The Sun. — London, England, 1844-01-04 00:00:00

- • d In i n ‘‘Pas neirime lietrie, where his followers made terms for themselves, while he escaped with a few at tendants. The next point of interest in the north of India was' the great enthusiasm raised for the libera tion of Colonel Stoddart from Bokbara. A con siderable subscription was raised for the purpose of defraying the expense of ~ e nding a person thithe r to examine into the truth of his confine- Inent and of his safety. It k thought that no tilhlg• further will be done in India until the rusult of Dr. Wolft's mission is known. The accounts from Sinde ar from the extraordinary sickness pi•evalent amongst the troops. Out o f an army of about 13,000 men about one-third was in the hospital. 'rile rause of the . sicknes is; to he the un healthiness o f the climat e LiTter the sebsiding or the Indus, when the exlialatioos produced by a glowiiq.r sun over an extensive muddy surtace Ore exceedingly dang-erous. Fortunate'iy, taut tour-. y was comparatively but little, as most 01 'them easily recovi_o-, although much debilitated from the fever and boils. 'file most exaggerated accounts are circulated respectin g . the sickness, hut there aPP"ars to be but little danger apprehended front any of the neighbouring tribes. Sir C. Napier was at Km.- rachee, where his lady had jollied him. He pur posed to go to Hyderabad in the beginning a t' December, and, with a considerable body of troops, to proceed to look out tOr healthful situa tions, at which the troops are to be stationed iu future. There seems to be but little doubt that li i e will e succeed, for on of the great causes of scknes s has been, that inen have frequently Been located in places where the natives had accumulated filth, which, under the influence of " d 'till, produc e d the evil now so bi tter l y complained of. Lord E l lenburough had become more popular than during the preceding twelve months. The I . l ) l e i w sPapers w hi ch had raised au outcry againstweirivehad been oblig e d to ad:nit that his measures successful their , and they found that much of His Lord s hi 4l"ur had not any f oun d a ti on in .ffict. 'readier for the was to start a b out t h e 26 t h o f No- North NV •p ro vinces, in - esteiti No vested With Cvery p ower to mak,:, peace or war In, a special was act of the Legislative Council. There allsurd objection made to this proceeding, .on stlaienground that Lord Ellenborough was act ing without the advice of his Council, but it should be recollected that his Lordship is accom- P a nied by s ome ri enced of the m ost ta l ente d and expe civil and military servants, who act as his secretaries, and who can give good counsel. 0.. 11 4 Lord s hi p ' s active movements and decision character have ( Il e pained for !him great success. is ot instability, because he does net pertinaciously adhere at every risk to the first 111.Ni-igen - lents of the plans laid down, while it is evident that events may arise to derangr: details, which, when the great object is gained by an easier route, ought to be forgotten. 'The habit of i ceping his intentions secret has also raised a clamour, for in a country where much eon be gaitied by knowing what is about to be dune, th ere are disappointed men always to be found w ho blame the Governor-General tbr acts w hich seem to them incomprehensible or mo trallY Wrong; whereas, if the whole truth were those acts might deserve th e hi g h est Praise, CHINA— The news from China extends to the begin ning of October. The most inTurtant intelli ce Was the arrangement of It supplementary treaty between the Chinese and the British Go verninents ] , use ; one cl ause o f which is for the pur of guaranteeing to all foreig selv es. n nations the sunl e Privileges of, t ra d e as to the British them 11thec se T his will h ave the effect of rende r i ng essar Chiy all negotiations between the the t tnperor and the other Powers. since re ' Chinese G overnment is said to be now in its determination to abide by the regulations of the vi ll Prevent all discussions with other toreigners. ' i tl e treaty i 8 looked upon in the East as the t r i i(l st signal triumph of tie British Plenipoten ti.:l:3'i for it render s nugatory ali the iittenipt . s of lately'- ren eli and American diplomatic missions /..,,tit with such pomp . to the Chinese coast. of:Lauter ha s already begun at the appearance s 10, tvvn A nihassadors sent thither before it -...,a iv e ; ti that they would be received, in . order to Z 4141 a Purpose which was granted before they ti r P e alred. They now have no ground fOr liege -,1-,4,11") and must return to their own country, in ' , 4 -' " el. to be laughed at at home and abroad. The Z--ttlelican frigate Brandywine stopped for some eks at Bombay, t o wa i t f or M r. Cushing, the ni . ,. l ll , ste r) who wa s go i ng to see the sea frontiers stlii-e' fi)de 4i ath of th e C e l est i a l Empire. He had is r Macao on the 27th of November. It 1 . , , a su bieet of curiosity to know how he and the i ne .'ellell Minist er wilt act on their arrival, for to will ha ve nothi ng to d emand, and nothing ' n entnPlain of. Sir t - Henry Pottinger, who had gone to Macao to attend the funeral. of Mr. Morrison, is stated 4 ( 1 ) 1 have regarded the supplementary treaty with such importance as leave to a steamer sent spe cialy with it to Suez. The state of trade at Carrion was not satisfac tory, owing to the tricks of the old Hong mer el'ants) and their adherents the ilognists, The stat e of trade along the coas ' t is said . to be satis 14set°r3% Itowquii, the celebrated 'Flung mei' ttihatit, died at the age of 7.5 leaving 15,000,000 _ ;liars' worth of propertY• The celebrated TAlandarin tin has also paid the debt of nature. CI e : Rev ' MI% 'nus Gutzlaff has been a pp o i nte d le Se cretary, in the room of Mr. AMorrison. F A ""igst the death s i n C hina are mentioned (,; It r "tei Deput a Ptairi y Comissary-General, an d fl aviland, m of her Majesty's 55th Foot. _ - COI‘.IMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. INDIA. , ( Fr om t h e Over:and Price Current, Dec. 1. th übtillAY, DEC. I.—The stat e o f commercial affairs during e e east month has been marked by little animation, and the r eM and fur most descriptions of imports has proved compare_ l'ely slack --a result owing in a great measure to the disturb 44es in the Punjaub, which have led buyers from that country, 4 04 the Provinces to the north-westward, to defer their par- Olases for the present. METALS. —Prices of copper, with the exception of South American, have all advanced since our last_ Sheathing being aheut half a rupee per cwt. dearer; Braziers', Rs. I i to 2 ; liaised Boitoms, Rs. 3; and Tile, i to 1 rupee. We have quoted American at Rs. 46 to 47 ; a sale, however, has been report of 5) cwt., at Rs. 45, but of this we have no direct 41ormation. The prices of iron have slightly improved. sales 1 Swedish bar having been made at 51 rs., of British bar at 23 l ap rs, sod of rounl nail rod at 2.3 rs. ; spelter has been sold Rely at 17 rs., a few tons at 17 k rs., and about 100 (to ar• t t ,'") at 14 rs. to 17 rs. per cwt. Quicksilver has still fur_ "er advanced, and may now be quoted at lett rs. per maund 37 alb. C Lead, ste e l, an d t i n plates are steady at former rates. :her G TON MANUPA C TURES.—Beyond rende r i ng h o l ders ra- O'lriner than before, but little effect has beets produced here I °Y the favourable accounts of the home markets received by the last Overland Mail. Grey long, cloths, domestics, and sheet- t in !ss, :re very difficult of sale, even at low and unremunerating t at e ; bin for low qualities of grey ma,iapollams and jaconets a 1' % ; 44 3' demand has existed throughout the month, and sales of I,ieeer4 have been made to some extent, at fully last month's s, While bleached long_cloths and jaconets have also been N t4ler alAY good request, and commanded a fair return. For destine there is still an inquiry, and a slight advance has been 11:1 some instances obtained. Prints are duller of sale than before and prices of neutral pieces and stripes have rather Nl'," Turkey red goods continue in demand, and former es pawnhout difficulty obtained. Y. A . fully--B.—Considerable sales took place early in the month, tit4t previous prices, anti for Nos. 50 to 80 mule twists an h '44 " ° I ito 1 / 2 anna per lb. was obtained—a rate which (aNtosubsequently been supported. For the lower numbers 20 t ° term . -° 40 ), somewhat lower prices than before are now 3,,trWile atave also been apprised of a sale of 4,00. 1 1 b. Turkey red of at li I's. per lb. ; and orange, we believe, has beer, disposed ~.. Ifsi unties per lb. i,17;,° Lt.etes.--We have little change to notice in the mat ket tel e _ (Iq . liens. The inquiry has been languid for the season, and 4:neonsiderable; prices, however, are tnaintained. p r i t , t, kINE Seostes.—Little alteration has occurred in the ti o , ' o f the articles included under this head, with the excep %mes :i f that of Swedish tar, which has receded considerably, barrel whit article having been mad e at 10t,rs. to 13rs. per , t: ' ,4l, tele our last quotation was 1 7rs. Per ~,,,t 41Rs.----We hear of sales of 18 tons of red lead at Ilirs. latt er tir rnd of 241 b. saffron at Ors. 28,1-a. per pound ; the title may be quoted at ` , tirs. to 29rs. per pound, TUE_SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, JANUARY 4 Mat Ai:co. - ling to quality. I,Boolb. of Cochineal have, we be.. lieve. been disposed of at 2rs. 10a. per pound ; and 2,9001 b. at 2r. 6a., but the former rate has been in one instance re— fttsed. The following transactions have taken place in bottles: Corks are dull of sale, and barely fetch llrs. per gross. BKER..-200 hhds. of Allsop's have been sold at 65rs. per hhd., and 70 hhds. of Mason and Gilbertson's at 50rs. In other sorts we hear of no transactions, and retain, in conse. quence, the quotations given last month. Srittrrs.—The only sales reported are of Brandy, of which 3,800 gallons have changed hands at firs. per gallon, and 1,904 gallons at lrs. 10a. THE INDIAN MAILS. ALEXANDRIA, Dec. 22.—Very bad weather has reigned in this place during the last fortnight. Heavy showers of rain, accompanied by strong gusts of wind, stopped during that time all communications with the shipping in the port. On the 19th inst. an English steamer was descried making for this harbour, but, owing to the heavy sea rolling, no pilot dared to go out to her, and she was seen beating off the coast all day long. Next morning she got in safely, and turned out to be the Government steamer Alecto, from Malta, with 20 pas senuers for Bombay, and the Indian mails, which she brought from Malta, owing to the Great Liverpool having broken down between Gibraltar and that Island. The Great Liverpool has just come in with the Calcutta passengers, to proceed by the llindo tan from Suez, and, after coaling, will return to Malta in two or three days wt!li the passengers for England. The Alecto returns with the India mails. The Emmettje, which runs between Syria and this place, came into this port on the 19th without a pilot, which is a dan gerous thing to attempt. She suffered a great de?l on her voyage from Beyrout, having lost all her bulwarks and boats, with everything on deck washed away by the sea. Several extensive sales of cotton have lately been made by the growers of this staple in Egypt, and, amongst others, Ibrahim Paella has sold the whole of his crop (about 20,000 cantars, or 10,000 bales), at ten dollars per eantar, payable in assignments. These assignments consist of the salaries of all those employed in the service of the Government, the greater part of whom have been waiting upwards of two years for what was due to them, and now find themselves under the disagree able necessity of selling their claims to the merchants at a loss of from 20 to 28 per cent. • IMPORTANT NEWS FROM SPAIN. (From the Morning Post.) We have received the Madrid journals of the 27th ultimo, together with private advices from that capital. Their contents possess considerable interest. The rumours which we have repeatedly noticed, as to the Gonzales-Bravo Cabinet designing either a disso lution or a prorogation of the Cortes, were well founded, although it was not expected that they would come to so serious a resolution so early. On the 27th, the Senate and Chamber of Deputies meet. To the former, the President of the Council and Mi nisters of the Finances and Interior; and to latter, the Ministers of Justice, War, and the Navy, communi cated the following Royal decree : " I, Queen Isabella 11., exercising the powers con ferred on me by the 2Gth article of the Constitution, and after taking the advice of my Council of Ministers, do decree the following:— " The sittings of the Cortes are suspended in the present Legislature. " Done at the Palace," &c. &c. The issuing of this decree was determined upon at a Council on the 26th, and kept secret until the moment it was communicated to the two Chambers. The reading of it would appear to have been quietly listened to, and the sittings to have been closed with out disturbance. By a Royal decree of the 20th ultimo, counter signed by M. Carrano, " the public finances are to administer from the Ist of January, 1844, the Puertas duties in all the capitals of provinces and ports where they are not yet re-established on the finances' account. The, preamble to this decree says that the abolition of the Puertas duties was one of the measures by which Espartero wanted to render impossible all ad ministrations that did not suit his revolutionary views, and that their revival is necessary to restore an equilibrium between the receipb and expenses of the country. Our usual express has brought us the Courrier Francais, Quotidieunc, Gazette des Tribunaux, and Galignani's Messenger, being the only journals pub lished at Paris on Tuesday, the others having kept New Year's day a close holiday. Their contents are very unimportant. We, nevertheless, subjoin the principal congratulatory addresses to the King on the occasion of the New Year, with his Majesty's replies. [These are in the usual strain, and show a loyal dis position more than ordinary, but we can find room only for the Address of the Archbishop of Paris and the King's reply :—] THE ARCHBISHOP OF PARIS IN THE NAME OF THE CLERGY. " Sire—The year which has just terminated has been a happy one for for your Majesty, we now come to express our wish that the present may be still happier. A Queen, your powerful ally, has come to recognise your wise and persevering ef forts for the preservation of the tranquillity of Europe. A Prince, dear to our seamen by all the qualities of his noble heat, has brought to you from another hemisphere a new pledge of union between our country and that of his illus trious spouse. The arts, manufactures, and commerce, the happy offspring of peace, continue to spread their rich be nefits over our country. No Frenchmen are more desirous than ourselves to increase and perpetuate these benefits. But the most ardent wishes of our hearts, and those of your Majesty will not be fully satisfied until we shall see extended anti con firmed amongst us, the empire of faith and the Christian vir tues, the fruitful source of security, grandeur, and moral dig.. nity, and without which there can be neither real strength nor true wisdom. May the Divine Dispenser of all gifts grant these legitimate prayers, and preserve to us a King whose life appears to have been saved a few months ago from a new peril only to remind us of the dangers from which he himself has preserved France." The King replied— " You remind me of the happy circumstances which have marked the 3ear which has just passed. In addition to the marriage, which brought to my family new consolation fur the grief of the Queen and my own, 1 have received with happiness the visit of an august ally ; and the increasing progress of the arts and manufactures have still further added to public pro sperity. I thank Providence for having 'showered so many blessings on my ho use . I am d eep l y a ff ected with the wishes you express for my family and myself, and I do not cease to form very sincere wishes that sentiments of morality anti reli. gion, the true sources of all virtues, may continue to strengthen and increase." BOURSE, TussnAy.---Three per Cents. B2f. lOc. SCOTTISH HOSPITAL. Yesterday a meeting of the noblemen and gentlemen, mem bers and subscribers to the Scottish Hospital, took place in the Hall of the Corporation, Crane-court, Fleet -street. Mr. Nisbett having been unanimously called to the chair, the minutes of the general meeting held on St. Andrew's day last were read and confirmed. The SECRETARY then read the Report, from which it ap peared that, during the list half-year, the Committee for the relief of distressed Sentehmen had examined into the cases and claims of 291 individuals, and had expended the sum of 2,146/. in alleviating their sufferings. The amount ex pended in pensions during the first six months of the past year Was 92.9/., and during the last half of the year, 9171., making a gross sum, during the twelve months, of 1,8461. After pay ing the expenses of the Corporation, a balance remained in the Treasurer's hands of 4,0161. The stock invest d by the Cor poration amounted to 56,0071. 'f he Report having been adopted, and ordered to be printed, a resolution was carried, giving the Committee power to sell out stock to the amount of 1,0001., it required, for any con tingency. A vote of thanks to the Rev. Dr. Brown was carried, on his resigning the chaplaincy of the Hospital, in consequence of his appointment to a parish in Scotland by her Majesty. Mr. NOBLE said he had a resolution to propose, which he thought would meet their cordial support. He begged to sub mit " That his Grace the Duke of Sutherland, the President, and Vice-Presidents of their ancient Corporation, be requested to wait upon his Royal Highness Prince Albert, and express the feelings of their body, and their hope that he would be pleased to extend his patronage to their ancient charity by presiding at their spring festival."—( Hear, hear.) The resolution having been seconded, Mr. DorgaLosom said that, in inviting his Royal Highness Prince Albert to preside over them, it should be borne in mind that that they were not asking fur pecuniary assistance, but merely for the honour, and he might add the happiness of being presided over by a Prince of such truly liberal and amiable qualities—( Loud cheering)—whose means were already too limited to enable him to contribute to every charity. The resolution was then carried unanimously. After the transaction of other business of lesser interest, a vote of thanks was given to the Chairman, and the nsoeting separated. ST. STEPHEN WALBROCK AND ALDERMAN GIBBS. Yesterday the parishioners of St. Stephen Walbrook met in special vestry, as per adjournment from the 15th N.vernber last. There was a very numerous attendance, and Mr. Cun life, banker, took the chair. The minutes of the last open vestry having been confirmed, Mr. ROCK called on the vestry clerk's representative to pro duce the minutes of the select vestry, held on the 22d ult., and from which the parishioners were excluded by Mr. Alderman Gibbs, when it appeared that 110 record of that meeting had been entered on the vestry-book, and that the only minutes of it were now in the possession of Mr. Alderman Gibbs. The CHAIRMAN thought that this was a strong proof on the part of the vestry clerk that a select vestry was illegal—the fact of his not having recorded it in the books.—( Hear. ) Mr. Rocx having proposed that the minutes of the present meeting should be inserted consecutively with the last, so as to prevent the possibility of any record of the select vestry being hereafter inserte I, The CHAIRMAN briefly addressed the meeting, contending that the parish had been treated most shamefully and con temptuously by Mr. Alderman Gibbs.--(" Hear," and ap plause. ) He, for one, was now of opinion that Alderman Gibbs had no accounts to produce.--( Hear, hear.) It only remained for them to let the law take its course, and to enter into a sub scription to defray the expenses.—( Applause.) The Rev. Dr. CROLY, who hail been specially requested to attend the vestry, addressed the meeting at some length, de tailing what occurred at the select vestry meeting of the 22d. He said—As I have been called on to state the circumstances which occurred on the 22d of last month, when the parishioners were excluded from the vestry-room, I shall state them as brief}, as possible. You know that from the commencement of these transactions I have not suffered any ill-temper to mingle with my remarks; that I have spoken reluctantly when I spoke at all ; and that in every instance I have shown an absence of all personal hostility to any one. I certainly was not the de fender of your churchwarden, for I could not see my way in this direction ; but I constantly gave him the opportunity of defend ing himself, the onlyopportunity which men of spirit and honour can ever desire.—( Hear, hear.) My only purpose was to see justice done between man and man. I was neither his assailant nor his advocate. I was even most unwillingly compelled to take upon me the office of umpire,—( Hear, hear.) But of the transaction of the 22d instant—an injury almost personal. have no superstitious reverence for the walls of a church; but I have the due respect for it as a place of our common worship ; and I find it impossible to regard its blocking up with policemen but as an act de serving of my severest censure. I have heard of offences offered to churches by the violence of mobs, by the strug gles of contending parties, by the influx of Chartists, but I never recollect any deliberate act—and that too of autho riby—which gave me so muck pain as the scene which pre sented itself to me both without and within your church on that day.—( Hear, hear.) When I arrived at the door I found a considerable number of the parishioners in the street, anxious and angry no doubt, yet behaving with perfect quiet ness, and two police officers standing with their backs to the door. As those persons were no more familiar with my face than I was with theirs, I should, possibly, not have obtained admittance at all, but that the parish beadle introduced me to at t eipro ofsr posse e a t e h t oe s uf ceremoniesar n t policemen,; and mfi hwoa s t h u h Is:, having ng i t . h e y M Ie d r f mu ße ne d re w t i t t ih a t h e al n i p n rt g ohf s . ma i porchon sa l glance, suffered me to pass; and after this station-house scrutiny—this pickpocket probation—l presumed I was at liberty to pass on. But here again I found a new obstacle, a new specimen of vigilance, in the shape of the alderman's son, hw s steps, performing he etrh,satpllaac tiplacing r the stth fe p e l a ft r o t sotl o ai f sr htl t e u sd r o n na k t e it nh y . et — hs (snzu degradingiaamriShe.)n a e I c a a e c Mr. Joseph Gibbs, who stood at th e i nner door, at the head of y ok the fn ta posi tion ; but as it seemed perfectly satisfactory to himself, and indeed perfectly suitable, I saw no further necessity for any sorrows of mine.—( Hear, hear, and laughter.) I understand that this young gentleman is intended for the law. Now, Aris totle recommends that in all things we should begin at the beginning, and it must be owned that Mr. Joseph Gibbs could not commence his trade lower down. Whatever he may be not fit for, I can assure you he has the talents for a turnkey.— ( Hear, and laughter.) Having unlocked the door, which I heard locked behind me again, as if instead of entering a church I was traversing a gaol, I supposed that all obstacles were over at last. Alas I gentlemen, how vain are the hopes of man ! Oar sextoness, with her hack to the vestry-door, planted on the defensive, stood before me, reversing her natural employment, and instead of opening doors, keeping them shut. My name was now whispered through the key-hole, another unlocking took place, and I was at length let in ; the whole arrangement convincing me that the Alderman possessed unsuspected facul ties for public service—the triple watch and ward, the succes sive lockings, the posted thieftakers, and the filial turnk y, satisfying me that, in addition to his many employments, he would make a capital governor of Newgate, with the wards as a provision for the minor branches of his family, and, perhaps, the treasurership of the Sheriffs' Fund to complete the re creations of his cell.—(Cheers and laughter). On my admis sion I found assembled, in "grim repose," the gentlemen whose names you already know ; and, on my taking the chair, Alderman Gibbs read a statement of some length, but which seemed to me to contain little new. It was chiefly limited to what we have so often heard—namely, that he had been ready with his accounts, but was prevented from giving them, by the intrusion of the parishioners into the select vestry. This paper seemed to me to pass by all the natural questions; for instance—Why he had not given an account for the last nineteen years?—of what nature was that account which he had given in such haste before the Lord Mayor?—and whether he had been actually ready with any account at all until the present moment—if this were an ac count?—why he had suffered so heavy a debt (if debt it were) to accumulate without the knowledge of the parish?—why he had not collectel the poor-rates for so many years ?—vi ith other equally obvious questions. But all this was listened to in perfect placidity. The tide flowed all one way, and, except for an occasional remonstrance on my part, there would not have been a ripple. I simply urged the necessity of having public accountants, or auditors, unconnected with the select vestry, before we could regard those accounts as authentic. It is true, gentlemen, that I had been previously offered the inspection of the accounts from eleven to two on the very day of the meeting. Thus, in three hours I was to examine the accounts of nineteen years. Now, gentlemen, whatever opinion I may have of my faculties—it does not mount so high—l am no Michael Cassio, " the great arithinctician ;" riot a worker of arithmetical miracles-1 am not the "grand American calcu lating boy ;" and if I had been ten grand' American calculating boys, I should not have been equal to the task. I therefore had not the indulgence of giving the Alderman his quietus. And, more—if that question had been proposed to the chair, I should certainly have declined to put it. The proposal made to the chair was simply that the accounts should be printed, to which of course I acceded. And thus we settled the question of goods and chattels without troubling the proprietors, whom our police force kept raging outside the doors.—(Shame. ) Gentlemen, I remember, in " Tristram Shandy," a case gusted, in which the Duchess of Burgundy was refused the guardianship of her own children, and the French council, constructed, I presume, something on the plan of a select ves try, declared " that a mother was no relation to her own chil dren." " But," interrupted my uncle Toby, " what did the Duchess of Burgundy say to that?" Gentlemen, we had in the street at the moment a crowd of our Duchesses of Bur gundy, who, when their own p ro p er ty was concerned , would thus probably have given a very direct answer; and thus we glided on. Gentlemen, I may be disposed to treat this lightly now ; but I had a very different feeling. As I sat in that useless chair, holding that sinecure office, and acting in a " glorious minority" of one, I was more than once tempted to ask in what part of the world I was at that moment—under what rash, headlong, and arbitrary authority—under what violent, and foolish, and unhappy Government ? Was I in Turkey, where the Porte sends for a man's purse and his head together ? Was lin Russia, where an ukase sweeps ten thousand subjects at a time into the return. less desert? Was lin Rome, where a man is cast into a dungeon, on a hint from a Cardinal's lackey? No ; but in the freest country in the world, and in the freest city of that country, amongst a people who pride themselves on their system of popular government, on their free expres sion of opinion, and on their power over their own purses ? Such scenes, I thought, could never occur in such a country as that, and least of all in one of the temples devoted to the worship of their Creator.—( Cheers. ) But, Gentlemen, I have heard it said that all this is much ado about nothing. I don't think so.—( Hear, hear.) Rates were imposed on the parish whilst these doors were closed upon you ; and, to apply what was said of Hampden to yourselves, though 20,000/. might not make you beggars, 20d. may make you slaves.—( Cheers. ) But I will go no further, nor would I add another sentence, were there not too little citcumstances to which I desire espe cially to refer—first, I wish to assure you tha t thou gh the churchwardens' accounts were audited, they were no t p as sed , at least while I presided. I beg you to believe that I would have nothing to do with the passing of them in such an assembly, and that had such a proposal been made to me I would have ven tured to disturb the complacency of the m eetin g , by refusing to put the question from the chair.—( Cheers.) The other point to which I wish to allude is personal. I some little time back received from Alderman Gibbs a letter, in which he hinted to " me that the payment of my salary for the lectureship was " voluntary on the part of the vestry. —( Cries of" Sh ame. ") Gentlemen, I understood the hint, and I c an dea p ise it.— ( Much cheering.) I won't believe, howe ver, that an y vestr y —select or open—will play second fiddle to such a paltry act. —(Renewed cheering.) I wish I could say that even under such circumstances 1 could afford to throw u p this lectureshi p at once ; but the truth is, that I can't afford i t. You all know that the value of this living is not great, and I, Gentlemen, whether right or wrong, fancy that I am a man who has not been well used by the world—that, at any rate, I have been, like many others, a victim to the ingratitude of Governments who, in conciliating their enemies, have neglected the zealous friends whom they used as stepping-stones to their own ad vancement. But to pass by this : you all know the state of the congregation of this church when I came here—you all know how it is now attended. As for my intercourse with my pa rishioners, your kind feeling towards me is the best assurance of their esteem. I do not believe that the select vestry will act as it is hinted they may act ; and as for Mr. Alderman Hear, hear. Gibbs's threat, let the Livery of London drag him out of the slough of Walbrook. L et the Aldermen take him into their boat (not too lightly freigh ted alread y ) : let h im be presented to the Mansion-house and to the judgment -seat—yet still I willsa l o ythatltes r pisei t.—( ) Nor, in sa yi ng thi s , am I unmindfu l regardless of Mr. Alderman Gibb s ' s power. Some one has said that lie is an obscure man. He is no such thing. No one has been snore eager after a sort of petty des potic power. The catalogue of his offices would be as long and Then you must go tedious as the catalogue of Homer's ships. A re you anx i ous ff ec y t o ? u — takeA laugh. ) an inte res t i n t h e adminis tration to consult the Land Tax Com missioners ? Then you must go to Alderman Gibbs. Are yo u desirous of assisting in carrying to he A i l n d c e o r m m e a - n taxinto e Gibbs. of the affairs of the poor, Mr. Alderman Gibbs is at the head of the City Union. If you want—sin fact, if you want anything at all—whatever public office you may go into— whatever little scheme you arc desirous of aiding, in each and all Mr. Alderman Gibbs somehow or another is concerned. Nor does be limit his offices to the metropoli s , oke o If you extend your ambition beyond Lon don, and tak e a trip to Margate, there is Mr. Alderman Gibbs a master and treasurer again. Nay, p your nose even under the if in looking for glory you ground, there you meet him once more, for Mr. Alderman Gibbs is a Commissioner of Sewers--(Loud laughter, and cheers.) No, no, Gentlemen, you have no obscure or in significant perstm to deal with. You have to deal with a man clothed with authority, and you must act accordingly. Mr. liowerr proceeded to comment on what he termed the unprecedented and unjustifiable conduct of Mr. Alderman Gibbs in excluding the parishioners from the church, on the late occasion, and treating them as though they were ruffians. and stated that the re 2fdorult., was to the effect, the exclusion of the parishionersks un lAot know o r w theßii e o t c hd K ee f prr f ou o h l inte l l o t htai the e e n degtchurch at vua somegiven cnhadhauthority length,tn otwait edhriety2 on Archdeacon Hale to f that the Archdeacon had been informed that a select vestry existed in Walbrook, and being asked whether it had the power .of preventing others from intruding, gave it as his opinion that " any body of men meeting for the discharge of their peculiar ditties had time power of so doing. This was evidently no authority for excluding the parishioners from the ebnrch, nor did the Archdeacon intend it as such.--( Hear, hear, approbas tion, and hisses.) Since then Mr. Alderman Gibbs had been a suppliant at Mr. Rock's feet, apologisins for his conduct, and asking with " bated breath and whispering !enrableness," for further time to file his answer in the Court of Goss seery: Should he (Mr. Rock) give it?—(Several voices, " No, no.'') Then he would not give one second, and, if the answer was not fried, there was no other alternative but the Queen's Bench. He would move that the vestry at its rising do adjourn. Ajr. HOWETT seconded this. After which it was moved by Mr. HARRISON. se conded by Mr. WILLIAMS, and carried unanimously, " That the payment of the is. and ls. 6d. rate, lately levied by the select vestry, be resisted until the accounts of Alderman Gibbs were produced." Mr. FLIGHT, amid much applause, announced that if any proceedings were instituted against those who resisted pay ment, and were not able, from want of means, to defend them selves, he would pay the expenses. The best thanks of the parishioners were then voted to the Rev. Dr. Croly for his zealous attention to the interests of the parishioners ; and, after some conversation, the vestry stood adjourned. IRELAND. TO THE EDITOR. OF THE TIMES. Sir,—Two letters have recently appeared in the Times, signed "An trishman," dated from Southampton. The object of these communications, so grossly an - 1 foully abusive of Irish bend lords is evidently to excite in the minds of the English public a feeling that the Irish landlords generally are most inhuman towards their tenants, and that, consequently, the success which attends agitation and repeal, is attributable to that cause. One should have supposed that now, whilst an impartial Com mission is investigating the subject, at least a cessation of these hostilities would take place. All parties are now being calmly listened to, and they will be fearlessly adjudicated upon. There is no danger but that the complaints of the ►ower classes will be brought forward, inasmuch as the Repeal Com mittee have from the Corn-Exchange issued a circular to the Roman Catholic priests of every parish to send to the Com missioners a statement of every case of supposed haidship which has occurred during the last twenty years. Surely it would be but common justice to await the result of this inquiry, and not condemn defendants during their trial, and whilst the jury is deliberating. But such is, unfortunately, not " Irish justice." " Impartial justice," now-a-days, rather means, that the gentleman, the landlord, the Protestant, the non-repealing Catholic, or he that has anything to lose, shall be hunted down like a wild beast, in order that they who direct the storm may fatten on the plander they hope to obtain in the scramble consequent on a religious and democratical revo lution. The " Irishman" has fortunately mentioned the names of certain parties, known men. These he has denounced in the most scandalous terms, vii., the Duke of Devonshire, Earl Fitzwilliam, the Marquises of Hertford and Conyngham, and the Earl of Roden. The Duke of Devonshire possesses vast estates in the counties of Waterford and Cork. I will venture to assert that there is not a man in Ireland of respectability, or otherwise, who would venture to put his name to a document impugning his Grace's conduct as a landlord. It is a most notorious fact that there is not a property in the British empire more admirably managed than the whole of those vast possessions. The most kind and liberal attention is paid to the humblest individual—the im provements are ►mmense—the condition of the tenantry most thriving. The sums expended by his Grace for their advan tage are enormous. In one instance alone, viz., the bridge and embankment at Dungarvon, not less than 30,000/. was expended by the Duke. The late Speaker of the House of Commoms (Mr. Aber crombie), aided by the resident agent. Mr. Currie, for years superintended those estates. I need, I believe, say no more. To these facts I am an eye-witness for 25 years, as my property joins hie Grace's at the bounds of the county of Waterford. I have been through Earl Fitzwilliam's estates in Wicklow ; his Lordship is well known in England as one of the best of landlords, and that a man is sure of making a fortune, when once he becomes his tenant; he is famed for letting his lands considerably below their value. The same system is pursued in Ireland ; and I defy any one to point out in the three kingdoms a more wealtny, comfortable tenantry than those on his Lord ship's Irish estates, where the tenants hold direct from the head landlord. His liberality is unbounded. A circumstance occurred a few years ago worth relating as a proof of the treatment experienced by Irish landlords :—A lease on his Lordship's estate expired; there were several pauper families on the land who really had do means of liveli hood. They desired to emigrate; his Lordship provided a vessel at his own expense for them. They received on their arrival at Wexford 2,0001. to fit them out, &c. ; upoo touching the money, however, they all returned to th e ir fo r mer habita tions, and his Lordship lost his 2,0001., )kc. The estates of the Marquis of Hertford have been for many years under the management of the Rev. Mr. Stannus, con fessedly one of the very best agents in Ireland. They are situate in the county of Antrim. Happy indeed would it be for Ireland, could I point out many such landlords as the late Marquis of Hertford. Fortunately for his Irish tenantry, he possessed boundless wealth, it is true. Mr. Stannus had only to write to his Lordship, stating the amount of money he re quired to improve the condition of the tenantry anti the coun try, and he immediately received his Lordship's consent. But the fact speaks for itself. The estate is in the finest condi tion, and the numerous tenantry most contented and pros perous. The town of Lisburn is truly flourishing; trade and manufactures progress to a great extent; the sums of money expended by the late and present Marquis in building churches, scho sls, hospitals, and in charities of all descriptions, are enormous. These facts can be proved by his Lordship's Londoa solicitor, who resides in Saville-row, Bond-street. It is true that these three Noble Lords aripersonally what are termed absentees. This is certainly a misfortune to Ireland. English people, however, will live in England, where they are born and bred ; and, considering how the landlords and gentry are persecuted and worried by agitators in black coats as well as in blue, it is only marvellous that so many reside in Ireland who could reside elsewhere. But, under the circumstances, considering that these Noble Lords have perhaps more pro. perty in England, and, consequently, reside where their fami lies have dwelt for ages, they undoubtedly do everything that men can effect to remedy the evil of absenteeism. The Marquis of Coningham has a vast tract of poor land in that very poor county Donegal, the greatest part of which is mountain and morass. His ancestors granted long leases. The middlemen sublet those lands ad infinitum ; consequently, a large pauper population has grown up on this estate ; it was impossible to prevent this misfortune. As" long as these leases exist, the present landlord can do nothing to improve their general state ; he has endeavoured, however,• by draining wastes, and cultivating mountain land, to alter the state in things. His Lordship is well known to be most kind-hearted and amiable. His general character is tha . t of a good land lord ; and this is, 1 am satisfied, the first time he ever was attacked, and I am convinced it ought to be the last. His Lordship has a house at Southampton, for the benefit of his children's health. As the " Southampton Irishman" frequently sees his Lordship in the streets of that town, could not, con quently, resist abusing him—it was far too tempting. English people ought to know that Lord Norbury was mur dered because, having laid out 30,0001. ill building a mansion, he wished to enlarge his park by adding 90 acres to it, the de mesne lands being exceedingly circumscribed. He paid libe rally the very few tenants removed ; but all would not do ; he fell a martyr to the Riband conspiracy. Mr. Charles O'Keefe was murdered in the streets of Thurles, because he added to his own farm not quite half an acre held previously by another. In neither case have the murderers been brought to justice. The " Irishman " knows these two cases well, and, with such authentic facts staring him in the face, surely he ought to pause before he again inculcates doctrines which inevitably lead to the increase of that system of Thuggee, which disgraces Ireland. I am, Sir, your obedient servant. Dublin, Dec. 29. A MUNSTER LANDLORD. 4 , z - • ANTI-LEAGUE 31.0 . VENttNT IN SUSSEX. CHICNIESTRE, WEDNESDAY, JAN. 3.—A nieeting, which had been adjourned from last Wednesday, was held yesterday at Chichester, composed chiefly of tenant farmers of the county of Sussex. The meeting was attended by some of the largest occupiers of land in the district. Amongst those present were Mr. John Ide, of West Witter ing ; Mr. T. Halstead, of Westerton ; Mr. Henry Sadler, of Navant ; Mr. John Rusbridger. of Goodwood ; Mr. G. Hip kins, of Westbourne ; Mr. John Graham, of Wittering ; Mr. Charles Hobgen, of Sidlesham ; Mr. John Hipkins, of-Single ton ; Mr. Joseph Hobgen, of Sidlesham ; Mr. Arthur New man, of West Dean ; Mr. John Wyatt, of Westbourne ; Mr. Charles Cheeseman, of Chedbam ; Mr. Henry Duke, of Earn lay; Mr. C. Duke, of Levant • Mr. W. C. Dewey, of Apple dean ; Mr. W. Newland, of Chichester ; Mr. T. S. Cogan, of Hampnett ; Mr. W. Gibbs, of Itchenor ;'Mr. T. P. Hipkins, of Rocton ; Mr. G. Rusbridger, of Pegham ; Mr. W. Field, of Wick ; Mr. J. C. • Wooldridge, of Droxforcl ; and Mr. J. Bowers, of West Dean, &c. Mr. E. Wyatt, of Chichester, took the chair. Mr. RUSIRIDGER, in a brief sirs vele, moved the following resolution, as a requisition fora county meeting :—" We, the undersigned owners and occupiers of land, tradesmen and others, whose welfare mainly de; ends on the prosperity of British agriculture, observilig with regret the unchecked pro gress of certain dissatisfied, self-interested persons, denomi nating themselves the Anti-Corn-law Leagu ,, , chiefly headed by master-manufacturers of wealth and influence, subscribing large sums of money for the purpose of disseminating their views and opinions through the agency of the press, as well as by the exertions of paid itinerant orators, for the purpose of exciting public opinion in favour of their object—that of ren dering null and void one of the laws of the land. originating in the wise views of our ancestors for the protection of British agriculture, feel it to he our duty, cull ctively and individually, to recommend a meeting of all persons holding these our opinions, at the White Horse Inn, Steyning, in the county of Sussex, at eleven for twelve o'clock, on the day of there to confer upon and consider what steps maybe peaceably and legally pursued to arrest and counteract the machinations and misrepresentations of the dissatisfied and calumnious par. ties for the purpose of depriving agriculture and agricultural • labour of their due reward, by letting in at all times, free from duty, the fruits of foreign capital and labour. On thesc, grounds we do not hesitate to affix our signatures to thiS requisition, with the full intention of proving our support, mid, if possible, our personal attendance at Steyning, at the hour on the day herein appointed."—( Hear, hear.) The resolution having been seconded by Mr. Jot'N HvnE, was carried unanimously. Mr. NEWLAND was desirous, before the question was put, to state a few facts which, he considered, were conclusive. He gave these facts rather than indulge, in mere assertions, as their enemies (lid—for he must consider those men enemies, not only to the agriculturists, but to the country generally,. who would deprive the labourer of entitloemeat, the farmer of profit, and the landowner of his fair rights. —( Cheers.) The speaker then entered into various detailed /statements, in order to show that nothing but selfishness actuated the Anti-Corn law League, and stated that the fzreners had too long been quiescent, whilst the calumnies of that dangerous associatiot. had been widely disseminated. The speaker then attempted to show, that manufacturing distress did not proceed from the operation of the corn-laws, and concluded by stating his belief that, if the measures of the Anti•Coi n-law 'League were car ried into effect, and a free trade in corn allowed from the Continent, it would be impossible for the rriculiiirists of thei country to compete with those from abroad ; for, independent of the low price of wages there, the foreigners are not subject either to tithes, poor-rates, nor church -rates, which lie heavy on the land in England ; and as the manuiacturers are protected by heavy duties, why should the agriculturists .he excluded from the same advantages ?—( Loud cheers. ) A desultory conversation ensued, in which several farmers took part, complaining greatly of the fall in prices, resulting from the new corn-law and tariff. and from the great uncer tainty that hung over them as to its continuance. They also complained that so much had been yielded to A met iea, who had proved herself so faithless a debtor, and so unwilling to c,incede anything in return. The meeting was adjourned to Wednesday next, for the pur pose merely of making arrangements for the county meeting. MONEY MARKET and CLTY NEWS FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF TILLS DAY. CITY, WEDNESDAY EVENING. POST.—Notice was received to-day at the Stock Exchange from the Bank of England, to the effect that it is not intended to restrict the time for transfer of the Stocks about' to open, on Saturday next, the 6th inst., being the first transfer day, to the hour of one. The Government broker made a purchase of Three per Cents. Reduced Stock at the price of 93. The amount taken was, however, only to 10,0001., and the dealings generally in the public securities were of limited extent, but the markets have, nevertheless, been sustained at within a shade of yester day's quotations. Mr. Robert Moate (broker), in his annual review of the London metal market, states that the year just closed has been remarkable for a generally good business, and that the prospects of the trade for the approaching sprint are cheering. The prices of spelter have not varied so considerably as usual, the little excitement occasionally got up among the holders having subsided again without exercising an influence beyond the im mediate range of the connection. The shipments to ludia have been heavy, and the latest correspondence from Calcutta gives reason to believe, that although the redue:td quotation is still a paying one, buyers were beginning 'to be cautious in their purchases. The supply from Germany has proved larger than common, so that no apprehensilm need be felt, as heretofore, about the sufficiency of stocks.. holders are firm at 221. ss. to 22/. I Os. Rolled zinc has greadv.increased in consumption, and is, in a variety of rases, preferably adopted as a substitute for other metals. The demand is steady, and the price 28/. per ton for common dimensions. Iron, during the year, has been subject to numerous fluctuations. At one pe riod it was thought that a permanent improvement in its value might be calculated on, but the pro 'uctioti of Briti,h i on con tinues so extensive that the expectation of such a state of things has vanished. It is now the prevaillng conviction that, what ever quantity may Le taken off by the markets to which it is admitted, no sensible impression will be made oti the supply. " The price," says the Review, " occasictualty- rises, it is true; but as certainly falls again immediately." Swedish, at one period of the year, was depressed to almost. the lowest point on record, but some purchases for Itirtia . and America rapidly raised it to 111. 10..., the deman I, since ulrich, having ceased, the value has receded to 101. 10s. Russian in the l• ands of a single holder is, although some info ior parcels have. been sold at low rates, held at 131. British Iron rules as follows, per ton :-Bars in London, 4/.155. ; dig to in Liverpool, 4/. 7s. 6d. ; ditto in Wales, 4/. ss. ; pigs in ditto, 3/. ;s. ; ditto in Clyde, 21. Is. ; hoops in London, 71.; ditto in Liverpool, tit 15,.; sheet in ditto, 7!. 10s. ; ditto in London, HI. ; rails in Wales, 51. 4s. ; castings of every desc iptioo, front 7/. Swedish steel has been exposed to the same ups and downs io the market. as Swedish iron, having gradually descended of late from the former figure to 16/. 10s. and 171. The stock here is mode rate, while that at Gottenburgh is very sma'l. !lopes of more orders for India are in the meanwhile encouraged: 'fin has been moderately supplied, and though, some time ago, at a low ebb, a speculative demand for the metal has had the effect of restoring it to a fair position in the stale of prices, •It is now believed hat the prodnetion of tin in this country, is not more than commensurate with the demand for various markets. Copper is firm, stocks having much diminished, pending the strike of the workmen for an advance of wages ; f e w o f the manufacturers are willing to accept large orders for immediae execution, even at the hnproved rates, which are-for sheathing, sheets, bolts, &c., 9:y., tile W., and tough cake 85/., all in London, and less the. discount, of course; if taken in Wales, the Price is 2/. a ton less. Lead has scarcely rallied throughout the year. The demand in ttie London market, for exportation, has fallen t,ff, in consequence of the direct supplies of the Missouri lead to all the markets of the world, and which would appear to have become a favourite wherever introduced. Soft pig on board, in London, is 171. 55.; at an eutport, 16/. 15s. Quicksilver, with a ftfl'l' stock, re mains at 4s. 6d., and the prospects for the article are without the smallest change. Coehineal continues in OA request. The public sale of the 29th ult. went off at. veil , full rates. Black is worth from 4s. 6d. to Gs. ; silver, 4s. !id. to ss. Saffron of the new crop has sold at 465., and is held firmly. Such is the summary we colleet from the particulars embodied in a Mr. Aloate's annual repol't on a branch of our commerce that must always rank as one of leading national importance. Iron, tin, copper, and lead, are all metals the production and manipulation of which have heretofore presented a Vast field for the exercise of English industry, and contributed immensely to the accumulation of individual wealth ; it is. therefore, gra tifying to observe that, in the instance of some of these sta ples, at least, the stability of the markets has been we'd main tained. It is only to be regretted that it has not proved so in the case of all. SUN.—The English Market left off tolerably well this after noon, but certain!) , not quite so buoyant. Consols were 97 to without the dividend. Exchequer Bills continued-high. The Foreign Market exhibited also rather a downward ten dency, Mexican being 32i to ; Spanish 22i 6 for the Five per Cents., and 301 A. for the Three per Cents. Dutch Bonds were firm. The additional transactions in Railway Shares have been these :—Birmingham and Gloucester were 34 ; Brighton, 6i to 6 ; and South Eastern Scrip, 131 to discount. Edin burgh and Glasgow were Si ; Brighton Loan Notes, 1 ; Croydon, ; ditto Scrip, 41 ; Manchester and Leeds, New, 151 ; Midland Counties Quarter, 7 ; ditto Fifths, T i ; Norwich and Brandon, l ; Northern and Eastern, 7T; Paris and Orleans, PIA to 133 ; Paris and Rouen. 124 ; Rouen and Havre, 6to 1; South Eastern Scrip, 115 ; and Yarmouth and Norwich, 3i- premium. British North American Bank Shares were Si discount ; and Union of Australia, 2# prem. TRAVELLING IN EGYPT.—Persons going to India from Southampton through Egypt after landing at Alexandria from the Oriental Company's vessels, travel on a canal forty eight miles in length, they are then conveyed a hundred and twenty miles on the river Nile, and afterwards travel about 70 miles on land, to the town of Suez, in carriages minufactuied by Mr. Andrews of this town. The travelling from Alexan dria to Suez is about 3 miles an hour, alter many lengthened stoppages at Cairo and in the Desert . Suez is situated at the northern extremity of the Red Sea, and is in Arabia l'etrLea, the country in which Mount Sinai, Mount Horeb, and the ruins of Palmyra are situated ; Aden is at the southern extre mity of the Red Sea.— Southampton l'o:t office Intelligencer. SHOCKING SUICIDE BY SWALLOWING VITRIOL.--A. young married female, named Dowling, who resided at No. 11, Hart-street, Covent-garden, went into the surgery be longing to Mr. Berry, in James -street, Long-acre, on l'ues day night, and requested Mr. Belly to let her have a penny worth of arsenic, which she sail she wanted to potion some rats. From her manner the poison was refused her, and she then went to an oil-shop in the neighbourhood, where she pur chased some vitriol, which she swallowed. In an instant after wards she was seized with the most excruciating pain. Mr. Berry promptly attended, and administered the usual reme dies, but without any beneficial effects, and she lingered until five o'clock yesterday morning, when death put an end to her sufferings. Not the least idea car. at present be formed as to what could have induced her to commit so ra'h an act. DEATH Or SIR GEORGE 11.1111. ER CREWE: BART. —We have to announce the demise of the above highly•re spected Baronet, at Calke Abbey, the family seat, in Derby shire, on Monday last. He was born in 1795, and married Miss Whittaker, daughter of the Her. Thomas Whittaker, in 1819, by whom he leaves several childreu. The deceased Ba ronet succeeded to the family honours on the death of his fa ther, the 7th Baronet, in 1818, who had assumed for himself and issue the name of Crewe, in lieu of that of Harper Sir George was elected in 1837 Member for the Southern Division of Derbyshire, and continued in the House of C0;1111(111:1 until the late general eloetion. llp Wa4 a COnsorval I in politics. Mr. John Harper Crewe, oldest son of the deceased, born in 1824, succeeds to the Baronetcy. FREEMASONRY.—Many have proba l ly heard of the French officer in the battle of Waterloo who was so badly wounded that he was unable to keep up with 1115 regiment t and in that situation was discovar6.l by a Pwoteit Highlander of the British army; who, with his blood-stained weapon drawn, his teeth clenched, and his eyes flashing fire, put spurs to his horse and galloped up to dispatch him, but just as he was on the point of striking the fatal blow, the officer gave a Masonic sign of distress—it was well under s t oo d b y t h e Spottdmian, whose giant aTt was tnlttlediately unneryed .love and symp a thy were de pleted Ins countonanfe; and, as he turned his horse to ride off, was heard to say, " The Lord bless and protest, thee, my Brother !" These facts, together with many others that might ; be mentioned, show the use and very ureat importanne of Phignig Pccrc;ft — peolicovas t sitar terit imam COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, WEDNESDAY.—This morning his Royal High ness the Prince of Wales, and her Royal Highness the Princess Royal, were taken for their customary exereiie. Her Majesty, accompanied by his Royal Highness Prince Albert, walked in the grounds about the Castle in the course of the day. Baron de Cetto, Bavarian Minister, transacted business yes terday, at theoffice of the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. The Attorney-General visited Sir James Graham yesterday, at the Foreign-office. Lieut.-General Sir Peregrine Maitland, Governor of the Cape of Good Hope, transacted business yesterday at the Colonial-office. Sir J. Graham visited the Earl of Ripon yesterday at the office of the Board of Control. Dispatches for Sir Charles Metcalfe, Governor of Canada, and for the Governors of the other North American colonies, were sent off yesterday evening from the Colonial-office. ANTI-CORN-LAW MEETING AT LEIGH.--An anti corn-law meeting was held at Leigh, on Monday last (New Year's Day), at two o'clock, which was addressed by Colonel Thompson, Mr. R. R. Moore, and the Rev. Dr. Harrison, of Chowbent ; and a subscription was then commenced, which, before the meeting closed, amounted to 821., a great proportion of which consisted of very small sums, many of them from working men. This amount, it is expected, will ultimately reach 140/. or 150/. Most of the subscriptions from parties who have given before, were doubled, and there were many new ones. Indeed, last year the amount ultimately raised was oily 45/. A new villa, in the course of erection near Clifton road, Bristol, fell down on Saturday last while six men were at work; five escaped, but the sixth, unhappily, was killed, the ruins having fallen upon him. MRS. GILMOUR'S TRIAL.—On Wednesday evening, the indictment for trial was served on Mrs. Gilmour in the prison here. The trial, as we lately stated, is to take place at Edinburgh, and the day fixed is the 12th of January. We learn that Mrs. Gilmour received the intimation with the same simple unaffected demeanour which she has always exhibited in her difficult and trying situation, and she is understood to be rather pleased than otherwise that the long period of suspense in which she has been kept approaches to a termination. This trial will be one of the most interesting which has taken place in the criminal proceedings of Scotland for several years past.— Caledonian Mercury. We record, with much gratification, that the im provement, noticed for several years past, as having taken place amongst the working classes on the ushering in of the new year, has, upon the present occasion, been as marked as upon any previous period. Indeed, although the masts of the community seemed poured into the streets yesterday, it was extremely rare to see a well-dressed person the worse of liquor, and not a great number of any clam.— Glasgow Courier. IRELAND. THE STATE PROSECUTIONS. DUBLIN, JAN. 2.—Proceedings of a very extraordinary char acter have just occurred in relation to the State prosecution 9, and which indicate the spirit in which they are to be carried on. '1 he Crown prosecutors persevere in their determination to strike the special jury to-morrow ; hut up to this hour the agents of the traversers have not received a copy of the special panel ! Every day, since the Recorder delivered the jdry-book to the Sheriff, the solicitors of the t raversers l ave applied at the Sheriff's office for a copy of the special panel. They were told each day that the panel would be ready on the next, and a copy furnished to them. On Saturday the Under-Sheriff promised a copy on Monday, if possible, but certainly on Tuesday (this day). On Monday the application was renewed, but the reply given was, that the panel was not ready. This day, at two o'clock, according to appointment, the so licitors fir the traversers once more applied at the Sheriff's office, when Mr. Dickenson, the Under-Sheriff, formally told them no copy of the special panel would be given to the traver sers. The solicitors protested against that course, and appealed to the Under-Sheriff's experience whether a copy of the panel had ever been refused before. He admitted that it never had, and that it had been the invariable usage to furnish a copy previous to the striking of a special jury; but, he added, that in this instance be " acted under advice" in refusing it. This, let the reader bear in mind, occurred not in the bu reau of the Attorney-General or Mr. Bt'ewster, at Dublin Castle, but in the office of Mr. David Charles Latouche, the High Sheriff appointed by Lord De Grey to arrange juries for the administration of justice in Ireland. The law allows the Sheriff ten days to complete his special panel. But Mr. Dickenson, the Under- Sheriff, after refusing a copy of the panel, took care to apprise the solicitors for the traversers that it would be ready for the striking of the jury to morrow. In connection with the special panel three notices have bee' served—two on the part of the traversers, and the third, a counter notice, by the Clerk of the Crown. REPEAL ASSOCIATION. The Repeal Association met at one o'clock to-day. Mr. John O'Connell and Mr. Steele were loudly cheered on their entrance. Dr. Murphy in the chair. Mr. John O'Connell adverted to the speech delivered by the Lord Mayor yesterday on retiring from office; and, on the part of the traversers, disclaimed all anxiety for the intercession of the corporation, or any other body of men, with the Queen, in favour of the gentlemen against whom the State prosecutions had been commenced. The people's leaders had committed no crime; and much as they revered and respected her Majesty, they could not, therefore, supplicate her pardon. Mr. Steele fully concurred in the sentiments of his friend Mr. J. O'Connell. Mr. John O'Connell read two letters from his father (Mr. O'Connell), expressing his gratification at the recent adhesion to the repeal cause of Mr. Smith O'Brien, Mr. O'Neil, of Bunoven Castle, and other gentlemen; and inclosing his sub scription to the repeal rent, and those of 5 grandchildren. This announcement was received with great ceeering. '1 he Member for Kilkenny handed in contributions from several persons :—The " Marshal" of Dublin, Mr. Ray, the Masters and Misses Ray, and others. After several letters had been read, and remittances ac knowledged, _ Mr. John O'Connell spoke at some length on the subject of a recent article which had appeared in the Edinburgh Review, and which he attributed to Mr. Trevelyan, who, he said, some time ago, published some letters, calumniating Ireland, in the Morning Chronicle. The Learned Gentleman moved the in sertion of extracts from the article on the minutes of the Asso ciation. At four o'clock the repeal rent for the week was announced to be 2891. 2s. 2d. SHOCKING ACCIDENT.— A most distressing acci dent occurred in the Kentish Town-road yesterday morning, whereby a little girl, named Baker, the daughter of a respect able newsvender in the vicinity lost her life. It appears that the poor little creature had just parted from a playmate on the pathway, and was in the act of running across the road, when she was knocked down by the horses attached to one of the Kentish Town omnibuses, the wheels of which passed over her head, crushing it in a most frightful manner, and of course causing instent death. The body was immediately ticked up, and conveyed into a surgeon's shop, and from hence N the home of its parents, which it had only just before left, 'rho peor little sufferer was the sister of Samuel Hunt Baker, who was stabbed ley a boy, and died from the wound, about this time last year, when it will be recollepted the latter was tried and convicted of manslaughter. In spector Aggs, who happened to be passing down the Kentish Town-road, when the accident took place, directed a police constable to take charge of the driver of the omnibus, who was subsequently taken to the police -court. It did not ap pear, however, that much blame was illtrihot4bie to him in the melancholy affair. SEASONABLE BENEVOLENCE.—Yesterday, a humane gen tiem'..."r, left with Mr. Walker, surgeon, of Drury-lane, N. for the benefit o! the poor of the neighbourhood. Mr. Walker object of tlp, 499 ! instantly carried out the .r n e , EASTERN PRODUCE. COTTON. —This staple has declined in value since our last. Broach and Surat to the extent of srs. to brs. per candy; Dolera 3re. to 7rs. , and other descriptions Ir. to 2rs. Since the arrival of the mail, however, prices have been railer firmer than before, and the purchases made during the month have not been large. The following transactions have been coat municated to us : Rs. 400 bales DoHera 75 candies Compta 62 200 ditto 160 ditto 200 bales Mangalore BO Dollera has also, we are informed, been bought at 89.5., bu we are without particulars of the purchase. PEPPER.-50 candies of Malabar have been bought at 47rs. per ey.—a somewhat lower rate than that now current. Bhut coil remains stationary. IVORY.—Large teeth have been purchas.d at 246e5. percw Oriuu.—Sales of new at 1,350r5. per chest, and of old at 1,115r5., have been reported, but we have no specific informa tion CAI the subject. Woor..—lmportations have recommenced, and prices of Khorasan may now be quoted at Hers. to 115 rs. ; Mekran, 95r5.f,,t0 10Ors. : arid Marwar and Cutch, 11Ors. per candy. We have not heard, however, of any transactions. FREIGHTS—TO Great Britain, have risen since our last frem IL 10s., to both London and Liverpool, to 21. 159. to the for mer, and 3/. to 3/. ss. to the latter port. In the early part of the month 21. 15s. was quoted to the Clyde, but there is now no ship on the berth. A vessel has been let for Hull at 31. 7.. 6d. Freight to China may be sct down at 13 to 13&rs. per candy. THE MONEY MARKET. Money continues abundant, and the Government securities have been in fair request throughout the month. The follow ing are the current quotations . —Four per Cent. Loan of 1831.33, 105 to 105 10 sicea rupees; ditto of 1835-36, 99 to 99i Company's rupees ; Five per Cent. Loan of 1841-42, 102 k to 1024 Company's rupees. Exchange on England has continued pretty steady, and may now be quoted ls. I Id. for six months, and Is. 10%d. to Is. 104 d. for 30 days' bills. On Calcutta, at 60 days' sight, exchange is lirs. to I',4rs. premium, and on Madras rupees. On China it is at 216 rs. per 100 dollars. BA rms.—We may quote the shares of the Bombay Bank at -10!!, per cent, premium, and those of the Bank of Western India at 16 to 17 per cent. PRICE OF BULLION. Sovereigns, each Rs. 10 14 to 11 Bank-notes, per £ Rs. 13 12 to 11 CHINA. (From the Bombay Times.) The accounts from China received here since our last come down to Sept. 30. Trade at Canton had suffered very consi derable interruption in consequence of a misunderstanding ex isting between the Government and the Hong merchants, the former exacting from the Hongs 5,000,000 dollars, said to be due as a balance of the ransom of Canton. The Hong mer chants have, to the date of our advices, obstinately refused to pay this sum, on the plea that the Consoo fund is exhausted, anti, their monopoly being at an end, they have no money wherewithal to pay. The Government, it is said, still persists in the demand, and the Hongs have very properly declined doing business until the matter is settled. " Should the Go vernment enforce its claims," says the Canton Press, " they may be ruined at any moment, and such goods as may be in their warehouses confiscated." The knowledge of a pretty large trade being carried on by the " outside-men" while this dis pute proceeded, and the death of llowqua, the wealthy Hong merchant, and strenuous opponent of the new system, may have a favourable tendency towards a speedy settlement of present differences. Howqua is said to have died, leaving 15,000,000 dollars. The linguists' fees have also been the caxse of much annoyance and interruption of trade ; their de mands seem to he exorbitant, and the foreign merchants ac cordingly refuse to pay them. The latter have, in some in stances, been sufferers to a great extent, in having sold cargoes under arrangements respecting the delivery of them on a cer tain day, and failing to do so, the buyers refuse to receive them. The Canton authorities are represented as encouraging the linguists in their unreasonable demands. A letter dated Macao, Sept. 25, says, respecting the working of the new system, that matters are becoming daily more unsatisfactory, owing partly to the mismanagement of the Consular establish ment, and partly to the grasping avarice of the provincial au thorities—the first, by injudiciously introducing a number of petty regulations, equally inconsistent with their own duty and Chinese custom ; the second, by extortions, which have driven the ex-Hong merchants, the only men who have suitable warehouses and competent establishments, to close their doors, and refuse to transact business until freed from burdens which they have no longer the means of meeting. In consequence of this state of things, it is with the utmost difficulty ships are discharged, and the trade generally is quite paralysed. A sup plementary treaty was to have been signed in the first week of October, by Sir Henry Pettinger and Keying; their Excellencies were to meet at the Bogue for that purpose. The most important item of this treaty is a clause Introduced by Keying, guaranteeing to all other nations the same privi leges of trade and intercourse as granted to the English. 'the Canton Press, of the 30th of September, reports a riot at Macao, which was of suck a serious nature, that the soldiery had been called upon to fire. Four Chinese and one European are said to have been killed. The Hong mer chants had let, •r were about letting, their warehouses to foreign merchants. The duty and cost of shipping off teas is heavier under the new system, and two taels more per picul than during the Company's time. At Amoy there was a good demand for cotton ; one or two cargoes were disposed of at from 25 to 30 dollars per bale. The demand is confined to Bengal and Madras qualities. The market is glutted with long-cloths, and prices are nominally 3 1-50 to 3 1-80 dollars for white, and 3 1-10 to 3 1-30 dollars for gray. Cotton yarn is quoted at 28 to 30 dollars per picul, the lowest numbers in most request. At Chusan, the principal mart for British manufactures, everything was proceeding satisfactorily; the place was perfectly healthy and quiet. The following is an extract of :a letter relating [to this place, as well as Foo- Chow and Hong-Kong At Chusan, which is still the principal mart for British manufactures, almost to the exclusion of Ningpo and Shang-hae, the stock of long-cloths '3 moderate, and 4 to 4 1-50 dollars for white, and 3 1-50 to 3 1-75 dollars for gray, were the rates by our last accounts. As large supplies, however, have since gone up, prices Kill probably decline. The demand for woollens is on the increase, and during the winter we have no doubt a considerable business will be done at good rates. We are at the same time afraid that next summer, when vessels of all kinds can get up, severe losses will be the consequence of the immense quantities of goods on the way out from England, and earnestly recommend our friends to consider well the re turns of export of all kinds of manufactures. Our last quota tions of woollens from Chusan were—l 1-20 to 1 1-40 dollars per yard for Spanish stripes ; 9to 10 dollars per piece for long ells ; 28 to 30 dollars for camletc. Raw cotton and cotton yarn are not saleable at saving rates, the province of Chekiang being a cotton-growing and exporting district. Sandal wood will go off in small quantities at moderate prices. It appears to us that while Chusan is retained by Great Britain, a compara. tively small business will be done at Shang-hae and Ningpo ; its greater facilities in trade, and more commanding position as regards the whole coast, being much in its favour. At Foo chow-foo there is no trade ; and as the feeling of the Chinese against the location of foreigners there is strong, it will pro bably be the last port resorted to." Opium was on the decline. Patna was quoted at $830; Benares, $BOO4 mid Malwa, $740. 'This is explained by the consumption being checked by the recent advance in prices, and to certain sales to arrive falling due. There were large imports of gray goods. The stocks of twist have been very heavy this season, and the demand very dull, particularly for the higher number. Woollens— The demand for woollens has been much improved, in conse quence of the reduction in duty, and a further improvement is expected as the season advances. The stocks of iron are repre sented as being very large, and the demand correspondingly dull. The price of lead had declined to 4 dollars 40c. to 4 dollars 50c., in consequence of large importations from the United States. Steel is dull of sale with a heavy stock. Spelter in little request, at 5 dollars per picul. Silk—The first quality of silk can only be procured in small quantities, the crop being deficient this year; 12 piculs had been bought for shipment to England, at 320 Spanish dollars on board. The inquiry for interior qualities for the Bombay and Indian markets was less animated than usual, and prices were declining. Tea—The new crop of Congou has been already estimated at 36,000 to 39,000 chests of 801 b. each. Arrivals were daily becoming moice numerous. The rates vary from 89 Spanish dollars to 35 per picul. EXPORT OF TEAS TO THE UNITED KlNcoom. From Oct. 1, 1842, to Sept. 16, 1843. '10,960,046 976,975 144,084 269,659 411,093 818,821 367,651 3,465 ..•.. ..... ......... 885,342 650,862 351,453 1,142,493 69,268 15,590 Congon Snuchong .... Bohea... B. L. Pekoe . Pekoe.. 0. Pekoe .... Caper........... Campoe Twankay ' Young Hyson Gunpowder; . Imperial Hy50n...... If yson skin Sorts ..... 40,472,657 Export for the year ending June 30, 1843.. ... .. 47,852,459 Export since July 1, 1843, city of Derry, Orixa, G. Fyfe, J. Tompkinson, Siam, Cordelia, and Bahamian 3,224,174 Freights are quoted at 60s. to 70s. ' Exchange on Eng land, 4s. 3d. to 4s. 44. On Bengal and Bombay 2.21 r. to 222 r., and on Madras, 223 r. per 700 dollias. -~ N • ?stEW ZEALA ,;\ THE LATE UNFORTUNATE AFFI • LATEST PARTICULA (From the New Zealand Colonist of .4121IMPIttN y a TO THE INHABIT ANTS OF WELLINGTON ANfi - firk - Vrt AND TO THE BRITISH SETTLERS IN COOK'S STRAITS. After the contest at Wairau, between a party of armed settlers from Nelson, and a body of the natives, which has been attended with such a melancholy loss of life, I feel it to be my duty to lay before you a statement of the re stilts of that contest, and of the information which I have been able to acquire. Although I have net at present any authenticated accounts of the number of persons who have been slain. I am compelled to believe that it has been very numerous; and there is but too much reason to apprehend that Mr. Thompson, the police magistrate, and Captain Wakefield, the company's agent, have fallen. No one among you can regret more sincerely than myself this fearful sacrifice of human life, or can feel more deeply the loss which the settlement has thus sustained ; but I should fail in my duty did I not declare my conviction, after obtaining evidence from all qu sters. that the affray was not the result of any premeditated design on the part of the natives, but that on the contrary they sought by every means to avert it, and did not fire a shot until five of their party had fallen, inclading the wife of Rangihaiata, who at the moment bore his own son in her arms. Upon receiving the disastrous intelligence, feeling it lt o be of the fi rs t im portance to obtain autentic information of the intentions of the s, I immediately put myself in communication with those persons who were in a position to furnish accurate re ports on the subject, and I have the satisfaction of informing you that the natives of Waikanae, at which place Rauparaha first landed, refused to allow him to remain among them, lost the friendly relations which had previously subsisted between them and the English settlers might be destroyed; and that I have every reason to believe these feelings to be shared by al most all lb, natives upon the coast. No apprehension, there- fore, of any aggression on their part need be entertained; but if from any circumstances a hostile purpose should he cherished by them, I have made arrangements which will immediately put me in possession of the fact, and enable me to make all ne cessary preparations to resist it. In order to strengthen this friendly feeling, I have published an address to the natives in their own language, and have caused it. to be , i3tributed in all pat ts of the country, which I trust will have that effect, by maintaining a confidence in the justice of the government and in the impartial administration of the law. At the same time 1 have taken measures for the protection of persons and property in this place, and the immediate vicinity, by increasing the police force to an extent which will, 1 trust, be sufficient to meet the present exigency. I have deemed that the recent occurrence was of so serious a nature in itself, and in its probable consequences, as to call for the immediate interposition of the local Government. I have therefore forwarded to Auckland all the information I have been able to collect, and 1 feel assured that, immediately upon receiving the intelligence, a portion at least of the troops at the disposal of the Government will be sent to this place, that a full and searching investigation will be made into all the cir cumstances of the transaction, and that prompt and complete justice will be done. I will not conclude witliont expressing my sense of the promptitude and zeal which.you have displayed in coming for ward to strengthen the hands'ef , the Government, and to be prepared to resist any aggressioni on the part of the natives, should such have been contemplated. I am happy in being able to assure you that there is no probability of your being called upon for actual service, but should such an occasion arise s shalt feel that I may rely with confidence upon your support. and I shall be proud to place myself at your head. At the same time, I would earnestly impress upon you the importance of not doing anything which may create unnecessary alarm, or may destroy the confidence of the natives in our justice and for bearance—by leading them to imagine that the purely defensive measures in which you are engaged are designed to be after wards employed in aggressive warfare. ARTHUR EDWARD MACDONOGH, Police Magistrate of the Southern District of New Zealand and Cook ' s Straits Wellington, June 26, 1843. 3 Pichol June 24, 1843. Friends—Li s t en t o what ort the polic e n, magistrate of Pea Nicholson have to say to you. Remain quiet on the subject of this lamentable event at Wairau ; for 1, and all the white people of this place, regret most sincerely this painful occur.. rence. We are not about to make war upon you. I wish merely to learn the real truth of the whole affair, to s ub m i t t h e same to the Governor, that he may cause it to be investigated. Do not fear that any white man will injure any of you in the slightest degree. Remain at your several positions, and pursue sour intercourse with,the people of Port Nicholson as usual. All the chiefs of Port Nicholson fully understand what I have said above to be our feeling towards them. Friends—This is all I have to say to you. k Signed) M.DONOGH, Police Magistrate. Port Nicholson, June 24, 1843. Friends—Listen to the above saying, and do not mistake.- Good is the saying of the white man ; to search out the truth of who is to blame ; perhaps it is the white man ; perhaps it is the Maori. Do not spread false reports respecting the matter do not talk much about it. And let all the Maories at every place know this. From your friends, (Signed) WILLIAM TAKO. MOTUROA. WAIRARAPA. JtiNs 30.—A meeting of magistrates was held yesterday, at the house of Mr. Macdonogh, the police magistrate, at which the following gentlemen were present:—A. E. ltlacdonogh, Esq., P.M., C. Clifford, Esq., J.P., E. Daniel. Esq., J.P., G. S. Evans, Esq., D.C.L., J. P., W. Guyton, Esq., J.P., E. Halswell, Esq., C.J., R. D. Hanson, Esq., C.P., G. Hunter, Esq., J.P., the Hon. 11. W. Petre, J.P., W. Swain son, Esq., J. P., H. St. Hill, Esq., Sheriff, G. White, Esq., J.P. After a statement had been made by Dr. Evans, we under stand that two resolutions were passed, the first proposed by Dr. Evans, and seconded by the Hon. H. W. Petre, request ing Mr. Spain to proceed in his capacity of magistrate up the coast, to communicate to the natives the determination of the magistrates not to make nor sanet:on any attempts to take ven geance for the lives of the settlers killed at Wairau, but to leave it to Governmeht, who would act according to the law ; and the second, proposed by G. White, Esq., and seconded by G. Ilunter, Esq , requesting Dr. Evans to proceed to Auckland, to lay before the dicer administering the government a full, statement of the circumstances as elicited by the magistrates who proceeded to Cloudy Bay. Both resolutions were carried unanimously. Jura , .1,-We understand that the Maori Chiefs at Wan ganui, on hearing of the late dreadful massacre at. Wairau, offered to assemble two thousand strong, and go against Rau paratia, if Mr. E. J. Wakefield would put himself at their head. JULY 7.—On Tuesday evening, Mr. Spain returned to this town I'rom his mission to Otaki. We understand that, on his arrival at NVaikanae, lie met with Rauparaha, who was endea vouring to persuade the natives of that place to make common cause with him against the settlers. The chief, however, coo inu,d firm to his first purpose, stating that he had always re ceived from the settlers just treatment, and would not engage against them in a quarrel which noways concerned himself or his people. This friendly sentiment. was confirmed by the statements of Mr. Spain, who took great pains to impress upon the whole body of natives that principle of English law, which forbidst hat the innocent should be punished with or for the guilty. Oo the Saturday, Mr. Spain proceeded to Otkai, where he met Watanui and the other chiefs of the Ngati Rukawa tribe. From them he received positive assurances that they would in 140 case be concerned in acts of aggression upon the settlers, but they unanimously stated their determination to protect Raupa ritlia at all hazards. .fuLy 2).—The Government brig arrived here yesterday morking from Auckland, bringing Major Richmond, the Chief Police Magistrate ; Colonel Godfrey, Commissioner of Land Claims, who is about to proceed to Akaroa ; Mr. Edward Shortland ; Captain Bennett, of the Engineers ; and 53 sol diers of the 9iith. We have as yet heard but little of the in telligence brought. The arrival of a body of soldiers will tend to restore confidence, and we believe that ample inquiries will be made into all the circumstances connected with the affair at Wairau. We understand that Major Richmond will proceed in the course of a day or two in the brig to Cloudy Bay, and then to Nehon, and return to this place as speedil) as possible. HINTS TO EXECUTORS. VERITAS VERITATIS.-Dr. Verity withheld a legacy bequeathed by Dr. Robertson to the Phrenological Society of Edinburgh, as alluded to in our fi rs t num ber, p. 41. We give the following summary from the Gazette des Trilowaux, of the 4th and sth inst : " About two years since, a Dr. Robertson, died at Paris, where he had resided above twenty years, bequeathing a considerable sum to the Geological Society of France, and the remainder of his fortune, which was estimated at 16,0001., to the Phrenological Society of Edinburgh ; constituting Dr. Verity his sole executor. Upon the ground, however, that the Phrenological Society of Edinburgh had no legal existence, Dr. Verity absolutely refused to pay the, amount of the legacy to the claimants; and, having realised the various securities, paid over two-thirds to the heiress-at-law, and quietly put the remaining third into his own pocket. It seems, however, that no account of the actual amount of the proceeds could be obtained from him. " But," said the seaior Judge, Seguier, to Dr. Verity's counsel, " you have your pockets full of the bequeathed money; why do you not give an account of it ?" " Doubtless," replied the counsel, " we have our pockets full, but we do not want to empty them into the pockets of those who have no right to it, who are only a being of the imagination, and do riot fulfil the first of all conditions—that of existing," &e. The Society, having instituted proceedings against Dr. Verity, prayed that an inventory of the securities on the moneys arising from the sale of them might be paid into Court. Dr. Verity resisted this in every way, raising all kinds of technical objections; and action after action was brought by the Society i n th e dif.. ferent French C our t s . " What," exclaimed the senior Judge," again to Dr. Verity's counsel, "you make an appeal upon such contemptible grounds as these ? ‘Vhy you want the whole of the legacy to be swal lowed up in law expenses !" These remarks of the Judge clearly show his view of Dr. Verity's conduct, upon which we need offer no remark. By the last judgment of the Court of Appeal, it has been awarded, that Dr. Verity shall pay into the Court, within three days of the verdict, the value of' the securities, or the proceeds arising from their sale ; in default of which, he is condemned immediately to pay into Court the sum of 1,2001., on account of the same, and 21. a day until the above sum be paid.—The. Zoist. A CLEVER Tatcx.—A short time ago a man ar rived at Strasburgh from Paris with a large stock of table, and chimney-clocks, opened a shop, and made a grand dis,pl a y of his ware, but put such high prices on his articles 4 .11:a no one would buy them. Not many days had passed when another person came, made a seizure of the person and property of the clock-merchant, incarcerated the one, and put the wares up for sale by auction. The notoriety of the circumstances at tracted a numerous audience, and all the clocks were disposed of at extraordinary high prioes. The account being wound up, the creditor released hit debtor, and they both went on their way rejoicing at haying done the good citizens of Strasburgh by selling them timekeepers which would not keep time, and were ficit worth half the money they by their confederacy had ob tained for them. PRIZE FIGHT.--Yesterday a prize-fight trot place at Tw',ford, near: Whithor, between a man named Ox ford, usvally called the IWyehford Forester, and M'Grath, which, after a contest of an hour and forty minutes, ended in the defeat of the latter. Both men were much punished, par— ticularly M‘Gotti, who, although the favourite at commencin a r, was not a match for hicylore powerful and scientific nain i‘ . gonig. Qu SUDE* last a hive of bees swarmed in the Dirish of Easton, near Wickham Market. This cAtraordinary tact is communicated to us by a gentleman residipg in th e , parish.—Norfolk Chroncle. S