The Sun. — London, England, 1842-02-14 00:00:00

SUM' ARV OF NEWS AND tiubitt eptuton. " Who runs may read." The 2IOIZEIGN. French Goverinnent has sustained a moral defeat upon M alitlern' ber " s proposition for excluding the empkves from tlie . Cham. ' slil i . f; hPu ties. After a ficbate of two days, the proposition was sitin e ,f cte d bY a . Alinisterial majority of eight votes! The Oppo. .1," , "lay well regard such a result as a triumph. id:ollowing is a table of the imports and exports of wheat, grain, ed in ...7 t. in France for the last year; the quantities being reckon .. .4 trieal quintals (221 i lbs.) : lin Wheat. Grain. Flour. • Potts ..... 1W 143 39,234 1,130 l'4l)orts ***************** ~ , ,-, 1 434 124,886 ••• ................. 343,3.3 n -1, Ii •bond on Jan 1 184‘ , ... 133 , 596 20,555 di ninof 7: 41.7240 consumpti o n of meat in Paris, during , being an ' Ifie 7:n . 1 .471 cows, - 4.5 . 1i3 calv ' s, and . sheep , '39t,ll2e,t3last month, was llierease o 'I. , - U t.lll:'i l e e r , l an uatY, 1841, of 492 oxen, an 713 cows, and 939 calyes. 1 donation of 10 0 0 g 0 P russ i a has i n c reas ed Cathedral 40 ,00 U t th:;efleinie,,eaternai line. baleis, for the 2 c o om o. l o ll o e o ti f on of the of Cologne, to rA Bet lin letter sas that the King of Holland . will be one of ihe ° , l of the Young Princess Marianne of Prussi o a n , and his grand. lainlkihtoe this occasion. 1-1 1 p . is M ajesty will make magni fi cent presents . th e Hob r t PerOr cf Austria has reduced the si q o U r sa c te h r a i ni ng b S er o - f y hitherto required for obtaining his dan4::: sheep, but a NY, . 2 ; vi z., eight the paternal, and fo k ur m i t has addressed earn ram fo Athens that the Gree rs uf sal eo ,. res 'ed rcular to the Governo provinces and proviii. ni in ex ister of the Interior it, bells, desiring that information may besent -e Practicability of establishing ln.rge lines o f r oads i ' i from o e c e different r i in g ' com- P : d o n : hr ie eic, n l . o i f the Greek territery to others, so as to affor d easy Theatsiut.nspthreughout the kingdom. etersburgh to the Synod and h papers publish an ukase, dated 6th ult., Directing Senate, whereby the Catholic and Wre ck convents in the Northern Govern. rams, are clergy , and all t h e their e lands and estates, which are placed 1,400.111:e divested of and the Managemen t . of t he . Minister of the Domains ; the clergy The nt oriks being indemnified by fixed salaries and a ea llo.vances. do ve e°4 ents and churches of these provinces were richly en in e -' a nd th ey l ose a l arge port i on o f their incomes by the new sure, b A b dvie es fr om Barcelona of the 4th instant state that bands of Th, s e " and rebels had re.appeared on various points of Catalonia. ti). - 42:ab ee i _ ha Felip hail carried off the Alcalde and a rich proprie. dcr.bii, Sellera, for whose ransom 1,500 ounces (5,0001.) had been ill the d' and a stage.coach had been plundered near Panadilla. The c moo district of the Seu d'Urgel one of those band s had been o etely destroyed by the inhabitants. Trines a d bee n l'U real) a 1: 1 C classes, the Conference h StMeS T that if the members of the Anti. Corn.law OPINION. mentary 1 solicitous for the interest of the poorer Y ideould not ha ve chosen Mr. Villiers as their Parlia. really to analeaers observing, " Truly if these gentlemen we re .Otis creased, th that the spare diet of the poor should be in . . might havee'r comforts multiplied, their independence secured, it mires to so me been multiplied, that they would have betaken theta. cells, gal ling Party rather las identified with their gruel, close brick 13a, nig restrictions and all the other enormities of the red. 1,110 h as e t e i l lett, t han the f o n tsand Member whom they have selected, or Th e er ect ed hiniself, Mov e , t . al d saYs, that the resolution which Lord John Russell affair • °.hi g h t in the House of Commons is, a ft er all, a clumsy , and that . much hcsuoty in the Noble ut ensil , . there is about as fusion C Ma king this motion, as there is in age 'Universal Con. the w i all trumpets onference, at the shrill squeak of whose penny trump% e i• , e . at ef Parliament are to fall down, ill imitation of the wa lls wis.rhedricho, at the blasphemous suggestion of a divine of the Esta tion Church attempting to wheedle or to purchase the co-opera. of the Charti " The ch e . sts. Toriesthe ortick does not anticipate any serious divisions amon g . : t . s from Sir Robert Peel's Corn.law Bill, but is of opinion t ha t . tees, qUires well growl and yield, and Sir Robert will carry his t e „, t _ tr e. and retain o ffi ce. "We should grieve," adds our . Con. ~". , , i e b o o r ary, „ "if we thought it would turn out otherwise:"— h re „ 4 4rning. out the Tory Ministry will be useless u . n ?e x doW n R bert the Tory party at the same time. And Sir o and , "da ing this so rapidly and so zealously—he is working so har d 1101:0 successfully to discredit his party and restore it to its . enc ., ' is nee " MI the hatred of the country, that we trust nothing . y , u r to s top • - • - ha s completely ful fi lled his ral st i on. „ P birth in his career until he , The ' • sPeech Advertiser expresses itself strongly of opinion that suck . a e ,,, as Sir ltobert Peel's on the Corn-laws, never before dis '' grac ed the precincts of Parliament. " Flagitious in its funds ; . , , i n nt,til falsehood, nothing ever approached the tissue of distorti 4,,,, oc her its erest elements. From beginning to end it wa: 15, the -evocation of lies or the invocation of truth tortured t ''''• s— '' was either '' cunning —either subterfuge or -,.., tok i . adiet,_ a er presumption or ' • , Th e p ni • 4.., 40 Mee f °St denies that Continental labourers, owing to the low °- kev• • better off than British labourers ; and pro. Previsions are 1-,,,, teed. ,„ _ e 1, r evers :: r !nark :--" Perhaps they do . not suffer such pinching places are occa , sle w , a s manor manufacturing labourers in so me "Y Made •withsuch 1 in anni . subject to ; but let them once be cursed i' ,'• actnr ing system as ours, and with masters so . 1,-, ever , ), destitute of berets' ho and affectionate sentiment, as the puffed.up swag , ,.,,. fil i '..- e • s h "' the Aeti-Corn law League appear to be, and then they siiii.f 4not fail to know the . evils which we suffer, though they may niliili scales, the good which we enjoy." the subject of Sir Robert - .het ,'' Pe e p s , cu rsrnen thus expresses itself on l has at last burst f Peel , 11_, • h as oti'urn-law scheme :—" The bub st e piece of humbug to.. ' - ev" wePeeled himself; and th e mo st p recious people now stands eon. lie, feed I "ered to a su ff ering and insulte d 4 The Crn bill wrapt from its birth in such studied ki,l ~ , klyst er .. an new o. - is neither vit ' h such pomp and pretension, ,' 4 : . le s , tiol ?! oi. d ushered in l ‘ d Bill, with scarcely even the semblance so , t. , ~'', "fa n tr „ft e e .. than the , o doubt if the annals of imposture prese nt tid. , t't •-• „trapu de s. "_ l a a.ton 1 W e e . quacks, who have been riu•; i '' .. tnitt m "L a delusion as the fourteen 'Alb , ' 144. I.°, our sins to rule us have attempted to palm upon the tett 11 ,,,.. sh n•• ' oligarchs had hlle • d Parliament !, iod 'with tt , a wn). We knew that t h e 4311ein641:seiv.leir creatures by dint of money , and that Peel was merely s Cfna'; l haii ei t 7 4 ; but we did not believe that the tool would . make himself 'e`ll. - . 6 . 4 .11 ;•?, aith e ' ll P. or that his masters would display their rower bo nakedly, "I Af s : Niik ' 44 they have done. The Landlords' Parliament is written -4 niil ' t ilZ r - Vi . ille of Wednesday's proceedings !" Ilet,e, &H ewing Is the opinion of the Balton Free Press on Sir :•• ?7 , ,. tn ett ;,. n Peel's Corn law speech :—" Let the d people of Engl , an . . re. ' ' '-• se , that the 'boon - ' now offered them, in Peel's new sliding ale , . ~,,,. and n . I nch we feel confident they will spurn with the contempt and 10 elignation it deserves—let them remember that this precious seve re 'it -weighed ' boon ' is given in acknowledgment . of their and accom patik.; P.rot meted, and still unmitigated sufferings, e w ith which these e w e ," high encomiums on the exemplary patienc in which the Pron ns - ""ings have been borne! As to the speech must on - r -ect m odification of the stat vat ion.law is developed,we e l• ''' s ' t hat we it • h • •di a fon.am . have read with mingled feelings of pity, in gn 1, ' d tsgust " the ne "e i asgou ; so Post ____, :.._... We are confident Saturday . say s . ' G overn W ill eve d i sgusted at the proposals of the Peel or e , eve rywhere feel disgus es should ' - *.terv,„,flie". Meetings in condemnation of such measu res Now irtb;Tete and instantly take place for their reprobat . . hop, b t mle for ineetingi and for petitions, and by this day week we et ' the eeinng a ble to record a general burst of popular indignation Niel, co g which has just been poured forth on the suf. Is and 3 , h e foli Pa . hence of the people." /e t 'astir, ° wng is from the Sioff:,rdshire Examiner :—" The Tory laughn " 44 elosed, and stands revealed to all eyes as an unparal t "it an d o f derisive mockery It was received with shouts *4eae e bY the Opposition : in Parliament, and has subsequently . the. " ' r ed the • th Millions 'lndignant yells of the statving millions without— . i i, e 'r Que e n " 0 , with patience and fortitude, for which even t snt i , w as instructed to commend them, had sustained the to conceive ftleth,t4,.°4se'tl:Bs. whilst the Premierto tb o r k th ti . five months Th e sufferings and h ut a :e, or the as atielehnatteh been brought most infamously trilled with ; li The Itseet;.retributPion is at 's Anti-Corn. hw Peeehs.nteening Post, speaking of Sir R. Peel much dis. s a j,„ l* '„ ln ted, ~,,'!,rnarks :—" The fact is, the Tories as are i. taus 5ee....4,7 infinitel snore alarmed, than the W ings,.because t eve ntuate ''e ri Y adm it ted by the Times—that the sliding scale to s ay 14 h t , at el e+ l a fixed duty at last. iII cy are beginning already ' the duties so inor fl el has , d- -that Peel, by diminishing . , "'led duty - "' ad ' the a.ri nosh Twenty —a stepping-stone on t eto the The 4 Y e of T en. „ re now , so , eel Tunes obser ves of Sr 0 eech— R bert Peel's sp . The whom s ch em a i, snot as was to have i been expected from the man by „ire 't sultron W as b et in brou ght forward. It is neither more nor less than a t o end . to th e b' ockery from beginning People. ti a *Atter m to heal' : a" can u nlY aggravate s the ounds which it was intended w h oneu.. It s „,„. common and 1- - " ,, e an insult to common sense and to indig. nat ion cannot fail to stir up the burning hostility an d The of the PeQPie" career of°lS6')wing i' past h,„., fr uin the Devonport Telegraph :—" The cenal atell y n- h, - ; - '` Peel gives no encouragement to the hop o e l s itfo f has h e e. "n f or the future. The man whose politic en one series cof his Most loudly v enem ies •of abandonment concessions to his . s . mo. rnent awned princip les to the exigencies of the • who has never defended sing le cause that he did not at 'fast betray, is not the man in wlLithe thorough Tories can have .a:,th in such times as these, and the faith they have hitherto had . . b m, the events of shaken." the past week prove to have been most terribly _.‘athe Falmouth Packet says :—" Sir Robert Peal, who is the son cotton-manufacturer, has deserted his order' to become the rt ellti of the oligarchy, and well he is doing the duties of his r °c ) , 4 ""• After ,five.moLths' consideration he has propounded a : - ""ne for the benefit of his friends, which Mr. Cobden justly • i i "° Uoced as an in s ult t o t h e su ff er i ng p eo pl e of this country. We ° Pe to seethe people rouse themselves, and with one heart and 1 _, 6 voice demand Justice! Justice! Justice! which has been too "I,denied them. The Welshman comments as follows on the Tory Premier's Corn- I , :—" The Ministerial measure propounded by our plau. Vl thin Premier last Wednesday appears prima facie to be little more t - ' 44 a jug gle. The Conservatives seem to have had the face to at. • t -e ,nalit to palm on tile suffering people of the country, a paltry pet. ~f 4f ilogi p lan—a were claptrap expedient for getting rid of some 4814 blemishes without eradicating the causes which have pro. 'oced them. This will not do." The Blackburn Gazette says of the new Tory Corn-law scheme This measure is a disgrace to the Conservatives, and they will • ad It to before the country has done with it; and Sir Robert 4 . 44 ' P has pros , . d that he h a s neith e r th e mor a l courage t o f o ll o w 'oe l dictates of his owu mind, nor to swing loose from a party who ha le him f or hi s d eception of 1829; yet are afraid to sever their interests from his keeping- Humiliating in the extreme is such a Position to both parties, especially to the Premier." We take the following from the Manchester Guardian :—" It 5.s hu possible for any one wh o f ee l s a proper degree of sympathy fur t he labouring class, to read, without disgust, the almost heartless "'lesions which Sir Robert Peel, in his speech of Wednesday even !Olt, made to the patience with which the great body of the people have endured the sufferings to which the unfeeling and ignorant Poltcy of our landed aristocracy have so long subjected them. !hWhen it is considered that he was virtually making a mockery of eir sufferings, by his statement that the nieasur!s for which they laid waited so patiently would not ref ievc them at all, his hollow compliments and honied phrases can be construed into little else t han an insult to the labouring population." tz, 4( 1 ‘11 tlk/ :41t, t li ~'w The fir M st go O IdNEY—TRAE - COMMERCE. coined in ll England as in the year 1334. At Bradford last week trade was moderate, as also at Failsworth and Halifax ; at Huddersfield, Leeds, and Leicester dullness pre. galls ; Manchester is more gloomy ; the Oldham cotton trade pre carious ; and at Rochdale want of animation exists in the market. the AGRICULTURAL. In Covent.garden mar k e t on S atur d ay, a supply of new hot. ho use grapes, grown in pots, sold at 2Us. to 25 8 . p er lb . — a proo f o f Progress of horticultural skill and improvement. ELECTIONMEU INCr. The election o f a Member for llubbn University, in the place of theen Right Hon. (now B aron ) L e f roy, took place last Friday, h Mr. Joseph Devonther Jackson, the Solicitor.Gesieral, was elected without opposition. ECCLESI.A STXCAL. St. Alban's Abbey is about to be converted into a Cathedral : it be removed out of the diocese of London into that of Roches ter, anti the Prelate of this latter place will take up his residence in the Abbey.toun. 1V A VAL A/ Vi MIX ITATLY. .. A reinforc em ent of 33 5,000 t roops i s about to embar k for I n dia wi thout delay ; and a similar augmentation of seamen an d marines h as been prono on unced by Sir Wm. Parker to be necessary for the c:, Chi na expediti. LITXTLA ILY AND SCIENTIFIC. i:4 At Durham C athedral, workmen are now cleaning out, under. a ; neath the Chapter Library, what appears to have been anciently T ` prison. Names are scrawled on the walls, some with dates as in e t a b r e ly n a o s or l G a t ; orothors as d recent as 1805. Rings are fo und ? L ed • s q u t p r p a n o rt i t t e y d o b f y h p u i m n human bones bon es ta k en It forms a strong-built cell, t A new play by Mr. Griffin, entitled Gtsippus, TlLEXATrtze.az. in rehearsal at Drury-lane Theatre, has been some time ps the character dill? the people is, there' residents in Rio Plats, 100 niters, in which he state' s he, "consists in the cal al has eluded all explaPP iguay asked of hint, in lto Janeiro, with respect!, to protect the Republic he 0 1 rnn declaratio n made on t tb nt of the Uruguay, to _l th e certainty w hich it 1' nomisos which the Ffo,lj r of the Uruguay at POS Play' bank a Itch you will a ll appreah° ' has just been sent r cut irs, tette , to break cif all inie ter does not fulfil its Pr,'" I nner, as its ho nour an ddo hieh interests ten thousani ink of La Plats, Will elcite letler from Dilboa measureich 10 aken a wh chil f64 arrival o f despat tit rs o the pic force,ol,.. nY, f which hblad been sliitjtpt sittings—commanicstvohe ition and then cllog not learned therOligoo ,roposed entirely of re" [way, FEB. 1/' 1 03 Ilighest Low& pet Price. Pricw 11. Ilf. 10 1 9 5 '1 3 ' 3 1.3 103 *" 8 41 80 5 80 '"0,0 1) 3290 1125 _1025 'sg3i 50,2 Le 6 0 • - tll O , 810 RI? LO4 1047; 10574 10,4 •,0 • 25% 2.51 ti 0.. "' . C 3 11 28 16, It 6 75 It 6 75 "*1111). 101 A 104% , 840 11Eb. 835 o'l 1137 50 3:37 3164 210 208 7 5 . 112 50 510 585 - 22 ' 230 . ' -5 48 7 5 ,* MILO. Fgß. 11,52 y, r Cent r Cent. 1 ( 0 ,4 9)% Fri Cent ). 1 1. (LLE, Fes. B. goo ! Bills. 0 0 •• II MIN 000000000 1 . 11 161 5 • I 11 0 iogi iticate 104 3fil and 4th 5;. 50*0 - 15 1 4 j- oAI 0. •• llBl LON DON. months, 13 63f• tits, 38% pence. days, 12, 14. 9.39. ' the Anti-Cortry eting on Thursdoini nake a grand tleoV, Ln for importation ei,,e; ,hYsiedibrce of th e d Cory Contemporlit'eiin l "physical or'Lhol? I care that the or 3,11; f such force left; be that physical °%4i' f tarvation and oprl I on the Corn-laviefl. for that grievaee'4' each other, as to bi aPt 'II, the Tamwortb..„/P malady is a s eri l his condit ion i 5,5,4 'st careful 11100'00'i Feverish, anil e ; and theli--bYI3 "g" his practice,,e 011,4 administe • a i,,„ throwint, his o i e ! He tells ps ~ 1 1, 14 514 : and that we . inu faie 0 11 1 then thro vs hat the lieshpsstiorl landing on. his fit exaggeratioi,l ?„I. for.). countrx 010`.-00 of ti lig tile irritt;l,irrits.i as inereasea.fe be need of Or ' 'Ol l l fiou r the reitilt47.. sir le Bull's ce:i:for 1" 1 "uell have shoO, RC lAt 'IV L IE 0' C1'1 3 (.1 FE B. 12. —'l'he se l , t , t to-day, but the ~/,* les are computed to rleans, at 4 id. Pernams, ; 617.4 FEB. 12.—t (be A °Honing were tile itto Debeot ureki Junction, Half - 41351 0 M idl an d Couhtieg, 14. WE, FEp• ightly w a i . er ° Lres : South Vi e 9 0 01, , res, 32; London, of lanche6' ter , 1904 t ne of packe tie Sheridan, fro93 sbi? t he% n received, bli b t ; ( 1,,1 01 stance. A for t , o flr I cks. The details e paper. IDS. 1/r; l e t s t r ansacte u Consols are )3ijti'i;, int ; Exchequer bot ;reign Alarket,„ejtel ricuity among ney is plentiful job 24125 ; Pura,too Mexican 13°n . 3 HIS DA Y t id. Per Sltare' j 1 !3 . 9 ""• t I / i. 5 .... 8 4 i'" ... i 0 ...... 60i1 tf)/ 4 ..... • 91•••• • 0 / • i 0 36ii p / ?,5 .... ..... 2 /, 2.6 i ... . .. HALF-yo g il g Oi r i e g of quite O ' r Money, ° d t trof - 26. India "po t 01% / P a i n 0° transacts quotations rook; iish, 82 Efi 1,24 i; A L dace in til l 9 41 , 1 1; - V es t e rn, 8", ,r and Brig ht :% , t ill gham, 1 671 f 0 I), IS v TO ) Aroo Ur —( p e day at Oil oar J l ioe ) a, Shatib r a , r ecP:4 4 /00 1 s t t njamin ore; j yld ,n, Singsln. vestvcn o', Juliet , k' s or, Ppo S• S 'e 11°o 0 er 3. S. E. to6org;i, 1 31baY ; w '‘ Or ies t , eiine, Video' Plotarive Hano ve% ichtn°9 ,ter!,'o;; lan, De I le/ / 40 , 1 ce s TI - 10 0 !,0 5 Iker, 13 , 11 .70 0, ,5ec t P, ; Ponl''/ 0 0pr bsY ottingqft,'e on tre ' nab. bore Ica, ; for Il e ' • ere is. of f Lek, l' l° ria ta' 0 1, 0 iesbas oAclit,ir. ; ' Aubio, moo 'etnainbueo. ~ po, [I. Elisabeth SO. baltar . , ~,,, he Nereid, Oae",,, ,:ep, Of ~ (roll gale#. :,,,y les and squally.--1,, Leotie; Ariatin,e.', 00 eft 3t inst., taiiPh. Wood, i‘ertroi aky, put bsel h i ' t y l ' in contact lOW t.rr----..r're opi 1 .--- We have 0.,, nterpre of Of V d their publi!intlooo, o Kra us " of 1,00,1 tii g; forivord ill, ,p The t>pre,6 d• )ceell, and eSte'A Dects (two tiuudrii;, lours alter W 0 ; Times. eniploYea on AO the up-traio, 1,01,7.4• kie was visil'lv°, )f bread under hit!, e approach of ther.,, fe cued aboot a )o'o a young ebildrqj any natural proto 1 SPORTING. The Newmarket list promises a good season, and has twenty three races down for the Craven, commencing April 11 ; there are thirteen races down for the first spring. The Queen's stagbounds had a brilliant run last Friday after the old stag Hampton, across Harrow and Willesdon. The pack went like birds by Hendon, and after a run of eighteen miles, unequalled for pace and severity, the stag was captured within bowshot of the Regent's Park. COITRT-PASIIIONARLE. The Duke and Duchess of Buccleuch have deferred their de. parture for Dalkeith for a few days. The Duke of Hamilton left town early last week to ♦:sit his father-in-law, Yr. Beckford, at Balls. The Duke of Rutland wiU entertain a large. }arty during the present week at Belvoir. The French Ambassador recommences his diplomatis dinners to-morrow, in Manchester-square. The Earl and Countess of Wilton have let town for Melton. Mowbray. The Earl and Countess of Rosebery have left the Terrace, Pic. eadilly, for their seat, Warren Wood Hale, Herts. Viscount ♦illiers and the Viscountess arrived at Upton-house, Warwickshire, on Saturday last. Count Matusevich has gone to Melton-Mowbray for the re mainder of the hunting season. The Earl of Falmouth returns to town to-day, fors Wolver hampton, Berks. The Earl and Countess Cowper arrived in town on Saturday for the season. The Duke of Marlborough left Mivart's Hotel on Saturday, for Blenheim. MXSCELLANZOUS. To-day is the anniversary of the death of Sir W. Blackstone, author of the justly celebrated " Commentaries :" on this day also in 1779, Captain Cook was killed at Owyhee. A splendid naval ♦ictory was gained by Admiral Jervis on this day, in 1797. At Lynn, in Norfolk, St. Valentine's day is a red.letter day amongst all classes of its inhabitants; as also the signal for the commencement of its great annual mart, granted by a charter of Henry VIII.," to begin on this day, and to continue six days next following." The body of the Duke of Cleveland was deposited in the family vault of Staindrop church, Durham, last Monday. The durch is seated in a heautiful vale, in which formerly was a Royal Villa granted by Canute to the shrine of St. Cuthbert. It is a venerable stone structure, with an embattled tower at the we►t end, and con tains among other monuments, one near the altar of superb white marble, to Henry Earl of Darlington, father of the late Duke, who died in 1792. LAW INTELLIGENCE. CHANCERY COURT-(THIS DAY). HEARING V. CLOIERRY. The further arguments in this part-heard case were resumed this morning, and occupied the Court the whole day. ROLLS' COURT.-(THIS DAY.) GORDON •. THE CHELTENHAM •ND GREAT WESTERN UNION RAILWAY COMPLNY The arguments in this partZheart case were proceeded with. The object of the application was to dissolve an injunction obtained by Mr. Gordon against the Railway Company, to restrain them troni proceeding with certain erections on his land. The arguments had not concluded when our Evening Edition went to press. ••••••• VIUE-CHANCERY. DAY.) ATKINS V. IdATrON. The arguments in this part-heard case, which came before the Court upon further directions, occupied his Honour the Vice- Chancellor of England the whole morning. QUEEN'S BENCH-(THIS DAY.) (Sittings at Guildhall,) HILLS V. POOLET., This was an action of debt for wine and spirits sold and delivered by the plaintiff to the defendant. The facts of the case were of no public interest. A verdict was returned for the plaintiff, with 341. 17s. damages and costs. THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. The supplies of Wheat last week were moderate, but tolerably good of most other Grain. The fresh arrivals were small. Wheat sold at last quotations, with rather more done in Foreign. Barley still very dull. Beans and Peas un changed. Oats met a slack demand at last week's terms. Flour dull of sale, at last week's decline in value. oittitlVALS OF GIYAIIi 1N LONDON DURINtI LAST WEEK. Wheat_ Barley. Oats. , Flow V English Irish -- ---- 3,995 ' Foreign - - riatrAts OX BOARD OF SFIP Wheat,Red (old) - s. s. Beans, Small (new) ...38:.405. -.White (01d)...., -s. -s. -- (old) .49. 468. - Iled;,1841).. 5 425. 556. - Tick (new) ‘8 30s, Fine sbs. 635. ------ (old) 38.. 4t s -- Superfine 645. C 65. - Harrow (new) 326.348. -White (1841)....515. 585. -- Fin:: 6os. 62s Brank --Str,iertine - Os. 725. Oats, Feed ----Foreign free 565. 765. -- Ness 16,.215 Ryt ' 3Bs. 40s. - Poland Barley 268. 325 New 205.251. -- Grinding...... ..... ;As. 30s, - Potatoe - Malting .338.305. Malt s6s, 60s, -.- Scotch 26s.2bs. - Fine New.. -62 s ti4s. --- Irish 15s. ... 185.225. Pease, Grey, New 10s. 325. Flour Town (per sack).... 561.605. - Maple New 3ls. 335. -- Seconds 525.545. -- White .345. 365. ---- North Country .... 50s. 545, ---- 8011er5....... .365. 38s, Bran '7s, tia. SMITHFIELD. There was a good supply of Cattle, moderate of Sheep, but short of Calves and Pigs. The market was well attended by the trade, yet. the present quotations of Beef were, with diffi culty, supported. Mutton met with a middling de.v,and, and the present prices were fully realized. The demand for Veal and Pork was brisk, and the whole sold well at present prices : -Beef 3s. 4d. to 4z. 6d. , Mutton, 3s. Bd. to 4s. 10d. ; Veal ss. to 6s. 2d. ; Pork 4s. to ss. 2d.. Beasts, 2,935 ; Sheep, 20,210 ; Pigs, 512 ; Calves, 56. TEA MARKET. Free Trade Tea was firm, and the demand good ; low sound Black ls. 10-1-d. to Is. 1 Id„ and Green Is. 100. Company's Congou Is. 100. cash. TALLOW MARKET. There was a fair business transacted, and prices were firm. Yellow Candle on the spot, at 48s to 48s. 3d., and 48s. 6d. to 495. for delivery. Tallow, 50s. per cwt., and good request. HOP MARKET. A firm market for all kind of Hops, especially for the batter sorts. Stocks arc small in first as well as in second hands. METAL MARKET. Spelter dull, and prices are on the decline ; sellers 371. 10s. on the spot. Iron held firmly, with a fair demand. Load not much in request, but prices firm. ',750 brio NEWPORT, ISLE OF WIGHT. (FROU OUR CORRESPONDENT.) FEZ. 2.—The failure of the Old Bank is, we are sorry to hear, likely to involve in ruin far greater numbers than we at first anti cipated. Their liabilities are now stated to exceed 100,0001, and their notes nominally of it. each are selling at 11. ; indeed it is much doubted if the purchasers are not making a bad speculation. The firm, which was generally considered to consist of four part ners, turns out to be only one person, three having been dead many years, James Kirkpatrick alone remaining. He appeared in Friday evening's Gazette. Proof of debts is to be made at Ryde on the 21st instant, and here on the 22d. The accounts from Ryde notesare most distressing, few seem to have esca p ed ; the amount of and deposits there are said to be between 25,0001. and 26,0001. — rich and poor, all have suffered, many having lost all they possessed. The amount subscribed for the proposed new church there, 8001., and 1001. for the burial.ground, were placed in this bank. At Cowes the amount is much larger than was at first imagined, and is now supposed to be little short of 12,0001. The trade of the island is completely paralysed, suspicion and fear are traced on every face--confidence is entirely destroyed. Ruin and misery must fall on hundreds who have lived in comfort, and on many in afflu ence. The poorest escapes not, the widow's mite, the labourer's savings, the deposits of the different friendly societies—in fact, such unbounded confidence was placed in this bank, that it was the general deposit for the cash of the whole island ; and no one can tell why, beyond its being " The Old Bank," which, like an old house, has actually fallen down from old age, without any other known cause. It is now said to have been insolvent for twelve years by some, by others twenty; but the conductor lived at such a tilling expense, was always at his business, and had such large estates (and the fact of their being mortgaged unknown), that he was thought to be extremely rich, till sometime after he stopped. Bank of England notes, which people in the island looked at very suspiciously, fearing they might be forged (always preferring Kirk. Patrick's), are now caught at, forged or not ; and they have even left off sounding sovereigns in their fright, The very handsome conduct of Lord Yarborough should not be passed over unnoticed, nor that of Mr. Mills, of the house of Sir It. C. Glynn and Co., in the unasked assistance they Immediately tendered our other bank (Sir IL Bassett and Co.) which otherwise might, under this an. looked.for stoppage, and the pan ic it produced, have stopped also ! ! They were nobly backed by G. H. Ward, Esq., Sir R. Simeon, and a hundred others, and thousands on thousands placed at their soma. mend. The agriculturists will be as severe sufferers as the inha bitants of the different towns. Directly or indirectly the whole population will be sufferers by this failure. '1 he Discovery, the ship in which Captain Clarke accompanied Captain Cook on his last voyage of discovery in 1776, sailed from Cowes roads on Tuesday last for Antwerp. She is n ow under the Belgian flag, and her name has been changed to the " Itubens." She certainly cannot be much less than seventy years old, but has the appearance of a tine brig, and draws 17 feet water. CHURCH OF SCOTLAND. (FRost A COKREJWONDENT.) It is rumoured in well informed circles, that Lord Panmure is to le Lord High Commissioner of the next General Assem bly, which meets at Edinburgh in the ensuing spring. His Lordship's well known attachment to the Kirk of Scotland, eminently qualify him to be her Alajesty's representative. The appointment does infinite credit to Sir Robert Peel, who has fixed on a nobleman who will entertain the Scotch clergy in a style of splendid hospitality, worthy of the Bench of Bishops, and seldom witnessed in the metropolis of Scotland. We understand that Patrick Robertson, Esq., the eminent bar rister, is to be his Lordship's purse-bearer ; a better selec tion could not have been made. It will gratify the clergy, and convince them that conviviality is to be the order of the day. During the sitting of the Assembly the Lord High Commissioner will occupy the ancient Palace of Holyrood, which his purse-bearer has already designated the Royal manse, facetiously recommending that a general fast should be held before the arrival of the High Commissioner, his Lordship being determined to act with the strictest impartiality, and to " veto " any proceeding on the part of the Church, which might tend to keep aloof the moderate party, or any party, from the good cheer which will be prepared for them in the Royal manse. Alas ! old Neil Cow is no more, but Lord Panmure's excel lent private band is practising for the occasion ; and Dr. Chal mers need not despair, be will have the " Reel of Bogie" to his heart's content, and the purse-bearer for his partner. DEATH Or MR. HECTOR.—(From a Cortes- PGlldelit.—Petersfield, Sunday.—llied this afternoon, of apo plexy, at Stodham-house, near l'etersfield, J. C. Hector, Esq., late M.P. for Petersfield, atter a few weeks illness, brought on by over excitement through certain parties gross misconduct in causing his banking-house to suspend payment for a short time. The death of Mr. Hector has thrown the town of Petersfield and neighbourhood into sad gloom, he having b een a ver y benevol en t man to the poor, also affording the greatest ac commodationM.P.7, to all parties at his banking establishment. He until the death of his late Majesty, June 1837. He wa s op posed by Sir H. Jolliffe, Bart., and after a very severe con test lost his election b a maorit of one wily. He unseated 183, and sat Sir H. Jolliffe, by petition, - which came on Feb. 14, 1 838, wad sat for the borough from that time until the last Dissolu tion. His a ge i s a b out 6b. Fox C HASE E XTRA ORDIN ARY .—Much mut • h has been excit e d i n the little village of Temple Coo mbe, So merset, this we e k b y the ffollowinglaughable o ccurrence. On the evening of S un d ay last as four old women, whose un it e d ages amount to 297 years, were sitting down to tea, a b ou t five o'clock, a noise was heard in a building just behind their own cottages ; upon which the four frightened amazons sallied forth, and found that their alarm and apprehensions proceeded from a large fox, whom they immediately attacked, and Mary Chant, one of the four, aged 76, eventually killed reynard, and now shows the brush in triumph.—Dorset County Chronicle. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 14, 1842. THE CORN-LAWS. MEETING AT SOUTHWARK. (THIS DAY.) WINGED WORDS." " They were to decide whether or not they should succeed in increasing their commerce—despite a HAUGHTY AND CRUEL ENEMY, who treated them with contempt and cruelty, merely because he claimed to be a landed proprietor, and deemed them serfs. Would THEY LET THE ARIS TOCRACY TRAMPLE ON THEM?—(NO, no.) if they would boldly struggle . . . —if, becoming bold from their suf ferings, they spoke out to the HAUGHTY ARlSTOCnAcv —the y would find that they would be no longer plundered.—(Enthu siastic cheers. )"-Speech of Mc. O'Connell at the London. Anti- Corn-law Conference, Th urs d ay , F e b. 10. A public meeting of the electors and inhabitants of the Borough of Southwark, was this day held at the Town hall in the Borough, for the purpose of considering the propriety of petitioning Parlia ment against Sir Robert Peel's new Corn law scheme, and of ad dressing her Majesty on the subject. "-• The meeting was called by the High Bailiff, in compliance with a requisition most numerously and respectably signed, which was presented to him immediately after the details of the Ministerial ; measure became known. Lord's of England ! a.ll God's throngs— Goo ' s people—flamin g with ;heir wrongs, Still restrain their righteous wrath, Nor roll their fiery vengeance forth? a now L.Olll Tower and Town Havoc hurls her gauntlets down : Like grr:!:t organs, rolled in thunder, Shaking earth with sudden wonder, Voices stormy, stern, and grand, Bock the circuits of the land, Pouring high voice of warning Tones that thrill with awful words:L.-- 0 men of proud disdain and scorning— Ere plough-shares sharpen into swords — Ere the towns with havoc darken — LORDS OF ENGLAND HEARKEN !" The High Bailiff took the Chair at cne o'clock. Among those present we observed Mr. Cooper, Mr. Weston, Mr. Pyke, Mr. Etnbleton, Mr. Vousely, Mr. J. Q. Harris, M.P., Mr. Itanstie, Mr. Proven, Mr. Wilson, Mr. Maynard. Mr. Hamilton, Mr. Kiven, Mr. Jeanes, Mr. Hearne, Mr. Taylor, Mr. French, Mr. Martin, Mr. Boler, Mr. Balls, &c. The CHAIRMAN said, that having received a requisition, signed by upwards of 200 inhabitants of the Borough, he had felt it his duty to comply with the request ; ano he trusted the meeting would give every one a fair hearing, and their resolutions could not fail to produce a great effect in the proper quarter. Mr. WESTERN rose to move the first resolution. He had de clived to attend the last meeting on the subject, because Sir Robert Pt el had stated that it was his intention to take the subject of the Corn-laws into his most serious consideration, and to endeavour to devise some measure which should be satisfactory to all classes. Under these circumstances, he had thought it but fair to Sir Robert feel, to abstain from intetkring. Most of those who heard him wet e aware that he was more in the habit of acting with the party now in power than with the other party ; but lie regarded the present as a most serious, as a most sacred cause.—(Cheers.) When they saw the constitution of the present Houseof Commons, they could not hut be aware that they were banded together to sup. port the present system, and that even if the Ministers wished to introduce any great alterations, it would not be in their power to do so ; therefore, he had not anticipated any great relief from the Ministerial measure, but he had thought it his duty to wait to hear what they had to say.—(Cheers.) That House had been elected by a combination of the landowners, with the owners of mortgages, and he was sorry to say with the clergy.—(Cries of " Shame, shame ")—who, from old associations, from their desire ,to keep up their tithes, had acted in a manner unbecoming ministers of the Christian religion.—(hear, hear.) (Mr. Alderman Humphery, M.P., here entered the Hall, and was received with a loud burst 'of hisses, mingled with a few cheers. Order having been partially restored, through the inter vention of Mr. Maynard, Mr. Weston proceeded.) Every circuits• stance showed the existence of a combination among the land owners on this subject. (Mr. B. Wood, M.P., here entered the Hall, and was received with loud cheers.) He was awarelast sum. aler that there was a prospect of but an indifferent crop of wheat, but the Agricultural Associations had taken immense pains to cir. culate reports throughout the country that there was every prospect of an abundant harvest. They had circulated these reports for the purpose of preventing corn being admitted from abroad, and they had done so at a time:when they must have known the crop to have been any thing but abundant.—(Cheers.) Did not all these facts go to prove the existence of a confederation of the landowners?—(Loud cheers.) Was it not most inconsistent en the part of the clergy to get up in their pulpits, and offer prayers for fine weather, and next day give all their energies to support a law which prohibited their countrymen from benefiting by the bounty of Almighty God ? The crop during the last season had turned out even worse than the most gloomy anticipators had expected. If it had not been for the dis tress that had prevailed, and still continued to prevail, and also for i the consequence of that distress, the small demand, the price of corn would have risen enormously high. The fact was, the poor had been starved, and the price continued moderate, But for that circumstance corn would hove been 15s. or 20s. per quarter dearer than at present. Sir R. Peel in introducing his measure, had ad. mitted the great distress that pervaded the whole country. He also had admitted that distress was borne with the greatest patience by the people ; but yet, had he brought in a measure that would alleviate the prevailing distress? No such thing. He brought in a measure which would merely secure something to the revenue and foe the benefit of the landed proprietor maintain corn at almost its usually high price. Sir R. Peel had no right to take credit for his measure. He had been by no means happy in the comparison which he had thought proper to institute between the Prussian people and the inhabitants of this country.—(Cheers.) Amongst the former there were but two classes, the mobility and their serfs. In England there were four or five different classes, and among many of which he would even call the subordinate classes, he would instance servants, more meat was eaten than by the nobles of Prussia.—(Hear, hear.) It was ridiculous. It was a mockery—Cheers)—to seek to de ceive the people thus, by arguments of which everybody must see the fallacy. Mr. Weston was then about to read an article on the subject from Bell's Life in London, when he was interrupted by loud cries of " Adjourn, adjourn to the Leather-market." Mr. HEARNE, amidst the greatest uproar and confusion, intimated to the meeting that it was probable that another meeting would be held on the subject this evening, but that if they adjourned the present one now, the petitions to the House of Commons would not be in time to be presented this evening.—(Cries of " Adjourn," and much confusion, in the midst of which Mr. Maynard endeavoured to obtain a hearing, but to no purpose' Mr. VOUSELEY then advanced, and silence having been, in some measure, restored, said that the proposition of adjournment would be a very good one if they had any place to adjourn to.—(Cries of "To the Leather Market.") As this was Market-day it would be impossible to adjourn there.—(lncreased confusion.) Mr. WESTON again came forward, and said that the Ministers, in introducing into her Majesty's Speech a paragraph, recommending the revision of the Corn-laws, did but offer an insult to the dignity of her Majesty, who no doubt firmly believed the Ministers had really intended to legislate for the advantage of the people on the subject.—(Cheers, and loud cries of " Adjourn, adjourn.") Mr. Weston then atteirpted to read the petition, but the: tu mult and confusion were so much increased it was impossible to hear a syllable The persons who occupied the body of the Hall called on the Chairman, from all directions, to adjourn, and several voices called on Alderman Humphery to give the meeting the use of a room in his premises to adjourn to. This suggestion seemed to meet with general approbation, and elicited loud cheers, mingled with cries of " Adjourn, adjourn." Mr. COOPER then presented himself to the meeting ; and, silence having been partially restored, he stated that Al. dennan Humphery had at once consented to accommo date the meeting with the use of part of his premises in hiontague.close.—(This :announcement was received with loud and reiterated cheers.) Mr. Alderman HIIUMPHERY then advanced to the front of the plat. form and was warmly greeted ;' he said he would with great pleasure give the meeting a room in his premises if they wished to adjourn there—Loud cheers) —and if they signified their wishes to do so, he would in five minutes have a platform or stage prepared for their accommodation.—(Vehement cheering.) Mr. MAYNARD again addressed the meeting, and urged the pro. priety of their retiring peaceably and quietly. They should meet in hundreds and in thousands, :and show their enemies that they had but one common object in view, and that was that they were determined to be free.—(Cheers.) The question of adjournment was then put and carried by accla mation, and the meeting adjourned to Montague.clese. Lords of England ! hear the cries— hear the fearful litanies Pealing from a million lips, Who, shadowed sit i' the dim eclipse Of hunger gaunt, and grim despair; To whom e'en life and God's blue air Are burdens past what they can bear. By the plaints that hour on hour, Speed for mercy's crystal tower — By the ghastly starving face Of children, suffering with sweet grace— , By the all-imploring prayer, And beaten breast, and streaming hair, Of pale, mild women, famine-faint, And strong men starved by law's constraint — By the sweep of strange distress, Unknown—unmeasured—measureless — By all tears, and prayers, and kneelings, Ties, and tones, and rended feelings — Ere some dreadful crisis spring— Or Panic out her black flag fling — Or frantic Death your doorways darken — LORDS OF ENGLAND, HEARKEN ! FRANCE. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, Fee, 19..—The prevailing topic of conversation this morning is the unexpectedly close divisions of yesterday in the Chamber of Deputies on M. Ganneron's Bill far excluding public functionaries from the Chamber. It iiad been supposed from the divi. sion on the address, and still more from the great number of members who sre at the present moment in the enjoyment of salaried offices, dependent on the Crown, that the majority against the introduc tion of such a measure would have been a large one; the astonish ment, therefore, at a majority of only eight being obtained against the Bill has been very great. It is believed that some of the Ministers are themselves inclined to support such a measure, and in fact M. Guizot some time since let drop several hints, which might be interpreted into an intimation that it would not be made a Cabinet question. We are inclined to believe that the great number of Deputies who have voted for the Bill have been in fluenced by the more personal inconveniences to which they have been subjected during the numerous Ministerial' changes that have taken place sinde 1830, it being well known that each new Administration in France has generally made short work with all functionaries who dared to adhere to the policy of their predecessors. Thus all the Prefects and Sub-Prefects so many of whom have been, or are, members of the Chamber of Deputies, have been peculiarly exposed to the caprices of the Cabinets under which they have continued in office; and the recollection of the forced tergiversations they have made, cannot but be galling ; we will not say to men of independent political principles, for the num. bers of such individuals are exceedingly small in France—but to men of good education, and moving among the more enlightened glasses of society. This measure more than any other would tend to make public functionaries honest, and Deputies independent ; isut tilts is precisely what Louis Philippe does not like. he holds the reins of power only by force and corruption, and no Cabinet, as long as he is on the throne, will ever dare to support such a suicidal Edt. It was impossible therefore that the prepo sitions could be tamely admitted into the Chamber ; and though by favour of the Ballot many functionaries voted in secret for M. Ganneron's Bill, yet the Court was pretty confident of success before tke discussion took place. This narrow division will, however, pro cure a good rating to Messrs. Guizot and Duchatel, the Ministers of Foreign Affairs and the Interior, for their wily master, and will no doubt hasten the dissolution of the Chamber. The legal time for the new elections is in 1843 ; but it will be probably antici. pated by a whole year. The Budget will be hastily discussed, and carried, of course, and in June, if noti n May, the Session will be terminated. An extensive weeding of s uspected Prefects, and a copious distribution of decorations,togetk er with a skilful shuffle among the Sub. Prefects, Mayors, King s Procurators, &c., will precede the elections , and will probably produce a Chamber more complaisant than the present one. This question of Parliamentary Reformi s not, however, of so much interest, in reality; as the rumoured refusal of France to ratify the treaty for the s uppression of the slat e trade, and the right of mutual visit. It a melancholy instance of bad feeling towards the other Powers of Europe that the French should be unwilling to submit to the same restrictions which they would gladly lay on other nations, and it is a proof of a low state of morality among the people in general, that they should be willing, on such a ques tion of general principles of humanity, to imitate the un civilized conduct of the Americans rather than that of the rest of the great nations of the world. The stipulations df the treaty confer the sight of mutual smell of all vessels upon Prance, Russia, Austria, Prussia, and England. All the conditions of the Convention are perfectly rtciproc.il ; and every thing is based on a footing which may be considered perfectly fair to the parties con cerned. The objections raised to the treaty by the gobblers of the Chamber of Deputies are founded merely upon the circumstance, that as so many more vessels of war are employed by England in the Atlantic than by France, for the suppression of the slave-trails) the probability Is, that many more French merchant-vessel , will be stopped and searched by English cruisers than Englishmer chant-vessels by French cruisers. But such, an objection as this cannot stand for a moment in the opinion of any man of honour and common honesty. The rubbish talked by some of the so. called Liberal Members of the Chamber if Deputies when this subject was tinder discussion the other day, and the empty de clamations against England's usurpation of the Sovereignty of the Seas," &c., amount t o n o thing more than thi s—Will Austria or Prussia, w h o h ave so tew vessels of war, object to the treaty, on grounds o this kind Will Russia take umbrage at the French stopping her merchant.vessels ? And why should France raise objection to England alone ?—why not attack Russia ?—why not declaim against Austria or Prussia? Thereason of all this is the feeling of petty jealousy against England still sub sisting among the more numerous and more ignorant classes of the and the cheap p o p u l a rity to be obtained by deputi es who n c talk on the subject. The United States of N orth lA'rrineecrilleoalo'easorelelen to :ore honest in their opposition to the abolition of the slave-trade: they approve of the slave-trade, and their merchants carry it on; the right of search, ti erefore, is objected to by them with same appearance of reason, bad and disgraceful though that reason be : but the objection of France is that of a disappointed braggart, angry at not being able to play first fiddle. We sincerely hope that England will not fail to support her dignity and her just cause in this affair on both sides of the Atlantic. The affairs of Algeria are not yet fully brought under the notice of the Chambers ; but when they are, if the members can add two and two, so as to make four, it may be expected that a great modifi cation of policy mill take place. The conduct of General Bugeaud has however been of late rather successful; and if he could be allowed sufficient funds, he would probably effect something perma nent ; but whether the hundred and odd millions of francs will be allowed by the Chambers, when they vote the African Budget, re mains to be seen. It appears positive that the Prince de Joinville is going round the world; and will probably visit John Chinaman during his pere. grinations. It is rumoured that he has refused the rank of Rear. Admiral until he returns; this is not unlikely, for he is a straight forward young man, and it does him credit. The Carnival has been duller than ever—nothing could be worse; the weather is most unseasonably fine and warm—nothing can be more agreeable. ARCHIBALD PRENTICE. London Coffee-house, Feb. 14, 1832. musty. After the adoption of another resolution, as to the presentation of petitions, and also a memorial to the Queen by Robert Owen, Esq., in person, the meeting separated. THE EXPEDITION TO CHINA. DISPOSITION OF THE TROOPS IN CHINA. Soldiers left at Amoy At Chusan At Chinghae At Ningpo The rest, with the sick and wounded, are at Hong Kong, under the command of Major-General Burrell. 'l he total number of vessels that have already sailed, or are about to sail, to join the squadron in the Chinese seas, is lifieen—being one line-of-battle ship, the Implacable, 74, tilting for the flag of Sir Thomas Cochrane ; four frigates— the Cambrian, 36, Captain H. D. Chads, C.B. ; Thalia, 44, Captain C. Hope ; North Star, 28, Captain Sir J. E. Home ; and Vindictive, 50, Captain J. T. Nicholas; six sloops of war ---the Dido, 20, Captain the Hon. 11. Keppel; Hazard, IS, Commander C. Bell ; Syren, 16, Commander W. Smith ; Harlequin, 16, Commander G. F. Hastings ; Wolverine, 16, Commander J. W. IS. Johnson ; and Serpent, 16, Com mander W. Nevill ; three troop ships—the Belleisle, Captain J. Kingceme ; Apollo, Commander C. Frederick ; and Sap phire, plaster-Commander G. H. Cole ; and one hospital ship, the Minden, Captain M. Quin. The ships of war carry altogether 334 guns. The majority of them have al• ready sailed; the Implacable, Vindictive, Wolverine, and Minden (hospital-ship), being the only vessels not yet ready. The Wolverine and Minden will sail in a day or two, and the Vindictive in about three weeks. The Implacable will take some time longer, as she has only recently been put in commission. It is now understood that tha Carysfort frigate, 26, Captain Lord George Paulett, which has lately been com missioned at Portsmouth, is to proceed to China. This will make the number of vessels ordered to reinforce the squadron, already there, sixteen, and the total number of guns 360, ex clusive of those on board the troop-ships, which are armed en flute. CORN-LAWS, TEMPERANCE, AND THE SUFFRAGE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sir,—The present duty on the importation of barley is 18s. 4d, Now, either the impsition of that duty is a farce, or the home barley.grower has protection to that ameunt. We have a right to presume tnat the latter is the case, else why should the landowners impose and sustain the duty ? Let us see, then, to what extent the peop!e might relieve themselves from a landlord-Imposed tax were they to totiow the advice given by Mr. O'Connell, the Rev.T.Spencer, and other speakets, Including myself, at the ,Crown and Anchor meetings, end abstain &Ana stos,tamos ale, porter, and spirits, brewed or distilled (eons borne-grown, barley. • The quantity of bariej , irMteif peirgoinimin is'abaut seven millions of qtt-rters, so that, taking the present duty as the amount of pro tection, the ale and spirit consumers are paying directly into the landowners' pockets no less a sum than 6,000,000/. a year. In addition to this landlord-exacted tax, they pay, to a Govern. tax anti duties on J3ritish spirits, about 9,000,000/. more, making Moot adverse to the rel p r e;;;e m C p u e r r n a - n la n w u , m i l n the shape of malt in all a contribution to the landlords and the State, something near looking at this great amount of voluntarily. ofof November last a number of respectable gentle. the me 1 men in enormousitnhe Ma n ch ester, mo n t s um 1 i i t sleslia-ldal was felt easy incurred taxation, and thinking also that while there was a scarcity i l t n g t n o ordinance," i s u o m s c t e . , n " g they a n o w b j e e r: . of bread in the country th , y ought not to drink the poor man's tory; resolved that they would consume nothing brewed or distilled from home-grown barley. In emlei,aiouring, however, to induce the who can afford to buy foreign wines and brandies, to abstain from drinking the produce of , E ,. n ,, glis r, h ,,,, b s a w riey ; but we, if we give up ale met work b i y ug rh c i l s as o se b s i c ude foreign wines and spirits in p articles which, from my the abstinence list, so t ciety now makes war upon about 12,000,000/. of Government taxation e not to incur so enormous an amount , acid 6,0410,0001. of landlord taxation, repealing, i i s t o duties. concerned, the malt tax, and all the wine and saidspirit duties. that the etcotijoo,iittir, this ,t Bentham has truly make the only way to obtain justice for the oppressed many, is to ruling few uneasy ; and I know wouldthem t a i n o d n ,g gin, is u" wasgicruel: 0 l a V f l ed: hr . aat t tioit:helienslyo are nothing which wou,- make l more uneasy, than a determina own experience, unnecessary to tho sustainment of health, We re they to shift from their shoulders there indirect taxes, there would arise a necessity to i m pose new and direct burthens, of which the landowners would be compelled to bear their fair share; and they would thus be driven to consent to those further reforms necessary otlitocnavnooldnuentcthiaaerryepattaroxt be et f i uo t te t t!: to the introduction of economy into the public expenditure. The temperance men are already in the field and producing most pppeArial efforts on . the community, Their may be an en larged movemalr 10 ' 1 1 1419 N9 mo tives, Let the Corn-law TF• the Complete Suit age Advocates join them, with Joseph Sturge at their head, t ill representatiou be co.extenslve with taxation. Let the c heroots pl o w the advice given to the Radicals of 181 p. by Henry lIPW, M 4 PiP ;PP " t e ftPtfol9 •• peale s join them till the Corn and proyioip.!, F 4 0 00 04. T., ,., till the chafter beconce It , corn.hu, repeal he ,d ,i psi t ram e ___i the Law tot the iallg? sirable—if the Cbgter he -Psimip—!pt there be souse self-dental to obtain them, and f Complete Splicage be de. which is often ipjpiiqus to hea l th the self-doi4 i i , pp ipp o, T p rf i l , to alltliP, and morals, and in ninety-nine cases 9pt of 4 PPnored 4 , 14 e PP , necessary. from an hab tual use of articles . ----- siege a C a ptor, r. 401 sent CoMmander Coilipson, f Zu u t l ie of Sir. John Merriman, \Vest his father, the Her. John Collinson, the Reeidi of Bilion a Tartar regiment at the is Bo:don.—Nea , cailtkik u r n q? , now A to s btaendseaernd tat:kcal; NATIONAL DISTRESS AND HOME I UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. COLONIZATION. OXFORD, FEB. P.—There will be an election at Univer- On Friday evening a numerous public meeting was held at the sit.y College on Saturday the 26th inst., to an open scholarship and to two limited o nes, fur natives of Yorkshire. Candidates Social Hall, J o h n . street , Tottenham-court-road, to take into con sideration the present distress of the country, and the necessity for each are required to present in person to the Master certi for.ficates of biptism, and the usual testimonials, on or before the the adoption of home colonies, as a remedy for that distress, i 22d inst. ; the examination will commence on the following day. with benefit to all, and injury to none. On Thursday next, a convocation will be holden at 12 o'clock W. D. Saves, Esq., took the chair. for the election of a fell o w o n th e Vi n erian foundation. Mr. Newate pr o p ose d t h e f i rst resolut i on —" Th a t, i n the The Margaret Professor of Divinity has given notice of a opinion of this m ee ti ng , t h e appalling distress wh i ch now mere course of lectures, to begin on Tuesday, the Ist of March, at 1 or less afflicts every b ranc h of industry in this country , i s th e ' res ult of numerous b a d l aws and misdirected arrangements , which o clock. con fine the beneficial r esu l ts of the present advanced p os ition of I The Professor of M ora l Phil os ophy ha s anno un c ed his inter' , day scientific and mechanical s kill, to the aggrandisement of the larger lion to resume hi s l ec t ures on Tuesday next, at two o'clock. ca pitalists, whilst the mass of th e i n d ustr i ous population, b y w h om The Professor of Political Economy will deliver four lectures on the causes which dete rm i ne th e ra t e o f wages , on T ues day the profits of the capitalists are produced, are sun k i n t o t he most abject state of wretchedness, and are left at the next and following days, in the Cl ar end on , a t 2 o ' c lo c k. will of their casual employers, to p er i s h i n the streets and Yesterday, Mr. G. W. P earce , o f T r i n it y C o ll ege , wa s cellars of our towns and cities, w i t h out even food, clothing, elected a scholar of Corpus Cbs isti College. or comfort, equal to that afforded to any o th er l a b our i ng animal." Lord Calthorpe has presented the Rev. J. H. Stuart, of In support of the resolution, Mr. Newell com men t e d on t h e presen t Trinity College, to the rectory of Ampton, Suffolk. state of the distress of the country. Especially, he referred to the The Lord Bishop of St. David's has presented the Rev. statements :of the Hand-loom Weavers Committee l as t y ear , as David Davies of Worcester College, to the rectory of Kevenllys, to the wretched state of the weavers in the three kingdoms. Radnorshire. Mr. D. 11. D. Burr has presented the Rev. J. H. S. Burr, The motion was seconded by Mr. Manamorr, and after the ex pression and explanation of some objections by a working man, who of Christ Church, to the vicarage of Tidenham, Gloucei,tershire. thought the part of the resolution relating to capitalists not suffi. The Earl of Westmorland has appointed the Rev-. G. E. ciently clear, the motion was carried unanimously. Maunsell, of Christ Church, to be one of his chaplains. Mr. LLOYD JONES moved the second resolution :—" That in the The following list shows the number of members on the b opinionOf this meeting, although the concession of a free trade in corn,ooks of each College and Hall, on the 31st of December last, and other articles of food, would very largely increase the traffic of the and also the members of Convocation:— nation, and augment the resources of the Exchequer, yet the great mass of the people would not be improved thereby physically, men tally, or morally, seeing the power of the manufacturers, derived from money and machinery, would still remain to ea All theta, in the fluctuations of a competitive market, to sacrifice the industrious artisan, in their blind desire to promote their own selfish interests." Mr. Jones remarked, that now the two great opposing interests of the country were contending about certain political measures, which measures were spoken of by each party in connection with the interests of the working classes, it would perhaps be well if the people themselves would honestly and calmly speak out their own opinions as to the motives of these parties, and as to the efficacy of the measures which are proposed by them for the relief of the public distress. The resolution states that repeal of the Corn-laws would increase traffic. This he thought nobody could well doubt. But there was another question which the people had to decide, namely, whether an increase in trade, on the principles on which it had hitherto been carried on, could permanently or extensively benefit them.—(Hear, hear, hear.) Mr. Jones then went into the commercial statistics of the country to shew the great increase which had taken place in the trade of the country. in juxta-position to which it appeared, that the greater time increase the more continual and corresponding had been the decrease in profit and wages ; and one fact advanced showed, that in the case of dyed and printed goods, which required the greatest labour, there the greatest diminution of price had taken place ; so that, by the returns of 1834, it appeared, that under the increase of de mand for these goods since 1820, above double the quantity of cloth was at this former year given, for less money than had been received for, half the quantity in the year 1820 —(Hear, hear.) He insisted that it was unfair to predicate future prosperity from an extension of our trade, inasmuch as the past increase had not yielded prosperity to the people. The fact was, that our means of increasing our machine power was so great that we could over supply any demand ; glut the markets,; thereby cause stagnations, which lead to a number of working men being thrown out of employment : competition for work amongst these men must follow; the cupidity of employers will lead them to employ the cheapest, nd thus must. wages fall to the lowest point of subsistence.—(Hear, hear.) Notwithstanding, he would recommend all to look for a repeal of the Corn-laws. They were unjust in principle, and to a certain extent injurious in practice, and therefore ought to be re. pealed. But whilst the people do this, let them not give sanction to the fallacies put forth by those who clamour so loudly for the repeal of the Corn-laws, as the upholders of those laws find their greatest strength in attacking the exaggerated statements of those who are the professed advocates of repeal. The people (he said) must be honest to themselves. They must tell these parties that it is their own particular interests they are looking after, and not the interests of the working man.—(Hear, hear.) The working people must as far as possible take their own aliairs into their own hands, and work unceasingly for the amelioration of their own condition. They must estimate every proposed change at its proper value, and then there would not be that sickness of heart arising from disappointed hope. Their progression would be steady and rapid, and their happiness would be commensurate with the hopeful and Living nature of their endeavours.—(Hear, hear.) The resolution being seconded by Mr. BARNES, An amendment was proposed by Mr. Jas. HILL, " That amongst those bed laws referred to in the first resolution, there are none so oppressive and fatal in their consequences as the Corn and Provi. sion-laws ; and this meeting declares the total and immediate re peal of these odious imposts to be urgently required ;" which being seconded, and put to the vote,' was negatived, and the original motion carried almost unanimously. Mr. SKELTON proposed the third resolution—" That it is the opinion of this meeting that industry must be ennobled by being rendered attractive; that for this purpose it is requisite to combine in due proportions, land, capital, labour, and skill, and to ensure to each that just proportion of reward which shall stimulate zit to the attainment of the united advantages of such a combination ; that for these purposes, home colonies, or new townships, each adapted for the accommodation and permanent employment of from 1,000 to 2,000 persons should be established forthwith, under the direction of the State, and subject to a guarantee of all existing interests ; and, th it thus, not only would the present resources of this nation in wealth, skill, and industry, be gloriously developed, but every difficulty of our present position would vanish like the morning mist before the eliblgence of the noon-day sun, and health, wealth, and prosperity would make The hearts of all to re joice in old England." The motion was seconded by WILLIAM HALL. Esq., and carried unanimously. Mr. Rvaer. moved the fourth resolution :—" That in the opinion of this meeting the measure on the subject 14 the Corn. laws, announced by Sir Robert Peel as the organ of her Majesty's Government, is unstatesmanlike and contemptible; and failing as it does, after so much delay, to afford any prospect of relief of the distress of the country, is an insult to a patient and suffering people, and can only be viewed as an indication that the landed aristocracy of this country, now in possession of the reins of Go vernment, are destitute of al sympathy with the industrious class , s, and are resolved, if permitted by an outraged people, to persist in a course of selfish policy, which renders it necessary that the industrious classes shonld, as often advised, take their own affairs into their own hands, declaring their moral independence in a manner intelligible to all, and endeavour to persuade all men to work out their redemption in union upon the land, and avoid all servitude to the higher classes ; declining at the same time the use of taxable c immodities, and withdrawing savings' bank funds to be invested in the purchase of estates, so as if possible to avert the impending awful physical revolution." The motion was seconded by Dr. Lose, and carried unani MEMBERS MEMBERS. OF CONVOCATION. 243 116 332 161 152 71 362 158 329 171 299 179 160 74 160 74 111 84 ' 170 127 412 221 130 94 919 496 295 129 266 137 133 $8 274 97 174 106 253 120 199 64 24 101 ANTI-CORN LAW CONFERENCE (THIS DAY.) The Executive Committee appointed by the Conference, at the close of its sittings on Saturday last, assembled this morning at Brown's Hotel, Palace.yard. Several of the Deputies present com municated intelligence of the feeling of indignation and disgust with which the Government measures were received in the country, and the determination of the people, in the various localties to Let upon the recommendation of the Conference. It was also resolved that the Committee should hold an open meeting at twelve o'clock tomorrow, and each succeeding morning for the transaction of the impol taut business, which roust of necessity occupy their attention during the discussion of the: great question in the House of CGrnmons. As the press will have an opportunity of attending these meetings, reports of the proceedit , gs will no doubt appear in all the Liberal daily papers. ANTI-CORN-LAW CONFERENCE. - Mr. AS' - north, in his speech on Saturday, stated that in seven of the principal branches of trade, there had been a falling off in wages to the amount of 170,0001. (not 1,7001.) a-year, and that the amount altogether might be reckoned at 320,0001.; a diminu tion of comfort equal to 1,0001. for every working day. The wool trade of Westmoreland alone was estimated to be 10,000/. a-year worse than in 1838, as wool bad fallen from 17s. to 12s. per stone. SUICIDE OF A MANIAC.—On Saturday even , ing an inquest was taken before Mr, Wakley, M.P., at the Dudley Arms Tavern, Harrow-road, Paddington, on the body of Priscilla Pain, aged forty. William Piper, a labouring man, living at No. 25, Carlisle-street, Paddington, stated that on the morning of Thursday last, about seven o'clock, he was proceeding along the towing. path of the Grand Junction Canal, when near a bridge, called Gutch's-bridge, he saw something in the water he thought was the body of a female, and pro curing a hitcher, succeeded with it in bringing deceased to the shore. Lugo Button, a painter, of Ne. 15, Brown street, Edgeware-road, said that he had identified the deceased, who was his sister. She was a widow, and for the last six years being occasionally deranged, had been an inmate of several lunatic asylums. About a month ago she was discharged from New Bethlem as cured, and certainly appeared to be so. Three days afterwards she went out for the first time subsequent to her release, on ass errand in the neigh bourhood, and had not been seen since. Verdict—" Tempo rary Insanity." COMMISSION OF LUNACY.—On Saturday the proceedings wore resumed before Commissioners Plant, Mur ray, and West, to inquire into the state of mind of Daniel Gundry, Esq. Mr. Sergeant Shee made a powerful appeal to the Jury on behalf of Mt. Gundry, and contended that any eccentricity of manners arose from the haughty feeling of his client, and the severe treatment he had experienced in the cases of assault which had been preferred against him. The Chief Commissioner, having summed up the evidence, the Jury, after consulting together, returned a verdict—" That Mr. Gundry was of unsound mind, and that he had been so since the 25th of Sept., 1841." DIVISION OF THE NORTHERN CIRCUITe-- An arrangement has just been decided on by the Judges, by which the heavy business 'Of the Northern Circuit will be sooner brought to a termination, with less haste in transacting it, and consequently less dissatisfaction in the suitors than heretofore, York and Liverpool will form in fact, though not in name, a distinct circuit of themselves ; while by the Nor thern Circuit will be understood the counties of Durham, Nor thumberland, Cumberland, Westmoreland, and North Lanca shire. Mr. Baron Park and Baron Rolfe go to York to try prisoners, While Mr. Justice Wightman proceeds to Lancaster, Appleby, and Carlisle alone, sitting in both Courts, civil and criminal, for the trial of prisoners arid the hearing of causes. At Durham and Newcastle he will be accompanied by Mr. Baron Rolfe. A party of sportsmen were a short time ago out in the forest of Othe, near Aix, in the Aube, when one of them who was unarmed, end beating for game at a considerable distance from the rest, roused a wild boar. Though taken by surprise, he did not lose his presence of mind, but hal looed to his companions, and determined to keep the beast in view until they came up. The boar, enraged by his shouts, sprung upon his disturber ; but having a stout staff in his hand, he struck the animal on the head and stunned him. He then kept his fallen foe down with one band, while with the other he got a clasp-knife from his pocket, opened it with his teeth, and, stabbing the boar repeatedly with it, killed him before assistance arrived. The grisly game and its vanquisher were carried home in triumph. A non-commissioned officer in garrison at Antwerp, whose period of service had expired, recently entered into a re engagement as a substitute, for which he received r 3 thousand flutes. As soon as he had received the money, he distrihnted it among the suffering poor. As a bridal party were returning from the church most Then amusedprt tragically, lcompany, e the,rTthhmarriage, u This ecno,ien dttrhye, Thursday last, after the cele bration Epron, in the Calvados, on lainitopiravntiebaycycooufirnrdgiitnig: n lodged the contents of his gun, which was unexpectedly charged :tffo theba their ei guns. tooraf with shot, in the head of a boy eleven years old, and killed him on the spot. . THE LATE ACCIDENT AT TIM SONNING ntu. CUTTING.—Charles Russsell, Esq., M.P., as Chairman of tke Great Western Railway Company, has forwarded 114 to the Berkshire County Hospital, as a testimony of the deep tense which the Company entertain of the humane and im sortant services rendered to the sufferers by the medical gen en of that establishment. pew IRELAND. DUBLIN, FEB. II.—PROVISION TRADE.—The Tories here are quite delighted with Sir Robert Peel's plan for sustaining the monopoly of the landlords and only that he contemplates, according to the general belief, a great diminution of the duties upon the admission of foreign cattle and provisions, their joy would be eomplete. But this project of opening the provision trade is exciting the most painful apprehensions amongst the great class of landowners and graziers, who are so deeply inte rested in maintaining the high price of cattle. In fact, the Irish landbrds a l pear to think the cattle monopoly fully as im portant as the monopoly in corn, and every where reclamations are heard against the supposed policy of Sir Robert Peel re garding the provision trade. Vague apprehensions of a property tax also perplex the Irish Tories ; but from one source of ter ror they have been relieved by the Corn-law scheme of the Premier. _ FEB. 12.—Aceording to letters from various parts of the country in north and south it appears that cattle and pigs have fallen considerably in price, under the apprehension of foreign cattle and cured provisions being admitted to the Eng lish market at a great reduction of duty. The graziers and cattle dealers are tremendously alarmed. REGULAR AIdAEON.—On Sunday, the 9th ult.., M. Emilien, a young and dapper merchant's clerk, went with a party of friends to a masked ball. Emilien had, doubt less, in order to " get up his steam" for the exertions required from all the devotees of Terpsichore, refreshed himself with such copious libations before going to the ball, that when he ar rived there he could hardly manage to dance in time. He therefore, like another Pinson, amused himself by playing tricks upon those around him. Happening to pass by a quadrille party, in which one of the dancers was cutting the most absurd capers, our merchant's clerk seized him by the waist, exclaiming " If I had not caught hold of you, my fat fellow, you would have broken your head against the cor nice !" The dancer (ungrateful fellow) only replied by giv ing our friend a blow in the stomach which stretched him at full length upon the ground. The young man, infuriated at this brutal assault, got up, and was about to rush upon the fat dancer, when the friends of the latter came to his assist ance, The companions of the clerk also came to the assist ance of their friend, and a general melee ensued. They all went out, and a fierce encounter would no doubt have taken place, had not the cold night-air somewhat cooled their distempered brains. There was one exception, however. The ye . 4ng merchant's clerk, whilst the two rival parties reN entering into explanations, darted anarl loAcs upon the fat dancer, who, in return, flashed fire from his great eyes, which s t ron gly resembled the two lanterns of an omnibus! After a few taunting expressions, both rushed to the encoupt or , The clerk darted upon his antagonist, w ho, w i g be oqually the alert, gave the poor quill-driver a I k ie f \9ll,cl}, stretched him on the ivement, filushed the business, 'by sc . t* er, ing his face fi , sfs,.tint 10 . 60 Fi A ab cc k ki‘ tov , t: e cries 9f, ETITAe,i'. , g\vtT up and ar rested the two cpnthatan . ts. . km ! i rrivlng at the station, judge Of the sunm i lse abd hiqfhation' tif the merchant's clerk, when lie fodpd that the fat de'votee of Terpsichore, by whom he had beenlB'ioundly thrashed, was one of the softer sex—in short , a woman ! by name Madame Eleonore I Ernklic‘p, N yh inte querade cos t ume was completely spoilt, indekndeutly of tls iaries inflicted on hq . person; cited EleOnor: b. ye the f p°l ? ed.° , T i . T x .q u n° , 'tieriuMded 120 f. damages"lor /IT destrklcilon 9f liii'ctiiturce and the expense of taliindages and leeches which he had been compelled to ap ply to his wounds. An amusing scene of recrimination and mutual abuse took place in Court. The Amazonian Eleonore (was finally sentenced to pay a fine of 25f., and 60f (lama Gazette des Tribunaux, .1A* - 77 , LONDOifiAILwAY.—h is 0143*a 1 14t .4 ("1 1 131n lackengie, Esq., the gentleman who for a long time assisted Mr. Wood, and who, since his seees. sion, has performed the duties, will be appointed Secretary of the Brighton Railway.—Dover Chronicle. COLLEGES University Balliol Merton Exeter Oriel Queen's ..... New ......... Lincoln All Souls Magdalen ....... Brasennose Corpus Christ Church Trinity St. John's Jesus Wadham ... Pembroke Worcester. HALLS. St. Mary Magdalen . . New Inn St. Alban... ...... St. Edmund... ...... 5,639 2,833 The total number of Members, December, 1840, 5,515 ; ditto, Members of Convocation, 2,799. SUICIDE OF GENERAL BUZEN. On the suicide of General Buzen, the Belgian Minister of War, the Independent of Brussels gives the following : " Some days ago a Radical Journal, the Patriote Beige, published a statement of the services of General Buzen in France and Holland, under the Government of the King of the Netherlands and in the Belgian army. From these accounts it appeared that the General was not a Belgian by birth, but had deserted the ranks of the French army in 1807, and that he never was a member of the Legion of 'lonour. This publication was repeated by several Journals. At a meeting of opposition Deputies on Friday last, held at the residence of M. Puissant, it was proposed that the Minister of War should be questioned on the subject at the next meeting of the Chamber of Deputies, but in the end it was resolsed that a deputation of two Members of the strong Opposition party, and two of the moderes, should first call upon him to de mand an explanation. These four gentlemen, Messrs. Ver baegen and Orts, D'Hoffschmidt and De Baillet, waited upon the General, and executed their mission with all possible de licacy. The General replied that a full explanation should appear in the next number of the Moniteur Beige, On Sa turday, however, he put an end to his own existence by discharging a pistol against his right temp.e in a small wooden building in the garden near his house, outside the Louvain Gate. Whether what was published of him was true or false we know not ; but we would not for all the world have to reproach ourselves with having put it forth, for General Buzen was a brave soldier, full of energy and zeal, and the great services he has rendered to Belgium since the revolution are incontestible. The General was employed on Saturday morning at his office for two hours with his Secretary- General. At eleven o'clock he shut himself in his own cabinet, and continued writing till half-past twelve, when he came out and gave a sealed letter to one of the porters in attendance, desiring that it should be delivered to his aide-de-camp at one, but not before. This order was punctually executed. The letter was received and opened by I.is aide-de-camp, in the presence of M. Geard, the General's private Secretary. It contained the following words When you read this, I shall be no longer existing. You will find my body in the small pent-house of the kitchen garden.' The two gentlemen in stantly hastened to the spot, and there found the General life less, his head being dreadfully shattered. The servant had already become acquainted with the event, but Madame Buzen was still in ignorance of it. To communicate to her the shocking fact was a distressing taste, for the fatal news gave rise to the most heart-rending scene. She for a time in sisted on being taken to him, and was with the utmost difficulty dissuaded. She has ever since remained in an indescribable state of agony." The Observateur, of Brus s els, in giving its account of the above lamentable occurrence, in which, as to the act and its causes, it concurs with the Independent, says,— " When the deputation came to General Buzen, he received them very politely, and, having heard them, replied that he had been made acquainted with the publication two er three days before by his colleague, M. Van Voixem, who bad given him the number of the Patriote Beige in which the article in question was contained. He treated the matter with contempt, and teemed to think it beneath him to take any notice of such calumnies. It was represented to him that a great many copies of the journal had been distributed among the troops, and some had even been posted up in the neighbourhood of the citadel of Ghent and in other places. The General listened to these ar guments, and entered into a discussion. As to his not being a Belgian by birth, he adatitted that he was born in North Brabant, which is part of Holland ; but, as his father was a Belgian, he, according to the civil code, was a Belgian also. As to the accusation of his having deserted from the French army in one of the wars of the E.opire, he replied that his dis appearance from his ranks was the consequence of his having been made prisoner at Alberstadt, with some of his comrades, anti sent to the rear of the enemy's army. He afterwards, however, escaped, and rejoined, in Gallicia, the corps of Gen. Andreossy, to whom he explained the cause of his absence, and rom whom he had a favourable attestation, which he, General Buzen, was able to produce. The deputation still %aging the necessity of a public answer to the reports circulated against him, the General promised to insert his justification in the Moniteur. Upon this the deputation took leave of him in the most friendly terms." The Observateur, in another paragraph, says—" It is gene rally reported that the portfolio of the Minister of War is to be confided ad interim to General Evain, but General Nypels and several other officers are talked of." The Globe of Brussels mentions a report that the Belgian Ministers, the colleagues of General Buzen, had requested him, on the morning of his death, to make explanations on the rumours circulated about him, which would prevent questions being put in the Chamber. The General, irritated at this de mand, is stated to have become so warm as to have struck one of the Ministers, and it was after this that, letting them g o to the Palace of Lacken without him, he carried his fatal intention into execution. The Courrier Belye states that King Leopold was at table with the King of Prussia, and the gusts invited to meet his Majesty at Lacken, when a letter was brought him, written by General Buzen before he destroyed himself. The King, it adds, could not repress his emotion, but did not com municate the cause of it to anybody at the time, and afterwards sent General d'Hane with a message of condolence to the Ge neral's widow, to whom his Majesty wrote during the evening. The following communication, promising to untold the cir cumstances involved in this affair, has just come to hand:— BRUSSELS, FEB. 7.—TO THE PRINCIPAL EDITOR OF THE COU RRIER. " Sir,—ln the hope of putting an'end to the numerous re ports which, in spite of your laudable efforts, continue to cir culate, respecting the cause of the suicide of General Buzen, I beg you to inform the public that I am in posaession of docu ments that will confound his calumniators, and that I am en gaged in drawing up a statement which will be published before the Chambers resume their sittings. " Please to add that I am ready, even now, to show these authentic documents to all respectable persons. Of course, I have no mind to receive into my house the assassins, whoever they may be, of a man who honoured me with his friendship, (Signed) " GERI► ill, " Brussels, I. eb. 7, 1842." We find the following in the Droll A swindler in high life, who called himself a Prince of the Roman empire, and assumed the title of Count S., has just been arrested by the Police, charged with a series of frauds upon several jewellers and other tradesmen. It appears that this person, who lived in a handsome house in the Champs Elysees, and always went out in a handsome earring°, some time since ordered from a tailor of the Palais Royal a chamberlain's costume, saying that he was'one of the chamberlains of the Grand Duke of Lucca, and having paid for it punctually, he obtained the confidence of the tailor, who introduced him to a neighbouring jeweller, the soi-disan( Prince wishing to purchase some t o wellery. He made several small purchases at this and o th er s ps, and pay. ing for them regularly, and calling freyontly to get bank notes exchanged, captivated the confidence of these tradesmen, who naturally concluded that he was a rich man, and readily executed orders to the amount of 70,0001., which he has not paid for, Recently some of the diamonds sold to him by one of these tradesmen having been offered to another, who recog nized them, suspicion was entertained, and the Count was eventually taken into custody, At the time of his arrest he was so reduced in circumstances, that his wife had been com pelled to borrow 15f. of the porter of the house where they lived, and to whom they already owed 600 f. It appears that the Count was in the habit, as soon as he had exchanged a note at a jeweller's, of taking the silver to a money-changer, and obtaining another note. In this way he was able to return frequently with notes, and to establish a belief that he was very opulent." WEST INDIA STEAM-SHIPS. Intelligence has been received of the arrival at Barbadoes of the Tweed and Solway steam-ships, which left Southampton on the 15th P., cember. The former arrived on the 4th January ktid the latter thirty-six hours later, on ti l e 6th. flu. "• voyage of the Solway had been delayed t^...y bad stowage., told she was ten days in teaching Madeira ? , which she re::, on the 25th December, her rup, from that island to r ..)arbadoes occupied twelve days. A41.0i. intere st was Ittalted in the Islands to the success of this experiment ie steam-navigation. The passengers by both ves sels al::: unanimous in their applause of the comfort and rapidity of the voyage, Ii y the same arrival we have intelligence of a collisioo between her Majesty's ship of war the Charybdis and the rebel squadron at Carthagena : the latter had the audacity tp flre upon the British flag; the compliment was returned with, interest, and the admiral, Camano, withforty of his crew, killed, This is conside r ed as h av i ng p u t an end to the rebellion. On Tuesday an alarming accident happened to Mr. Butler Lambert, an overlooker in the employ of the Nor wich Yarn Company. A party of friends had assembled at the house of Mr. B. Lord, in Ber-street, to spend the evening. One of them, Thomas Galloway, a wool-sorter, from Liken ham, on sitting down upon a chair, accidentally sat upon the hammer of a pistol he had in his pocket (which he carried for his protection on the road), and by his pressure upon the per cussion cap discharged it, and the ball lodged in the lower pa;ts of Mr. Lambert's body. We are sorry to say the ball cannot be extracted, and there are not the slightest hopes of his reco very.—Norwich Mercury, An inque*t vas• held on Saturday, b e f ore M r . Wakley, cOoner, et the Dudley Arms, Dudley-grove, Padding ton:, on ;dew of the body of a lady, apparently about 30 years of age, at present unknown, who was found floating in the Pad dington Canal on Thursday last. There not being any bruises about the body, or any evidence to prove in what manner she came into the water, the jury returned a verdict of" Foetid drowned." The body lies at Paddington workhouse to be owned. THOUGHTS AND DETAILS ON LIFE IN SURANCE OFICES. A. Beaumont. This little publication, which is addressed in the shape of a letter to the Shareholders and Insured in the Provident Life-office, Regent-street, contains a great deal of useful information on subjects which interest a large portion of the community, and many hundreds will regret that it was not published some five years ago. Had the faithful warning which it conveys been com municated in time, t_he West-Middlesex Insurance Com pany, and another Company little less flagitious, though , less injurious, would not have thrown so many families into distress and hopeless ruin. One observation in the which tests o t f he soimdn ess of tl pamphlet ought to make a deep impression on p erzons who wish to guart , l t against period ahistthe insohency Assurance offices, ie na melythat principles upon which an Insurance -office is con dncted, is from twenty-five to thirty years after its es , tablishment. No office, the author considers saf e , un l ess it has been subjected to this term of probation, and he thus makes out his argument : There is no Life Insurance Company, on whatever principles It may be constituted, that may not buoy itself up with every external show of 1)108pr/city for at least the first twenty years. if by repre , sentatiOnsilmwever delusive, it can succeed in getting business, it may during that period' Alare handsome bonuses, and even pay them, and thus strengthen its apparent claim to public favour. The policies of the few that may annually drop off, may be punctually paid to the surviving claimants out of the accumulated and Meow. ing funds. The very claims thus arising, enable them to sustain and strengthen their reputation, as the prompt discharge of them is thus turned to good account. But, in the progress of time, a period arrives which wholly alters this state of affairs. The lapse of between twenty and thirty years has brought those early insured, then in middle age, to a somewhat advanced period of life. The candles have been all burning together, and they consequently go out at no distant intervals, The deaths begin to multiphy fast, and the claims to press rapidly on each other. It is now that the rough current sets in, and it is this crisis which tries the solidity of the concern. If the system is one of collusion, its whole machinery will be brought to a . stop ; the Company will now be broken up, and the proprietors will decamp with the funds, setting the claimants and the law at defiance. If, on the contrary, an establishment at the end of this period of pro. bation remains still solvent and trustworthy, discharging all its claims with the same exactness and promptitude as at first, it has given the best grounds for presuming favourably both as to the in tegrity of its dealings, and the stability of its funds. The evi dence is not in all cases conclusive; but better ground of reliance can hardly be desired, and the most cautious may prudently act upon it as the best that can be obtained. It has the great advan. tage, too, of being easily procured, nothing more being necessary than to refer to the date of the establishment of the °lice." This statement is fully borne out by the history of the Provident Life Office. During the first seven years, says Mr. Beaumont, the gain was very considerable ; the receipts exceeded the claims by 70 per cent., but towards the end of twenty-eight years the claims multiplied so rapidly as to leave but few lives on the list of those early insured. " This effectually tried our strength." This account is so consistent with truth and experience, that we should look upon every person as mad who insured in a new office (unless under good guarantees) if it were not a well-knoen fact, that one half of man kind daily commit acts which the other half re gard as decided proofs of insanity. The publi cation then refers to the different companies es tablished for life insurance, and of course the author prefers his own, but of that the reader can judge for himself. "My only object," he says in conclusion, "him been to prevent, or rather to assist in preventing, the► recurrence of irreparable misfortunes, by furnishing such materials for consideration as may put the inexperienced on their guard, and I would fain hope that they may not be wholly unprofitable. Those only who are prac tically acquainted with the subject have the means of doing this. In my present attempt to effect it, I have only carried out—l feel how imperfectly—the intention of our deceased founder, to whose office I succeed, and whose loss, unaided by his guidance as I now am, Khave daily occasion to deplore." COMPLETE SUFFRAGE. A meeting of an extremely interesting nature was held at Mr. Joseph Andrews' very commodious sale-room, in Purdeet-street, on Friday evening, the 4th instant, in consequence eta communica tion from Mr. Joseph Sturge, Birmingham, on the subject of" Com plete Sufrage." The communication having been read by Mr. James Heed, to whom it was addressed, that gentle:nan proposed that Mr. James Towell should be requested to take the chair, who briefly opened the business of the evening, stating the vast importance of the sub ject, and the deep responsibility of all who took a part in it. He expressed an opinion that if there were any sincerity in the anxiety which manifested itself to enlist the popular feeling on questions. of deep interest, by either party (Whig or Tory) it was worse thou the grossest folly and hypocrisy to prefer an appeal to the passions of the masses (frequently at such periods under the worst of ex_ citement, rather than to their sober judgments, expressed by their free and unbiassed votes; believing, likewise, that there was infi nitely more comparative intelligence, virtuous feeling, and political! honesty in the industrious classes, as a body, than can be found; amongst their vaunted superiors, he had fully made up his mind! to co.operate, by all constitutional means, for the obtainment ot their undoubted right, as laid down in Blackstones Commerda. ries," that" no subject of England e.,a u. constrained to my an y aids or taxes, even for the defence of 'be realms or the s'Jpport of the Government, but such as are imposed by his OWn consent, or • that of his representatives in Parliament. The Rev. T. aligner, Baptist minis r at the request of the Chairman, addressed the meeting, and in a Very eloquent and feel_ tug manner stated his adhesion to the declaration in favour of Complete Suffrage, as drawn up by Mr. Joseph Sturge, which he had been the first in this town VI sign. Indeed, it would have been unpardonable in him to have hesitated for a single moment, witnessing, as he had constantly an opportunity of doing, in the• management of the affairs of the Church to which he belonged,ALK great security and advantage resulting from a system of self.gr vernment, when exercised in a manner perfectly free and uur.et. tered. An exception !night be taken to the course he hdop , . e d in appearing there th a t evening, as being incompatible with th,e dutie, and character of a Christian minister, but he had lean - od from his Divine Muster, that the first duty of all his follov7ers was to do unto others as we would wish others to do unto 'us, and upon this consideration, if upon no other, he felt bound tr, give his unqualitied support to the declaration. Mr. Thomas Cook stated, that after, 'What had fallen from Mr. Wigner, but little further, he could readily believe, need be said to enlist the earnest attention and consideration of the meeting to the subject before them. He was quite convinced of its justice and its absolute necessity to the cause of equal government, and should cheerfully subscribe to it, Several persons prosent signed the declaration, and the meeting which consisted of upwards of 150 persons, separated deeply isa-. pressed with the importance of the subject, and the number of sic natures is &at Increasing. • THE NEW UNLICENSED VICTUALLERS. The fate of this country has been to be.rulotva by a confederacy of monopolists, equally opposed to the Sore-. reign, the people, the Constitutien, and the religion of the country. Of what have they been the monopolists ? Of every thing.—(Cheers.) They have been monopolists of religious liberty.—(Cheers.) They have been mono polists of personal freedom. They have trafficked in slaves mid the souls of men. They have been monopo lists of political poWer, to the disfranchisement of thou sands in every part of the country. What have been their party conflicts but struggles for the monopoly of plae e, and pensions, and patronage, and pelf, and pay ?—(G-,.. eat cheering.) In what light arc we called to regard thew this day ? As monopolists of the people's bread. ; as a nicked combination of victuallers—(Laughter)--conspir ing to raise the price of bread, a class of offer,ders which till lately was held by the common law of I .l)gland to be criminals punishable with fine and imprisonment.— , (Hear, and cheers.) Were they punished according to. their deserts they would now take their place along w'.th the inmates of the dungeon, and those who were at The treadmill.—(Great laughter.) What was our present Parliament ? A Parliament of provision mercl.nants.— (Hear, hear.) Let them be honest and. put up their appropriate sign, Let them announce over their shop doors, " Alessm 'Buckingham, Graham, Richmond, Peel, and Co, sol.e provision merchants to the people of Great BriW al and Ireland.—(Loud laughter.) For bread, bflef, pork, mutton, butter, and beans, inquire withi;,—(lioars of laughter.) N.B. No compethion "'.,owed. No connection with the shop over the water." —(Continued laughter.) The Corn-law was designed to make food scarce, in order that it may be made dear. Nothing else. And why dear ? That lamllords may pocket the price. Who gave the landowners the power to do so ? They took the power thems6ves.—(Hear.) By what means did they persuade the people to accept it at their hands ? By presenting it at the point of the bayonet.—(ll - ear.) how have iihey perpetuated it ? By ' the same means.—(Hear, hear.) It is a law to put a whole people on short allowance. A whole people did I say ? No ; those who snake the famine spare them selves.—(hear.) Were it a heaven-sent famine, all would be afflicted. When God punished the Egyptians. with sore plagues, they entered the palace of Pharaoh, and his magicians ; but our modern Pharaohs and their sliding-scale enchanters torment not themselves ; they torment the people.—(Cheers.) Can any act be con ceived more wicked than the curtailment of the; %ripplx of bread to an industrious people ? Can there nai l .° frightful despotism ? On board a man-of .war, when provisions are scarce, the man who is the despot of the ship, and might shoot a refractory sailin• dead at his feet, dare not take a crumb of biscuit, tit "a drop of water, more than the cabin-boy. Ile dare not help himself.—(llear.) How is it with us ? tl7, e gentry ashore share and share alike with tits se \\ 3 7,0 work the ship, a nd go aloft. and reef, and steer lie wished they did.—(hear.) Parliament 'wtiuld "soon be summoned, in good earnest, " for , tilt., despat c h of sundry divers and important busi new\—(lginghter)—and the Corn-laws would be totally repealed in both Houses of the Legislature.—Mr. Vamp .o,lB''s Speech at Edinburgh. A PRECOCIOUE SUICIDE.—_A lad, 15 years of age, in the service of a respectable family at llcadleigh, attempted to drown himself last week, under tlw, following circumstances :—lle had been sent to the l'os't-office with a letter, and having loitered by the way, he was obliged.to pay extra postage to secure the eonveyar,ce of the letter. On his return, having informed his me.ster of the circum stance, he was accused of dishonesty. This so grieved the youth that he thought this world no longer a fit residence for him, and he accordingly set sail for the other on a neigh bouring horse-pond, into which he resolutely plunged, having, very prudently, however, darkly hinted to his master his watery propensities, and the route by owfl the I he was to set off. This intimation led some .ou lme family, to the horse-pond, where they found th_ o e r ) ib ll i, who had nearly peribrined half his voyage, L ion ul'Q he being taken out, after about five minutes' sideralde difficulty in restoring what poets was found ti, be nearly half dead, and there wad "the con- vital sapark."—ipstvich Express. month, according to the Swiss jouirenrarsous fever, EPIDEMIC AT LAUSANNE I 7 which has L p au ti sart g e suffered has thel a s I severely from the prevalence 01 a d . vromen. In the course of at tacked chiefly young persona `the mortality during amount to more than t J h a e nu w a h ry ol t e h o c f re 448; so that tiec is, proporti , m, double the number. 'Li " o n ea the decline. , .1, than during the previous The epidemic is a The number of deaths in +,kie metropolis was 91 k The decrease has taken place chiefly in deaths caused wee ". *c and contagious d' by epidemic ‘, Iseases, and those affecting the brain. • Deaths from aiseases, of the rather on the increase the wer;7 seceding e e a y h a e s n ae la nd although id t lungs and stomach are still fewer in the week, ending