The Sun. — London, England, 1839-01-30 00:00:00

,-...' t 0 the any 'tot noyanceF, and at last break her heart by depriving her of her only remaining consolation, her children, whom he may rear in vice and infamy ; yet there is no re medy—all is done according to law. That such a state of things can continue in an age of improvement like the present is utterly inconceivable. It would be an insult to the feelings of the community to suppose the possibility of longer acquiescence in a law which is stamped with cruelty, injustice, and impolicy. We are sorry that it is not in our power to-day to enter more particularly into the merits of the interest. lag pamphlet to which we have alluded, but we shat tak e the first opportunity that occurs of examining in detail. T' :he Paris Journals of Monday have all been re ceived. Politically speaking they are barren of all Interesting intelligence. The Cabinet interregnum Continued, to the great astonishment of the Journals of all parties. The following are the only extracts of any moment supplied by the papers of Monday : The Prince de Joinville, who was expected to arrive a t Brest with the Creole corvette, cannot return to France before the latter end of February. The Prince will touch at the Havannalt, where he will remain a fortnight, in order to give some rest to his crew, which is much fatigued by the campaign, and in want of fresh provisions. The Consul of France at the Havannah has invited the Mince to reside in his house during Ills stay in the island, and his offer has been accepted. A Strasburg Journal of the 24th says_" General Mungin, C ommander in this department, sets out to-morrow to take the command of a brigade between Longedy and Thionville. Three batteries of artillery, taken from the two regiments in garrison at Strasburg, have received orders to repair to the frontier of Belgium. Three squadrons of the regiment of Ghasseurs in garrison at Wissemburg, are likewise ordered to the frontier." , The Indicateur of Bordeaux, of th e 26 t h, h as t h e fol -10 W ing " General Van Helen, coming from the head-quarters of 'no army of Arragon, arrived yesterday at Bordeaux, and is Ging to B e l g i um an d L on d on, on a m i ssion from the Spanish Gov ernment." In another article, dated Frontiers of Spain, it is stated Ti :e brother of General Van Halen has arrived in our I ty. He has a missi on t o E ng l an d ; some persons think he lt goin g to Belgium."—Le Constitutionnel. We have announced that the Maine, corvette, had orders to p r oceed from T ou l on , to e ff ect t h e salvage of the Hermione, frigate. The Toulon Papers ray that it being uncertain this shipwreck really happened, some say that it took Place at the Be rmu d as ; ot h ers, at t h e B ahama Islands. The Beptain of t h e M a i ne w i ll go to Havannah, touching at the rniudas. All uncertainty has now ceased. Letters have been received from Captain Bazoche himself, and, as it might be expected, the ship wrec k i s one o f t h ose events wh i ch no rroan foresight could h ave p revente d. C apta i n B azoche y s, That after leaving H avanna h, on t h e 15t h N ov., h e Berm udas contra r y w i n d s , b ut not b ad weather. Being near the .Derrn udas he resolved to approach as near as possible, and /14 8 s till four leagues from the shore, when the frigate struck " reefs which extend to that distance, and which are not m arked in any French charts; she had no others on hoard." nut now what i s th e vesse l, t h e wrec k o f wh i ch, on t h e ct li bs of the Bahamas, is announced in the Royal Nassau i t • e ite , The details given by that Journal are so precise, that bo l : impossible to doubt the reality of the fact which it an ehanees. No f r i ga t e o f our navy cou ld b e i n t h e B ahama b oar n ti nel o n t h e 4t h December. The Natade, which has on co u l d Admiral Baudin's de s p a t c h es , i s a corve t te; b es id es , i t her not have left the squadron till the beginning of Decem exh' and though its arrival has beendelayed longer than was to r rect ed, there is no reason to suppose that our navy will have gret the loss of another vessel.—Le Commerce. BOURSE—Nats, MONDAT, JAN. 28. al li str-pasT THREE —The French stocks have been very firm, which , Perhaps, owing to the approach of the settiirg and the account being „s°, Perhaps, a bear one, for n o thi ng i n t h e pol i t i cal horizon gives cause tur a rise. F or t h e Account the Three per Cents, opened at 78f. 80c,. '' ) .o to 79f , and closed at 78f. 90c., a rise of 15c. The Five per Cents. from 110 f. 45c. rose to 110 f. 65c., and closed at 1 10f. 55c. an iß provement of 10c. For money, the Five per Cents, are 5c., and the Three per Cents. 20c. higher. The Bank shares are sf. better. The Lafitte Bank I,ooof. shares are 30f., and those of 5,000 f. are 75f. higher. The Belgian Five per Cents.'have declined 1. The Three per Cents, are 10c. better, but for the Account they are 66f. 20c. The Bank Shares Closed as on Saturday. The Spanish Active is A lower; from 191 it im proved to 191, and closed at 191. Scarcely anything done in Railway Shares. First Highest I owest Last rice. ric French 5 per Cents. 50 ... 110 35 ... 110 50 4 per Cents 3p r Cents. Bankof France 2635 —.2645 ...2635 —.2635 Lafitte Bank I,ooof. Sli 5,08 f. Sh. lie ltian S per Cents. 3 per Cents. 6O ... 66 ... 6(1 ... 66 tb,„: Oak 535 ... 535 ... 53) ... 3'5 — "' 4l l Active th , Passive bl talliese 5 per Cents. '4,„1 ,,, 1,t,„ , kti ."' • 100% ... Ic(pi ...1c03. 2 ... 100% B t, n It ILWAY SH A RES. Ve inn ai , 590 ... 590 ... 590 c, -hi e , , R.B. - '4l, ' L.B. oy 430 ... 430 ... 430 ... 430 AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—VIENNA, JAN. 19 tive per Cents. Thr illl:tailiques r per C en t s . Three per Cents. • . tia nk Shares '''''' f -41 /Zemeinc Zeitung, Jun. k 4. THE NEW SPANISH LOAN. s th TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. litt,,T"-The jugglers who have already robbed many, and in a ruined not a few, by holding out baits to the unwary ki ti ,7 !bane of Spanish Bonds, are anew at their work. A SptouT Something, of course the richest Grandee of all of r ' r ! , is said to be on his way to this country, with the object ta 4h al !ing funds to extricate the Queen Regent from her shor t difficulties, and thereby put an end to the war in one A . `„ e arapaign. He is preceded by certain persons who have I ) , r n luY raised the wind, and are now puffing up Spanish credit, bY purchasin g S pan i s h S toc k, an d c hi e fl y b y gett i ng a ou t ." Of the Lond on P ress t o secon d hi s v i ews i n holding be se of o f var i ous ki n d s to s i mple Englishmen, who will tv e i i ., 114 enough t o l en d mone y f or t h e sa k e of li b erty. A k a e t"Y Pap er , l ast S un d ay , l e d t h e way w i th the following fe,„gllifoquent announcem"nt :—" H e mus t i n d ee d b e an i n dif - Sp". t Spectator o f t h e war f are w hi c h has so long desolated the ~, wh o d oes not perce i ve t h at the f i nancial difficulties of p i ;.,v- I .een have alone prevented the extinction of the Carlist f r i,Y„' It is, therefore, with great pleasure we learn that the k f liberty may now l oo k f orwar d w i t h certa i nty to h er l e' "t Y's Gov er n men t b e i ng supp li e d w i t h w h at i s aptly de ogbilatecl th e strongest sinew of war. " This appeared in the phrserwar in English, but th e idi om , an d th e hi g h- soun di ng do n a :"lngy, denote it s Sp an i s h or i g i n, an d t h ere can b e li tt l e the at that the Obs erver h as b een i mpose d upon b y some of wi t i:gents of the Camarillo at Madrid. The same Paper adds, .agreat simplicity, th at , accor di ng to t h ose b est i n f ormed, alre ey „ tenths of th e amount d eeme d necessary h ave b een e a. 4 tu en, Y . Proff ere d b y foreign capitalists. " No impartial reader ea, t , e !leve any one of these three statements. The Queen's of °as been d es t ro y e d b y treac h ery, the greedy functionaries h e e Pain, and not the friends of liberty, will be delighted to s i n r t hat the Q ueen w ill b e s p ee dil y supplied with the strongest sine or War, and the seven-tenths proffered, and the other rileree-tenths, are all to be pulled out of English pockets. The abtns proposed for paying the interest of the loan prove the greats h tY of the scheme. Whence do your readers think the e t ' Portion of the revenue is to be derived? From the U d s r ° ,, rn dues of Havannah, Porto Rico, the Philippine Islands, Itll 4 - , e ' l le, never failing Almadan mines. The Rothschilds have y ea , "'lig to say to the last, and all the others are not worth a d av r _sprchase. They might declare their independence the -9ter the payment of the loan, and easily purchase the e , o onivance of th e S pan i s h G overnment f or an a ddi t i onal sum. 4 he Morning Ch ronic l e next takes up the b urden of the song. The writer, after stating that he understands there is good f oundation for believing the statements in the Observer, pro eoeds in the followi ng v i gorous stra i n :—" Spa i n requires a b old and energetic measure to relieve her from her present dif ficulties , and nothing could more readily tend to weaken the i ', l 4e of the Pretender than a display of life and vigour in the i frorent departments of the State, while the grand obstacle . to dashing„,, military movements would be overcome by placing ;„"equate funds at the disposal of the Minister." Previous to is dashing display, the writer had discovered the grand secret 100 Spain had bee n un able to raise a new loan—she had asked 1 small a sum. In other words, a country which has utterly naedit on e v er y B ourse i n E uro p e may raise twenty mil -ns sterlin g , but cannot raise five " The grand point, how ++ concludes the writer, "is to restore confidence, and th: n tlaat i s e ff ecte d wea l t h w ill soon f o ll ow ." Th a t i s i n deed i t grand point : and John Bull, I trust, will take care that he not lulled i nto con fid ence . If h e i s , he will be deceived as 111 t has hith er t o b een , i n ever y t ransact i on w ith a country with : c redit, without r e v e nu e , without faith, and without pa :4l,ltism• Spain has tried every other scheme to get money, 3 now she tries to impose on the English Press. "an. 29. CENSOR. THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. There are fair arrivals of English Grain and Flour reported to.day, t 44 a good quantity of Foreign Wheat, The trade for Wheat con. th e s es very heavy, but the Factors are unwilling to submit to any fur reduction in prices. Other Grain also sells very leisurely, and 44tdlY Non supports last quotations. Flour is settled atreduction Monday, but the mill ers say t h at they cannot make sales. ARRIVALS Olish Wheat. Barley. Oats. I Flour. ei re 6,210 qrs. 2410 qrs 2,170 sacks 8 h 11 ,4 3 0 190 2,0'0 NEWGATE AND LEADENIIALL. fi r t , ll e supplies of M ea t was extens i ve, the demand good and prices j';'• There were good supplies of Poult r y an d G ame, and the sale was k / Prices, where altered, higher. PROVISION MARKET. Ba con is dull o f sa l e, pr i me qualities are 51s. to 545. Best Iritth getter, 965. up to 100 s. Scotch Butter, from 745. to 931. COLONIAL MARKET. t o l/ ft ; P. Sugar keeps up in price; 150 casks B. P., 400 bags of Java 9 d. duty, sold at the prices of yesterday. The whole of the Co. "lal M ar k et is uniform as to prices, and ver y quiet as to business. 10 1 „_ i • .C. s lower again, and was quoted to.day at. 555. 6d. to 555. Dd., a dull m ar k et. , h. tri the City Fish, the Seed, and Hop Markets, prices were as last quoted, but little doing. brls. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.) DEAL, JAN. ‘29.—Wind S.W., fresh breezes, accompanied with rain. —Arrived and remain, th.? St. James, Sebor, from New York; Albion, Huggins, St. John's, New Brunswick ; Sumatra, Harvey, Odessa ; Cornet, Belly, wood, Hull. Came down from the River, the Lady Briggs, Cacace, for Malta. Passed by, the Hopwell, Broad, for the Mediterranean. Porersmourn, JAN. :29, &M.— Wind N.N. W., and fine; P N., squally from W.S.W.—Arrived the Assiduous, Velley, from Swansea; John and William, Shoreham ; Edouard, Petit, Cherbourg. Sailed the Bri. ton, Steel, Portland ; Deva, Sproal, Hull ; Thomas, Richardson, Lon don ; Vivid, Orfeur, ditto ; Maria, ditto; Lusitania, Gibbons, ditto. The Brunswick, Vcale, from London to Malta, has been towed into harbour to-day from Spithead, by her Majesty's steamer Messenger, to discharge her cargo. MARGATE, JAN. 9.9.—Arrived the William the First, De Jonge, from Ostend, with loss of boat. Off port, Ocean Bride, Robinson, Shields. RAMSGATE, JAN. 9.9.—Arrived the Isabella, from Dunkirk ; Teign, Thomas, Torquay, for London, with loss of bowsprit, &c., having been in contact with the Sylph, of South Shields. Sailed the Lochicl, \\'ebb, for London. DOTER, JAN. 29.—Sailed the Cog, Cripey, for London. HARWICH, JAN. 29.—Sailed the St. Nicholls, for Malaga. MiLFoan, JAN. 2S.—Arrived the Friendship, Williams, from Clyde, for Hayti, leaky, and with loss of sails. DULL, J►N. 29.—Wind N. W.--Arrived the Robin Hood, Dougall, from Rotterdam ; Rhine, Thompson, ditto ; Salus, Dawson, ditto ; Amelia, Richards, ditto; Christina, ditto; Gessina, Vessie, Harlingen. SUNDERLAND, JAN. ..)8 —Sailed the Ophelia and Mary, Gilchrist for Odessa; Dalston, Davison, Leghorn; Margaret and Emily, Yow. land, London. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 30, 1839 MONEY AND COMMERCIAL NEWS CITY (THIS DAY): ELEVEZ O'CLOCK. Owing to the sudden change - of the weather to a severe frost, a number of inland mails had not arrived at the Post office at nine o'clock this morning, no doubt in consequence of the heavy fall of snow in the North ; in consequence of which we understand that there will not be any delivery of letters from the Post-office until half-past eleven or twelve o'clock. It was generally expected we should have the American Papers and letters from Liverpool, by the Roscoe, in the early part of the morning ; by the Liverpool train, but they have not as yet made their appearance. Accounts have been received from Monte Video to the 13th November, two days later than the previous infor.nation ; they are of little importance. The insurgent Chief, Riveira, has pub lished a Proclamation. He states the fate of Monte Video is fixed for ever ; and the new President boasts that he was the first, and has beer the most strict, observer of the Consti tutional forms of the State. He was about to establish a Re gister, or Gazette, in which all his resolves would be daily pub lished by his Secretaries. From Buenos Ayres nothing new. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET.—The demand for cotton to day has been only to a moderate extent : the sales do not ex ceed 1,500 bags, of which 200 have been taken on speculation at previous prices. The Stock Market at New York was more active, and ge nerally at improved prices. United States Bank Shares 1231. Exchange on London. 4 dollars 86 cents. to 4 dollars 87 cents. per pound sterling. The sales on England were to a fair ex tent. The following dividends were declared :—The New York Insurance Company, 5 per cent., and next dividend 10 per cent. ; the Ocean Insurance, 6 per cent. ; Jackson's Ma rine, 3 per cent. ; and the Farmers', 4 per cent. (From the Montreal Papers of the 3d January.) The Court-martial was continued, the defence of the pri soners had been concluded, and the Judge-Advocate had deli vered his address. Judgment had not been given. No fur ther news in the above Papers. TWELVE O'CLOCK. THE FUNDS. Consols, which closed yesterday at 923- for the Account, opened this morning at the above price, Money 92-i I, with little business doing as yet. Exchequer Bills 64 66 ; India Bonds 61 63 ; Bank Stock 202} 203 ; India Stock 255 256. In the Foreign Market Spanish Active is the only opera tion worth notice ; closed at 20 to 201, at present 1.9 i 20} ; Portuguese 30i- ; Three per Cents. 221, same as they closed; Belgian 981994 ; Brazilian 79 ; Colombian 281 a ; Mexi can ; Dutch Two-and-a-half per Cents. 54j- 55i; Five per Cents. 102 Q t r . The New York Papers, by the Roscoe, do not bring any news of importance, and the Montreal Papers are also void of - interest. The letters from New York are not as vet delivered. PRICES OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Bank Stock ! India Stock — 3 per Cent. Red. 9 3 14 % i Ditto Bonds 6l 63 pm. 3 per Cent. Cons. 92%5,„ I South Sea Stock — 't.,, per Cent — i Old Annuities — Ditto Red. 10054 % 54 New Ditto New 3t per Cent 998, 100 1 3 per Cent. Annuities, 1751... New 5 per Cent. Bank Long Annuities to expi re Ditto... Jan. 5, ISOlt l5 1-16 , Ditto Small 64 66 pm Oct. ti, 1859 1 4 7; I Ditto Commercial pm. .lini. 5, 1860 t 4 11-16 13-1'65 1 Ditto Advertised Jan. 5,185 n — . Bank Stock for Account — April 5, 1880 — ' India Stock for Account Jan. 5, 1870 — Consols for Account 90% PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Austrian Bonds Peruvian Bonds — Belgian Bonds Ditto Account Brazilian Bonds Ditto Account 79%8. ' Ditto Accoun` 151 i% Buenos Ayres Bonds Ditto Account Chilian Bonds o.tto Account Columbian Bonds — , Ditto Account Ditto Account — Ditto Metallic Columbian Bonds, 1824 — Spanish Bonds Ditto Account Danish Bonds Ditto Account Ditto Account. Greek Bonds — French, 5 per cent. —f. —c. Ditto Bonds, 1825 — 4 Per cent. Ditto Account — 3 per cent. gqf 50c Mexican Bonds, 5 per Cent — Exchange. Ditto Account Ditto, 6 per Cent. Ditto Account — Ditto Account Neapolitan i Ditto Account — PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK Per Share. 76' 10 1 / 4 914 2 , i ! , 4, 24 1 . 1 17 Paid. Great Western Railway Company 65 Brighton Railway iichestor and Birmingham Railway lO British North American Bank General Steam Navigation Company .« l4 National Bank of Ireland 17% COURSE OF EXCHANGE YESTERDAY, tmsterdain C.F. 12 4 !Gibraltar 4B itto, at t ight Rott,rdam "U. 12 4 ; Genoa 25 75 Antwerp._ __ 12 234 ! Milan 31 1-I,nbinT. Altona Venice Naples 4O Pafermo per oz. 118% Lisbon Oleorto S4N Rio Janeir0........ i6 Eahia 25 Buenos Ayres New York, 21 days' sight Philadelphia 46 PRICE OF BULLION, PER OZ. Portugal Gold, coin l7 6 Foreign Gold, in bars 6;li 0 New Doubloons New Dollars 0 4 1641 ,Silver, bars. standard 0 5 Q 3 HALF-PAST ONE. The news received from Canada upon the whole may be comidered favourable, as no mention is made in the Papers of the rebels being in force in any quarter. We have received a Montreal Paper of the 3d Jan., which states that Captain Lew is Moffatt, of the Montreal Rifles, sailed in the Siddons from New York for London on the 25th with important dis patches from Sir John Colborne. Judge Bedard and Mr. Mason, of Quebec, were passengers in the Siddons. The British as well as the Foreign Markets have been en tirely inactive during the morning, and Consols may be quoted at present 92 to buyers for the Account ; Money 92i ; Exchequer Bills 64 66 ; India Bonds 61 63 ; Bank Stock and India Stock nothing doing. In the Foreign Market, Spanish Active 20 to h- ; Portu guese 354 ; Three per Cents. 223- ; Belgian, 984 991 ; Mexican 241- ; Colombian 28+ 4 ; Brazilian 791 4 ; Dutch Two-and-a- Half per Cents. 514 55; Five per Cents. 102+ ; Spanish Passive 5 to 4 ; Deferred B'l, l 9. In Shares little doing—Great Western 114 pram; Brighton 3i dis. t'ari,, 3 days' sight 25 35 Ditto 3 Ms. 6U Nlarseille, Bourleaux Frankfort on Maine, Ex.M 151 ~', r.'etersbutgh, ruble 3 Us. 11% Berlin Vienna, effective fl 2M. 10 3 Neste ditto lO 4 kladrid 37;4 Cadiz.... Bilboa .... Barcelona 1646 Seville 36% THE FUNDS.-CLOSING PRICES Bank Stock BRITISH FUNDS. ... . .. .................... i India St ack — 3 per Cent. Bed ..................... 93 Ditto Bends 63 per Cent. CLiIS ................. .... 9 . 2‘4 Ditto Old Annuities — 3 N per Cent. Red. .................. !PDX Ditto New Annuities ... ...... New 3Y2 per Cent .................. 00g; 'Ex. Bilis. 1,000 /....... 2 %d 66 pm. Ncw .5 per Cent ...................... Ditto 500/ 66 pm Long Annuities to expire Ditto 5001 66 pm. Jan. ISti ) Oct. 1859 Jan. 1860 FOREIGN FUNDS !Portuguese Bondi, 5 per cent.. Asturian, 5 p er cen t Belgian, 33N 5 per cent. u` , 74 Ditto New Ditto Brazilian Bonds 79N Prussian, 5 per cent hil ian, 6 p Buenos Ay cent i Ditto, Metallic 20 c 8 mb.an 6 per cent ,Spanish, 5 per cent Ditto, 1824 ' • : ,B%Ditto, Consolidated 11 If. —c. D aiii , h, 3 per cent 76% French, 5 per cent. 25f 40c. Greek Bonds, 18 - 25, 5 per cent. 'Exchange 79f. 50 . Peruvian, Mexican, 5 per cent. — !French, 3 per cent 54% Ditto, 6 per cent., 1825 .......... 24 !Dutch 2% per cent. ' IO2N, 1 825, 6 • per cent... per cent...... (CLOSING PRICE OF SHARES.-(THIS DAY.) 76 estern Railway .. - 10 London and Brighton Railway 7 London and Blackwall Railway 5% London and Croydon ILllway (New Scrip) ... • II Manchester and Birmingham Railway North Midland R3ll D w i a t y to ...... Extension 55 1 H E WEATIIER.—Th temperature was lower this morning than it has been during the season. At nine the thermometer stood at 22, and at noon at 2t, sunshine and a keen North-west wind. with bright HE CANADIAN PRISONERS.--It will be seen, from our law report, that the further hearing of counsel for and against these individuals is postponed till next term, which commences on the 15th of April, a b out e l even weeks hence, and if all the inferior Courts are to have their turn and give them a hearing, like the Court of Exchequer, the discussion may be carried on to the end of the year. The gaolers are quite sick of them. 11r. Batchelor, of course, thinks he has already had his share of the trouble. The Governor of New_ sate and the Sheriffs of London will have nothing to do with them, and the Government, therefore, has been obliged to find a place for them in the Penitentiary. It has been a bungled ousiness from the be g inning, but the ignorance or negligenc e of the law officers in Canada has been of great use to their brethren in trade here. The prisoners have already been before the Courts more than a fortnight. Who pays Mr. Hill and Mr. Roebuck we know not, but the country must pay for those on the other side, five or six in number, and all leading counsel, and entitled to large fees. Colonel Sibthorp longs for the meeting of Parliament, to move for returns of expenses incurred by Mr. Hume's affidavit. The proceedings altogether will confirm the suspended Judges in Canada in their opinion, that they know more of Colonial law than the Governor's legal advisers. QUEEN'S BENCH.-(THIS DAY.) QUEEN V. JUSTICES OF MIDDLESEX. IN RE THE PARISH OF ST. GEORGE'S, HANOVER• SQUARE. The ATTORNEY- GENERAL showed cause against a rule call ing upon the Justices of Middlesex to remove, by certiorari, into that Court, a most voluminous body of accounts, rcspect ing the expenditure of the rates in that county, and also a re cent rate made by such parties, dated the Ist of November last—the object of the application being to substitute their C Lordships' for the ourt of Quarter Sessions, in order to try the validity of such rate. Now, though he (the Attorney- Ge neral) was prepared to show their Lordships—should they en tertain the appeal, the complete validity of that rate—yet he submitted that their Lordships could not entertain the appli cation; for by the Middlesex County Rate, 3 Geo. IV. cap. 107, it was provided that, if, when any rate was made, there should be more than one-fourth of the last rate in the Treasurer's hands, the collection of the rate might be suspended; and an express appeal to the Quarter Sessions was given, in several cases, among others "on the ground of three-fourths of any former rate, or rates, not having been expended." And as this was just the objection made by the parish of St. George, Hanover-square, to the rate of the Ist November last, he (the Attorney-General) contended that their Lordships would be acting in direct contravention to the Act of Parliament if they entertained the appeal : and further, that they would be acting in opposition to the first principles of their practice, in inter fering with inferior jurisdictions, which practice was to inter pose by certiorari, ethen the order or rate was bad upon the face of it, or where the Magistrates had clearly no jurisdiction, neither of which was the case in the present instance. Mr. PRENDERGAST followed on the same side. Mr. DOANE, on the part of the parish of St.. George, Hanover-square, urged that though the Local Act 3d George IV. cap. 107, gave the parishioners an appeal to the Quarter Sessions, it could not deprive them of the right of appeal to the Queen's Bench, which in common with the country at large they possessed. They did not go to the Sessions, be cause if the Sessions decided against them they could not come to this Court unless a special case was granted them, which was not likely to be done. The COURT having conferred together for some time, Lord DENMAN inquired what Mr. Doane meant to do with the by-gone accounts when he had got them. Mr. DOANE—We want to show that these accounts have been unduly audited ; and, if so, the rate is bad. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL—They want to strikethese items out of the credit side of the account. Mr. Justice COLERIDGE—YOU mean to show that although the present rate is good upon the face of it, it has been im properly made ? Mr. DOANE—Just so, my Lord. Lord DENMAN—The Court is of opinion that the present rate being good upon the face of it, and the power of appeal having been duly exercised, we cannot see how 'we are to go any further in it. The rule nisi, therefore, must be discharged The ATTORNEY- GENERAL applied for costs, but the Cour did not think it a case in which costs should be given against the appellants. JUDGMENT- THE QUEEN U. LAWSON. Mr. THESIGER [prayed the judgment of the Court in this ca.w. Lord DENAIAN read over the notes of the case. It was an action for libel by Sir John Conroy against the defendant, as printer and publisher of the Times newspaper. The defend ant's Counsel contended that the libel did not hear the con. struction put upon it, and the Jury found the defendant guilty. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL s aid the only question was whether the libel bore the construction put upon it ; and the jury having found that it, did, the defendant appeared to re ceive the judgment of the Court at the instance of Sir John Conroy. Mr. Lawson felt to a certain degree what he considered the hardship of the law as regarded himself, but he felt at the same time that their Lordships' only duty was to declare the law, nor could he, dispute (there being a verdict against him) the power of Sir John Conroy to call him up to receive such a measure of punishment as their Lordships might think adequate to his offence. He trusted this would not be considered a case requiring any severity of punish ment. He would remind the Court that punishments in cases like the present had become much milder in modern times, and he would venture to suggest without detriment to society, they might be still further modified. He contended that there was no real malice or intention to do personal injury in the case. Neither Mr. Lawson nor those whom he represented, have had any quarrel with Sir John Conroy. He would re mind the Court that that Journal had never been in the habit of attacking the characters of private tndividuals. The Times newspaper had been published forty years, and this was the first time that any person connected with it had been presented on the floor of that Court to receive its judgment. He trusted, therefore, that this would be deemed a case where some indulgence might be shown, and where, without any detriment to the ends of justice, lenity might be extended. Mr. PLATT followed on the same side. Mr. Lawson was as innocent of the composition of this matter as the persons who had laid the types for printing the paragraph. He did not men. tion that for the purpose of shielding him from their Lordships' judgment, nor did Mr. Lawson wish it. It was a matter of history that when the shores of that nation were threatened by a foreign enemy, the Times Journal had stood for ward—it was a matter of history, that when the case of a very high personage in the realm had divided public opinion, what was the conduct of that Journal ? Was it not notorious that the object of that Jour nal was to keep up patriotism, to protect the public from peculation and fraud—to keep pure the Houses of Commons and Lords, and to do every thing for the benefit of - the public,? They had, therefore, on the floor of the Court for judgment, a public benefactor, for one single delinquency. Mr. Lawson was satisfied that their Lordships' judgment:would not be swayed by passion, on an occasion belonging to cri minal justice ; but that they would] temper, their justice with mercy. Mr. WIGIITMAN on the same side, said it was unnecessary for him to offer any observations. Mr. TIIESIGER said if there had been any decided expres sion of regret on the part of the defendant, he should not have trespassed at all on their Lordships' time ; but he had listened in vain for even one slight expression of regret for the conduct which had been pursued towards Sir J. Conroy ; and it did appear to him to be a ease in which the defendant had pursued his own object, or the object of some other per son, with the most persevering malignity ; for nothing could be worse than the character of the libel upon which their Lordships' judgment was craved. The object of the party whoever he might be, undoubtedly was to poison the public mind against Sir John Conroy—to create the belief, that by taking advantage of the confidence reposed in him, he had fraudulently applied the funds entrusted to him to his own pri vate use. It was impossible for him to remain quiet under so serious an imputation, and he immediately applied to the Court for a criminal information, denying the imputations endea voured to be cast upon him i❑ the most distinct and precise terms. An opportunity was thus afforded for the defendant to justify by affidavits the truth of his allegations, but he shrunk from the opportunity ; but he still endeavoured, with the perseveringness that had characterised the whole of these proceedings, to cast a shade of suspicion on the high character of Sir John Conroy. Afterwards, when another opportunity was presented to the defendant, he still refused to bend, he still resisted, and then Sir John Conroy had no other course than to pursue him to a Jury. What was the course taken upon the trial ? There was still the same endeavour to throw suspicion upon Sir J. Conroy. The defendant, as the Attorney-General had said, complained of the hardship of the British law, but those who undertook the perilous task of libelling must take the consequences of their conduct. As the object of punishment was to reach the offending party, and as it was possible that other persons might be the real offen ders, there was a mode by which both the individual who stood forward and who chose to make himself a mark for proceedings of this description could be punished, and those who stood behind him. He (Mr. T.) should be guilty of a dereliction of his duty if he did not press upon their Lordships for a severe punishment, there being nothing whatever in the character of the defendant which called for any indulgence, and if he was allowed to escape with a slight punishment, their Lordships would be furnishing a bounty to future libellers, and an encourage ment to them to brave the law as the defendant had done. After the Judges had consulted together for a few minutes, Mr. Justice LITTLEDALE said John Joseph Lawson had been brought up to receive the sentence of the Court for a gross libel which had appeared in the Times Newspaper, re flecting upon the character of Sir John Conroy. It stated that Sir John Conroy, being in the confidential employment of the Duchess of Kent, by his misma nagement had involved her in debt to the amount of 30,0001. ; but a worse libel followed, for it was insinuated that he had purchased an estato in Wales, and had paid for it out of the money abstracted from the Duchess. The defendant had had an opportunity of making an affidavit of the facts of the charge, which he had not done, and a Jury had found that the libel was a malicious one. It had been sug gested that he was only the printer of the paper, but as such he had the opportunity of seeing all that it was pro posed to put into it. It was his duty, if he saw any thing improper, to go to the editor, and if he persisted in inserting it, it was the defendant's duty to resign. Taking all the circumstances into consideration, the Court adjudged him to be imprisoned in the custody of the Marshal of the Court for one month, and pay a fine to the Queen of 2001. COMMON PLEAS.-(THIS DAY.) ADEEN V. MORTLOCK. The COURT gave judgment in this case—in which an action had been brought to recover a certain right of way in Bucking hamshire—the verdict being for the plaintiff—and a rule for a new trial having been yesterday argued at great length. The rule was discharged. EXCHEQUER COURT.-(THIS DAY. DEUDNEY V. PALMER. This was an action upon a bill of exchange for 261. 10s., which was tried on Wednesday last before Mr. Baron Gurney, when a verdict was found for the plaintiff. Mr. PLATT now moved for a rule to show cause why the verdict should not be set aside, and a new trial had. From the statement of the Learned Gentleman, it appeared that the bill was drawn upon a perso❑ named Soper, who had become bankrupt, and indorsed by the defendant. The first witness called was James Deudney, who deposed that the bill became due on the 10th September last, and that he presented it for payment at the Brighton Union Bank, where it was made payable, and that the clerk gave the answer of no effects. In his cross-examination he denied that he had ever gone by any other name than James, and that he had certainly presented the bill on the day it was due. The defendant called two witnesses, who deposed that they went with the first witness to the bank, and that, upon that day. which was the 11th, he said he had put the bill in his pocket and forgot it, and that it was one day past due. He (Mr. P.) had now affidavits which showed that there was not, in point cf fact, any James Deudney ; that the witness was George Deudney, and the real plaintiff in the case. Under those circumstances he did not doubt that the Court would at once grant him a rule.—Rule granted. BAIL COURT.-(THIS DAY.) THE QUEEN V. BRIGETOCK AND OTHERS. Sir W. FOLLETT moved for a rule to show cause why a cri minal information should not be filed against John Brigstock and others, the printer of the TVelchman Newspaper, for hay- Ir?g, published various libels on the Rev. Ebenezer Morris, vicar of Llarielly, and perpetual curate of Llanon, the parish adjoining. It appeared that at the usual time for the election of churchwardens, the vicar appointed his churchwardens, and the parishioners of Llanelly elected Mr. James, a Dissenter. In the other p ar i s h a l so, t h e v i car chose h i s war d ens, and the parishioners another Dissenter. Some disturbances took place in the churchyard, and the vicar ordered the churchwar dens to attend in order that the service might not be disurbed again. Mr. James neglected to do so, and was cited to appear in the E cc l esiast i cal Court, for neglect of duty, to which he pleaded guilty, and the judgment was sus pended He ultimately was admonished, and expressed his belief that he had been dealt with in a lenient manner. lie afterwards refused to pay the expenses of the suit, and was thrown into prison. The churchwarden of the other parish was cited for having neglected to supply bread and wine for the sacrament, and fined 201. The libels complained of stated that the churchwardens had been cited to the Court for having refused to attend the church, and used a variety of harsh expressions relative to the conduct of the vicar. Mr. Justice PATTESON granted a rule. THE QCEEN U. THE JUSTICES OF CHESTER. Mr. COTTINGHAM moved fora rule to show cause why mandamus should not be directed to the Justices of Chester, commanding them to enter the continuance and hear an ap peal by an innkeeper against the conviction of two Magistrates under the Licensing Act. Mr. Justice COLERIDGE granted a rule. CORN-LAWS. MEE rING AT ST. PANCRAS. (THIS DAY.) A meeting of the parishioners of St. Pancras took place to-day at the Vestry-rooms, for the purpose of considering the propriety of petitioning the House of Commons for a re- peal of the Corn-laws. Shortly after one o'clock, Messrs. Chalk and Pickman, the Churchwardens, were called upon to preside. Among those present were noticed Mr. Vigora, M. P., and Mr. Young. Mr. PICKMAN stated that he had received the following latter from Lord Teignmouth : " SIR,— I have only just received, on my return to town, your letter, inviting me to attend a meeting on the subject of the Corn-laws, held this day. I beg to express my regret that it will be out of my power to accede to their wishes on this occasion." —( Hisses and cries of " Shame.") Mr. Hall had also been written to, but he had not written an answer to the letter. Mr. VIGORS said he was out of town, and probably had not received the letter.—( Laughter.) Mr. HAUGIITON then rose to move the first resolution, which was to the following effect :—" That this meeting believing the present enhanced price of corn to be mainly attributable to the unjust and pernicious operation of the existing laws on the subject, feel deeply injured thereby, inasmuch as the payments in bread to the out-door poor and the inmates of the workhouse, which in the past year fell little short of 4,0001., will, in the present year, be fright fully increased. That the laws being passed by the House of Commons, the right of admission to which necessitates the possession of a fixed amount of landed property, would seem to imply that, as Members of that House, and owners of land, they have acquired a right to tax us, their fellow-subjects, for their own personal benefit ; but this meeting emphatically denies that right." He need not advert to the injury done to mankind by the restriction placed on the articles of life by the Corn-laws. That was too well known. The present was a knife and fork business, and spoke to every man's stomach, In a commercial point of view the question was of still greater importance. By the present Corn-laws the landlords in the House of Commons stood between the people and the sun, and they would not allow its rays to fall upon any other than their own lands. Such things were the remnant of feudal times: he had seen many of the chains of those days broken, and he trusted that his grey hairs would not descend to the grave before he had witnessedthe breaking of every one of them.—( Great cheering.) It was impolitic to have nothing but landowners in the House of Commons, because they always took care of themselves, and nobody else.—( Cheers.) He begged of the meeting to look at the difference between the price of corn last year and the present —last year it was Ms., now it was upwards of 645. Last year the merchants and manufacturers of Manchester applied to have corn ground in bond for the purpose of ex porting it, in flour. But the landlords in the House of Com mons said, " You shall not do that, because you will then get a little bran to feed your fowls with, which y ou wou ld otherwise have to buy of us. "-(" Shame.") The imports to the country would benefit the people as much as the exports, and there was no such thing known with nations, as an ex change that did not benefit both parties.—( Hear, hear.) He had lately travelled through Poland, and he had found the people were only half clad, and he had asked them how it was that they did not get more woollens from England. The answer was, " Only let us send you our corn, and we will take back your woollens.—( Hear, hear.) Again: the importation of wine and of brandy was prohibited, because gin was extracted from barley, and also a species of brandy. Were there no such prohibitions, they would be able to drink wine at any of the public-houses at 6d. a quart. Were it not for the Cern-laws, the poor man would not only have more bread, but would have more beef and mutton on his table, because then the land which was now forced for the growth of corn would necessarily be used for feeding cattle, and thus meat would be cheaper. Again, there was a great duty on cheese and butter; last year a duty of 266,111/. was paid on butter, at 20s. the cwt., and 121.6661. was paid on cheese, at 10s. the cwt. ; last year 75,000,000 eggs were imported, and the duty on them amounted to 25,991/. There was also a duty on tallow, which last year amounted to 204,377/. He thought these were sufficient reasons for going to the House of Com mons, and impressing on them the necessity of attending to the voice of the people of England for the repeal of these in famous laws.—(Cheers.) Mr. !ye seconded the resolution. He hoped the people would strenuously deny the right of the landlord to tax their bread, and would persevere until they utterly extinguished the odious Corn-la vvs.—( Cheers.) A working man, who said his name was PARDOE, here stood up near the platform to address the meet ing, and a shout of applause was immediately raised by the working men present. He presumed no apology was wanted from a working man for addressing the present assembly, more especially as he was one of the order whom the present agitators for the repeal of the Corn-laws pre tended that they wished to benefit.—( Cheers.) lie did not object to anything uttered by the gentleman who first addressed them ; that gentleman has rhewn that he understood the question, and had shown the necessity of having the controul of the House of Commons.—( Cheers.) If there were 30,000 landlords, and treble that numher of manufacturers, there were millions and millions of working men interested.— ( Cheers.) A gentleman had said the Poles were badly clad. Let him look at home. Let him walk through the streets of England--( A cry of " Ireland")—aye, Ireland, and he would see people as badly clad as any people in any part of but because of the working ()thfe,,wyorelsd, abned;,,nNoto,bheoc,a,u_se of the Corn-laws--( Cries men ; the producers of all the wealth of England, like the producers of all the wealth of Poland, were parties who had no voice in the Government.—(Cries of " Bravo, bravo.") No doubt they wished for a repeal of the Corn-lawk; but though he was an inhabitant of the parish of St. Pancras, ho had no vote for the Members of the Borough of Maryle bone.—( Shame.) Wh e re were their Members ? Why were they not on the platform?—(Cheers.) Had the working classes a voice in the election of their Members of Parlia ment, their representatives on such an occasion dared not be absent. They were now speaking in terms that could not be misunderstood. On Monday next the first Parliament of the people would take their seat.—( Cheers-) He ( Mr. Pardoe) had the honour of being one of the representatives of the Working Men's Association, and although he had had no in vitation to attend the present meeting, he had felt it wa s part of his duty to do so, and to tell them that not a word was said about the Corn-laws un- TLhoeudpecorpilees in That's false," and uproarious cheering.) t p il ow th n e ing ag .s i t t r a e t e io t n be t g o a r n U to niv f e ee rs l al the Su ,r ff r ri e t a g s e u . r; under them, and the Corn - l aw a gitation was n o thi ng b u t a ( benches shake dastardly and cowardly trick of the most weak and sneaking Government that ever wielded the destinies of a great nation. to move as an " That this meeting being duly impr esse d w i t h, an d feeling acutely the injustice an d oppression of th e C orn -l aws , and considering the powerful intere , ts oppos e d to t h e i r repea l , this meeting In conclusion, he begged is of opinion that it is necessary first to restore to the people their political rights, in order to effect the repeal of those laws. This meeting, therefore, is further of opinion that the question of Universal Suffrage pre-eminently deserves the support of all real Reformers."—(Tumultous cheers from the Chartists. Mr. WEBB seconded the resolution. Mr. TA t LOR wished to address a few observations on the sub ject of the amendment; and he should do so with the greater confidence because he held the same sentiments as the proposer of the amendment. He also was a Chartist—he had the honour of being an honorary member of the Working Men's Associa t on, and had at all times advocated their principles. —( Hear, hear ) He had been at all times a friend of Universal Suffrage, and held the opinions contained in the Charter of the people—( Hear, hear)—yet he was at a loss to understand why a person holding those opinions should come forward to distract their attention on a subject of so much acknowledged importance. It was acknow ledged by himself, because he declared that as soon as Universal Suffrage was obtained, and the people were fairly represented, one of their first objects would be to obtain a Repeal of the Corn-laws. —( Hear, hear.) It was acknow leged by the working-men themselves that the Corn-laws were a gross oppression, and it was acknowledged that they pressed on no class heavier than they did on the working-classes. He knew of no subject that had excited such universal atten tion as the abominable Corn-laws, and in that assertion he did not exclude the Reform Bill. He objected to the amendment, because it was getting rid of the subject by a side wind— ( Cheers)—and he thought that bore folly on its very front. Of all tyranny none was so infamous as that which was per petrated under the name of liberty. He thought the Chartists at Birmingham had set an extremely bad example in stifling as they had done the voice of the people. He trusted they would abandon the course they had pursued. He objected to be put down by the aristocracy, or by a democratic King. He trusted, therefore, the resolution would be withdrawn—(Cries of " No, no")--as it was saying they should meet upon no ques tion at all until the People's Charter was carried, and he pro tested against the adoption of such a course. Mr. WELCH was of opinion that a repeal of the Corn laws was got up to defeat the people ; the repeal of the Corn laws would be of no use as long as they had such a fluc tuating currency.—(Cheers and cries of " Oh, oh.") Mr. Welch addressed the meeting at some length, but from the confusion that prevailed it was impossible to hear hardly a word he said. Mr. ALLOTS said that the subject of the Corn-laws had been taken up at Manchester by those who had made: no profits and not for the benefit of the people. None of them cared for the people, and he was proud that the people were now coming to a sense of their duty.—(Loud cheers.) He was glad to see that the people were determined to have Universal Suffrage, and nothing else.—( Cheers.) He won dered what would have been said to a poor man, if he had acted as Sir J. Milbanke had done, and carried a stiletto in his bosom in a ball-room.—(Cheers.) The present agitation on the Corn-laws, was a trick of the Whigs, who would be found to have done nothing at the end of the present Ses sion. Until the people had Universal Suffrage they would do no good for themselves.—( Hear, hear. ) He trusted they would not let the meeting at Palace-yard be pronounced a failure. As sure as they got a repeal of the Corn-laws, the labourers' wages would fall with the price of that commodity. Mr. ATKINSON then addressed the meeting on behalf of the Spitalfields' weavers, after which The resolution and amendment were put, with the greatest uproar and confusion, and cries of " Divide, divide." An at tempt at division took place, but the confusion was so great, as to render it utterly impracticable, and the first resolution was declared to be carried amid the most deafening cries of " We want none of Stephens's party; we wish to support the chair." These cries were responded to by " And we want Universal Suffrage, and will have it." Mr. VIGORS, M. P., then rose to propose the second resolu tion, but from the confusion that prevailed it was some time before he could address the meeting. (LEFT SPEAKING ) SUPPLEMENT TO THE LONDON GAZETTE OF TUESDAY, JAN. 29. WEDNESDAY, JAN. 30. LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S OFFICE, JAN. 30, 1839. Orders for the Court's going into mourning, to-morrow, Thursday, the 31st instant, for her late Royal Highness the Princess Mary of Orleans, Consort of the Duke Alexander of Wurtemberg, viz. : The Ladies to wear black silk, fringed or plain linen, white gloves, necklaces and ear-rings, black or white shoes, fans and tippets. _ 'the Gentlemen to wear black, full trimmed, fringed or plain, black swords and buckles. The Court to change the mourning on Thursday the 7th of February next, viz. : The Ladies to wear black silk or velvet, coloured ribbons, fans and tippets, or plain white, or white and gold, or white arid silver stuffs, with black ribbons. The Gentlemen to wear black coats, and black or plain white, or white and gold, or white and silver stuff waistcoats, full trimmed, coloured swords and buckles. And on Thursday the 14th of February next, the Court to go out of mourning. METROPOLITAN IMPROVEMENTS..—..The new street from Farringdon-street to Islington is to be commenced forthwith, the occupiers of premises in the line having already quitted, and the work of demolition having commenced. The formation of this great thoroughfare will be of the utmost consequence as it will enable carriages to avoid the inconve nient and dangerous passages through Smithfield on the one side and Leather-lane on the other. The improvements in Westminster in the vicinity of the Palace are not proceeding with much, if any vigour. The plan for throwing open the neighbourhood of Newport-market is to be revived, as also for effecting a passage from Holborn to the Strand through Lincoln's Inn-fields. This last project is perhaps more called for than any of the others, as there is no thorough fare of any kind for carriages between these two leading streets except Chancery-lane and Drury-lane, both of them extremely inconvenient, besides being situated nearly a quarter of a mile apart. THE LATE HURRICANE,-CIRCULAR CHIM NETS.—J. Baird, Esq., surgeon, of Newcastle, has published a short letter in reference to the dreadfully destructive wind with which Newcastle and the surrounding neighbourhood were visited on the 7th of January, in which he recommends chimneys to be built round instead of square. He says— " The advantage of a circular chimney is, that it offers no point like the square upon which the wind can fix its fury, and forming a double arch, is equal in strength to resist almost the greatest power that the angry tempest can exercise against it. _ Yesterday, Mr. Josephs, of Moorgate-street, at tended before Mr. Alderman White, at Guildhall, on summons for refusing to pay a cab fare, under the idea that he had the option to pay either by distance or time, as would best suit him. The Magistrate explained, however, that the law gives the driver, end not the hirer, of the vehicle the privilege of demanding the fare either by time or distance, and the cab man's demand was, therefore, ordered to be paid. Yesterday evening an inquest was held at the One Tun, in the Strand, on the body of Richard Lorick, Esq., aged 73, a member of the Stock Exchange, and a gentleman of fortune, who died suddenly there. A gentleman present, who stated himself to have been in partnership with the de ceased, said that deceased's brother, who was a captain in the navy, died suddenly at Florence, in May last. The deceased's sister also died suddenly, in Conduit -street, a few months since. Mr. Skegg, surgeon, gave his opinion that the de ceased died from the rupture of a blood-vessel in the heart. Verdict—" Died by the visitation of God." The National Bank of Austria will, on the Ist July next, issue new notes, which are to remain in circulation for ten years. ACCIDENT ON THE GREAT WESTERN RAlL wAT.—Yesterday afternoon considerable alarm was created at Paddington and Maidenhead by a report that a most serious accident had occurred to the Maidenhead (downward) train, which left Paddington with a new engine, called the Morning Star, at twelve o'clock. From the inquiries made it appears the accident has not been of so serious a character as was re presented, the facts being as follow :—On the Morning Star train passing over Wormwood Scrubs, it by some means, which at present cannot be accounted for, got off the rails, and proceeded some distance towards Ealing before the accident was ascertained. The engine was then immediately stopped, and every endeavour made to get it again on the line, but without sucsess—during which time the Northern Star short train, which leaves Paddington at half-past one o'clock, ap peared in sight ; but, fortunately, owing to the vigilance of the Company's servants, a Collision was prevented, the North Star crcssing from the South to the North line, and after wards back again, without sustaining any damage. A num ber of workmen having been obtained from Paddington, the engine and train were eventually again got on the rails, and enabled to proceed on the journey, after much alarm, and a delay of between two and three hours to the passengers. The Hue and Cry of yesterday contains the fol lowing particulars :—" Wm. Dadley, late gamekeeper to R. A. Christopher, Esq., was on Thursday night, the 10th inst., murdered by some poachers in a plantation, in the parish of Ellerby, near Alford, and John Baker, late of Poutney, who has absconded, is supposed to have been concerned in the said murder ; he is about five feet nine inches high, 25 years of age, dark hair, and whiskers under his chin; had on a dark velveteen jacket, much worn, plaid trowsers, and fur 601. reward will be paid to any person who shall give such in formation as shall lead to the apprehension of the said John Baker, and a further reward of 50/. (in addition to 1001. by R. A. Christopher, Esq.) to any person who will give such information as shall lead to the conviction of the murderer, and her Majesty's free pardon to any accomplice, he not being the person who fired the shot. Information to be given to any of her Majesty's Justices of the Peace for the parts of Lindsey, or to Henry Wilson, Esq., solicitor of Alford, their clerk." TORY PROSPECTS.—Under existing circumstances it is not likely that any Administration could be formed by Sir Robert without giving a pledge to its constituent mem bers either on the one side or the other. If, unhappily, he felt it right to declare himself in favour of what is absurdly called a protecting duty, the country at large would revolt. If, on the other hand, he did not feel justified in retaining such a duty, a considerable proportion of his usual Parlia mentary supporters would unquestionably desert him, at least for a time, quite sufficient to disable his Government for conducting the business of the country. To my apprehen sion, therefore, as long as the corn question remains unsettled, it is substantially a rock a-heed, upon which, with the pre sent views unfortunately entertained by numbers of the Con servative party, any Conservative Government that could be formed roust inevitably be wrecked. Such a prospective ca tastrophe cannot be contemplated by any Conservative with out the most painful regrets : and, therefore, for this, among other reasons, it is highly desirable to have the matter per manently disposed of without further delay.—" A Conserva tive" in the Times. THE GREAT WESTERN STEAMER.-Our giant of the western wave will start on a new series of voyages for the Transatlantic World on Monday; ninety-s e ven berths are engaged, besides a freight of six hundred packages, consisting of articles of value, silks, woollen, linen, and cotton manufac tures, hardware, stuffs, jewellery, &c., to the value of 70,0001. —Bristol Journal. On Saturday morning last a coal-whipper, named May, while employed on board the Northumberland, a New castle ship, off the Tower, was on deck, while the crew were engaged in lowering the maintop-gallant -mast, when, owing to the captain and another suddenly and by mistake letting go a rope fastened to the spar to steady- it, the whole came down with a run, and struck May, who was standing beneath on the head, which was cru , lied. The poor fAlow gave one groan and expired. His body was removed into the Tower, where an inquest has been since held, and a verdict of " Accidental Death" returned. WESTMINSTER REFORM SOCIETY I Mr. Leader has sent the following letter to W. West, Esq., the Hon. Secretary of the Westminster Reform Society -.-.. My Dear Sir—l am glad to hear that the Westminster Reform Society has determined to aid ♦igorously the increas ing opposition to the iniquitous and cruel tax imposed on bread by the landlords—the " predominant interest" of this com mercial country. It would indeed be strange if the Reformers of Westminster. who have for years past been foremost in the cause of the people, should be found wanting on an occasion of great national importance. I need scarcely tell you that I shall have the most sincere pleasure in forwarding your object in every possible way. In the petitions which you are of course preparing, both from each parish individually, and from the Borough generally, you will, I trust, respectfully insist upon your petitions being received with that attention which constituencies have a right to demand from their representa tives. You know, I suppose, that for some time past the petitions of the people have been treated by the House of Commons with very little of even apparent respect, and with no attention whatever. It has, however, been determined by several Members of the House of Commons (as you have pro. bably seen in Mr. Ward's letter to a friend at Sheffield) to put an end to this mode of dealing with petitions, which is at once unconstitutional, unjustifiable on the part of your repre sentatives, injurious to the best interests of the community,. and advantageous only to those who desire to stifle the prayers and complaints of the people, that they may rule without questioning or trouble. I trust that you will also follow the good example set by Glasgow, Manchester, and other towns, in praying to be heard by Counsel, and to he allowed to pro duce evidence at the bar of the House against the continuance of the Corn-laws. Petitions, and a mere motion on the sub ject, will not have half the effect on the country that must in evitably be produced by daily discussion and by the daily tes timony of the most intelligent men of all classes from both town and country districts. Our case is so strong, that we should court the fullest inquiry; by such a course we cannot fail to make thousands of converts to our views. I hope also that your petitions will be for a total and immediate repeal, and for no half measure. Have not the folly and inefficacy of half measures been yet sufficiently proved to the people of England? In this case at least they are clearly proved by all the ablest opponents to the present Corn.laws. In the earnest hope that the existing agitation will not cease till our object is attained, I remain, very truly your's. J. TEMPLE LEADER. Eaton-square, Jan. 29, 1839. LATEST NEWS FROM THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA, By the packet-ship Roscoe, Capt. De Lano, in 20 days from New York, we have received Papers from New York to tho 9th instant, and Montreal Journals to the sth. We subjoin extracts:— THE INCENDIARY IRRUPTION. (From the ifissisquoi Standard.) After our Paper had been nearly made up, we received from a friend the following particulars of the depredations com mitted by the brigands upon our borders, on Sunday morning last : One of the most heinous transactions that ever Satan de vised, or his devils executed, took place on Sunday morning, at: Beech Ride, on the province line, Rouville. The night hadi been awfully tempestuous, the snow was driven before tbs': storm in whirling clouds, and the thermometer ranged between 10 and 18 degrees below zero. In such a night who but mon sters in crime could think of perpetrating the horrors we are about to relate. About two o'clock, a.m., a band of American ruffians from Alburg, to the number of fifteen or twenty, armed with mus kets and swords, came across the line about half a mile, and broke open the house of a loyalist of the name of Gib son. The terrified family awoke from their sleep, and saw the glare of their barn on fire, overpowering the beams of the full moon. To save his life Gibson leaped from a window„ naked as he was and fled. The wife and family, consist ing of five infant children, the oldest not thirteen, and the youngest an infant, were ordered by the miscreants to flee. The poor woman prayed to them, in the name of our Sa viour, to permit her to throw some clothes on her child ren and herself ; but the monsters drove them opt with imprecations and set fire to the house. The mother, with her babe in her arms and with her shivering ones by her side, without a shoe on her or their feet and scarce a garment on their bodies, was compelled to drag herself through snow and snow drifts three quarters of a mile, before she could find a shelter. The wretches then pro ceeded to the next house, occupied by Isaac Jo hnson, a Loyalist, with two daughters, ordered the inmates to leave it, and then set fire to it also and the barns. They thien came on to Mr. William Clark's, the next Loyalist, and set fire to his barns, store in the doors and windows, and were only pre vailed upon not to fire the dwelling-house, by the prayers and entreaties of Mr. Clark's mother-in-law, who was watching the sick bed of her daughter, being unable to escape or be re moved. The barns of Mr. Maine, the next Loyalist,. shared the fare of the others, but the house being unoccupied was not fired. The scoundrels were at this place fired at by a. guard, which had in a most cowardly manner fallen back before them, and made good their retreat back to Vermont. The name of the leader is Grogan, an American, who for merly lived on the Ridge, and who owns a farm there. Mr. Gibson, Mrs. Gibson, and the two eldest children are all se verely frost-bitten in the feet. As we look upon the inhuman ' savages, and listened to the account given by the afflicted mother, we could not help thinking that there are men enough on this side of the line, and building enough on the other. Grogan 's buildings were by some means or other set on fire and consumed. The Beech Ridge enormity is one of so horrible a character that we leave it to the Government to settle, satisfied that it is impossible our Sovereign can overlook it or fail in de manding reparation. We make no comments. A recital of the facts will create excitement enough. The barns containing the whole grain produce of the farmers, /Ad all the buildings, were a heap of smouldering clay before sunrise. LOWER CANADA. (From the Montreal Courier of Jan 4.) PROVINCIAL. SECRETARY'S OFFICE, QUEREC, Noy. 26, 1836. —His Excellency has been pleased to make the following ap pointment, viz. :—Murdoch Morison, Esq., to be Barrister, Attorney, Advocate, Solicitor, Counsel, and Proctor, in all her Majesty's Courts of Civil Judicature in the province. ARRIVAL or Titoovs.—Her Majesty's steamer Medea ar rived about six o'clock last evening, from Halifax with two companies of the 36th Regiment (about 150 men), under the command of Captain Trulloppe ; and about 60 men of the Royal Artillery. They disembarked at noon to-day. The Medea left Halifax on Saturday evening, and had a fine run of 50 hours. She returns to that port immediately, for the re mainder of the 3Gth. One company of the 11th Regiment, we learn, will start to morrow morning for Fredericton, should the weather be fa vourable, and the remainder will continue to move by compa nies until Saturday. The snow which has fallen to-day, if it remains, will make the travelling good for sleighs, and thus expedite their journey. The detachments of the 65th and 93d, we understand, do not leave this garrison until they proceed directly on their march to Canada to join their regiments. —St. John Observer. We understand that the Royals, some artillery, and a portion of the 7th Hussars are under orders to make a tour through various parts of the district, in consequence of the reported disaffection of the Canadians. Owing to these ar rangements, Captain Millar's company of Colonel Holmes' Volunteer Battalion, mounted guard this morning. It is understood that the Royal Regiment will shortly relieve the 71st, whose harrassing duty on the south shore of the St. Law rence has been extremely severe since the beginning of the month of November, without the monotony of their sufferings being relieved by anyfighting.--Montreal Courier, Jan. 2. UPPER - CANADA. Warrants have been received by the Sheriff for the execu ' tion of Christopher Buckley, and five others, on Friday morn ing. —Kingston Herald. The following is en abstract of an Act of the Upper Ca nada Legislature, making provision for the wives and families of those militia men who may unfortunately be killed or disa bled in the service of their country ; " That if any officer, non-commissioned officer, private mili tiaman or teamster, of any of such corps or detachment, shall, in any engagement or by any accident or casualty which bath occurred or may hereafter occur, while performing any duty or actual service, be killed, or who died or shall die of any disease contracted on service during the period of such service, or within twelve months thereafter, and leave a widow, child, or children, lawfully begotten, his widow shall be entitled to receive during her widowhood, and in case of the death of such widow, then the eldest child or guardian, for the use of such children of such officer, non-commissioned officer, or private militiaman, until the yougest thereof shall attain the age of sixteen years, an annuity of twenty pounds of lawful money of this province. " And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, that every person who shall have been or who shall hereafter be wounded or in any way disabled whilst in her Majesty's ser vice, may claim and be entitled to receive a pension of twenty pounds per annum, under the provisions of this Act. and as if he had been named in a certain Act of the Legislature of this province, passed during the first Session of the present Par liament, entitled, " An Act authorising the Payment of Pen sions to militiamen disabled during the late war with the United States."—Montreal Herald, Jan. 30. On Monday night last, the 3ist ult., six Canadians way laid and attacked one of the cavalry stationed at Chateau guay, who was the bearer of despatches, and, after taking :.is pistols and every other article he had in his sleigh, they beat him most unmercifully. After they left him, he pro cured the assistance of some volunteers, who accompanied him in pursuit of the rebels, whom they found in a house strongly secured. They demanded admittance, and, on being refused, proceeded to force an entrance, which they eventually ef fected, and took the inmates prisoners. Considerabl e resist ance heal been made, and several shots were exchanged, but none of the volunteers were wounded. One of the prisoners was wounded in the shoulder. —Montreal Herald, Jan. 3. NEW YORK MONEY MARKET, JAN. 7, ( From the New York Journal, Jan. 3 ) :SO Shares U. S. Bank 1231 70 Do Mechanics Bank 108 12 Do City Bank 114 200 Do Phoenix Bank 104- 4 L 100 Do Delaware and Hudson B6O 91 20 Do North Am. Trust and Banking Co 961 Ter Naws AND rite Man:cm—The effect of all the news on the market is, as near as possible, nothing at all. In Cotton a fair amount of business is doing at steady prices. Holders of Flour at 23c. per bl. higher, but there are no sales. A sale has been made of clean Hemp to go to England at 260 dol, and 265 per ton.