The Sun. — London, England, 1839-01-02 00:00:00

THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY,) CORN EXCHANGE. There is a small arrival this week of English Grain, but an increased quantity of Irish Oats, with a fair supply of Flour coastwise. The demand for Wheat has been limited to-day, and prices rem a i n as on M on d ay . B ar l e y, B ea ns and Peas, maintain their value. The Oat trade is slacker, in conse quence of the fresh arrival from Ireland, but Monday's terms are supported. Flour remains as last stated. A RRVA LS W heat. Barley. Oats. Finn , 1,60 rs I I 5,900 qrs 1,600 qrs 2,400 c t 29,610 English Ir sh Foreign - I NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. Supplies of till kinds of Meat were very good, the demand moderate, and prices unaltered. Beef, 2s. 10d. to 3s. 10d. Mutton, 2s. 10d. to 3s. 10d. and 4s. Veal, 3s. Bd. to 4s. 10d. Pork, 3s. Bd. to 4s. 10d. Irish, 3s. to 3s. Bd. Game and poultry in good supply, and the demand propor tionate, and prices of all kinds continuo unaltered from the quotations of last Saturday. FISH MARKET. --- brls, The supplies not very abundant, and prices high. Turbot, 7s. to 10s. 15s. and 255. ; Soles, 9d. to 3s. 6d. per pair ; Lobsters, Is. to 4s. each ; Cod, 2s. and 4s. to Bs. 10s. and 15s. each; Whiting, 4d. to Bd. each ; Haddock, Bd. to 10d. and ls. each. _ _ COLONIAL MARKETS. But little business doing to-day, either, by public sale or private contract. Prices of goods are firm, and unal tered. B. P. Sugar sells steadily at 525. to 545. ; brown 56s .to 58s ; for middling and good yellow, and up to 655. for fine. Nothing doing in refined goods. By public sale to day we had 500 bags Bengal, which fetched about 685., which are former prices. Coffee, 30 casks B. P. sold at about former prices. Cocoa, 150 bags British Plantation, sold at former rates. The imports are rather heavy just now. The stock of B. P. Sugar is 28,230 hhds. and trs., and 1,616 barrels; Bengal, 16,334 begs; Manilla, 70,335 bags; Mau ritius, 50,260 bags. Coffee, B. P., 4,308 casks and 4,680 barrels and bags; Ceylon, 11,483' Fags; Mocha, 3,045 bales; Su matra, 7,850 bags ; Brazil, 37,996 bags ; St. Domingo, 14,064 bags. Owing to the high and advancing prices of Wheat, we have but a poor prospect of any great revival in business for some time. For to-morrow we have one public sale only, and that is 50 casks and 100 bags B. P. Coffee, MONEY AND COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY (THIS DAY), TWELVE O'CLOCK. Arrivals this morning—French Mail ; ship letters from Demerara, New Orleans, and the Mauritiuz, to October 4. We have received Mauritius Papers to the 3d October : Exchange on London, Mauritius Government Bills, 30 days' sight, Three per Cents. prem. from Mauritius Bank Bills, six months, nothing done ; Private Bills, 90 days' sight, from 2 to 3 per cent. discount. Colonial produce, about from fifteen to eighteen thousand bags of Sugar in town ; previ ous to the last intelligence from England, ole sale was made. The Virginian New York packet ship, which was to have sailed from New York on the 13th December, may be daily expected. The sales of Cotton at Liverpool on Tuesday were only 2,000 bags, and the market had a very dull appearance. The Belgian Observateur says that a re-union of the pa triots of Luxembourg took place at Ettelbruck, when the as sembly decided, with great acclamations, that it should be de manded of Government to arm the whole country, as well as to recruit for volunteers. The Emancipation publishes the following letter from the frontiers of Prussia:— " Several Journals have spoken of a numerous corps d'armee, concentrated on the Prussian frontiers; but I can assure you that Prussia has only at present on foot 120,000 men, and the two corps, the 7th and Bth, will be sent, not to make war against you, but to prevent you making demonstrations in our provinces, which are disposed to rise in favour of the Belgians. These corps do not amount to more than thirty thousand men, including two brigades of artillery and the Bth Regiment of Cavalry, most part of which is composed of Dragoons and French Lancers or Poles. Never was the Court of Berlin more disposed for peace, than at the present time. The Reindeer, which arrived frown Monte Video at Liver pool, brings accounts, of the 17th October, that negotiations were on foot for bringing to an end the civil war, which ap peared to be going on with hopes of success. The Lisbon and Mexican mails, which are now due, have not as yet arrived. THE FUNDS. We have again a very great scarcity of arrivals this morning. Consols, which closed yesterday at 94 to i for the opening, may be quoted at present the same • Reduced 93i- -1, with scare anything doing. Exchequer Bills 64 66; India Bonds, 62 64 ; Bank Stock, 2024 203 i. In the Foreign Market Spanish Active a shade lower, 16r.1; Portuguese, also lower, 314 • Three per Cents., 20+ ; Brazilian, 77f ; Belgian, 991 i ; Colombian, 25f 26 ; Mexi can, 23} ; Dutch Two-and-a- Half, 531 ; 54f ; Five per Cents., 10111. PRICES OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Bank Stock 2O3M %, 3 I India Stock — 3 per Cent. Red. 3 per Cent. Cons. South Sea Stock 314 per Cent, — Old Annuities — Ditto Red. 100%% New Ditto New 3% per Cent — 3 per Cent. Annuities, 1751... New 5 per Cent. Bank Long Annuities to expire Ditto 500 64 66 pm. Jan. 5, 1860 14 1 15-16' Ditto Small 64 66 pm Oct. 10, 1859 l4 ll Ditto Commercial pm. Jan. 5, 1860 — Ditto Advertised — pm. Jan. 5, 1881 —. Bank Stock for Account — April 5, 1880 _........ India Stock for Account Jan. 5. 1870 Consols for Account 94% PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS THi5 DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Austrian Bonds —l Peruvian Bonds — Belgian Bonds Ditto Account - 70 Brazilian Bonds 77% 8 ! Ditto New Bonds ............ 31 Ditto Account 77% 8 , Ditto Accoun' `tl4 1 % Buenos Ayres Bonds —l Ditto, 3 per Cent. Ditto Account - Ditto Account 9 -0 14 14 Chilian Bonds - Al.litto Account Colutobian Bonds —l Ditto Account — Ditto Account —l Ditto Metallic Columbian Bands, 1824 ......... Spanish Bonds Ditto Account 25%14 Ditto Account .— Danish Bonds Ditto Account ..... . ...... ..... Ditto Accot st. 16%46 Greek Bonds —,; French, 51;er cent. —f. —c. Ditto Bonds, 1825 i____ 4 per cent. ..... .... —l. Ditto Account ' 3 per cent. Mexican Bonds, 5 per Cent.... —, Exchange —f. —c. Ditto Account — i Dutch, 256 per cent 5314 4 Ditto, 6 per Cent — Ditto Account .Ditto Account — Ditto, 5 per cent 101%16 Neapolitan — Ditto Account.... ......... eRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Paid. Per Slut e. Bristol and :':xeter Railway Company 2O 10g Great Western Railway Company ......... Brighton Railwaj L'indon and Blacavr. 111 Railway 9 S y s London J o i n t St oc k Bank. 10 13% COG/LS (IF EXCHANGE YESTERDAY. Amsterdam ".F. 12 434 I (libraltar 3l 48 Ditto, at sight l2 2 Leghorn Rotterdam 2U. if. , 4% G enoa 25 80 Antwerp.. Hamburg, M.B. 13 10 Venice in Altona Paris, 3 days' sight 25 35 Painmo ........_ per oz. 118 Ditto 53% 3 Ms. 25 65 Lisbon Marseilles. Bo urdeaux Frankfort on Maine, Ex. M. 151% Bahia 26 P etersbutgh,ruble......3 Us. 10% Buenos Ayres Berlin Vienna, e ff ective fl 2M. 10 7 Philadelphia 46 1. - ieste.....ditto lO 9 PRICE OF BULLION, PER OZ. liacield 3 6 % Portugal Gold, coin ..E0 0 0 Cadiz.... .... .................. ..... 36% Foreign Gold, in ban 317 1034 Bilboa • '6 New Doubloons 0 0 0 B arcelona: . Seville ..... SS ,Silver. bars. standard.... 0 5 0% eitENck.: FUNDS.—Paats. DECEINBUR 31. Five per Cents.. 109f.•;' . 5c. 85c. 70c. 75c.... Latest Prices-109f. 80c. Four per Cents., 101 E 80e... Three per Cents., 78f. 00e. o.:c. Gk..... ... Ditto 78f. 50e. Bank Actions, 2,640 f. 2,635 f. •... Ditto 2.6351. Rente de Naples, 98f. 90c. 99c. ....... .... Ditto , 98f. 99e. Roman Five per Cents.. 9 9 %34 ..... Ditto 99%6 Spanish Actives, 17 1734 Belgian Five per Cents., 9J 4•••• Belgian Three per Cents. 67f. 50c. Belgian Bank, 5SOf. 555 1. 547 f. sc. Portuguese, Three per Cents. 19%. _Ezenkriet or' LONDON.-9ne month, paner. 25 f. 15 c; mone), 2s f. 12 34 c; ihree months, paper, 251. —c ; money. 24f. 97'%r- AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—ViaNNA, Dee. 22 Five pe: Cents. Mstalliques Four per Cents. Three per Cents. 1497 Bank Shares AngenteitteZeitung, Dec. 2 . HALF-PAST ONE. Since the early part of thersorning the British Market has rather improved, and Consols have been done at 948 i for r the o p en i ng . G overnmen t brokers purchased about six tu ousand. seduced, 231 ; Exchequer Bills, 64 66 ; India a Be n•- , s, 62 64; Bank Stock, 203. The Foreign i ' ,Jarket is rather flat, and not quite so good as Three y. pb. Active , Yesterda S Wish 161 I' . , Portuguese, 31 1; ree per Cent 2 ‘ 1- ' Belgian, 99+ i ; Brazilian, 771 to . s., b,, , ~ , Colombian, 255 26 , tialf, K 7 • Mexican, 231 ; Dutch Two-and-a- , A' -- 2 54i; Five . per CenPl., 101 ii• THREE O'CLOCK. Ditto 550 f. Consols for the Account, 94i4. THE FUNDS.—CLOSING PRICES - - - - . - - - B A a nk Stock BRITISH FUNDS• ~- Per Cent. Red 2021 i 1 India Stock — 93X Ditto Bonds ?,Per Cent . Ccds r►-, Per Cent. — Ditto Old Annuities -- d 'i Per Ditto Sew Annuities .. ....... •• iv Cent. Red " 3 4 Dere, lOO% Ex. Bills, 1,000, 234d......66_ pm. Lo n - . ent Ditto 500/ 16 pm jaa nnnutties to expire Ditto 5001 66 pm. De n t' 186) .1850 .....................14 15-16 Bank Stock for Act. 203% Jan. 1860 - - ..................... 14% Ir.dia Stock for ~et 21i3 .................... Consols for Opg 944 FOREIt3 ,i FUNDS - - Austruan, 5 per cent.. '7O 5 Per cent Portuguese Bonds, 31x, Edgian, 5 per c t 93% Ditto. New Ditto Erazilian Bondsen Iluenos Ayrts, 6 per cent. us si a Prus s ian, R B s on p d e s r , c s ent unilian, 5 per cent. ... .. -- Ditto, Metallic per cent -- - 16% Colombian 6 per cent. '''''''''''' - S_panish, 5 per cent Psitto 1824' Ditto, Consolidated — 4Ja n • • 110 f. —c. ,reek 'th. 3 per cent ''' . ........... French, 5 per cent 25f 4fe ‘. Bonds, 1825, 5 per cent. Exchange ....f. --4. vqica . , per cent — French, 3 per cent b 4 ieni..ii per cent., 1825 Dutch, pe re cent. 101% "t an. 1825,6 per cent. l6 Ditto, 5 cent, , (CLOSING PRICE OF SHARES.—(THIS DAY.) Eastern Coun Ar.sto t e ies Railway l and Exter Railway 814 9reat Western Railway ...,. ...... ......... • 76 . Lo ndon and Brighton Railway . 10X 7. London and Blackwall Railway London and Southampton Railway C' R UIELT .1' TO ANIMALS.—The officers of the to A nimals's_"u Fri e nd So c i e ty" l as t wee k p a id grea t a tt en tion b"neld. ; the cruelty in the market at Christmas time Th w e e: much greater than at any other part of the year. badie but : su ra, 'toned s evera l d r i ver who escaped, ;::der false caused n J.-1 the driver:24 ,to be committed Co h r ri ßou: for having severely ill-treated an oV, BRIGHTON.-TUESDAY. The Queen, accomp an i e d b y Baroness Lebzen, Miss. Quen tin, Marquis of Headfort, Colonel Buckley, Sir William Lumley, Viscount Torrington, Viscount Melbourne, Major Keppel, Hon. W. A. Murray, Sir G. Quentin, and Hon. G. Byng, rode on horseback at two o'clock this afternoon, on the Lewes road. The Royal cavalcade was followed by the Hon. Mrs., G. Campbell, Miss Paget. and Miss Pitt, in a pony phaeton. The Duchess of Kent, accompanied by the Hon. Miss Paget, took a carriage drive this morning at twelve o'clock. The Royal dinner invitations for this evening comprised the Dowager Countess and Lady Fanny Cowper, Lord and Lady Ashley, Sir Francis Lowley, and the Hon. Miss Pitt. Lord Alfred Paget is to succeed Colonel Buckley as Groom in Waiting, and is expected this evening. Among the calls at the Palace this day are :—The Marquis and Marchioness of Ailesbury, Sir Philip Durham ( Port Ad miral), General Sir F. Wetherall, Lord and Lady Colches ter, Dowager Lady Rivers, arid Miss Pitt, Sir Richard and Lady Bulkeley Phillips, Hon. Captain Poulett, Sir J., Lady, and Miss Loyd ; Mr. L. and Lady Jane Peel ; Viscount and Viscountess Dillon ; Sir Edwin Pearson, Dowager Lady El lenborough, and Miss Law. It is finally arranged for the Court to leave Brighton on the Bth inst., for Buckingham Palace. COURT CIRCULAR. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge held an evening party and supper, on New Year's Eve, at Cambridge House. Amongst the company were—her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester; Baron Bulow, the Prussian Minister; the Danish Minister, and Baroness Biome ; Count Potion, the Sardinian Minister; Baron Munchausen, the Hanoverian Mi nister; Baron Gersdorff, the Saxon Minister; Count SPnfft, Minister from Austria; the Duchess-Countess of Sutherland; the Countess and Lady Georgians Bathurst; Sir William and Lady Gomm; Baron Werther, Secretary to the Prussian Le gation ' • Baron Bentinck, Count Th um , M ons i eur B ertouc h, Sir Charles Doyle, the Hon. Miss Wellesley, Mrs. Hicks, Captain Horton, and Mr. Mellish. Lieut.-Colonel O'Reilly and Mr. J. M'Queen had inter views with Lord Glenelg yesterday, at the Colonial-office. Baron Bulow, the Prussian Minister, has returned to town from Brighton. Despatches were sent off last evening, from the Colonial office, for Sir Lionel Smith, Governor of Jamaica. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. CHANGES. The Duke de Dino, at Florence, from Milan ; General Earl Cathcart, at his seat, from a visit to his son, Major-Ge neral Lord Greenock, Commander of the Forces at Edin burgh Castle; Lord and Lady Manners, of Foston, on a visit to the Duke of Rutland, at Belvoir Castle, from The Grove, Gosford, Suffolk; Major-General Sir Frederick Trench, K. C. H., at ditto, from a visiting tour; Lord and Lady de Saumarez, from Sir Charles Morgan's seat, Tredegar House, Monmouth, for Cheltenham ; the Hon. Wm. Duncombe, at Lord Feversham's seat, Duncombe Park, from Kirby Moor side ; the Dowager Lady Rendlesham, and the Hon. Misses Thellusson, at Paris, from a tour in Italy. His Grace the A rc hbi s h op o f York is entertaining Sir John and Lady Johnstone, Mr. Granville Vernon Har court, M.P., and a family party, at Bishopthorpe Palace, Yorkshire. The Marquis and Marchioness of Abercorn, and the infant Ladies Hamilton, are passing the holidays at Woburn Abbey. Lord Claude Hamilton is making the tour of Egypt and Palestine. The Princess of Capua is severely indisposed at Salt Hill. Dr. Holland was sent for from town in great haste yesterday morning. His Royal Highness the Duke of Lucca and suite arrived at Mivart's Hotel, last evening, from a visit to the Duke and Duchess of Beaufort, at Badminton Park, Glou cestershire, where the amusements will be continued until Twelfth Night. Sir Frederick and Lady Bathurst arrived at Mivart's Hotel yesterday morning from their seat, Clarendon Park, Wilts, but shortly afterwards proceeded to Englefield green, near Egham. Baron and Baroness Dimsdale left Mivart's Hotel yesterday morning, for Camfield-place, Herts. We are happy to say the Hon. Miss Dimsdale was nearly recovered, but is still unable to be removed. The family will not visit Paris this season. MARRIAGE IN HIGH LlFE.—Yesterday, at Marylebone Church, Mr. H. Richardson led to the altar Lady Emily Kerr, sixth daughter of Lord Mark Kerr. Lord Mark Kerr, Lord Clinton, Sir William and Lady Gomm, Hon. Selina Kerr, Mr. Edmund M'Donnell, and a select circle of friends, were present at the solemnisation. An elegant dejeuner was given by Lord M. Kerr to the wedding party, after which the happy couple started for Bicks, Oxfordshire, to pass the honeymoon. BELVOIR CASTLE.—His Grace the Duke of Rut land has been entertaining a distinguished family circle since Christmas-day. The whole of his noble relatives, with the exception of Earl and Countess Jermyn, who arc travelling in the south of France, are assembled. On Wednesday next the Duke of Wellington, and other dis tinguished individuals, will arrive. It has been often remarked that those who keep the greatest number of servants frequently have their work worst done ; and, judging from the intrusions into it which have come to light, such we imagine must be the case in her Majesty's Palace at Pimlico. We regret to learn that Mr. Spearman, the Secre tary to the Treasury, is labouring under severe indisposi tion at his house in Grosvenor-street, brought on by inces sant labour in his office, Mr. Spearman being, in the literal sense of the words, " the working man" of the Treasury. The grand Celtic fancy ball, under distinguished patronage, is fixed to take place on the Ist of next month, at the George-street Assembly Rooms, Edinburgh. DESCENDANTS OF GEORGE THE THIRD.— There are, at this time, only five grandchildren of George 111. living, viz. :—Aged now, 19, Queen Victoria ; 19, Prince George of Cumberland ; 19, Prince George of Cambridge ; 15, Princess Augusta Caroline of Cambridge ; 4, Mary Adelaide of Cambridge. The seven surviving children of George 111., according to seniority of birth, are —Aged, now, 69, Princess Augusta Sophia ; 68, Princess Elizabeth (of Hesse Homburgh) ; 67, Duke of Cumber land (King of Hanover) ; 65, Duke of Sussex ; 64, Duke of Cambridge; 61, Princess Mary (Duchess of Gloucester); 60, Princess Sophia. _ _ The Duke and Duchess of Cleveland are entertain ing a select circle of friends at Newton House, near Doncaster. FILTRATION OF WATER ON A GREAT SCALE. —ln a recent number of the proceedings of the Institute of France, we observe it is mentioned that a trial has been made of Fouvielli's filtering apparatus, working under the enormous pressure of seventy mitres, or nearly 230 feet of water. Four sets of apparatus each about five feet high, by three feet eight inches in diameter, have been set to work at Belleville and at La Villette. The water, after passing through them, possesses perfect limpidity, and it does not appear that this great pressure occasions any de rangement of the filtering matters, whether the water be passing through them in the direction it takes in the process of filtration, or when the current is reversed during the time of cleaning, which occupies only a few minutes. The daily produce of the four filters is 177,408 gallons. THE CORN-LAWS,POOR-LAWS, AND THE POOR. —" For the sake of Christian charity oh, pity us ! Let your fancies place you in like circumstances, and your hearts, if not made from the solid rock, must melt towaid - s - ' u s, The goods and luxuries of the earth you have, whilst we have but its evils! This, surely, was not the decree of Him who names us all alike his children."—" Go home, ye foolish, silly people ! Christian charity is but a name to argue with—to make a homily look pretty. To love one's self and care not, our own good secured, though all man kind besides were sunk into perdition, is the great law of nature."—Old Play. COMMISSION OF LUNACY.—Yesterday the ad journed inquiry touching the sanity of Mr. Taylor was re sumed at the Crown and Anchor, when further evidence was adduced as to the very strange behaviour of the alleged lunatic, at various times and places. The investigation was again adjourned. DANGEROUS CURIOSITY.—On Monday last a person, admitted to the Waterloo Model, having heard that all the figures were made of silver, and with such ex traordinary minuteness of form and correctness of costume that they would bear and improve under microscopic en largement, contrived to pick off and pocket a few speci mens. The theft was immediately discovered, the party detected, and only relieved from the threat of exposure and the certainty of the most rigorous legal proceedings, by returning, with many apologies, the kidnapped warriors. SKELETON KEYS.—A great nu m b er o f ro bb er ies have recently been committed in dwelling-houses, the par ties concerned in which have gained admission to the pre mises by means of skeleton keys. It is thought that rob beries of this description are frequently committed by per sons who have formerly live d as tenants or lo dgers in the houses plundered, and h av e thus had an opport un ity o f procuring fan-similes of the keys. Persons enteri ng upon occupancy of pretcises, would do well to have the l oo k s o f the street door altered, so As to render any key previously obtained useless, Entrance is also oftgP pbtained by means of latch keys, where doors are left unbolted during the flight. FURIOUS DRIVING.- 4n inquest was held yester. day at Brentford, on the body of ait apd pauper named Poole, whose clea4 resulted from injuries reeOve4 on Thursday night last, by being km9eked down and run over by a c l i ii s e t illdict of " ManstaughterP caR against Greensbieldp, flrivcr, a Bond-street taller, and the Coronet issued his warra4t for co,mrpittneot to 1 N ew " gi t o , His companion was discharged.' returned THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 2, 1839. MEETING OF THE WORKING CLASSES. ARREST OF MR. STEPHENS. Last night a meeting of Working Men took:place in the Hall of Science, Finsbury, f o r the purpose of adopting certain Resolutions with regard to " The National Petition," and " The People's Charter," and to express their feelings upon the arrest of Mr. Stephens. Mr. MERSON took the chair a few minutes before nine o'clock, by which time about 200 persons were present. The - Cnatattas said be was placed in rather an awkward dilemma, because no intimation had been given him that he would be called upon to preside at that meeting. However, it was his duty to state to them the circum stances under which they were called together. A Com mittee had been formed, consisting of a certain number of in dividuals, fur the purpose of agitating the working classes of London at this important crisis, in order that they might establish a Central Committee; and that from that Central Committee various District Committees should emanate for the purpose of carrying into effect the objects which every honest Radical had in view—the attainment of Universal Suf frage. To his great surprise and mortification, the individuals who proposed the establishment of this Committee, and who had invited the co-operation of himself and a majority of those on the platform, and who had been the ground-work of this Committee, not one of them were present.—( Shame.) It was his duty also to state, placed in the situation he was, that on last Friday evening the Committee held its first meet ing, when not lesslthan twenty members were present. That Committee decided there should be three public meetings held this week in the metropolis— the first in that place, the second on Wednesday evening in Victoria Gardens, Lambeth, and the third on Thursday evening, in Theobald's-road. That was the agreement made by the members of the Committee present at that meeting, and seeing that they pledged them selves to attend on the present occasion he was at a loss to account for their absence. He trusted how ever, that the individuals present would not appear ridiculous in the eyes of the present meeting.--( Cries of " Hear, hear.") He could speak for himself and his col leagues present, the members of the London Democratic Association, that they had from the commencement of their political career as an Association invited all men to join them, without reference to name, colour, or creed, who were deter mined upon political emancipation.—( Hear, hear.) It would be unfair in him to presume to say he knew the reason why certain individuals were not present ; suffice it to say, there was talent and virtue enough yet among them to advocate the object for which they had met—" Universal Suffrage, and no surrender."—(Cheers.) Since they had selected him to pre side he was determined to do his duty, and to let every person have a hearing whether in favour or against the resolutions that would be proposed. —( Hear, hear.) He would leave it to the meeting to determine upon the course it would pursue. One volunteer was worth two pressed men. He trusted they had all met as political volunteers, and he bad no doubt they would find among them individuals willing enough to come forward give their support to the resolutions. Various dis tinguished individuals had been solicited to attend, and he believed Mr. O'Connor would be among them in the course of the evening.—( Cheers.) Mr. IRELAND, the Secretary of the Committee, moved the first :esolution. He also was placed in an awkward dilemma, for he had thought that certain persons more competent than himself would have been present to have moved the resolution. But he must say (and he was not afraid to use the expression) that these individuals had shrunk from their duty.— ( Cheers.) At the first meeting he ( Mr. Ireland) had been elected Secretary, and as such, it was his business to take down the names of the members of the Committee. On Sunday evening he wrote those names in a book, but that book lie had not brought with him, thinking all of them would have been present, and that he should not have had to mention the names of those who had shrunk from their duty. Since he had been in that room he had put down on a piece of paper the names he recollected. The meet ing would see who were present, and would be able to judge who had deserted them. Among the names mentioned by Mr. Ireland were Vincent, Hartwell, Hetherington, Rogers, Law rence, Dyson, Cleave, Coomb e , an d I saacs .—( Sh ame .) He would not indulge in any surmise why certain individuals were not present, but would leave it to the meeting to form their own opinion. The resolution he had to move was this:— " That considering the manifold evils under which the working classes have long suffered are ascribable to the usur pation, by the few, of the political rights of the many, this meeting is of opinion that it becomes the working men of London and its environs to rally round the General Conven tion, and to assist in every constitutional way to procure the adoption of the People's Charter as the law of the land." They had not met to discuss the propriety of having Universal Suffrage, for after the many arguments and reasons they had beard, every one must be convinced of its ne cessity, and of their right to have it.—( Cheers.) The object of that meeting was to consider how they could best obtain it. They had been informed that local or district Committees were the best means of organising the people. In further ance of his duty as Secretary, he had written to Feargus O'Connor, James Whittle, Colonel Thompson, and O'Brien, inviting them to attend. He did not know whether " Fear gus" would be present, he had sent him a letter by the twopenny post, and if he had received it, and was in town, no doubt he would be in attendance some time before the meeting broke up. It appeared to him there was an additional reason why the Working Men should show their strength, viz., the arrest of that virtuous man—that glory—that noble of nature, the Rev. J. R. Stephens ( Loud cheers.) He was a man who ought to have, and who lie believed had, every support. They ought now to meet in earnest, and to show by their demonstrations that they both despised and defied the Government that tyrannised over them.—( Hear, hear, and cheers.) The Government would act towards them if it could, in the same way that it had punished the Rev. J. R. Stephens. The Government had the same thing in the back-ground for them.—(" Shame, shame.") Where was the difference between the infernal bastile prison and the prison in which the Rev. J. R. Stephens was then incarcerated ? He trusted that before the expiration of the year that had just commenced, Universal Suffrage would be the law of the land.—( Cheers. ). _ _ Mr. LEE rose to second the resolution. In the north and south, east and west—even in those agricultural counties, where they had imagined the people to be bPsotted and igno rant of their political rights, men had met together in thou sands, while the intelligent workmen of London had not called one single meeting.—( Hear, hear, and cheers.) He believed that had arisen, not so much from an apathy among the working classes as from a want of leaders to direct the public mind. The present was not so much a speaking as a practical meeting, to carry out the objects of former meet ings. It might, throw an air of ridicule over the meeting to call so many together without competent speakers to address the assembly, and even practised speakers sometimes found it very difficult, without previous consideration, to speak to a particular point. All men who lived by labour would never have their rights until they were possessed of Universal Suffrage. The working class was the most industrious class on the face of the earth, yet there was not a class of people half so ill paid, half so ill fed, or half so ill grown.—( Hear, hear, and a laugh.) This did not arise from immorality, drunkenness, or ignorance, but from political degradation.— ( Hear, hear.) All classes were duly represented in the Legislature except the most important, and that which re quired the most protection, the working class.—(Hear, hear.) They were, however, determined to exert themselves until the People's Charter became the law of the land.—( Cheers. ) The Government had already taken the alarm, and had ar rested their friend. He did not pretend to say that gentle man might not have used strong language; but when the ex cited state of his feelings was considered, and the treatment he had received from the parties who had imprisoned him, a little excuse would be found for any harsh language he might have used.—( Hear, hear.) It was not because he had used harsh language that proceedings had been taken against him by the Government, but because ho had influence over the people, and was showing them that they were slave ridden, and because he had told the people it was better to die in defence of their rights than tamely to submit to degrada tion.—( Cheers.) It was for that the Government had taken him, and it was for that they would pounce upon all friends of the Working Classes.—( Hear, hear.) It was only when the Government attempted to put them down by the strong • arm- of the law, that the people - .showed - any resistance. In conclusion, he would urge the Working Men of London to agitate until the just rights of industrious men were at tained.—(Cheers.) The CHAIRMAN inquired whether any one wished to say any thing upon the resolution which had been moved and seconded? Some person bellowed out " We are all for having our bel lies filled."—( Great laughter.) The resolution was then put and carried unanimously. Mr. KOE moved the next resolution—" That, in order to effect the before-mentioned object, this meeting deems it ne. cessary that a Committee for the district should be formed to co-operate with the Central. Committee, of agitation." He would mention one fact which perhaps might account for the absence of some gentlemen. At the meeting on Friday night it was arranged that a meeting should he held in that hall on Monday night ; but the ball having been previously . engaged they were obliged to postpone it till the following night. Some might have attended on Monday, and gone away disappointed. Besides, there was ano ther meeting in Dorset-square, and that might ac. count for their meeting being so thinly attended. How ever, they were strong enough to effect their object, whether this party or that party deserted them. The working classes were the strength of the country, and could obtain any thing they wished, provided they were united.—(Cheers.) Mr. WHITTLE, the editor of th e Ch amp i on, secon d e d t h e resolution. His only object was to know what they intended to do in consequence of the arrest of one of their most valu able delegates, the Rev. Mr. Stephens, and t o assure th em that that arrest would not deter him in the course he intended to adopt, or had it engendered one jot of fear in his breast.-- (Great cheering.) The resolution pledged them to union, and the surest manner in which that was to be accomplished was to impress upon the minds of the working cl asses h ow M r . Stepgl;i9e;dS"llplll the fearless advocate of the had been run down by the Government because he het peppWs rights. = (Repeated cheering. a It wasimputed to Mr. Stephens that he had been the cause of the destruction of a mill, and in order to raise as much prejudice as possible against him in the nubile mind, MF. ox Mauie bad beep sent to Perth to put him down.--(Great cheering.) Now what was the real fact with respect to Mr. Stephens ? Why, that he had not been arreste4 for the charge rww trumpod uN again t t him, hilt for eireumstancei'th4t had taken pike long before the burning of the mill. He had never, in the whole course of his life, wit nessed g ".1 as I,ss as had been shown on the Dart of the" goif u errim l ent''; uf* all t:.ftribotable tt3. - P'ConOell,-4‘ grpar Cbe4,4l 4nd lie aionelt was, that had pointed out that gentleman's destruc tion.—( Cries of " Shame.") There was an old Irish pre y( rb, that if the' devil wanted to roast an Irishman, he would find an Irishman to turn the spit.—(Great cheering. ) Such was the case with Mr. O'Connell. —( Continued cheer. ing.) He had been more trusted among mankind than any other man since the time of Judas, and he had exceeded him 'in turpitude and treachery.—(Great cheering.) It was the history of the Irish to be treacherous, and as a proof of that, he need only advert to Grattan and Plunket, and lastly O'Connell, who had capped them all.—( Loud cheering.) Had it not been for the interference of O'Connell, the Government would never have dared to arrest Mr. Stephens.—( Cheers.) The Government had now become oppressors, and had made the noble-minded Mr. Stephens their victim.—(Great cheering.) If all present were of the same opinion with himself, they would shun Mr. O'Connell as they would the defilement of pitch.—( Great cheering ) What the men of Lancashire had done, it be hoved the men of London to do—( Great cheering)—and when they talked of acts of violence, he would ask them to look at the Morning Chronicle and the Globe, in which there were instigations to acts of violence—( Cheering)—and the Standard and the Times, in order to throw stumbling-blocks in the way of the Ministers, were praising up the course pursued by Mr. Stephens. He felt certain that their cause would prevail if the people of London would only be reso. lute—(Cheers, and cries of " We will")--as everybody ad mitted that the present Government were not pursuing the course they ought to have adopted for the good of the people. —( Cheers.) One word more with respect to Mr. O'Con nell, and he had done. That worthy individual had stated that it was not his intention to appear in the House of Com mons during the next session, as he thought he could more efficiently devote himself to the interests of Ireland by remain ing in that country. —( Shame.) The worthy gentleman con cluded by seconding the resolution, and expressing a hope that the working men would be resolute, for if they were they would assuredly accomplish their object.—( Cheers.) The resolution was then put by the Chairman to the meet ing, and declared by him to be carried unanimously. Mr. HETHERINGTON then came forward amid the most en thusiastic cheering, to propose a resolution condemnatory of the arrest of the ' Rev. Mr. Stephens. They were now as ' sem bled for the purpose of agitation in London, and the re solutions for effecting that purpose having been passed, he con sidered it his duty to move a resolution with respect to the ar rest of Mr. Stephens.—( Loud cheers.) Before doing that, however, he thought it right to give some ex planation with respect to the People's Charter, which one of the speaker.; had thought was part of the work of Da niel O'Connell. Now, with respect to that, the people ought 'o be undeceived. It was true that Daniel O'Connell was one I of the six Members of Parliament who were appointed to co operate with the Working Men's Association to draw up that Bill; but, if it had been left to the Members alone, the Bill would never have come into existence.—( Cries of " Shame.") The Working;Men's Association could never get them to work, so they drew the draft of the Bill themselves, and then called upon the Members, at whose head was Mr. O'Connell, to sanction it. When they came before them, the moment the preamble was read, Mr. Daniel O'Connell objected to it, and threw it out altogether—(Loud cries of " Shame") — saying he would dictate another, and laying his watch on the table, said he would give them an hour, as that was all the time he had to spare. He took an hour to dictate the new preamble, which the Working Men's Association instantly, re jected.—( Cheers.) They drew another bill, but they could not get the Members to attend, and so the matter rested.— (Cries of " Shame.") But, if they would join the men of Lancashire and Yorkshire, if they would follow their footsteps, Parliament must give the people the Charter they required.— (Cheers.) When first he began to consider politics, he said every man ought to have a vote, for, if they had not, they would be no better than slaves.—( Great cheering.) !Let there be union among them.—( Cries of" There shall.") They must not let little differences split them up into parties, for if they did their great object would be lost.—(Cheers.) The able and efficient advocate of their cause, Mr. Stephens, he knew to be an honourable and upright man. He (Mr. H.) had had the pleasure of being under his roof and had partaken of his hospitality ; he had had his children in his arms, and he should despise himself if he did not come forward to say he would assist him in every mariner in his power.—( Great cheering.) If he wanted money he would get up a subscription for him, and if he desired sympathy he felt confident that he would have it in the breasts of tens and hundreds of thousands of his fellow men.—( Cheering.) He (Mr. H.) knew what it was to be in the hands of cruel oppressors.—( Cheers.) He knew the spies with which they were surrounded.—( Cheers.) When he was in Clerken well Prison, spies were sent there to sweep off himself and his family.—( Cheers, and cries of Shame.") Why had Mr. Stephens been arrested? Why? because the Government wished to get rid of a man who had shown himself to be the talented and fearless advocate of the people's rights.—( Cheers.) What sort of evidence was it, he would ask, that had been brought against Mr. Stephens? Why, one person had stated directly the contrary of the state ments of another; and one witness did not know when Mr. Stephens used the word " burning," whether he meant the burning of his heart, or the burning a factory. He did not mean to say that the expressions of Mr. Stephens were so guarded as they might have been, but, if he had been guilty of an indiscretion, he (Mr. H.) considered it a justifiable one. —( Cheers.) When he knew that Mr. Stephens was a good and upright man, he was not going to condemn him because his words were not exactly within compass.—( Great cheer ing.) The Government finding that they had made suc h a pretty business in arresti ng M r . Stephens on the flimsy charge of sedition, said now that it was not their doing, and threw all the blame upon the county Magistrates. He (Mr. H.) trusted that the working men would not be humbugged by that.—( Cries of "Wo will not.") What he would ask, was Sir Frederick Roe sent down for?—( Hisses.) The people of Lancaster had done nobly in the Delegates they had elected, and be trusted that the Working Men of London would arouse themselves, and would proceed in such numbers to welcome those Delegates to London, as would show the Government that they were determined to have their rights, and would not be trifled with.—( Great cheering.) For him self, he would labour incessantly to force the adoption by Parliament of the People's Charter, being convinced that there was noescape from the oppression and plunder to which they were subjected, until the people had the right of choosing those that were to govern them.—( Cheers.) The working classes were treated worse than beasts, everything was got out of them, they were ground down by oppression until they were unable to work, and then were condemned to the Poor law Bastile.—( Cries of " Shame.") He entreated of them to knit themselves together as a. band of brothers, and if they did so they would be sure to succeed —( Cheers ) Mr. Hetherington concluded by proposing the following resolution :—" Resolved that the meeting expresses their un qualified disapprohation of the conduct of Goxernment in ap prehending the Rev. J. R. Stephens on the flimsy charge of sedition, for having freely and honestly expressed his opinion at a public meeting of his fellow countrymen, and emphatically declare their belief that his sentiments have been grossly mis represented; and his character maligned by the mercenary Newspaper Press, and in hereby manifesting the deep sym pathy we feel for him, pledge ourselves to use every just and legal means we possess to enable him to triumph over his and our oppressors."—( Great cheering. ) Mr. WHITTLE seconded the resolution, and read to the meeting the speech delivered by Mr. Stephens at the dinner given him by 500 working men on Christmas-day, (for which see our Paper of yesterday). The reading of the speech was repeatedly interrupted by tremendous cheering. The resolution was carried unanimously. Thanks were then voted to the Chairman ; three cheers were given for Mr. Stephens ; three groans for Mr. O'Con nell ; three groans for the Morning Chronicle, " and their base and brutal supporters, the Whigs and the money mongers, and bite meeting separated. RADICAL DEMONSTRATION IN MARYLEBONE, A very numerous and respeetablc meeting of the tradesmen and workmen of Marylebone was held last night, in the large room of the Portman Arms, Milton-street, Dorset,square. Colonel THOMPSON in the Chair. The CHAIRMAN said they were met in a peaceable manner to consider the best means of improving their situation, and preserving and enlarging the liberties transmitted to them by their ancestors. They would, by steady perseverance, suc ceed, and afford to their adversaries no arguments against pub lic liberty. When all the mischief that had been laid to their sumo might hav e charge was c o nsidered, they need not shrink f rom a cornparl sboene nwi ledth their away much though zea i_.pteernh energy.--( H ear , perhaps much and cheers.) No society could be found better conduct. Here was no exultation, no excitement, though, from the season of conviviality it might have been expected. They were there to hail the rising sun of human happiness ; and he might point to their conduct to-night to prove their right to a greater share in making the laws by which they were governed— ( Cheers.) Sir J. Graham, a gentleman of talent and weight, had said at Glasgow, that he agreed with Lord J. Russell that a graduated scale of taxation and the abolition of the law of primogeniture would make a republic. If this were the case they have a republic now, for there is a graduated tax levying more on the poor than on the rich. The poor paid seven times more for tobacco than the rich did for cigars, and other things in the same way._.( Cheers.) To abolish the law of primogeniture would make all children equal, instead of leaving the elder to plunder the public for the younger.— (Cheers.) The people bad been accused of urging physical force by the man who so often said-- " Hereditary bondsmen, know ye not Who would be free themselves must strike the blow." Had they ever talked of a British Legion to put down the people of Ireland ? He regretted the defection of thatemi tient person, who had been disappointed of getting one of his tail into this borough.—(Cheers.) The three objects of the meet i n g were Universal Suffrage, Annual Parliaments, and Vote by Ballot, which had been so often ably advocated, that he need not trouble them with more on the subject now.-- ( Cheers.) Mr. MaecoN eq. proposed the first resolution in favour of the People's Charter. He said they were not met for plea sure, but, meu as good as any in the legislature, to maintain their common rightq,—(Chpers.) Their opponents were neither gods nor angels, but common dust ; and although they might moulder in sepulchral marble, in a few years they could not be distinguished from common men.--( Cheers,) They need not call to view pistols and torchee, et eansider and lay a (mod feß(l?,tip b u fere they began to ornament the building.— NueitiOn, hisses, order.) N o e di tors h a d d are d to meet t h e. principles of the Charter—( Chee rs , opposition, order)--hut said the people were not fit ; hut, rl,l VP4140.4 O'Connor said, they were " f C an At.! "violent language he deprecated.- 1-oar, beer.) lit' was fotillish.-4 Murmurs.) Stephens's words were extravagant. He should say wait and see, if asked what to do. —( Cheers.) Violent men were least to be I trusted.—(Hoer, bear; " You have showed yourself an advo cate of physical force.") He had often advocated Universal Suffrage, but never was interrupted before. Daniel O'Con nell—( Hisses. ) He was not going to advocate his cause.— (Cheers.) He called upon them to support the Charter, and concluded amid much cheering. Dr. WEBB seconded the resolution. He apologised for being unable to speak when he first rose, from a disease of the heart, but said he could not die in a better cause.—(Cheers.) Before the few observations he had to make in support of the resolution, he could account for the interruptions of the last speaker. He was a non-resident, and did not know the meet ing. There were men of all creeds and parties—Whigs, Tories, Radicals—and the gentleman could not expect the same attention as from his own friends, purposely assembled in his own lecture-room, to hear his eloquent lecture.—( Hear.) In speaking against the Registration Clauses of the Reform Bill, the gentleman did not seem to be aware that the Charter contained Registration Clauses. He (Dr. Webb) had been the humble but zealous advocate of Universal Suffrage from his childhood ; and be made - no exceptions—young or old— rich or poar—men or women.l--(Cheers and murmurs.) He I contended that the man—call himself what he may, Whig, Tory, or Radical—who denied the woman's right to vote was a tyrant in his heart.—( Cheers.) He had sons as well qua lified to vote as nine-tenths of the Electors of Marylebone and Westminster, who, in many cases, actually did not know what they were about.—( Cheers from the opposition.) Being for Universal Suffrage, the question was how to get it. Moral force was necessary to rise the Charter, for in the most despotic coun tries the people were all armed. But to gain the Charter, an " imposing attitude," as diplomatists call it, was necessary.— ( Cheers.) It was thus the iron-clad Barons, with their swords and battle-axes, and the bold freemen, with their bows, ar rows, and bills, obtained Magna Charta.—(Cheers.) It was thus England was now keeping in cheek the ambition of Russia, by " an imposing: attitude," not by the nonsense of moral force.—( Cheers.) We do not want to go to war, but the way to prevent it is to show we can blow every Russian ship out of the water, and destroy every town the broadside of a man-of-war can reach. He would say no more on that sub ject. But if he heard, in a week's time, that ten millions were withdrawn from the Saving Banks, and locked up in their tool chests, and,' in consequence of that, that not a butcher, broker, or publican in Marylebone, could give change for a five-pound note; he should say the Charter was safe without a drop of blood.—( Cheers.) Rasing gained the Charter, he would call upon them to let " justice guide their their aims." To make no attacks on property, which would be ruinous to the country, though beneficial to him, as his share, would enable him to build his colonnade pavement railways over the foot-pavements of London. He earnestly seconded the resolution.—(Cheering.) Mr. WILLIAMS supported the resolution, describing in forcible language the hardships of the poor and the oppressions of the New Poor-law Bill. The Guardians under which, be described as worse than Grcenacre; and recommended work ing men's wives to deal with the shopkeepers of Shoreditch for being more liberal to the poor.—(Cheers.) He recom mended them to set a mark upon all who were opposed to them, and have their names pointed out and exhibited in their shop windows.—( Cheers. ) The resolution was then put and carried unanimously, as was another to meet every Wednesday at the same place, to collect the National Rent to s u pp ort t h e Ch arter. And after a vete of thanks to the Chairman being carried by acclama illation, the meeting separated. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. FRANCE. It appears that excessively rigorous orders have been given at the Custom-house, at Havre, respecting the vigilance that is to be exercised towards passengers arriving from England. Last summer, when the packet-boats that ply between London and our port arrived in our basins, the Custom-house were contented with collecting all the baggage of the passengers, to convey it to the inspector's office, where all the baggage was subjected to a, not very minute examination. Now, every Captain of a Packet is bound to deliver, before landing, an exact list of all the baggage, and of the most trifling things that he means to send on shore, and it is not till he has complied with this formality at the moment of his arrival at the port, that he obtains permission to send to the Custom-house all the baggage of his passengers. Not to speak of the errors which may arise from hurry under such circumstances, it may be conceived how embarrassing the necessity. of conforming to such a regulation, must be to the Captains at the moment of their arrival, if they have a great number of possengers on board, and it is easy to understand the repugnance which travellers begin to feel to take their passage in the Havre packets. —Journal du Ilarre. A letter from Nevers, of the 27th, says—" Orders have been received from the Minister of Marine at the cannon foundry of Nevers, to cast 60 30-pounders, and 6 80-pounders for the King of Naples.— Courrier Francais. The 1,800 men of the 66th regiment of the line, who ar rived at Ancona on board the Didenre, Tarn, and Eyirie, were not to be landed till the 28th, because some changes must be made in the garrison of Toulon previously to their coming on shore. The Minister of Marine has given orders to build imme diately two gun-boats in the dock-yard of Cherbourg. It does not yet appear what is to be the destination of these vessels, which cannot be employed except on a particular kind of ser vice.—Le Commerce. RUSSIA. ST. PETERSBURG, DEC. B.—A new undertaking, intended for the promotion of inland trade by land, will grea.ly facili. ;ate the communication between the capital and the Southern Governments. His Majesty has been pleased, on the part of the Minister of the Interior, to approve of the construction of an iron rail-road from the town of Morechansk, situated in the Government of Tambord, on the River Zna, to the moutlrof that river. The expense of making the roadand keeping it in order is to be defrayed by ajoint stock company. Morsehansk is one of the most commercial towns in the empire, surrounded by several of the most fertile provin,ces of the South, Tambord, Sara tow, Perna, \Voronesh, and others, which dispose of their ma nifold productions in Morsclaansk, thence they are forwarded by water carriage, on the Zna, Okka, Wolg,a, Wetchow, and Neva, to St. Petersburgh. The quantity of goods brought to Morschansk, and forwarded to the North, is said to be from 20 to 25 million poods (the pood at about 351b5.) Sr. PETERSDURGII, DEC. 12.—Count Figuelmont, the Aus trian Ambassador, who has been absent on leave, has re turned from Vienna. The Commissioners who have lately come back from Tiflis, whither they were sent to collect on the spot and to arrange materials for a plan of administration for the Transcaucasian Provinces, continue their labours here till they shall have eomplated them, by drawing up the desired plan. We have now autumnal weather again. In consequence of the very mild temperature and frequent rains, the new bus quite disappeared. The flag on the bastion of the mercantile harbour at Cron stack was taken down on the Otis of this month, as a sign that the navigation had entirely closed for this year. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(THIS DAY.) DEAL, JAN. I—Wind W, N. W., moderate.—Came down from the River the Haidoo, Selby, from the River Gambia; Amelia, Teasd a l o Cape de V er d ; and remain with the Mary Catherine, for Hobart Town. Areived and remain the Martha, Pearson, from Newcastle ; Nile, Coates, ditto ; Bread°, Stephen, Hull. PoRTSMOI TA-I, JAN. I.—Squally from the westward.—Ar rived the Habanero, from Hamburg ; Hope, London; Hiber nia, Meurt, ditto. PLYMOUTH, JAN. 1. —Wind W.S. W.—Arrived the St. Pierre, Menier, from Nantes ; Argo, Hood, Riga ; Gloria, Pency, Hamburg ; Shannon (steamer), Dublin. Sailed the Triumph, Green, for the Cape of Good Hope; Breeze, Toten, Lisbon; Galway :packet, Galway ; Hilda Catherine, London. FALmouTii, DEC. 31.—Wind, N. to W.N. W.—Arrived the Duke of 'Cambridge (steamer), from London, and pro oeeded for Dublin ; Hercules (steamer), ditto, and proceeded for Cork. Sailed the Volucia, Raffles, for Jamaica ; Caroline, Reed, Santa Martha; Marie, Edwards, Vigo; Liverpool (steamer), Brooks, ditto, &c. ; Africa, Baxter, Liverpool; Tam-o% Shanter, Battie, Penzance. LIVERPOOL, JAN. 1. W. N. W.--Arrived the Agnes, Wright, from Maranham ; Wm. Badger, New Orleans ; Sophia, Messina ; Tally-ho, Virginia ; Caledonia, Alex ardria. Off port the Ellen, German, from Leghorn. Cowls, JAN. 1. --Wind W.—Arrived the Wasdale, Fayer, from Havannah ; Adolphe, Walters, Malanders; Pera, Fen ning, London • Belle, Wil son , Ip sw i c h. RAMSGATE, I.— Arrived Nancy, Keely, Yougball. DOVER, JAN. I.—Arrived off port, the Emma, Stige, from Boston ; Thcs. Blyth, Rowe, Mauritius. BRISTOL, JAN. I.—Arrived Betsey, Brownig, St. Übe's. GLOUCESTER, JAN. l.—Arrived the Phcenix, from Naples. Sailed the Castilian Maid, Scott, for St. Michael's. ScAntioaouon, DEC. 31.—Arrived the Speculator, from Sunderland, with loss of fore-top -mast, bound to Portsmouth. HULL, JAN. I .—Strong breezes from the westward.—Ar rived the Providence, Venlia, from Seville ; Jantina, Bee kenny, Stettin; Geschwister, Rugge, Newstadt; Delos, Johanison, Lisbon. CoRK, DEC. 3 0.—Arrived the Hercules (steamer,) London. DUBLIN, DEC. 30.—Arrived Oporto, Woolagher, Oporto. SWANSEA, DEC. 31.—Arrived the Victory, from St. Jag,o de Cuba ; Pareid, Nisna, Amsterdam. LYMINOTON, DEC. 31.—Arrived the Newton, Layburn, and Harmony, Black, from London. YARMOUTH, Jeri. I.—The John, llelme, from Sunderland to Shields, has put into these roads leaky, having been on the Gunfleet Sand, and will come into the harbour to repair. The Hope, from Ipswich to Goole, has into this harbour leaky. VORTRNIOUTH, JAN, I.—The Raisbeck, Menneker, from Sunderland to Langster, got on shore to-day near the en trance of the harbour, but is expected off next tide. CaanifF.---Arriv e d the Leopold the First, Lambert, from Newport to Ostend, leaky. Coax, Dec. &l—. The Ganges, Crawford, was towed out of this port by the Sirius (steamer), and having taken a double crew, proceeded for the Clyde without making any re pairs here. ST. IVES, DEC. 30. --The Superior, Quick, which was on shore at St. Agnes, has been got off, and will be brought here to repair. The Rival, Doughty, from Liverpool to London, which put into this port after being on shore, is discharging her cargo. The Rosalind, Little, from Calcutta to Liverpool, arrived at the Mauritius leaky. The Marianne and Iledurgus, from Maranham to Para, was on shore at the entrance of the Para river, previous to the 1 Ith of November, but expected to be gat off after discharginE. ! ki,1,32 . 6Z g t-w ese 4 • DEATH OF MRS. MACLEAN (L.E.14554.-Mgßwir (From the Courier.) With a feeling of sorrow, which thousands will in some measure share, though few can perfectly estimate its depth or sacredness, we this day announce the death of Mrs. Maclean, the wife of George Maclean, Esq., Governor of Cape Coast Castle. She died suddenly on the 15th of October last, soon after her arrival on that fatal shore, which is the grave of so many valuable lives, but of none more valuable than her's. The qualities which gave to "L. E. L." so proud and per manent a claim upon public admiration, were not those which constituted the chief charm of her character in the estimation of her more intimate and deeply attached friends. Brilliant as her genius was, her heart was after all the noblest and truest gift that nature in its lavishness bad bestowed upon her —upon her, la ho paid back the debt which she owed for these glorious endowments of heart and mind, by an inde fatigable exercise of her powers for the delight of the public, and by sympathies the most generous and sincere with human virtue and human suffering. More perfect kindness and ex quisite susceptibility than hers was, never supplied a graceful and fitting accompaniment to genius, or elevated the character of woman. We cannot, however, write her eulogy now—we can only lament her loss, and treasure the recollection which a long and faithful friendship renders sacred. The feeling with which we record this mournful intelligence at the commencement of a new year, will be respected, when we state that only yesterday morning we received from Mrs. Maclean a most interesting and affecting . letter, which sets " forth at once with the animating assertion, lam very well, and very happy. The only regret," she proceeds to say, " the only regret (the emerald ring that I fling into the dark sea of life to propitiate fate) is the constant sorrow I feel whenever I think of those whose kindness is so deeply trea sured." She says that her residence at the castle of Cape Coast is " like living in the Arabian Nights—looking out upon palm and cocoa nut trees." And she then enters into a light-hearted and pleasant review of her housekeeping troubles, touching yams and plantains—and not a less in teresting account of her literary labours and prospects—inti mating that the ship which brought the letter we quote, brought also the first volume of a novel, and the manuscript of another work to be published periodically. To the last her friendly gossip is full of life, cheerfulness, and hope. The next ship that sailed—how very, very soon afterwards— brought to us the tidings of the sudden sacrifice of that life, the memory of which should be dear to all who can appreciate poetry and wit, and generosity, the refinements of taste and the kindly impulses of the heart, that make human nature—and woman's nature especially—most worthy to be regarded with admiration and affection. (From the Globe.) The literary world will learn with regret that the grave of Europeans, the African coast, has added to its list of victims a lady of deserved reputation as among the first female writers of the day. Mrs. Maclean, the wife of George Maclean Esq., the Governor of that colony, died suddenly there on the 15th of October. It is only a few months since this lady, better known as " L. E. L.," was married to that gentleman, and left her native land full of health and spirits. Alas 1 she too soon fell a victim to the pestilential climate of Africa. We find the following brief memoir of this distinguished lady in the first work of the sort of which we can avail ourselves--. " Biographic des Contemporaines." " This lady is another sister which the Muses of Great Britain have added to their number, who, although now (at the date of the notice) only in her nineteenth year, has already published three volumes of Foams, besides being the author of many miscellaneous productions in Annuals and other books of the kind. The little material which Miss Landon's lite furnishes for a biographical notice speaks much in her fi....vour, and shows that she is yet unknown to the blue-stocki.ag coterie of London. It may be truly said of her that she haa the vivacity and warmth of soul which she has given to her improvisatrice.' Miss Landon is quite an enthusiast as art author, and in this particular may be said to rival Thomas Moore himself, It is true that some of the English journals have ridiculed her lyrical compositions; but the French, gallants by nature, have fully avenged Inar ; and it is in this country that she has found competent judges, and an appreciation of her talents. The Globe (French journal) published a critique of her poems, as polite it was imp ar ti a l an d di scr i minating . ; and she has, moreover, been honourably quoted by one of her rivals, Madame Taster, every note and sibration of whose lyre appears to come from whence it receives its tone, namely, from the bottom cf her heart, to make use of an idea of Miss Landon's in one of her poems. The talent of this child of the Muses is characterised by a remarkable propriety in the choice of words—by an abundance of poetical ideas, com bined with great taste in their arrangement, and an ear won t erfully correct in the melody of language. Her compe,si tions would be still more perfect if she had not followed so many models, if she had not been ambitious to vibrate so many different chords in the human heart. The principal poem of this young lady is the Improvisatrice.' The idea of this poem is full of sweetness ; it is the story of a young lady who, given up to the enchantment and powers of poetic genius, becomes eperdument in love, and, as is usual in such cases, this passion is the frame upon which the whole story is woven. The opening of this poem is remarkable for the rich ness and harmony of its versification, and the interest is awakened by a Moresque romance, in imitation of Lord Byron's Bride of Abydos.' " There is at present a school of ladies, from that of Della Crusca, of which Miss Johanna Baillie, Miss 11. Williams, and Miss Charlotte Smith belong, who have never made thc,se absurd pretensions to Italianf,;tn,' nor" to the ridiculous re finement of the heroiras of Gifford. The public has been led into good tast:a and a love of nature by such writers as Mrs. Heenan,;, Miss Mitford, and Miss Landon. The ten der age of the last-mentioned lady promises a succession of wQrks which will contribute to the charms and attractions of English literature. Next to the linprovisatrice, the two prin cipal works of Miss Landon arc the Troubadour and the Golden Violet." We find the following among other slight but elegant pro ductions of L. E. L. in Schloss's " English Bijou Alm:diack for 1839." The unforeseen death of the accomni ; .slied and amiable authoress imparts a degree of pathos to of the effect of which few hearts can be itrensible BEETHOVEN. A stately and a solemn Such as the evening winds prolong In some e:::nedral aisle, When holy hope and lofty thought, From the soil's deep recesses brought, Attend the hymn the while. There mingle with thy glorious strain No common fancies light and vain, Thy spirit was enshrined— Thy chords were thoughts.—thy notes were given To all that links this earth with heaven, Musician of the mind ! FAREWELL. My little fairy chronicle, 'The prettiest of my tasks, farewell! 'Ere other eyes shall meet this line, Far other records will be mine, How many miles of trackless sea, Will roll between my land and me 1 I said thine elfin almanack Should call all pleasant hours back ; Amidst those pleasant hours will none Think kindly on what I have done ? Then, fairy page, I leave with thee Sonic memory of my songs and me. OLIVER AND BOYD'S NEW EDIN BURGH ALMANAC, 1839. The Proprietors have spared no pains or expense to keep up the character of this comprehensive, useful, and cheap publication. In addition to the Kalendar, Tide tables, abstracts of Acts of Parliament of last Session, pe culiarly affecting Scotland, and statistical tables on many important subjects, it contains a general register of the British Empire—complete Army and Navy Lists, with the rates of pay and prices of commissions, and the numbers of the Constituencies in England and Ireland, as given in the most recent Parliamentary Reports, and the last official returns of the Scotch Constituency made by the Clerks of Counties and Burghs. It contains also full lists of all the religious establishments in Scotland, with the names of the respective clergymen, and detailed accounts of all the educa tional, literary, and benevolent institutions in that country. The work is neatly bound in red—contains 576 closely printed pages, and is published at 4s. HIGHWAY ROBBERY.—One of the most cowardly instances of robbery and abuse we have for some time heard of, took place on Friday week, between this town and Longridge. A pedlar residing in Longridge was returning home from this town on the evening in question, when he was attacked by three men, who, after abusing the poor fellow in the most scandalous manner, took from him a quantity of silver ; after which. tbey separated with their booty, leaving the wound.c,d man beside the Copy Delf, in the village of Dilwc7ih.—Preston Observer. NEW YEAR'S GIFTS. The New Year, with a gladsome face, Is smiling o'er the land; A festive time of mirth it brings, And pleasure with her fairy rings, And with her magic wand, Comes tempting Beauty, now, to bless Her season with fresh loveliness. And gifts she brings of sweet perfume (Wherein her wings she dips,) A balm to keep her cheeks in bl oom, A rare enamel to illume The pearls between her lips 1 Rich oil, that giveth radiance fair And silken clusters to her hair. • Macassar pours this freshness bright Upon the faded tress, Odonto keeps the pearl so Waite, Kalydor clothes the skin, in light, Transparent loveViness. All these hath - pleasure—luring maid.— On Beauty's. p ew year's toilet laid. She now, with influence divine, Presides at ball and feast ; But these high gifts for Beauty's shrine The goddess only doth consign To Rowland, her high priest I Rowland alone dispenseth here her treasures for the glad new year I—Times, S Nr Ck E~~