The Sun. — London, England, 1842-12-20 00:00:00

1141) 4t,, e a alr ea d y 7 .---- " . reached us. It is somewhat singular 4 : 3 1) s Prea c h j ourna l s h ave b een f or some. days in ) i °rl of the exact number of shells fired from L li o ntiuioli, in so much as they have been able to 4 4 ,2 0 . that th ey were th rown a t th e ra t e o f one p er I‘.`eher,a space of 13 hours, and that half the stock ni t e - fotion in th e f o rtress was exhausted ; whilst )ir tt as attempted to furnish the world with a $ 1)) 4' : the casualties. To the French especially, who ti s° good an understanding with the so•called to esm the city, it must have been far more aSeertain the amount of lives lost and houses V4pea, than t o l earn th e exac t num b er o f missiles 7 the as sa ili ng a rmy. The fact is, if our ‘t ec i Is to he relied upon—and we give it as it has as, without guaranteeing its entire accuracy, iike Perfectly authentic—that very few lives, if re lost by the effect of the bombardment, and 4 1 ,7 1) ,,5he11s having been principally directed against 41 buildings, and especially the Town-hall, °or three private houses were burnt, and no sive or i rrepara bl e d amage was d one t o th e h g en ' e - of the citizens. • Barcelona had for some ktof2re the firing began presented the melancholy I ,lt, place about to suffer that terrific mode of he revolutionary disturbances of the pre , )Clree weeks, and the conflict between the 1„ L N",' the National Guards which commenced the "° ll l had already thrown the place into total ,I,g Q i and dri ven a large portion of the popula- I. t o its walls. After' the bombardment how- L 4 ted a few hours, our informant states that Q_tPrising to see the composure with which °to view their position. The shops were 116,:Pened, the cafes were thronged, even the kc G Ps were lighted, and, as we have before very few serious casualties were known to • t I , 4O3 4IIIIY—TRADE—COMMERCE. ,kh7kets of Bradford, Huddersfield, and Lei ve been very slack during the past week, ki h r ,ade at Rochdale has been also less busy. til t ' 0 and Halifax the depression has not been Lkt Leeds an active Christmas trade isex some extensive orders for India and China given. ;111 11 7 1 e of Belfast is gradually improving: the tai t ,rig mills are in full operation throughout Athi n ELECTIONEERING. t Clive, eldest son of Earl Powi3, has an himself as a candidate for the representation Shropshire. l i tkt i b triliLlC IMPROVEMENTS. L it Posed that a strong rope net of 16 or 20 to be called the " Fire-nets," should be NO all scenes of conflagration. The by cplllll 'stretch out the net, for the persons in ttp into. Such a netting at the late fire th h ones would have saved at least the lives of ib llng women. SPORTING. k i teen's pack of stag-hounds for"the ensuing isk k Os of exactly 50 couples, and all in beau ,betit4ioo. The three days ' hunting during the Wete spirited. The meet to-morrow will ‘ °l 2 and on Friday, at Iver Heath. 1 111, ‘ 4 OtritT-PASTAXONABLZ. i ce de Broglie left the French Embassy on ;4 with dispatches for Paris. l i h ice of Devonshire arrived in town on Frida y y righton. 7,t, I ke of Newcastle has arrived in Portman- -ial t A ll a and Duchess of Somerset have arrived 1 1d, an Park from Devon. Its ll and Countess of Tankerville have left t Paris. th a t",, l and Countess of Camperdown and Lady N I Duncan left Camperdown House, Forfar- ILLliesday last for their residence at Bath. 4i; 1 7 8 Poulet has left town for Bognor, Sussex. t h ir nt and Viscountess Jocelyn have arrived at 'OO Park, the Earl of Roden s seat, in Devon- N i u, s ta town. The Viscount and Viscountess go i s t ' early next month. Mi ll t and Viscountess Villiers have gone to 4 % °ll se their seat, near Banbury. , 1/44 use, Sir Benjamin and Lady Hall, a Newman, ' Bart., and a party, have been )i u '''le Hon. Newton and Lady Catherine Fel ' , 4 %. 4 rig. the past week at Eggesford, Devon. e i ght and Viscountess Palmerston have for the N i ght been staying with Viscount Melbourne, iki l e t Rail, Herts, where Lord and Lady Beau- N lti i s .tbt Hon. William Cowper have likewise l'lr . illiam Hervey left St. James's•square on ) ,: t 10 . join the Mar q uis and M arc hi one s s o f ~ N 1 4 Br i ghton. °rd Chancellor and Lady Lyndhurst left V!L Sa turday 0 as evening for Turville Park. Her Vti L'cts lately been much indisposed. I it ,, l h (l Lady Carrington have arrived in town ) ' urst, Bucks. t:l i t h . ISCELLANEOUS : cord, the father of Miss Maori], died at 14 tr i ,.. 1 On Saturday, aged 82. He was an acti ve y,..."`" for the county (Berkshire), and was for i Chairman of the Reading division Petty 1,1 NSignor Valentine, the modeller, is about east of th e D oc t or ' s head. being one of the solemn feasts of the ti reh, divine service was attended at the kkl:uarel i by Baron Brun9w, and a select circle W l ards entertained at Asburnham H ouse . 't o „, ll g of Hanover has forwarded a donation t )k.;:ira mile s fth ip l i . tp o . r the relief of the ' 1 yo eae i. Maginn. I. 4t AILWAY MONOPOLY. THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. t V,eing fully aware that you are an enemy to ru f '3', because it only benefits a class, and ife ,`4l/46' not always, is injurious to the community Llt tn ' perinit me, therefore, to explain the r cause id ; °11 )g you on this occasion. When atlir alsall, ) b ,le 4 w,, s ago, "I wished to go to Wolverhampton, co':l• 44l grain, which leaves Birmingham about o(4 l , c:b elt', but was informed if I did so I should &Ll' the f are a ll th e wa y t o St a ff or d, w hi c h b y Si"' class train would be four shillings, and if thtil the morning I might go by either first C lass for one shilling . I, therefore, waited ; 'a nd following morning, and went by the i first k l iii t ,Paid only one shilling. I was told this n s ° ecurred twice a day regularly. k kt i biect w as di scusse d i n the commercial th e hotel, and we were unanimous in thinking °e made public through the press. tour obedient servant, i „ A COMMERCIAL TRAVELLER. A Dec. 17, 1842. toNABLE I NTELLIGENCE. , 4 t ,_ ARRIVALS. 4 04 4 of Shelbourne, at Lansdowne House, ° ':"i Park, Wilts; Mr. Culling Smith, in k . kt 'listreet, from a visit to the Duke of Beau- Volinton ; Lady Petre and Hon. Miss 5 4 lansfield-street, from Brighton ; Viscount lt i Y lt l. l Whitehall, from his seat, in Sussex; Sir , I 'ti. t ,„"nloke, Bart., at the Bath Hotel Picca. Paris; Captain Dallas, at ditto, from De k , l4 eutenant-General Sir Alexander Wood- V l 4 O - 0., and Lady Woodford and . atMi ;le ' h e ' ? from Portsmouth; his Excellency the 11:ed,41nister and Madame Van de Meyer, in ; *lce, from a visit to the Queen at Windsor I seeunt Duncannon, in Cavendish-square, 901t13iltito the Earl of Besborough, at Brighton; 4 1 4, 11 on. Lord Lynedoch, at Markwell's Lon ta„Y Hotel, Albemarle-street, from the Hoo ; at ditto ; Mrs. Walter de Winton and t . :, 4 , ditto, from Surrey •,W. B. Wainman, x , P : and the Mi sses W a inman at Long's I ttopt`elv Bond-street, from Carhead, Skip , "hire ; Rev. Mr. S. M. Nelson and Mrs. I ' f .t ditto, from Banbury ; Mostyn Lloyd, .Esq., '" 1 „ 1 4d„ l ' O lo , Wales; Hugh M'Almont, Esq., at di . tto; ,: ttl l( 4 ` z ' ll Ellis, an Gilbert, Esqrs., at ditto, ti p k , Captain and Mrs. Norris, at Marshall 84, 1 11 , 4 . 8 Hotel, - Cavendish-square ; 1Lei, 1 , 4- lr„s , Carew, at ditto, from Brighton ; Wil 'lo4,°''',,„-t;sq., at ditto ; Rev. M. Noel, at ditto ; - 1 • 1 ' James 'juke, Sussex-place, Regent's DEPARTURES. "Uorrington, for his seat, Yates Court, near n 't t ntiC ti 'l) , Xent.; the Earl of. Portarlington, from dit}'Qtel, Piccadilly, on a tour ; Mr. B. Sweete, 0 01 °, for Somersetshire; Miss Maxwell, from t s a Ito C heltenham; Hon. Colonel Pane, from Mi on a tour ; the Misses Byrne, from ditto,l Nlist ; Mr. R. Bethel, M * .P., from ditto, VAL, l a ric, near Holderness, Yorkshire ; the Coun • 1 1, 411 `41 1 - c ilinp, from Portman-square, for Brighton ; ,k on e , r G. M'Donald, R.N., from Marshall L 3 Hotel, Cavendish-square ; the Hon. !N a ngclale, Mrs. Langdale and family, from , , ew ork s bi re • H enry B. Hoghton, from Long's ; Bond -street, for Bold, Lancashire ; Cap . - iL' k4 44,, v "soti, from ditto, for Bafford House; Sir t 4 , 1 ) , 14 -1. Cri c h ton 2. , rt., from ditto, for the . Grove, it til ta,tt ; Messrs. 11. Penrice Power, and Gilbert, ' tor to n, Christian, Darling, and Ellis, from the holidays. Ot CHANGES. 's (l lk la s' s: tl and Countess of Winterton, at Shilling hat,;' from a Visit to Sir Peter Pole, Bart., a ‘ttiktip Gloucestershire; the Countess of Lucan 1. 1 )44. Laleham House, near Staines, from togahalt i l ouse, county Ma3ro; Mr. J. Bailey, M.P., \. l ey, at Euston Court, near Tenbury, on d • Bailey, jun., M.P., from Leamington aqs nor mss Fremantle, Bart., M.P., at Dray 'llis se , ' ° ll a visit to Sir Robert and Lady Peel, lia r '`' lll Bucks; Lord and Lady Robert Gros kit ' I N I ` . ° l l Hall, Cheshire, on a visit to the Mar tte Tarehione3s of Westminster, from' Moor 4 % 4:1,83"W E. J. Shirley, M.P., and Mrs. 14 Ettingto n -Hall, from Lough Fea, Ireland. COURT CIRCULAR. HAYMARKET THEATRE. A one act drama, entitle 1 The Bastile, was p.-o duced. at this theatre last ev;:mir g. The see .e is 1 iid in the early days of the reign of Louis XIV., when the Queen-Mother was Regent, with Cardinal Maza rin for her Minister. Cardinal de Retz (Mr. Tilbury) is intriguing with the French nobility to procure the displacement of the Minister and the banishment of Mazarin ; and among those actively engaged in this intrigue is the Duchesse Montbazon (Miss Charles)who has been exiled in consequence of her endeavours to promote the objects of the faction of the straw, that is to say, of the anti-Mazarin party. Louis XIV. (Mr. H. Holl) is meanwhile amusing himself with endeavouring to seduce the affections of Ninon La batte (Madame Celeste), a Gascon peasant-girl, whose affections are divided between Fricandeau (Mr. Web ster) a restaurateur, and roasted apples. She is, moreover, a great lover of sights, and the members of the faction of the straw take advantage of this pro pensity to induce her to change clothes with the Duchess who has secretly returned to Paris. Louis, of whose rank she is ignorant, has meanwhile given her his ring, telling her that that will procure her the entree of the palace, and has at the same time given orders for her incarceration in the Bastile, in order to have her more completely in his power. The Duchess, who has changed clothes with her, is arrested in her stead,•and conveyed to the Bastile, and shortly after wards she is arrested as the Duchess, and conveyed to the same destination, whilst poor Fricandeau is forced to accompany her, because, unhappy wight, he wears in his cap the emblem of treason—a straw. The Governor of the Bastile belongs to the faction of the straw, and plots with the conspirators to detain the Monarch until he shall have consented to grant all they ask. Louis comes, sees Ninon attired as the Duchess, attempts in vain to seduce her affections, and, overcome by her appeals to his magnanimity, consents to her marriage with Fricandeau, and promises her a-dowry. He quits the room for a moment, to pro cure the necessary documents for her release and marriage, and during his absence Fricandeau, who has overheard the plans of the conspirators, enters, and informs her of them. She recollects the ring, goes to seek assistance, at the same time desiring her lover to remain and defend the King to the last. Fricandeau hides himself behind a picture. The King enters, and is soon joined by the Duchess, attired i n th e gar b o f Ni non , an d wear ing a mask. She promises to grant him all he can desire, on condition of his signing the paper, she proffers him--he signs without reading it. She un masks ; the conspirators enter ; and he finds he has unwittingly signed a decree of banishment against his mother and the Minister. The conspirators refuse to let him quit the Bastile until the decree shall have been executed. Fricandeau emerges from his con cealment, draws his carving -knife, and, with the King, keeps the conspirators at bay until the arrival of Ninon with the guards to his rescue. The conspirators are punished, and Ninon becomes Madame Fricandeau. The piece mainly depends upon Madame Celeste, and admirably did she carry it through. In the earlier scenes, where she stumped about in her sabots, curtseying to everybody, and wondering at every thing, yet full of wit, she was the very beau ideal of an espiegle French peasant girl, and then as the fine lady, stumbling at every step from the length of her train, she was magnificent. Beautifully, too, did she act the more serious scenes in the Bastile, and she well deserved the rapturous reception she met with when she was led on at the conclusion of the piece. She was well supported by Webster, who announced the piece for repetition with general approbation. The house was crammed to suffocation—boxes, pit, and gallery, all were over flowing. Even standing room was at a premium. liTnips3la ; Momay . .—Monsieur and Madame Van de Weyer took tLir departure fro:n the Castle on Saturday. Her Majesty and Prince Albert walked in the Home Park this afternoon, and her Royal Ilighne.s the Princess Royal was taken an airing. His Royal Highness Prince Albert went on a shooting excursion, attended by the Earl of Liver pool, Hon. Captain Duncombe, and Mr. George Ed ward Anson. The Prince returned to the Castle to lunch. Sir Henry Wheatley arrived to-day on a visit to her Majesty. Her Majesty and her Illustrious Consort walked out again in the afternoon. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent and Lady Fanny Howard will join the Royal Circle at the Castle at dinner this evening. Covers are laid for fourteen. The Royal dinner party is also expected to include the Viscountess Can ning, Hon. Miss Murray, Hon. Miss Devereux, the Earl of Liverpool, Sir H. Wheatley,Viscount Sydney, Hon. Captain Duncombe, and the Equerries in Wait ing on her Majesty and his Royal Highness. Mr. Kay Shuttleworth had an interview with Sir James Graham yesterday at the Home-office. The Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone has left town for Hagley Park, Worcestershire, the seat of Lord Lyttelton. - Sir George Cleric left town yesterday morning on a visit to the Marquis of Exeter, at his seat Burghley House, Northamptonshire. Sir Thomas Fremantle has arrived at Drayton Manor, Staffordshire, on a visit to Sir Robert and Lady Peel. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S—YESTERDAY. There was no lack of business yesterday, but its chief Interest centered in the Derby outsiders, some of which which were backed to win large stakes. We may select St. Valentine, the Languish colt, Chesterfield, and Lucetta colt. About the first 50 to 1 were taken in two or three quarters ; about the second, 2,000 to 40 once, and 1,000 to 15 repeatedly ; 1,000 to 15, two or three times, 2,000 to 40, and Once only, we believe, 100 to 1 to a small sum, were booked about the next, and against the last 5,000 to 50 three times, and 2,000 to 25. The betting was not confined to this lot, several other outsiders having been fancied at the prices quoted below. We heard nothing done about the favourite, and only one or two small bets against Murat (who was not in good odour). The Progress colt, Winesour, or Black drop, or Aristides, rose to 25 to 1, taken to nearly 2001., but the odds were offered currently at the close. The following were the closing prices : DERBY. 5 to 1 agst Scott's lot 8 to 1 agst Mr. Blakelock's A British Yeoman— take 83- 20 to 1 agst Colonel Peel's Murat 25 to 1 agst Lord Eglinton's Aristides —t and aft off 30 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's Progress colt.—do. 30 to 1 agst Mr. Bell's Winesour— do. 40 to 1 agst Mr. Bell's Black Drop—taken 40 to 1 agst Sir G. Heathcote's Amorino and Sirikol —taken in one bet and afterwards offered 40 to 1 agst Mr. Griffiths's Newcourt—t and aft off 50 to 1 agst Mr. Eddison's Chesterfield—do. 50 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's Parthian—do. 50 to 1 agst Duke of Grafton's Oxygen colt—taken 50 to 1 Lgst Col. Peel's St. Valentine—taken 50 to 1 agst Lord Westminster's Languish colt—tali. 50 to 1 agst Mr. T. Speed's EVerton—taken 2000 to 30 agst Duke of Richmond's Clara colt—taken 1000 to 15 agst Mr. Theobald's Humbug—taken 2000 to 30 agst Mr. Coleman's Jamal-2000 to 15 once 2000 to 30 agst Mr. Bowes's Cotherstone—do. 2000 to 30 agst Major Yarbu"gh's Dumpling—do. 2000 to 25 agst Lord Exeter's Lucetta colt—taken 1000 to 10 agst Mr. Bowes's Auld Lang Syne—taken 500 even between Dumpling and Parthian 1000 to 20 agst Aristides and Maria Day winning Derby and Oaks—taken OAKS. 25 to 1 agst Lord Westminster's Laura filly—taken 28 to 1 agst Lord Eglinton's Egidia—taken Viscount Ebrington, Sir Benjamin and Lady Hall, Sir Robert Newman, Bart., and a party, have been visiting the Hon. Newton and Lady Catherine Fel lowes, during the past week, at Eggesford, Devon. Lord and Lady Carrington have arrived in town from Gayhurst, Bucks. The Noble Lord and Lady leave town in the course of the week. MR. BREWSTER IN TIIE ABBEY PULPIT.----011 Sunday last, the Bev. Mr. Brewster, at the close of the forenoon service, mounted the pulpit, while it was yet occupied by the preacher on the occasion, and ad• dressed the congregation at some length on the condi tion of the poor and unemployed . He depicted in strong terms the sufferings to which these people are reduced, and in his usual strain of impassioned elo quence called upon those who were influential to stand forward, and use all their efforts to preserve the lives of their fellow-men. It was observed that several who have no great attachment to Mr. Brewster, left the church when he began his address.—Glasgow Post. •THE KING'S PARK.—It will be observed from our report of the Town Council proceedings, that the Lord Provost intimated that certain improvements were about to be commenced in the King's Park— that Arthur's Seat and Salisbury Crags were to be enclosed, and that ultimately a deer park would probably be formed. We confess, when we heard of this, we participated in Mr. Macfarlan's jealousy of the public being excluded ; but on in quiry, we have been led to believe that his Lordship has been labouring under some mistake ; and that the announcement of any improvements in the Park must be at least premature. We cannot learn that any idea of enclosure or of a (leer park was ever entertained in any quarter; and though certain plans have been transmitted to the Commissioners of the 'Woods and Forests, no decision has yet been given by that body. There is also some mistake about the amount of money at the disposal of the Exchequer. The whole sum now disposable does not, we under stand, amount to more than the fourt:i of that men tioned by his Lordship.—Edipburyh Courant. SCOTCH BANKS.—As regards the general prosperity of Scotland during the last fifteen years, the following statistical facts were recently laid before the Glasgow Chamber of Commerce :—"The first return of the circulation was made in Scotland in 1825. In that year Scotland manufactured 35,000 bales of cotton ; in the latter 120,000 bales. In 1826, the produce of the iron furnaces was 33,500 tons ; in 1840, about 250,000 tons. In 1826, the banking capital of Scot land was 4,900,0001.; in 1840, it was about 10,000,0001. Yet with all this progress in industry and wealth, the circulation of totes, which in 1825 varied from 3,400,0001. to 4,700,000/. was in 1829 from 2,960,0001. to 3,670,0001.; and in the first three months of 1840, to 2,940,000/. Now it does not appear from this statement, nor is it imagined that it can be shown by any other, that although Scotland has certainly increased very much in her commercial prosperity during the last fifteen years, that prosperity can be traced to the simple circum stance of a circulation of 1/. notes, or, indeed, to the general or particular increase of paper money. On the contrary, it is a statistical fact, that while the banking capital has been more than doubled in that period, the amount of notes in circulation has very considerably diminished, thus proving two important circumstances :-Ist. That commercial prosperity does not necessarily increase the circulation of bank notes; and 2d. That an increase in the number of banks has a tendency to diminish the amount of the circulation.—Atlas. BRUSSELS, DEC. 18.—Yesterday morning at eight o'clock salutes of artillery and the ringing of the bells of the churches announced the celebration of his Majesty's birth-day. The public buildi ngs an d th e vessels in the canal were ornamented with the national colcurs. At noon Te Deum was performed in the church of St. Gudule, at which the Ministers, the Foreign Ambassadors, the civil and military autho rities, the two Chambers, and many persons of dis tinction were present.. After the religious ceremony there was a review of the troops of the garrison The Impartial, of Valenciennes, confirms the details of the fatal accident on the railway. The inquiry which is instituted will probably ascertain the cause of this disaster; it appears that it was not at all the effect of design, but that it was occasioned by a want of care on the French line. We are sorry to announce the death of Miss Mur ray, of the Adelphi Theatre. This fascinating actress expired yesterday, after an illness of only a few days. Her loss will be greatly felt by the play-going public. MR. WILSON.—This favourite vocalist, who was honoured by singing before her Majesty at Taymouth Castle, and who has since met with continuous success in Scotland, will make his first appearance for the season, at the Music Hall, Store .street, next Monday evening. Thomas Thornely, Esq., M.P. for Wolverhampton, who has been paying a visit to the United States, ar rived at this port on Wednesday last, in the packet ship Roscius, from New York.—Liverpool AFFIXTING STORY.--We find the following extra ordinary story in several of the journals :—" A short time ago a melancholy event took place in the theatre at Leghorn. A player on the bass named Gemmi niani, wishing to make his talent known to the public, announced that he was to play a piece between the acts of the opera. The connoisseurs, however, thought but lightly of his talent, and assembled to laugh at the performance. When the poor artist was playing the rondeau of Lucia on a single string, conversation, laughter, and noise drowned the sound of the instru ment. He exhibited marks of extreme emotion, and at last his agitation became so great that be could no longer do justice to his powers. When he arrived at the phrase— Tu delle girje in servo, io della merle (Thou bast joy in thine heart, and I death), he let the instrument drop, remained a moment motionless,and then fell heavily on the stage ! The people of the theatre rushed from the side scenes, and bore him off. Medical aid was applied, but in vain—he was dead !" —Galignani's Messenger. DRAYTON ALtNon.—Lord Fitzgerald and the Right Hon. Henry Goulburn (the Chancellor of the Ex chequer) arrived on Saturday evening on a visit to Sir Robert and Lady Peel. The Earl of Aberdeen was expected to have arrived on Saturday from Argyll House, but the. Noble Earl has delayed his departure from the metropolis, urgent business requiring his presence in town. Sir Thomas Fremantle and other guests were expected yesterday to join the circle. The Right Hon. Baronet and Lady Peel intend to receive a succession of visitors until the first week in the ensuing month. Ths memorial of the Church of Sc o tl an d, or , more properly speaking, of. the minority of the clergy, has a plain and' obvious meaning; and the meaning is, that if their demands be not conceded by Government during the next session of Parliament, those adhering to them will secede from the Establishment. That their claims will be granted by Sir Robert Peel, Dr. Chalmers does not expect. It is impossible he should do so. The Government knows full well the value of the Church of Scotland as a political engine; but we have no fear that they will purchase its favour and support by conceding to it independence of civil control. Besides, they are too much indebted already to the moderate section of that ChUrch for the zealous services they have rendered to the Conservative cause, to sanction proceedings that would tend to crush the principles on which they have taken their stand. The Non-Intrusionists, therefore, must secede, or bring down upon themselves the honest and withering in dignation of their most devoted friends.=-Atlas. The Emancipation has a private letter from Amster dam, dated the 15th, which says that, according to accounts from Batavia of 6th September, there had been, on the 26th of August, a second fire at Soura baya, which destroyed 300 houses of the natives and the Chinese. A COMICAL CUSTOMER.—A facetious gentleman, travelling in pursuit of pleasure, on arriving at his lodging-place in the evening, was met by the ostler, whom he thus addressed :—" Boy, extricate that quadruped from the vehicle—stabulate him—devote him an adequate supply of nutritious aliment; and when the aurora of morn shall again illuminate the oriental horizon, I shall award you a pecuniary com pensation for your amiable hospitality." The boy, not understanding a word, ran into the house, saying, " Master, here's a Dutchman wants to see you.' Captain Wh itti ngh am, an A.D.C., has brought over a new batch of standards taken from the Chinese. These standards are much, larger than those brought over before • they are yellow in co l our , an d h ave on th em , embroidered, a Serpent or Dragon—a sort of heraldic monster, that would do f or e ith er — an d no i nscr i p ti on at all. All of them have the same device, and the learned and curious in such matters are now puzzling their brains to know what it means. These interesting trophies are at present in the custody of. Lord Stan ley, as Secretary of the War department.—Chelten ham Examiner. Yesterday morning about five minutes to twelve a shocking accident took place at the Hungerford Suspension-bridge, by the breaking of a crane, by which two men had a narrow escape of their lives ; one fortunately got off with only a ducking; the other was not so fortunate, having his leg broken in two places. He was removed on a shutter to Charing cross Hospital. LIEPMANN'S PROCESS FOR PRINTING IN OIL-CO LOURS.—This process, which lately excited so much interest at Berlin, and indeed throughout the whole world of artists, i 3 now no longer a mystery, the in ventor having disclosed his secret in consideration of a pension granted him by the King of Prussia. Liepmann lately presented to the Emperor of Aus tria a copy of the work in which the process is de tailed, and has received a golden medal from his Im perial Majesty in acknowledgment of the presenta tion. We have seen in several of the German papers descriptions of the process ; but, though in its application it is said to be extremely easy and simple, we must own that we have not as yet obtained any very clear idea from the accounts to which we rotor. " The most important point," says the Ham burgh Borsen Hale, " in which the new process varies from all previous methods of printing in colours is, that the body from which the impressions are taken is not one upon which the colours have to be laid for each separate impression, but is itself a coloured map, of greater or less magnitude according to the number of copies required, and presenting a kind of mosaic representation of the picture to be manifolded. The manner in which , this body of colours is prepared ad mits, not only of the sharpest contrast between two adjoining ,colours, but also of a gr a d ua l bl en di ng o f the one with the other." THE NOTTINGHAM TRADE.--It is with some sa tisfaction we state that the drawer and pantaloon branch, so important to the town workmen, has so far improved that several of the shops are em ployed ; still at the same time this is not gene ral, as some of the houses have little or no orders. There is a shade more employment for the silk knotted hands, but the workmen continue to be much depressed. This branch of manufacture may look out for a demand for China, as we have b een i n .. formed from th ose w h o h ave been at Canton, that the Chinese will deal a little in that description of hose, on account of their e x trem e e l as ti c i ty, they having discovered also that the stitches will not run as in plain hose, whether knotted by themselves or by the machine. It is most fervently to be hoped, if orders should come, that the frauds practised in 1818 during the knotted fever, will be avoided of making little .11c.se stretched out to a proper size by the leg board. Such a fraudulent practice would anni hilate that trade at once, to so keen a people as the Chinese, as it has nearly done to South America. The silk glove trade, as well as the cotton glove trade, is still in a most depressed state, especially the former ; this is severely felt in the poor-rates, as silk gloves are principally made in the town. The bobbin net branch is extremely dull, and sales are with difficulty effected ; at the same time, many hands have been discharged.. Still we have heard of one extensive machine owner having sold the whole of his nets, though previous to which he was contemplating the stopping some of his machines. The cotton hose branch is somewhat improved, but not to an extent to give much relief to the population.—lVidtinglianz Review. LITERATURE. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 26, 1842. THE _NAVAL CLUB. Caurn, London. 1842. In these volumes, which are from the pen of a gentleman named Barker, we have a collec tion of tales and professional reminiscences which are supposed to be related from time to time by a company of retired veterans who hold weekly meetings in " a house' close by the river side, with a Commodore's bay-window that projects over the Thames, and looks not mdclAttilike the new-fashioned round-stern to our lately" launched men-of-war." "As this company," adds the au thor, " is composed of naval men, it has assumed by common consent, the title and style of the Naval Club." The stories told by the members of this club, as also their numerous sketches of character, are exceedingly ent er t a i n i ng , an d many of hem wear all the appearance of having been founded in fact. In the course of his in troduction, the author draws a clever portrait of asuperannuated old wooden-legged jack-tar, who, as he tells us, "took life as it came, rough and smooth, without murmurs and complaints ; if there was rain there was also sunshine, and one dried up the other; thus like a bird, he hopped the twigs or stalked along, and if occasionally his legs stuck in the mud, lie had a stick in each hand to help him out again." PHIZVEAS QUIDD Y. 3 Yd. Colburn, London, 1842. This tale has already been published, from time to time, in detached portions, in the New Monthly Magazine, where it attracted considerable atten tion. It was also noticed monthly, as it ap peared, in the usual Magazine Reviews of The Sun; and we may, therefore, content ourselves on the present occasion with simply observing that " Phineas Quiddy" is the production of Mr. Poole, author of " Paul Pry ;" that it is deci dedly his best work of fiction; and that it is dedicated to Mr. Sergeant Talfourd. THE QUARTERLY REVIEW. No. CXLI. The lion of the Review this quarter is the long article on the Anti-Corn-law League, which we have already adverted to, and which is a tissue of inconsistencies and exaggerations. It is, how ever, perfectly harmless, and may for us hence forth roar unnoticed. All the other articles in the Review are of a different charaCter, and con ceived in a different spirit. The first article, on Bees, is worthy of Gilbert White, or Huber. himself; and is full of curious knowledge, of in, tense interest in this wonderful insect, and of the most kindly and humane feeling. To relieve the dulness of criticism, we will quote an anecdote, and a piece of information which will be new and strange to many town readers : " A neighbour of mine, searching in the woods for honey, slipt down into a great hollow tree ; and there sunk into a lake of honey up to the breast : where— when he had stuck fast two days, calling and crying out in vain for help (because nobody in the mean while came nigh that solitary place)—at length, when he was out of all hope of life, he was strangely de livered by the means of a great bear, which coming thither about the same business that he did, and smelling the honey (stirred with his striving) clam bered up to the top of the tree, and thence began to let himself down backward into it. The man be thinking himself, and knowing that the worst was but death (which in that place he was sure of), be clipt the bear fast with both his hands about the loins, and withal made an outcry as loud as he could. The bear, being thus suddenly 'affrighted (what with the handling and what with the noise), made up again with all speed possible : the man held, and the bear pulled, until with main force he had drawn Dun out of the mire; and then being let go, away he trots, more afeard than hurt, leaving the smeared swain in a joyful fear." "The Athenians ranked the introduction of the bee among their great national blessings, tracing it up to Cecrops, the friend of man,'—the Attic Alfred; and such regard is still paid to them in many parts of the south of England, that no death, or birth, or mar riage, takes place in the family without its being com municated to the bees, whose hive is covered in the first case with a piece of black cloth, in the two.latter with red. The 10th of August is considered their day of jubilee, and those who are seen working on that day are called Quakers." all directions, and the desperate cuirassiers were dash ing their fierce horses against those seemingly feeble bulwarks. There stood they, dotting down theirob servations in their pocket-books as unconcernedly as if reporting the proceedings of a Reform meeting in Finsbury-square ; whilst in Spain, several of them accompanied the Carlist and Christino guerillas in some of their most desperate raids, exposing them selves to the danger of hostile bullets, the inclemency of winter, and the fierce heat of the snmmer san." Of Mr. Borrow and his book the Reviewer speaks very highly. We fear to bestow even a single phrase on an article on " Todd on Anti-Christ," and therefbre close by remarking that this and the puff for the League complete the Review, which, on the whole, is quite as interesting and entertaining as usual. The article on "Books for Childt'en" is chiefly a show. up of some of the follies of American works, particularly th e " Child's Book on t h e Soul,' by the Rev. T. H. Gaullaudet, and a Mr. Abbott's " Child at Home." Productions for juveniles is one of the quackeries of the day, and the Reviewer is neither too severe on - the authors he notices, nor do his observations tak e too wide 4, ranee.. He might have included not a few Engl ish more cutting. A not h er article exposes • the books, an d ma d e hi s remarks still quackery of Bra n d y and Salt, Homeopathy, and Hydropathy, and con fi rms the exposure by a brief notice of some pr ev i ous quacker i es) w hi c h , as the " faith in miracl es and relics" went out of fashion, and "as women and half-witted men ran after receipts and , physicians," ruled the hour. If it be true tnat in "countries where there are shrines and images, quacks are despised," the Puseyites may not be irrational in attempting to revive amongst us " m onks and confessors," as lesser evils than the race of St. John Longs and Priessnitzes. Without any great depth of learning, the article on medical quackery is useful and well-timed. If the same or amore vigorous pen were to do as much against political quackery, a great benefit would be conferred on the public. The author is as hopeless of putting down medical quackery by enactment as we are of putting down political quackery. Never theless both must be put down by the progress of knowledge, before public prosperity can be assured. e learn for . the first time, from the Review, that Lord Mahon has been amusing himself by composing an " Essay on 'the Life of the great Conde ' in the French language. It may be correct in its facts, but it reads like a work written in English and d one i nto F renc h by a bad hand. When many of t h e memo i rs o f that period are written with the most charming naivete; Lord Malion's undertaking, even for his amusement, is extremely hazardous, and only flatterers, who have no intimate acquaintance with the French, will say that the,-Noble Lord has made even an approximation to success. The Re. viewer may be set down as a person of equal calibre with the Noble Lord; that is, second or third rate. He vamps.up one or two old stories about Welling ton, a propos of Conde, that cannot be correct. The expedition to Copenhagen, which the author puts down in 1808, took place in 1807; and Wel lington, instead of having had a veteran second in command sent with him as dry nurse, and to restrain his vivacity with a mature judgment, that expedition, - Cathcart. Such o w iLl i y e h fi u l e a d s c a o s u n im b o a r n d d i n e a d t e by p , o L S o t r i d n a mistake is equally discreditable to the author d h i e t editor. must L Lord eMbaeheonn essay is interest ing d the hu e t have written a life of one of the most extraordi nary men that ever lived, in France, and, took part in the stirring scenes Which occurred, as the nation passed from an aristocracy to a despotism, from gross superstition to a total want of faith, and deprived it of all interest. We ad mire the diligence of the Noble Lord much more than his ease or his genius. An article on the "Bible in Spain," by Geo. Borrow, is chiefly made up of extracts from Mr. Borrow's work, and we shall imitate the Re viewer's example by quoting a passage which speaks no more favourably than they deserve of the reporters for the press, and which may perve to make the public better acquainted with their merits. The scene Madrid—the period. the revolution of La Granja : " Those men mean mischief, said I to my friend of the Morning Chronicle; but what can those cavalry fellows behind them, mean, who are evidently of the other opinion by their shouting ; why don't they 'charge at once this handful of people and overturn them ? Once down, the crowd would' wrest from them their muskets in a moment. You are a Liberal ;, why do you not go to that silly young man who commands the horse, and give hi m a word of counsel in time? r e d thenpeculiarly o 9 taking -abruh- Just opposite mo ‘ u ‘ Dred-Engtluirshnecdoultennamnceeh, ilsvibtirioaud look, as much as to say . • • • (whatever you think me by tmostthe arm, applicable , ,Let us gentle get ; said he, : ' out of this crowd, and mount to some window, where I can place, for I agree withvirite 3 d , osite the o o u wi t i h vi at •h m at isc is hie a f bo is ut ru to eun ta t k! post-offiee was a large house, in the topmost story of which we beheld a paper displayed, importing that apartments were to let; whereupon we instantly ascended the common stair, and, having agreed with the mistress of the etage, for the use of the front room for the day, we bolted the door, and the reporter, producing his pocket-book and pencil, prepared to take notes of the coming events, which were already casting their shadow before. " What most extraordinary men are these reporters of the English newspapers! Surely, if there - be any class of individuals who are entitled to the appellation of cosmopolites, it is these ; who pursue their avoca tion in all countries indifferently, and accommodate themselves at will to the manners of all classes of society ; their fluency of style as writers is only sur passed by their facility of language in conversation, and their attainments m'classical and polite literature only by their profound knowledge of the world, ac• quired by an early introduction into its b us tli ng scenes. 'fhb activity, energy, and courage which they occasionally display in the pursuit of informa tion are truly remarkable. I saw them, during the three days at Paris, mingled.witheanaille and gamins behind the barriers, whilst the mitraille was flying in THE FORMIDABLE. By a letter from Barcelona, dated December 2, we have the following particulars of saving the above fine man-of-war :—At a quarter before eight on the night of the. 29th, going four knots, the ship struck the ground heavily (it appears 14 miles to the west ward of Barcelona). A boat was immediately dis patched to Barcelona for assistance, and at daylight a French steam-vessel, many boats, and small emit, came to assist. The stream had geen got out, and the steamer carried out a bower. During the day, 30th, two other steamers arrived from the westward, a French and Spanish ; and at five the Rodney, much to our joy and comfort, arrived. and anchored a mile from the Formidable, then in four feet less water than she drew. Th e Rodney sent two cables an end, and the Formidable two to meet them, and both ships hove together. The water was started and pumped out, all the lower deck guns thrown over board, with three of the main, a quantity of shot, and at a quarter before 12 on the night of the 30th she was hove oft; haVingbeen 28 hours ashore. The bottom was a soft clear sand, but being near the breakers, some heavy rollers occasionally coming in, made the ship thump heavily. The weather was fortunately very fine; the rudder went soon after grounding. The ship was dragged, by main strength, at least half a mile, judging from the buoy of the rudder and the first. gun thrown -overboard. The ship's company, during the whole time worked well, and their conduct is said to be beyond praise. The ship was towed to Bar celona, from which she has proceeded to Port Mahon. Damage sustained—(From the report of an excellent diver.)—The false keel is gone in man places, from ten to twelve f ee t i n one p l ace ; the forefoot gone ; the rudder gone; main keel damaged in places; two leaks forward; a small leak in the bread-room; she makes eight inches water per hour ; between the main and mizen masts she hung and thumped heavily. The Cyclops, steam-frigate, had arrived, and had been sent to try and recover the rudder and guns. The Belvi dere arrived at Barcelona on the 2d inst. The writer adds, " I am firmly of opinion that, if the Rodney had not arrived as she did, the Formidable might have been erased from the Nairy List."—Hampshire Telegraph. LLOYD'S SHIPPING. LONDON, DEC. 19.—Wind this day at noon, Wes terley, light breeze and hazy. DEAL, DEC. 18.—Wind W.N.W. moderate.—Arrd. Elizabeth, Muth, Hull, for Mobile; Sovereign tran sport, Parkfield, Rhind, and Rowena, westward. Ski. Thomas Bonet, Cape of Good Hope, and several others. The Scotia, from Rotterdam for Mobile got on the Goodwin Sands yesterday, but was assisted off, and proceeded without apparent damage. FALMOUTH, Dvc. 17.—Wind N.W. to W., mo derate.—Sld. Solway, West Indies. SWANSEA, DEC. 17.—The Brazilian, from Havre to Port-au-Prince, got on the P a t c h S an d B an k at the entrance of Meath harbour last night, and ex pected to become a wreck. Crew and part of cargo saved ; the latter in a damaged state. • LIVERPOOL, DEC. 18.—Wind W., fresh.—Arrd. Palmyra, Croal, Demerara; Methiers P ume i ro , Paths, ayal ; Walter, Boyd, New Orleans, left 16th ult.; Secret, Brewer, Lima ' • Margaret Forbes, Pres cott, Charleston ; Susquellanah, Micken, Philadel phia ; New Zealand, Bannerman, St. John's, New Brunswick. Sld. Devonia, Africa; Valparaiso, Val paraiso ; Perdonnet, New Orleans ; Harriet and Jane, Charleston. A large three-masted vessel was seen 15th inst. five miles north of Point Lynas, with her bows just above water. B LLY SHANNON; DEC. 16.—The Louisa Conolly, ashore on the Bar, has become a wreck ; part of cargo and materials saved. PORTSMOUTH, DISC. 18.—Wind NAV. to W.— Arrd. Nailor, London, for Maranham; Pakenham, London, for Vera Cruz ; Tory transport, Lukey, Quebec. Shl. her Majesty's ship Warspite, Bei amda. Arrd. off, Belgique, Rio Janeiro, for Antwerp. COWES, DEc. 18.—Arrd. Pilgrim, London, fox Rio Janeiro; Neptune, London, for Havannah ; Achilles, Buenos Ayres, and sailed for Antwerp. Orr NORTH FORELAND, DEC 14.—Polidon, Ham buEgh, for Pernambuco. RAMSGATE, DEC. 17.—Arrd. Providencia, Ham burgh, for Madeira, with damage to rigging. The True Love, Poulton, from Mauritius to Amsterdam, has been assisted in here leaky, with loss of sails, &c. KINGSTOWN, DEC. 17.—Arrd. Plata, Liverpool, for Buenos Ayres. DUBLIN BAY, DEC. 17.—Arrd. Cleveland, Manly, Colombo and Cape, left Oct. 2, with the master and crew of the Abercrombie Robinson. LEITH DEC. 16.—Arrd. Th ames , B e ll , an d Nor thumberland, Mepulay, Dalhousie. 'MONT RO S E DEC. 16.—Th e M ary , L awson, f rom Belfast, which was ashore in the bay on the 12th inst., has become a wreck. Cvrgo saved, in a da maged state. STROMNESS, DEC. 10.—The Highlander, Roberts, from Riga to Liverpool, has put in here leaky, having struck on a reef off the island of Sanday. KINSALE, DEC. 15.—The Woodside, Scott, from Gibraltar, which arrived :here on the 11th inst., got on the rocks yesterday, but was assisted off. SOUTHAMPTON, DEC. 18. Arrd. Elbe steamer, Dunkirk; Lady Mary Wood steamer, Gibraltar. Sld Royal Tar steamer, Gibraltar. TEIGNMOUTII, DEC. 17.—Arrd. Ilaberdure, Hore, Labrador. OFF PENZANCE, DEW. 17.—Elizabeth, Newfound land ; Nassau, Nassau. VESSELS SPOKEN WlTlL—William Inglis, London to Constantinople, 19th ult., lat. 3G N., lon. 18 E. Chilian, Clyde t o B a t av i a , 30t h , lat. 41, lon. 12 W., by the Eliza and Ann, arrived at Falmouth. Black eyed Susan, fr o m Li verpoo l , Bt h i nst., off C ape St. Vincent, by the Integrity, arrived at Falmouth. Hampden, Howard, Nov. 24, lat. 27, lon. 79; William Goddard, same day ; Chimborazo, Liverpool to Lima, 16th inst., lat. 51, lon. 16, by the Walter Boyd, ar rived at Liverpool. Penelope, Girgenti to Liverpool, 29th ult., lat. 38, lon. 7 E.; Phosphorus, Liverpool to Seville, 6th inst., off Cape St. Vincent's ; Rowena, Constantinople to London, 10th, lat. 40, lon. —, by the Will-o'-the-Wisp, arrived at Liverpool. Indus of Dundee, bound to New Zealand, 16th ult., lat. 9 S., lon. 31 W., by the Achilles, arrived at Cowes. Ma tilda, London to Cape of Good. Hope, lat. 18 5.,10n. 31. IV., by the Henry, a rr i ve d a t C owes . Jupiter,. Messina to London, 7th i ns t an t, i n th e G u t of Gibraltar ; Fencer, Patras to London, Bth instant; Sanders, Taganrog to Londo n , I s t u lt., in th e Straits of Cerigo; Aberdeen, of Scarborough, Alexandria to Falmouth, 29th, lat. 39 ; Wave, Corfu to Cork or Falmouth, 30th, E. of Minorca, by the Rosa, arrived in the Creek. Walker, Marseilles to Bombay, Ist July, lat.! 9 N., lon. 22, W., by the Nautilus, arrived at Mauritius. Eleanor, Liverpool to Bombay, Sept. 6, hit. 4 W., 63 E., by the John Wood, arrived at Mini rains. Mercury, Clyde to Valparaiso, with loss of topmasts, July Bth, lat. 5 N., lon. 12 W. ; Helen, Ceylon to London, 21st, lat. 36 S., lon. '25 E. ; Leo nard Dobbin, Liverpool to Bombay, Sept. 6, lat. 3 S., lon., 59 E., by the Hector, arrived at Mauritius. Granby, Liverpool to Cape of Good Hope, 10th ult., l a t. 7, lon. 24 ; Byron, bound to New York, 22d, lat. 26, lon. 37,. by the Fleetwood arrived in. the Clyde. Tigress, in June, with 750 barrels ; Duchess of Northumberland, London to Hobart Town, 3d ult., lat. 8 N., lon. 22 W., by the Cleveland. SUICIDE BY A MAN EIGHTY YEARS Or AGn.—On Saturday morning a most determined act of suicide was committed by an old man, eighty years of age, named Robert Campbell, residing at No. 9, Church road, Stepney. It appears that he had been in an in firm state of health Ibr some .time past, and on the morning in question his wife had occasion to go to the Post-office, leaving her husband in bed. She returned in less than five minutes, when she was horror-struck at finding him lying on the outside of the bed covered with blood, issuing from a deep wound in his throat, which he had inflicted with a razor. Medical assistance was sent ibr, but he expired shortly afterwards. Ile had at one period of his life been in very comfortable circumstances, but latterly had been much reduced. This, it is supposed, had preyed upon his mind, and induced him to commit the rash act. CORNIIILL IVAnD.—In consequence of the resig nation of Clement Harris, Esq., one of the repre sentatives of this ward in the Court of Common Council, a requisition, signed by the leading inhabi tants of the ward, has been presented to Thomas Lund, Esq., a resident for full forty years, soliciting him to allow his name to be put in nomination for the office. It is understood that 111 r. Lund has con sented to stand. REPRESENTATION OF NORTH SIIROPSIIIRE.--The necessary writ under the Great Seal of England, summoning the present Lord Hill to the House of Peers, was issued by the Lord Chancellor yester day. This proceeding officially announces a vacancy in the representation of the Northern Division of Shropshire. COUNTY WONDERS. Dr. Fuller in his quaint history of the " Worthies I of England," parcels out, under the title of " 'Won ders," as he proceeds to illustrate our English coun ties, all the artificial or natural rarities which they possess. His peculiar wit spices the whole, and even the few selections we adduce, are not devoid of his usual grotesqueness of remark. HAmrstitar.—An oak, near Lindhurst, in the New Forest, is credibly reported to put forth green leaves yearly, on or about Christmas day. It must now be sprouting. KENT.—The wonders of art are the ships here, ' which are better than the French, who are left . handed in sea•fights ; better than the Dutch, which are floaty and buoyant:; while the Spanish pride bath infected their ships with loftiness, which makes the better marks for our shot. Our English oak is incom parable, and though the Hollanders bought our tim ber for.their ships, they could not buy our art of ship building; so that, as Bishop Latimer once said to one who had preached his sermon, " They have gotten our fiddlestick, but not our rosin." LEICESTERSIIIRE.—At a village here called Curley, all that areborn the rein have a harsh and rattling kind of speech, and cannot pronounce the letter R. One of the best scholars in the county could not for his life utter Carolus Rex Britannix without stammering. The best was, the King had from him in his hearty prayers what he wanted in his plain pronunciation. Lnicomcsntax.—At Harlaxton, in this shire, a helmet, not gilt, but of massive gold—cassis non au rata, sed aurea—was' turned up by the plough, and presented to Queen Catharine, first wife of King Henry the Eighth. RUTLANDSIIIRE.—It is surprising that this county, so pleasant and fruitful, almost in the middle of Eng land, had never a single abbey in it, and only two convents, which were appurtenant to other counties. Dr. Fuller, with somewhat anti-clerical zest, remarks . hereon, " The; like cannot be paralleled in England, choose so great a parcel of ground where you please. Show me so fair a bunch of sweet grapes, which had no more flies to suck them." GLOUCESTERSHIRE.—Oysters, cockles, and peri winkles of stone are found at Alderley. Shallow Itabbies, says Fuller, who count themselves of the cabinet, but are scarcely of the common council of nature, consider them to have been formerly shell fish ' and not lusus =lune of creation. LANCASUIRE.—About Wigan and elsewhere in this .ounty, men, says Fuller, go a fi s hi ng w ith spa d es and mat-hooks. First they pierce the turfy ground, and under it meet with a black and dudish water, and in it small fishes swim. Let them be thankful to God in the first place, he says as comment, who need not such meat to feed upon. And next let those be thankful who have such meat to feed upon when they need it. This practice is now obsolete, but the just ness of the remark applies fully to the state of that county at this moment. DERBYSHIRE.—Here is the Mam-Tor or Mother- Hill, so called because it is always delivered, and pre sently with child again, for immense heaps of sand constantly fall from it, yet it never appears diminished, but is secretly recruited. DEVONSHIRE.--The Hanging-stone. This got its name from a thief, who having stolen a sheep, and tied it about his own neck to carry it on his back, rested himself awhile on this stone, which is a foot high, till the sheep by struggling slid over the stone on the other side, and so strangled the man. Let tl.e lawyers dispute, remarks the Doctor, whether the sheep in this case was forfeited to the King's almoner as a deodand. ExErea.—When the city of Exeter was besieged by the Parliament's forces, so that only the south side of it towards the sea was open to it, larks appeared in such numbers that the poor boiled them for pottage. It was assigned as a cause that these birds, frightened by the shooting on the land, retreated to the sea-side for their refuge. BEDFORDSHIRE.—The river Ouse, in this county, in 1399, parted asunder, the waters from the, fountain standing still, and those towards the sea giving way, so that it was passable over on foot for three miles to gether, not without the astonishment of the beholders. CHESHIRE.—Here is a pool adjoining Brereton, the seat of the honourable family of that name, wherein bodies of trees are seen to swim fur certain days be fore the death of any heir of that house. CORNWALL.—The celebrated stones called the Hurlers, are reported by tradition to have been formerly men, metamorphosed into these masses for hurling—a sport peculiar to Cornwall—on the Lord's day. CUMBERLAND.—The moss-troopers, who were pe culiar to the borders of this county, were so called from dwelling in the mosses, and riding in troops together. They dwelt on the bounds or meeting of two kingdoms, but obeyed the laws of neither. They went to church as seldom as the 29th of February comes into the calendar. They lived by the species of free trade, comprehended in the motto " Vivitur ex rapto ;" and like a nest of hornets, strike but one, and all stirred about your cars. SUSSEX.—William of Newbury writes, " that in this county, not far from Battle-Abbey, in the place where so great a slaughter of the Englishmen was made, after any shower, presently sweats forth very fresh blood out of the earth, as if the evidence thereof did plainly declare the voice of blood there shed, and crieth still from the earth unto the Lord." Credat Judrens ! W.kawicKstunE.—At Leamington, there issue from the earth two twin-springs, as different in taste and operation, as Esau and Jacob, the one salt, the other fresh. WlLTSHlRE.—Stonehenge. Supposed to be a Roman work, or temple, dedicated to Co3lum, the senior God of the Heathens. SOMERSETSIIIRE.—WockIey Hole in the Mendip hills. An underground concavity, with spacious vaults, walls, and labyrinths; the cause being un imaginable why the earth was put in such a posture SURRET.—The river Swallow, which sinks under ground, and rises again near Letherhead. This river is more properly termed Mole, than that in Spain on the like occasion is called Anas, that is a duck or drake. For moles, like the Surrey river, work under ground, whilst ducks, which Anas does not, dive under water. YORKSIIIRE.—" From H—ll, Hull, and Halifax deliver us." This is part of the old beggars' or va grants' litany. At the last place, thieves caught in delicto were instantly beheaded with an engine. The Naval promotions consequent on the success ful termination of the Chinese war, are not yet finally resolved on, but we anticipate their promulgation in next Tuesday's Gazette. IF e have every reason to believe they will be on such a liberal scale as to satisfy the hopes . and expec tations of the service. This is a legitimate occa sion, of which the Board of Admiralty will no doubt avail themselves, to promote the officers who are fortunate enough to fill those ranks that are usually selected on occasions of important events which call for some especial mark of favour ; and, it is generally expected, that not only will those whose names have been honourably mentioned in the public dispatches be advanced a step in rank, but also the Commanders, First Li eu t enants, and Senior Mates of the Fleet, as has been usual on occasions of perhaps greater brilliancy, but certainly of no less important results than may be anticipated from the successful termination of the war against China. We may anti c i pa t e an equally liberalarmy promotion.—Nav a l and Military Gazette. SUICIDE THROUGII FILIAL SORROW.—On Satur day evening Mr. Payne held an inquest at the Queen's Head, Cree-church-lane Leadenball-street, on the body of Elias Jacobs, aged 40, a coffee-house keeper, of No. 2, Bury-street, St. Mary Axe, and of the Hebrew persuasion. Julia Minis, servant to de ceased, said th a t, see i ng on that morning he did not come down stairs at his accustomed hour, she sus pected, from previous circumstances, that he h a d destroyed himself in his bed be - y r b oo ehd m e:rroseolifn F , edsaohrioern,gB and nn t o go and ascertain the neck f rom th e foundfora ptohleicedmenaena,s who 1 suspendedi forcedo the fac t th by bed rail, by means of a cord. He had been d ea d, a sur geon who had been called in said, many hours. Ever since his father's death, which took place eleven months ago, his sorrow was so great th a t it f requent l y a mounted to insanity, and latterly he was attended by a keeper from a lunatic asylum, who more than once prevented him from dashin g ou t hi s b ra i ns b y b utt i ng his head against the wall. The passing of the Income tax Act had added to his insanity, and his constant incoherent ravings about the ultimate injury he fancied it would do him, so much annoyed his customers that they abandoned his shop one after the other. Though, besides his business, he inherited a fair portion of freehold property, he dreaded so much the effect of the Income-tax, that no argument could persuade him that it would not be his ruin. Verdict, "Insanity." PALERMO, Nov. 28.—After many years repose, Etna has during the last three we ekspoured 'forth ' immense masses of fire. It seems that considerable torrents of lava are flowing in the direction of Bronte. The damage already done" is said to be immense. The fine weather allows us to roam about the whole night, admiring• the extraordinary spectacle. Numerous strangers come to be near the scene. JEMMY 'WOOD'S HOUSE. The executors have ordered the demolition of this rich eccentric's house, and, in compliance with these orders, men are engaged in pulling it down. Numbers are attracted to the ruins, in the hope of finding treasures concealed by the old banker. Sonic of the over-curi ous h ave pur chased some pieces of the old timbers of the house, to convert them into snuff-boxes. v The Croydon Railway Directors hare called a meet ing of their Proprietors, for the purpose of considering the i of relinquishi ng th e i r carrying depart ment, b t e r coming a toll company only. ien p t, propriety e ,%r regret to hear that a firm largely concerned in the corn trade, and having extensive eitablishments at Penryn and Truro, has failed. Their importations of foreign grain previous to the harvest are said tu have been extremely large.—Devonpert Independent. NEWPORT, ISLE OF WIGHT. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) - MORE CHANGES.—At the Christmas meeting of the Isle of Wight Agricultural Society on Thursday last, there was very little competition. Mr. Brown, I learn, obtained eight prizes, and for two other prizes there was no competitor. The Rev. Walton White, one of our principal landowners, and one of the most strenuous supporters of the Tory candidates for the Isle of Wight, in proposing the health of Sir Richard Simeon, our late Liberal Representative, told the meeting " they must not look forward to protection ; the principle was broken d o wn ; they would have to return to first principles, and it would have been well for them if these first principles had never been de parted from ; as th ey wou ld not then have been in the difficulties they .now were. It was plain to him that the principle of protection would be withdrawn, and trade and ag:riculture have to look to their own exertions. He had no fears for agriculture. The demand for agricultural productions could not fail. Industry, supported by intelligence and capital, would be sure to suceeed, and those changes which had an nually been the cause of panic and alarm would then cease, and all would be happy and prosperous." SUMMER WEATHER. ---We havo a continuance of the most beautiful weather ever remembered at this season ; the meadows are covered with daisies; violets and primroses grace our banks with their blossoms as in spring. The wheats could not possibly look better ; while the cattle are still out. The thermo meter is at 55 in the shade, the barometer at 30 deg. 16 min. We noticed a meadow which has been folded over with sheep within a fortnight, and fed very close, it is now quite green, having young grass full one inch high in that time. GREAT LEAGUE FUND MEETING IN IVIARYLILBONE. On Saturday evening an exceedingly numerous and highly influential meeting took place at the Three Compasses Tavern, Marylebone-street, for the pur pose of carrying ; out, in the most efficient manner, throughout the borough of Marylebone, the objects of the great League Fund, for obtaining a total and immediate repeal of the odious Corn-laws, and the re moval of all restrictions upon trade and commerce, — J. Guthrie, Esq., a vestryman of St. Marylebone, presided, and having explained the object of the meet ing, said he had to congratulate them on the extraor dinary advances the Anti-Corn•law League had made in public opinion throughout the country within the l►►st few weeks. Mr. G. Daniell said, in no district of the metropolis had there been a greater reaction in favour of the repeal of those most odious imposts, the Corn-laws, than there had been within the last few weeks in the borough of Marylebone. Men of the greatest wealth and standing in society were coming forth in every direction to assist them in carrying out the objects of the Central Anti-Corn-law Asso ciation in that district, and he had no doubt when the great meeting for that section of the metropolis took place, they would have such a show of men affluence and standing in society pre sent, as no other meeting on the subject could as yet boast of. He understood that many letters had al ready been received upon the subject, and he would move that they be read to the meeting. The motion having been seconded and carried, the Chairman an nounced that letters had already been received from General Sir De Lacy Evans, the Hon. C. P. 'Villiers, M.P., Dr. Bowring, M.P., Mr. T. Milner Gibson, M.P., from Colonel T. P. Thompson, who was at Nottingham ; Major Revell, J. E. Hovenden, Esq., the Rev. Mr. Bowes, of Blanford Chapel; the Rev. Mr. Townley, the Rev. Mr. Marshall, and a large number of other Dissenting clergymen of the bo rough, offering their earnest co-operation in the cause, and expressive of a determination to be present at the great meeting of the fourth section of the metropolis, comprising the borough of Marylebone.—(Cheers.) Messrs. Haydon, Glasier, and several other gentlemen addressed the meeting, and resolutions con demnatory of the Corn and Provision-laws, and a de termination to assist the Anti-Corn-law League by every means to carry their repeal, having been adopted, a Committee was appointed to draw uo resolutions, to be submitted to the great League and meeting about to be held in Marylebone ; and thanks being passed to the Chairman, the meeting separated. SPAIN. MADRID, DEC. 10.—The Regent's return is fixed, it is said, for the 15th, and he will not even enter Barcelona. He is to arrive here without any military pomp or triumph. It is anticipated that he will pass •by Valencia and not by Saragossa, in order to avoid an interview with the Infante Don Francisco de Paulo, who, it is reported, has received orders to quit Spain, as well as his Secretary, Count de Parsort. The Cortes is to be reassembled immediately after Espartero's arrival. The loan' of 600 millions of reals will be the first affair, as upon that depends the cotton question. Some compensation is to be offered to Spain, it is whispered, for the diminution of the tariff, by suppressing the tobacco depot at Gibraltar. Rumours of a Ministerial modification are very current, and it is asserted in some quarters that the Cabinet is to be strengthened by thonecession of Senor Gonzales and Don Facundo Infante, their oratorical talents being necessary to pass the measures to be pro posed in the Legislature. The Parliamentary coalition seems to be still com pact, and resolved to make a decided opposition to the Ministry on the late events in Barcelona. It is generally regretted that the Regent should have been compelled to resort to a bombardment, and the state of siege subsequently is much blamed, the more especially as the address of the Deputies of Con gress was to require the observance of constitutional forms in the suppression of the rebellion, instead of resorting to exceptional measures. A military dic tatorship is feared, although Espartero is believed to be opposed to it, yet his staff entertain the hope of this kind of supremacy. At the English Legatiot is openly said that it will be the only means of sW- . ' tion for Spain. The report of the iuquiry into the ill-treatment of M. Lefevre, the French merchant, has been submitted to the Supreme Naval and ''Atilitary Court, but its contents have not transpired. The dispatches of VAR Hahn and the political chief of Barcelona compkiniiie M. Lessops, the French Consul, very seriously. The -Castellano remarks that their allusions are imprudent and impolitic, as, if true, they ought to form the object it a diplomatic note, and not be published in an official journal. GREECE. ATHENS, Nov. SO.—Yesterday morning M. Sill vergo, the newly-appointed Minister of Finance, went mad while attending a Council of Ministers. I be lieve but there is no doubt that the Greek Government money matters are quite as deranged as the Minister. Hear-Admiral Sir Francis Mason, in her 31ajesty's line-of-battle s hi p H owe, i s at anchor in the Pincus harbour, as is also the Scout, the Hon. Captain Drum mond. The French Admiral Lasusse is also in th© Pirams with two line-of-battle ships, but is enected to leave in a few days for Toulon. her Majesty's sister is arrived, and will remain here during the travellerswinter th c c o re n a tu s e ti t l o l arrive if the na A dp g er r po e ja a er t ct I m ao a nt n . dh y aN k yv English g g, 1 i En s hon doubt,g li more steamers to run between Malta, Athens, and the Levant is carried into effect. • TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Siu,—l have just perused a copy of Col. Thornp• son's " Exercises, political and oilers," and through your columns would suggest the propriety of the League adopting them, and presenting a copy of them through private individuals (of course members of the League), to the principal reading-rooms, Mechanic6' Institutes, &c., of the kingdom, or at least to the agricultural ones.—Yours, &c., A LEAGUER. Newcastle, Dec. 13. A DRUNKARD'S FATE..—On Saturday evening Mr. Payne held an inquest in the Compter, Giltspur-street, on the body of Richard Bailey, aged thirty- one, l ately a porter in the service of Mr. Hart, wine -merchant, of Fenehurch-street. It appeared that the deceased had an uncontrollable propensity for ardent spirits, which in the end rendered him dishonest. On Satur day week he lost his situation, and being suspected of having robbed his late master, the police received In formation of the suspicion. In consequence they watched him, and on Wednesday night one of their body met him in the City, carry i ng a two-gallon stone bottle, which he dropped as soon as the con stable accosted him. The contents consisted of whisky, which he said he was taking, by his " mas ter's" orders, to a person in Broad-street. This statement proved u n t rue, an d t h e deceased was lodged in the station, where during the night he was much excited, and otherwise indisposed. The next day he was taken before the Lord Mayor, and remanded to the Compter until Monday (this dad). The moment he entered the prison his indisposition was perceived, and lie was placed in the infirmary, and attended to by the m e di ca l o ffi cer , b u t h e di e d on Friday. Mr. M'Alurdo, the prison surgeon, said be examined the body i n t erna lly, and found disease of the brain and liver, the result of hard drinking. Deceased had confessed his propensity to ardent spirits, and said that shortly before his apprehension he had swallo we d a large quantity. Death was to be attributed to great excitemeut, the consequence of recent i mmo d erate drinking of raw spirit. Verdict--" Died from exces sive drinking. A letter from Verviers, of the lath December, says: —We learn that the works on the iron railway, from Pepinstee to the Prussian frontier, have just been totally suspended, and all the w or k men di sm i sse d by the contractors, who, it is said, were no longer paid. and disagree with the Government on various points- In consequence of these unhappy differences, about two thousand wo r k men w i ll be throw n out of loy- Inca in the midst of the winter. We hope the Go vernment will lose nu time in putting an cud to the" differences. ,