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

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The Trades' Plate :—Lanercost, aged, 9st 91— Sleight- of-Hand, 6 yrs, 9st—The Shadow, 6 yrs, Bst 1 lib —Warden, 5 yrs, Bst 101b—Fitzroy, 5 yrs, Bst 101— Welfare, 3 yrs, Bst 91b—The Currier, 6 yrs, Bst 81b-- Satirist, 4 yrs, Bst 71b—Tamburini, 6 yrs, Bst 61b—Vul can, 5 yrS, Bst 51b—Black Bess, 5 yrs, Bst 41—The Squire, 4 yrs, Bat 31b—The Potentate, aged, Bst 21b-- Bellona, aged, Bst 21b—The Dean, 6 yrs. Bst 21b—Ga laor, 4 yrs, Bst 21b—Cruiskeen , aged, Bst—Johnny, 5 yrs, Bst—Clinker, 6 yrs, 7st 121b-Arrarat, l 6 yrs, 7st 1 21b—Duke of ellington, 4 yrs, 7st 121b—Broadwath, 5 yrs, ist 1 llb—C. 0., 4 yrs, ist 1 Ilb—Studley Royal, 4 •yrs, 7st-I int—Portrait, 4 yrs, 7st 1 Ilb--Black Beck, 5 vrs, ist 101b—Mustapha Muley, 4 yrs, ist 101b—The Lord Mayor, 6 yrs, 7st 91b—Cormorant, 5 yrs, 7st 91b— Retriever, 5 yrs, 7st 81b—Millepede, 4 yrs, 9st 81b—Knight of the Whistle, 4 yrs, 7st 81b—Nancy Dawson, 5 yrs, 7st 71 b—Rhodanthe, 5 yrs, 7st 71b—Una, 4 yrs, 7st 71b—Dis closure, 4 yrs, 7st 71b-'--Sterne, 4 yrs, 7st 61b—Greenham Buy, 4 yrs, 7st 61b—Rory O'More, 6 yrs, 7st 51b—Hum ming Bird, 5 yrs, 7st 51b —The Young-'un, 5 yrs, 7st 51b—Pagan, yrs, 7st 51b-L-Marshal Soult, 4 yrs, 7st 41b—All Fours, 6 yrs, 7st 31b—Tupsley, 5 yrs, ist 31b-- Camp Follower, 4 yrs, 7st 31b—Ermengardis, 4 yrs, 7st 21b—George, aged, 7st—The Ruler, 5 yrs, 7st—The Maid, 5 yrs, 7st—Billingham Lass, 4 yrs, 6st 1316—Miss Kitty Cockle, aged, Est 121b—Zelmyra, 5 yrs, Est 121 - - Leporello, 5 yrs, Est 1016—Jolly Tar, 4 yrs, 6st 101— Sister to Glencoe, 4 yrs, 6st 71b—Alice Hawthorn, 4 yrs, Est 61b—Rebecca, 4 yrs, sst 71b—Fidhawn, 4 yrs, s st—Brother to Harpurhey, 4st 51—Topsail, a feather Tripoli, a feather—Proof Print, a feather. HUNTING APPOINTMENTS. {7i East Kent hounds, will meet on,Xednesday, at Bod - sam Green; ,Friday, at Street End-10i. .1 1 East Kent harriers on Tuesday, at Adisham Downs ; Thursday, at Sutton Down. Mr. Mure's hounds on. Thursday, at Woelpit Heath. - Mr. A. Smith 'S hounds—First hunting day. at Crawl : Is Farm. Mr. Archer's hounds on Thursday, at Dutton Bridge. Mr. Meynell's hounds on Thursday, at the Spread Eagle ; Saturday; at Hoarcross-10f. Quorn hounds on Tuesday, at Bradgate Paik; Thurs. st Keythorp; Friday, at Wartnaby Stonepits-114. • Warwickshire hounds on Tuesday, at Mitford Bridge; Thursday, at Clopton House; Saturday, at Farnborough. Mr. Hellier's hounds, Wed., Dunchurch ; Fri., Castle tromwich-10}. Atherstone hounds, Wed., Bosworth ; Thur., Bone •-; sat., Rittleswell • Rutiora hounds, Thur., Caunton Common. , Mr. Muiters' hounds, Tues. Elkington Cow Pasture ; 1, 1 Thur., y Fifth Mile -stone, Market Rasen-road; Sat., South Ormsb—ll. Mt. Foljambe'a hounds, Thur., Gringley-on-the-ITill.; Sandbeck Park. Mr. Candler's hounds, Wed., CroWle ; Fri., Coombe . Perry Wood-10i. Cheshire hounds, Wed., Bucklow Hill ; Fri., Ridley Toll-bar ; Sat., Harleston Mr. Atty's hds., Wed., Hardwicke ; Fri., Gallantry Bank -10f. Albrighteri hds., Thur., Seighford ; Sat., at the Ball, Coven Heath. Brighton har., Wed., Pateham; Fri., Dyke Road.' Brookside har., Thur., Telscombe Pytchley hds., Wed., Fox Hall ; ri., Crick ; Sat., Veekly to 11. - • Mr. Robertson's foxhds., Wed., Cold Marton ; Fri., Stall ; Sat., Milfield Hill--10i. REDUCTION OF, THE RURAL . . POLICE. NorrxxonAm, JAN. 14, 1842.—A meeting of the Magistracy of the. cou n ty o f N ott i ng h am was Notting .sm; yesterday at S ou th we ll, f ourteen m il es f rom (Thursday), to consider upon t he practicability of disbanding the Rural Police ! 111 !the county. At a p rev i ous mee ti ng , a Corn • Thitte e of sixteen Magistrates had been appointed t • v Tennsider upon its working, - and they met at • ntangfield, when their decision was th a t it h a d n ot worked well, according to their e xp ec t a ti ons , b ut their Report was kept secret. The meeting at -Southwell was to consider of their Report, and /1- 4 1!Spite bf the dreadful inclemency of the weather, A mong was a lar ge a tt en d ance o f M ag i strates. r .,Thong those pr esen t were t h e following :—his .t - !race the Duke of Newcastle, • John Evelyn enison, Esq., M.P., Henry Gaily Knight, q. - M.P., and Colonel Wylde. `L The. recommendations of the Committee at ''Mansfield were—That it was expedient to adopt a general system of police in the county, and that the present force of 1 chief constable, 8 superintendents, and 32 constables, be reduced to 16 constables, eight of which number to be mounted, and to patrol the Petty Sessional dis tricts occupied by the eight on foot. After much discussion it was finally decided that the force be reduced to 1 chief constable, 8 - superintendents, 5 sergeants, and 24 constables, iltat less salaries, 'A RIGHTFUL GIG ACCIDENT, IN PICCA ?• Yesterday evening between five and six o'clock, tittll gig accident occurred in Piccadilly, opposite 9 St, j ,),; amps 5 Church, ,to a gentleman and his groom, 4 , °et.4ding along Piccadilly from the direction of Hyde 'it It. It appears that the horse, a remarkably tine 1 ..lverful animal, ran furiously from Hyde Park along 416„Pt.ililly; the gentleman and his -oom usin g ever , - ...utOr - - grt _ b „,,,lti'olit-' t 6 airest his progress, but without effec that the wheel of the gig came in violent collision with . tt," of an omnibus, by which the parties were i l i r rAvn into the road, and the gig overturned on them. 1 1 . 4 e horse disengaged himself from the gig, taking the ;I,afts with him, and proceeded at a frightful rate along t le „7 4 dilly and Coventry-street, dashing sonietimes on " c . ) "le foot-pavement, which was crowded with passen 4''3, all of whom happily escaped injury, the animal con -I:4l'ting his course until he reached Market-street,. New th nutirket, when he was secured by dashing his head fil th eh some shop shutters, and afterwards removed, Af ar the - fragments of the gig, to a livery-stable in . le, Jlebone-street, Golden-square. Thegentleman_and Il i ; Nom were removed t o St. George's H osp i tal, where Vie in a precarious state. . , RR UNEMPLOYED PRI wrpts.—.The printing akt`"ess has, within the last week, taken a very faeour t: turn, a great number of the unemployed having ob wil'ed situations, and it is confidently expected that en 0,, e - Parl iament meets there will be very few out of L a `,,,. The relief committee have sufficient funds in 4'`'' to continue the relief to the distressed compositor s at' Pressmen until the commencement of the session, ki , hieli time it is intended to discontinue it. The Cora ' It have now ceased sitting to receive subscriptions. i ll } 4 ,tArs, Within the last fortnight the houses 4,;„" rieinity of Somerset-house have been absolutely bbd"ielnied with colonies of rats, which latter set all 4 st 4 !I attedipts to dislodge them at defiance. Notwith : Ili alas a n the late autumnal floods tended to destroy 11 4 311. , E 'qs of these noxious ' animals, the surviving stock the" '') increased in numbers since the above period, that y I, ft li , have become quite a formidable nuisance. Only . a le tkkornings since a lad, in the employ of Mr. Gri ffi ths, th,,,!"3 Strand, opposite Somerset-house, on his intro mll'ig his hand into a small compartment where some l ed , eta Pigs were domiciled, was seized by a rat, which al s , e t,od upon him a very serious wound. The rats have th, i ki estroyed several of the above little animals within be t , t i,ilt few days. In Duke-street, Adelphi, the flooring 44 ; 0, of the kitchens are completely burrowed under the ' 11 " 'I 'these destructive vermin, which w alk 'about sever' Itge with the utmost audacity, and, indeed, in und o l, instances, the foundations of the walls are so 1 th e ' ll liried by these vermin, that they have sunk into NEW upwards of a foot and a half in some places. Ito t. jtI V CHURCH IN THE LIBERTY OF THE heikri.''."---The new Church, now erecting in Bream's- c()t,Th'ings, Chancery-lane, is rapidly advancing towards jag 4 1, e A ion. The architectural character of the build and t '," l , 4ll iglo-Noritan : the interior consists of a nave 1 sup Drat ° aisles, &c., chiefly lighted from a lofty clirstory, c orat„lm;b?' arches and columns. The altar end is de ft B Pftein W n t n a series of plain and interlaced arches, with elerati —l'B' triple light window above. The principal With :„ II „ ill J s ream's-buildings displays three doorways "Ittraf - p '` e t e i ° o l n nnin s , a large triple-light window, and the of the composition is surmounted by a ~44.1.-,t-urret, selected from one of an early date, and of a jll,9rgnal character. Messrs. C. Davy, of Furnival's V 44, arm j- j li - ttet s ;, ohnson of Cook's-court, are the joint ar oeen : :In° funds ' for the erection of this church have tri u rineipapy derived fr om a grant bestowed by the I . t .rar e din s ar e 4 h k ti t r ed. ity fer the distribution of the late Airs. I I kr. Chri st opher is to b e p u t on hi s t r i a l at stu n Tie kea 1 ,,,,,,, It 11ednesday. The " crime and misde tlieg" artaef Illlieh h e is accused is "cutting and shuf kelt, o f D u nieli he practised at Ipswich under the a buse of LordTV• lihe farmers have not forgotten his Zlstent, men, f - ° "ley, Sir James Duke, ind other con -4e professed r h °ll - 1 the balcony of the Peacock Inn, where Leetwaws 'Lnl°Bt unqualified approbation of the h ,e .. 10 I h a e s , th ie - ' 7 t r e-- " intact" was his watchword ; be, the host the very first to turn round. How "t ied ' Who bribed, threatened: lords squires, to, bring; i th* and whereverparsons must t he W e - n " great Corn-law pillar—this Her sB of the landlords —this ,‘ true farmer's friend !" \ v ett will be done at th e ill the cheated 'farmers meeting next Wednesday ? r to 1 1 i ' v 'tte hig seat ? They oug r h e t q t u o ir c i l o 1 30 -1. .* Christopher And will, they A e at!), of the true John Rull blood in their veins. k ' v q, t'Y rightly consider that II • - eee e h r. Christopher's notable ti u _ t has taken out of their 14 1- er on all their unsold corn. pockets at least ss. per sear for their whistle.— Lincoln Mercury-. This is paying rather tes t -PPOIN TAIENT TO THE GOV ERNORSHIP Of C 1 k 1 -1-1. 4 . ITARY KNIGHTS or WIN D 4 OR. Capt a i n J. J. Oilning, half-p ay , B t h, W est India Regiment, who has pj.,! l one of th e Military Kni g ht s of Windsor during a 141,t,tri of eight years, has just been appointed to the Go k; 4311 4), vice Lieut.-Colonel Basset, deceased,. by her of the Hon: and 4y e stv, upon the recommendation C it ,, l 'Y'ller. the Dean of Windsor. The installation of kir iain Cumming, upon his appointment, will not tVlace until after the Royal Christening. The duties 111:C O n g upon the Governor were performed by Capt a l i n s 4 : set. ing during the severe illness of the late Colonel hr l eh EN OF Genstar...There are some features ar e .in people of genius, are always the same. They th. ainformly dissatisfied, restless, longing after some NOWkh as, etter, nobler, hig,hr, than the present life. They ward in little things, benevolent, modest, yet passious, and along* train of vir t4s'ttuus, with violent 4i btii. r v ices, according to the direction which these pas uaPPen to take. - . L IVA Y RE IC URNS MORTALITY in the METROPOLIS. The following are the results of " A Table of Mortality in the Metropolis, showing the Number of Deaths from all Causes Registered in the week ending Jan. 8, 1842." The Table is issued from the Office of the Registrar-General:— Weekly Total... Average CAUSES OF JOBATif. 1838-94 . 0- Epidemic, Endemic, and Contagious Diseases 139 190 Diseases of the Brain, Nerves, and Senses 143 149 Diseases of the Lungs, and other Organs of Respiration Diseases of the Heaq and Blood-vessels 25 18 Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs of _Di r9 on 73 61 Diseases of the ..idnoys &c. ... ........ ...., 5 4 Childbed, Disesies of the Uterus, &c. Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles Diseases of the Skin, &c Diseases of Uncertain Seat l4O 104 Old Age, or Natural Decay 72 (39 Deaths by Violence, Privation, or Intemperance 40 . 25 Causes not specified 4 7 , Deaths from all causes 971 --- Average Weekly Deaths .. 912 Average Population Deaths _Weekly run- in , Deaths rncrated the I E - 3P-9-4C-1. Iml. Week. West Districts—Kensington, Saint George( Hanover-square ), West minster St. Martin in the Fields, , St. James North Districts—St. Mary-le•bone St. Pancras, Islington, Hackney 162 365,660 174 Central Districts—St. Giles and St. George, Strand, Holborn, Clerk. enwell, St. Luke, East London, West London, City of London East Districts—Shoreditch, Bethnal Green, Whitechapel, St. George in the East, Stepney, Poplar 206 392;491 223 South Districts—St Saviour, St. Olave, Bermondsey, St. George, Southwark, Newington.Lambeth, Camberwell, Rotherhithe, Green- wich —....— Total 912 1,570,727 971 It is slated that under the term Metropolis art comprised the 32 districts herein mentioned, which include the City of Lon don with and without the walls, the City and Liberties of Woitininster, the out-parishes within the Bills of Mortality—. and the parishes of St. Marylebone, St. Pancras, Kensington, Fulham, Haintnersmitli(Chapelry), St. Luke (Ch elsea), Pad dington,,lSt. Mary (Stoke Newington), St. Leonard (Brun ley), 4iit.trdarr4e-bow, Camberwell, Greenwich, St. Nicholas and • S S,t. Ratut(Deptford), and Woolwich. The population, as enumerated in. 11831, was 1,594,890; and in June 1841, was 1,870,727. T'. - weekly average for 1838,1839, and 1840, was 'obtained by dividing the deaths in the three years by 156. TEMFERATUKE IN THE WEEKS ENDIN9 •• , Jan. 1. `t' 41° 5. 47° , 41° 31 ' 28 ' 39 34 ' 13, 1842. Highest Lowest Daily Mean . ••• General Register Office, Jan. DRATH lIIt .SKATING.---A fine young man, mined Edward Balch, an apprentice to a carpenter at Pickwick, near Corsham, was on Monday last drowned whilst skating on the sheet of water in Lord Methuen's park: The accident, it was stated, is wholly attributable) to the ittpru.denee of a man named Hughes, who over looks-the grounds, and who, by drawing a water hatch on Saturday, lowered the water seven or eight inches, and thereby made the ice particularly dangerous. Hughes had previously intimated to some young men of the town who were skating that he would stop their sport, and his carrying his intimation into eff e ct h as b een the cause of the fat a l accident alluded to, besides some narrow escapes. Verdict—" Accidental death." Hughes was very closely examined at the inquest, and severely reprimanded for his breach of authority. Lord Methuen; so far from desiring to prohibit the amusement, had always taken a pleasure, when at Corsham House, in witnessing the numerous parties of skaters and sliders, who are in the habit of congregating on that splendid sheet of water during the hard weather.—Devizes Gazette. COUNTY VOTERS.—We beg to remind Liberal gentlemen who - intend to qualify themselves as county voters at the next registration, that they must complete their title to the property which they intend to qualify them, on or before the thirtieth of this m o nth, (J anuary ) as - the'Reforin Act requires that the claimant who has purchased his property, shall have been in possession of his qualification for six months prior to the 31st July. Such persona, therefore, have no time to lose. But in cases where parties have come into possession of property that will qualify them as, county electors, by devise, bequest, marriage, marriage settlement, or promotion to a bene fice, even so late as the 19th of July, in any year, they may claim to bo registered not later than the 20th of that month, and will be entitled to be inserted. DETENTION OF THE' MAlLS.—Yesterday morning the mail trains on the London and Birmingham Railway, and also those of the Great Western, which should have arrived at six o'clock, did not, on account of the heavy fall of snow, arri v e un til h a lf- past seven . Th o Worcester and Portsmouth mails did not arrive until eleven, and at twelve o'clock there were upwards of a dozen mails of the eastern and northern counties which had not arrived at the General Post-office in St. Mar tin's-le-Grand. Some of the guards of the-mails which have arrived, state that the roads in many places were from five to six feet deep in snow, and in others drifted to a great depth.—Railway Times. POST-OFFICE MONEY ORDERS.—In order _ _ to provide accommodation for the numerous parties ap plying at the General Post-office for money-orders and their payment, a commodious temporary wooden erection was put up yesterday, which will remain there during the winter months, for the purpose of affording shelter and protection to persons who in consequence of the great accession of business in this department, aro some times detained a long time. 'RAILWAYS IN IRELAND.—The Railway Times states that it is in contemplation to impose an: ad ditional halfpenny on the postage of all Irish letters, for the purpose of forming a fund to guarantee four per cent. interest to the capitalists who have proposed to construct railways in Ireland, under the terms specified in a Bill lately introduced into Parliament, but not passed. It is said that the original plan of mortgaging the county rates has been found unpalatable, if not impracticable. . SHOCKING DEATH OF AN AGED FEMALE BY FlRE.—Yesterday forenoon an inquisition was taken before Mr. Wakley, M.P., at the Marylebone Workhouse Infirmary, on the body of Elizabeth Connold, aged 66, who was burned to death. Maurice Eligott, of No. 4, Highworth-street, Lisson-grove, stated that on Monday evening last, about five o'clock, he was passing through Stafford -street, which was near to his own dwelling, when he observed a very strong light in the kitchen of of No. 6, and on looking through the window, saw the deceased standing at the sink, enveloped in flames, with both arms raised above her head. He immediately knocked at the doer, and on. its being opened raised an alarm, when, rushing down stairs, he caught hold of the hearth rug, which ho threw round deceased,_ and with some difficulty succeeded in extinguishing the fire. She was in Comfortable circumstances, and, was the : widow of a servant of the Earl of Hare wood.--" Accidental death." THE LAST FALL OF A DRUNKARD.--Last evening- Mr. Payne held au.inquest:at Guy's Hospital, on the body of Maria Hayward, aged 52. George Hay ward, husband of, deceased, said that about nine o'clock on Thursday evening last he came home, and being the worse for liquor, he lay down on his bed. His wife, with her bonnet and shawl on, was sitting singing on a chair before the fire. She was intoxicated, and had been so ever since " boxing-day." He fell asleep and awoke at eleven, and his wife was still sitting on the chair singing. He asked her to come to bed, and she replied, " No, I shan't." He again fell asleep, and did not awake until four o'clock next morning. He call deceased, not finding her in bed, and receiving no answer , h o go t up , and found her with her legs doubled under her, and her head, face downwards, under the grate. She was dead. She was addicted to gin drinking, and having had her head ' fractured whilst a girl, a little liquor had a great effect upon her, and would make her fall head foremost. Ver dict, " Natural death." ANOTHER DESTRUCTIVE FIRE IN BER. MONDBEY.—Last night about half-past eight o'clock, a most destructive fire broke out at the paper-mills of Mr. Hunt, in the Blue Anchor-road, Bermondsey. The fire was first observed by one of the neighbours, who resided in a cottage adjoining, and the flames appeared suddenly to break lorth from the centre of the mill. An alarm was immediately given, and several inhabitants residing near the spot hastened thither, aad endeavoured to ex tinguish the flames, but the fire had taken such a firm hold of the interior of the building, that all their efforts were fruitless. In the meantime from the inflammable nature of the buildings and stock, the flames shot up to a eat height; and ill um i nate d t h e atmosp h ere for a con siderable distance ; and the firemen from the various stations, having been attr ac t e d b y t h e strong glare of light, hastened in that direction ; but, such was the ra pidity with which it burnt, that, before they could arrive, the whole of the mill, with the machinery and contents, was nearly consumed. The damage done is very con siderable, but it could not be ascertained whether Mr. Huai is. insured. We extract 'from the Railway Magazine the sums received on the principal RailVvays of Great Britain for.the.week ending on the day of the month prefixed to each. _The return includes the money received for passengers, parcels, carriages, horses, mails, and mer chandise : Week ended Name of Railway. Miles Total. Opened. £. s. d. ... Birmingham & Derby Junct 384 . No returns Jan. 7 Birmingham and Gloucester 55 1,383 5 8 2 Brandling Junction 25 729 1 7 8 Chester and Birkenhead .. .. Dundee and Arbroath 9 Eastern Counties 8 Glasgow and Ayr .. ..... ••• 4O 1,040 2 10 8 Glasgow, Paisley, & Greenock 224 785 6 10 1 Grand Junct , Chester &Crewe 1034 .6,559 13 5 .. Great North of England 45 No returns 9 Great Western 8 Hull and Selby 8 Lancaster & Preston Junction 204 440 2 11 7 Liverpool and Manchester 3l 4,090 2 1 8 London and Birmingham.— 1124 11,988 4 6 13 London and Blackwall 34 509 10 3 8 London and Brighton 8 Ditto Shoreham Branch ...••• 54 98 19 5 11 London and Croydon 13 London and Greenwich 34 751 11 3 8 London and South Western 7 Manchester, Bolton, and Bury 10 701 3 104 10 Manchester & Birmingham 8 Manchester and Leeds 8 Midland Counties ... 57 2,064 12 6 ... Newcastle and Carlisle ...... 9 Northern and Eastern 8 North Midland 7 North Union 8 Preston and Wyre 194 197 11 9 10 Sheffield and Manchester 7 207 18 5 9 Ulster ... 8 York and North Midland 23 1,208 11 6 - - THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY, JANUARY 15, 1842. LITERATURE. DE MONTFOR7 . 3 Vok Bentley, London, 1842. The author of this tale states. in his preface that it was commenced several years ago, when he was very young and had little literary expe rience. He mentions this fact, of course, by way of apology for, .what he calls, the meagreness of deSign visible throughout the narrative; but we think lie need not have been so scrupulous, for though " De Montfort" is certainly by no means remarkable for felicity of construction, or adroit ness in the working out of incident, yet there is no want of entertaining matter in it; the scenes shift as often as those in a pantomime; and the diction is uniformly spirited, concise, and collo quial, without being too homely. The narrative assumes the form of a biography, and is related in . the first person by the hero, De Montfort, an English nobleman, who was born in the year 1742 —so that, of course, the leading events are laid in the last century—and details the particulars of his somewhat chequered career, in a piquant style of mingled earnestness and vivacity. The'cold, sel fish habits engendered in boyhood by the aristo gratic system of exclusiveness are forcibly pointed out in the earlier chapters of the work, and show how closely allied in some natures pride is with meanness. As the story progresses, and the young nobleman's character developes itself; the interest increases in proportion : and there is a scene where, after the death of his mother, the Countess, De Montfort makes dishonourable over tures to a young country girl, named Cecily, the dependant and favourite of his deceased parent, which is of a very earnest and exciting character. There are also several graphic sketches of the political state of England about the period, or shortly after, of the accession of George the Third to the crown; and, in particular, a spirited sketch of the famous mob-leader, Wilkes, who was not, however, " born and bred in the very hot-bed of the aristocracy" —as the author asserts but, on the contrary, was born in . the middle classes, and lived for the best part of his life (except , indeed for a few short months, when, for political rea sons, he was noticed by the heads of the Oppo. sition), among those classes. In the second vo 7 . lume De Montfort describes his visit to the Court of Prussia, when FrederiCk the Great was in all his glory ; and this enables him to introduce his readers to the celebrated Baron Trench, who, it may be remembered, was imprisoned for nearly ten years in the fortress of Magdeburg; where lie was subjected daily to every species of priva tion and ignominy, for having presumed to aspire to the hand of the King's favourite sister, the Princess Amelia. Of this Princess, long after her beauty had departed, and when grief; antici pating the work of time, had brought on prema ture old age, we have this vivid description : " Her head and hands were frightfully palsied ; indeed every member of her frame appeared to have a convulsive motion. Her face was inde scribably contorted; the skin, seamed with innu- Merable wrinkles, had the dry, yellow, hue of parchment; and what rendered this countenance, whereon premature old age had set its stamp, still more hideous, was the excessive protruding of the eyes, which had started so far out of their Sockets, that it was painful to look at them." On reading this description, we are reminded of Ovid's brief; but striking allusion to the once lovely Helen, in the winter of her life :-- " net quoque, ut in speculo rugas aspexit aniles Pyndaris, et scowl), cur. sit bis rapta, requirit." EDINBURGH ANTI-CORN-LAW - CONFERENCE. JAN. 12.—The Conference met to-day at ten o'clock. Edward Baxter, Esq., manufacturer, Dundee, took the Chair. The meeting was opened with prayer by the Rev. Mr. Ellis, of Saltcoates. The CHAIRMAN then addressed the meeting. He vin dicated the ministers of religion from the charge of being out of their proper place in attending a meeting such as this. He thought they would have failed in their duty if they had stood aloof while want and misery were stalk ing over the land. In confirmation . of this opinion he • cited a passage, from the book of Nehemiah, where the prophet rebuked the rulers of the land for their conduct in a.time of scarcity, and" set a great assembly against them," the consequence of which, was that the rulers listened to the cry of the people and conceded to them their request. Lets it not then be Said that the minis ters of the everlasting Gospel were out of the line of their duty when they advocated the cause of truth, and justice, and humanity .—(Applause.) He should now with the consent of the meeting state a few facts connected with the trade of Dundee. And first, with regard to the state of. crime. During the last nine years the number of petty thefts, as it appeared from the books of the Dundee Police Court, had tripled ; and that in spite of the most vigorous efforts of Chris tians of all denominations. Then he would refer to two - public Acts of foreign States, passed in consequence of our Corn-laws. It was well known that the first strin gent Corn-law was passed in 1815, and in 1816 the Ame rican Congress passed a severe law restricting the im portation of British commerce into that 'country ; and in the same year Prussia framed, her famous commercial league, the 'object' of which was one of decided hostility to this country. It was well known that Brazil was about to follow their example ; and all as measures of retaliation because we would not admit the corn and the timber, and the sugar of these countries. His third fact had reference to the home trade. This point had not been sufficiently pressed upon the meeting yester day. He thought the home trade had been more injured than the foreign trade ; and in proof of it he might men tion that it appeared from a return published in Man chester, that while a greater quantity of goods had been. exported last year than formerly, arising from the want of demand at home, no less than 150,000 fewer bales ofcotton had been disposed of at home than in former years. Was not that an awful state of 'things 1 For himself- he might state that he was connected with a house in Dundee which paid 33,000/. annually. in wages. It had been ascertained with considerable precision, that in the years 1835 and 1836, when th e p r i ce of food was cheap, two thirds of his workmen's wages were spent on provisions ; but that now, when corn had risen 60 per cent., they were obliged to pay an additional 7,000/. a year for food ; so that instead of two-thirds of their wages nine tenths were spent on provisions alone.- Now, where did this additional 7,000/. come from ? It was clear itmust be abstracted from the 'sum formerly spent onsmanuftio tured articles. It could not go to thesLeedxelothier, or the Manchester calico-printer; so thatrto:thaVottentthe home market was destroyed. If that was the case with one establishment, what would it be over the whole of Dundee, and over the country?--(Hear.) The effect of this was, that the manufacturer dismissed his workmen, so that the rise in the price of food acted injuriously in two - ways—it abridged the comforts of one class, and it threw another class out of work altogether. After some farther observations,' he called upon The Rev. Mr. HARVEY, of Glasgow, who moved the fourth resolution in a lengthened address. ' Bailie GREW, of Perth, seconded the resolution. Rev. Dr. TAYLOR, of Auchtermuchty, did not mean to detain the, meeting with a lengthened address; but as there Were no other speakers from his part of the coun try, he begged to lay before them a few facts connected with Auchtermuchty: and its neighbourhood. The po. pulation of the parish amounted to 3,355. Of these 1,140 Were engaged as hand-loom wearers, and of these one fifth part were now out •of employment. - In 1815, the wages of these people averaged 14s. per week; now they did, not amount ,to more than 4s. 2d. per week. But besides these there were a number of females and aged persons who were not engaged in weaving but in winding bobbins;. their wages was but a scanty pittance even in the best of times; what it was now he would leaias the meeting to imagine. The usual food of the people, be was credibly informed, was potatoes—oat meal they scarcely ever saw; and anything approach ing more to- the nature of a luxury was altogether unknown. • Even potatoes would not be procured if it were not that the people have generally small plots of garden ground, on which they are reared. Newburgh, he believed, was still. worse than Auchtermuchty. Much might be said on the moral and religious aspect of this question.. It put a barrier in the way of children attend ing school, and parents attending church, from the want of decent clothing ; and it hardened their hearts against religious impressions. As a minister of the Gospel, he felt himself hampered and fettered in the circulation of the doctrinal truths:of the Gospel. Surely a minister Was not - out of his duty, when ho inculcated on hispeople the duty of contentment ; and yet he declared that for some time past lie had never ventured to speak 'on the subject.—(G rest applause.) Let him not be misunderstoOd. He had never attempted to speak on the subject of eon. tentment without first attempting, ns Richard Baxter says, to demulse their hearts by an awkward expla nation of what contentment did not imply, as - well as of what it did.—(Renewed a ppl ause .) , H e could not attempt to excite the gratitude of his people for God's bounties, without first being compelled to tell them that the distress they suffered did not result from the Di vine arrangements, but from the la7ws of men. He felt restrained, when leading the' public devotions, from using such expressions as this—" He filleth their.hearts with' food and gladness" because he was afraid that instead of exciting emotions of gratitude to God, he should only excite resentment against a class of men who were regarded as the authors of all these evils.— (Hear, hear.) He was satisfied that the people knew who were the real authors of all their sufferings. He knew this, because those who wished to go deeper than merely repealing the Corn-laws, objected to them being touched, . lest by the abolition of this great practical grievance the people would eease to agitate for any thing more.---(Great applause.) Dr. HEuon, after some preliminary remarks, said, the general argument against the Corn and Provision laws had been handled, and will be handled, by others. To them I leave this argument, on the ground of the essential injustice of all monopolies. The one view of these laws to which I shall advert, is their enormous pressure on the industrious and poorer classes of the British community, and the consequent immorality of their character. The direct object of these laws is to enhance the price of the necessaries of life—is to compel every consumer to pay more for these articles than, but for these laws, he would require to pay. Many things about their w or ki ng, a n d a b out the mode and results of their . abolition, are disputed . ; respecting this, their designed object, there is, and there can be, no dispute. If a fixed duty is imposed, the design of the 'impost is to add its own amount to the price paid for it. • If the pre sent sliding scale be preferred, or any, modification of it which may seem good to the Knight of Drayton Manor —(Laughter)—as the p r i ce falls the impost rises ; and it does not cease till corn has attained - the rate which de notes scarcity and menaces starvation. I repeat it, then, the direct, declared, undeniable, and undenied object of these laws is to raise the price of food in Great Britain. —(Hear, hear.) The increase of price thus by force of law effected has been shown to be very great. Those, I think, who have attended most closely' to the subject have shown that the price of corn in this country is raised about 40 per cent. by the existing Corn-law ; that is to say, we are forced to pay Si. for what we should otherwise procure for 31., or 12s. for what we could, were these laws repealed, get for Bs. This is an enormous pressure• of taxation affecting the whole community. In . the payment of , this tax there is neither drawback nor evasion. It affects the whole mass of consumers ; but it presses with accumulating weight just as you - descend in the scale. of society, and Crushes with its' full weight those at the bottom of the scale, the poor and helpless.--{Hear, hear.) The Rev. Doctor at some -length • contended that the Corn law operated as an income tax on the poor of from fif teen VS twenty per cent., while it diminishedli a :s ;tri as-, s eelided the scale of soc i e ty, till among therieh [ ni t ; imperceptible ; and their necessary' effeef I ,isi to ce, Oarcit.y, straits, and discomfort among the la 'a o' s, otifi n tia , spare the rich. The laws astral-I ought:net to ' 1' 4 ,)„,e the known will.and laws -of God. Vie moral lair' of GO is the expression- of his own character, wisejtiet, and good. If the exposition which has been given of I: - nature and operation of thew, enactm en t s b o , j ust,. c we come to any other conclusion• than this verrso:' lenth ono—that they are in direct opposition to the known character of the Supreme Ruler,,that they are di rect violationS Of hii will and law? Can the righteous G6d sanction the unjust la ws o f his creatures? Can the God of mercy sanction oppression? Can lie who has revealed himself as the guardian of the poor, who has taught us to celebrate the government of his Son in - such . strains as these, " lfe shall judge the poor of the people ; *he shall save the children of the needy, and break in pieces' the oppressor r—can He approve of those . unrighteous and merciless statutes which spread oppression and suf fering through every cottage in the land ?—(Hear.) The very worst form that injustice and oppression can as sume is that of laws which involve and sanction them. In this case you set 'at nought this appointment of the Supreme Ruler, • " He that •ruleth among m en ," b e h e Prince or Senator, " should be just, ruling in the fear of God." You place your authority in the perilous posi tion of antagonism to His—you so multiply difficulties in the. way of redress, as to render a lifetime of labour neces sary to accomplish it--you produce the wish of national convulsion—and, more than all, you all the while expose your country to the gathering storm of the Divine indig nation, proclaiming in vain, "Cease to do evil ; learn to do well ; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes." For myself; so Strongly am 1 convinced of the flagrant wickedness in the' sight of God which these laws include, that if no other object were to be gained by this Conference than to record our solemn protest against this national sin, I think the end would justify the means. We do record our protest. Before God and man we dis avow these wicked laws ; we never consented to them ; we never shall. On other heads than ours the responsi bility of their formations their continuance, their enor mous wrongs, must rest. All we wish is—their repeal for ever.—(Cheers.) He 'condemned the view taken by the higher ranks- of — the aristocracy, that these laws are in favour of the country, and that they. are objected to only by clamorous manufacturers and discontented ope ratives, who do not know what is good for them. Ile demurred to keeping anon dependent in order that they might become the subjects of benevolence. It may be said that by the representations we are making we are misleading the industrious classes, by leading them to form exaggerated views of. the advantages to be reaped from the abolition of these laws, and by exciting them unduly, if their wishes are denied them. As to the .for mer it is quite possible that the evil has been continued 60 lung as that' its effects may outlive their cause. • The devastation produced . by. the . torrent may not dis appear the moment you close the sluice and stop its flow. That only shows that,the sluice should have been shut sooner, or should never have been opened at all ; but it is no reason why you should keep it open still to perpetuate and augment the havoc. Stop it at once, and we shall then =be in a condition to set about remedying the mischief you have already wrought.(Cheers.) As to the excitement of the people, I shall only say, that while we wish the entire people peacefully but resolutely roused to do their duty by legal _means, there never was an assembly, not within St. Stephen's itself, who would with more unanimity con demn all outrage, all violence, all insurrectionary tu mult, than this meeting. Why are we now reduced to our present necessity of universal movement ? Why have we not a Government in sympathy with our wishes? England has done it all. I trust Scotland and Ireland, .11 continue to • point the finger, not of scorn, but of , stern r e p roo f, to th e i r s i ster E ngland, until the blush of honest shame, shall cover her ; until England shall re pent and amend . ; and then the.people of the three por tions of the empire shall, with united voice, demand this petition, or rather claim of right, that•—these laws be abolished.—(Cheers.) The motion was also supported by the Rev. Mr. CAMPBELL, of Greenock ; after which Mr. A3xEits, farmer, appeared on the platform, and in answer to several questions by the Chairman, stated that the size of his farm was 146 imperial acres—that he paid a grain rent—that under present circumstances he did not think it would be safe to take a farm at a money, rental-- that in the event of the repeal of the Corn-laws he did not think farmers paying grain rents would suffer much ; but that farmers paying fixed money rents would suffer most severely—that he thought in the event of repeal the present tenants ought to be relieved of their leases, and a new arrangement entered into—the farm valued; and the money converted into a grain rent—that perhaps the most convenient way, though it would be unfavourable for the farmer, would be to take it at an average of the last seven years —that he did think farmers would have considerable advantages in one re spect from a repeal of the Corn-laws, for they would in that way obtain higher , prices for their wool and for fatted animals ; as a proof of which he might state, that in 1836 wool brought double the price it did now, owing to the demand. that then existed for home consumption —that he did not think a considerable 'quantity of arable land would be thrown out of cultivation if wheat were at 50s. per quarter, as inferior sorts were valuable for turnips, and grass was a l wa y s va l ua bl e f or rearing young stock. The motion was then put and carried unanimously. The next. motion was moved, seconded, and supported by-Dr. Beattie, of Glasgow, Bailie Smith, of Stirling, Air. Wilson, manufacturer, Haviick, Dr. Young, pro prietor and farmer, Aluckhart, after which it was unani mously agreed to. Mr. GnonoEiTnostrsoN moved the sixth resolution, in a speech which lasted upwards of an hour, and was enthusiastically cheered ; after whi c h th e meeting ad journed till to-day. THE SOIREE. i In the evening a'soiree of *tlTC . mernbers and friends of the Conference was held in the Waterloo Rooms, which was crowded on the occasion. John Dunlop, Esq., presided as Chairman. William. Ewart, I:sq., M.P., addressed the meeting on the injustice and im policy of laws - made for the advantage of the few at the expense of the many ; the best means of accom plishing the, removal of the grievances created by class legislation ; and of obtaining equal laws for, and the re• cognition of the just rights of, all classes.—The Reverend William Lindsay Alexander, on the testimony of reason, scripture, and history, against laws tending to heighten the price of food in a nation.—The Rev. Francis Muir, on the influence of free trade in extending and perpe tuating the blessings of. p e a c e among th e nat i ons o f t h e world.—Mr. Wallace, M.P., urged the ladies to unite in agitating cal this question.—The Rev. Robert Wilson, of Greenock, addressed the meeting on the influence of free trade in extending the lights of science, and in dif fusing the principles of civil and religious liberty all over the world ; and George Thompson, ESq., on its influ ence in disseminating the blessings, and in accelerating the triumphs, of Christianity over the earth. The meet ing did not separate till near midnight. FRANCE. CHAMBER OF PEERS. CONTINUATION OF THEDISCUSSION ON THE ADDRESS. M. Cousin, former colleague of M. Thiers, then rose o say a few words in vindication of the policy which he Cabinet'of the Ist of March had followed with re gard to Eastern affairs, and appealed to' inexorable his tory to do justice to that Cabinet. The following paragraph was then put to the vote:— " Your Majesty has ordained important diminutions in the public burdens. These diminutions, however, have not sufficed to establish the equilibrium in the receipts and expenditure of the State, which is as necessary as it is universally desired. We will endeavour to obtain this equilibrium without reducing our military and naval strength beneath what is requisite for the dignity of France, and without postponing the public works which are called for by the country." M. Cousin proposed, that after the words, "we will endeavour to obtain this equilibrium," there should be added "without weakening our military organization," &c. Marshal Soult was of opinion that the address went even further than the speech from the throne in its allu sion to the question under consideration, and then pro ceeded to give. the following explanation of the Ordinance relative to the army, dated the Bth of September :—He said, " The intent of this Ordinance is not a new organi zation of the army, as has been said, but a fixation of the cadres. In proposing it to the King I had not the slightest idea of infringing the rights of the Chambers : I acknowledge, as has been observed by M. Dupin, and as is my duty, that the Chambers must necessarily be called upon in voting the required credits to give its de cision upon the effective force of the army. But the question of cadres is distinct from that of ale effective force, and by no means operates upon it. In fact, the cadres, as defined by the Ordinance of September 8, bear a proportion of no more than one-fourth to the effective army. Hence it ensues, that wh en t h e G overnment demands a credit fur the maintenance of a certain force, it belongs to the Chamber to grant or refuse it ; but it is only. upon the effective force it has to decide, and not upon the organization of the cadres. The Marshal concluded by saying, that before the end of the year 1842 all the officers would be replaced, and that at the present moment 309 had been already placed on the list of active service—that was to say, of the cadres of 300 companies, 103 had been replaced. The real force of the army, he said, was intact, for there would - be 594,000 disposablemen on the reserve, but un paid, who would be reviewed twice a year,' and always ready for service. M. Cousin then withdrew his amendment, and the paragraph was carried without further opposition. The following paragraph was then read:— " The extension of the commercial relations of France is the object of your Majesty's solicitude.. Neg;oliations are proceeding by, your order. You r profound wisdom does not lose sight of the necessity of maintaining the protection secured to national labour by a legislation which, by guaranteeing the security of our agricultural and manufacturing interests, has so powerfully contri buted to the wealth and prosperity of France." The Marquis de Boissy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if the proposed eommercial treaty with Belgium had been abandoned ? He entreated him to put an end to the alarm Which the announcement of this treaty had, said the Noble Peer, created in the country 4 Count d'Argout said, the first principle of the, country, connected with industry, was protection—not permanent and exaggerated protection, but such as would be suffi cient to preserve it from ruin by foreign competition. The Noble Peer then took a review of the position of Belgium, which' had, he said, been brought to a financial crisis by false speculation, and added, that although from what he had said it was not to be laid down as a principle that France could enter into no commercial treaty with Belgium, still it would be well not to allow that country to indemnify itself for its recent losses at the expense of the Freech nation. He concluded by saying that it was impossible, to make any new conces sions to Belgium without injury to the commercial inte rests of this country. Baron Daunant now said, frdm his place, time he had a sfroposition to subMit to . the Chamber, founded on Art. 15 of the law of March 25, 1822, in virtue of which he re quested the Chamber to call to its' bar the responsible Editor of a journal, who hall that dayinserted an insult ing article upon the Chamber. The Noble Peer having ascended the tribune at the request of several Peers, then said,—The Chamber, in the performance of its 'duties, is ,habituated to-calumny, but it it has frequently disdained to punish, it has sometimes thought fit to repress insult when too outrageous against one of the powers of the State. To-day, Gentlemen, I have to direct your atten tion to an article which attacks, in the highest .degyee, the Tespect due to the Chamber. Itis in the Siecle, and is as follows :—" The public does not require to be in formed that the Chamber of Peers, although embellished 'by the moderation of M. Merilhou, the gravity of M. Viennet, and the profound wisdom of M. d'Alton Shee, has been long absorbed in the importance of the Court ofPeers, This reflection dispenses us from enlarging on the sort of political conversation which has taken place in the Salon du !Luxembourg on the occasion, on a piracy, of the speech from the throne, called the Addresg of the Chamber of Peers. We have, upon all that' has been said, only one regret to express; it is, that men who, like the Prince de la Moskowa, show themselves to be animated by truly patriotic feelings, cannot make them selves heard at another tribune. We have also only one remark to make; it is, that a certain Monsieur Boissy, who has been created a Peer solely because he is rich, hai4 stated that amongst the enemies of the Government figure in the first line those who do not possess property. It is a great crime, it seems, in the eyes of this person age and many others, not to possess vast domains and rents like him. In fact, is it conceivable that people who have nothing, should be so audacious as to think that the Government owes protection to them as well as to other citizens !" The Noble Peer added, that this insulting article was rendered still more so by another reflection in another part of the same paper, namely : " As we have said above, we should not have paid any attention to the pretended discussion of the Address of the Chamber of Peers, if we had not wished to show the impropriety of the words uttered by M. Boissy." Thus, Gentlemen, said Baron.Daunant, the Chamber of Peers is transformed into a saloon, and the Peerage no longer constitutes a political body in the State. This is an insult which ought to be condemned. I therefore move that the responsible editor of the Siecle be called to appear at the bar of this Chamber, in order that he may answer to it for the article I ha v e just quoted.— (Movement.) Count Turgot thought that the Chamber, which was' not now numerous enough to debate, should adjourn this motion till next day. The President said, it was not usual to postpone the consideration of such motions, The Vicomte Dubouchage suggested that-the question might be placed within the cogniknce of a (Cries of " - No, no.") M. Cousin was decidedly of opinion that the Chamber COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen and Prince Albert walked — in Claremont Park • yesterday morning. Prince Albert afterwards went out shooting in the Park, attended by Lord Byron, Col. Bouverie, Hon. C. A. Murray, Mr. George E. An son, and Lord Charles Wellesley. His Royal-Highness returned soon after two o'clock. . The Royal Dinner Party at Claremont last evening included only the Royal Suite. The unfavourable state of the weather on Thursday, throughout the day, prevented her Majesty and Prince Albert taking their accustomed airings. This morning at half-past el e v en o ' c l oc k h er Majesty arid the Prince, attended by the Royal Suite, are ex. pected to leaye Claremont for Windsor Castle, where a Priyy Council will be held. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited the Duchess of Gloucester yesterday at Gloucester-house. Hie Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, attended by Colonel Kea,te and Colonel Jones, arrived in town at five o'clock yesterday afternoon from a visit to Colonel Wyndham, at hie seat, Potworth-house, Sussex. Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge, and . the Princess Augusta of Cambridge, attended by Lady Sonierset, arrived in town yesterday from Kew, and paid a visit to her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester, at Gloucester -,house. , Their Royal High nesses returned to Kew in the evening.. • A Deputation of Sugar Refiners had an interview with the Earl of Ripon yesterday, at the Office of the Board of Trade. The Chief of the Micmac Indians, Mr: Joseph Mully, accompanied by two Indians, had an interview with Lord Stanley, yesterday, at the Colonial-office. . A Deputation from the Bank of Asia, consisting of Mr. Jardin, M.P., Chairman, Sir John Campbell, K.H.. Mr. Sheriff Rogers, Mr. Anderson, Mr.. Brooking, Capt. John Hine, H.C.S., M r . Kingston, B. Williams, and Mr. Goldsworthy, had an interview with the Earl of Ri pon, on Thursday, at the Office of the Board of Trade. Mr. Irving and Mr. Colville had an interview with the Earl of Ripon yesterday, at the Board of Trade. Mr. De la Bache had also an interview with his Lordship yesterday. Mr. Meyers, agent for Barbadoes, had an interview with Lord Stanley yesterday, at the Colonial-office. A deputation, including Sir John Easthope, Mr. Wynn Ellis, Messrs. Stowe, Biggs, and Gray, of Leicester, had an interview, on Monday, with the Earl of Ripon. A deputation from the lead smelters , including Mr. Edmund B. Lyon and Mr. T. Mathew, had an interview with the Earl of Ripon at the Board of Trade. WINDSOR, FRIDAY.—The Court will return to the Castle to-morrow, to lunch. During the absence of the Queen, the Hon. Mrs. Anson, Bedchamber Woman to her Majesty, and Major- General Wemyss, Clerk Marshal to his Royal Highness Prince Albert, have remained at the Castle. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales and the Princess Royal are in excellent health. MEETING OF ST. ANDREW'S WARD.—On Tuesday there was a numerous and influential meeting of the electors of St. Andrew's "Ward, at 42, Clarendon street, to adopt the necessary arrangements to return the Right Hon, Lord' Morpeth as representative of the City of Dublin—Joseph Byrne, Esq., T.C. in the Chau-. The secretary, M r . M ar k B yrne, read the requisition calling the meeting. The resolutions, which were adopted with acclamation, will be found in another column.—Dublin Evening Post. YARMOUTH.—We understand that the whole of the private lights, as well of all the general lights be the coast of this kingdom, have become the property 4f the Honour a bl e t h e C omm i ss i oners of the Triftiti Board.--Norwich Mercury. -- Tri/no " What is the matter, uncle Jerry," said Mr. —, as old Jeremiah It— was passing Kgrowl ing most ferociously. " Matter," said tlir, Uldroan, stopping short, "why, h ere I'vo been lugging water all the morning for Dr. C—'s wife to wash with, and what d'ye s'pose I got for it ?"—" Why, I suppose about ninepence," answered " ISinepence ! she told me the Doctor would pull a tooth for me sometime!" A TOLERANT SPIRIT.—I. look on the va rious churches of Christendom with no feelings of en mity. I have expressed my abhorrence of the sectarian spirit of Rome ; but in that, as in all other churches, (ilviduals are better than their creed ; and amidst gross error and the inculcation of a narrow spirit, noble virtues spring up, and eminent Christians are formed. It is one sign of the, tendency of h uman nature to goo d ness, that it grows under a thousand bad influences. The Romish Church is illustrated by great names. Her gloomy convents have often been brightened by fervent love to God and man. Her St. Louis, and Fenelon, and Massillon, and Cheverus ; her missionaries, who have carried Chri s ti an ity t o t h e en d s o f t h e earth% her sisters of charity, who have carried relief and solace to the most hopeless want and pain ; do not these teach us, that in the Romish Church the spirit of God has found a home ? Ilow much, too, have other Churches to boast ! In the English Church we meet the names of Latimer, Hooker, Barrow, Leighton, Berkeley, and Heber ; in the dissenting Calvanistic Church, Baxter, Howe, Watts, Doddridge, and Robert Hall ; among the Quakers, George Fox, William Penn, Robert Barclay, • and our own Anthony Benezet, and John Wool man; in the Anti-Trinitarian Church, John Milton, John Locke, Samuel Clarke, Price, and Priestley. To repeat these names does the heart good. They breathe a fra grance through the common air. They lift up the whole race to which they 'belonged. With the churches of which they were pillars or chief ornaments, I have many sympathies ; nor do Icondemn the union of our selves to these or any other churches whose doctrines we approve, provided that we do it without severing ourselves in the least from the Universal Church. On this point we cannot bo too earnest.—The Church; a Discourse by the Rev. Dr. Channing. HAMEURGH ) JAN. 11.—We have now from 3 deg. to 7 deg. of cold. There is a great deal of ice in the river, but it is not frozen over.—Hamburgh Paper. THE SHEFFIELD SUICIDE.---Th e late at tempt at murder in this town, by Henry Vaughan, table-knife-hafter, on the lives of the three sisters, named Poole, and the subsequent suicide of Vaughan himself, has terminated, after an inquest on his body, in the following verdict :—" That Vaughan shot him self, being at the time of sound mind ;" and the Co roner thereupon issued his warrant for the interment of the body at midaight, without any of the rites of Chris tian burial. shOuld take cognizance of all insults offered to it; but as the number of Peers present was too small for a debate, he thought the motion had better be postponed till next &tr. The President put the motion to a vote, and, after two ballots, it was decided that it should be postponed till the next sitting. The Chamber adjourned at a quarter past six, MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS. FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. POST.—The turn which took place in the home funds led to an improvement, upon the general principle, in the Foreign Stocks also. Spanish was an exception, the Active Bonds having suddenly, and without any very Well understood cause, receded from 254 to 244, and closed at from that price to The rumours on the subject are various. It was said, in the first place, among other things, that M. Salvandy had actually left Madrid; in the second, which is a more serious matter, so far as the bondholders are concerned, that the bills purchased for the payment of the two promised Three per Cent. dividends are protested. We confess, however, that we do not think such a thing at all likely, for, of the amount required, 175,000/ was advanced by the Bank of San Fernando, an establishment equal, in point of solidity, to almost any bank in Europe; and, besides, it does not appear to be at all certain that the two commissioners charged with this money have reached London. There was yet a third report current; to this we are inclined to give far more credence than to any other. Monday will be settling-day, and it is said that what are called the "small fry " are all bulls, few of whom,-if. any, will be able to take in stock. The enormous deficiency in the Budget presented by the Minister of Finances to the Cortes may very probably have contributed, in a greater or less extent, to the depression of the market. TIMES.—It is stated in the Madrid letters of the 4th inst., which arrived this morning, that the house which furnished certain bills to the Spanish Government for remittance to London, and which were protested for non-acceptance by Messrs. Gower and Co., has drawn other bills for the same account, and to a large amount, which have also been protefted, and hence the difficulty will be much increased in which the Government will be placed, providing for this unforeseen contin gency, and in meeting the claims here on behalf of the British Legion. It appears that the 7th of March, and not the 3d, is the day on which the first protested bills fall due, before which time there was still a hope that everything may be satisfactorily adjusted by the house in Madrid supplying the requisite funds for making good all these engagements. SUN.—The market this afternoon completely recovered its buoyancy, the purchases by parties, who took advantage of the reduced rates, in conjunction with the demand for stock on behalf of the Bears, who seem to have been on the losing side this account ; and, finally, the cessation of sales by the Government broker, having conduced to this change. During the account, Consuls have fluc tuated under 1i per cent. Consols for present transfer were to-day 884 to 894, and for the February account 894 to 894.. Exchequer Bills were I4s. to 16s. premium, and India Bonds 9s. to I Is. premium. Bank Stock was worth 167 to 1664, and New Three-and-a-Half per Cents. realised an improvement to 99 and 99k. The feature in the Foreign Market was an advance in Mexican Stock, and a decline in Spanish. The reve nue accounts of Surra y Hull appear, on .the whole, not worse than might h ave been expected. Active Spanish Bonds were at 24i during the day, but rallied subse quently to 254. They closed at the former price. Por tuguese New Five per Cents. were at 324 to Mexican Stock at 291 to 292-, and Columbian at 214 and 21i, Dutch Two-and-a- Half -per Cents. were at 51k. The Share Market was very heavy, although the sales were not large. Brighton gave way to 13 discount, Great Western to 20i premium, and South Western to premium. London. Joint Stock Bank Shares were at 2 1 4 premium. The improvement noticed last Tuesday in the Foreign Exchanges:was not supported this afternoon, as the sub joined rates will show:—Antwerp, 12 4i; Paris, 25f 75c. to 80c.; Hambu rg h, 13 1 0 to 13 10f ; Amsterdam 12 44 ; Frankfort, 150 to 4 ; and Trieste, 9 51 to 53. UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. OXFORD, JAN. 14.—This being the first day of Hilary or Lent Term a congregation was holden for granting degrees, &c., when the following were conferred : MASTERS OF ARTS.—Rev. Geo. Townsend Driffield, Fellow of Brasennose College ; Wm. Edward Buckley, Fellow of Brasennose College ; Thos. Redhead Branfoot, of Trinity College ; Samuel Waldegrave, Fellow of All Souls' College ; Albany James Christie, Fellow of Oriel College ; Henry Wm. Cripps, Fellow of New College. BACHELORS OF ARTS.—Newenham Thomas Travers, of Lincoln College ; William Frederi c k Everset, of Magdalen H a ll ; John Wm. Kirkham, of Jesus College. In consequence of Easter falling so early this year the members of most of the Colleges will meet to-morrow ; but Exeter, Lineoln,'Balliol, University, Oriel, and Mag dalen Hall, meet on the 22d inst.. CAMBRIDGE, JAN. 15.—The Lectures of the Norris. sian Professor of Divinity will commence on Wednes• day. Jan. 26. The theological prize at Queen's College, in this Uni• versity, for the year 1841, open to those of 8.A., stand. ing, has been awarded to the Rev. Joseph Ketley. 8.A.; curate of St. Mark's, Kennington.—The subject Rom. 1, 16. I Charles Cardale Babington, Esq., M.A., F.L.S., F.G.S., of St. John's College, is announced as a candidate for the Chair of Botany at King's College, London, vacant by the death of Prof essor D on . D r. L eman and Mr. Kippist are both announced as candidates for the situation of librarian of the Linnman Society, also held by the former. The Her. William Godfrey, M.A., of St. John's Col lege, has been presented by the Dean and Chapter of Worcester to the rectory of Bredicot, Worcestershire. The Rev. James Stoughton Money, 8.A., of Emma nuel College, in this University, has been appointed to the curacy a Alderley, Gloucestershire. The Rev. E. B. Field, LL.B., of Sidney Sussex Col lege, in this University, has been preferred to the in cumbency of the Episcopal Church, Dunfermline, N.B. WOOLWICH—FRIDAY. Major Vicar's company of the Royal Sappers and Miners have also received orders to embark on Monday in the Rhadamanthus for conveyance to Corfu. The Rhadamanthus is a first-class steam-frigate, with ample accommodation for carrying a considerable number of troops. She has recently undergone a thorough repair, and now carries guns of large calibre, with percussion locks. Above her paddle-wheels, Captain Smith's newly invented boats have been placed, and she has altogether a very excellent and complete appearance. The non-commissioned officers and men recommended to be pensioned' were discharged yesterday. SUDDEN DEATn.—Yesterday, about twelve 'o'clook at noon, an aged person; named Ashton, formerly a master stonemason and bricklayer in that department of her Majesty's Thielt-yard, Woolwich,init recently living on his superannnation tillOWance; went into the shop of Mr. Raven, a respeetable . . 7 bootmaker in Woolwich, and while in the act of asking Mr. ifa'ven how he was, dropped down dead upon a chair, on Which he was about to take a seat near thefire,i DISTRESSING CASE AND Loss OF LIFE •—• ' On Sunday afternoon, the 9th inst., a number of youths were sliding on a sheet of water at Golden Valley, near Codnor, in this county, when it appears. some thought less person passing at the time, threw a penny piece a. considerable distance- from the bank for any one,who had courage to fetch it. James Grice, aged 18, son of John Grice, a collier residing at Golden Valley, eager to but Vie 'his 'companions,. darted after the penny. In attempting to pick up the prize, the ice gave way, and he was suddenly immersed in the water, a depth of only six feet, The 'sufferer was struggling in the water, ulti mately under the ice and in sight, nearly a quarter of an hour. After some loss of time a rope was procured and thrown to him, which he seized,- but the terrified com panion let slip the end, and before a second could be procured, the poor fellow, exhausted, sunk to rise no more.—Derby Reporter. We are informed that invitations have been sent Thomas Wakley, Esq., the Radical M.P. for Finsb ur y and to John Walter, Fsq.,. to attend the dinn er t o b e given by the ratepayers of Nottingham, on Tuesday next, and to Mr. J. Brewster, as Chairman of the Not tingham Union.—Xotiinyham Review. Wef . are . positively informed that a shameful hott;'ilC6S practised on the Lord Chancellor when making out the list of Magistrates for this borough. It was confidently represented to his Lordship that a gentle man who had• long. held the CoMmission -of the Peace for this city, and who always identified himself with the popular cause, was dead—and that .there was conse- quently no necessity for making out a new commission for the ?gentleman in in question. The matter stood thus until the loud complaints made here on account of what was considered a partisan omission were heard at head quarters, when the affair was inquired into. The Chan cellor discovered that he was deceived, and the gentleman iu question was restored to the roll of our local Justices. Pubiie rtiCaour fixes the authorship of this paltry hoax on some gentry, whose names we do not deem proper to inihlish for the .present. But the fact cannot be denied. merick RepOrter. LANDOWNERS, PARSONS, AND CORN-LAWS. —The rich and great have sent their smooth-tongued priest •to the hovels of the fatherless, to preach the lessons of content ; when extortion has made them poor in sub stance, to persuade them they are rich in faith ; when the unequal hand of man is crushing them, to tell them of the equal eye of God that is over all ; when the earth haS been turned before them into a desert, to keep them quiet by promising the paradise of heaven. The most depressed and ignorant can see through the sophistry of this insult. 'lf all men bear the same relation' to God in heaven, where is the tyrant's - title to the homage of a God on earth ? If all are accountable to the tribunal above, shall he mock at the obligation to do justice and love mercy ? if the earth in its le n gth. an d b rea d t h i s gifted with fertility and decked with beauty for the sake of all, who can wrest from labour its rewards but the offender against the impartiality of Providence ?—Rev. James Martineau's Rationale of Religion, p. 72. Extract of a letter from St. Petersbursl), 17th ult., in the Courrier de la Gironde :—" Our importers have become discouraged by an increase of the customs' duties on wines and many other articles. As early as January next they will levy 7 silver roubles (28f.) in addition upon ever cask, which will then pay 48 roubles _ _ (1900 instead of 41 roubles (1650 Chanipsgne will pay an increased duty of 10 silver kopecks (40c) A bot tle. Prunes will pay 1 rouble 85k. (7f. 40e., the Fuel of 16 kilogrammes, instead of 1 rouble 70k: (6f. 80c.) These new burthens upon our tariff's leave us little hope for our next year'S commerce." :LAUNCH-- •OF ~.THE THUNDERBOLT WAR STEAM•SHIP.—PORTSMOUTH, JAN. 13.—This afternoon, (Thursday), her Majesty's new war steam-ship Thunder= bolt was launched from the Royal Dock-yard - here'. Owing to the inclemencypt thg weather, there were bu't few spectators present,. ".• EV 1 NING SUN THE PHILIPSTOVVN AFFAIR. It seems that some of the parties —not Captain Duff— said to have been implicated in the outrage, have moved . for a conditional order for liberty to file a criminal infor mation against the proprietor of the Monitor, for a libel. This proceeding, we take it for granted, is recurred to— not in the view of vengeance, but to enable the parties inculpated, or alleged to have been inculpated by the Monitor, o justify themselves before the public. Even so, we do not think the course a judicious one. But waiving this question for the present, we really do_ not see the why of withholdin g the notes taken at the in quest. We cannot possibly see ,what effect the publica tion of their proceedings 'could ha ve upon t h e Queen ' s Bench—while, on the other hand, the document, even in thii secondary form, might be used advantageously by the. Monitor in its defence,—Dublin Evening pow; UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH.—At a • 1116bt ing of the Senatus Academicus, held in. the University on Saturday, the Professors, after some discussion, voted the sum of 130/. towards defraying the expenses of the concert or co ncer t s o f mus i c t o be annually given in remembrance of General Reid. The 13th of February is the.anniversary of the General's birth-day. Falling this year on a Sunday, the concert will, we understand, be deferred till the 19th.—Edinburgh Courant. , i nquiry took FROM S T A RVATION .—A iorg took place last- evening at the One Tim, Perkins's-rents„ Great Peter-street, Westminster, before Mr. Higgs, the Coroner, concerning the death of Mary Clark, aged thirty-five; of -No. 10, Perkins's-rents. Mary Bailey, midwife to the Western Dispensary, said that she first saw the - deceased on Tuesday morning last. Deceased was then in labour, and apparently going on favourably. In the course of the morning a change. took place, and wit ness -gave her -a little brandy. She soon became much worse, and witness sent for Mr. M`Cann, the surgeon to the Dispensary. He arrived in two hours, by which time de ceased was dead. Par a ly s i s appeared to be the cause of death. Mr. Nicholas M`Cann ' surgeon, of Parliament street, said that he deliver e d the deceased after death of a dead child. He considered death to have been caused by extreme debility, and the want of strength during labour. Her debility was from inanition. Mary Burke, of No. 9, Perkins's-rents, said that on Tuesday last she went to the workhouse of the united parishes of St. Margaret's and St. John's, Westminster, to obtain the assistance of the parish surgeon for the deceased. She waited there about half an hour before the overseer came, and when wit ness was about to delive r h er message, Mr. Ristall, the clerk, came, and, laughing at her, said that her husband could attend to her. He jeered at her, and made a. joke of it. Witness represented the dangerous condition of the deceased, as desired by the midwife, but no notiee was taken of it, and she then left. The deceased, with her husband, and two children, were in the greatest distress. I have no doubt that they all wanted the common neces saries of life, and I know that they fasted the whole of Christmas day. They were all 'ery sober persons. After some further evidence, the Jury returned a verdict, " Died from the want of the common necessaries of life." A subscription, amounting to about 1/. was raised amongst the Jury for the husband of the deceased. RAILROAD TO DUBLIN.—The requisition agreed to at the preliminary meeting held last Wednes day, at the office of Messrs. Foist and Fitzsimons on the South. Mall, we are glad to learn is making progress. The requisition for calling a general meeting has alr ea d y received the names of Lords Bandon, Mountcashel, Bernard, and Doneraile, of nearly eighty Magistrates, and of a large body of the gentry of the county and city. This, however, was but to be expected, for an object in which all are interested should by all be taken up. The meeting is intended to be held on the 20th inst. —Cork Reporter. COLONEL THOMPSON AT OLDHAM.-011 Monday last, Colonel P. Thompson, the father of the Anti-Corn-law agitation, d e li vere d a lecture in the large room of the Town-hall, Oldham, on the evils of the Corn-laws, to an audience of upwards of 1,000 persons, comprising most of • the leading manufacturers of the town and vicinity, and a considerable body of intelligent working men. George Barlow, Esq., master cotton spinner, was appointed Chairman, after which Colonel Thompson spoke for nearly an hour and a half, on the unjust nature of the Corn-laws, the prevalence of c l ass legislation, and th e exc l us i on f the mass of the people from their due share of representation in Parliament : the declaration of his views on the latter subject elicited great applause. A vote of thanks was passed to the Gallant Lecturer, accompanied by repeated rounds of ap plause, on the motion of -Mr. James Greaves, operative, of Austerlands, seconded by Mr. William Knott, hat manufacturer, of Oldham. The services of the Chair man were also acknowledged by a vote of thanks.— Leeds. Mercury. DIPLOMACY AND TRAD3.—The Corn and Provision-laws are a tax upon food. We want to abolish that tax, fir the benefit of the people of this country, quite irrespective of foreigners. If that tax be abo lished, food will be brought to us by our merchants, and they will find the means to pay for it We do not ask Government to find us markets. We look with suspicion at the pretended zeal with which diploma tists go to work, and Niger expeditions, or Euphrates expeditions are set on foot, for extending our mar kets. All that we ask is, that Parliament will abolish the laws which interfere with free trade. We do not ask it to feed the people, hut to leave us to feed out selves. - As for the pretended fears of the inonopoli4s that foreign nations will not receive our manufactures in exchange for their corn and provisions, we say, Remove your own impediments, end then wait till we complain to von of obstacles a. thousand miles off. Were this really the motive fur upholding the . Corn-law, where would be the difficulty of at once abolishing it ? If other nations would not excbange their food for our production's there could be no additional trade, and things would re main as they are, excepting the important difference, that we should then have no ground - of complaint against our own rulers.—Anti• Bread-tax Circular. Mr. Payne held last evening an kquest at Guy's Hospital, on the body of Joseph Bristow, aged 25, a Waggoner, in the employ of Mr. Thomas Tyler, farmer, of Bexley, Kent. W.. Smith stated, that, on Saturday afternoon last, whilst standing opposite to the White Swan, Blackheath-hill, he saw deceased driving a waggon and team of horses. Deceased was seized with a fit of coughing, and rested his head on the chain of the trace next the shaft horse. Punch and Judy were on the opposite side of the road, and their drum just began to beat. The horses started at the sound, which made de ceased's hand slip from off the chain, and he fell. The horses went on, and the two near wheels passed over deceased's left leg and thigh and right arm. Witness picked him up and carried him to Mr. Smith's, a sur geon, residing just by; who dressed his wounds, and or dered a fly to bring him to that hospital. Policeman 150 it, said he accompanied deceased to the hospital, who told him that he fell through dizziness caused by the coughing, and that he had not heard P unc h and Judy' s drum. .111 r. Holland, house-surgeon, said the deceased's left leg was fractured, and that all along it there was extensive extravasation of blood, which afterwards turned to suppuration, producing weakness of the system, from which deceased could not recover, and he died on Thursday evening last. Verdict—" Accidental death." FIRE AT Bow.—On Friday morning, about half-past six o'clock, a fire broke out in a range of stabling at the rear of the Bird-in-Hand public-house, Bow-road, the property of Mrs. Mary Ann Thompson. The engine of the Bromley distillery was soon on the spot after the outbreak, as well as the engines from Wen- Chi se .;,,ittare and Jeffreys-square, but the flames had•got such a firm hold of the buildings that it was impossible to save them. AMERICAN COURTSHIP.--If a gill has a lover down at Ann Arbour, of course she marries him soon as her friends consent; if they object, then she goes to bed, and remains there until they give their consent, which generally occurs in less than a fortnight. It is found by that time to be less expensive, and mure agree able, to call in the lover than the doctor. THE BRANCH RAILWAY TO HALIFAX.—A new survey for the branch line from the Manchester and Leeds Railway to Halifax, is now- in the course of com pletion. BURNING OF A LETTER FROM THE SECRE TARY or STATE. — A few weeks ago the Beverley Town Council sent a, memorial to the home Secretary, remon strating with him for not consulting them before he no► initiated several gentlemen of Conservative principles to be Justices of the borough. Sir James Graham's cour teous reply came in due tune informing them, as a mat ter of course, that they had nothing whatever to do with the matter. A meeting of theiTown Council was called forthwith, and a majority decided that the letter be com mitted to the flames, being an insult to the Council. The beadle.was called in, and did execution in due form by cramming the letter into the tire.—lialifax Guardian. THE WEATHER.--Yesterday morning there was a very general thaw, which dissolved the greater portion of the snow that fell on the previous day. The snow-storm appears to have extended for some distance in the country, as nearly all the .mails were after their .time in their arrival at the Post-office, in conSuquenCe'of which there were three General Post deliveries. • The Wells and Lynn mails did not arrive until eleven o'clock, ' and the I)evonport mail had not arrived at fow o'clock in the afternoon. Most of the mid-day and afternoon mails were considerably after their lime. From 'all ac counts, there has been a considerable accumulation of snow in Essex, Cambridgeshire, and Norfolk, as well as in Wiltshire. No particular delay occurred in any Of the arrivals of the railway trains. EXPLOSION AND Loss OF LIFE AT A FIREWORK MANUFACTORT.—Yest6rday an inquest, was held at the Coburg Arms, Coburg-street, Lambeth, be fore Mr. Carter, Coroner for Surrey, on the body of William Robert Jones, a fi ne c hild, Y four years of age. Moses Harris: deposed, that he worked for Mr. Jones, the father of. the deceased, who was an artist in fire works, No. 9, 'Webber-street, Waterloo-road, when about four o'clock on Tuesday afternoOn an explosion took place in the composition room. The shock was very . . terrible ; the whole of one side of the room was blown into the yard. Witness was knocked down by the falling • bricks, and was rendered insensible for some time. On. recovering, he was shocked at disedvering the deceased : under a quantity of bricks ; the poor child was frightfullt , • mutilated. Mr. Bates, a surgeon, attended, but so drea.4— ful was the nature of the injuries the unfortunate..child had received, that after great suffering, he expired about two o'clock on Wednesday. Mr. William .Jones, the father of the deceased, said that when the expl o sion took place there was about six pounds of composition on the premises. lie considered that the unfortunate catas trophe arose froth spontaneous combustion, owing to the dampness of the' room, as no fire had been kept there - since last August twelvemonths. Mr. Jones is son-in• law to Madame Ilenglel;r, Verdict, "Accidental ,t,hAecticrisdtenartatilsdetsat . works in this country. The Brighton Gazelle magnificently remarks, American purity would not tolerate M a d ame V estr i s, although actually . married to Mr. Matthews : what has caused it to sleep in the case of Dr. Lauber ?" 100 01 due: that rd, over 05' the ~g. ,4 ,rd' A