The Sun. — London, England, 1830-01-20 00:00:00

OWEN. 600 THE PROPRIETORS AND EDITORS OF THE PRESS IN GREATIIRITAIN AND IRELAND. Public opinion goierns the world ; and the -public opinion of Great Britain influences to a great extent, the public opinion of all civilized nations. You - , Gentlemen, form, or might form, the public opinion of Great Britain ; and you thus become agents in effecting the great e st amoun t of mischief or benefit among mankind. Such is the importance which the present cir cumstances of the world give to your position ; and such the magnitude of the good or evil which you may accomplish for the civilized world. Were you intelligent, and at the same time independent in your circumstances, it would be unnecessary to add one sentence more ; for in this case your direct and obvious interest would lead you aright. But, under the vicious circum stances in which you have been trained, and are compelled to act, it is impossible that you should possess intelligence, or acquire an independence. Under the circumstances which have existed, you could not arrive at a knowledge of your na ture, without which knowledge no man can be in telligent. You could not, by the acquirement of any amount sterling, obtain, at all times, a full supply of the best of every thing for your nature, and until arrangements shall be formed which will secure these objects, no one can be thoroughly independent in mind of circumstances. It is now, however, in your, povrer, by creating a right public opinion, mainly to assist in pro curing these advantages for yourselves and for all your fellow-creatures; and to be the chief instru ments in effecting this important change in the condition of the civilized world is, perhaps, the highest privilege that can be conferred upon any individuals. But in order that you may be successful in speedily giving a right direction to public opinion it is necessary that you should cordially and ho• nestly unite your efforts, and that you should aid each other with as much zeal as is incumbent on those who have the same interest and object in view. Before, however, that any general or perma nent union can be effected among you, it is in dispensable that each should acquire a know ledge of the great principle of union in human nrture. You have all been thoroughly trained in the notion, and been subjected from infancy to the mass of injurious consequences which follow from the supposition of its truth, that you pos sess, by nature, the power to feel and think as you please. And while your conviction in the truth of this notion remains, you cannot avoid being displeased or angry with those who can not, or, as you suppose, will not, feel or think in accordance with your feelings and thoughts, —never suspecting that your thoughts and feel ings, as well as theirs, are formed for each with out your being aware of the means by which they we so formed. It is this error alone which has hitherto pre vented, and which now prevents, the existence of a cordial and sincere union among the human race. Let but this error, by instilling into the minds of men a correct knowledge of the laws of human nature, be withdrawn from the world, and universal union, peace, and kindness must, and will, prevail among all nations, people, and individuals. The simple task, then, which you have to perform, in order to create a right public opinion, and one which would be invaluable in its effects, is to stimulate all to examine the facts from which the great truth, that " man does not possess the power to feel and to think as he pleases," has been deduced. Make this fundamental law of our nature familiar to all ; enable them to trace the bene ficial effects which a knowledge of it would pro duce among society in general, and the rising generation in particular ; and a public opinion would thereby be formed, which would speedily remove the vicious circumstances which have hitherto created all the irrationality, disunion, an►l evil passions, now prevalent among mankind. Do this with the industry and energy which you have been accustomed to exercise in the cause of party, of faction, and of sectarianism, or for the acquirement of common commercial gain, and you will become the instruments of remov ing for ever from the world the cause of igno rance and of poverty, of vice, and of misery. Why should you, then, for the limited and inferior advantages which you obtain, longer lend yourselves to faction, sect, or party, when the means of obtaining the most ample perma nent benefits that human nature can enjoy, are, by a noble, straightforward course, so easy of attainment ? Abandon party—abandon faction—abandon sectarLnism—and, above all, abandon that funda• mental error which has engendered every human ill ; and you will discover that science now offers the most certain and the most delightful means of creating unlimited wealth for all, and of giving to the coming generations, physically, mentally, and morally, a character greatly superior to any that has hitherto been formed for man. This is the race which is now set before you ; and by a prompt and decisive conduct, you will obtain the inestimable reward which is affixed to its completion. The press will then no longer be made instrumental in the creation of error, disunion, or malignant feelings ; and, by becom ing under your hands a powerful engine ofgood, will prove itself to be one of the greatest bless ings that knowledge has yet discovered for the use of man. Remember that man feels and thinks as he has been compelled by his nature to feel and think ; and that to be displeased or angry with him for his thoughts and feelings, is a demon strative proof that the individual thus dis pleased or angry has not yet been made ra tional in his feelings, thoughts, or actions, ROBERT OVEN, Bedford-fiquare, Jan. IS, DEATH Or LORD lIEDESDALE.—On Sa turday last, at three in the afternoon, Lord REDESDALE died, at his seat in Gloocestershire, after a short illness. This Nobleman was, we believe, always considered a very high legal authority in Appeals and Committees of the House of Lords, and his political opinions perfectly con scientious, though inflexible. The benevolent measure of affording relief to men in a state of insolvency, originated entirely with his Lordship, and, however much the privi lege may have been abused by fraudulent individuals, tha Insolvent Debtors' Laws will be a lasting monument to the philanthropy of Lord REDESDALE. A curious story is going the rounds here (Dublin), which states that a certain amorous govern ment clerk, lately riding in the Phaanix-park, observed the lady of a noble and distinguished functionary walking alone near the vice-regal lodge. He accosted her in terms of curious familiarity—praised her beauty--inquired her residence—regretted her expcsure to the cold—begged to have the pleasure of seeing her home, &c., to all which be received short Quakerish responses. She at length told him she was waiting for a friend, "May I ask his name, madam?" " Certainly," was tha reply. " Here be is," pointing to her noble husband, who just then ap peared. On seeing his Lordship the affrighted scribe clipped spurs to his horse, and SV44 liAtantly hors de vue. THOMAS HARVEY, Esq., proprietor of the greater portion of land in the parish of North wold, shortly moved, and WILLIA3I NURSE, Esq., of Feitham, seconded the resolutions. Mr. SALMON, for one, could not approve the re sclutions. From one bushel of malt could be pro duced 16 gallons of good beer, on which the Malt Duty, if the beer were brewed at home, would only amount to one farthing a pint; therefore, he con tended, the poor man would nut depart from his old method of obtaining beer for so trifling a saving,— The reduction in the Malt Duty would only benefit the rich or more opulent class of farmers. The gentlemen whom he then saw around him, such as his friend Mr. Turner, would reap the advantage, because they brewed their own beer; but the poor man would be saddles with 100 per cent., by leav• ing him to pay the present duty on beer. He begged to assure that Meeting that he was not ad verse to the taking off the malt or any other duty. What he wanted, if a reduction of taxation was to be brought about, was the reduction that would benefit the many. It was not his interest to oppose the reduction, and if any increase was effected is the consumption of malt, he, in common with all other malt sters, would be benefitted accordingly. Mr. HARVEY would ask Mr. Salmon one question —When malt was cheap, most poor families then brewed their own beer, therefore did not Mr. Salmon think they would do so again were the Malt Duties reduced ? Mr. SALMON said, to a certain degree the reduc tion of the Malt Duty would cause families to brew at home; still there was another thing to be considered. A poor man now went to a public house and gave threepence for a pint of beer, which by brewing at home he could obtain for one penny, —was it, therefore, reasonable to expect that the farthing reduction in the duty would cause the poor man to alter his domestic arrangements ? Did the Meeting expect a man would save a farthing who thus wilfully spent twopence ? Mr. POOLEY, sen., of Northwood, in reply to Mr. Salmon's observations, stated that his agricultural labourers, even in these times, brewed their own beer. They purchased a peck of malt, to which they added treacle and molasses, so as to make a faint imitation of their natural beverage. Mr. SALMON, in reply, further remarked, that should the apparent object of the Meeting be accom plished, the agriculturists would immediately obtain a rise of Is. in the price of barley, which would completely do away with the benefit the poor man was led to anticipate from the reduction. It was, he contended, not to the repeal of the Malt or Beer Duties that any benefit to the public or the agricul tural interests ought to be looked for. A revision of the whole Corn Laws was sadly wanted. Mr. GRIFFIN, a large farmer at Northwold, asked how it was, that prior to the present duty on malt, the poor man could obtain a bushel of malt for a bushel of barley. Mr. SALMON said, that all depended on the quality. He did not know whether or not he should be seconded, but he would move that the repeal of Beer Duties be substituted for the Malt Duties, as the ground-work of the resolutions. Mr. TURNER, of Sturston, a farmer of 2,000 acres under Lord Walsingham, said the fate of the petitions presented to Parliament some years ago, praying for a repeal of the Malt and Beer Duties, was still fresh in his memory. Mr. Coke, on that occasion, said the agriculturists were defeated be cause they asked too much ; and the Hon. Member still maintained the same opinion, as he considered the monopoly of the brewers so great as to baffle all the exertions of the people at large. He hoped to live to see the day when the Malt Tax would be repealed. He attributed all the present evils under which the agriculturists laboured to the free-trade system, and the withdrawing from circulation of the 1/. notes, which broke the bond of amity hitherto existing between the banker, the farmer, the small tradesman, and the cattle-dealer. When the latter was not in action, the farming interest was sure not to be going on right. The farmers had al ways the Corn Bill hanging over their heads, which caused rye to be at a vexatious low price. Wool was also affected by free trade; thus the Norfolk farmers were deprived of the profit of two of their staple commodities, and which were best suited to their light soils. At the present time there were 20,000 acres of land between Brandon and Swaff ham in the landlords' hands, and for which tenants could not be found, though the soil was well adapted for barley, and would produce good crops, were the demands for that article increased by the repeal of the duties. Mr. SaLmoN said it would perhaps be a better plan to draw up a petition to the landlords, calling upon them to reduce the rents.—(A laugh.) After some observations by Mr. POOLEY, jun., the Chairman put the resolutions, against which Mr. Salmon was the only dissentient. The company afterwards dined together. Mr. Salmon filled the Chair, and Mr. Turner officiated as Vice-President. THE FOREIGN LITERARY GAZETTE, No. 111., published this day, contains, among other highly interesting matter—An Original Report on the various Sci entific Expeditions in Russia during the Reigns of ALEX ANDER and NICHOLAS-Petticoat Government, Heresy, &c. in Turkey—An important Essay on the Mountains of Europe, their Productions, &c.—The extraordinary Life of a Nun turned Soldier—lnteresting Intelligence of Dis coveries of Etruscan Antiquities—Whimsical Anecdotes-- Reviews of Foreign Books—Notices in the Fine Arts, Sci ences, &c —Poetry and Ana—English Literary, Scien tific, and General Report for the Week—Works in the Continental Press, &c. Published every Wednesday by W. A. SCRIM, 7, Wellington-street, Strand, and to be had of all Booksellers, Newsvendets, &c. Price Ten pence, or One Shilling stamped. FALMOUTH PACKETS.—The only arrival in the present week, up to last evening, is that of the packet brig Plover, from Halifax, yesterday (Thursday.) She sailed from Bermuda on the 7th, and from Halifax on the 22d of December. She brought no passengers. On the 6th of December the Tropic arrived at Bermuda, with artillery and soldiers from England ; on the 7th, immedi ately after the Plover sailed, she fell in with the transport No. 2, with part of the 81st Regiment, for St. John's, New Brunswick. The Calypso packet, which sailed from Falmouth on the 7th of November, arrived at Halifax on the 2d of December, and sailed for Bermuda the day fol lowing. The Plover experienced some severe weather on her passage; on one occasion we learn she shipped a heavy sea, under which she laboured for more than a minute, and which she cleared with some difficulty.— West Briton. THE SIAAIESE YouTus.—A correspondent refers to the Postman of February 22, 1709, as contain ing, on the authority of a French journal of the November preceding, an account of a more " wonderful wonder of wondera" than any that has been adduced, is consequence of the bicephalus exhibition that has lately excited public curiosity. " The Governess of Chateaudeun (a place about 30 leagues from Paris), aged between 48 and 50, having grown excessively big, it was believed that the swelling was occasioned by dropsy. It was resolved, therefore, to make an incision on her side, upon which perfirmance the operators were much surprised to see, in- stead of water, seven children—namely, four boys and three girls, each girl adhering to one of the boys in a peculiar manner, each couple tied together with something resembling a Franciscan's girdle, and the single boy sitting by himself, holding in his hand a kind of little stick, and having on his head a sort of cap resembling mitre," To this statement is added, " the physicians ' do not know what to say on so extraordinary a vase." LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 20, 1830. The French Papers of Sunday confirm the accounts we had previously received of the exer tions making at Toulon in fitting out several men-of-war. Their destination is the Levant. The following are extracts : :From the Messager des Chambres of Sunday, Jan. 17.) " YAMS, JAN. 17, AT NOON. " The cold had not yet been so intense as it is this morning: at seven o'clock the thermometer in dicated 13k degrees below zero. " TOULON, JAN. 11. (PRIVATE CORRESPONDENCE.) " The Lamprore cor,ette, Lieutenant Dussault, will set sail to-day for the Levant. This vessel has on board 400,000 francs for the brigade in the Morea, as well as provisions and stores for the ves sels of the division. It has been delayed some days, waiting for the Government despatches, which ar rived this morning. It has on board two priests going to the Holy Land, and some other passengers. 'You have been informed of the hasty fitting out of the Breslaw and Provence, the destination of which seemed to be uncertain. To-day orders have been given to all the port officers to employ all pos sible means that the resources of the arsenal can supply to get the following vessels ready to put to sea again at the first order, viz. the Ville de Mar seilles, the Scipion of the line ; the Iphigenia, Didon, Armide, and Sprenc frigates; the Oise and Emulation corvettes, the Dragon, C . ygne, Aleste, brigs; and to make all necessary repairs in all the other men of war in this port. The destination of these vessels is no longer doubtful—they are going to return to the Levant. Those unhappy countries are, it seems, going to be again the theatre of a general conflagration. The classic land of heroes and the arts is a tt ain to be traversed in all directions, by soldiers of all the nations of Europe, guided by in• terest alone; and who, perhaps, will never agree, till there is not a single ruin left standing. " A report of the consular agent at Carthagena, in Spain, announces that a French trading brig, of 300 tons burden, has been captured off Cape Palos, on the Spanish coast, by a privateer, supposed to be an Algerine. The crew escaped in the boats, which arrived at Carthagena. The report of the captain of the vessel has been sent to the Minister of Marine. (From the Gazette de France of Sunday.) " ODESSA, DEC. 23. " Halil Pacha inhabits a house in this city, and waits for his passports to set out for St. Peters burgh. " The accounts from the army in Asia are very satisfactory. " It is still believed, here, that the fortress of Kars will be ceded to Russia. " We expect news from Constantinople, where Count Orloff is supposed to have opened his ne gociations. Some journals have spoken of proposals made to the Sultan for the cession of Palestine. It is affirmed that there is some truth in those reports, [Jut that the proposals were not made by a certai►► cosmopolite house. " JASSY, DEC. 26. " Though the mission of Halil Pacha is not ac cording to the desire of the Emperor of Russia, or :he calculations of his Ministers, passports have been sent him, and he is expected at St. Petersburgh about the 15th of January." The Devon county Meeting to petition for the Abolition of Tithes is an event of some im- 1 portance, as indicating which way the wind blows on this subject in the West of England. There is, moreover, little doubt, that the sentiments of the Devonshire petitioners are very generally shared by the agriculturists throughout the country ; and, therefore, though the fullness of time is far from having arrived, for accomplishing the objects sought for, it is fit that people in general should begin to consider how far those objects are desirable for the public good. The Revenues of the Church of England, amounting to between four and five millions sterling per annum; are equivalent to a tax upon the public to that amount, levied immediately on agricultural produce, in favour of persons ap pointeda-to certain benefices, which pe rsons , b y the Acts of Uniformity, are bound to profess a certain faith, and to perform certain duties. Of these benefices, 5,177 are rectories, of which 558 are in the gift of the Crown-782 in that of Bishops, Deans, and Chapters-393 in that of the Universities and Colleges—and 3,444 in that of private individuals. The Vicarages are 5,516-490 of which are in the patronage of the Crown-1,501 of Bishops, Deans, and Chapters--350 of the Universities—and 3,175 of individuals. The total of these livings, to gether with 649 extra-parochial chapels, is 11,342 ; in addition to which are to be reckoned the princely Revenues of the Lords Spiritual, the successors of the Apostles—and of the Deans and Chapters, which, of whatsoever primitive in stitutions they may be the descendants, have, at all events, no reason to complain of the decay of their inheritance. That the Bishops in general are able to live in great luxury, and to accumu late very considerable wealth if they choose, is too notorious to require instances to be men tioned. We do not stop to inquire whether the Bishop of DURHAM has 50,0001., or only 45,0001. a-year ; it does not affect the merits of the question. John Bull, upon the produce of whose industry these Revenues are, for the most part, levied, is, it appears, beginning to fancy that a religious establishment can be maintained at a much cheaper rate than he at present pays for it. He looks at Scotland, the whole revenues of whose clergy (according to returns laid before Parliament in 1810), are 263,3401. per annum; —at France, the Netherlands, Germany, and, in fact, all Europe, with the exception of Spain and Portugal, and sees that the Clergy are paid by the Government, on a scale commensurate to their national value, like the Army and Navy. NECKER estimated the Revenues of the French Clergy, immediately before the Revolution, at 130 million livres, or 5,687,5001. sterling, which, for the' population of France, was less than the income of our present establishment. ARTHUR YOUNG, who had mixed very exten• sively among them, tells us, that the French Clergy were at that time far superior to our own in moral worth, though neither Fox-hunters nor Justices of the Peace. The Revolution, how ever, came and swept them away with the feudal Nobility, and other old institutions ; and France is now exempt from the burthen of tithes, as if the name had never been known. Nothing would be more practicable than an arrangement whose object should be, first— the more equal distribution of the ecclesias tical revenues, by making up to every small incumbent a respectable income; and secondly —the separation from the Church of such part of its revenue as should, after making a proper allowance to every incumbent, ap pear to be the surplus. This could, of course, only be done by the Government becoming the trustee, as it were, of the Church property—in trust to allow reasonable salaries to working and efficient clergymen, and to apply the surplus to the consolidated fund. There are perhaps many pious and worthy persons who would be horror. struck at the very mention of such a scheme. But let those persons remember that the strength of a Church lies in the purity of its doctrines, and the piety and active virtue of its Clergy—instead of in the wealth of its hierarchy, or the political influence of its spiritual heads. If jobbing for profit bo no rare occurrence on the right reverend Bench, it is not likely that such examples would be very beneficial to the inferior Clergy. Never theless, we believe the standard of morality and Christian purity is the highest among the lowest ranks in the Church. The clerical education is certainly bad enough ; but it is hoped the grow ing intelligence of men in general will eventually shame our churchmen out of that ignorance, of which the leisure and opportunities they enjoy are a great aggravation. As to the tithes, the public will take care of them ; the stream that is running against them may be small at present, but it gains strength as it flows, and will finally wash down the stubborn ;mud-banks of abuse and corruption. Prince LIEVEN, the Russian Ambassador, had a long interview with Lord ABERDEEN this morning at the Foreign-office. The Earl of ROSSLYN gives a grand dinner to the Cabinet 111inisters, this evening. The Earl of ABERDEEN had an interview with the Duke of WELLINGTON yesterday, at the Trea sury. Sir HOWARD DOUGLA9, the Govern, New Brunswick, visited his Grace in the after.. the Treasury. , rt t 1.• The Spanish Minister had a long Cs with the Earl of ABERDEEN yesterday, at the Foreign Office. Earl BATHURST visited the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER yesterday, at his residence in Down iug-street. The Duke of WELLINGTON received de spatches yesterday afternoon, while at the Treasury, from his MAJESTY, at Windsor. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER visited Mr. VESEY FITZGERALD yesterday, at his residence in Somerset-place. A Deputation of Merchants, from the city, attended yesterday at the Office of the Board of Trade, and had an interview with Mr. LACK, the chief clerk, in the absence of Mr. VESEY FITZGERALD. Despatches were received at the Foreign office, on Monday night, from Lord STUART DE ROTHSAY, our Ambassador at Paris. Mr. Secretary PEEL will give a grand Par liamentary Dinner on the 3d of next month, to a numer ous party of Members of the House of Commons, on the opening of the session of Parliament. The Chief Secretary of State and Lady F. L. GOWER, accompanied by Lady CHARLOTTE GREVILLE, and the lion. Mr. GREVILLE and suite, sailed for Eng land on Friday evening. Lord GOWER will not return until after the meeting of Parliament. —Dublin Paper. ANECDOTE OF HIS LATE MAJESTY.-011 the 9th of September, 1799, Captain DURHAM and his lady gave a grand naval fete on board the Anson, which was attended by their MAJESTIES, and all the royal and noble personages then sojourning at Weymouth. In the midst of the entertainment a courier came alongside, with despatches for the Kpro, who, to the surprise of every one, could not be found among the brilliant assembly. Having dispensed with the usual court attendance on that occasion, he had contrived to withdraw, unperceived, from the scene of gaiety, and found his way to the fore p irt of the lower-deck, where he was at length discovered by Mr. TA - vr.oa, in the act of interrogating an old weather-beaten tar, the ship's company surrounding him, with their bats off, the foremost of them kneeling down, so as not to ob struct the view of those behind, the countenances of the whole beaming with genuine devotion, and all so respect fully silent that a pin might have been heard to fall.— Marshall's Royal Naval ,Biography. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCR.--(THIS DAY.) FROM LLOYD'S. PORTSMOUTH, JAN. 19.—Wind S.E.—Arrived the Nova, Dale, from St. Übe's. PLYMOUTH, JAN. 18.—Wind E.N.E.—Arrived the Judith and Esther, Payne, from Seville. FALMOUTH, JAN. 18.—Wind E.—Arrived the Henry, White, from Gibraltar. The London packet Holends, from London to Faro, was driven on shore near Margate, on Monday night. The Isabel, Dean, from Demerara, has arrived off Cape Clear. The Vine, from Perth to London, was wrecked near Lynn the 12th inst.; crew saved. Till MARKET6.-(THIS DAY). CORN EXCHANGE. The supplies of most descriptions of Grain and Flour this week are short, except of Irish Oats, which are tole rably good. There is nothing doing here this morning, as the navigation of the River is stopped ; but a thaw having taken place, should it continue business will be resumed here on Friday. ARRIVALS. Wheat. Harley. English SOO qrs. 1,700 qrs. Irish 330 Foreign Oats. I Flour. 40 qrs. 600 sacks. 6,700 brls. THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.) CITY, T WEL rz 0' CL 0 CK. The severity of the weather again prevents us from any arrivals of consequence this morning, and the Funds remain in much the same state as they left off yesterday; Consols for the Account are at 95,i to I. This being: settling-day in the British market, the speculators are chiefly occupied in making up their accounts; at present all is going off well, although it is a very heavy account. Nothing of consequence is doing in the New French Scrip, which may be quoted at to 11 premium ; but the arrival of M. N. de Rothschild last night from Paris, it is supposed will give an impulse to the new spe culation. In the Foreign Market nothing of consequence going forward; as yet prices uominal. FUNDS. Bank Steck, 218 19 India Stock, 2301 31k 3 per Cent. Cone. 931 Do., for Account, 94 Ditto Reduced, 941 Si per Cent. 1001 f New 4 per Cent., 1011 4 per Cent 1826 1051 India Bonds, 78 74 Exchequer Bills, 77 78 I FUNDS. Greek, 33fr Mexican, 26k Peruvian, 20 21 Portuguese, 59i 60 Prussian, Russian, 110 1 Spanish, 111 I TWO O'CLOCK. FORZIO Brazilian, 711 721 &terms Ayres, SO 32 Chilian, 27 28 Colombian, 25 Danish, 78i French, 5 per Cont. 109 9 Ditto, S per Cent. 84k We can now announce with some confidence that it was settled yesterday that Prince Lcopold goes to Greece, as King of that country. There has been scarcely a9y fluctuation in Consols up to the present time; in the early part of the morning they were at 95i to I for the Ac count ; but it being after one o'clock, the present Account has terminated, and Consols must now be quoted for the February Account at 94. Ex dividend, and for Money 93} The market was looking very heavy, but a purchase of about 100,0001. Consols, by our great City Capitalist, prevented the market going down. It is an immense Bull account, there being a great num ber of little Bulls, whose accounts' are of a trifling nature, and which having' left to the last day to settle, caused a great bustle in the market; but at present we do not hear of any failures. In the Foreign Market scarcely any thing doing, as the whole attention of the speculators is turned to the British Market. TIMEX O'CLOCK. Coos*ls for Almost, L. The Duke of Cffoisßur, lately brought an action against the KING'S Household, claiming the right to a private box in the Theatre Feydeau. During the pro gress of the suit 111. Aanr, the President of the Court, wa■ seen at one of the Royal Theatres, in a box reserved for the Civil servants of the Crown, and the Duke de CHOISEUL challenged him as unfit to judge the case ; his presence at the Theatre, it being c ontended, coming within the meaning of the law, which declared that a judge who has eaten or drunk with either p arty to a suit, or received any present, ought to absent himself from the trial. The Court disallowed the challenge in consequence of the neglect of a point of form, and decided against the Duke's claim to a box. A fine young girl, a servant to a gentleman in the south side of the town, had the misfortune on Sa turday last to quarrel with her sweetheart, when she went off with a phial, purchased and swallowed an ounce, or 480 drops, of laudanum. She was found in the streets in strong convulsions, and carried to the Police-office, where the stomach pump was applied with its usual good effect. In the space of half an hour she was restored to her senses, and expressed regret for her rash conduct. Her master, however, refusing to take her back to his service, the poor girl was taken home by her grandmother. Caledonian Mercury. THE SERPENTINE.—Yesterday, for the first time, the eastern portion was opened to the skaiters, all parts being now considered perfectly safe. The ice pre sented along the whole of the north side a transparent body, above one hundred yards wide and many hundred in length, extending even beyond the Boat-house. The skaiters were numerous, and a few more than usually dex terous in the performance of the spread eagle, which con sists in taking a run and then Winging heel to heel, and running in this position in nearly a straight line for a vast distance. This feat cannot be performed except by those possessed of great flexibility of limb. THE WEATHER.—The passengers who have arrived by the morning coaches from different parts of the country, state that the snow storm exceeded any that has occurred for many years past. In Surrey and Kent, in particular, the drifts of snow were so numerous and so deep, that the coaches were obliged to have extra horses attached to them. On the Dover road a private coach was overturned, but the passengers escaped unhurt, and little damage done to the vehicle. The state of the river this morning presented a remarkable appearance, the shipping below bridge being encased in snow. The masses of ice and snow had accumulated to such an ex tent, that but for the rapid thaw this morning, the river at London-bridge would have been completely covered, and from these upwards above bridge. In many places below bridge the ice extends a quarter of the way across the river. St. Paul's Cathedral presented a novel appear ance at day bleak, appearing one solid body of snow. The thaw is going on so fast that the streets are nearly under water. The weather-wise, however, say that the frost will again return, the wind not having shifted to the pro per quarter for a permanent thaw. A Minister and Churchwarden, of a parish near the metropolis, were talking of the dissoluteness of the sexton. " I know of but one way of making him think of his latter end," said the Minister, " and that is to make him toll the funeral bell." " Aye, sure enough," replied the Churchwarden, " he would constantly have a rope before his eyes, then !" A subject of general conversation in the higher circles at this moment in Paris is a duel between an offi..er of his Mak sty's body guards and a young officer, recently one of the King's Pages, in consequence of some words that passed bettveen them in a Versailles stage. One of them, M. DE T-, was slightly wounded ; the other, M. DE B-, received his adversary's ball in his throat, had a part of his tongue carried away, and is since dead. It is a melancholy fact that at London and Paris we should be occupied at the same moment with considerations arising from the fatal effects of duelling. It was proposed last year in France to pass a law to restrain it, but nothing has yet been attempted. THE MALT DUTIES. On Monday, agreeably to a requisition presented to the acting Magistrates of the hundred of Grim shoe, a meeting of the owners and occupiers of land, maltaters, and others, was held at Mundford, Nor folk, to consider the propriety of petitioning Parlia ment for the total repeal of the Malt Duties. The Meeting was composed of some of the most respect able landowners in the county. Among other gen tlemen present was Thomas Salmon, E,q., of Stoke Ferry, the maltster alluded to by Mr. Coke in his speech at the County Meeting. At twelve o'clock the Rev. J. PARTRIDGE, of Cranwick, was called to the Chair. ?NICKS OF FOKEIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT •X! O'CLOCK. Austrian Bonds: — 'Neapolitan — Brazilian Bonds Buenos Ayres Bonds — Portuguese Bonds — Chi Han Bonds — Prussian, Old Colombian Bonds ... — 'Ditto, New — Ditto, lEV 24 Danish — Spanish, :S2l 1 11(52 Greek Bonds _l_,.-- 1823. — Ditto, 1825 .... ..... ... 3336 2% 'French Renter, sp. c. —f. —s. Guatimala —!..—.— Exchange —f.:- - . Mexican Bonds . — '-- 3 per cent. —t. —c. Ditto, 1825 —!— Exchange —F. —r. PRICES OF SHARES TILL Anglo Mex. Min. Co. (Ise. at Si Brazilian Mining Company Brazilian Imp. Min. Co. Om at SI Ditto National United Mex. Min. Ca Om at 21 I DAY AY ONE O'CLOCK. Paid. Per Share. pm.) .£lOO 40;i 41 5 8 1 4 pm.) £2O 83% ..... 10 - 27% % pm.) .£3954 171,4 PRICES OF IRISH STOC Bank Stock 255% Consols, 3 per cent. Gov. Stock, 3% per cent 99%U Ditto, New 4 per Cent Gov. I)eb. 3% per cent ::91% Royal Canal StocK Grand Canal Stock City Deb. 4 per cent Ballast Office Deb. 4p. c 92% I Arrived. Due. O America O Brazil O Buenos Ayres 0 O Cart hagena... ....... 1 Dublin 0 O Flanders 0 1 France 0 O Guernsey &Jersey 0 :KS, DUBLIN, JAN. 15 St. Patrick Insur. (per sh.) 'Royal Irish Ditto National Ditto Patriotic Ditto Hibernian Bank Provincial Ditto Royal Irish Mine Imperial Mine Mining Co. of Ireland 4 34 i Commercial Buildings NGE YESTERDAY. COURSE OF EXCH. Amsterdam C.F. 12 71 Ditto, at sight 12 6 Rotterdam 2 U 12 '7l Antwerp 12 71 Hamburg M.B. 14 0 Altona l4 0 Paris, 3 days' sight 25 80 Ditto 2 U. 26 5 Bordeaux 26 10 Berliti — Frank fort on Maine, Ex. M. 151 Petersburgh, ruble, 3 Us. 10 0 Vienna, effective 6. 2 M. 10 17 Trieste do 10 17 Madrid 35 Cadiz 3.51-i Gilboa Ilarcelona 3 5% Seville Gibraltar 47% Leghorn 47% Genoa '26 5 Venice 474 Malta 4834 Naples Palermo per oz. 119 Lisbon Oporto 4 3 14 Rio Janeiro Bahia 2634 Buenos Ayr es Dublin, 21 days' sight l% Cork 134 BULLION, PER OZ. X. 6. d. Portugal Gold, coin... 0 0 0 Foreign Gold, in bars 3 17 9 New Doubloons 0 0 0 New Dollars Silver, bars, standard 0 0 0 Arrived. Due. O Hamburg 4 O Holland O Jamaica O Leeward Islands O Lisbon O Mexico O Sweden 1 Waterford MGM WAVER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. Morning 18 minutes after,ll. I EYennig...4l minutes after 11. The news .:agent, who supplies The Sun to the depot of the 52d Regiment, at Portsmouth, is requested to call at The Sun Office for a letter. AMP* 4,0 , , - ' .1, lINGLISII LAW INTELLIGENCE.-(THIS DAY). VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT. The VICE-CHANCELLOR took pleas, demurrers, ex cedtions, and further directions to-day. At the sitting of the Court his HONOUR struck several of the cases out of the paper, in consequence of the absence of the parties and Counsel. Many were ordered to stand over oa account of the indisposition of Mr. Horne; a feW vivre disposed of, and his Honour, having got through his parer, rose at a quarter past eleven o'clock. COURT OF KING'S BENCH. GWYNNE V. CROSSWAITE. This was an action to try the validity of a respondentia bond for 3,0001. It appeared front the statement of the ATTORNEY-GENERAL, and afterwards confirmed by t! e testimony of several witnesses, that in the beginning of the year 1825 the defendant Crosswaite, who was at that time an extensive ship-owner, applied to the plaintiff, a mer chant in Paternoster-row, for discount of some bills. This application the plaintiff refused, on the ground that he de voted all his surplus cash to lending money on respon dentia bonds. The defendant then, after some further ne gociations as to the terms required, agreed to obtain three other persons to join him in a bond of that nature, which was accordingly done, the bond for 3,0001. executed, and the money paid over to the defendant. Some time after this Crosswaite, the defendant, became a bankrupt; and when the plaintiff preferred his claim to prove under the estate, it was refused, and an application was in con sequence made to the Vice-Chancellor, for an order to ad mit the proof. This application was opposed in the Court of Chancery by the assignees of the defendant, on the ground that the whole transaction was tainted with usury, and that the plaintiff, when he requested to have a re spondentia bond, had a usurious intention in contempla tion, and to avoid the Statute; and also that the bond itself was not a legal respondentia bond. The Vice- Chancellor, at the time the matter was before him, directed the petition to stand over, to give the plaintiff an opportunity of trying two questions which these objec tions raised, viz., whether the respondentia bond was a legal bond, and executed according to the terms of the Statute, or whether the transaction was tainted with usury. These were the questions now at issue. Mr. BROUGHAM (Mr. Colman with him) contended at great length that the transaction was merely a simple one of lending money, and therefore the terms of the bond clearly showed usury. The LORD CHIEF JUSTICK summed up, aid the Jury immediately returned a verdict for the plaintiff, thus esta blishing the validity of the bond. In the course of the trial it appeared that one of the parties to the bond was a clerk of Crosswaite, who bor rowed the money, and that he became a party at the re quest of his principal, and signed his name without know ing the nature of the instrument he was signing. The LOAD Cum JUSTICI, in summing up, remarked in strong terms on the impropriety of principals thus acting to wards their servants. Several cases of a similar nature had recently some before him, but he hoped, after that public notice, that mush a disgraceful practice would not bs aga n heard of. OLD BAILET.-(THIS DAY.) NEW COURT. Win. Harley, a young man, was indicted for stealing thirty yards of flannel, on the 17th of December, of the value of 205., the property of John Goodin. The prosecutor stated that he was a linen draper, living at No. 33, Brick-lane, Old-street. M rs . G oo di n was i n the shop about six o'clock in the evening, when she saw the prisoner snatch up a piece of flannel inside the shop, and run away with it. She pursued the prisoner for about a dozen yards, with the flannel in his pos session, and cried out " Stop thief!" at his heels. The prisoner dropped the flannel, and was afterward s stopped by the watchman and taken into custody..--Guilty. Solomon Colman, Richard Thomas, Thomas Cook, Thomas Price, and Jane Thomas, were indicted for stealing 10 reatns of paper, value W. the property of the Messrs. Key. Mr. C. PHILLIPS stated the case fur the prosecution. This was an indictment against these five prisoners for stealing 10 reams of paper, the property of the Messrs. Key. It was right that he should disembarrass their minds ir. favour of the young woman, who, he believed, was not a participator in the robbery. It would be proved, that on the Slat of December, the prisoners were seen with this paper in such a way as to induce those persons who saw them acting in this manner, to tkink that they were not their own (the prisonen9 property, and it at once occurred to them to watch ; they were watched, and the person who saw them gave in formation to the police officers. They were seen bringing the paper into a certain house, and were afterwards dis covered altogether in a room of this house in the act of burning the wrappers which enveloped the reams, which would have led to their identity. Three or four of the wrappers were, however, left. There can be no doubt but that the property was stolen, for they could give no account whatever of it. The next question to try was, whether the property belonged to the prosecutors, tEe Messrs. Key. They did not miss the paper until by the activity of the officers it was actually traced to their house. After some further observations which were detailed in evidence, Mr. Phillips concluded. Thomas Browne examined—Lives at Shoreditch ; re collects going out of Long-alley on the evening in ques tion; saw Richard Thomas sitting on five bundles of paper; saw him afterwards endeavour to lift the p per under his arms, but could not do it; he then dehvered them to the prisoner Colman, who hauled them to Price ; saw them pass the paper into the passage, No. 4, Sanders'- buildings, Horse-shoe-alley; supposed that if it was their own they would not have used it so ; gave information to a police-constable. Cross-examined-_ls a green-grocer ; was in trouble himself last June or July; was in trouble before about two or three years; was acquitted both times; was never in prison for six months ; was in prison for a time on the other side of the water, where he was tried upon a suspi cion of robbing his master; the Jury were cruel enough to find him guilty—(laughter) —was never sent to New South Wales. Thomas Van is an officer of Worship -street. Recol lects seeing the last witness on the evening in question ; in consequence of the information he received went to the house before mentioned, and saw the four male prisoners there; saw five reams of paper in the bed-room ; found under the bedstead those rappers which Colman was shov ing with his foot ; heard the prisoner Cook say " we are all marplotted ;" his comrade Armstrong asked the pri soners frequently if they knew any thing about the paper, and they said they did not ; part of the paper was muddy, as it is now; some of the paper had covers on it, and a great deal was stripped ; took the prisoners into custody, and detained the paper. Cross•examineil—r—ls not sure whether the female pri ner was in the room when he went in; did not hear Cook sly that he came home with the female prisoner, and that he was taken in. Joshua Armstrong recollects going into the room in question with the last witness; saw the five prisoners is the roam around a table, and the paper was on the table. This witness corroborated the last in his testimony. William Hatfield accompanied the last two witnesses to the house in question ; saw Colman throw this paper, which he held, across the bed ; the house was about three quarters of a mile from Alderman Key's. Henry Coles examined—ls with his father, who is a paper manufacturer; this paper was of his father's manu facture—supplied a Mr. Morgan with it ; recollects the ■umber of the ream which was first sent to Mr. Morgan ; knows it from the book which he kept ; sent it on the 4th of December; put the letter M on the paper sent to Mr. Morgan : believes this to be the M he cut out him self. Cross-examined—Has other customers whose name be gins with M., and marks them with the same stamp—. Knows those by the quarter mark on the ream, besides the letter M, those certainly went to Morgan. William Warman is a warehouseman to a Mr. Mor., gan ; recollects receiving 91 reams of paper on the 14th of last December, they were sold on the 22d of the same month to Alderman Key. Alderman John Key examined—ln consequence of in formation be received, examined the stock of paper, and found ten reams were gone; received them from Mr. Mor gan ; examined the numbers of the covers of those reams ; there are ten reams here, the number he hid missed ; five of the covers were destroyed ; has no doubt but that those reams were his. Cross-examined--Found at home all the preceding and succeeding numbers, which correspond exactly with the numbers on the covers. Solomon Cohnan, Richard Thomas, and Thomas Price, Guilty.--Cook and Jane Thomas, Not Guilty. The thermometer on Hampstead-heath on Monday night was at 10 FAHRENHEIT, being no less than 22 degrees below freezing. The snow between Bury and Botesdale is in some places 10 feet deep ; and on the Sicklesmere road it • has been necessary to cut through the same to admitqf traffic. Essex Herald. IlliEltAL Iv lPWn h lgia Wi l l deceas e d i e el r e e tbdhb eieteisnhn d a y e e aaoi sot Oc w ees h is e oi w here nk ; it t will h this wthhlmoveseleTi l m o st The arran t remainssf at o rr r er ‘ sa : P . n a (il l to-morrow, assemble at with black c b ollby of Sir I assemble are to keep ti Which Lave b The numerou and proceed tl will be place, riage of Sir 1 riage of his : apective earth the whole p , where t h e bo( pei T bi h y e o o rn ut a er co * R i n i d v efretioo haand h ie'en e of silver ()roam( coffin two row' them-another r t with ornament worked in silver IN The principa of the deceased, vered, undernea SIR THOMA: PRESIDENT OF 1 The corners tastefully ornam corners," whicl the inner coffin scriptive of the the whole this that has been w il elson. 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