The Sun. — London, England, 1842-12-16 00:00:00

disturbances ?.t, Barcelona, in order that Esparterci nlay find an excuse to sign a treaty of commerce wit h this co'antry to punish the Catalonian manufac turers -- or rather the Catalonian smugg l ers , w h o are b Efar .`the more .important and influ e ntial body. ither 'we or they must be human fiends ; for the Fe, °Pie who could project . and attempt so diabolical a " e sign, or they who could invent such a scheme and a seri6e it to another nation, are out of the ordinary ruh 'of humanity." MONEY—TRADE—COMMERCE. II Ile ten towns of Manchester, Liverpool, Notting fart!, Leeds, H a lifa x , H u dd er sfield, Bradford, Holin 4°,rtn, Blackburn, and Rochdale, have alr ea dy fur kicbed 12,7521. t owar d s th e G rea t L eague Fund— aich is above one-fourth of the sum required. The expected trade with China, in serges and ker ! I n ), evo has n hive a stimulus to that departm en t o f t ra d e Dire. WAn Anti-Corn-law' meeting of the inhabitants of est Hackney and Stoke Newington was held yes- Vay evening, when Mr. Sydney Smith, and the son : L eolodel Thompson, addr esse d th e company , among oln were many ladies. PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS. In reference to the fires and loss of life which are of eekly occurrence i n t hi s l arge c i ty, i t i s cons i dered fat there ought immediately to be organised a regu 1. " brigade for the protection of life from fire." NAVAL AND MILZTART. rThe operatio ns u p on th e wrec k o f th e T e l emaque e been di scon ti nue d, th e w i n t er h av i ng set i n. ve en"sel contains artir expresses cles of g o mld hiself confident that the LAW AND POLICE. t , The h ouse o f C orrect i on conta i ns at the present ti The 1,137 prisoners ; the New Prison, 96. The n sumption of bread in the first i s 4,223 cw t. per Itat al m, on which, by the system of contract, 3s. 6d. saved upon every cwt. more than formerly, great nefit accruing to the county. LITERARY AND SCIENT/PIC. The epilogue and prologue to Terence were spoken the, alumni of Westminster School yesterday going. The principal s ubj ec t o f th e f ormer was the I,7theboys' Hall system, with passing hits at the — '"csine-tax and Corn-laws. COITRT-PASHIONAIII.E. T• he Prince de Broglie arrived at Manchester House Viscount last, with diSp ac h es f rom P ar i s . viscount and Viscountess Folkestone are expected 1 7:n Longford Castle, Wiltshire, at Gorhambury. k _rd Lovaine and . Lady Susan Percy are now on 7sit to Lord and Lady Prudhoe, at Stanwick Park. l i!.‘ord and Lady Willoughby D'Eresby and Miss T• he gi ll -remain on the Terrace, Pi cca dilly. Dowager Countess of Charleville will pass.th e ter at Brighton: The Earl of Charleville has ar `y f• ir 77d . in Dublin, from Charleville Castle, Tullamore. Charles and, -Lady Cecilia Desvamx are ex tred to remain at Tunbrid ge W e ll s un til t h e c l ose o f ‘'e month. ZITISCELLANEOUS. T here a re now upwar d s o f 300 streets i n the es i tern parts of L on d on w ith ou t names affixed. t o 4 luon g the species of birds now being forwarded 4i t i he Zoological Society, is one from Western Africa, ed pulih, a kind of mocking-bird. So exquisite is s ite, that to call an o ra t or or poet b y it s name, i s q s ,'ciered the highest compliment. s.‘,.:L'ne Messiah will be repeated at Exeter Hall on "laY, the 23d instant. ARIA - ET NEWS. (THIS DAY.) !Ow CORN-EXCHANGE-FRIDAY. \qv e have had very moderate arrivals of English rt pat since Monday, and the stands here to-day were h o eu nsequence scantily suppli e d w ith samples; s till, th j e ver, as the attendan c e o f b u y ers was very scan t y, 4 1 ; i dernarid for that article was inactive, without the 4,ntest alteration in prices. Only about 3,000 guar- Foreign Wheat h ave come t o h an d thi s wee k . wi t r i the best par ce ls-w e h a d ra th er more i nqu i ry, b ut ki,'lout any i m p rovemen t i n th e quotat i ons. B ar l ey (15,' out were again very dull, an d th e ra t es h a d a \i ll ward tendency. In Oats, Beans, Peas, and ou r, next to nothing was doing. N I; ARRIVALS. Wheat. Barley. Oats. Fl our . jc ........ 2,210 t r.. 11,620 q rs. 3,530 r 4,620 :acts ore, .. .......... g 4 ..... 040 SMITHFIELD. had on sale here to-day a full average number krftists, the time of year considered, while its gene -13,,.(10a1ity was very superior. The. primest Scots, tr,f r lc'ns, and Herefords, for Christmas consumption, .freely at Monday's quotations; .. but the lit tl .thng . and inferior descriptions commanded 4 44 '„ attention. From Spain we received 11 beasts, ti ll , ?on). Scotland, 179 horned and polled Scots. The Nt i ,. 4l... ti ner of Sheep was fully adequate to meet the Cali. 'of the dealers, yet late rates were supported. Pr civ e s, though rather numerous, sold freely, at im 1v4 4 t4 currencies. In Pigs a fair amount of business 1 9/L l nne. Cows sold slowly, at from 15/ t o ' 4O l. including their small Calf. TIM STONE OF aLES•p TO SINK THE OF . FA d L t . or. d. h ke ik d i t° 4 41Inferier Sheep ...... 3 4 3 6 krit,,;,',quality ditto" - 3' 6 310 Second q uality ditto... 3 8 310 lay 0 *** 4 0 4 2 Coarse-woolled ditto.. 4 0 4 4 Sc.f ,en 4 4 4 8 Sololidown Wethers 4 4 4 6 l')ltii h e ttbars Caves 4 0 4 6 Large Hogs 'I 10 4 4 "'kk ii 'roan ditto .., 4 8 4 10, Small Porkers . ...... 4 , 6 4 . 8 nt Calves, each 16 0 31 01 Quarter old Pi g s, u 21 0 SUPPLY AT MARKET. sag., Sheep Calves. I Pigs 414 4,730 271 316 rS'WGATE AND X.BADIINHALL. dap e had a large supply o f mea t on offer here to prt'' which met a slow inquiry, at the following t hr, Aper stone, by the Carcase. a. d. tos d a d. to s d. i nferior.. .30 3 2 , Mutton, inferior 32 3 4 ... ....... 3 2 341 middling 1 6 3 8 tu g , 3 4 361 prime 3lO 4 2 41 U r i ne 41e 5ma11...." 3 8 310, Pork, large . ..... 3 8 4 2 ... •••.......„.. ....40 4 21 —small 4 4 4 6 BOROUGH HOP MARIEET. trir ns ilr ing the whole of the present week, the demand tt l ,,;"e best Kent bags has ruled firm, at full rates of I viii i ell eY; but otherwise, the trade has proved dull, Arm t , large supply'of ,Hops on offer. East Kent in ,?ts, 5/ lOs to 6/ lOs ; Mid Kent ditto, 51 5s to 54'litto in bags, 4/ 10 s to 51 5s ; Sussex, 4/ 10s to s ; Parnhams, 8/ to 10/ ; Old Hops, 3l to 4/ 10s. heSQG~COLONIAL. ti a very limited business continues to N .4e in Briti s h Pl an t a ti on , a t a b ou t the prices of !,(4 ) \\ ,'eek. The transaction s only amount to about 'N \;o hhds, inclu s i v e o f 100 hhd s B ar badoes brought tO t inn, which mostly sold at 60s to 69s for low tftc, r: r Y fine quality. M o l asses .-200 puns Bengal 111 4 1: : 1 in public sale were all tak e n in at 26s for fair the but afterwards chiefly sold at 255, being about IN:,sniparative value. There has been scarcely any 4d privately for West India. tftl i A tßirius.-375 bags brought to auction (chiefly 4 t e new crop) sold at 63s to 68s for good to very t larlnng yellow, and low to good brown at 45s to (11 14 :, wh ic h i s ra th er c h eaper , b u t b e i ng so sma ll a Be ll „ ti t.Y, it affords very little criterion of the market ti rs - ' l GA.r...—The public sales have been very exten istVrnounting to 11,000 bags (nearly one •half con- NI 3 of brown Khaur), which went off very at a '", but about two-thirds were disposed of 1 1 14t 4 41 h q after the sale at a further decline, in most 9 4 ;nes of fully ls; low to very fine white brought kid i° ' 6 8s 6d, mid to fine greyish yellow, 55s to 60s, ilta, ; 1 w to fine brown 43s to 545. Privately some (Dhobah) have been sold at about correspond hu";.t_es• For Foreign there has been scarcely any 4 4W10' for any description for exports, but for Re i)ctit in bond th ere h as b een a partial demand, and ° I'oi c : 111 e prices have been obtained. 100 chests of soft 1 / 3 s n and yellow Bahia old importation) sold at !,li o 4 ncl 1, 9 00 bags low to mid brown Manilla at 17s. N o • °a;gs Manilla all found buyers (chiefly for re- N fi g in b on d) at 18s 6 d to 20 sc for fine_eat o ‘ti s h greyish yellow, being comparatively 11 continues, in good demand, and an advance . t ' o l4at 6 d has been obtained ; fi ne quality having been Il ha 26 s 6d, and at this .price there are further pur 'en),',,ts; Grocery- descriptions remain only in limited 4 pt, d "' l , although rather lower prices have been ac , ck, t „ tttlietl y * l 'Et•-207 casks, 98 barrels British Plantation, a, } terbice, 2,351 bags Ceylon, and 32 bales Mo „,)10„14ve been offered, which mostly sold at 89s 6d f o 's for mid to good mid • Berbice, 84s 6d to 95s Clii ta ;„fine ord pale to mid colory Ceylon, British ow - ,, 0 11 kind, good ord pale to fine ord: colory i hrbi g „,7 ll ditto, 61s to 625, and mid to good mid clean 'att e ,' Mocha at .71s to 80s, being for the to descripti on , • and the Berbice fully '2s to I: R in wer, but other sorts can only b e quo t e d is l / tiv at 'd lower. There has been scarcely any d eman d 1,4441,11 • for any description admissible for home con 11tn large parcel, consisting of about 3,500 b e n,e ord coloury Singapore Java has been sold at Pg 4 l,, Al lg a further decline of fully ls. Foreign sorts neglected and almost without inquiry; 575 bag s N' er a na St. Domingo, and 455 bags Sumatra, th e 335k08014 at 31s 6d to 32s 6d, but mostly at 325, ""g Ord quality ; good to fine ord Eio at 31s to v lt tl 0 41 (1 24 s 6d tu 25s for good ord brown Sumatra, 'N -4 lot ord at 23s 6d, all of which are pre c,el3rices. I : t rinid °4 ." - --Six hundred and forty-three brls and bags ,", 20 d, .and 394 bags Para, most sold—the former t he 6 ( 1 to 33s for ord grey to good mid red, and poll(; ter n,t . 30s for fair quality. . rti ng. o transactions have taken place worth re k6llct uu I n --3 ,163 bags Java 1,940 bags Bengal, and rnip gs Madras, have been offered; nearly all the 'Os t - o r Parcels found buyers at and after the sale at 4 1 t o 11s for or d to mid Java, and Ils 6cl to 12s for a ~ l dr 4 , B ' ° °d white Bengal, being r a th er d earer . The all taken in at lOs 6d to ll s f or m id to d 'i o l l ail t3". Privately, only a limited business has SALTPETRE.-585 bags sold at 27s to 27s 6d for 14 refraction, and one lot unrefracted at 255, which prices ; establish a further decline of 6d to Is. Some parcels have been sold privately at corresponding rates. Nitrate of Soda is likewise difficult of sale, and rather lower. LAW INTELLIGENCE. VICE-CHANCERY.—(THIS DAY). (Before the VICB-CRANCELLOR of ENGLAND.) The Court was occupied with unopposed petitions and short causes; it then took petitions by order, most of which came on to be spoke to, or had been part heard. (Before Vice-Chancellor Sir J. K. BRucE.) MORTON V. TEW.&RT. The hearing of this part-heard cause wa3 concluded this morning, and his Honour pronounced judgment. It appeared that Mr. Morton, who had married Mr. Curling's sister, was the tenant of a farm at a rental of 1,4001. a year, under Lord Tankerville. Falling into difficulties he assigned his property to trustees for the benefit of his creditors. In substance, therefore, the farm was relinquished t o L or d Tankerville. The steward of the estate, in the execution of his duty, took steps for re-letting the farm. • This was a great loss to Mr. Morton's estate,. and the loss was heavier than it would have been, on account of the embarrass ments in which he was involved. Mr. Curling com menced a correspondence with Lord Tankerville's steward, with a view to taking the farm himself, for the purpose of assisting his sister and her family. The arrangement was made upon the footing that Mr. Curling should be considered as the tenant, and be associated with himself in the manangement of the estate by a farmer of the name of Bodmin, who, it • appeared, was to have a certain part of the farm at his own risk. In substance the arrangement made was, that Bodmin should :lave the benefit of the lease, and make what he could of it. The question was, whether the interest taken by Mr. Curling was to be considered as for his own benefit, and to be used at his own arbitrary discretion. That was the question in the cause: The letters which had been put in evidence appeared to afford sufficient evi dence of the tenantcy. Mr. Curling's intention might be changed by a great variety of circumstances. His Honour, after going at length into the case, said he was of opinion that the mother and her children must be held to have been taken as joint tenants. His de cree would be to declare that all the benefits which Mr. Curling took under the assignment of the lease were taken as trustee for Mrs. Morton and her children. (Before Vice-Chancellor Sir JAMES WIGRAM.) GOLDSMID V. GOLDSMID. His HONOUR gave judgment this morning in this case. The question in the cause related to the moiety of ten-twentieths of certain property, the ) trusts of which were decl a r e d by a deed which vas executed on the 25th of April, 1821. The deed was executed in pursuance of a power which was granted by statute to certain trustees, in relation to the estate of the late Mr. Abraham Goldsmid. To this deed Ann 'Gold smid, one of the persons interested in the estate, was a party, as were all the trustees mentioned in the statute. Moses Golcisrbid, to whom, by the will of Ann a part of the property was a pp o i nte d, h a d fil e d his bill, insisting that the trust deed of April, 1821, was void as against him, and prayed relief upon that footing. The argument for Moses GoldSmid was, that in the declaration of trust contained in the deed, the trustees had assumed a power to delegate to others the execution of a trust which was reposed in them selves, that they had no right to delegate . that tr us t, and, therefore, that the deed was . void. He also objected that the d ee d au th or i se d a creation of estates, which was not warranted by the power. He thought the deed operated in two -ways ; first, as the appointment of an appointee, and, secondly, as a settlement by the appointee of the property. All the cases bearing on the point led to the conclusion that if the estates to be created by the will of Ann had been inserted in the deed itself, instead of being left to be created by Ann, those estates would be good, though not given to the persons named in the act of settlement. In this case there was, first, the appointment of Ann, and then the settlement of Ann. It could make no possible difference whether the form was given to Ann in the form of an interest, or in the form of a power. The only shadow of distinction arose from the circumstance that Ann was not named by herself as a . separate party to the deed ; but he thought that was not sufficient to justify a departure from the ordinary rule. His decision, therefore, would be against the plaintiff. SPICES.—The public sales have offered 926 bags Pepper, 179 bags Pimento, and 134 chests Cassia Lig nea, the former consisted chiefly of Sumatra, which mostly sold at 2d, to 24d for mid to good black, and mid to good Pimento at 2d to 281 Only a portion of the Cassia found buyers at 81s to 86s for mid to good mid quality; good ord coarse was taken in at 70s, which prices must be quoted 2s to 3s lower, more particularly for the mid and inferior sorts. Privately 1,000 bags good Penang Pepper have been disposed of at 2-Id. COTTON.—The demand has now almost entirely subsided, and for the small quantity sold, a decline of id has in some instances been accepted. 288 bales Surat, 53 bales West India, and - 243 bales Savanilla have been brought to auction, the former sold_at 31d to 4d for ord to mid quality, &id to 6id for fair West India, and 31d to aid for fair Savanilla, but specky, which are likewise rather lower prices. TALLOW—P. Y. C. is 48s 3d per cwt on the spot. The Tea sale passed off very heavily, the trade buying unwillingly; 1,500 packages sold out of 15,000 offered; Congou at a reduction of ld to lid, other kinds lid to 2d. a. to s. 35 38 3:1 38 36 41 COUNTRY CORN MARKETS. I Wheat. jßarley. Oats. Beans. - Per Quarter Bolton Braintice IS, ight on Cambridge. Chichester Dunmow Grantham Grimsby Hitchin Ipswich Lewes Lynn Ittaidstone Norwich Pet worth Pea., to b. i. to A. 22 38 18 22 27 22 ,31 22 26 23.-- 18 IA 30 19 .! 211 33 20 21 IA 27 21 18 28 33 lb 21 23 3:- 19 21 27 34 20 30 20 25 1:19 . 22 24 28 19 22 23 27 18 22 36 39 26 32 27 • !i9 24 28 28 30 21 24 24 30 17 1 24 :30 31 21 24 32 36 24 28 28 34 18 21 23 28 21 26 50 32 24 no , I. CORN MARKET per 70th 39 4V 35 46 93 3V I. to R. 34 60 42 59 41 5! 46 52 44 52 40 42 40 44 24 36 46 32 86 40 60 36 40 46 51 30 24 , to 57 34 45 41 52 27 34 41 50 30 ao 59 56 30 35 49 50 38 4O 51 56 32 38 47 54 38 40 41 54 24 31 50 56 ; , 2 8.3 61 (4 40 44 62 56 31 39 44 54 27 30 5C 55 38 401 VERPOO' ,—Dec 13 7, 01.1' fl • 0 Red 1, Welch, and blaux While 6 6 11 10 Red 6 0 6 6 ----- Foreign . 5 9 8 0 OATS, Bnglish, Welsh, and Scotch, per 451 b.......... 2 2 2 7 --- Irish ---- Foreign BARLEY, English, Malting, per Imp. quarter ...... •• 29 0 32 4 -- Scotch and-Irish, per tiolbs. Feeding 3 0 3 3 LEANS, English, per Imperial quarter 34 0 36 u - Irish, &e.. • ••••• lB 0 31 6 Foreign PEASE, English, per Imperial quarter 32 0 34 0 Foreign flotne, English, per 2861 b. 33 0 41 0 Irish OATMEAL, English and Irish, per 2401bs .. 20 9 22 9 INDIAN Coax, per 4801 b. RYE, per Imperial quarter • .1:0 0 32 0 MALT, per Imperial quarter Rom ford . Sandwich., Tnet ford ... yViaticch ... -. Witha'q . Yarmouth I , Wit AT. Eno Scotci Irish, VI 4i 3 32 2$ 92 3.t. 11 3r 32 3n 31 33 31 32 31 XI 28 34 23 110 38 41 34 38 29 3•4 1:8 83 MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The Cotton Market at Liverpool yesterday was uiet, and not much variation occurred in the prices. ['he new crop of American was a point lower than en riday last. Sales 4,000 bales, 200 Maranhain, a t 54d. to 63d ; 140 Pernams at 64. to 73d. ; 600 Surat, at 33d. to 43d., and 3,000 American. In the Share market Brightons were in request, and business was done in the other lines at the following rates: — Eastern Counties, 8-1 ; Grand Junction were 189; Great 'Western ' Fifth, 8.1 ; Brighton, 363 ; Manches ter and Leeds, Quarter, 611 ; North Midland, 62. The Exchange comes over the same from Ham burgh, viz., 13 73, and the price of gold 4313. The Russians seem resolved to continue their sys tem of exclusion against anything likely to promote liberality of sentiment in political matters, and which they are especially apprehensive may penetrate by way of the German frontier, so, to obviate this, they make the Customs establishment subservient to their views, and in their rigorous search of travellers, they have an eye to State manifestoes, as . well as to smuggled manufactures. New Customs offices have' been opened on the Austrian frontier, as . well as in the Cracow districts, and such trammels will ere long be imposed as to have the effect desired, that of cutting off all intercourse between the remote Russian provinces and the frontier kingdoms. The progress of manufacturing industry in Ger many is solid and promising. The conference of the leading manufacturers, proposed to be held early next year at Cologne, or elsewhere, excites muc h in terest, and great results are anticipated from it. We have no news yet of the steamer from Halifax. The corn trade abroad is in a very languid condi tion, and it is uncertain what may be the prospects of the trade for the ensuing year.. the meantime the dealers hero have received .such a severe blow as to in dispose them entirely from speculations of magnitude, and if foreigners want Our custom they will be com pelled to submit to . very low rates. The Telemaque business has turned out as it was expected. It .cloes not answer . the purpose of the contractors and the 'engineer; who will profit . greatly by the • sale of the shares to .act with energy or straightforwardness, and Whereas, with the beautiful weather at Quillebouef, and the 'ad vanced state of the works, three days would have suf ficed to bring up the whole of the wreck, it will now be deferred till April next. As to what Mr. Adam chooses to say about the treasurer, it would be sheer folly to take his ipse dixit, given, as it is, with out a single explanatory remark. Probably a prompt search of the vessel would spoil the sale of the shares. The funds are very quiet, and not a feature can be noticed in them. Consols for special transfer are 95 with the dividend, and for the opening 933 to 94. Exchequer Bills, the Five Hundred Pounds, have been 50s. premium. 'Reduced Three-and-a-Half per Cents. are 944- to 943, and' at the latter quotation the Go. vernment have taken the same amount as for some time past. Bank Stock is rather dull at 1723. The ,Foreign 'Bonds are less animated. Spanish Five per Cents. bring 19, and the Three per Cents. 241 3. Portuguese Three per Cents. are 24, and Mexican Deferred 83. Buenos Ayres Bonds keep steady at 233 • Dutch Five per C en t s . are 101. Shares are firm, but scarcely any business is doing. Great Western Railway, 253; Ditto, New, 14+ ; Ditto, Fifths, .5 ; and Manchester and Leeds, 33 pre mium. Brighton, 14 to 143 ; Croydon, 43. South Eastern Scrip are 21 discount. Colonial Bank shrres are down to 6 discount. The tea offered to-day found no bidders, and is therefore withdrawn. The few lots taken were at ld. to lid. per lb. decline on Congou, and lid. to 2d. on other sorts. PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE. RAILWAYS. Paid. Per Share. Great Western Ditto New ...... .. .... ........ ... b 0 ...... 64* to Ditto Fifths London and Brighton ... .. 60 London and Croydon ( Trunk)... 131 9l to Manchester and Leeds ... 70 South Eastern and D0ver......... 60 Ditto Scrip ..... ,20 - JOINT STOCK BANKS. Colonial MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, DEC. 15.—The Share Market is still inactive, but prices generally continue firm :—Eastern Counties, New, 104 ; Man chester and Birmingham, 20 to 20i ; Manchester and Leeds, 73i to 74i ; ditto, Quarter Shares, 51 to 51; Lancaster and Preston, 28} to 291; ditto Three- Quarter Shares, 19 to 19k. LLOYD'S SHIPPING—(THIS DAY) LONDON, DEC. 16.—Wind this day at noon, S.W., light and hazy. DEAL, DEC. 15.—Wind I S.W. by S. moderate—. Arrd. Pink, Patterson, ,Calcutta; Roseberry, Young, Montreal, Sld. Golden Fleece, Pernambuco; Wham poa, Demerara. Remai n , Fi e d e l , V energ i a, f or Rio Janeiro; Edinburgh, New Orleans; Ocean and Jean Graham, Sierra Leone ; Isabella, for Demerara; Charles, for Tobago; and several others. PORTSMOUTH, DEC. 15.—Wind, S.S.E., fine.—Sld. Quebec, New York. OFF itEACHEY HEAD, DEC. 1 4.—Manhattan, Bith nall, New York, for Amsterdam ; _Adeline, Cham bers, Quebec. PLYMOUTH, DEC. 15.—Wind E.S.E —Arrd. Roy alist, Shapcott, Demerara; Pestonjee B oman je e (transport), Launceston, Quebec. BRISTOL, DEC. 15.—Arrd. Albion, Hick, Quebec. Sld. William Miles, Jamaica; Hero, Fayal. SWANSEA, DEC. 13.—Arrd. Helen Simpson, Cuba. LARNE.—Arrd. Chieftain, Quebec. G RAN GEMOUTII.—Arrd. Hampton, Quebec. GLASGOW, DEC. 15.—The Fidelity, from Lerwick to Bristol, stranded on the Island of Jura, has been got off after discharging her cargo, and put into Ardilshan to repair. ILFRACOMBE, DEC. 15.—The Ludd, from Cette and Gibraltar, has been towed in here with loss of rudder, spars, and sails. LIVERPOOL, Dzc.ls.—Wind S.S.W., moderate.— Arrd. Richard Anderson, Bennett, Virginia; Port land, Robinson, St. John's, New Brunswick. Sid. Bidston, Calcutta ; Fame, Buenos Ayres ; - Windsor, Ceara; Ariadne, and 'John Bolton, New Orleans; Mary Campbell, and Greenock, Mobile; Garrick, New York ; Levant, Magnolia. The Hampden, bound to Liverpool, was ashore on the Bar of the Mississippi about N ov . 8. OFF HASTINGS."—GIe II Huntley, Calcutta. DUBLIN, DEC. 1 3.—And. Industry, Stephens, St. John's, New Brunswick. • COMMON PLEAS.-(THIS DAY;) CHEESE V. REDMAN. STRANGE CONDUCT OF A WITNESS. The plaintiff is a pawnbroker and auctioneer, Carry ing on business at Bow, in Middlesex. The defendant is a shipowner and merchant engaged in the Turkish and African trade, and also a•dealer in opium. The action was brought to recover the sum of 101. 12s. 5d., for a quantity of umbrellas, linen, drapery, and other goods, which were shipped on board a vessel belonging to the defendant in-the early .part of the year 1840, and alleged to have been so shipped by the defendant's order, and.at his risk, for the were market. T he defence was that the goods never. ordered by, or had on the credit of, the defend ant. The case for the plaintiff was conducted by Mr. Sergeant Channell and Mr. Butt, and the defence by Mr. Sergeant Bompas and 111 r. Mertyn. Several witnesses were called,,who proved the pur chtise'of the goods froni the plaintiff, ,by Captain Her bert; of the Gil Blass, the name of his owners. Captain Herber '6, who was 'brought up in custody of one of the turnkeys of Whitecross-street prison, was called, and.•swore that he had purchased the goods, in. question by order and .on behalf 'of the de fendant. In his eross-examinationi by Mr. Sergeant Botnpas, a book was handed to the witness, who said he could not swear that the writing and figures therein were in his handwriting. He would say upon his oath that he could not tell whether they were in his handwriting or not. He had been several years act ing as captain in Redman's vessels. He alsoireded on his own account, until prevented from doing so by Redman. Could swear positively that he had never sent palm oil to Messrs. Hutton, with instruc tions to them to sell for him ' and give the proceeds to Mr. Cheese, the plaintiff; in liquidation of the latter's claim upon him. A letter was here handed to the witness, who swore that he was unable to say whether it was ig his.handwriting. He did not know that he had ever signed a letter in the name of G. C. Bethel]. Would swear that he never did. • LOWESTOFF, DEC. 1 5.—Anna, Haward, •of New port, which was on the Holm Sand, has been assisted off, and proceeded. Mr. Sergeant BOMPAS—Take him away. Lord., we shall prove that he wrote the letter. The ' witness instantly dropped down in a fit, and on being carried into the hall was promptly attended to by a medical gentleman, when the witness made so much noise, and worked in such contortions as to raise the suspicion in very one present that the fit was not altogether unfeigned. Mr. Sergeant BOMPAS then said that he should prove that the goods in question were shipped without the defendant's 'knowledge, on the risk and for the be nefit of Capt. Herbert alone. They were never invoiced to the defendant, nor were they entered in the ship's manifest, or passed through the Cus tom House in the regular manner, but were mixed up with the Captain's chests and stores on board the Gil Blas. As to the palm oil, he could show that it had been surreptitiously abstracted from Mr. Red man's stock, and this action would never 'have been brought but for his endeavours to recover it out of the hands of the plaintiff. He (Mr. Sergeant Bornpas) was grieved to be compelled to prove that the witness had perjured himself, a'id that he was in the act of perjuring himself at the moment of the awful visita tion the Jury and crowded Court had witnessed. Several witnesses having been examined, to the effect of the Learned Sergeant's statement, • Air Sergeant CHANNELL said he could not think of carrying the case of the plaintiff any further, and ac cordingly a verdict of nonsuit was entered. My SIIIELDS, DEC. 14.—Sid. Princess Victoria, Monte Video. HULL, DEC. 14.—Arrd. Harriet R och well, Brand, Charieston. POLICE IN'T'ELLIGENCE. CLERKEN WELL.—(THIS DAY.) Mr. Wm. Pcofitt, Secretary to the Friendly Bro thers' Society, Hatton-garden, was charged with un lawfully withholding the benefits accruing from the Society to John Dilly, one of its thembers. The circumstances of the , case were rather singular. The complainant deposed that he, entered .the Society in the June of the present year. 'He was then suffer ing from a pulmonary affection. He called upon Doctor Raymond Levy Haynes to substantiate this fact. This gentleman came forward and did so, al leging that Dilly was then suffering from spitting of blood. After being three months a member the benefits of the Society begin to accrue. During these three months, that is, from June to September, the complainant constantly paid in his instalments, and a week after the expiration of that time he was again seized with his old disease so violently as to be ren dered incapable of earning his bread. He applied to the Committee for relief, but they refused to afford him any on the ground that he was unsound at the time he became a member. The Secretary disputed the fact, but the clm plainant affirmed that every member of the Com mittee knew very well he was not sound when he was admitted. Secretary—lf we did you should not have become a member. Mr. ComßE—Yes; you might allow him to be come a member for the purpose of obtaining his money, presuming from his infirmity that he would die very soon. if the complainant can establish the fact of your knowledge of his disease, or of any member of the Committee, I will decide against you. The complainant promised to obtain a witness to prove the fact of the knowledge of members of the Committee of his infirmity at the time he entered the Society, and the parties left the office. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. (THIS DAY.) John Avery, a Somersetshire drover, was charged with the following acts of cruelty to a bullock : Police constable, No. 82, of the F division, stated, that about half-vast seven o'clock this morning, as he THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY Eiriiii 4 iNG; DECEMBER 16, 1842 PRESENTATION of the PORTRAIT OF G. WILBRAHAM, ESQ., TO LADY ANNE WILBRAHAM. (Abridged from the Chester Chronicle.) Wednesday last was the day appointed for the pre sentation of the portrait of George Wilbraham, Esq., late M.P., for South Cheshire, to Lady Anne Wil braham. The artist is Sir M. A. Shee, RA.; and the frame was designed and supplied by !Mr. Big ginson, of Middlewich. Th e i nscr ipti on on th e f rame is as follows : " To THE LADY ANNE WILBRAHAM.—This portrait of George Wilbraham, Esq., of Delamere House, is presented by his supporters and friends in the county of Chester, as a memorial of their gratitude for the zeal and ability with which he advocated their interests, and in admiration of the integrity and manly independence which characterised his political conduct during the ten years he repre sented them in the House of Parliament.—Dec. 14, 1842." At three o'clock the subscribers and friends pro ceeded to the large Assembly-room, where the picture was placed ; and Lady Anne and Mr. Wilbraham and Lord Robert Grosvenor were received with loud cheering. When it had subsided, Lord ROBERT GROSVENOR said,—Lady Anne Wil braham, in the name of the sub scr ib ers , a d m i rers of Mr. Wilbraham's conduct as well in public life during a lengthened political career and in the perf ormance of those less conspicuous, though not less valuable duties of a Magistrate, neighliour, and friend, the pleasing duty devolves upon me of presenting this portrait of Mr. Wilbraham to Jou.—(Cheers.) I trust you will do us the honour to accept it, and to preserve it as a testimonial of the estimation in which Mr. Wilbraham is held, and as a pleasing reminis cence, that when :he retires from the toils of public life—an event, I hope, that will be long, delayed— (Cheers)—it may also prove a spur to active exertions in the same memorable and useful cause, in those who are destined to succeed him.—(Loud cheers.) Lady ANNE WILBRAHAM, who was much affected, in accepting the portrait, said—Lord Robert Grosve nor, I have not words in which to express my thanks. I hope you will believe how truly grateful I feel for this proof of your regard and approbation of the poli tical conduct of Mr. Wilbraham, while he was your representative.--(Cheers.) Mr. Wir.naAttaxt then came forward, and was re ceived with the most hearty cheering. He said he should be sorry if this presentation passed over with out giving him the opportunity of thanking them for their kind attendance on this occasion, when this splendid testimonial was presented to his family. This present to his family was double acceptable— first, because the idea had first originated with the respectable yeomanry in the neighbourhood of Sand bach, and had been carried out by the aid of many in a more humble station of life, and whose trifling donations he was more proud of, than if out of their abundance they had been able to afford larger con tributions ; secondly, because it was presented by a Nobleman with whom he had always had almost an entire identity of political sentiment, and who stood in that room as the representative of a family which had always known how to combine what is' due to its high rank and station with the rights and liberties of the humblest individual.— (Loud cheers.) Another reason came nearer to his heart—because they had presented the gift to a lady whose kindness and affec tion constituted the happiness of his domestic life.— (Loud cheers)—and who had ever sympathised with every change in his political fortune.—(Loud cheers.) DINNER TO MR. WILBRAHAM. At five o'clock above two hundred sat down to a sumptuous dinner at the Royal Hotel Assembly-room. Lord Robert Grosvenor, M.P., was the President; and had the able support of the following gentlemen as Vice-Presidents :—Colonel Tomkinson, Clement Swettenham, Esq., R. J. Congreve, Esq., J. Skerratt, Esq., and E. Worthington, Esq. Mr. Wilbraham sat on the right of Lord Robert Grosvenor, and Lord Crewe on the left. In the immediate vicinity of the Chair we observed Sir. R. Bulkeley, M.P., Colonel Biddulph, Shakespeare Phillips, Esq., E. J. Lloyd, Esq., G. Wilbraham, jun., Esq., G. Wynch, Esq., J. Finchett-Maddock, Esq., Dr. Williamson, R. G. Temple, Esq., J. Pickford, Esq., &c. After the usual loyal toasts, The CHAIRMAN, in proposing " the Army and Navy," could not permit the occasion to pass without alluding to the splendid achievements of our arms in the East, where our gallant army and navy had nobly shed a lustre on their country. He wished to couple with the toast a mighty name belonging to no party, because it was the property of every party and also the property of the country—the Duke -of Wellington —(Loud cheers)—a warrior who, though he acted with a party, had shown himself incapable of wearing its trammels. was proceeding on duty along High-street, St. Giles's, he saw the defendant and two other men attempting to goad on a bullock that had fallen from being over driven; the animal was bellowing with pain, and, al though it made several efforts to get up, it was unable to do so from its very exhausted state. AS witness was hastening to the spot, the defendant set light to a heap of hay placed underneath the bullock's nose, and its head became entirely enveloped in %Ines. Witness directly ran up and took the defendant into custody, the beast was removed to the Green-yard. Mr. John Gosling, a licensed victualler, residing at No. 106; High-street, stated that he observed the de fendant from his window most shamefully and cruelly ill-treat the beast. The defendant and another man had sticks, with a sharp nail stuck in the end, and with which they repeatedly jobbed and goaded the animal in some of the tenderest parts of the body. By the defendants' direction an arm full of hay and straw, mixed together, was brought and placed under the animal's nose, and just previous to setting it on fire, he thrust, with great force, the pointed end of his stick into one of the bullock's ears, and the blood " in stantly spouted out like a fountain." The poor beast writhed with the torture and moaned piteously. On seeing the defendant set light to the hay and straw witness rushed out of his house as quickly as possible, and kicked the fire away. The hair was singed com pletely off the greater part of the head of the beast, and large blisters rose on the skin. Mr. HARDWICK asked the defendant what he had to say in answer to such gross and wicked cruelty ? The defendant said he did not think he was doing any harm : the bullock would not go on, and he was an swerable for getting it home some how or other. Mr. HARDWICK inquired of Mr. Fitzpatrick, the chief clerk, the highest penalty the Act of Parliament for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals authorised him to impose P—Mr. Fit zpa t r i c k sa id 40 5 ., or 14 days' imprisonment, and to hard labour. Mr. HARDWICK--Then that I impose upon the defendant, and I only regret that the extent of punish ment is so inadequate to the enormity of the offence. The usher of the Court asked the defendant if he could pay the fine ? when he replied that he could not, but he supposed that his master would : he added that he was employed by Mr. Somers, the butcher. REVOLT AT BARCELONA. l The following extracts from private letters, we are inclined to think, give a tolerably fair account of the injury done by the bombardment : " . 13AncEr.orGt, DEC. 6.—The bombardment, thank God, is at an end; and of the 50,000 to' 60,000 per sons who fled from the city on the 2d instant; when it was known that the firing would commence on the following day, two-thirds have returned. The city presented a melancholy appearance on the 34, with the shops shut up, and the streets deserted, ex cept by the resisting rabble. Some of the coffee houses, however, were open during the day and in the evening, and they were crowded with per sons, 'who were sitting as tranquilly as if nothing extraordinary had been going on. It is said that about 1,000 shells and shots were fired ; but if so they must have been purposely ill-di rec t e d , f or t h e damage, except in a few places, is ve r y t r ifli ng f or such a quantity of projectiles, and very few lives 3 of doi ng muc h da mage, suppose that ther e in deedwasn have no se ri serious intentionn lost. You n d on the m e when I tell you that the gas lamps werelighted as usual in the evening, and not a lamplighter was injured. In the course of the night, indeed, a few lamps were broken, but that was all. I had rather an awkward visitor myself in a cannon-ball which fell down my chimney, bnt it rolled in the most harmless manner near my feet. The greatest damage was at the hotel de Ville, a portion of the inside of which was burnt. I saw four houses burning at once, but the fire was soon put out. There is not so great a feeling of irritation here against the Regent as might have been expected. The truth is, that the respect able inhabitants were as anxious as himself to put down mob rule." a t n ro d o (Extract of a letter from a British naval officer.) " DEc. 4.—At 11 yesterday the citadel at the top of Montjuich, which commands the city, and has t ten ba in m p b o ar ss d e rn ss e i n on t b o y f regent'st fi h r e ing commenced troops, which fell upon the town in all directions, and appeared to do much destruction. Same of the houses seemed to have taken fire in three or four different parts, shes one being the principal head-quarters of the insur gents. There was a cessation of firing at sunset for about half 1111 hOtlrr when it again went on, and continued slowly until about midnight, when it ceased. In the afternoon a message came offto beg the English to mediate with the Regent ; in conse quence of which Captain Grey, of the Belvidere, went ashore to hlontjuich, and succeeded in saving the part of the town called Barcelonetta from being fired upon, as well as the shipping. To-day everything has been tranquil ; we observ e the inhabitants again moving about on the outskirts of the town ; flags of truce flying; and troops are marching infrom different parts to take possession. P rom reports we have received, the loss of life has not been great, which, however, • would have been the case had the troops proceeded to attack the town with musketry, which it is believed was the intention, but for the timely surrender of the city." ..,... - ------- -- --- LORD GILLIES.--riiS . Lordshi is still at Learning ton, and we regret to learn that hi s complaints have assumed an appearanee whi c h causes grea t anxiety t o THE FIRST STEA MER AT PLOCKTON, ROSS-SHIRE.— his friends.—,Scotsm an . On the west coast last w ee k , the steamer Towa rd C ast l e called at this village, o n h er way to Lochcarron, w h ere she was for wool, purchased by her owners from Mr. Scott, Tullich; this is the first purchase of the kind that navigated our inland locks, consequently the effect produced by her appearance on those who never y saw a steamer was really ludi crous , as th e y were, both and old, exerting th e i r utmost speed try i ng who would sooner reach the n earest to her, an d t h ose w h o had not time to put on th e i r clothes (as she passed very early) were standing naked in the doors of their houses, beholdingwith a dmiration the grandeur and unexcelled construction of " B ata dubh na smu i de, ", as she was winding her course majestically under the impending heights of Crag D a l laig an d C rag Atta dail, which so forcibly att ract the attent i on of the stranger as he sails under those stupendous rocks.— Ross-shire Advertiser. THE COURT.—WINDSOR, TxuaspAir, DEC. It is now finally determined that her Majesty will net visit Claremont until after Christmas. It is ex pected that the Court will leave Windsor for about 4 week or ten days in the early part of January, for Claremont, returning to the Castle thence, and pro ceeding to Buckingham Palace for a lengthened stay, the last Monday or Tuesday in that month. Mr. S. Leigh Sotheby, of Wellington-street, is preparing for the press a "a History of Early Printed Books;" a work for which his father has been for up wards of 30 years collecting the materials. It will be extensively illustrated. 'The , hthat govern man ki n d are reason, su perstition. Th e fi rs t governs t a r s e s c ior greatandthings a few; the two last share th e b ulk of mankind, and Possess them in turn ; but s uperstition is most power p ful, and produces the greatest mischiefs.—Locke. THE LATE ATTEMPTED MURDER AND SUICIDE IN THROGMORTON-ST'REET.=.A. favourable change took place yesterday in the condition of the un fortunate Elizabeth Ma gnus, barmaid at the Auc tion Mart Coffee-house, who was shot by the potman on Tuesday morning last, and great hopes are now entertained of her ultimate recovery, although she can not yet be pronounced out of danger. Cannell, the potman, still remains at St. Thomas's Hospital with a police-officer constantly in attendance. He is not yet sufficiently well to undergo an examination, as his agitated state of mind prevents the wounds healing so soon as they might do under other circumstances. The Dowager Countess of Chichester, the Marquis of Bristol, the Right Hon. H. Labouchere, Lord Sandon, Lord A. Hervey, Lady . B. Balfour, the Hon. Mrs. Hanbury Tracy, Lady Fi tzw Ygram, Mr. St. John Mildmay, the Hon. G. M. Fortescue, and the clergy and leading gentry of Brighton, have come forward with subscriptions to commemorate the signal success of the British arms in China and Afghanistan, by raising a fund to alleviate the sufferings of the poor during the approaching winter. His Majesty the King of Hanover has forwarded 1001. and his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge 50/., to the Richmond savings bank, in aid Of the subscription to make up the deficiency in the funds occasioned by the embezzlement and 'forgery of the secretary, Captain Belstead. HANovER, DEC. 10.—His Majesty the King set out this morning to spend some days at his hunting seat, the Gohrde; it may be that his Majesty, on this journey, will open the new Court of the Special Tribunal of Appeal at Celle. It is known to be the custom of our King never to intimate his intention even to the persons immediately. about him. When he takes a journey, he never mentions the time till half an hour befor e he sets out, and then only that he intends to take a journey, but not in what direction, which is not known till after he has set out ; the object of the journey is neverstated. A CHINESE TEA-MAN'S SHOP BILL. —The following is a copy, letter for letter, of an announcement by a Chinese tea-man to English consumers :—" Chong thie Loongkee—Most humbly beg leave to acqu : aint the Gentlemen trading to this Kort that the above mention :ed chop has been long established and is much esteemed for. its Black and young Ilyson Tea but fearing the foreigners might be cheated by tho:se shumeless persons who forged this chop he therefore take the liberty to pallish these few lines for its remark and trust." CAMPHOR CAKE FOR CHAPPED HANDS.---.White soap, 11b.; Spermaceti, loz. ; melt and add powdered Camphor, loz. mix.—Annals qf Chemistry. HOPS.—During the past . week several hop-betting dinners have taken place In Canterbury. The duty for next year is, we understand, in every instance set at 150 ,0001.—Kentish Ga;ette. Glee—" How merrily we live who soldiers be." The Noble CLIAIRII;AN would congratulate the nieeting on the progress of the principles held by his honourable friend and themselves (luring the lastyear. (Loud cheers.) Notwithstanding the untoward events of last election, there was no abatement of the zeal of their friends, and he had letters from Lord Mostyn, Sir J. Broughton, Mr. E.'J. Stanley, Mr. Lloyd Mostyn, and many other gentlemen of influ ence in the county, some of whom were absent from domestic affliction, some from business, and other previous engagements, but all of them declaring their unabated confidence in Mr. Wilbraham, and the great principles he has always honestly supported.— (Cheers.) And not only that, but their determina tion to support him if he thought proper to come forward at next election.—(Great applause.) There was no need of special pleading in this case. There were no unredeemed pledges to be accounted for.— (Great cheering.) There were no unhappy confes sions of professed "farmers' friends" to be apologised for.—(Laughter.) His friend was not loud in pro mise and silent to perform.—(Cheers.) He had not to apologise to his supporters for having permitted him self to be dragged through the mud.—(Cheers and laughter.) He would be ashamed of himself were he to have to find excuses for such conduct. During a Parliamentary career of many years he had pursued a conscientious, a consistent, and to crown all, a manly course, which entitled him to the entire confi dence of his constituents and the country.—(Loud ' cheers.) He had three times—he might say four times, in the course of eight or nine years, stood for ward to give the electors the opportunity of recording their adherence to the great principles held by his friend, and by this great and respect able assembly.—(Loud cheers.) 'These principles were imperishable, because they were founded on truth and justice—(Cheers)—and if they had re cently been only partially developed, it had been be cause they had been fostered by unwilling hands. Who could have predicted last year, with the loss of candi date after candidate, such a great moral triumph as had been achieved by forcing Peel to the abandon ment of the Corn-law and the adoption of his new sliding scale ? The subject was extremely tempting►, and he was much disposed to enter upon it, but he felt that he would be exceeding the limits of a chair man's duties, and would therefore leave it to his Hon. Friend. He would now beg to propose the health of George Wilbraham, Esq. The toast was given with loud-long-continued, and frequently renewed applause Mr. WILBRAHAM on rising was received with pro longed cheering. He said, the events of that day, a day memorable to him, had made so strong an impres sion on his mind, had so thoroughly absorbed all his thought and feelings, that he might well stand excused, if in answer to this last compliment he merely expressed his grateful thanks for the high honour ; but when he recollected the relative position in which he had so lo n sui n g i ts s i y%t t_ r oo n, yi feelings f w h l i et t h h t hh r af e td s hphaeeetc should odoeu nottl dtimh not representation eor,te:,nebdrtmd toooisn tsgo;niujustly, of this county, sttlof the t his to the topics of the day. They had lost the servic es of a en joyedM the full confidence of the country on account of itsprinciples, and attachment to civil and religious liberty ; but which had given way to the expressed voice of the country ; why, he would not say—whe ther for any fault of its own, or for any mismanage ment, or from a versatility of disposition in the peo ple, who having obtained great and important mea sures from one party, were now anxious to get all they could from another. He has given the late Mi nistry his confidence, not because he thought it always right, for he had often expressed by his votes his dis sent from its measures ; but because he had the fullest reliance on its principles, and knowing the honourable public character of the men composing it—(Hear, hear)—and also knowing the public character of the men opposing it, he did not think' it was likely to be succeeded by a Government willing or capable of rendering greater services to the country.—(Hear.) Look to the characters of the present men in power. The Duke of Wellington, the ornament of that or any other Administration : he and all other public men must always look with respect on his services, whe ther as a warrior, a diplomatist, or in the civil charac ter of statesman, he was at all times manly and straightforward.—(Hear.) To Sir R. Peel he was at all times willing to concede all those high qualifi catiOns for public life his friends so liberally gave him credit for : he was a man cognisant of the business of office ; industrious, indefatigable, and versed in the practical part of the business of Government, and clever in debate. He would not throw a shadow of imputation upon his character; but if they were to look for that high, character for consistency—for those high and consistent qualifications which ought to be the characteristics of a British statesman, they might indeed look—but they looked in vain. —(Hear.) At a former period of his political life, he remembered him being, in an adjoining county, feasted and compli mented by the exclusive party, and being also the idol of the clergy and of all those who resisted to the utmost all concessions to the Roman Catholics, or the Dissenters ' • yet within three mon th s o f th e ti me , when an oak had been planted with much display, as an emblem of the radical fir xnness of his principles in resisting civil and religious freedom to his equally loyal fellow-sgbjects, a4cl i?efore that tree could bud forth its shoots, he astounded his party by bringing into Parliament a measure, with all the weight of the Government of which he was a member, giving greater concessions than had even been imagined or proposed by Fox.—(Hear.) He did not say Sir R. Peel was wrong ; for on that occasion he gave him his warmest support. He did not blame him, he again said ; but where was that great principle of con sistency they had a right to expect from statesmen?-- (Hear.) Let them look to what had been done in the last session of Parliament.—(Hear.) The ma jority had been sent, -in order to keep every thing in Church and State as it existed. They recollected the declarations against change which were made on the hustings, and the principles upon which the present. Government was raised to power. What had passed induced them to suppose that their views, like the Delphic oracle, might be read another way. With respect to corn the antagonist party railed not only against a fixed duty, but against any, even the .slightest change being made in the law as it then ex isted.—(Hear.) The first thing the Government did was to throw the existing Corn-laws overboard.— (Hear.) He did not say that the Government was wrong ; but again he asked, where was that high principle for consistency which alone can be the ground and justification for confidence in statesmen ? —(Hear.) Would any man at that board or else where tell him that Sir R. Peel, supported as he was by a monopolist majority, and placed in power on monopolist principles —would any man tell him that he would not go down to Parliament in Fe bruary next with measures for a further ex tension of free trade ?—(Hear.) Those could hardly answer for him who had witnessed the see-sawing of the last session ; at one time relying for support upon some of the most ultra free-traders, and at another, when he saw - ithe danger of being out-voted, falling back upon his own party.—(Hear.) Of other gentle men, members of the present Administration, he spoke with reluctance. He had kno w n the m as the greatest advocates of the principles they now most vir u l en tly opposed.=(Hear.) He did not blame a "man for changing his way of thinking upon any great point of national policy. He might possibly have learned by experience that his 'former] .opinions had been hastily formed, and his conclusions practically wrong. But he who from disappointed hopes, from personal resentment, or from the meaner motive of acquiring place or power, deserts the political friends to whom he had always been attached, and transfers his alle giance to what he badj always been in active oppo sition, might well expect that the world would note the change with incredulity and derision ; nor could he have the right to complain.—(Hear.) He would now take the opportunity of stating his opinions first, on:the - Corn-law ; next, on the Tariff; and thirdly, on the Income-tax. He was not one of Those who thought that the stagnation of trade and the existing distress were traceable to the Corn-laws only; he thought other causes had been in operation, such:as the state of the American markets and the finan cial derangements of that country; another cause was, the competition of foreign countries. . Only two years since a motion had been made in Parliament by Mr. Villiers, for inquiry into the state of the manufactur ing districts, and how the existing distress had been influenced by our commercial legislation, having a direct reference to the Corn-laws. He voted for that motion.—(Hear.) From that moment he knew his fate was sealed—for it was represented to the farmers, that because he had voted for that inquiry, he was their enemy, and that vote was made the pretence for organising an effective opposition to him. But of all the votes he had given that was the one he had the least repented.—(Loud cheers.) With respect to the Corn-laws he had', come to this conclusion, that to make the trade in corn safe, for .honest and prudent men to engage in with confidence, the means of easier and more extensive exchanges, that the food of man should no longer be the subject of gam bling and speculation—that this is the first, distinct, intelligible measure a statesman should now propose. —(Loud cheers.) But in itself this would not be sufficient to place our manufacturing system in a perfectly satisfactory state. He had told them he did not ascribe the whole eyils that now affected our manufactures and commerce to the Corn-law; but he would not hesitate to repeal that law, the prin ciple of which was the sliding scale—(Loud and con tinued cries of " Hear, hear")—as a necessary mea sure towards effecting the salvation of the country. He said that, as a country gentleman, connected with land, all his property being in land, and all his prejudices iu favour of land. He had always been the advocate of, and contended for a fixed duty; but he would rather the law was repealed without a fixed duty, than the present abominable, oppressive, and tyrannical system should continue.—(Loud cheers.)lWith respect to the Tariff, it was a mixture of good and evil ; excellent in theory, but bad in practice.—(Hear, hear.) , The speech of Sir Robert Peel, in introducing this measure, had' abounded with excellent declarations of ultra-Liberal policy; but it had been well said, that the assertion of great principles had been followed by a little measure.—(Hear, hear.) The measure ex eluded two of the . most important articles of consumption, affecting the comforts of the la bouring classes—corn and sugar. It had done nothing for commerce; six hostile tariffs had been, provoked in one short year.—(Hear.) With respect to the In come-tax,:he consideredjit unprecedented under the .circumstances, uncalled for, and tyrannical.—(Loud cheers.) Any man who, even in theory, approved of such a tax as this, was prepared to support a despotic Government.--(Hear.) The feelings and prejudices of Englishmen were decidedly contrary to it.—(Hear.) It would be a waste of time to show how it operated —how the professional man, whose income was de• rived from his daily labour, had to pay as much as he (Mr. W.) who had an income from land worth 30 years' purchase. But one argument that was much resorted to, was that it did not affect the poor. That might be true as respected the immediate operation; but no tax could more materially touch them by an 'indirect process.—(Hear.) The wages of labour were upheld and paid by the profits of capital; but if the last were reduced by the Income-tax, it was clear that the means of employment were diminished. They were told that this tax was to last only three years. He was incredulous on that point.—(Hear.) That was, a question, however, to be decided by Par liament—or rather by Peel, for he was the Govern ment, the Parliament, and the State. But had they confidence in the declarations of a Minister of Finance? Age, which gave few advantages, at least brought ex perience. He was old enough to recollect this tax being imposed in 1798, at the time when we had a re bellion in Ireland, a mutiny at the Nore, and when an army of 100,000 men on the coast of France threat ened to invade this country. The people under these circumstances cheerfully submitted to an Income-tax, and it continued until the peace of Amiens in 1801. It was then proposed to renew it as a peace tax ; but Mr. Addington, now Lord Sidmouth, said that as the war was at an end, he could not, as an honest man, propose that it should be continued, and it was conseque n tly repealed. War broke out again, and the tax was re imposed, and continued till peace was again established by the valour of British arms.--(Cries of " Hear, hear.") In 1816 Mr. Vansittart, the Finance Mi nister, proposed that that which was put on as a war tax should be renewed as a peace-tax under certain modifications; under the plausible pretext of the enormous- expenses incurred at its close. He men tioned these things in order to show the little reliance that can b e pl ace d i n t h e declarat i on o f fi nance mi nance minister s , w h en t h ey are permitted to put a tax on. His great objection to this tax, was that i t was arbitrary and inquisitorial.—(Hear.) He would read them the words of a celebrated man, once the pride of his country, whose words were as manna—and who was looked upon as the champion and defender of the rights and liberties of the people—he meant Lord Brougham. I n 1822 speaking of the Income- tax he said "Let the people profit by the experience of former years. Let them recollect the manner in which the Income-tax had been introduced, the almost imper ceptible degrees by which it had grown up, and the curse which it had eventually become. Let those who had groaned under that pernicious impost, be ware, now that they had got rid of it, how they opened a door to its - return. Let them judge if the Chencellor of the Exchequer once gets his foot upon that chosen ground, if he would abandon it,— tillhe drained it of Their last shilling. If they had looked to the returns of what the landed interest had paid, and considered the many burdens with which they were at present oppressed, it would be evident that such a tax, however modified, would not be endured." — Tunes, Feb. 18, 1822. These were the opinions of Henry Brougham— whether they were the opinions of the ex-Chancel lor, he would not venture to say.—(Hear.) if he saw good measures from any quarter, he was not so 'much bound up with party as to reject them, because he did not or could not trust the men proposing them.—(Hear, hear.) He would hail any prospect of relief, come from where it might. But look at every interest. Where were there the least signs of that improvement, which was pro mised to be the immediate results of-Sir R. Peel's ac- cession to power ? He would ask the landl or d s if th e i r rents were better paid—or did their mines, minerals, and other property yield a better return ? Can the farmer better meet his engagements than two years ago ? Look at the state of the labouring population, many of wham were happy . to obtain a place of mere s h e lt e r. Were these the signs o f re t urn i ng prospe rity ? Had anything in reality been done for the coun try, or was there anything to hope for from the late measures ?—(Hear, hear.) But be did not despond. He knew the great enterprise of Englishmen, and that, with but little to encourage them, they would resort to great activity. The manufacturing classes ought to have the earnest attention of the Government; and he should have thought that the great insurrection of the present year, would have stimulated the Government to pay more attention to their embarrassments. But t was this he might be permitted to ask in what respec Government superior to the last in preserving th e peace of the country ? Some years since, at Birming ham, the snob had possession of the town for four hours, and some houses were burnt. They all recol lected the indignant language of the Duke of Welling ton, who said that in all the course of his campaigns, he never knew so much desolation caused in so short a time. How different the feeling, when he looked at what occurred under his own administration.—(Hear.) The mob had dominance—not foul' hours, but four teen days, and hundreds and thousands of marauders were dispersed through the country levying contribu tions: our armies in France and Spam had never more complete military occuation of a country than these mobs had.—(Hear, 'hear.) The Govern ment was unequal to the protection of life, liberty, or property.—(Hear, hear.) It was to the mode ration of the people themselves that we were in debted for our preservation ; and he gave great credit to the military in disdaining to stain their swords with the blood of their fellow subjects—they did not renew the scene of Peterloo—not wanting the battle in the town, or out of the town--(Hear)—and it was due to their humanity that a stop was put to the greatest servile insurrection since the days of Wat Tyler and Jack Cade, without extensive bloodshed.—(Hcetr.) After some further observations Mr. W. rebutted the charge that the state of the country had been de scribed in terms of exaggeration. What was the case? The masters say that in consequence of re stricted commerce, they are obliged to lower wages and press upon the poor men, or to thr ow u p th e means of employment altogether. It was the duty of the Government to strike at the root of the evil, and by decisive legislation effect that change in our com merce, without which neither the condition of the peo ple nor the circumstances of the country could be raised. On this point he would venture to make a prophecy —that within a short space of time, the Corn-laws would be repealed. They saw signs of this every day : many who had supported those laws, and who observed the signs of the times, admitted those laws were doomed ; and, preferring place and power to being consistent, they were prepared to repeal them.— (Hear.) The Corn-laws will be repealed in all their obnoxious principles, .and by Sir B. Peel; and he, as on other occasions, will have the support of the Liberals, who have always shown, with respect to great principles, that they do not mind the man, so that they can get the measures.—(Loud cries of Hear, hear.) And Sir H. Peel in repealing the Corn laws, will have the support of the great body of those country gentlemen who swore on the hustings never to allow any Minister to touch the Corn-law, Whig or Tory.—(Hear.) Th ey h ave a l rea d y v i o l ated that declaration.--(Hear, hear.) They have done much to save their favourite Minister. Let them do more to save their country.—(Loud cheers.) Mr. W. then briefly touched upon the foreign policy, and demonstrated that though the present Govern ment had reviled the policy of their predecessors, yet that they had been contented, now that they had suc ceeded to office, humbly and servilely to adopt it. With respect to Lord Ashburton's treaty, it was all surrender — surrender—surrender—(Hear) and he was afraid it was pregnant with great evils, and would ultimately produce great misfortunes, and also that war, its professed object was to avoid.—(Hear.) Mr. W. next alluded to the attempts of Sir R. Peel in the last session to deprive the people of their right of petition in the case of the Income-tax, as showing the true feeling of Toryism as respects popular rights. He next touched upon the recent appointments of borough Magistrates, as reminding him of the dark deeds of the reign of Charles 11. He mentioned in contrast the conduct of Lord Grey's Government, of which Sir J. Graham was a member, who, though the great bulk of the Magistrates were Tory, had dis dained to swamp them by wholesale creations.— (Hear.) He did not thus insult the County Ma gistracy. But now Sir J. Graham unblushingly avowed that his object was to degrade the Liberal Magistrates ; and he designated the act as most abominable and unconstitutional.—(Hear.) This was the conduct of a man who once called himself a Whig; and who would tell them, if they wished him, that though he had abandoned his party, he had not deserted his principles.—(Great cheering.) Mr. W. thus continued—lie was not satisfied with the present state of the law affecting representation. There were grievous faults in the practice, as many of the county electors were made to regard the vote as their landlords, and many of the town constituen cies sold their franchise.--(Hear.) He would mate rially extend the franchise—so that all classes com petent to its judicious and independent exercise should enjoy it.—(Hear.) But though he thus declared him self a progressive and constitutional Reformer, yet he was not prepared to adopt the crude theories of those whose ultra views were put forth as the only panacea for all the ills of our social and political state.— (Hear.) If he could think that the points of the Charter would ameliorate the condition of society, and do away with the existing evils, then he might view that measure with favour ; but it was because he thought to the contrary—and that those who were most warm and earnest, and most honest in supporting that measure, would be the greatest sufferers—he meant the operative classes themselves; because he believed that it would lower down this great country to the very dust, and destroy the people themselves, he had always opposed, and always should oppose, views which he honestly re garded as chimerical and delusive.—(Cheers.) What confidence could the varied interests of this country place in a Chartist Government ? What confidence could foreign Powers place in it ?—(Hear.) If a Parliament was constituted on the principles of the Charter, the want of confidence would ruin all inter ests, and fall most heavily upon those who are the dependent classes—(Hear)--and commerce would necessarily be kept unsettled, and without the slightest chance of being legislated for, so as to give prosperity to the people.—(Hear.) One of the re sults of these extreme views would be to do away with tne national debt; and he might be permitted to say, that it would be equally honest to do away with all debts whatever, and individual liabilities.— (Hear.) The debt was a sacred charge incurred to save the State and our liberties; and its spoliation ought not to be countenanced.—(Cheers.) There were many other topics upon which he might have addressed them, but time would not permit. " I deny not that I have been a party man ; but a most disi n t eres t e d one ; and I defy any one in this company, or in any other, to say that I ever sacrificed my principles to any party. I could not be so blind as not to foresee the issue of the late contest; for when a large Whig interest joined the Tories and threw themselves into the arms of their former opponents, it was in vain to expect that I, who had no numerous squadrons of mounted tenantry to follow me, who trusted wholly to the independent voices of the people, could con tend against such an array with any chance of suc cess.—(Hear, hear.) I however fought the battle to satisfy my friends, and, if-I - fell, I fell in a good cause, and I preferred falling as I did, in company with a Morpeth, than to retain the most perma nent seat in Parliament by the sacrifice and principlesabaUdon ' which first re commended'plain(Lwouhd cheering.) attheprin. ciples were on which he had I H e e l to a f d t also in reverting to the measures of the present day, an n y o now endeavouredfe thoseto your enotice.a x been guided, and he had shown what his decision would have been had he been in Parliament; and he appealed for their verdict, but that verdict had been given before he had pleaded his cause.—(Hear.) He thanked them for the patience with which they had listened to him—and also for the active services they had rendered in the hour of conflict—and he promised them, that on any occasion when his services might be required, he would lose no opportunity , of supporting and vindicating thei r rights.—(Loud cheers.) Many other toasts were then given, after which the company separated at a late hour. GREAT LEAGUE FUND 50,0001.-A cheering in stance of the growing zeal for the success of the fund occurred in Little Bolton the other day. The Com mittee appointed to canvass Eastward, called in one instance, upon an old schoolmaster, who stated that his receipts had fallen off, during the last few years, more than twenty shillings a week, and he was sorry he really had no money to gi ve th em. B ut, turning to his wife, he said, " Kitty, go up s t a i rs (i nto suc h a drawer) and bring down the old Queen Anne's crown piece, which w as th y b rother ' s. " The old lady trotted up stairs, and sp ee dil y re t urne d w i t h t h e coin in question, which she handed over most cheer fully, although she said it had been,in the family up wards of forty years. The old couple. .made the col lectors heartily welcome to it, bade them " God speed" in their- benevolent work, and they went on their way deeply struck with this noble trait of self denial and unassuming zeal, which puts to utter shame the comparatively paltry contributions of more pre tending repealers.—Bolton Free Press. The late favourable summer season, which has not been equalled for many years, was so productive to the Watermen's steam-boats on the river, and the number of passengers carried so far exceeded that of all former years, that at their recent annual meeting, it was stated that the net profit for the past year would enable them to declare a dividend of 15 per cent. ; hut as they intended to build additional boats to meet the increasing traffic on the river, it was agreed upon to declare a dividend of 10 per cent., to be paid forthwith, to lay by a reserved fund of 1,0001., and to present a donation of 50 guiruiis to the Wa termen and Lightermen's Almshouses, making in all 100 guineas which they have presented to that ex cellent institution. A 'very handsomt iron steam boat, to be called Waterman No. 8, isw ready for launching at Messrs. Ditchburn and Mare's factory at Blackwall. She is to be fitted up with two engines of 16-horse power each, with machinery and boilers on an improved system by Messrs. Penn and Son, of Greenwich, who have been so successful in fitting up the numerous river steamers. The Watermen steamers 9 and 10 are building, and will be ready in L a few weeks. The same Company intend building eight other steam-boats.