The Sun. — London, England, 1842-01-14 00:00:00

Seagrm C ,AY). 1 , pre) le lenti -Ito the der the ittee of pon this Master the had re t report kinst 4d beesr eryfick. ipect to crested ?point for sionerP,',l r go to r they douht inoort )resenti' C 0111 - •it: statea - q funds is tp the The h she divi to be chit- Mien, it the to be ,could aP" , "' it ion, this aced, cmota : Alen ill it if her that ap ; ap d in EVENING SUN . t :XCIIEQUER.—(THIS DAY.), RAPSON V. CUEITT. 13 . ANDREWS mo ve d t o set as id e t h e verd i ct in 1 1 4) 4 ease, which at the trial which was heard before ijAbinger at the sittings after last term, i t 3 found for the plaintiff, with .5002 damages. facts of the case as stated by the Learned bui lder. were these e defendant was the eminent palider, and ,had entered into . a contract with certain eiTes, members of the Clarence Club, to repair their Clu-house, and amongst • other things he was g - ti „ tepair the gas apparatus. }Le, not being a 11r. fitter himself, employed a person named a nd t co t ,- . 0 execute that part of the work. In the rins e of the :repairs, certain of the members deter p,.'"e(l to light a figure which stood on the ep,„..' stair-case. This was a deviation from . the galß9ation under which the defendant was working, to the order: for it was given direct to Bland. In order 1'0 0 ,. 4 't the figure, a pip e w as t o b e carr i ed through a iv a ;t 4 . 9n the landing. and from thence to the figure. It k ot . e4 lried up so f ar as t h e room on the landing, but was & rs fitlish e d on the 19th November, when the gas was 404t,ighted. Upon that occasion it was sworn that the ci~e tlt Nand had prop er ly s t oppe d t h e p i pe, and no ac- Ilfoccurred. The gas was again lighted on the follow. aj dar from four o'clock till e l even , t h e younger. 4,7", was - on the premi ses , an d o ff ere d to put out. he, t o , '-‘9 1 .1t the butler of the. Club said he understood hew 4iiitl a ntige the appa ra t us , an d h e would do it. About t oo e ,c:, cfvlock th e servants h a d gone through th* at 4l , in question, an d gas was escaping, but 40 that time, though the smell was offensive, e xplosion took place, although a lighted tyi f t.e was, carried through. The plaintiff and his th e e , who were servants of, the club, had been spending evening out ; they Came home at one; o'clock, 'ln, a oceRSlOll to pass throu g h t h e room in ques aird violent explosion took pl ace, and both plaintiff his wife were much injured. The Learned Counsel ~:I°lvcontended that the defendants were not liable, as thu „ r ;Pe which caused the explosion was not any part tll the w or k for whi c h th e y h a d contracted, and as he °light the verdict was in some measure against the l 'itience he would take his rule i n the alternative, either t o t a nonsuit, a new trial, or arrest of judgment. kile granted. THORNTON U. CHARLES. t o T his was an action for the value of a quantity of tal- W, which was tried before Lord Abinger, at the Lon :Sittings a ft er ,l ast term, when his Lordship ' non the/t tiff. verd- t ten.tnns now moved for a rule n i s i-t o enter a le starter-9 fur the enintiffs for 8371. under the circum tar ne pLaintiffs, Messrs. Thornton and West, are trll g' dealer s in tallo w as well as other things; in 1840 they Pped Smith end Marshall to sell for them 200 casks u, e best St.. Petersburgh yellow candle tallow. to and and Afarshall were also the brokers of the de -I,i4dOttts, and of the 200 they sold to them 50 casks elirered between the Ist of September and the of December. They sold the whole 200 casks th ti tr , ree parties, none of whom were known to the plain xhe„ The tallow- was put at their order on Sept. 11 4 0 4 the defendants objected to receiving it as . their o th was large, and the broker said he would deliver it e is t Partis, and give them theirs after.. They he th l'arlitrupt soon after, and the plaintiffs fi n,g ~t t itir e L t books, to whom the tallow was sold, - brought iC' ti(3 n, althouel none had, in fact, contended e Ldefendants. The Learned Counseled t ", delivery to Smith and Marshall was 4Lnelirery to the defendant, as that firm was act 11,tenie agent for them as well as the plaintiffs. I lttiv, - ,,, s utrisT had never heard such a proposition before, t t ati t ;" case was one of much importance, they would Ntr,Ne and as the - facts were all agreed on, it had he turned into a special case.--Rule granted. QUEST AT BIRMINGHAM. (PROM A CORRESPONDENT. tQape ) 1 3. —The d rea df u l case of Bassilesa who was shot dead by h er h us b an d , St i,._eaPenhill, as stated in The Sun of Mon -13,`, has become one of engrossing interest r7, 0 (1y - vs tl liagba m An inquest was held on the tie sd " 3 ' Mr. S . tinton, and on the following :ark a l Jury was empannelled at the Grand ba t ; ' ll cigate-hill. The evidence of John Day, N is % thirteen years of age, who witnessed the Utir i -et i°ll ) brought nothing against Steapenhill, "ilvt;`,.t,he evidence of a young girl, named Caroline !Cep - Th .5 J a curious fact transpired that she had with-Panied the deceased to a fortune-teller's, L s ho li dhe avowed object of inquiry whether she 'v ed„' die from sickness or from shooting. On th e 'eaday the inquiry was resumed,. but taado•Traner ordered t h at f acts should not be 11 4 0 - : c aow.n till the w h o l e ev id ence had ap he ,') and it was i n course of continuation at Bt, - "nent that our informant left. a Penhill, the prison er , i s a young man, „.18 dar t twenty-six years of age ; his complexion and he was a member of the Tee-total dartiV er anceSociety ; th e waddingof the gun f oun d Part e body of his deceased wife p rove d to b e of. the " Temperance Advocate ", of a recent lie, h The dec ease d .was 25 years of age, and 4 4 ( 1 leen married to Steapenhill about two years, qie st uorne him one child. The wound in her is" four inches in depth; much unhappi -4,liSiti; t ePorted to have existed between . them PrOb a i i °at of family quarrels. The verdict will . -j 'Y h e given to-night. , M t , Cil URCH-RATES '44 , t -115LEB OROCUll, YORK, JAN. 13.—0 n Thursday ts tr ", lo Gth inst., a meeting was called at the Church tis i 'v 1 ,., (/ I ,"Y a 'rate. The minister took the chair !i, - "e i ll '' ' ''''ek, and proposed that a rate of one penny in saand.should be levied. An amendment was prp -941 C t hat .the m tishould adjourn till W 1 c1 ; 1 ; 4 Y, the thair e m e an''refused to put it. Another J ' l ri t-41 . a n was proposed, and carried by a largo_ ma ,til4! and the rate negatived. On Sunday, the 9th, t t i t i i i i .. - t44 scla il ' itie e aPpeared on the church door for a mee , Pe cl a y, the 1 3th. At the hour appointed, aboutsoo thq r nrs assembled but the Church party never showed }‘ ale e l e • es, and thus; treated the people with contempt. l'Y it lug* is notv(l2 o'clock) held in the market-place e 44(4,e, antiparty. It is impossible to levy a rate. in Leoorough. Government should settle this question, 8k.,„ ,•,k,„--11.ty's - MISC ELLANY FOR JANUARY..-... 4 eR - 4' the periodicals at the commencement of the New i t Pnt ti)rth high ' claims to the support of the public, 4441% kn,ow of none which offer greater attractions 441)46—'41"Y. Leaving polemical matters to its Con tqlisi,:ia,i‘es, or a more sombre cast, it devotes itself ex- L'ade r ,,- ) , 0 the entertainment and amusement of its "istrlk4l.not neglecting, however, to combine therewith N 41 1 4". The first number for the New Year gives !j 4 ll( lit e of increased talent and variety. Where all is ex ell, Linte scarcely know which to select for commenda 7 ti t ,,, the continuations of 4 , Richard Savage" and tt4e,2l.Y Thorn," which grow in interest as the stories k.,. r N win ~, e anxious yoo te or • I I 1 d f by the old sub rll% ' l ,b, and those who are commencing the Magazine i ee 6 ,s e e .ew Year will not lay them:o . n one side after ti ßs," v ° nig their pages. " Comicalities of the Fe.el kl4%and "The Philosophy of Smoking," in twelve abl e :8 smoke, both admirably illustrated, are laugh el ‘ , 14 amusing ;indeed, the whole contents, mirth i " (11 ' space will not allow us to enumerate, are ca mer s c er i e ,._ llll . g and humourous in the extreme.—Don ., °nide. 11 '4 4 :umber of Noblemen and Gentlemen, amongst C,411 were several belonging to the diplomacy at the J'e4t4adnied at the Brunswick Hotel, Jeriryn-street, Wl i ,„ t tY, to taste the suvouri faire of the cordons hleus teitiiile: establishment :Lo well known for its recherche w,,_tnongst the party we observed the Prince ,1-,101..,,4s Esterazy, Baron de Rotter, Due de Bleche, i r k "" d 0 Saint Auaire, de Buthyany, de Noailles, de 44 enil, B,e, '°lvil accts, on a t once agree upon a case to be pl ace d.i n t h e r paper. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL had no objection to such a course. ,lAN p resumed Lord Dexi there had bee n some commu lii4.. en :ton with the county authorities, and th a t th ere was 110 Wish- on their part to to oppose the discussion of the question. hhMr. If umennErs said the Solicitor-General was on the er sid e, and thought it better not to show cause against e rule in the first ease. Lord DENtmati—Then if the parties !ire agreed let the e ltie be put in the Crown paper. DANIEL V. BARRY AND OTHERS. n ee ThiS w as an action brought against the defendants, ~rrY and t wo o th ers, f or selling a vessel for a certain . vn, and falsely describing her as fit to be on Lloyd's l ' e gister, class A. 1., for ten years, knowing her not to be The ease was tried before Lord Denman at the Ut sittings At Guildhall, and th e J ury f oun d a verd i ct alie plainti*adding that - th e y acqu i tte d' t h e d e f en d ants t (/ f raudttlent‘knowled,ge, which was t an t amount to a t-ertliet for the ciefendants. Certai n quest i ons were put ° the Ju ry b y t h e Learned Judge after they had deli hvered their verdict,its to whether they b e li eve d t h e de ndants h a d any k nowledge of the vessel being what she .9 4 ( 1. be en represented, and their answers generally were mat there was no evidence before them on that point. ZiM. CRESSWELL now moved for a rule to ShoW cause tv r the verdict should not be set a s id e , and a new trial , 4 ", on the groun d t h at t h e Learned Judge should have tat other questions to the Jury, but the!lThe COURT, after• hearing the Learned Gentleman's : guments verdi ct. thought there were n o groun d s f or disturbing . • RAIL COURT--(THIS DAY.) QUEEN V. THE MAYOR AND CORPORATION OF HAR WICH.—MANDAMUS. Mr. BUTT applied to the Court for a rule nisi, calling Pon th e ' M ayor an d Corporation of Harwich to show ca us w e , 'why a m an d amus s h ou ld not is sue commanding to fie late al - to:adopt measures to secure the payment of 1,300/. Town Clerk of the borough, as compensation i" Me los s o f t h e o ffi ces wh i ch ho held under the.Corpo 41cm• The circumstances df this case have been fre gOntly_before the public. 1 , 34. r. Justice WILLIAMS granted a rule nisi. (ItTEEN. V. THE SHEFFIELD, ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE, AND MANCHESTER RAILWAY COMPANY. enomerox applliiid, on the part of a Mr. Shaw cfQBs; for a rule nisi calling upon the Company to show use why r . t mandamus. should not issue to the Sheriffs „,, "Aneashire to empanel a jury to assess the amount '4' mainages done to the proPerty of . the appliCant by the 4_,kadants. The applicant was a bleacher, and, in the str u l',,, 6 m -. of his business, had'occasion to make use of a , vain - of water' running through his property. In con -011"nee of the works of the ' COnip:iny in the neigh f ilithood, th pp e at 10er had become deteriorated and un fi t se -- n granted. lea FINE ARTS. pense seems to have been spared in the endea• vour to furnish amusement. The rooms which are devoted to the purposes of the Bazaar, are scarcely less worthy of a visit, for they are fitted up with singular tact and elegance, are orna mented with handsome chandeliers, and are be sides of very imposing dimensions. Indeed the whole building, whether as regards its interior or exterior, is one of the handsomW of its kind in Loudon. MUSIC. THE MAN THAT COULDN'T GET WARM. A TALE, BY JACOB DIMMER. The subject of this story, which has been set to music, is evidently of Yankee origin, and is founded on . matters of fact, peculiar to the " Far West." An East India merchant long accus tomed to the luxuries of a warm climate, while on a visit to the inhabitants of the Mississipi and Missouri States, had imprudently taken an ice while over-heated, and was suddenly' seized with a slAiv i ettimir fit of such an awful description, that thet:unfortunate sufferer chilled every man and heast. , Ahat approaChed Min. He was finally dro*neditt a hot , bath, and fonralwith the water frozen all around him. In ordei• fo . understand one of the - stibjoined verses it must be premised that . all his servants had given him " warning•," and even the wife of his bosom had deserted him: To make his wife come home again He Doctor's, Commons tried in vain, For there his looks did soon condemn The man that couldn't get warm. The Proctors' feet with cold did shuffle ; Learned Brothers 'gan to snuffle, The Clerks fur warmth their bodies thump'd, And round the Court the crier jump'd. The Judge had nigh a frozen nose, And he, in haste th• case to close, Decreed against, you may suppose, The man that couldn't get warm. Then he with grief fill'd to the brim, Resolved to go abroad by steam ; But not a ship would move with him, The man that couldn't get warm. He went in th'Engine-room, I'm told, And gave the. stoker sudden cold, Condensed the steam, which stopp'd the wheels, And gave the passengers the chills. The vessel ice-bouneseem'd, and so The Captain, shiV'ring top to toe, Alfirni'd, on shore again must go The man that couldn't get warm. PROVECUTIONS for BLASPHEMY. BRISTOL, WEDNESDAY.--A true bill was found to-day, at the Bristol Quarter >lbssion s, against Charles South well, for the publication of a bl a sph emous lib e l, an d t h e trial, which it is anticipated will run through two days, is expected to come on on Friday (this day). Much ad ditional excitement has been created by proceedings being taken against five or six of the 'most respectable booksellers in Bristol, for a republication of part of the alleged libel, in a work called the Anti-Socialist Gazette, and it is believed that the Grand Jury will find true bills against all the parties in the course of to-morrow, and that Bench warrants will be issued for their immediate arrest. BRISTOL, THURSDAY.—BRISTOL QUARTER SESSIONS. —At twelve o'clock this morning the Grand Jury came into Court and stated, through their foreman, that they wished to ask a question of the Learned Recorder. The Grand Jury wished to know whether the publication of a passage from a blasphemous libel, made for the pnr pose of refutation, was an unlawful offence ? The Recorder said that, in answer to that question he should say, if the Grand Jury were of opinion that the quotation from the blasphemous libel was made, lona fide, for the purposes of refutation, then it was not .in the nature or a crime—it was not for the purpose of giving currency to the blasphemy, but for the purpose of ex posing its character, The Grand Jury, however, must be satisfied that the ext rac t h a d b een ma d e for the pur pose of exposing, refuting, and putting it down, as other wise it would be an offence. The Grand Jury then withdrew. At a late hour in the day the Grand Jury re ported that the Bill preferred against William Acland for selling a copy of Brindlei's Anti-Social Gazette, contain ing a passage from an article in the Oracle of Reason, al leged to be a blasphemous libel, and for which its editor, Mr. Southwell, is under prosecution, had been ignored. At the same time they returned a true bill against John Field, for the publication of a blasphemous libel contained in the Oracle of Reason. FATAL MAIL COACH ACCIDENT (THIS MoßNiric.)—We regret to state that the Lynn mail was upset between Melbourne find Royston, about half-past two o'clock this morning. The guard, coachman, and one outside passenger, were thrown with some violence upon the road, and, unfortunately, the coach fell upon the driver, and caused his death almost immediately. The guard escaped unhurt, and the passenger with but slight injuries. The deceased was a very timid man, and not many minutes previous had requested the guard to drive for him, which he was doing at the time of the accident. Not the slightest blame is attached to the guard. MZLANCHOLY CATASTROPHE.-Seldom has it fallen to our lot to record a more melancholy accident than that which occurred on Friday afternoon last, at Bishop Wilton, which is about four miles from Pock lington, when three promising youths, belonging to one family, met with premature death. The four sons of the Rev. Joseph Shooter, vicar of Bishop Wilton, were, with several other boys, amusing themselves with sliding upon a fislt pond, about eight or nine feet deep, and the boys were in the act of leaving it, when James said he would cross the pond again for the last time. He at tempted to do so at a part which was more dangerous than the rest, and when he had arrived at about the centre of the pond the ice gave way, and he was precipitated into the water. He made a violent spring upwards, and called to George, his brother, to take him the rope, it appearing that a rope was laid at the side of the pond; they being about to go to the field with it. The brother immediately ran with the rope to the assistance of James, but un fortunately the ice broke with him, and he too was kslunged into the water. Henry Shooter seeing the aw ful situation in which his brothers were placed also ven tured on the ice, in order, if possible, to save them. One of the boys, named Butterfield, who had witnessed the accident, immediately ran to the blacksmith's shop in the village and gave an alarm. The blacksmith with seve ral other persons proceeded to the spot and found the three unfortunate boys struggling in the water. A rope was thrown to them, but they had become so exhausted that it was completely useless, and whilst the blacksmith ran for a ladder they all sank. Attempts were then made to recover the bodies, but it was half an hour before that was effected. On Saturday an inquest was held 'on the bodies by Mr. John Wood, the Coroner, when a ver dict of "Accidently drowned" was returned.— York Courant. BRUSSELS, JAN. 12.—The average price of Wheat last week was 21f. 35e., and that of Uye 12f. 52c. per hectolitre. Wheat remains free from import duty, while Rye is subject to a duty of 21f. 50c. per 1,000 kilogrammes. The export duty on both is only 25 centimes per 1,000 kilogrammes.—The central section appointed to examine the affair of the British Queen steamer, after having dedicated to this affair the first week of the Christmas holydays, met again yesterday. Several journals have erroneously stated that the ques tion was decided. The central section had doeided that it will meet to-morrow to visit the British Queen, and examine it in detail. It is hoped that immediately after this has been done, the report may be drawn up and pre sentea tg the Chureber. We went yesterday to a private view of a new Magic Cave and a series of Cosmoramic Views, which will be opened to the public this day, and are shown at the Lowther Bazaar in the Strand. The Cave is situated in the rear of the building, and is entered by a flight of steps which leads down from the ground floor. It is of mode rate height, i s lon g , ar somewhat narrow, an d t h e sides are composed of rough pillars of rock, which, sparkling with glittering spars, produce a very pleasing and striking effect. At the further ex tremity of the Cave, and directly , flicing the en trance, there is a view of the new Light-house, which it is proposed to erect op the Goodwin Sands, and the effects of which are so admirably contrived, that the spectator, with a very slight help from the fancy, might actually imagine that he was looking beyond a real, natural cavern— such as that in the Isle of Wight—right upon the open sea, with the light-house in the distance, round which the waves are - dashing in a truly life like style. The artful management of the lights greatly assists the fbrce of this illusion. The Cos morainic Views are numerous, well chosen, and well contrasted, so a s t o afford the greatest possible entertainment and variety. They rim along both sides of the Cave; and among them, is a superb View of Windsor Castle, which rises in the middle distance, and is seen to the ut most advantage in all its grand proportions. Apparently the sketch is taken from the top of the Long Walk, and in the fore-ground are seen several sunny fbrest-glades, studded with troops of deer. Nothing can be more accurate than this clever sketch, which wears the strictest sem blance of reality, and will be instantly recognised by all who have seen the original. The View of Constantinople is remarkable for the vivid glow and warmth of the colouring.• That irregular and somewhat fantastic structure, the Seraglio, is, of course, a conspicuous object in this sketch. Ca lais by Moonlight contrasts forcibly with the pre ceding View, fbr it has all the still, cold, lifeless look of the moonlight- hour. The Capture of Amoy is full of spirit and animation, and great pains seem to have been taken to preserve cor rectness of locality. The batteries are of prodi gious strength and massiveness, and the British ships, which are pouring in incessant broadsides on them, float upon the restless, heaving waters with every appearance of reality. The Deluge is from an original design by Martin, and is a very fair imitation of his peculiar manner. There are several other Cosmoramic Views—especially one of the Thames . Tunnel, in whiCh a long reach of Perspective is handled with -singular adroitness —but the above are the most felicitous in point of execution. We have little doubt that the Exhibition will be an attractive one, for no ex, W OOLWICFL - ROYAL SAPPERS AND MINERS.—Major Vicar's com pany of the Royal Sappers and Miners are expected to embark at the Royal Arsenal, Woolwich, in the early part of next week for Corfu. First Lieutenant Ford will take charge of the company, as it is the intention of Major Vicars to proceed,in a short time overland to the station of the corps at Corfu. GIBRALTAR.—By a private letter, dated Gibraltar, December 30, 1841, information has been received at Woolwich of the arrival of the Java, transport- Ship, at the former station on the previpus day ; and the 46th regiment, at present doing duty there, was expected to embark in about ten days from the above date for Barbadoes. Lieutenant-General John Ross, C. 8., is Colonel of the regiment ; and Lieutenant-Col. A. Clarke, K. H., the commanding officer. The r e gi men t proceeded to Gib ra lt ar i n October, 1837, and the depot is at present stationed at Clonmel, in Ireland. BARDADOES.—The 47th Regiment, stationed at St. Ann's, has enjoyed excellent health for some time, and, consequently, will remain in their present quarters. The 33d Regiment has been very unfortunate, and lost so many men that the remander were marched to Gun Hill barracks, on the 3d of December; in the expec tation that a change of quarters would relieve them from the sickness which prevailed. On the day of their march to Gun Hill, three privates .died,.; on the day previous, Sergeant Page and three privates died. On the day after the change of quarters, two privates died, and on the folloWing day, only one private died, which affords hope that their removal will be at tended with favourable results. Within the period of the six weeks previous to the 6th of December, the regithent had lost upwards of fifty from the ranks, owing, in a great measure, to the effects of the climate. When some re giments in the same latitude escape the prevalent dis eases, it would be advisable to examine particularly the spot their barracks or quarters are located upon, and, in all cases, as nearly as possible, select similar situations, and afford the same advantages to the other regiments on the same station. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. ADV.,NRTISER.—The breaking of lamps and win dows forthe purpose of gaining temporary relief in pri son, has recently been an act of frequent occurrence, and the police report s o f yesterday contain a number of cases which are sufficient to excite no less horror than alarm in the - public mind ; for - i 4 appears that..distress is now driving our fellow7creatures to the desperate act of plundering the bakers' shops to prevent that starvation in the streets which otherwise threatens them. However we may condemn the act of stealing bread, we must say that it is at all events the most pardonable species of robbery ; and the circumstance of such thefts being com mitted, not in one, but several and repeated instances, compels us to pause and ask, what can be the state of that country, in whose rich metropolis crowds of famish ing beings are driven by want of food to rob 'for it in open day, and diStribute it to herds of their wretched companions in the streets of the city ? That such scenes should occur in London,,the very. centre of' civilization and of wealth, it would be difficult to believe, but that we are long' accustomed to hear tales of destitution and distress, alike shOeking to humanity, and disgraceful to the land in which they:are suffered to occur, while Providence has furnished ample means for preventing them. Though we are ready to censure the lawlessness ,of such acts as that we have alluded to, we' are bound in 'reason and in justice to ask, what it is that goads men on to plunder for the commonest necessary of life, and induces them, by an instinct of nature, to follow the law of self-preservation at the sacr ifi ce of the ordinary rules of conduct that morality prescribes to them ? It is a maxim that " nelessity has no law ;" and if we ex pect men lo be ruled by the latter, we should take care that they are not placed' so thoroughly under the gnawing influence of the former as to be incapable of submitting themselves to the guidance of Government. In the cases that have suggested these remarks, .the unhappy persons who were in duced to steal food, had applied for it in vain to • the legitimate sources of relief ; and it was only after having been refiised assistance that they came to the desperate determination of taking illegally, that immediate provi sion for their wants which, their - solicitations had failed to obtain for them. If people are perishing'from hunger, what, in God's name, can ' the poor wretches do ? If they go to the nearest workhouse, they are almost always summarily sent away. If they beg they-are taken up and punished; while, if' , they , rob, they. are similarly dealt with; and whenlood is the only thi ng th ey stea l , i t i s not difficult for them to reconcile to their consciences an act which is the only one open to them for sustaining life against the biting attacks of hunger. It never was the in tention of the Creator that the noblest of his creatures. Should be dying of want—a fate to Which the meanest living. thingia scarcely ever doomed; and we must, therefore, look for the cause of the 'present horrible state of ' things'in some most iniquitous perversion of the. blessings which a bountiful I'rovidenee has afforded us.:. Something must be done, if not to equalise wealth, at least.tq Comfortable subsistence within the'ineans of all ;' and the Corn-laws, appearing to stand the most in - the way of this arrangement, must be the first p o i nt o f attac k by all - the friends, not of any particular political p ar ty, b u t of Justice and humanity. The tradesman who is called on to protect .his property against outrages induced by despair and want, will do better to demand an alteration of the- system, under which he is liable to be disturbed in the enjoyment of his own, than to join in the cry that will be raised against the atrocity of' those whose necea sides make them forget law and defy authority. . CHRONICLE.—A bishopric is vacant ; and in this internal crisis of the Church the nominati on t o i t i s eagerly looked t o b y t h e various clerical parties as likely to indicate, to which of them Sir Robert Peel leans. - He is not officially called upon to vote for either of the can didates for the Oxford Professorship of Poetry ; and he will of course take , the sensible course of not needlessly mixing in the ecclesiastical fray by giving an unnecessary, vote. But unluckily for him, the vacant bishopric makes inn,, in spite of all his caution, a party to the contest now going on. A Liberal lie most assuredly will not appoint ; and, con fining his selection to genuine Tories, he can hardly avoid selecting some one who is prominent amonc , either the Puseyites or their antagonists, u n l ess, indeed; he jobs the appointment away to some obscure tutor of a col league or some unprovided Peel, o r W e ll esley, or Hope. The different parties in the Church, who knOW well how to manage the malleable Premier, are already hard at work to force their own candidate upon him. This was the evident object of a very careful and able leading article which appeared yesterday in the Times. From the general views of that article it is im possible for any reasonable man to differ materially. This is, undoubtedly, an epoch of great crisis, or rather fOrerunning a great crisis in the history of the Anglican Church. The appointment of a Bishop at such - a period is a matter of unusual and vital importance ; and it essential that it should not be made a job of, but confer red on some man of mark, intellect, activity, earnestness, and decision. He does not name the individual who sa tisfies the conditions which he imposes ; but those who know the state .of the" Church, .and the candidates put forward by . the different .parties, cannot help supplying as . the suppressed but necessary conclusion of the argunient i---" Sir Robert Peel must therefore ap point oither Dr. Hook, of Leeds, or, at any rate, Arch deacon Wilberforce." This is the object of the Pusey ites, the party of which the Times is always labouring to serve the purposes as openly as it dares. It is the party in the Church to which Sir Robert must be most averse ; and the only reason to - apprehend his taking its candidate is, that it has hit him so hard and so repeat edly, that he may be desirous of conciliating it. But as conciliating it %NHL be sure to be taken as a mortal offence by the other party, he will hardly ven titre on doing so now. The same reason will deter him from conferring such mark of favour on any known partisan of low Church views. He may, therefore, confer this piece' . of patronage, as be already has too Much of that at his disposal, merely on aristocratic grounds, and throw this bishopric to some younger brother of sonic favoured member of the clique about him. Or if he is scared from this by yesterday's Times, and some deference to public opinion, he will seek refuge in that portion of his tollowers to which the stream of his patronage after all mainly directs itself, when he is compelled to require some degree of competence as a qualification for office. The bishopric will go to some geometrical or philological rat from the Liberal party ; and thus in the Church as in the' State, " the Stanley and Graham" section of the party will profit by the u•- popularity or incapacity of the ultras. THE ORANGE . CANDIDATE FOR DUBLIN: The following is th e p erorat i on o f a long ito article. in the Evening Mail of Monday, on " The Representation of Dublin :" At three o'clock this afternoor. a very numerous and influential meeting of the most respectable class of elec tors was held at the Rooms of the Registration Society in College -street. T. B. C. Smith, Esq., Q.C., in the chair. An intimation was made to the effect that Mr. Wil liam Gregory was ready to obey the call of the electors of Dublin, and, at their instance, to stand fur its repre sentation. This announcement was received with the most en thusiastic cheering—the greatest joy pervaded the meet ing ; and the gratifying intelligence was quickly con. veyed throughout the city, where all the energy and spirit of former times were instantly created and existed. The same committees were appointed, and the same gentlemen have undertaken to act, as those through whose instrumentality and exertions the late contest was brought to so glorious and successful an issue ; and victory is now certain. There is nothing new in this intimation Mr. Gre gory was ready to obey the call of the electors of Dublin a week ago on certain conditions, and we are half inclined to think that these conditions—to wit, the reimbursement, in the event of defeat, of the sum he advances and the defence of the -return against a peti tion in the event of .success—are still under considera tion. Be that, hoviever, as it may, the Liberals are armed and ready for the encounter.—Pilot. THE PI-IILIPSTOWN OUTRAGE. It seems we had too good. an opinion of the present Government when we credited the report that it was about to cause an investigation into the shocking transaction at Philipstown. The Government will do no such thing—it still stands on the Coroner's in quest. But the matter cannot stand here. We again ask, who was the Coroner ? Did he charge the Jury ? Who were the witnesses ?—who the Jury ?—what the evidence? What was the conduct of the parties even after the day of the dreadful deed ? What were their intentions previously ?—and did not the knowledge of them keep away from the party a respectable gentleman, on whom a gross outrage had been previously pliitted ? The facts must and should come out, in spite of all the money lavished for suppression, and all the paragraphs fbr intimidation.—Pilot. LONDON CITY MlSSlON.—Yesterday fore noon the annual meeting of the London City Mission took place at -the Music-hall, Store-street, . Bedford square ; R. C. Bevan, Esq., took the chair. The Secre tary read the annual Report of the Committee, from which it appeared that an addition of several friends to the Society had taken place since their last annual meet ing. The number of missionaries was then 52 ; it was now 59. Some chan ges h a d ta k en p l ace i n the distribu -1 I tinn of the missionaries, and the chief new districts allotted to their exertions were those which most required them; viz., Field-lane, Saffron-hill, Cow-cross, the inhabitants of which were in a most deplorable state of spiritual ,destitution. In one of the courts north of Holborn-hill, containing 391 souls from the age of six upwards, 280 could not read, and of that number 119 were upwards of 20 years of age. In the same vicinity there were found 107 heads of families unable to read. In other localities out of 158 persons 102 could not read, and elsewhere out of 106 only 77 could read. The Report concluded by appealing - to all charitable Christians for further sup. pert. On the motion of the Rev. Hughes Hughes, seconded by the Hon. and Rev. B. Noel, the Report was received. The usual thanks having been voted to the chair, the meeting broke up. BUTCHERS' CHARITABLE INSTITUTION.— Last evening a meeting of the members of the above society took place at the Freemasons' Tavern. Mr. Gib lett, the President of the Institution, took the chair, and stated that the object of the meeting was to hear and receive the annual Report of the Committee, and to elect officers for the ensuing year. The Secretary read the Report, by which it appeared that G. Edwards, Esq., of Shaftesbury-terrace, Pimlico, had bequeathed to the Institution the sum of 1001. There had also been a bequest of a similar sum by Mr. Desstam. During the past year the sum of 9371. had been applied to the sup- ' port of fifty-two indigent members of the trade. The total receipts last year amounted to 1,8151., and the dis bursements rose to the sum •of 1,1151. 13s. ld., leaving a balance in the Treasurer's hands of 6991. 6s. 11d. The total number of persons or pensioners maintained by the Institution since its establishment was 94. The Report was then adopted. Mr. Giblett was re-elected President, and the other minor officers appointed. The meeting, thanks having been voted to the President, then separated. MERCHANT TAILORS' COMPANY.— The Master and Wardens of this ancient and loyal corpora tjon have issued invitations to their brethren of the Livery to a banquet at their hall on Wednesday, the 26th inst., to celebrate the christening of his Royal Highness the Prince of 'Wales. MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS. FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DIY. CHRONICLE. —We observed yesterday that the re peated 'visitations of the Government broker, as a seller of stock for Bank notes, 'would bear extremely hard upon the Bull party, and so they undoubtedly have done; but that expression, which may be applied only to spe culative jobbers, conveys a very imperfect idea of the bad results attending this wretched scheme for supplying the immediate wants of the Exchequer. The total of the Unredeemed Public Funded Debt at the sth of January, 1841, was 766,371,725/. -Is. 111 d., whereof about 500,000,000/. bears 3 per cent. interest. The sales effected by the Government broker since Saturday last have pro duced a fall of from 89f to 881 in Consols, being a de cline of i percent., equal to 61.55. per 1,0002, or 3,123;000/. on the capital of the Three per Cent. FUnded Debt, estimating it .in round numbers at. 500,000,000/. This affords clear evidence of the benefits which all classes in the country have derived by the acces sion of a monopolist Government to power. When the best possible Finance Minister of the best possible Go vernments was installed in office, his City friends were loud and endless in their estimation of the advantages which would flow from his able and experienced manage ment of the national resources ; but their tone has now undergone a most material change. Good they cannot say, and therefore preserve a becoming silence. We feel, no delicacy in telling the truth, and as we denounced the funding scheme of the Bight Honourable Gentleman as a failure, and entailing an useless addition of 5,000,000/. to the fixed burdens of the country-, sifi we now expose its mischievous influence by showing that it has occasioned a depreciation of more than 3,600,000/. in the value of the public funds. - That los, we grant, was not realised by the fundhold ers, . because • they did not sell their -stook , but it must have been experienced by, tttitti,itiigridual (pro rota) holder who was compelled fo sell:for imme diate transfer, and therefore, although the market will rally when the Government operations are Supposed to be at an end, the crude, clumsy, and ill-considered na ture of the transaction itself, is no leBs deserving of exposure. To-day the sales on account of the Govern ment have amounted to about a furtherAunuf of:la-cm 9 00,000/ to 300,0001, malting in all for thif ,week ilbOut 800,000/. known to have taken place, but Other opera tions may have been carried through claa&stinely for the same account that have not yet transpired. The amount of his previous sales we cannot, of course, spe cify with certainty ; but have formerly estimated them a an aggregate of 1,20 0,00 C L- The t 4 are brokersooCiaroseoaltn.;sofiigle,id giving fora time, opiniont thebaantd that wants t he market bunt left undisturbed. GARDENERS' BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION. —The third annual meeting of this Society, of which the Duke of Cambridge is President, was held yesterday, at the Crown and Anchor Tavern, Strand; Mr. Sangster, F. 11.5., in the chair, who was supported by most of the leading nurserymen in the neighbourhood of the metropolis. Mr. Bowler, the Honorary Secretary, read the Report of the Committee, which congratulated the meeting on the improving prospects of the Society. During the past year an additional sum of 2001. had been invested in the Three per Cent. Consols, and a balance was left in the banker's hands of 58/. 6s. 11d. It was intended to invest an equal stun from the forthcoming subscriptions, and to add two pensioners to th e li st o f those who are already the recipients of the bounty of the Society. The total sum received during the past year was 3101. 1 ls. 10d. A new Committee was ap pointed, and in the evening a numerous party of the subscribers and friends of the Institution dined together at the same tavern. -- ----- THE RECENT MURDER NEAR CHIRK.— A report prevailed in this town yesterday that Williams and Slawson, now in Salop county prison, committed for trial at the assizes on a charge of murdering Emma Evans, of Bronygarth, near Chirk, on the 16th ult., had made a confession that they were guilty of the crime imputed to them. On inquiry, we find that a confession has been made. The prisoners have been kept apart, and had no means of communication, but we understand that each has made a confession, in which they admit the truth of the evidence against them, and declaring that no one else was implicated. We aro informed that one of the prisoners committed the murder, at the sug !nation of the other, and that admission to the-house of 0 the deceased was obtained by knocking at the door, early in the evening, when on the appearance of the deceased (she living alone), she was knocked down and murdered. For obvious reasons, the particulars of the confession have not been permitted to transpire.—Salopian Journal. Ross.— EXTRAORDINARY AND DETER itNED SUICIDE.—On Sunday morning last, the family of a respectable tradesman named Phipps, an engineer and well-sinker, resident in the churchyard, Ross, was thrown into a state of dismay by the discovery of the ':body of William Phipps, his son, who had destroyed himself, and was found hanging in an outhouse in the occupation of his father. It appears that the deceased was a young man, 18 years of age, of generally sober and steady habits. In the early part of the day on Sunday he attended church, and much surprise was created by his absence from home during the night of Sunday. The unfortunate youth had strapped his legs together with a leathern strap and buckle; for which purpose he must have been seated on a platform or floor, which divides one part of the shed, so as to form a partial upper story ; this must have been done. it is supposed, after:he had reached the elevation by means of the ladder, which was left standing, and up which it is not probable he could Have stepped with his feet so confined. A. handkerchief had been carefully tied over his face, with the corner hanging below the chin, so as to prevent the possibility of sight. In this state he was cut down, and removed to his father's house, where the body awaits the Coro ner's inquest. No cause whatever can be assigned for the committal of the act ; the youth was in possession of robust health, and the enjoyment of apparent happiness. --Hereford Journal. A BA LLS.--Yesterday afternoon, CCiD between four °m S atn N l ° fi W v; o'clock, as some boys were amusing themselves in Salisbury square, Fleet street, by throwing sum% bells, a l a d named Cooper, aged ten years, received one of them in hi s eye. The ball having been thrown with considerable violence, literally crushed the poor boy's eye in. its socket, and inflicted a severe woutal above the lid, whence the blood flowed profusely. On being conveyed to the house of a medical gentleman in the vicinity, th e wounds were dressed, but there is scarcely a hope entertained that the lad will ever recover th lisp uP 114 eye. There is little doubt but that, in the hasty construetibn of tlie' snow ball, a sharp stone had been . inadv ertently introduced, uc i wit , thus the cause of the Accident, grievous delusion. POST.—The dif.- --- T - lieSpanish people may be disp b o u sed t iftostbiceh lieve that the advocacy of the Morning Chronicle is useful to them, and not the less so because it sets common b s e o n t s i e t e a: a d s , 3 they public labour o fa at defiance;.inodgsiltyg r h i c e The Chronicle is employed day.by in the attempt to Age mat know, very a3n'eds,rshnoir,,,eaver supererogatory may persuade its raaders that Spain has been the most onsols. This ex emplary of nations in the observance of good faith to wards her creditors, and that the bondholders have, in truth, whatever they may say to the contrary, just as little to complain of on the score of delays and postpone ments as have tl t i e e ;n holders out rageousis'as e v e ry nonsense e hi hi be the interference, the Spanish People ought not to feel angry with us if we now and then take upon ourselves to expo se it. There are taw f am i l i es in the kingdom that ar e no t e ither directl y or remotely prejudiced by the financial irregularities of Spain. The Active Bonds were exten sively purchased in the year 1835 ' a t p r ices a little above below 701. p er cent. If to thi s cost in bankor the fi% ' notes the stipulated intereit be added, the 100/. bond 971. 10s. should be worth a t ibi s t i me yet what is the actual value for cas h at w hi c h it is selling in the mar ket ? Our daily quotat i ons s how that the struggle is a hard one to m a i n t a i n i t at 251., so that ; unfortunateholder, holder, whos e p o li cy i t May he, lleti le! , am necessity or the exercise o f •a prudent judgment, t o rea li se, loses the whole of hi s cap i tal, whatever May have been the price originally paid, If there be OPY iiliereftreseatation in tine simple though melancholy statem en t, l et t h e Chronicle say so. W e take i t f or granted, however, that he Will b e as mute on the su bj ec t as he is found to be on all the i mportant po i nts aa d q uest i ons on which we challenged him yesterday. Not one of the numerous string placed befffe Jilin dm l!P feel him aii*ient to Meet, 4n,il` o l ip * r e c ii, we taKe occasion to ask the Spanish people whether they can be so besotted as to hope that their interests are to be served by the THE SUN, LONDoN, FRIDAY, JANUARY 14. 1842 • partisanship of so wretched an advocate ? The utmost that we have done has been to show the ex , treme danger of trusting to promises coming from so very questionable a source. We retract nothing of what we have said of the contrivance of making tho overdue coupons into the only really active and interest-bearing stock. It was an artful and abominable contrivance, and we are well warranted in the assertion that it was resorted to for the two-fold purpose of sinking the old active le ' reign and domestic debt,' and of , setting on foot the de testable swindlin . r, and gambling to w hi c h t h e R egent himself adverts in terms of reproach in his late address to the Cortes. It is not the Spaniards alone that are 'daiiiiiged by injudicious advocacy. The Americans, and the holders of their stocks, United Stakes Bank shares, &e., but more than all, perhaps, the holders, of the Ex chequer forgeries, have been compromised by it. SUN.—As the leading brokers continue their sales, and parcels of stock have been also thrown on the market on account of the Court of Chancery, we cannot yet no tice any improvement in the' funds. On the contrary prices again receded a little to-day. Stock for present transfer was more plentiful than for delivery to-morrow, and the prices occasionally were higher for the latter during the day. There was, however no marked differ ence between the two ; Consols being 884 to 881 for Money, and 88 to 88i for to-morrow. Exchequer 1- Bills were worth Nis. to 14s. premium, being a slight decline on yesterday's rates. Money was rather scarcer in the Stock Exchange. East India Bonds remained firm at the improvement to 9s. and I Is. Bank Stock was at 167. Reduced Three- and-a-Half per Cents. were 98i to 99 ; New Three-and- a-Half per Cents. 981 to 98. ; and the Three per Cent. Annuities 89 to 891. The Foreign Securities were quiet. Spanish Active Bonds did not range higher than 25 to 251. Portuguese Three per Cents, were 19i ; and Mexican, 29, Dutch Five per Cents. were 100 1 to 104 The Share M ar k e t was not more animated than that for Foreign Stocks. Brighton Railway were lower. The others much the same. FRANCE. CHAMBER OF PEERS. CONTINUATION OF THE DISCUSSION ON THE ADDRESS. The Marquis de Boissy, after alluding to the quarrel between: France and Russia, which had converted grave diplomatists into capricious beauties, feigning cold and shirking visits, passed to Spain, and showed how fully late events proved the mistake that France had made in countenancing the revolutionary party in Spain. Carlos and Christina ought to have been treated alike, and also their hopes and parties. The present conduct of Espar tero showed that he was ready for the last act of usurpa tion. He who had assassinated his old comrades, would not start before anything. Not but that he (the Marquis de Boissy) was delighted to seethe Spanish revolutionists cutting each other's throats. At home, he would demand of the Government greater rigour. He would have it to penetrate amongst the secret societies, to crush them. He would repeal the law which rendered crimes of the press amenable to the Jury, and he would increase the penalties against members of secret societies. . Men of property would rally round the Government, if their in terests were protected, and if the solemn engagements made to them were not year after year broken. There was, for instance, a treaty spoken of between _Belgium and France, which would prove the ruin of proprietors of mines, lands, and manufactures. The very rumour was a calamity. The treaty with Holland was had enough, but this would be infamous. Such conduct would alie nate from it the support of all men of property. Of the three political parties in France, the Radical party pos sessed nothing, the Dynastic party somewhat, but the Le gitimist party owned five-eighths of property of all kinds. Count Mole protested against such arguments. They calumniated the country. The President could not allow a great portion of the country to be thus represented as hostile to the Govern ment. Guizot said that a Peer could not thus publicly and officially speak of a Legitimist party existing without the laws and constitution— And, added M. Teste, masters of the destinies of the country. The Marquis de Boissy explained, and offered to re tract any . expression of the kind. Guizot begged he would also retract the expression of executioner applied to a man who was the depositary of Royal power in another country. The Marquis consented to withdraw the expression. Count Montalembert rose and said, that though not disapproving the whole of the address, he still objected to its first phrase, which approved the foreign policy of the Government ; and to its last, which promised secu rity for the future. He had not considered the treaty of July as a cause of war, nor joined in the choler which it excited. But he saw no necessity for hastening back to what was called the European concert. The new Con vention was but a repetition of the treaty of Unkiar Ske lessi. The secret article of that treaty shut the Straits. The Convention does this for Russia, gives her up the Black Sea, and renders her mistress at once of the Cir cassian coast and the mouths of the Danube. England gains nothing thereby ; Germany loses the free naviga tion of the Danube ; whilst France has lost her credit and honour. To have signed this could only have proceeded from the empty desire of enobling the name of France with those of the great Powers, • amongst whom it had not found a sincere friend. Though he was a partisan of movement in foreign po licy, he would resist movement at home. He was ready to support not merely this or that Ministry, hilt any Ministry, in presence of the events of Clermont and Toulouse,*and of the resistance caused by the regensementi and of the disorders caused by the press. To the liberty of the press, guaranteed by the laws, has been joined the liberty of insurrect i on, guaranteed' by the deplorable indulgence of the Jury. These two liberties are too much. One is quite enough. He would not ask for now laws of repression ; but he would beg all honest men to show themselves sensible of the dangers which menaced society, and ready to unite to combat them. On the grounds of lower life was forming an overwhelm ing mass of people, who neither loved, feared, believed, nor respected anything. The noble orator then proved the cause of all this in the absence of religion, in the want of respect of Sunday shown even lay the workmen of that very palace. The Minister of Public Instruction would not allow ecclesiastics to teach unless they passed the University examination. But was not this very Uni versity, by its doctrines, one of the causes of the reign ing immorality ? Wh a t a country was it, when a grant of 2001. a year to re-establish the archiepiscopal chair of Fenelon called forth protests from every town and from every Journal ! Th e N o b le Peer terminated by giving his warm support t 4 Government. The Minister of Public Instruction said, that nothing that he could say in defence of the University would be equal 'to what it deserved, and he was sure that the young and honourable speaker who had assailed it had done so without reflection. M. de Montalembert 'replied that if the University had been founded, as lie had no doubt it was, with reli gious and monarchical views, it had badly performed its mission, for never were monarchical and religious senti ments more rare in France. Count D'Alton Slice, after alluding to the sircum stances under which the Convention ofJuly 13 had been agreed by the French Government, said that they were decidedly unfavourable to the system of isolation. There was a time (added he) when the sympathies of other nations for France were warm and vivid, kit they were now extinct. What was the position of France as -re garde(' foreign nations ? The nationality of Poland was destroyed ; Austria had consolidated her domi nion over Lombardy ; the Rhenish provinces would now only receive the French with the song of a Ger man Marseillaise ; Spain would receive the French as in 1812, only with the cry "Death to the French." The French had lost all their alliances and all the sympathies which were once felt towards them. Where then, would have been the chance of success from the system of isola tion, the principle of which was an appeal to nations against their rulers? It had been said that the system would have proved a ruinous one to other Powers. It might have been so, but it would have been still more ruinous to the French nation. It had also been said that the Convention of July contained nothin g by which the French were gainers; he would reply that their gain was the abandonment of the system of isolation, and the con sequent faculty of restoring order in the finances, and this he called- a result of importance. Count de St. Priest said he would take this opportu nity of noticing the allusions which had been made to Spain. lie did not know how the question of etiquette which had arisen on the subject of M. de Salvandy's em bassy would be solved, but he begged to remind the Chamber that the Crown of France had, at all times, made a distinction between Regents, according as they were invested with the title of Royalty, or otherwise. The Queen received direct the letters addressed to the. King, who was a minor ; under a simple Regent, they were presented to the minor himself. Such was the mode of proceeding, and he trusted that the application of the principle would not create any serious 'difficulty between two nations which had been ,so long united. The Marquis de Dreux Breze observed, as regarded Spain, that the check which French interests had re ceived in that country were to be attributed to the abandonment of the salutary principles upon which the policy of France, fr om th e time o f Louis XIV., had b een based. The treaty of the Quadruple Alliance had, he said, led to two evils, viz., a false alliance with England, and an imprudent alliance with the Spanish revolution. With reference to the convention of July, the Noble Marquis sald,—" We have doubtlessly returned to the' European compact, but we find ourselves in this position in it—disdained by Russia, duped by England, and disap pointed in our hopes in Spain and in the East," WEDNESDAY'S DEBATE. M. Guizot, Minister of Foreign Affairs, first occupied the tribune. He had risen the day before to answer the observations of M. de Dreux Breze, who commented on the silence of the 'Royal Speech with regard to Spain. Negotiations were still pending between the French and Spanish Governments, which inopportune explanations might have the effect of interupting. The French Go vernment approved of thee Treaty of Bergara, and as to the reports current respecting the last insurrection, and the participation or favour shown to it by the French Government, he declared them totally without founda tion. When the Spanish Government addressed that of France, to take measures against the Carlist mal contents who threatened the frontier, the French Go vernment did not hesitate to send those malcontents away from the frontier into the interior. When simi lar application was made with respect' to Christine refugees, the same a tt en ti on was shown, the same conduct b followed. Ono demand alone, needless to state, was refused. The Spanish Government must have foreseen refusal, and comprehended its being ,given s frankly and categorically. Besides (added the Minis ter), had we been inclined for recrimination, which we never were, we might have cast up to the Spanish Govern ment these public meetings, these menaces, th ese decla rations agai ns t F rance and King, made by grave and responsible personages, and tending to insin ua t e t h at new insurrections would be fomented in France. From such subjects of recrimination, however amply afforded, we always abstained. We know too well. the difficulties which in such circumstances beset free government. We know the headlong current of popular passions. The pa cification of Spain, and its amicable relations with all Governments, - is the only key and aim of our policy_ at Mad r id. M . Guizot then passed to the Eastern question, a n d t h e paragraph re lating to it, and justified the signatures affixed to the Convention of July 13. It resulted clearly that the Pacha of Egypt was re-established, and his estab lishment recognised, and that the Porte had entered once more into the international law of Europe. France had lost nothing in dignity by the negotiations which brought about the treaty of the 13th of July, and main tained that all that had taken place in the affairs of the East was beneficial to the whole of Europe. M. Guizot protested that the French Government telt the greatest interest in the fate of those Christian populations which were placed under the domination of the Ottoman em pire, and under this feeling they had never ceased to impress on the attention of that Government and on Europe, that the greatest danger which threatened the Turkish empire was to be dreaded from the oppression with which its Christian population was treated, and that by ameliorating their condition the danger would instantly disappear. Count Montalembert complained of the establishment of a Protestant Bishop in Syria. • M. • Guizot declined making any observations or ex planations relative to this. The general discussion then closed, and re-opened on the Address, article by article. The two first paragraphs were adopted without fur ther discussion, D'llarcourt then proposed the insertion of the fol lowing additional paragraph " We address also our hopes to your Majesty, that in concert with your Allies, you may cast your friendly re gards u p on a nation injured in its rights and in those liberties whit h were guaranteed to it by treaties." Tisis amendment, combated by Count Dejean, and s upported by Count Montalembert, was put to the vote by rising and sitting. Two trials of this kind gave a THE POLISH REVOLUTION. (From the Court Jour,pal of Jan. 8.). Much has been said with reference to the late changes at Warsaw, b u t i n so vague and unsatisfactory a, manner that we have thought proper to inquire more closely into the subject, and have obtained the following state ment upon the highest authority : Upon the unsuccessful issue of the last Polish Revolu tion, in 1831, the Emperor abrogated the constitution, the scrupulous maintenance of which formed, we are proud to say, at the instigation and through the instru mentality of Eiigland, one of the chief provisions of the treaty of Vienna, and the obli ga ti on , b y w hi ch only the tenure of Poland by Russia has been sanctioned by the other parties to that great European compact. The so called " organic statute" was substituted for it. France and Great Britain remonstrated, and in the belief of the best informed diplomatistg, protested against this chant Te. They suffered, however, the Polish rights to 1 free institutions to remain in abeyance, in the con fident hope that . the course of years would calm the Emperor's ire, would cause him to abandon the system of unheard-of persecution and tyranny; stigniatized as it was repeatedly by the unanimous voice of all Christian nations, and that matters would slowly and gradually reassume their ancient position; but in this they sig nally erred, and failed in all their provisions. The state of Poland, instead of ameliorating, has . been for these nine years daily approaching that crisis which, setting even aside the rights of the Poles, threatens Europe with an iMmediate and most ' imminent peril. " What, says Prince Czartoryski, in an admirable speech delivered on the last anniversary of the Polish Revolution, " What, if the Autocrat should find no longer any opponents in Poland, if he should succeed to fuse both countries into one compact empire, and if warlike populations thus united were to cast a longing look beyond the Oder and the Carpathian crest, what would become of Prussia and Austria? What a panic would shake Germany—what a consternation must needs seize the rest of Europe." From the very outset, the Russian Government began to set at naught all the provisions of the treaty. In vain did the Pole obey the Imperial mandate ; in vain did he long for a brief repose. All was useless. With persevering hostility nationality was hunted down to the russet vestments of the peasants, language expelled from official acts and from schools, an annual tribute of children for peopling Russian deserts enforced, the entire population of whole districts transplanted into distant colonies, Polish prelates thrown into irons, ' churches converted to the uses of the conqueror's creed, and wholesale conversions to the Greek religion, accom plished by compulsion and intimidation. And if any thing could add to the heinousness of such proceedings, it is that fatal and incomprehensible recklessness, which made the enforcement of such measures always coincide with the Emperor's visits to Warsaw, that is, whilst Peo ple were naturally led to expect paternal oblivion, leni ency, and mercy. Thus it happened also in last Septem ber. With a single stroke of his pen he abolished the last two monuments of the separate existence ofPoland--- the State Council and the High Court of Justice, annex ing, and merging them in the Russian Senate sitting at St. Petersburgh. It is true that the ukase still maintains the seat of those two bodies at Warsaw ; and this cir cumstance has given an opportunity to the advocates of Russia to say that nothing is. changed but the name. But if it were so, why this new gratuitous insult to Poland ? Can we not see ' how easy it will be for the Emperor to decree, with another stroke of his pen, that whereas it is expedient that all component departments of the Russian Senate should reside in the metropolis of the empire, those hitherto seated at Warsaw are trans ferred to St. Petersburgh ; and then all security to pro perty in Poland, whether in the hands of Poles or of foreigners, is at an end. Harassing delays, consequent upon so great a distance of the seat of justice ; entire ignorance of Polish custom's and laws on the part of the Judges ; but above all, their corrupt practices and pro verbial bribery, will aChievo.the work begun by the op pression, rapacity, and exactions of the Russian officials in Poland. This master-stroke of policy will then be come a powerful engine to destroy all the landowners of that country ; and it is because that class is most ob noxious to Russia, as suspected of cherishing still the hope for national independence, that all powers are set at work to ruin it. • In the old day of Italian supremacy and the power of Imperial Rome, her citizens erected at the entrance of the Forum the statue of Marsyas in terrorem litigatorum. Flayed and agonizing as it was, it might find a more appropriate place in the temple of the Russian Themis, as a true representative of that sort of justice, which only enriches the Judges, generally ruins both plaintiffs and defendants, and perplexes all. Under these circumstances, we are happy to announce that our present Ambassador at the Court of St. Peters burgh has received instructions to state to the Emperor calmly, respectfully, but firmly, the resolution of her Majesty's present advisers, to stop all further inroads upon Polish independence; and to revert to the tone and spirit of the treaty of Vienna. DUTCH MAIL. THE HAGUE, JAN. 9.—The Rhine being full of float ing ice, the bridge over that river at Arnheim was removed yesterday. Ice . has also appeared in the Yssel, which impedes the passage at Weslesroost. The ice on the Y, at Amsterdam, was passable yesterday on foot. We find from the Law hurnal that on the 30th of December the Attorney-General in the Supreme Coun cil, produced his arguments in the cause of J. Metzger and others against the Kingdom of the Netherlands. In the opening of his speech, ho showed that the Kingdom of the Netherlands never had a penny of the inheritance in question, nor ever made any claim to it, and that this Kingdom, after the lapse of 150 years, is called upon by a law suit to produce accounts, and to answer for anticipated inheritances which it never had in its possession. The Attorney-Ge neral supported the objection of presumption, and prayed that the pretenuon of the plaintiffs should he declared inadmissible, and that they should be condemned in the costs. Sentence will be delivered on the 21st of January. DUTCH FUNDS.—AnirritEDIM, JAN. 11. Money. BP's. Actual Debt, `2% pet Cent SD4 51% Jitto, ditto t 5 per ceat. Ditto, ditto, per cent 76 76 1 4 Commercial Company, .1!<, per cent 155 1544 Ditto (1835 and 1837) 5 per cent. cent. 97% 98 Exchange on London, One month l2 12 TlvoinOntha ..... 12 Hamburgh, One month 35 GS% Two months Dutch Papers, Jan. 12. HAMBURG BOBSENHALLE, JAN. Austrian 5 per Ce n t s 1074 107% Dank Shares Anglo-Russian L oan — 1610 sm% 1091„' IRussian 5 per Cent. Ist aeries, Cartiticate nscription, Ist Series 3 Russian 5 per Cont. Hope and Co. 3d and 4111 Series .......... ....... ......... ....... 95 Ditto in Certificates ..... New 4 per Cent. (1810) .......... .......... Dutch Actual Debt, '4 per Cent ........... 50 504" PDitto.„.. ....... ........... 5 per Cent ................ .. -' s Newolish Bonds ...................................«....» 1516 ticket ................... ..... . ... ••• 165 le 4 38 Anglo. Danish Loats, 3 per Cent "... ........ 8 Nnwegian L ean, 1834, 4 per Cent ... 7 2 1 4 78 3 1021 4 Spanish. Ne w 5 per Cents. lb EXCHANGES ON LONDON. ib PETisitSßuitall, DEC. Vi.—Two months, 3834 pence. RIGA, J AN, I. A- Three Months, 35%. BREMEN. Jay. 4 —Two months, 6 14. You , will observe by the discussions in the London papers that the question of slave search, raised 'between the Governments of Great Britain and the United States, has attracted public attention as an immi nent and serious rubject of difference. It is doubtless the question which has induced the diplomatic mission of Lord Ashburton. I believe the Noble Baron will sail in about ten days, with his instructions, and perhap s with a pow er o f attorney from " B ar i ng, B rothers ;" and it is be lieved that after his mission is concluded, he will look in on Canada before he returns home. The best informed Americans in London assert that the mission is - unnecessary, as President Tyler will never abandon his position against the right of search ; and th a t any modification of our claim might just as well be agreed between Mr. Everett and Lord Aberdeen in London. Certainly Sir Robert Peel incurs great responsibility in tho oost of the mi ss i on and in the se l ect i on tlf 4 wavering -minded man, wholly inex eriencod in diplomacy. Lord Ashburton wou ld hattuned more reputation by stay ing at home and resit in his cast-off opinions on the C orn -l aws, than he is like to reap in Washington. A transatlantic voyage, howevet, may revive his decayed' Liberalism. From the ri-peated political changes of the Noble Baron's " ideas," his Lordship may come home an ardent Republican l -London Correspondent of the Scotsman. A DISCOURAGING Y151T......4: poor woman came to visit heT r.clations in Preston. She went to nine houses, pia none of them could afford her a meal's meat; the last place she alled at was in Alb ert -street, where ' the man pawned his shirt for 6d., with which 4d, of I bread,. ld. of butter, and ld, of tea were vurebased PA; .. .• • the party.—The Struggle. l ' EVENING SUN doubtful result. On a third trial the amendment was adopted, but by a feeble majority. • IRELAND. CITY OF DUBLIN ELECTION, DUBLIN, JAN. 12.—The subscription list opened by the Reformers to defray the expenses of Lord Morpeth's election is rapidly augmenti ng . Th e C omm i ttee have received the following contributions :—Francis Stawel, Ksq., Kilbraek, Donerail, WI. ;M. E. Corbally, Esq., M.P., county o f Meath 501. ; the Most Rererend Dr. Murray, Roman Catholic ArchbiShop of Dublin, 51. ; Daniel Leahy, Esq., Shonakill-hou se Cork, 10L Daniel Leahy Arthur, Esq., •10/. A considerable number of communications, enclosing smaller sums, have been received by the Committee. Upon the Tory side a very active canvass for subscrip tions is in progress, .and they boast that upwards of 1,0001. has already been received. It is stated that the address of Mr. *Gregory will appear in the Dul/. Even ing Mail to-night. PRESBYTERIAN MARRIAGE. In the Queen's Bench yesterday, judgment was given in the case of " The Queen v. Smith," who had been pointco vi e N t y e a d s o r f a b i s i et gl i tn b ry .s . , aAti- te r. lv l l a ; t t e siti assizes e, Armagh, that. firstl marriage was invalid, having been celebrated by a Pres byterian clergyman, between an Episcopalian Protestant and a Presbyterian. The Judges ruled in favour of the point raised, and the prisoner was ordered to be. dis charged from custody. The numbers were eight to two. The two Judges in the minority - were stated to be the Hon. Justices Foster and Perrin. This is one of the most important decisions ever pro nounced in a BritiSh Court of Justice, and it will have a retrospectiye as well as a prospective operation. The Presbyterian poptilation of Ulster consists of upwards of 600,000 souls, and amongst even the most respectable and opulent families of that persuasion, such marriages as that which has been pronounced invalid are of every day occurrence. Already arrangements are in progress for bringing the subject before the Legislature. Up to this time no question has been raised-as to the validity of those marriages. The decision of the Judges will spread consternation throughout the province of Ulster. DISTURBED STATE OF TIPPERARY. MURDER.—NEWPORT, JAN. 10.—On this day, in Castlewaller-wood, near this town, Denis Roughan, the wood-ranger, was barbarously murdered by a miscreant whom he caught in the act of felling a tree. Rouglian's head was literally chopped off. It is evident it was done . with a hatchet. '1 inhuman murderer is known, and in all likelihood will be made amenable to justice at tie approaching assizes.---11 enagh Guardian. We asserted about a fortnight or three weeks ago, on the authority Of several respectable and trustworthy cor respondents, that the condition of Tipperary v - as such as to excite well-grounded alarm in the nual', 3 . of every well wisher to the peace of that great ?;td noble county. This assertion was not lightly hazarded—nor was it made with a factious view. But a Tory paper published in Nenagh, stoutly denied it, in hbnteleersaAmaisnsstfeufeorbrwrtydimaonynao weeksm e ]lave remarkab le elapsed; and t'o pl c a o hp u ae r tr t o e ifi s sn y togh o ueu r r decorum.efrsaetlotppe respectable informants, ,e n t m l i m sa e c.ifeu r i loy o n f_ et h t o h en e fir . autho rity Tory This paper gives a list Of no less than thirteen outrage; some of which are said to be attended with very aggra vated circumstances. —Limerick Reporter. THE ROYAL CHRISTENING. WINDSOR, THURSDAY.—The day for the eele'oration of this important national event has been now dQtertnined upon. It has been fixed for Tuesday, the 25th instant, the invitations, for that day, to those distinguished per sonages who will be present at the t eremony, having been issued by the Lord Chamberlain, The whole of the extensive prey ;rations now iii pro gress in the private and State hiartnients at the Castle, and also in- St. George's Chapel, and Canfmal Wolsey's Hall, under the suvernitendence of Mr. Saunders, of the Lord Chamberlain s department, will be brought to a close at an early hour on the day preceding. An alteration having just been made in the conStruc don of the chimneys to the six large stoves in St. George's Chapel, - a temperatur e of a considerable higher degree has been obtained, which will thus render any further additions to the stoves at present placed there unneces sary. The iron chimney of each has been carried, hori zontally, about ten feet from the floor, along the sides of the chapel for. several yards, before it ascends and "pro ceeds through the windo w above. From these chimneys a consider a ble d egree of heat is emitted. This day the thermometer in the chapel was at 48 degrees, and an addi tional temperature 'of six degrees is expected to be ob tained by the day of the christening. ' A sufficient number of bed-rooms and dressing-roOm s have - been prepared • at - Froginore to accommodate, separately, thirty of her Majesty's distinguished guests. Several of the rooms In the round tower will likewise be fitted up, in order to afford similar accommodation to the Royal visitors. Three large Gothic bronze chandeliers, to - be lighted with gas, are immediately to be suspended from the lofty ceiling of the new , r i ding-house, and upwards of l - - sixty additional gas-burners are-to be affixed in -various portions of the passages and stabling connected with the riding-schoOl. The Gothic Chandeliers will be suspended from the roof by means of cleverly c onstructedtelescope tubes, or slides, so that the lamps may he raised or lowered at - pleasure, without the possibility of an escape of, gas. - The flooring of Cardinal Wolsey's Hall (at the en trance to a likli, where a temporary erection will be con structed, the a hole of the Royal and illustrious person ages will alight upon their arrival from the Castle), will be covered over throughout a ith the patent cocoa-nut matting, which m ay b e d escribed as being " as thick as a board. The floor of. the choir and the aisles and pas sages in St. George's Chapel, through which the proces sion will pass, will be covered in a like manner. No additional tires will be placed in Cardinal Wolsey's Hall. Around the interior of this edifice splendid seats will be erected for the accommodation of those who attend the ceremony. A great number of upholsterers' men and others are now busily engaged in arranging the new bedding and other descriptions of furniture in the private and state apartments. The oratorio of " Hercules," from which a grand march has been selected by his Royal Highness Prince Albert to be performed in Saint George's Chapel, during the ceremony of the christening, was composed by Handel in 1744. This march • was played by the organ and full band at the last installation of Knights of the Garter, at Saint George's Chapeliin 1805. ----- THE WELLINGTON STATUE. Mr. Weeks, the sculptor, has addressed the following letter to the Editor of the Times : " SIR—I am of opinion that artists - should never mingle in newspaper controversy, but I feel myself compelled to remark upon a passage in the letter of your correspon dent J.' on the subject of the Wellington Statue. " As a false inference may be deduced therefrom as to my position with regard to that great work, I feel as sured that you will allow me space to set myself right with the public in that particular, and thus I trust to terminate this unpleasant personal discussion. " Your cort i espondent has, fur ought I know, quoted the terms of the will correctly. The entire establish ment of the late Sir Francis Chantrey has been for many years under the superictendence' of Mr. Cunningham, and continues to be so still. The indefinite wording of the passage certainly . gives room for the - conclusion that artistica' supervision is there meant. Such, however, is not the case, as during the whole term of my engage ment with the - late Sir Francis, I have never seen Mr. Cunningham engaged us an artist upon any of the works in the studio ; his undoubted talents in other respects far be it from me to deny. This is the real point at issue, and all that I feel interested in. " When your Correspondent ' J.' was quoting the Kill, he might have been genbrous enough to have extracted another passage in it, Which bequeaths me the sum of 1,0001., coupled with a condition which gave it great ad ditional value, inasmuch as it was declaratory of the penance of my services ; and here it becomes me to acknowledge the many acts of kindness I have received . from the late truly great sculptor. To him lam in , (Hoed for a recommendation to many commissions in sculpture, on some or which" I an, now engaged ; among ne the figures -for the Oxf or d M artyr - Mtheemmolrimal,ay mu a monument of one of - the masters of the Uni versity of Oxford, and numerous busts, including one of the Speaker of the House of Commons. I should not have mentioned these facts, except - as — conveying a tri bute of respect to a deservedly eminent man. " I am, Sir, your very obedient servant, " Belgrave-place, Jan. 13. •"-HENRY WEEKES." R J .OTAL JENNERIAN AND LONDON VACCINE ANSTITUTION.—Yesterday the annual meeting of this Institution took place at the George and Vulture Tavern Cornhill, and was atten d ed by Dr. Epps, Mr. Davis,, Mr. Raid, Mr. Henry, and several other Governors. The Chair was taken by Robert Elwin, Eq., when the Report was read, from which it appeared that the Committee had carefully watched the effects of the Vac cination Acts, and found that, notwithstanding its faei lifies for parochial vaccination, the same imperative ne cessity for this institution remained, the numbers vac cinated during the year having been 6,890. The Board of Management had made an application to the parishes and unions for pecuniary aid, but it was stated in reply, that their demands were not within the scope of the Act of Parliament. An appeal had also been made to the Poor-law Commissioners, who returned an answer on the 9th of December, in which they admitted the advantages of the establishment, but thought it had no claim on the parochial funds. Letters were read from Dr. Mur ray, of Trinidad, the representative of New Grenada in this country, and from other places in the four quarters of the world, which testified the efficiency of the virus supplied by the Institution. In conclusion, the demise of W. Cordell, Esq., late Medical Secretary, was much regretted. The receipts for the year amounted to 500/. only, leaving the In s t i t u ti on incum b ered with a debt of of 2201., which it was hoped a benevolent public would shortly extinguish, considering that the Institution, since. 1806, has vaccinated 174,000 patients, and sends the virus to all quarters of the globe. The report was adopted, and 1)r. Serny was elected in the place of Mr. Cordell. A vote of thanks was passed to the Medical Council and the Board of Management, when Dr. Epps and Mr. Davis returned thanks, the latter of whom stated, that notwithstanding the Vaccination Act, Dr.. Epps attended from 50 to 100 patients daily at the Insti tution. Thanks haying been voted to the Chairman, the meeting adjourned. • unit report o TOWN AND the mean durati on o f life in the two classes of distri c t s differs nearly 17 y ears , the average of life being 55 yeais, th e C 1 0 1 e U g N i s T t r ft a r Y :67O r a ro t h e appear; rd that iin in tile country and only 38 in the towns. The density of the population in the country districts referred tot compared to that in the towns, is as 10 to 945 ; the mortality as 100 to 44. - ~~ !1 C RC' sun' ['fuer and king ac reit ing ito nd Yet ry he