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

VENING SUN the women and boys for hoeing and weeding, harvest wages, grass seeds, statute labour, and a trilling Poor rate. This is a goodly list ; but I say, take all these items together, they do not, for ordinary management, exceed 10s. 6d. per imperial acre ; and many of them would be materially modified were any permanent change to take place in the . price of food. A .tenant who may be draining, purchasing foreign manure, and otherwise improving his farm, -may, for an additional outlay of 10s. 6d. per imperial acre, cut a very respect able figure in his profession. I speak this ex cathedra ; • if actual experience is any guide to knowledge, I should possess it... Now, unless it is contended that the repeal of - the Bread-tax would cause such a demand for labour, that the labourer's share of the produce must be greatly increased, how is it possible that a single acre can be thrown out of cultivation?—(Hear, hear)—but if this ar gument is used, then I say, the sooner the whole empire is turned into pasturage the better. I think I have said enough to prove that high prices are not so very neces sary to the farmers as some are apt to imagine,— (Cheerso But I tell you more, that in 1836, when wheat was selling at 365. per quarter, we (lid well ; but that since then—in 1839 for example—with wheat at 725. per quarter, just double what it was in 1836, farmers in East Lothian, myself amongst them, actually lost money. We did not grow grain sufficient for our rents and expenses ; the additional quantity wanted must be made up ; tin higher the price the worse for the tenant. So much fot the benefit of high prices to us tenant-farmers, who pay corn-rents. Steady markets arc of fir more importance to us, than high prices with violent fluctuations ; bit which will never be obtained till the market of Britait. is-thrown open to the world. The resolution was unanimously agreed to. Mr. WALLACE, of Kelly, M.P. for Greenock, next addressed the meeting, and concluded an able and elo quent speech, for which we cannot now find room, by exhorting the meeting to acknowledge themselves out and-out repealers—(Great cheering) —no compromise— no Bs. fixed daty.—(Hear, hear.) He did not say, as a Parliament man, , that he wo u ld not ta k e the best he could get, and 100 for more • hut don't l e t th ose pre sent do that. (The Hon. Member sat down amidstgrea cheering.) EVENING sEnEnuNT. On the motion of Mr. WIGHAM, Wm. Brodie, Esq., Glasgow, was called to the Ch a i r , Af ter prayer by the Rev : Mr. , Muir, of Leith, The CHAIRMAN rose, and, after a few introductory remarks, introduced Mr. Ewart, M.P., to the meeting. Mr. EwART, who spoke at considerable length, was reetAved with great applause. The other speakers w. re Provos:, Henderson, of Pais ley ; Hey. Mr. IPnottgall, of Kil marnoc k ; M r . M ason, of Paisley ; and Mr. Samuel Bennett, City Mi,sionary, GladOw.—The meeting adjourned at ten o'clock. COURT CIRCULAR. Their Royal:nig:messes the Duchess of Cambridge ttit the Princess Augusta of Cambridge, attended by Lad; Augusta Somerset, arrived in town on Wednesday even ing from Kew. Their Royal Highnesses honoured Co vent-garden Theatre with their presence, and afterward: returned to Kew. The Agent for Jamaica had an interview with Lord Stanley yesterday, at the Colonial-office, Downing -street The Earl of Haddington had an interview with Sir E. Peel yesterday. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE.: ARRIVALS. Mr. and Mrs. Loftus Tottenham, at Long's Hotel, Bond-street, from Brighton ; Henry and Fred er i c k Thompson, Esqrs., and Miss Thompson, at ditto, from Yorkshire; William Maskell, Esq., at ditto, from South ampton ; R. Robinson, Esq., at ditto, from Alcester, Warwickshire ; William Long, Esq., at ditto, from Hampshire ; Mr. and Mrs. Lowten Lowten, at ditto, from Manby Hall ; 11. M'Calmont, Esq., at ditto, from Leamington ; Colonel Chuloner. at ditto, from Pohlad Park ; Francis Smith, Esq., at ditto, from Bitteswell Hall, Leicestershire ; Colonel Charlton, at ditto ; Capt. Teesdale, at ditto J. J. Cooper, Esq., Bth Hussars, at ditto ; J. Campbell, Esq., Scots Greys, at ditto ; 'l'. m , D erm ott, Esq., at ditto ; George Gardiner, Esq., at ditto ; Thomas Gardiner, Esq., at ditto ; J. Da Costa and family, at Nelson's Portland Hotel, Portland-place, from Reading ; - ,J. Pike, Esq., and family, at ditto, from ditto'; Rey. J. C. Prosser, at ditto, from Chepstow ; H.' Leese, Esq., and family, at ditto, from Faversham. DEPARTURES. J. Campbell, Es(j., Scots Greys, from Long's Hotel, Bond -street, for Brighton ; H. M'Calniont, Esq., from ditto, foil Lwmington ; Baker Dawson, Esq., and Mrs. Baker Dawson, from ditto ; Mr. and Mrs. Loftus Tot tenham, from ditto, for Ireland ; Randolph Robinson, Esq., from ditto, for Warwickshire ; G. •Gardiner, Esq., from ditto, for Bri2:liton ; Win. Shephard, Esq., from Nelson's Portland Hotel, Portland-place, for Bristol. MUSIC OF THE AGE OF ELIZA BETH AND JAMES. A lecture on this most interesting subject was de livered at the Westminster Literary and Scientific Insti titution, on Thursday last, by C. F. Ilimbattlt, Esq. (Secretary to the "Percy " and "Musical Antiquarian" Societies). The lecture was introduced by a brief sketch of tfie Musical History of this country ; which proved beyond a doubt that the English cultivated and excelled in part music at a very early period. In exemplification of the position, and also as affording the audience the opportunity of judging of the character of the music that was trolled " under the greenwood tree " in the 13th century, the vocalists present executed in a most antiquarian spirit the Round ." The Summer is icumen in," to which uncouth strain we owe the paternity of the exquisite melody, " Rich and rare were the gems she wore." This was fidlowed by a song and chorus of the early part of the 1511 century, " Our King went firth," and two other specimens from the same century—the first of about the year 1460, a trio, " Who shall have my fair ladye;" and a song of still later period, WO, " Blow thy borne," was a very pleasing composition. The lecturer, in proof of the high esteem in which min strelsy was held, made some curious comparative ex tracts of items of. expenditure, from which it appeared that if " the value or a thing is as much money as 'twill bring," the minstrels were more highly prized, as they • were certainly better paid, than the clergy in those days. He also showed that music was both patronised and practised by Royalty ; and that in addition to the many • other things of note chronicled of Henry the Eighth, he was an enthusiastic musician ; and the audience were not a little surprised and gratified at being entertained with a ballad composed by " Bluff Harry Tudor." Ed ward VI. and Mary, it appeared, were also lovers of music ; and the reign of Elizabeth was distinguished by the introduction of one of the most genuinely English and delightful kinds of composition—the madrigal. A curious specimen was sung, composed by Byrd, the first writer of an English madrigal, " Lullaby ;" it hid a most ancient and stately measure. " Now is the month of May," a madrigal, by Morley, of the date 1595, had all the charming freshness of " the spring time of the year," and elicited an encore. This was followed by a plaintive melody of the same date by Dowlaud, the " Legend of Avon," which was sung with much taste by Miss Thornton, and was also encored. A madrigal by. Weelks, a composer of this period, " To shorten Winter," lacked the touches of light and shade that gave such sweet effect to Morley's composi tion ; and there was, besides, an ungrateful stubborn ness about much of the harmony of it. Our old favourite " Flora gave me fairest flowers," by Wilbye, was also sung ; but (we presume from the want of an adequate rehearsal) it went off very lamely indeed. Queen Eli zabeth inherited with his kingdom her Royal father's passion for music, and was a performer on the virginals, and two specimens from her Virginal Book were given in illustration. " The Carman's Whistle,' and "Nancie," the latter being the original air of " The Grenadier's March." We may mention for the edification of yowlg ladies who delight in Herz and hand labour, and who aire loyal withal, that the pieces most thumbed in the virgin Queen's music-book were those distinguished only by their expression and simplicity. Soli and Chorus from Middleton's play of The Witch followed, and the audience wore convulsed with laughter at the shrill, twittering of the little airy spirit in nubibus, and the unearthly croak that responded to it. This undoubtedly forms the basis of Lock's magnificent music to Macbeth, but is almost wholly devoid of that grandeur in the mass of harmony, and that aerial lightness, which in some passages seem to fill the air with floating melody in Lock's music. The song from As You Like It, "It was a lover and his lass," was deservedly encored ; this was followed by Autoly cus's song descriptive of his wares, the music of which our readers have lately been made acquainted with by the stage revival of the IVinter's Tale. The uproarious Bacchanalian glee, Of' all the brave birds," was next given, with much gusto ; and John Saville's sprightly finale, " The Waits," completed the antiquarian anti musical treat afforded by the lecture. The illustrations were generally most effectively given ; and we observed among the vocalists several of the young gentlemen front the choir of Westminster Abbey. The lecture was Attended by a crowded audience, who testified their gra tification by repeated and enthusiastic plaudits, SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S—YESTERDAY. THE DEnnY.—The only bets laid were 1,000 to 25 agst G. Clark's Meteor, 1,000 to 25 agst Lord West minster's Auckland, 2,000 to 40 agst Lord Chesterfield's Joanna colt, and 2,500 to 50 agst Mr. rettit's Espartero. NO other mentioned. RESCUE OF NINE PERSONS.—About half pa st ten o'clock yesterday morning, id on the alarm of the tire which h a d broken out . at Ber the floating engine sey Wall reaching stationed at Sollt i liw ark-bridge, a bell was rung on board as of labourers that hands were wanted. At the time a numbe s . r eli labourers were waiting about Queenhithe pier. just of them directly got into a w w ir h i ce,rr- with behilositgbatt..; waterman named Blackniore, his ho j at strowcd up to the stairs. Black more pushed off to take the men on board the engine, and had i nten ding Io the middle arch of Southwa'rlc: from being so greatly o' erloade-d,, when the boat. . ) 1 1 )e dg g e tt'n to fill, and in a few setAinds sank by the stern.ne il m an , in his fright, instantly. jumped into the stream, down very strongly, partyquicklyweri. olloWed, and Ano„ier . ch f was -"unit'''. whole • of 4,,hes,veral immersed,boats instantly and presently the seven of put struggling for their liv'e, otf from the shore, and by great exertion the eighth was carried Some distance them were gut out ; the tide, but saved himself by clinging to the rudder b) i a boat that floated by him ; the ninth, a labouring i m .r o: named Owen Brady, thirty years of age, sank twice, a a i i iii was in the act of disappearing the third time, when a waterman caught hold of his coat collar, and saved him. He was brought ashore in an insensible state, and was removed to St. Thomas's Hospital, where he at present remains, and is considered to be in imminent danger. THS MILFORD PACKET STATIONeZA ru mour is prevalent that this establishment is about to be done away with, and the mails to be forwarded by con- tract from B r i sto l e i t h er to C or k or W a terford 1 THE RAILWAY SUN 'IS NOW RE-PUBLISHING, PRICE SIXPENCE. TUE CHINA SUN, THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. THIS EVING, JAN. GENTLEMEN OF be performed the P r of of THE TWO OF VERONA.—Duke of Milan, Mr. Phelps ; Valentine, Mr. Macready ; Proteus, Mr Anderson ; Thurio, Mr. Comp ton ; Launce, Mr. Keeley ; Julia, Miss Fortescue ; Silvia, Miss Ellis ; Ludetta, Miss Turpin. After which ll Ise repeated the New Christmas Pantomime called HARLEQUIN AND DUKE HUMPHRF.Y'S DIN NER ; OR, JACK CADE, THE LORD OF LONDON STONE. Doors to be opened at Halt past Six, and the Performance to begin at Seven o'clock. foxes 55., Second - Price, 2s. 6d. 1 Pit 35., Second Price 2s. Lower Gallery Is. 6d., Second Price Is. Upper Gallery Is., Second Price 6d. THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT-GARDEN. UNDER the MANAGEMENT of MADAME VESTRIS. THIS EVENING, JAN. 14, Will be revived Mrs. Inchbald's Comedy of WIVES AS THEY WERE AND MAIDS AS THEY ARE.—Lord Priory, Mr. W. Farren ; Sir William Dorillon, Mr. Cooper; Sir George Evelyn, Mr. G. Vandenhoff ' • Mr. Bronzely, M r . Charles Mathew s ; Mi ss D orr ill on, Mrs. Nisbett ; Lady Mary Raffle, Mrs. Glover ; Lady Priory, Miss Faueit. After which will be repeated the New Grind Christmas Pantomime, entitled GUY EARL OF WARWICK ; OR, lARLEQUIN 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.; Secon4 Price. 25.; Gallery, la. Ticketts and places for the 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!oly of Mr. Andrews, bookseller, 167. New Bond-street. To-morrow, first time in this country, Elena Überti, with the Pantomime. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF MR. DAVIDGE AND MR, WILLIS JONES. Upwards of 30,000 persons have witnessed the Pantomime at this Theatre, pronounced the best of the Season. THIS EVENING, JAN. 14 Will be acted a New Domestic Drama, entitled MADAME LAFFARGE, from Memoirs written by Herself; supported by the entire Company. After which, a Nautical Burletta, rntitled JACK JUNK or. a SEAMAN'S FIRESIDE.—Jack Junk, with Two Eon's Mr. Walton. 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 ping, &c. Harlequin, M. Huline ; P a t c h, M. R oc h et ; Pan taloon, M. L e h man ; Flip, Signor Feliz Carlo ; Clown, Mr. Buckingham ; Columbine, Miss Sharpe. Private and Public Boxes can be had of Messrs. Sams, Ebert, Mitchell, Andrews, and Seguin, during the run of this popu lar Pantomime. The Times is devoting a series of articles to the review of a pamphlet with the startlingly ludicrous title of "The Reign of Terror in Car low," evidently for the purpose of preparing the way for the revival of Lord STANLEY'S Registra tion Bill, and for a Series of Crown prosecutions, in order to bring grist to the mills of the Crown lawyers in Ireland. The Times recounts the fabricated horrors of the pamphlet with as well feigned surprise as if our Contemporary never suspected them of being filched from his own high-spiced columns. Now, why so much self denial? Wherefore should the Times not be allowed to look back with real surprise upon the audacity of the fabricated Irish horrors to be found in its columns ? With regard to the state ments propounded by the Orange Pamphleteer, the Times says :—" If but one tithe of them can be substantiated, not an hour should be lost in giving a lesson of criminal law to. the mutinous priests and murderous laymen, who blew the blast for the gatherings [in Carlow] of last June and July." Is not this as true of the statements which appeared daily in the Times for the last two years as of any contained in the pamphlet? If but a tithe of them were true, what Govern 'neat could refuse to prosecute the " surpliced ruffians" whom the Times charitably recom mends for Tory induction in the subjective part of the science of criminal law? • We begin to suspect the Toryism of the Times. A traitor is generally known among conspirators by the headlong desperation of his counsels, and the seeming superabundance of his zeal for the pro motion of the common cause ; and the very ear nestness with which the Times labours to drive the Tory barque upon the quicksands of Irish politics ought to awaken the suspicions of Minis ters as to the real designs of that unscrupulous, weathercock Journal. They cannot be too much on their guard. Were they to run aground to morrow, the Times would be among the first, not to desert them only. but to load them with the foulest abuse. The Latin proverb says, that it is well to be taught by an enemy; and whether or not the Tory Cabinet regard The Sun in that light, more true statesmanship will be shown in attending to our suggestions on this occasion than in following the Will-o'-the•Wisp guidance of the Times. ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. UNDER TILE DIRECTION OF MR. OSBALDISTON. Enormous success, and Second Grand Juvenile Week, in con sequence of the thousands of Children that have witnessed the performance of the Pantomime as Secensl Piece ; and First Week of " The Story of Geraldine !" THIS EVENING, JAN. 14 Will be 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, a New 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 now Nautical Panorama, to be entitled " Our Native Sea-girt Isle !" con sisting of Maritime Views alon g th e C oas t of England. Also, a new Grand Dissolving Diorama, by Childe, the Great Illu sionist ' and the Opening of the P an t om i me supporte d b y the Comic Talent of this—the Popular Theatre of London. To conclude with THE ILLUSTRIOUS STRANGER.— Bowbcll, Mr. Gardner; Gimbo, Mr. Howard; Aboulifan, Mr. James ; Irza, Mrs. Lee. Boxes, 2s.—Pit, Is.— Gallery, 6d.—Half-price to the Boxes only, at Half-past Eight. NEW STRAND THEATRE. OPEN EVERY EVENING. Combined Talent—Crowded Houses—Enraptured Audiences Those who wish to obtain comfortable seats to witness the extraordinary wonders accomplished at this neat little Theatre must not delay until.a late period of the evening; numbers 1 during the past week have been unable to gain admittance. JACOBS!—MAGICIAN JACOBS ! has once more made hie fame resound throughout the Metropolis. All Wizards and Magicians who have preceded this great Professor of the Ne , eromantic Art may now hide their diminished heads, and re turn to that oblivion from whence they came. His Ventrilo quism is astonishing: he imitates the voices of twelve persons, to the surprise of everybody. The following performances are also added :—Mons. ROUSSEAU, the FRENCH EQUILI BRIST ; the PATAGONIAN WONDERS, theDISSOLV ING PORTRAITS, and Mr. J. SCATES on WHEAT STONE'S PATENT CONCERTINA. Doors open at Half-past Six, commence at Seven. Boxes, 2s. 6d. ; Children, Is. tid. Pit, Is. 6d. ; Children, Is. Gal lery, tiel. Clore Ten Minutes to Eleven. On Tuesday the Corn-law Conference assem bled at Edinburgh, and a much abridged report of its proceedings will be found in another part of The Sun. We shall convey to our readers an adequate idea of the importance of the meeting, by copying from a provincial Contemporary an account of the means which was taken to collect the meeting:— Printed queries, drawn up in the plainest phraseology which would suffice to elicit an unbiassed opinion, were s6nt, early in December, to every Dissenting clergyman in Scotland—Presbyterian, Independent, Catholic, Epis copal, and Methodist, so far as known. They were asked to state whether their own opinions, and the opi nions of their congregations, were or were not i n f avour of a free trad e i n corn , and the abolition of the present system of restrictions. A desire was also expressed that, where the situation of the parties permitted it, the clergyman, with one or t wo mem b ers of the congrega tion, or either of them singly, should attend the meeting. The number of circulars despatched was 976, of which a few went to congregations in the north of England, and they are thus classified :-- To the Ministers of the Secession, Relief, Independent, and Baptist Churches, 670 circulars were sent, and 494 answers were received. " It appears that 459 of these ministers express de cided opinions in favour of the total repeal of the Corn and Provision-laws, and the establishment of an entirely free trade in corn ; about twelve are in favour either of a small fixed duty, or gradual abolition; and the remaining thirty-three do not answer this question. It is not a little remarkable, that not one minister out of the 494 expresses an opinion in favour of the present Corn-laws. With re gard to the opinions of the people, 431 of the ministers state that their congregations are nearlyunanimous in approving of the totatabolition of the Corn and Provi sion-laws and free trade ; and only three state that their people are not nearly unanimous. Of the remaining 60, about 15 state that their people are either in favour of gradual abolition or of a fixed duty ; and the others omit to answer the question. Not one minister states that a majority of his congregation approves of these laws." There were 90 circulars sent_ to the Episcopalians, 85 to the Roman Catholics, and 21 to the Wesleyan Me thodists. The general import of the answers was, that these bodies declinQd taking part in the proposed meet ing. The answers from the Roman Catholics generally stated, in very decided terms, that they and their people were strongly opposed to the Corn and Provision-laws, and in favour of free trade. The number of ministers and members who promised to attend was 712, f rom t h e f ollowing bodies :—Seces siqn, 384,- Relief, 130 ; Independent, 110 ; Baptist, 5 9 ; Smaller Sects, 36.—Total, 712. It would not be easy to find in Scotland a class of men who have equal means with the Dissenting Clergy of knowing the condition and sentiments of the great body of the people. In them we have an order of men pos sessing adequate intelligence and excellent means of in formation, and whose interests are identical with those of the great body of the people. Their congregations are almost entirely drawn from the more sober and con siderate part of the working classes, and the class imme diately above them, consisting of master-tradesmen, and retail shopkeepers, with a few small farmers ; they mingle with them daily, have an intimate knowledge of their modes of thinking ; they see the effect of the Corn-laws upon their means of living and comforts ; and if they are under any bias, it is one which leads them to follow the opinions of their flocks. • Now that the reader is acquainted with the character of the gentlemen who compose the Conference, and the interests they represent, we beg him earnestly and seriously to read the frag ments of their harangues, which we have pre served. Let him carefully mark the stern and solemn language used by these religious men, indicating in them that Covenanter spirit which overthrew thivnes, and almost extirpat e d churches, to denounce the Corn-laws as a national sin—a great iniquity —a rebellion against GOD. Let him carefully .mark, too, the language of despair which these ministers say is used by the working classes, who only will not join the Anti- Just ready, in 3 vols. post &to., rican vessels carry on, good deal of trade. K A PLA N; why are they to be interrupted by our cruiser ? !K AR A H Or, THE KOORDISH CHIEF. A ROMANCE of PERSIA and KOORDISTAN. Suppose one o f th em h as starte d from Cape Coast By the Hon. CHARLES STUART SAVILLE. Castle,with a cargo of palm-oil, elephants' teeth, Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. and gold dust, for Nantucket ; and suppose she is seen by one of her MAJESTY'S cruisers at a great distance, suspected to be a slaver, and purSued. • Suppose the Yankee has a fair wind, and stea dily pursues his course ; the cruiser may have to run a great distance, for a stern-chase is a long chase, however great the superiority of sailing, before she overtakes the American. Conscious of no wrong, he will not stop be cause the other _vessel chases him. He may think that she is a pirate, may crowd sail to get out of her reach, and even refuse to heave to till the cruiser's shots fall thick about him. All the time of the chase he may have dis played the American flag, but the English cruiser has been taught to disregard that as a " bit of bunting," and she pursues the Yankee till she has compelled him to bring to. Being brought to, the Yankee is then boarded; and being in no pleasant humour at being de layed while he has a fair wind, receives the in truding officer with a great want of courtesy, and blusters and vapours according to the wont of some ship captains. The boarding officer, irritated in turn - by this want of courtesy, treats the Yankee with uncivil language, over hauls his papers rudely, pretends to find sub jects of suspicion, opens Isis hold, examines his cargo, sends the Yankee captain on board the cruiser to explain to the English captain, and so there is no little mutual annoyance. The English captain may be vexed by having been led far off the ground where he might pro bably fall in with slavers, by the Yankee, and may be as sharp and ill-tempered as the Yankee himself. There is a repetition of uncivil and insult ing language, and at length, after much irritation on both sides, the Yankee, after being detained and annoyed for several hours, is suffered to proceed on his voyage. Now, that such rencon tres with bona fide American vessels, under our new claim, will be frequent, we are morally certain; and they will excite so much irritation in the maritime population in America, that it will be as impossible for the PRESIDENT to pre serve the peace, as it_ was for Sir ROBERT WAL POLE, when Captain 'JENKTNs appeared at the bar of the House of Commons exhibiting his ear, torn off by the Spanish guarda-costa, and declared that he relied on Goan and his country for redress. When it is proposed to revive a sort of Slave-trade for Trinidad, it is hardly worth while to go to war with America on the chance of preventing the Slave-trade, which may be carried on by the Brazilians and Spaniards. AND: THE PARLIAMENTARY SUN , ARE STILL ON SALE, PRICE SIXPENCE EACH. Sun Office, Jan. 14, 1842. THE WEATHER—NOON, JANUARY 14. ROYAL GALLERY OF SCIENCE, ADELAIDE-STREET. Thermometer... 32 I Highest 34 I Lowest . 27 Barometer 29.58.—Wind S.W.—Freezing Point 32 Deg. HUM WATER AT LONDON RRIDIE TOMORROW. Morning...... 59 minutes after 3 S Evening ..... 15 minutes after 4. Ile Publication of the 'Evening Edition of Tan SUN coin menced at 10 minntos after Three. tfte, LONDON: FRIDAY, JANUARY 14, 1842. When Lord PALMERSTON sai4, that " a mer chantman could not exempt himself from being searched by merely hoisting a piece of bunting with the United States' emblems and colours upon it," he at once insulted a vain and powerful people, and ran counter to all the acknowledged codes of maritime law. Indeed, he admits, in the same sentence, that " British cruisers are not entitled, in time of peace, to search mer chant vessels sailing under the American Rag ; ' but he insists on the right of Great Britain to ascertain by search whether a vessel is entitled or not to hoist the American flag. This claim is a per _ _ fectly new one, now made for the first time b y tue - - - -- British Government; and as even those Journa lists who follow Lord PALMERSTON'S lead begin to express great anxiety lest that claim should lead to war, it is incumbent on them to examine its foundations, and see that they be Laid in usage as well as justice. It may, in some cases, be true that the A me rican flag is " nothing more than a bit of bunt ing hoisted in fraud to cover villainy," but in many other cases it is not so, and there is no means by which a naval officer can be quite sure, even after boarding a ship, much less be flwe he has brought her to, whether that bit of hunting conceals a villain or designates a true man. In the great majority of cases—for there cannot be - as many vessels which falsely as truly hoist the American flag—the bit of bunting will designate a true man, and to stop im on the high seas is contrary to the law of nations. To act on Lord PALMERSTON'S rule must of necessity, therefore, make us, in our anxiety to catch the villains, injure and insult, in the majority of cases, the true American mer chantman. That will not be borne in America ; and we conclude that there is, as the Globe says, no way of avoiding war but to recede from the position taken up by Lords ABERDEEN and PALMERSTON. Even on the coast of Africa bona fide Arne- 4 . • Pi 4 - i. ..,**N' r.Z.; ,"0:42 • , -i ___:_ t ___pit.:A.,,,w,,.. A , •.„ A-. • A7,.-=-.A. „AlpinfriVeltb ao ' ' t .-..,'7,' LI:- , w,,,, , • ..- ' 411,;: -*•., .. , • THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 14, 1842 tised freedom of opinion with whips, he was prepared to punish still lesser delinquencies with scorpions. n e s ve to ni a u p g pear before the C ourt evening, at six o'clo c k," says the W Ch e a r h i a v v a e r i r , of Assize on the 15th of this month. Thus only three days are allowed us to prepare our d e f ence. It is true that the Bar thinks, with reason, th at i t must be ex tremely easy. eF.eaivseudmthmios " However, we have many documents-to collect, for we must show to the Jury all the manifestations of the opinion of France, and of the European press, on the subject of the requisition of Al. Habert. We are already engaged in collecting these materials, and we shall appear if our defence is ready. We shall not ask for an ad journment, unless the short time allowed us should not have been sufficient." The Committee on the Address asked the Government to communicate the treaty on the right of search. This communication (says the Constitutionnel) has been re fused.—Commerce. BOURSE—PAItIB, WEDNESDAY, JAN. 12. First Highest Lowest Last Price Price. Nic e , Price. French 5 per Cent 5.......... 117 90 ... 117 90 ... li7 80 ~. 117 85 3 per Cents 73 75 w* 78 80 ..78 70 ... 78 75 Loan lank or trance Lattitte Sank LOOK Starer 1020 ...IMO ...WA ...WO 5,000 f. Shares :025 ...5025 ...5025 ...5025 lelelan Sank Belgian 5 per Cents. 3 per Cent..., 1940 lO4 ... 104 ... 104 ... 104 3 per Cents.... Spanish Active ......... Passive. 9 : 14 w. 5% ... 5% ... 5% New Deferred ...... 12% ... 12% ... Ir% ... 12% Old Deferred ...... Neapolitan ' lO7 ... 157 10 ... 107 ... 107 10 R0man.....„....„ 1 0 3% ••• 1 04 ... 103% ... 104 RAILWAY MARE . st. Germain *OM. ••••• ..... ee O• 937 50 ••• 837 50 ••• L 35 . 835 Versailles. N. B •397 50 ... 937 50 ... 397 50 ... 337 50 L.B 2ds ... 205 .205 «.205 Rouen „...........—.......„ 420 ... 481 ... 460 ... 483 OfIC4IIII .. 515 .. 615 ... 512 50 ... 519 75 it rasbu ig to Bale 2.6 25 ... 227 50 ... 226 25 .. 227 50 BZWIAN I. UNDS—BaUssami, JAN. 12. Actual Debt. 2% per Cent. - 52% Rothschild's Lean 5 per Dint., Loan ofThirty Millions, 4 per Cent. ..... —..—.— 3 per Cent. ..... „.. - --Thirty.seven----.. 71% 1 ... n of City, 1V32 , 4 per Cen t ( 102% Societynt Corrnerce, 4 }. per Cent 97 Bank of Belgium, 5 per Cent .. 76 PlationalSociety. r. Exchange on London (sho r t) —.Brussels Papers, Jan. 12. AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—VIENNA, JAN. 4. five par Cents.Dietalliquel Four jaerCents.•......„„. ...... tea ......... teeee Three prr Cents. 75% Rank Shares ........... —4llgemeine Zulu's:. Jan. 8. ILLOYD'S SHIPPING—(THIS DAY.) LONDON, JAN.- 14.—Wind this day at noon, S. Orr DOVER, JAN. 13.—British Queen, Deccan, St. John's, New Brunswick. PORTSMOUTH, JAN. 13.—Wind S. to S.S.E. a gale. —Arrd. Hendrik Hudson, London for New York ; Bri• tish Queen, Gladstone, Ancona ; Royal George, De Gruchy, Swansea, with damage, and loss of anchors, having been ashore. The Isadore, Dunbar, from Car diff to London, is ashore near Ryde, and bilged, and must discharge. It bl ew a h eav y g ale last night and to day from S. to S.S.E. BRISTOL, JAN. 13.—The Niger, hence to Africa, was totally wrecked on th e B ar o f M oz erado River, during a gale, 28th O c t. ; p art of the cargo saved ; chief mate and four of the crew drowned. REDCAR, JAN. 13.—The Amulet, Smallwood, from London t o Stockton, run on the rocks off this port last night, but was assisted off this morning and proceeded. L OWESTOFFE,JAN.I3.—Th e Tyne, Pearson, in making the harbo ur thi s morning, got on the back of the pier. it is blowin g a come a wreck. DEAL, JAN. 13. gale at S., and it is expected she will be - Wind,er from Calcutta ; S.S.E., fresh. — Arrd. City of Poonah, Bud, and. Walk Biles, Bomb a y ; MOrning Star, ' Ceylon ; Lively, Brazil ; Victoria,) Carey, Berbice ; Elizabeth, England, West Indies ; D u k e o f Bedford, westward. Arrd. from the River, Courier, for the Cape. STANOATE CREEK, JAN. 13._ Arrd. Lucille, Clark Odessa ; Nora Creina, Malta ; Prima Donna, Patras Tom, Roberts, Leghorn. CARDIFF, JAN. 11 .—Sld. Pomona, Leghorn. DEATH OF THE DOWAGER LADY LEIGH.. TON.—We have to announce the demise of her Ladyship, which took place a t B ath on Satur d a y la s t. H er Lady ship, who was fourth daughter of the late Sir John Thomas Stanley, Bart., of Alderley, was sister of Lo r d Stanley, of Alderley, and the resent Bishop of Nor wich, and aunt of the Hon. E. J. Stanley, the late S e _ cretary of the Treasury, and the Hon. W. 0. Stanley, ALP. The deceased lady married on the 25th of No vember, 1802, the late General Sir Baldwin L e i g h ton, Bart., by whom h er Ladyship h a d issue the present Baronet and several other children. Corn-law movement, because they have gone beyond it, and have become alienated from all our institutions. Scotchmen must have much changed their character if words be not with them most important things, and if they be, let the reader seriously reflect, whether such men will long submit to be starved by a great na tional sin, to sustain for a few years longer the doomed, the bankrupt, and worthless aristocracy of Ireland and England. There is, we repeat, for the tenth or twentieth time, great danger of a commotion, which will prostrate in the dust all our institutions, even the present right of property, should justice not be speedily done to the suffering and starving people. Having said so much to direct public attention to the general character of the meeting, and its general indications, we must expressly direct the attention of all Corn-law advocates to the speech of Mr. HOPE, a farmer of East Lothian. We apprehend that he is a somewhat better autho rity than my Lord WILLIAM RUSSELL, or the Editor of any London Journal, for the influence of the abolition of the Corn-laws, particularly as he gives the data on which his opinion is founded ; and we learn with much pleasure, but without surprise, that he believes the abo lition would throw no land out of cultiva tion. We know that there are other in telligent agriculturists -who take the same view of this matter as Mr. HOPE, and maintain, with him, that competition is necessary to get the English agriculturists out of very slovenly and expensive habits of cultivation, We believe, too, that such opinions are gaining ground amongst intelligent men, and that a great num ber agree with him, that no class of men would gain so much by the abolition of the Corn-laws as the actual cultivators of the soil. The Puseyites, alarmed at the flame which they have kindled in the University of Oxford, by putting forward Mr. WILLIAMS .for the Pro fessorship of Poetry, are now anxious to with draw their candidate, and are using every means ,to induce the Garbettites to come to an amicable arrangement on the subject. A requisition to this effect has been drawn up and signed by 244 non-residents, among whom are five Bishops out of the seven who are members of Convocation; but Lord As EILEY, the Chairman, and Mr. GREGSON, the Secretary of Mr. GAR^ BEres Committee, properly turn a deaf ear to the insidious scheme, and will admit no impu tation on the religious principles of their can didate. " Let the galled jade wince ; our withers are unwrung." The excitement now existing, has arisen from circumstances over which they had, and can exercise no control, and should they withdraw their candidate, they have no security against the recurrence of similar difficulties. They, in fact, treat their opponents as rank Jesuits, who have some sinister purpose in view, but which they dare not reveal. What a triumph to sincere Roman Catholics, who, when " railed at" by these men, " railed not again," to find them distrusting one another, like the treacherous leaders of bar barous armies. The watch-word of the Gar bettites is "No surrender;" and a contest, therefore, must take place. The names of „the five Bishops are —R. OXFORD, H. EXETER, C. T. RIPON, E. SARUM, and T. V. SODOR and MA N. With the French Journals of 'Wednesday we have received a report of the proceedings, up to post hour on that day, in the Chamber of Peers, on the Address in answer to the Speech from the Throne, of which an interesting summary will be found in another part of The Sun. These pro ceedings are remarkable, as showing that not a single Peer raised his voice against the domestic tyranny of the Government. On the contrary, all parties seemed to agree that the Press could not be too much restrained; that public opinion could not be too tightly restricted ; that the dungeon and the guillotine could not be too often called into requisition to crush the murmurs of the discontented; and that the Government had nothing to fear, so long as it sacrificed the poor to the interests of men of property. As compared with the Peers generally, M. GUIZOT and his col leagues are patterns of moderation. Not a Peer ascended the tribune who did not appear eager to convince France, that, if in office, his little finger would be thicker than the loins of the GUIZOT Cabinet—that if the Ministers chas- S MARY E l `.c NEWS AND Zit/Wit Opintan. " Who runs may read." PUBLIC OPINION. The Times remarking upon the statement which ap peared in the Chronicle and Sun of yesterday, to the effect that Lords Aberdeen and Cowley had taken part with the King of the French against the Regent of Spain respecting the presentation of M. Salvandy's letters of credence, says, with more flippant pertness than becomes so grave an occasion :—" The opinion which has been formed and expressed by the Government on the proper and customary mode of presenting credentials to an in. fant Sovereign and to the Regent, would certainly not deserve the importance which has been attached to it if it involved a mere point of ceremony. As such, it is ridiculous to exalt their determination on this point into the first great act of their foreign policy, and to extort from it a whole series of vicious and absurd inferences favourable to the pretensions of the French party, and hostile to the independence of Liberal Spain. The re conciliation 'of Europe with Spain will not he hustolaed or retarded for a single day by the presence or absence of a French Ambassador at Madrid." The Morning Herald, writing upon the same question, has the following. We may first remark that none of our Tory Morning Contemporaries seem so little trusted with the secrets of the Foreign-office as the Times. The Herald says :—" A new question—a contemptible one, and sufficiently indicative, wo admit, of a foregone con clusion '—has arisen between France and Spain ; and how has Lord Abe r d een acte d ? H e h as pursued the same dignified and temperate course as he did in the Christina-Orleans-O'Donnell movement; he has treated the question as one of etiquette merely,, and has held the balance between France and Spain most equably. The first demand of M. De Salvandy he has indicated to be perfectly inadmissible in a constitutional country. It has been withdrawn. The second demand he has rather hinted than declared to be in accordance with diplomatic form and courtesy, and recommended acqui escence to it by the Regent of. Spain. Such acquiescence has been declined, and Lord Aberdeen has refused to al low Lord Cowley to mingle in negotiations for a com promise." The Morning Chronicle concludes a sound article on he Corn-laws with the following pithy remarks :-..- " Within the last fifty years rent has tripled or qua drupled. But all is not enough. The landowner, not satisfied with the protection which he derives from hav ing a commodity almost always below the wants of the community, calls for the exclusion of all foreign corn, and, in his insane avarice, threatens to cut up our foreign trade by the roots. The time has at length come when a stand must be made against injustice. On our manufacturing prosperity dep en d s our agr i cultural prosperity. Whnever our towns are no longer in a condition to receive emigrants from the estates of the squires, down must come prices and rents, and poor rates must swallow up rents. Woe to the landowners, should this country ever be independent of foreign coun tries for a supply of food ; for it is on the inadequacy of the home supply that agricultural prosperity rests. Were the home market to be the only market for our manufacturers, the landowners would be pennyless." The Morning Post is a great stickler for monopolies in trade. The following is a specimen of i$ anti-free trade lore :—" We term the principles on which our modern trade is based false, because these principles form part and parcel of the monstrous theory of free trade. Free trade means cheap labour. Free trade, therefore, implies the possession of power, by certain classes of capitalists, to grind down the order of la bourers to the starvation point, or below it. Our modern system of foreign trade is not, therefore, founded on the principles of justice nor of wisdom." MONEY—TRADE—COMMERCE. At the meeting of the London Joint Stock Bank on Wednesday last, it appeared from the report that the net profit on the half-year was 25,923/. I 4s. 3d., from which a dividend of 61. per cent. per annum was recom. mended to be declared. Prince Albert has given orders for six pairs of silk trousers and stockings to be made by the silk-stocking makers of Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire, in answer to their address praying for his patronage to help their distressed trade. A combination has been formed amongst the salt bacon-curers of Cork, and SOO or 1,000 have " turned out ;" several have been arrested. The debts already proved, up to Tuesday last, in Messrs. Hobhouse and Co.'s bankruptcy, amounted to 234,3641. 4s, 4d. The total invested for the benefit of the creditors is at present 40,000/. The next meeting is fixed for the 19th instant at Bath. At the last meeting of the iron masters at Dudley, it was determined to continue paying the men at their present rate of wages. No reduction consequently will, in the present state of affairs, take place, and the discon tinuance of the working of so me o f the furnaces will not prove so calamitous as apprehended. COMMERCIAL REFORM. At the first sitting of the Edinburgh Anti-Corn-law Conference, held in that city on Tuesday, among other eloquent speeches and remarks, Mr. Hope, farmer, of East Lothian, said—" As a grower of corn, a feeder of sheep and oxen, I wish to proclaim to the public that I have no fear for the ruin of my order from the pale-faced working classes of our manufacturing towns being per mitted their just rights, to exchange the produce of their industry for food raised in foreign lands." PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS, It is stated that Ministers will grant 10,0001. for the establishment of two normal schools at Edinburgh and Glasgow, with 1,000/. a-year for their annual expenses. P ARLIAMENTARY. Sir Robert Peel has issued his circular for the assem bling of P ar li ament, Feb. 3, when " public business of importance will be immediately proceeded with." BLECTIONEERINtk. Sir IL Vyvyan, it is stated by a Conservative print, will decline to come forward for Cornwall. Mr. Dawson also, by letter, has resigned all future claim to the re presentation. NAVAL AND ranamanv. Admiral Sir J. Rowley, IN 11, was promoted to the rank of Admiral of the White at the late brevet, died on Wednesday last at Leitrim. LAW AND POLICE. The gang of bread-stealers, whose illegal doings The Sun reported on Wednesday, as having helped themselves unhesitatingly to the cakes and broad in the shops of Mr. Church and Mr. Clury, bakers in the City, were com mitted to Newgate yesterday, at the Mansion -house, on being again brought up, and these, to the number of 16, the Magistrate said, are likely to be transported. The other participators were severely reprimanded and dis missed. William Jennings, cabman, was charged at Clerken well yesterday with enforcing Is. in the stead of a legal eightpenny fare, and fined 20s. for the fraud. • FORE:wail. The trial of the editors of the National and the Ga zette de France, accused of attacking the rights of the King, and of exciting hatred and contempt against the Government, in an article published by the former on the 20th September last, and repeated by the latter, was brought on Tuesday before the Court of Assizes. The two cases had been united in one indictment ; but it being proved to the Court that M. Delaroche, of the National, was from illness unable to appear, the Court put off his trial to another session, and ordered that of the Gazette de France to proceed forthwith. Upon this, M. Foucauld, the editor of the Gazette, determined to make default. and withdrew. In his absence, M. Tho rigny called for judgment. The Court sentenced M. Fouvuld to a year's imprisonment, and a fine of 4,000 f. This is the first fruit of:NI. Dupoty's conviction by the Peers on a charge of constructive treason. Verily Louis Philippe cannot too soon make out the Procureur-General's patent of nobility. He is already qualified. for a seat in the French State Hospital of Incurables. The French Newfoundland cod fishery for 1841 has been much less successful than that of 1840, which was by no means remarkable for its produce. From the port of Granville 56 ships with crews, amounting to 952 men, went out to the Great Bank. The aggregate amount of the take in 1840 was 4,030,782 fish ; but last year it was no more than 2,801,000 fish, weighing 7,000,500 kilo grammes, valued at 1,715,961 f., from which being de ducted one-fourth as the crews' share, there remained for the owners 1,211,971 francs. The cost of fitting out the ships for the fishery was 1,568,000 f. ; conse quently there was an aggregate loss of 356,028 f., or 6,357 e for each ship. A letter from Alencon, chief town of the Orne, enu merates the following series of deplorable events which have happened there within the last three weeks : —On the 20th ult., a maiden lady, aged fifty, threw herself, in a fit of insanity, into a well, and was drowned.—On the 25th, three men made a brutal attempt upon a young woman, but were defeated by the assistance brought to her by her cries.—On the 31st, a lady was wounded, but not dangerously, by her son-in-law, be cause she protected her daughter, who had fled to her to escape his brutal treatment. The infuriated man, to avoid the punishment due to his attempt, committed suicide in the night.—On the 2d inst., a countryman was robbed on the Champ de Foire, and so severely beaten, that he remained senseless on the gronnd for several hours, but at last revived.—On the sth, a captain on the retired list, enjoying an adequate income, and much re spected by all who knew him, got up early in the morn ing, went to the principal entrance of the cemetery, and there shot himself.--And, on the 6th, Lecomte, a man condemned to death for the murder of his wife, was executed. On the interrogation of Mallet, the accomplice of Quenisset, by the Chancellor, Baron Pasquier, the Ga zette de France remarks—" This name of Mallet must hare brought to the recollection of the former Prefect of Police of the empire one of the most striking episodes of his life. Another Mallet committed M. Pasquier to prison, and a cobbler, on seeing him pass by with tho Duke de Revigo to the Conciergerie, cried out—' Good good ! the Imperial shop is broken up !l' M. Pasquier has had his revenge ; he signed the lists of proscription in 1815, and is now interrogating another Mallet, a con spirator." Madrid letters of the 4th say that M. Salvandy had made every preparation for commencing his return on the sth. The Finance Minister had read to the Deputies his budget for 1842. He states the deficit at 1E0,000,000 of reals. The revenue is from 7 to 800,000,000 of reals, of which the War-office absorbs 600,000,000. " The Pope," says the Diario di Roma, "has appointed Cardinal Patrizzi t o b e hi s Vicar-General for the city and diocese of Rome, in the room of the late Cardinal Della Porta Rodiana. His nomination must be gratifying to the Roman nobility, as his eminence is a Roman Prince by birth." There are very few local appointments made by the Sovereign Pontiff's, which ought to gratify the pride of the Italians. They share among them, and have done so for a thousand years, all the richest offices of the Romish Church. SPOUTZIiG. PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE. RAILWAYS. Paid. Per Share. Great Western 65 - to London and Brighton 50 .. .. 37 London and Birmingham ..; 90 Ditto New Midland Counties ... .„.160 Ditto i Shares North Midland ... 100 Ditto New - JOINT STOCK BANKS. Colonial London Joint Stock HALF PAST ONE, LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, JAN. 13.—We have had a dull Market to-day, the sales being only 2,500 bales, chiefly Am e ric a n, 51d. to 6d. N o thi ng doing in export or speculation. LIVERPOOL SHARE MARKET, JAN. 13.—The transac tions at the Stock Exchange this day, are—Grand Junction, 195 ; Lancaster and Preston Junction, 27 ; ditto New Shares, 164; London and Brighton, 38. MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, JAN. 13.—We can not report any change in our Share Market ; prices continue firm, and Stock scarce. Manchester and Bir mingham, 28; Manchester and Leeds, 71i ;.Sheffield and Manchester, 30 ; North and South Wales Bank, 41. 78.6 d. The English Stock Market continues firm, and Con sols have further improved since the opening to 89i for money, and 891-4 for the account. Exchequer Bills are 14 16 premium, India Bonds 9 11. There have been but two bargains done in the Foreign Market. Mexican 29 ; Spanish Active Stock 24k, flat. Very little doing in Shares. Prices are lower. Great Western, 85i ; London and Brighton, 37; North Mid land, 71k. TWO O'CLOCK.. The settlemmt of the account in the English Stock Market has passed over without difficulty. HALF-PAST TWO. Consols, Money, 89i ; Ditto February, 89i ; Mexi can, 29i ; Spanish, 24 25 25/1. QUARTER TO THREE. There are in the advices from the Cape of Good Hope some serious subjects for reflection. The British colo nists complain that the settlement at Natal has too long been suffered to remain in its pre sent anomalous position, and that energetic measures are absolutely necessary, • in order to bring emigrants to a proper understanding with her ,Majesty's Colonial au thorities, and to prevent their encroachments on the Caffres, who might resent' it on the British borderers. The very limited extent of our commerce with various foreign parts, where under a more liberal system of commercial policy, we might, perhaps have an excellent opening for-,---our trade, is shown in the returns before us of the shipping movements at the port of Bayonne during the past year. The num ber of vessels entered with cargo there was 308 of 18,144 tons, and in ballast 217 of 8,400 tons. Of this large number a single vessel only bore the English flag, while 248 were French, a good number Spanish, &c. The vessels sailed werAl2 of 2,867 tons, of which 316 were French, and one of 110 tons English. THE MARKETS.—(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. The arrivals of Grain since Monday have been small. Wheat heavy in sale, and rather lower. Barley met more demand, but at a further decline. Oats sold slowly, but maintained their value. Flour unaltered. SMITHFIELD MARKET. The supply of Cattle, Sheep, and Pigs, was moderate ; of Calves, good. The demand Beef and Mutton was dull, but for Veal and Pork brisk, at the present prices —Beasts, 577 ; Sheep, 2,600 ; Pigs, 327 ; Calves, 119. Beef, 3s. Bd. to 4s. Bs. ; Mutton, 4s. to 4s. 10d. ; - Veal, 4s. 4d. to ss. 4d. ; Pork, 4s. Bd. to ss. Bd. COLONIAL MARKET. The operations were fair for home use, and at firm rates, but for export little business was transacted. The imports keep small. TEA MARKET. The demand at the public sales was good, and very full rates were paid. Company's Congou, ls. 9d. cash. TALLOW MARKET. A good demand for P.Y. Candle, and prices firm at 48s. to 48s. 3d., but for delivery there are few buyers ; sellers at 48s. 6d. per cwt. - OIL MARKET. The Market is dull, and prices rather lower. Linseed 355. 6d. per cwt. SERVED RIGHT.—In consequence of the late disputes on the subject, a new order of precedence, under manual, had be en rece i ved at Calcutta for re Qeethuecniv's sign civil and military services of India. This docu ment had created some sensation in the Indian bar, in consequence of the total omission therefrom of the Ad vocates-General of the Presidencies ; the controversies of some of whose wives are said to have led to the order being issued.—Herald. About 1,000 persons, among whom were several mem hers of the Skating Club, were on the round pond in Kensington -gardens yesterday. In St. James s there were about 500, and in the Regents-park 400 or 500 per sons on the ice. One or two immersions took place, but no serious accident. COURT--nrAsuromuaxon. A marriage is spoken of between the Princess Maria Louisa of Orange, and the reigning Duke of Nassau. The bride is 18 years of age, and esteemed charming ; the bridegroom 25. The Duke of Cambridge returns to-day to town from Petworth, Sussex, from his visit to Colonel and Lady Wyndham. Lady Peel and family arrive from Drayton Manor this week. The Brazilian Minister, Madame Lisboa, and family, have arrived in Portman-square, from Brussels. Sir Watkin Williams Wynn has been entertaining se lect companies at Wynnstay, during the holydays. The son of Prince Polignac has arrived at Brussels. The Earl of Westmoreland arrived at his residence in Harley -street from Brighton on Wednesday, and will return to Berlin to resume his diplomatic functions soon after the Royal Christening. The King ofPrussia, says the Hamburgh Gazette, will bear the title . of Count ofErmansdorff while at London, and will not appear in military costume except on the day of the Christening, when ho will wear the uniform of an . officei of the Guards. DICISCELMANEOUS. The King of Prusssa embarks at Ostend for this coun try on Thursday next, whither the Chevalier Bunsen will repair to receive him. His stay here, it is said, will not exceed eight days. The order of the Knights of the Golden Spur, the pri vilege of creating which has been exercised in Rome by the Sforza family co-ordinately with the Sovereign-Pon tiff for the last three centuries, has just been abolished by Papal brief, without any previous notice or reason assigned to the present Duke. A decision has just been given in the Court of Queen's Bench, Ireland, which will carry alarm into many a family. All marriages in Ireland, celebrated by Presby terian ministers, where both pities are n o t Presby terians, are de c l are d invalid. ale Presbyterians in Ulster amount to upwards of 606,000, and we understand nothing was more common than the celebration of mar riages between Presbyterians and the members of other comm unities by Presbyterian ministers. The Mayor of Bath, in a letter addressed to the Morn ing Post, respecting the ,rumoured accident at Combe Down, says he has every reason to believe that the com munication was made by an unfortunate gentleman in curably deranged. He thinks the handwriting and sig nature bear a strong resemblance to those of the lunatic, who had been for some time in a madhouse, but where he is now the Mayor cannot tell. RUMOURS or THE DAY. . The King of Prussia's present to his godson, tile Prince' of Wales, will be a splendid royal mantlecitirbitfittith ermine, and decorated with the - finest ; , brifliautit and jewels of the Ptar .pfithe Order of the Black .Eagl6 • So say thq _ aiph l atj)erlin. . 1, Not , n' t 9.llbitpfintylee : n equity barristers are ; to re ceive si fi .s ~rta iniftonsequence of the establishment fps "of the 'n . e,w i ourt! i, : Tbe , following is the list, accord-. t lit... to ' Ylld ) ds'e appikiv,ed authority :—Messrs. Teed, Purvis, Koe, Kenya' Parker, Wilbraham, Walk er , Lowndes, Mathews,. Loftus, _l-igrani, James Russ e ll, Anderdon, and Roupel. -- At the Cabinet Council, - held on Tuesday; the de tails of the measures to be brought forward in the ensuing Session were for the first time discussed by the Ministry in Council. The Corn-law Duke and the Kent Baronet were both present, and we may, therefore, guess pretty accurately what formed one of the principal topics of.dis cussion. MONEY And COMMERCIAL- NEWS. CII Y, TWELVE 0' CLOCK: - The sales of Stock effected by the Government broker up to the present time have been to the extent of 900,0001., and it is generally expected that he has more to dispdse of; nevertheless the market keeps firm. Consols opened at 88-i 89 for Money, and 89 1 a for the February A ccoun t ; Th ree per Cents. Reduced are 89,1 ; Three-and-a-Half Ditto, 991- ; Bank Stock, 1061 167 k. The Foreign Securities opened rather flat. Spanish Active Stock, 24i 25; - Passive, .51 ; Deferred, 121 ; Portuguese Five tiler Cents., - 32 i ; ditto Threes, 19i ; Mexican Bonds, 29. Cape of Good Hope papers to the 14th of November have been received, but they do not contain any nelys of the least interest. Up to the present time no letters or papers from Liver pool have been delivered. _ . . A wretched-looking man, named William Jones, ap peared before the same Bench, for stealing three quartern loaves from a baker's at Pentonville. He pleaded dis tress, but was committed. John Berry, a weaver's-reedinaker, was again re manded at Worship-street yesterday for a week, having fourteen banker's bills and cheques in his possession for which he could not account, while further inquiry is made. The adjourned inquest upon the death of James Skel ton, boatswain of the Helen and Mary, now in the London Docks, Captain T. Palmer, was held yesterday. The verdict returned was " Natural death by scurvy and dropsy ;" but their indignation was expressed on the conduct of the Captain, who had fed his crew on rotten buffalo beef, while he had sound provisions on board % LITERARY iIITZ At the meeting of the Royal Geographical Society, held on Monday, among the presents announced was a new Map of Amoy, from Mr.Wyld, and an Atlas of 500 Maps from Admiral D'Urville. John Calvert, M.D., member of most of the philosophic and learned societies of Europe, died on the day of his 40th year, at Falmouth, last Sunday. Meteoric phenomena of great splendour have been numerous this season at Dunce. On the 4th instant a brilliant one was seen in the west, near Procyon and Sirius. It assumed the shape of a full moon, which tapered to a point behind; its colour was white, inclining to blue, and it finally exploded into fraginents, some as large as golf-balls, and others like rain-drops.: 1-4_IVENING SUN VICE-CHANCERY--(THIS DAY.) (Before the VICE-CHANCELLO R of ENGLAND.) • C.A.SIDY V. CaFFORD. In this case Mr. Bethell made an application fo r an injunction to restrain the defendant from negn tinting a bill of exchange for 3,6941., dated JOY 24, 1841, b e f ore t h e mont h of July, 1842 ; , also to restrain the defendant from procuring e fiat of bankruptcy to be issued against the plain' tiff, by reason of his not having paid the said bill previous t o t h e t i me mentioned. It RP ' poured - that previous to the month of July, 184 1, there had been several money transactions between the plaintiff, w h o was a clerk in a public office, and the defendant, w h o was a surgeon, The def en dant had, it was stated, advanced to the pllik tiff from time tO time certain sums, at an interest of 20 per cent. In the month of July, 1841, the defendant had determined tO bring those transactions to a close, and he then sold to the defendant certain stock and railway share s for the sum of 3,6941., which was made over to the plain' tiff by a bill ofex change, payable in three months. Accord' ing to the statements made for the defence it appeared that the bill had beets given on condition that it should be renewed from quarter to quarter, leaving the plaintiff twelve months to meet the bill. There being some doubt as to the nature of the agree' meat between the parties, arid as to the interpretation to be put upon the plaintiff' s bill , I [is HONoun said that before he came to any decision he should reed over the bill, and he should then make the order he should think fit. QUEEN'S BENCH.—(THIS DAY THE QUEEN V. THE JUSTICES OF WARWICKSHIRE. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL had been instructed by certain parishioners of Birmingham and Edgbaston to apply to the Court for a rule to show cause why a writ of certiorari should not issue, directed to the Justices of Warwickshire, and commanding them to bring up a cer tain county-rate, made by them upon the town of Bir mingham, for the purpose of ascertaining its legality The affidavits set out that under the provisions of th Municipal Regulation Act, the sth and 6th of IV., in the last clanse but one of that statute her Majesty was pleased to grant a charter to the towll ,yfl of Birmingham, and one of the consequences o f that charter being grant©d was that the charges ,i)J for :the town. were - immediately taken out of th° county-rate, and contained a power of levying berough-rata in the nature of that county-rate. The town might be called upon to contribute to certain expenses, but•there was a clause in the Act, which ! 1: 2; solutely exempted it fr om a ll liability to countr'' as such. The ir L or d s hi ps were aware that a,dou b t arose as to whether the clause in the Act, enabling the Crow 1 1.!! to grant such a Charier had or had not such ditliCulties interposed in the way of such privileges conferred, quoad hoc, as to render it unavailing. There - was a on - .; culty in setting the Corporation in motion, and pending , 4 the doubts that existed, the rate-payers of 13iriningharn were advised to pay the borough' -rate which wa s made by the Town Council of Birmingham, after they h ad " 11 1 waited a sufficient time to get the Charter into regular operation. Their Lordships were probably aware that the difficulty was, that the Municipal Regulation Act re quired that the choice of Magistrates of the Town Council , y was to take pla ce at a certain period of the year, unde r 4 the authority o f a M ayor and certain assessors, and mad e no provision for the appointment of th ese officers ininle" diately. Th e Town Council existed until the regular time had arrived which was required by the statute' The difficulties and legal objections in the way of tl borough rate, being made under such a Charter, it being , admitted th at t h e C harter was valid for all other Po'• ,; poses, came under the discuision of the Judges in the. ease of the M anc h ester Charter; and the majority of the Judges, assembled in th e Exchequer Chamber, were of opinion that the Crown had the power to grant sunl: l ,' P i a Charter. Up on t h at, t h e par i sh officers, who 11,,ar been advised not to act under the clause of the Municipal Regulation Act, were obliged to if; quiesce in the d ec i s i on o f the majority of til e So Judges, and to snake ar rangements to pay 6,4 sums demanded unde r th e authorityof the Chamber an • the Act of Parliament, an d they had done so, But nut' • withstanding that, the County Afagistrates had, he Pre semed, under a notion:that the Charter was not valid, that the House of Lords might disturb the decision of the Exchequer Chamber,f thought fit to impose a county' rate on the town, that was to say, in the county-rate made they had included the towb of Birmingham . Therefore, the inhabitants of Birmingham, in their re spective parishes, w ere li a b le to pay a double rate, ne, madeby the Town Council, an d t h e ot h er b y the Cou nt,' Magistrates. They had no means of bringing the cln e f; tion of the rate mad e b y the Town-Council W ore thel l Lordships, and, indeed, they had acquiesced i n it : and the decision of th e Court of Exchequer Chamber ,sie correct, there could he little doubt upon the subject. Lord DENMAN said it was clear th e quest i on was 0 :: which .must b e di scussed. The certiorari might go Le bring up th e or d er for making the rate, and then tuil parties could sh ow cause upon affidavits, setting forth au LAW INTELLIGENCE. CHANCERY COURT-(THIS DAY). IN THE MATTER OF FOWLER. This case came before the Court upon petition, pray ing the confirmation of the Master's Export The luna tic,. who was th e rec t or o f Rampton, was entitled to the tithes of that parish. The Commissioners under tlio Tithe Commutation Act had offered the Committee of the lunatic 3001. a-year in lieu of the tithes. Upon this offer being made a reference was directed to the Master to inquire whether it would be for the benefit of the lu natics' estate to accept that offer. The Master had re ported that it would, and the confirmation of that report was the object of the present petition. His LORDSHI P ma d e t h e order as prayed. '•; 1.1"1- 1 IN THE MATTER OF THE BERWICK JUNK, ' 79 'ti t In this case a fi a t o f b an k ruptcy had issued against au' the partners in the Berwick bank, and that fiftt, ; ,had been directed to the Bankrupt Commissioners ofid3crwiel" There had, however, arisen the difficulty NNithrrespecilt o those Commissioners, that three of them were interestitd . parties. Such being the case, Mr. JAMES RUSSELL applied to-day for the appointr.' ment of three Commissioners in their room. The LORD CHANCELLOR said he could not, for.tlifv:! sake of one case alone, appoint three new Commissioner/Jo' who would be perpetual. The parties must either ge Newcastle, which was only 63 miles distant, or they` i must apply to the Court of Review for a new. fiat, ch; " rected to new C omm i ss i oners. T here could be no doubt , . that the adoption of such a course would be both incon venient and expensive to the parties, but the Court .could not help it. It was clear to his Lordship that the present system was bad, and must be altered. WARD P. ALSAGER. The further arguments in this case occupied the C 0,1 411- the whole morning. ROLLS' COURT.—(THIS DAY.) oi: , 4° ALLEN V. COSTER. ." 01 Mr. ROGERs appeared for the petitioner, and,statigtel that the petition prayed for payment of certain held in trust for the petitioner. The petitioner was en'T'i titled to a moiety of the principal, but in drawingup the +t petition he (Mr. Rogers) had omitted to state it.. Th o 4 petition stated the will of the testatrix, by which . she gave the sum of 6,600/. New Four per. Cents„ the dends to be paid to George Allen and his .wife,. to be applied by them to the maintenance of their two .chiP: dren, George Allen, th e y ounger, and Elizabeth Allen•-'i until the said Elizabeth Allen should have attained, the age of 21 years, and at that period this fund , wa5,i4": 13 , 1). ' distributed equally b etween t h em. His Lordshipryfß4A° recollect that an- order was made in this case,,;ol o " pointing. Mr: Underwood as guardian to these, elAho' dren. It appeared that the last dividend had, ,Ilfgra l been received in consequence of that - a.pplicatip#l'*4,4 99 From several ord ers made and obtained . i n t • case, the fu n d h a d from time t o ti me b een reduce a,' . t and these costs had. been placed to the separate accounts of these infants, and although the infant Elizabeth Allen had had a large' amount placed to her account, still it would be found to exceed by 201. only the account of her brother, George Allen the younger. It appeared that one sum of 170/. Bs. Id. was paid for the Costs of the el 3" - plication to discharge this young man from his first ar prenticeship, which application was granted, and in consequence he 'was apprenticed to another master. It appeared that this sum was placed to the separate 90- count of the petitioner. Then there was another sum' of 501. which was paid by Mr. Underwood to the former master of the young man for his past maintenance, and subsequently there was another sum of 35/., making 85/., placed to the separate account of George Allen• the younger ; and 30/. was placed to the separate account of Elizabeth Allen, making a difference of only 20/. Th° only other sum is that of 210/, for the costs of inquiry with reference to the marriage of Elizabeth Allen. when an infant. These sums carried up, the result appeared,;?to be, that 2201. was carr i e d to the separate ace ount the brother, and 240/. to the separate account of the sister, in point of fact making only the small difference of 2el. He (Mr. Roger) should therefore hope that his Lordship would think that as each had received nearly the same amount out of the fund, there might be properly made an order for the reeeipt of the moiety of the whole fund left to George Allen the younger. His LORDSHIP asked upon what ground the order Was to be made ? This was a case at which he looked with the utmost possible anxiety. He had never seen a ease Which so strongly called upon the Court. to refuse the Payment of this moiety. On what ground was it to he paid to this young man; for, according to the intention • of the testatrix—which intention had been attempted by certain parties to bo frustrated —it was that this 'moiety should not be paid to this young man until his sister wad of the age of twenty-one years, and then to be paid t° him. Why should .it not still be paid to Mr. under wood ? His Lordship had become more intimately ac' quainted with the circumstances of this case, and he felt .. that protection should be given not only to the young lady-but also-to the young man himself. He found hie; out of employment, and diminishing the fund he had, and , living upon th o s e w h o were str i v i ng all in their power '' ; to cause him to live respectably. Mr, ROGERS said he had discovered that it was the f intention of all parties that he should . be placed in a re', speetable house of business in London. _ His LORDSHIP said th a t was very desirable, in order to rescue him from a c o nnect i on wh i ch had been so cul pable with respect to hini. His Lordship would be very glad to attend to anything for his benefit ; hut, in the meantime, the income must be paid to Mi. Underwoo4,, till after the , young man was of age. His Lordship could • not help saying of Mr. Underwood, that - he Wad . nover met any person in Whom he had more cause' for reliance. Mr. ROGERS applied to his Lordship for an order for Mr. Underwood to receive the unpaid dividend. His LORDSHIP expressed his hope, that what was done for him would be with the protection of the Court. ' Il e should be sorry to cast the least imputation on any pe' son, but he never saw a case which required •so much protection. The order might be.made. NEW HISTORICAL ROMANCE. Now reasly at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., ANNE BOLEYN, AN HISTORICAL ROMANCE. By MRS. A. T. THOMSON. Author of " Memoirs of Henry VIII.," " Constance," &c. Henry Colburn, Publishei;l3, Great Marlborough -street. 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