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

EVENING SUN - MR. AINSWOR:TH'S MISCELLANY, ILLUSTRATED BY GEORGE CRUIKSHANK. On the 29th of January will be published, price.Eighteenpence, the First Number of AINSWORTH'S MAGAZINE. A Monthly Miscellany of Romance, General Literature, and Art. Edited by W. HARRISON AINSWORTH, Esq., And illustrated with Designs on Steel and Woodcuts, By GEORGE CRUIKSHANK. Containing the Commencement of A NEW WORK by MR. AINSWORTH, entitled THE MISER'S DAUGHTER; a Tale of the Times of Ho garth ; with Two Illustrations cn Steel by George Cruikshank ; and Contributions from several of the most distinguished Writers of the day. " We are glad to observe that Mr. Ainsworth is on the eve of starting a Magazine of his own. There is hardly a literary man of the day more adapted for the Editorship of a monthly periodical ; a fact which has been abundantly proved by the lagreat success with which he has conducted Bentley's Miscel ny.' "—Observer. Hugh Condngharo, St. Martin's-place, Trafalgar-square. *,,-* Orders received by all Booksellers and Newsmen. GRATIS WITH THE " WEEKLY CHRONICLE" OF SATURDAY and SUNDAY the 29 th and 30 th JAN. , ASPLENDID SERIES of ENGRAV INGS, illustrative of the ROYAL CHRISTENING and its attendant Ceremonies. The Series will contain— The Baptismal Procession The Arms of the Sovereign The Ceremony at the Font 'The Arms of the Prince The Royal. Ban.qatt The Arms of the Knights of St. The Interior of §t z; George's George, both Bt itish and Fo- Chapel , „., : t. reign, The Interior of Sk.oeoyge's Hall And a Splenditrnistorical Subject, allegorically treated. The whole forming . a Magnificent Tableau of nearly 40 Subjects, drawn and engraved by the first Artists of the day. The same Paper also will contain the fallest prrticulars of this in teresting National Event. Sold by all Newsmen in Town and Country. Office, 337, Strand. Price Fivepence This day is published, pries O ne Shilli ng . THE CASE of . the BONA-FIDE HOLDERS of the REPUDIATED EXCHEQUER BILLS, BRIEFLY STATED. William Blackwood and Sons, 22, Pall-mall. • Just ready, in 3 vols. post Bvo., K ARA fl K.A PLAN Or, THE KOORDISH CHIEF. 'A -ROMANCE of PERSIA and KOORDISTAN. By the Hon. CHARLES STUART SAVILLE. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. THIS EVENING, JAN. 24, Her Majesty's Servants will perform the Play of THE MERCHANT OF VENICE, horn the Text of Shakspeare. Duke, Mr. 0. Bennett ; Antonio, Mr. Phelps ; Bassanio, Mr. Anderson; Lorenzo, Mr. Elton; Shylock, Mr. Maeready ; Portia, Mrs. Warner ; Neris.a, Mrs. Keeley ; Jessica, Miss E. Phillips. After nhich will be repeated the New Christmas Pantomime, ailed HARLEQUIN AND DUKE HUMPHREY'S DIN NER ; OR, JACK CADE, THE LORD OF LONDON STONE. Doors rt be opened at Ha'f past Six, and the Performance to begin It Seven o'clock. Boxes 55., Second Price, 2e. 6d. Pit 35., Second Price 2s. Lower Gallery Is. 6d., Second Pr ce Is. Upper Gallery Is., Second Price 6d. THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT-GARDEN. UNDER the MANAGEMENT of MADAME ViSTRIS. THIS EVENING, JAN. 24, Will be performed Ehakspere's MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM.—Theseus, Mr. Cooper; Quince, Mr. Bartley; Bottom, Mr. Harley ; Flute, Mr. Oxberry ; Snout, Mr. Mea dows ; Snug, Mr. F. Matthews ; Hermia, Mrs. Nisbett ; Oberon, Madame Vestris ; Titania, Mrs. Walter Lacy ; Puck, Miss Marshall; First Fairy, Miss Rainforth. After which will be repeated the New Grand Christmas Pantomime, entitled GUY EARL OF WARWICK ; OR, lABLEQUIN AND THE DUN COW. Doors to be opened at half-past Six—the performances to commence at Seven. Dress Boxes, 7s. ; Second Price, 3s. 6d.; First and Second Circles, ss. ; Second Price, 2s. 6d. ; Pit, 35.; Second Price. 2s. • Gallery, Is. Tickets and places for th e Boxes to be taken of Mr. Grogan at the Box-office, from Ten till Four, where Season Tickets may be had upon application. Private Boxes to be had so'ely of Mr. Andrews, bookseller, 157, New Bond-street. To-morrow, Elena liberti, with the Pantomime. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. UNDER THE MANAGEMENT AND MR. WILLIS JONES. Amazing attraction. First appearance of Mrs. Norma, and crowded Houses to witness Harlequin and the Ice Queen, the beat Pantomime of the Season. THIS EVENING. JAN. 24 Will be acted Haines' wonderfully successful Drama, enti tled ELIZABETH LAZARUS, THE JEWESS, founded on Captain Glasscock's " Land Sharks and Sea Gulls." After which, MRS. NORNIA, with Bellini'a Music. To conclude with a Grand Christmas Pantomime, entitled HARLEQUIN AND THE ICE QUEEN; OR, JACK FROST AND KING SHAM.—With gorgeous and charac teristic Scenery, splendid Properties, ludicrous and Quaint Dresses, ingenious Tricks, magnificent Panorama by Brun ming, &c. Hatlequin ' M. Huline ; Patch, M. Rochet ; Pan taloon, M. Lohman ; Flip, Signor Feliz Carlo ; Clown, Mr. Buckingham ; Columbine, Ss Al R Sharpe. —. Private and Public Boxes can be had of Messrs. Sams, Ebers, Mitchell, Andrews, and Seguin, during the run of this popu lar Pantomime. A splendid Transparency of the Queen and Prince of Wales, of immense magnitude will be exhibited over the Colonnade of this Theatre, on the Royal Christening Night. ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MR. OSRALDISTON. Splendid success of Domestic Drama, for which this Theatre stands unrivalled and alone. THIS EVF.NING, JAN. 24, Will he performed, a New Domestic Drama, in Three Acts, entitled THE STORY OF GERALDINE OR, THE TWIN ORPHANS OF ST. PRE.—Henri, Mr. E. F. Sa ville ; Huntingdon, Mr. Dale ; Claud, Mr. Seaman ; Jemmy Cottle, Mr. Gardner ' • Davy, Mr. Paul; Geraldine, Miss Vin cent, the acknowledged Heroine of Domestic Drama. After which, THE WILD IRISH GlRL.—Shelah O'May, Miss Vincent, in which she will dsnce her celebrated Donny brook Rant, and sing several humourous chaunts, and a new Medley Epilcgue. To conclude with the Grand Romantic Aerial Comic Pan tomime, entitled HARLEQUIN PETER WILKINS ; OR, THE KING OF THE AIR AND THE FLYING IN DIANS.—With new and extensive Scenery, Dresses, Decora tions, Tricks, Transformations, and Effects—A new Nautical Panorama, to be entitled " Our Native Sea-girt Isle !" con sisting of Maritime Views along the Coast of England. Also, a new Grand Dissolving Diorama, by Childe, the Great Illu sionist ' • and the Open.n ,, of the Pantomime supported by the Comic Talent of this—the Popular Theatre of London. Boxes, 2s.—Pit, I s.— 6cl.—Half-price to the Boxes only, at Half-past Eight. To-morrow, Geraldine, with The Wild Irish Girl, and Har equin Peter Wilkins. THE RAILWAY SUN . BEING OUT OF PRINT, WILL BE RE-PUBLISHED IN THE COURSE OF A FEW DAYS. TII E CHINA SUN, AND THE PARLIAMENTARY SUN, ARE STILL ON SALE, PRICE SIXPENCE EACH. Snn Office, Jan. 24, 1842. THE WEATHER.—NooN, JANUARY 24. ROYAL GALLERY OV SCIENCE, ADELAIDE-STREET. Thermometer... 29 Highest - 36 I Lowest . 2l Barometer 29.59. 7 -Wind S.E.—Freezing Point 22 Deg. ttiGD WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO.MORROW Morning 9 minutes after 0 I Evening 40 minutes after 0. The Publication of the Evening Elition of The Sus com menced at 15 oninute3 atter Three. IL*4 ) i 41* ov 0110:*, b . 40. 7,4 W1222,,,v f- • t • ." '°oiol 1 -.4r -11' "v 411:114. tary system, the offspring of Government, is a complete blunder; be it France, where dis content continually endangers the existence of the throne ; or be it England, where ter rible distress brands our so-called paternal Government as an imposter—where the proper .work of Government is done with even an approximation to propriety and success. On this account the idea of extending the sphere of the operations of Government over the sea seems at present pre-eminently absurd. At the same time the practical ignorance of these sea-police zealots is astonishing. They suppose that there are fleets of pirates at sea, and that they sack and sink vessels and murder the crews, without their deeds ever becoming known ; while the facts are, that no single pirate vessel ever makes her appearance in the ordinary track of merchantmen without the cir cumstance being soon known through every maritime community; and that the fate of few or none of the many ships which go to sea, ex eept the rotten timber ships, in which from the influence of the timber duties our seamen are annually drowned, remain unaccounted for. Piracy, therefore, is neither very frequent, nor, when it is committed, does it remain unknown. Scuttling vessels, or making their crews walk a plank, is a practice only of ancient times, and those who would now establish a police to pre vent it must be better read in the history of the Buccaneers than i:n.Lloyd's Lists. Modern pi rates are all plunckrers, and rarely wholesale murderers. Their humanity has outgrown the practice of drowning the whole crew to conceal the evidence of their guilt. The motives which they have for piracy lead them into some port to sell their plunder, and as almost every part of . the world is now under, or near the jurisdiction of some settled Government, every act of piracy is soon published to the world, and a means taken to apprehend the pirates- It is one feature of this case, that the piracy must be committed by some one species of ves sels, while the species of vessels which traverse , he seas are extremely numerous. In model.] times pirate vessels are generally small, low brigs or schooners. They must be armed, and they must carry an unusual number of men. The pirate vessel must be either a schooner, a brig: a ship, or a barque. She is either long and low, or short and broad, of the size of 100 tons, or 300 tons. She is a clipper or junk, or of some Particular and almost unmistakeable deScription. To prevent such a pirate escaping, it would not only be needless, it would be a waste of time, and tend to his escape, were the cruiser sent after him to stop and overhaul every vessel that might be in his track, though as different from him as a river-barge from one of her Majesty's war. steamers. But when acts of piracy have been committed, and the pirate vessel is described, we believe that the captains and crews of merchant vessels, so far from obstructing cruisers in finding out the pirates, would, in the great majority of cases, lend their most willing aid. Their lives and pro- perty are in jeopardy from the pirates, and in• stead of resisting examination by any men-of war, they would appeal to the men-of-war in their vicinity, of whatever nation, for protection, and be sure to find it. Nor would any captain of a merchant vessel, nor even a captain of an Ame- rican man-of-war, to whom it should be ex plained, that piracies had been committed in the neighbourhood, that his vessel corresponded to the description given of the pirate, object to show who and what he was, or in any way en deavour to thwart a cruiser which was in pur. suit of some marauder. It is true that we call the slave-trade piracy, and in suppressing that we are thwarted; but, henious as the offence is, we have no right to quarrel with those nations which have not yet become, after we had car- ried it on for many years, converts to our mo dern opinions. Those who will not help us to suppress the slave-trade will willingly help us to suppress that piracy which preys on their ship ping as well as on ours. We contend, then, in opposition to those who demand a great system of maritime police to prevent or suppress piracy, that a system of police amply sufficient to the purpose already practically exists. It will be time enough to doubt it when some national flag has protected a known and acknowledged pirate. We contend, too, that practically a recognized right of search, so jar as is necessary for the suppression of piracy already exists, and is cheerfully and willingly submitted to, and enforced by, all maritime nations. - We further contend that it would be quite unnecessary to stop all ships, a great Indiaman for example, even when piracy was . . _ _ _ common, committed by a Baltimore clipper per• haps, to make them prove that they were not pirates, while it would be most absurd and mis. chievous to stop them when no piracy was heard of. To suppose that there is a necessity for a general sea police to examine all vessels, in order to prevent piracy, is tantamount to sup posing that every man who walks or rides abroad, must be stopped by some Government authority, and made to give at account of him- self, even when no robberies are ever heard of. What the Americans resist, and most justly, is, using the suspicion of piracy as a pretext for stopping their vessels, and subjecting them to the brutal insolence of a sea police. Far from blaming them for that, we think they are per• fectly In the right, and we hope that the ship. owners of England will imitate their example we are sure they will if they study their own in• terest, and protest at once against establishing a general maritime police, for which a whole herd of ignorant unthinking writers are now daily and weekly calling. Sir ROBERT PEEL has given the vacant Bkhopric of Chichester' to Dr. GILBERT, the Principal of Brazen Nose College, and the staunch opponent of the Puseyites. He was the person who called the orthodoxy of Mr. WIL- I MANS in question, and organised the oppositions to him on acc')unt of his theological opinions. For his opposition to the Puseyites and his triumph over them Sir R. PEEL has rewarded him. We at once see which theological party is in the ascendant, and that Sir ROBERT is resolved to restore harmony to the Church by quashing Puseyism. He may affront many friends by that, he may kindle the anger of the Puseyite Post and the Puseyite Times, but he is so strong, and so much the necessity of his party, that he may despise them all, and neither Puseyite Journals, nor Puseyite Parsons, will show any anger at his decision. LONDON • MONDAY, JANUARY 24, 1842. We read in the daily and weekly papers, in leaders and in letters, a great deal of what we must take the liberty to denominate ignorant gabble, about Piracy, all of which ends in some reclamation . against the monstrous folly that to hoist. an American flag is of supposing to protect a pirate, or in favour of a general police of the seas to overhaul all vessels and to secure commerce against piracy. From the per severing industry of these writers it might be suppOsed that every quarter of the world is in fested with pirates, who could not be put down because they are protected by some national flag. The reverse is the case, and with the exception of the slave trade, which has only recently been declared piracy—and which the money -loving planters of our colonies are extremely anxious to renew, "diszuised under another mune—the sea,7, it is believed, never werelnore completely free from piracy in every quarter than at prevent. •We have heard of one American vessel having been recently boarded and plundered ; ice have heard of pirate junks i n t h e Chinese seas, and of some pirate boats on the cco of Greece ; but, in general, we repeats piracy is seldom heard of. The zeal of these scribblers to subject com merce to new thralls, is the sickly offspring of the false theory that nothing in this wide world can lie well done which is not done or controlled by Governments, and which would have a police with passports for the sea, as there is upon the land, so that no man or ship should voyage or travel an inch without a ticket from some con stituted authority. At the present day, as is now generally acknowledged, there is no part of the world—be it the United States, where the mone- We think that they are very properly treated. They could not have been more contemptuously slighted had they gone to the poll and been de feated. Their retreat betrayed the insincerity of their own professions, and invited the opponents of their theology to despise them. If it be true, as asserted, that the Puseyites are merely looking for promotion in the Church, this decisive step of the Premier will soon silence them, and probably extinguish the sect for ever. That would be a pity, the men are so learned. We believe with retzret that no steps have yet been taken to form and lead an Opposition dur ing the ensuing Session of Parliament. If they have, they are so secret that those most inte rested in the knowledge have received no com munication on the subject. This is not as it should be; and if the late leaders of the Li• beral party decline the honour, perhaps be cause they cannot make up their minds to sanction the enlarged demands of the Anti-Corn-law people, they ought, in courtesy to many disinterested and staunch followers, to make known their intentions. They were mainly instrumental in making the Corn-law repeal, or modification, a party question, and it will not be manly to run from the helm while the storm which they have evoked is raging. We hope, speedily to hear, therefore, that Lord Jowl RUSSELL has asked the Opposition Members to meet him, and is prepared, by a bold and just policy, again to unite the bulk of the people around the Liberal standard. With respect to the great question of the Corn. MMINN.I THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY, JANUARY 24, 1842. laws, that is now placed in such a position that the Legislature cannot shirk- it. We need ad vocate it no more; it has penetrated into the hearts of the people, and the abolition has be come, as it were, an indestructable part of the national mind. The Corn-laws have been taken up by the ministers of religion, removed from the domain of calculating economy, and placed, like wilful murder, in the category of crimes. To argue that fraud can be bene ficial, that murder is injurious, is a ridiculous superfluity. In fact, the public has taken the question out of the hands of its newspaper advo cates, and in spite of all opposition will carry it to a successful issue. The zealous and fervent men who carried the slavery abolition, and are now zealous also to carry Corn-law abolition, will admit, we are sure, of no compromise; they will not sit patient under, much less sanction, half a felony; and now that the question is in their hands, sliding scales and fixed duties must both be given up. The speeches of MM. GUIZOT and TRIERS upon the Address in answer to the Speech from the Throne, occupy the leading columns of the French Journals of Friday. M. TRIERS, the ora tor, is a mighty favourite with the French public; but M. TRIERS, the statesman, has almost gone quite out of date. All admit that he is clever, but nobody believes him to be honest. The policy which he reprobates now as ruinous to France he would adopt to-morrow, if Minis ter, at the bidding of the KING. M. TRIERS spoke for two hours in the Chamber on Thursday, and the - DeputieS loudly applauded . him; but when it came to the vote he found himself in a miserable minority. His eloquence kicked the beam when weighed in the balance against M. GUIZOT'S honesty. It is ever thus in the long run. Talent, like the hare in the fable, may outstrip all competition at the outset, but public honesty, like the Tortoise, is sure to be first at the goal. • It would be a waste of time to attempt a reply to the sophistries of M. TRIERS. While the Eastern question remained unsettled, we were not behind 'any of our Contemporaries in the ex pression of strong and decided opinions about it. Nothing that can now be written upon it can change its character as anaccomplished fact; and therefore we shall leave it as it is, and as we earn estly sought to make it. M. THIERS is disaffected, and rails accordingly ; we have nothing to object to, and can therefore afford to be silent. M. DE SALVANDY has made his appearance in the Chamber of Peers. The Ministers looked as if they could well dispense with his pre sence, but the learned pink of diplomatists is a favourite at Court, and can therefore afford to be eyed askance by M. GUIZOT. M. DE SAL VANDY disappointed and deceived the Cabinet, because he had secret instructions from the KING which he prefered following. The day before yesterday, M. de Gerente, Adminis trator of the King's Privy purse, was called upon to answer the following curious claim, made by a M. Le bian, upon the King, and which he attempted to enforce by a civil action in the Tribunal de Premiere Instance. M. Lebian is a most indefatigable, and, as he believes himself, a most ingenious engineer and mechanist. A few days ago he invented an engine, whereby, according to his own prospectus, 45,000 bullets might be discharged at once against an enemy, by a machine worked by one man, and capable of being moved by two horses only. M. Lebian applied to the Prefect of Police for permission to exhibit this warlike engine, but the experiment was thought too dangerous, and was not allowed. Upon this the engi neer sent a model of his machine to the King, and after a time delivered a bill of sale for 400,000 f., as a price agreed upon. No such contract had, however, been made, and the manine was soon after returned to its inventor. M. Lebian then directed his genius to more pacific pursuits, and sent to his Majesty an apparatus in bronze for preserving the trees in the Tuileries, and at the same time embellishing the garden. For this he claimed the more moderate sum of 2,800£ This being likewise declined, he addressed numerous petitions to his Majesty, in one of which he had the modesty to write—" Sire, I conceived that my money was secured as by a mortgage on a mine of gold ; but I find it is even more difficult to obtain payment from Kings and Princes than from private men." Having at length de sisted from his claim as a right, he made an appeal to his Majesty's munificence, and received a donation of 200 f. Since this act of bounty, M. Lebian renewed his demand of 2,800 f., and at length brought it into Court. The claim, however, was easily rebutted, and M. Lebian's suit was dismissed, with costs. The warrant for the execution of Serein, the murderer of the two children, arrived at Orleans on Monday. On being informed by his Confessor that his last day was come, he said he was prepared, and immediately went to the chapel, and heard mass, beating his breast in sign of compunction. While the usual ceremony of cutting off his hair was being performed, he suffered this exclama tion to escape him—" Only think that they are going to sever my poor body." At twelve o'clock he was taken to the scaftbld, which he mounted with firm steps, and in a moment after justice was done upon him. An immense crowd was assembled on the occasion. NEW LIGHT-ROUSE AT CALAIS.—The French Govern ment has given notice, that on the Western Jetty Head of Calais Harbour, which has been recently extended 269 yards, a small fixed light is now exhibited, and is visible at three miles distance; but in bad weather it may be impossible to approach the extreme end of the Jetty, and in that case it will not be lighted. Until the Ist of May next this light will be shown, and extinguished at the same time as the tide light on Fort Rouge; but after that date the new light will continue all night. The Havre Journals mention that on Tuesday, the town was enveloped in an almost unparalleled dense fog, so that at four in the afternoon no object could be seen in the streets at a few paces off ; even .the shop and gas lamps were invisible. It was completely a ground fog, for at an elevation of ten yards the sky was free from clouds and the sun shining. It was also entirely confined to the town, for at the end of the pier the weather was perfectly clear. On Wednesday morning the town was free from the vapour, which seemed to have been carried by the current up the river. - A skate was ;old in the fish-market of Antwerp, a few days since, weighing upwards of 801bs. The Journal du Havre gives the following, extract of a letter from the Captain of the Ferdinand, dated Guade loupe, Nay. 20 :—" On Octobcr 9, when within eleven leagues of Oussant, I fell in with the English ship Ho rus, totally . dismasted. Although the weather was bad, I ran to within speaking distance, hove to, and offered to save the crew. This was repeatedly refused, and I was, therefore, obliged to continue on my way without them. On the following day I was overtaken by a vio lent storm, which lasted till the 19th." The Toulon Papers state that the Brandon Govern- ment steamer, which was recently wrecked near Port Mahon, has been entirely broken up by the force of the waves. Only a portion of her machinery can be saved. When the vessel struck on the rocks she fell with her keel towards the shore, and her deck exposed to the full wash of the waves, and under such circumstances it was almost a miracle that any of her crew were saved. As has been already mentioned, only four lives were lost. Another destructive fire occurred at Nantes a few nights ago in the sugar refinery of M. Lemaitre. Being only eight o'clock when the flames were discovered, as sistance was readily procured, and the conflagration was prevented from extending beyond the building in which it broke out. This, however, was wholly destroyed. No lives were lost, and the property is believed to have been secured. A few days ago, says a Lyons journal, a female, 92 years of age, who enjoys perfect health, presided at a banquet at which 28 of her children and grandchildren were present. Eighteen were absent, but they have been invited for another dinner next autumn. Her entire family consists of 18 distinct establishments all in easy circumstances, and the most perfect union is said to pre vail in them. At the dinner which has just taken place, one of the sons of this lady, in proposing her health, predicted that she would live eight years longer to com plete her century. She replied—" My dear children, may your prediction be accomplished. I am very con tented in this world, for you render me the happiest of mothers. I recommend to all young couples what God recommended to the first man, in the earthly paradise : ' Increase and multiply."' After the dinner, the old lady joined in the dance for an hour with her children, some of whom were nearly 70 years old. The lndustriel of Rheims, of the 19th, says wr e 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 of the members 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 commissioned 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. BOURSE—PARIS, FRIDAY, JAN. 21. First Highest Lowest Last Price Price. Price. Price. French 5 per Centr ll7 15 118 1.7 85 —. 11l 4 per Cents lO2 40 .. 1112 40 ... 102 41 ... 102 10 3 per Cant. 7B 95 - 79 .. 74 PO .. 79 dank of Prance...-. Lattitte Bank 1.0 . 00 t. Shares 1025 ...1025 ...1025 ...1425 5,000 f. Shares 5030 ...5030 .4027 50 ...5027 50 Belgian Bank ......... 785 ... 717 50 ... 781 ... 757 50 1811 .. 1(25 ... 1025 ... 1125 ... 1025 Belgian 5 per Cents. 1004 ... 104% 1041 i .. 104 5 per Cents., 1149 105% ... 105.14 ... 105,6 IGS Dutch 2% per Cents. s p inish Active 2,5% 25 ... 2514 ... 2531 Passive .. 54 .. 5% ... 5 Portugueses per Cent 5..,,,,, 21 28% 1114 ... Neapolitan 104% .. 1045 104 104 4 RAILWAYO SHA. It. Germain 877 ES 50 ... $4O ... 875 Vertatlies, H. Z L.B 2J7 50 210 207 50 ... 210 Rouen 485 485 ... 485 ... 485 Itontpel ~ et to Cette Orleans .. 532 50 ... 540 532 50 ... 510 itrasbarg co B.ale 230 ~. 231 25 ~, 230 ... 231 25 SUMMARY OF NEWS AND public eptitton. 4 . Who runs may read." FOREIGN. The Journal des Debats comments with much severity, because with much truth, upon M. Thiers' speech upon the Eastern question, delivered in the French Chamber of Deputies. The Debats shows that for six years M. Thiers laughed at every position which he now lays down as immutable. The Presse is even more severe on the ex-President of the Council than the Debats. According to that jour nal M. Thiers is only influenced by a desire to regain office, having no regard whatever to p r i nc ipl e . The National considers M. Thiers' speech clever and patriotic, but adds, that the orator is himself not to be trusted by any party. Office is the only loadstone which has attractions for the noisy, bustling historian of the Revolution. Some rumours having been circulated that the King was unwell, the Debuts says :--" These reports are to tally unfounded; .the King's health continues to be very good, with the exception of a slight cold. His Majesty has not ceased to transact public business. The Temps states that sixty-nine Journals of depart ments have given in their adhesion to the " declaration" published a short time since by the Paris Opposition papers. The Comte de Rohan Chabot, French Consul-General in Egypt, has arrived at Marseilles from Alexandria. Not motive is given for his visit to France. P17333L10 OPINION. The 7'imes has an article on the subject of the Niger Expedition, the object of which is to show that the whole thing was a mere delusion, and that its utter failure might have been anticipated. "Not a single item," says our Contemporary, "in the whole catalogue of splendid impossibilities has been realised ; but lives of more value than the whole genus of Buxtons and Stephens have been sacrificed in making the experiment. The frothy speeches and the unmeaning applause. have thrown families into mourning ; the lavish expenditure . of public money has made, not one freeman in Africa, but many widows in England." The Advertiser is of opinion that if Sir Robert Peel adopt any plain, definite principle at all, he cannot but help on the cause of Reform ; and adds that if he con tinue submissive and docile under the hands of the Richmonds and Buckinghams ; adopt the landlords' in terests, and echo their insane cry of no surrender ; how ever ho may gloss over his course with specious and artful phrases, the triumph of Sunderland will be fol lowed by a lor b , ' list of similar successes that will wast e his strength in Parliament, and leave him only the mi serable shadow of power. The Herald congratulates its readers on the appoint ment of Dr. Gilbert to the Bishopric of Chichester, re marking that on personal grounds this nomination is very satisfactory, but that in the existing condition of the Church it is invaluable. The chief reason for our Contemporary's satisfaction is, that the new Bishop is a staunch Anti-Puseyite. The Chronicle states that the time is close at hand when Sir Robert Peel must have done with vague pro ftssions and generalities, and speak boldly out as to what he means, or does not mean, to do. " Il• must let us know," adds the Chronicle," whether he is for, or against, any effectual relaxation of the Corn-laws--whether he means to hold by, or give up, the New Poor-law--whether he means to restrict the use of machinery and the hours of adult labour—whether he is fur Lord Stanley's Registra tion Bill, or against it. It will be a fatal moment for the Tory Ministry when they have thus to declare them selves." The Post scouts the idea that the Tories are anxious to repeal the Reform Act ; and states, "if we read our Conservative Prime Minister aright, nothing which does not find favour with the public, will find favour with him. We do not praise him on that account—far from it. He will find plenty to do so, and will not miss our voice." The Liverpool Journal observes, in an article on Mr. Cresswell's retirement from the representation of that town :—" We are on the verge of the assembling of Par liament, and nothing is known of the intentions of the Ministry beyond the notorious fact that they do not know their own, and that secret dissensions in the Cabinet sup ply the place of interminable debates in the House of Commons; while every reflecting man is impressed with the conviction, that nothing but prompt and vigorous commercial reform can avert total and overwhelming ruin." The Glasgow Saturday Post, speaking of the recent application of th e D er b y an d N o ttingham stocking weavers to Prince Alb ert , says —" When the great mass of the middle class, purchasers of silk hosiery, are com pelled from poverty to descend to woollen hose, and whilst those who purchased hose of woollen manufac ture, have to dispense with the use of hose of every kind, the manufacturers of Nottingham and Derby have gone on a wild goose chase, to a certainty, when they expect their depressed trade to be resuscitated by the introduc tion of a new fashion at Court, just as if some new con sumption of the tens could replace the withdrawn con sumption of the thousands." The Scotsman remarks :—" It is plain that the corn lords will resort to the most desperate shifts, rather than consent to a timely and honourable surrender. One would have imagined that if unable to escape from the trammels of the Buckingham faction, the friends of Sir Robert Peel would at least have attempted some sort of justification, some show of argument for maintaining a position so clearly proved to be untenable without ruin to the nation. But no. Their simple cry is for protection." We take the following from the Leeds Times :—" The entire legislation-of this country has been converted into a means of making the poor men keep the rich. The object of government has been completely lost sight of ; and the ends for which it exists have been entirely frus trated by the aristocratic class to whose exclusive ma nagement it has been committed. It oppresses far more then it protects." The Dublin Evening Post thus alludes to the prospects of the Orange party at the approaching Dublin election : " There is a considerable stir amongst the Guilds, the Lodges, and the Conventicles. Tongues are wagging fast enough—but no money is' corning in. Even the Orange papers do not pretend that they are very well off in regard to cash. The freemen, who, generally speaking, will do nothing for nothing, are looking inqui sitively at the election agents of Young Hopeful.' The following is from the Bristol Mercury :--" The present Government can only be carried on by a union of force and fraud. The fraud will doubtless be sup plied in abundance by the tricksters, trimmers, and apostates to be found in its ranks, whilst the force will be duly furnished by those high-minded gentry who wish to go a point beyond the Duke of Newcastle's prin ciple, and to do what they like' with what is no their own.' " MONEY-TNAIIE-COMMERCE. Two hundred thousand men ar© about to be dis• banded from the present Austrian armies, to be em ployed as workmen on the great railways. Nottingham, it is stated, never witnessed such distress among the working-classes, as at the present moment; emigration is adopted through despair. The cloth trade of Leeds is dull and stationary ; at Huddersfield the market-days are bad and deplorable ; at Rochdale the same. The Bradford piece -market is a little better. The Manchester cloth -market is again de pressed. A clerk, belonging to a public establishment in Exeter, has absconded with about I,OOCI. with which he was temporarily entrusted for a specific purpose. A number of lathe:: of Leicester have formed them selves into a society for the purpose of administering relief to destitute female emigrants. The ladies of Hinckley have also organised themselves for the same purpose. 1)r. Bowring stated at a meeting of the Mitcham Anti- Corn-law Association on Friday, that in Bolton at the present minute there were 9,000 persons whose weekly earnings amounted to no more than 91d. per week. On Wednesday next a great district delegate meeting takes place at Birmingham, to take into consideration the dreadful destitution of the neighbouring parts. Every place of importance within 30 or 40 miles of Bir mingham will have its delegates present. Tho mechanics at Bromsgrove, chiefly employed in the making of nails, have recently been put• by the prin cipal manufacturers on short work, who also allow them only to earn a fixed sum per week, not more than two thirds of their former earnings. At Leicester the distress is greater than at any former period ; there are upwards of five hundred inmates in the Union Workhouse. The Lord Mayor has issued a notice recommending that on Tuesday, the day of Christening, all city busi ness be suspended in honour of the occasion. Guildhall, the Government offices, the Bank, South Sea House, and Docks, as all other public establishments, will be closed. I:X.ECTIONEEIrqNG. The Tory candidate named for Liverpool in the room of Mr. Cresswell, is Sir Howard Douglas, formerly Com missioner of the lonian Isles. He was candidate for the borough once before, when he was defeated. NAVAL. AND rinCLITAN.Y. The three ships Fantome, Brisk, and Waterwitch, after a cruise of two months on the coast of Angola, for the suppression of the slave-trade, have captured 33 slave vessels, and liberated 3,427 negroes. Two Naval Grand Crosses of the Bath are vacant by the deaths of Admirals Sir J. Wells and Sir J. Rowley; and one Knight Commandership by the decease of Sir G. Scott. It is stated by a gentleman who has been on board the steamers of tho expedition to Africa, that the cabins were almost like baker's ovens, and must have been far too hot to be healthy. The conversion of the Warspite, 74, which was never a handsome ship, into a razee, will, it is said, add both to her beauty and speed. LAW AND POLICE , John Gough, the ninth of the South Wraxallburglars, and who i s b e li eved to have b een t h e man who pointed the pistol a t Miss Jtwdrv's head, is now in custody; close pursuit is also being ma d e a fter other suspected parties. Baron I'arke's s evere attac k of gout confines him at York, and hi n d ers hi m from atten di ng his duties in th e Court of Exchequer this term. Delahunt, on Thursday last, made a full confession of his murder of the boy Maguire. Three incendiarisrns have taken place within the last week—one to a ba rn i n t h e par i s h of Potton, Bedford, insured ; a second i n th e rta ck-yard of Mr. Meakin, farmer, at Burrow as h , Notts, destroying wheat and farming implements worth 80L, and wholly uninsured ; a third at Kirton-Lindsay, consuming two wheat-stacks belonging to Mr. Barnard. This last is the second which has occurred within the last month in the same town. WINE ANTS. Four full-length portraits, and three historical pictures, have been ordered to be painted by M. Alanx, the French artist, for the Grand Chamber in the new palace on the Quai d'Orsay. The portraits are to be of L'Hopital, Etienne Pasquier, Nicolai, and Colbert. The pictures of events which have been transacted in that Chamber by St. Louis, Napoleon, and Louis Philippe. _ LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC. Or students from King's. College, London, one appears in the list of honours just put forth at Cambridge as, a Senior Wrangler, and five others as Wranglers : among the Senior Optimes also it claims five. MUSICAL. The Promenade Concerts were resumed by M. Lau rent at the English Opera House, on Thursday, under the direction of Signor Orsini. The Melodists' Club will hold its first meeting on Thursday next. Mr. Braham left for Boston on the 21st ult., where he was to give a concert on the following day, THEJITRICA3C. M. Deshayes, and part of the corps de ballet, arrived from Boulogne en Friday, and preparations for the new baltet on the opening night, the 26th of next month, have already commenced. In addition to Grisi, Per siani, Mario, Runconi, Lablache, and Loewe, the direc tor has secured the services of Madame Frezzoleni Pozzi and her husband. SPORTING. In the Royal Parks yesterday the ice was in excellent condition. The numbers who skaited on the Serpentine exceeded, it is supposed, 3,000. The ornamental water in the Regent's Park was also thronged, and not less than 20,000 persons must have entered the enclosure. A landrail or corneraik, tivery:unusual bird to be killed in winter, was shot by Rigby Wason, Esq., M.P., on the lands of Drumlamford on the 10th. Six couple of prime fox-hounds were recently sent to Canada, by Sir John Power, of Kilfane, and are now hunting with the garrison of Montreal. PITETAC 'IMPROVEMENTS. Lord Melbourne has transmitted 101. to the Mel bourne Mechanic's Institution, now in course of formation. A new Corn-Exchange is about to be erected at Cam bridge. The Earl of Hardwicke has subscribed 501. towards it. COURT-rasHION.A.UX.Z. The Duke of Wellington, Sir Robert and Lady Peel, and several of the Cabinet Ministers, leave town to-mor row for Windsor Castle, The Duchess of Northumberland left Alnwick Castle on Tuesday last, and arrived in town on Thursday. The Duke:of Rutland comes to town to-clay from Bel voir Castle, to be present at the Royal Christening. The Earl and Countess of Cardigan's party at Deene Park broke up on Saturday last. The Earl of Denbigh left town on Saturday for his residence at Bushey. Lord Lyndhurst and the Hon. Miss Copley arrived in George -street on Friday from Turville Park for the season. 2VIXSCIIIMANEGUS. The damage done to the Reform Club-house by the late accidental fire is not more than 81. or 101. Lady Louisa Murray, wife of Sir George Murray, Master-General of the Ordnance, died yesterday, at the age of sixty-five. At the age of forty-one she married Lieutenant-General Sir J. Erskine; and leaves by her second husband, Sir George, an only daughter. A violent attack was made on the Socialist members at Whitehaven last week ; the chapel where the lectures were delivered was assailed by a crowd of infuriated men and women, and every thing demolished within. Thompson and Buchanan, two Socialists, were savagely beaten, and their clothes torn, and the houses of other Socialists in the town partially destroyed. One reason for the attack is reported to have been an insult received by a female from a Socialist. No re-decoration of Buckingham Palace has taken place for the reception of the King of Prussia, as was reported. Sixty-six addresses of congratulation on the birth of the Prince of Wales were registered in Friday night's Gazette. Bunny Church, Nottingham, was attempted to be set fire to on Friday week. One of the pew-doors was smeared with combustible liquid, and bits of deal, staves, &c., had been ignited, but fortunately gone out. The incendiary remains undiscovered. A meeting was to take place at 10 o'clock this morn ing at Guildhall of the Lord Mayor and Common Council, to consider the best mode of testifying their respect for the King of Prussia. THE KING OF PRUSSIA. His Majesty the Kin°. of Prussia left Winds or Castle this morning, and came to town by a spe cial train on the Great Western Railway, from Slough. His Majesty proceeded to West minster Abbey, and spent some time in inspecting that sacred edifice. His Majesty also paid a visit to her Majesty the Queen Dowager Adelaide, at her residence, Marlborough House, where An elegant dejeune was served, of which his Majesty partook. His Majesty will leave the metropolis in the afternoon, and will return by•a special train to Windsor Castle to dinner, when a grand banquet will be given in honour of his Majesty. (FROM A. CORRESPONDENT.) During this morning his Majesty the King of Prussia, attended by his suite, went over the works of the new Houses of Parliament, and af terwards visited Westminster Hall. There was a large crowd assembled in Palace-yard, and his Majesty was loudly cheered both on leaving and on re-entering his carriage. THE DUKE OF CLEVELAND. We regret to learn that there is no alleviation of his Grace's symptoms. Sir H. Halford and Dr. Chambers visited their patient this morning, and remained for some time. At one o'clock a bulletin was exhibited, of which the following is a copy _ _ " itis Grace thej Duke of Cleveland remains in the same state of danger. " Sr. James's•square, Jan. 24, 1842." MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS, CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. LI VERPOOL COTTON MARKET, JAN. 22.—The market continues in a dull inactive state, about 3,000 bales find ing purchasers in the trade. In prices there is no alteration. LIVERPOOL SHARE MAREET, JAN. 22.—The quo tations principally on demand at the close of the week:— Eastern Counties, 8; ; Debentures, 101.95. 2d.; Grand Junction, 195 196 ; Half do., 97k; London and Birming ham, Half shares, 57k; Manchester and Leeds, quarter shares, ; 31. 18s. 6d. Midland Counties, 84 ; North Mid land, New, 36 ; York and North Midland, 92 ; Paris and Rouen, 13. ' MANCRESTER STOCK EXCIIANOE, JAN. 22.—We have had very little business doing to-day. Local Bank Shares are more in demand. Midland Counties, 83 to 82 ; Great Western, 88 ; Manchester and Leeds, 72 to 73 ; London and Birmingham, 169 to 171:4 ; Sheffield and Manchester, 30 to 32. There are no later arrivals to-day from any quarter. THE FUNDS, Both the English and Foreign S ecurities opened at the leaving-off prices of Saturday. Consols for Money 89i ~ and 89 i for the Account ; Th ree p er C en t s . Re duced, 89g 13-; Ditto Three-and-a-Half, 99 ; Exchequer Bills, 17 19 prem. Spanish Active Stock, 24g 25 ; Portuguese Five per Cents. 34i ; ditto Threes, 20i 1. PRIC 1./:8 OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE. K.'. it WAYS. Paid. Per Share. Eastern Counties _„Ditto- Debentures —Bl. 6s. Bd. 101. 6s. Bd. to Great Western Ditto New Ditto Fifths ......... ... .. 4 Loislon am Brighton 50 ...... 37 ... .. to —. London and Birmingham 90 169}...... to 170 Ditto i Shares London and South Western 3B} 59 to Midland C Junties lOO ...... 110 ...... to Northern and Eastern HALF PAST ONE. There has been but Etas, business transacted in the Stock Exchange this morning, and the only alteration to notice is in Spanish Active Stock, which has advanced to 25k; Portuguese Five per Cents. are 331, and the Threes 20; Colombian Bonds, 22/. Consols firm at 89i for Money, and 89/ for the Account; Exchequer Bills 17 19, premium. Very little doing in Shares; quotations the same as Saturday. To-morrow will be a close holiday at the Stock Ex change. TWO O'CLOCK. Consols, Money, 891 a ; Account, 891 ; Colombian, 22i; Mexican, 29i i; Portuguese, 33134; Spanish, 25k. QUARTER TO THREE. The action of the banking institutions upon the cur rency of the country is of so much importance as to cause the pericdical returns to be watched with con siderable interest. The statement in the Gazette of last Friday evening, shows a falling off of nearly one million sterling in the total paper currency of the united kingdom, but which, trom the pay ment of the dividendJ, hai not straitened the money market. The Bank of England has a steadily-in creasing amount of the precious metals in its cof era ; for, while by the November return, it was only 4,218,0000/, it is now 5,629,0001, or an increase of 1,411,0001. in three months. Such a rapid improvement cannot but be highly satisfactory, and will enable the Directors of the - Bank, who have lately reduced their circulation to extend greater facilities to the trading community. ELIZA PENNING'S TRIAL ~..The first official report of Eliza Fenning's singular trial was printed for the celebrated Wm. Hone, dedicated to the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor, to. the Worshipful the Aldermen, .to the Hon. the Common Council, and the worthy Livery men and Citizens of the City of London, 1815. Original Correspondent. BRISTOL SUGAR MARKET, FRIDAY, 21st. —A few lots of the remaining small stock have been disposed of at very full prices, averaging 2s. to 3s. 4bove the London market. The trifling quantity in first hands in Bristol will, in all probability prevent any decline here, although the demand is evidently becoming more languid in other . ports.—Bristol Mercury. There is no intention on the part of the Govern ment to order the theatres to be opened gratuitously to the public on Tuesday evening next. Dr. Gilbert, Principal of Brasennose College, Oxford, and late Vice-Chancellor of the University, has been selected for the vacant See of Chichester. The Stockton shipowners have resolved to lay up their vessels rather than continue them in the coal trisde, at the present ruinous freights._Sunderland Hqald. LLOYD'S SHIPPING—(THIS DAY.) LONDON .rAN. 24.—Wind this day at noon N.W. PEAL, JAN. 22.—Wind S.E.. moderate : 23, W.N.W.. N. W. to N., squally.—Arrd. John Knox, Fore t, Cal cutta, 23d ; Adrastus, Hughes, Singapore ' • Swallow, Sunman, Fayal ; Mount Vernon, James and Ann, John Taylor, and Argestes, westward ; Wanderer and Alli gator schooners, do. Arrd. from the River, Miranda, for Antigua ; Euxine, Bombay ; Prince Albert, Cape ; Berkeley, London ; Lady Catherine Barham, Jamaica ; Ontario, New York; Coquette, Cape Patinas ; Florence, Madeira ; Princess Royal, Constantinople ; Clio, Malta, 7 P.m. The outw ar d b oun d are preparing to sa i l, OFF MARGATE, JAN. 23.—Arrd. Crusader, Inglis, with loss of sails, &c. RAMSGATE, JAN. 23.--Arrd. Despatch, Dania, for • London, assisted in with loss of cutwater, jib-boom, &c. LIVERPOOL, JAN. 22.—Wind S.S.E., fresh. -23, N., fresh.—Arrd. Osprey, Bombay ; Peru, Smith. Benin— sailed Nov. 13 ; Allegheny, Michaels, Alkmar; Eustis and Eurotas, Crosby, Charleston ; Princess Victoria, Gilbert, Trieste ; Milton, Rio Grande ; Ann Dingwall, Arthur, Laguira; Powhattan, M`Cerran, and Georgiana, Took, New Orleans ; Trenton, Savannah ; Camera, Bal timore ; Wave, Cumming, Leghorn ; Nimrod, Malta ; Guielmo, Smyrna ; Parton, Palermo. Sld. Triton and Ann Eliza, Hay to ; St. Harlampy, Havannah ; Peri, Azores; Red Rover, Malta; Elizabeth, Corfu. The Erin, from Londonderry to Savannah, foundered at sea, 7th ult., lat. 26, lon. 74—crew saved. The Britannia, steamer, from Dublin, got ashore on the North Bank, yesterday, but came off without damage after discharg ing her cargo. The Fergus, bound to Apalachicol a , i s a t anchor off the Bell Buoy, dismasted, having been in contact with a vessel off the Skerries. Assistance has been sent to her. Put back, Jamaica, for Jamaica; Eugenio, Genoa. OFF VOEL, NANT, JAN. 23.—An American ship with black cross in foretopsail, inward bound. OFF DovEn, JAN. 22.—John Wesley, Coher; and Ju liana, Ogilvy. PORTSMOUTH, JAN. 22—Wind S.S.W., Jan. 23, N.— Arrd. Mozambique, Boman, Batavia, sailed 10th Oct.; St. Helena, 2d Dec.; Courier, London, for the Cape, H.M.S. Spy and Radamanthus steamer, Eastward. PLYMOUTH, JAN. 23.—Wind N.W.— Arrd. Jersey Lass, Trieste ; Tuscan, Leghorn. SOUTHAMPTON, JAN. 23.--Arrd. Tagus steamer, Gib raltar, left 12th inst., Cadiz 13th, Lisbon 17th, Vigo 19. Sailed Neptune steamer, Gibraltar. FALMOUTH, JAN. 22,—Wind S.W. to W.N.W., strong breezes and squally.—Sld. Hope packet, for Plymouth. Arrd. Emma, Toft, Odessa ; Lord Bruce, Poole, Malta ; Alexandre, Havre, for Guadeloupe ; Sir Robert Peel, London for China ; Iris, ditto for C e yl on ; F orester, ditto for Tobago ; Mara Raye, ditto for Trinidad ; Juba, ditto for Gambia. BERWICK, JAN. 22.—The Victoria, Dagleish, from Shields for Dublin, struck on a rock at the entrance of the Sound of Mull the 15th inst., after which she drove ashore, and is expected to become a wreck —crew saved. HOLYHEAD, JAN. 22. The Trident, Flint, from St. Domingo to Liverpool, being disabled and embayed in Carnarvon Bay, where she struck very hard and un shipped her rudder, has been carried into Porthitven Creek. At two P.M. the Head Telegraph reported a barque or brig off, dismasted. The packet arrived from Kingston reported that one of the Liverpool packets had been spoken she had no flag up, and was steering, otherwise assistance would have been sent her. WHITBY, JAN. 23.—The Stockton Packet, Charlton, of and for Scarborough, in taking the harbour yesterday, struck at the Pier End and filled. SOUTHWOLD, JAN. 23.—The Sovereign, Farren, from Norwich to London, was stranded during a gale last night. The vessel has been got off and brought in after discharging. THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. Last week's arrivals of Barley and Oats were good, but limited of other Grain ; the fresh supply was mo derate. Wheat. was very dull, and, unless fine, ls. per quarter lower. Barley sold heavy, and hardly main tained last quotations. Beans and Pease went off slowly at former prices. Oats difficult to dispose of, but the factors would not submit to lower terms. Flour very dull, and shop parcels rather cheaper. 4 RRIVALS OF GRAIN IN LONDON DURING LAST WEEK. Wheat. Barley. oats. i Flour English Irish -.. •-•—• 13,264 i 32 Foreign 8, 5 44 --- —. I 4;774 brls riticits OR BOARD OF SF] P Wheat,Red (old) - s —s. Beans, Small (new) .... . . ...SS. 40s White (old) —s. —4. ..........--.-..... (Old) - 465. -- Red 1841) ......,525. 555. Tick (new) 23 30s, Fine 56s 635. ---- (old) 3f4s. 4Cs Superfine 635. 67s -- Harrow (new) 325.34 s -- White (1841) ....545. 58$. -- Fine 60s. 621 Prank ... s L ...---..... Superfine O. 735. Oats, Feed s .-f ---.-Foreign free 56:. 765. --- Nora 165.21a Rye 38s. 40s. Poland --s ....3 Barley 2611 32, --New 20s 25 , /, Grinding "6:.305. -- Potatoe l. s. Malting 335 . 36, —......_.—. Nsq w NS. 773. Malt s6s, 60: Scotch 26s. 2is, Fine New 625. 64s ........ 1ri5h...... ...... 15s. ... 18s. 52t. Pease, Grey, New 10s. 325. Flour Town (per sack).... 59. 625. Maple New. ils. 355. Seconds Ws 54s ---.. White .345. 361. ---- North Country..., 50. 544. --... Boilers 30.1. 38s. Bran 7s Ms. SMITHFIELD MARKET. The supply was moderate, the trade brisk, except for beef, at the present quotations. Beasts, 2,557 ; Sheep, 21,450 ; Pigs, 380; Calves, 60. Beef, 3s. 6d. to 4s. Bd.; Mutton, 3s. 10d. to 55.; Veal, 4s. Bd. to ss. 10d. ; Pork, 4s. to ss. 4d. TEA MARKET. Prices of Free Trade firm, with a good demand Company's Congou ls. _ TALLOW MARKET. The demand for Russian Tallow good, and prices firm at 48s. 3d. on the spot, and 48s. 9d. for delivery in the next two months. PROVISION MARKET. Butter in good request, and prices are firm. Fine Dutch, 114 s. to 116 s. per cwt. Bacon sold steadily at Ms. to 545. per cwt. HOP MARKET. Prices are firm, with a good demand for all sorts. DEATH Or LADY LOUISA MURRAY.--We have to announce the death of the above amiable lady, who expired at a quarter past ten o'clock yesterday morning, after a lengthened illness. Her ladyship, who was third daughter of Henry first Earl of Uxbridge, and sister of the Marquis of Anglesey, Dowager Coun tess of Galloway, the Hon. Gentleman Sir Edward Paget, &c. was born 26th March, 1777, and married, first, the sth March, 1801, Lieutenant-General Sir James Erskine, Bart., who died 3d March, 1825, and se condly the Right Hon. General Sir George Murray, G.C.8., Master-General of the Ordnance, by whom we believe her Ladyship leaves an only daughter. The death of this estimable lady place a great many families of distinction in mourning —namely, the Duke and Duchess of Richmond, Marquis and Mar chioness of Anglesey, Earl and Countess of Uxbridge, Dowager Lady Templemore, Viscount and Viscountess Sidney, Lord and Lady Crofton, Lady Caroline Cape], Earl and Countess of Sandwich, Earl of Enniskillen, Sir Edward and Lady Paget, Earl and Countess of kiallo way, Right Hon. George and Lady Agnes Byng, Mar chioness of Conyngham, Dowager Countess of Galloway, Lord Graves, &e. This day (Monday) is the anniversary of the birthday of Frederick the Great, who was born in 1712, whose illustrious relative has just arrived in this country to be present at the Royal christening of the Prince of Wales, and to-morrow will be the anniversary of the birthday of Robert Boyle, born in 1627, and also the birthday of Robert Burns, the Scottish poet, who was born in 1759. BEAUMONT SMITII.—.IIII inquiry reached Portsmouth on Tuesday to ascertain if accommodation could be found in the Isabella convict ship, lying at Spit head, and bound to Hobart Town, for Beaumont Smith's passage to his place of transportation, keeping in view that he was to be placed separate and apart, during the passage, from the other felons. The answer, we pre sume, was in the affirmative, as it is believed that this person came down by the railway to Southampton on Thursday, and was immediately conveyed to the ship, which sailed yesterday.—Hampshi re Telegraph of Satur day. GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.--A paragraph is now going the round of the papers, in which it is asserted that, in consequence of the late accident, the traffic on the above line fell off, on the following week, to the extent of 2,2801. That the traffic fell off to that amount is correct enough ; but it was utterly false to assert that it was owing to the accident. There was a much larger falling off on the London and Birmingham line, and a great falling off on every line during that week, owing to the holidays. The rumour doubtless originated with one of the London speculators, who wished to damage the concern and bring down the price of shares.—Bristol _Mercury. Sauvaitre, the man who made his escape in Novtmber, as wo mentioned at the time, from some gendarmes in the Palais do Justice, as they were con ducting him back to prison after being condemned to three months' confinement for haring belonged to an il legal society, was caught the day before yesterday, and secured. On Saturday last the country in this vicinity (Keswick) was covered with snow to the depth of about half a foot, and the snow was then descending heavily. In Borrowdale and on the Ambleside road the snow has fallen in such qUantities that the carriers' carts between Keswick and Kendal have been compelled to stop for the present. The south mail left Keswick on Saturday morning last for Kendal, drawn by six horses.—Carlisle Patriot. GREAT WESTERN STEAM-SHIP COMPANY. —The engine -works and ship-building yard of this Com pany were put up for sale by Mr. R. P. Clark, at the offices in Prince's-street, on Monday, when they were bought in for the sum of 27,000/. The original cost was 45,0001.--• Bristol Mercury. THE NEW IRON STEAM-SHIP. —The Diree ,ors of the Great Western Steam-ship Company last week bestowed the name of the Great Britain on their noble vesscl. It is expected she will be floated out of the building yard in the course of April next. ACCIDENT BY GUNPOWDER. --M T . C. Al worthy, an actor at the Garrick Theatre, was brought to the London Hospital on Friday night, having received a severe injury on the face by the discharge of a pistol too close to him, while enacting a melodramatic part. The powder and wadding burned his face in a serious manner, but not so dangerously as to cause any serious apprehension of his recovery. A shepherd boy, only 15 years old, of St. Jean de Marvejois, in the Gard, was a few days ago tending his shesp, when a wolf sprang suddenly into the middle of the flock, seized one, and dispersed the rest. The youth threw a stone at the beast, and striking it on the head stunned it for a moment. His dog seized the ani ' mai, and a conflict ensued, which probably would have ended in favour of the wolf, had not the courageous lad bestrode its back and laid it lifeless under him by plung ing a knife into its throat. EVENING SUN LAW INTELLIGENCE.) CHANCERY COURT-(THIS DAY)* JUDGMENT.—WILKICR V. ASTON. The LORD CHANCELLOR gave judgment this morning in this case, the arguments in which concluded on Satur day. The object of the application was to give lifissrt, Storr and Mortime r th e con d uct o f t h e su i t , which 1 11 been filed for th e a d m i n i s t rat i on o f t h e es t a te of Dir•' Harvey Aston, and the ground on which the applicatiol.. was made was the want of due diligence on the part ot the plaintiff Hi s L or d s hi p ordered the motion to 10 dismissed with costs. EAYDON V. WATSON. The further arguments in this part-heard case tic" - pied the Court the whole morning. ROLLS' COURT.-(THIS DAY.) GREEN V. MAITLAND. In this case Mr. Kindersley was heard on the part of the defendant on a motion for dissolving an injuncti°ll which had been obtain e d aga i ns t t h e defendant, for the purpose of restraining him from landing a cargo of do r '• The case possessed no feature of general interest. His LORDSHIP disposed of several other motions, '"" of which wore devoid of public interest. , QUEEN'S BENCH . ( THIS DAY.) CLAYTON, BART., V. CORBY. Lord DENMAN gave judgment in this case, which 05 an action of trespass for digging in certain landlelonV ing to the plaintiff without his authority. The Jura' found a verdict for the plaintiff, subject to the opinl y of the Court upon c er t a i n p o i nts reserve d . T o the ac tion the defendant h a d pl ea d e d, fi rst , t h at f or a peri, of sixty years he h a d p ossesse d an d en j oye d t h e righ t of digging clay in the land in question ; and s econdlY, , that he had enjoyed that r i g ht f or thi r ty Y ety previously to the commencement of the suit. , these the plaintiff had replied denying the 0 . 5 fendant's enjoyment of the right for 60 years, arz setting forth that Sir William Clayt on h a d b ee n ten} for life, for 27 or 30 years, and, therefore, the user 30 years, urged in the plea, had not run against plaintiff. The defendant rejoined, denying the right It, claim the life estate independent of the 30 years. was proved at the trial that the plaintiff had been ten all ' for life from 1785, but the defendant proved the enjoy;, meat of the right from 1761, and the qu e stion w ag '. whether the 30 years must b e com p ute d i n d e p e ndently of the life estate, and such, in the opinion of the Col' was the true constructi on o f t h e 2 d an d 3 d Will. I chap. 71. It still remained to be considered whether th e t ., unity of possession had been proved. The Court thoug il , it was not, for the l an d i n question was proved to ba l d always been the property of the Lord of the manor, 0n,., held by the tena n t s un d er hi m . Th e J ury f oun d for 0° plaintiff in the first plea, and on the second plea, that_ found an usor of 30 y e a rs by th e pl a i nt iff. B u t the 181 a ter did not dispose of the 30 y ears ' engagement claim ed e by the defendant, that n o t h av i ng b een put i n i ssu e, ill" rule for a new trial must therefore be made absolute. THE ROYAL CHRISTENING. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL had b een reques t e d by ti l f, Bar to inquire wheth er it was th e i ntent i on o f the , Lordships to sit to-morrow. Lord DENMAN—I believe it is generally underst° 4l , 4 that to-morro w w ill b e holiday, and Ido not see - "" Westminster Hall should be an exception. a Judg e At a subsequent period it was i nt i mate d t h at would come down and adjourn the Court. DOE DEM. WILLIAMS, DART. V. LAITSRETT. 5 The COURT gave judgment in this case, - which an action of ejectment to recover the possession of a cottage. The grandfather of the plaintiff, ma' years ago pointed out a spot on the waste of the ma n or where the defendant's father might build a cottage, „i 0 which there was n o p roo f t h at h e pa id any rent. -Lip, father died in 1829, a nd th e w id ow h e ld it till 18-- „ a The plaintiff's steward applied to her for rent, or' - acknowledgment of her tenantcy, and she paid for Were years is. per annum, and she then received a reg lll , 3 , notice to quit, but died before it s exp i rat i on . TheL fondant, as her son, succeeded to the possession, and r the trial the Judge left it t o th e J ury to say whetr be there was a tenantcy from y ear to y ear , or w h e ther jayments were of the nature of high rents, The Jt i ';? found for the defendant. The Court, however, I%'a' opinion that there should be a ru l e f or a new trial, payment of costs. THE QUEEN V. IeNAMARA. AND OTHERS. of t h The ATTORNEY-GENERAL prayed th e judgmell'o the Court on the defendants, s even i n num b er , who " a • been convicted of a c ons pi rac y t o pro c ure certa in ,P r. ,i' o f sons to vote a t th e e l ec ti on o f B r id gemaster the (ate of London. Mr. KELLY had been instructed on behalf of the da' fendant William Pow e ll, t o move f or a rule to s h ow cr.: why the judgment should not be arraited, or why thong should not be a new trial. There were nineteen per' ~c , indicted, and the seven defendants had been found guii-v d , The indictment contained 18 or 20 counts, and theella r Li t of conspiracy was made in the most general and ind ir `... terms. -Ile should first address himself to the motion rest of judgment, because if that was successful the ° t a' - o f would be unnecessary. There were a large naulhe r r o persons indicted and the charges were of a very ge lle iti r nature, and the natural result was, that in the °lscil in which the facts of the case were i nvo l ve d, the Juryt o found a verdict against the def e nd an t P owe ll, w ithou t tittle of evidencef conspiracy against him. The ,„,,r, teenth count charged this defendant and others with co r spiring to procure the electio n o f Gibb s to t h e office 'i t, Bridgemaster by improper and ill ega l means , but did not set out any of these means, or e any, Pv - i s act of the defendant. Now th e o bj eet o f thed erendtol; was not in its e lf criminal or unl aw f u l—i t Was to se cure the election of an individual, and whe n th a t was the ca s° it was necessary to se t out the means. The case of the King v. Peck and others, 9th Adolphus and. Eli having lis,666, was decisive on that p o i n t. Th e L earne d Counie referred the jutodtghmatenatndmuosvt b otheroo o r a t r h r r es ee ted.ln eases, submitted The COURT was of opinio n th at t h e o bj e ction prevail, and meantime the priso ners were rem anded. that BROOKES V. DVI.EOD, The COURT gave judgment in this case, which was, ll l action for goods sold and delivered. Th e d e fendant h ad purchased several pieces of cloth at the plaintiff's w'i'r e ; house. Some of the pieces did not answer the descript% purchased,and were refused on th e groun d t h at h av ing be e : sent in eight days after the ord er , th e y h a d come too lat e. . The whole question turned upon the nature of the WI gain between the "parties, and th a t wou ld b e b es t und er~ stood from the evidence at the t r i a l. Th e j u ry found i, verdict for the plaintiff for th e va l ue o f a ll the pieces' the Court thought that verdict could not stand. T h might be something in the nature of a c o m p ro mise "" tween the parties, but their opinion w as th at t h e rule f'S a new trial must be made absolute. EX PARTE cLAnita. mit : 0 11- The defendant in this case, w h o h ad been com— _,4 by the Master of the Roll s f ora contempt of the Coup. Chancery, was now brought upon a writ of habeas cored Mr. PASRLEY, on beh a lf o f t h e prisoner, subraiol, that in its pr esen t f orm the return to the I%i-a was liable to grave and serious objection, that the prisoner was entitled to his discher,t s The first groun d upon which he moved, was t l i the return did not state e i t h er that the Wsr" Ae P t, had received any l ega l warrant, or t h at he was pres-anb.. in the Court when the order was made. His second ° s jection was, that the prisoner was alleged to h a re be e committed for a contempt of the High Court of ClItT; eery at the bar of th e C ourt o f Ch ancery ; wherea s t prisoner had been committed from Lord Langdale's Pr`; rate residence. Th ere was no ev id ence whatever to sb° 4 that the man had ever been brought to the bar of the Coto of Chancery, the orde r o f LoriLangdale m e r e ly s ettio b g e forth that the prisoner be turned over to the custodY of t the Warden,of the Fle e t. Th e L earne d Counse l then re, ferred to the Act, the Ist Will. IV., c h ap. 36 , en titled r e Act for altering and amendi ng th e l aw w i t h regar d to to commitment of parties for contempt by Courts of Eqt;_ „ itij and contended that the commitme n t o f the prisoner P not taken place in the ma n ne r an d form pres cr ibedl that Act of Parliament, and the consequence of whle. was, according to the provisions of the Act that the Pr y . soner was entitled to his discharge. (The case was proceeding when we went to Press.) BAIL COUKT.—(THIS DAY.) in His LORDSHIP was occ u pi e d t h e w h ole morning b. hearing motions, relatin g t o p o i nts o f pract i ce, o f no pu b' lie interest. The Court will not sit t o - morrow , except for nio +l - -00 • of cause. COMMON PLEAS.-(THIS DAY•) BELL v. nuctim. ots The Court was occupi e d th e w h o l e d ay with argun i On the pleadings in this case, which possessed no inn' interest. • FOOT RA CE . —(F ROM A CORRESPONbEI4I,)II, —A grand foot race for 501., distance 130 y ar d s , betsf';„ E. Smith and R. N as h , w i ll take place at Lord's Cri°' Grounds on Wednesday next, at two o'clock. 's The General Steam Navigation Company vessel the Columbine, W. Norwood, from Rottero°,7l; arrived off the Cust om -h ouse yester d ay w i th the Dui", mail. We learn that a puncheon of the finest 1" land aqua vita, containing about 120 gallons, Wi ll Monday put into he r M ajes t y ' s d uty - free warehouset„d London-street, from a ce l e b ra t e d I s l ay distillery, 11",.. that it was despatched on its way to London to be de P o be sited in the royal vau lt s i n S t . J ames ' s Palace , t o used, no doubt, at the festivities consequent on the ~chr is tening of the B aron o f Renfrew, and Lord of the 1 0s. This will enable su c h o f our Hi g hl an d ch i efta i ns as 1:111, be honoured by being invited to the banquet to ga v ia l bumper of this p ure nat i ve mounta i n dew to t h e and prosperity of a brother chief, who may yet " r e ' l4- in Charlie's stead."—Glasgow Paper of 11 , ednesday. A notorious robber, Picard, who has render e d himself well known to the police by his repeated i l :i capes from priso n , and who was tempo r arily confineurd, Gloom having been recapt ure d a f ter hi s l ast o utbre ti _ from the hulks, mad e anot h er attempt to rega i n his ,• berty on Sunday n i g ht b y sett i ng tire to the door ofl cell. He had broken u p hi s b e d stead, and ha d light e d the wood by means of the fragment of a razor blade other materials for striking a light, which he had ci ;0° cealed about his pe rson . keepers were alarme d time 'to prevent him accomplishing his purpose. St. A converted Chi nese h as l ate l y presente d to George's Church, at Lyons, a picture painted bY. o ing self, representing th e l ate massacre of the Christ in China. ------- LORD MORPI TH FOR D UBLIN.-A num e fO Ue and highly influential meeting of the electors wns held to-day in the Adelphi Theatre, for the p u rpose of 111 ,,F 0r . ing arrangement s Ib r secur i ng the return of Lord.,';'" At peth. At one o'clo c k th e c h air was taken by the ""'"ritl Hon. the Lord May or am id l oud a p plause. After se{ appropriate re s ol u ti ons h ad been pe"eed, the m eet 1 1 Evening Post. • 1 '''-11Z v er that eon: be c a n Art] tq st th e 11e8, f 4 Dr I,