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EV !i'NING EDITION. ‘l , (:)..'A Li L tAL • 'XI R ESSL (From the Morning Advertiser.) We copy the two subjoined paragraphs from the Times of yesterday morning : " THE TIMES EXPRESSES FROM MONIHOUTII.—One of the most extraordinary expresses on record was performed by the Times of Tuesday last. The Judge's charge on the high treason trials left Monmouth on that day at four o'clock in the afternoon, arrived in London the same night or early in the morning, and appeared in the Times of Wednesday, copies of which paper were in Mr. Gaskell's office, Lord -street, by a quarter to four o'clock on Wed nesday afternoon, the charge being delivered on Tuesday, travelling nearly 200 miles to London, was printed, and again travelled 200 miles to Liverpool. This is the age of wonders ! li - , justice to the Times we must state that no other morning paper contained the charge on that day."— Liverpool Chronicle. " EXTRAORDINARY EXPEDITION.—The London Times of Wednesday last contains the charge of Chief Justice Tin dal on opening the Commission for the trial of the Chart ists in South Wales, which charge was only delivered on the previous day at Monmouth. The reporter's dispatch left that place at four o'clock on Tuesday, and appeared in the Times the following morning at seven o'clock, and reached Liverpool about five o'clock in the evening. This is one of the most remarkable instances of dispatch on re cord. "—Liverpool Standard. Two false statements are made in the above corres pondence of the Times. First, it is stated that " the distance is nearly 200 miles to London," whereas it is but 120 miles ; and second, that "no other morning paper contai.led the charge on that day" ( kVednesday) —whereas one " morning paper," the Morning Adver tiser, did contain the charge on that day. What did 1 this " most remarkable instance of dispatch on " re cord"—in " this age of wonders"—really amount to? The 120 miles were performed in 14 hours, which amounts to 8/ miles per hour. We think we could remind our readers of an express in the Morning Advertiser which would far outmatch this " wonder of wonders," this "most remarkable dispatch on record." They will recollect that our joint express with The Su,!, from G:asgow, on the occasion of Sir R. Peel's h , inc elected Lord Rector, which brought the whole of the proceedings and Sir Robert Peel's long speech, effected the distance-400 miles and upwards—in about 24 hours ; and that under every possible disadvantage, beit.g conveyed by saddle horse, through bad roads, and in the midst of the memorable snow-storm, which was indeed one of the greatest within memory. (By-the-by, the Times on that occasion was twenty-one hours after us with its report.) In comparison with this " remark able instance of dispatch," the feat of 84- miles performed per hour by the Times express is neither more nor less than ridiculous. 'nit; boast reminds us of an "express front Norwich," distinguished by large capitals in the quondam True Sun, which arrived in forty eight hours ; or another express equally celebrated and equally dis tinguished, which " dragged its slow length along" in the quondam New Times, occupying ten days in travel ling from Durham !! ! But, after all, a Dutch courier on a donkey could accomplish such a feat as 84 miles per hour (the boast of the Times), without running the risk of inflicting too hazardous a degree of admira tion and astonishment on this " age of wonders." THE ANATOMY ACT. Not a greater anomaly could possibly present itself' to the public, in the form of legislation, than the Ana tomy Act, and never was an Act of Parliament more wretchedly administered. This Act provides three anatomical inspectors for England and Scotland, whilst there has been hitherto only one appointed (a violation of the Act), smuggled in as the pet of a political and pseudo-medical party, and enjoying, besides his regular salary, the whole of the emolument (which should have belonged to three) in the form of travelling expenses and other perquisites, undefined by the Act as to the amount. Moreover, is it true that the provincial teachers keep the registers themselves of bodies dissected ? If so. is this calculated to satisfy the public mind as to the ful filment of the professed principal object of the Anatomy Act, viz., to do away with the possibility of busking ? We do not assert that such a crime exists at present, but we assert that the public should have every practical guarantee proffered to them, considering all past occur rences, that such cannot, and shall not, be the case again. But the most infamous fact attached to this defective Act is, that not a single clause exists for duly and equi tably regulating the distribution of bodies to the different licensed schools of anatomy—hence the ample field for corruption and jobbing—hence it is certain that public teachers, influential in consequence of the establishments to which they arc attached, are so courteous, so obse quious, and are on such intimate terms with the paro chial officers, and thereby monopolise the dead of the various parishes, to the injustice and injury of other teachers, their pupils, and to a great portion of the community. The Anatomy Act is a powerful tool in the hands of the monopolists and public schools, exercised most in sidiously, for the purpose of completing the annihilation of the private schools ; and when the latter no longer exist,. and their teachers are brought to a state of desti tution, woe be to the profession, for the rivalship in teaching has hitherto been in toto kept up between the public and the (improperly so called) private teachers, as between two parties—when this rivalship ceases, the public tea , hers will no longer be stimulated to exert themselves to the degree which they are forced to do at the present time, but secure in their chairs,and lulled in the lap of indolence and independence, the evils will become reverberated upon the heads of the pupils and the public at large ; it is, therefore, plainly the interest of the latter to support the private schools. It is for the purpose of turning the Anatomy Bill to their own advantage, that the public teachers oppose summer dissections ; it is on this account that when Mr. Roberts appiied to the Home Office about his an tiseptic process, for preventing bodies from decomposi tion, he was told that the anatomical lecturers were op posed to summer dissection, and that, therefore, his me thod could not be rendered available. The invariably professed, but pretended objection against summer dis -lections on the part of the monopolists, has been the suisjects running so much sooner in the summer time than during the winter into a state of decomposition ; but now an antiseptic is offered to remove all inconvenience, the monopolists say, " Oh, it cannot be taken into consideration at all." The fact is, that the public teachers, upon the strength of their individual in fluence, and the gaudy show of their establishments, get twenty times the salary of private teachers— they can, therefore, afford to do nothing for their pupils in the summer season—whilst the private teachers are obliged to work bard the whole of the year round, depending solely upon their industry and ability, so that many pupils from the public schools enter to the private during the summer, when the days are lighter and longer, and more can be learnt than in the winter. These summer courses of instruction conse quently form the essential part of the support of the private teachers. Annihilate summer dissections, and you annihilate them , an d the mono p ol y of the few public schools will be rendered secure and perfect. What, may we ask, will Mr. Wakley do with the Anatomy Bill this forthcoming Session of Parliament ? Will he, as the professed champion of medical reform, m ove for an amendment, or bring We forwar thi d nk that a new Bili ? Something must be done. the present Anatomical Act ought to be folded up as worse than useless, and that a new Bill should be introduced. In the meantime we shall be on the lookout as to the manner in which the medical legisla tors, so called, acquit themselves. Lastly, a hint to the medical students. They have the fight in their own hands, and provided they do their duty to themselves and te a chers, they wil l immediately send up their peti (tons to Lord Norinanby, and their addresses to the Colleg e of Surgeons—this is the first step ; then let these be followed by a petition to both Houses of Par liatnent—Brougham's eaC in tic Loris is ,always open to oppression and instice ; and the r e are many Liberal Members in the Commons who will take a clear view of the case. Iv'e think that the registers of bodies dis sected, and of the distribution to the different schools, should not be conducted in a private house by a private individual, but by a public Medical Corporation ren dered amenable for its conduct to the Home.office and to the public.—ilforning Advertise r • ti • 7 - OrETIT vnT,1"..1T7 T HE REV. SYDNEY WORKS. London : Longman, Orme, and Co. Of whom may bo had, The First Three Volumes, 365. cloth, lettered. NEW EDITION, WITH ADDITIONS. In a few days, in 2 vols. post Bvo., with Tw•o Portraits, and a Fac-simile of a Letter, THE DUCHESSof ST. ALBAN'S MEMOIRS. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. Orders received by all Booksellers. Now ready, MR. BURKE'S PEERAGE AND BARONETAGE FOR 1840, Corrected to the Present Time fro 'n the Communications of the various Noble Families Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. To be had of all Booksellers. Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols. post Bvo., MRS. GORE'S NEW NOVEL. PREFERMENT ; or, MY UNCLE the EARL. _ " Among the most lively, acute, and snccessful painter• of life and manners in our day, Mrs. Gore had deservedly taken a high plact —so high a place, indeed, that she hardly needed ' Preferment' to advance her higher. Put as she has chosen to claim another title to our applause, it is but justice to award it. Preferment is an exceedingly clever and amusing pro duction, and quite worthy of the author's reputation."—Litc rary Gazette. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. LLOY'D'S HIPPING.-(THIS DAY.) DEAL, DEC. 17. —Wi,id S. E. fresh. Sailed the Thomas Jones, Rose, for Win Tri d nidad. L IVER POOL, DEC. 17 . S. E. S. , fresh breezes.— ronsiduet, Sailed the Dina , S p ivat, for Rio Janie',; Cleopatra Trinidad; Blackall er, Cochrane, ditto; Charles (ni' Mullins, Havannali ; Maddiza, Wood, Virginia ; i Mitchell, Texas; A d r ian, Russell, Boston ; Ruth, Ra n' ' drill, Sierra Leone ; Jo hn Lil y , Turner, Africa. Off port, the Caledonia, Carmel, front 13- , mbay. PoaTsst , t7TH DEC 17.—Wind S. S.E.—Arrived the Cyrus, Ray, from Qiebec. PLYbIOUTH, DEC. 17.--Wind S.E.—Arrived the Eliza, Jackson from Prince Edwari's Island OFF THE WIGHT, DEC. 17.—The Maitland, Baker, fr: , m Calcutta. Cows', DEc. 17.—Sailed the Mary Ann, from Sydney, New South Wales DUBLIN, DEc. 16 —Sailed the Perseverance, Scott, for Sierra Leone. s.—Arrived 'he Ramb l .er , Bree, from CORK, DEC. 1 Tatmagouche. Off Port—The Britannia, Burridge, from Cape of Good Hope, with loss of bulwarks, &c., in a gale. BRISTOL, DEC. 17. —Sailed the William Goddard, Potter, for Boston, United States, SHIELDS, DEC. 16.—Sailed the Agnes Sophia, Thomp son, for Alexandria. The BuFk, of this port, on entering the harbour, grounded upon the Herd, but came off with out apparent. damage. LI.VERPOOL, DEC. 17.—A ship with a black ball , sup posed the North America, from Liverpool to New York, was seen off Sar.dy Hook, with loss of foreyard, &c. The ship Alfred, Captain Flint, from London an Ply mouth for Sydney, was spoken with, all well on the 29th October, in lat. 7 S , lon, 30 W., out thirty days from Plymouth. The Earl of Stamford anti kVarrington has left Dunham Massey, in Cheshire, for Enville Hall, in Staffordshire. LONDON WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1839. The use which the Tory journals are now mak ing of that part of the law of treason, to which we called attention on Thursday, when we referred to the Judge's charge at Monmouth, proves the propriety of our remarks. We then de nounced as absurd that part of the law which classes as treason the exertions of the people, how ever numerous, to overawe the Parliament, and which regards as overt acts or proofs of treason such appeals as those by which half the Lib era l writers of the kingdom, urge the people to exert themselves to procure a repeal of the Corn-laws. A few days ago the Standard said, speaking of those appeals— At the very moment when the law is putting forth its arm to punish one sedition excited by the arts of Whig-Radicals, we find another sedition in preparation by the same parties. The sedition at Newport is to be tried as trea son, and so, if the Standard's doctrines were fol lowed, would be the sedition which the terrible dis tress now prevalent in the manufacturing districts is stirring up against the bread tax. In the same spirit as the Standard, the Morning Post of yes terday said— The Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas told the Grand Jury of the county of Monmouth, but a few days ago, that to attempt " any great change or inno vation in the Government, or in the law of the land, by dint of numbers or violence," was to commit high treason. Now, to alter the Corn-laws is to alter the law of the land, and to excite by gross calumny the labouring classes to " move" against these laws and against the landowners seems to us to be very plainly an excitement to the commission of that which the Chief Justice states to be high treason." But it is demonstrated by much experience—to wit, the Catholic Emancipation Act and the Re form Act, and the very Corn-law, that the selfish landlords who constitute the majority of the Legisla ture, do yield to compulsion of the kind now adverted to, and will yield nothing to reason, whence that must be a most absurd law which precludes the great bulk of the people from using those only means by which they can gain anything. All our liberties and rights, according to Mr. HALLAM, have been wrested from the iron grasp of power. "To make the ruling few uneasy," as the only means of obtain ing useful reforms, has passed into a proverb ; but for us to repeat such exertions as won the Magna Charta from King JOHN, and the middle class charter from the Tory Lords in 1832, is stigmatized a treason by the authority of a law made when the boron &mongers were dreadfully alarmed for their th e p rogress of the Fr enc h revo l ut i on . Pow er by A more atrocious attempt than the said statute of treason, to place the complete sovereignty of the nation in the hands of an oligarchy of borough mongers, is not to he found in the records of legis lative usurpation. By that statute the Parliament oi . 1796 en d eavoure d to re lieve itself of all responsi bility to the nation. It was undoubtedly, according to that statute, an act •of treason to overawe the Tory Parliament in 1832 ; but unless it had been overawed there was no means of obtaining Reform, and the Tory Oli garc h y would have rema ined for ever the undisputed masters of our lives and liberties. It was necessary, therefore, to set aside the law to save the Commonwealth. is quite Such a fact enough to demonstrate the absurdity of the law when pushed to the extent to which it is now pushed by the Tories. Let us add that the unrepresented have no means whatever of making their wishe s and wants known with the least effect, except by meeuteilnigwaitsi numbers and so enforcing their opinions. s their object by the petition they presented last ses sion, and we are surprised that Sir ROBERT IN GLIS or Colonel SIBTHORP did not then find out that their petition was an act of treason, Cut off fi ern al! , litre in the reprr. , ,enta.tion. forhiddeo t o meet in numbers, because that terrifies the minority called for the nonce the public, and now threatened with an indictment for treason if they overawe Parliament and endeavour to procure by numbers a change in the law, they are degraded to a state of complete slavery, of which the violent outrages they are guilty arc the results. The eagerness of the Tories to stretch the law of treason to the point of putting down all attempts to get rid of the Corn laws, and of relieving the Parliament from all re sponsibility—short of bringing it to account by a successful revolution, may possibly not be without advantage to the persons accused at Monmouth, as it has compelled us again to direct public attention to the absurdity of the law under which they are to be tried. We have in few words shown that the law is a gross piece of tyranny, usurpation, and absurdity, yet the Standard says, with an indiscriminating reverence for everything which has received the sanction of the boroughmongers, and is embodied into the form of a statute, " Away, then, with the lying cant of Liberalism ;' liberty has no friend but the law and the adherents to the law." No! We must have good laws before we are warranted in asserting that the law and its adherents are the only friends of freedom. It has been our duty of late frequently to bring under the notice of our readers the distress which pervades the manufacturing districts of Scotland and England. Confirming all our observa tions, the Times of yesterday collected a who!e column of recent reports from the manufacturing districts, containing such statements as these : " Trade," says the Leeds Intelligencer, " in al most all its branches continues in a depressed state, and the commercial world resounds with com plaints of embarrassments and loss." " Distress," says the Leeds Times," among our labouring po pulation is daily on the increase." So on at Bol ton, Preston, Bradford, Nottingham, Hud dersfield, Halifax, Manchester, Leicester, Paisley, &c. &c. If for this dreadful suf fering, brought on by a law which, the Tories say, it is treason to subvert, by calling on the sufferers to tell the Parliament that they will not submit to be starved while the world eagerly offers them food for their labour, the agricultural labourers were in a better condition, we should find some consolation ; but their poverty and distress are scarcely less afflicting than the poverty and dis tress of the manufacturers. On Monday six or seven such labourers appeared before the Magis trates at Uxbridge, to be relieved from the payment of poor -rates, and of them none had more than 12s. per week, while one of them earned only Bs. 6d., and another lls. We quote a specimen of the examina- Lion John Allday was assesssed in two rates, each amount ing to 35., making 6s. His wife, a poor miserably-clad young woman, de clared his inability to pay the rate, they finding it diffi cult to obtain a sufficiency of food. Sir W. Wiseman—What is the matter with your husband that he's not here? Mrs. Allday—He's very well, thank you, Sir. He must hare lost half a day had he come. The husband of this person was considered so well off, having earned Ils. last week, that he was ordered to pay the rates. But low as these wages appear, Mr. LARKIN stated to the Court that he had not a doubt that many would jump at them. Such testimony fully corroborates the assertions made by the Wiltshire Independent, that in the remote districts of Wiltshire wages are still lower, and vary from 7s. to Ss. per week. Deep distress, therefore, under the Corn-law pervades alike the agricultural and manufacturing districts. Let it not for one moment be said that this is a visitation of Providence, and that the Legisla ture could not help the bad harvest. In fact it caused the bad harvest for the manufacturers. I❑ the United States the harvest was not bad, but abundant ; and a part of that belongs, by right, to the manufacturers of Sheffield and Manchester,- to whom the Americans are indebted, and whom they would gladly pay with their wheat and flour. Our so-called paternal Legislature, however, will not allow them to receive • the food they have earned. In fact, too, the harvest was not bad in Germany. With our extensive shipping, prodigious manu facturing power, and facility of communication, the harvests of the whole world are at the service of our manufacturers ; and it is false, in fact, to say that their harvest has been a failure. It has been abundant, and was no otherwise a failure than as the Legislature forbad them to gather it. But admitting that distress may some times be caused by a bad harvest, can any folly be greater than for our law-makers to step be tween the community and the visitations of Provi dence, and make themselves responsible by a Corn law for all the misery which a dearth may bring on the people ? But they do more than this ; they cause, as we have said, the bad harvest to the manufacturers. They are the authors of the dearth, and instead of folly we must accuse them of guilt of the deepest dye. In spite, therefore, of Chief Justice TINDAL'S charge—in spite of the Standard and the Post, we must continue to point out such consequences to the people, and call on them, if they would not be the willing victims of the law-makers, and so share their guilt, to insist that the Corn-laws be abolished. At a dinner given by the Hulme Reform Asso ciation on Thursday last, in honour of R. H. GREG, Esq., the new Member for Manchester, and reported in the Manchester Times, Mr. M. PHILLIPS, the other Member for that town, is re ported to have said:— With respect to the extension of the franchise, he was not so well aware of what 'were their views on this point as he was upon some others. A great variety of opinions might exist on that question, and he would tell them that he was by no means certain that house hold suffrage would result in accordance with the wishes of many who formed their opinion as to its result merely in large communities like that of Alanchester. He was much afraid that if they introduced household suffrage without the ballot, those in the agricultural districts would be at the beck and nod of those who lord it over them ; and he should not like to add to the number of slaves at present existing in the agricultural districts of this country. This was a great difficulty with him. What would be the best mode of extending the fran chise he would not say ; but he thought the franchise could not be permitted to remain where it was without great danger to the tranquillity of the public peace.— (Loud cheers.) We are extremely glad to see Mr. PHILLIPS, who is no visionary, express such sentiments. Though he does not know what extension of the suffrage might be satisfactory to the people, he is convinced that great danger will result from con tinuing the franchise as at present. We entertain the same conviction ; but expressed by Mr. M. PHILLIPS, the representative of the Manchester mill owners, who have been thought very hostile to an extension of the suffrage, it may go a long way to reconcile those—masters and workmen—who lat terly have looked on each other as enemies. Either there must be a great extension of the suffrage, or the Legislature, as now composed and constituted, must pass righteous laws, or all quiet and peaceable, except thoroughly despotic Government, will be at an end. At present nearly four-fifths of the people, havinc, a peculiar interest in labour, at variance with the interest of the other fifth, whose interest is in capi tal, or properly, as distinct from labour, are excluded from all share in legislation. They are perfectly sensible of their rights, and may be roused to violence to procure them. On matters of Government they are as well instructed as the privileged fifth, and unless they be admitted into the constituency, or justice be done them, they will not submit to the laws. Already they declare that they owe the law no allegiance, and if they are to be governed in HUMPHRY DAVY'S WORKS. Now in course of publication, in separate Volumes, on theist of each alternate month, uniformly and neatly printed, h, post Bvo., price 10s. 6d., THE COLLECTED WORKS OF SIR HUMPHRY ,DAVY, BART. Edited by his Brother, JOHN DAVY, AI. D., F. R. S. Vol. I. Contains a Memoir of the Life of Sir Humphry Davy, with a Portrait, complete in itself. Vol. 11. Contains the whole of Sir Humphry Davy's Mis cellaneous Papers, from 1799 to 1605. Vol. 111. Researches on Nitrous Oxide, and the Combina tions of Oxygen and Azote. Vol. IV. he Elements of Chemical Philosophy. ‘• This collection frern its variety and interest promises to be one of the most valuable republications of our time."—Spec tator. We congratulate the public most sincerely on the publica tion of a complete and handsome Edition of Sir H. Davy's Works."—United Service Gazette. " This Memoir is a worthy record of the Life of our great Philosopher, and should be studied by the youth of England, that they may know how mighty a power resides in the mind to conquer difficulties. "—Britannia. Smith, Elder, and Co., 65, Cornhill. THEATRE ROYAL COVENT GARDEN. UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF MADAME VFSTRIS. The Last Four Nights of " Love" until after the Christmas Holidays. THIS EVENING . DEC. 18, 1839, , Will be repeated the New Original Play, in Five Acts, written by James Sheridan Knowles, called LOVE. Duke of Carinthia, Mr. Cooper; Sir Rupert of Lora, Mr. J. Vining ; Nunn, Mr. Anderson ; the Countess of Epp en stein, Miss Ellen Tree; Katherine, Madame Vestris. After which, THE BEGGAR'S OPERA. Captain Macheath, Mr. W. Harrison ; Peachum, Mr. W. Farrell ; Loekit, Mr. 13artley ; Filch, Mr. Harley ; Mrs. Peackom, Mrs. C. Jones; Polly Peaohum, Miss Rainforth; Lucy Lockit, Madame Vestris. To-rnorrow, The Rivals, with The Beggar's Opera. Dress Boxes, 7s; Second Price, 3s. 6d. ; First and Second Circles, 5.. ; Second Priee, 2c. 6d. ; Pit, 3s. ; Second Price, 2s. ; Gallery, Is. Doors to be opened at half-past Six—the performances to commence at Seven o'Clock. Tickets and places for the Boxes to be taken of Mr. Notter, at the Box-office, from Ten till Four, where Season Tickets may be had upon application. Private Boxes to be had solely of Mr, Andrews. bookseller, 167, New Bond-street. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Entire Change of Performance.—First and only appearance at this Theatre of Signors Howellini, How ardini, Hartini, and Sestini, in the extraoi dinary Burlesque of " The Heiress of No-go-la." THIS EVENING, Dec. 18, Will be acted Shakspeare's Tragedy of 11ACBETH. Macbeth, Mr. Dale; Macduff, Mr. E. F. Saville; Banquo, Mr. Neville. After which, THE HEIRESS OF NO-GO-1.0. With all the singularly irrestilile Effects and Musical Effusions. To conclude with LUKE THE LABOURER. Philip, Mr. Saville ; Luke, Mr. Dale ; Bobby Trot, Mr. W. Smith ; Jenny, Miss Martin ; Clara, Miss Grant. TO CORRESPONDENTS. We regret we cannot insert the lines of K. L. M. We have no information to give " A. K." fi "IR AT LONDON BRIDgE TO- tl (MHO Morning 37 minutes after 0 Evening l2 minutes atter 1 %, 7- - 4 .4-- kilt :.T.--- .lei,)-r ( • ,I,:ta (Y u ‘'Al33l+. THE SUN, I.OIiTDON. WEDNE4',SDAY, DECEMBER 18, P 939. s pite of their opinion. they must be kept down by the sword. The other part of society must be re.; solved either to govern them with the most iron despotism or do them justice. They may, perhaps, be satisfied by the Legisla ture, as now constituted, acting conscientiously to wards them. Whether it would satisfy them, and put an end to the demand for more extensive changes or not, it is the duty of the Legislature to do justice to the people, and so re move a great cause and a great pretext for attack ing the Government, and so put the masses in the wrong. For example, the Legislature should re peal the Corn-laws, and set trade free. It should abolish the monopoly now given to the produce of our \Vest India colonies, and alter the timber duties. It should reduce the taxes on the articles consumed by the labourers, reduce or abolish pensions, salaries, and allowances, and evince a regard for the welfare of the unrepresented— not merely a desire to rule over them. If a conviction can be generated that the Legisla ture, as now constituted, regards their interests with kindness and justice, there may be no necessity to extend the franchise ; but unless that can be done, or the franchise can be extePded, the unenfran chised classes will refuse to submit to the law. The outrage at Newport is but the beginning, we are afraid, of a series of attacks more or less skilfully planned, and more or less extensive in their com bination, to achieve by force what is denied to reason. The assailants m a y be unsuccessful ; each attack may only add to the mutual exasperation, till some terrible vengeance will be taken by the suc cessful party ; but that will c onsummate the ruin of the country. The Liverpool Mail has published a long letter from the Mauritius, dated the 19th of September, detailing with tedious minutess a supposed inten tional insult offered to the British flag by a French vessel in the harbour of Port Louis, which threat ened to lead to the most serious consequences. The facts may be stated in a few words :—A French armed transport, the L'lsere, and the Lancier, a 16- gun brig, had been undergoing repairs in the har bour of Port Louis. On the 7th of September, during the absence of the commanding officers of the French vessels, the L'lsere displayed her colours, and, whether accidentally or by design, the British ensign was placed at the bottom, sweeping the deck. This was observed by Captain DRIVER, commanding the Greenlow, who, without consult ing with any person, or communicating with the Governor, as he ought to have done, retaliated by displaying the tricoloured flag under the bows of his vessel. The French officers, on being made acquainted with this circumstance, ordered the re moval of the flag, which was resisted by Captain DRIVER, till he received directions to that effect from the Governor. He was next called upon for an apology, and this he likewise refused to make in terms satisfactory to the French officers. They in consequence refused to salute the British flag, upon which the Governor, Major-General NICOLAY, threated to compel them, and fixed an hour, previous to which, if they did not display the Union" at their mast-heads, and salute in the usual way, he would fire upon them. The French con tinned refractory, when, after a very foolish display of warlike preparations, the Governor contented him self with cutting off their communication with the shore, and after a squabble of eleven days' duration, the two French vessels sailed on the night of the 18th of September, without any other hostile de monstration on either side. Our Tory Contemporaries, whose " voices are still for war," discover in this petty broil ample grounds for a quarrel between England and France. The rulers of both countries have, we trust, too much good sense to listen for an instant to such in sinuations. It would be the excess of absurdity to assume our national honour stained by the blunder ing act of some drunken French sub-officer, in one 'Of our own ports; and the very fact of no remon strance having been addressed to the crew of the L'lsere (for, as we stated above, the superior officers were not on board), previous to the delibe rate insult offered to the French flag by Captain DRIVER, throws the blame in a great measure :upon the English officer. In presuming on his own responsibility to vindicate the national honour in a British harbour, and under the shelter of Bri tish guns, the representative of her MAJESTY being there present, Captain DRIVER was guilty of a very serious offence, unrelieved by any very marked display of chivalrous courage. Neither can we say much for the sagacity displayed by Major- General NICOLA Y, who might well have spared himself the ostentatious display of military force for the capture of a disabled 16-gun brig, and a tran sport of six guns, the one being without a bow sprit and the other wanting a rudder. The frequent recurrence of late of such squab bles as the above between English and French Ni.- val Officers, ought to impress upon the Govern ments of the two countries the necessity of check ing in their subordinates the petty jealousies in which they originate. Both nations are too powerful, and their power respectively is too well known to each other and to the world, to call for a constant display of porcupine irritability on the part of the merely executive defenders of their safety. The Madrid Papers, received on the 9th inst., announce that a hardly-contested municipal elec tion in the capital terminated, on the Bth, in the return of 35 out of 37 anti-Ministerial candidates. Out of the sixteen parishes into which Madrid is divided the Government gained only two, and even these were not obtained without extensive bribery. The same triumph of the Ultra-Liberal party s4;- nalized the municipal elections for Seville and Murcia. Five per Cent. Actives 27i for cash, and little or no demand. The Paris Journals of Monday continue to pub lish disastrous intelligence from Algiers, though not of a later date than the 7th instant. Our readers will find in another column a translation of one of these c ommunications, upon which we shall abstain from offering any comment, as the French Journals are feverishly irritable upon the subject) and we have no wish to say anything which may have the effect of weakening the friendly relations now so happily subsisting between the two countries. The presence of the Duke of BORDEAUX at Rome is another thorn in the side of the French Government, from which it knows not well how to relieve itself. As for the Bonapartist plot, the Capttole states distinctly that Ministers will not dare to make any use of Prince N APOLE ON LOUIS correspond ence; an d t h e cor respondent of a Morning Contemp orary a ff irms th a t Russia has espoused th e cause of the Prince, and the R evo l ut i on i sts o f P ar i s. . chn The Ch am b er of Peers met as that Russian and Bonapartist men gold t has was b e n e e n p ver e s n u t r i -- difficulties than it i s at presen t. roundedfl un yfCOURT t distributed French greater a ea a Court of Justice on Monday, f o t t h e purpose of de ciding a s to the trial of the re ma i n i ng persons now i n custody for the affair of the 12th and 13th of May. The Court was to adjourn the trial to the second fort night in January. Of the 400 persons who were origi nally in prison, 361 have been set a t lib erty provision ally, subject to the confirmation of this decision by the Court this day. The Court decided as to the persons against whom warrants have been issued, but who have not been captured. LIBERTY OF THE PRESS.—The C oun t d e Lostange, gerant of the Qztotiazenne, was fo un d gu il ty on S atur day, by th e Court of Assizes, of having published an article on the occasion of the corn riot at Le Mans, contain ing expressions calculated to excite hatred and con— tempt for the King's government. M. de Lostange was defended with great eloquence by M. Berryer, who contended that the Quotidienne had not ex ceeded the limits of fair discussion, and that a verdict against his client would be incensistent with the liberty of the press, which is sanctioned by the law. M. de Lostange was sentenced by the Court to four months' impriionment, and a fine of 5,000 f., and the copies of the Quolidienne containing the offensive article which had been seized, were ordered to be destroyed. The Lyons papers of Saturday state that M. Bargi net, of Grenoble, responsible editor of the Journal du Commerce of Lyons, has been arrested on a mandat d'anzener, issued by M. Zangiacomi, the examining ma gistrate of Paris. On Friday the police made a search at the office of the Legitimist paper, the Riparateur. Several of the editors and other persons employed on the journal were interrogated by an examining magis trate, and the responsible editor, M. Pommet, with the printer, M. Pitrat, have been placed in confinement, and all communication with their friends interdicted. DON CARLOS.—The Capitote asserts that the cessa tion of the detention of Don Carlos at Bourges is made a condition of the departure of the Duke de Bourdeaux from Rome. The Journal de Toulouse mentions that MM. Men dizabal and Galiano have arrived in that town on their way to Paris ; and also M. Armand Marrast, who is travellinz on parole, .and has received permission to re main at Toulouse for a week. THE FRENCH CONSUL AT ALEXANDRIA.—In answer . to some reports that the French Consul-General at Alexandria, M. Cochelet, is about to be removed, the Debats declares that these rumours aro without founda tion, and that M. Coehelet has never, ceased to merit and receive the entire confidence of Government. TURKISH WOMEN.—A letter from Constantinople, quoted by the Nouvelliste Vaudois, announces a circum stance which, if true, evinces an extraordinary innovation on the old habits of the Mussulmans. It states that the young Sultan, yielding to the pressing request of his sister Mihirmah, has granted her permission to proceed to England, and be present at the marriage of Queen Victoria. She is, the writer says, to go to London in the Moss Rose steamer, accompanied by Dr. Miilingen, the English physician, and a numerous suite, and, after the marriage, is to proceed to Naplei, and from thence to Switzerland, to pass the summer, but is not to go to Paris, an arrangement which is said to have given great dissatisfaction to M. de Pontois. The same letter in forms us that the Sultan is about to issue a hatti-scheriff authorising Turkish, Greek, Armenian, and Jewish women, to-wearthe'Europiatrdress, and that the an nouncement has given greht delight to the fair sex, who will no longer be compe!led to hide their charms under the feredge and the yasmak. Orders have been given to all provincial Government officers stopping in the ca pital to proceed at once to their posts—a thing never done before during the Ramadan. THE BONAPARTIST CONSPIRACY...--MO quote the following communicated article from the Capitole :—An officious, if not an official, note inserted in the Temps, has given an importance to certain letters found in the possession of the Marquis de Crouy, by creating a belief that Prince Napoleon has offered to the French Government to withdraw to America if it would de stroy these letters, and thus save the persons named in them from being compromised. It is easily seen that this petty manoeuvre is made to give a credit to certain absurd rumours which are spread about Paris ; but for men of sense there can be no necessity for our contra dicting such foolery. Prince Napoleon has not made any such proposal to the Government. WAR IN SPAlN.—Private letters from Bayonne, of the 13th, state that six of the battalions left in Navarre had been ordered into Arragon. Five others bad lately marched for the same destination, under the command of General Aspiroz. Only four battalions now remain in the province, two of which were to be stationed in Pampeluna, and the other two in the different garrison (owns. The withdrawal of the Queen's troops from Navarre would seem to indicate that the country is en tirely pacified. Louis Philippe reviewed on Sunday last some troops, forming a portion of the garrison of Paris, in the court of the Tuileries. A triple range of municipal guards, sergens de ville, police agents, &c., kept the public back to the very confines of the Place du Carrousel. It was noticed that the troops were very frigid ; not a cheer was raised. The France mentions a rumour that the garrison of the capital is about to be changed, as suspicions were entertained of their fidelity. Louis Philippe received on Sunday Admiral Rous sin. ex-Ambassador at Constantinople, in a private audience. POLITICAL REFUGEES.—The Minister of the Inte rior has just sent to the prefects copies of the tariffs of relief fixed for 1840, for the benefit of the political re fugees. The present amount of this relief is retained ; and the redaction of one-tenth, which these foreigners apprehended would be made at the commencement of January 1840, will not take place. A modification is introduced in the mode of affording relief to the children of refugees ; they will enjoy, till the age of twenty-one years, the portion of the relief which is alloted to them,_ and when they have attained that age they will case to receive any allowances. They must then, by their own labour, contribute to relieve their families, instead of being a burden to them. To continue to enter their names in the lists, would be perpetuating and conti nually increasing the expense of the Treasury without necessity, and give an improper extension to the vote of the Legislature.—Le Commerce. WARSAW, Nov. 20.—The first portion of rails for the iron railroad from Warsaw to Vienna arrived here yesterday from England, on board 11 vessels. WARSAW, Nov. 29.—Our Journals again announce donations made by the Emperor of estates in Poland ; Count Czemitschoff has the estate of Clenordo, with a revenue of 30,000 Polish florins per annum, and the Councillor of State Crusenterm, member of the Council of Public Instruction, the estate of Dombrowa, with an annual revenue of 5,000 Polish florins. LEIPZIG.—For the first time since the formation of the University a Jew has been this year admitted as a Professor. Dr. Julius Furst, the Orientalist,was authorised during the summer to lecture on the Hebrew and Tal mudic language, after having been examined and recom mended by the Theological and Philosophical Faculties. The Leipsic Gazette announces that Lord Ponsonby had received an extraordinary courier, who left Tabriz on the 9th ult. with despatches from Colonel Shell, stating that the Shah of Persia had acquiesced in all the demands of England. Lord Ponsonby had accord ingly instructed the Colonel to return to Teheran, and resume his diplomatic functions at the Persian Court. BOURSE.--PAMS, MONDAY, Dan. 16. I' irst Highest Lowest Price Price . Price . Price. French 5 per Cents lll 60 ... 11l 95 ... ill 60 ... 1,1 90 4 per Cents lO2 ... 102 ... 102 ... 102 3 per Cents BO 33 ... 80 50 ... 80 p. 5 ... 80 50 Sank of r'rance 2980 —2930 —2980 —208.5 Laffitte Batik I,ooof. 5h.... 1080 ...1080 ...1077 50 —.1_77 50 5,000 f. Sh 5225 ...5225 —.5222 51 —.5222 50 Belgian 5 per Cents lOl% ... 101% ... 10, 3 ,E ... 10,.% Bank 785 ... 810 ... 7*5 ... 810 Spanish Active 2538 ... 25% ... 25% ... 2)% Passive 6 ... 6 ... 6 ... 6 Portuguese 3 per Cents 23% ... 23% ... 23% ... 2:11; Neapolitan Roman 101;4 ... 101% ... 101% ... 101% RAILWAY SHARE;. St. Germain Versailles, R. B 5OB 75 508 75 ... 507 50 .„. 5 , r; 50 LB. 315 ... 317 50 ... 3:2 50 ... 317 50 Harre Orleans ... 455 ... 455 4:',5 ... 455 ilulhausen to Thann Strasburg to Bale 312 50 ... 313 75 ... SU 50 ... 313 73 AUS'T'RIAN FUNDS.—Vimmt, Dec. 7. Five per Cents. Mctalliques Four per Cents. Three per Cents. Bank Shares 1630 —Alliemeine Zeitung, Dec, 12 CHIEF JUSTICE TINDAL'S CHARGE.—The phrase to which the communication from Clerken well refers can be regarded merely as a figure of speech, and does not, in our opinion, require a formal resolution to contradict it. If taken in a lite ral sense it would confound all right and wrong— be at direct variance with the practice and Consti tution of the country, and lead to the absurd con clusion that the prime actors in great and salutary revolutions, and some of the greatest benefactors of the human race, were acting in disobedience to the will of the Great Author of all good. ERRATUM.—In the notice of the Reform Club House in The Sun, for " turned Mr. IVilkinson to ridicule," read " turned Mr. Wilkins into ridicule." CHARGE OF THREATENING TO ASSASSI NATE LORD STAMFORD AND MAJOR CORBETT.—On Wednesday, a man named Peter Clark Mottram, now employed as a bailiff, but formerly an ensign in the Cheshire Yeomanry Cavalry, was brought before Mr. Maude, at the New Bailey, on a warrant obtained against him by police-scrgeant Austin, in which it was stated, upon oath, that he threatened to assassinate the Earl of Stamford and Warrington and Major Corbett, A number'of letters were produced which hadlbeen sent by the prisoner to the Earl of Stamford and Warring ton, the last of which was dated Dee. 9, and whi c h conveyed threats of violence. The subject of th em was t his discharge from the Cheshire Yeomanry Cavalry, facts The prisoner made a long statement , denying the imputed to him by Austin, and said Austin was drunk at the time they were alleged to have been made. He then went on to state that some years ago a report bad been transmitted to Lord Stamford by Major Corbett, in consequence of which he was depri ve d o f his Com mission in the Cheshire Yeomanry, which report he was in a condition to prove was false. H e h a d b een dis missed from the regiment without an y examination or cour t ma rtial, and all he wanted was t o cause an inquiry to be instituted, that he might prove Major Corbett a guilty man." Mr. Maude; a f ter aga i n exam ining the letters, said there was a distinct threat of assassination in one of them ; and unless th e p r i sone r would give an unconditional promise not to repeat the annoyance, there was sufficient ground for prosecution in them. Lord Stamford , he un d erstoo d, did r ot wish to procced against him if he would give a promise to discontinue the annoyance. Th e pr i soner gave the required pro mise and was then discharged.—Manchester Chronicle:. It is reported that Mr. Beale, of the firm of Cramer and Co., is likely to become the lessee of the new theatre and concert-room in Oxford-street. The concert-roomgwill contain eleven hundred persons. I EAST /INDIA HOUSE-(THIS DAY.) I This mornin g a Quarterly General Court of the Propriet ors of Stock, was held at the India House. The Court was made special for the purpose of laying before the Proprietors documents relative to the late military operations in Affghanistan, and the vote of thanks adopted in consequence, by the Court of Directors, &c. The Court was fully attended. Sir R. Jenkins at the usual hour took the Chair, and the minutes of the last Court being read— The CHAIRMAN announced that the dividend-war rants would be ready in January next. The vote of thanks to Lord Auckland, after some discussion as to whether it should take precedence of the other business, was then agreed to. It runs as follows At a Court of Directors, held on Wednesday, 11th December, 1839, Resolved, nemine contradicente—That this Court,tak into consideration the despatches relative to the late brilliant successes in the expedition to Affghanistan, the thanks of this Court be given to the Right Hon. Lord Auckland, G.C.13., Governor-General, for the sagacity and promptitude with which he planned that expedition, and for the zeal and vigour which he dis played in preparing the troops to take the field, to which may be attributed, in a great measure, the ra pid and signal triumphs with which the British arms have been crowned by the result of the- military opera tions in Affghanistan. Resolved—That the thanks of this Court be given to Lieutenant-General Sir John Keane, G. C. 8., G.C.H., for his great and eminent services, and for the invincible intrepidity and spirit manifested by him in the command of the army serving in Affghanistan, by which he has maintained the honour of the British na tion, and reflected additional lustre on the reputation of the British arms. Resolved, nemine contradicente—That the thanks of this Court be given to the General, Field, and other Officers, both of her Majesty's and the Company's ser vices, for their gallant and meritorious conduct through out the late operations in Affghanistan. • Resolved, nemine contradicente—That this Court doth acknowledge and highly approve the zeal, disci pline, bravery, and patient endurance of fatigue dis played by the non-commissioned officers and privates, both European and Native, duringjthe late operations in Affghanistan ; and that the thanks of this Court be sig nified to them by the officers of their respective corps. The COURT wag proceeding when our Reporter left. THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY ) CORN EXCHANGE. Ther e have been few fresh arrivals of Grain. The Wheat trade firm, at Monday's prices, with little doing. Barley went off heavily. Some Beans and Pcabe, left from Monday, met with little attention. The Oat trade remained as stated on Monday. In Flour n.► variation. ARRIVALS. Wheat. Barley. English Irish - - Foreign Oats. r 60. yrs. 2,67osacks, 6,5 0 NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL MARKETS. The supplies were but moderate, the demand good, and prices rather lower. Beef, 2s. 6d. to 3s. 6d. ; Mutton, 2s. Bd. to 3s. 10d.; Veal, 3s. 6d. to 4s. Bd. ; Pork, 3s. 6d. to 4s. Bd. ; Irish, 3!. to 3s. &1., per stone of 81b. A pretty good supply of all kinds of Poultry, trade rather dull, and prices as on Sa turday. Eggs in good supply, demand brisk, and the pr:ce 6s. 6d. to 10s. per 120. BILLINGSGATE MARKET. - - There were good supplies — of all kinds, am/ a fair demand ; prices reasonable. Turbot, ss. to 225. ; Cod, 3s. to 12s. ; Soles, 6d. to 3s. 6d. per pair ; Lobsters, 10d. to 3s. 6d. ; Oysters, 16s. to 48s. ber bushel ; Whitings, sd. to 10d. ; and Haddocks, Bd. to Is. 6d. FRUIT MARKET. There continues to be a very good business done in most kinds of fruit, and prices firm. Valencia Raisins, 445. to 48s. ; Smyrnas, 445. to 50s. ' • Pstras Cur ran t s a t 60 s . t o 70 s . ; an d Zante, 58s. to 70s. Imperial French Plums—Cartoons, 90s. to 140 s. ; half and quarter Cartoons, 100 s. to 1255. ; Turkey pulled Figs, 635. to 645. TEA MARKET. This trade are anxiously waiting for further news from China, and the Market remains very quiet. Prices firm. TALLOW MARKET. P.Y.C. quiet at 48s. 3d, which price is rather lower. COLONIAL MARKET. In trade but little doing, and prices were steady. The Im ports light. British Plantation Sugar sells slowly, brown at 605., middling 635., and fine 68s. 2,000 bags Mauritius Sugar sold at 385. to 425. Coffee, 481 bags, 9d. duty, sold at about 4I s. per cwt. 208 bags Bengal Rice, a common parcel, sold at is. 6d. so 9s. No other commodity of Colonial produce at public sale. MON EY AND COMMERCIAL NEWS CITY, 7' LVELYE O'CLOCK. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, TUESDAY.---ne sales to-day are only 2,000 bags, of which 1,300 hare been taken by exporters. Americans may be quoted at 6- to 6+. Arrivals this morning —French mail, ship letters from Sierra Leone and Montreal, Calcutta to the 17th June, old date. Numerous inquiries have been made in the course of the morning for the arrival of the British Queen steamer from New York. We are informed that private let ters have been received by the last arrival from the United States, that the above steamer was to wait for the President's Message to Congress, consequently she cannot be expected until to-morrow or next day. THE FUNDS. The Foreign Exchanges yesterday were rather lower, with the exception of those on Paris and Amsterdam. Hamburg was a shade lower. There was a good supply of hills in the Market. Messrs. Rothschild's American Mb an may be quoted at par to I premium. The United States' Bank Shares are 1,800. Consols opened this morning at the closing price of yesterday--92 to .4.- for the opening ; Reduced, 90i It being near Christmas, it is not expected that any operations of consequence will take place in the Market. Exchequer Bills, 4 2 dis. ; Bank Stock, 1771 1781. In the Foreign Market the failure which took place yesterday was but of minor importance ; about fif teen hundred pounds difference on Colombian Bands. Spanish Active remain as they left off, 231 24 ; Portuguese, 331 34 ; Three per Cents, 231 24; Co lombian, 251 ; Mexican, 281 29 ; Brazilian, 71 72 ; Spanish Deferred, HU 11i ; Passive, 51 6f ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 53t, ; Five per Cents., 99i 99/. PRICES OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK Bank Stock 177% 57% India Stock - - - ---- - --. 3 per Cent. Red. 1.104 i ;%% Ditto Bonds 6 per Cent. Cons. — South Sea Stock -- 3}4 per Cent — Old Annuities — Ditto Red. 9534 9 New Ditto New 3% per Cent — 3 per Cent. Annuities, 1751 New 5 per Cent. Bank Long Annuities toexpire Ditto 500 Jan. 5, 1860 .............13X IZ-16 Ditto Small 4 2 dis. Oct. 10, 1859 — Ditto Commercial — Jan. 5, 1960 — Ditto Advertised ...... Jan. 5, 1850 — Bank Stock for Account ... April 5, 1880 — India Stock for Account .. `55 Jaa. 5.1810 —l Consos for Account RICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE OCLOt Austrian Bonds. — Peruvian Bonds Belgian Bonds — Ditto Account. — Ditto Account Brazilia li Bonds Ditto Account - ........—.235%34 —.23% 3 4 _... .._ .... Buenos Ayres Bonds — Ditto, 3 per Cent. Ditto Accaunt ....... Ditto Account load • , Prussian Bonds Data nt — Russian Bonds, ..... 7olirat s.--Bcnds Ditto Account Ditta teem nt .. ... —...—. Ditto Metallic —... :el 17: .4:: B:: d5,1824...25%' 41 5, Spanish Bonds _ !..:ttz Atr.T.ilt .:antes 3:r 3 • , Passive 541 Ditto 2*.:.t.re nt 7_l - Deferred loh, Greek Bonds —l French, 5 per cent...—. —l. —c. Ditto Bonds, 18.25 — 4 per cent....... —l'. —c. Ditto Account —.--- 3 per cent.....•• -^f. - -r. Mexican Bonds, 5 per Cent , ---- Exchange. —f. —c. Ditto Account — I Dutch, 2% per cent...„..... Ditto, 6 per Cent. Ditto Account 1/9:! Neapolitan -- -1 Ditto Acc0unt............ fRICE6 (jr. SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE o'CLOI.K. Paid. Per sh ire Groat Western Railway Company Ditto New Shares ... London Red Croydon Railway Coss, par, y lll. Ns. 6d. 914 9 Ditto Scrip. 2% 3;i, London Joint Stock Bank Union Bank of Australia COURSE OF EXCHANGE, YESTERDAY. Amsterdam. C.P. 12 6 Gibraitat 4s Ditto, at sight Rotterdam 2U. 12 6% Genoa.. Antwerp... Hamburg.. ....... ..... M.B. 19 12%! Venice 47 Altona Park 3 days' sight..„ 25 45 P a l ermo per oz. 122 Ditt0....... .......... .3 Ms. 25 70 Lisbon 54 NI arstillei. Bourdeaux Frankfort on Maine, Ex. M. 151 Bahia O7 Petersbutgh, ruble... 9 Us. 37 Buenos Ayres Berlin Vienna, effective 11...3 M 10 6 Philadelphia 46 Trieste...4Mo .............. 10 8 PRICE OF BULLION, per OZ. Iladrld 3654 Portugal Gold, e0in.....e0 (1 0 Cadiz.... 36% Foreign Gold, in bars... 317 9 Gilboa .... B ifcelona 'A New Dollars 0 4 1054 Seville 3t3 Silver in Bars • 0 5 tiU HALF-PAST ONE. A private letter from Pernambuco of the 19th of October states that that province enjoys perfect tran quillity, and becomes daily more flourishing, and should the present President continue in office it will be in a short time the most prosperous of the empire. The newly elected King of Denmark has not changed his Ministers, and in a proclamation be announces projects of improvement. His answers to the various addresses presented to him by the corporations, contain liberal principles. He has appointed the Prince heir to the Throne, Commander-in-Chief of Jutland and Fuhnen. To the present hour we do not hear of any further arrivals to communicate. The British Market has continued firm durin g th e morning, with little doing. Consols are at present 92i for the Opening ; Money continues easy in the cent. from four to five per cent. ; and for com merc i al affairs as per previous rates, about s i x per Exchequer Bills, 4, 3,5, 3 discount ; India Bonds, 8, 9 discount ; Bank Stock, 177 i, 8, In the Foreign Market, also little doing. Spanish Active, rather lower than in the morning, 23 1 ; Por tuguese also, 331 4 ; Three per Cents., 23i ; Colom bian, 25 ; Dutch Two-and-Half per Cents., nothing done ; Five per Cents., 991. TI IP _ :le last accounts of the health of the Marquis of Clanricarde are not very favourable. The sight of one eye it is feared is entirely gone, and his general health so very indifferent that it is expected he will apply for leave of absence next month. VIE 'INT G EDITION EQUITY EXCHEQUER. (THIS DAY.) KNIGHT V. THE MARQUIS OF WATERFORD. This case, the hearing of which occupied the Court the whole of yesterday, was directed to stand over until the first Monday after next term. CRIMINAL COURT.-(THIS DAY.) OLD COURT. (Before Mr. Justice PATTESON ant Mr. Baron ROLFE.) THE ROBBERY IN QUEBEC-STREET.—James Card well was indicted for stealing in adwelling-house monies to the amount of upwards of 1,2001., the property of Henry Edward Porter, his master, on the 9th of Octo ber last. Mr. Clarkson and Mr. Chambers conducted the pro secution ; and Mr. Sergeant Bompas, Mr. C. Phillips, and Mr. Doane appeared for the prisoner. _ _ Mr. CLARKSON - having stated the case to the Jury, called the following witnesses : Mr. Henry Edward Porter is '23 years of age. Is a butcher, residing in New Quebec-street, Portland square ; has been in business since he was '2l years of age. Mr. Edward Porter and Mr. and Mrs. Brader reside with him • his aunt, Mrs. Braden,' assists in the business ; Mr. Brader has nothing to' do with it. Pi ironer was in his sera ice on the 9th of Oct. ; he slept in the attic ; Mr. and Mrs. Brader slept in the front room, second floor. Witness had a cash box, in which he kept his money, and it was usually kept in a closet in Mrs. Brader's room. Had seen it on the Sunday beftire the 9th of October on Mrs. Brader's table. There was a bill drawn on Mr. Fitzgerald for ' 1 =271. 83., in the cash-box, and a 100/. note, received from Mr. Wilkinson, and a 50/. note received from .the sanm gentleman ; they were customers ; a 100/. note, received of Mrs. Napier, which had been changed for her ; altogether there was about 1,1701. in the cash', box. The prisoner want out of a Wednesday, from five in the evening until ten. He generally dressed himself in his room. In coming down stairs he would pass the door of Mrs. Brader's room. On the 9th of October saw him about four o'cloek in the afternoon ; he returned home about ten. Witness was at borne when the money was missed; it was about nine at night. Has since seen some of the notes. Cross-examined.—Has one brother who assists him in the business. This cash-box was never kept in his room, but an old cash-box was ; that has never been under any other care than his own. It has been used as a cash-box eleven years ; his grandfather had charge of it until witness became of age, when he took posses sion of his grandfather's room and this cash-box. Had had the cash-box which was stolen about one year ; has the key, it is a common one. Thinks he had 401. in the second cash-box on the 9th October, in notes and gold ; the notes were 51. and 101. Tile cash-box lost had been purchased about a year ago. Previcus to that time the cash had been kept in the old cash-box in his room, but as he had been careless in leaving the keys about, the cash was given into his aunt's custody. One of the notes had been received of Mr. Younger. Hac not paid away a second 100/. within a yea- ; he keeps no correct accounts of what he pays or what be re ceives. A female servant has left his service since the robbery ; there was steles property found in her box. Reexamined.—Tne servant's name was . Inwood ; she was apprehended on this charge, but discharged by the Magistrate. A table-cloth was found in her box. His brother has received the merest of the money in the funds since it was invested ; his returns in business are about 10,000/. a year. People have been coming incessantly to his shop to make inquiries about the rob bery. Mr. Glenister is a carcase butcher. Witness serves several persons of distinction with meat. Mrs. Mary Ann Brader, aunt to the last witness, was next examined at great length. The trial was likely to last the whole day. THE REBELLIOUS CHURCH. (From the Aberdeen Herald.) The Chartists of the Church arc swimming down the river—pig-fashion of course—at such a rate as must delight the heart of every honest friend of religion and social order. It has been apparent for some time that there can be no dealing with them—they are mad, fairly mad, beyond recovery—aed there is a method in their madness that will anon render it imperative on the civil authorities to interfere, and put them clown by force. Their last act is quite characteristic. A majority of the Presbytery of Strathbogie, thinking the Assembly were honest, when, in their Jesuitical decisten, they declared their intention of submitting to the civil antherities, re solved at a meeting, recorded in our lest Paper, to obey the Court of Session. For this they are to be sus pended. Sentence has been pronounced against them ; and, unless they repent in_dust and ashes, other clergy men, appointed by the Assembly's Commission, will up pear in their pulpits on Sunday week, to perform their functions, and proclaim their punishment. That there will be any submission by the members of Presbytery, we do not expect. In fact, they would disgrace them selves for ever were they to agree to the humiliating proposal of the Commission. • . There is nothing new in these proceedings of the wild party—they are only imitating,-at a respectful distance, and without any redeeming motive, the `conduct of the highflyers of the seventeenth century. Then, as now, the object was to get all moderate-minded men excluded from the Church ; then, as now, the most arbitrary and tyrannical proceedings were resorted to in order to maintain the ascendancy of the violent party ; then, as now, the proceedings of the Commissions of the As sembly were blamed by all men of sober judgment and ordinary prudence. Baillie, in one of his letters, makes the following observation, which we cordially recom mend to the attention of our clerical Chartists :—" It will be better to let your sails fall somewhat lower in time, before a storm compel you ; or ye, who think God so highly glorified by casting out your brethren, and putting so many to beggary—making room, through such depositions, to young youths who are often tills. carried with ignorant zeal—may be made, through your own experience, to feel what it is which now, without pity, is executed upon others. Generally, the great power which the Commission of the Kirk .exereiseth displeaseth all. . If the Kirk of Scotland look not to this in time, we will lament it when we cannot mend it. . . We meet with daily regrets that the ancient ministry are condemned, and the insolence of young ones fostered—the very forerunner of Jerusaletea destruction. The Lord make us wise in time!" MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT ATSEA.--rillt a fcw weeks since we published the earl news of a melan eholy catastrophe which occurred a short distance from the shore in front of our town, when two Brighton fish ermen were drowned by the capsizing of their boat. This morning we again record another fatal accident of nearly an equal painful nature. On Monday night the William and Sally, a Brighton boat, was fishing it the trawl ground about 20 miles at sea, when thei.crete perceived the lights of a vessel comi ng down the Channel. They immediately showed their own lantliorns, for as their net was down they could not very con veniently alter their course. The ship, however. still continued to bear down upon them ; and as she approaChed they repeatedly hailed her, shouting —" starboard the helm." This cry was , dis regarded, and at 11 o'clock the ship's bowsprit caught the rigging of the William and Sally, her bows struck her athwart miclihips, and she instantly upset, throwing all the people on board into the water. The crew con sisted of three persons : Rayner Smith, Charles Smith, his son (a boy not quite eleven years old), end Richard Allen, commonly known as " Dick Lop." The poo:. man Smith was heard to exclaim. " The Lord hay; ; mercy upon me," and then disappeared. His son sr.ys, however, that lie saw him swimming about for 'aortic time,; but at last he cried " Good bye, Charley the boy answered " Good bye," and th en hi s f a tl. er sank: r Upon the ship's striking she immediat e ly backed sails and loWer e d a boat. These operations ne cessa 7ily occupied .some time, but happily were the me a ns of saving the hies of Allen and the boy. They were found sitting on th e i r own boat which lay floating a s o i n de. afte T r The eboy had con trived t clamber upon tigon her her o upset t b ut Allen was in the sea nearly three quarters of an hour n s before he saw her, keeping himself above the water ionie times by swimming and sometimes by holding a stray oar which came . within his reach. Encumbered 'es he was with heavy clothes and great sea boots, it 'is; won derful he had not himself lost his life. The 'two sur vivors were received on board the ship about a qUarter past twelve, and every attention was paid them • that could atone for the neglig,rence which had thrown their lives into such jeopardy. They were furnished with warm clothes and supplied with all the restoratives re quired in their exhausted condition. The ship proved to be the John of London, Davy master, bound to St. Helena. The mate said that when bailed by the Wil liam and Sally he ordered the man at the wheel to put the helm a-starboard ; and the answer was, that the helm was" hard a-starboard" already. About one o'clock the John fell in with the Sarah, another Brighton boat, William Downes, master, but the. property of Thomas Furner. She put Allen and the boy on board this boat, and continued her voyage. The two sufferers reached Brighton in safety about seven o'clock yester day morning ; but previously to their landing the uncle of th e lad was sent for, and requested to break the dreadful intelligence to his sister, the unhappy vvichaw of Smith. Th e poor woman at first received the nevvs with much composure ; but was soon afterwards so overpowered by her feelings that she went into vi o l ent hysterics. Smith was in his 52d year. We are glad that a s ubscription is being raised in behalf of th e poor widow and her orphans —Brighton Herald of today, SUDDEN DEATH OF MRS. WESTWOOD. An inquest was held yesterday at Chiswick, on the body of Mrs. Westwood, widow of the late Mr. 'WestWood, the details of whose murder, in Princes-street, Soho, must be fresh in pubic recollection. It was. nlearl y proved that Mrs. Westwood had died very suddenly from the rupture of one of the vessels of heart, and a verdict to that effect was recorded. She had been on a visit to some relations when she was attacked. It was stated at the inquest that hopes are now. enter tained of soon discovering Mr. Westwood's murderers. t - < , /• ' -z . :2_ . it..,_.. -x• . _, _ , , ..,...t , •-• , - --a 4 '., ,•,...=( „I, ;_to. 1 Ir ti Sitt 3 *.e.` - t A - - I