The Sun. — London, England, 1842-12-26 00:00:00

SUMMMIt E..+4 idt AND eptizion. " Who runs may read.' POREIGN. ,4 Tuesday evening their Majesties, the King and teen of the French, received the Prince de Ligne, ' 4l bassador from the Court of Belgium, the Chan euele llOr of F rance , M. de Humboldt, and the Envoy of Pacha of Egypt. Satisfactory, accounts have been received from Al - ZS • • The Governor-General remained in the Lower tieliff, with his Royal Highness the Duke d'Aumale, g advantage of the magnificent weather with eech he has been favoured for the last three weeks. is pursuing the course of his operations against the ho stile tribes. epnsiderable excitement prevailed at Barcelona on in consequence of the recent decrees issued 7 the Regent. The Ayuntamiento having drawn up ' ,Protest a gain s t th e l e vying of the contribution of t ,000,000 of reals, a s contrary to the Constitution, '! Captain -General replied that Barcelona being in a 1 it 'dte of siege, he -could not receive any representation otn the civil authorities. • The Cologne Gazette states from Vienna, that the , ojected convention between Austria and Saxony, foi i,e construction of a railroad from Prague to Dresden, "been concluded. Madrid journal mentions the discovery of a coal 14ine in the province of Guadalajara, fourteen leagues ' r ota Madrid. • MONEY-TRADE-COMMERCE. , I _ 4 ll Anti-Corn-law festival took place at Coalbrook mie on Wednesday last, when from 300 to 400 per ZIA were present, among whom were many ladies ' O R. Moore, Esq. delivered an eloquent speech. • PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS. A -number of National schools are in course of erec ,*iii-33ettinal-green parish, and a large building foi t he education of 500 children at Stepney. ECCLESIASTICAL. There are at present 300 candidates for Church pre , 1. .Itient on the Government books in Ireland. LAW .aval POLICE. The rule-book in the office of the Queen's Bench, has , had stamps extracted from it, to tht %mint of 7P01.: the parties are yet undiscovered. I;,obert Edwards, a private in the 6th Foot, was 'lttilsecl- at Union-hall with stealing a gold watch, v 41 11 e .50 guineas, and other articles of jewellery; and Allen as an accomplice in the robbery. The 1 9 4oners were remanded till Lieutenant Sullivan, the robbed, can appear. • COVAT-FASZION.A.BLE. The Earl and Countess of Chesterfield have altered .. 7h. plan for passing the winter at Rome ; they pro ''ecl direct to Naples, and remain abroad six months. The Hon. Sydney Herbert left the Admiralty on h ijday on a visit to the Dowager Countess of Pem tq le at Wilton House, Salisbury. / tr. Charles and the Misses Grenfell left town on jay for St. Leonard's. Parnther has returned Grafton-street for the 'l%n. Th e Earl and Countess of Sefton left Belgrave `Par e on Thursday last for St. Leonard's-on-the-Sea. L ill() Earl of Clanwilliarn left Belgrave-square a few 41 ).'s &Ince for Somersetshire. The Earl and Countess of Mexborough will enter a a party at Mithlay Hall, Yorkshire, in the next week. WIXSCELLANEOITS. Randers oratorio of the _Messiah was performed by the Sacred Harmonic Society at Exeter-hall on Fri evening. Miss Towers, a pupil of Sir G. Smart, m ade her debut on the occasion : her voice is a soprano. t Messrs. Bloor, of Old Bond-street, have recently 2ittpleted an elegant dinner-service of Derby china "lre for her Majesty. 'The father of Haydn, the great musician, was a I ‘'„ileelwright in a sequestered village, and organist to m ie village church. LLO YD'S SHIPPING. toeport,DE.c. 24.—Wind W., light airs and fine. h' , Fr MARGATE, DEC. 23.—Superior, Montgomery nerara ; Hopewell, Harrison, Quebec. hit'AusGATE, Dec. 23.—Arrd. Hiram, Shields, for er c iambuce ; Caroline Arnold, Hamburgh, for Ha 'OM h ; Arrnenius, do., for Port au Prince. DEC. 23, A. m., S.W.; r. I _ l 9deeute.—Arrii. Jamaica, Ceylon:; Toronto, Mont -714; Herald, Belfast,. out six weeks ; Mary Barbara,- ~,Ilields,,for Suez. .Arrd. from the River, George, for s ' ll, l)e of Good Hope ; Franklin Rio Janeire; Gra tiatn, Sleirs..Leone; Vincent: , s _boven s DEC. 24 , —Arrd. Felicia, Hallman ; Bre `uenr,i4Wes t Indies. ' : DEC. 22.—Arrd. Sarah, Maria, and Quebed. O'oxiTsmouTn DEC. 23.—Wind N. N. W. to .W.—Arri. Anne Laing, London, .for Jamaica ; t knit; AbondouAfor Berbice; Snappopts Stockholm, Arrd. oft; Scotia, Rotterdam, for, N Orleans.: 1 i - Co WEs DEC 23 Arrd. Great Northern (steamer) 4 onslcoderry for London, to repair engine. The Flaielers from Richmond to Portsmouth, has Come into`'the harbour with considerable damage, ting be'on struck by a sea in lat. 46 , long. 30, and FINt discharge. The Urania, from St. Croix to lishing, has come into the harbour to discharge , Ling leaky, and decks swept, having experienced a y- gale. LIVERPOOL,DEC.23.--WindlV N.W.,fresh.—Arrd. Olnberland, Power, Maranham , left 16 t h ult. ; Sea, "e 1 a no New Orleans,_ sailed 24th ult. ; Niagara, .e, ditt o ; Europe, Furber, New York ; Ararat, Quebec. Arrd. off, Magnet, Quebec ; Margaret , —. ) 1 e Montrose, hence to New 01 .1 eans , was aband oned nth ult., in lat. 50, lon. 17, with eight feet water in th e hold, crew saved, and arrived here in the Ararat. I CIEGSTON, Dec. 22.—Arrd. Energy, Quebec. CORE, Dec. 21.—Arrd. Wm. Delaney, London f or the River Gambia, with loss of bulwarks, &c. ; .erpsichore, Waterford, for Newfoundland, with loss °l ' taus, &c. CARDIGAN.—Arrd. Triton, Rees, Quebec. Orr LEITH ' , DEc. 21.—Gilmour, Drys dale, Dal qousie. NEWPORT,'DEC. 22.—S1d. Era, Pernambuco, PWLLDELI, DEC. 22.—Arrd. Hannah, Heslop, Ynebec, with loss of roundhouse, galley, boat, &c. POWEy, DEC. 22.—Arrd. Royal Adelaide, Quebec,. ( % l Ey, with loss of bulwarks, &c. MILFORD, DEC. 22.—Arrd. Monkey, Glasgow, J amaica. •TxxestouTz, DEC. 23.—Arrd. Jane and Susan, fld Friendship, Newfoundland. PAIAIOUTII, DEC. 22.—Arrd. Telegraph, Laurie, itio Janeiro, sailed Oct. 29. DEAL, Dec.2o TO 22.—Arrd. Hercules, Hopewell, 1) ,.' 4 1 Lord Oakley, Quebec ; H a r riet, Hondu.ias ; Aftrica; Symmetry, Richibucto; Josephine 1 % 1 \lll fin. Mobile ; Norden , Sto ckholm for Rio Janeiro; I . l rilhelt nine. Catharine, Tigilatjah, for Amsterdam; Ann, Falcon, St. Thomas, for Hamburgh. GRIMSBT ROADS, Dee. 21.--Carlton, Miramichi. YouonAL, Dec. 20.—The Ellen, from Liverpooltc Cork, struck inside the Olack Rock yesterday, bu! ' 6llB assisted off, and into the harbour. COWES, ISLE OF WIGIE (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) 23.—Arrived the splendid steam-ship Great ~ ''''oFthern, from London derr y in six da y s, to repair '.amage to engine. She is ri gg ed as„a first class rigate, and has all the appearance of one; having 20 Dolls on each side : she is 1,515 tons, 350 horse- Power and is fitted with th e screw -propeller. Her funnel ' stands just abaft her mainmast, and the top of it is about the height of the cross jack-yard ; the steam is only used in calms and contrary winds. The Danish barque Urania, from St. Croix, for /leusburg, which arrived last ni g ht, is come into har lho ur to repair damage ; also the Am erican bri g Ark, ?larders, from Virginia, for orders, with loss of bul "warks, &c., both vessels having experienced dreadful weather in the Channel, while it has been so very toe here. The Kelmaurs, Captain Smith, which arrived a This port on the 16th, from Batavia, for orders, is still detained in these roads, the crew having refused to Proceed further on the voyage. The Hamburgh barque Elizabeth lately put into this port in a very leaky state, on her voyage from Singapore to Hamburgh, has landed her cargo, and cm Tuesday was placed in the Thetis dry-dock to undergo the necessary repairs. The French schooner Flore is on the Carpenters' }lard. The Dutch' galliot Goede Trouw is repairing off the Salterns stage ; and the Dutch galliot Antony is 'on ITansen's slip for the same purpose. The Peninsular Company's steamer Little Liver -11301, having been repaired, has been launched from Of White's slip, and on Thursday proceeded out of harbour. The English brig New Holland, which w a s sold last week under a decree of the High Court of A toiralty, is now fitting out, and nearly ready for sea. SINGULAR ROBBERY OF STOLEN PROPERTY.—A bag containing the sum of 851. in notes and coin, the Property of the stewards of the Ruby, was stolen from tke cabin of that vessel, at Gravesend, on Saturday 8 e'llnight. No traces could be found either of the box tit the thief, and the disconsolate owners had given up Q r ., thoughts of ever recovering their lost treasu re. On Wednesday se'nnight it was discovered, with its tvinitents untouched, amongst the ashes heaped up in a eX44,baige. It appears that on the night of the rob , the Ruby was moored alongside the said barge, ith2 robber, fearful of detection had buried tils under amongst the rubbish, until he could find a n 4 21tortunity of conveying it away in safety. The niprit has not yet been discovered. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. COURSING. TARLTON AI EETING, DEC. 19 AND 20. The Bank Hall Cup was won by Mr. Slater's Sandy, the Tarleton Puppy Cup by Mr. Jenkinson's Tory, the Gold Snuff-box by Mr. King's Bloomsbury, the Radcliffe Hall Stakes by Mr. Wood's Dart, the Bretherton Puppy Stakes by Mr. Brown's Fogo, and the Craven Stakes by Mr Wood's Doctor. NORTIILEACH MEETING.—The Northleach Cup was won by Mr. F. Herbert's Fly ; the Farmington Stakes by Mr. Lawrence's Lovely ; and the New Barn Stakes by Mr. Agg's Agility. ALNWICK MEETING:—The Prize was won by Mr. Dand's Tomboy beating Mr. Haggup's Lady Prudhoe. ANNAN MEETING, DEC. 16 AND 17.—The Queens bery Stakes (16 dogs), were won by Mr. G. Ramshay's Lady Gray, and th Douglas Stakes by Mr. Thomson's Teddy. CHAVANAGE (BRISTOL) MEETING, DEC. 16.--The All-aged Stakes were won by Mr. Pring's Burgundy, and the Puppy Stakes by Mr. Melis's Merlin. WORKINGTON MEETING.—The Cup (24 dogs) was won by Mr. Postlethwaite's Ben Brace. HORNBY MEETING.—The Sweepstakes were won by Mr. Maxwell's Swift. MULGRAVE MEETING, DEC. 19.—The Cup (16 dogs) was won by Lord Normanby's Dr. Syntax; his Lordship's Fly ran up. WEAVERTHORPE, DEC. 21.—The All-aged Stakes (8 doffs) were won by Mr. Fowler's Phaon, Mr. Jeph son's doffs) running up ; the Puppy Stakes (8 dogs) IN ere won by Mr. Fowler s Prince. • BRICWORTH STEEPLE CHASE, DEC. 22. Sweepstakes of 10 sous. each, 50 added, 1 Ist 101 b each; four miles. Mr. Ekins' Duenna, list 101 b (Frisby) 1 Mr. Elmore's Lottery, 12st 101 b Mr. Langham's Buffoon, list 101 b Won easy. BETTING AT MANCHESTER—FRIDAY. DERBY.-25 to 1 agst Aristides (t)-50 to 1 agst Sir Valentine (0-1,000 to 15 agst Everton (t)-1,000 to 15 agst Lucetta c (0-1,000 to 15 agst Clara c (0- 1,000 to 15 Jamal (0-1,000 to 15 agst Humbug (t). HUNTING APPOINTMENTS. York and Ainsty hds, Tues., Street House ; Th., Bransby ; Sat., Skipwith Common-101. Earl of Harewood's hds., Wed., Shadwell ; Fri., Wighill. Mr. Watson's hds., Fri., Widdrington Whin-10. Lieut.-Col. Hildyard's harrs., Wed., Carlton Guide Post ; Fri , Stainton Vale —lOl. Eddlethorpe hds., Wed., Lobster House ; Th., Birdsall House. Sinnington hds., Tues., Botby; Fri., Oswalairk-10. Bedale hds.,Wed., Sleningford Park ; Fri., Wynyard hds., Th., Holyforth House. Cleveland lids., Th., Kildale-101-. Harworth lids., Tues., Killerby ; - Th., Kirklevington ; Sat., Entercommon-101. Boroughbridge harrs., Tues., Clot House; Th., Wind mill, Hutton Moor—.lol. Lord Gifford's hds., Wed., Aldsworth; Sat., 6th Mile stone on the Cirencester and Malmsbury -road: Lord Redesdale's lids., Wed., Tangley ; Fri., Addle strop•gate ; - -Sat.,Kiddington-gate. Berkshire hds.,Wed., Combe-wood ; Fri., Besselsleigh. Mr. Drake's hds., Tues., Bucknell, Cow-common ; Th., Menmarsh Guide-post ; Sat., Trafford-bridge. Mr. Morrell's hds., Wed., Woodstock ; Fri., Ensham. Thirteenth Dragoon Stag lids., Th., Whatfield-11. Tivyside lids., Fri., Cenarth-bridge-10. Essex Stag hds., Tues., Moreton-hill-12. Norfolk hds., Wed., Thirnink ; Fri., Bodham-101-. Hambledon ids:, Wed., Barn-green; Fri., Place House —lOl. 11. ri., Tues., the Chequers, Ropley ; Th., Abbotsdon Down ; Sat., Herriard-common-101. The English labourer toils continually, and the cases are few in which there is not some job to attend to even on the Sabbath. We give up the old boast that an Englishman can beat two Frenchmen ; but we maintain that he will grow more wheat than six Tuscans. What nonsense then to talk about the necessity of a reduction of wages. " But then," cry the monopolists, " you forget our enormous national debt, the interest of which swallows up annually so many millions of revenue. How are we to pay that without protection ?" Now, we remember all this very well. Let as ask in re turn how does Richard Cobden and the manufac turers contrive to compete with other nations, and yet pay their share of the debt ? They want no protection; and vet in a country which produces no raw silk, it is a thousand times a greater miracle to produce a cheap silk dress than a cheap bushel of wheat. We want no protection for our manufactures, yet they pay largely towards defraying the interest of the national debt. We, seek no protection for our commerce, and yet our ships pay more towards the interest of our debt than our acres. But the whole system of monopoly is a fallaCy—a systern for the plunder of the De-Everythings to maintain for ever in hahrithis' idleness the ,Do-Nothings. , --ilull-Advertiser. EXTRAORDINARY. RESOLUTION AND PERSEVERANC3L —We have this week , to record a, feat of extra ordinary perseverance, so rare indeed, that we much doubt whether its parallel can be found. On the 19th of November last, a person of the name of Themias Wressel, aged 63, died at Wisbeach, in the county of Cambridge, and previous to his demise he expressed a wish to his only sister, who resided with him, that his remains should be interred in the churchyard at Clarborough, near Retford, at which place he had formerly lived, and where his mother and some of his family had been interred. With astonishing resolution the sister resolved upon fulfilling his last injunctions, and set forth with the remains of her brother in a donkey cart. The distance between Wisbeach and Clarborough is ninety-seven miles. During the journey the coffin, which projected from behind the cart, was covered with a ragged coverlet, upon which the dejected sister sat. At length, after being eleven days on the road, the funeral procession reached Clarborough on the 2d of December, and the body lay, as it had travelled in the cart, in an outhouse of one of the village inns, until Sunday, December 4, when the last rites of the church were performed over it by the Rev. W. R. Sharpe, curate ; and after its long transit, it was com mitted to its last earthly resting-place. The woman herself was not attired in decent mourning., but readily paid the funeral expenses, and expressed her determi nation to return to Wisbeach by the conveyance in which she had come, in order to dispose of some little property there, preparatory to residing at Clarbo rough ; so that she may be sure of laying her bones beside his bones, and that the kindred dust of the family may commingle together, until the trump of the Archangel shall summon them to meet the Lord in the air. The woman is sixty years of age, and the remains of her brother were only placed in a single coffiin, although he had been dead for the long period of fifteen days ere the earth received back its own.—Nottingham Journal. The Rhone, a Lyons journal, relates that a rich and avaricious widow, named Gayet, living in a house of her own, at the Guillotiere, and who was a great coquette, although of the ripe age of 55, committed suicide a few days ago, in consequenCe of having lost her lover, and, at the same time, from disappointment at not receiving a large inheritance which she had long been expecting. She had destroyed herself by suffocation, and was not discovered for several days. Her cat also lay dead by her side, but had previously devoured a part of her mistress's face. LEEDS SAVINGS BANK.—We have much pleasure in requesting public attention to the continued pros perity of the Leeds, Skyrac, and Morley Savings' Bank. At the forty-ninth half-yearly meeting of the Trustees and Directors, held on the 19th instant, it was ascertained by the accounts that since the com mencement of that valuable Institution 19,534 persons have paid into the bank the sum of 743,9181.155. 3d., and have, as their occasions required, withdrawn the sum of 622,8451. 3s. The interest money withdrawn bears a very small proportion to the interest accu mulated, and, including such accumulation, there re mains the sum of 232,2681. 1 ls. 10d. at the disposal of the present depositors.—Leeds Mercury. CHRISTMAS GAIETY. The gaiety • that reigns supreme at this jocund period of the year, when friends and lovers congregate at the social board, or whirl in the giddy mazes of the dance, renders a strict attention to the toilet more desirable than at other periods. It is, at this gay time that the virtues and singularly happy properties of Rowland's Kalydor and Rowland's Macassar Oil shine pre eminent in their powers, and the white and swan-like neck, no less than the rich luxuria n t tress, form happy . . trophies of their inestimable powers. As appropriate presents, therefore, to the ladies, they claim peculiar attention. ST. JAMES'S, WESTMINSTER. Mr. Peter Le Quainter, formerly of Piccadilly, who died in the year 1783, left the residue of his personal estate, since invested in the purchase of 8,7851.55. 9d. Old South Sea Annuities, to the Rector and Churchwardens of this parish for the time being, upon trust that the in terest, dividends, and proceeds thereof be yearly and every year for ever at Christmas equally divided, dis tributed, and given unto and amongst 20 poor per sons, who were or had been housekeepers in the said parish of St. James, Westminster, and such as the Rector and Churchwardens, and the other gentlemen for the time being composing the vestry of the said parish, should deem to be proper objects, and the most deserving to partake of the same. According to annual custom, the distribution of this munificent bequest, amounting to 2631. 11s. 2d., was made by the Rector, Churchwardens, and Vestrymen, on the 21st instant, when twenty persons coming within the terms of the testator's will, some of whom were once in affluent circumstances and possessed large houses in the parish received their shares of the bounty, being 131. 3s. 6d. each. FILIAL PIETY.—In the Insolvent Debtcrs' Court, at Cork, last week, Andrew Coughlan, a very old and infirm man, applied for his discharge. One Michael Coughlan was sworn, and deposed that he had arrested the insolvent and brought him to Cork. The Com missioner—What relation are you to the insolvent ? Witness—He is my father. And did you arrest your own father ?—I did, when I was paid for it.—The witness retired amid a murmer of execration. The insolvent was discharged.—Dublin Journal. ELECTION OF COMMON COUN CILMEN. (From our Evening Edition of Saturday) WARD OF . FARRINGI)ON WITHOUT. THIRD AND LAST DAY. The Court opened yesterday morning at ten o'clock, and the poll terminated at two P.M. At half-past three the Chairman declared the num bers voted for each candidate to be as follows—viz., Mr. Bedford Mr. Obbard.. Mr. Williams Mr. Edkins . . 456 Mr. Pearce 353 Mr. Burn Mr. Anderton 437 Mr. Woollatt 340 Mr. Stokes Mr. Walker Mr. Taylor 425 Mr. Prendergast 292 Mr. Sidney The announcement of the result of the contest called forth plaudits from the friends of the elected gentlemen. They, as well as the unsuccessful candi dates, addresse I the meeting. A resolution was passed that the proceedings of the wardmote be advertised in the usual morning and evening papers. Thanks were then voted to the Worshipful Chairman. The worthy Alderman returned thanks. The wardmote then adjourned at seven o'clock. CORNHILL WARD. Alderman Sir John Pine, Bart., presided, and the election concluded at one o'clock. The following were the numbers of the votes : Angell (Deputy)... 49 Johnston. .. 36 *Lund ... 46 Eyton Harrison Thomas The first six candidates were declared duly elected. The usual vote of thanks having been passed to the Alderman and members of the Common Council, the wardmote adjourned. CRIPPLEGATE The Lord Mayor presided yesterday, and the poll, which commenced at twelve o'clock, terminated at one, in the election of the old members. The following were the numbers at the conclusion of the poll : Mr. Smith (Deputy) B6 Mr. Beaton Mr. Brown Mr. Iloole 83 Mr. Lark 7l Mr. Wilson Mr. Brass The first eight candidates were duly elected, and severally returned thanks. CORPORATION REFORM. Mr. JOHN FROST rose to bring forward a motion to the wardmote, which he had previously proposed on the Wednesday, but which, on the recommendation of the Lord Mayor, he had agreed to postpone until this day. It was not his intention to impute blame to any particular person, but be contended that there was gross mismanagement in conducting its affairs. lie held in his hand the report of the City funds for 1839, from which it would appear that in that year a sum of no less than 170,0001. was expended. No such sum, he contended, should be expended, without con siderable advantages resulting. He had selected a few of the items, at the head of which he would name the sum of 4,0001. spent in the conservancy of the Thames. Mr. Frost then specified the items of the expense. He concluded by proposing a resolu tion to the effect that it was the opinion of the ward mote that the exception of the City of London from the operation of the Municipal Reform Act was much to be regretted, as it permitted an extravagant outlay and unnecessary imposts, and deprived many citizens of their most important privileges. Mr. MooRE proposed the following amendment : " That the wardmote request the members of the ward to promote, by all means in their power, all practical reforms and economy connected with the Corporation, consistent with upholding the dignity of the Chief Magistrate, and becoming the ancient in stitutions of the City, and which may conduce to the interests and benefit of the inhabitants at large." Mr. LEONARD seconded the amendment, which, on being put by the Lord Mayor, was carried by a con siderable majority. The usual votes of thanks were passed to Sir M. Wood, Bart., Alderman of the ward, the members of the Common Council, and the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor, after which the wardmote dissolved. C ORD WAINER S; Yesterday, at three o'clock, the election of Common Councilmen of this ward terminated as follows : Mr. Muddell Mr. Croucher Mr. Lett . 62 Mr. Taylor 26 Mr. Joyce ...... .... 60 Mr. Alderman WOOD declared the first six to be duly elected. TTI IT' RUN. LoNDON, MONDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 26, 1842. BISHOPSGATE WARD. The election for the Common Councilmen for this ward terminated at four o'clock yesterday, when W. T. Copela'nd, Esq., M.P., and Alderman of the ward, announced the result as follows: Mr. Deputy Peacock 199 Mr. Deputy Stevens 199 Mr. Pilcher Mr. Bennett Mr. Tozer Mr. Tagg Mr. Hall 173 Mr. Thomas Mr. Wilkinson .. 187 Mr. Ashby Mr. Jones Mr. Johnson Mr. Patten 179 Mr. Carr: Mr. Welch The first fourteem gent elected. lemon were declared duly CANDLEWICK WTARD. The polling was resumed yesterday, at one o'clock, and continued until two, when the worthy Alder man, Sir G. Carroll, announced the numbers polled to be as follow Evans . Baldwin ........... 72 *Saunders Bond *Dakin The first six gentlemen were declared elected ; the ;wo new candidates in the room of Messrs. Downes :Deputy) and Austwick. QUEENHITHE WARD. _ The wardurote was re-opened yesterday, in St. Michel's Ch urch, Queenhi the, before Alderman Hooper, and at two o'clock the poll closed. The numbers stood Llis :-- Mr. Acocks 69 *Mr. Upton (c.) .. . . 49 Mr. Tyler Mr. Curtis Mr. Goss (Deputy)... 55 The first six gentlemen were returned. By the above a Conservative has replaced a Conservative (Mr. IIowell), and a Liberal has replaced Mr. Smith, a Moderate. COLEMAN-STREET WARD. This ward returns eight members, and the follow ing are the names of those returned : Mr. D. T. Allen (c.) Mr. Davis (/.) Mr. W. Hunter (c.) Mr. Johnson (/.) Mr. Hailes (c.) *Mr. Bracher (Z.) Mr. Hall (c.) *Mr. Phillips (1.) The last two are new candidates, and have replaced Messrs. Cousins and Griffiths, Conservatives. FARRINGDON WITHIN. The polling commenced yesterday morning at eleven o'clock, and finished at three, when the Alder man, Mr. T. Kelly, announced the numbers to be es follow : ..,....... . Mr. Dep. Pritchard...246 Mr. Hayward l7O Mr. Dep. Westwood..24s Mr. Virtue ....168 Mr. Holt ........206 *Mr. Fisher ........l'6 o Mr. Ridley. lBB Mr. Taylor .. 158 Mr. Ashurst.. ..187 Mr. Wheelton 156 Mr. Bonsor ... Mr. Hartley 177 *Mr. M'Lauchlan....ls l Mr. Eagleton . 171 *Mr. Morris ...142 On the numbers being declared, a long discussion took place as to the decision, Mr. Rutter and Mr. M'Lauchlan being equal on the poll, which was put an end to by the matter being , referred to the Cou •t of Aldermen. ALDERSGATE WARD. The following are the gentlemen elected for this ward:— Mr. Godson (Deputy) (c.) Mr. Lerkin (1.) Mr. Mottram (c.) Mr.De Jersey (c.) Mr. Stacey (1.) I Mr. Norris (/.) Mr. Smith (c.) I Mr. Wood (c.) LRD WITHIN. Mr. Davidson Mr. Hill Mr. Knott I *Mr. Chadwick. candidates, but they retired The poll was, however, kept ;rday, when it finally closed. candidates. BRIDGE W.A Mr..Pewtress (Deputy) Mr. Cope *Mr. Lowe Mr. Matthews There were two other after the first day's poll.: open pro forma until yest 4 * New ( The General Steam Navigation Company's vessel, the Ocean, from Rotterdam, arrived off the Custom house on Friday, with the Dutch mail. THE FATAL FIRE IN GOODMAN'S-FIELDS.—The unfortunate girl, Nancy. Holland, who threw her self out of the window, with her ill-fated sister Julia, at the recent deplorable fire in Little Pres cott-street, is in a fair way of recovery. She still remains at the London Hospital, and remains alsoun conscious of the frightful death of her mother and sisters, but suspects some accident has befallen them, from the circumstance, she says, of none of them coming to see how she goes on. The remains of the poor children, Summers and Proudfoot, were decently in terred on Wednesday, followed to the grave by their relatives and a large concourse of persons. The'Sub scriptions set on foot on behalf of the sufferers are ex tending favourably. GENERAL HOLIDAY AT BRIGIITON.—A requisition, signed by upwards of 200 of the principal tradesmen of Brighton, having been presented to the High Con stable, requesting him to appoint Monday next to be kept as a day of rejoicing and thanksgiving for the successes in China and India, he has issued placards requesting the inhabitants to close their shops on that day ; and it is intended to be kept as a general holi. ' day throughout Brighton. BARCELONA. DEC. 16.—The Regent- is expected to enter Barce lona in three or four days from the present date ; and it is said that he will leave ,for Madrid towards the end of next week. It is, however, probable that the reports which have readied here of the appearance of two or three predatory bands in the mountains of Gerona will have the effect - of detaining him longer than he anticipated. To say that perfect tranquillity is restored in this city by the entry of the troops, would be more than the truth. It is true that there is no longer any open hostility, but men's minds are not the 'less unquiet.' Those who were instrumental in exciting the insur rection have not lost their hopes of being again able to create, and perpetuate, disturbance in the province. The utmost consternation, too, has been created by the promulgation of the decree of the Regent which appeared here yesterday; and as the Catalan is pro verbially hostile to anything which makes an attack on his pocket, that part of it which imposes a contri; bution 0f12,000,000 reals on Barcelona, is that which most sensibly affects him, and which, it is feared, will produce unfortunate results. One of the first conse quences has been, that several of the commercial men who had emigrated, but who had taken no part in insurrection, have determined to remain some time longer in France ; and others who had re mained here, have already come to the determination of closing their houses and manufactories, and dis• charging their workinen. A contribution of 12,000,000 mils (120,0001.) on a city whose entire population does not much exceed 150,000 inhabitants, seems to them excessive aad unnecessary. The official reports already published, and the terms of the deeree itself, would show that the majority of the respectable inha bitants of Barcelona took no part in the insurrec tion ; and, it is asked, why should those whose houses were destroyed by the shells of Montjuich be compelled to pay for the crimes of those who had. neither houses nor property to lose ? The decree is also inconsistent in another part : it states' that the Regent does not wish to open old quer rels ; and yet the Government compels the .city of Barcelona to repair additionally, at its own expense, that portion of the citadel which had been pulled down by. the revolutionary party in the mouth.of Oc tober of last year. The contribution of 12,000,000 reals, the repairs of the citadel, the completion of the gitintcv of 1840-1-2, the abolition of the privilege of coining, and the, ma nufactory of cigars, are the principal penalties in flicted on Barcelona in consequence of the late, _revolt. It is expected, however, that the exceptiOnal state in which the city is at present. will be removed in the course of two or three days, military law, being that which now governs. Twenty-three military executions will, it is also said (but I do not believe it), take place, in addition to the extreme punishments which have as yet been inflicted on the insurgents. Brigadier Castro, who surrendered Atarazanas, and who has demanded a court-martial on his conduct, lies dangerously ill at Gerona. The citadel of Barcelona, the forts of Montjuich and Atarazanas are furnished with six months' pro visions, and this supply is to be kept up without any diminution. A month's pay is about to be issued to the men and officers who have taken part in quelling the late in surrection, as well as to the widows of those who fell in action against the insurgents, and the amount will not be charged to their accounts. The feeling is abroad, that it is the intention of the Regent to speak firmly and decidedly to the French Government on the part believed to have been taken by their accredited agents. in the late disturbances. COVENT-GARDEN THEATRE. Miss Adelaide Kemble formally took her leave of the stage on Friday, in the character of Norma, hi which, ; she. J?egan her triumphantcareer. She .11as. ' successively appeared in Elena Überti, Figaro, Son stambula, Semiranzide, and Matrinzonio Segreto. ' The, present occasion, in which she bade farewell to the, public, was an impressive one. On her first entrance last night the applause of the crowded audience was so great that her feelings were overpoWered, and she could scarcely proceed. She collected herself, but during her 'first recitative she might frequently be ob served, as she turned aside, to wipe from her eyes the tears which the acclamations of the public had drawn forth. . The sustained note which precedes " Casta, Diva," and which she will recollect as having ,caused the first decided acknowledgment of her vocal powers, when she commenced her career last season, produced the same effect as ever, and awakened once more the plaudits of the audience. The aria " Ah, hello, me ritorna," created such delight; that, although the scene had changed, its repetition was demanded Miss Kemble was then led on' by Mr. Cooper, an although some of the audience thercifUlly cried on . " Shame, shame !" she made a sign that tihe wa: willing to repeat the air, which she did amid renewee applause. From this moment she 'took courage and she went through Norma With an evenness as' singer, and with an energy as an actress, .which, if she has equalled on former occasions, she hascertainly never excelled. The whole of the last scene—the dejected removal of the wreath from the head whet Norma declares that s h e h as b ro k e n her vow—th' enraptured attitude of momentary j o y i when she hearsso late a confession of P o li o ' s l ove —the agony witt which she suffered herself to be dragged along the, ground as she followed Oroveso—the sudden delight with, which she rose when she learned that h( would . protect her children—all these were expressed with a sort of inspiration, which seethed the result of great excitement, and which will render the effect o. her farewell indelible on tho se w h o witnessed it. The curtain had hardly descended on this scene, whet countless voices were raised for the appearance of Miss Kemble. She soon appeared, led by Mr. Cooper, and, as some bouquets were thrown on the stage, .picket them up and kissed them with fervour. As she retired, followed by the loud es t a pplause, she covered her face, and wept bitterly. S uc h was the impres sive farewell of a lady who has, for a short but bril liant period, held undisputed supremacy over the , London public. Miss Kemble's retirement into the privacy of do mestic life will, we hope, be a happy circumstance 'to herself, though a matter of great regret to the public —all the greater for the consideration, that in her we lose the last of the Kemble's. ST. LEONARDS-ON-SEA.---ThiS favourite marine resort is now full of fashionable company. The Dowager Countess of Sefton has much improved in health, and intends to remain until the end of Feb ruary. The Earl and Countess of Sefton are expected to arrive from Croxteth Hall to pass the holidays with her Ladyship and the Ladies Molyneux. . TRADE BETWEEN FRANCE AND SPAIN IN 1841. _M. Mateo Durou, the Consul of Spain in Bordeaux, has published a return of the trade carried on between that country and France during the year 1841, and which shows that the balance was considerably against Spain, her exports to France being only 37,162,689 francs, whilst her imports amounted to 100,893,906. As compared with the results of the preceding year, there appears a falling oft; in 1841, of about 5,000,00( of francs in the exports, and of 4,000,000 f. in the fin ports. The principal articles for which Spain wa tributary to France were cotton cloths, which figur( among the items for 36,127,019 f.; linens "for 9,890,720 f . ,; woollens foi 8,26,4999,90,20694 ; f.; for 3,27,9,459 francs : 1 haberdasherysilks for 9,890,720 f.:;. machinery for 1,820,749 francs; paper, books. and prints, for 1,529,028 f., &c. : The return made by Spain consist almo s t entirely 'Of raw niate-. rials. The principal articles were Wool for a value 01 9,764,541 f.; lead, 6,707,388f:e cork, 3,7 19 , 733 f. dried fruits, 3,032,498 f.; mats, 1,691,599. ;• oil , 1,688,805 f. ; silk, 1,041,6 48 f. ; grain, 758,982 f., &o. The only manufactured goods to be found in thentables are linens, which only represent an amount of 143,808 f. ; and silks, of 103 , 43 3 f. The commercial intercourse between France and Spain is far greater UT the land frontier, than bySc; the exports from 1 ranee by the first being 61 . 029 ,292 f., and by sea only 36,964,6 14 f. The number of vessels employed in the trade was 2 , 543 , measuring 163,357 tons. 01 these, 1,121 cleared the Spanish harb ou rs w ith car goes, and 296 in ballast; and 677 sa il e d f r om. the French harbours with cargoes, and 449 in ballast. : ELOPIMENT.—The quiet (at this season of the year) town and neighbourhood of Epson, were on 1 rale) thrown into a state of great exeiteu ien t b y th e elope ment Bank of a young lady of great beauty and accom plishments, pli sl o e f n t t h s e , the Surreyeldest Branchof a faniilYin that town, where of twelve, with a clerk her father holds a responsible situation. Every ex- , ertion has been made by her afflicted parents to. dis cover her retreat, but, unhappily, as yet without effect. The workmen engaged in one of the quarries on i Durdham Down, about a fortnight since, came upon a number of bones embedded in the earth in one of.the fissures of the rock, at about 30 feet below the sur face. This had been going on for some time, and a boy had collected some of the remains, and sold them as old bones; before the circumstance came to the know ledge of some parties connected -. with the Philosophic Institution ; but it having come to the ears of the Committee, they voted a small sum of money to work that part of the quarry, in order to ascertain whether a cavern existed there, or not, and also to select such remains as Might fall in the way i n th e prog ress of the work. Accordingly an excavation was made in the fissure, about 10 feet deer), or 40 feet from the surface. In the course of this Proceeding, a con siderable quantity of bones and teeth were collected, for ,the most part in a state of perfect preservation; , these were chiefly taken to the Institution, and, on being examined, there were found teeth of the bear, hyena, hippopotamus, rhinoceros, ox-deer, elephant, ox, and porti ons o f bone How delicious , and how 'entrancing must have been ofan add the head an d and other hornsanim animals.--Devizes of . the . nev iz es Gazette.. , the feelings of Adam, when he awoke in Eden to find himself—a landed proprietor.—Punch. SPEECH OF RICHARD COBDEN, ESQ., M.P., TO THE LEAGUE. MANCIIMER, FRIDAY MORNING.—Last night an other great meeting of the League was held in the Corn Exchange, one of the chief inducements to at tend it being the presence of the lion. Member for Stockport, who it was understood Would deliver an address on the present advanced position and prospects of the movement. The CHAIRMAN, in opening the proceedings, said— It was a source of great gratification-to that the report they should have to make this evening was of the most satisfactory nature—(Hear, hear)—not merely on account of the pecuniary contributions en tered into in different towns, in aid of the great League fund, but that at some of the largest of the meetings in those towns a vote of unqualified approval had been passed of the proceedings of the League, and an ex pression of equally unqualified reliance for the conduct of the great question in future.—(Applause.) He had mentioned last week that two of their members were in London inviting the co-operation of the iner zbants, traders, and other influential parties on this ill-important subject. This week that deputation had been reinforced by R. H. Greg, Esq,, of Manchester, and Hamer Scansfield, Esq., of Leeds—(Applause)— and ,he had now the pleasure of being able to announce that an influential Committee had been formed in the city, over which Mr. Travers presided, and another had been formed at the west end, over which the Hon. Charles Pelham Villiers presided.—(Applause.) Mr. BRINDLE, Secretary to the Association, re ported that the total number of registered' members of the League, up to the present time was 11,225. Mr. BROTIIERTON was received with loud cheers. We regret to have to omit almost all of his excellent speech. We give, however, an allusion to the late article on the League in the Quarterly :—" I really think that article has been a great deal more noticed than it deserves. I understand that part of it is of Manchester manufacture.—(Hear, hear.) This is not a party question ; I wish not to consider it as such ; but I am surprised there should be so much incon sistency as to find Manchester manufacturers engaged in fighting against their own interests and the claims of humanity and justice. We find that in 1815 the rory manufacturers came forward to denounce the CdriActivs ; they then foresaw all the evils which have since resulted from it, ard yet these are the men who will not now join with us in . reii , oving thelaw. And why ? Because they want to serve adirty party interest.' Mr. COBDEN, M.P., then came fol•ward and was re seived with loud cheering. He spoke as follows : Mr. Chairman, Ladies, and Gentlemen, the last time f had the pleasure of addressing the members of the League I thought we were lodged in very spacious quarters at the Picture Gallery, in Newall's-build ings. I have been absent but a fortnight, and I find that your strength has so grown, and your members have so increased, that you have expanded into the spa sious premises where I now see, I think, double our usual numbers—(Cheers)—and I learn, moreover, that there is in the course of erection in this town, a build ing which is intended to hold 10,000 people under one ..00f, and which building you are preparing to fill about the 31st of January.—(Applause.) Well, this !s all symptomatic of great progress in Manchester ; but I am very happy to say that we are not making here so rapid progress in this cause as is going on in other parts of the kingdom.—(Ap plause.) We had already grown so near maturity, chat there is not room in the course of nature that we should go on increasing, as they are now doing in the Potteries, in the midland counties, in Scotland, in the south of England, and wherever I have gone, or in all quarters from which I have lately received communi cations.—(Applause.) The cause everywhere is progressing gloriously ; it is advancing safely an] steadily upon the only safe track, that of intelligent conviction.—(Applause.) A just cause never goes 'sacic when it hassaade, progress in the right direction. Gentlemen, you have heard something of the munifi cent aid which we are receiving in different parts of the country to our great fund. Why, what better test could there be of the earnestness of the convictions of our countrymen, than when those convictions take the direction of their purses and their pockets?—(Applause.) We are asked, shall we get our 50,0001. ? Why, Gentlemen, I have no hesitation in saying—if we could answer the de tnands that are made upon us from all parts of the country, to pay them a visit, set them a going, and tell them how we are managing in these towns in collecting the funds—l have no . hesitation in saying, if we could divide and subdivide ourselves into about a score persons instead of one, we might raise 200,0001. at. 300,0001. as well as 50,000/.—(Applause.) But as a good deal has been said by gentlemen here about a certain attack upon us, in seventy pages of a certain Review, I say let us give but one ! answer to those seventy pages, which are intended to spoil our sub • Aeription : we'll answer them with a 1,0001. for every rage.—(Laud applause.) And that is the only an swer I will ever condescend to gave to such attacks. Why, who are the parties that are attacking us, who are attacking the Anti-Corn-law League, and finding quilt with our proceedingS ? The very parties whom we are going to uproot.—(Cheers.) Why, it is not likely that they will be pleased with our doings. Show me a meeting, fairly and honestly assembled, in the face of England, that will pronounce anathemas against the Anti-Corn-law League. Let us hear, it you please, of the dissatisfaction of our constituencies with the proceedings of the Anti-Corn-law League. When that is done, it will be time for us to answer. We are not going to answer the very,parties that we want to affront. Why, when I get into the House of Commons again, I know what their tactics will be ; there will be a great outcry against the Anti-Corn-law League and its proceedings. Well, do;you think I shall con descend to answer attacks coming from such quarters If Ido, I shall answer them thus—" It's all very well for you, Gentlemen, to quarrel with the Anti-Corn law League ; you have very good reason ; for unless you mend your votes, it is very likely that the Anti siorn-law League will substitute better men for you at the next election."—(Loud applause.) Now, that is the business of the Anti-Corn-law League ; it is our business ; we're going to operate upon these worthy gentlemen, and I don't expect they will like us for our operations.—(Great applause.) No, no ; don't let us be diverted ; it is one of the games of the .nemy, and always has been, to try to lead us upon a wrong scent, to induce us to enter upon a defence of the Anti-Corn-law League, where our business is to attack them, and to upset them too.—(Cheers.) Well, Gentlemen, we have made progress everywhere; but there has one little incident occurred since I last had the pleasure of meetingyou, which I have observed with some regret—a little incident that may, perhaps, have come to your knowledge. I have seen a letter, published by Earl Fitzwilliam, in which he declares himself an advocate for a fixed duty on corn. Now, it is with very great regret that I see a nobleman whom I have always regarded as not only a free trader, but as one )pposed to the principles of monopoly—it is, I say, with very sincere regret, that I see him publishing a letter containing such an opinion. But there is one cause why I think good will grow out of this. It has raised the controversy on the subject of a fixed duty with our own friends, and it must be entertained, and it must be carried on in an amicable spirit. Now, I believe that Earl Fitzwilliam, when he is brought to a rigid consideration of this question, will see the injus tice of a fixedd uty on corn ; and when he sees the in ;ustice of it, I have that opinion of his high moral ',minciple, and his great moral courage, to believe that lie will at once disavow the. opinion.--(Hear, hear.) Now, if that tax upon corn is to be levied, it must be levied for purposes of ,revenue; Earl Fitzwilliam dis tinctly says so. His object •is to lay a tax on corn for the purposes of revenue. Well, then, we come to the question—how shall this tax on corn be levied so as to bring the whole amount of the produce of the tax into the Exchequer, and not allow any portion of it to go into the pockets of private individuals ? (Hear.) There is but one way, and that is by levy - lag the tax in the shape of an excise, at the mill, or at the oven, and allowing foreign imports to come in free, by taking it as au excise, and not as a customs' duty.—(llear, hear.) Now, are we advocates of a bread-tax like that ? How do you think it would be collected P—(Hear, hear.) tell you about what it would amount to. An eight-shilling fixed duty upon corn would amount to something very near a penny upon each quartern loaf. Well, now, don't you think the old women with their brooms would very soon get rid of that tax ?—(Ap plause and laughter.) Doyou think the tax will ever be levied in that shape ? It has never been done in any Christian country yet, and Lain sure it never will be done in E n gland.—(Applause.) Well, now, see how we are advancing in the discussion. The sliding scale is now given up by all liberal and intelligent men. Then we come to this amicable controversy with our friends, with some of those excellent friends who have gone thus far with us on the road, and to whom we are thankful for their assistance thus far ; and now we come to discuss with those friends the justice or injustice of a bread-tax—of any bread-tax. —(Applause.) Now, we are a League associated together for the purpose of abolishing all taxation en bread.—(Applause.) That is our object, and that must not be misunderstood; now is the time especially to avow it.—(Applause.) Now, is this operation of the Corn-laws clear to the perception of all ? And now I say again, we must have no bread. tax in this country ; but if a bread-tax is proposed by our opponents, they must he prepared to show that the whole of what they are going to raise will go into the Exchequer ' • and when they show that, the far mers and the landlords would have to pay a tax at the mill or the oven, and there would then be no party in the country who would advocate a bread-tax. —(Loud applause.) Now, Upon this subject I should like to address a word ortwa to the men of the work ing classes that I see present here. I see a good many of the operatives in this room, and I beg to say a word to them on this subject.—(Hear.) The sliding scale is now abolished —virtually abolished ; you may say it has vanished; everybody is against the prin ciple of the sliding scale now.—(Applause.) The next question is the question of a bread-tax. I have shown you that it would make very little difference to the merchant or the manufacturer. A ss. or 6s. duty would not prevent, my friends who ship their goods abroad from always bringing home corn to sell, just as they now do tea or sugar; the tax to be paid upon it would be a tax chiefly paid by the working classes. —(Applause.) Well, now, is not thi s a question that the working classes should begin to talk over, and take a little interest in, in their own work shops.? It is no use their standing aloof, and saving, " These Anti-Corn-law Leaguers are all humbugs— they are making no progress—they cannot do it." We are going to abolish the sliding scale.—(Applause.) And I now tell the working classes that it depends on them whether we get rid of the whole tax or nut ; it depends on them ; it is their business.—(Applause.) And whenever I see working men at our meetings, whether in the Potteries, at Nottingham, or else where, I invariably tell them this; because I don't want to have it told to me by and by that I have not let them into the secret. Now, the Anti-Corn-law League have had work enough to bring the monopo lists to the point which they are at; and, suppose now that they were to throw out a proposal for a ss. or 6s. fixed duty in the next session—and I believe that a great majority in the House of Commons would be very glad indeed, next session, to silence this agita tion by a ss. or Gs. fixed duty—suppose that this were proposed, are you sure that there are not a good many men among those who have given their hundreds, our merchants or capitalists, who, if they get what will suit them, will be very apt to go off to their mills and their counting-houses, and be content ?—(Hear, hear.) Is it not human nature ? Would you not do it your selves ?—(Hear, hear.) I ask any of the men in fustian jackets, if they would not do it themselves ? —(Applause.) Very well, then, what can you ex pect more of other men, fallible, interested, human creatures, than you yourselves would perform ? But the League, the Council of the League, the men who have worked for four years in the League, are men who hav e taken up th e qu e s ti on , an d ben sustained in the question throughout by their conviction of the inherent injustice of any bread-tax at all.—(Loud cheers.) And they will go on—(Applause)—and they'll go on upon that principle.—(Applause.) But councilors and leaders, like generals, must have fol lowers; they must have forces. And if a five or six shillings' fixed duty,is to carry off a lot of those fine troops who have been giving their hundreds, who is to help us to get the rest ?—(Applause.) Now, Ido say to the working classes of Manchester, particularly —take one thing for granted—the Anti-Corn-law agitation has just now the first place in public opinion. I don't say—l won't say it is more important than other questions ; but this 1 say, that no rational man who reads the newspapers, or who steps into the bar-room of a public-house, or who goes by a steam boat or a stage-coach—no man with a head on can deny for a moment that the Corn-law question is the engrossing question of public opinion, and that ques tion must be disposed of before any other great ques tion takes possession of the public mind.—(Applause.) Well, then, I say to the working men, " Look after this agitation, in which you are more deeply concerned than any body else ;" and to the working men of Man chester I say, "Join the Anti-Corn-la N League ; I believe the member's cards are a penny ; that is the entrance-money; and when you come to our meetings it is Universal Suffrage."—(Loud applause.) But, mind you, if the party in power, the party at the head of affairs, has the power—and it has had it so long— to keep us at bay, and actually maintain the sliding scale with all its enormities, and oppressive and inju rious as it is to the rich capitalists of the country, how in the world do you think a few men upon this plat form, with the aid of only a few working men, will be able to get the rel:t, if these rich men and capital ists are detached from us ? I say again, join the League before that alteration comes • . you ,have Uni versal Suffrage; and we won't let the League be dis solved till we get total and immediate repeal.—(Loud cheers.) Now, I say to the men in fustian jackets, tell all your mates in your workshops what I am telling you. But we must have conditions on your joining this League : we must hear nothing about classes and parties.—(Hear, hear.) My doctrine is, that you cannot carry any measure with the aid only of one class. They are deluding you, and want to practise upon you, who tell you that you can carry any great question by the 'power of your own class alone. We want all classes, and we have got them. —(Loud applause.) Have you not heard that two Noblemen—real Noblemen, men whose names will go down to posterity as Noblemen—have given yesterday 50/. each to the League fund ?—(Applause.) Have we not got the millionaires of the country, men like Mr. Strutt, of Derby, and Mr. Marshall, of Leeds ? (.I.nplause.) Have - We not got our rich merchants and our shopkeepers ; and have we not got a majority (if all those chases--eye, and of the working classes, too—with us ?—(Loud cheers.) Therefore, anybody who comes here must not come with any class feel ings at all. If he wears a fustian jacket, he must not refu:;e to sit down with a Peer, if he is invited.— (Applause and laughter.) Now, something has been iaid about a certain party in this town or neighbour hood, or in the national Councils, that have been mis behaving themselves. My good friend Mr. Brotherton, here, 11,,s fought so long with the old party watch words of Whig and Tory ringing in his ears, he has arrayed himself so long under the banner on which, I believe, "Whig" was inscribed, that he cannot help even now, at an Anti-Corn-law meeting, having a brush at he Tories.—(Applause and laughter.) Now I hope lie will come here every Thursday night ; and, if he does, we'll teach him that there is a new party sprung up in the country, a party that's going to upset all other parties.—(Loud applause.) Mind you, I say so. We have worked to very little purpose for the last four years, if we don't hold our own, now that we have got it, and get a great deal more, too. I say, our party shall upset all existing parties, or other parties shall merge in ours, and join us.—(Ap plause.) And the first of these parties, Whig or Tory, that shall join the free trade party, and shall join it honestly and purely, will hold the reins of power in this country in less than three years from this time.—(Applause.) But they must hold them as free traders ; we do not care what they do call them selves, if they act fairly to free trade ; and there really must not be a rag of monopoly left. I say they will be in power in three years; the Anti. Corn law League will put them into power.—(Loud ap plause.) I cannot help, before we part, reiterating my advice to the working-classes who may be pre sent, to go home to their own clubs, and parties, and let them fully understand exactly how this question stands. It is tottering, it is giving way, everywhere. I declare I can hardly answers the applications I get from all parts of the country, to visit them, from east, west, north, and south ; and if I could subdivide my self into fifty, I could employ every fraction of my self in visiting different parts of the country.—(Ap plause.) The country is so alive, so fairly boiling up, that I suspect it will boil over ere long, unless the monopolists give way.—(Loud and prolonged cheers.) Mr. Alderman BROOKS then moved a vote of thanks to the speakers, .which was seconded by Mr. W. HARVEY, and unanimously, passed. Mr. BAYLEY acknowledged the compliment, and the proceedings terminated at about half-past ten. IRELAND. TIM MURDER AT MILTOWN-EXTRAOR- DINARY DISCLOSURES. DUBLIN, DEC. 22.—The inquest was resumed this wanasd given. The the most extraordinary character morning, p l ace w as greatly crowded. On Tuesday evening the body was identified by Joseph Lynch, residing at Parnell-place, as that of his late brother. He, at once, gave it as his opinio n that the deceased committed suicide in a fit o f in sanity. A number of other parties, however, cou ld not be brought to think that he met his death by his own hands, under the mysterious circumstances that Lave appeared. Mr. Bailey said that, as the body had been recog nised, he might now say, that the person missing from Liverpool had been found there. The first witness call e d was John Lynch. He said— I reside at Parnell-place. I have seen the body lying dead near th e lime-kiln. His name was Alfred Lynch, and my son. He was engaged in tha Ortinance Survey-office, Phoenix Park. T. Captain Bailey—My son Joseph told me a razor had been taken out of Alfred's dressing-case, and my daughter told me that he had torn a great many papers and memorandums. To Colonel Shaw—l searched his room, and could not find his razor or his comb. The papers being burned did not excite my suspicion. John Brennan, the dairyman, whose house is within about sixty yards of the kiln, deposed that he left home about a quarter-past six o'clock on Sunday morning to deliver milk in town. Saw Pat Tynan about four o'clock, at which hour witness called him from bed. Both proceeded to the cow - house to milk. Tynan often warms wash at the kiln, and might have done so on Sunday morning. Witness had not a sick cow, but he had one that did not feed well. Heard no noise about the kiln. Left the house shortly after six, when Tynan was cutting potatoes. Retu rne d from Dublin about eight o clock, when he o b serve d a crowd of people about the kiln, and fi rs t h ear d o f the murder. Tynan is 'livery proper, well-con ducted boy. Saw marks on the wall, but did not see any spots of blood about the kiln. Thought that some person got over the wall after leaving the body in the kiln, and did n o t . come th ro ugh the d o or, that Tynan might not see him as he was going to warm the wash. Heard of no strangers or suspi cious characters being about the neighbourhood, nor heard of clothes being found. A person called on Tuesday night, and said he thoughthe knew the body, and that it was his brother. He sat down in witness's house, and seeing several boys seated round the table, he asked them w ere th e y going to gamble, if they were, he said he wonld play for sixpence. Witness wondered at a man talking so lightly after acknow ledging the dead man to be his brother. He was smoking a pipe. It was the policeman that told wit lleSi the man acknowledged the deceased to be, his brother. It was after that acknowledgment he asked to play cards, and appeared quite unconcerned. He was not drunk, but appeared as if he had drank some thing. That man had on a eap, and a velveteen shooting jacket. He came with a policeman and went away with one. About three-quarters of an hour after a policeman said he would give his oath he was one of the persons he met in Blackberry-lane on Sun day morning. Constable Doohv was the man who said .that witness identified Mr. Joseph Lynch as the person that was at his house en Tuesday night. Constable Doohv was called in and sworn. That man is one of those that I saw in Blackberry-lane, on Sunday morning, about half-past three o'clock. He was going towards Dublin, and near the Bloody Fields. He was in co:npany with two others. The person wore the collar of his.coat up, as if to disgruse his face. All of the three wore hats. That person wore a cloth frock coat and darkish trousers. lie had nothing in his hands. He passed within a foot of me, and I looked very sharp at him, and so did he at me, and I thought he had something wild in his appear ance. Before they approached me, I put my hand behind on my staff, and kept my eye on him, deter mined, if they attacked me, to knock him down first, and deal with the other two afterwards. I stated in my last examination that one of the three men had large whiskers, but that neither of the other two had whiskers. I have an opinion that the middle man was the deceased. A Juror—Have you any doubt that the man who was in the room just now is the same you met on Sunday morning ? Witness—l have no doubt what. ever that he is the man. The moon was shining brightly at the time. Constable Daniel Molloy (E 127) examined-4 ae companied a stranger from Rathmines to the lime kiln. I saw him at the station-house speaking to the sergeant, who desired me to go with him to the kiln. The man objected to my going in plain clothes, and without my staff, and I. went and put on my uniform. When I got outside the door he said he was afraid the deceased was his brother, and that he was a " ram" sort of fellow ; that he was fond of smoking and throwing stones. That he was just the sort of man that would tie up his clothes and fling them into a river.. I thought his conduct very extraordinary under the circumstances. He told me there was a lime-kiln at the back of his house, and that the de ceased said at one time, " If a man threw himself into the kiln nothing would ever be heard of him." He also stated that the deceased burned his papers in the kitchen, and that his razor was missing. He told me the deceased went to bed at nine o'clock on Saturday night, and that he might have got up early without being missed. He further said the de ceased took a dress body coat and a frock coat out with him ; that he was after receiving a quarter's or month's salary, out of which he gave his father 3/. His father (he said) asked him where Alfred was, when he told him the office hours were changed, and that he would be kept out. After he saw the body, he ap peared very much confused; he laid 11;s hands upon it, and examined the head, and then said, " It is Al fred, my brother." In speaking to me afterwards, I asked him did he not speak of a razor, when he replied that he was conf use d. H e sa id h e would tell the family at home that it was a tailor that was killed. He said he would say this not to make his family uneasy. Witness identified Mr. Joseph Lynch as the person of whom he spake.. Hugh Isonagher (one of the constabulary)—l saw Mr. Joseph Lynch on Tuesday night, at Mr. Bren nan's dairy-house, near the lime-kiln. He came with me to see the body, and on entering the place he said he knew him to be his brother Alfred. He said he killed himself. He knew he did. I asked him why he said so ? when he replied that he heard him say that if a man threw himself on a lime-kiln it never would be known. I was a long time in his company, and took him from this to Rathfarnham station-houee, He said he was further pleased at his brother's acting as he did than enlisting in the army. Examination resumed—Mr. Lynch said his brother had been " surly and sulky," for some time previous to his death. He was not at all moved by the appear ance of the body. After we came out of the place where the body was, I took off my cap to make memo randums in my book, when he saw my pipe. He asked it from me, and taking it he began to smoke. I had suspicions I did not mention, but I felt it my duty to tell the city police to detain him in custody. Henry Bailie, Esq., sub-inspector of constab ular y , deposed that Joseph Lynch was brought before him by the last witness, between twelve and one o'clock yesterday morning. He said, " Oh, this is a bad business !" In the course of conversation, which was like that stated by the constables, he said his broth asked him, " 'Were all the murderers taken (or ae tected) ?" lie replied, "No; he did not think they were." If he (deceased) took a razor and. cut his throat, and threw himself on a lime-kiln pear the house, he would be consumed, and never recognised_ Mr. Joseph Lynch appeared much affected at times; he cried, and put his bawl to his head, and at others he appeared quite indifferent. Other witnesses were examinedo—The inquest has been adjourned. HORRID MURDER, near ILKLEY. On Saturday morning last, the inhabitants of Ilk ley, Addingham, and the neighbourhood, were hor rified by the finding of the murdered body of a man, aged about 50 years, in a field in the township of Nesfield, through which the public highway from Ilkley to Beamsley and Bolton Bridge passes, about a mile distant from Middleton Lodge, the residence of W. Middleton, Esq., and less than a mile distant from the village of Ilkley. The gamekeepers and watchers of Mr. Middleton (six in number) found the body about two o'clock on Saturday morning. Life was not then quite extinct. The deceased was laid on his right side, and his hat over his face. On the keepers attempting to raise him up, and on removing his hat, they discovered that his head was broken to pieces, and his hat nearly filled with blood. He expired immediately on being moved. A short walking-stick with a most formidable head was found by the body, covered with blood. The body was then moved to Ilkley, by the constable, whom the keepers at once applied to, and the body was identified as that of Wm. Hustwick, of Beamsley, a labourer, who, it was ascertained, had left Ilkley about half-past ten o'clock the night before, in com pany with his cousin, Joseph Hey, of Beamsley, a carpenter. On the body being undressed, a most frightful spec tacle was presented. Although the face was not much difigured, the head was literally smashed to pieces, and almost the e nti re body lino. limbs were covered with bruises. Hey was immediately inquired after, and taken into custody, to await the result of the Coro ner's inquest, which was held on Monday before Thomas Brown, Esq., of Skipton, and a respectable Jury chosen from the townships of Nesfield, and Addingharn ; G. 0. Green, Esq., of Woodhouse * was foreman. E. C. L. Kaye, Esq., of Farfield tlie nearest resident Magistrate, was also in the jury* room, with several neighbouring gentlemen, and a crowd of other spectators, There was great excitement exhibited during the examination of the witnesses, which occupied about seven hours ; but the material facts deposed to may be more briefly stated. John Lister, of Ilkley, i nn k ee p e r, pro v ed that the deceased and Joseph Hey, both of whom he well knew, came together into his house on Friday even ing, and that they left in company together. Thomas Hardwick, the house watcher at Middleton Lodge, said—At ten minutes or a quarter-past 12 he heard a distant noise from the direction of the river where the body was found (distance a mile). The night was windy. It was a man's voice. He went to the front of the house to hear more distinctly, and walked backward and forward for an hour, during all which time lie heard repeated sounds from the same quarter, as of blows, or as if stones were thrown into the river, and occasionally from the same voice he thought he heard words like " Help me up," or " Let me get up," but could not be certain. About one o'clock the sounds ceased. About half-past one the keepers came to him at the lodge. He mentioned what he had heard, and set off to lead the keepers to about the place where the sounds came from. He led them almost direct to the place. After all the evidence had been heard, Joseph Hey said,—" After going a short way, deceased began to stagger, I took hold of his arm. We went gently on. lie would sic down. We got too near the lime kiln. lie then lay down and said lie would stop, I said, say, come on. He said, I'll lie down a bit and then follow thee. I then left him. He went on to state how he had proceeded homewards, sitting down in different places, hearing a clock strike twelve, and getting home at two. The Jury returned a verdict of " Wilful Murder," against some person or persons unknow n. The mur dered man was not married. H e y , after the verdict, was set at liberty, and attended the funeralis of the de ceased next day by invitatio n of h friends.—Leeds Mercury of Saturday. BANQUET TO COLONEL XYNTE.-011 Friday, th e 16th instant, a splendid banquet was given by th e officers of the West Somerset Regiment of Yeomanry, to their gallant and esteemed commandant, Colonel Tynte, at Pattison's Hotel, Taunton. The Earl of Carnp.rvon presided on this occasion. Among the guests assembled were the Right Hon. Earl of Zs:- na - tvon, , Colonel Tynte, Lord Dorchester, and the lion. R. Neville, M.P. for Windsor.. The splendid vase and salver presented to Colonel Tynte, the f°r l3l6 r by the officers, and the latter by the no n-commisiona officers and privates, ornamented the room; as slur the candelabrum an d sa lver, given to. Captain Maher by his military colleagues. Upwards. of sixty officers were present on the occasion, and the toasts and speeches were numerous and excellent.