The Sun. — London, England, 1842-01-15 00:00:00

slation► ver the Royal less oil ighnes s ❑ g the ler the vel arta to sid" Pla ced Heal ill offer ging ° in sing Ind al e ages to doncito 1. ._. ,dericl4 ~~~i ...me , lief ROYAL GUILD' JANU • ITB Of ROYAL F ;Ilerifrit la Col n : :coo n ' ( at half- Vigil.. r in-the Rsq., the new )n from NVIII be the na' ie area! cif/the s o fthe a glass ,n; the e, bear of the her side ew MORNING UN L A VERlrin 4,he - - - ITSIAND of CUBA. 1"E ADDRESSED BY THE 'BRITISH AMBASSADOR AT MADRID TO THE SPANISH GOVERNMENT, RELATIVE TO . THE SLATES IN THE ISLAND OF CUBA. British Legation in Spain, Madrid, Dec. 17, 1840. t SlR—Notwithstanding - that the traffic in sl av e s , un d er , 13- ilag of Spain, - h as cons id era bl y di m i n i s h e d , i n v i rtue of-the:Treaty of June 1 - 5,_ 1835 between Great Britain an d Spain,. nevert h e l ess the ' dealers in slaves have bisted•nther colours for the protection of their ships, by ‘thith means new importations of blacks from Africa 14.4 e continued to supply the island of Cuba. ``lt II AS- been thought, in spite of this; that these abuses .14lght he, put astop to by conferring on the mixed Cora 14ission, :sitting at the Havannah, the power to investi cPte into the, cases.of . the negroes existing at Havannah Attadtvery, anddeelare whether they have been imported ' 14. '1)4 into., the island subsequent to the 30th of October, sill2Q,,audto decide whether the said negroes should be emancipated. . . . * o 4ll,this object, her Majesty's .Government has pre- ,draft of a convention, which I have been or topropose to the Spanish government. WiJ2soute monthS since submitted a copy °fate said Con Ntttion Ao M. Perez de CaStro, and his Excellency pro= 94 ; ised.fne that the matter sho u ld b e i mme di a t e ly t a k en . - 'uto consideration. -tzthave, therefore, the honour of now submitting to your 4 A ( !elieecy another copy of the draft of the above-men . timed Convention, the object of - which I some time since oxplained to your Excellency. klr Most Catholic Majesty's Government has invari lbly professed the same lively wishes as those which in ' -11 411ce Great Britain, in co-operating in all the measures -alieady proposed for the abolition of this 'abominable `that e, and, not w ith s t an di ng , it is an unquestionable f ac t, instead of being lessened or somewhat modified, in „c onsequence of the restrictive measures heretofore adopted, the evil increases in the Spanish colonies, which Position is unanswerably confirmed by the - progressive in crease of the slave population. In order to remedy this great abuse and violation of the existing treaties, it is proposed to confer on the mixed commission the power of enforcing the national laW established to that effect,-elevating it to a degree of s ufficiency and -vigour that shall place it in a condition to effectually- destroy the evil ; because, by preventing • ,the demand for victims their shipment from Africa will • checked. It is only necessary to convince the put-- Chasers, as wellas the owners of African slaves, that they ; • esllnot reckon on possessing their illegal•acquisitiens with impunity, in - order -to prevent their continuing to pnploy.their capitals in this traffic, because they are no 30 egrer a commodity whi c h can b e o ff ere d f or sa l e i n t h e market. This is the only way of compelling people to l lnuAlon a..truffiewinch : can no longer yield advantages. ,i'''ll these objects will be attained by means of the stipu '"Airgia :in the proposed-Convention. - be ohjeeted that this convention :Nmight produce discontent, and even promote insurrection. ntong tbose-sla•ves who, in consequence of the place of =tile birth, or the date of their importation, would have A34-claim to be emancipated; - but in respect of said objec :-.4.,''4i4u, - should it be made, I must observe to your Excel that, in the plan proposed, it is not intended to in re with with the Creole population, or with such - of the ` ssinv eS:aswere.introduced into the island previous to the October;.' 1820. -J3esides, the proceedings for de-. dying _the emancipation of negroes are to be carried i nto effect individual by individual, and not by whole , c ygoes ; brivhiCh MeanUth4 execution- of the conven -n will in realit•y be much less alarming in its tot a lity, ° r in its individual impbrtance, than the proceedings .ganetioned.hy -the- alretulr existing treaties. It is more. than 20 years since the mixed tbmmission :. 411 t ta'the Havannah, .during.which 'period frequent- dis • eossions lave arisen that have affi.tcted the liberty of th ole cargon of .negroes, without there being a solitary „. I stance wherein the. Captain-General of . Cuba found !atilt with the proCeedings, which circumstance leads to he supposition. that the 'proposal for the ext-nsion of et'wers to the mixed commission may be acceded to wi thout risk or inconvenience. • Whilst submitting all which to your Excellency, I :lust add that her Catholic Maesty will acquire great 4 1 : 1 tin glory by consenting to the p ro p ose d Conven , un, puttin g a term, by its means, to a practice that i s „L e P, ll . gtatit as well as contrary to humanity.--I avail my of"11- this opportunity for renewing, &c. (Signed) ARTHUR ASTON. Excellency Don Joaquin Maria de Ferrer, &a. - - _ _ORANGE CANDIDATE - FOR DUBLIN: .. a The following is . the peroration of a long article in 4,kciting Mail of Monday, on " The Represents,tion • • -.our) At three o'eloek this afternoon, a very numerous and; Influential meeting of the most respectable class of eiee- , , t9 T,.,s Was held at the Rooms of the.R eg i s trati.ma SFicketyl " 1 . : , * Cdilege-street. T. B. C. Smith, Esq., Q.CAW, 11. An intimation was made to the eteet; . 411.1 Gregory was ready to obey the calf or 1. Vt i gikt ip , . 1 ‘ of Dublin, and, at their instance, to". stand f6t - iii 9 afire-r ;...sentation. This announcement was received with the most en- thusiastie cheering—the greatest joy pervaded the meet , !' lag ; and the gratifying intelligence was quickly con veyed throughout the city, where all the .energy and Apirit o f f ormer t i mes were i nstant l y create d and existed. .The same committees were appointed, and the same gentlemen have undertaken to act, as those through wh ose instrumentality and exertions the late contest 1 ` 1 . 44 brought to so gl or i ous an d success f u l an i ssue ; an d ite tery is now certain. • The • There 1 . nothi ng new i n thi s i n ti mat i on —M r . G re - PrY was ready to obey the c all o f the ,ele c tors o f half r blin alyeek ago on certain conditions, and we are • t h in clined to thi n k that these conditions—to wit, he reimbursement,- in the event of - defeat, of the sum dvances and the defence of the return against a peti- P ao,. tio:. in the event of success—are. still under considera-• I „,' L Be that, however, as it may, the Liberals are • Ted and for the encounter.—Pilot. ready ry OOLWICH--THCRSDAY. linv SAPPERS. 4 L AND MINERS.—Majcr Vicar's COM /1111 OYO the R o y a l S appers an d Mi ners are ex p ec t e d t o ark f at the Royal Arsenal, Woolwich, in the early k i r t t of ne x t wee k f or C or f u. F i rst Li eutenant F or d w i ll e c harge of the c o m p an y, as it is the intention of M a j or b r t e l ' i l t rs to p rocee d i n a short t i me overland to the station (ii ," corps at Corf u . 14,,: nl i i _ALTArt.—By a private letter, dated Gib ra lt ar , at \y! ll ° o r 30, 1841, information has been receiv e d c olwich of the arrival of th e J ava ,_ transport th:' 46t at the former station on the pr ev i ous d a y ; and e x h regiment, at present doing duty th ere , was tl,,l l :eted to embark in about ten days from the above f ,car Barbadoes. Lieutenant-General John Ross, A 6; ' 8 Colo ne l o f th e reg i men t ; an d Li eutenant -C o l . pl:nn' a rke, K.H., the commanding officer. The regiment `,•aeded to Gibraltar in Octob e r, 1837, and the depot 17 Present stationed at Clonmel, in Ireland. Atin!lttlADOES.—The 47th Regiment, stationed at St. conse quently, has enjoyed excellent health for some time, and, Ti l quently, will remain in their present quarters. ' to ltis e 33 d Regiment has been very unfortunate, and lost kii - -I,lnen that the remander were marched to Gun tati°wirraelts, on the 3d of December, in the expec fN 11 that a change of quarters would relieve them 4f ri l th the s i c k ness w hi c h prevailed. On the day the . 4 ei r march to Gun Hill, three pri va t es di e d ; on O tl th a Y Previous, Sergeant Page and three privates privates Whi tend e ', a nd on the f o ll ow i ng d a y, on l y one pr i vate di e d , L 1 affords h o p e th a t th e i r remova l w ill b e at ed 1 144 70eks p rev i ous to the 6th of December, the regiment 14..zybst up war d s o f f i fty from the ranks, owing, in a great eki7llre, to the effects of the climate.. Wh en some re :silts in the same latitude escape the prevalent dis- Sp ot it . would be advisable to examine particularly the all heir barracks or quarters are located' upon, and f in 14 4 2, as nearly as possible, select. similar situations, en th atto r d t i sa me advantag es to the other regiments ` 4 *' same station. • , ••i_. _ I ‘ ll E LIVERPOOL SCHOOLS. 4 , l 'riday last th ere .was a meeting,. of the Catholic t ess_ili b t Y v ;t: take this subject into consideration, and the lv the fo ll owing res o l u ti on an d a dd ress , w h ic h qiead at all the Catholi c Ch ape l s on S un d ay, an d tVeil placarded on the wall s :-.- el ec.l, "That in consequence . of the late alterations 6k m _bilstitittion of th&COrtiot:tition 'schools, the Ca litimajOgE6rgy of Liverpool "can no longer conscie ntiously 41§7 11 01. :-Ih e attendance of Catholic children in those .iii, 15.„, 1 ' • . th , Latt-tew arrangement, the Catholic translation of all Scri pture ,k h as b een excluded from the schools, so that Aii7e children will be required to use the Protestant 4 ailli wi jicll, for different reasons, , the Catholic Clergy liPnetion. Another objection is, that should any ii the children attend, they will, be required to join - 1i„,,."1e rest in a form of worship, from which . , both in 4 'e and belief, they must conscientiously differ. p , iiil There is too much reason to fear that these new ar lypirtilents have been entered into with a view of prose reign g , and of seducing Catholic children from their the se al t er 1 ; but whatever the intentions the authors of it tiL;ulterations may have had, the Catholic clergy feel the s 4. 2 1 , 4 tY, under present circumstances, to denounce con s e :. "'"ols, and to tell Catholic parents they cannot . 4(,.-.entiously send their children to them." q t cer quoting from the Liverpool Times the account "io ii e number of children who have left the schools, Aterefi appeared in The Sun on Thursday, the Liverpool -• „ZrY adds : ti e h o ;_v e were yeiterd a y i n f orme d th a t th e num b er o f th at wr in attendance has still further diminished, and 70 0 0 11 Wednesday, at the South School, there were only and . Ys, of whom about three were Roman Catholics, (ini . 100 fr ; 1 d2o eor. and hilst at the North School there were boys7o girls ; and, as we are informed, not 11.1,7 c arnonist them. Nay, we are told, .that the a , r 'er of Protestant children has actually diminished ; ap t" (1(1, perhaps,' th at amongst Protestant parents there ILL , t h ose who see theiliperiority of the system now abo t7ttd, to that which has been adopted in. its stead. As f .„,:_ie dismissal of the masters that was a matter to be ,IL o ecte , d, as it evidently was by Mr. David Hodgson, d p . , IN a!_prepared with two candidates ready , cut and J on Vriday ,before a word was said to him. ' ZileA HE PORT OF C OLCIIRSTER.—The Hon. Commissioners of her Majesty's Customs have been pleased to Lone their warrant approving of this port as 4:warehousing port for tea, coffee, sugar, tobacco, but ter, cheese, and a variety of other dry goods ; and t6ltable warehouses are about immediately to be taken ,: ) ,r the reception of these articles. This will be attended „ % th great advantage to the merchants and others .9.lRaged in the sale of these goods, as great allowances 11 made f ur 4 defi c i enc i es arising from natural waste gca rr in the w are h ouse, besides allowing the merchant yon his b us i ness with a much smaller capital. taiqe warehousing system has justly been considered one --* t he greatest bo ons ever conferred t i .standard. upon this count r y. e.r '1 . ..••••1,7 . ---...•• , - SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM THE DAILY PAYEES OF YESTERDAY. ADVERTISER.—The breaking of lamps and win dows for the purpose of gaining temporary relief in pri son has recently b een an ac t o f f req u e nt o ccurrence, and the police reports of yesterday contain a number of cases which are sufficient to excite no lesS horror than alarm in the public mind ; for it appears that distress is now driving our fellow-creatures to the desperate act of plundering the bakers' shops to prevent that starvation in the streets which otherwise threatens them. However we may condemn the act of stealing bread, we must say that it is at all events the most pardonable species of robbery ; and the circumstance of such thefts being com mitted, not in one, but several and repeated instances, compels us to pause and ask, what can be the state of that country, in whose rich metropolis crowds of famish ing beings are driven by want of food to rob for it in open day, and distribute it to herds of their wretched companions in the streets of the city ? That such scenes should occur ii London, the very centre of civilization and of wealth, it would be difficult to believe, but that we are long accustomed to hear tales of destitution and distress, alike shocking to humanity, and disgraceful to the land in which they are suffered to occur, while. Providence has furnished ample means for preventing them. Though we are ready to censure the lawlessness of such acts as that we have alluded t o , we are bound in reason and in justice to ask, what it is that goads men on to plunder for the commonest neceas,ary of life, and induces them, by an i ns ti nc t o f nature,: to follow the law Of self-preservation at the sacrifice ,of the ordinary rules of conduct that morality prescribes to them ? it is a maxim that " necessity has no _' law ;" and if we ex pect men to be rul e d by th e latter we should take care that they ar e no t pla c ed so thoroughly under the gnawing influence of the former as to be incapable of submitting themselves to the guidance of Government. In the cases that have suggested these remarks, the unhappy persons who were in duced to steal fbod, had applied for it in vain to the legitimate sources of relief ; and it was only after having been refused assistance that they came to the desperate determination of taking illegally, that immediate provi sion for their wants which their solicitations had failed to obtain for thern. If people are perishing from hunger, what, in God's name, can the poor wretches do ? If they go - to the nearest workhouse, they are almost always summarilysent away. If they beg they are taken up and punished; while, if they rob, they are similarly dealt - with; and when food is the only thing they steal, it is not difficult for them to reconcile to their consciences an act which is the only one open" to them for sustaining life against the biting attacks of hunger. It never was the in tention of the Creator that the noblest of his creatures should be dying of want—a fate to which the meanest living thing is scarcely ever doomed; and we must, therefore, look for the cause of the present horrible state of things in some most iniquitous perversion of the blessings which a bosintiful Providenee has afforded us. Something must be done, if net to equalise wealth, at least to bring comfortable subsistence within the means of all ; and the Corn-laws, appearing- to stand the most in the way of this arrangement, must be the first` point of attack by all the friends; not ofuny particular political party, - but of justice and huthanity. The tradesman who is called on to protect his property against outrages induced by despair and want; will do better to demand an alteration 'Of tine system, under - which he is liable to be disturbed in the enjoyment of his own, than to join in the cry that will be raised against'the atrocity of those whose neces sities make them forget law and defy authoritY. CHRONICLE.—A bishopric is vacant ; and in this internal crisis of the Church the nomination to it is' eagerly looked to by the various clerical parties as likely to indicate, to which of them Sirßobert Peel leans. He is not officially called upon to vote for either of the can didates for the Oxford ProfesSOrship of Poetry ; and he will of course take the ' sensible course of nbt needlessly mixing in the ecclesiastical fray by giving an unnecessary vote: ' But unlnckily for him, the vacant bishopric makes him, in spite of all his caution, a paiity to the contest now' going on. A Liberal he most assuredly will not appoint ; and, con fining his selection to genuine Tories, he can hardly avoid selecting some one who is prominent among either the Puseyites or their antagonists, unless, indeed,' he jobs the appointment away to some obscure tutor of a col league, or some unprovided Peel, or Wellesley, or Hope. The different parties in the Church, who know well how to manage the malleable Premier, are already hard at work to force their own candidate upon him. This was the evident object of a very careful and able leading article which appeared yesterday in the Times. From .the general views of that article it is im lidssible for any reasonable man to differ materially. :iii; is, undoubtedly, an epoch of great crisis, or rather rerunning a great crisis in the history of the Anglican iii*,"The appointment of a Bishop at such a period 4i s inaffet of unusual and vital importance ; and it is I t essential that it should, not be made a job of, but confer red on some man of mark, intellect, activity, earnestness, and decision. He dOes ttotname the individual who sa tis4s the condittolls 'lt he imposes ; but tho se w h o it itbiv`4LC:;tate;4fjttiiihurch, and the candid a t es purfclrlyard by the .different parties, cannot belp ,svplYilag as the suppressed , but necessary conclusion Of, the argument :—‘! bir Robert Peel must therefore ap point either .Dr. Hook, of Leeds, or, at any rate,- Arch deacon Wilberforce." -This is 'the object of the Pusey ites-,- the party of which the Times is always labouring ter serve. theTurposes as openly as it dares. It is the party in the Church to which Sir Robert must be most averse f and 'the may reason to apprehend his taking its candidate, is, that it has hit him so hard and so repeat edly, that he may be desirous of it, coneiliatino• But i., as conciliating it wilt be sure to : be taken as a mortal, offence -by the other party,, he, will hardly yen film on doing, so now. The same reason will deter him from conferring_ such mark of favour on any known partisan of low Church views. He may s therefore, confer this piece of patronage, as he already , has top much of that at his disposal, merely on ar,istocritic grounds, and throw this, bislieprie to seine younger brother of some favoured member of the clique about him. Or if he is scared from this by yesterday's Times, and some deference to Public opinion, he will seek ref uge in that portion of his followers to which the stream of his patronage after all mainly directs itself, when he is compelled to require some degree of competence as a qualification for office. The bishopric will go to some geometrical or philological rat from the Liberal party ; and thus in the Church as in the State, " the Stanley and Graham" section of the party will profit by the un popularity or incapacity of the ultras. GLOl3E.—Anti-Corn-law Conference is the Order of the Day, whether northwardt or southwards. We have long reports of the "Great Anti-Corn-law Confe rence," which has opened its sittings at Edinburgh ; and our this day's columns announce a " Southern Coun ties Anti-Corn-law Cenference," to be held at South ampton. It is impossible not to recognise theie astern blages as a sign of the times—some may deem as poi.. tentous as the ",Solenm League and Covenant" of I he . seventeenth century. For our own part, we be, Hear; the present movement will prove altogether as formidable against a dominant Monopoly as the past did against a dominant Priesthood. We believe, in particular, that Scottish popular preachers do not show their teeth for nothing. We should have thought the landlords of England had found that out just tmo centuries back. Do they desire 1842 to pro duce an Anti-Monopoly parallel of the Anti-Prelacy Solemn League and Covenant which roused England in 1642? Do they believe a Bread-war will be ended more easily than a Steeple-war? Was the English Liturgy a load more intolerable than the Corn-law Leitourgia—the exclusive imposition of public burthens upon the landless bread-eaters ? Is it a , light matter that every fallacy, which a sleek Squire-cheered Minister of the Crown puts forward in Parliament, or his pocket borough, is torn to pieces in fifty places, almost as soon as it has been uttered, by plain men, in mosi'unparliamentary phrase, speaking to werking men ? Is this a likely way to keep authority in respect? We do in in our conscience believe such a Mi nister as Sir R. Peel, whose great faculty in putting a plausible face upon self-conscious sophisms, and enabling those who cling to them to feel in good humour with theinselves to the last—we do believe such a Minister is doing more mischief to authority in the mind of the million than far more offensive assertors of class interest and prejudice. He gives a hollow show of liberal views and sentiments to selfish action. Those who suffer by that action resent it the more for its hypocritical pretexts. There is an old story of a Whig nobleman having exclaimed, " Give me anarchy, rather than Peel I" For our part we fear the Peel Mi nistry, as a plausible precursor of anarchy. Unless firmer and stronger purpose than we expect can be taught the Minister, we deeply fear that his Squire backed plausibilities will lead us to the verge of a preci pice. Men who have dined, and whose rents jingle in their pockets, may like to listen to Sir Robert. Men whom the misunderstood interests o f th os e listeners deprive of a dinner, listen too ;—whether with the same feelings may perhaps be questioned. " It's ill talking" says the Scotch proverb, "between airs' man and a fast ing." Sir Robert Peel is talking to the fa' men—the Con• ferences to the fasting. We back the Conferences in the long run, against the Minister, or any dozen Minis ters. Such assemblages (anomalous as they certainly are) don't begin talking, till a very serious crisis has begun in a nation's condition. - Once more I—there is one war as formidable as a religious war—and that is a Bread War. We have had the first—we pray Hea ven—we appeal to whatever wisdom and honesty our present rulers happen to possess—to save us from hay ing the second. Or, in the last resort, we call on the nation to force on the Squires' Ministry the only alter native on recanting indicated by Sir James Graham— to resign. STANDARD.—About 250 non-resident electors of the University of Oxford, that is, about one sixth or seventh of the whole number, have addressed the Committees of Messrs, Garbett and Williams, repeating the call for a withdrawal of both candidates for the Chair of Poetry. Lord Ashley, a Chairman, of the Committee for the election of Mr. Garbett, has very properly given a positive refusal, but intimated that he and the gentlemen acting • with him are ready to comply so far with the wishes of tb.e 250 mediators, as to abide the result of an amicable and private comparison of votes ; thus ter minating the contest at once, and obviating the inconvenience of a public poll. Mr. Williams's Committee, as may easily be supposed, are, on the other hand, w illi ng to ava il t h emse l ves of t h e ' loophole afforded to escape defeat ; but they do not say what effect Lord Ashley's refusal, will have upon their ulterior course—probably they may make a merit of necessity, and withdraw their candi date at once ; but this is by no means certain. On the 1 other baud, the least relaxation on the part of Air. Oar- - THE SUN, L9NDON,__SATURDAI_IS, -4842. bett's friends would questionless encourage them to go to the poll, even with an assurance.of defvt,-,11 . they - could hope to make an imposing stand. . - The'election of their candidate is with th ese men a far inferior object to the manifesting the growing strength of the Tractnrian party. lt is for the friends cf Mr. Garbett to defeat a purpose in its success so fatal to the interests of the University and of the Church by a prompt declara tion. Not a moment ought to.be lost in forward ing votes to Mr.. Garbett's Committee, in order that, if the suggested - comparison of votes be - resorted to, the feeling of the Church and the cour,try may be displayed in its full strength. In: this way the members of Convocation -- will most 'effectually gratify' the expressed wishes of the mediators; ''clod obviate the ineontienience of personal attendance nt a , poll. We must not di sgu i se i t that we .regret- the interposition of the 250, who have addressed the two I Committees,, and who have, as we think, embroiled the contest unnecessarily. But we are bound ,to -do them justice : we believe that a very great proper- I tion of them are men who would sooner give their tight hands to he burned than vote for a 7'ractarian, although their lov; of peace induces them to prevent, if possible, the signal condemnation of tl:e Praciarian can didate at the expense of the tranquillity Of the Univer sity ; some of the names subscribed to the. proposition to mediate—and these, too, the most distinguished by the station and genius of their owners=belOng, we know, to men who will, if the question come to a poll, vote for Mr. Garbett. MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS. CHRONICLE.—We observed yesterday that the re peated visitations of the Government broker, as a seller of. stock . for Bank notes, would bear extremely hard upon the . Bull party; and so they undoubtedly have done; but that expression, which may be applied only to spe culative jobbers, "conveys a Very imperfect idea of the bad results attending this wretched Schein° for supplying the immediate .wants of the Exchequer. The total of the Unredeemed Public Funded Debt at the sth of - January, 1841, was 766,371,723/. .Is. Hid., whereof about 500,000,0001 bears 3 per cent. interest. The sales effected by the Government broker since Saturday last have pro duced a fall of from 891 'to 884 in Consols, being a de cline of per cent., equal to 6/.55. per 1,0001., or 3,125,006/. on the capital of the Three per Cent. Funded Debt, estimating it in round numbers at 500,000,000/. This affords clear e v id ence o f t h e benefits which all classes in the cou n try h ave derived by, the acces sion of a monopolist Government to power. •• When the best possible Finance Minister. of the best possible GO verninents was installed in office, his City friends were loud and endless in their estimation of the advantages which would flow from his able and eXperienced manage ment of the national resonrces . ; 'but their tone-has new undergone a most material change.. Good they cannot say, and therefore preserve a becoming silence. We feel no delicacy in telling the truth, and as we denounced the funding scheme of the Right Honourable Gentleman as a failure, and entailing an useless addition of 5,000,000/. to the fixed burdens of the country, so we now expose its mischievous influence by showing that it has occasioned a depreciation of more than 3,000,000/: in the value of the public funds. That lOss, we grant, was not realised by 'the fundhold ers, beCause they did not sell their stock ; but it must have been experienced by every individual (pe;o rata) holder who was compelled to.sell for imme yliatifansfer, ,and therefore, alth oug h t h e mar k et w il l rally - when ' the Government operations are supposed to be at art end, the crude, clumsy, and ill-considered na ture of. the. transaction itself, is no less deserving of exposure. To-day the sales, on account of the Govern ment have amounted to about a further sum of from 200,000/. to 300,000/., making in all for this week, - about 800,0001: known to have taken place, but other opera tions may , have . been carried through clandestinely for the, same account that have not yet transpired. The amount of his previous sales we cannot, of course spe cify with certainty ; but have formerly estimated them at 400,000/, giving an aggreg a t e o f 1,2 00,000 4 I The brokers are now of opinion that the:wpatspfMr: Gout burn, are satisfied for a time, an d that t h e mar k et , w i ll b e left undisturbed. . . POST.—The Spanish people..maybc disposed to be lieve that the advocacy of the Morning Chronicle is useful to them, and not the less so because it sets common sense and public opinion . wholly at defianee;, but if such be the case they labour under a :niost.grievons delusion. The Chronicle is employed day by . day.. in. the attempt to persuade its raaders that Spain has been the most ex emplary ot nations in the observance of good - faith to wards her creditors, and that the bondholders have, in truth, whatever they may say to the contrary, just as little to complain of on the score of delays and postpone ments as have the holders of . En g li s h C onso l s. Thi s is, as' every child . ten years of age must know, very out :_rageous nonsense ; and, however supererogatory may be the interference, the Spanish people. ought not to feeLangry with, .us if we now and take upon Ourseines,to expose it. There are few families. in the kingdom that are not either directly or remotely prejudiced by the financial irregularities of Spain. The Active Bonds were extensively purchased in the year 1835 • at—prices— a little above or below 701. per cent ;, It' .to this cent in bank notes the stipulated interest be added; the 1001. bond shOuld be worth at this time 97/. 10s. ; yet what is the it • actual value for cash at which is selling in the mar ket ? Our daily quotations-show that the struggle 'is a hard one to maintain it at 231., so that the .Unfortunate holder, whose policy it may be, whether fr3m necessity or the exercise of a prudent judginent, torealise, loses the whole of his capital, whatever may have been the price originally paid.. If there be any misrepresentation in this simple though melancholy statement, let the Chronicle say so.. We take it for granted, however, that he will be as mute on the subject as he is found to be on all the important points aad questions on which we challenged him yesterday*. Not one of the numerous 'string placed' befOre him does he feel himself competent to meet, and. once more do we take occasion to ask the Spanish people whether they can be so besotted as to hope that their interests are to he served by the partisanship of so wretched an advocate The utmost that we have done has been to show the ex treme - danger of trusting.. to promises coming from so very questionable a source. We retract nothing of what we have said of the contrivance of making the overdue coupons into the only really active and interest-bearing stock. It was an artful and abominable Contrivance, and we are well warranted in the assertion that it was resorted to for the 'two-fold purpose of sinking the old active fo, reign and domestic debt, and of setting on foot the .fie testable swindling and gambling to which the Regent himself adverts in terms of reproach in his late address to the Cortes. It is not the, Spaniards 'alone that are damaged by injudicious advocacy. _The Americans, and the holders of their stocks, United Stakes Bank shaves, &c., but more than all, perhaps,' 'the holder's of the Ex chequer forgeries, have been compromisedby it. IRELAND. CITY OF DUBLIN ELECTION, DUBLIN, JAN. 12.—The subscription list opened by the Reformers to defray the expences of Lord.Morpeth's election is rapidly augmenting. The Committee have received the following contributions :—Franeis Stawel, Ksq., Donerail, 101. I.os. ; M. E. Corbally, Esq., 11. P., county of Meath, 50/. ; the Most Itti'verend Dr. Murray, Roman Catholic. Archbishop of Dublin, 5L:i "Daniel Leahy, Esq., Shonaliill-house, Cork, 10/. ; Daniel Leahy Arthur, Esq., 10/. A considerable number of communications, enclosing smaller sums, have been received by the. Committee. Upon the. Tory side a very active canvass for subscrip tions is in progress, and they boast that upwards of 1,0001. has already been received. It is stated that the address of Mr. Gregory will appear in the Dublin Even ing Mail to-night. PRESBYTERIAN MARRIAGES. In the Queen's Bench yesterday, judgment was given in the case of " The Queen v. Smith," who had been convicted of bigamy at the last assizes . fir Armagh. A point was raised by Mr. Whiteside, Q:C., that his first marriage was invalid, having been celebrated by a Pres byterian clergyman, between an . Episcopalian Protestant and a Presbyterian. The Judges ruled in favour of the point raised, and the prisoner was ordered to be dis charged from custody. The numbers were eight to two. The two Judges in the minority were stated to be the Hon. Justices Foster and Perrin. This is one of the most important decisions ever pro nounced in a British Court of Justice, and it will have, a retrospective as well as a prospective operation. The Presbyterian population of Ulster consists of upwards of 600,000 souls, and amongst even the most respectable and opulent families of that persuasion, such marriages as that which has been pronounced invalid are of every day occurrence. Already arrangements are in progress for bringing the subject before the Legislature. Up to this time no question has been raised as to the validity of those marriages. The decision of the Judges will spread consternation throughout the province of Ulster. - •. DISTURBED STATE OF TIPPERARY. _ _ • MURDER.—NEWPORT, JAN. 10.—On this day, in Castlewaller-wood, near this town, *Denis Roughan, the wood-ranger, was barbarously murdered by a miscreant whom he caught in the act of felling a •tree. Roughan's head was literally chopped off. It is evident it was done with a hatchet. The inhuman murderer is known, and in all likelihood will be made amenable to justice at the approaching assizes.—/Venagh Guardian. We asserted about a fortnight or three weeks ago, .on the authority of several respectable and trustworthy cor respondents, that the condition of Tipperary was such as to excite well-grounded alarm in the mind of every well wisher to the peace of that great and noble county. This assertion was not lightly hazarded—nor was it made with a factious view. But a Tory paper published in Nenagh, stoutly denied it, in terms by no means remarkable for courtesy or decorum. A few weeks have elapsed; and what is the fact ? In Saturday's number of the Tory paper in question, the assertion we made on the autho rity of our respectable informants, is fully confirmed. This paper gives a list of no less ,than thirteen outrages, some of which are said to be attended with very awa vated cireurastanees,—Limerich lieportfr: The further examination of W. Hitchcock will be resumed at the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall street, on Monday next, the 17th inst„ at 11 o'clock, before Mr. Commissioner Holroyd—that day having been appointed by the Learned Commissioner, in pur suance of an application 11144 e WI Tile 41.3 y last, THE VACANT junqgsHip...._W e give the following as the c urre nt rumour in W estm i nster ll a ll this morning, althou g h we feel bo un d to a dd , t h at many gentlemen of the long robe do not place implicit belief in it:—The Attorney General (Sir Frederick Pollock) to succeed Mr. Justice Bosanquet as one of the ,Judeg4 Qf the court of Common Pleas j _ Sir William Follett to bp AtterueyT(fenP P4 l / all 4 4r. P!T§sweii; Solicitor-General, Tay paper. FRANCE. -;;----' .-- CHAI;IBER OF PEERS. : s r r CONTINUATION OF TUE DISCUSSION ON THE ADDRESS. The Marquis de 'Boissy, after Alluding to the quarrel between France and Russia; which had converted grave diplomatists into capricious beauties, feigning cold and shirking visits, p asse d to Spain, ad showed how fully late events proved the mistake that France had made in countenancing the re 'Volittiblinry party in Spain. Carlos and Christina ought-TklitiVe7lieerqreated alike, and also their hopes and ppartieS. The preSentAonduct of Espar tero showed that he was ready for the last act nsurpa tion. He who had assassinated hik a olit cOMiiides, Would not start befare anything. ' isTdflant thiithe'(the - 11farquis de BdiasyY was delighted to See the Spa cutting; each other's threats; At lii - ime4ieTwould.dernanit of,the GoVeriinient 'greater 40,4. 44,4: atonid haVe . it to penetrate amongst the 'skret so4eitT, in ern:at .theal. Ile would repeal the laiii Which rendered eriiniL4r ; ilie press amenable to the Jury-, and he would ia4estae .the penalties against members of. secret so - 2ietiess,, rn of property would rally round th e G'overriment, :44 sir i.p terests were protected, ankl if the solemn enagf , Ms made to them were not year after year Io .. o,re was, for instance, a treaty spoken of betweeni,,,, 4tlh and France, which would prove , the ruin Ofqam . Mors Of mines, lands, and Manufactures... The. ,ye.T . ,it ii .rtn - taqur was a calamity. The treaty withllollan dWia6Pftnießqos 4 , but this would be infamous. Such pan4,,tact wolaig,,alfe- , nate. from it the support of' all inen of property. i ffgt)ie . three political parties in France, the. Radical partypos sessed nothing, the Dynastic party somewhat, but the Le gitimist party owned five -eighths of property of all kinds. Count Mole protested against such arguments. They calumniated the country.. The President could not allow .a great portion of the country to be thus represented as hostile to the Grovern ment.. M. Guizot said that a Peer could not thus publicly and Officially speak °f a - Legitimist party existing without the laws and constitution— And, added M. Teste, Masters of the destinies of the country. - • Thu.., Marquis de Boissy explained, and .offered to re tract any expression of th e ki n d . M. Guizot begged he would also retract the expression of executioner applied to a man who was the depositary of Royal power in another country. The Marquis consented to withdraw,the expression, Count Montalembert rose and said, that though ,not, disapproving the whole . of the address, he still objected to its first phrase, .which approved the foreign policy of .the Croverinnent ; and to 'its hist r which promised seen-•. city for the future. He had not considered the treaty. or July as a cause., of war, nor joined in the choler *inch it excited. • But he saw no-neeessity Sor,ha.stening,iback to what was called the European concert. The neyr i Pon-, vention was but a repetition of' the.treaty of Unkiar She-, lessi. The secret article of that treatyshut the Straits. The Convention does this for. Russia,-gives her up the Black Sea, and renders her mistress at once of the Cir-, cession coast and the mouths of the Danube. England gains nothing thereby ; Germany loses the free naviga tion of the Danube ; whilst France has lost her credit and honour. To have signed this could only have prOceeded from the empty desire of enobling the name of France with those of the peat Powers, amongst whom it had not found a sincere friend. ' 'Though he was a partisan of movement in foreign po licy, he would resist movement at home. He was ready to Support not merely this or that Ministry, but any Ministry, in presence of the events of Clermont and Toulouse,'And of the resistance caused by the reßensement, and of the disorders caused by the press. To the liberty of the press, guaranteed by the laws, has been. joined the liberty of insurrection, guaranteed by the deplorable. indulgence of the Jury. These two liberties are. too much. One is quite enough. He would not ask for • new laws of represSion ; but he would beg all honest men to show themselves sensible of the dangers :which menaced society, and ready, to unite to combat them. On the grounds of lower life vs forming an overwhelm ing mass of people, who neither loved, feared,' believed, nor respected anything. The noble orator- then proved the cause of all this in the absence., of religion, in the want of respect of Sunday shown even by the workmen of that very palace. The Minister of Public Instruction would not allow ecclesiastics to teach unless they passed the University examination. But was not this very Uni versity, by its doctrines, one of the causes of the reign ing immorality-. ? What a country 'was it, when a grant of 200/. a year to re-establish- the archiepiscopal chair of Fenelon tailed forth protests-from every town and from every Journal ! The Noble Peer terminated by giving his warm support to Government. The Minister of Public Instruction said, that nothing that he could say in defence of the, University would be equal to what it deserved, and he - was sure that the young and honourable speaker who had assailed it had done so without reflection: • M. de llontalembert . replied that if' the University had been founded, as he had no doubt it was, , with reli gious and monarchical views, it , had badly performed its mission, for never were Monarchical and religious senti ments more rare in France: Count D'Alton Shee, after alluding to the sircum stances under Avhich the Convention ofJuly 13 had been agreed by the French Government, said that they were decidedly unfavourable to the system of isolation. There was a time (added . he) when , the syniptiihies of other nations for France were warm anti vivid; btit they were now extinct. What was the positiorWtifilFrance as re garded foreign nations ? The natiohility of Poland was destroyed ; Austria had consolidated her domi nion over Lombardy ; the Rhenish . provinces would now only receive th e French with thel suing of a Ger man Marseillaise ;• - Spain would reeei ire the, French aS in 1812, only with the cry " Death to the" , French." The French had lost all their alliances and all the - Stmpathiea which were once felt towards them. NVliere then, 'would have been the chance of success from the Xyatain bfisblie;- tion, the principle of which was an appeal to itati'dia against their rulers? It had been' said that the systeni would have proved a ruinous one to other . Powers: • It Might have been so, but it would have been still more ruinous to the French nation. IC had also been said that the Convention of July contained nothing by which tlii French were gainers; , he would reply that their gain a-`s the abandonment of the system of isolation, and the eon: , sequent faculty of restoring order in the finances,- and this he called a result of importanee. ' ' • Count de St. Priest said he would take this opPorfu::.; nity of noticing the alltisions' *hich had been inn& 'lta Spain. lie did not know `how 'the question of ' etiquette which had arisen on the subjectftif X de Salvandy's erii bassy would be solved, but he begged to remind the Chamber' that thel Ortivili°'rof.Frande 3 . lfait, at all times, made:a distinction be f tiVegi"Retent4;iebording as they were invested with the title:-of Royalty, or otherwise: The Queen received direct the letters' addressed to- the King, who was - A Initioi ; under a, simple Regent, they were presented 'WO, minor himself '. Such- was the Mode of proceeding Find -he trusted :that *the 'application of the principle*ould not create any serious difficulty between two -nationsav?hieh had been so long united. - - The Marquis- de. Dreux Breze observed, as regarded Spain, thaV the check which French interests had re ceived, in' that country- were to be attributed to' the abandonment of the salutary principles upon which the policy of France, from the time of Louis XIV:, had been b a sed. The treaty of the Quadruple Alliance had, he said, led to two evils, viz., a false alliance with England; and an imprudent alliance with the Spanish revolution. With reference to the convention of July, the Nbble Marquis sald,—" We have doubtlessly returned to the European compact, but we fi n d ourselves in this position in it—disdained by Russia, duped by England, and disap pointed in our hopes in Spain and in the East." WEDNESDAY'S DEBATE. M. Guizot, Minister of Foreign Affairs, first occupied the tribune. He had risen the day before to answer the 'observations of M. de Dreux Breze, who commented on the silence of the Royal Speech with regard to Spain. Negotiations were still pending between the French and Spanish Governments, which inopportune explanations might have the effect of interupting. The French Go vernment approved of thee Treaty- of Bergara, and as to the reports current respecting the last insurrection, and the participation .or favour shown to il by the French Government, he declared them totally without - founda4 tion. When the Spanish. Government addressed that of France, to take measures against the Carlist mat s contents who threatened the frontier, the French Go. ' vernment dial not hesitate to send those malcontents away from the frontier into the interior. . When simis lac- application was made with respect to 'Christine) refugees, the same-. attention was shown, the . same conduct followed. One demand alone, needless to state, was refused.- The . Spanish Government must have foreseen. - refusal,.'; nd , comprehended its being given frankly and categoricaltyw,,Etesides (added the :Minis ter), haul we beeh inclined for recrimination, which we never were, we might lia.ve,cast up to the Spanish Govern ment these public meetings, these menaces, these decla rations., against France.andits King, mad e by grave an d responsible personages, and tending to insin ua t e th at new however amply afforded, we insurrections would be fomented in France. From such Werecrimination,. now too well the difficulties beset it iforaetile egovernment- We ' subjectsal whichay s inaohsf such ctahi eceirdabstained. nlstaannde e si t s relations with Guizot then passed know the headlong curr_e . n th t e o f ,., p Q o n p ly u , lar tk p heey aa ... a .p i a o an ni raa T i h me pa cification all our, Governments, ;policyof: a S t ain , i Madrid. m. ph re . - -to : the., Eastern justified and lating' to it, and justified the signatures affixed to the Convention of July, la, . It .resulted clearly that the Pacha of Egypt was re-established, an d his law of Europe, France estab lishment recognised, and that the Porte had en t ere d Vitiations which brought about the treaty of the 19th of July, and. main tained that all-that had taken place i .11 the affairs of the lionadcekimstorneoitihitoingthienindtiegruniattyioibiayl the ;lo East was beneficial to the whole of Europe. M. Guitot protested that the French Government felt the greatest populations whi c h i w n e tre r e ep s l t in the ecedu fate of t those he dom C in h a i t r o t n ian of the Ottoman em pire,and under this feeling ), they . ad never ceased - to impress on the attention of . that Government - and on Europe, that the greatest danger which threatened the Turkish empire was to be dreaded from the oppression with which its Christian population was treated, and that disappear, ameliorating their condition th Count Montale m b er t complained o f . the establishment of a Protestant Bi s h o p in Syria. e danger would i ns t ant l y observations or e x - The general discu s sion then closed, d, : l f. iti G en u s iz r9 ot hlt d i ecvelitneed ibis ma . king Iv and re-opened on the Address, article by article. p re pOsed th e i nsertion of the fol.. • ' The two first paragraphs were adept without fur ther disc't*Qii ! M. DtHar c e nt a th en I.oWialff additional paragraph :---- " We address also our hopeS to your Majesty, that in concert with your Allies, you may cast your friendly re gards upon a nation injured in its rights and in those liberties which were guaranteed to it by treaties," This agjendment, eembnied 4 Coda bejoan, and giPPort94 by 9.:niiit Woollembert; Was put to the vote by non' aild 410illgt Two.triOs of 43 kißd gall ) , a i ~ ~• . • .:.,....._ . - On a thir4 - trial th amendment was Eidopted, but by a feeble-majority. • •• ThE ROYAL CHRISTENING. . I:viNDsoll, TuottsoAli. 7 -The day for the celebration of this important national event has been now determined tIPOti. It has been fixed for Tuesday, the 25th instant, the invitations, for that day, to those distinguished per sonages who will be present at the ceremony, having been issued by the Lord Chaniberlain. Tht whole of the extensive preparations now in pro gress in the private, and State apartments at the Castle, and also in St. George's Chapel, and Cardinal Wolsey's Hall, under the superintendence of Mr. Sa un d ers , o f th e Lord Chamberlains department will be brouolt. to a cloSe at.an early hour on the day preceding. An alteration having just been made in the construc tion of the chimneys to the six large stoves in St. George's Chapel, a temperature of a considerable higher degree has been obtained, which will thus render any further Additions to the stoves at- present placed there tinneces sar3-. •The iron chimney of each has been carried, hori zotitagy, about ten feet from the floor, along the sides 'of Ilteghttpel for several' yards, before it ascends and pro bee& through the windOw above. From these chimneys considerable degree of heat is emitted. This day the thermometer in the chapel was at 48 degrees, and an addi tional temperature of six degrees is expected to be ob tained. by the day of the christening. . A. sufficient number of bed-rooms and dressing-rooms have been prepared at Frogmore to accommodate, separately, thirty of her Majesty's distinguished guests. ,Several of the rooms in, the round tower will likewise be fitted up, in order to afford similar accommodation to the Royal visitors. • Three large Gothic bronze chandeliers, to be lighted with gas, are immediately to be suspended from the lofty ceiling of the new riding-house, and upwards of sixty additional gas-burners are to be affixed in various portions of the passages and stabling connected with the riding-school. The Gothic chandeliers will be suspended from the roof by means of cleverly constructed telescope tubes, or slides, so that the lamps may be raised or lowered at pleasure, without the possibility of an escape of gas. The flooring of Cardinal Wolsey's Hall (at the en trance to which, where a temporary erection will be con structed, the whole of the Royal and illustrious person -ages will alight upon their arrival from the Castle), will be covered over throughout with the patent cocoa-nut matting, which may be described as being " as thick as a hoard." The floor of the choir and the aisles and pas sages in St. George's Chapel, through which the proces sion will pass, will be covered in a like manner. No additional fires will be placed in Cardinal Wolsey's I Tall, Around the interior of this edifice splendid seats will be erected for the accommodation of those who attend the-ceremony. A great timber of upholsterers' men and others are now busily engaged in arranging the new bedding and other descriptions of furniture in the private and state apartments. - The oratorio of "Hercules,"from which a grand march has been selected by his Royal Highness Prince Albert to be performed in. Saint George's Chapel, during the ceremony of the christening, was composed by Handel in 1744. This march• was played by the organ and full band at the last installation of Knights of the Garter, at Saint George's Chapel, in 1800. THE WELLINGTON STATUE. Mr. Weeks, the sculptor, has addressed the following 'letter to the Editor of the Times •"SIR --I am of opinion that artists should never mingle in newspaper controversy, but I feel myself compelled to remark upon a passage in the letter of your correspon dent J.' on the subject of the Wellington Statue. )" . As a false inference may be deduced therefrom as to my - position with regard to that great work, I feel as sured that you will allow me space to set myself right with the public in that particular, and thus I trust to terminate this unpleasant personal discussion. " Your correspondent has, for ought I know, quoted the terms of the will correctly. The entire establish ment of the_late Sir Francis Chantrey has been for many years under the superir tendence' of Mr. Cunningham, and continues to be so still. The indefinite wording of the passage certainly gives room for the conclusion that artistical supervision is there meant. Such, however, is not the case, as during the whole term of my engage ment with the late Sir Francis, I have never seen Mr. Cunningham engaged as an artist upon any of the works in the studio ; his 'undoubted talents in other respects far be it from me to deny. This is the real point at issue, and all that I feel interested in. " When your correspondent J.' was quoting the will, he might have been generous' enough to have extracted another passage in it, which bequeaths me the sum of 1,0001., .coupled with a condition which gave it great ad ditional value, inasmuch as it was declaratory of the im• portance Of my services ; and here it becomes me to acknowledge the many acts of kindness I have received from the late truly great sculptor. To . him lam in debted for a reco mmen d a ti on to many comm i ss i ons in sculpture; on some of which I am now engaged ; among thein.rmay name the figureS for the Oxford Martyr Memorial, -a monument of one of the masters of , the versity of Oxford, and numerous busts,' including one of the Speaker of the- House of 'Commons. I should not have mentioned these facts, except as conveying a; tri bute'of reSpect to a deservedly eminent man. . • " I am, Sir, your very obedient servant, • Belgrave-place, Jan. 13. "HENRY Y WEEKES," , NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH, THURSDAY.—The Warspite, 50, Capt. Lord. John hay, hauled off from . her hulk to moorings yesterday afternoon, preparatory to her going out of harbour, which it was intended she should do this day, but as the wind is right in her teeth, and blowing fresh, she will be compelled to postpone her departure to Spit hp4funtil,the wind moderates, or becomes more favour able. A steamer of the first class, with great power, is much wanted here to assist vessels out of harbour, as the: Echo, Government steam-tug, which is usually em ployed in towinm vessels out to Spithead, is not suffi ciently,powerfurte take out a large ship like the War 4ie, in the face of even a moderate wind. At the time the Queen went out of harbour the Vixen steam frigate was sent for specialry, to assist in taking her4mt. The Warspite will sail on Saturday. The North Sea who are to take he r an d th e V in di ct i ve into tfiC' Port'Where his Majesty the King of Prussia will mi . bark; arrived here yesterday, having come round for the express purpose of undertaking this duty. It is not yet known in what particular vessel his Majesty will embark. The Warspite has been ordered to get a Prussian stand . and from the dockyard, to be ready in the event of his Majesty preferring a sailing vessel to a steamer. The Vindictive, 50s Captain Toup Nicholas, which is to be the consort of the Warspite in conveying the King of Prussia to England, has all her running gear up, and will bend her sails to-morrow. Every exertion is being made to get her ready for sea by Saturday. The Alfred, 50, CommodornPurvis, will not be n a sufficient state of forwardness to form one of the squa dron to attend on the King of Prussia, as she will not be ready 'for sea within three weeks. The squadron will consist of the Warspite, Vindictive, and Formidable. It is expect e d th a t Ad m i ra l Si r C. Seymour, one of the Lords of the Admiralty, will hoist his flag on board of the' FOrmidable, and accompany the squadron on this special mission. The Conway, 26, -- Captain Bethune, is now completely stripped, and will be paid off to-morrow. Many of her hands are still on the sick list. The Rapid. 10, Lieutenant , Commander Earle, is ex peCied to be ready to proceed to her destination, on the Coast of Africa, by the end of next week. The. Thunderbolt, a new Government steamer, is to be launched here this afternoon. Ship at Spithead--The Queen. Ships in Harbour—The Warspite, Vindictive, Carys fort, Rapid, Nautilus, St. Vincent, Victory, Excellent, and Royal George. RO ?AL JENNERIAN AND LONDON VACCINE INSTITUTION.—On Thursday the annual meeting of this Institution ,took place at the George and Vulture Tavern, Cornhill, and was attended by Dr. Epps, Mr. Davis, Mr. Raid, Mr.' Henry, and several other Governors. The Chair: was. taken by •Robert Elwin, Esq., when the Report was read, from, wbich it appeared that the Committee had carefully iiatelied the effects of the Vac ciliation Acts; and fbund 'that, notWithstithding its 'faci lities for parochial vaccination, , the. same imperative ne cessity for this institution rernain9d, thfl,9l,l,ulPkiets tvae einated during the ,year havipg ~Xhe,pyard, of Management' had applThhio 'lto' die parishe, and unions for peeunitirjr aid, hut lit' Akaii in rifiry,' that their demands were not withid the zeope. of the. Act of Parliament. An - appeal had also been made to the ~ Poor-law Commissioners, who returned an answer on the .9th of December, in which they admitted the' itdvantages of the establishment, but thought it had do" clairn on the parochial funds. Letters were read from Dr, Mur ray, of Trinidad, the re - presentative of NeW Grenada in this country, and from other places in the four quarters .of the world, which , testified . the efficiency of - the virus supplied by the Institution. In conclusion,- the' demise of W. Cordell, , Esq., late Medical Secretary, was much .regretted. The receipts for the year amounted to 5001. only, leaving the. Institution inonmbered with a debt of . of 2201., which it was hoped a benevolent public would shortly extinguish, considering that the Institution, since 1606, has vaccinated 174,000 patients, and sends; - the virus to. all quarters of the globe.. The report was adopted, and Dr. Serny was elected in the place of Mr. Cordell.. A vote of thanks was passed to the Medical Council and the Board of Management, when Dr. Epps and Mr: Davis returned thanks, the latter of whom stated, that notwithstanding the Vaccination Act, Dr. Epps ,attended from 50 to 100 patients daily at the Insti tution. Thanks having been voted to the Chairman, the meeting adjourned. ACCIDIINT FRO SNOW-BALLS.--Thursday afternoon, between four and five o'clock, as some boys were amusing themselves in Salisbury-square, Fleet street, by throwing snowballs, a lad named Cooper, aged ten years, received one of them in his eye. The ball having bqeti thrown with considerable violence, liter crushed the poor boy's eye i n i ts socket, and inflict . ed a severe wound above the lid, whence the blood flowed profusely. On being conveyed to the house of a medical gentleman in the vici n it y, t h e wounds were dressed, hat *ere is scarcely a hope entertained that the 144 will ever recover-the use of his eye. There is little doubt but that, in the hasty construction of the snow ball, a sharp stone had been inadvertently introduced, and was t h is the cause of the accident. The Brighton. Gazette magnificently rrmarks, "American purity would 1.101 tolerate Madame Vestris, although actually tnamied to M r . M att h ews : what has egt(n 4 it to - alikp in , the case of Dr. Lardner ?" Between five and six o'clock yesterday morning a fire broke out in Chelsea College, but which, by the assistance of the pensioners and fire-brigademen, was got under bercore much clantav was done. • c .;~.:~. ~~ ~ :i ;,it;fl=:=RS 717 M MOR NING SUN LAW INTELL IGENCE. COURT OF CHANCERY. Jan. 14. IN THE MATTER OF FOWLER. - . case came before the Court upon petition, pray ing the confirmation of the Master's Report. The luna tic, who was the rector of Rampton, was entitled to the tithes of that parish. The Commissioners under the Tithe Commutation Act had offered the Committee of the lunaticy 300/. a-year . in li eu o f th e t i t h es. U pon t hi s offer being made a reference was directed to the Master to inquire whether it would be for the benefit of the lu natics' estate to accept that offer. The Master had re ported that it would, and the confirmation of that report was the object of the present petition. His LORDSHIP made the order as prayed. IN THE MATTER OF TIIE nEnwlck HANK. In this case a fiat of bankruptcy had issued against'all the partners in the Berwick bank, and that fiat had been directed to the Bankrupt Commissioners of Berwick. There had, however, arisen the difficulty with respect to those Cotnmissioners, that three of them were interested parties. Such being the case, Mr. JAMES RUSSELL applied to-day for the appoint ment of three CommiSsioners in their room. 'rho LORD CHANCELLOR said he could not, for the sake of one ease alone, appoint three new Commissioners who would be perpetual. The parties must either go to Newcastle, which was only 63 miles distant, or they must apply to the Court of .Review for a new fiat, di rected to new Commissioners. There could be no doubt that the adoption of sueh a course would be both incon venient and expensive to the parties, but the Court could not help it. It was clear to his Lordship that the present system was bad, and must be altered. WARD V. AMAGER. The further arguments in this case occupied the Court the whole morning, and not having terminated when his Lordship rose, will be proceeded with to-morrow. ROLLS' COURT, Jan. 14. ALLEN V. COSTER. Mr. ROGERS appeared for the petitioner, and stated that the petition prayed for payment of certain funds held in trust for the petitioner. The petitioner was en titled to a moiety of the principal, but in drawing up the petition he (Mr. Rogers) had omitted to state it. The petition stated the will of the testatrix, by which she gave the sum of 6,0001. New Four per Cents., the divi dends to be paid to George Allen and his wife, to be applied by them to the maintenance of their two chil dren, George Alle n , th e y ounger , an d E l i za b eth Allen, until the said Elizabeth Allen should have attained the ago of 21 years, and at that period this fund was to be distributed equally between them. His Lordship would recollect that an 'order was made in this case, ap pointing Mr. Underwood as guar di an to t h ese chil dren. It appeared that the last dividend had not been received in consequence of that application. From several orders made and obtained in this case, the fund had from time to time been reduced, and these costs had been placed to the separate accounts of these infants, and although the infant Elizabeth Allen had had a large amount placed to her account, still it would be found to exceed by 201. only the account of her brother, George Allen the younger. It appeared that one sum of 1701. Bs. Id. was paid for the costs of the ap plication to discharge this young man from his first ap prenticeship, which application was granted, and in consequence he was apprenticed to another master. It appeared that this sum was placed to the separate ac count of the petitioner. Then there was another:sum of 501. which was paid by Mr. Underwood to the former master of the young man for his past maintenance, and subsequently there was another sum •of 35L, making 851., placed to the separ a t e accoun t o f G eorge All en t h e younger ; and 301. was placed to the separate account of Elizabeth Allen, making a difference of only 20/. The only other sum is that of 210/, for the costs of inquiry with reference to the marriage of Elizabeth Allen when an infant. These sums carried up, the result appeared to be, that 2201. was carried to the separate account. of the brother, and 240/. to the separate account of the sister, in point of fact making only the small difference of 2C/. He (Mr. Roger) should therefore hope that his Lordship would think that as each had received nearly the same amount out of the fund, there might be properly made an order for the reeeipt of the moiety of the •whole fund left to George Allen the younger. His LORDSHIP asked upon what ground the-order was to be made ? This was a case at which he looked with the utmost possible anxiety. He had never seen a case which so strongly called upon the Court to refuse the payment of this moiety. On what ground was it to be paid to this young man; for, according to the intention of the testatrix—which intention had been attempted by certain parties to be frustrated—it was that this moiety should not be paid to this young man until his sister was of the age of twenty-one years, and then to be paid to him. Why should it not still be paid to Mr. Under ood ? His Lordship had become more intimately ac quainted with the circumstances of this case, and he felt that protection should be given not only to the young lady but also to the young man himself. He found him out of employment, and diminishing the fund he had, and living upon those who were striving all • in their power to cause him to live respectably. Mr. ROGERS said he had discovered that it was the intention of all parties that he 5h0t31 1 4430 placed in a rtt spectable house o f bu s i ness in London'. His LORDSHIP said that was verydesirable, in ord4 t 9 rescue him from a connection which had bet , tv so cul pable with respect to him. His Lordship would be very{ glad to attend to anything for his benefit ; but in the meantime, the income must be paid to Mr. Underwood till after the„yQung man was of age. His Lordship could not help saying of Mr. Underwood, that he had never met any person in whom he had more cause for reliance. Mr. ROGERS applied to his Lordship for an order for Mr. Underwood to receive the unpaid dividend. His LORDSHIP expressed his hope, that what was done for him would be with the protection of the Court. He should be sorry to cast the least imputation on any per son, but he never saw a case which required so much protection. The order might be made. VICE-CHANCELLORS' COURT, Jan. 14. (Before the VICE-CHANCELLOR of ENGLAND.) CASSIDY V. CIFFORD. In this case Mr. Bethell made an application for an injunction to restrain the defendant from nego tiating a bill of exchange for 3,6941., dated July 24, 1841, before the month of July, ' 1842 ; and also to restrain the defendant from prdeuring a fiat of bankruptcy to be issued against the plain tiff, by reason of hi s not having paid the ae2a bill previous to the time mentioned. It ap peared that previous to the month of Jialy, 1841, there had been several money transactions between the plaintiff, who was a clerk in a public office, and the defendant, who was a surgeon. The defendant had, it was stated, advanced to the plaintiff fro m ti me t o time certain sums, a t an i n t erest of 20 per cent. In the month of July, 1841, the defendant had determined to bring those transactions to a close, and he then sold to the defendant certain stock and railway shares for the sum of 3,6941., which was made over to the plain tiff by a bill ofexchange, payable in three months. Accord ing to the statements made for the defence it appeared that the bill had been given on condition that it should be renewed from quarter to quarter, leaving the plaintiff twelve months to meet the bill. There being some doubt as to the nature of the agree ment between the, parties, and as to the interpretation to be put upon the plaintiff's bill, 'HS HONOUR said that before he came to any decision he should read over the bill, and he should then make the order he should think fit. (Before Vice-Chancellor BRUCE.) PING V. CHUCK. The bill was filed in this cause by one of the execu tors and trustees of certain property against the residu ary legatee, his assignees, the claimaints on the trust fund, and the personal representative of the person •NV h o was the plaintiff's co -trustee and co-executor. The bill prayed an account and atiminstration of the estate. The statement of the facts ran to great length, and was not of a nature interesting enough to admit of its pub!: lication. The principal question raised was, as 'to the right which one of the trustees had to be reinibui'ed for certain sums alleged to have been' expended' by him in repairs on the estate. His HONOUR decreed the usual inquiries in such cases to be made, and reported by the Mtmerovith liberty to state special circumstances. • • WESTON v. P ACRE The defendants in this cause were the assignees of a bankrupt. The object of the suit mats to obtain the usual decree in fav our of th e pl a i n tifAyis equitable mort gagees. It appeared that in the year 1834 a lease of certain houses, of which the bankrupt' had a long lease hiviltvierest, was deposited with the plaintiffs, as a se curiftfor a balance of their account. They had advanced ilrionS' Sums in the course of their dealings as bankers with the defendants. In the arrangement which was made between the assignees and the plaintiffs after the bank ruptcy, it was agreed that the latter should repair some of the houses, and repay themselves out of the rents of those houses. That arrangement had been carried into effect, and the plaintiffs claimed to be allowed for the payment they had so made. The only question in the ease was that which should come before the Master as to what was due for principal and interest. Some dis cussion having taken place between the Counsel engaged joarthe point of receivership and other particulars, his 'Honour, directed the case to stand over to Thursday next, with liberty to present a petition if necessary. (Before Vice-Chancellor WIGRAX.) PERKINS v. BRADLEY. His HONOUR was engaged nearly the whole morning in hearing this part hearecause. At the close of the ar guments, his Honour requested to be furnished with the pars, and said' he should tak e ti me to cons i der his judgment. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH, Jan. 14. THE QUEEN v. THE JUSTICES OF 'WARWICKSHIRE. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL had been instructed by certain parishioners of Birmingham and Edgbaston to apply to the Court for a rule to show cause why a writ of certiorari should not issue, directed to the Justices of Warwickshire, and commanding them to bring up a cer tain county-rate, made by them upon the town of Bir mingham, for the purpose of ascertaining its legality. The affidavits set out that under the provisions of the Municipal Regulation Act, the sth and 6th of William IV., in the last clause but one of that statute her Majesty was pleased to grant a charter to the town of Birmingham, and one of the consequences of that charter being granted was that the charges for the town were immediately taken out of the county-rate, and contained a power of levying a borough -rate in the nature of that county-rate. The town might be called upon to contribute to certain expenses, but there was a clause in the Act, which ab solutely exempted it from all liability to a county-rate as such. Their Lordships were aware that a doubt arose as to wh e th er th e clause in the Act, enabling the Crown to grant such a Charier had or had not such difficulties interposed in the way of suchEivileges conferred, quoad hoc, as to render it unavailing. There was a diffi culty in setting the Corporation in motion, and pending the doubts that existed, the rate-payers of Birmingham operati on . lverea Their dvisedtopay tilo u w g e h r - e r at probably e which 1 by the Town C ounc il o f Birmingham, after they had waited a sufficient time to get th e Ch ar t er into regular Lordshipse "borough-rate the diffi cu l ty was, that the Municipal Regulation Act re • - aware was mad that , quiredtbat the choice of Magistrates of the Town Council was to take place at a certain period of the year, under the authority of a Mayor and certain assessors, and inade no provision for the appointment of these officers imme diately. The Town Council existed until the regular time had arrived which was required by the . statute. . The difficulties and legal ObjectionS in thc way of. a t borough rate, being made un d er such a Charter, it being admitted that the Charter -w as va lid for all other pur poses, came under the discussion of the Judges in . the case of the Manchester Charter; and the majority of the i Judges, assembled in the Exchequer Chamber, were then of opinion that the. Crown had the power to grant such a Charter. Upon that, the parish officers, who had been advised not to act under the clause of the Municipal Regulation Act, were obliged to ac quiesce in the decision of the majority of the Judges, and to make arrangements to pay the sums demanded under the - authority of the Chamber and the Act of Parliament, and they had done so. But not? withstanding that, the County Magistrates had, lie pre semed, under a notien'that the Charter was not valid, or that the House of Lords might disturb the decision of the Exchequer Chamber,' thought fit to impose a county rate on the town, that was to say, in the county-rate made they had included the town of Birmingham. Therefore, the inhabitants of Birmingham, in their re spective parishes,,, were liable to pay a double rate, one made by the Town Couneil, and the other by the County Magistrates. They had no menus of bringing the ques tion of the rate made by the Town-Council before their Lordships, and; indeed, they had acquiesced in it : and if the decision of the Court of Exchequer Chamber be correct, there could be little doubt upon the subject. Lord DENMAN said it was clear the question was one which must be discussed. The certiorari might go to bring up the order for making the rate, and then the parties could show cause upon affidavits, setting forth all facts, or at once agree upon a case to be placed in the Crown paper. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL had no objection to such a course. Lord DENMAN presumed there had been some commu nication with the county authorities, and that there was no wish on their part to to oppose the discussion of the question. Mr. HUMPHREYS said the Solicitor-General was on the otherside, and thought it better not to show cause against the rule in the first case. Lord DENMAN—Then if the parties are agreed let the case be putin the Crown paper. DANIEL V. BARRY AND OTHERS. This was an action brought against the d e f en d ants, Barry and two others, for selling a vessel for a certain price, and falSely describing her as fit to be on Lloyd's register, class A. 1., for ten years, knowing her not to b e so fit. The c ase was t r i e d b e f ore Lord Dnman at the last sittings at Guildhall, and the Jury found a verdict for the plaintiff, adding that they acquitted the defendants of all fraudulent knowledge, which was tantamount to a. verdict for the defendants. Certain questions were put to the Jury by the Learned Judge after they had deli• vered their verdict, as to whether they believed the de fendants had any knowledge of the vessel being what "she had been represented, and: their answers generally were that there was no evidence before them on that point. Mr. CRESSWELL now moved for a rule to showcauie why the verdict should not be set aside, and .a new trial had, on the ground that the Learned• Judge should have put other questions to the Jury, but . • The COURT, after hearing the. Learned Gentleman's arguments, thought there were no grounds for disturbing the verdict. THE QUEEN V. THE VISITING JUSTICES OF THE BANWRI.I. LUNATIC ASYLUM. In this case a rule had been obtained, calling upon the Visiting Justices of the Ilanwell Pauper Lunatic Asylum to show cause why a writ of mandamus should not issue, directed to them, and commanding them to admit the Rev. Francis Tebbut into the said asylum, to perform the duties of chaplain, and to pay him the arrears of the salary due as such chaplain. The SOLICITOR -GENERAL (with whom was Mr. White burst) now appeared to show cause against the rule. Th e application stated th a t M r . Tebbut had received'the ap pointment of Chaplain, and had obtained the license of the Archbishop of Canterbury ; it then went on to state that he had been removed from that office, but without going into the peculiar facts or circumstances which led to his removal, it was contended that the appointment wax in fact:virtually in the Archbishop of Canterbury, and that he was the only party who had the power to remove the Chaplain. Before he called their at tention to the appointment he would - observe, that he should have no difficulty in satisfying their Lordships that the whole control over the asylum was vested in the Visiting Justices, and that they had power not only to appoint the chaplain and other officers, but to renJove them as • they thought proper. In the month of July, 1839, Mr. Tebbut was elected to the oflit4•6l* ou chaplain, "As ng ye lithitO with a salary of 1501. per ann um . I n t l l g letter of Mr. ,occ in 'n . r r hti occurred thee.iors, lo n" 14 a T re ebbut i jiei ln et.d rep to ly, confide recognising the right •of the o ,Ip i stie to' make - it. The license of': t Yi*ting es he .. krchb . Op :..of Canterbury cottlil not constitute his right, .b‘a,use. he did not obtpn it till Jan uary , 1 841 ; and on th€lBth of May : they came to a resolution that Mr. Tebbetiwatrnot a fit person to fill the . office, and' removedl iiittO The Learned Gentleman then referred to the ternislottihe' of Parliam en t, which VOilleAtight of appbinfhifiE removal of all the officers . td - the Visiting Jtiit l a r n •,. tamed the analogous' case o f chagains of gaOIN - 44rA t %,..,'' mated that the ru l e oug h t to b e discharged, With: .Cag, ' Mr. Sergeant'll.u.comnE, in support of the rule, con tended that --they must, when the whole facts Of th e case were before them, make the rule absolute. The Visiting' JustieeSi had, he contended, most tuiproperly taken the law into their own hands. In the month of February they called upon Mr. 'rev:at to resign his appointment, and he expressed b. 5 perfect readiness to do so, but he had a wife and five children depending on him for support. 114 was then allowed to go on till th e mont h of May, when in the absence of Mr. Tebbut tk - e y passed a reso l ut i on dismissing him fr om . , tlie establishment. N ow M r. Tebbutt, up t 9 • `.Lee present moment, held the license 'of ti , 'Archbishop of Canterbury, although applications 1. .. ad been made to his Grace to revoke; it, or at least 'to confer a license upon another clergyman ; and, under these circumstances, he submitted that Mr. Tebbut was the legal clerical attendant upon the Institution, and could not be deprived of it without the interference of the Archbishop of Canterbury. For all their Lordships knew a claim to the appointment might be properly set up and sustained by his Grace, or by the incumbent of the parish in which the Asylum was situated. The incumbent was instituted into the cure of all the souls 'within his parish, and the Asylum contained upwards of 900 patients and 100 officers, from whom the incumbent was entitled to receive certain fees and emolu ments, and any interference by that Court would go to deprive the incumbent of the parish of his temporal rights. The Visiting Justices required that Mr. Teb but should enter upon a book the result of his spiritual ministrations to the patients—that book was to be' sub mitted to Doctor Connolly, the medical attendant, who, after making his comments, was to submit it to the Vi siting Justices. Mr. Tebbut was startled at the novelty of such a proposition, and did not think he was justified in doing so, and that, he believed, constituted the ground of Mr. Tebbnt's removal. With regard to the clause giving the parties the right to remove officers or servants, he contended that the chaplain was not a servant or officer .within the meaning of that clause. There was no in stance in which laymen, could assume the right of dictating to the chaplain the spiritual duties he was to perform—that was matter of a purely ecclesiastical - character, and was within the pro viriCe of the Archbishop's incumbent only. The Learned Gentleman then observed that he would notweary the Conrt by referring to the manner in which his client had been obstructed in the discharge of-his .spiritual duties.,.._ When. he _went round to .the different.patients end left tracts ff - ti ^ -eligious im------- Mr. 5erge44,4.9-,c9m." had op yeferredle two or three pag%tjittpee::::l,,Why, twits 'distinctly stated that his cpdlitloUild SergeantWdamslit the desk cthinneilemi the - nervice; - und Tit ittct ilisehttrging mil -the duties of the chaplain.(Lakightet.) After some further observations, the Learned Counsel submitted, that the rule in this ca s e ought to be made absolute. • The * Conrt„took time to consider its judgment. COURT OF :EXCHEQUER, Jan. 14. !UPSON V. CUBITT. Mr. .B. ANDREWS moved to set aside the verdict in this case, which at the trial which w as h ear d b efore Lord binger at the sittings after last term, was found for the plaintiff, with 500/. damages. The facts of,. the case as stated by the Learned Counsel were these :—The defendant was the eminent builder, and ;had entered into a contract with certain parties, members of the 'Cl arence Cl u b , to repa i r their Club-house, and amongst other things he' wig to repair the gas apparatus. He, not being a gas fitter himself, e m pl o y e d a person named Bland to execute that part of the work. In the course of the repairs, certain of the members deter mined to light a figure , which stood on the grand stair-case. This was a deviation from the specification under which the defendant was working, and the order for it was given direct to Bland. In order to light the figure, a pipe was to be carried through a room on the landing, and from thence to the figure. It was carried up so far as the room on the landing', but was not finished on the 19th November, when the gas was first lighted. Upon that occasion it was sworn that the son of Bland had properly stopped the pipe, and no ac cident occurred. The gas was again lighted on the follow ing day from four o'clock till eleven, the youpger Bland was on the premises, and offered to put out the gas, but the butler of the Club said he understood )16w to manage the apparatus, and he would do it. About nine o'clock the servants had gone through the room in question, and gas was escapinff, but at that time, though the smell was offensive , no explosion took place, although a lighted candle was carried through. The plaintiff and hia wife, who were servants of the club, had been spending the evening out ; they came home at onci . o'cloCk, and having occasion to pass through the room in ques tion' a violent explosion took place, and both plaintiff and his wife were much injured. The Learned Counsel now contended that the defendants were not liable, as the pipe which' caused the explosion was not any put of the work for. which they had contracted, and as he thought the verdict was in some measure against the evidenee.,le would take bis rule in the alternative, either for a nonsuit, a new trial, or arrest of judgment. Vule granted. nnct lett tracts tbr their religious improvement, he was followed by Mr. Sergeant Adams, who took them away itgain. -• • Mr. *tiviutatzinT did not think his 4 : Atfriend was, juitifieti • in - entering into these stnt .- which were distinctly-dosied; hrtiqpr Ilaleonibe is - apblogising for not referring to that part of the case.--(Laughter.) Nrr_ SiartrPsant rt 1-4 , Chiii lea hnel NE ei, 0 0 / $ 0 4; t. I t a glO tir 'Wi th g the prr flee• befr , 0 0 o re' red' • 0 1 101