The Sun. — London, England, 1842-01-24 00:00:00

M ORMING SUN (which i s 98 feet long and 47 feet broad) has been appro ted for th e mus i c-room after the b anquet. Th e t wo nsgalleries, at either end, will be filled with instrumental a ' fo rmers. Th e portra i ts i n t hi s room (37 i n n umber) bite ose of th e S overe i gns w h o re i gne d, th e mos t cele eee ftnunanders who fought, and the statesmen who cit the head of affairs, at the period of the battle of tiviaterloo. " This alone," observes Mr. Jesse, " will j e , a Ys occasion this gallery to be viewed with feel- Wii i . of no common interest." Here his late Majesty battliarli IV. gave his dinners in commemoration of that hi ed e 2_ surrounded by the warriors who had fought and th at for their country. It was in this apartment . thit 05 e Yereign lay in state. Amongst the portraits , a . of Frederick 111., of Prussia, the father of her k , jesty's illustrious visitor. The carpet, which is al t u L 4l - 1( .- la orone, is panelled and figured with the stars of 4_Urder of the Bath, encircled by the motto of the li e " Trig, juncta in uno." The five massive chande pr ormulu have b ee n embellished and enriched ex e-s'Y for the occasion. This room contains some of onrst beautifully executed carvings by the celebrated i n G . ° n• , The panelling, doors, and chimney-pieces are als o on s first s tyl e . Th e ga ll er ie s are formed of oak, lish le n- 1 Y carved. The various mouldings are embel hit ed with lions, masks, grotesque heads, &c. The fur piastle, which is of oak, is covered with rich crimson 4, .„.* In various panels, at each end of the chamber, rora- stars, with the initials "W. R.," surrounded with the ivi t _ sll ,a.turock, and thistle. The whole of the portraits w atch the walls are dedorated, with only five excep -4".8, are painted by Sir Thomas Lawrence. T he Throne Ante-room.—The furniture of this s li e l) ., art 'nent is of crimson damask, and the carpet of crim . Plush. It contains a splendid cabinet of exquisite crk atans h . ip. 5 . The Throne Room.—The chair of State has been eatir e l t a i re-gilt and embellished, and is placed on a n t h dais at the west end of the apartment. The back rith Cu shion, edged round with deep gold lace, are of th - Purple velvet, upon which is embossed the star of ef e „orde r of the Garter. Upon the drapery and canopy and thron e are borne, -in gold, the rose, shamrock, give,thistle •; the tassels and fringe are extremely mas k The carpet, which has been manufactured ex pb,esSlY for the occasion of the royal christening, is of ket lu, vvith a deep purple ground,. covered over with the ail l°ns of a yellow colour, of the collar and star of order of the Garter, surrounded with the motto, Asa li°4 i B oit qui mal y 'muse." Four splendidly • carved eo gilt cand e l a b ra , u p war d s o f f eur f ee t high, have been ei a in Pleted for this room. The base is supported by lions , t h W a, and each column - by three lions beautifully carved. by e walls are chiefly of highly-polished oak, relieved c on e t a , r vingß of fruit flowers, &c., by Gibbon. 'The room 1 1 , -- ." a ttls a minting 'by West .of the installation of the Ge!grlits of the Garter, and portraits of George 111., Thu ge IV., and William IV., by Gainsborough, Sir A 111,a,6 Lawrence, and Sir M. A. Shee. f The Ball Room.—Magnificent French doors open 4 ° eo ra, this apartment into. the Waterloo Gallery, S!. ef ti r i ges Hall, and the Throneltoom. The furniture is h ei ,, 6 most splendid description; the chair; and couches T il l solidly gilt, and covered with rich crimson damask. or I ,t' ° ° 4 l will be used for the assembling of the Knights ii i fue Garter upon. the day of the installation of the gi a tt a g °f -Prussia. A magnificent gothic window of plate n 2; occupies nearly the whole of the north end. This B e`•, - ;.;. °11 s apartment is. 90 feet in length and 34 feet in W l l4l . The room is in .the style of Louis XIV. The Walls are hung with Gobelin tapestry, representing the b of Jason and the Golden Fleece. This is said to t i t a e same tapestry which Louis XVI. sent to decorate e T will occupied by his unfortunate Queen, Marie af toinette, when she first arrived in France. It was eht°rlvards presented to George IV.. Four splendid a ndeliers are suspended from the celing, of ormolu, Interspersed with cut glass branches and pendants. The ceiling is enriched with ornamented scroll-work of the rat beautiful description, consisting of birds, the royal 4 11 '4 8 4 ~ , , a nd over the two replaces and the doors the let b R." Other portions of the room are occupied Y splendid looking-glasses and costly carved work. The North Corridor is occupied by eleven cabinets of h cle nt armour, which have been fitted up with great 3 e te r i l3 •Y Mr. Stacey, from the Ordnance Department in These cabinets contain a most valuable and iticlue collection. of swords, guns, -battle-axes, match rvv4s, helm e t s , & c . A mongs t t hi s collection are the fol ing :---a large quantity of Asiatic swords, with mas sive silver handles of immense value, received as pre sents by George IV. ; Asiatic guns with curiously finished matchlocks, a sword, wh i ch b elonged to Henry P rince of Wales, in 1716 ; three beautiful swords, worn by George 111. ; the sword presented by the Emperor Charles VI. to the great Duke of Marlborough ; the dre ss R _ sword worn by the Chevalier de St. George, in ' - '°otland, in the year 1715, and also by his son the Pre tpider, in 1746,—presented to the Prince Regent by ' J ohn Ewen, Esq., Feb..l7, 1811. The only portion of t he armour, &c., with which several of the apartments 144 1 vestibules of the Castle have been embellished, Which have been sent from the Tower, are merely a few dears, a small portion of the ancient armour, and the ags and banners. This corridor is the communication between the private and state apartments. Her Majesty will proceed through the corridor to the Ball-room, where the Queen will receive the Royal and illustrious P e rsonages before entering St. George's Hall, to the grand banquet on Tuesday evening.. th The King's Drawing Room has been appropriated for tro Ve,eeption of his Majesty the King of Prussia. A sri e u el,Carpet Itas been expressly manufactured ; it has are th: r .''s° s l ground, covered with medallions, in which ° 1 sup er t i „ t iala V. R. The hangings and furniture are apart a n ii s- '"uson damask. It contains some beautiful Georg e alibi cabinets, which were the property of ter tm „P - • A. large oriel window, of beautiful tracery, o rnaitt `uated the north end of the room. The sides are Silk h n er ned with four magnificent pier glasses. The -116 ings, it should have been observed, are elegantly eon ▪ raented with the arms of England, encircled by the Plac e °I the order of the Garter. In this apartment is seot, : i l the exquisitely-executed vase, which was . pre t; Geol. by the father of the present King of Prussia__ . .ge IV. It was in this room that George IV ritanitsState. whole of v e Yll , There are ten paintings, the _ P l ea are by Rubens, and comprise . the celebrated kof himself and of his first wife: e l i u tig's Council Room has also been appropriated of the King of Prussia, and a new carpet ex the:v.Bl manufactured of the same pattern as the one in drawing -room. The furniture and hangings s e ;• ° L crimson s ilk," or namented with the crown and pre ; the rose, shamrockd i anwith nurne- With" acorns and oak leaves. , an The th cei stle; ling is embellished shi e j t i'e arms of Charles 11., which are on a circular th e ( 7, , e ncpmpassed with the Garter and the motto of cabi - ':`Ler—the whole encircled with a palm wreath. Five thi s ' of exquisite Forkmanship have been placed in L e( aPartment, which contains 35 paintings by Corregio, ilardo daVinci, Guercino, and other esteemed masters. the , 11 9 ( ing's Closet.—This room is designated to be petrlvate cabinet of the Prussian Sovereign. The car- W , h ieh is new, -is crimson, as arealso the silk hang , Into which are beautifully interwoven the initials which are entwined with the rose, shamrock, and sid e ' s % Forty p a i n ti ngs by the old masters occupy three of t °' the room. In the centre of the ceiling is the star . Ge orge, with oak b ranc h es, surrounded by a cable. of o e b allchor an d trident, and other devices emblematical went n aval superiority, form the most conspicuous orna are o s e of the ceiling. Three cabinets in this apartment rearqueterie, and one India japanned. (th e h e Queen's Closet.—This room, which is oblong ar e l a n&ings of which are of light blue silk, upon which the sPlayed, in damask silk, the initials A. R., and 1 1 1 ° "), has been selected as the sleeping apartment ti e4 ' s Majesty. The bed and hangings formed a por hat v °f the spl en did f urn it ur e at Carlton House. The tleerngs are of blue silk damask, splendidly embroi tatif,'. and brocaded. The elegant and magnificent eh it :PY is surmounted by a plume of feathers. The 4, 11 :, 4 are covered with blue silk, elaborately embroi witiei`i• The carpet is new, and of colours in harmony by t „, t he other furniture. This apartment is distinguished Th," °t nitnense-sized•glasses, with massive silver frames. oth e - " ° orn contains 25 exquisitely-executed cabinet and se sP_aintings by the old masters. h e Queen's Drawing (or Zuccarelli) Room has been th e Part for the exclusive use of the personages forming trims of of the King of Prussia. The hangings are of f7,_son silk damask, upon which are wrought the arms ear tue late King and the Queen Dowager. The new r a ft is also of the same colour. This room is deco -11);;' With various shields, scrolls of foliage, wreaths of ' b e n i e ls all richly etched with gold. The walls are era -2 -s hed with seven landscapes of Italian scenery by ne carelli and three scriptural: subjects. The ceiling 3 oaf stucco, richly embellished with margins of oak Palm entwined. -r t i a ,t he State Anteoom, communicating with the King's o f' th Pleen's drawing-rooms.—The principal decorations the apartment are several pieces of beautiful tapestry, dic " subjects taken from heathen mythology, some splen -Bc, c arvings, by Gibbon, of fish, game, flowers, fruit, to L; and on the ceiling a painting of the banquet of the There is a recess over the chimney-piece, in which ro2ltepainting on glass of George 111., in his coronation „,u, after Sir Joshua Reynolds. bi e le Guard Chamber.—ln this apartment will assem ba,,,ltue - Knights of the Garter, and also the honourable 6„.,7 Of gentlemen pensioners. The four whole-length br ae r L es, clothed in armour, with their lances, standing on . Ke t B ) are worthy of particular notice. The coats of eari l which they are clothed, are amongst the Th. es t al.id farm perfect _specimens in this country. ane des luiour with which this chamber is w orated includes that worn by Charles Prince of of S ' in 1620 ; Lord Howard, in 1588 ; Duke r runswick, i n /530 ; L or d E ssex , i n 1596 ; a nd pi, 'flee Rupert, i n 1635. At t h e sout h en d, on a a t ion of the mast of the Victory, stands a splendid 'ssal bust of Lord Nelson, executed by the late Sir b . Chantrey. There are also busts of the Duke of Marl bci,magh and the Duke of Wellington, with the tributary • . s'i liti ers, over the head of each, from Blenheim and .rathfieldsaye. In a glass .cabinet, over the mantel ,P„le+ee2 is the beautiful silver shield, inlaid with gold, exe ins.'" by Cellini, and presented by Francis the French -T i l lirch, on the. Field of the Cloth of Gold, to Henry The gentlemen pensioners, after first assembling this chamber, will then proceed to the grand vestibule. W „St. George's Hall.—ln this magnificent apartment, t„ inch is 200 feet in length and 34 in width, the grand "%Vet 'Win take place on the evening of Tuesday. The Il erY at the west end will be eccupied by the bands of R°Y4l Horse Guards and th e . 72d Highlanders.. In entirely n ew carpet , o f ve l vet p il e , h as been la!tlili f actured expressly for th e occas i on , which will be of !'"own to-mor row . Th e covering of the seats are is crimson plush and damask. The new ceiling is the Gothic style—viz., a flat Gothic arch, the ribs, 9 1 ' Inoeldings, which divide its compartments, spring.: trig from corbels on the walls. he entire. ceil- Vs divided into thirteen bays, each of which is sub- Co l u t t de . 4 into twe . pityrfour smaller ones. Each o . f theSe _ co ntains two shields, emblazoned witkthe armorial bear t'!lgs of all the Knights of the Garter, from the institu -11(°1' of the order. On each of the corbels are two !tights represented in a complete suit of armour. The iwo at the east end represent the founder, Edward ILL, and his son, the Black Prince. On the north side are full-length portraits of the last eleven Sovereigns of England, from James I. to George IV. In panels along the sides of the hall are numerous shields, upon which the arms of the late and present Knights are emblazoned. In the spaces between the portraits there are large brass shields, with the cross of St. George, encircled by the garter and motto of the order. Beaufets, upwards of 15 feet in height, 36 feet long, and 18 feet wide, have been constructed at each en of the hall, upon which will be exhibited the most magnificent collection of plate ever perhaps witnessed in this or any other country at one time. It is expected that 120 guests will dine in the hall on Tuesday. The dejeuner, after the ceremony of the christening, will take place in the three following rooms:— , The Vandyke Room, containing some of the most finished productions of the artist whose name it bears. The ceiling is of stucco, formed into lozenge-shaped pan nels, the margins composed of the shamrock. The royal arms, surrounded with palm branches, are in the centre. The chairs are of crimson damask. • The Queen's Audience Chamber.—On the ceiling of this apartment, Queen Catharine, personified as Britan nia, is represented sitting in a triumphal car drawn by swans, and attended by Flora, Ceres, Pomona, and other goddesses. This room contains several curious cabinets and richly-ornamented sideboards. The Queen's Presence Chamber.—The walls of this room are decorated with four large and splendid speci mens of Gobelin tapestry, the subject from Queen Esther, viz., the " Banquet," " The Intercession for the Jews," " Alordecars Obstinacy," and 44 Haman's Downfal." The hangings and furniture of this room are of crimson damask silk. This list includes the whole of the state apartments which will be used by the distinguished guests of her Majesty. The two regiments whose attendance was counter manded, in consequence of the anticipated review having been postponed, as stated yesterday, were the 13th light dragoons and the 11th (or Prince Albert's) hussars. '1 he rocket brigade, under the command of Major T. F. Strangways (who was in charge of that brigade at the battle of Leipsic on the 16th, 18th, and 19th of October, 1813, and who, for his eminent services, had conferred upon him the Swedish order of the Sword), will accompany the horse artillery from Woolwich. The rocket brigade and artillery are to form part of the arma ment at Windsor which will be here during the visit of the King of Prussia to her Majesty. They will be quar tered at Staines, Colnbrook, and their environs. The display of these rockets will take place before the King of Prussia and her Majesty's illustrious visitors in the Great Park. It has not yet been determined upon what day the presentation of colours to the 72d Highlanders will take place. The day will not be known until after the arrival of the King of Prussia. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, SIINDAY.—His Royal Highness Prince Al bert, attended by Colonel Bouverie, lett the Castle at half-past eleven o'clock yesterday morning for the Royal Hospital at Greenwich, and returned to the Castle with his Majesty the King of Prussia at half-past five o'clock, escorted by a party of the Royal Horse Guards, under the command of Capt. Forester. The King was received by her Majesty and the Duchess of Kent, the Lord Steward, the Lord Chamberlain, the Master of the Horse, the Lord in Waiting, the Master of the Household, and the Groom and Equerry in Waiting, and was conducted to the Grand Drawing-room. His Majesty's Suite consist of Baron Bunsen, the Prussian Minister, M. le General Natzmar, Le Baron de Humboldt, Le Comte de Stolberg, M. le General de Neumann, M. Muller, M. de Meyerinch, and M. de Brauchitsch. The Earl of Hardwicke, Captain Meynell, and Colonel Arbuthnot, are the Lord, Groom, and Equerry in Waiting upon the King during his stay. In addition to the above-named, the Royal Dinner Party included the Duchess of Buccleuch, the Marquis of Exeter, and the Earl of Aberdeen, Her Majesty's private band, and the band of the 72d Highlanders were in attendance. This morning early the Queen and Prince Albert, and the King of Prussia, walked through the Quadrangle to the North-terrace, and thence to the East-terrace and Home-park. Divine Service was performed this morning in the pri vate Chapel of the Castle by the Rev. Mr. Gossett, and the Bishop of London preached the Sermon from part of the sth verse of the 3d chapter of St. John's Gospel, " Except ye be born of water and the Spirit, ye cannot enter into the kingdom of God." The Queen and Prince Albert, the King of Prussia, the Duchess of Kent, and the whole of the Court were present. Yesterday morning the Chief of the Micmac Indians, and his two companions, arrived at the Castle, were conducted through the State-rooms, and afterwards par took of refreshments. To-morrow (Monday) morning his Majesty the King of Prussia will leave the Castle for the metropolis, but return to dinner. We are gratified to learn that her Majesty and her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent will wear shawls, the manufacture of Paisley, at the christening of the Prince of Wales, with a view to encourage the trade of that place, and to alleviate the distress which unhappily prevails in it and in the vicinity. His Royal Highness Prince Albert went from Windsor Castle to Greenwich, on Saturday, to receive his Ma• jes ty the King of Prussia, on his landing from the Con tinent. His Serene Highness Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar, accompanied by the Earl Howe, Lord Cham berlain to the Queen Dowager, and the Earl of Den bigh, Master of the Horse to her Majesty, went from town to the Royal Hospital, to pay his respects to his Majesty, on his arrival. The Earl of Haddington also left the Admiralty for Greenwich. Prince Albert re turned to Windsor Castle with the King of Prussia on Saturday afternoon. Prince Edward of Saze Weimar, Earl Howe, and the Earl of Denbigh returned to Marl borough H ouse,i Pall-mall, after his Majesty's arrival. The Duke Ferdinand of Saxe Cobourg, accompanied by Prince Augustus and 'Prince Leopold of Saxe Co bourg, landed at Woolwich yesterday afternoon, from the Continent. His Serene Highness with the Princes and suite arrived at the Rod al Mews, at Pimlico, at five o'clock, in two of the Royal carriages and four, and after changing horses, immediately proceeded to Wind sor Castle on a visit to her Majesty. Their Royal Highnesses the Duke of Cambridge and Prince George, attended by Colonel Jones, arrived in town on Saturday from Dean Park, Northamptonshire. The Duke of Cambridge attended Divine Service yester day morning in the chapel in South Audley-street. His Royal Highness afterwards left town for Windsor Castle, to pay a visit to his Majesty the King of. Prussia, and in the evening proceeded to his residence at Kew. Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge and the Prmcess Augusta of Cambridge, attended by Lady Augusta Somerset, arrived in town on Saturday from Kew. Their Royal Highnesses returned to Kew in the evening. The Duke of Cambridge visited her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester on Saturday, at Gloucester House. The Earl of Denbigh left town at four o'clock on Saturday afternoon, for his residence, Upper Lodge, Bushy. COMMERCIAL REFORM. On Thursday we gave an account of the interview' which Mr. Cripps, and Mr. Heard, of Nottingham, and Mr. Mitchell, the High Sherift of Leicestershire, had with Sir Robert Peel, respecting the operation of the Corn-law and Commercial Reform. The following ad ditional particulars, with the document whic h the Duke of Rutland forwarded to Sir Robert on these subjects, We extract from the Nottingham Mercury of Saturday : The Deputation were received by Sir Robert with the utmost courtesy, and paid the greatest attention to their statements ; at the close he expressed a strong desire to be furnished with information and suggestions. The Deputation, in a few brief and forcible remarks, showed that the " sliding scale," under almost any mo dification, would be unfair towards distant countries, and more especially injurious to the trade with the United States of America ; and, therefore, urged upon the at tention of the Right Honourable garonet the adoption of a moderate fixed duty, whereby the importation of grain from America might be rendered a safe operation for the merchant. The deputation proceeded to show that if such fixed duty were adopted we should furnish the Americans with the means of paying for an increased amount of British goods, and thus accomplish two im portant objects—obtain a supply of food for our opera tives, and the employment of their labour in purchasingit. Sir Robert Peel, after cautioning the members of the Deputation against drawing any other inference from such questions as he might put, than that he was desirous of obtaining every possible information on the subject, asked them whether an improved mode of taking the averages, and such a modification of the sliding scale as would lessen materially the extent and suddenness of the fluctuations, would not meet the case? In reply, the Deputation assured the Right Hon. Baronet, that it was the almost unanimous conviction of those engaged in commerce, that a fluctuating duty was essentially mischievous ; but at the same time sug gested that if Government were determined to adhere to a fluctuating duty, its effects might to some extent be counteracted, if time were allowed to exporters from dis tant countries to bring their corn into the British market without being subjected to any higher rate of duty than that charged on the earlier importations from the Con tinent of Europe. Sir Robert observed that such an arrangement might be a contravention of existing treaties with Continental Powers, with whom, as for instance with Denmark, it had been stipulated " that no other duty should be charged on their grain than was charged on that coming from the most favoured nation." The Deputation replied that such a stipulation was certainly a very conclusive argument in favour of a moderate fixed duty. Sir Robert gave expression to his strong desire to encourage our trade with the United States—Promised to give his attention to the statements the deputation had then made, as well as to any suggestions they might hereafter think proper to make to him—and the Deputa tion then withdrew. The very important document which Mr. Cripps read to the Right Honourable Baronet, and which he sub sequently desired the Deputation to leave with him, is as follows : " The United States of America take as large a quan tity of manufactured goods as they can pay for :if we could increase their means of paymert, we could safely increase our exports to that country. At present, their shipments of cotton, tobacco, ashes, &e., do not furnish a sufficient supply of bills to meet the pay ments for our manufactures. The consequence 15 that merchants are now r e mitting from thence in gold. The last' Circular to . Bankers' states the amount to be about six millions of dollars. within the last few weeks. This, it is to be feared, will alarm the specie paying banks, " and induce them to contract their discounts, thereby producing a renewal of recent em- P.u r. d err bet i4o•t a ter ~ eon . ed 1)1 ga: duripb arch es L i e sty. [4O THE SUN', LONDON, moNDAN„ JANUARY 24, 1842. barrassments, and materially checking the demand for our manufactures. If, however, in addition to their cot ton, tobacco, &c., we could receive their flour, the people of the United States would be thereby supplied with the means of purchasing, and the merchant with the means of remitting for our manufacturers. The -` sliding scale' acts to a great extent as a prohibition of flour from the United States, and our best customer is thus placed on a worse footing than our manufacturing rivals on the Continent ; the latter being near at hand can bring their corn here before. any material alteration can take place in the averages, but flour cannot ordinarily be received in this country from America, in much less time than three months from the date of the order. To show. the, unfortunate operation of' the sliding scale,' I will advert to my own experience, only premising that it operates prejudicially to the American merchant in a twofold manner; first, by the uncertainty in which he is held as to the amount of duty he is to pay, and, secondly, to the certainty that if he has to pay a high rate of duty, it will be because he must submit to a low price for his flour; his gains or losses may by this means be increased twenty fold, and then that which is in itself one of the most legitimate operations in which a merchant • can en gage, is rendered a hazard fit only for the desperate spe culator or gambler. Between the 18th of April and 15th of May, last year, Messrs. Brown, Shipley, and Co., sold for my account 6,624 barrels of flour, received from the United States ; duty was paid on 1,949 barrels, amounting to 8011. 3s. sd. ; the remainder was sold in bond, but at the same rate it would have amounted to 2,7201. Had a speculator been the owner of this flour, he would probably have held it till the end of August or beginning of September, when the duty would have been only 5201. ; he thus has a great advantage over the mer chant, who, having received the flour as a remittance to provide for his coming payments, cannot hold it for the favourable turn in the market, by which the, speculator frequently obtains a much higher price, and consequently pays a much lower duty. " The duty, then, in May on the above lot of flour was 2,7201. ; in the first week in September it would have been 5201. ; in the first week in October, 4,1121. Bs. ; in the first week in December, 5,1331. 12 s. ; so that f I had given orders. in June for a similar quantity, in the expectation that it would arrive early in September, and I had accordingly received it at that time, the duty would have been only 520 L, but if from head winds or any other cause the arrival of the ship had been delayed till October, the duty would have been 4,112/. Bs. I need not say that, with my past experience, I dare not attempt to bring flour from America, subject to the ope artion of a' sliding scale.' But if we cannot increase our imports from thence, it is folly to look for an increase of our exports, or for a profitable return on the amount at present sent. A moderate fixed duty on their flour, by opening a safe market for a portion of their surplus produce, would supply them with the means of obtaining this increase —would give employment to the artisan now unemployed and dependent on the rates or on charity, and furnish him with the means of purchasing that food which now he must either beg -or steal : while the merchant, the manufacturer, the artisan, and the rate-payer, would thus be benefited. I know no class amongst us that could be injured. As a rate-payer, the farmer would derive a large share of the benefits, nor need he be alarmed at its effect on prices; as long as the English farmer cannot supply his countrymen with a suf ficient quantity of food, it , must be obtained elsewhere, or the people must starve; and surely it is as much the in terest of the farmer as any one else, that this supply should come from a nation who will give it in exchange for the labour of our artisans, rather than from thoseparts of the world whose rival manufactures are doing much to throw them out of employment. The interests of the landowner being identical with those of the farmer, he would, of course, be benefited by the same policy. The ex pense of bringing flour from America is in itself a great protection to the English farmer. The expense on the flour above referred to was 38 per cent. on the selling price, but as an unusually high freight was paid in this instance it would not be a fair criterion, neither have I any data whereby to judge accurately of the average expense of bringing American flour here, but I do not think it can possibly be less than 20 per cent., probably 25 per cent. would be near the mark, or it may. reach 30 per cent. I find that the expense of importing wheat from America is estimated in Mr. M'Culloch's. Dictionary of Com merce,' page 435, at about 37 per cent. on the cost. The average price in New York being one dollar and twelve cents the bushel, it would cost the importer in London 495. 9d. per quarter free from duty. I would observe that in the session of Congress which has just com menced, the question of duties on our manufactures necessarily comes before them, as the law imposing the present rates expires on the Ist of June, 1842; and there can be no doubt that the future rate would be in a great measure regulated by the course our Government may pursue in reference to the Corn-laws." In corroboration of these views, Mr. Cripps read extracts from the New York Weekly Herald of the 18th December, as follow: " The western banks in the interest of the millers and flour speculators have been obliged to curtail their circu lation very rapidly, to sustain themselves against the re turn of drafts from this city, caused by the fall in flour. The millers and their organs resorted to the most despe rate expedients to force up the price of flour, in order to save themselves and the banks, but they have thus far been ineffectual. The supply of produce in all the Atlan tic cities has been far greater than the demand, notwith standing the ridiculous twaddle about the banks not being able to assist the forwarding of produce to market.' The fact is the contrary. The banks of Western New York have endeavoured to prevent flour from coming to market, in order to keep up the price to protect the paper they have discounted for the speculators. They have discounted no business paper, the wants of flour specula tors absorb all their means, and but a short time must elapse before a general explosion. The last arrival has caused a further fall in the price of flour. * * " This country is an agricultural one, and must for years continue as such. That is, its agricultural pro ducts are greater than can be consumed by its own in habitants. Of course the surplus must be destroyed or exported. If they are exported payment must be re ceived in the peculiar products of the country which pur chases them. If France buy 100,000 barrels of flour per annum, silks and wines must be taken in exchange. England and colonies took last year 1,000,000 barrels of flour, valued at 6,000,000 dollars. Payment was re ceived in British manufactures at less prices than those fabrics could be made for in this country, with the addi tion of 30 per cent, duty. If these fabrics had been excluded by high duties, not only would the farmers here have had to pay double price for what they bought, but their means of buying would have been diminished by 6,000,000 dollars. This purchase of flour for goods is actually made a cause of complaint by the high tariff men, wh9 seek to exclude, by high duties, the medium of payment for our produce. In the same proportion they seek to deprive the great agricultural interests of their markets. * * * " The same principles are spreading rapidly through out the United States. The Governor of Indiana, in his message, admits that that State cannot pay now, hopes that it will he able to pay hereafter. " This is undoubtedly the truth. The people are small farmers, and never can spare thirty dollars per annum in cash for each voter. The produce of these farmers is rejected from the English markets by prohi bition laws to protect the landed interests of those who are mostly holders of these stocks. " There is one way, however, in which the debts might be paid beneficially to all parties ; that is, by taking payment in kind, at fair market prices. For in stance, the joint debts of Indiana and Illinois are 37,000,000 dols. ; of this, 30,000,000 dols. is held abroad. The interest is about 2,000,000 dols. per annum. Now, let the holders have a meeting, and appoint one agent to receive pork, lead, corn, wheat, and flour, in payment, and obtain a dispensation from the English Government of the produce so collected. In that shape interest and principal would be paid regularly, and the profits on the transaction would yield to the land owners more than sufficient to pay the expenses of col lection and transportation. The interest of the two States would amount to 250,000 quarters of wheat, which would realise in the English markets 3,750,000 dollars, or nearly 100 per cent., which would cover the expenses, great as they necessarily would be, and yield a profit beside. * * " If the Federal Government really wishes the States to pay their debts, let it exert itself to extend the markets for their produce, instead of hoping that they will be able to pay.' If foreign Governments wish to ob tain payment, let them facilitate the means of getting it. Unless some change in our commercial relations takes place, not a dollar will ever be paid." Having laid before our readers a report of this inter view, they will immediately . see that the most vigorous measures are necessary to induce the Government to carry out the views of the Deputation. LORD ASHBURTON'S MISSION. With every feeling of respect for Lord Ashburton's general talents, for his thorough acquaintance with the science of commerce in general, and his know ledge of American affairs in particular, we have sun dry reasons of our own for doubting whether he is indeed the fittest man . whom Sir Robert Peel could have chosen. There is a curious propensity inherent in his Lordship's nature, to step aside from the line which he may have followed up to a given point, and to do so at the very moment when his continued adhe rence to that is both most desired and most neces sary. We cannot forget that it was to Mr. Baring's ill-timed speech in the House of Commons, after he had accepted, under the Duke of Wellington, the office of Chancellor of the Exchequer, that the breaking up of the three-days' Cabinet, in 1882, was owing. Neither is it possible to deny that his Lordship's career as a statesman has been, in many respects, to the full as erratic as used to be that of the great merchant, when the management of national loans, or the pur chase of Texian territories, engrossed his care. Moreover, we doubt the popularity of the name of Baring in the Union ; and we are far from regarding his Lordship's proprietary connection with the State of Philadelphia, as constituting one of the many circum stances which especially fit him for the ditties of the office which be is about to undertake.—John Bull. OLYMPIC THEATRE.—On Friday night at the conclusion of the burletta, entitled The Little Giysy, Mr. Baker, the stage-manager, came forward to inform the audience, that in consequence of an accident which had happened to Mr. T. Matthews, during the pantomime, the previous evening, and which had not appeared to that gentleman to be of any serious consequence at the moment, he could not have the honour of appearing before them that evening, in the character of Clown, in the pantomime of Riddle-me Riddle-me-rge, Mr, Wild ; the manager, undertook the impersonation of the motley hero, which he did admirably. The pantomime was rev ceived with the greatest satisfaction, and Mr, Wild 4 , 11 , pounced it from the stage, with the confident expectation that Mr. Matthews would be able to resume his proles sional duties again on Saturday evening. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. -- (From the Hampshire Telegraph.) PORTSMOUTH, JAN. 22.—Her Majesty's brig Water witch, Lieut. Matson, commanding, captured on the 20th Oct. last, the slave vessel Don Francisco, fitted for re ceiving slaves. On the 28th of the same month she cap tured the notorious slaver the Ermalinda, with a cargo valued at upwards of 4,0001., including a London-built carriage that cost 4001, and a pair of handsome greys, intended as a bribe from the slave merchant (owner of the prize) for the purchase of slaves. The prize was sent to Sierra Leone for condemnation. The Winchester, 52, is ordered to be paid off at this port immediately on her arrival from Bermuda, and will be re-commissioned for the flag of the Hon. Rear Admi ral J. Percy, for the Cape Coast station. The Revenge, 78, Captain the Hon. W. Waldegrave, is ordered home from Lisbon, to be paid off. - The Termagant, brigantine, Lieut. Seagrim, is ordered home from the Wrest Coast of" Africa, and may shortly be looked for ; also the Vestal, 26, from the West Indies. The brig -Rapid, 10, Lieutenant Earle, is ready to pro ceed to the Cape and African station, and will take out despatches for the Madagascar, 46, senior officer's ship, and disposable boys. Commander Barker (appoir.ted to the Lily, 18, vice Allen, promoted) will also go out in the Rapid, among other supernumeraries. She will not sail till the latter end of next week. PROMOTIONS AND APPOINTMENTS. PROMOTIONS — CIerk — R.W7I;;;;, late.of the Con way, to the rank of purser. APPOINTMFNTS — Rear-Admiral Cochrane, C.B„ to be second in command in the East Indies. Captain—H. W. Bruce, to the Hastings. Comminder—Robert Harris, to the Naval College, to avail himself of the course of instruction. Lieutenants—G. E. Hammond, to the Howe, as Flag- Lieutenant ; J. H. Cochburn, to the Naval College, to avail himself of the course of instruction • J. T. Cald well, to be Flag-Lieutenant to Rear-Admiral Sir T. Cochrane. Acting Master—F. F. Strong, to the Pearl. Masters' Assistant—T. Anderson, to the Victory. Assistant Surgeon—T. M. Costello, to Haslar Hospital. Mates—R. H. • Moubray, to the Hazard ; R. H. Dal ton, to the Queen ; H. L. Griffiths and G. Durban, to the Impregnable ; L. Gibbard, to the Wolverine; A. J. Cur tis,• to the Minden. Volunteers, First Class—T. H. M. Martin and Cor nick, to the Carysfort ; J. A. Deudney, Ralph Taylor, and James Gill, to the Queen. Coast Guard—Lieut. Richards, from Pembroke to Tenby, vice Bourne, deceased ; Lieut. Goullett appointed to Pembroke ; Mr. Forsyth, R.N., from the Kingston Coast Guard Station, to command the Griper, Chiches ter Harbous, vice Davis promoted. Captain Kuper, who commands the Calliope, at China, is honoured with the Companionship of the Order of the Bath in last night's Gazette. . MINISTERIAL PROJECTS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. din —lt is interesting to watch the inclina tions, or as the French would call them the velleites, of the existing administration, as dis played in their leading organ in the press. On Thursday it issues a lengthened dissertation on the merits of the rotten or nomination bo roughs, and the desirableness of restoring them; moved, no doubt, by reflection on the specimens of the results of that kind of thing, exhibited in the present House of Commons. "If ever a time shall arrive when the people under stand their own real interests, they will call for some amendment of the Reform Bill large enough to modify the monopoly which local influences at present enjoy, and to open avenues through which Parliament may again become accessible to acknowledged talent, though unconnected with any particular county, city, or borough. It is quite true that this can be done only through the medium of some sort of nomination." Note here, first, the wish of the government avowed, to undo the Reform Bill and return to the rotten boroughs; with the consequent ne cessity for a move in the contrary direction when it can be compassed. And next, that the object is to make " avenues," for more of the gifted men, with whom the House is already partially supplied from the source in question. But oddly does the subject blossom for the intended fruits. The next words of the ministe rial oracle, are these : " A hundred seats, taken from the districts newly en franchised by the Reform Bill, and from towns which, like Norwich and Nottingham, and Sudbury, and Leices ter, have long been notorious for their wholesale prostitu tion of the right of voting, would go far to restore the equilibrium of the constitution, and to redress the com plaint that the Governments of our time are not com pounded with a sufficient leaven from the untitled classes." Not a word here of " avenues." This is sim ply a proposal for cutting off a hundred seats from the popular representation. As the Ro man poet says, " When you began making a cream-jug, why did you end in a slop-basin ?" Was it that you felt afraid to press the rest ? Or that, like the Irish servant in the story, you were willing to take the brandy while the rum was getting ready ? The next day produces a fierce invective against the manufacturers, for not keeping the agricultural population the lords of the soil discharge from their estates. The landowners are to starve them, and the manufacturers to keep. And if they decline, they are threatened with the vengeance of the landlords' law. What next? The same paper presents a clue to an important point. The landed tyranny hangs only by the support, some of it real but a great deal more fable and smoke, which it has contrived to get up among the working classes. The bribe of a hundred millions, with twenty more to the landowners, though never intended to be carried into effect, is doing its work for the present. Every kind of man who has a fraud or an ab surdity to sell, is crowding the antechambers of the existing ministers. It is with the working classes must rest the question, of driving the whole herd violently down a steep place into the sea. Yours very sincerely, T. PERRONET THOMPSON. Blackheath, 22c1 January, 1842. LITERATURE. MEMOIRS OF POPULAR DELUSIONS. Vol. 3 Bentley, London, 1842. We noticed the two first volumes of this work some months ago in The Sun, since which time a third volume has made its appearance—the one now before us—containing an account of the pro gress of alchemy during the middle ages, toge ther with short biographical sketches of the chief professors of that exploded quackery; and also some particulars respecting the fortune tellers and the animal magnetisers. The volume is by no means so interesting as its predecessors, for it is far less varied in its matter ; still it will possess an attraction for readers of a cynical turn of mind, if only for the numerous glaring absur dities which it recounts. The earliest authentic records we have of alchemy are of the date of the eighth century, when it was a favourite pur suit with the more lettered Arabians. Three centuries afterwards, we find it a popular matter of belief among the most civilised nations of Europe, and engrossing the time and attention of the ablest men of the age. One of the most re markable dupes of this pretended science was the notorious Gillis de Laval, Marshal of France, and descended from one of the noblest hours in Brittany. This monster in human form—who, by-the-bye, was the original of the well-known nursery legend of Blue Beard, a fact which Mr. Mackay unaccountably omits—was born about the commencement of the fifteenth century ; and in his twentieth year came into possession of the finest property in all France. This he speedily dissipated in every species of wanton extravagance, and then endeavoured to recruit his finances by the aid of alchemy. Many adepts at this quackery were, in consequence, do miciliated in his castle, and amused him for months together with promises of teaching him the great secret of transmuting the baser metals into gold, and prolonging his life for centuries. But as months elapsed, and their promises seemed as far from being realised as ever, the Marshal turned them away indignantly from his house, and pinned his faith on a wily Italian, who volunteered to raise the Devil, if he would only consent to sell his own soul to him. This the Marshal readily agreed to do; but the Evil One never came to fulfil his share of the contract, and the Italian having by this time sufficiently feathered his nest at his host's expense, set out on a pretended journey in search of the Elixir Vitae, from which, it need scarcely be added, he never returned. Another adept was then found, and by him Gilles de Raval was advised—if he wished to renew his youth—to bathe every morn ing in a bath made of children's blood; this the monster actually did, and is supposed to have de stroyed upwards of a hundred of the young sons and daughters of his tenantry, not for the purpose of gratifying his lust—as Mr. Mackay supposes— but for the reason we have just assigned. But the Marshal's career was now drawing to a close; public opinion was loud against him; and despite the reluctance of the local authorities to inter fere with the practices of a French Nobleman of such high rank, they were compelled to institute inquiries, the result of which was that Gillis de Raval was tried, found guilty, strangled, and af terwards burned. His castle still exists, thougk in ruins, and such is the horror with which the neighbouring peasantry regard it, that, if possi ble, they will never pass it after nightfal. In Trollope's " Travels in Brittany" there are some curious particulars respecting this monster. Mr. Mackay's sketches of the Fortune-tellers contain little with which the generality of the reading public is not already acquainted. - - ENGLAND in the NINETEENTH CENTURY. Part I. How and Parsons, London, 1842. We have received the First Part of an English Itinerary, which it is proposed to bring out monthly in half-crown numbers, and in which England, its manufactures, commerce, agricul ture, antiquities, scenery, &c., will be discussed in the same manner, and with the same careful rrli nuteness and accuracy that Mrs. Hall has mani fested in her "Ireland." For this purpose—say the Editors in their prospectus—every. county will be described from personal observation ; the illustrations will be drawn on the spot ; the old halls, battle-fields, and places remarkable in the natural history, will be carefully noted ; and local customs, legends, and singularities remarked; but the antiquary and the chronicler will be fol lowed no further than may be required to explain existing facts, the main object of the work being to depict the present aspect of the country. The Part before us is devot e d e x clusively to the con sideration of the county of Lancaster; and in it we have copious and particular details respect ing the progress of the cotton manufacturing sys tem in Manchester and the great towns in its vicinity, together with a description of the spin ning jenny, and its celebrated inventor, Ark wright. The Part is embellished with a map of the county, a view of the town of Lancaster, and several minor engravings. BOOK OF AMUSEMENTS. Strange, London, 1842 A homely and unpretending work, in which we find all the necessary rules and instructions for playing games of skill and chance, amongst others,cards,chess, billiards, cricket, and archery. A NEW ENGLISH GRAMMAR. Simphin and Marshall, London, 1842. This compilation is a useful and judicious one, containing, among other requisites, a systematic view of the formation and derivation of words, which comprises Anglo-Saxon, Latin, and Greek lists, by which is explained the etymology of above seven thousand English words. The lndustriel of Rheims, of the 19th, says:—" We learn that the Chamber of Commerce of Rheims, was en gaged yesterday (the 17th) in discussing the important question of the right of search, to which public attention is strongly attracted at this moment by the late treaty between the maritime Powers of Europe. If we are rightly informed, the majority o f th e mem b ers of the Chamber considered the treaty as likely to have very fatal effects, if the stipulations are really conceived in the sense indicated by the Press, especially by the Eng lish Press. -The Chamber has comm i ss ioned two of its members to obtain official information on the subject, to which it promises, as we are assured, to devote after wards its most serious attention."---Commerce. THE ROYAL MARINES. Royal Marine Office, (Circular Copy.) Jan. 18, 1842. Sir—You will beipleased to make known the following gratifying communication to the Division under your command.—By command of her Majesty's Lords Com sioners of the Admiralty, L. OWEN, D.A.G. Col. Jones, Commandant Royal Marines, Portsmouth. ADMIRALTY, 17TH JAN. 1842. Sir—l am desired by Lord Haddington to forward the accompanying extract of a letter he has had the honour to receive from Sir James Graham, her Majesty's Secre tary of State for the Home Department. Lord Haddington desires me to add, that he has com municated the same to the Board of Admiralty, and their Lordships join with him in congratulating the Royal Marines on her Majesty's most gracious expres sions on the occasion,_ and which his Lordship requests you will make known to the corps. I have the honour, &c. W. A. B. HAMILTON. Colonel Owen, C. 8., K.H. Extract of a letter from Sir James Graham, Bart., Se cretary of State for the Home Department, to the Earl of Haddington, dated the 15th January, 1842 : I have the honour to inform your Lordship that it is her Majesty's pleasure that the guard of honour to at tend the King of Prussia, on his landing in this country, shall consist of Royal Marines, and her Majesty has felt great satisfaction in making this selection, thereby mark ing her sense of the gallant and distinguished conduct of the corps. THE TEXAN SANTA FE EXPE DITION. The following letter, published in the New Orleans Picayune, confirms the account previously received of the fate of this expedition. Mr. Kendall, the senior editor of the Picayune, accompanied the expedition, and it is stated that the other editors of the Picayune have chartered a vessel, in which one of them has by this time gone to Mexico, to effect if possible the liberation of Mr. K. The Picayune says no reasonable doubt can be entertained that the letter given below is accurate and authentic : Chihuahua, North of Mexico, Nov. 4th, 1841. To John G. Chalmers, M.D., Austin, Texas. Sin,—He who now addresses you does so with some personal risk, and therefore must use the precautions which prudence suggests. His agents in New Orleans will be able, from the autograph, to inform you of the writer's name. 13y particular request of Col. Wm. Cook, and Dr. Richard G. Brenham, I sit down to give you a narrative of their disasters, as detailed to me in some brief interviews with them, during their short sojourn in this city as prisoners of war. The advance party, of about 100 men, had reached the neighbourhood of Santa Fe, leaving the rear guard, with the waggons and artillery, some 200 miles behind. Four or five men were then sent forward to announce the purposes of their mission to the authorities, and to say that they had come more as friends than foes : that they wished to cultivate the acquaintance of their neighbours, and open commercial relations with them, and not to provoke hostilities. Of the avant couriers, one was a Capt. Lewis, and another was Mr. Kendall, editor of the New Orleans Picayune. They were seized, and two or three, some say four of them, were, by order of Governor Armijo, immediately shot. The Governor then, with a large body of New Mexicans in arms, went out to salute their visitors. The latter had, however, taken up a strong position, and prepared to act on the defensive, should it be necessary—hitherto igno rant of the fate of their emissaries, as of the reception they were likely to meet. At this critical moment comes forward Capt. Lewis, accompanied by a nephew of the Governor (who speaks and understands the English language well), and begs Col. Cook not to fire, nor be concerned. He assures him there is no need of an engagement, as the Governor is disposed to receive them kindly, and that articles of agreement had been already entered into for an armis tice, which might lead to a friendly alliance. On the other hand, he represented the Mexican force as nume rous and strong ; that in an hour they would be sur rounded by five thousand men, all armed and obedient to their chief ; that it was vain to resist, and the Governor was anxious to avoid a conflict, and would deal better by them than they had any right to expect. These representations and assurances exercised a fatal influence. They inclined to - listen to terms of capitula tion, which were agreed upon as follows :—They were to lay down their arms, and return forthwith to Texas ; their persons were to be safe and inviolate; the Governor was to protect them against the populace, to escort them to the borders of Texas, and there, having restored to them their guns, despatch them to their homes. These articles were ratified in the usual manner in such cases, and the Texan party, in good faith, surren dered their arms. They were instantly seized, tied, and plundered of every thing. Even their uniform was stripped off. Hats, boots, and shoes, shared the same fate, and in this condition they were ordered to march under a strong escort to the city of Mexico, a distance of near 2,000 miles, and answer to the authorities there as prisoners of war. They arrived here about ten days ago, having suffered greatly from fatigue, hunger, and thirst. In this place they received as good treatment as could be expected in their circumstances. Though restrained of all liberty, their-personal wan were attended to, and by voluntary subscriptions of both foreigners and native, they were clad (near 100 men) in a light but comfortable suit, and then sent forward on their dreary march. They are expected to reach .the capital some time in December next. Among the pri soners is a lad of the name of Coombs, whose father in Kentucky was named minister to Mexico. The boy heard of this in Galveston, and presuming his father would accept the appointment, -he resolved to accompany this expedition to Santa Fe, and thence go to Mexico and join his parent. The names of some of the officers are Captain Sutton, Engineer Hunt, and Lubock. The instructions of the Texan President, together with his proelamation to the inhabitants, private letters, and other documents, were taken and sent to this place for translation. During this process some suspicion fell upon the foreign residents, two of whom, Mr. Thurston and Captain Dryden, wer e thrown into prison—the for mer was detained about fifteen days, and the latter is still in close confinemen t uncertain of wh at will be his sentence. It is though t it will be death. P.S.—News has arr ived here that the c ommand un dtoereGoLenc. oo M k ‘ , Leod has s urrendered in a manner s i m il ar and with similar treatment, corro b orat i ng bu siness. They have been some 20 da y s o n their march towards Mexico, an d are expected here in t en or twe l ve more. The Governo r, in his des p atches, says he has detained as prisoners two Commissioners, one Secretary, and one other, undesc ribed—probabl y Ken dall. Lewis, for his fidelity and a ct, ivity to t has been set a t liberty, tohe wend his way to Texas, or Devil, as he prefers. Here he cannot stay, m uch less live.An extraordinary courier arrived with de s p atches to the Governor last the surmise that Lew is was saved for a to ol in this night. The purpose no one can ascertain. Conjecture says the prisoners have escaped. Nov. 8, 1841. The above is a plain simple statement of facts. ......_ _......-- , THE COAT, TRADE. We are glad to be in formed that there has been _a consid era bl e i ncrease i n the quantity of coals shipped, during the past year, in the Wea andthe Tyne, depressedespecially circumstances t the notwithstanding 'tees, country. The increase has been both incur home-market Barnard Castle, who and in over-sea shipments.—Durham Chronicle. A FARMER IN A RAGE.—The conduct of the that he borrowed from a friend, because it contained an account of the against farmerburn burnt i a n the new spaier neighbourhood meeting at Manchester the Corn-laws, is characteristic of the blind support which his body give to the present system. He little thought, good man, when he was putting the paper under his oxen, lest its contents should be disseminated, qtri if based on equity and Li the farmers be done up-by it, that he was, PaWitg the severest condem a; but everything to gain by full and free dismisaton• - r - - - -Dtiritan; Chronicle, Magistrates of Preaatstozutubledeboarrnetwtsb,inwghictuh, fe On Saturday the Middlesex ap pointed Mr. Childe, the Inspector of Weights and Mea -1 • ' t ec situation awe vacant by th e res i gnation of Mr. Tinner. Mea sures, Hi eh Constable of the B or ough of Finsbury, which SOCIALISTS.-RIOTS AT WHITE• HAVEN. Whitehaven was last week the scene of a most dis graceful riot : disgraceful, as showing at what a low ebb morality is there, and indicating that the shameful spirit which gave rise to the No Poppery Riots in 1780, fanned, into a flame by the fanatic Lord George Gordon, is not yet extinct. It appears that the opinions of Robert Owen have lately found their way into Whitehaven, and have been eagerly adopted there by some unthinking men. A carpenter of the name of Thompson seems to have been the first person who openly avowed himself a supporter of Socialism. He was in the course of time joined by others, of both sexes, and in accordance with the so called principles to which they had become converts, weekly meetings and festivities were held, and lectures delivered. But a Methodist parson, named Salt, confi dent, it would appear, of his powers of annihilation, volunteered to give the people of Whitehaven an ex position of the doctrines of Socialism, and to de molish them, in a series of philippics, delivered in his own chapel. As might be expected, instead of having the effect of staying the progress of the principles the Reverend Gentleman wished to de nounce, they acted as a stimulus to their advance ment, and numbers of persons who scarcely knew the meaning of the word Socialism, flocked round Mr. Thomp son, and became his sworn companions in principle. They had now gained notoriety, and resolved on opening a " Hall of Science" in Michael-street, and a Mr. Bu chanan was engaged to deliver a lecture on the occa sion. Sunday week was fixed for that purpose, but in consequence of the lecturer not arriving the opening of the hall was postponed till the following Monday evening. Whilst preparations were being made for the occasion, some females, who are said by the Whitehaven papers to have been insulted by a Socialist, collected round the door, and began to create a disturbance by shouting and yelling at those inside, who were fitting up the room. The crowd ga thered in numbers, each moment growing more cla morous, and uttering threats against those within the room. At length the doors were burst open, and after wreaking their vengeance upon every article within their reach—demolishing forms, phrenological busts, and fur niture—the crowd commenced a furious attack upon the Socialists themselves, who received very rough treatment at their hands. Thompson was especially marked by the infuriated mob. He was savagely beaten ; his clothes were torn from his back, and but for the interference of the police he would have been killed. Buchanan at tempted with several others to fly, but was not allowed to escape without a cruel beating. Many others were attacked, and few escaped without experiencing some bodily injury. The crowd having acquired fresh courage from the eclat with which their morning's performances had been received, assembled again about seven o'clock in the evening, " with the avowed purpose of destroying the houses in which the leaders of the (Socialist) party were known to reside." They were not long in repeating their work of destruction. The shop of Mr. Moore, in the Market-place, was attacked, and the windows all smashed. A pig-stye belonging to Thompson, was next visited ; its straw roof was torn off, heaped against his house, and set on fire. On Wednesday night they again turned out in front of the shop of a Mr. W. Wilson, printer, in King-street, who was known to them as the printer of some pamph lets published by the Socialists in reply to the anathemas of the Methodist parson. The crowd, among whom were several women, contented themselves, at first, with yell ing at the inmates of the house; but finally growing tired of shouting, they supplied themselves with stones, and broke nearly all the windows of the house. With the attack upon Wilson's house the riot appears to have ended. A more wanton or disgraceful outrage it s difficult to imagine. A FACETIOUS WITNESS.—In a trial at eur Quarter Sessions, for stealing a watch from the bed-room of Mr. George Poynter, at Willingham, the following conversation took place, on cross-examination, between the prosecutor and Mr. Byles, Counsel for the prisoner : —Mr. Byles—Where do you live ? Mr. Poynter—At Willingham ; but lam not a Willingham man. What are you ? An engineer ; I was apprenticed to Henry Maudeslay, partner to Sir Isambert Brunel, of Thames Tunnel notoriety. Well, what else are you ? Why, I am a gunsmith, locksmith, and bellhanger, iron-arm, and lathe-maker, edge-tool-maker, watch and clock maker and repairer, mathematical instrument maker, weighing-machine, scale, and steelyard maker, knife maker and grinder, publican and licensed victualler, and an old man-of-war's man, and was engaged in the glo rious action between the Shannon and the Chesapeake. In fact, lam half-brother to Caleb Quotem. Are you not a conjurer as well ? 0 yes, that I am ; Monsieur Testot was a fool to me ; and if you are willing I will show you one or two tricks. What can you do ? Well, if you will allow me, and not consider I am insulting, I will tell you. Oh, certainly, go on ! Then, if you will just take off your wig, and get the gentleman next you to grease your head, I will swallow you whole, and then you will be no more trouble to yourself nor any one else—(Loud laughter, in which the Court and the Learned Counsel joined.) Mr. Byles—You may stand down, Sir.—Cambridge Independent. THE ANTI-CORN-LAW BAZAARP--Since our last, every thing has been progressing in connection with the approaching bazaar ; and we recollect no former one ever exciting that universal and absorbing interest which this appears to do, amongst the fair and gentle " opera tives" who are working for it in every part of the king dom. Every possible species of needlework—more even than are treated of by the Countess of Wilton in her book —knitting, netting, lace-making, embroidery, &c., are in requisition for the contribution of articles of costume, use, and ornament. Committees and sub-committees, some of ladies, others of gentlemen, are meeting ; honorary and assistant secretaries have their time fully occupied in writing to various quarters, and in acknowledging the receipt of donations in money, and contributions in kind, from all parts of the kingdom. Authors, publishers, and booksellers are contributing copies of their works ; poets are writing verses, in celebration of the occasion ; and one poetical " Invitation to the Bazaar" is to be set to music. Bazaar quadrilles, waltzes, &c., are in prepa ration; and in every department of literature , science , and th arts, the contributions promise to be both " rich and rare." Nor is there any lack of that species of con tribution which is always acceptable, and which can al ways command prompt disposal—we mean hard cash, of which at least 2001. has been already received by, or notified to, the Committee. Thus every thing is going on with a spirit which promises to make the Manchester Theatre Royal, during the bazaar week, one of the most dazzling and profusely crammed temples and marts of fancy ever witnessed either by oriental or occidental eyes.—Manchester Guardian. THE QUEEN DOWAGER.—The inquiries of the nobility and gentry at Marlborough House, since the arrival of the Queen Dowager in town, have been very numerous. The answer was that her Majesty did not feel any ill effects from her journey on Friday, and was going on most favourably. MARYLEBONE VESTRY...--011 Saturday Mr. Flood read a communication received from the Earl of Lincoln, with regard to the rights of the Crown, as pa trons of the parish, to appoint to the office of clerk and sexton of the entire parish. The letter set forth that, under the 46th section of the Act, the late Government were perfectly right in appointing the Rev. F. Brathwaite to do the office of Clerk aad Sexton by himself or deputy, and the present Government not only felt bound to con firm that decision, but refused to make a separate ap pointment to the Chapel and Cemetery of St. John's Wood. The Report of the Committee on the subject was then brought up. It regretted the course pursued by Government, and recommended that, as the office of clerk and [sexton of St. John's Wood had been per mitted to lapse, the salary of 301. a-year paid to Mr. Em peror, should be discontinued by the Vestry. Mr. Jo seph moved the adoption of the Report, leaving out the last sentence. Mr. Flood here read a memorial from Mr. Emperor, who in it stated that he had been clerk and sexton of St. John's Wood for twenty-seven years ; and a letter received by Mr. Emperor from the late Duke of Portland, the then patron, confirming his appoint ment, dependent on his good behaviour. Mr. Joseph contended that what had been done by the then patron was binding on the Crown, although it had given 40,000/. for thepatronage. He considered Mr. pmperor to have a life-interest in the situation, and said, if the vestry acted so unjustly to an old servant, it would: be a stepping-stone for the Rev. F. Brathwaite to eject him altogether. Mr. Gomm moved as an amendment the adoption of the entire Report. He said the office had lapsed, and that Mr. Emperor now filled it without any legal appointment. The Committee felt that they had no right to give 301. a-year for an office which did not exist. The original proposition was carried with but two dissentients. DISCOVERY OF A BODY.—On Saturday morn ing police constable 136 D, who had been for some time previously assisted by others in the using of drags, drew out of the Junction Canal the body of a young man, named Smith, footman to Mr. Budd, 15, Norfolk-cres cent, Edgware-road, The deceased was missed on Thurs day night last, and it is supposed that as he was proceed ing along the towing-path, to Kensall-green, where his wife and family resided, he accidentally slipped into the water. NATIONAL ANTI-CORN-LAW CONFERENCE. —We call attention to the great movement which is now making. We trust our fellow-citizens will do their best to give a warm welcome to the de puties from the provinces, and to prove to them that the metropolis responds to the enthusiasm of the country. Arrangements, we hope, will be made, by the City repealers, to accommodate the deputies during their stay, in their own houses, as was done at Manchester. On Thursday an inquest was held before Mr. Carter, at the Marquis of Granby, Red-hill, on view of the body of Mr. John Jupp, aged 52 years. It appears from the evidence that the deceased was for many years officer to the Sheriff for Surrey, and until within a few weeks since the landlord of the Great Crown Inn, Rei gate. On Sunday afternoon last, the unfortunate man ran down the embankment on the London and Brighton Railway, at Red-hill, directly in front of the five o clock up-train, and was in an instant killed. Various rumours are given for the commission of the rash act, but pecu niary embarrassment is senposed to be the causeof it. The Jury returned a verdict of " Temporary insanity." A CASE or PRESUMPTION —During an ar gument of Counsel, in a case heard on Saturday before Vice-Chancellor Wigram, with respect to presumption, his Honour said that the following was the strongest case ho had ever met with :—A man was tried before Lord Ken yon, under an indictment under the Game-laws, for shooting a bird. It was proved that the man fired, and that the bird fell and was picked up by the prisoneK The Jury returned a verdict of not guilty. When asked for their reason, they said they presumed that the bird had died of fright, there being no evidence that there was any shot in the gun. Subsequently, in the reign of Charles the Second,the ,, fine open area of the body of the church was filled with long rows of stiff and formal pews, which concealed the bases of the columns, while the plain but handsome done walls of the sacred edifice were encumbered, to a height of eight feet from the ground, with oak wain scoting, which was carried entirely round the church, so as to shut out from view the elegant marble piscine on the south side of the building, the interesting arched niches over the high altar, and the sacrarium on the eastern side of the edifice. The elegant gothic arches con necting the round with the oblong portion of the building were filled up with an oak screen and glass windows and doors, and with an organ gallery adorned with Corin thian columns and pilastres and Grecian ornaments, which divided the building into two parts, altogether altered its original character and appearance, and sadly marred its architectural beauty. The eastern end of the church was, at the same time, disfigured with an enormous altar-piece in the classic style, decorated with Corinthian columns and Grecian cornices and entabla tures, and with enrichments of cherubims and wreaths of fruit, leave=, and flowers, exquisitely carved and beau tiful in themselves, but heavy and cumbrous, and quite at variance with the gothic character of the edifice. A huge pulpit and sounding-board, elaborately carved, • were also erected in the middle of the nave, forming a great obstruction to the view of the interior of the build ing, and the walls and all the columns were thickly clustered and disfigured with mural monuments.—Addi. son's History of the Knights Teniplar•s. LEASES TO FARMERS.—At a recent meeting of the Gloucester Farmers' Club, Earl Ducie said— " Those farmers who looked with dislike upon the pro gress of improvement, under the impression that it operated against themselves, could not entertain a greater mistake ; for, go through the length and breadth of England, and it would be seen that, where the landlord was found the most enlightened, the tenant was found in the most flourishing circumstances, the tenant knew his duty to his landlord, and the landlord to his tenant. For himself, he would say, that he never wished to see any man enter upon a farm without a lease ; but in re turn he (Lord Ducie) must have intelligence. He would not give a lease to one of the old school—a man who, because his father and his grandfather did so and so, refused to change. That was not the sort of man for him. _To a man of intelligence, on the other hand, he would give the most liberal encouragement. lie was sure it was a most mistaken idea to suppose that land lords would take advantage of their tenants, and raise their rents whenever there was a rise in the price of corn ; still he would regard the tenant as a fool who would sink money without the protection of a lease, be cause, however much confidence he might have in the landlord, he had no security for similar treatment in the event of a son or trustees becoming the managers. No man, in his opinion, was justified in expending money upon improvements, unless the value was secured to him, and his children after him by a lease." On Tuesday last, as the Rev. Henry Sweeting, only son of Henry Sweeting, Esq., solicitor, of Hunting don, was shooting in Godmanchester, in passing through a hedge his gun went off, and the charge passed through his left wrist. It was found necessary to amputate below the elbow, from which operation Mr. Sweeting we hear, is likely to do well.—Stamford Mercury. THE PRINCE OF WALES—IMPORTANT INFORMATION.—The Queen may or may not go through the ceremony of conferring knighthood on one who has been a knight presumptive ever since his patent as Prince of Wales passed the great seal. Whether ha is to be one of 25, or of 26, or 36, is nothing to the purpose; as plainly . as the language of statutes can de clare anything, he is as much a knight and as truly a knight as it is possible to make an infant ; and his knighthood requires no sort of confirmation, though it is fitting that at the earliest convenient opportunity he would be formally invested and installed.— T imes. DEATH OF SIR JOHN DUGDALE ASTLEY, BART.—We have to record the death of the above Ba ronet, who expired on Wednesday last, at Everleigh House, Wilts, in his 64th year. He was created a Ba ronet of the United Kingdom in 1821. The deceased married, in 1803, Miss Page, daughter of Mr. William Page, of Gosport, by whom he had issue several chil dren. His eldest son, Francis (now Sir Francis Dugdale Astley), was born 1805, and married, in 1826, the fourth daughter of Sir Thomas B. Lethbridge, Bart. The late Baronet represented Wiltshire in the House of Commons from 1820 to 1834. He was father of Viscountess Torrington. As a young man was returning home to his apartment in the Faubourg du Roule, between eleven and twelve o'clock two nights ago, he observed that he was followed by two suspicious looking men, and was upon his guard ; but was surprised on reaching the Place La borde by finding himself stopped by a third man of high stature and powerful frame, who made an attempt to seize him by the collar. The young man preserved his presence of mind, took out a pistol, and, levelling it close to the head of the assailant, declared in a firrn tone that he would fire if he did not suffer him to pass. This un expected threat so alarmed the man that he fell on the pavement. The young man profited by the opportunity and ran home closely pursued for some distance by the two others behind, who had not observed the discomfi ture of their confederate. t PREVALENCE OF DISTRESS.— INABILITY TO PAY THE RATES.—On the 25th of November last, an order was made by the Board of Guardians of the Chorl ton Union on the overseers of Gorton, Flixton, and Urmston, for the contributions of their respective town ships towards the Poor-rate. Not being able to raise what was necessary to meet the demand, they were sum moned to the Petit Sessions; and on Thursday the matter came on before P. M. James and Shakspeare Phillips, Esqrs. The Gorton overseers having been called on, Mr. Latham, clerk to the Chorlton Union, stated that there was an order made on them, on the 25th of November, for 3231. They had since paid 501, and a balance of 273/. still remained due. .Mr. Buckley, the assistant overseer of the township of Gorton, stated that the rates altogether amounted to 6401., 1081. of which :lad been paid. There was a great deal of empty property in, the township, which was included in the rate. A mill. rated to produce 881. 6s. 11d. and cottage property to produce 551. were empty. Besides these, there were ta great many of the people so poor that it was impossible to collect the rates from them. Mr. James—That is all very well, when addressed to the Board of Guardians; but the Magistrates cannot take that into considera tion ; the Justices have no power to prevent the issue of a warrant of distress, if the money is not raised.—Mr. Buckley said, the overseers had done everything in their power to collect the rate ; but they could not get it. He also complained, that the rates had been unnecessarily augmented. In 1826, the county rate only amounted to 96/. for the whole year ; while, in the last quarter, it considerably exceeded 100/. This was owing to the great expense incurred by the constabulary force. They were of no use whatever to the neighbourhood, though they cost the township 48/. 19s. 6d. for the last quarter. A war rant of distress was then ordered to be issued. The over seers of Flixton were next called on, but did not appear. The service of the summonses was proved ; and it was stated, that the sum due by them was 83/. A warrant of distress was granted. The overseers of Urmston having been called, Mr. Latham stated that they had made arrangements with the Board of Guardians for the payment of the rate. Mr. Latham then applied for, and obtained, a summons for the overseers of Didsbury, to show cause why they have not paid their contribution to the Poor-rate.---Manchester Guardian. MASONIC BALL.—A Masonic ball, in aid of the Freemasons' Asylum, will take place on Tuesday evening, which it is expected will be very numerously at tended. We understand that the members of the fra ternity present on this occasion will appear in the col lars and jewels of their iespectiv% grades, in compliment to the Royal christening. INTELLIGENT STEAMEns.—There is no end to the wonders of steam, as will be seen from the follow.. ' g account, taken from the O bserver. The Lightning L fi ust be equally indignant with the Warspite. Too bad to be compelled to put into Margate to get her machinery mended, when she expected to be in the presence of the King of Prussia at Ostend :—" Perhaps we should here state that any failure of respect which has occurred in the mode of conveying the King of Prussia to these shores must be attributed to the departmental function• aries alone. It cannot escape the eyes of his Majesty that the Firebrand steamer, on her first starting for Ostend, found that her boiler had a hole in it, and that she had to wait until this hole was tinkered up before she could move. Then, again, her figure-head was knocked off going down the river. The Lightning steamer had her machinery amiss, and was compelled to put into Margate. The Warspite and Vindictive frigates, ordered from high authority to escort his Majesty, did not accompany this crippled and beggarly steass S o tille. Again, we repeat, that the orders from the highest authority should have led to a different result ; but the unfortunate fact is, that notwithstaufllng all that the present Lords of the Admiralty have advanced respect ing the improved efficiency of the navy, they could not, on this most interesting ocmslon, find a better steam/ than one with a hole her boiler, and another with such ricketty machi_riery that she was compelled to seek refuge in Marette." Dr. Gilbert, Principal of Brasennose College, Oxford, and late Vice-Chancellor of the University, has been selected for the vacant See of Chichester. ' PCrSEYISM. —The inhabitants of Ryde, Isle of hoped tre will be e °F7eneesi: Wight, have addressed a strong memorial to the Arch , bishop of Canterbury against the pernicious doctrines of this hypocritical sect in the Church. "We have received from Venice," says the Moniteur Parisien, "the following details of the rail ' roads which ,are about to spread life and spirit through that country. The first proposed line was to I pass by Triviglio, but the more recent design was I to take the direction of Bergamo. The Govern*. ment has decided in favour of the former to the dissa tisfaction of the richest and most influential bankers'. _ s r e ; is thought that their discontent will lead them toecrean their aid to the Austrian Government in t of the great road it has undertaken, and whi th verse the Lombardo-Venetian kin o gd f o thtiei m:b4; 6 ll- i! vspe t sa d part of the railroad which is to run be tween acrossthe Padua, and for the construction Idt!shel unication .wifh Lagune, are in progress. It is Here th ere l a nd s d t efia o mm t c h am b e other a t places will be to light Venice with andthe r o o n ad e-h b a e l t f we o e f n tPhandubaridagend s b ai l ng, and is ex it e a g as * Peet that, by C w V o il e m l ni p c a b e n e y by a has la m rl e u di a n n n d s g e ;o l f: e n The gasometer is , lighted from it." June, St. , Mark 5-square an ? T S,. V • 7 . 4.1* - -.6 t•-s;s:: .-• 4 MORNING SUN THE TEMPLE CHURCH. • wich t pa ► aria ban" 1! Lf ne rive d ;;locit )ose`' For' too l