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,`Ntp,.... - -. -'-......,...........- %-* ‘\s nichara Beaky, INev, THEATRE ROYAL. COVENT-GARDEN. THIS EVENING. DEC. 22, .~~ ~ ~ - rer.,lv, with characteritic lii' rations by Lecc l, , 91 II E W AsSAI B 0 \\ L. ! By ALBLIIT I?,sq. 14 iE - * . l't)ll.Y OF THE SEA, BY THE AUTHOR OF '• TIE: PILOT," " THE TWO ADMIRALS," &c. Now ready, in 3 vols. post Bvo., lIHE JACK O'LANTERN (LE FEU FOLLET); OR, THE PRIVATEER, A St.iry of the Sea. By J. FENIMORE COOPER, Esq. " The characters are various, including Nelson himself. The Admiral is capitally sketched. With some limitations, we think The Jack o'Lantern' is one f Mr. Cooper's best no vel*. The personages are drawn with discrimination, and the dialdgue is conducted with a dramatic ease and life. Every part of the work, too, bears the stamp of reality. Of familiarity with seamanship it is unnecessary to speak in the case of the origi nator of the modern nautical novel."—Spectator. af Raoul Yvard, the hero, is the clever dashing fellow whom Cooper loves to put on board a craft.''—Athenaeum. Rapidity of action, striking and continuous interest, faith ful delineation of life at sea, variety of incident, and bohl sketches of character, are the admitted characteristics of Mr. Cooper's fictions. The Jack o'Lantern' will probably take place as the best of all his sea novels."—Salopian Journal. " This romance will add to the well-earned reputation of this accomplished writer. The chase and the battle, the board ing mid the burning, and all the peculiarities of naval strife, are depicted in such vivid terms, that even landsmen, like our selvta, kindle with the dauntless enthusiasm of the gallant tars." —Caledonian Mercury. _ . •' One of 111. Cooper's test nove's."—Hamp3hire Adver tiser. _ _ . The fiest place among living writers of fiction Lelongs, without dispute, to Mr. Fenimore Cooper. He has conceived and delineatod, better than any other man, the poetry which adorns the life of the forest and the sea. ' The Jack o'Lan tern' is worthy to rank with his former celebrated productions." .-Slueslay Times. Riehard Bentley, New Burlington-street. To be had at all the Libraries. BETTS' PATENT BRANDY.—The unparal leled and still increasing sale of this favourite beverage, Las been attended by its natural consequence—the excitement of envy in every branch of the Spirit trade. Hence, each suc ceeding year brings to notice competitors, whose announce ments, under fallacious pretences and high sounding titles, urge upon the public notice articles, whose only distinguishing fea ture is their vast inferiority to the Patent Brandy. It is to guard purchasers against the consequences of such attempts, and for that reason only, that J. T. Betts and Co. are again induced ,to state, that the Patent Brandy is manufactured only at the Dtitillory, No. 7, Smithfield-bars, leading to St. John-street ; where it may be obtained, pale or coloured, at Eighteen shillings per Gallon, of the highest legal strength. THE NEXT DISTRIBUTION of MONEY DIVIDENDS, A UTHORISED and GUARANTEED by HIS MAJESTY the EAJPERO,R of AUSTRIA, contains MONEY DVIDENDS of £5O, £6O, £7O, £BO, £9O, £lOO, £llO, £l2O, £l5O, £2OO, £4OO, £6OO, .ESOO, £l,OOO, ,500, £6,000, and £25,000 Sterling. Amounting together to x 772,170 sterling. Direct for PROSPECTUS with full particulars, WITH OUT DELAY, to HEINE BROTHERS, at HAMBURG Or, to HEINE BROTHERS, at LUBECK. -HEINE BROTHERS having remitted during a very short tame very large amounts of Money Divi dends to their Correspondents in Great Britain and Ireland. Dividends of 25,000/., 18,000/., 9,0001., 5,000/., and 3,600/. to London ; 3,6001., 800/., and 7001. to Edinburgh ; 3,600/. to Dublin ; 3,600/. to Beverley ; 3,6001. to Halifax ; 1,2001. to Porthleaven Harbour ; 900/., 700/., and 6001. to Liver pool ; 9001. to Hull ; 9001. to Newcastle-upon-Tyne ; 900/. and 6001. to Manehester ; 700/. to East Retford, Nottingham shire ; 700/. to Colne, Lancashire ; 7001. to Ryde, Isle of eight; 600/. to Cork ; 600/. to Bideford ; and 600/. to Bradford, &c., they beg to call the attention of those desirous to obtain large Money Dividends to the approaching EIGHTEENTH DISTRIBUTION of LUBECK, gua ranteed by the Government. This Distribution offers the possibility of obtaining mere than 25,0091. upon One Share. 2,400 of the Shares obtain Money DM:lends of 1/, and upwards. Price of One Share, 11. ; two Shares, 21. ; three Shares, 3/. ; four Shares, 4/. ; five Shares, 51. ; six Shares, 6/. ; seven Shares, 71. ; eight Shares, 8/. ; nine Shares, 91. ; ten Shares, 101. Direct for Shares, without delay, to HEINE BROTHERS at Lubeck. The full Prospectus, with all particulars, may be had gratis, upon addressing a line to Heine Brothers. Will be repeated the English Version of Rossini's Grand Opera of SEMIRAMIDE.—The Character of Semiramide by Miss Adelaide Kemble; Arsace, Mrs. Alfred Shaw (from the prina,ipal Theatres in Italy) ; Assur, Mr. Giubilei ; Oroe, Mr. Leffler ; Idreno, Mr. Travers ; Shade of Ninus, Mr. J. Bland. After which THE TURF. Captain Flatooker , Mr. ter Lacy; Clovis -- Culpepper, Mr. Bartley; Gallop, Mr. Meadows ; Aaron Tret, Alr. Harley ; Mrs. Culpepper, Mrs. Mumby ; Miss Warren, Miss Lee. Doors open at Half-part Six, and the Performances com mence- at Seven.—Dress Boxes 75., Second Price 3s. 3d. ; First and Second Circles 55., Second Price 2s. 6d. ; Pit 3s; Seemed Prisms 2s. ; Gallery Is. Tiokeets and Places for the Boxes tg_be taken of Mr. Whit low, at the Box-el:flee, from Ten V 1 Four, where Season Tickets may he had. Private Boxes to be had at the Box-office ' • of Messrs. An strews, 167, New Bond-street; Mr. Mitchell, Old Bond-street; ant of Mr. isms, Pall Mall. THEATRE ROYAL, HAY-MARKET. THIS EVENING, DEC. 22, Will bst performed Congreve's Comedy of THE WAY OF THE WORLD (Adapted for Representation). Period, 1699. Sir Wilfull Witwoud, Mr. W. Farren ; Fainall, Mr. Vining; .Marwoud, 3lr. Stuart; Wilwoud, Mr. Charles Mathews; 1-',•tulant, Mr. Buckstone; Waitwell, Mr. Strickland; Mil lamait, Madame Vestris; Lady Wishfort, Mrs. Glover. After which, a new Drama, called THE BASTIL E. Louis Quatarzs, Mr. H. Holl ; Fricandeau, Mr. Webster ; the Duchess de Monthazon, Miss Charles; Ninon Labatte, Ma dame Celeste. To be followed by Mr. C. Mathews' Burletta of PATTER versus MATTER. Captain Etter, Mr. Charles Mathews. To conclude with Mr. Buckstone's original Farce of THE IRISH LION. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. THIS EVENING, DEC. 22, Will be repeated the new Burletta, entitled THE MER CHANT AND HIS CLERKS. The principal characters by Alessrs. Lyon, 0. Smith, Paul Bedford, Wright, Maynard, Wielaud,,Miss Chaplin, Miss Brooks, and Mrs. P. Grattan. After which a New Drama, in Two Acts, called YOU KNOW W HAT. The principal Characters by Mr. 0. Smith, Mr. Wright, Mr. Maynard, and Miss Faucit. Ts be followed by a Grand Burletta Spectacle, entitled ALMA. Principal Characters by Messrs. Paul Bedford, Wieland, Frampton, Mrs. H. P. Grattan, and Madame Proche To conclude with NORMA. Pollio, Mts. H. P. Grattan ; Norms, Mr. Paul Bedford ; Adalgisa, Mr. Wright. Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, Is. Doors open at half-past 411 C, commence at seven o'clock. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE THIS DAY. irning 45 minutes after 4 I Evening 9 minutes after 5 LONDON : THURSDAY MORNING. DECEMBER 20, 1842. It is said that the Royal Agricultural Society has employed persons to watch the meetings of" the League, and report accurately all statements which may be thought to affect the agricultural interest. It is further said, that the .various . statemen•ts there made, the obvious condition of the pane mind, and the increasing repugnance which is shown to the principle of protection, have wrought a general conversion amongst the farmers' friends. We see proofs of this great change in their speeches at agricultural meet into. It is further rumoured, though we do not guarantee the authenticity of the rumour, and quite agree with a Contemporary, that whatever may 1 , 8 the presumed change of opinion in the landlords, the best exertions of the League and the bread-taiqd people will still be required ; but it is rumoured that some leading member of the agricultural interest --Mr. PUSEY, it is surmised —will, on the first day the Ptirliament meets, give notice of his intention to move for a Com =Wee on an early day on the Corn-laws, with a view to their total and immediate repeal. Such a rumour, even if well-founded, ought not, we repeat, to relax the exertions of the League, to which the alteration of the opinion of the farmers' friends is owing, till the Repeal Bill has received the Royal assent; but we also repeat that we can not and do not guarantee the authenticity of the rumour, though the bare possibility of such a course of conduct has suggested to us several arguments in its favour. Our known opinion on the utility of totally and immediately repealing the Corn-law renders 5t unnecessary to say a word on that point; our remarks will be confined to consider the immense advantages which would ensue to time landlords themselves from proposing and carrying that repeal into effect. To time honest manufacturer, to the trader, to the labourer, it is of no conse quence whatever who puts an end to the law ; but to th e l an dl or d s an d t o the Government it is of almost infinite importance whether the law he abolished by a voluntary movement of the tandlords, or be forced on the Legislature by a .ociety banded together —aye, and honestly and rightfully banded together—to put down the un righteous law-,. Who will answer f or th e pur poses to which such an organisation as that of the League, stamped with eminent success, which will be sure to raise pp leaders with great e should it ofi theht the ulterior objects in view, ma y l ie applied? Allow it to be the means of carrying t. Corn-law, as it undoubtedly will,ll ap Audtords not now gracefully and voluntarily ► % \ txive the law up, and most likely it will become the means, in the hands of some dangerous men, GI a trompting a great revolution. There are abundant materials in the community, proper]. ) piled together and kindled, to produce a devouring conflagration. Then there will be no question whether the landlords shall divide amongst them a few paltry millions a year, more or less, having, at the same time, to pay great additional charges on account of pauperism and crime ; but the question will be, whether they shall. have any property at all, and whether their lives can be protected. A law which directs the hunger of the populace against the State is at all times pregnant with danger ; and much it be hoves those who chiefly profit by our political arrangements, to put an end to such a law. For the safety of the State, with which the welfare of the landlords is closely connected, they should take the lead in abolishing their own enactment. At present they are as much abused as any class of men that ever existed, and because they are palpably in the wrong they :are obliged pa tiently to bear with what is said against their political conduct. For the sake of a few paltry millions a year distributed amongst them, they are becoming discredited with the community, and losing their hold of the public respect, which is the basis of all political power. All the censure and vituperation now daily heaped on them they may at once stifle for ever,—all that discredit they May in stantly cast off, and regain the esteem of all ho nest men, comprising the bulk of the nation, by gracefully acting as the rumour states they in tend to act. All the attacks made on them last session, which, going forth from the Houses of Parliament unanswered and unrefuted, had a powerful effect on the public mind, will be re newed next session, enforced by many additional facts, many additional arguments, and much con demnation of their own principles by the GoRINGs, DICKINSONS, and other members of their own party. Such attacks, repeated session after session, will destroy their character, and their political power will disappear. They will, in the end, after suffering in public opinion, have their so-called protection snatched from them, while they can only be impoverished and de graded by continuing laws which injure them and' the community at large. The further loss of character, and further loss of power, with which they are threatened, will be at once arrested by 31r. PusEy, or some other leading farmers' friend, proposing the repeal, and at once they will ac quire the renewed respect and the confidence of the public. The tongues of their enemies will be immediately tied. Those who assemble toblame will be loud in their praise. The torrent that might wash them away will but clear out the channels of public prosperity, and fix the struc ture of their greatness on a surer basis. The wonderful change that would take place in the public sentiments by the landlords pursuing the graceful and generous course which the rumour indicates, would require several columns to de scribe, and we content ourselves with merely al luding to the suppression at once, and for ever, of all discussion in Parliament, and out of Parlia ment, on this question, and to the sudden con version of the loud and deep curses of the nation into warm and heart-cheering applause. _ _ If they take this lead they may be entitled to say to the public, " the law was the act of your organised and recognised authorities, and the whole nation is responsible for its consequence". Do not, therefore, make us suffer exclusively by the change. Give us compensation for all the damage that may accrue to us from the repeal. Stand betwixt us and our creditors, should the value of our properties fall, and we be unable to meet our engagements." But by alone resisting, the change, they make the law exclusively their own. They might now have a capitulation; but if they force the rest of the community to storm their stronghold, they will then be entirely at the mercy of the conqueror. tet them take the lead in proposing the abolition of all Corn-laws, and they may almost dictate the terms of the compensation. _ _ Another consideration is,. that our whole sys tem of criminal jurisprudence, that many of the laws concerning property, particularly the laws concerning the tenure of land in Ireland, the laws concerning the currency and banking, the election laws, including the whole system of registration,—that the fiscal system of the country and the extension or reformation of the Church, urgently demand the attention of the Legislature. But as long as this bread question is a subject of agitation—the subsistence of the community is of such primary importance, that it must and will absorb every other. Till that be put at rest it will be impossible either for the public or the Parliament to attend to any other great question; and as it can in no way be so certainly and wisely settled as by the landlords taking the lead in abolishing the law, we are not surprised that men should say that they mean to adopt that course. We are almost ashamed to support views that concern the whole empire by mere party consi derations; but at present there is a great proba bility that this will be made a party question, and then it might be fatal to the Administration. Were the landlords to take the lead, and propose the abolition of the law, it would be instantly stripped of all party character. Mr. PUSEY would at once annihilate Mr. VILLIERS as a Repealer. There would be nothing for the Whigs to glorify them selves about, and nothing for the Tories to' be 'ashamed of. Sir ROBERT PEEL would be in stantly relieved from all his present embarrass ments on this question; the mere contests of political parties in a fair and open field might be renewed ; and he, as the cleverest administrator, as the most influential man in the House of Com mons, might possibly remain Prime Minister for a quarter of a century. As a party move, we can conceive nothing so extremely advantageous to Sir R. PEEL and the Conservatives generally, as f)r Mr. PUSEY to give the notice we have alluded to on the very first night of the session. The union be twixt the Premier and the landowners would be as surely cemented as the ,reconciliation between the landed aristocracy. and 'the bulk of the peo ple. Puttingparty considerations, however, out of view, p a o n sv d looking er of ti e onlylandowners;at the chaster ldin andol looking what i they will suffer by allowing the agitation of t t hi s question to b e continue d --- and only by th e b and y repeal of all the Cor n and Provisi proposing a a bolition of the la w can it gain inreputati on be put ati end o looking at what th e y will laws, which are intended to p romote their advan tage, without effecting any Such object, we are decidedly and clearly of opinion that they could adopt no more manly nor wiser course than that indicated by the rumour which has given rise to our reflections. We called attention on Tuesday to the connec tion which exists between agrarian outrages in Ireland and the want of employment in Eng land. We pointed out that so long as there was an active demand in Scotland and'England for large bodies of emigrants from Ireland, the competition for land there was diminished, and outrages decreased. That circumstance affords the explanation, we believe, of the diminution of those outrages during a portion of the time the Whigs were in office, and not any great dif ference between their mode of administering the Government of Ireland, and that of the Tories. The country Magistracy was much the tame under both Administrations; the lawswere the same; the protection given to land lords, and to the people, was about the same the police was the same; the tenure of land was the same; and, therefore, we ascribe the compa rative freedom from agrarian outrages, which tool:: place between 1836 and )84U ; toilic brisk demand during the greater portion of that period for la boar in England and Scotland. It is of slAne importance to repeat this view, because politi cians will not sufficiently eonauler the natural circumstances which determine the welfare of AA ciety, and look chiefly to the statute-book and to parties to explain its varying condition. It is of especial importance, in regard to the present state for a number of Irish noblemen and of gentlemenland a ; r e preparing, aceording to the Du b lin Evenifia Mail, to combine in London in order to resist all ..rther relaxation of our vii, if strictive laws on tr A >49,u4 they be success ful, tics will narrow the drain which a brisk_ trade in I:nglanfl opens to carry oft their surplus population, or stop it altozether, and multiply OULlage, by nierea::,iiig the cohipeliiion fur laud, in their own country. We offer no defence for the conduct of Irish landlords; we do not dream of vindicating the law relative to the tenure of land in Ireland as it stands; but neither the law nor the landlords could be so prejudicial to the welfare of the Irish as at present, had the people other means to subsist than that of cultivating the soil. Compared to an easy m eans of gaining a living on one hand, and ✓ a keen competition amongst hungry cotters for every fragment of an acre on the other, the influence of all laws and of all insti tutions, of whatever nature, over the welfare of society, must be trifling. To make men in opulent and easy circumstances rioters and murderers, would be a most difficult task ; but not so difficult as to make men who are a prey to hunger and wretchedness peaceable and orderly. In Ireland profitable employment for the people is wanted. ' There seems at present not much prospect of establishing manufactures on an extensive scale in that country. A de ficiency of coal, and a deficiency of a population educated to the work—for the manufacturing population of England, its hosts of millwrights carpenters, smiths, and engineers, did not grow up in a day—will for some time prevent Ireland being the seat of extensive manufactures. But the readiest way to promote that, is to draw off as much as possible of its surplus popu lation into the manufacturing districts of Eng land, which will gradually extend peaceful habits and produce security in Ireland. As its popula tion get partly taught in England, some of them will return, and, aided by the English and Scotch, manufactures may gradually grow up there. According to this view, it is for the in terest of the Irish landlords to promote the ex tension of nanufactures and trade in England, and they can do themselves and their country no greater injury, than by opposing measures which would set the mills of England in full work, and give freights to every one of her ships. How TO MAKE THE PEOPLE VIRTUOUS.—The Times yesterday took a perfectly original view on the subject of the Corn-laws. The advocates of those laws contend that without them our agriculturists cannot compete with foreigners; to which it is replied, you may compete with them by improving cultivation, granting leases, and making the land produce more. Whereupon our astute Contemporary sets forth that the landlord has something else to do with his land besides making the most of it. He is not to grant leases lest he might lose " his guiding influence over the social conduct of those who people his estate." He is " determined that on his land certain bene ficial lines of conduct shall be pursued, that public morality shall never be outraged, (nor) mad speculations repeatedly entered on." Our Contemporary wholly forgets that the whole question of protection turns on land producing wealth ; but under the influence of his new theory, he sneers at those who so regard it, and sets up the landlords as requir ing protection to preserve the morality of the people on their estates, and make them happy. Though we do not see how the repeal of the Corn-laws would interfere with the ma nagement of their property, it is something like a mockery of the public forbearance towards continued inconsistencies, while our ears are yet ringing with our Contemporary's remarks on our Hertfords, Huntingtowers, and Chesterfields, to have it gravely insinuated that the people are to be taxed or starved to enable such mirrors of chivalry to keep them in order. The whole idea of the Times is founded on the ancient relation of serfship, and regards the landowners as the masters of the people. Other men will not now recognise their dominion, and the attempt to restore it must be fatal to themselves. NOVEL WAY TO OBTAIN A CHRISTMAS DINNER. — How to obtain a dinner on Christmas day has often puzzled a great many ; but for the last two years the following novel plan has been adopted by many licensed victuallers of this metropolis, so that their customers shall have a dinner on Christmas-day, with something to wash it down :—About three or four months before Christmas a society is formed, under the somewhat peculiar name of the " Goose Club," the members of which are called on to pay Gd. per week. About three days before Christmas-day the " drawing for the geese takes place, the holder of No. 1 having first choice, and so on in rotation. Every member is entitled to a goose and a bottle of spirits. The number of geese consumed in this manner cannot be estimated ; but at one house in Somers-town no fewer than 140 geese are ordered, each of them to weigh 101bs. THE DUTOI, AND PRACTICAL HYDRAULICS.—If noticing various hydraulic devices, I have endea voured to award honour to whomsoever it was due ; to say nothing of the ancients, with whom most of them originated, it may here be observed that the Germans were the earliest cultivators of prac tical hydraulics in modern times. The Dutch (part of that people) contributed to extend a knowledge of their inventions. It was a Dutchman who constructed the famous ma chinery at Marli ; and England was indebted to another for her first water-works at London-bridge. The simplest pump-box or piston known--the inverted cone of leather—is of German origin, and so is the tube pump of Muschenbrock. Hose for fire engines, both of leather and canvass, was _invented by Dutchmen. They carried the chain pump of China to their settle ments in India, and also to Europe. Van Brawn brought it to the United States. A German invented the air-pump ; and the first high pressure steam-en gine figured in books was by another. As regards hydraulic machinery, the Dutch have been to the moderns in some degree what the Egyptians were to the ancients—their teachers. The physical geo graphy of Holland and Egypt necessarily led the in habitants of both countries to cultivate to the utmost extent the art of raising water. Windmills for draining water off land, first occur (in modern days) in Holland. It is, indeed, the constant employment of this element—wind—that preserves the Dutch from destruction by another ; for, as a nation, they are in much the same predicament they formerly put unruly felons in—viz. confining each in a close vault with a pump, and then admitting a stream of water, that required his unceasing efforts to pump out, to prevent himself from drowning.—Ewbaa s Hydraulic Machinery. PROVISIONS AND TRADE.—The 41b. loaf has been selling in our town, for upwards of a fortnight, at Gd. This, together with oatmeal at Bd. and 9d. per peck, potatoes 3d., butcher meat from ld. to 2d. ti pound cheaper than it was last year at this time, must add largely to the comfort of the working man and his family ; and when it is added that fresh herrings were sold last week at Id. the dozen, we may safely say that 10s. will go further this winter in the pur chase of the necessaries of life, than 13s. did last winter. But we have still the sad truth to state, that all this, and much more, is needed ; for, bad as last , winter was, the present is worse for the manufacturing and working classes in general. Within the last week or two, the woollen manufacture has become duller than ever, and the most active manufacturers are working short time—that is, only during daylight, which is short enough at present. Prices have again declined. —Stirling Observer. EDUCATION IN G ERMAN Y.—As to the religious alarms, r ma n the sch s e i s i n t nt thi s s e c r t i e o s n p e of et t l l. N r o uld workingstit satisfy the s fyof the most scrupulous. Nothing is so simple and so satis factory. The ordinary teachers do not meddle with religion ; this is taught to the children by their own minister on days set apart. All goes on smoothly as a locomotive on a good railway, in which nobody troubles himself about proselyting his neighbour. Here are no fears, no jealousies, no proselyting, nor growth of any particular evil, except what some of our countrymen consider the greatest—general education. As to spoiling the working classes, how ever, or filling their heads with any idea of leaping out of their own class and proper pursuits, this is just the point on which such timorous persons would be the most astonished. In fact, the general results of universal education, beyond the promotion of uni versal order, are very different to what we would a priori have imagined.—Howites Rural and Domestic Life of Germany. RA.thw A.Y C O MMUNICATION THROUGH NORTH \VALES BETWEEN LONDON AND DUBLIN.—On St.- turday a deputation, consisting of the flight Hon. the Lord Mayor, Sir Edward Borough, Bart, (High Sheriff), Sir J. Burke, Bart., Sir J. Kingston James, Bart., and Messrs. Predoriek Ponsonby, Edw. Grogan, M.P., Pim, Perry, Holiday, llhMullen, &c,, waited upon his excellency the Lord Lieutenant, for the purpose of conveyinff tO him the resolutions adopted at a public meeting of the eitiseiss of Publin which was held a short time since, and of calling liia Exe g p o py , 4 at ., tention ,to the vast importance, in all points or vip w , of this great 14141,91V 1 object; and upon the considera tion of which, a' Select*C9rwittee of the House of Commons had been for some months engaed tlnring time cwse of the session. His Excellency received the deputation in the most affable and gracious man ner, entered into the merits of tip proposed communi otion with great and lively interest, and expresse4 his readiness, by all the means in his power, to for ward so important .p 4 truly national an object. There will be no busineki tran;saPtieg in the Liver (24po market on Monday next.:Mantihester Guardian, • „ dr- '4llo , ;Aitlil. 0 , 4 • mitt _:--,111X,,, THE SUN, LONDON ) THURSDAY EVENING. DECIMI3EIt 22. 1842 THE CORN-LAWS A meeting of the Fourth Section of the l iY 1.35 held. lat :light, at the 7\ lay\-- l!tl,imno Literary and Selntitlc street, Portmaa-square. Al. time GoUi ai,poinied, the hall of the Institution was completely 1111,A, there i.ut being lesS than 700 persons present. The pro ceedings were most orderly. On the stage were M. Gibson, Esq., M.P., Gen. Evans Col. Thompson, &c. The chair was taken by Mr. lIENev Wavmorrn, who stated at some length the object of the meeting, and alluded, in the course of his speech, to a statistical return which he held in his hand, and which, he said, placed in a strong light the sufferings of the once happy operatives of " Merry Eng land." It showed that in Wigan, in Lancashire, there were, on an average, 981 in full employment at Is. 7d. per head per week, or 2:1(1., per day, which, if wholly laid out in bread, would be 11b. 6oz. for each. There were 1,720 persons whose income did not exceed ls. per head per week ; 2,330, Is. 6d.; 1,768, 2s. ; 1,786, 3s. ; 538, 4s. ; 1,133 whose in come was ss. and upwards. There were 2,745 who slept three in a bed; 1,852 who slept four in a bed; 830, five in a bed ; 503, six, seven, and eight in a bed ; and there are many having . no beds. Of these beds, a great majority are very inferior, made up of straw s shavings, &c.; great numbers have no bed clothes at all'; Some sleep in their clothes, others take them off for a covering at night, having been obliged to sell their bed and bed-clothes for subsistence; great numbers have no change of linen, and many have no linen at all. lle need not say more to prove how neces sary it was that the metropolis should second the efforts of the people throughout the manufacturing districts in putting an end to these wasting and un just laws. Mr. M. GIBSON came forward to move the first re solution :—" That all restrictions on the free inter change of commodities are injurious to the community by limiting trade, enhancing prices, and diminishing the demand `'or labour ; evils which press hem ily upon all, but most severely on the poorer and labouring classes." As to the first part of the resolution. I can say that the constituency I have the honour to re present has, on numerous occasions, made known its desire that the same freedom 'of trade should be extended to manufactures as to agriculture, that they are prepared to relinquish whatever protective duties may be supposed favourable to them, provided such privileges are taken away from others. —(llear, hear.) In approaching the discussion of the question on such broad and general grounds, we feel we occupy a very strong position, and that in com mencing an attack on all monopolies we act most wisely in assailing the greatest—the Corn- and Pro vision-laws.—(Loud cheers.) We are satisfied that if we can abolish the Corn-laws, we shall enlist on our side, against the other monopolies, the most powerful and influential Members of the two branches of the Legislature.—(Cheers.) When we once overthrow the worst of all monopolies—that in the food of the people—the others cannot long 'hold out. The step we are now taking is the most likely to lead to com plete free trade. But we are told that, by admitting corn and cattle, and the provisions of foreign coun tries, we shall not extend trade. An agriculturist— a very honest man, but not having very clear views of the principles of exchange—said to me the other dag, "If we take the corn of foreign countries, how can we answer for their taking our manufactures ?" I replied, that trade is founded upon barter; and that if we increase our imports by lowering our protective system, we must increase our exports. " What do you mean by barter ?' " said my friend.— (A laugh.) "When I take my cows to market, I do not take in exchange so many dozen of gloves, but dry cash." Well, I answered, I suppose you purchase those articles you are in want of with the money, which is but the instrument for the interchange of commodities.—(Cheers.) What is done by one na tion against another when hostilities are commenced ? Is not the first step to blockade the ports, and, by preventing imports, strike at the root of trade, and block up the springs of industry and prosperity ? (Cheers.) It is highly satisfactory to see how men of all classes come forward in support of this cause, and the union of men of all parties and occupations must bring about a speedy settlement of it. No settlement can give satisfaction but a total abolition of those laws. —(Loud and continued cheers.) I believe, had the measure of an Bs. fixed duty been adopted at the time it was proposed, it might have had the effect of lulling for a time the rising agitation, and it would doubtless have had the effect of relieving much of the distress in the manufacturing districts, by enabling the Ameri cans to make remittances to this country, and so fulfil their engagements ; but perhaps it is fortunate for the great question itself that that proposition was not adopted, for though the temporary relief was post poned, the permanent relief, through an entire aboli tion of these laws, is brought much nearer to us.— (Loud cheers.) I quite admit that there has been an enunciation of free trade principles by her Majesty's present Government; but I must confess the mea sures they brought forward are not quite in accord ance with the principles they avow. A great noise has been made about their giving free trade to the country in the articles of the tariff; but when you look through the articles on which the duties were lowered, you find that a great part of them are of that description that they will not come in.—(llear and laughter.) The c onduct of the Ministry is not unlike that of some parsimonious individuals, who, desiring a character for an ostentatious hospitality, send their friends a pressing invitation to dinner on a particular day, having first ascertained that they were engaged. —(Much laughter.) Even the Morning Post is anxious to know what Sir Robert Peel means to do. I dare say Sir Robert would be very glad if the Post could tell him. But the question is, what you are going to do.—(Loud cheers.) The Minister of the Crown is the mere instrument of the public will. He must act in accordance with public opinion, and it depends on you and the people of this country, to show that they are in earnest, and to convince the Parliament that there can be no settlement, no im provement or investment of capital in agriculture, until this great question is brought to an issue. Mr. llovEsmEN seconded the resolution. Colonel I 110MPSON addressed the meeting at some length. He said Sir R. Peel's tariff alterations were fiddling changes. The people wanted a larger dose of free-trade principles.—(Laughter.) They could never rest content with the Right Hon. Baronet's homoeo pathic system.—(Much laughter.) People were greatly puzzled to know what great change Sir Ro bert was meditating now. For himself he was anxious to give the Right Hon. Baronet rope enough, and they should see whether he did not, like Mr. Punch, hang his master.—(Loud laughter.) The Gallant Colonel, who made a very happy speech, co-a eluded by moving—" That with the view of securing this repeal ere it be too late, this meeting pledges itself to co-operate with the Anti-Corn-law League in its just and righteous object, and to use all its ener gies to obtain for the suffering people of this realm the right, of which an iniquitous legislation has de prived them, to exchange their labour for their bread." General EVANS was most warmly received. He said, that one point in the question of how far the Corn-laws should be abrogated was generally care f'ully omitted by the landlords, and that was rent. Now this point must ere long be settled, and he hoped to see that consummation brought about in such a way as to admit of the farmers acting on the principle always in the mouths of agriculturists, of " Live and let live." The aristocracy could not select a more unfavourable battle-field than the bread-tax. if this agitation were long kept up, people would begin to stir the questions of primogeniture and hereditary legislation ; and as the current of authorities in mo dern times ran rather against such privileges (he alluded to the practice of such countries as America, France, Belgium, and some States of Germany), it behoved the aristocracy to beware how they exaspe rated the nation.—(Cheers.) Mr. B. SMART said, that whenever any great change was about to take place in the Legislature, a sort of foregone conclusion was announced tmrough a croak in the Quarterly. The first time this croaker— (Laughter)—commenced his vaticinations was at the passing of the Emancipation Act, in 1829. Then he said that if Roman Catholics were admitted to the Legislature, the Church of England would be over whelmed. Well, that was twelve years ago ; and if any danger now threatened the Church, it was not from Papists Without, but from those within.—(Loud and long-continu e d cheers.) The next croak was at the time of the Reform Bill. We were then told that, whereas any man could see in the year it passed 300 equipages in Hyde-park, they would be diminished in the proportio n o f 100 to 10 a fter it became law. Well, we had seen ten years of it, and no one could say that there were fewer carriages in Hyde-park. The last croak was in the present Number, and it afforded the strongest ground fur believing that the Corn-laws R would be speedily a b o li s hed. He must say that Sir Peel h a d - s h own himself a greater man than he thought he was. It was impossible but that lie must be convinced of the destructive working of the Corn-laws, and only waited for the fiat of the people to pronounce their destruction. The meeting was subsequently addressed by Mr. Taylor, and several others ; but want of space pre cludes us from giving their speeches. THE LATE COLLISION Orr Hasmas.—A short time since her Majesty's steamer the Rhadainanthus ran down the trawl boat Ellen, off Hastings, when d ro wned. i i "he other tsvo were picked up by the ulif°4ll " tel Y 000 th e ii§bOrioo l nanied Apps Wt steamer and carr i e d i n t o Portsmouth , The Board of -AdMiraity have sent down 100/. to the widow of Apps : The accident occurred from the dangerous practice of the fishing boats going to sea without lights. Ai rs ' TtlYng PAYIY7 Wid9lY 9.f IT! TlPpies PRyly 4 e r Esq., the celebrated lyrist, and popular dramatic author, passed through our city this week, wit h her rP1 1 1 7 ? P!'l her way to Poi.ger .401, Shropshire, f rom r esidence in Ireland.—fah Clovnick. • - h.- • I'rl •(--`,ll' :•i l • 111 i i i ' • " A Cc)iista;ii. THE WEATHER—SuN OFFIcE, . THERMOMETER, Lowest. 50 ; Highest, 58 : Noon, 54. BAROMETER, 30.30.—W1ND, S.W. or - *tronbillition SUN OFFICE Three o'clock. We seldom or never take notice of the meet ings of the " National Repeal Association," which are held once a week in Dublin ; for the subject is one which excites little public interest, Ireland being already well convinced that no substantial benefit will ever accrue from the agitation of Re peal. Occasionally, however, a remark is let drop by one or other of the agitators, which deserves a passing notice; and accordingly we may here just briefly allude to an observation made by Mr. JOHN O'CONNELL at the last meet ing of the Association, who stated that he had a motion to make with regard to the English Press, " which was of a piece with the English people in its conduct towards Ireland in the moment of triumph. The particular point he referred to in this motion was, the claim set up by the Eng lish Press, and echoed by the English people, for a remission of the Income-tax. They made that claim without the slightest reference to Ireland, or without caring what in justice was inflicted on her." We take no notice of Mr. O'CoriNELL's sneer at the English Press, for it is as unjust as it is absurd ; but what does he mean by saying that England claims a re mission of the Income-tax, without reference to Ireland? How could the one country have refer ence to the other, in discussing a claim of this iort? Ireland has no Income-tax. The " machinery" for such an impost —as Sir ROBERT PEEL assured his faithful Commons—is wholly wanting in that fortunate spot of earth. If she were cursed with this detestable tax, gladly, most gladly would England help her to kick off the burden ; but having no such specific grievance to be redressed, we do not see how we can act otherwise than we are now acting— that is to say, labour hard to throw the impost off our own shoulders, without pausing in our work, and distracting our attention by the con sideration of how far the tithe system and the New Poor-law are, or are not, injurious to Ire land. Whatever the Repealers, for obvious reasons, may choose to allege to the contrary, England, of late years at least, has never been found wanting to the sister country in her hour of distress and danger. The Police Courts of the Metropolis under went a sort of purification some time ago, when several of the Magistrates were superannuated, and barristers of a certain number of years' standing were substituted in their place. Taking these changes into account, together with the new system of police, the public had reason to ex pect better protection, and a betteradministration of justice, but they have been grievously disap pointed. Not half the complaints were made against the old Magistrates that are now made with too much truth against certain of these young gentlemen learned in the law ; and as re gards the constables, people arc absolutely afraid to speak to them, or even come in their way. If a man walks fast he is supposed to be after no good, if he loiters and loOks about him he is equally suspected, and it' he should have the misfortune to incur the displeasure, or offend the dignity of the policeman, he is dragged to the station-house and given in charge as drunk and incapable. We animadverted yesterday, on the conduct of Mr. GREENWOOD towards three young men, who, from all accounts, were quite innocent; yet two of them were remanded on suspicion of felony, but the evidence was so defective, that the Magistrate had not courage to adhere to his decision, and consequently restored them to their friends. This (lay a similar charge was brought against an other young man before the same Magis_ trate, who, probably aware that the attention of the public, and perhaps of the official autho rities, has been called to his decisions, placed more confidence in the statements of the pri soner than in the evidence of the policeman, and discharged him forthwith. The prisoner, we learn, complained of being arrested with. out any just cause, when the answer from the clerk was, " You are discharged ; what more could you want ? " But the most outrageous case of all yet heard before Mr. GREENWOOD, is that of Mr. KING, a surgeon, re siding in the neighbourhood of Russell-square. It appeared that, on the 13th inst., while return ing home in the evening, lie was arrested by a policeman who, as will be seen from Mr. KING'S evidence, had a grudge against him; he was then dragged to the station-house, and confined in a cell for the night. Yesterday he brought for ward several witnesses, one of them a Major in the army, who proved in the most satisfactory manner that there was not one word of truth in the evidence on which a respectable medical man had been fined for drunkenness. Mr. GREENWOOD, however, had decided, and his sentence could not be reversed. We refer to a full report of the case under the proper head. It is the duty of a Magistrate to hear charges for drunkenness against any parties with great caution, but, above ail, those made against professional men, whose character and prac tice may be ruined by the false evidence of policemen. A surgeon, rather than have such a fine inflicted and made public, would purchase his escape at any price; and we may, therefore, easily account for the anxiety of Mr. KING to get his release, or clear his character of such a grave charge by the most undoubted evidence. This he has done very satis factorily ; but the injury has been com mitted, his name is registered on the police-books with the words " fined ss. for drunkenness," and his rivals and enemies may make a good use of the fact. Some dayS ago a publican was fined 51. by the same Magistrate, on a charge made by a policeman that he saw two drunken men in his house, and for this he may possibly lose his license and his means of subsistence. The illegal and unjust decisions of certain Magistrates recigirp the immediate attention of the 1 - thina Secretary. With such credulous jutiges and such unscrupu lous informers, no man'A' character or p ro p erty is safe. A communication has been received fro►n Con stantinople, by way of Vienna, announcing- a serious misunderstanding between the Court of St. Petersburgh and the Sublime Porte, on the Servian question. The Emperor of RUSSIA, it is said, in an autograph letter to the SULTAN, had formally demanded the revocation of the decree in favour of the present ruler in Servia, and the re-establishment of the banished Prince MI CHAEL, in "hose family, Russia contends, the sovereignty of Servia is invested for ever, by vir tue of a finnan of the late Sultan MAnnoulL It is also said that the Divan refused to assent to this demand, upon which M. DE BOUTENIEFF declared that he was instructed to demand his passports. Madrid papers of the 13th instant have been received. The Gazette publishes an address from the militia of Cadiz, which will excite some more indignation at Paris, as it directly charges France with having excited all the insurrections which have occurred in Spain since 1840. Letters from Barcelona of the 15th announce that the REGENT intended to raise the state of siege, and grant an amnesty on the ltith instant. lie proposed being in Madrid by the t.I oil I --. MASA NET, the murderer of General BA SSA, in 1836, and GinEnqA, were put upon their trial on the 15th, M. LISSEPS, the Fren consul, charges ch against b laving had i t ininserted n eo t g h t e liz m ai ct iz of the ; : zoiti.. cial Gazette, on the authority of senor GUTTIEREZ, the y 0144470 chid of Barcelona, had addressed a strong protest to the Captain-General degyiUg ' l / CO; of So!loi. C T - TTTE rz, . 1 -(1 ,-,ati.sfaction fir 1.1! , by thot rtmetvlri;ilT• The lives (al the Madrid 17Acitange on the 13th were done at '25 13-16 cash : 9,tii sixty days; and the Threes i 22 sixty days. Exchange on London, ninety days, 371. In the comments made by the Paris journals on the Barcelona insurrection and its conse quence, it is gratifying to find that one takes a calm and dispassionate view of the REGENT'S conduct, and reprobates the calumnies cast upon him and the English Government. That journal, we believe, is under the influence of M. GUIZOT, and as it may, therefore, be supposed to speak his sentiments, we make no apology for giving the article at length. The lies about the For midable, the writer settles in a very summary manner :—" We have alluded more than once," says the Globe, "to the marvellous concord which exists in our journals relative to the affairs of Barcelona. Some are for an absolute King—others for a constitutional female Regent —others f'or a Republio—but all are agreed in desiring the overthrow of the present Govern ment. The Globe, which is the enemy of revo lution, under whatever standard, and the enemy of the overthrow of Governments, whoever is to profit by them—the Globe alone has spoken out freely and openly relative to the events of Cata lonia. The other journals say that the insur gents at Barcelona shouted Vive la France! This may be true, but we beg to ob serve that in a preceding insurrection—for such events are common at Barcelona—the demolition of the citadel was accomplished amidst cries of Mort aux Francais If the journals of the Op position now accuse England of having excited the insurrection of the 14th ult., we have not for gotten that these same journals accused France and Queen CHRISTINA of having organised the echauffouree of Pampeluna. Reasoning calmly and without prejudice, we ask what is the true state of the question ? Almost an entire popu lation rises in arms, massacres a portion of the garrison, ignominiously 'expels the remainder, and proclaims a new Government. The existing Government arms in its own defence, marches against its enemies, and calls upon them to lay down their arms. They resist, and send emis saries throughout the neighbouring country. The cry is now, that all Catalonia is rising, and that fifty thousand insurgents are about to place the army of the Government be• tween two fires. What, in such a position as this, was the chief of the Government to do ? Was be to wait until these fifty thou sand men should have blockaded him at the fort of Montjuich? In that case, what capitulation could he have expected? He resorted to action, therefore ; he attacked, and he has triumphed. It remains to be seen whether, after the victory, he displayed unnecessary rigour; time will show whether this was the case or not. Are we at the present moment to give credit to the thousand and one rumours which are current on this sub ject, without having the least confirmation as to their truth? What also do we know for certain as to the conduct of the French and English Consuls ? On this side of the Pyrenees, decla mations are made against the English Consul ; on the other side, all the anathemas are for the French Consul. The Debats now tells us that the French. Consul acted in concurrence with the Consul of England; that the two went together to the Junta, which implored their mediation ; that they went together to the Governor of Montjuich, and had together at the head-quarters of Llobregat a conference with VAN HALRN; and, finally, that, in each of these proceedings, the two Consuls did not fail to repeat that they were acting from the pure dictates of humanity, and not as the official representatives of their nations. What is most grave as regards our Consul is the filet of our Government having rewarded him for his conduct, and thus placed the Spanish Govern ment under the necessity of demanding his re cal, if it be true that it has permitted its agents in public, authentic, and official documents, to describe, as they are said to have done, the acts and the conduct of the French Consul. It is affirmed on this side of the Pyrenees that guns, shells, congreve rockets, and powder, were supplied by England to the fort of Montjuich. The Presse hos even gone to the absurd length of stating that the Formidable had gone aground for the ex press purpose of landing munitions of war, and having them conveyed to the fort which was to bombard Barcelona. From the other side of the Pyrenees we learn that the Formidable was only saved from total wreck by the aid of our steam frigates. Our sailors assisted and co-ope rated in lightening the Formidable, with a view to saving her from destruction. They succeeded, and were saluted with cheers from the crews of the Formidable and the Rodney. Were our ships and our crews therefore accomplices or dupes of the trick said to have been practised by the Formidable ? What is to be concluded from all this ? That we must still wait. The Spanish Chambers will soon open ; questions will be put and explanations demanded relative to the affair of Barcelona. The matter will be canvassed pro and con., and the truth will appear. Until then we must pity the peaceful popula tion, which, in Catalonia as elsewhere, now as always, are the victims of the follies of parties. Let us feel for the combatants who remain at the discretion of the conqueror, when the .chiefs of the insurrection fly, almost always with their pockets full." The Debuts, the Court journal, represents the state of Catalonia as very alarming. There is nothing in the Spanish journals to warrant such a statement, but the ex-Queen CHRISTINA may have agents in that province who are better ac quainted with what is doing or what is to.be done. " Troops continue to flock towards Catalonia," says that journal, " and receive, as they arrive, orders to repair to such places as require their presence. ESPARTERO, assisted by his Minister of War, RODIL, is constantly engaged in giving orders, specifying routes, and combining nr,-,7e ments of troops, as if for a campaign. This dis play of forces is anything but surrerfluous in the actual state of public opinion in Catalonia. All parties are ready to unite and take up arms against the Governinotit. The Exaltados, who, supported it, and overturned Queen CHRISTINA, are divided at present into Esparterists, or Con stitutionalists, and Republicans, or impatient Progressives. TheCarlists and the Christinos, tnimical to the R.a.-urr, the more bitterly be cause they were conquered and put down by him, let the Republicans alone, as they are their avengers. To political passions are joined those which the manufacturing question has excited, so that, notwithstanding the reduction of Barce lona, it may be affirmed that all Catalonia would rush into revolt and anarchy, were it not for the numerous forces which the REGENT displays there so opportunely. The following telegraphic dispatch appears in the Messayer " BARCELONA, DEC. 15. " Two thousand men, one-half of whom are soldiers, are working at the re-construction of the citadel. A war contribution of 3,000,000 f. has been imposed on Barcelona, and must be paid within three days. The city will be bound to supply its contingent for the recruitment for the years 1840, 1841, and 1842. ESPARTERO is still at Sarria. The 13 soldiers shot on the espla nade were drawn by lot from those who were arrested after the entrance of the Captain- General," The French Funds, which had been much de. pressed by the news from Catalonia, have rallied a little. The report that ESPARTERO had de manded the recal of the French Consul at Bar celona, is attributed as the chief cause of the depression. _ _ _ The King and the Dukes of.N - emours and Montpen. sier visited Vincennes on Monday, where his Majesty mounted on horseback and reviewed the troops of the garrison, after which he inspected the works of the fort; from thence he went to Saint-Maur and the fort of Charenten, after which the Royal party got into their carriages and returned to the Tuileries. The King, in addition to the , R o yal Du k es, was ac companied by Marshal Soult, Generals Dede,, T. Seba%tir~ I,gutnigny, and Vallaint ; his, Aides-de °amp, Colonels Zstissael Dc cliAlaguye t aw D prd his orderly officers. His Majesty was repeatedly , 4 1e,q , 7(1 by erie:, of " Vive le Roi !" Tx.)lA-zsT. --PABit,, Tu1.,n,0, PEcENBEE. 20. First Highest ,oi,ve.t Last Price. Price Price. Price. French Five per Cents. 119 ..: 119 ... 118 50... 118 60 4% per Cents. 106 60... 106 60.. 106 60 ... 106 b 0 Four per Cents. 100 95... 100 95.. 100 95... 100 b Threes 7B 65... 78 55... 78 10 .. 78 2° Bank of France 3320 ...3320 ...3320_3320 Belgian Bank BO5 ... 805 ... 805 ... 805 Belgian Fives 1840 lO4 ... 104 ... 104 ... 104 Portuguese Fives Neapolitan Roman lO6 20... ]O6 20... 106 20... 106 20 104 ... 104 ... 104 ... I" RAILWAY SHARES St. Germain B3O ... 830 ... 830 ... 8 30 Versailles, L.B lO5 ... 105 ... 105 ... 1 05 R.B 265 ... 265 ... 265 ... 26i Rouen Orleans. Strasburg to Bale 202 50... 202 50... 201 2.5... '2Ol 25 NEW POLITICAL GOOSE-CLUB. BY AN ULTRA-TORY. " About three or four weeks before Christmas, a society is formed, under the so:newhat peculiar name of the Goose-club, at Somers-town, the members of which are called on to pay sixpence per week. The Sun of this Morning. Tantarara! Rub-a-dub-dub ! Who'll join—who'll join our new Goose-Club ? Sibthorp's President, Borthwick's Sub, And Bobby will keep us all in grub; We can boast of many a rat and scrub, Many a green political shrub, And many an Ultra-Tory cub, Like the bigot in Dean Swift's Tale of a Tub, Or the placeman of old, whose name was Bubb' * And we care no more for satire's rub, Or the patriot's scorn, than Beelzebub! Who'll join our Club ? there's little to pay, And character won't stand much in the way, For we're used in error's wilds to stray, And our object is, from day to day, No matter what Liberals think or say, The march of enlightened Reform to stay , Bigotry's game to boldly play, Swear right is wrong 'till our hairs are gravy And compel John Bull (God grant we may 1 . ) To own for ever our party's sway. Tantarara! Rub-a-dub-dub ! Who'll join —who'll join our new Goose Club? * The famous placeman, Bubb Doddington. LLOYD'S SHIPPING—(THIS DAY LoNDON,DEc.22.—Wind this day at noon, S. ) ~ moderate breeze, and fine. DEAL, DEC. 21.--Wind N.W., light.Sld. Strath" eden, Sydney. R e mains Seawitch, for .Africa. i, MILFORD, DEC. 20.—Arrd. Glasgow, Liverpool.° New Orleans, out 14 days ; is leaky in the bowsprit, and has experienced heavy gales. f L `o f P l 3 ' - JERSEY, DEC. 18.—The Ipswich, Smi th, mouth, was wrecked on the western coast of New mouth, foundland, crew and passengers sav ed ; thirteen o them have arrived here in the Harmony; teeny the master, died two days after the wreck. OFF NEW ROMNET, DEC. 18.--Atlantic, Bremen, for ß Baltimore. • ARNSTARE, DEC. 20.—Arrd. LadY M`Carthy, Quebec. Q u ebec- CARDIFF, DEC. 21.—Arrd. John and Mary, LIVERPOOL ? DEc. 21.—Wind W., modera te ' Arrd. Renown, Hoskin, Sydney and Rio Janeiro ; Dlanganilla ; Amelia Hill, Maceio ; Brooke, Stirling, Jane, Porto Cabello ; Elizabeth, Mossop; Savanills...! Gordon , Frances Stanson, Lefevre, Charleston ; son, Montreal. Sid. Mary, Rio Janeiro; Grecia.; Antigua ; G. 11. Sheppard, New Orleans ; Leuconli, Mobile ; Oxford, New York ; Fanny, was Euclid,. Dardii The Corea, Kerr, hence to Bombay, yvas off B b l o e r ile yesterday going into that port to repair, havi n g ~„a up from lon. 21, with decks swept, masts sprung , a nd other damage. o f Live rilid , KINGSTON, DEC. 20.—The Margar et, . 5 .... was passed in the St. Lawrence, at anchor, with Oh K of distress flying, by the Pomona, arrived here. t: to _ CORK, DEC. 19.—The Spence, from l`relvP 9r lz, Demerara, has put back to this port from 10ng._.,, with loss of boats, bulwarks, arc., and very leaky,i' must discharge to repair. Arrd Rother, H all, M Video. Arrd. off, Bridget, Archibald, iii.amich!..is': DUBLIN, DEC. 20.—Arrd. Pomona, Quebec.. ee : ! . , STOCKTON, DEC. 17.—Arrd. Barmo w, Q ueb JERSEY, DEC. 18.—Arrd. Harmony , Newfound4 nP rio?. , OFF HASTIN GS , DEC. 21.-.-FeDeloll Rio fortja,,,. Antwerp ; Zodiac, Krull, Surinam,for RetterdOr, Hendrik Hudson Stark, New York. PORTSMOUTH, ' DEC. 21.—Wind W.N.W.-- Lori Tanjore (transport) Quebec and Cork ; Flora, ii; don, for Jamaica ; Alexander Robertson, Londooy„.' i i . Montserrat ; Sumatra, London, for Ceylon. A 727.. - • off, Anna Robertson, Hamilton, India. weed i n 103 0, SOUTHAMPTON, DEC. 21.—Arrd. Twee. ~ 8c t. rranklin, Jamaica, left 18th ult., Cuba 'Thomas 24th, and Bermuda 30th (60,000 19th,. 1 ! ; 45 serons cochineal on freight), and proce ed°, r : -:--.... London. A fteiio l :: Od S e T ssa ; British Queen, Mogadore. ANGATE CREEK, DEC. 21.--Arro• -' - , i7 „ 1 ,41001 , • • PENZANCE, DEC. 20.—Arrd. Triton, tv i.-- i,4,, Quebec, left Nov. 5, and experienced very O r • e -t- weather ; Kingston, Sergeant, fi3V, and has experienced very heavy weather. cl°lltirs i l .,,. SCILLY, DEC. 15.—The Zero, Fawcett, from ~- e t castle to Barcelona has put in here leaky, an d " 13111 :' Jamaica, left Oe r , ; ~., discharge. Pi 41 B RISTOL, DEC. 21.—Arrd. Sir George -° -, 4 Quebec ; John Esdaile, Mirainichi. (lOW' CARDIFF, DEC. 19.—Arrd. John and Mary, , 4. luk Atotrn, DEC. 21.—Wind W.N.W., ingcte''? —Arrd. Camoens, llavre, for Monte Video. : ' i Extract of a letter from Lloyd's agent at flaYB nj " ' dated Nov. 18 : iv ' - • "The captain of a Spanish vessel, arrived '4t 31 5i de tanzas, has reported that he fell in, on the so ilth iiig , of this island, with a Spanish schooner, and pd in' close to her, he w a s hailed from on bo ard an ve3- formed that she, and two other Spansh;,nbeo er sels, with flour, from Santander, 11141 ' the captured by a man-of-war corvette?. undnweo Ha tiara flag, that she WAS manned by : I ,,„ ss els from St. Domingo, and that he suspected the I: fil l s taken before, had been conducted to that islan d ' . 4,81 men-of-war that have already left this a re the:rs'the 11. and the steamer Congress, to be followed :11.Y J0g ...., brig Jason. Orders have also been sent to S' ere de Cuba, i n o r d e r that all the disposable foreet,.l" are to be applied to this service, if required. --ii tr. GREAT NORTH OF ENGLAND RAIL Traffic returns for the week ending Dee. 17, Passengers Merchandise .51 X 1,236 11 Corresponding week last year Darlington, Dec. 21. W. O'BRIEN. Secrel. 19 FLANDERS MAIL• BRUSSELS, DEC. 18.—The central section f t he Chamber of Representatives met yesterchT o r Chamber first time, to examine the treaty of the s th of e tl v tYv I ig' Yesterday the King gave an audience to At-4 neur Fornari, the Papal Nuncio. f Yesterd ay the manufactory of cotton yarn, e; Robbe, at Ghent, was totally destroyed h.),:k„"ruritig was not without great efforts that the neig u i e tori buildings were saved. Of Mr. Robbe's man u t i s the nothing remains but the bare walls ; the g th e° o l;l o 6 ; e n r i h achinery, and furniture, were destroyed by w hole ' e loss is great, but it is said that the insured. • Further parti cu la r s relative to the ac cident be O n tlb: ' railway, on the 4th, prove that there souls ° reason for ascribing it to design. est er ' Another accident happened the day hetb re b Y e twee ri day, j in the morning, on the southern line, th irtf urbise and Mons. A countryman, ahc'uti, lell' in e years of age, had the imprudence to cross t"e, when the train was approaching, he stumble:loll°osd and not being seen by any person, the trig he su over him; he was so severely injured , that vived only a quarter of an hour. e BRUSSELS, DEC. 19.—The Committee °; i lutep°'„ manufacturers in their sitting of the Bth, bau . 1/ i , giv e ' from the Vice-President of thegracious receP"),'ei, him Ma by his Majesty. He stated the views v v `, 13 0 the possibility had been pleased to communicate possibility of a commercial treaty Wi th elitY,,,, the obstacles that it may mee t w ith, and the ll f - o i r the establishment of a commercial society ,pe purpose of exportation. t h ",a k BRUSSELS, DEC, 20.—The Director upt keepers of the Petit Carmes are summoned tfrleiler3l on the 24th, on the appeal of the Attornq oit te from the decision in the first instance which a t i! o og i ' It is, t the Director and two of the keepers. that the Ministry waits only for the r esult , e ct appeal to come to a final decision with t ir 'e a r. p roc t ' Messrs. Vandermeeren, Van Zuethem, and v .„,, e „ ll , t i j whether to pardon them or order their rel "ijv ' v/. Bouillon, but it appears most probable that t" Ole be pardoned. h nt io The damage done by the fire at G,.. e izo bbew manufactory of Messrs. Burroughs and : ~t 1 '" estimated at 50,000 francs, they are 27,000 francs by the Brussels CompanY• ey e .„. — --- niOrn illgt ol )ii ; RAILWAY ACCIDENT.—On Sunday ofthe guards of the Glasgow and Ayr ball` A t 11 ' 4 engaged . in arranging some of the goods tru c po ° o f betty A th y , Irvine station, unfortunately got jammed of them, and was killed on the spot. It ig 7 1 t be he the accident occurred solely in consequence ° of t ceased departing from one of the regulatious Qampany.—Glasgow Chronicle.