The Sun. — London, England, 1842-12-19 00:00:00

ZCbteil /ilitiOit THE FUNDS-(CLOSING PRICES.) BRITISH FUNDS. flank Stock tlndia Stock 267k pm 3 per Cent. Red. . 94i Dittr, Bonds .... 46 pm 3 per Ceut. Cons — Ditto Old Annuities ... 3} per Cent.. Red......... 101 Ditto New Annuities... New 3i per Cent......... '.:x. Bills, 1,000/ 2d. 52 pm 1 4 1.tw 5 per Cent — Ditto 500/...... 50 pm Long Annuities to expire Ditto Small Jan. 186() ... ...... 12 9.16 Bank Stock for Acct. Oct. 1859 ...... ... -- India Stock for Org... Jan. 1860 — Consols for Acct. __ _____ 93 FOREIGN FUNDS. Portuguese, 5 per cent. Ditto, New Ditto Prussian, 5 per cent. Russian, spm cent — Dit to, t 1eta11ic..... ..... Spanish, 5 per cent. Ditto, Deferred.... . French, 5 per cent. —f. —e. Exchange —f —c 'French, 3 per cent Dutch, 2 per cent. 524 !Ditto, 5 per cent. .. Austrian, 5 per cent per cent — Brazilian Bonds... Buenos Ayres 6 per cent. Chillan, 6 per cent. 74i Colombian, 6 per cent — Ditto, 16'24 Cuba Bonds, 6 per cent Bo,i Danish, 3 per :ent Greek, 1625, 5 per cent — Mexican, 5 per cent Ditto, 6 per cent. 1t...437 Peruvian,lB2s,6 per et. SHARES. Eastern Counties (23 paid) B,-i FAlinburgh and Glasgow (50 paid) ... Great Western, (65 paid) Ditto Fifths ( 4 paid) .. . 8 London ar.d Brighton (50 paid) London and Birmingham (90) ..... . London and South Western (4116 s 10d pd) .614 Manchester and Leeds, (70 paid) Ditto New Shares (30 paitl ) :. ......... 32 Midland Counties Railway (100 paid) Paris and Rouen (20 paid) - SoutllllEastern and Dover (50 paid) 226 Ditto Scrip (s) tiaid 1 SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOITRNAL.G. FROM TIER E: ENING PAPERS OF THIS DAT. GLOBE.—The obscene bird of the Otarterly pro phesies famine from Corn-law repeal. We have said that there is something so peculiar in this writer's venom, that it first damages his own party, before it can so much as reach ours. In effect, what can possi bly damage the present Government more than the truth of the leading statements of the Quarterly arti cle, if they were the truth, and the whole truth ? If it were true that the Anti-Corplaw League were all this writer de4cribes it— if it were true that the whole aim of this League, unprovoked by any real oppression—ungrounded upon any common intereF,i between employers and workpeeple—if it were true, e soy, that this League had been contrivint, all summer and autumn, to conjure lightning 'from a clear sky—to reduce the wages of their na ids un • necessarily—to throw their own marl nery out of gear-- , to leave their own fixed caP'..tal profitless— play this violent anti waosteful raMe de gaiete de coml.—without pressure on themselves—if the whole aim of the manufP.:Aurers, combined in the League, had beer. to force on con f us i on i n th e i r own district, VI order to reduce wages throhgh repeal of the Corn-laWs—if such were the sole motive and e'oject—if such the means of Corn-law agitation—then what a Government are we living under, the.t has forborne for so long a period " To set its armed heel on this reluctant worm !" If the Quarterly proved all it states against the Anti- Corn-law League, it would prove too much. It would afford the most damning proof of imbecility against the Peel Government. What ! Is it possible that body should so lung have been suffered to exist, at once tedious and contemptible—to exist arid pusue its machinations—to conspire openly, to predict disorder, and wilfully to accomplish its predictions—to beard the Cabinet, to importune the Parliament, to make every town re-echo with its outcries, every press groan with its manifestoes— a body not less opposite in interest to the classes it is agitating than to the class against which it is agitating—for that is the as sertion of the Quarterly. We say it is the most damning impeachment of its party that could possibly be brought, that such a body as this fancy picture of the Anti-Corn-law Lea g ue represents, should have been suffered to proceed with impunity in such a coume as this writer ascribes to it. The Quarterly champion is in this dilemma. Either he has misrepresented it (which he has)—either the sup pression of truth, and the suggestion of untruth, have been largely practised by him—or else, the guilt and madness of this monster-136(1y, " with front of brass, and feet of clay," are eclipsed and lost in the guilt and madness of a Government which could suffer it to pursue the ends of rapacity through the means of turbulence. If the character of the League has been what he represents it, that character has blazed on his forehead; these malefactors have proclaimed their intended crimes on a public stage, like the chorus of conspirators in Canning's Rovers. They have all along been notorious enemies of land lords, farmers, agricultural labourers, manufacturing operatives—have represented, in fact, nothing but their breeches pockets—have aimed at nothing but con fiscating the land to grind down wages in the towns. And before this body—thus baseless, thus isolated— ungrounded in principle, unbacked by numbers—the Government—the public force in the hands of the grece national party has quailed! 11l as we think of the moral courage of the present Administration—we do not think so ill of it as to suppose such imbecility posSible. If the Quarterly tells the truth, however, such is the inference from that truth against the Go vernment. Fortunately another inference may be drawn from the considerations above suggested—i. e., that the Quartcrty does not tell the truth. STANDARD.—Whatever doubt upon the sub ject of the Corn-laws existed last week was the re sult of the most impudent fabrication probably ever printed in a newspaper—the announcement of the meditated fixed duty in the Globe of the 9th—an an nouncement which, as our Gloucestershire friends have remarked, was artfully reserved for a Friday, in order that it might find its way into the great majo rity of the provincial papers, printed on a Saturday, hetbre it was possible to contradict it by authority. The Whig-Radical falsehood has been treated with great, perhaps with unmerited, lenity by the Con servative press ; but it is an insupportable reach of effrontery to use the consequences of that falsehood used as ground of accusation against those whom it • calumniated. If doubts of the intentions of Minis ters in reference to the Corn-laws do really exist, which we believe not to he the case, these doubts must be ascr ib e d a l toget h er to the lying of the Whig-Radical press, more especially to the transcendant lie which we contradicted on Satur day. The attempt, however, is made to bolster up these lies by referring to the tone of the Times upon the Corn-law question. Why for thirty years, probably for alonger period, the line taken by the Times upon this subject has been uniform and consistent, and notwithstanding the valuable support given to' Sir Robert I Government on most othere ts tions, our respected and powerful Conte-mporarP ques tions, never deviated from its original line upon this. The opinions of the Times, therefore, upon the Corn-hers though entitled to all respectful consideration upon other grounds, can never be aecepted as an exponent of the intentions of the Government. The degree of connection subsisting between Sir Robert Peel's Go• vernment and any portion of the public press, is well explained in the handsome palinode of the United Service Gazette of last Saturday, upon the subject of the "Income-tax." The United Service Gazette acknowledges that when the measure to which it refers was introduced, it in common with the Times, Morning Herald, and Ziorning Post op posed the tax, but now it acknowledges that its antici pations of the effect of Sir R. Peel's financial measures was erroneous, and honourably and candidly retracts them. If we have nothing to retract, either upon the subject of the Income-tax or the Corn-laws, we hope our readers will do us the justice to remember tint it is because we had repeatedly recommended both the Income-tax and such .a modification of the Corn-laws as has been effected, long before Sir Robert Peel's accession to office. If upon these points the Standard is an exception to the class of Conservative journals, the Standard is certainly not less independent than any of them : but this word for ourselves, by the way. The truth is, that the present Government has no hackney newspapers, such as were attached to the last and to former Government. Sir R. Peel, we are sure, respects the public press; and that it mayldeserve his respect, he leaves it in a state of perfect independence as tar as Government influence is concerned. 'Tim INCOME-Tax.—We have now before us the k - itter of a Correspondent who appeared to appeal 'against a surcharge of 1001. which, honestly and to the best of his belief, he declares to have been un justly added to his return of his income. In proof of his assertion he offered to produce the pocket-book in which alone he kept his memorandums, but the Com missioners replied—" They had nothing to do with that," for they had " information and other - means of computing." The Government must have put the spy system very efficiently into force if the Commis sioners are enabled to boast of information as to a man's affairs better than that which he is himself able to give ; and we should be glad to know what are the "other means of computing," which are to be preferred to an individual's own memorandums of the amount of his own income. It is bad enough to drive a person to the production of his private ac counts before a parcel of Commissioners; but there is soinctliin, 0 mysteriously annoy i ng i n t h e asser ti on , that " other means of computing" are in the hands of the Government. The inquisition must be complete indeed, if a man's circumstances are ascertainable by something beyond even his own private accounts, and we can have no hesitatio n in saying that if such is the fact .the system can only be one involving the betrayal .4 EwspAinafdence, with its usu al accompaniment, of false- E .,d villainy.--Evening paper. , .... , $3,r, ; _ i ....i.: , 51 ,,,.. \ . ~,.r sikt, d th e cabinet. Ministers, it is expected, will .n , r , .. n W', ;,,, . i:. ,.. , 4,- 4i,-,T,,, ,at the mansion of Sir Robert Peel, Drayton S '4 l' ' ' '" ' '''' • ' ill ~' the course of the present week. ::•!:'.',- . 7 '., :,-' ! ' ..... V2 - - -. 9 4 71 / 4 4 - ~,....... 7 t -,,,-. , • N. ft St CORN-LAWS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Siu,—Few Members of the Legislature are perhaps aware that, with English wheat at 50s. a quarter, a duty of 4s. a quarter on foreign, with 10s. added for freight and charges on importation, affords a protec tion to the agriculturist of 3Bl per cent. ss. a quarter, with 10s. charges 421 and 6s. do. 105.... Thus, the price of English wheat being 50s. The duty . The charges on importation . ..... 10s. 14s. --. It follows that, to enable the foreigner • to sell in the English market at 505. a quarter, he must put his wheat on 365; board ship at foreign port of ship- S meat at....... —50 s. Thus giving a protection to the British agriculturist of 381 per cent. In the same way with a duty of ss. as follows : Price of English wheat as before Duty Charges on importation 15s. By which it follows that, to secure 50s. in England, wheat must be bought 355. at foreign ports at Being a proteetion.of 424 per cent. The same as to a 6s. duty— English wheat as before Duty Charges on importation 50s. 6s. 10s. Ifs. Thus, before the foreigner can afford to sell wheat in England at 50s. a guar- 345. ter, the market in his own country must be down t 0.... -50 s. Being a prote , ftion of 47 per cent. The eba:ges of lOs. a quarter comprise the average expense-_, of bringing wheat from a foreign port to the port e London or Liverpool, or other sea-ports ; they have been obtained from various authentic private F a.nirces, and from printed circulars of authority, and consist of the following items : Freight to London or Liverpool per quarter, on an average of years — From Dantzic All other main ports of the (‘- Average ss. 6d. Baltic . ite.—The freight from Holland is 3s. per qr. ; Odessa, Bs. ; Trieste, Os. 6d.; Marseilles, Os. ; America, 63. to 7s. The Baltic, however, being regarded as the granary of Europe, I have adopted the freight from that quarter. Marine Insurance, Bd. ; dock and town dues, 5A.d. .. ls. Interest for three months, at 5 per cent. per annum ....... Os. 'lid. Cartage and porterage, Bd.; storage, two months, ld .• . Commission .. .. 2s. Od. Per quarter.. 10s. Od . The present freights, which are ruinous to the ship ping interest, are somewhat lower than the above. - Thus, as above stated, 45., 55., and 6s. a quarter duty, with 10s. added for charges on importation, af ford respectively, 384 per cent., 421 p er cen t., and 47 per cent. of protection to the British agriculturist. And even the simple charges (10s.) a quarter, with out any duty, on bringing wheat to this country, af ford a protection of 25 per cent., not to mention the expenses previously incurred .on foreign wheat, of bringing it, in many cases several hundred miles, from the place of growth to the sea-port for shipment, forming, in addition to the above-named 25 per cent., a further protection of fully 10 per cent. Few unprejudiced minds will be disposed to regard the above scale of protection, whether with the rates of duty named, or even without duty, as insufficient to enable the agriculturist of this country, with Bri tish skill and perseverance, to compete with any foreign country. It would, indeed, be a libel to say he were not. In truth, with an equitable rent, he has nothing to fear —even from a repeal of the Corn-laws. Neither can I hesitate to believe that, with the love of equity and fair dealing which have ever marked the character of the nobility of this country—which characterise, as a body, the Government and the Mem bers of the Legislature—that when the above facts, mathematically demonstrated, are placed before them, they will at once avow the ample sufficiency of the protection afforded to the agricultural interest by a duty of 45., Ss., or Gs. per quarter. Under the existing circumstances of the country, prudence would seem to suggest to the agricultural interest that, as a matter of policy, they should endea vour, by all the means in their power, to secure in the ensuing session ..of Parliament a fixed protection to the extent above stated—since this would in all likelihood settle the question ; while, on the other hand, longer to defer it is to lead to the insistance of total repeal. I have the honour to be, Sir, Your most obedient humble servant, E. WARD JACKSON. Edge Hill, Liverpool, Dec. 13, 1842. LADY. GRAHAM.—We are happy in being able to state that Lady Graham is convalescent. The Right lion. Home Secretary, his lady and family, we un derstand, intend spending the Christmas holidays at Brighton, if her ladyship should recover sufficient strength to undertake the Journey. THE EXTRA CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY.—In many country towns requisitions have been got up to the • chief local authority to sanction the making of next Monday a holiday for the working classes. In most of these cases—we might say all of which we have cognizance —the idea has been gladly acted up to, and'it is probable that next Monday, will,be a day of general rejoicing and abstinence from labour. How will it be in the metropolis ? THE QUARTER'S REVENUE.—It is stated in quarters likely to be well informed, that the official returns of the revenue to the sth of January, 1843, will exhibit a fearful deficiency—much larger than was shown by the returns of the preceding quarter. CAPTAIN BELSTEAD'S EMHEZZLESIENTS.—We un derstand that the amount of Captain Belstead's defal cation, occasioned by his long continued system of fraud on the Richmond Savings' Bank, of which he was secretary, amounts to no less than 1,500/. ; the whole of which the trustees have determined to make up. The depositors will therefore sustain no loss. The system of management appears to have been most slovenly. Instead of " the manager's book" being an effective check upon that of the secretary, the for mer was copied from the latter—thus preventing the possibility of detection by the most distant means, but rather preventing further investigation, if any ap parent discrepancy arose upon examining any other documents or books of account. The King of Hanover, w a l v o , ea w rsdu a b s r:sca a rk n iib d neg t d h ,l e itph D etb u fe k o Duke of Cambridge who we believe to is, connected with the Bank in some honorary way, h rm los e s r . 10w.01e.,an alsod h t e h a e r l t a h t . te at r oo s e o o l f the trustees, with a generosity which does him great mightd cov discovery h of the fraud, that credit, declared, on the subscription ion tothe e aiwnoouulndt makere t vi h il e a s t u eN ni -er rais the ed de b fi y ci s e u n b e u i r e u d P . --Evening - Paper. The three pugilists have been founl guilty, at New York, of manslaughter in a minordeg ree , f or causing, in a pitched battle, within the jurisdi c ti on of thal State, the death of another of the pa r ty , named Coy ; they had not been sentenced at the time the last , steamer, the Acadia, left the New World. A NEW IDEA.—A wag in this town has set the brains of the wiseacres to work, by stating, in a very serious manner, that his Grace the Duke of Bucking ham has offered to give 1,0001. to any one who can find out a new and an original idea in favour of the Corn-laws. It may appear easy at first sight, but some of the cleverest of our operative Con servatives have given it up. Some have made an attempt as follows :—" It is ordained that there should be poverty in the world; the Corn laws are the cause of poverty, therefore they fulfil a great design of Providence ;" another—" If the poor were well fed, they would wax fat, and kick, and perhaps upset the Church, and destroy the Constitution?' Another says that " there is nothing worse for the health of the people than pampering, and that coats out of the elbows give healthy ventila tion, and pinched diet prolongs life." Another sage claims the prize for this new idea, that although the land is enhanced in value in consequence of the Corn-laws, and although the difference between the natural and artificial value goes into the pockets of the landlords, the nation i 3 nothing the poorer, as they spend all they receive in the country. This deserves the prize. —Leeds Times: WANTED A WlFE.—Much merriment was created at the exhibition of the Society of Artists, Birming ham, on Tuesday evening last, by the public and appro priate punishment of the author of a most seductive advertisement, which appeared in the Birmingham Herald some weeks since, apparently emanating from :1 young man who professed great anxiety to assume the cares of matrimonial life, but whose engagements precluded the possibility of winning the heart of one of the fair sex by the usual routine cf a.ssiduous and persevering courtship. A correspondence has since been carried on by some wag, evidently a champion of the fair sex; the r esu lt of which was an appointment at the Society. of Artists on the evening in question. Punctual to his tryst, the enamoured swain made his appearance in the large room, evidently in a fever of excitement, closely followed by his gentle corre spondent. He had scarcely assumed one of those, seducing attitudes so peculiarly belonging to himself, when the following announcement was seen pending Wanted, a Wife. from the collar of his Taglioni My age is 21. lam considered personable. James Henry Minors.—Address, 104, Herald-office." The exhibition soon attracted universal attention, and the unconscious object ofj so much remark sufficiently demonstrated to all present the real and stable nature of his attachment. We question whether Cerito herself would, in her movement round the room, have created a greater sensation than did our hero, whose innocent expression of countenance induced many of the more antiquated of the single ladies present to sympathise with him in his peculiarly perplexing predicament, from which he was at length released by some officious individual, who evidently had not a capacity to under stand a joke.—Birmingham Advertiser. LAST WORDS OF LORD RUSSELL ON THE SCAF FOLD.—" I did believe, and do still, that Popery is breaking in upon this nation, and those who advance it will stop at nothing to carry on their designs ; and I am heartily sorry that so many Protestants give their helping hand to it." NATAL INTELLIGENCE. (From the Hampshire Telegraph.) PORTSMOUTH, DEC. 17.—The IVarspite, 53, Cap tain Lord John Hay, was paid her advance on Thurs day, and sailed to• day for Bermuda. In Harbour—St. Vincent, Victory, Excelleut, Cambridge, Royal George, Bellone (Austrian), Sa marang, Frolic, Nautilus, Thunderbolt, steam frigate ; Rocket, Volcano, and African, steamers. At Spithead—Tory, transport. PROMOTIONS. Com mander -- Charles Richards (1840), of the Cornwallis, to the rank of Captain. Mate—S. 11. Derriman (1835), Dublin ; John Seccombe and S. Powell, of the Harlequin (late of the Cornwallis), to the rank of Lieutenant. ArrOINTMEN TS.—Commander— G. C. Robinson, to the Gleaner ; William Maitland, to the Spiteful. Lieutenants—E. J. Bedford, and Edgar Slade, to the Gleaner. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF EXCHEQUER, Dec. 17. GILL V. WATSON. On Saturday an action was brought in the Court of Exchequer, Guildhall, before the Chief Baron, by Mr. E. Gill, late the owner of the celebrated trotter Confidence, to recover Si. from Mr. T. Watson, the landlord of the Saracen's Head, Camomile-street, Bi shopsgate-street. Mr. JERVIS briefly stated the case. He described the plaintiff as a gentleman of the highest respecta bility, carrying on extensive commercial transactions, but passionately addicted to sporting, and particularly trotting matches. In the month of October last, he had the good fortune to be possessed of Confidence, a trotting horse of great power and speed, in fact, a per fect phenomenon, and which had now become the property of a celebrated sporting Nobleman, Lord H. Seymour. At that period the plaintiff was a regular visitant at the tavern kept by the defendant, which is the resort of gentlemen of the turf. In the course of conversation one evening, he spoke of Confidence being capable of trotting two miles in five minutes and a half ; cer tainly a most extraordinary feat. The powers of the horse were, however, doubted by a gentleman who was present, named Lyon, when the plaintiff offered to match the animal for 501. to accomplish the task. The bet was taken, and Si. each " posted" as a deposit. The defendant officiated as stakeholder. Mr. Lyon then proceeded to draw up articles of a match, in which were stated the locale where it was to take place, the day, hour of starting, &c. The plaintiff, on perusing the same, discovered that hiS horse was not to have the benefit of what is technically termed a " flying start," that is for the horse to be put on his speed some distance from the starting post, as thereby some time is saved, which would otherwise be occupied in getting the horse in a trotting, pace at starting. After a length ened discussion, the point was yielded by Mr. Lyon, who declared his willingness to allow plaintiff a " flying start." The plaintiff ultimately declined pro ceeding further with the match, intimating that he was of opinion that some advantage had been at tempted to be taken of him, and consequently he de clared off, at the same time requesting the return of the 51. he had staked. This was declined by the defendant, who considered the deposit as forfeited to Mr. Lyon, and that gentleman having made good his stake, by placing at the proper time the balance of 45/., in the hands of the defendant, he felt no hesitation in paying over to Mr. Lyon the 5/., which he, the defendant, considered had been forfeited, but before he gave up the money, he had an interview with the plaintiff and a friend, when he urged him, in order to settle the dispute, to ap point Tom Spring, the ex-pugilist, or some other sporting man, as an arbitrator, but this he declined, and hence arose the present action. Witnesses were called, when _ Master—W. Mills, from the Styx to the Spiteful. Acting Master—J. W. Symonds, to the Gleaner. Second Master—liobert Walker, to the Gleaner ; A. Betts, to the . Cleopatra; A. J. Halloran, to the Acheron stain vessfl. Mates—W. C. Marshall and F. Willoughby, to the Gorgon ; A. Luckraft, from the Excellent to the Fro lic ; C. M. Aynslev, to the Scout. Midshipmen—T. P. C. Owen, from the St. Vin cent, to the Warspite ; P. Saumarez, to the Frolic. Volunteer Ist Class—A. W. Bedford, to Samarang. Masters' Assistants—T. Spicer, to the Samarang. Clerk-in-Charge—Wm. Thomas, to the Gleaner. First Engineers—John Boswell, to the Virago ; John Henty, to the Wildfire. The following Mates passed for Lieutenants at the Naval College, on Tuesday :—Mr. Edward G. Hpre, Queen ; Mr. C. J. Stanhope, Warspite ; the Hon. P. F. Mew, Aigle ; and Mr. g. C. Hobart, Excellent. Mr. Alfred De Ilochepied Nepean qualified for a Marine commission. MORMONISM.—It is understood that there are per sons in Kendal so infatuated by the dogmas of Mor monism as to refuse medical advice in cases of sick ness, but rely for a healing balm in the mummery and apish antics of their depraved "priesthood." Others there are, it is said, who refuse to apprentice their sons because they do not know how soon they may be called to "the promised land" to bow down to their pontiff Joe Smith, who of late has been threatening to take the United States of America by fire and sword, and who, it would appear, has a numerous and organised gang of ruffians under his command. This scoundrel Smith; who is the leader of the sect, was, along with some other persons, riot long since in dicted for murder, arson, and other crimes • and is now sought for by the authorities of one of the Ame rican States on similar accusations.—Lancaster Guardian. Lord ABINGEI expressed himself in favour of the plaintiff, who, he considered, had a right to have had his money refunded to him on his declining the match. The agreement, or articles, not having re ceived his signature, was not binding, and, conse quently, he was entitled to the verdict of the Jury. Verdict for the plaintiff, 51. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. (SATURDAY.) 80117-BFTREET. James Patterson, of No. 8, Holrwell-street, in the Strand, was summoned for unlawfully exhibiting cer tain blasphemous placards in the windows of his shop, to the annoyance of the inhabitants and passengers. Mr. Chambers, the barrister, attended to support the charge. The defendant was called, but did not appear; and after a delay of nearly an hour, a lad named George Clark came forward, and stated that he was in the service of the defendant, who was at present out of town, having gone to visit a person named Holyoake, who was now confined in Gloucester gaol, and it was uncertain when he would return. In answer to questions put to him by . Mr. Cham bers, the lad stated that he was fifteen years of age, and had been in the defendant's service as errand-boy about five months. The defendant had not slept on the premises in Holywell-street within the last month, and the last time witness saw him there was about half an hour before Mr. Bruce came there and broke the windows. Witness had put up placards in the window by the direction of the defendant. They were brought to th e s hop ready written by a person whose name he did not know. Witness knew Mr. Ryall, who was the Secretary to the Anti-Persecution Society. He could not tell where he lived. He had seen Mr. Ryall and several other gentlemen at the defendant's. O ne o f those persons was then in Court. The defendant not g dan u t es h t aido ns were put to the witnes s , b u t h e b e en at the shop since th e ser vice of the su mmons . Witness had put up placards d in ce t l h in e ed wi gving mliowsianny f ar ther inform a ti on respectingee the visit of Mr. Bruce. A variety of the defendant. THE Moorts.—Grouse, black game, and ptarmi gan shooting closed for the season on the 10th inst. The last few days were so favourable that many turned out with high hope, to close the season with eclat, on several neighbouring moors ; from ten to forty brace were bagged at Flowerdale, on a choice spot ; sixty-five and eighty-five brace were got in two weeks lately. Some English sportsmen were present at battues held recently at Gordon Castle, Beaufort Castle, Ness Castle, Red Castle, Leys Castle, and Skibo Castle, where pheasants, hares, rabbits, woodcock, black game, and roe, were found in such abundance, as to convince them that a thorough know ledge of destroying vermin and rearin- , game has made many of these preserves to resemble the best English manors.—lnverness Courier. Wotton Bassett Christmas fair took place on Tues day last, when a fine collection of animals of Wilt shire production was exhibited, and the several com petitors received their prizes with no small satisfaction to themselves. The annual dinner was celebrated at the Angel Inn, but as the bone of political contention had previously sprung up, the attendance was small ; the farmers were chap-fallen, and everything went off amazingly flat. The unfortunate landlord of the inn was cruelly served ; he had provided for upwards of 100, expecting a good company, but not more than half that number were present. The cloth having been cleared, the Chairman proceeded to the discharge of his onerous duties. He is a good sort of a gentle man (Mr. Hayward, of Devizes, Lord Clarendon's steward), but he had a difficult task to perform. He wanted to appear the farmers' friend, but he did not know how. Not a word could be said about politics, but agriculture and the new t-a-rif-f-e could not pass unnoticed. The farmers were told some strange stories about this " crack-jaw" word, which they would not, or could not, understand. They know that they are now selling their cattle 20 per cent. lower than they were twelve months since, and any thing like explanation from their friends, the land lords, they put down as gammon. As a matter of course, this dinner being merely local, and in no way connected with politics, it would have been indecorous in the extreme to have tested the feelings of the com pany by proposing, in connection with the usual loyal toasts, her Majesty's Ministers.—From a Corre• spondeni. Mr. Chambers said lie appeared on the part of the Government, who felt it their duty to put a stop to the exhibition of offensive placards, similar to those which were placed in the defendant's window. Such papers, so exhibited, were calcul a t e d t o exc i te f ee li ngs of disgust and indignation in the minds of all well dis posed persons, and tended to corrupt the morals and ruin the youn g persons by whom they were principally read. The Learned Counsel then stated that although seeh:ci but ior actti om he would mere l y reques t that apply the defendant had not appeared to the summons, still for a warrant against h stanees such a proceeding might was appear not t n h der tht is harsh, a n r the Magistrate would issue another summons against him, commanding his appearance on Saturday next. Mr. HALL granted the request, and a fresh sum mons was issued accordingly. The Court was ex tremely crowded during the p rocee di ngs . CLERKENWELL. On Saturday, as soon as M r . G reenwoo d h a d t a k en his seat on the Bench, Mr. Maisey, the superintendent of the G division, addressed him, stating that one of an information against Mr. the E m press of Russia, in hciosiitnnmspazto thers h i a a d nd lag d ed of St. John-street, which wa s t o b e h ear d on th a t d a y. The same party was convicted for, an offence under the Police Act within the last month, and his object in now appearing before the Bench was to request an immediate return of that conviction to the Session house, that he (the superintendent) might be enabled, on the hearing of the summons on that day, to give in evidence a record from the Cleric of, the Peace of such former conviction, in order to swell the amount of the offence. CMNESE TROPHIES.—The number of guns taken by the British forces at Woosung amounted to 172, mostly made" of copper, and from 12 to 14 feet long. The value of the copper guns taken at Chinhae amounted to 10,0001., having been sold for that sum at Calcutta. All the copper guns taken at "Woosung, and 34 others mostly 12 and 24 pounders, have been shipped for Calcutta, but it is not yet known how the proceeds will be applied, whether deposited in tho chest that belongs to the consolidated fund, or awarded to the victorious soldiers and sailors, in the shape of prize money. In addition to these, an im mense quantity of iron guns have been destroyed, with other warlike instruments, from the three pronged toasting-forks, as the Chinese spears are termed, to the formidable two-handed swords. The surveying vessels attached to the British fleet pro ceeded up the branch of the river on which Woosung and Chang-hae are situate, upwards of 40 miles above these important cities, until they were assured no other batteries or defences existed at that part of the interior. The country through which this branch of the river meanders is described as beautiful, and justly deserving its name of the Flowery Land. It is described as like running up he Thames, a well-cultivated plain meeting the eye on both sides, having rice, corn, vegetables, and fruit in abundance. The river is admirably adapted for navigation, the surveying vessels having found 13 fathoms water at the highest part to which they had proceeded, and where no European had ever been before. On the banks of the river were observed neat looking farm-houses in detached spots, apparently pos ri- t tcs h iush e dhi dn l a eaf n no d rl,yei v esds e i t r re : idl r aa d ddbf i ff uyml e l r 3et e , ht n he t oNmNt f . i. r . t o h m in the a 1 1 1 0 w t h sow other sessiiig e v ery com f or t, an d th e w h o l e appearance o f mps heat rang e d f rom 80 to 82 TjT de ph g et r o ee t t p h a e rt ß s weather sh le. n it4hteh had become June shade, ence: thet h cool breezes a t n i g h t ; hut after that period it e rose ' to 00 and 102 all day in the shade, and not a breath of wind at night. In so me degree' to compensate for this evil ice is to be had in plenty, the Chinese pre serving it to send out in empty fishing-boats, which enables them to supply the inhabitants of large cities at a considerable distance inland with cargoes quite fresh, and of excellent quality. The lee is kept by the British for cording the beer, and proves a great luxury. THE WEATHER IN THE NORTH.—The present sea son, in many things, has been one of the most extra ordinary we ever remember; six months of continued drought formed a new feature in the farmer's calen • f d r a o r s , t an , atd least perhaps ni g i h t t may ao d b added,e morni o thatg, is e the qua l a l b y s r e anrcee so late in the season. Flowers are still rife in the open air, and if the present weather hold a few days longer, it will be an easy matter to gather a nosegay at Christ mas. At Friars' Carse and Forest, on the banks of the Nith, and adorned in common with Blackwood with the finest reaches of our river, in its whole course, the missel thrush has been pouring in profusion his welcome notes; and altogether, as regards openness, the weather, were the weary fogs away, is more like March or April than dreary December. Some, how ever, predict a speedy change, and ultimately a spell of frost, as protracted, to say the least, as the late blooming and beautiful back - end.—Dumfries Courier. MYALISM.—The following is from the last Jamaica papers :—The negroes have set up what they term " Myalisin,"—a series of religious, maniacal, riotous dances. These arc interspersed with songs, the most popular of which is " John baptise in the Riber." Sixty-four warrants were issued on the 26th of Sep 'Umber, for the apprehension of as many blacks. In the parish of St. James, the ramifications of this doc trine have extended from the Spring estate to the Moor Park, embraci ng a c i rcu i t o f sixteen planta tions. The negroes attack all who attempt to restrain their antics. At Montego Bay, " Obeaism" has been incorporated with " Myalism." This is negro witch craft engrafted on religious fanaticism. Mr. GREENWOOD remarked that it was rather quick work to accomplish all this within. about two hours, as about the end of that time the charge of that day would be heard against Mr. Coleman. lie asked whether it would not be advisable to withdraw the present information, and prefer another for the beginning of the week ? Maisey said Yes, and in the meantime he would procure the proper record. Mr. GREENWOOD said he would rather the case stood as it was. Should the defendant be Con victed on its merits, he (Mr. Greenwood) would re port it to the sessions, and on another occasion it would answer all purposes ; but he hoped there be no occasion for it. would Mr. Maisey—l shall be most happy to act in the way your Worship thinks fit. Mr. GREENWOOD — Then let it remain as it is. If you were to do otherwise, it would look so much like making up a case. In the course of the day Mr. Coleman was called on his summons, charging him with suffering drunk enness and other disorderly conduct in his house. 111 r. Childe, of the firm of Wire and Childe, attended for the defence, and pleaded not guilty. William Gray, 12 G, stated that as he was passipg defendant's house at 25 minutes to three o'clock, on the morning of Wednesday last, he heard a noise, such w as talking loudly, i ns id e . He knocked at the door, was instantly opene d, a n d on entering he saw in front of the bar eleven men, ten of whom were drivers of cabs. Several of them appeared the worse for liquor, and two, he could positively swear, were drunk. Defendant was present, and said the cabrneu had just done their work, and had, as was usnal, come there to take their supper. He denied that either of them were inebriated. They (the cabmen) left the house immediately, and hooted after witness and hi s brother officer as th ey wen t along. Police-constabl e M oss, 195 G, corroborated this evidence. Mr. Childe then addressed the Bench. He observed that he would n o t even attemp t to deny a single word the policeman said, but he was anxious particularly to impress upon th e m i nd o f t h e M a gistrate that, if a conviction took pl ace upon th e t es timony, his client would stand i n a most perilous situation — in fact , would be a ruin e d man ; an d h e 'was not the only person that must suffer, for every one interested in the building roust share in so serious a loss. If, is he said before, a conv i ct i on took place, the police, as was their arbitrary con d uc t on a licensing day, would appear again again s t hi m , s t a ti n g that his house was badly conducted, an d that two convictions having taken place, he was unfit to hold a license , an opinion in which the Magi s t rates genera lly coincided. Hence a sacrifice, too frequently of the most heart-rending description, reducing many happy homes to scenes of poverty.,The house of the defendant was not one of the ordinary description. It is opposite Sadler's 'Wells theatre, and at the close of each evening's perform ance a number of cabs are upon the spot to take up fares. The cabmen usually return to their yard, which is close to his client's pretnit es about two o'clock, and invariably they repair to *Mr. Coleman's to partake of their supper. He would grant that they were a rough and noisy lot, but w ou ld t h at j us tify a licensed victualler in refusing to serve them? They were a useful class in their station, and must, at all hours, find accom modation somewhere or another, and as they took up so many person s i n f ron t o f d e f e ndant's house as they left the theatre, they were entitled to some little consideration at the hands of his client. Had all the TIIE SUN, LONDON, IVIONDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 19, 1842. cabmen been drunk together disturbing the quietude of the neighbourhood, and had it been proved that they had become in that beastly state in the .de fendant's house, the case would be widely different, and his client could find no fault. Nothing of the sort, however, could be alleged against him, and he prayed the merciful consideration of the Bench. Mr. GREENWOOD said he had nothing to do with the use the police might hereafter make of a con viction. He had to judge of the evidence before him ; and believing that the cabmen were " drunk and disorderly," he should fine the defendant. ➢lr. Childe—Will you allow me to ask the police. men another question ? Mr. GREENWOOD said, Certainly. Mr. Childe then asked the witnesses whether they saw the cabmen drinking ? They said they did not. They heard one of them ask for a quartern of gin, which the landlord refused them. Mr. GREENWOOD said that did not alter his view of the case, and fined defendant 51. UNION-HALL. Frederick Charles B. Blackwell, a respectable, look ing man, and Phoebe Blackwell, his sister, were charged with forging an instrument purporting to be the will of the late Mr. Joseph Constable, of Mount Pleasant llow,e, Lewisham. Mr. Clarkson said that the charge against the pri soners was of a most serious nature, and that he would give an outline of the circumstances. He then pro ceeded to say that the complainant's name was Miss Elizabeth Hollis Constable, the surviving daughter of a gentleman of that name, who died on the 31st of December, 1840, leaving her the whole of his real and personal property. That, subsequently to Mr. Constable's death another will was produced in favour of "a Mr. Stanley (since dead), purporting to be the last will and testamemt of Mr. Constable, devising his property to the party named, and after his (Mr. Stanley's) decease, the prisoners claimed as executors -under the will, and in conformity with it turned Miss Constable out of her father's house, and took possession of the whole of the furniture, &c. He would show that the signature to the deed, purport ing to be in the handwriting of Mr. Constable, was a forgery, that individual being at the time incapable of signing his name, as he was in a state approaching to helpless insanity, and that the document throughout was a forgery. The Learned Counsel then called Mr. Stephen Olding, one of the firm of Messrs. Rogers, Olding, and Co., the bankers, who produced the in strument in question, it having been deposited in the hands of the firm by a person named Lever. On examination of the document the complainant stated that the signature did not resemble her deceased father's handwriting. She added that her father made • his will on the 30th of October, 1816, leaving her his property. The will now produced was a forgery. Stanley was not related to her father. Mr. Richard Birch, a solicitor, stated that he pre pared the will in question ; and that late in the day on the 31st of December, 1840, Stanley came to his office for it. On that occasion the deed was not signed, nor dated, and Stanley, on taking it away, said that he was then going to get it executed. Mr. Bonson, a solicitor, produced the probate of the deceased's will, bearing date. 1816, assigning his pro perty over to the complainant. On the part of the prisoners, it was contended that no proof was adduced of their being- the parties by whom the alleged forgery was committed. After some further evidence was gone into, the pri soners were remanded, bail being accepted for the appearance of the female. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. COURSING. AMIGAD,LE CLUB AT EPSOM AND LEATHERHEAD, DEC. 13 AND 14.—The Cup was won by Mr. Minton's Floss ; Mr. Jupp's teivess ran up, and received the Goblet. The Headley Stakes were won by Mr. Lily's Eve; and the Consolation Stakes by Mr. Minton's Darius. WHITCHURCH MEETING, DEC. 14.—The Cup of 321 was won by Mr. Barker's Fox, beating Mr. Bellyse's Jasper (drawn). KILMARNOCK CLUB, DEC. 15.—The Kilmarnock Stakes were won by Dr. Brown's Dandy ; the Galston Stakes by Mr. Hamilton's Hurricane ; and the Troan Stakes by Dr. Brown's Slyboots. HUNTING APPOINTMENTS. Baron Rothschild's Stag hds., Thurs., Mr. Golby's, Weedon-11. Mr. S. Lownde's hds, Tues., Hatton ; Fri., Furzon field-10i. Mr. Drake's hds., Tues., Farthinghoe Town ; Thurs., Glendon Village ; Sat., Kirtlington Roundabouts-10i. Whitecross harrs., Tues., Little Kimble; Sat., Weston Turville-10. Mr. Brand's lids., Wed., Lamer; Fri., Langley Bottom —lOl. Puckeridge's lids., Wed., Barkway ; Sat., Astonbury —lof. Wynyard's lids., Thurs., Bradbury Bridge-10i. Lord Redesdale's hds., Wed., Bladon Gate ; Fri., Bledington Mill ; Sat., Ranger's Lodge. Berkshire hds., Wed., Southampton Gate ; Fri., Far Wood. Mr. Morrell's hds., Tues., Clifton Fcrry ; Thurs., Blowbury. Mr. Watson's hds., Tues., Bothal Village ; Fri., Fret lington-10. Boroughbridge harrs., Tues., Minskipp ; Fri., Bed House-10. Lieut.-Col. Hild}•aril's harrs., Wed., the Kennels ; Fri., Freeholme Eddlethorpe hds., Wed., Gatley Gap ; Thurs., Ster rington Beacon. Sinnington hds., Tues., Tylas Bridge ; Fri., 'loving ham. Cleveland hds, Thurs., Guisborough Park-101. Bedale hds., Wed., Busby Stoop ; Fri., Brough-101. Hurworth hds., Fri., Yarm Banks ; Sat., Dalton Wood —lOl. Oakley hds., Tues., Hungee Corner ; Thurs., Stef fingley Cross-roads ; Sat., C Healey Hall-11. York and-Amsty hds., Tues., Middlethorpe ; Thurs., Fernby ; Sat., Nabum-10f. Harewood hds., Wed., Hook Moor ; Fri., Deighton Bar ; Sat, Cottingham Bar-10. hds., TUC=., Corley ; Fri., High llead Cas- Ne-1 O. Wilton hrs., Wed., Waver Tollbar ; Fri., Brocklebank. Ackton harrs, Thurs., Hawksdale-bridge End ; Sat., Drumlanrig— Bi. Eamont harrs., Wed., Winderwath ; Sat., Longwathby -10. Pembrokeshire hds., Thurs., Lanstinan—l O. 1), M. H., Tues., Piekeridge ; Fri., Ridgeway-hill, Clayhids. Newsham Park harrs., Fri., Westshire-10. Fowerscombe harrs„ Wed, Hanger Down ; Sat., Dockhill Ridge-10. LIMM—On Monday night last a vessel got ashore on the New, Come sand, Dungeness. She is said to be from Sweden to Gibraltar, with a cargo of deals, and being leaky, she was taken into Dover harbour by the coast-guardmen, assisted by some of the Lydd men. Lieut. Combe inquired of the Captain if he knew where he was. He replied, "on the coast of France," evidently mistaking Dungeness light for Cape Crieinez, in the fog that prevailed. It is said that more accidents have happened to the shipping since there has been a light at Cape Greinez than before, showing it would be better to discontinue - it, or erect another at Dunge ness, that a clear distinction might be made as to which side of the Channel the vessels were ; so that we might, in future, prevent these serious mistakes, which are attended with so much loss of life and valu able property. The shipping of Great Britain and Ireland, at the end of last year, was as follows : Steamers and sailing vessels, 23,591 ; tonnage, 3,760,315. Numbers of these pass this great high way—the Straits of Dover—daily; and the light at the Ness is often the first light that the sailor sees on his return to England from the vast Atlantic Ocean. Dover Chronicle. GERMANY THE NATURAL ALLY OF BRITAIN.—We have traversed a good portion of Germany, and taken a comprehensive glance at its people and their life ; and we must testify , that few finer countries lie on the face of the earth: A land of noble rivers and beautiful hills ; of forests froe to the foot of the wanderer, lovely in the sunshine of summer ; their green glades rich in traditions, and their leaves whispering poetry in every wind. A land of plains cultivated like a garden ; and of simple, swarming„ indefatigable people. Germany is a country which, es the land of a distinguished por tion of our ancestors 7 —as the ancient, common source of much of our language—of the spirit of our Consti tution, and of many of our legal and social institutions, must always be interesting to us. It is a country which, to the British poet, antiquarian, and philologist, must ever be a rich mine ; for we cannot now live long in it without every day seeing more and more, in the prac tices and speech of 'the people, the origin of many of our ideas, customs, and terms, which was be fore unknown 'to us. In th e language of the common people, and especially in the Plat deutsch, it is astonishing to find, after a lapse of a thousand years, how much remains which has been transplanted into and exists in ours, especially in the language of the common people of England. But it is when we. look on the map of hEurope, and consider the location, the extent, the po pulation, and character of this country, in reference to these circumstances in the other nations of Europe— it is then that we see how important it must be for England to cultiyat a memory of the ancient kinship, and an alliance of friendship, as well as interest, with Germany.—p r i m William Howites " Rural and Do mestic Life of Germany," just published. The business a The Thames Police-court will be transacted, for .the first time, at the new building in Arbour- square , Stepney, on Thursday next. Th e new Court is distant a mile and a quarter from the old one in Wapping, and the same Magistrates, cl e rks, and officers will remove to it. The district assigned on land is nearly the same as heretofore. A small por tion has been transferred to the Lambeth -street Police court, to be cBntinued on the old site in Whitechapel, and which there is no intention to Abolish, and a part of the present Lambeth-street district has in exchange been assigned to the new Court. The duties at the two offices will be equalised as much as possible by his arrangement. GENERAL MEETING of ARTISTS. On Saturday evening a meeting of artists was held at the Freemasons' Tavern, relative to a scheme en titled " The National Art-Union," " that promises of support and cordial co-operation have already been received from the artists generally," and also to ex press confidence in "The Art-Union of London." The room in which the meeting was heldwas crowded to excess. Amongst the gentlemen present we noticed T. Wyse, Esq., M.P. ; Mr. Clint, Mr. Phillips, R.A.; Mr. Cooper, R.A. ; Mr. Knight, A.R.A. ; Mr. Her bert, A.R.A. ; Mr. H. Riviere; Mr. Pool, Mr. J. Britton, and W. Warten, Esq. T. Wyse, Esq., M.P., was called to the Chair. Mr. Fahey was appointed Secretary. The CirAmmAN then addressed the meeting, which he said was called for a simple and obvious purpose —namely, to enable the artists at' London to say how far a prospectus issued from "The National Art- Union" was, correct, in reference to this new scheme having received promises of support avid cordial co operation from the artists generally. He was glad to see the meeting so well attended, because showed the deep interest which the artists felt in the ii•nestion at issue. From the high, moral, and intelle,"thal character of the artists of London, it was clear th.." . t they must be anxious to advance by every means in their power the great principles of art. It could not be supposed that they had any limited or monopolising object in view. The effect upon the public mind from seeing the prospectus in question issued, might be that the artists were dissatisfied at the ." Art-Union of London." They were there to express their opinions upon that subject. Mr. CLINT then moved the following resolution, which was seconded by Mr. HURLSTONE, and unani mously agreed to : "That it is the opinion of this meeting, that the assertion contained in the prospectus of the National Art-Union,' that promises of zealous and cordial co operation ye already been received from the artists generally,' is unfounded, and, therefore, likely to con vey to the public au erroneous idea of the opinion of the profession." Mr. WARREN then moved the second resolution, which was as follows : . " That The Art-Union of London,' in its princi ples, is worthy of the cordial approbation of the artists ; and that this meeting begs to tender to the President, Committee, and officers of that Society their warmest thanks for their constant exertions in pro moting the interests of art." This resolution having been seconded, was, after some discussion, agreed to, as wasalso the following:— " That copies of the foregoing resolutions be for warded to the Committee of The Art-Union of London." Thanks having been given to the Chairman, the meeting separated. There were only two or three dissentients to the resolutions. ANTI-CORN-LAW MEETING. On Monday evening, December 12, an Anti-Corn law meeting was held in Accrington. The large room behind the Red Lion Inn, occupied by the Anti-Corn law Association being likely . to be found too small, a large weaving shed belonging to Messrs. Cunliffe and Co., engravers to calico printers, &c., which in consequence of the state of trade has been for some time unoccupied, was kindly lent for the occasion. The Reverend J. Harbottle was called to the Chair. The Chairman briefly opened the meeting by remarking that the room in which they were then assembled, with its hundred silent witnesses, bore testimony to the pernicious effects of the Corn laws ; silent looms and motionless wheels proved this. He, however, felt himself less qualified to speak on this part of the evil than on its immorality. He viewed the Corn-law system as a great national crime, a sin against God. It was a system of deep deceit, dire dishonesty, and monstrous cruelty. He was glad they were about to be addressed by Colonel Thompson, who, like Milton's Abdiel, had in former years warred against this system almost alone. But they were also favoured with the presence of Mr. Paulton, a well-known and successful lecturer on this subject, who would first address the meeting. Mr. Paulton then addressed the meeting for about half an hour, showing in a clear and forcible manner that the Corn-laws were in plain terms starvation laws ; their object being to render food more difficult to be pro cured by the consumer. Colonel T. Peronet Thompson then addressed the meeting for about an hour, in a remarkably lucid, interesting, and convincing speech. He clearly showed the necessity of union among those classes suffering through the operation of the Corn-laws. He entered at considerable length on the rather difficult ques tion of machinery, and showed that it was demon strated in some sorts of manufacture, that machinery had led to a vast increase of the demand, by means of which the operatives, though likely at first to be losers, became afterwards great gainers. At all events, since it was impossible to prevent the progress of invention, he urged the absolute necessity of the utmost freedom and extension of trade in order to prevent the disadvantages as much as possible. The Colonel sat down amid loud and repeated applause. About 2301. has been collected in Accrington and the neighbourhood towards the great League Fund, and it is expected to be made into 4001. THE " QUARTERLY REVIEW" AND THE ANTI CORN-LAW LEAGUE.—For a long time the cry of the Tory press was, that the Anti-Corn-law League was utterly powerless and contemptible ; that its members were few in number, despicable in talent, and opposed by the great mass of the population. Now, however, the tactics of the party are changed ; the importance of the League is too manifest to he denied ; and the Quarterly Review, the great literary organ of the Conservatives, comes out with an article of no less than seventy-one pages—all written —no, not exactly written, but manu factured with paste and scissors—to prove that the League is not only the " foulest and host selfish," but " perhaps the most dangerous combination of recent times." If all this is true,—if the League is as dangerous as it is repre sented, and if no more formidable resistance can be made to its schemes than that with which the Quar terly now treats its readers, the cause of monopoly is desperate indeed. A more wretched thing of shreds and patches, a more contemptible collection of excerpts from newspapers strung together by trite and bald remarks, establishing no more connexion between them than that which results from contiguity—a more pointless and inconclusive production altogether— certainly never came under our notioe. It is very much like one of the articles of the Manchester Chro nicle on the same subject, expanded from a column and a half to seventy-one pages, without an additional atom of fact or argument, or, so far as we can discover, even an additional falsehood, to season the dull and va pid mess.—Manchester Paper. BANK OF IRELAND.--A meeting of the proprietors of the Bank of Ireland Stock was held on the 12th inst., to receive a report from the Board of Directors for the past half-year. The report recommended the usual dividend of 4 per cent. for the half-year, being 8 per cent. for the year upon the original stock of the Company, now quoted at 179 i. In answer to a question from one of the proprietors, it appeared that the Directors had to take 15,0001. from the reserved fund to make up the present dividend. Heretofore the dividend has been paid out of profits. Perhaps no fact could be mentioned more strikingly illustra tive of the stagnation of trade in Ireland than that now mentioned. When such an establishment as the Bank of Ireland is thus affected in regard to its profits, commercial distress must have been severe indeed.—Atlas. THE UNEMPLOYED IN PAISLEY.—The number of the unemployed in Paisley is now upwards of 10,000, and is still on the increase. The scanty pittance al lowed them is this week reduced one-half, owing to the weekly remittances from London having become less, and the Committee (now, it is said, clear of debt) are unwilling to guarantee a further allowance. What step will be taken in this exigency we cannot tell. Perhaps the county gentlemen, who were to meet on Friday, would do something to alleviate the distress. At their last meeting they resolved to raise 3,0001. by voluntary assessment over the country.; but it is agreed on all hands that not more than 5001. will be derived from this source—a sum altogether inade quate. Paisley, Greenock, Kilbarchan, Johnstone all are suffering. Even in the Mearns, according to the statement made by the minister in the Presbytery, the distress is very great, 500 additional having lately been thrown upon him and a few others for support. Renfrew and Lochwinnoch, as well as Barrhead, according to their respective ministers' statements, are likewise suffering severely. Let the ministers and others unite in the crusade for free trade, for to us it seems that that is the only means whereby we can expect permanent relief—Correspon dent of the Citizen. THE NEW GERMAN TARIFF.—We have great satisfaction in stating, on the authority of several mer cantile gentlemen, all possessing excellent information, that the new tariff of the German League will not augment the duty on those fabrics which are so ex tensively made at Bradford, Keighley, and the reigh bourhood, for the German market, namely, the figured goods—Orleans, merinos, alpacas, fancy lastings, &c. ; and that the higher duty will only apply to the printed goods, and the waistcoatings which contain a pattern produced by a second weft. Such, at least, is the in terpretation put upon the tariff by the official persons who will have to carry it into execution. It would be unjust and ungenerous if we did not add that the letters from Germany award great credit to our Go vernment for their active exertions to prevent the trade of this country from being injured. If Sir Robert Peel would go a step further, and abolish the Corn-laws, he would give is security to our trade , which it can never possess till that all-important mea sure shall have been taken.—Leeds Mercury. Lord Fitzgerald and Vesei left town on Saturday on a visit to Sir Robert Peel, at Drayton Almon UNIVERSITY IN T.ELLIGENCE.,. Oxrorm; DEC. 17.—This being the last day 01 Michaelmas Term, a congregation was holden :for granting degrees, &c., when the following. vere co n' ferred : • Doctor in Medicine—J. J. A. Brown, of krinive.c sity College. Bachelor in Divinity—The Rev. R. Pritchard Bachelor in Civil Law—C. Lempriere, of St. J obi* College. Masters in Arts—The Rev. J. Aldersey, of Queen's College; Rev. W. Dowding, of Merton College; Rev. V. Page, of Christ Church ; E. S. Venn, of Wactham College ; Rev. E. Wood and Rev. F. W. Sims, of Mag dalene Hall. Bachelors of Arts—T. Hugo, of Worcester College ; A. F. Mayo, of Oriel College; W. Allen, a Magda lene Hall ; J. F. Bickerdike of St. Edmund Hall;E. Stuart, of New Inn-ha ' ll ; T. Williams, C. 3 - 1. • Skittowe, and C. G. Price, of Jesus College. The following have obtained University honours at the late public examination on Disciplinis Alath.ema ticis et Physicis :- 1 Class I—H. Cotton, Student of Christ Church ; j W. Woolcombe, of Exeter College. 1 Class 2 - -W. H. Master, Fellow of New College. Class 3—A. H. Denclv, of Exeter College • .1%. 13. n t -a,wood, of Christ Church ; F. F. Statham, of :gag" dalene . Class A. Box (scholar), T. G. Nichol as, al H. Watson, ,1 Wadham College; C. S. Plum! nor, 0 Oriel College; , (1 M. Skittowe (scholar) o. Jest College ; S . Tay10. 7.. of Brasennose College ; B. May, of Worcester C0.1.14214,_as presented the G. *e• W. B. France, :l France, of Exeter College, to the rectory of _BrocK , dish, in the county of Norfob.:. .rlev• H. J. C. Alder- The Queen has presented the .... son, late of Exeter College, to the i - ect"Y Suffolk. eed" In a convocation held this day, a suns, not 00 . 4 . 0 ing 200/., was granted out of the University" at the library about to be established in the Cathen Calcutta, to be expended in books printed at the -)" versity Press. of lilirton, LONDON ORDINATION . Yesterday morning the Lord Bishop °f Londl, held a general ordination in the parish St. James's, Westminster. At elecen o.el°c4 Bishop, with his chaplain and registrar, arrived' and was conducted to his seat within the rails of iird altar. The prayers were read by the IZev. E i d l'il Healy Thompson, M.A., and the sermon nrea r , c ,„ ° ,, c- ' - n the Rev. John Sinclair, M.A., Examining' uli a r a li e l v• church i the c' d to the Bishop, and Vicar of Kensington. Th e r4.l. Gentleman took for his text the sth chapter °` ;:11 Paul's First Epistle to the Thessalonians, and t uc verse—. Brethren, pray for us." He dwelt °e or . duty of every member of the Christian Church to‘o 0 up intercessory prayer for the clergy, who ha d , e , many difficulties to contend with. Constant eng2ac_ ment in the duties of their office not unfrequently ° casioned indifference"; the fervour with which thlei: entered on their sacred duties sometimes waxed cold, their susceptibility to religious impressions ;ti r►d pouent 3/1 minished. Hence the necessity of 1' 1-, J, 1 , 0 3. earnest prayer on their behalf. The preacher ~ 5 dutie alluded to the studies of theand to the clergy, .a. which devolved on them if they would faithfully c- • serv' e cute their high commission. The ordinat3oll g entlel l ' was then proceeded with, and the following dtbt 1 were admitted into holy orders : A Deacons of Oxford—Henry Albany Bowl es, n ; eri ; - St. John's College ; Alfred Burder, AW- da ' n v ' Hall; Henry Fyffe, B C.L., New Inn Hall; ~ ..,;-`,; L O Bannerman Burney, 8.A., Oriel College; , Cob, 8.A., Christ Church; George Masters, Worcester College. The last two by letters 031 sory from his Grace the Archbishop of Canterb ur y - Deacons of Cambridge—Philip Charles 3- I °Y ( '' M.A., Trinity College ; Philip Briscow Fretton, 13 . ; Trinity College ; Thomas Anchill Anson, 8.A. , College ; John Tegg, 8.A., Pembroke College; ir" or- Liam Kerry, 8.A., St. Joh's College; Edmund Iv ledge, 8.A., Clare Hall ; Frederick Pococ k, B. St. St. Peter's College ; John Pettit Beard, 1 3 • A" '5 John's College ; Edward Over, 8.A., St. Catherineie Hall ; John Herbert Read, St. John's Colleg e • ;chard Augustus Anson, 8.A., Pembroke College ;homes Heigliway Kerby, 8.A., St. John's College ; Sheepshanks, Trinity College • William Eu w.— • Light, 8.A., St. John's College ; 'John Henry Hgh° Hallett, 13. A., Gonville and Caius College, Ge°•,4: Bryan, 8.A., Emanuel College ; Henry Poi', n Corpus Christi College. Deacons of the Church Missionary CoLllege, ton—Henry Baker, Edward Reynolds, ewis ley, Theophilus A. Lehmann ; George F re derick Jo . La Fontaine. Priests of Oxford—Rev. Samuel Clarke, 'B.A., St. John's College ; Rev. Nathaniel Woodarclt, l3 .lij Magdalene Hall ; Rev. Wm. Tylden, •°'" o f College (by letters dimissory from the Archbishq Canterbury. A St' Priests of Cambridge—Rev. John Davis,l3-:', 0 14e John's College ; Rev. Henry Potter, B.A Peaw'r o l.• College ; Rev. Firmen Vigers, M.A., 8.A., Col lege ; Rev. Evan Haynes Hunter, 8.A., Trini ty Col lege; Rev. Thomas Boggis, 8.A., Emmanu el Col lege ; Rev. William Wigso n , 8.A., St. Joh ns lege ; Rev. William Richard Thackeray, 8.A., F eu r St. s broke College; Rev. Philip Hale, B.A. Jebni, College ; Rev. John. Hitchcock, 8.A.1 Christ's co,_ lege ; Rev. George Meads Ged, 8.A ., College: HaYe s- Priest of King's College, London —Rev' St. • John EFFECTS OF THE TARIFF. -- A gentleman, residing not seven miles from Coupar Angh s 9 SiF life long been a warm friend and admirer of R. Peel and his Tory measures, finding his P ncke $ and those of his constituents (being factor fo:, 0 number of Tory landlords) not a little affected by tu v _ operations of the tariff, has allowed his former t o suddenly to change into determined hatred; an d () who has all such a length has he carried his resentment, that , !!, :r , content with removing a full-length portrait of 1 1 , Robert that used to adorn his dining-room, an d , n° ,, r . signing it to the lumber-room, has also had 11 ' 3 b", ( 1 dener employed for some time back in uprooting L(Lic, casting out every plant and shrub from the g 3r t if u t. bearing the name of Peel—nay, even those be 9 % oF e dahlias and other sweet flowers and s hrubs ol , j ,is gentleness and delicacy marked them out as fited to be named after Lady Peel—have all be en destro.o) of by stern command, that not a vestige may re inni and the hated name that is spreading such desolatin n c i t e ruin over the financial affairs of the country•----Van Warder. The PRICE OF BREAD IN PARIS AND LONDO,•--:, c highest price of white wheat of the first to' Paris is 32f. per 1i hectolitre, which is 1 1 ,00 48s. 10d. per quarter ; and the highest price el l 'i o ws wheat in London being 555. per quarter, it ',, n o in that wheat is 12 per cent. dearer in London than Paris. The duty on the importation of foreig n into England is now 20s. per quarter, whieh, is r e t iri s ' to nearly 41 per cent. on the price of wheat in 09 The highest price of flour in Paris is 54f• Perci of kilogrammes, which is equal to 335. 11d. Pe r , s :l, - ore 2801 b. English; and the highest price of tletn . '7, 3:4 don being 455. per sack, it follows that flour,—nrice of cent. dearer in London than in Paris. I' Lle bread of the first quality in Paris is 31e. P: i r d Ter grainme, which is equal to rather more than th e tall 41b. English, and the price of the 41b. loaf 5 , t , priced bakers in London being now 7/eL, at doll that bread is nearly 43 per cent dearer in Lon h• than in Paris. fr ac , - Captain Taylor has been employed by Government to construct a floating in Marseilles ; and it is further proposed to h 3v , e c 6 e ed• erections at other ports, should the project s u " the ,-- B IR TH S. l a dy of Fr anc is On the 15th inst., at Heck fi eld, Hants, the ' hest' Pigott. Esq., of a son. A . rt ircer, On the ]sth inst., the lady of the Rev. Dr. N° master of the City of London School, of a see. l a d y of 0- IS ' On the 16th inst., at Yoxford, Suffolk , the Kerrison, Esq., of a son. dia per' °( On the 16th inst., Mrs. How, of Stroud-green' a f ii, g t 4" On the 17th inst., the lady of Pascoe St. L. Gren e i p te er, of a daughter. fjOhn ' On the 17th inst., at East Dulwich, the lady 0' _ jun., DI., of a son MARRIED. 130 i AlP b° ' On the 17th inst., at St. Ann's Church, Soho, I‘..r . er 1- Henry Jones, only son of Mr. George Jones, auctiltia-jgbler center-street , Leicester.square, t• Anna Jane, Oi l. " of W. Stevenson, Esq., of Brewer-strect. --- ----- DIED. i gewi se n b' At Hnnover, on the 10th inst., Mr. E. D• gj e rs ill s ' tr who was for fifty years in the servce of the Boyal ' 3-1 - ' A whose father had previously served them as long. l c. 'le f On the 16th inst., at 0 16, Re ient-street, Mr. Robert go . o Durham, of the late State Lottery Office, in the 65tb year , his age. go al S tiv On the 15th inst., at Broughton Hall, Stonbam .1 4 .-. - ' folk, Mr. S. R. Ford, aged 65. ;Miles P4l' On the lath inst., at Cottingliam, near flull. Vi ° thvvayte, only son of the Rev. M. Beazthwayte of Henley, Suffolk - . (seer On the I4th inst., at Hadleigh, Suffolk, Charlotte ,' giana, wife of the Rev. Wilmer Willet, aged 42. „ e Dit.' On the 15th inst., in Mount-street, Grosvenor-square,' Martin, aged 85. :A v , f lb ° On the 15th inst., at Bath, Constance Cecilia, wi" °- ° 01 late Parr Bulkeley, Esq. o pt° On the 15th inst., at Duston House, near Northa R. G. A3erst, Esq., aged 73. micebb. i 5 On the 16th inst., at Park-road, Dalston, Mr. -i- - na il' s Beevors On the 16th inst., Lieutinalit-Colonel George '" Standen, late of the Scots Fusilier Guards, a ged 4e. Sea`` On the 17th inst., in Grosvenor-place, Francis ." til e Blunt, Esq C .. of rabbell, Sussex, aged 52. On the 15th inst., at Lodsworth, Sussex, Anna Gil bert' of infant daughter of Hasler Hollist, Esq. elaea t sOll theOliaittehNeilr.stßh.inKsat.3„,aotfGßroatvbesehndth, Robert d J L o ake, 10 0 ' er i c, agr -. A Do- On the ]6th inst., at Regent-street, Dlr. R. I ( • ''' • E q• On the 16th inst., at Stamford-hill,. John A. Droop,•° London; Printed and Published by 1111311D0 No. 112 .Strand, at The Sun Office No. 11 °, A q the County efßddlesex, Monday, December 19,2.