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THE SUN, L DNDON, MONDAY MORNING, JANUARY 8, 1844. COURT CIRCULAR. 1 IRELAND. p r W i tw r : M °R, SUNDAY.—Yesterday :morning the Queen and I STATE TRIALS—THE SPECIAL JURY. 1 , Albert . took their accustomed walk on the Castle ` l- race, and in the Slopes On Swurdity evening an express reached town, The Royal Fa 'l - • their were taken customery airing in . • • s ' giving an account of the proceedings on Friday, when the Royal arden ili s. l y striking the jury in Dublin for the impending State I 1 is Royal ' Highness Prince Albert, attended by Lord trials. The list chosen on the previous day was 48, Rivers,We. Colonel Arbuthnot, and the Hon. Captain Duncombe, but from this number the Crown had the right to r/ er to i e t n o jny the sport of shooting in the Royal preserves. strike off 12, and the traversers other 12. Ten of the Howard, tlLaltillighness the Duchess of Kent, Lady Fanny persons whose names were struck off by the Crown on.. Franci•3 and Lady Ann Charteris : yiscount Anso n , and Mr. are repeaolerg and, therefore, as the original number • , Jai dinne r of repealers on the list was but 12, two only remain This party yesterday evening. gentle morning her M a j esty an d P r i nce Alb ert , t h e l a di es an d on th e j ury w h o are t o t ry th e t ra versers. The jury t h , : _ e rn s e e n . 0f the Royal suite, and the household, attended will consist of the first 12 out of these 24 who answer , r t u r o r n iee in the Private Chapel of the Castle. their names when the reduced list is called over in Preached from•and. Rev. C. Leslie Courtenay officiated, and Court. The choristers the 2d chaper of St. Luke, and the 32d verse. Isere ' ister s belonging to her Majesty's Private Chapel iti attendance Kohl, , • organ. her Majesty's private organist, presided at the In t h e 1 . ernoon her M a j es t y . accompa nied by his Royal High ness lim e , w lk Prince Alb ert , and attended by part o f t h e R oya l a ed in the grounds about the Castle. DUBLIN, FRIDAY, FOUR P.M. The parties concerned, for the Crown and the traversers, met to-day to reduce the list of 48 down to 24. The Crown struck off 12-10 of whom are Roman Catholics, and the greater numl)er, it is said, members of the Repeal Association. The agent for the traversers also struck off 12, leaving the follow ing as the jury neldThe Com m i ssioners for the Iledu.,rien of the National Debt a quarterly metieng on Saturday, at the Treasury. There Fell or e pr esent Lord Langdale, Master of the Rolls, the Chan `-' of the Exchequer, tW overnor of the Bank of Eng ,oll‘ntid, and the Deputy Governor. Mr. Higham, Secretary and ptroller-General, was in attendance. the M urPhY, the M ex i can Mi n i ster , t ransac t e d b us i ness a t Th e °r noffice on S atur d ay. Sir James Earl of Aberdeen, the Chancellor of the Exzhequer, da rlies Grah am, and other Ministers, had interviews with o i :obe r t P eel on Saturday. Sir George Clerk and other ' l ,c 'al gentle L n also vi s it e d th e Ri g h t H on . B arone t. l J. ord and Lady Stanley arrived at their residence in St. es 's - square on Saturday, from Knowsley Hall, Lancashire. Si r I le Chancellor of the Exchequer had an interview with ame3 Graham at the Home-office on Saturday. Saturday,arou de Cetto, Bavarian Minister, had a dinner party on at his- Excellency's residence in Hill-street. 0 Dispatches the for the G overnor o f H ong K ong were sent o ff It' e Col ffi on Saturday evening. Ch ancellor of the Exchequedr left his residence in Down ug.street on Saturday, for Betchworth, Surrey. r James Hamilton, 14, Upper Ormond-quay, wine-merchan 2. James C. Papworth, 106, Marlborough-street, architect 3. Captain Edward Roper, 15, Eccles-ptreet 4. Stephen Parker, 2, St. Andrew-street, pawnbroker 5. Edward Clarke, Esq., 128, Stephen's-green West 6. Benjamin Eaton, 8, Princes-street, builder 7. James Hamilton, 15, Chamber-street, ironmonger 8. Francis Faulkner, 73, Grafton-street, grocer and wine merchant 9. J. Croker, 46, North Great George's-street, wine-mer • chant 10. Henry Flynn, 25, William-street, pianoforte-maker 11. Henry Thompson, 28, Eustace-street, wine-merchant 12. Anson Floyd, 19, Wellington-quay, china warehouse 13. John Rigby, 175, Great Brunswick-street, gun-maker 14. Robert Hanna, 12, Henry-street, wine-merchant 15. John Holmes, 10, William-street, merchant 16. William Longfield, Esq., 19, Harcourt-street 17. William Orde, 79 and 81, Cork-street, tanner IS. Robert S. Stubbs, 3, Dame-street, linen-draper 19. William Scott, 42 and 44, Stafford-street, cabinet-maker 20. J. M'Cormack, jun., 16, Usher-street, wine-merchant 21. William M. Woodroofe, 50, Abbey-street, merchant 22. George Mitchell, 20, Lower Sackville-street, tobacconist 23. James Walker, 20, Suffolk-street, engraver 24. George Fowler, 4, Auglesea-street, wine-merchant. The Mercantile Advertiser of this morning publishes a liberal report of the proceedings, which are annexed: The solicitors for the Crown and the traversers at tended at the office of the Clerk of the Crown this morning, for the purpose of reducing the list struck yesterday. Mr. Steele and Mr. Barrett were also present. DANUING SONG. Dance, dance, (Fr u o : g m a s the ye Weekly Dispatch.) We roust travel through life, but why mak 3 a dead march of it? Th e fin linen of State ma sit well upon man, Butei pleasan t ' methinks, just to rub out the starch of it. ban seeeeithdanee, as long as the mountain t e ? of the nine, how they dance on ye may, gee th e o D ance the radiant bubble-drops dance in the fountain. acmesn floods dance while the winds pipe and . play, .lee',.clanee, let no Cynic rebel, 'Ti,etei,teue at are for ever all dancing and t s w o in w k e l l i l , ; Anti that ' of spheres that they dance to nee, every cease:ess, though soft be the tinkling. T i p h i c al' : ehe'reee' rgydnawato:r I ur d : s ui I f 00: one,l cl dance in endless gyration ; t t it r ea ;round the sun, h_ 'Pin g pp the old figauwrai first led by Creation. Dance, dance, see the sweet rose ssend to Suthe blue -bill in light minuetting ; . ..., Amer leaves fall when the the autumn gust blows, But they dance and die merrily wildly pousetting. Daze dance look on the rill, ri,Lien.e white lillies nod, and the bulrushes quiver; ln,.s. beautiful es no 1 when are they still ? kA hey dance in the mill -pond, they dance in the river. nee, dance, see over head, , Ho ele clouds dance along, with their gauzy robes streaming, 4-ook w, see the legion of dancers that s pread In the corn -ears that shake with their golden crowns gleaming. Dance dance, the wisp light will try Theith its harlequin dancing to tempt the lost ranger; flame of the ingle-log dances on high, To shed joy in the household, and beacon the stranger. Dance, dance, the savage e is found T he i n fury, in triumph, and 4 ne child from the village school, trammels Da nces as - rarely he's seen to dance after. unbound, Dance, dance, as long as ye may, H Nature gets up a great " ballet" about us ; "e.,1: stage-room is vast, so come trip it away, c o sta Life's Opera cannot be perfect without us. ELIZA COOK. ............--___ - Mr. Bourne, addressing Mr. Steele, said—As you appear one of the parties on the record, and appear in person, I beg to say, if you have anything to offer, I am quite ready to hear you before proceeding with the immediate business for which we have met here. Mr. Steele—l do not intend, just now, to trouble you ; but I beg to inform you that my attorney is pre sent, and under his guidance I am acting. Mr. Mahony—Mr. Kemmis, I beg leave to say a few words on a subject of vital importance to my clients. I am prepared, Sir, with the affidavits of the individuals concerned—some of whom are ready to be produced—and who will prove that they were entered on the jury list as qualified to serve as special jurors, and have, notwithstanding, been omitted from the special panel used on this occasion. It so hap pens, and very unfortunately, I think, that all these mistakes have been committed on one side, and in the present state of the country, I would ask, was such a circumstance to be treated lightly ? These persons so omitted, strangely enough, happen to be nearly all of the Roman Catholic persuasion, and those who are not are not considered hostile to them. It is a very unhappy state of things. I now put it to the gentlemen representing the Crown, as it is my duty so it is my determination to pursue the matter to the last. I offer proof that the list has not been fairly made out ; and although I can hardly expect that Mr. Kemmis will postpone further proceedings until the mistakes are rectified, I will enter my protest against it, and put it to him whether or slot the subject is worthy of deep attention. Mr. Bourne--This question has already been pro pounded and decid e d, an d I h ave no more power over thispanel than you. I cannot entertain the subject, and I cannot see any use in stating facts here over which I have no control whatever. Mr. Kemmis observed that he could not entertain the subject, and that there was nothing for them to do but to proceed to reduce the list, and he could not consent to anything but his immediate duty, which was to reduce the list. T T HE ROYAL NAVY. in thhee total number of vessels of every grade . and description 1 72 s i nal Y i s 66 9, v9B line of battle ships, 102 frigates, Tier B cc., ll I steamers, 10 troop and store ships, 1 8 gu o n a - i ,1 111 P, 38 receiving ships, 2 hospital ships, 4 yachts, c "33 Pots. quarantm ships, 17 convict ships, 15 coast guard, hulk, 1 ndfv Fhapels, 2 tank i vessels,2 mooring vessels, 1 sheer arsj Alarinmegs- bell vessel, Thanes-police, 1 alien service, th {the 981ineuif battle ships 11 are in commission, including tt ply>n o g - "Pips of the Commanders - in-Chief . at d I F 9 o ar r s e m h o u u ild h . ordered the Nore, 68 are in ordinary, an tag or to be built. 14 the 102 frigates 30 are commissioned, 58 in ordinary, and to be built, Ipf ib 1 23 b uild % 72 sloops 1119 are in commission, 60 in ordinary, and vatZ tilel fit steamers 77 are in commission, including the sts i d i . i _ s , packet boats, steam tugs, the Bee for the use of the , rc rs on board the Excellent, and the Royal yacht ; 18 are Sev en thar Y , and 16 are building. the other otf, to lOtroo p and store ships are in commission, and ot ner , ordinary. eluding ~are 11 of the 3S receiving ships in commission, in the various Loose o f the admirals and captains-superintendent of The o dockyards. ther.vessels in commision are the Excellent, gunnery Abut t. e shePeairit'ee Minden, hospital hip;s and the Fawn, tank vessel, at ether there _ are 228 vessels in commission, which are distr Olediterraneal:ns.-I°:isdiFer-e°cfe-ibvai -,•c•,hlinO_steasrue h tt a le sh s i h p i . ps, 4 frigates, 6 sloops, 15 • arm the East Indies-2 line-nf-battle ships, 5 frigates,. yv e :P s, les, 3 s teamers, 3 troop ships, and 1 hospital ship. t Indies and North America-1 line-of-battle ship, 4 frigates, eeeN•in g Li ii s p '"ps, 3 steamers, 1 troop ship, and the Imatnn Brazils f rigate., 11 sloops, 3 steamers, and 2 receiving ,oast of Af r i ca-1 fr i gate, 11 s l oops , an d 3 steamers. ta nk ' a pe of Good Hope-4 frigates, 3 sloops, 1 steamer, and 1 i"i I.fie--.5 frigates, 3 sloops, 2 s t eamers , an d I store-ship. L: Y es Straits-2 sloops. i o vl r ea-1 steamer. 1., k an -1 f r i ga t e . J ers es °f . Canada-1 sloop, and 2 steamers. C`ws an d Guernsey-2 s l oo p s . 10 ste,tsf Ireland—l line-of-battle ship, 2 frigates, 3 sloops, Ilie;"". and 1 troop ship. l'r .t b l tre i.i ,2_line-ofbatt , l e ship, 1 frigate, and 2 sloops fitting tl % , oth, r - Yar s i e o s us p t in o c r on;mission consist of the flag- ps of ;ttPerinilt:Adtovirals the ships of the Admirals and Captains -11 the p;sndeut, the various tenders, &c. ; the brigs employed .Iqlu,3l4°llth packets, and the steamers employed at Dover, eellstlato, Portpatrick Liverpool, and Holyhead, for the ' l ee of the mails. S SORTIN INTELLIGENCE. lot. Ek aV,— h Tr, „NG AT MANCHESTER—FRIDAY. t 2 ° , to_l agst Scott's lot ; 12 to 1 agst Colonel Peel's Mr. Mahony then handed the following protest to Mr. Bourne : "COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH, CROWN SIDE. " THE QUEEN V. DANIEL O ' CONNELL AND OTHERS. " I require you to take notice, that I do hereby protest, on behalf of the traverser, John O'Connell, Esq., against any further proceeding being taken in striking a jury in this case. First, because the names of a great number of persons qualified to be inserted upon the special jury list, and whose right had been allowed by the Recorder of the city of Dub lin, have been fraudulently and unjustly omitted, or omitted from the special juror list. Seconily, before you refused-to receive evidence to prove the above fact, although proof of the same was in readiness and tendered to you. Thirdly, be cause the names of., many persons are inserted in the special juries' list who do not reside in the county of the city of Dublin. Fourthly, because you refused evidence of the said fact, although proof of the same was in readiness and tendered to you. Fifthly, be cause several of the persons whose names were drawn yesterday do not reside in the county of the city of Dublin. For these reasons, in addition to those I offered to you yesterday, and also to those given to you in writing yesterday by Mr. Forde, I solemnly protest against any further proceeding in striking a jury in this case. Dated the sth day of January, 1844. " PIERCE MAHONY, Attorney. " To Walter Bourne, Esq., Clerk of the Peace.' Mr. Cantwell—l proceed for my client, under the protest I mentioned yesterday. Mr. Bourne—Well, then, we may now proceed. Mr. Kemmis--I strike off No. 48 on the list Timothy Greens, of Capel-street, publican. Mr. Cantwell—There is the first Papist going. Mr. Bourne—You are aware, Mr. Cantwell, there are but one set of objections which can be made on the part of the defendants ; and I suppose you act for all the defendants. , t 1 - agst Lord Exeter's lot; 7to 1 agst Ugly Bu i ct e ; qrle t r Z agst Rattan; and 25 to 1 agst Cockamaroo. oax as on Tuesday. tcle 4; s '"-10 to I agst The Prinss ; e ll an ti‘' 0 to I agst Barricade— cetaken2o to 1 agst Fan n y . s'l Cul '. - -Offer s to back the field agst twenty. ~, pix„,.. „, COURSING. 11t il i, t ;nob (ei OTTINGHA sr ), JAN. I_ . The All-Aged 1418b`yctipats)rawneurep won Mr. J. Forster's Dutch Doll ; Mr. t ol r bp siAx. 4. * The Challenge Couples (20 dogs) were blot Mr. Faucue' Cedric • Mr. Dinning's Falcon ran up ,re ,kktti.sr (CRESSWELL PARK), DEC. 28. The Alq i,a kinr,"o.4l 84 sovs. (16 dogs) were won by ;Mr. Greenwel A ; r the Coursers ; Mr. J. Bell's Tip ran up. or the (LONCHIRST), DEC. 0 9.—The Tallyho Stakes 4 4 , qineas each (16 dogs) were won by Sir. Crawfor s lh OA? Prince Mr. Henderson's Comet ran up. g dog s MEETING, DEC. 30.—The Auld Year Stakes Cap tab ? , ) were won by Mr. Raimes's Beauty ; Mr. Gibson's nn hyl h 7aL ran —The Currie Stakes, for 8 puppies, were u w ii,.s. ailey's Sylph; Mr. Wilson's The Brewer ran p. . y 14,. i'..e MEETINGI.—The Silver Cup (14 dogs) was won D. s alt's York; Mr. Nott's Nettle ran up, and received es s. th ~. T 11 RING ST EEPLE CHASE ENTRY. C.7 4 "Qal) of 15 soya. each—Cheroot, l2st 21b— Forty-two, ; C a r low, 4l"-- 11s 71 b—Lottery, Ilst 41b—Creeper, Ils— los Y, D I I st—Squib, I Ist —The Premier, t 21 Wood b--Boxkeeper, l Ost l2l b—Roulette, lOst 121b—Need gtte 10st 101b —Torn lOst 10 1b—Ragman, 10st 51b— Ltisent, 101 b 31b —Little Robert, lost 31b. To declare on or hursday next. th,IA,Tr• Peargus O'Connor las accepted Mr. Cobden's - ' l, to meet him and discuss the advantages of a Repeal of B orn-laws. I s. C - a tv , _ , u s lei, i ", t uoxER S. Nctu . A • 1 • - -On Friday afternoon an in -0 '° l l Was taken before Mr. Baker, at the Bluecoat Boy, " N- lart , street. Spitalfields, on view of ... the body of John =rose ' aged 73, a hawker of lucifer.m....hes, whose death tit 4t • ander the following melancholy circumstances of des the 'P at No. 1, Little Paternoster-row. The late abode of the "feaied, when viewed by the coroner's jury, presented Ilistillearance of the utmost destitution. Tht? Coroner . rea nate '1: that he had never seen a human being in such tio °` einaciatio and the jury expressed their condemna teabtlf the parish officers for not having attended p the . de %Ned,' in his miserable state. John Cowley, living . in the by 'louse sed that he obtained a precarious existence raztri'elling 'shavings. a The deceased had occupied the same h e w for some weeks, and was latterly so exhausted that hews unable to eat. He was an out-pensioner of . the I loaf °I. St. Leonard, Shoreditch, from which he received iteti n - or bread and Is 6d. a week. Deceased had strong 01)- 1 . wi,l%°,entering a.. workhouse ; his pallet consisted of straw, g lre, 1, 'le lay at night, but he had no bed-clothes to Foyer esotricieceased paid Is. 2d. a week for the room. Witness too ~,,t t. ted 7d. towards the lodging. Last Wednesday after s eo " tn "ss went out, leaving deceased sitting in a chair. !Jee p tt°Plained of a swimming i his head, with which he had Dee p •titabledde'°4 some days. When witness returned in the eyen k, ws lying on his wretched bed ; life was extinct. esll,, 1, wet t° a juror, the witness said that no s?rgeon was L'te r , 7, , and that his bed consisted of shavings. The Coroner I tl tl * :" that the deceased possibly might have lived if he had t ' , io 6 Power to take his food ; but it appeared that . his t hkt 4 th ch was too weak. It was remarked by tome of the int y Itilat ti,:fewzriesinany ssimilar eases of distress in the parish, de4 o , :)r, their casein. szurdatepTnid i . n rates towards the relief of . b t , (jutted into.—Verdict," Found i. ° N to -11 or GENERkL COMTE D'ORSAY.—We r.e 131c piarenalituhnice the death of General Comte d'Orsay, which qis,ereb„.. teau in Franche Comte, on the 26th of .td fs` o `.._ Mischa son Cornte Alfred, now Comte d'Orsay, was f.qlei, hi s " l r•nglauct three weeks auo to the death of hisf, father, :e11e,..1 Presence and filial a - ttention cheered . to the last. ti‘eltratthi,tll-z. ~I,)ournietuend,'Boarrsrnayvras one of the most distinguished offi and on the Restoration, was employe a d s Nt, e ttlo s tgo's.,l:°. 111., in whose service he was . se n n a t n . h i, e th of thev.ittori,a where he so conciliated the affectio4 (14'i4' with e_ ir,lhabitants, that on his departure they presented , _ r. Vitto,il°Y 3werd, inscrib e d General Comte 4 U was krid ( i;f: MI, Toosternoisant." The father of the General liberal patrons of art that France ever bad, ttli4it'tlialltsobult! collectlon of ma and statues were open o alq,:oy, b. ), "Fr, country. Heried, first, the Princesse 1 4, er t, t t,"Ring to one of the most ancient families in France, 017 h s _, of tv ,_ nine General : and, secondly, the Princesse de Hohen a B , e " c, ' ,oble house of that name in Germany, by whom he 5 °I . thel'eQhs.,o!,, th_e. Comte Alaximiian d'Orsay, at present rawerlatus to the Emperor of Austria. Mr. Cantwell—l am aware of them, Sir, and I sup pose on this occasion I will act for all the traversers. I strike off 45—John Carolin, Government con tractor. Mr. Kemmis—l strike off No. 26—Michael Dunn. Mr. Cantwell—Another Roman. Mr. Bourne—l don't know whether they are " Roman?' or not. The Crown , I suppose, has a reason for striking them off, and I do not think this is the place to make these remarke. Mr:Cantwell—l strike off 41—John White. Mr. Kemmis—James Fallen. Mr. Cantwell—Another Roman. I strike off Ro binson Carolin. Mr. Kenmis—John Beaghan. Mr. Cantwell—There's another. Strike off John Thwaites, the soda man. Mr. Kenmis—James Patrick Smith. Mr. Cantwell—Another Catholic. I really think that every Cornwall man should be informed the way the Catholics of this country are respected here. [Mr. Cantwell alluded to the speech of Lord Eliot, made to the electors of that county on his re-election, after being appointed to the Secretaryship of Ireland.] I strike of John Irwin. Mr. Kemmis—John Denman, of Abbey-street. Mr. Cantwell—George Whittaker. Mr. Kemmis—William Joseph Camen. Mr. Cantwell—Another Catholic ; I strike off Robert Chamley. Mr. li.mmis—Lawrence Gorman. Mr. Cantwell—Another Roman Catholic ; John T. Boileau. Mr. Kemmis—William Fitzpatrick. Mr. Cantwell—Another Roman Catholic. Mr. Kenunis—Nicholas Monserratt. Mr. Kemmis—John M‘Gloin. Mr. Cantwell—Another Catholic. George Wilson Boileau. Mr. Kemmis—William Hendrick. Mr. Cantwell—Another Roman. James Cuff Saint George. Mr. Kemmis—Williarn Ring. Mr. Kenunis—John Pucglom. Mr. Cantwell—Another Roman. James Cuff. Mr. Cantwell—He is supposed to be Liberal, and therefore next to a Catholic. I strike off John Fry. This reduced the list to 24 names. Mr. Mahony—We might have reduced this list yesterday by striking off at once all the Catholics. Mr. Bourne—Surely you might strike off whom you pleased from the other side. Mr. Mahony—As the High Sheriff is now present, I beg to repeat all I said in his absence. We freely admit that neither Mr. Latouche nor Mr. Dickenson knew anything of the " accidents" of which we have to complain ; and I will further add, that their con duct has been extremely handsome, and just -to both parties. The High Sheriff —With respect to my conduct I have only to say that I gave written directions in my office that all parties should have the utmost facility, which were posted up, provided each party agreed.- I did this on the ground that I conceived one party should have no advantage over the other. I do not feel surprised at being subject t o some misapprehen sion at thi s particular time, but I have a conscien tious conviction that I have done what is ri g ht i n my office, and I s h a ll always b e satisfied with the mode of doing business when I feel in my h ear t th at i t is done with st r i c t j us ti ce and impartiality towards all parties. Mr. Mahony—lt was my duty to complain of con duct somewhere which is calculated to prejudice the case of my client. It is also my duty to do justice to the conduct of the High Sheriff; and, Sir, as you have acted all through with justice and impartiality, I hope you will continue to look. after this important case, and particularly to the mod -? ofstriking the jury. Mr. Latouche—l shall use my best discretion. As the parties were retiring fr . am the office, Mr. Cantwell observed—l wo' old not strike such a panel for any consideration. 1•1 othing could induce me to sign such a registry of hif ;otry. ANTI-CORN-LAW MEETING. On Thursday evening a n eting was held in the Ebenezer Chapel, Bacup, ti promote the subscrip tions to the League Fund of 100,0001. The Rev. SIMPSON TODD , Baptist minister of the place, opened the meeting b, r singing and prayer. EDMUND DAWSON, ESQ., of Mount Pleasant, was in the chair. The Rev. S. TODD, and t . fie Rev. THOMAS DA.W SON, Baptist minister, move 3 and seconded the reso lution to " support the Lea' pt, 3 in its endeavours to obtain a repeal of the corn 7ut inopoly," which David Whitehead, Esq., slip Port e followed by Henry , Ashworth, Esq.. of Turt6:l, who stated that the po pulation of the forest of Ros sendale 300 years ago consisted only of ten famil 'es, comprising eighty souls • and that these eighty persons memorialised that they might be allowed to use their exertions in manufacturing pursuits, and II a hoped that the thou sands of individuals who now - a ppeared in Rossendale as the descendants of these ei'g hty souls, would show that they possessed the s; to 2e laudable spirit of enterprise. He claimed a : a sympathy With the inhabitants of Rossendale because he was also a descendant of one of those ten fa milies ; because the bones of liis forefathers were mingled with those of their father s, in the hills and valleys by which they were su rr ounded. To show what manufactures and machine ry had done for Ros sendale, he needed only to remin 4 them that one acre of land in Bacup was now wo' ..th as much as the whole forest was worth two hu ,ndrcd and fifty years ago. Mr. COBDEN then said, tha t havirig seen some of the Bacup people at the great, meetings in Manches ter and witnessed the unostentatious manner with which they announced their subscriptions, he was very desirous of meeting the inhabitants of Bacup; and, from what he saw M . the meeting (for he was a bit of a phrenologist) he thoi ight that those he had seen in Manchester were bi it a fair sample of the sack. He then exposed, i'n a most excellent speech, many of the fallacies which are brought forward in opposition to the League it istructing them how to meet the opponents of the League, who talk about "protection of labour," th .e "evils of machinery," and other nonsense of the s a, me description. Mr. R. R. MOORE coal x ienced announcing the subscriptions by stating th a t the gentlemen from their own neighbourhood had already subscribed the following sums to the fund -Robert Munn, Esq.. 500/. ; John Lord, Esq., 3001. ; Thomas, David, and Peter Whitehead, Esqs., 3001 . The following sums were subscribed in the meeting. , and announced by Mr. Moore :-James Hall, 1/. ; 1 - ohn Howorth, Shaw clough, 1/. ; Richard Howolri ;h, Water, U.; James Moorhouse, 1/. ; John 'Wood 13, cad, 55.; James' Nut tall, 1/. ; Richard Picup, 5s '; William Rows, 1/. ; John H. Law, 21.; John Pi . ling, 1/. ;. George Ash worth, Waterfoot, 21.; Joh 2 Whittaker, 11.; John Nuttall, 103. ; John Pilling, 1/. ; Dawson and Ho worth, 50/. ; Joseph Travers, 31. ; John Barcroft, 1/. ; John Nuttall, 11.1 s.; James Ashworth ss. ; Joseph Clegg, 1/. ; Henry As hvvorth, 1/. ; James Howorth, 11.; John TV Wood, 75.; Dionysius AWhittle Friend,s, 0 5s 1 . d ; Clough,ohn ii Law, II.; Richard H o lt, 5 s.; A F r i end, 1/.; J. dosesi.; James Vlhite Ashworth, head,lOs o l v 1. o ; r tl -1 1 , i 1/ • . , James Ashworth, Acre I till, Si.; Wm. Hudson, 2/. 2s. ; A Friend, 2s. 6d. ;- A Friend, 1/. ; " Bees Wing." 55.; " Well Wishor," 1/. ; " Total Repeal," 4/. ; Richard Howorth, U.; George Nuttall, 10s.; " A Friend to the cause,'" 5/. ; A Friend, by Mr. Munn, 51. ; C. Nuttall, 31. ; Lawrence Ingham, 2s. 6d.; A Friend, 2s. 6d.; A, Friend, ls. ; Benjamin Ashworth, 1/. ; A Friend, 5 s. ; William Trewitt, 10s.; A Friend, 10s.; " One wl lc, does not like to see a working man carving a quarter of a pound of bacon amongst his family of eigh t children," 10s. ; George Hamilton, Irwell-terrace, 215 1. ; John Fowler, ss. ; Jas. Blackburn, ss. ; A Friel id, 1/. ; J. Howorth, Lane, 1/. ; John King, Rawtensall, Is.; Nothing last year," 2s. ; A Friend, 11.; J: un.es Dearden, 1/.; Henry Whittles, 305.; A Friend at I 40,ngholme, 11. ; J. Holme 1/. ; A Friend, ls. : A Friel id, 13. ; A Friend, by Mr. Lord, 1/. ; A Friend (new), :1/.; " First chapter of Genesis, 29th verse," 1/. • Jraites Hargreaves, 55.; A Friend to " free trade," 11.; John Pickup, 1/. ; Henry Gregory, 55.; John Earnsh ivc• (new), 21 guineas ; Timothy Nelson, 55.; Tho mas and John Aitken (new), 10 guineas ; John Nruttall (double), 65.; James Emmett (last year 2;5.), now es. ; A Friend, 55.; A Friend, ss. (paid) ; J , )li n Mills, 2s. 6d.; " A Friend to the cause," .ss. • A F ri( sad, ss. (paid) • John Lord, Tong, 11. (double) ; lie nry Tattersall, 21.; Isaac Taylor, 2s. 6d. ; A F,riE na, 2s. 6d.; John Barcroft, 2s. 6d. ; William II op wood, 10s.; Joseph Moss, 1/. Is. ; A Friend, Is. ; " Success to the League," 21. 2s. ; Well-wishtr," 1/. ; A Friend, ss. - (paid) ; " A Friend to the League," 10/. ; James Ivison, 55.; William Holt (double), 55.; James Hargreaves (new), 2s. 61d.; William Smith, (double), 10i.; " Humanity," 1/. ; A Friend, 2s. 6d.; Abraham Ashworth (new), ss. ; " A Drop before the Shower," 51. ; a friend (paid), 2s. ; Emanuel Smith (quadruple), 1/. ; John Whittaker (new), 1/. ; " John Clegg, 10s.; John Bannister ., -(double), 2s: ; Abraham Jackson (double), 10s. - ; George Law (new), 2s. 6d.; " Anti- Humbug," 11. ; A Friend, 10s.; Join). Stansfield, 10s. ; t a t ( t n e r e s w a 1)1, 2s. (new), 6d. ; 53 1 . e s" Shepherd, 2s. d s ;; John Stansfi e ld, jun., 10s.; James .Flo wor th , 10s. ; J G o e h o i r i g l e l John Collins (double), 53. ; Edmund Lord (double), 5A.; William Taylor (double), ss. ; " Down with all monopoly," 2s. 6d.; Isaac Hoye, 10s. ; John Ash worth, 55.; John Clegg, a working man (second donation), 103.; Charles Hardm an , a working man, 7s. 6d.; A Friend (new), ls. ; "By two women power-loom weavers at Stackstead's," 55.; Richard HorroCks, working man, :;`11. ; Is. ; John Riley, 'li.; A Friend; is •;. jarnes Lord; work ing man, gave ss. last year, gives 10s. this year, and 15s. next, if required ;" ")o good in thy lifetime," 2s. 6d. ; Charles Stansfield, working - man (ss. last year), 11. ls. • " Juvenile subscriber," 2s. 6d. (paid) ; New subscriber, 55.; Edward Barcroft (double), working man, ss. ; James Lord (double), working man, 10s.; James Inson (double), working man,los. Total amount of subscriptions in the meeting, 2151. 10s., making a total for Bacup and the neigh bourhood of One Thousand Three Hundred and Fifteen Pounds Ten Shillings! JOHN EARNSHAW, Esq , moved, and Mr. JOHN DAWSON seconded, " That this meeting cannot appre ciate too highly the exertions which have been made by R. Cobden, - Esq., R. It. Moore, Esq., and Henry Ashworth, Esq.; and that the thanks of this meeting be given to those gentlemen fur their attendance this evening." . Mr.COBDEN, in reply, stated that he did not think, that considering the size of the place, that the Bacup subscription had been exceeded anywhere in the kingdom. R. MooRE, Esq., said, that though he had sub scribed to a large amount, he believed that the work ing men of Bacup had subscribed more than he had done according to their ability. The meeting then separated at eleven o'clock. ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY OF ENGLAND.— It is the intention of the Council of the Royal Agricultural Society to give premiums of SO guineas each for the best prize essays during the present year, on the agriculture of Norfolk, Cheshire, Essex, and Wiltshire. THE 'QUEEN DcwAGE;.--Her Majesty's nephew, Prince Edward of Saxe Wei mar , w ith th e Rev. Canon Wood and his amiable bride, spent the Christmas with her Majesty. Her Majesty, with her usual liberality, has been dispensing her seasonable benevolence to an immense number of poor families in the vicinity of Witley Court, and in several in stances she has personally relieved the wants of the indigent and distressed at their humble dwellings.— Worcester Chron. GENERAL POST-OFFICE ORDER.—ALTERATION OF POSTAGE TO JAMAICA.—On and after this day (Friday), all letters passing between the United Kingdom and any place in Jamaica, when conveyed by packet, will be subject to the uni form rate of is. 2d. the half ounce, and so on in proportion, in accordance with the scale now in operatian in the United King dom. Letters, however, addressed to, or posted at Kingston, the packet port in Jamaica, will only be chargeable with the packet-rate of Is. per half ounce, as at present, such letters not being liable to internal colonial postage.—By command, W. L. AIABERLY Secretary. INTERVALS OF EATING.—The ordinary time requi site for the completion of digestion is from f.Jur to five hours, and we evidently ought not to eat more frequently than this ; if we do, we keep the organs performing the different pro cesses of digestion in a perpetual round of action, and allow the stomach no rest. Instead, therefore, of recommending one with an enfeebled digestion to eat "little and often," I am con fident the better advice would be to substitute the word " sel dom" for " often."—Dr. H. Weatherhead on Diet. THE GREENACRE TRAGEDY.—Sarah Gale, the com panion of the notorious Greenacre, and who, for the robbery on his unfortunate victim, was sentenced to transportation, is liv ing at Port Philip as assistant in a confectioner's shop. She is described by a person who recently saw her in that colony as having regained her health and looking very comely ; her hag gard appearance at her trial showing the relics of a countenance of considerable prior attractions. THE CONDEMNED POACHERS.—Respecting these unhappy men, we have been informed that on Friday last, their friends, accompanied by their legal advi se r, p rocee d e d to Knowsley Hall, to solicit that a recommendation to mercy might be sent, on behalf of the culprits, to the Secretary of State. The deputation just saw the Earl of Derby, who de clined to interfere. The female friends then waited upon Lady , Stanley, who stated th a t s h e never i n t er f ere d w ith h er lord's business. Lord Stanley was in the fields at the time, and the deputation having waited until his return, his Lord ship declined to interfere. He said information had reached him, through Sir James Graham, of so many gamekeepers having been murdered by poachers that it was necessary an example should be mad e . An application of a similar nature, we are also informed, was made to Mr. Justice Wightman, on Friday last. His reply was, that if they could show him any grounds, he would have no objection to recommend the cul prits to her Majesty's mercy, but as the case stood at present, he saw no such grounds. We understand Ann M'Corraick still persists in asserting her innocence of the crime of which she has been convicted, and that her health is in so precarious a state, that she is not likely, even if reprieved, long to sur vive.— Liverpool Mercury. SHIPWRECKS AND DISASTERS AT SEA. On Saturday intelligence of the following disasters at sea was received at Lloyd's : The Sir James Colburn, Captain Davis, of London, was totally lost, together with a valuable cargo of 1,100 barrels of oil, near Muscatt, about the 28th of October last ; fortunately, the crew were saved. The Providentia, Captain Patreira, for Batavia, whilst off the island of Baburga, on the 17th of last June, was lost, and crew only saved. The Wales, a fine vessel from Manilla for New York, was lost about the Ist of August off West Bucra ; master and crew saved. The Margaret. Hughes, from Tralee, on her voyage to London, encountered such boi s terous weather that she was obliged on the 2d of this month to put into the port of Cambletown, having lost her boats and being seriously damaged. The schooner Amity, of Bridport, fifteen miles south of Plymouth, lost a man named Simon Crabbe, seaman, who overbalanced himself and fell overboard. The Fame, Captain Buckingham, from Villa Nova, for the port of London, owing to the state of the weather, was compelled to put into Brixham, Jan. 5, having lost foretopmast. The Maria, for Rotterdam, encountered a dreadful storm, which complet e ly swep t h er d ec k s and ca rri e d away her life-boats. She was compelled to put back to Milford on the 4th instant. The Owen, a fine Welsh vessel, and the Percy, were both obliged to put back to the same port, from a similar cause, the former having lost her sails, and the latter her topmast arid back- stays. LOSS OF THE AMERICAN SHIPHERCULES. During the night of Thursday last this fine vessel, reported to be nearly 500 tons burden, belonging to New York, was wrecked off, Deal, near.the Goodwin Sands, and the crew had a narrow . escape from drowning. The letter received stated, that the Her cules left Shields on Monday last,.early in the morn ing, bound for New York, with a general cargo. At about ten o'clock at night on Thursday, the ship, in bearing through the Downs, with a fresh breeze from the westward, struck with considerable force on the Brake sands, where she became a fixture, notwith standing the exertions of the crew. Immediately on the captain finding it impossible to get his vessel off he fired signals of distress, which being seen by several Margate and Ramsgate luggers, that are continually on the look out for vessels in - distreis, he' quickly obtained assist ance, when it was resOlved to tow her off. Several warps were made fait to the different loggers, and after many attempts she was again got afloat. Pre parations were then made to make for Ramsgate, to ascertain the nature of the injuries she had sustained by striking on the sands, but all of a sudden it was discovered that the ship's hold was rapidly filling with water. All hands instantly turned towards the pumps which were worked vigorously, in the hopes of checking the leak, but upon examination the water was found to increase instead of diminishing, pro ducing, as may be conceived, great alarm, to the master and crew. They still laid to the pumps, the crews of, the Ramsgate and Deal luggers now and then taking turns. But it' was now observed that if they did not quickly leave her, she would carry all on board to the bottom ; for by that time the water was within three feet of the deck, and she was going down head foremost. The master, seeing the imminent danger, had the boats lowered, and some of the crew having saved part of their clothes, the ship was left to her fate. The boats had scarcely reached more than 50 yards before the Hercules disappeared in several fathoms water. The crew were shortly picked up by one c)f the luggers, and pro ceeded to Ramsgate; wheye they' landed in safety, at about four o'clock the following morning, though much fatigued by their excessive exertions. The remaining luggers kept cruising about the sunken ship, saving the different articles that floated from her, which they landed. From the position in which the vessel lies, and the strong currents con tinually running over the spot, it is considered im possible to raise her, consequently she is a total loss. She is stated to be fully insured at South and North Shields, but the amount we are unable to state. Since the above was written, a report has reached Lloyd's, which states that the vessel is sunk in about four-and-a-half fathomg' at low water, the North Foreland bearing north by west. In consequence of her lying in the track of shipping to and from the Downs, and her three masts standing, though all her rigging and yards have disappeared, the Trinity House brethren have placed a green buoy, marked " Wreck," off the spot, in order to prevent disasters. LOSS OF TIIE OCEAN. Within a few miles of where the above unfortunate wreck happened, another vessel, calle.l the Ocean, master William Watkins, laden with g r oun d nu t s , from Sierre Leone to London, drove ashore on Wed nesday, between the-Ness:Sands and Margate, where she has since gone to pieces. Part of the cargo has been got out of the wreck and brought ashore. A WHALING SIIIP TOTALLY LOST. Letters were also received on Monday, announcing the wreck of another British whaling ship, the Sir John Cockburn, commanded by Captain Davies, of London, the loss by which is currently reported to be at least 40,0001. She was the property of Ward, the South Sea merchant, at Cock-hill, Ratcliff, who is not insured. This is the second whaler that Mr Ward has lost within the last six months, the other being the Sarah and Elizabeth; of London, which, it will,be_. recollected, was captured a n d 'burst , by pirates, while lying near Copang, who murdered three of the unfor tunate crew. Mr. Ward has received a statement ' from Captain Davis, of the Sir John Cockburn, in which the whole of the circumstances of the loss of that ship is detailed. It states the ship run ashore on some islands near Muscat, on the coast of Arabia, and that she became a ,total wreck. The ship was a very fine vessel, nearly four hundred tons burden. The crew were all saved, but they are severe sufferers LOSS OF THE HERMAN OF SUNDERLAND AYLESFORD, OF DUNDEE. • Boret k i.dope, 4 - an: 3, 1 8 44. ~.• Sir,--I am directed' by. the .Earl..Earl.Aberiken to transmit to you, for thelnformation'of the Chairman AND , , and Committee at Lloyd's, the copy of a dispatch from her Majesty' s Consul at Stockholm, reporting the wrecks of the brig Herman, of Sunderland, on the 17th November, and of the brig Aylesford, of Dundee, on the 21st November, both at Faro, north. end of Gothland.—l am, Sir, your most obedient humble servant, (Signed) CANNING. To William Dobson, Esq &e . - Sce .) Lloyd's. - British Consulate, Stockholm, Dec. 19, 1843. Lord,--By a communication from Vice-Consul Eneguust, at Wisby, dated 30th ult., I am informed that the brig Herman, of Sunderland, C. D. Purdy, master, from Riga to Sheerness, with timber and deals, has been stranded at Faro, north end of Goth lund, on the 17th November, and also the brig Ayles.. ford, of Dundee, David W e b ster, mas ter, on her pas sage from Cronstadt to Arbroatb;with a cargo of hemp, was stranded at Faro o n th e 2 1 s t November. The crews of both vessels were sent h ome , and part . of the cargo and stores of each hav e b een saved, but in a da maged state.—l am, Sir, &c. & c . (Signed) JOHN ROSS. To the Right Hon. the Earl of Aberdeen, &c. &c. STATE OF TRADE. FOREINGN - WOOL TRADE, LEEDS, JAN. s.—Al though sales in foreign wools have not this week been effected to any great extent, there have been more inquiries made for some descriptions, whilst others have been somewhat neglected. Prices generally are very firmly maintained. ENGLISU WOOL MARKET, LEEDS, JAN. s.—Sales of combing wool during the present week have been brisk, and prices are still advancing. Clothing wools are firm ; but we do not quote better prices except for the middle and lower qualities, which are a shade higher. prices o f l ow goo d s LEEDS.—There have been full average markets at our cloth halls this week, but Principally in low priced goods for shipping; fine and middle qualities o f c l o th s arestil l rather continue loo t h o i ng be heavy up, hu e t of sale; qualities q es are without any alteration. The stocks on hand of all qualities are lower than they have been for several years at the same period of the year. The principal business in the warehouses at present is by the houses connected with the American trade; but this being the season when few of the London or country buyers vi s it th e market, there is, in consequence , little doing f or th e home demand. BRADFORD MARKET, THURSDAY, JAN. 4.—Th e attendance at our piece market to-day i s f ully an average one, and doubtless a larger amount of busi ness would have been done had not our manufac turers been firm in h av ing an advan ce . Thi s being elaitveries ; advancedand what business rates. Since our the first market in the month, the spinners genera ll y chmoaansltiber none eaeccnto disposed ndftoorrnaecttso-wd distant iatyh to power-loom idss en a houses, b u t th ere are December pri ces , nor market. still the market is very abundantly supplied, but chiefly last more business has been done in most ki n d s o f Notwithstanding combing wools, and anything offered at lat e pr i ces i s thefreely quantity rem thatoved from has held by those who will not sell except at higher rates, whi c h in some c t h h a e nge a d r cases have been realised. The country dealers appear to be impressed with the idea that the opening of the new year will tend to still further increase the de mand, and are fully expecting still higher prices. The hosiery trade of. Nottingham, after a depression which has continued for n e arly two years, is now much improved. MANCLIEStER.—There was a good inquiry on Wednesday for nearly all descriptions of cloth, with a slight advance upon those descriptions which are in the most general request, and especially on shirtings. For yarn, too, there was an improved demand for the home trade, and an advance of a id. to id. per lb. was obtained on some descriptions suitable for that purpose.—Leeds Mercury. •-- - - - - LITERATURE. CHRONICLES OF THE BASTILE. We believe .that this work is derived from French sources, but it is not the less one that. will be read with considerable-interest in Eno.- land, where the Bastile was, while it existed,' considered the accursed engine of tyranny and despotism, and where, on its destruction, a general feeling of joy was excited (even the gentle Cowper was moved) at the thought that "its towers had .fallen at last." It is here in tended to shadow forth something of the secret history of" this terrible dungeon, the grave of so many captives, who in its , cells were dead to the world, though keenly alive to all the worst miseries of life. • In such a "'Chronicle" there must necessarily be a large mixture of fiction with fact; - but the wildest imagination can hardly surpass in strangeness some of the e ven t s with whi c h t h e Bastile is connected. The tales are represented as being given from a manu script kept by a mysterious old man, known as " The Old man of the Bastile ;" and the seties commences with a story called " The Ber tßandiere." Robert, Cruikshank .has illustrated the part with two good engravings on steel. THE LONDON JOURNAL OF ARTS, SCIENCES, AND MANUFACTURES. A valuable portion of this work is the reper tory of inventions that have been patented within the year. The work has long been an established one, and deserves its success. PAYNE'S UNIVERSUM ; OR, PICTORIAL WORLD. This is the commencement of an illustrated Ivork of a, superior kind ; it will contain fine eugravingS of "views in all countries, portraits of great men, and specimens of works of art of all ages and of every character." The plates given in the first Part are three in number—" 'Whalers attacked by Bears, on the Ice," by A. H. Payne, after Biard; a View of Terni, by the same en graver ; and, the "Ave Maria," which, in its large form, is so popular at present, if we may judge from the frequency with which it appears in, the stock of the best printsellers. This, and the first-named plate, are, we think, the best. THE CHEMIST. In this \ cheap and well-arranged scientific work, there are two papers, by Professor Liallt , ;, one--" Investigations concerning the Bile ;" the. of Lan ocher, d."" On the Distributi on or Approprtation' THE ART UNION. This periodical commences the new year with a Number of great merit, both in its literary and pictorial departments. The proprietors announce several improvements in their plan, which Will be developed immediately, and of which some are visible in this Number. The first article, " On the Mercantile Value,of the Fine Arts," is of the kind exactly calculated to produce a good effect among a mercantile community like this, and we are glad to perceive that the subject is to be followed up. The Number derives a general and permanent value from a very spirited litho- Lraph of one of Wilki e ' s s k etches in the Holy and, " Hebrew women reading the Scriptures at Jerusalem," a beautif u l su bj ect a d m i rably ; treated. It also contains . a portrait of Overbeck, the historical painter of Germany, and two fine specimens of the finished outline illustrations to the new edition of the song of the Nibelungen. The Number is a credit to our 'periodical litera ture. THE PEOPLE'S PHRENOLOGICAL JOURNAL. Mesmerism, as connected with Phrenology, is attracting much attention at present, and those who have engaged in the controversy on either side will find some interesting information in the present number of this Journal. THE CURRENCY. TO THE EDITOR. OF.THE SUN. Sut,—The appearance of an article in The Sun, signed " Beirniard," has led to the following questions. Can your Correspondent answer them satisfactorily, the question of de preciation or no depreciation" may, perhaps, be considered as decided.—Your obedient servant, GERMANICTJS. A, a banker, issues notes of the value of twenty shillings each, promising to repay them, on demand, in gold, at the rate of 123 grains, standard fine, per note. Presently war or political circumstances, or a demand for gold, causes gold to advance to 6/. per ounce. A, the banker, during the advance of the precious metal finds his stock of gold continually dimi nishing, until at length necessity compels him to petition the State to restrain him from raying his notes in gold according to the original contract. The State grants the prayer of the petition. Now if B, the holder of a note of twenty shillings, cannot exchange it at any of the London bullion offices, for more than 80 grains, standard fine, or 12.111, does not the difference, namely, 43 grains, cause a loss to the holder of the note, and is not the b an k er ' s no t e t h ere b y d epreciated? anchester, Jan. 5, 1844. The whole country is groaning with gold. It requires a perfect spendthrift power of squandering to get rid of a sovereign. Peel, ever changing in his principles, has, by way of counterpoise, taken all power of change out of the sove reign. On all sides we hear the most bitter complaints of tradesmen, whose interests materially suffer by this lingering embarrassment. One would have thought that a strong Go vernment could at least have settled this question at once. But twelve months have passed over since the annoyance first began. —Western Times. ROYAL ARTILLERY.—Major -General J. Webber Smith, C. B , has been appointed Director -General of Artil lery, vice Major-General Sir Thomas Dowman, C. 8., who has succeeded to Colonel Commandant of the 3d battalion. Major-General I. W. Smith is expected to assume his duties at Woolwich on Tuesday next. AFFAIR or IloNouß.-1 1 he following mysterious communication has been received :—" An affair of honour took place at an early hour on Thursday morning, within 100 miles of town, between a Mr. D-- and a Mr. P.—, in con sequence of Mr. P-- having made some remarks in a billiarn room reflecting upon the character of a young lady to whom "Mr. D— is much attached, when Mr: a s — s. ball passed through Mr. P—'s hat, within thiee-quarters of an inch of his head. lam authorised to state, the same parties had bad a previous quarrel about the same matter last spring." LOVE AND MURDER.—On 'Wednesday night a young man named Sumner, who was paying his addresses to a girl named Shelton, both of Arnold,was talkin with his love in in the t own street, when her father came to them, a an y d told his daughter to go home. She refused, when he went and fetched a bill-hook or hand-bill, and indicted such a severe wound upon Sumner as to fracture his skull. The brutal tel low has absconded, and his vietira now lies in a most dangerous state.— Nottingham Journal. CURIOUS WAG uts.=-On the 15th inst., a bet came off at Downham, the Isle of Ely, between a farmer of that village and a fenman, living in the Third Drove in Fodder Fen. The bet, which wss for a sovereign, was, that the fenman should find his way home from a certain, house in the Second Drove blindfold, a distance of about three furlongs, across several fen drains, one of whi c h was ten feet wide, ditches, &c. ; the wide st drain he accomplished with a jumping pole— this wager wa.• cell won. The second bet, for another sove reign, was, that he was to start from the same place, blind folded again, without a pole, to his home again. About half way on his journey he was at fault, being out of the line of the ditches some ten or twelve yards ; but he again faced the wind, and retrieved jiis place, and won his second wager. The second time he performed his journey on his hands and knees all the way, using the sides of the ditches as his guide, some of which were eight feet deep and full of water. lie was accompanied by above a hundred spectators, anxious to see the performance of so novel a feat. CAUTION TO HOTEL AND TAVIMN-KEEPERS.— On Tuesday evening, the 2d instant, a person of most gentle manly address and appearance, entered the York Hotel, corner of the York-road, Lambeth inquiring if he could be accom modated with a bed. After partaking of refreshment in the cof f ee-room he retired to bed, arid in the morning when about to leave, the waiter requested payment, when he stated he had agree was d with the propri e t or to occupy his bed for several nights, and only going out to breakfast with a friend. When the chambermaid entered the room it was discovered he had, with instruments, attempted to force open a chest of drawers, but the locks being very superior, had resisted his efforts, but he had much injured the wood. --- THE LATE LORD LYNEDOCH.—The mortal re mains of the late venerable and gallant Lord Lynedoch were disembarked on Friday morning last at Dundee. Mr. Robert Graham, who inherits the deceased Nobleman's property, and Mr. A. Murray, also related to the late Lord, having, in the performance of a duty of respect, accompanied the body to Scotland from London. In going through Perth in the after noon, as the mournful cortege approached, the city minute guns were fired, and the bells of St. John's tolled. Many of the inhabitants closed their houses, in testimony of their regard for the memory of the gallant deceased. The body remained in state until Monday evening. On Tuesday, shortly before twelve, the customary religious ceremonies were performed by the Rev. Messrs. Buchanan and Liston ; and all the necessary preparations for the interment being completed, the funeral procession formed. On the funeral cortege leaving the grounds of the cottage, a large body of the principal tenantry, who had assembled at the home farm, joined in the procession, and at tended it to Methven, where it was the will of the late Lord to be buried. A vast concourse of persons from all parts of the county had gathered at the romantic village, and as the funeral passed to the cemetery, a general feeling of regret for the de parted pervaded the entire congregation. Although so many persons had met, not the slightest confusion arose, and the be haviour of all classes was characterised by becoming decorum. This exemplary county of Devon hath been much scandalised by a young clergyman, who, having paid his ad dresses to a young lady, broke off the match, in order, it is said, to take to another of a larger fortune. The ease is said to be one of scandalous cruelty, as he obtained the young lady's affections before he began to inquire about her fortune, and coupled with his religious professions, it has raised a great cutcry against one who, in the garb of sanctity, goeth to and fro as a pedlar trading for gain on his own personal attractions. Western Times. The Duke of Manchester and Sir W. Robinson have adopted the allotment system, the one at his estates in Huntingdonshire, and the other at Stretton Hall, to the Society of which district he has given 1001. for the benefit of the agri cultural poor. On Tuesday an association was formed at Duntnow, in Essex, for the protection of agriculture from fire, when a letter was read from Sir James Graham offer,ng lOU reward for the detection of persons supposed to have been concerned in the late incendiary fires. The Council of the Royal Agricultural Society of England have just appointed Dr. Playfair consulting chemist' to the Society. Dr. Mayfair is about to establish a laboratory at the Royal Institution, Manchester, for the study and practice of agricultural chemistry. To prove that the monopolists do not monopolise all the agricultural talent, the Aylesbury News mentions the fact that on Wednesday last, at the annual meeting of the Tring Agricultural Association, the prize of a silver cup to the occupier of the best cultivated farm, was awarded to a Mr. Daw, a staunch free trader. THE CURRENCY. (From the Morning Post.) Our monetary laws are attracting, day by day, a larger portion of public attention. The Times is disposed to" champion to the utterance" the Currency Law of 1819. Every attempt on the part of pro ducers in this country to escape from the action of that law our Contemporary describes, somewhat un ceremoniously, as an attempt to perpetrate the foulest dishonesty. Our Contemporary furnished his readers yesterday with the following exposition of the objects which the opponents of the Currency Law of 1819 have in view, when they recommend a departure from the esta blished metallic standard :-- " Their panacea is a depreciated paper currency. A taxed nation, we understand them to say, requires two currencies, a metallic and a paper one, differing in value about as much as the untaxed would from the taxed commodity. The metal is for foreign exchange, the paper is for home con sumption. The balances of foreign trade are to be paid in the hard cash, English bills and taxes are to be cal culated and liquidated in the Government notes ; and thus, we are informed, we shall at once have a sound me dium of exchange with o her nations, while the pliancy of our national currency allows the English producer to raise his (paper) price in proportion to his taxation, without incurring any disadvantage in competition with the untaxed foreigner. Prices must rise to remunerate the producer —master or man—for hi, labour and taxa tion too ; but prices cannot rise so lung as the cir culation —the paper c;reulation of the country —is forced to retain the value of the precious metal. Sever tl.e two. Let notes cease to be convertible at any fixed rate of value. Let paper and gold each take its chance. The nominal prices (being calculated is paper) will be magnificent. The real amount of taxes (being payable in paper) will be next to no thing. Wages will be high =remuneration handsome—and all the world prosperous." This statement by no means furnishes an accurate view of the opinions of all the opponents of the Cur rency Law of 1819. All of these are not advocates of an inconvertible paper currency. Others ask —and the Times might,perhaps, be puzzled to answer the ques tion--why the value of gold, in respect to some of its most important functions, should, more than the value of any other commodity, be fixed by Act of Parliament? Parliament does not pretend to fix the value of gold as a marketable article—as an article to be worked up into plate, or to be used in the arts. Why, then, should Parliament fix the value of gold, in its capacity, as a measure of the public and private debts of the British empire ? If we must have gold money, or paper money convertible into gold, why should the debtor classes, and the producing classes, of the community be deprived of the benefit of a rise in the market value of gold ? If gold shall, at any time, rise to the value of 6/. per ounce, in the market of the world, why should all the paper money in Great Britain be still convertible ; on compulsion, at the rate of 31. 17s. lOid. ? Is it not clear that, so long as. a liability so fearful in its nature hangs over the heads of the issuers of paper money, they must counteract the effects of that unnatu rally low value which the Currency Law of 1819 has affixed to gold, by imparting an unnaturally high degree of value -to their own paper issues ? The Bank of England 'cannot supply the producing and distributing 'classes 'in this country with an amount of money sufficient to perform fairly the functions of distribution and production, so long as her issues remain convertible into gold at a rate below the average market value of gold. If the Bank of Eng land should attempt to do justice to the producing and distributing classes, by issuing an amount of money proportioned to the multiplicity and magnitude of their operations, the Bank of England would be in solvent in a week. The Bank is compelled, by the Currency Law of 1819, to do far less than justice to producers and distributors, in order that she may, in conformity with the spirit of that law, do far More than justice to the creditor classes, to an nuitants, mortgagees, and usurers. The Bank is compelled to regulate her issues, not with reference to our industrial necessities, but with reference to that fraudulent value which the Currency Law of 1819 has impressed on gold. That value is at all times 31. 17s. 10id. per ounce. In the market of the world gold may be worth 51., 61., or 71. per ounce ; still must the Bank of England be prepared at all seasons to supply the public with gold at the rate of 31. 17s. 101 d. The consequence is obvious. The Bank is, in self defence, compelled to limit her issues, and to keep her notes as much above the value of the legal standard, as gold in the market of the world may happen to be above the value of gold estimated at 3/. 17s. 104-d. Industry is, by consequence, paralysed. The necessary appli ances to production and distribution are withheld. Uncertainty hangs over all the operations of trade and commerce. Sober men are converted, in their own despite, into speculators and gamblers. The pressure of public and of private debts is en hanced. The value of labour declines. The indus trious poor are converted into paupers—and then treated as felons. Usurers and mortgagees rise to the rank of princes. Laws are passed to promote the great work of "cheap production ;"—and then, "the public" is gravely complimented on its progress in intelligence and " philosophy !" The following is the criticism which the Times hazards on the theory of the enemies of the Currency Law of 1819 We have only at present space to notice one most singu lar fallacy in the curious contrivance for making two and two equal to five. The " Emancipationists of Industry" seem to have mystified themselves into a notion that by a kind of financial legerdemain they can make the same sum light to those who pay it, and heavy to those who receive it; Government imposes the taxation necessary for the purposes of the State; the Emancipationists propose to alle viate its weight on the subject by diminishing the value of the coin in which it is paid. I s it n o t obvious that this di minution of value will render the national revenue unequal to the objects fur which it is levied, and will instantly necessitate a proportional increase of amount? Government wants a cer tain amount not of its own stamped paper, but of cloth, mus. kets, timber, cordage, soldiers, sailors, clerks, and Lords of the Treasury. '1 hese articles have a real and not a nominal value, and will be paid for accordingly; and if their prices are raised by Mr. Attwood's depreciation, fresh taxes must be levied to pay for them. This, indeed, would not , apply to the fixed disbursements to which Government is bound. Such expenses—the interest of the National Debt among the number--vronld indeed be diminished by the proposed depre ciation. But for a nation to evade the payment of a debt by legislating to chantiethe value of the terms in which the bargain is expressed, is a piece of rascality not, we trust, in reserve for any English Parliament." If by departing from the principle of the Cur rency Law of 1819, taxes should become light—then, argues the Times, their amount must be increased, that portion of them which goes to pay the interest of the National Debt being excepted. So be it. But an increase in the amount of taxation would, in the cir cumstances assumed, fall, not on the producing and distributing classes of the community, but on the order of idle consumers. The increase of taxation would obviously enter into the prices of commodities—and he ultimately borne by annuitants, mortgagees, and money-jobbers. It; besides, taxes should (as they would, of course) rise in amount, the amount of private debts would not rise, with a reform of our Currency Laws; and in no other mode has the Currency Law of 1819 made its fraudulent character felt so keenly, as in the frightful extension of that measure of power which the creditor class exercises over the debtor classes of the community. To depart, however, from the spirit or the letter of the Currency Law of 1819, would, according to our Contemporary, involve the perpetration of a piece of rascality ! Is the Times prepared to show, that when the Bank Restriction Act was passed the Legis lature pledged itself that the English community should redeem all its public and private paper debts —not merely in gold—but in gold estimated at less than its market value ? Is the Times prepared to prove, that public and private creditors would have suffered the slightest injustice if the rate at which paper money was declared convertible into gold had been fixed - at 61. per oz., instead of 3/. 17s. 100. Fr " Rascality" is a strong word • but the Times has thought proper to mak e use o f it. It may, there fore, be worth while to determine whether " ras cality" may not more justly be predicated of those who concocted the Currency Law of 1819, than of those who seek now to repeal it. Will the Times deny that the Currency Law of 1819 was concocted by Jew bullionists and jobbers— by men belonging to the creditor class—and by " eco• nomical philosophers," the apt tools of usurers ? Will the Times deny that the Currency Law of 1819 was passed on false pretexts—on false assurances as to the nature of the results to which it would lead ? Did not Ricardo—himself a money jobber, and the oracle of money-jobbers—pledge him self that the Currency Law of 1819 would not depress prices more than four per cent.? Have not prices fallen, under the action of that law, at least fifty per cent:, and has not the condition of all pro ducers been abased to an extent corresponding with the fall of prices ? Had the effects of the Currency Law of 1819 been anticipated by any considerable proportion of the people, would any Minister have dared to introduce such a law into Parliament ? And does not the utter falsification of all the assurances of the authors of the Currency Law of 1819 give to the agriculturists, and traders, and labourers of Great Britain an indefeasible right to repeal a law which has fraudulently annihilated one-half of the value of all labour and of all property, save property in money ? " Rascality" is, as suredly, an awkward term in the mouth of a defender of the Currency Law of 18191 It is impossible to avoid noting the gross inconsis tencies into which the Times is betrayed when dealing with certain great public questions. Our Contemporary deserves high honour for his stern op• position to the spirit, as well as to the operation, of the new poor-law ; but can the Times fail to perceive that the new poor-law is' pervaded by the very spirit which pervades the Currency Law of 1819 ? The Times denounces -- most justly and most powerfully—the tendency of the new poor-law to lower wages ; but the Currency Law of 1819 has lowered wages more, we will venture to declare, than all the other enactments which the oppressors of the poor ever passed. The Currency Law of 1819— the agitation in favour of free trade—and the new poor-law —are all parts of the same grand scheme. The ends of that scheme are the abasement .of the value of labour, and the enhancement of the value of money. The money power enacted the Currency Law of 1819. The money-power clamours for free trade. The money-power placed the new poor-law on our statute-book. Why, then, should the Times support free trade, and the Currency Law of 1819—yet, denounce the new poor-law as a hideous act of injustice ? The new poor-law is, doubt less, . a hideous act . - of injustice ; -.but" it is not more hideously unjust in principle than free trade, and the existing Money Law. Th e - Ti mes h aS de nounced the system under which females receive three halfpence for making a shirt. Such, however, are " the terms" of the poor shirtmaker's " bargain," ,and the Times declares it to be "apiece of rascality" to change by legislation " the terms in whieh" a bargain is expressed." We will, however, venture to .assure our Contemporary, that if the Currency. Law of 1819 had never been enacted, the new poor-lary would never have been heard of. It is, to no small extent, moreover, the influence, of the Currency Law of 1819 which has reduced industrious fe males to the sad necessity of making shirts for three-halfpence a piece. Yes ; the law which di rectly compels public and private debtors to redeem their obligations is gold, fraudulently estimated at 3/. 17s. 10-(1. per ounce, compels, indirect!y, needle women to accept of three-halfpence, in exchange for the toil which is required to make a shirt. TILE REVENUE AND THE FUNDS Unquestionably the most important fact that has transpired for a long time past, as in all probabil►ty it will beneficially improve the status of the Public Securities, is the official announcement gazetted last night, that the investments in aid of the Sinking Fund are to be renewed. It cannot be said, however, that the re-appearance of the Commissioners in their box in the Stock Exchange, as takers of Stock, or Exchequer bills, in diminution of the National Debt, was an unexpected occurrence. The feeling..among the moneyed interest for some time past has been, that the income of the country, though mainly derivable from the property and income-tax, would so far exceed the expenditure of the United Kingdom, as to leave a considerable surplus; and it has been stated under this head, on previous oc casions, that the resumption of investments, in liqui dation of the Debt, would occur. It appears by the notification from the Lords Commissioners of her Majesty's TreaSury, that the surplus revenue of the United Kingdom beyond the actual expenditure thereof in the financial year, ending the 10th of October last, amounted to 908,541/. Ils. 91d. ;' and the Commissioners for the Reduction of the National Debt have been directed to lay out, in the quarter ending the sth of April next, one-fourth part of this surplus, which, adding interest receivable on account of donations and bequests, to be applied to the pur chase of stock (3,477/. 12s. 10d.), will make an ex penditure of 230,6131. Os. 90. Of this amount there will be appropriated 200,0001. in calling in Exchequer bills, and in the purchase of stock, 27,1351. 7s. 114 d., besides the bequest money. It will be remarked, that the amount to be invested in reducing the Funded Debt is small, but still, no question, a most favourable influence will be exercised as regards the valueof the Funds, as well as upon the premium borne by Ex chequer bills. The sums to be laid out on each transfer day in the ensuing quarter (and the purchases will be recommenced on Tuesday next), will be daily, in stock, about 5201., and in Exchequer bills very nearly 4,000/. A pretty correct op►nion may be formed of the intentions of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, as respects the oft-rumoured intention of Ministers to reduce the interest upon the Three-and-a-Half per Cents., should the .investments of the Government brokers in aid of the Sinking Fund be made in - the Three per Cents., whether Consols or Reduced An nuities. It is now over six years since the annual income of the country fell below the expenditure, and when the purchases for the redemption of the debt was discontinued. In many quarters the policy of those purchases to redeem the debt is much ques tioned, and at the present moment, when the subject is likely to lead to much controversy in and out of Parliament, the following remarks, from a work deemed of authority,in such mattors (Fenn's Compen dium), are of considerable interest. " . The purchases of stock by the Commisionera for the Reduction of the Debt have been made at con siderable loss ever since the first establishment of the Sinking Fund; the average rate at which Three per. Cent. Stock was created by the various loans con tracted from 1793 to 1802 was 578 per cent. (as nearly as can be ascertained), and the average price at which the Commissioners purchased the same stock during that period was 718 per cent. The purchases amounted to 49,655,5311., upon which a loss was sustained by the public of 2,234,4991., bring 4} per cent. During the war, from 1803 to 1814, the average rate per cent. at which Three per Cent. Stock was created was 604, and the purchases made by the Commissioners ave raged 628. The amount purchased was 176,173,2401., upon which there was a loss of 2i per cent., amounting to 4,404,8311., making a total of upwarsls of 6,600,0001. lost by the nation during the period 1793 to 1814, merely to keep the Sinki 3g Fund in operation, and from which the public derived no benefit whatever. Since the termination of the war the purchases by the Commissioners have been made at a much higher price, and consequently the nation has to repay the stockholders from 30 to 40 per cent. more than was actually borrowed. This is the consequence of the method of funding pursued during the war, the errors of which have bee.) frequently pointed out in hooks upon the subject, but _ unfor • tunat-dy not until the effects were felt. It is argued that bad the loans been raised by the creation of stock hearing a high rate of interest, in stead of by the creation of Three per Cents., the bene fit resulting from a rise in the price consequent upon the conclusion of the war, would have been equally divi led between the stockholder and the nation. The value of the capital would have been increased to the ft rmer, while the latter, by a fair reduction in the rate of interest, would have participate) in the profit. The most important reductions in the capital of the Debt have of late years been effected by granting annuities on lives and fer terms of years. The re duction in the annual charge of the l'ublic Debt has been principally occasioned by the rise in the prices of stock enabling Government to reduce the interest." The saving by the reduction of the Five and Four per Cents. is 2,355,8451. annually, and were the Three-and-a-Half per Cents. reduced, the interest payable on the Debt would be a saving of 80,000/. a year more. Before leaving the subject it may •he as well to remark, that the last purchases made by the Commissioners in aid of the Sinking Fund, were made on the 29th December, 1837. In the quarter • of that year the purchases daily were 552/. stock, and about 5,0001. Exchequer Bills, making a total of 27,054/. 18s. 9d. stock, and 250,0001. Exchequer bills, laid out from October to the end of December, 1837. And it is singular that in 1844, the reeom menceinent of the purchases in aid of the Sinking Fund should take place with an available surplus balance of revenue over expenditure, for the quarter ending on the sth of April next, of 27,135!.; that the daily pur chases for the next three months (i. e. transfer days) should be about 2551., and that in Exchequer bills 200,0001. are to be invested. The value of the Three and-a-Half per Cents. (of 1818), in which the last in vestments were made by the Commissioners in re demption of Debt, was on the 29th December, 1837, 99, and Exchequer bills, with interest at the rate of 21d. per centum per diem, were at 455. to 475. pre mium. Now, the . quotation for the Three-and-a- Half per Cents. of 1818 is 1021, and of Exchequer bills, interest reduced to lid. per centum per diem, 675. to &9s. premium. This is another forcible argu ment in favour of a reduction of the interest. A far better plan it is thought would be pursued were the assessed, the malt, and other taxes reduced. It is assumed that the income-tax will be kept on for the three years, but at least the five and ten per cent. on taxes in general, laid on by the late Premier, might easily be taken off instanter, instead of buying up stock at not far short of par, which was contracted for principally during the war, at prices ranging 20 to 30 per cent. lower.—Observer. A letter was received in Liverpool on Friday, stating that Parks, formerly a constable in the Liverpool police force, and well known on London-road, where his walk was for four or five years, was murdered in Carmarthen by the Re beceaitcs, who threw his body into the river. He was a wry resolute, daring man; was dismissed, some time ago, by the Watch Committee, but subsequently was admitted into the county constabulary in the Welsh disturbed districts. His head, it is said, was literally smashed in PRESERVES TIIE PROBABL E REASON WIIT DON'T Kxzr.—A lar ge supply of crushed suga r arrived at a grocery establishment in Perth, a few days ago, from Glasgow, with all the appearance of adulteration. Samples have been submitted to chemical tests, but hitherto, we understand, without detect ing the peculiar ingredients of admixture. To appearance it is some mucilage or starchy substance, giving the sugar a peculiar clammy moistu re , as we ll as sme ll. Suspicions of adulteration in the same commodity , have been entertained here for some time, not only in crushed, bnt in refined or lump sugar. A large quantity of the latter having been dissolved, by a family in town, previous to being boiled with. fruit for jelly, was found to contain a large portion of glutinous of starchy matter, but the exact ingredient could not be ascer tained.—Perth Courier. A Pious PAGAN.—M. Dumoutier, a Frenchman, has been " round the world," at the expense of his Government, collecting skulls and casts of the various races of the great family of man. Ma n y savage t r ib es , a tt ac hi ng grea t sacredness to the remains of the dead, were loth to gratify his scientific cravings. One of the natives of a most ferocious tribe of the Malays, of whom M. Dumoutier requested a skull, .tendering him silver in exchange, offered to go and decapitate an enemy immediately for him, and give him the skull, but would not allow him to touch the bones resting in the tomb. FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE RIVER. —Thursday af ternoon, as the barge Mary Anne was earning up with tbe tide, heavily laden with coals, and with only one lighterman, named William Gibson, on board of her, she ran foul of a tier of simi lar barges moored in the river, n early'opposite to Somerset wharf, and the collision was so violent 'its to throw'him over board. No immediate assistance wes at hand, and ' conse quently the poor man, who has left a very large family, was lost. It is a singular fact, that notwithstanding every effort of the river police, accidents are continually occurying in this particular part ottbe river. • - I I seat 001 !re and ilo. ,nth g ,han 14. ; the .duo' e d th Ai eli —.--''' 12 6 ~---••• n / 0 15 ./ n 0 ltro ' 10 3 : ►rt• i l ec 4.20' 103'