The Sun. — London, England, 1842-01-10 00:00:00

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With 1 on their the name ho resisica SUCCeVi o 5 rogreSs 0 ion of the the pOrti in order . _ _ ans, ie the -tile 4:1W; a g roes I eting 'in $ and Pl it " he middle cant a bout t forge.t..t ht i l a hey wv l/- e, a re . the l he gist: it u des. .on-t them. :ual of the Ind in tile a, Pras 9,3 ', to diet 3 ;" itepub ljc ishmen t to defend .tea stand Thies a. unite lyiti o i f pretex"t a ad' and tC ) ; to enl °r- a establib3lie4 it to sP' A ej it - e sPre a i r a trave l e ect to 113 00 Lnent, 5° e p. j be et°P P o f the $ she I las is travelle:i s eat, ts° ed to car Att. rye of" - 0 4 ders tO r o they lae o t id hinoce,4 ke sanc ti v u )lice eteci a now utv„ ty, Of 9t4 cl of peacteo to ent er $ l , i e lic e 004' 3' 46 icrpt v 0 • tot a , tate sl- i•rY C- Sej.!' o VW td ..P °s lS'e it mE t 143 0 15. :1 1 11) 8 ticefY l . 0 3t , thn4 be heratter ORN NG- SUN v ie* of entbrcinrr, not international law, but cer tain recent enactMentsof our law, and "of partial (4) iigation." We hold with Mr. STEVENSON that th is is a violation of the national rights and sovc 7 r eignty of the United States, and we hope that Q tt!' people will not support our Government in a c!ourse of proceeding which is at once novel and fatal to. the liberty of the seas. 00/4,.60 Saturday - there was another field-day in ` ll e Marylebone Vestry, to decide the merits of the Oxford-street wood pavement; and we are glad to find that the vote of the previous week for postponing the further consideration of the titlestion for three years was reversed. The re '. solution, as 'we stated last week, was an insult to the inhabitants of the parish, and the 17 estry seem now to be of the same . opinion, for they have changed their tone, and recorded by their votes that the question is still open for s.. discussion. It would be a great relief to the ,;.parish, and to many other par Lies, if this Mary lebonc Vestry would show something like con sistency, a nd , instead of eternal talking and v"ting, adopt some rational line of conduct which might meet with the approbation of the labs bitaots. We are anxious to judge impartially of 1, their conduct, .and regret to state, that, as far as L ' w e have means of information, the question in dis P i ne is more influenced by party feelings and s elfish motives than by any regard to the inte rests of the parishioners. There will be an ether meeting, of course, on the subject, in a short time ; and as the result is of importance to ! l arge community,. we will watch the proceed ings) and report them to the public. We must remind our readers that by the Par, • 41 aluentary Return, No: 438, ordered by the • . 'louse of Commons to be printed on June 22, 1 841, it was established that the income was de kint in the years 1837, 655,760/. ; ISBB, 345,2281.; 1,512,7921.; and 1840, 1,593,970/. ; or a t otal sum of 4,107,7501. The deficiency on the Year which has just elapsed was estimated by ta r . BARING, on April 30, at 2,421,0001., and by • t • GOULBURN, on Sept. 27, at 2,467,4321.; .; • fl a k• 2ng, up to this time, an actual deficiency, ac .l, oru ing to Mr. BARING, of 6,528,7501.; and ae -4: , ' °ll: ling to Mr. GOULBURN, of 6,575,1821. L , f• 'O the Gazette last night, the excess of ex 41euditure above the revenue, is stated by the ‘' o rriniissionerS for the Reduction of the National O'N) - liebt, at 2,354,0961., for the year ending with the l t l th of October, 1841. We may put the whole de ficiency down, therefire, at 6,500,0001. To -oi ter'tliat deficiency no effort has been made , notby Mr. GOULBURN'S abortive loan. There is the least reason to suppose that the expendi ture of the Government has been diminished in t il ,l 4 n rsensible degree since the accession of the . t ories - to'Office ; and hence the present amount of the national' revenue, and whether it be in •.A creasing or diminishing, are questions which in ne* taxes or national bankruptcy, Let us 4661 E, therefore, at the revenue returns for the M me period of which. we have quoted the defi liie paper above mentioned states the receipt of the revenue, after deducting drawbacks and ~, , t eP aYments, but not deducting the charge of 1 ( ' i: collection, at, in 1837, 50,663,353/. ; 1838, tp 41475,520/. ; 1839, 51,927,495/. ; 1840, 51,850,083/. 4i 4 ,„ -A continuation of this account is not made up for 1 841, and we have only in the accounts pub .. shed 'o n W e d nes day th e ne t p ro d uce . o f th e - revenue for that year, excluding ,the dead ., annuity, &c.; but we beg the reader to remark that the produce of the revenue of .1840 was less than the produce of 1839, thoug.i a. 'the'' increased rate of taxation operated over 'eight months of the year. 1840. The returns Published on Wednesday enable us to compare th e net produce of the revenue in. 1841 with that in 1840 ; and we again invite attention to the fact, that in 1841 the increased rate of taxa tion operated through the whole year, while in . 1840 it operated through only eight months of the year. As we showed yesterday, that circum stance ought to have made the revenue of l 841,col jetted from the Customs and Excise alone, exceed the revenue of 1840 by 538,0001. To this must be added the increase of 10 per cent. on the Assessed Taxes which, °taking them at 4,000,0001., would, give for four months 133,0001., making a total it, of 671,0001., which the revenue ought to have .been better in 1841, had things remained even, st ationary, than the revenue of 1840. But it was ( ; n IY 506,0951., showing an actual falling off in 18 .1 . 1 to the amount of. 165,0051. That falling off $ irres pective of the increase which 'ought to hav e been caused by au increase of population, a• which, d o wn t o 1839, caused the revenue to t l acre -a se) and irrespective of the augmentation of 'e the _n r evenue of 1841, by the new arrangements 1.1 14 -r-Acise, and by the extreme application of collector's screw. th at to the second, it is admitted by both parties ri se t he re has been such an alteration in the Ex into' b ut the Whigs affirm that it was carried To r i e Atect only during the last quarter ; the O ct affirm that it was begun before the sth of qu ar ab et, and showed its effects in the preceding he h i er • In whatever quarter the effects may , V t eed, the result on the year's revenue will tz te , ; :' s game. A fortnight's, or perhaps three' vits , to revenue of Excise has been added the L e revenue of 1841, to which there will be 110 ° I r esponding addition in 1842. W e . -which e stimated that on Thursday at 600 ; 000/4 th e h m ay well be doubled, for the balance in (4 41 , 11 4 : 1 ds of collectors, from which the sum was The nett a tuounted on Jan. 5, 1840, to 1,574, 00 4/. A B YEtem which reduces those balances, knuadd„, te of the Li sum taken from them to' the revenue: Year, has thus swelled the revenue of 1841 . above the rev enue b ot h o f the preceding and succeeding years The painf u l but certain inference from these factszis, th at there i • tme now s no probability of the.reve equalling the expenditure, without an in crease of tax a ti on. It is, at the same time, certain, from the consequences of Mr. BARING'S increase In 1840, that an addition to the rate.. of indirect taxation, will add not hi ng to the revenue. Sir • BILT PEEL has pledged himself to put our _ n'tt tuttices ,in order, and to accomplish that he j nust increase direct taxation, or, perhaps, esta blish a property tax. He must be sensible how • . • mischievous that will be in peace, He has more than . tie declared against-the practice of providing for public expenditure by loans, and lie has no 4tl ' t4 ;n 1 - I Qr alternative, we believe, but to inflict on w,th Lt d e country some addition to its direct taxation. 814tH„, li e complacency with which Sir ROBERT PEEL ( ‘'ls‘ ) , 7114 his supporters talk of the necessity of keep -44 in n ° up the revenue to meet, his and their de -1,41 4li ds on it-as if their services, to the meanest 1 - 4t if h, Treasur y door-keeper, could not be dispensed , w e • is Well calculated to make the nation 1 4 101 the advantages of the Government .4 5 fo,agai n4; Its enormous cost; and when both are 1 . 141 the balance, the. Tory Government, ~tgits horde of mischievous officials, - Will in p.l, tati tlY. kick the beam. ia.~~~; _ Th, le Paris Journals have been duly received. but are some peop l e w h o are never h app y When they are in hot water, and our. good neigbours the French are certainly of the bot-water- f happin ess see ki ng family. A.. state o - abso l ute repose is tothem a. state of tor ture. 1-lAzurr, when travelling in France, accounted for the sobriety of the people, as.com . Pared with the English, by their inability to go through the soddening, still, and dreamy process- of gradual intoxication. His the ory. Was; that deep drinking marks, the grave character of a people, and their proneness to deep, continuous thought. Whether this be 80 or not, our Gallic neighbours are no admirers of that qUiescent state which constitutes the ne plus ultra of John Bull's terrestrial hap- Piness. While the Eastern Question remained unsettled ; the. rebels in Candia held out;.the Christino rebellion raged in Spain ; Druses and Maronites were cutting, each others' throats )1,;,...itt Syria ; and the trial of QUENISSET and 41, 11 his accomplices occupied the Chamber of Peers, the French had excitement whereon to feed to their hearts content. But when the treaty of the Five Powers was ratified; when the candian insurrection was suppressed; when liberty triumphed in Spain;' .when the Cour. of Peers astonished Europe by its sen tence upon M. DUPOTY, we really felt at a loss to imagine how France could contrive to kill the few days which must elapse before the commencement of the gladiatorial exhi bitions of placemen and placehunters in the Legislative Chambers. We were not, however, long kept in suspense. An affair in which the late Mr. Simpson, Master of the Ceremonies at Vauxhall, was better adapted to figure than the Ambassador of a great nation iii the nine - 7 teenth century, drove M. SALVANDY from Madrid, and set the French and Spanish Press together by the ears. Before this had time to lose the first bloom of its freshness, a sort of Court • warfare was got up, between the Sovereigns of France and Russia, in a controversy about which all the leading Paris papers are chin-deep involved. Like rival beauties at a ball, or rival actresses on a stage, the Sovereigns of France and Russia are magnanimously occupied in devising little artifices to spite and annoy one another. Thus at the fete of the Emperor of RUSSIA, when all the diplomatic body assemble to congratulate his MAJESTY, all the members of the French em bassy were advised' to be seized with such severe colds that they could not exhibit their noses •at Court ;—a proceeding which the CZAR was careful to retaliate when it was the turn of the Ambassadors to addresS Louts PHILIPPE at the beginning of the new year. This affords ample materials for discus- Sion in'all the Journals of Thursday. That the facts stated are strictly correct, may be ga- thered, notwithstanding the cold disclaimer, from the following-, article in the Journal des Debat s —the organ of King Louis PHILIPPE personally, and the members of his family : That M. de Pahlen, the Russian Ambassador at the Court of France, should have been recalled to St. Pe tersburgh, because in his quality of Senior Member of the Diplomatic Corps he would have had to harangue the King of the Revolution of July on new year's day, is very probable. That M. de Kisseleff, his substitute, should, on the same day, have been indisposed by or der, is also possible, and there is-nothing in such pro ceedings on the part of the Emperor of Russia to create astonishment. The Emperor Nicholas has accustomed us to his puerile ill-will and vexatious diplomacy. The refusal to join by official agents in the homage which France loves to. pay to King Louis Philippe is, there fore, with the Emperor a very natural and crdinary occurrence. - But what -we do not know, and what we do not believe is, that the French Government should have sulked by way of reprisal, and that its agent at St. Petersburgh should have received orders to be ill on the fete day of his Russian Majesty. We cannot compre hend a war of this kind between two powerful nations. If they are unwilling. to wage a war a coups de canon, they do not go into a battle of etiquette, and fight with ridiculous weapons. This would be unworthy of France, and also of Russia, which is a powerful nation, and has not, without doubt, espoused the petty pas sions and empty anger of its Sovereign. We comprehend the unpleasant feeling which the Revolution of July inay have created in Europe. We conceive the alarm which a. change of dynasty was calculated to inspire in the mind of the Emperor Nicholas. In the first instance, France neither asked fur his confidence nor his sympathy ; but time has rolled on. Prussia, Austria, England, all have by turns testified on every occasion the great and sym•• pathetic confidence which they place in our King and our Government. Will the Emperor of Russia alone persist in a puerile and personal enmity? Will he alone pro test, by a systematic isolation, and by official sulkiness, against our glorious and inevitable revolution ? If, which we do not believe, relations with the Russian Ca binet are no longer possible, upon the footing of a good understanding and reciprocal courtesy, Trance has only one course to take,viz., to discontinue all official relations. This is strong language on the part of a Journal so habitually temperate in the expression of opinions respecting Foreign Governments as the Debats. It is an open and direct attack upon the EMPEROR, whom it personally denounces as the enemy of the Revolution; .and the personal foe of the KING. This is in fact true. NICHOLAS hates LOUIS PHILIPPE as cordially as the monks tell us the Father of Lies hates holy, water. But let, us 'hear what the Constitiitionnet, M. THIERS' paper, says upon this subject : As far, as we are con cerne d, a l t h oug h th e question,is apparently a trivial one, we shall be alWays disposed to approve of whatever may be done against the insolence Imdill=disguiSed contempt of Russia.' We know that the ,hatred of the Muscovite Court is not directed against the French nation—it is against its 'dynasty, - its King. But want of respect to:the King is want of respect to France, and what offends him oGnds us. This is especially true as regards Foreign Powers. France will permit no person to show insolence or disdain for the King, and the dyilas:y which he has :elected. We . approve, there fore, of the just susceptibility of the Ministry, and en courage it to persevere in its conduct; that is to say, to return to Thissia disrespect for digrespeet,insultibr insult. As this. promises to be a very pretty quarrel as it stands, we shall not interfere between the belligerents. The following are the only inte resting paragraphs in these papers : During Christmas week there was a vast in crease in the number of deaths in the metropolis, as compared with the previous week. During the week ending Dec. :25, the total number of deaths was 795, while on the following week they amounted to 1,037, making a difference of not less than 242 in one week. January is the most fatal month throughout the year, on account of the cold which carries off a great number of persons advanced in years, or of • debilitated constitutions ; but this cannot be attributed,,as the cause of the large increase during the last week, for the thermometer was never below 30. It arose, probably, therefore, from the great in temperance which preruls during that season. "the greatest increase of deaths occurred among persons affected with diseases of the lungs, being not fewer than 50 over those of the preceding week. Intemperance might have been the cause of this to a certain extent; about the others there can be little doubt, as they were caused chiefly by_intemperance, diseases of. the brain, diseases of the stomach, and diseases of uneertai seat. The Judicial Committee of the Privy Counci resumed their sittings on Saturday in the Coun cil Chamber, and continued the hearing of a cause from the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, relative to the will of Mr. Peter Rainier, for- merly of the Albany, in the city of Westminster ; and involving property to a very large amount. Sir William Follett was heard for the respon- dent. Several gentlemen connected with the Board of Trade attended on Sir Robert Peel on Satur day at his private residence. THE. LIVERPOOL ANTI-MONOPOLY ASSOCIA TION held a meeting on Thursday evening, says the Liverpool Mercury, T. Thorneley, Esq., M.P., the President of the Association, in the Chair. Mr. Thorneley addressed the meeting at considerable length, remarking, amongst other things The country, in the month ending the th of Dec., wanted a very large importation of corn for the supply of the people, but the operation of this absurd and ini quitous sliding scale was to prevent the importation of corn, because the duties were prohibitory. One conse quence of the working of the scale was to bring about fa mine prices ; it was effecting that object ; that object was most iniquitous ; and the object the Anti-Monopoly Association had in view was to procure the abolition of this most iniquitous prohibition of the importation of food.—(Cheers.) There were other articles passing under their eyes every day in Liverpool. He would take the article of sugar. It was a very common observation— " The price of sugar is exceedingly dear." Now, the price of sugar was in reality lower now than ever it was in the world before ; but they did not choose to admit foreign sugar because it was cheap.—(Hear, hear.) The Legislature had the folly to prohibit all foreign sugar from coming into this country, and then when the supply from our colonies was so unequal to the demand as to raise the price of the article out of the reach of the poorer classes, then they lifted up their hands and said, " How dear sugar is !"—(Hear.) But the Anti. ; Monopoly Association of Liverpool would investigate the matter ; they would show them— they would, show the people of the United Kingdom—they would show to the world that in every bonded warehouse in Liverpool in which there was sugar, the prOduce of the British plantation, at an enormous price, out of the reach of the labouring classes, there was also lying the cheap sugar of every foreign nation in the world, which they might have at a cheap rate, if the Legislature would admit of it.— (Hear, hear.) Look at the operations of the sugar re finers, and of their friends—the Messrs. Branokers amongst the rest. The whole of the sugar refiners of Liverpool had left off refining the dear sugar of the Bri tish possessions ; they- had all become refiners of the cheap sugar of Brazil, Cuba, and every port of the world, except the British possessions, because every other part of the world supplied cheap sugar, whereas the British possessions supplied very dear sugar. Now the foreign sugar bought in bond in this town averaged in price some ' thing like three-halfpence or 2d. per lb., free of duty ; they were refined in bond ; when refined they were sold at from laiil. to 4d. per lb.; but the people of this country were not allowed to consume this free sugar ; it was sent to every part of the world—to foreign countries—to Italy, Germany, and Canada, and other British posses sions in America ; it went to Brazil—the West India Islands ; and though they (the meeting) were debarred from the consumption of free sugar, he rejPisgtd that their brethren, the negroes in the West Indies, wee allowe,d to consume the cheap article.—(Hear, hear.) It also went to the Isle of Man—and he was very glad that they had a little spot, within about eighty miles of Liverpool. where, to a certain extent, the principles of free trade did prevail—(Cheers.) Several other gentlemen also addressed the meeting, after which resolutions for promoting the establishment of Anti-Monopoly Associa tions and Free Trade were unanimously agreed to. A petition to the House of Commons in fa vour of Free Trade was adopted, and entrusted to Mr. Thorneley fbr presentation. Liverpool, therefore, though terribly Tory and priest-rid den, is not altogether lost to the good catts.e;:. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY, ANUARY 10, 1842. SOW:. AEIV OF AND Vutiltr 14: ptntott. " Who runs may read." PDX LXGN. The statement of the accounts of the Bank of France for the last quarter of 1841 (made up to 27th ult.), shows the following results v---Active-- , the . Bank had then in hand, cash, 191,837,996 f. ; in discounts and loans, 170,147,567 f. ; branch bank accounts, 34,485,873 f. ; reutes, public securities,. and reserve fund, 64,182,098 francs ; credits and various items, 287,026 fr. ; total, 460,940,563 f. • Passive--The, amount of bank-notes circutated was 222,849,000 f. ; notes . to order, 05,700 f. ; accounts current, 149,216,4941. ; - Capital and reserve, 81,900,000 f.; different items; 6,139,305 f. The discounts, advances, and loans made during the quarter amounted to 273,266,3421. ; movement 'of' accounts current '(pri; , - yate), 2,161,919,5151.; ditto (pub1ie),"215,906;1661. Ge neral movement of the cuisses, 2,686,309,721 f. ' The following gratifying intelligence for the ladies is from the Commerce of. Thursday :—" Among the Mem . , bers of the Chamber of Deputies there are 271 married men, 60 bachelors, and 125 widowers." • The Espectador of Madrid confirms s the statement of M. Sancho having been appointed Spanish Ambassador to the Court of St. James's. The same journal mentions the following nominations of Charges d'Affaires as having taken place :--M. de Sandoval at Copenhagen ; M. de Potestad at Quito ; and M. Viniegra at Athens. Advioes from the frontiers of Turkey, in the Angsburgh Gazette, state; that the Albanian and Turkish troops have been again committing excesses: against the Chris tian inhabitants of Bulgaria, and .that great discontent prevails. A letter from Athens, 10th ult., in the Leipsic Gazette, says that the Greek Government, after taking cognizance or a note addressed to it. by the Great' Powers, has determined on indemnifying the Turkish claimants of confiscated lands and property. For the lands in Ne- . gropont (Eubcea), a certain sum is to be paid down to the Porte ; and for those near Thebes the price of pur chase is to be paid to the former owners, together with a guarantee of interest at 8 per cent. until the final pay meet of all their claims, which is to take place within two years. • • M. de Butanieff, Russian Envoy at Constantinople, ar rived atErankfort a few days since; on his way to Paris. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, SIINDAY.--The Queen and Prince. Albert, the Duchess of Kent, and the Royal Suite and House hold, attended Divine Service this morning in the private Chapel of the Castle. The Rev. W. Canning officiated. Yesterday her Majesty and Prince Albert- walked on the Castle Terrace and in the Slopes ; afterwards his Royal Highness enjoyed the sport of shooting at Cram bourne Lodge, attended by Lord Charles Wellesley, Co lonel Bouverie, Sir Fred. Stovin, and Mr, George E. Anson. The Earl and Countess Delawarr took their leave yes terday morning. The Rev. W. Canning will have the honour of joining the Royal Dinner Circle this evening. On Tuesday next her Majesty and Prince Albert and Suite are expected to leave the Castle for Claremont, where they are expected to remain until Saturday. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales and the princess Royal will remain at the Castle. • The Chapel Royal St. George closes to-morrow, to enable the workmen to commence the necessary .prepara tions for the august ceremony of the Royal Christening. There are at present four stoves within the Chapel, and the temperature this evening was 48. Two more stoves are to be erected in a few days. His Royal Highness the flake of Cambridge left town on Saturday morning for his residence at Kew. His Serene Highness Prince Ernest of Hesse Philipps thal left Marlborough House, Pall-mall, at half-past two o'clock on Saturday afternoon, for the Continent. Mr. Fortique, the Venezuelan illinister, transacted business on Saturday with the Earl of Aberdeen at the Foreign-office. Sir Henry Lushington had an interview with Lora Stanley on Saturday at the colonial-office. The Earl of Ripon, the Earl of Lincoln, and the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone had interviews with Sir,Robert Peel on Saturday. The Earl of Lincoln visited Sir James Graham on Sa turday at the Home-office. Despatches for the Governor of South Australia were sent off on Saturday evening from the Colonial-office. Her Majesty and Prince Albert have been graciously pleased to honour Sir William Newton with their sanc tion to paint two pictures upon a large surface of ivory, as companions to his Coronation picture—viz., one of her Majesty's marriage (which is much advanced), and the other of the approaching interesting baptismal'ceremony of the Infant Prince of Wales. The Judicial Coramittee of her Majesty's MoSt Ho nourable Privy Council sat on Saturday in the Council Chamber. The Lords present were the .Lord President, Lord Brougham, Lord Campbell, .and Mr. Justice Erskine. Their Lordships resumed the hearing of an appeal from the Prerogative Court, "'Charles Deare and Tho mas. Mayhew v. Ellen Elwyn," relath=e to the will of Mr. Peter Rainier, who died on the 30th October, 1837. _ The Solicitor-General addressed the Court for the respondent, and occupied the whole of the day. Their Lordships then rose. Sir Henry Mildmay, Bait, and Mr. E. Mildmay, have left Farrance's Hotel, for the seat of the Earl of Ches terflold,,Bretby Hall, Derbyshire. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEW S, (From The Sun of,Saturday, Evening.) LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, JAN. 7. 7 ---We have had a, fair, steady business , doing in Cotton throughout the week,: and holders have offered their stocks in just sufficient quantity to satisfy the demand without pro ducing any. material change in prices. The common qualities of American are rather scarce, and command the full quotations of last week. Brazil have been more in demand, but the buyer has bad decidedly, the advan tage. Speculators have :taken 500 American, and 250 Surats, and exporters 200 American, and 100 Surats. The sales to-day are 5,000 bales, all to the trade. LIVERPOOL SHARE. MARKET, JAN. 7.—The follow ing are the transactions reported at the close of the Stock Exchange:—Liverpool and Manchester, 198 ; Half Shares, 92 ; London and Birmingham, 170 ; 32L Shares, 57i ; New Ditto, 27. MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, JAN. 7.—Our market to-day has evinced a greater demand for various kinds of stock, with little offering for sale. There has: been but little business doing in the Stock Exchange this -morning. Consols opened at 891 for Money ; and 891 sellers for .the Account ; Exchequer Bills 18 20 prem. ; Spanish Active Stock, 256 s ; Por tuguese. Fives, 32k a ; Ditto Threes, 196 h.. There has been but little business doing in the Stock to-day. Consols are now quoted at 89k for the Account, and the same for Money, ex.-div.; Bank Stock-, 167 168 Spanish Active Stock has receded to 25 ; Danish Bonds are quoted at 81.1 ; Dutch Tworand-a 7 llalf per Cents. 51; Ditto Fives, 100 k. The Share Market is flat and heavy, with but little business doing. London and. Brighton are now quoted .at 37t ; London and Blackwall, ilk ; London and South Western, 581 ; South Eastern and Dover, 22. • Consols for Money and the Account, 891 ; Colom bian, 21i 24 ; ?Mexican, 291 ; Spanish, 254. It is believed that had the Bank of England's state ment been made up to the present time, its stock of bullion would look better than it. does, .though now ex hibiting as increase. Some of the Sycee silver will doubt less swell the stock of the Corporation ; but, on the other hand, the public annuitants, who have not their thousands to receive usually prefer.the " suer," and this may ease the Corporatian of a little of the " ready." All things considered, the Bank of England is in as safe a position as for some time past, and it is to. be hoped will not have occasion to continue the contraction of its circulation, as such a course must check the improvement expected in our trade. There is, we believe, no fear at present of renewed speculations in foreign corn to any serious extent, and our mercantile interests are exercising the utmost caution .in their operations. There is, in fact, nothing bearing the least semblance of overtrading at present, and the symptoms of improvement noticeable in the London, pro duce and the Liverpool Cotton Market this week, we ave every reason to suppose are based npon legitimate and not speculative purchases. CL' SING PRICES.. 1 BRITISH FUNDS. . t , q• Bank Stock l6B India Stock ..... ..• 3 per Cent Red. 893 Ditto Bonds • 10 pm 3 per Cent Cons B9g Ditto Old Annuities 3i per Cent Red.. 994 Ditto NeW Annuities... New 3h per Cent 9BB Ex. Bills, 1,000/....20 22 pm New 5 per Cent Ditto 5001... . 22 pni Long Annuities toexpire Ditto 5ma11....... 22 pm Jan. 1860 .. Bank Stock for Acct... . Oct 1859 lndia Stock for Acct.... Jan. 1860. Consols for Open 894 FOREIGN FUNDS. Austrian, 5 per cent.... ,Portuguese, 5 per cent. Belgnai, 5 per cent .Ditto, New Ditto Brazilian 80nd5.......... Prussian, 5 per cent. Buenos Ayres, 6 per cea 20 Russian, 5 per cent Chilian, 6 per cent..... Ditto, Metallic Colombian, 6 per cent,. Spanish, 5 per cent 2s} Ditto, 1824. — Ditto, Deferred •• Danish, 3 per cent ' 81} French, 5 per cent.ll6f. 50c. Greek, 18:15, 5 per bent. Exchange —f. —c. Mexican, 5 per cent.... French, 3 percent —f. —c Ditto, 6 per cent. 1637 Dutch, 2} per cent 5l Peruvian, 1825, 6 per et. Ditto, 5 per cent. SHARES. Birmingham and Gloucester Railway (100 p) 65 Great Western Railway( 65 paid) Ditto New Shares (50 paid) Ditto Fifth (4 paid) London and Brighton (50 paid) 3B London and Blackwall Railway (25 paid)... 11} London and Birmingham (90) ......... Ditto New Shares ( 2 paid) . London and South Western Midland Counties Railway (100 paid) Ditto Quarter Shares (15 paid) 2l} South Eastern and Dover (43 paid)... TRIAL OF A YOUNG LADY ON A CHARGE OF FELONY.-.At the Gloucestershire Sessions, on Fri day, the trial of Miss Allen, the daughter of the wealthy Col. Allen, well known in the county of Gloucester, took place in the Court-house. Miss Allen, on her name being called, presented herself, attended by her mother and some male friends, who manifested great anxiety on her behalf. She was elegantly attired, but kept her face closely enveloped in a thick crape veil. When called upon to plead she trembled violently, and would have the ground, The C had ashenootreerceed that she mightsupportivedthebe of f th all e en tu t k voice, pleadedaccommodated , w , with t a gu chair,il ty and isheThe then, charge against in a feeble th e prisoner was, that she had, on Nov. 22, gone into the shop of a chemist and druggist, named Joslin, in the High-street, Cheltenham, and asked if Mr. Joslin was within. On being answered in the negative, she went away, but subsequently returned, and asked liberty from the apprentice to' sit down. The apprentice went up stairs, and toak his Po sition near a glass which was suspended from the ceil ing, and upon which was ;reflected all the things in the shop. Whilst so occupied, he-:;(the apprentice boy) ob served the prisoner go towards ilie.cminterlind take up a packet of perfume and place it under her 'cloak. 'Mr.., Joslin shortly afterwards returned, who, when told by' his 'ap:re:dice of what had occurred, took the prisoner up stairs, unit 'Charged her with the robbery, She de. med it at first, but'liPOtqlr. Joslin's sending for a po liceman, the prisoner gao' the packet of per fume, remarking that her head wa,a,m distracted that she did not know what she was doing. how contended on behalf of the prisoner that she was subject , tiollits of abstraction and weakness of intellect, and that she was not at all times. mistress of her own actions. Medical and other testimony having been adduced in support of this defence, the Jury, after a short deliberation, re turned a verdict : of actittittaL AFTI-CORN-LAW BAZAAR.---We are glad to learn that the Countess Ducie, Mrs. Milner Gibson, and several other distinguished patronesses of the Anti-Corn iftw %mar, undeterred by the rancorous and unmanly abuse of tha Tirneg, have declared their intention to pre side in person. In addition to thti twenty stalls to be occupied by the Manchester ladies, the following towns have promised to take stalls :—London, Leeds, Notting ham, Bolton, Stockport, Leicester, Lancaster, Coventry, Rochdale, Bury, • Ashton-under-Lyne, Dukinfield, Hali fax, Stalybridge. The number will no doubt be increased before the opening of the bazaar. We understand it is contemplated to open" a picture-gallery in connection with the bazaar. A number of valuable paintings from gp i chester and the neighbourhood, and also from gentle men residing in distant parts of the country, have already ~ieen,plouliSt for it.,--,Man chester Guardian. :PUBLIC OPINION. The object of the principal leading article in the. Morning Chronicle, is to show that the idea of restricting manufactures, as alluded to, in a Tory jottrual, of Fri day, is 'not only absurd, but absolutely ,imposlihle.; and that Sir Robert Peel is far too shrewd a man of the world to dream of countenancing, even for a moment, any such preposterous and impraet.eabre project. "We are told," adds the Chronicle," that Sir R. Peel has a heart, which is what is always said by vulgar people, when they want to coax some one into doing something particularly foolish. We have no doubt that Sir R. Peel has a heart; and it is even more certain that he has a tongue. But he has also, indisputably, some brains ; and he has not quite the heart that would enable him, despite the warn ing which his brains would give him, to enter on so stu pendous a course of folly and wickedness, as that of li miting the use of machinery." The Times observes, in an article on the subject of machinery, its moral and economical effects, and capa bility of extension, that no Committee can add anything to our knowledge, beyond a few speculations of selected individuals ; and adds, " there is no difficulty as to the facts ; we do not doubt the readiness of the (government to accept the view taken of them by-the Ten Hours' De putation. The difficulty is, how to deal with those facts, when ascertained." _ The Advertiser, alluding to the returns of Lord Stan ley and Sir James Graham from their visit to the Duke of Buckingham at Stowe, expresses its opinion that they have found his Grace as dogged and inexorable as ever ; for, had it been otherwise, the whole town would last night have rung with the intelligence. The Post, in an article suggested by Mr. Stevenson's last note on the question of the Right of Search, states that this gentleman's proceedings in sending an official despatch on so important a question, under circumstances which precluded an immediate reply to it, would fully justify a departure from established usage, and the pub lication of the reply, without waiting for the printing of it. The Herald contains all article on the Slave- trade, wherein our Contemporary remarks that we must either demonstrate to the doubting world that free labour, when the supply is equal to the demand, in the tropics, is , superior to; 'and cheaper than Slave labour, or we must: in reality abandon all but the immediate object of the Emancipation Act. IVIONZY—TRADE -L, COMMERCE. ' Mr. Robert Smith, the tiller of the Glasgow and Ship: Bank, in that city, has been taken into custody' on a' charge of embezzlement to upwasdsof 2,000/. ; and with him also Mr. James Wishart, wine -merchant, who is supposed to have received from the former, cash to the .amount of 6,0001. After examination before ,the Ma gistrates on Tuesday last, they were both committed to the North Prison to be further examined. The forty-second annual meeting of the Commercial Travellers' Society took place on Thursday, 'when it appeared from the report, that the Society had relieved 1,150 individuals since its Commencement, and' there, at present remain on the fund 201 members: . The Duke of Lucca has granted his assent to the for mation of a company for making _a ,railroad 'between Lucca and Pisa, to be connected with that he,t4teen Pisa and Leghorn, which is now carrying into execution. NAVAL AND IVLIMITAXT.-, - An elegantly mounted sword was on Wedifeidaypre sented to Capt. Robert Peel, at Tamwortb, ,by The yoo manry of that county, as a mark of their ' LAW AND POLICE, • , At Greenwich Police Court, Mr. Serie,' the landlord of the Freemason's Arms, and 11.1 r. Ward, of the Fish ing Smack, both in Old King-Street; Deptford,_ were summoned by a police serweatit, for 'keeping their houses open after 12 o'clock on Sunday morning. In the first case all the customers,' according• to the in former, had left the house by. a quarter past'l2.` the Magistrate, on hearing this, at once dismissed the charge, and dismissed th e o th er c a se without: . 'hearing it. These police inspectors and sergeants 'are Very-suc cessful in rendering this new force utterly edidirs to the public. At Kensington, six boys, between the ages df 11 and 14, were brought before the' Magistrate.' thated with stealing five sovereiem s , th e property-of Mr. Tlhodes, of Newland-street. The prdsecutoi admitted that his ne phew had taken the money, but said the'otherprisoners were also concerned in it. Three of them Were dis charged, and: the nephew with the others Were remanded to the New Prison till Tuesday. The boys',:, of course, will be greatly itnpoved in character and morals by this confinement in gaol. A gentleman applied to the sitting Magistrate at Marlborough -street on Friday for a summons against the p irectors of the Bi rm i ng h am R a il W ay. It appeare d that a hamper of game had been sent from the country addressed to him, and a clerk of the Company admitted that it had reached the station, but could not now be found. As railway carriages did not come within the operation of the Act of Parliament, relative to carriers, the complainant was informed that he should apply to the Court of Conscience. Samuel Richardson, the incendiary, pleaded guilty on Tuesday last, to setting fire to Panfield farm, and was sentenced to fifteen years' transportation. LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC. The magnetic disturbances which Professor Airey observed at Greenwich on the 25th of September last, and an account of which then appeared in The Sun, appear to have been simultaneous on the same day and the 26th, at Canada, the East Indies,- St. Helena, and the Cape of Good Hope, at which last' place the disturbance was greatest. Amongst recent geological discoveries, the coal of the island of Borneo is found to be very superior, and the mineral most abundant. PulC,C'heremin, an island at the embouchure of the Borneo 'river, presents on its c9ast a naked surface of coal, and it is from the glisten ing appearance occasioned by 'this cause, that it has obtained its name, which means " Mirror Island." COURT--FASHIONABLE. The Dowager Duchess of Bedford, and the Ladies G. and R. Russell have arrived at Naples for Nice. The Duke and Duchess of Buceleuch are expected shortly at Montagu House, in order, to attend the Royal Christening. The Earl aria Corititesi of 1-faddinglon 'arrived. at the Aamiralty•en.Friti t trevbititt fgae.t3pgfiton. The' Earl of Westmorland il,_- I toinnder o tund,,%ri the eve of returning to this country froin',Berlin, in order to settle the affairs of his father. Among the recent fashionable arrivals at Hastings are the Earl and Countess of Eg,linton. The Earl and Countess of Fortescue and Lord Ebring ton have returned to Castle Hill, Devon, from Brighton. MISCELLANEOUS. A second, or rather a further slip of the preceding, took place on Friday morning on th e C ro yd on R a il way; the fall of earth was great, and covered the rails on both sides, to a depth of nine fe.et. Yesterday was the anniversary of the death of William du Bellai, Lord of Langei, a French General, in the ser vice of Francis I. He was so able a negotiator, that the Emperor Charles used.to say of him, that " Lanoei's pen had fought more against him than all the lances of France." The death of Colonel Basset, Governor of the Mili tary Knights of Windsor, which occurred last Friday, leaves the office open for the appointment of Sir James Graham. Captain Cummins is spoken of as his successor. Sir Samuel Hannay, for many years in the service of the Emperor of Austria, died in that capital on the Ist instant. The Royal twelfth cake sent down to Windsor Castle was beautifully ornamented with some of the more re markable scenes for which Donnybrook Fair has long been renowned. At Berlin the chief topic of conversation is the , King of, Prussia's visit to England. Ile is to depart for this country on the pith inst. THE LIVERPOOL CORPORATION SCHOOLS. —A long, dull, and s tormy debate i n t h e T own -C ounc il , cm WOne§day, wto closed by the Tories consummating, in spite of the protests of some o f t h e most intell i gent and respectable of their party, th e long-threatened act of cruelty and injustice, by voting the exclusion of all children of varents in Catholic communion from the Corporation Schools.—Liverpooi Journal. THE WEATHER —PARIS, WEDNESDAY. — By M. Chevalier's thermometer, at four o'clock yester day morning, the temperature was at four degrees below zero of the Centigrade scale, 25 degrees of Fahrenheit, and remained so stationary, that at mid-day it had faller only seven-tenths of the former, 91- ope-£clixtb of degree pf the latter; FINE ARTS. POLISH GEMS. Our attention has been drawn to a valuable Collection of Medallions, amounting to upwards of twelve hundred, all of them more or less an tique, which were for many years in the posses sion of the Kings of Poland, who kept gradually adding to their number during successive reigns —especially the Prince, Poniatowski, a sovereign passionately fond i or, the Fihe Arts, who made such additions to the collection, that at length he could boast of possessing the most splendid and extensive cabinet" of Gems in Europe. On his death, this•cabinet luckily escaping the grasp of Russia, lbund its way to England, and was purchased at a great cost, by a gentleman named Tyrrell; who has now for some time been engaged in the arduous task of giving proof impressions of thetii, which preserve with the utmost fidelity all the delineations and expression of the origi- nals. A box containing five drawers filled with these impresssions is HOW lying- on our table; we have carefully compared them with the Gems from which they are taken, and have been asto nished and delighted with their uncommon accu racy, even in matters of the minutest detail. Nothing but the must unwearied diligence, corn. bined with the most exquisite delicacy of touch, could have enabled the artist to convey so per fect a transcript of the original Medallions. The subjects embrace many of the most important and curious particulars of the Grecian and 14. man mythology—the achievements and adven tures of the celebrated personages recorded in fabulous and heroic history—and some of the best episodes in the Iliad, the Odyssey, and the 2Eneid. Thus recommended, we can conceive no works of art better calculated to make their im- mediate way with the public ; to inculcate prin- ciples of purer or more refined taste; Or to im part more various entertainment and instruction to a larger class of the community. To the pain ter and sculptor they will afford suggestions of the highest value ; the explorer of the mytho- logical traditions of ancient Greece and Rome will find that they help to throw light upon more than one doubtful point; and the poet will be delighted with the inimitable forms of grace and beauty which they spread out in lavish profusion before his eyes. Indeed they may be said to offer such a rare intellectual banquet as none can turn aside from with indifference, but those who are dead to all the finer instincts of our nature. Restricted, as the Medallions ftecessarily are, in point of dimension, it is singular with what uni form correctness the proportions of the human figure are maintained throughout them. The most fastidious anatomist can find nothing to ob ject to in their treatment of the male and female form. Symmetrical arrangement is neveg for an instant lost sight of. The truth of nature is never once sacrificed to effect. All is in perfect keep ing; and as for the grouping in some of the more crowded Medallions, never have we seen any thing to equal its chaste, classic beauty. And then the forms of female loveliness that are pre-` seated to our gaze I The bounding wood nymphs who seem to move with so light and airy a step as scarcely to crush the flowers whereon they tread! The incomparable Venus Anadyomene rising in all the glowing freshness of youth and health, and bearing evidences of the divinity in the'Serene and lofty expression of her matchless countenance! Well may Canova have studied these Medallions, in order to gather hints for hiS . delineations of the female form ! He has turned them to excellent account, but his imitations are in no one instance equal to the original designs. We proceed to notice a few of the more remarkable Gems. No.. 31, " Ganymede presenting a Cup of Nectar to the Eagle of Jupiter" merits special praise for the exquisite manner in which the royal bird of Jove is finished off. The plumage, in particular, has all the light, feathery look of nature; without one particle of hardness or stiffness. No. 44, " J upiter as a Bull, crossing the .§ea:With Europa on his back," is as full of expression as the theme will admit of. The animal seems proud of his fair burden, and scours across the wave at a pro digious rate, while Europa is, apparently; quite resigned to his guidance. Her figure teems with youthful grace and flexibility of limb, and her face has a true feminine delicacy of outline. No. 1 51, " Jupiter, in order to obtain the favours of Ihgina, changes himself into a flame of fire"—in this Gem the chief beauty consists in the figure of iEgina, who is running ayray from the embraces of the combustible Deity, developing, in her movements, the full, harmonious proportions of her rounded and agile form. Her half averted face turned back in alarm on the pur suing God, is pourtrayed with consummate talent. No. 70, " Juno confiding the infant Mars to Priapus to educate," is a perfect study, so far as the grouping of the characters is concerned, and might be consulted with advantage by some of our more ambitious modern artists,who think that mere showy, meretricious colouring, unaccompanied with other requisites, will suffice to constitute the painter. NO. 75, " The Cyclops presenting the 'Trident to Neptune," is one of the boldest and most vigorously-executed of the Gems. The at- itude of the g►ant, who is leaning forward on a ledge of rocks, is replete with spirit, and even grandeur; and there is much force and grace in the figures of the plunging winged horses, who arc drawing the car of the Ocean-Deity. No. 94, Head of Pluto," has just the stern, inexor able, gloomy expression, which the ancient poets assigned to the countenance of this God. • No. 91, " Pluto carrying off Proserpine in a Qua driga," contains a remarkably spirited group of horses, the variety of whose attitudes will strike every one who has the slightest relish for the niceties of design. The subject is conceived in the most poetic spirit, and the vigour and anima tion of life breathe throughout the sketch. No. 11, " Atys changed to a Pine Tree"—this Me dallion represents the act of transformation as just commenced; and the face of the victim, just peering above the lower branches of the trees, wears an appropriate look of horror and bewil derment. N ear him, with her head resting on a small detached fragment of a rock, is seen a slumbering female, whoSe relaxed muscles, and right arm drooping heavily along her side, show how profound is her, state of repose. No. 19, " A Titan destroyed by Jupiter with a Thunder- bolt"--the boldness and vigour of execution dii played in this design is truly astonishing. The vanquished "giant is Writhing-beneath the irie 7 , sistible.power,of the bolt which )34; 40 riea him; to earth, and in his rage and madness , is endea vouring to launch a huge rock at the Deity who has thus coerced him. The convulsed working of his massive limbs, whose muscles are twisted and knotted, like so many snakes, convey a pro digious idea of physical capability. No. 169, " Tityus in Torture"—the expression of extreme agony is forcibly depicted in this Gem, which represents the giant chained to a precipice, his head flung back, and two ravenous vultures pecking at his heart, which—according to:the ' old legend—grew again as fast as it was deVoured 7 The countenance of Tityus looks quite swollen and distorted from the intensity of his suffering. No. 66, " A Head of Jupiter"—there is an air of august dignity and repose in this striking countenance, which %vill instantly remind the reader of an emphatic passage in one of the finest hymns of Callimachus.—Such is a brief, hurried notice of some of the Gems that have most struck us in this unique collection. The Series is one that is sure to attract attention, if only from the magic power of association, for who is there that has not, at one period or other of his lite, been charmed with the glorious poetic legends and mythological fancies of old Greece ? and who will not delight to find these, perhaps half-forgotten idealisms, re vived in all their freshness and beauty in his mind, by their embodiment in this most attrac tive of all forms ? When the professional du ties of the day are at an end, and the overtasked mind feels the necessity of some fitting relaxa tion, which while it furnishes the means of amusement, is at the same time suggestive of 1 instructive hints, we can conceive no greater pleasure—and in this, people of all grades and professions may take part with equal zest—than to pore over such a cabinet of Gems as the one itow before us. On a social winter evening, in a well-lighted drawing-room, here May be found certain and abundant recreation, amid the pauies of the dance, when conversation has begun to flag, or the senses have had their fill of music. From time to time, as leisure and opportunity permit, we may be tempted to return to the consideration of this graceful collection of Me dallions. STEPHAN°, This is a fancy-portrait of one of the charac ters in Shakspere's lay of the Tempest—viz., the drunken sailor, Stephano, who is consoling himself for his shipwreck by a dram; and is re presented just at the moment when he has got the bottle to his mouth, and is exclaiming, " Well, here's my comfort!" The scene is the sea-shore of the enchanted island, along which are strewed portions of the cargo of the doomed vessel, whose masts are visible above water, close underneath the projecting point of a range of lofty, perpendicular cliffs,against which she has struck and foundered. The scene is cleverly de lineated; but it is the figure of Stephano that is the redeeming feature of the picture. The ar tist (Mr. Melling) has hit off Shakspere's no tions of this character with singular exactness ►nd; felicity. He has thrown an admirable- ex pression of tipsy gravity into his rough, weather beaten countenance; and given such a glorious unsteadiness to his gait, that there can be no mistaking the particular stage of intoxication at which he has arrived. His very cap looks drunk, as it goes streaming loosely away at the back of his head ; and there is an evident indecision in the conduct of his legs, which seem half inclined to mount, heels upwards, into the air. The pic ture is a coloured lithograph, and is so ingeni ously and carefully executed, that it might easily be mistaken for an oil-painting. The tints are both broad and vivid ; and the deep, clear, green of the sea, in particular, which the hushed storm has ceased to agitate, will remind the spectator of one of Claude's richly-coloured sea-shore pieces. The present attempt by Mr. Melling is, we understand, the first that has yet been made in England to lithograph in colours; and as it is decidedly successful one, we feel convinced it will not be the last. LITERATURE. PICTORIAL SHAKSPERE. C. Knight, London, 1842. In this Part, which is the Thirty-ninth, we have the conclusion of Shakspere's Minor Poems, to which are added a Postscript to the Sixth Volume, referring to Mr. Collier's forth coming edition of Shakspere, and a second Sup plementary Notice to the Roman plays of the great dramatist. The Part is embellished with appropriate engravings. MONALDL A TALE. Moron, 1842. The author of this tale, Washington Allston, an American artist, tells us that he has allowed it to lie by him in manuscript since 1522. It belongs to the Radcliffe and Monk Lewis school, and would have been very popular had it ap peared before the Waverley Novels. The scene of the tale is laid in Italy, the hero is a painter, and the story of course includes the usual requi sites to such tales, love, jealousy, murder, and un availing remorse. That the English reader may forth an idea of how highly this tale is prized in the native city of the author, Boston, we quote the following extract from a criticism upon it, which appears in a copy of the Boston Daily Ad vertiser and Patriot, received by the last arrival from the United States. It is written evidently by a friend, and in the first person : When I first heard that Washington Allston had pub lished an original tale, I felt and expressed regret. So single and lofty a reputation in art should not be asso ciated with mediocrity in literature ; and anything but the highest success must seem failure compared with the standard he has himself erected. But we have read the book, and mediocrity and failure are still as remote from his name as before he wrote. And more ; for we have now evidence that in literature and in morals he lives in as pure an atmosphere as he does in art. " Monaldi" is a work of genius. There are touches of description which could come only from its author • and skill and taste in language which it is surprising that a man who has used the pencil so much more than the pen should possess. Why should such a tale have been allowed to slumber for near twenty years in a portfolio ? And now it comes. why alone ? Why are are not those nights, which, we hear, are so often lengthened into the morning, employed sometimes in pictures like this, which all readers may enjoy, instead of being consecrated to those which only a few prosperous gentlemen and their friends can indulge in the luxury of? How few of those who see with ad miration the paintings, are capable of seeing in them the moral elevation with which they are conceived and which they are intended to communicate. The language of the' tale is intelligible to all. Is not the lesson needed ? Are not multitudes sacrificing life vainly, in a selfish pursuit of fame of which art or literature is the means, Whose existence would be saved to themselves and the commu nity, if they could be convinced that he only can succeed, who loves his art for his art's sake ? MUSIC. THE NATURE OF PLAYING THE PIANO FORTE, UPON PHILOSOPHICAL PRIN CIPLES, displayed in Four Positions, and their Auxi liaries, the Slide and Change. A System applicable to all Keys and Combinations, Major or Minor,universaku to be comprehended and executed. Formed by J. F. Danneley, Author of a variety of useful Works and Lectures. Mr. Danneley is certainly a clever man, but like a great many other cleVer men, he bath un fortunately a crotchet. His crotchet is that in playing the piano -forte, the thumb should be used in consecutive notes, and the work at pre sent under review, consists of a series of exer cises the . object of which is to introduce this which may be called the system of thumbing in opposition to the system of fingering. We readily admit that nothing could be more absurd than the prejudice entertained by teachers of bygone times against the use of the thumb, but that prejudice has long since been exploded, and at the present day there is not a teacher of any pretensions to science who would hesitate in directing his pupil to use the thumb, even in striking the black keys, whenever it can be done without awkwardness. While, therefore, we ' award to Mr. Danneley great praise for his in genuity, we cannot but entertain a doubt as to the practical utility of this portion of his labours. We have, however, great satisfaction in being able to bestow our unqualified approbation on another part of Mr. Danneley's work. His plan of transposing the lessons into all the different keys is admirable, and although some difficulty may perhaps be experienced by junior pupils at first, yet application and practice w ill overcome that, and they will be amply repaid for the' pains they have taken by the rapid progress which they will find themselves enabled to make in consequence as they advance in their. studies. The work is accompanied with directions for the use of " the ocular time monitor." A me tronome of Mr. Danneley's invention which seems quite as well calculated to answer the pur pose for which it is invented as any other metro nome, and which, being Mitch cheaper . than those at present in use,. is therefore in that respect better. A metronome is an instrument of in estimable value to the student who has attained to some degree of musical proficiency, but it is a dangerous instrument for a mere pupil. The beginner who uses a metronome is apt to trust for time' exclusiVely to the eye, and to neglect the ear, the consequence of which s that When called upon to perform without a metro nome the unhappy Wight is placed in a situation :•, similar to that of the boy, who having learnt to swim with corks found himself once upon a time in deep water without them. LAYS OF THE PALACE. Mont.° and May, London, 1842. These are very agreeable melodies, and quite within the compass of the most limited voice, as they seldom rise above the octave. The song in E flat, " My Leonore," will afford the singer the most display. We cannot say much on the score of originality; as we played each song we were strongly reminded of some old favourite—for in stance, the first part of the duet " Music at Night Fall," is very like " Gentle Zitella," and we were strongly reminded of a few bars from that pleasing ' song of Barnett's " The Guests were bidden," on commencing the last duet. The accompaniments are well under the hands and written in a scientific and effective manner. The " Lays" form a thin quarto volume, got up with considerable neatness and elegance; they are dedicated, by express permission, to Prince Albert; and are embellished with several pictu resque plates, illustrative of the subjects of the different melodies. EXCHEQUER BILLS.—One of the most curious circumstances in Parliamentary history, is the committal of Charles Duncumb, Esq., M.P., an opulent banker, as close prisoner to the Tower, charged with making false endorsements on Exchequer bills, January, 25, 1697. On the 29th, being ill, his apothecary and his brother were permitted to see him, when he confessed his guilt, and was expelled the House. A Bill was brought in for seizure of his estate, and passed, after great opposition, 138 against 103. This Bill being sent to the 'Lords, they desired a conference with the Com mons, and not being satisfied, though he had acknow ledged the facts, they discharged him from the Tower. On March 31st following, the Commons recommitted him. We do not find in the Journals of the House of Com mons, that anything farther was done. "Duncumb," says Clarendon, " was a judicious man, but very haughty, and apt to raise enemies against himself." The Royal Yacht schooner Ariel, Mr. D. B. Blayds, arrived at Malta on the 29th of December, from Messina. MORNING SUN FLANDERS AND DUTCH MAIL. JAN. G.—We have made our readers ac quainted With the new convention relative to the part which the Belgian Government has concluded with that of France for facilitating the reciprocal transmission of the correspondence between the two countries. This convention was to take effect on the Ist January, 1842. The Minister of Public Works had even given orders to the Belgian frontier post-office to begin to act upon it at that date, but we learn that the French post office will not be ready to execute the convention before the 15th January. It is said that the King of Holland will again visit Luxembourg in the course of this month, in order to make himself acquainted with the real state of affairs in that country. In the course of tile year 1841, 197 ships arrived in the port of Ghent ; nine of these ships came direct from the Havannah, and other distant ports, laden with raw sugar, cotton, and rice. BRUSSELS, JAN. 7.—The cold has become very intense since yesterday evening. This morning the Contigrade thermometer was at 90.7. The navigation of the canal of Charleroy and Willebroeek is interrupted by the frost. Alfred du Rosset, a foreigner, has just been condemned to a year's imprisonment and costs, for having altered his passport, which was originally authentic, or at least of having made use of an altered passport. A letter from Amsterdam, dated Jan. 3, in the Eman cipation, says—" It seems that the Cabinets of the Hague and Brussels, severally desiring to but an end to tile dif ferences between them, have become sensible that it is very difficult, if not impossible, to come to a solution of all the negotiations left to the Commissions instituted according to the treaty of the 19th of April, 1839. These Com missions having communicated with each other, it was found that none of them could take account of the con cessions made by another, and make a concession in return. Each naturally endeavoured to obtain from the adverse party as many advantages as possible without having means to grant an equivalnt. The two Cabinets have therefore agreed to take up the result of the pro ceeding of the Commissions at the present, which they have now attained, and to take it at the basis of one negotiation, to be entirely carried on diplomatically. Dunui tUNII3.—ANIWIItaDAW, JILL 7. blonel. hit a. Actual Dan, f. , .% per Cent Jitto, ditto 5 per cent. Amon Syndic, 4% per cent...... .......... 91h t 2 Ditto, ditto, 36 per cent 7ti Commercial Company, per cent 155% Ditto (1535 and 1837) 5 per cent. ...... 101 )4, • 10214 Loan 1837, 5 per etent. Exchange on London, One month l2 13 Two months liamburgh, One month 35 B}4 Two months 35 42% Dutch Papers, Jan. 8. BEI,OI AN U N lls—Bauar 'Li , Jam. 7. Actual Debt, 21, per Cent. Rothachtld's Loan, 5 per C; n t llll% Loan of Thirty Millions, 4 per Cent 3 per 7114 .(1,40) lOl h Loan of City, 1 . .32,4 per Cent. .......... Society ot Corarn ace, 4 gper Cent PS Bank. of Belgium, 5 per Cent 7..% NationalSsiciety. .... — Exchange on London (shoit) —Brussels Papers, Jan. 7. AUSTRIAN FUN DS.—Vienna, Dec. 2). f iyeper Cmts. Metalliquee .... 116% Four per Cents. . 99 Three per Cents. Bank Shares •• •••••• IC2I ...111gemeine Zcslung, Jan. 3. HA SIBU lIG 13 05tSENHALLE, JAN. 4. Th irt y .3 e ven Austrian 5 per Cents. Bank Shares lfli 1630 Anglo-Itussian [..039 lOB% fotli Russian 5 per Cent. let series, CGrtiticate Inscription, Ist Se:tc.s lO 44 ;..% Rus;ian 5 per Cont. Hope and Co. 3d and 4th Sella — 98 Ditto in Certificates Ncw 4 per Cent. (1840) 87% ts 7 Dutch Actual Debt, 24 pe. Cent 50;4 50%, Ditto 5 per Cent — Polish Bonds New ticket Anglo.Oanish Loan, 3 per Cent 7Bg Sls.twegian L'an, 1834, 4 per Cwat SiLansh, New 5 perCenp, ... . Is EXCHANGES 0$ LONDON. HAMBURG, JAN. 4.-1:1 CN.—Two months, 13 5 VIENNA, DEC. .S.—Three months, 9. 1:6%. PRUSSIAN FUNDS.—Bitituts. JAN. 1, Bills. - Money. St. Schuld. Sch., 4'„ per cent. lOl% ,04,1't Prussian English Loan, ISSU, 4 per cent 101% Lxchange on Lendon, three months 5 19% L. —Prussian State Gazette. Jan. I. THE WEATHER.—THE PA rms.—Yesterday, notwithstanding the severity of the frost for the last few days, neither the Serpentine Ri ver or t h e C ana l i n St. St. ames's Park, are frozen over sufficiently strong to allow the public to venture on. Yesterday and Saturday the wind was most keen from the north east. The ther mometer; at the Receiving-house in Hyde Park, at eight A.M. yesterday, was as low as 26 ; at the Tent in the Regent's Park, it was 28 ; during the day the mercury did not rise higher than 29. The west end of the Ser pentine River was frozen slightly over, but no vestige of ice was to be seen at the head. The Round Pond, in Kensington Gardens, was frozen sufficiently strong to bear, and during the day a multitude of scientific skaters Were on the ice, and the gar 'ens were thickly attended by fashionable company. The Regent's Park was the grand resort in the afternoon. There could not be less than 10,000 persons assembled, and, we are glad to say, no fatal accident happened. There were a great number of persons within the enclosure in St. James's Park, anti a few on the edges of the canal, where the ice was. not 'mire .than a-quarter of an inch thick. At four P.M. the thermometer in Hyde Park was 27, with the wind E.N.E. During the day a small q uan ti t y o f snow fell. THE IRON TRADE.—The state of the iron trade. came under the: consideration of the ironmasters! • meeting at Dudley, on Thursday, when it was benevo lently determined to ct)ntinue paying the men at their present rate of wages. The surplus stock of iron is un derstOod to be chiefly pig iron. The price of pig iron, in London, by the quotati ons , receded ss. per ton, last -Vveek other sorts remain the same. Shrewsbury Chronicle. Last summer Sir Thomas M. Brisbane pur chased a school in Largs, at an expense of more than 3001., and has endowed it to the extent of 301. per annum, for the. • benefit of the poor and working classes there. The school is now crowded with scholars, receiving edu cation at a very cheap rate. Sir Thomas has also re cently sent -201. to assist in finding work for the unem ployed in the parish ; 104 to aid the Session in relieving distress.; and 51. to support the parish missionary ; with kind assurances that more will be given, if required.— ./lyr Advertiser. We find the following in the Presse :—" Infor mation received from a credible source has given us the key to the mission with which, according to the Augs burg Gazette, M. de Pahlen is intrusted to Mehemet Ali. It is known that all the commercial treaties between the Porte and the other powers of Europe establish an import duty of 10 per cent. on all merchandise brought into the Turkish provinces. Russia, better advised, has made a treaty with the Porte in virtue of which this duty shall not exceed 3 per cent., as vrescribed by the koran itself. When, after the treaty of July, the English wished to force the Paella of Egypt to allow the execution of the treaty of commerce between them and the Porte, Mehemet Ali made no opposition. On the contrary ; as before all the other nations had paid him only the 3 per cent. duty established by the koran, it was to his own interest to accede to the treaty of commerce between England and the Porte, •ivhich insured him a duty of 10 per cent. The English, when it was too late, learnt from the represent ations of their merchants that they had committed a great mistake, and have demanded the same commercial faci lities as were granted to Russia, which power has re mained in this respect, more favoured than any other nation. Alarmed by the application of England, Russia has thought fit to send M. de Pahlen to Alexandria, in order to counteract it." The Siecle mentions a report of the King of Prussia intending to visit St. Petersburg next summer, ostensibly on occasion of the 25th anniversary of the Emperor's marriage with his sister, but in reality to enter into some important commercial negotiations, tend ing to render the Russian Customs tariff less rigorous. General Don Ramon Narvaez, who was at Gibraltar during the late movkments in the Basque Provinces, is now in Paris. PROPOSED ESPLANADE IN PICCADILLY. — We have heard it stated, and we believe on good grounds, that a great and ,striking improvement. is about to be made in the appearance , of Piccadilly consequent upon the removal of the ranger's house in the Green Park, which will be demolished early in the spring. The tasteful suggestion, we have heard, was made by the pi v p uu ier ?. and is to consist of a noble terrace and public walk'fiviil the 'gate into the Palace gardens at Hyde PA&46oer to the junction of the houses at the lower end of basin. the form of the ground on this line is pArticularly faVourable to picturesque effect in laying 'out and planting, and to architectural beauty of design in the esplanade. Fountains and statues, tco, are likely to be introduced to add to the grandeur of the plan, give encouragement to the arts, - and combine the whole with the palatial residence of the Sovereign by carrying it, perhaps, farther on hereafter along the line opposite to Grosvenor-place. The magnificent equestrian statue of Wellington, now casting by Wyatt, will surmount the arch facing Apsley House ; and we see no reason why it should not be balanced at the other termination by al statue of Sir Robert Peel, together with his name to the work, the idea of which, as we have mentioned, is under stood to have emanated from him. At all events, it will be a splendid embellishment of this principal street in entering the capital from the west.—laterary Gazette.— [Should the suggestion of our learned Contemporary be adopted, we contidently hope the statue will not be eques trian, for if made true to life, the one statue would form a sad contrast with We understand that the Marquis of Exeter will be appointed Lord-Lieutenant of the County of North ampton,.in the place of the late Earl of Westmorland. POWDER FOR THE BRITISH FLEET: itkr CUINA.—The ship Thomas Coutts, Commander Wade, from London for China, put into Plymouth en Tuesday last, to take in powder from the Government magazines, and other stores fur the British fleet in the China seas. A young gentleman, named Wright, of Fethard, accidentally shot his companion on Friday last. In joke he presented his gun, saying, "I'll shoot you." The gun went dr, and unfortunately had the expressed effect. The grief of Mr. Wright is inconsolable. About half-past twelve o'clock on Saturday the neighbourhood of Lincoln's Inn-fields was the scene of great excitement, from a poor maniac, who lives with an aged mother in an attic in Sheffield-street, endeavouring to throw herself from the roof of the house. An indi vidual passing saw her struggling w ith the old woman at the top window, when he rush ed up stairs, but, before he could get to the attic, she had broken away from her mother, and ran along the leads of the house, towards with extraordinary power ; and b e ing Lincoln's Inn-fields. He followed and seized her, w h e n a dreadful struggle ensued. th Madnessth e r o of gutters her one sheet of ice, it is probable that both would have been precipitated into the street, but for the timely • arrival of two policemen of the F division, when she was with some ditlic:Ulty secured and removed to the station-house, after getting some restoratives.