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' - three Shares, 31.; tone Shares, 41. ; five Shares, 5/. ; six Shares, 61. ; seven Shares, 71..; . eight Shares, fg.; nine Shares, 9/. ; ten Shaves, 101. DireCt foi . Shares; without delay, to HEINE BROTHERS at Lubeck. The full Prospectus, with all particulars, may be had gratis, op . zri addressing a line to Hine Brothers. THEATRE ROYAL. COVENT-GARDEN. THIS EVENING, DEC. 30, Will be reieited, Auber's Oper'a of FRA DIAVOI.O ; or, the INN of TERRACINA. Fra Diavolo, Mr. W. Har rison ; Lord Alleash, Mr. G. Horncastle; Lorenzo, Mr. Travers; Beppo, Mr. Giubilei ; Giacomo, Mr. Leffler ; AlAtteo, Mr. S. Smith ; Lady Allcash, Miss Beth; Zerlina, Miss Poole. After which, Mr. 1311M1'3 Comic Interlude of MY NEIGIIRQ,UR'S WIFE. Mr. Somerton, Mr. Coopor ; ?Jr. Brow* Air Meadows; Mr. Smith, Mr. Bartley ; Mrs. Somerton, Mrs. W. Lacy. To conclude with a New Comicality, called PUNCH'S. PANTOMIME ; or, HARLEQUIN KING JOHN, and ,AIAGNA CHARTA. By the-Writers of "Punch." King John, Mr. W. H. Payne • Harlequin, Mr. J. Ridgway ; Pan taloon, Mr. G ar d en ; columbine, Mrs. J. - Ridgway ; Clown, Mr. T. Ridgway. Doors- open at Half-past Six, and the Performances com mence at Seven.—Dress Boxes is., Second Price :3s, ; First and Second Circks 5a., Second rriee •:.s. 6d. ; Pit 3s; Second Price 2s. ; Galery ls. Pwivstc Boxes to be had at the Box-office ; of Messrs. An drews, 167, New Bond-etreet ; Mr. Mitchell, Old Bord-street ; and of 'Mr. SM. , . Pall Allan. Tickets and Places for the Boxes to be taken of Mr. Whit low, at tlio Box-office, from Ten till Four, where Season Tickats may be bad. TLIEATRF, ROYAL. I-lAN-MARKET. THIS EVENING. DEC. 3 Will be rep'ated the New Drama, called GRAND FATHER WHITEHEAD. Grandfather Whitehead, Mr. W. Farren ; Drayton, (a Builder), Mr. Tilbury; Langley, (a Retired Trader), Mr. Stuart ; Driver, (a Lawyer), Mr. Strickland; Bab Lincoln, (his Clerk), Mr. Webster; Snap, Clark ; Edward Drayton (Drayton's Son), Master George Webster ; Louisa Drayton, Mrs. Edwia Yarnold . ; Susan, (Ferratt to Langli ), Mrs. Stanley. After which, THE DOWAGER. "Lord Alfred Lyndsay, Mr. Charles Mathews ; Dowager Countess of Tresilian, Madame Vcstris. To be fOl'oed by the Drama of THE 13ASTILE. Louis Quatorze, Mr. H. Hell; Frirandeau, Mr. Webster; the Duchess de Montbazon, Miss Charles; Ninon Labatte, Ma -earn° Celeste. To coneude with a Grand Comical Burlesque Bur letta, called RIQUET, WITH THE TUFT. Prince Biquet, with the Tuft, Mr. Charles Mathews ; Green-horn the Great, Mr. James Mann; Prince Finikin, Miss Charles; The - Princess Emeralds, Madame Vestris. • PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. THIS EVEMNP, DEC. 30, Will be repeated a New Domestic Drama, entitled SHE'S NOT TO BLAME, in which Miss Amelia Mercer, from the Theatre Royal, York, will perform. Atter which, TUX WELSH RABBIT. The Printipal Characters by Mr. J. Balls, Mr. Salter, anal Miss E. Stanley. To conclude with a New Fairy. burlesque burletta, entitled THE YELLOW DWARF. Principal characters by Mr, Oxberry, Mrs. Anderson, Miss Noel, Madle. Melanie Duval, and SI. Deneze, who rill make their first appearance in this country in the incidental Places and Private Boxes to be had at the Theatre, and at all the princ:pal Libraries. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPIII. " Yankee Notes" a d..ci 'e.l hit—Best Pantonsirne in London. THIS EVENING, DEC. 30, Will be repeated the new Burletta, entitled TILE MER CHANT AND HIS CLERKS. : The pri nc i pa l characters by Messrs. Lyon, 0. Smith, Paul Bedford , Wright, Maynard, Wieland, Miss Chaplin, Miss Brooks, and Mrs. P. Grattan. Afier which, a New Kirce,ealled YANK EE NOTES FOR ENGLISH CIRCULATION. Principal Characters by Mr. Rice (the celebrated representative of Negro Character), Mes:rt. Wright, Wilkinson, Maynail, Mesdames H. P. Grat tan, H. Beverley, and Chaplin. To conclude with a New Christmas Pantomime, called THE CHILDREN IN THE WOOD ; or, HARLEQUIN AND NOBODY. Harlequin, Mr. Frampton; Anti •Clown (No body). Mr ieland ; Clown, Mr. IL Beverly; Pantaloon, Mr. Samters Co umbine. Miss Bullin. Boxes, D Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, Is. Doors open at half-past eix, commence at seven o'clock. DAVIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY TIAATRE. As usual, tho most magnificent Pantomime in London—A ter rific hit Acknowledged by audiences crammed to the ceiling —Superb Dresses—Splendid Scenery—Unequalled Appoint:. nscuts. THIS EVENING, DEC. 30, Will be repeated a New Drama, entitled RICHARD SAVAGE, in which Messrs. Hughes, Hicks, R. Homer, J. Webster, Neville, Smith, Mrs. R. Honner, Mrs. 11. Vining, Terrey, &c., &c., will perform. After which, a N ew G ran d F a i ry P ar. t om i mc , w i t h sp l en did Scenery, I._)resses, Tricks, Mechanical Changes, and Appoint ment;,.to. be called HARLeQUIN PUCK; or, THE EN ' CII4.NTED STATUE tiF THE CHRYSTAL FOUN TAIN. Harlequin, Mr. Harvey; Clown, Mr. C. Montgo mery; Pantaloon, Mr. T. Blanchard ; Columbine, Miss M. R. Fairbrother. The effects will exceed everything hitherto attemi:tetl. Ale,srs. Sam 4, Mitchell, Andrew, and Saruin, are Agents fur Private Boxes during the run of the Pantomime. Places and private Boxes to be had of Mr. J. Kerschner, at the pox• office, from eleven to four. ITTGo w ATER AT LONDON BRIDGE:riIIs DAY. tinning..... 15 minutes after 01 Evening ... 5^ minutes after 0. e tei. • - ,‘ se C 4 l " / 4C, 474 1 4 , • • • •• , , • ^ •ii • ell;C . 7_ll,lt LONDON : FRIDAy MORNING, DECEMBER 30, 1842. It i • ap sn o id yi t t l lg iat ti t , he gieat Tory landlords have bcen highly Lisicrew to Sir It. PEEL, which is rendered probable by the al tered langu age n tV h landed gentleman now use at agricultural meetings._ i n c i They are putting a bold face on their i Nv i hi s i tlce, and are resolved to bully the private they in sinuate their wishes ande in their threats to Sir lik e B. P EE L. We should passed see the corres pondence that has recently tsel substance of d between cer tain noblemen and gentlemen, i e which has been made known to e Premier. Premier We should like to hear the oral comm unications th which are continually _made by the metier to his familiars, and frolll squire to squire, to give) if possible, a tone to the public sentiment' that may enable the Right Hon. Baranet to beast of the unaltered and'unatterabie attachment of the landowners to the principle of protection, and to the present sliding scale. " The time is-fast approaching," adds - the Con temporary from whom we have borrowed the as sertion, "when it will be known whether Sir R. PEEL will be allowed to consult the welfare of the country, or whether he will renounce the principles he professed last session, and become the passive instrument of a short-sighted and mistaken avarice." As we have said already, Sir R. PEEL will do that which he is compelled to do ; he has no free will in the matter. If the grumbling' of the farmers increase, if rent continue to fall, and if the League presses forward with rigour and zeal, Sir R. PEEL will, in the language of our Contemporary, "consult the public welfare" by abolish ing the Corn-law.' If, on the contrary, the fltriners should think that this is but one bad season, and should go on hoping and trusting, as the landowners have cunningly re commended, at the same time promising them some small assistance, and a relaxation of rent; if the industrious and injured farmers should therefore make no serious and bitter re monstrances to the idle landlords, and quietly sacrifice their little remaining ca pital to pay the utmost amount of rent they can pay ; if agricultural meetings should speak boldly; and if at the same time the fall of prices should relax the zeal of the League, and make some of its most active members more eager to profit by present advantages than pro vide for future prosperity, then Sir ROBERT PEEL will not consult the welfitre of the country, and will not alter the Corn-law. He relies, probably, on the contingencies we have pointed out. He promised cheapness, and cheapness is come. That will be a sufficient . shield against the (16- mands of the League, unless most vigorously pressed ; and if the landlords continue vehe mently to clamour for protection, he will do their bidding. In that case he will prepare for him self imperishable disgrace, and for his country indescribable disasters. Mr. STURT, at. the Blandford meeting, being one of the resolute protection men, said, under the burdens the agriculturists have to bear they are not able to contend with unlimited com petition. How can he suppose, then, that the manufacturers, who share all the burdens of the State with the agriculturists, can bear them ex posed to unlimited competition, and bear the ad ditional burden of the bread-tax ? To shut out competition is to shut out trade, to ruin the ma nufacturers, and deprive the agriculturists of customers. Will that raise the price of wheat ? Whether it will or not, he and his friends still cling to the law which promises them a high price for that produce. We are not much surprised at the ignorance and prejudice of the landowners, however much we deplore them. The word " law" implies settle ment and stabiTily, and so the landlords speak of the law of last session as the settlement of the question. But however feasible it might be for the leader of a predatory tribe to settle that their next piratical excursion should be to Britain, and, therefore, make that a law; or to establish that another leader should share with him in the command; or however feasible it might be for the successful pirates, become landowners, to settle a division of the booty, or even to agree amongst themselves, for their common defence. to organise themselves into tens, and hundreds, and shires, and, therefore, establish or settle such a general means of defence—between such a law and the settlement or establishment of the price of a commodity there is no analogy what ever. Hence, while the settlement and establish ment of tithings and hundreds has existed in England for ten centuries, or from a period an terior to ALFRED to the present time, the law settling and establishing the price Of wheat could not be maintained unaltered for twelie years, and has iltiled every year in accomplishing the object intended. The price of wheat depends on the quantity of corn grown and the number of mouths; on the. quantities of other things to be given for it, and time number of persons requiring it; on the quantity and value of money in circulation, both of which are effected by bank issues, and are not settled and established by the law ; and it depends on the cost of producing .the wheat and other things. Now, , no one of these elements of the' prices of wheat is, or can, be settled or esta blished by law; and, therefore, the law which keeps out foreign grain cannot possibly settle or establish the price of wheat. The attempt to settle and establish it by law is, therefore, as errant a piece of folly, but being replete with mischief, much more wicked, than an attempt to regulate the seasons themselves. Experience amply confirms this theory. The law since 1815, intended to keep up prices, has been a complete failure; the price falling at times to 365. and 395., while there has been a most rapid increase of manufactures and of - people. These are obviously the circumstances which at other times have forced up prices, and wanting which the law would have had no such effect, any more than the swearing of fishwives at Bil lingsgate. We pity and excuse the somewhat natural prejudices of booby squires who jump to the conclusion, because the law settles the suc cession to the throne that it can settle the price of commodities; we can pardon them their bluster and their bullying, for they have been nursed in c3nceit and pride by the.deference of other men ; but we cannot excuse Sir ROBERT PEEL for maintaining a law intended to settle and establish prices which he knows cannot effect that object ; and he will receive no pity, should his attempt draw on him the execration of mankind. A great deal more depends on this question of free trade than most men imagine. Year after year the lower classes want food, and the middle classes struggle in vain to improve their condi tion ; year after year are the_ dispositions of all soured and embittered; year after year the ill will of man to man, and of class to class, in creases; year after year fraud is strengthened and honesty weakened; year after year, by the operation of hunger, distress, anor disappoint ment, do rancour, hatred, and all the evil pas sions, become predominant, and beget wide- spread disorder, discontent, and anarchy. these are the consequences of restriction and distress. We went through a trying period of long and expensive war without suffering half or one quarter as much at home of distress and discon- tent as we have suffered since: the peace. The people were then prosperous ; the law did not prevent them from obtaining food; the wonder ful inventions of WATT, while the success of our Navy ensured the general safety of our com merce, gave to our industry and our wealth the most extraordinary extension. By their means the nation was prosperous, not, as is sometimes foolishly said, in consequence of a war wastefully carried on, but in spite of it ; and contentment and lOYalty grew with the products of commerce and the steam-engine. If the mistake, however, were then and since made of ascribing internal tran- quillity to good government, instead o ascribing it to mechanical inventions, how much more may we. now .dread the mistake of ascribing the terrible discontent, not only with the Government, but of man with man, and of class with class, which now exists, to some robe rent wickedness which coercion may put down, instead of tracing it to the general distress caused by our restrictive laws ? Another invention of equal importance to the steam-engine, instead of now relieving our distress, would increase it; and thus the wonderful ingenuity and skill of our people, which, under no other restrictions than those imposed by circumstances, carried the nation happily through au arduous contest, are' converted, by the restrictive laws enacted ,since the peace, into dire climes. Nothing less than prosperity and contentment on the one hand, with all the bland and kindly emotions which --- spring therefrom, and distress, discontent, and anarchy on the other, depend on the right solu tion of this great question of freedom of trade. The progress of popUlation carries civilization with it; and when we find the nation deteriorat ing in morals as it increases in numbers, we are forced to conclude that our political system is terribly erroneous. On this account we cannot believe that Sir ROBERT PEEL is so self-degraded as to have made up his mind to be the instrument of the ignorant landlords in endeavouring to continue the restrictive law. We know that like all politicians he loves power, and is not very scrupulous as to the means of acquiring it. We believe, therefore, that if the preservation of his own power depends on maintaining that system, he will try to maintain it. Hence it is the business of the public, operating through the League and on the landlords and farmers, to make- the- preservation of his power and the maintenance of the system hopelessly incom patible. In spite of some Bobadil-talk the land owners are dreadfully alarmed at the success of the League, and the growing discontent of the tenantry. A few weeks more low prices, and the continuance of the exertions of the League, will suffice to rouse the tenantry against the landowners, and convince Sir ROBERT PEEL that he can only remain in office by conceding the abolition of the Corn-laws. Till public opinion becomes decided we suppose that he will hold his judgment suspended, and will then again, as before, make his conduct square with his presumed interest. Mr. O'CONNELL'S letter, combined with .the avowed resistance tolevying poor-rates, will have convinced the public that Sir ROBERT PEEL bus not got over the difficulty of Ireland. He can only rely on the landlords of that country. , The bulk of the peasantry, with their leaders and their priesthood, are, politically speaking, ra ther his enemies than his allies. He not only supports, he favours and extends a Church which oppresses them, and whiclr they hate. But how are the landlords disposed towards him ? They complain in Ireland most bitterly of the effects of the tariff. Rents are fallitig ; rates cannot be paid; land is ac tually in some places deteriorated fifty per cent.; and, taught by Sir ROBERT PEEL, the the:landlords universally, we believe, ascribe the fall in prices and in rents to his new lavis. His difficulties in Ireland must increase ; for, without conciliating the peasantry and the Catholic priests, he is alienating from' him the landlords, and their dependents and friends. Now comes the proposition to make them responsible in the first instance for the poor-rate, which will add fuel to the flame, and make his work for Ireland more arduous, probably, than his work for England. With what subject he will begin when Parliament assembles, we cannot conjec ture; but his task will be much more severe than last session, while the confidence in him, which might enable him to succeed, will be much diminished. THE SUN, LONDON, PRIDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 30, 1842 DUTCH MAIL. TIM HAGUE, DEC. 26.—0 n the 19th of this month the merchants of Venloo had a meeting for the purpose of considering of means to prevent the loss of all the trade with Prussia, and the entire ruin of that town, by tli opening of a road from Kalden-Kirshin to Steil. It was resolved to petition his Majesty the King, to suppress the Custom-house at Steil, which was established two years ago, as useless and injurious in its effects to this town. The Magistrates of Venloo have solicited the pro vincial Government at Maestricht to support their petition to his Majesty, and it is to be hoped that they will do their utmost- to prevent so great an injury to our unhappy town. • BATAVIA, SEPT. 13.—1 n our number of the 2d of April laSt, we gave accounts from Siam of the sth of . February, respecting the preparations that were making at Bankok for war with the Cochin Chinese. Five of the largest merchantmen belonging to the. King of Siam were fitted out as men of war, And accompanied by a numerous fleet of armed junks, were sent, under the command of Prince Chou Fah, to Kangkoo, a. port in the south-west coast of Cain bodia. We have read in the Singapore Free PreSs of the 2atll, of July, accounts of the result of this -ex- pedition': Letters from Bankok had brought word, that the expedition sent by. the Government:of Siam against Cochin China-had returned, but not covered with glory. .A4gieat number of wrettheki 7 rnen, .who were taken by force and against their will from their homes to serve in the expedition ; have perished by hunger, and by b6ing exposed to the burning heat in the day, and to.cold rains at night, being on board of crowded ships, without any sort of shelter. It is said that there was no fighting. As soon as the brave Siamese came in sight of the Cochin Chinese fleet, they turned about and fled, while the l a tt er , on their part; marmanimously resolved to let the enemy depart unmolested, and to refrain from pursuing them. At the same time we herr that the Cochin Chinese are employed in making a road directly across the mountains which divide that kingdom-from Siam, with the intention of undertaling at some time or other an invasion ofAhat country.—Java Courant. BRUSSELS, DEC. 26.—General Joly, President of the Belgian Commission for running the boundary line between Belgian and the Netherlands, has arrived at Maestricht. The Dutch Commission has likewise arrived there. It may therefore be supposed that the treaty on the subject of the boundary line will be shortly carried into effect. . The construction of railways in Austria is proceed ing rapidly. A convention has just been concluded with the Government of Saxony for the construction of an iron railway from Prague to Dresden. Thus the Adriatic will soon be connected with the German Ocean by means of a railroad passing through the Austrian provinces. This aliair..may be considered as definitively settled. The Civil Tribunal of Tournay heard, on the 14th and 19th, pleadings in the affair of the Countess le Hon, requiring to have her property. separated from that of her husband. The Court decided in her favour. It appeared that the Countess possesses pro. perty to the amount of between two and three mil lions of francs. The Counsel of Count le Hon ac, knowledged the correctness of the statement made by the Counsel of his lady. The Echo de Renaix says that mendicity is spread ing in a frightful manner in the environs, and that it is not uncommon to meet with bands of twenty or thirty beggars, who go t o th e farm-houses to-de mand relief for their starving families, accompanying their demands with threats in case of refusal. A few dals ago such a threat was partly carried into execu tion on a farmer in the neighbourhood. A haystack was set on fire, and the whole farm was in great danger of being destroyed. The damage done was to the amount of 300 francs. DUTCH FUNDS.—AmsTErmm, DEC. 27. Money. Bills. >dual Del t, 2% per Cent Ditto, ditto 5 per cent. Amart Syndic,4% per cent 9 t 9454 Ditto, ditto, 2% per cent 7l 771' Commercial Cosnpany, 4% per cent 15034 Loan 1537, 5 per cent. 9 9% 1)9 . Exchangeon London, One month...-. Two months 12 15 Harnburgh, One month 35 84% Two months ..... 35 62% Dutch Papers, Dec. 28. BELGIAN FUN _ S.--Bausszts, DEC. 27. Actual Debt, 2% per Cent , Rothschild' s Loan, Five per Cent lO2 Lean of Thi rty Millions, Four per Cent 93 ------ hr Te pr Thlrty-seven Milli ns, e dit e to ---- (18411) l(3 Loan of City, 1832, Four per Cent Society of Commerce, Four and a Half per Cent — Bank of Belgium, Five per Cent 7B National Society . Exchange on London (short) ....... ..... —Brussels Papers, Lee 27. HAMBURGH BORSEN HALLE, Dec. 24. A wtrian 5 per Cents. 110 Bank Shares 1635 Anglo-Russian Loan 1i.8% 108 Russian 5 Der Cent., Ist series, Certificate lO2 y.„ 102 ii Inscription, Ist series 102% Russian 5 per Cent. Hope and Co., 3d and 4th Series 97% Ditto in (7crtificates O7 .4 New 9 leer Cent. (1990) ........ ...... ........... Dutch Actual Debt, z 4 per Cent .......... Ditto 5 per Cent. — Polish Bonds — --• New Tickets - Anglo-Danish Loin, 3 per Cent Spanish, New 5 per Cents. • *Mee - - PRUSSIAN FUNDS.—BsituNiDEc. 24. Bills. Money St. Schuld Sch., 4 per cent. ...•• 104 103 Prussian English Bonds, 1530, I per cent.• 1..234 P 2 % Exchange on London. 6 24% -- .Prussian Slate Gazette. Dec. 24. COLBUEN'S UNITED SERVICE MAGAZINE.—The New Year offering a favourable opportunity for com mencing a periodical, we are bound to remind a large class of her Majesty's subjects, that at the head of those periodicals which furnish useful tind valuable information to .their peculiar classes of readers, as well as amusement to the general body of the public; Must be the United Service Magazine and Naval and Military Journal. It numbers among its contributors almost all those gallant spirits who have done no less honour to their country by their swords than by their pens, and abounds with the most interesting discussions. on Naval and Military affairs, and stirring r narratives of deeds of arms, in all parts of the world. Every information, of value and interest to both the Services is called with the greatest diligence from every available source, and the correspondence of various distinguished officers which enrich its pages, is a feature of .great, attraction. In short, the United Service Magazine can he recommended to' every reader who possesses that attachment to his Country which should make him look with the:, tieepest interest on its Naval and Military resources. LITERATURE. COLLEGE LIFE. 3 Fob. Colburn, London, 1842. The author of this lively production is already favourably known to the public by some clever sketches of University life and character, which appeared some months since in the pages of the New Monthly Magazine. His present work is not unworthy of these, and presents " College Life" with as much spirit as fidelity: The sketch of the Rev. Doctor Pomponius Atticus Potts, the sporting Oxford Don, who used to manage to get a little shooting during term-time by slipping through his stable-yard, " which communicated with the highway, by means of a pair of back-gates," is evidently a portrait taken direct from some living original ; but indeed all the author's sketches wear this appearance; and hence the interest that they possess for the majority of readers. Those who are fond of a hearty laugh, will derive much amusement from the perusal of these highly humourous volumes. THE .COMMISSIONER. Curry, Dublin, 1842. There are many ingenious hits at the follies and vices of the day in this story, which is as full of arch satire as any of Peacock's novels. It is also embellished with numerous clever plates, and has already been published in Monthly Parts, which. are here all bound together, and form a handsome, octavo .vol ume. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, THURSDAY.—The Queen and Prince Albert took their accustomed early walk in the Home Park. His Royal Highness the Prince afterwards rode out, attended by Major-General Wemyss, Sir Edward Bowater, Mr. G. E. Anson, Hon. Colonel Grey, and Captain Francis Seymour. Met at Upton, found a hare on Mr. Mason's farm, ran by Stoke-park up to •Bretwells, from thence made up by the village of ,Burnham to Dorney Wood, skirted it, arid ran on to East Burnham Beeches, 55 minutes, without a check. His-Royal Highness rode his favourite horse Han nibal, and was close to the hounds through the whole of the run. A better or a faster run with fox hounds was never seen. Besides his Royal llighness and Suite, there were a few of the neighbouring yeomen. The Earl of Lincoln arrived on a visit to her Majesty. - Viscount Canning took his departure from the Castle to-day. Covers are laid this evening for thirteen. The Royal dinner party is expected to include the Lady in Waiting, Hon. Miss Lister, Hon. Miss Liddell, Earl of Lincoln, Marquis of Ormonde, Captain F. Seymour, Hon. C. A. Murray, Captain Meynell, lion. Colonel Grey, and Sir Edward Bowater. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge ar rived in town yesterday from his residence at Kew, and paid a visit to her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester, at Gloucester House. M. Fortique, the Venezuelan Minister, transactei business yesterday at the Foreign-office. His Excel lency the Turkish Ambassador also transacted busi ness yesterday at the Foreign-office. The Earl of Minto has left Farrance's Hotel, Bel grave-street, for his seat, Minto House, North Britain ADELAIDE GALLERY. COMBUSTION. BY REFRACTED ARTIFICIAL LIGHT. Last evening .Dr. Atkins delivered • a lecture upon the Boccius Light, • which he illustrated by experi ments of great novelty and interest, with the Colos sal Burning Lens, lately brought into use in this In stitution. The Learned Gentleman commenced by stating that all bodies are divided into combustible and incombustible, oxygen being the only supporter of combustion, and the atmospheric air 'itself sup porting combustion only by means of the oxygen which it contains. A change takes place in the oxygen by its combination with the burning bodies, so , that it becomes incapable of supporting respira tion or combustion, and affects vegetable colours, which were before unaffected by it. All combustible matters commonly burnt are composed of carbon and hydrogen.- The Lecturer separated the oxygen and hydrogen composing water, and burnt the latter ; after which he produced water by the deflagration of, the two gases. In producing artificial light, un less solid matter is introduced into the flame, the latter is but slightly luminous. He showed that the flame of Oxygen and hydrogen burnt together gives little light, although possessing great heating po wer , but when that fl ame i s a ppli e d to a piece of lime, the light produced is very great. The object, therefore, sought in the improved method of procuring arti 'ficial light, has been to bring the flame to act upon - solid 'matter, so that it becomes incandescent, in the most convenient way to produce the greatest amount Of light,-with the least consumption of materials. The , irOde of illumination, now most familiarly known as - the Bude li g ht, w a s first 'exhibited by the late Sir -Humphrey Davy, at the IWO Institution, and the. fifilure of its first application - to / the lighting of the House of Commons by Mr : Gurney, was occasioned `by the:difficulty of regulating the amount of light and procuring the necessary supply Of oxygen. Gurney and Boccius at the same time devised new kinds of burners, to remove that defect. By the contrivance of the latter inventor, of which the lecturer gave a de tailed description, the supply of oxy gen i s ren d ere d unnecessary, and there is no s . noke ; the light being obtained at due-fourth of the expense required for the same amount of light as was produced on Mr. Gurney's. plan. For the better understanding of the 'experi ments which he was about to make with the Colossal Burning Lens, it was necessary t o ex pl a i n th a t each of the seven rays into which a pencil of solar light may be divided by the prism, consists of three distinct portions—an illuminating, a calorific, and a chemical ray. External to the red ray is the greatest amount of heating, or calorific rays ; and external to the violet, the greatest amount of chemical rays. It had long been doubted, and even denied, that artificial light could transmit heat through glass and other transparent bodies—in other words, it was held that bodies diapbthermous to the rays of the sun were not diaphthernious to those of artificial light. It was shown,:however, by Meloni, that glass allowed a small quantity of heat to accompany those rays, but not so much in proportion as accompanied the solar in their passage through the same material. Now, the important point in the discovery which Dr. Atkins had made by means of the Colossal Lens, was that the heat of artificial light is refracted, reflected, and transmitted by glass. It is reflected from a para bolic reflector to the lens, in paningthrough which it is refracted, and then transmitted to, and concentrated in, the focus on the other side: In this, the resem blance of the Drummond Light to that of the sun was greater than was found in any other mode of artificial illumination. His success in making the discovery was to be attributed to the great powers of this une qualled lens. The history ofthe instrument was curious, and not without interest. It is believed to be the same that was originally constructed for the destruction of the Emperor Maximilian, by concentrating the rays of the sun upon his head as he passed in procession through a city of the Netherlands, the thirteen provinces of which became . subject to the- oppressive yoke of Austria by 111aximilian's marriage with the heiress of Charles of Burgundy. The design was discovered, and the constructor of the in strument was put to death. This occurred shortly before the' end of the fifteenth century, so that the -lens is about 350 years old. It was some time in the possession of the illustrious Lavoisier ; from whom .itqassed.into the hands of a Frenchman, who sold it for a small sum to the founders of this institution. here some experiments were made with it by Mr. Maugham, who succeeded in melting three ounces of copper in its focus by the sun's rays. It was after wards laid aside as useless, or employed only to re present a revolving signal on the top of Mr. J. L. Stephens' signal telegraph f or railways. The pre sent talented proprietor of the Adelaide Gallery found it amongst the lumber, and in testing its great powers succeeded, on Monday last, for the first time, in burning,phosphorus in its focus by refracted artificial light, thus determining an important and long dis puted question in natural philosophy. The Lec turer repeated the experiment last evening with and to the great satisfaction o p f erfe success , act crowded d ss audience. The Colossal Lens is three feet in diameter, and weighs three cwt. Such another could not now be made in this country, as the regulations of the Government would not allow the necessary proportion of lead to be used in the manufacture of the glass. -- A letter fram Rome says :—" It is well known that Lord Shrewsbury is having a church built at Ascott, near Birmingham, dedicated to St. Gillers. His Lordship, a generous and liberal protector of the fine arts, and particularly those referring to religion, has entrusted to the clever painter, Edward Hauser, of Basle, the execution of a magnificent painting, which is to be the principal ornament of that church, the building of which has been entrusted to Mr. Puggein." LETHENDY CAsE.—The action of damages, at Mr. against the majority of the Presby teryfbr refusing to take him on trials, e of &c. which hiciDnahsutwl'iankeed' scsieidown for trial by a jury in the.first division of the Court of Session to-day, has been dis charged. The Lord President, after communicating for a few minutes with the Dean of Faculipand Mr. Rutherford, stated yesterday publicly from the bench, that the Court, with consent of the counsel for the parties, deemed it proper to postpone this trial. The reason for this we understand is, that three other important causes, involving much 9f the law which is applicable to this case, are expected . to be heard and decided immediately after the Court meets ; and hence the Lethendy case will not be tried till the Spring sittings. —Scotsman, raThe General St eam N av i ga ti on Company's vessel the Giraffe, from Rotterdam, arrived off the Custom House yesterday at twelve o'clock at noon, with the Dutch 132111 TO CORRESPONDENTS An " Old Subscriber" is informed, that we never in sert marriages Or deaths on anonymous authority. THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, DEC. 30. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 50 ; Highest, 56 : Noon, 55 BAROMETER, 30.25.—W1ND, W. NOTE.—The number 32 on the Thermometer denotes the freezing point, and 55 temperate. In Barometers fair is usually placed opposite 30, and rain at 29. ~,,,,.. , g ,-;_:- 1 ,3,',-, fi-:. „......- , 5:111t, c 4tl,Etenti92bltton SUN OFFICE Three o'clock One of the leading features of the Blandford Agricultural, and of similar meetings, is, the rewards which the noblemen and gentlemen there assembled bestow on well behaved agri cultural labourers. They are summoned betbre their masters, like little children at the school breaking-up, and one receives a new coat, another couple of sovereigns, and a third something else ; and a handsomely framed cer tificate is given to each to attest how much his masters are pleased with his patient, toiling, obe dient conduct. After dinner the Chairman has them intro duced to the company, in whose august presence he compliments them, as worthy and deserving persons; talks of the labourers being the foundation of society ; assures them that happiness is very generally diffused over all classes ; and that if they only do their duty they will be sure to be happy in their own station. Proceedings of that nature may be very gratifying to tho self , love . of -the noble men and gentlemen ; but we submit that they are not calculated to improve . either them or the-people. It is, on their part, an assump tion of moral and mental superiority, - which by DO means belongs to theM, and serves to nourish in them a windy arrogance and conceit. The very act implies a consciousness, on their part, of being much wiser and better than the labour , ers and cottagers, and is a claim to direct the conduct of other men, who have their own duties to perform, in their own station. On the part of the labourers and cottagers, it implies, and it nourishes, a sense of self-degradation. They are told that they are not as good as those other men who advise and direct them. The well-meant patronage helps to destroy their sense of inde pendence, the soul of all greatness and goodness, and if it refines—which we doubt—it emascu lates their mental powers. What would the noblemen and gentlemen of England think if the cottagers and labourers were to form societies for the encouragement of good conduct in the landlords, and to reward it? But why should they not form such societies, as noblemen and gentlemen form them to improve the cottagers ? They are equally men. Their in terest and their welfitre are closely bound up with the good behaviour of the landlords ; and were wreaths or ribbons, or stars of honour conferred on landlords by societies of farmers and labourers for putting an end to game preserves—for living in London and never troubling the tenants and cottagers—for being content with the rent they could, willingly pay—for carefully abstaining from asking for a yoke at an election—for respect ing their independence —were rewards bestowed for such good conduct, that might stimulate some landlords to be equitable and respectful to wards their fellow men, albeit they are only tenants and cottagers. The public did not need certain recent events to convince them that the BANKESES, the ASHLEYS, the STURTS, Ci hoc genus, really require as much moral guidance and control as the meanest oC.the cottagers who were patronised at the Blandford meeting. There is a great deal too much care taken of the lower classes by their so-called superiors. Those who claim to take care of them, claim, in' fltct, to be their masters. They treat the pea santry-inore like slaves or children than inde pendent men; and they make them childish ity their dependence. The Liberals are no more exempt from the assumption of superiority than the Tories, and are equally prone to treat the labouring classes like children. This is an 'erro neous mode of proceeding. The first 'stefr to wards amendment is for the gentry to trust the ..people, and distrust themselves more. The two have totally different duties to perform ; they are placed in totally different situations; and it is quite impossible that either one can be a rule for the othcr. Let the gentlemen of England, then, treat the labourers like free men, and they will soon be rewarded by finding that the la bourers, instead 'of - being, as at present, terribly degraded, have acquired the Virtues of their new station. We had the pleasure of meeting yesterday a body of men by whose active exertions the pulse of our commercial greatness is kept in being—men who embody in themselves the very spirit of enterprise. Agriculture may have done much for this country, but commerce bus done more. ' Without commerce England would only bz,. a land of cabbages! It is her com merce that has raised her to the proud eminence which she holds—the first nation for arts, for arms, for freedom—and the _ parent of all, is commerce ! Why do people say, "He is a very promising boy, but he should see the world;"--if they did not imply in that sentence that " seeing the world," is learning the principles of commerce ? England is essentially a commercial country, and it gives us especial pleasure in bearing our testi►.►ony to the meritorious exertions of gentlemen travellers who have associated themselves, for the support of their mutual independence, by founding a Society which will benefit them selves, and be a protection to their families. Such Societies are well worthy imitation—and deserve the best support of the public. The part taken by the French Consul during ' the insurrection at Barcelona is still involved in much mystery. Two Morning Contemporaries, who appear to derive their information from offi cial sources, publish statements on the subject directly at variance with one another---the Tory journal describing M. LESSEPS as blameless, while the Whig paper asserts that but for the countenance he gave to the insurgents, there would have been no necessity to bombard the town. When two such judges disagree, we will not pretend to decide; but we may observe that one of the Barcelona jour nals still adheres to its first accusation against the Consul, and asserts that his con nivance (co-operation) with the insurgents has been proved beyond a doubt, and adds, " Can there be a more ignominious recompense than that derived from the provocation of disorders, and shedding the blood of faithful soldiers and misled patriots ?" This important charge cannot rest without further investigation, and it is the duty, therefore, of the French Government, as well as that of Spain, to institute the most rigid inquiry. There can be no great difficulty in ascertaining the truth. Were a commission, consisting ofFrenchmen and Spaniards, appointed to repair to the spot and examine witnesses, M. LESSEPS could clear his character at at once, if he is innocent. For his own sake he should demand such a course, and convince not only the French Government but the other Powers of Europe,„that the Representative of his Sovereign did not in any way contribute to such an atrocious and inexplicable revolt as that which has disgraced Barcelona. We should re joice to see such a result, but in the meantime must entertain suspicions, that there was a party or parties in France, privy to the conspiracy. .The false telegraphic dispatches, the exaggera tions given in French Government papers, the lying accounts of the great numbers put to death by ESPARTERO, and the bitter animosity displayed by newspapers in the interest of high personages, excite doubts which cannot be re- ' moved by mere assertion and angry recrimination. Madrid journals of the 21st have been received. No day had been fixed fur _the return of the . , REGENT : Pittriote, a Ministerial journal, contradicts in positive' terms the reports re specting.a disunion in the G.:billet, and declares that, asregardS the decree for the dissolution of the Cortes, and on all the main principles of Government, the Ministers are perfectly agreed. The accounts from Barcelona are Aviihout in terest, for we attach little credit to the following statement,- which comes from Perpignan—a place now celebrated for the niauufacture of lying dispatches. It appears in a Bayonne paper : A deputation from the principal inhabitants of Bar celona went on the 19th instant to the Captain-Ge neral to remonstrate against th 2 war contribution of 12,000,000 reals, which was a ll o tt e d on th e 18th. General Van Halen replied that those who refused to pay would be sent to the galleys. The richest men and merchants, among whom were a great number who left the town at the commencement of the rebellion, and whose houses have been destroyed by the bombardment, have had most exorbitant sums imposed upon them. M. Xifre, who was in France, is put down for 10,000 duros (52,500 f.) No one has yet submitted, and every one seems to be determined to resist, and even undergo imprisonment rather than pay. This resolution is encouraged by the unanimous voice of the Madrid journals against the measures taken at Barcelona as acts of military despotism. The municipality has had the weakness to obey the orders given to it by making the allotment of the 12,000,000 reals, and this want of energy has filled the whole population with discontent. The Gazette contains a number of loyal ad dresses, forwarded to the REGENT by the pro vincial deputation of Majorca, the municipality of Pampeluna, the National Guards of Almaden, Benirnodo, La Ronda, &c., on the occasion of the events of Barcelona. The Three per Cents. were done on the 21st a 211 at 45 days, and the Five per Cents. at 261 7-16 for cash, and 261 .11-16 1 at 60 days. The French Government have finally come to the resolution of suppressing the manufacture of beet-root sugar in France. The Moniteur and Globe (Ministerial journals) have announced the fact. 'The latt e r a dd s a report t h at the plan in cludes, besides an indemnity to the beet-root growers, a diminution of the duties on foreign sugar. The. memorial of . the delegates for the colonies, which we stated yesterday had been presented to the Council of Ministers, is signed by Baron C. DUPIN and M. JOLLIVET for Mar tinique;` Dount DE CHAZELLES and, DESMIRAIL for Guadaloupe ; Ad m i r al BAUDIN and M. DE LA BATIE for Bourbon; and M. FAVARD for Guiana ; and concludes thus : The council of the delegates of the colonies demand expressly in their name the suppression of the beet root manufacture, on paying an indemnity, as the most suitable means of reconciling in a spirit, of justice the interests of the colonies and the mother country. But if it be impossible to carry into effect, the condi tions of the exceptional state thus demanded, in that case the colonies claim equality of conditions between the two national manufactures, that is, the applica tion of the, rules of general legislation with respect to trade and produce. - The Debats gives the French Government the credit of having produced the-late favourable ar rangement in Syria. Possibly the other-Powers had also some influence, for we cannot help thinking that England has as much authority in Turkish Councils as France; but a good act has been accomplished; and we .do not quarrel with the French for claiming their share of the merit. " While the Opposition journals," it says, "were reproaching the Government with abandoning the Christians ofSyria, and allowing our influ ence. in .the East to dwindle away at Constanti nople, the Government was acting with efficacy. The Porte has at length yielded to wise counsels, and has seen what are its veritable interests; it has adopted the only means of putting an end to anarchy and bloodshed, by permitting the Ma ronites and the Druses to have chiefs of their own nation. Syria, we trust, will at last have repose, and the inhabitants of this unfortunate province will have occasion to bless the peace bearing intervention of the King of FRANCE. This is another mission of humanity that w e have fulfilled. We know well, however, that the Op position will not change into compliments and culogiums the unjust reproaches which it ad dressed to - the Government a short time back. The• Ministry has been successful; - our repre- SentatiVe; M. DE Bdurkliftis ev; haS attained the object . of leis mission. His clever efforts have .triumphed over the prejudices,and the. pride of the Porte. He has - obtained for the Maronites and Druses what has been so often refused; the success is complete."; The France gives the following statement re specting the parties to be elected into the Privy Council, and the amount of their salaries:— • We know, from good authority, that the Council of Ministers, under the presidency of the King, was engaged yesterday and the day before in deciding upon the number to be contained in the list of Minis ters of State. It is fixed at present that it should be confined to ten—[the Constitutionnel states twenty)— and the selection is partly made. The ordonnances of their nomination will probably appear in to-morrow's Moniteur. Count Mole will stand at the head of the elect. He will be followed by Messrs. Thiers, Dupin, Pasquier, Barthe, Portalis, and .Marshal Sebastiani. The Cabinet is said to be decided in its choice of the other candidates. It is much regretted in high quar ters that his holding the office of Intendant of the Civil List of the House of Orleans excludes the Comte de•Montalivet from being one of the ten. We are further told that the salary of each Minister of State is to be 15,000 f., and that a credit of 300,000 f. will be required from the Chambers for the expenses of the installation, and the services of the current year." The' same journal states that M. PIA U, the Editor of the Commerce, made his appearance on Wednesday before the Tribunal of Correctional Police, to answer the charge laid against him of having violated the laws of the Press, by pub lishing a distinct afternoon journal, called Feuille Commercial, - Supplement au Journal le Com merce. He was defended. by M. PHILIPPE DUPIN, but the arguments of M. GOUIN, the King's Advocate, maintaining that they were two distinct journals, inasmuch that each could be subscribed fur separately, and therefore liable to separate deposits of caution money, and subject to all the other provisions of the law, prevailed, and the Tribunal condemned- M. PIAU to a mouth's imprisonment and a fine of 200 f. General BUGEAUD, offended at the doubts cast upon • his successes in Africa by the Corre spondent of the National, has addressed the sub joined letter to the Editor : Your Correspondent denies the results of this campaign ; he might a well deny that the sun shines at Algiers in the summer, and that it rains there in the winter. It is notorious that never was there a result more complete and decisive, or obtained at a cheaper rate. Two little combats sufficed to bring under subjection the Government of Ben Salem, with the exception of two or three Kabyle tribes in the mountains of the Jinjura. I have appointed Mahhi el-Diu in the place of Ben Salem, and the whole country has accepted the new chief without hesitation. Tell your Correspondent, if you please, that if he is in the least desirous of being made acquainted with the truth on this subject, he has only to consult the thousand inhabitants of parts who daily frequent the market of Algiers. Is your veracious Correspondent ignorant that almost all the principal men of the east, to the number of sixty, came to Algiers escorted by 150 horsemen ; that they there received investiture at the Government palace in the presence of all the civil and military authorities, and as many other per sons as the room would contain ; that since that time there hag not been the slightest commotion in the Re gency, and that an active and daily trade is going on with it ? In another letter addressed to the Editor of the Sleek, lie states that it is not just to express >;nrprise at a paragraph in his pamphlet, an nouncing that for the subjugation of Algeria, a force of from 90,000 to 100,000 men would be re- . . quired, for he had made the very same statement in the Chamber of Deputies. BOURSE—PARIS, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 28. First Highest ..owest . Last Price. Price Price. Price. French Five per Cents. 119 36. 119 50... 119 35... 119 45 Threes 79 ... 79 ... 78 95.. 78 95 Bank of France, ex tliv 3315 —.3315 ...3305 ...3305 Laffitte Bank I,ooof 1025 ..1025 —.1025 —.1025 Belgian Bank BlO ... 810 ... 810 ... 810 B e l g i an Fives ‘,.. 103 k 1840 lO4l ... 1041 ... 1041 ••• 1041 Threes ...... ... 73 Spanish Active. . ... 24 Passive - ... 3 1 ••• 31, ... 31 Portuguese Fives 33 —• 33 i ••• 33 ... 33* Neapolitan Roman lO4 ... 104 ... 1031 ... 104 RAILWAY SHARES, St. Germain B4O ‘.. 840 ... 840 ... 840 Versailles, L.B ll2 50... 115 „. 112 50... 115 R. 295 ... 306 25... ri9s ... 306 25 Rouen Orleans. 633 75... 633 75... 632 50... 662 50 632'50 Strasburg to Bale 203 75... 203 75... 202 50... 202 50 „ 7,2 17.4%, 6- tvi AND utttOpttltait. " Who runs may read.' FOREIGN. A Council of Ministers was held at the Tuileries , on Wednesday, at one o'clock, at which the King pre• sided. • • A numerous meeting of the Members Of the Cham ber of Peers was held on the same clay, at one o'ck.rckt in the apartment of the Grand Referendary. The administration of Customs' duties has just ed pub' lished a return of the p r i nc ip a l me r c handise impor t into France during the first eleven months of the pre sent year, by whi c h it a pp ears th a t the duties pro duced 90,000,000 f. The Muniteur Pari s i e n s t a t e s, that the tenders to ,. supply the French Government with 400,0001b5. of Virginian leaf tobac co , 7,000,0001b 5 . o f Kentucky' leaf, 4,400,0001b5. of Maryland l ea f, an d 80,CtOOlbs. a Ha vannah leaf, to be delivered at Paris or at liavre, Wer e opened before the Mi n i s t er o f Finance on Tuesday last, when Mr. Brown, a LiVerpool merchant, was declared the lowest bidder for the three first art:idol and M. J. P. Peccator for •the Havannah leaf. • Terradas, who was so deeply implicated in the late insurrection in Catalonia, arrived last week at Perpig; nan, from which place he will be sent, by orders o f the French Government to Clermont. Amongst the other fugitives who have arrived at Perpignan 13 t i l e Alcade of Figueras. • A . grand banquet of the old scholars of the Lye" N'apoleon and the College llenri IV. was held Monday at the Restaurant Douix; in the Palais-s°sal' M. Odillon Barrot was unanimously called to the chair. Among the guests were M.dePontois, M o n Salvandy, Larabit, Ferdina n d Barrot, Barillon, and Etienne, Deputies, and ma n y o th e r di s tinguished m en of the bar, in literature, and the arts. The health of the French Consul at Barcelona " 5 , the great toast of the evening. His brother retur nee thanks. PUBLIC OPINION. The Post contains the following remarks/ in an article on the subject of free trade The industre: people of this nation, as all confess, never lier ° worse condition than they are in now ; fore, the next thing to idiocy to go on heljavi n g„ t d o unutteral•ly impudent assumptions of the free doctors, which experience; has so completely central' dieted ? They saythe free-trade measures which W; passed were only half measures. They did 13(4 sa y so when they passed them. Mr. Huskisson.pre hu • on with the most fervent plausibility that the ad0 1593 ,,d, of foreign manufactured silk at the duty he preP,° 6- i should stop .smuggling.. Twenty years after Mr. 13 1 , 1 5 i .; kisson's plans were adopted, Mr. Porter stated .in,f at evidence before the Import Duties Committee 14 ' ed is it net,ithere half the foreign manufactured silk now intro due into this country is smuggled. Mr. Porter sal - on duties were not made , low enough. Mr. Hua 1 ", 55 , - d, then deceived the country, or was ;himself tiece'! - ,.. and misled the country. They may now call . the measures ' half measures' if they please, but ti:° these half measures they promised the Country al i t ; proved state of trade, and now they tell us that t is worse than ever it was. And to what purse, they tell us this ? Not that we should consider itilbee" ther we have not gone too far, hut - that N5 . .. 7 , L T ItYlp,t induced to go farther Why not go' back 1 Y 1 , 1 • 7 ' sl at all events, pause and refle c t u p on our actua l don, and the nature of the legislation -which had ceded that condition, and has led to it ?'' The Herald thus speaks of the Poor-law cont.- ti ,,, sioners :—" By far the greater share of the bpg °sl . to the New Poor-law has b e e n pro v oked by the CO nd duct of the Commissioners, Sub-Conaniission ers, Secretary to whom its administration has been e r trusted. These personages h ave en dangered the v.ee?ir existence of the many excellent provisions eont 4l l. in Lord Alth or p' s Act by their determination to.iegs force uniformity in p aroc hi a l govern ment, rega ra ! o f of the insurmountabl e o b s t ac l es th ere to arising 011 u_, ever-varying local differe nces , by their mon stra, , affectation of scientific phraseology in their correspenuto ence and orders, by their utter imperviousae,ssihe public opinion, by their genera l disregard ot . wishes, requests, and sugge s ti ons of the rate - p 3l by their excessive obstinacy in their once -deem opinions, and above all by their persisting in 41 res ° a s don to treat pauperism as a crime and patlPe r "., o criminals: The Act , itself as .passed was de fecti r s enough; but the power it gave these Commission of making- orders wed rules in accordance with lcfi e r they might constrile , to be its spirit, and the than n , n , in which they have misused that power, have . 4 _ ( , ) ,1 m creased the defects of the Act, have.so shocked .o feelings of the people of Enyland, and have acted injuriously' on the minds tithe working classes, WI:, by far the most popular amendment wilich Sir J 3 ,1 11 Graham could make in the law would be a coin change in the personnel- of Commission mil cretariat." The iollowing is from the Times :--- 4, Mr. (Yet; nell's recent letter to the P oor .l aw Guardians Ofl zt . county of Cork, which will be found in another p el ., our impression, is ostensibly an d primarily a dis Orta . Lion, first, upon Poor-laws in gene ral ; and, seco nno upon the Iri s h P oor -l aw i n particular. Ile has, bow 'ever, as perhaps might have been anticipated , o il ; trived to drag into his composition by the head nou, shoulders as many extraneous inflammatory cluP tilt P o ' as were necessary for the purpose which he se eing re have had in vie w in penning his epistle,_vi7., to sect' if possible, the benefit of the Anti-Poor -law cry which is obviously ri s i ng , an d w hi c h everYlAY pected to rise in Ireland, for his own v peal party; ?" - us to direct it against all wh o see through the fiLety l „ insanity of that a b or ti ve mo ve mlnt, b 3 they -r°,1.7,' Whig, or Radical. Th ere i s a great deal of very o'T cibly spoken truth in Mr. O'Connell's obserystiOn,: upon the principl es an d prac ti ce o f the Irish r ° l - , law; there is, in that part of the letter which diree l treats of the professed sub j 'ect of the epistle , Intl ! f powerful exposure of the mons trosity and cruel* sti.. the principles upon which the modern Poor -law tern is based ; and it i s s h own th a t i n Ireland, ns •"' infatuation, these prin c ipl es h ave been c„ r e re o ill an exaggerated form, and with additional and lii,6i,, vexatious circumstances. And, in admitting' ti'. which we gladly do, we wou ld alio take the or Ifliv, tunityof doin g h onour , an d we d o it mos t unfeigll' 2 %ir, to the expression by a political oppo7ns., of the very Ch r i s ti an sen ti men t, th a t private tu t .a giving is the first great duty—paramount to, l e never to be supers e d e d by, th e fulfilment of I. secondary obligation ( an o bli ga ti on e nhanced by "' e al necessary deficiency an d fl uc t ua ti on of indiv idti ,, charity) of making a public provision - for the poo r ' 0 The Chronicle say s —" In our advertising Cohn° d will be found a list oftrke names of the noblemen IT, gentlemen who have alrevicly become members .0f 11 1 general committee for the metropolitan boroughs,,h, order to promot e f ree t ra d e b y th e a b o lition o f " It Corn and Provision-laws, and all other monopolies. b. is announced that a further lift of names will be P u ll lished forthwith. In the meah time, the public "I, see with satisfaction that man Y of - thh first naT l es r ,„ l the country, in point of rank; respeetafilitY, an d P- tle perty have placed thenaselveNg the fika, cf the bat in which is now about t o be INlNethin gleod. e arnest t the metropolis against the pq`tizaiiif menopoly• ts, cannot be too often repeateß,4lk \ the monopolised, though reeling under the bloWs , .th' '''elaave reeei": ol , will not give way without an obstinatc, truggle• olp ip people must bear constantly in mind th adage ,;', - he yourself and God will help you.' Eve stoli d ' .. a;, h i\ Government be disposed to yield to their just dernt in in - , this pressure from without would not be the lesl beir dispensable, to enable Ministers to give effect to Ais , wishes. But it wou ld a p pear th a t th e f av ourable.` . .,.. position of the G overnmen t h as b een t o o lightlr 7 sumed." • I VIONEY—TRADE--COMMERC IS ° ial The forty-third anniversary of the Cernm" rc ,:Ac a t Travellers' Soci e ty was ce l e b ra t e d on WedneScil , l 4 4 l sq . the London Coffee-h ouse . R o b er t CurfeiL.,., ,, to presided, and upwards of 100 gen tl em en Sat'clo;`7 — . dinner. The Anti-Corn-law League party have, -°°' i ii Cobden's authority, their promised 50,000/. altitsihit hand. The same gentl eman s t a t es th a t if he art, 'ht fellow-agita t ors, cou ld " di v id e an d su bdivide t t i"ir re .. selves," or be in fifty places at once , " they ceive 200,0001. or 300,0001., as well as 50,0001? PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS. f St. At a vestry meeting of th e rate-payers f ° it Mary, Lambeth, held yesterday in Churcli,sto" was unanimously decided that portions of eight rosdsBoo or places in that parish, each averaging abou t r o l e feet in length, should b e d e di ca t e d t o the use 0.1. public. A self-loading cart, for sweeping the streets- °I , Manchester, inv en t e d by Mr. Whitworth, an Z i t gineer, has no w been in efficient operation in'" town for the last t en mon th s , altogether doing Al va ' with the necessity of sweepers and scavengers. LAW AND POLICE. • 1 fis . ‘ The Jury have found a ver di c t o f "W il ful f der" against Michael M eag h an , f or the murde r . ° Thomas Leary in Whitecross-street. fIY An adjourned inque s t was h e ld on Wednesd % before Mr. Carttar, at Deptford, on the view of the body of Elizabeth King, a married woman, vole was alleged had lost her - life through the inattentio: ce o ' of Mr. Arthur, the parish surgeon . Ther on considered the case to have assumed so serious a far! as to demand a post mortem examination. - - -:'' , 4 LITERARY if ND SCIENTXFICi. 'rid o f The late Archdeacon W rang h am „ as the , l ift an edition of Plutarch, a n d an e l ega nt poet , = - his own and the Latin lan guages . : i _ . 7 y A Bactrian, or two-hump e d came l, w hich s o t he il, species much employed by th e Chi nese _ i n Ipff l ;s ar O r riage, and designated by them the Tones-kYitla ec t " camel with feet.of the wind," has just, hc.eu v r.l'll' to the Zoological Garien s i n th e R egen t' s . Paric- COURT - PASRIOINTABLE. . tt ,KI Thu Earl and Countess of lirilton are nut - wiP99