day there was a slight breeze from about N.E. It is still a subject of regret to many who have the welfare of the profession warmly at heart, that the late promotion of Flag Officers did not go down to Sir Charles Napier, as this would hardly have included a (linen officers under 60 years of age, and all and every one must admit that we ought to have Admirals under this standing for active duties where physical energies are required. That this did not take place we are con vinced was not the fault of the Board of Admiralty, but was caused by the Chancellor of the Exchequer's econo mical views, which alone prevented the promotion gene rally being as extensive us could have been desired.— Naval and Military Gazelle. We are glad to hear that the officers of the Com missariat are likely to participate in the advantages of the late Brevet. We trust that a similar reward will be bestowed upon the Medical Members of the United Ser vice. Their activity, zeal, and intelligence, constitute a strong claim to the distinction in question. To promote the Commissariat at the e x p ense of the Medical officers of the Navy and Army, would be an act of cruel injus tice, and all insult which we arc convinced the present Government will neversanction.— United Service G azette. i The torrent of bankruptcy and distress n this thetownaccumulated has hn force.ee uprooted by u Another ber of l t c h e c a l l a i t r y ge r s o t l llsacoen houseswith in the storm, and will necessarily bring down anm smaller establishments along w iththrowing -.workpeople out of employ, and fearfully general distrust and anxiety which of trade and commerce. Bankruptcies,pervades every branch compositions with creditors , insolvencies, and and confidence and credit , are con s t an tly oc curring, have received a blow which has made them stagger an d reel, so as to add to the general stagnation of hamßeview.. business on every hand. —.Notting - FEELERS. -_.A report has appeared in the Lon don papers, that the Government has determined to bring forward a . meas e under 545., to fall one for en 18s. duty when corn is at or one shilling for every , shilling that the price rises till • fixed at 4s. it reaches 68s when the duty is to remain e look u on the scheine as an insult to the people, and as such w p .e hope it will be treated. Let not our friends waste a word of argument upon such de vices, but exert themselves with renewed vigour for the total and immediate repeal of an taxes upon the neces saries of life.—Anti-Bread Tax Circular. THE FOG OF SATURDAY..— 011 Saturday forenoon, about a quarter-past ten o'clock, three persons, of the names of William Miller, John Elliott, and John Fraser, were accompanying a person of the name of Jonathan Fordham, who resides in Palmer's Village, Brewer's-green, Westminster, to Battersea, in order to fetch some willows used for the purpose of making baskets; they had scarcely cleared Westminster-bridge, when, owing to the darkness of the day, the boat in which they were came in contact with a large barge, and all four were precipitated into the water. Fordham, with great presence of mind, laid hold of the side of the barge, and thus saved himself. He then managed, after some trouble, to rescue Elliott, but Miller and Fraser were drowned. The Agrarn Gazette states from Bahia that a Russian ship of war had passed by that place on her way to Silistria, to take soundings and observations fur a chart of the mouth of the Danube. EVENING SUN MONOPOLY OF QUICKSILVER. (From the Bankers' Circular.) Admitting the expediency and necessity of regulating a paper currency by the supply of gold and silver, that supply must, as far as the mines are concerned, be unob structed, equable, and adequate to the annual absorp tion or destruction of those metals by manufacture, wear and tear, or loss ; and, if it be not so, the regulating power is a cheat, and gives out fraudulent results. Again, if a standard of value in the precious metals be esta blished by law—taking's certain quantity of gold or sil ver of a certain fineness, and stamping it at the Royal Mint—on the calculation of certainty and equability in the supply, and if from any cause the supply becomes materially and permanently diminished, the standard ceases to be a just one ; and it mast be re-adjusted to prevent oppression to the people in paying an undimi nished amount of taxes, unreduced rents, and other fixed pecuniary obligations. Further, if, under such circum stances, an equitable adjustment of the standard of value, or an equitable reduction of rents, taxes, &c., do not take place, the Government that permits the injustice to con tinue, causes an ever-springing motive to arise in the breasts of the people to rebel against the oppression. These proofs we could enforce by citing the highest au thorities on public law in our language to confirm them. Now let us bring them to the test of experience. It is well known that none but the richest ores will yield pure metal without the use of quicksilver, and that the price of this product in great measure deter mines the quantity of silver coins and bars that shall be annnually poured from the mines,into the civilized world. The mines of quicksilver • are not now worked to any extent in any part of the world except in Germany and Spain, the principal being in the latter country. The Spanish Government knowing the importance of this commodity to the production of silver—and being dis posed to do justice to the people—have always, while they had the possession of the mines, kept the price mo derately low, viz., at about 40 dollars per quintal. That Government has sometimes at former periods farmed out these mines, but the price, we believe, never rose in the hands of the contractors above 41 or 42 dollars per quintal. Unhappily, however, for the interests of the commerce of the world, unhappily for the welfare of the heavily taxed people of poor old England, Mr. Roths child about seven or eight years ago got possession of the silver mines of Spain, making a clear profit by working them, it is said, of ,80,0001.. per annum. How did he accomplish this ? Ile trebled' the price of quicksilver, which now seils fur 120 dollars per quintal, instead of the old, just, and almost uniform price of 40 dollars; and through the medium of his great power and influence in Germany, lie• induced the proprietor of the only other important source of supply in the whole world simulta neously to do the same. Extract of a letter from Mr. IL Thornton, Chairman: of Committee of Spanish Bondholders, addressed to Sig. Surra y Bull, Minister of Finance for Spain, dated 7th August, 1841 ; It must be well known to his Highness, as having formerly served in Peru, and it cannot be hid from your Excellency, that under the Government of Spain, which through an especial tribunal supplied, her colonies with quicksilver at a low fixed price, the yearly coinage of Me,xico was about 530,000,000 New Granada Peru, about Chili, about 3,000,000 7,000,000 3,000,000 making, in all, say $43,000,000 to which adding, say 20,000,000 for silver produced in bars, but not coined, we arrive at 063,000,000 Of hard dollars. as the yearly produce of silver alone of the Americas formerly Spanish, while quicksilver was supplied at a cheap rate. From inquiries which I have made, I believe I do not exaggerate when I state that the present monopoly or that sine qua nen of amalgama tion has injured these young nations to the extent 01 at least 20,000,000 dollars annually, depriving them, in the same ratio, of the means of paying for the wines, brandy, and paper of Catalonia, the wines and fruit of Andalucia, the iron of Biscay, and the goods of British manufacture, and inflicting a proportional injury on the currency of all countries. I humbly submit to your Excellency that a monopoly so injurious should not be continued." In corroboration of the above we state that a gentle man intimately acquainted with the statistical affairs of Mexico and South America, recently ariived in England from that part of the world, assures us that thousands of tons of silver dug out of the Mexican mines are thrown aside, because they contain too little silver to admit of profit when working them with quicksilver at its present high price. Formerly, when it was at a moderate price, viz., one third of its present value, every pound of this ore would have b3eu worked to bring forth the silver contained in it. The exports of quicksilver from London and Liverpool to Mexico, Peru, &c., were, iu the years 1837, 1838, of bottles 29,373 against 21,904 in the two succeeding years 1839, 1840 ; these are the particulars — Years 1337. 1838. 1839. 1840. Bottles 14,300 14,573 lO,Bll 11,093 _ _ If the supply were increased thirty. per cent. above that of the latter years, if 21,904 were augmented to 29,373, the supply would be brought up just to the level of the former, and if with the increase of the supply the price were lowered to the old standard of forty dollars per quintal, what a prodigious difference it would make in the production of silver fur the uses of the commer cial world. The labour bestowed in the production of the ore has been expended, and it is ready to be con verted into bullion. There it lies a useless and ofien• sive mass, just ;is a Pennsylvanian farmer suffers heaps of manure to accumulate from generation to generation, when spreading in either case Would increase production, promote trade, and in the former case would relic ve and 1 benefit the Iv-hole commercial world. " Money is like muck, (says Lord Bacon), no good except it be spread." Money. hidden amidst thousands of tons of ore, raised by great labour, because a rich monopolist must grow richer, is to -blast industry at its source, and mock the institutions of society in the exercise of one of their most important functions. Our well-informed friend considers the estimate of five millions sterling as the amount of the falling off in the annual supply of silver, compared with the supply when quicksilver was comparatively cheap, a moderate estimate. What proportion of the seven or eight years during which the Spanish contract has been in the pos session of the present possessor has been marked by the high price of quicksilver, we do not exactly know ; but the total deficiency in the supply of the precious metals to Europe, caused by his inexorable interdict, cannot be less than front twenty to thirty millions sterling. ,Now we care not what a man's views or opinions con cerning money may be ; they may be as strict as Mr. Hume's, as lax as Dr. Smith's, as inconsistent and con tradictory as Ricardo's, as antiquated and absurd as Sir Robert Peels ; yet, if he be a man of sense, we would calmly ask him why he attaches so much import ance to the possession of one or two millions more or less of bullion in the coffers of the Bank, and looks en with out concern at the master evil which puts it in the power of avarice to keep twenty or thirty millions sterling from the money-markets of the world, of which the Bank of England is the centre ? How can he reconcile his mind to a system which gives an individual foreigner residing in the City of London, the power of raising the standard of value when he can get 80,000/. a year by doing so ? Is it or is it not placing the Royal prerogative of fixing the measure of value in the hands of a speculative loan monger, making him, in the exercise of this delicate and important prerogative, Monarch over her Majesty the Queen ? We have, as we think, laid bare one of the main g i u m a m ti e n a ' su d r i a s b ti l lt y sources of the evils which now 'afflict. the country ; it is a forced contraction of the basiS of the circulating me dium affecting all commercial credit in every country, s ua t, ore an p d ote di u s ; low p pea r prices, s u t i a t cause of mercantile disturbance and social derangement than the Corn-law--defective as that law is • c w o h n i t c e h n t. c a u l s t e a s admitted to to be. We are, Sirs, obediently, H. B. & CO. [So far as England is concernedthis • subject is of little importance—our standard is gold, not silver. The effect, if any, on our currency, will more valuable in relation to gold, and raise the currency of the continent, which • is silver, to a level in . value with our own. The other . gmethod, too, of extra can the ores which are in u • besides amalgamating silver with mer cury, will be more extensively adopted if the price of quicksil ver b e,ra i sed, and the object of the monopolist will be d e f e ated.]—ED. Sun. • THE DERBY.—Mr. Maher has sold Ballin keele to Mr. Dixon, of K n ightsbridge, for 2,000 guineas; Policy and The Golden Rule, late Honest John, have been sold to Mr. Forth for some time. The Duke de Nemours has returned to Paris, after a tour of six weeks, during which his Royal High ness has inspected the four new regiments of Hussars, at Verdun, Fontainebleau, Versailles, and Vendome. The Independent of Brussels mentions that Captain Pirson, formerly Attache of the Belgian Lega tion at Constantinople, has set out for Texas on a diplo matic mission. DEATH OE Dn. BARCLAY.—It is our painful duty this week to record the death of Dr. Barclay, mi nister of Kettle. The Doctor was in the 93d year o f his age. and died father of the Church, having been or dained to the charge of that parish on the 14th of May, 1778. lie was a man of high literary and scientific at tainments, and enjoyed to the last the ve l r ha y set l o i ir i i g idn l e i e f rs s es t a d la e lil - sl de gree of respect and esteem, not only from his parishioners, but from his co-presbyters. Dr. Barclay was father of the celebrated Captain Barclay, who died in 1837,—. Fifc.ilzire Journal. The late Eail of Westmorlandreiwsa,sw always anxious that proper care should. be. taken of his horses. - r A io f r e d ‘ s y h t i l p ay: . a b s e d fi r ) i r v e ei t i a k u i ) n i g: is to s Li b s ie b s e , d w t h h e e n the Pavilion, the horses to be brought - out separately, and trotted up u h p e and down before him. Although totally blind, to the Lord shipye- was very partial to equestrian exe enjoyed in the riding school attached to her 'Majesty having granted the privilege nerable Earl. TREMENDOUSiourhoodSoTeoßltoMw! NinNtOhißsTeHou'nDty, Ras on EVON.-- The neighbourhood by a terrific .hail storm , thunder some time. The m, with Monday of three, which and lightning, which continued for lightning destroyed two sacks of corn out e farmer in the parish. At Copplestoue also the st orm stood in the stack yard of a respectabl e appalling, though we have not heard of was perfectly of any accident occurring.—Somerset C'ouniy G azette. On the morning of the Q ueen ' s confinement, Lord hen hHille arrived ‘N'asit a n t lo tz pa amongst those lac a ttend at the palace. His Lordshipe he who met the Duke of were summoned to was rather late, and w Wel lington, who was returning hom e' I n answer t o L or d Hill's inquiry as to how matters were, his Grace said, "All over—fine boy, • %cry. fine Hill." . boy, almost as red as you, The Princesse Adelaide, we are glad to state, is recovered from her indisposition.