The Sun. — London, England, 1839-01-26 00:00:00

HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. Morning 9 mi,utes after 01 Evening 43 minutes after 0 CALIFORNIA. This day was published, in One Volume demy Bvo., with a New Map, by Arrowsmith, Plans of the Harbour, and numerous Engravings, price I4 s . c l o th b oar d s, AHISTORY of UPPER and LOWER CALIFORNIA,ifrom their First Discovery to the present time, comprising an Account of the Climate, Soil, Natural Pro ductions, Agriculture, Commerce, (S:c. A full View of the Mis sionary Establishments, and Condition of the Free and Domesti cated Indians. By ALEXANDER FORBES, Esq. With an Appendix relating to Steam Navigation in the Pacific. Smith, Elder, and Co., 65, Cornhiil. Majesty the EMPEROR of AUSTRIA, His Majesty the EMPEROR of RUSSIA, His Majesty the KING of PRUSSIA, having AUTHORISED and GUARANTEED several Distribu tions of Money, which (though they are NO LOTTERIES, and do NOT EXPOSE the Shareholders to Blanks) offer possibilities of obtaining LARGE FORTUNES, HEINE BROTHERS at HAMBURGH, and HEINE BROTHERS at LUBECK, are NOW SELLING SHARES for any of the said DISTRI BUTIONS of :MONEY, at various prices. The Distributions contain various portions, from NINE POUNDS TO TWENTY THOUSAND POUNDS and upwards. Orders for less than 101. cannot be attended to. Persons desirous to purchase may receive PREVIOUS to giving any order. the Prospectus and Particulars, upon addressing, WITHOUT DELAY, a line to HEINE BROTHERS at HAMEURGT-I. T a PUBLIC MEETING of the Inhabitants _a_fr - a- of the Borough of Liverpool and its vicinity, at the Ses sions -house, in Liverpool, the 16th of January, 1839, called by the Mayor, in pursuance of a requisition, numerously and respectably signed, to take into consideration the subject of the CORN LAWS, and to come to such resolutions thereon as to the Meeting may be deemed expedient, HUGH. HORNBY, Esq., Mayor, in the Chair. It was moved by THOMAS THOR.N ELY, Esq., iILP. , and seconded by CHRISTOPHER RAWHON, That, in a country of limited territory in proportion to its po pulation, the resources of the manufactures and foreign commerce are absolutely essential to the support of internal prosperity, and to the maintenance of a position of power and influence in refer ence to foreign states. It was moved by HENRY BOOTH, Esq., and seconded by JAMES MULLINEUX, Esq. That the clear and direct tendency of the existing Corn-laws is grievously to cripple our commerce and manufactures, to limit the employment, and cut short the supplies for the maintenance of the labouring population, and thus to destroy, or seriously to curtail, the main sources of our national prosperity. It was moved by JOSHUA WALMSLEY, Esq., and seconded by WILLIAM RATHBONE, Esq. That merchants and manufacturers, whose trade and calling are with other nations, have as undoubted and undeniable a right to dispose of their commodities or manufactures to distant countries, and to receive in return the produce of those countries, as the landowner has to reap the produce of his fields, and to dispose of that produce as may best conduce to his own advantage. It was moved by JAMES A SKIN, Esq., and seconded by GEORGE HOLT, Esq., That a free system of trade is the only sound system, whether I applied to raw produce (and most of all to the food of man) or to manufactured goods, each article being subject to such moderate duty as may be required for the purposes of revenue. And, that an unrestricted foreign commerce can alone secure to this country that pre-eminence in manufactures and that general and permanent prosperity to which it is entitled, by its natural products and re sources, by the enterprise and capital of its merchants, and by the unwearied industry, skill, and ingenuity of its working population. It was moved by RICHARD SHIEL, Esq., and seconded by THOMAS HARVEY, Esq., That the petition for the repeal of the Corn-laws now read, being founded on the great principles set forth in the resolutions, be adopted by this meeting. It was moved by ROBERT ELLISON HARVE Y , Esq., and seconded by WILLIAM PURSER FREME, Esq., That the petition now adopted be transmitted to the Members of the Borough for presentment to the House of Commons, and that they, as well as the Members for the County, he requested to for- ward the great object of the petitioners by supporting its prayer. That, in the House of Lords, the petition be presented by Earl Fitzwilliam and the Earl of Sefton, with request that their Lord. ships will give it their very best support. It was moved by ROBERT ELLISON HARVEY, Esq., and seconded by WILLIAM PURSER FREME, Esq. That a subscription be now raised, and a Committee be formed to carry into effect, as fully as possible, the objects of the petition, and that the Committee co-operr,te with the Central Committee in London for that purpose, and that the movers and seconders of the I esolutions constitute the Committee, with power to add to their number. HUGH HORNBY, yor. The Mayor havin g l e f t the Chair, thanks were unanimously voted to him f*r calling the meeting, and for his conduct in the Chair. TO OUR READERS AND CORRESPONDENTS. Frorrr the pressure of the long and important Meetings on the Corn-laws, we have been compelled to omit several Articles and Communications, which we shall endeavour to find room for on Monday. _ - The publication of THE SL NEUSPAPER commenced this day at 10 minutes past Three o' Clock. Z -4- , -.". Cirerrt l 4 - , 4) .- - .A, \l i t-, r. - '' ' .:7_44.t, . >4 li6._ r) ; ,4 , V,%S:l` Zbe LONDON : SATURDAY EVENING, JANUARY 26, 1839. The ponderous and pert Globe has a " shrewd guess" last night at the source whence we derived the information, our possession of which has thrown it into such paroxysms of irritation. But though the authority it alludes to is unquestionably great, and we should state on that without reserve anything communicated to us, we must inform the Globe, that its guess, though " shrewd," is erroneous. We derived our informa tion from a source higher than the one indicated by the Globe, and only find in the eagerness with which our disappointed Contemporaries have sought to discredit it, additional reasons to believe in its perfect correctness. The Standard of last night so quotes a passage from The Sun, under the name of " an Evening Journal," from a fearful unwillingness to name The Sun, that newspaper readers may suppose that the Globe or Courier is meant. Now, as we have no wish that our Contemporaries should be burdened with our faults, or receive credit for our merits, we beg leave to inform the public that the following paragraph of the Standard, which it ascribes to an Evening Journal, refers to The Sun, and neither to the Courier nor the Globe:— "We rejoice," says Mr. Black's admirer, with eminent candour— " We rejoice to see the matter brought to this short issue, because there is no end to the fallacies which the perverse in genuity of public writers, under the influence of strong emo tions, continually coin, which they, we admit, honestly believe, and which delude others as well as themselves." " We rejoice to see the Corn-laws attacked by stark star. ing nonsense, because we feel that in the field of argument we have not a foot to stand upon." Is not this the confession of Mr. Black's commentator? We trust that our readers will not see any reason for supposing that we are deficient in arguments against the Corn-laws ; but we a re s o we ll aware o f t h e puzzling ingenuity of those who set out on the prin ciple of supporting a cause or a party, without pos sessing a well-grOunded conviction of its truth, that we are glad, for the sake of our readers, to come to a short conclusion, on moral grounds, against the Corn-laws. We are old fashioned enough to believe that honesty is not merely the best, but the only policy, and that which is essentially unjust never can be expedient. " The question," said the Times, on the 19th instant, 1 " is one,ln fact, of right and humanity, which no con siderations of artificial expediency can be suffered to withstand." Such, too, is our conviction, and we are also firmly convinced that the Corn-laws are an act of Legislative robbery, solely intended to enrich one and not the most useful class of the community, namely, the receivers of rent and tithes, at the expense of all the other classes, which the Legislature has no more right to be guilty of, than we have to knock a man down in the street and take away his purse. Indeed, the act of the Legislature is worse than that of a common thief, for it is entrusted with power to pro tect property, and to find a comparison for its act of plunder, we must suppose the robbery in the street committed by a policeman. We know that the Standard, in common with Mr. BENTHAM, pro fesses the dangerous doctrine that the Legislatu re makes right and wrong—that nothing which it prohibits is virtuous, nothing which it orders criminal, and that nothing which it neglects to notice has ;any charac teristics of either vice or virtue ; hilt such doctrines are not ours ; and no act of the Legislature can, in our opinion, make that which is like the Corn-laws otherwise than an act of plunder, and essentially mis chievous. retain as President of the Council. This SOULT at once declined, together with every other arrangement which would restrict him in the choice of such colleagues as he might deem adequate to the troublesome task of managing the Chambers. The KING is in a state of great perplexity. He per sonally dislikes M. TRIERS, and yet without him there is apparently no chance of longer carrying on the Government. The Queen of the BELGIANS left Paris on Wednesday for Brussels. We certainly know no reason why we should array minute and balanced arguments against a Legis lative act of robbery, any more than against a private act of robbery, particularly when we find the argu ments by which it is supported turn on such unfounded assumptions as this, that to increase the whole supply of food and lower its price, will reduce the wages of labour ; or on such minute and varying matters as the relative cost of growing corn here and abroad, includ ing the expense of dung and the cost of making, ploughs--minute matters which, in our hum ble apprehension, liable as they are to be altered by every new invention, and every 'discovery, are no more proper to be the basis of legislation than differences in stature or complexion. At the same time, we be lieve that, looking steadily at the good of the whole people, and as it is affected morally, pecuniary, and politically by the Corn-laws, and not re garding that question as one exclusively inte resting to cotton lords and landlords, we have supplied as many substantial arguments derived from expediency, in support of the principle of justice as the generality of our Contemporaries. If those who call our arguments idle and ignorant, and those who call them extravagant, will state any objections to them, we will undertake to reply, but we will not enter into a controversy with a host of disputants, whose in genuity, like that of gentlemen at the bar, is far greater than their respect for truth. BOURSE—Pants, THURSDAY, JAN. 24. HALN-PAST THREE.—The market has been firm without any reports as to the formation of a new Ministry. For the Account the Three per Cents. opened at 7Sf. SOc., rose to 7Sf. 95c., and closed at 781. 90c., a rise of 15c. The Five per Cents. from 11 Of. 55c. rose to 110 f. 60c. , last price being an improvement of 10c. For money, both the Three and Five per Cents. are 15c. better. The Bank of France shares are sf. higher. The Lafitte Eank 5,000 f. shares are 10f. lower. The Bel. gian Five per Cents have continued at 984. The Three per Cents. have not been quoted. The Belgian Bank Shares unaltered. The Coupons 2 lower. The Spanish Active has fluctuated from 181 to 181, closing at 1S:, a rise oft. The Portuguese Three per Cents., quoted yester day 22 for the Account, are to-day 22: for money. The Rouen Rail. way shares have cree p e d up to 93: nii t '72,1. First . ..,....... H2whichll;:7il3g(o,:, 65 110 about ...il(7.:)osw 1 ,58 0 s50 : . .. . n . the : t l sg a os s t four days. The others are without scarcely any alteration. Price. Price. Price. Price. French 5 par Cents. 4% per Cents 4 per Cents. ... 102 :hp r Cents. Bank of France Latitte Bank 5,00101 Sh. Belgian ~ per Cents. Ba .k 575 ...:. 50 ... 57.2 50 ... 575 -* Coupons ... , 5 Spanish Acne ... 1.. 1 i Passive Portuguese 3 per Cents Neapolitan 110 man - - ... EXCHANGE ON LONDON "4f. One 9,;e., money, 2.1n0,•th paper, 90 - zsf '4 2 e, money, :25f 5e.; thre e months, paper, If. e. R AMWAY SH ,RES. The Courier of last night, to take an example of a statement we can reply to, advocates a moderate fixed duty on the ground " that tithes are not the less a tax on production because you choose to call them a rent charge, and most of the continental nations have found means to relieve themselves from the burden." Now, though we are as unwilling as our Contemporary, to excite dissension in the camp of the abolitionists, we must say that this is one of the most monstrous reasons yet assigned for taxing the bread of the whole empire. The Irish pay comparatively small tithes, the Scotch none, but the food of all the people of the empire, is to pay, say ss. per quarter, putting 2,500,000/. into the pockets of the landowners, for the sake of raising a revenue for the Church of England of five or six millions, which Church has long been denounced as a great political mischief. The Presbyterians, the Ca tholics, and the Dissenters, will, we should hope, find in the statement of our Contemporary a strong additional reason derived, besides those from moral and pecuniary grounds, why the Corn-laws should be abolished. Though the Tories hare k e pt the priestly reason for preserving the Corn-laws out of sight, we are thankful to the Courier for drawing at tention to it, and shall on Monday, assign a few other reasons, why that should stimulate the friends of reli gion, to take care that it be not contaminated by the Devil's laws. 38) .. 590 .. 5 , i5 ... sqo .1' ... 362 50 ... :60 ...562 59 ...0 .. 2•20 ... 15 . 213 Bolen Orleans 45 • ... 4,0 ... 4 0 ... 450 t asburgh to Bale . 3i7 50 ... 3)0 ... 347 50 ... 347 50 S 34 I .. 340 .. 340 ... 310 Mulhausen to i hana --. • `_ St. Germain-- Ve L. B. MONEY AND COMMERCIAL NEWS CITY (THIS DAY), TWELVE O'CLOCK. LivEaroot, COTTON MARKET OF FRIDAY.—The demand frcru the trade still continues, and although speculators have done a large busine=s, principally on Saturday and .Monday last, their speculations appear to have little influence on the market, the demand from them, at leant the leading parties, being supplied in large lots, by a few individual brokers, and chiefly from one source. We make no alteration in prices. Since our last speculators have taken 16,500 bales American. 100 Pernams, and 200 Surats. The sales to-clay are 5,000 bags---2,000 American on speculation. Arrivals this morning: —French mail ; ship letters from New York, by the North America, of the sth January. A letter received at the North and South American Coffee house, from Batavia, dated the 27th September, states, thAt neither the operations on produce, nor the sales of imports, have been of any importance. There have been several impor. tant arrivals there from Europe, bringing considerable addi tirns to the already heavy stock of English piece goods, which arc dull and cannot be sold except at considerable loss. It also states that the China, Manilla, and Singapore markets, are in a similar state. THE FUNDS. Consols opened this morning at the leaving off prices of vestrday, 02 . 4 i for th e A ccount, and 921. i for Money, since wh'cli they have rather receded, and may be quoted at present 92;, 1 4 for the Account, and 921 for Money ; Exchequer Bills, 65 67 ; India Bonds, 62 64; Bank Stock, 2024 3; Spanish Active receded from the leaving off price of yesterday, 201 i to 20i- I l; Portuguese, 353- 36 ; Dutch Two-and-a- Half per Cents., 55k; Belgian, 984 99. Since writing the above, Consols have advanced rgain to 94 i, both for Money and the Account. PRICES OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Bank Stuck 202% India Stock —:s per Cent. Red. 3 per Cent Cons. 9.:%%% i South Sea Stock ll4 3.., per Cotes. 9 .:%%%' , Old Annuities — Ditto Red :44 per Cent 99i 10(1 3 per Cent. Annuities, 1751._ _ New 5 per Cent. Bank Long A nnuitiestoexpire Ditto 500 ...61 65 63 pm. Jan. 5, 1860 l5 1 1 6 , Ditto Small • 65 pm Oct. 10, 1859 ... 147„ . , Ditto Commercial ........ 5 pm. Jan. 5, 1 , 40 ... - Ditto Advertised ........ Jan. 5, 1880 — Bank Stock for Account. prr„— April 5, It — India Stock for Account Jan. 5, 1870 - Consols for Account......, ... 9-i.N, PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Austrian Bonds. ..... —........ DittoBeleian Bonds Account Brazilian Bonds ... . ........ 3.51,1 , ........... 35% Ditto Account Buenos Ayres Bonds .., Ditto Account ..... .. -- Colombian Bonds — : Ditto Acc0unt......... ............. Ditto Account — Ditto Metallic.. Columbian Bonds, 1824 — Spanish Bonds Ditto Account Danish Bonds Ditto Account Ditto Account. W 6 1.4 % Greek Bonds — F rench, 5 per cent Ditto Bonds, 1825 —__. 4 per cent. Ditto Account ----. 3 per cent. Mexican Bonds, 5 per Cent.... 171(,--_____ Exchange. Ditto Account —Dutch, 25 4 per cent. Ditto, 6 per Cent. 24% 55 Ditto Account 55 Ditto Account Ditto, 5 per cent % Neapolitan — Ditto Account....... ......... 102 PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. P..tti. Per Share. London and Croydon R a il way C ompany 2O Ditto New Scrip Winchester and Leeds Rail wa y C ompany 5 070 Lnchester and Birmingham Railway lO 9%% N ,rth Midland Railway Company 55 35 Canady Company 3O 28 COURSE OF EXCHANGE YESTERDAY. tmsterdam. C.E. 12 4 ifiibraltar 4B Ditto, at sight Rotterdam O U. 12 4 Gomez 25 75 Antwerp... Hamburg. . ...... . III.B. 13 10 Venice 46 A1t0na..... ... Paris, :3 days' 5i g ht............ 25 35 Palermo 40 Per oz. 1 18% . Dit to 3 Ms. 25 60 Lisbo n Marseilles. ... 25 60 Oporto 54% Bourdeau x PA Frankfort on Maine, Ex. M 'l6 . 1511' I Bahia We understand that a certain young Whig Lord, not unconnected with the Court, has been asked to second the Address, and declined the honour. The Tories are chuckling at this, and whispering about— " There's a screw loose It may be so ; but it will require a good many screws to be loose before the door of office opens to them. On reference to our report of the proceedings which took place yesterday in the Court of Exchequer, our readers will perceive that fresh writs of habeas corpus were moved for to bring up the Canadian prisoners, and have been granted. The application to Mr. Justice LITTLEDALE was made at a time when access was not allowed to the prisoners, and when their friends had not a copy of the warrant which the Captain who brought them to Liverpool had delivered to the gaoler. That application consequently . proceeded merely upon a general affidavit, to the effect that the prisoners had never been tried, and were illegally in custody. The ques tion, certainly, which was intended to be raised was, whether the prisoners were in legal or illegal custody ? and if that question has not been decided, we cannot see the wisdom in endeavouring to raise it upon a fresh application, by appeal, as it were, from the highest criminal court of the realm to an inferior court. Mr. ROEBUCK, as it seems to us, is in the dilemma of either having argued his case in the Queen's Bench upon its merits or upon technical grounds. For the sake of his reputation we are wil ling to believe the former ; and consequently we can not help thinking the present application unwise and unnecessary. Probably Mr. ROEBUCK'S object is, to obtain a discussion of the legality of the warrant under which the prisoners were brought over ; either that object might have been attained in the Queen's Bench, or it could not. Mr. ROEBUCK'S conduct of the case shows, that he thought it unattainable there ; and we cannot see how it is attainable in the Exche quer. Upon the present writs we should think Mr. ROEBUCK himself can entertain no doubt that the gaoler will make the same returns as before ; and we are wholly unable to conjecture what peculiar advantage can be gained in the Exchequer. The returns being made, Mr. ROEBUCK will have to move to quash them, because the warrant has not been set out by the gaoler; and as he will in all probability fail in that application, the present step will be utterly futile. .'etersbuigh, ruble 3 Us. Ili j Buenos Ayres 25 Berlin 7 0 New York, 21 days' sight ...... 4656 Vienna, effective fl ...... 2M. 10 3 I Philadelphia 46 frieste ditto lO 4 j PRICE OF BULLION, PER OZ ifadrld 37M. Portugal (sold, coin £0 0 0 Cadiz za% Foreign Gold, in bars OO 0 Bilboa Barcelona 36% J Silver, bars, standard 0 0 0 PRICES OF IRISH STOCKS, DUBLIN, JAN. 24. 3 per Cent. Consols - Grand Canal Debs. 6 per cent. 93% 3% per Cent. Stock Ditto Reduced - I Hibernian Bank Ditto New, 1830 3 per Cent. Debentures - Bank Stock .' • City Debentures, 4 per cen t.... - Royal C ana l Stock - Ballast Office Debentures,4 por - Grand Canal Stock - cent .HALF-A We have no furth er arr i va l s since the morn P ing.S T ONE. In the course of the ensuing week we may expect intelli. gence of great importance both from Belgium and France-- from the first in respect to the discussion of the Protocol of the five Allied Powers, which we hear was dispatched last night for its signature. The King of Holland, we have no doubt, will sign it, but the great question with the politicians is, if the King of Belgium and his Ministers will consent to do the same. A few days will determine this important point. It is expected by the well informed that if he refuses his signature, his territory will be blockaded both by sea and land. In re gard to news from France, great excitement prevails to ascer. tain who will be the new Ministers, and if they will pursue the same political policy as the former ones. Consols continue steady at 92i for the Account, Money, 924; Exchequer Bills lower, 062 64; India Bonds lower, 63 61. In the Foreign Funds Spanish Active, has receded to 20i... 8 / ; Portuguese, 354 ; Three per Cents.,22/i ; Belgian, 98i 9 ; Brazilian, 781. 94 ; Colombian, 24 4 ; Mexican, 24i ti; Dutch Two-and- a -h a lf p er Cents., 554; Fi ve per Cents., 102 1 Consols for the Account, 924. 1 By the arrival of the North America Packet-ship yesterday at Liverpool, we have received New York Papers of the sth inst. inclusive, with late intelligence from Mexico and the Canadas, of which an interesting summary will be found in another part of The Sun. No question of any moment occupied the attention of Congress. In the House of Representatives, Mr. CUSHING, Member for Massachusetts, moved a series of resolutions for copies of various papers rela tive to the burning of the steam-boat Caroline, and the hanging of certain American culprits by the Bri tish Authorities in Canada, and the blockade of Mexico by the King of the FRENCH, but the resolu- THREE O'CLOCK. THE COAL MONOPOLY.—If the system had been allowed to go on in its old quiet way, coals at the present moment would be from 6s. to 7s. a ton higher than they are —that is about 40s. the ton, and but for the combination no coal merchant would be justified in asking more than 225. These facts were stated by the Lord Mayor yester- day, and any one can satisfy himself as to their truth. Last year for some weeks the price was higher than 40s. This year the Lord Mayor pays for coals that do not pass through the hands of the monopolists, only 225., making a difference of 18s. the ton. The weekly consumption is about 50,000 tons; so that, but for the agitation, the public would have been robbed of 45,0001. a week, and as it is are robbed of 30000/, or. at the lowest calculation, at the rate of a million and a half sterling a-year. This is a for midable fund for carrying on legal proceedings against the Lord Mayor ; but the conspirators know better than to take any steps which can l ead to further disclosures. The com bination, in f ac t, i s going to pieces ;and if the public sup port the Lord M a y or, they may in a very short time pur chase for 225. the same quantity of coals for which they now pay 345. The saving of only one week would be sufficient to raise a splendid monument to record the most useful vic tory ever obtained. tions were merely ordered to be printed, and laid on the table of the House. In the Canadas all is at present tranquil, nor do we believe that grounds exist for the apprehensions :of the future, expressed by many of the Canadian Journals. From Mexico the intelligence is peculiarly interesting. If it be indeed true that the Mexicans have resolved never to submit to the demands of France, it will become impossible for England and the United States to preserve a neu trality. The Brussels and Dutch Papers continue to report the movements of the troops upon the frontiers of Hol land and Belgium. A formidable body of Prussians are in motion, prepared to enforce the performance of the decision of the London Conference. We trust no time will be lost in expediting their return to their quarters, without the necessity of a further display of their valour. BELGIANFUNDS—Bausons, JAN. 23 Actual Debt, 2 per Cent. Rothschild's Loan, 5 per Cent. q7l4 Loan of Thirty Millions, 4 per Cent. ..... 3 per Cent......... 67 Loan of City, 1K32., 4 per Cent ............... Society of Commerce, 4 1 .;, per Cent............ 115 Bank of Belgium, 5 per Cent ............. ...... National Society . 105 —Brussels Papers, Jan. 23. The Paris Journals of Thursday state that no pro cress has yet been made towards the formation of a Cabinet. Contrary to the prevailing impression in Paris on Tuesday, the KING merely proposed to Marshal SOULT to accept the War Ministry, and to use his influence with INT. HUM ANN to take 63.11,7:- of the Finance department, in conjunction with M. MOLE, whom his MAJESTY desired to The wreck of the Tarbert Castle steamer has been tugged to the Brcornielaw, and is now lying there in a truly deplorable condition, her quarter-deck being entirely awa. The object in bringing her to the Broomielaw is to get her machinery taken out, which, we understand, i s not materially damaged. Tw o men are k ept constantly at the pump. The vessel is to be compl e t e l y b roken up.—Glasgow Argus. CORN LAWS.--TOWER HAMLETS.—A preli minary meeting, for the purpose of calling a general meeting of the inhabitants of the Tower Hamlets, took place yester day, when a most respectable and influential body of gentle. men, consisting of the following -~..Messrs. Gibson, sen., Gib son, jun., Wilks, G. Martineau, Fairey, Owen, Wilson, Sher wood, Geo. Taylo r , Nibb s, Browne, Hubbock, Slim, Coates, Goodbehere, Simson, Reid, Cull um, Lawrence, unanimously agreed to call a meet i ng f or Thursday, the 7th of February, at the Court-h o u se , O s b orn . street, to petition for a total re peal of the pre , Qnt Corn-law s . I.:VA r was rcr,siv. Mr. Clay, expressing his regret that he could not be present yesterday, but promising to meet his constituents on the 7th proximo. THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY, JANUARY 26, 1839 BAIL COURT.-(THIS DAY.) THE QUEEN U. HARRISON. Mr. CRESSWELL moved for a rule to show cause why an information in the nature of a quo warranto should not be filed against John Harrison, Wilson Harrison, and James Harrison, commanding them to show by what authority they exercise the offices of freemen of the borough of Lancaster. His affidavits stated, that in April last, John Harrison was admitted a free mail of Lancaster, on the ground of his having served an ap prenticeship under an indenture executed in the year 1800, and that immediately after he was admitted, the other two parties, who are his sons, claimed to be admitted freemen, as entitled by birth, and that they were accordingly admitted. Ha had a number of affidavits showing that the lather did not serve the apprenticeship mentioned, and therefore, wished his Lordship would grant the rule. Mr. Justice PATTESON—Three rules. Mr. CRESSWELL—Yes. I do not know whether you can include them ail in one or not. Mr. Justice PATTESON—You cannot have a quo warra, against three persons.—Rule granted. THE QUEEN V. POSTLETHWAITE, Mr. CRESSWELL moved to enlarge the rule which had been obtained against the defendant, who is an attorney at Ulverstone, calling upon him to show cause why a criminal information should not be filed against him fur a libel. Mr. Justice PATTEXON enlarged the rule until next term THE QUEEN V. THE BISHOP OF WINCHESTER During the sittings last Term, on the application of Dr. Free, the Court granted a rule to show cause why a mandamus should not be issued against the Bishop of Winchester, com manding him to hear and decide upon the appeal of Dr. Free, Fellow of St, John's College, dated the 26th May 1837. and award him ifornediate sustenance out of the funds of the Col lege, and the arrears thereof from the beginning of the year 1830 Sir W. FOLLETT this morning showed cause against the rule, contending that Dr. Free had ceased to be a member of the College Many years ago, which was decided when the first rule was obtained. A second rule had been discharged in the sure maniier, and this was the fifth application. Under these circumstances lie asked his Lordship to discharge the rule with Costs. Dr. FREE was heard in support of the rule; after which Mr. Justice PATTESON discharged the rule, with costs. COMMON PLEAS.—(Tins DAY.) ViILLIAMS V. BAKER Mr. DOWLING moved in this case, which was an action tried before Mr. Justice Erskine (the first trial, we believe, befure that Learned Judge), and in which a verdict was found for the plaintiff for 401., for a rule to show cause why there should not be a nonsuit, or a verdict for defendant. It was an action brought by a husband, after the death of his wife, to recover money lent by the wife out of her separate estate ; and one of the grounds of the defence was, that the husband could not in his own name bring the action. The facts of the marriage, of the separate estate, and of the loan being out of the separate property, were admitted. The COURT granted the rule nisi, but recommended a special case. BUCKNELL V. BOYKETT. In this case an action had been brought by the plaintiff. who was overseer of the poor in the borough of Kiddermin ster, against the defendant, for an alleged illegal distress for 3001. or 4001., the amount of a rate levied by the Magistrates, and refused by the plaintiff, on the ground of illegality. The action was to try the right, and nominal damages were paid into Court, to compromise the matter. Mr. LEE now moved for a rule to show cause why the Master should not review his taxation of costs, in having disallowed the plaintiff's solicitor the costs of preparing cer. Cain briefs. The Master acted thus on the supposition (as it was imagined) that the briefs were prepared in undue and unnecessary haste to carry costs. The Learned Counsel sdid the clefendant't attorney had struck a special jury on the 13tn February. The trial was to take place on 6th March; the briefs were ready by the 16th Feb., and notice of the compro mise was not received by plaintiff's attorney till the 17th. And the plaintiff's attorney made an affidavit stating that he did not prepare the briefs from an object to procure costs, and liewasa respectable man. Mr. Justice BOSANQUST.-That may be, but the question if he prepared the brief so early is it not at his own risk ? The MASTER said he allowed one half the costs The COURT thought that though the solicitor had a good case upon his own client for these costs, he could not justly throw them on the defendant, and it was a matter solely for the Master's discretion.—Rule refused. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PORTSMOUTH, JAN. 25.—1 n Harbour—The Britannia, 120, flag-ship; Victory, 104, ordinary guard-ship; Excellent ~ . s u nricry-ship; Royal George yacht ; Messenger steam-trans port; Seaflower cutter; and tenders Fanny, Emerald, and Gossamer. In Basin—Not anything in commission. In Dock—The Cracker cutter. At Spithead—The Ganges, 84, and Daphne, 18, both for ishon and the Mediterranean. ARRIVALS, SAILINGS, &c., DURING THE WEEK. On Tuesday, the 22d, the Quail cutter arrived from Sheerness with the seamen gunners late of the Russell. The Camelion, 10, put back to Spithead, with loss of jolly-boat; and the Daphne, 18, went out of harbour. On Wednesday, the 23d, the .Camelion, 10, sailed for Plymouth and Lisbon, with the slave crew of the Diligente on board, and supernumeraries for:the Admiral's disposal. Sailed also the Quail cutter for Sheerness, with new raised men for the Powerful and Cleopatra. On Friday, the 25th, arrived the Seaflower cutter from Bristol, with newly raised men. This has been an exceedingly dull week here, and no move ment of any interest has taken place. The Commander-in- Chief struck his flag on Sunday, and re- hoisted it on Tuesday afternoon. His successor, it is now said, will be Admiral Sir Peter Halkett, which, if true, Captain Trotter will continue as Flag Captain. There appears to be no longer any doubt respecting the loss of the revenuelcutters Diligence and Swift, in the late gales, on the coast of Ireland ; should it unfortu nately prove so, as many as 70 lives have been thus lost. LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY. DEAL, JAM. 25.—Wind N.W., moderate.—Came down from the River, the Justina, Bently, for Calcutta ; Carshalton Park, Park, St. Vincent ; Tropic, King, Sydney ; Duke of Clarence, Hall, Jamaica. and sailed ; Abercrombie Robinson, Scott, Madras, and sailed ; Emanci pation, Tuck, Havannah ; Flora, Jamaica, and sailed ; Thistle, Jenkins, Berbice ; Milton, Dunn, Odessa; and Londonderry, steamer, Donald, for Lisbon, and sailed. PORTSMOUTH, JAN. 25.—Wind W.N. W. to N., fine.—Arrived the Thomas Blyth, Cowie, from London, and sailed for the ➢iauritius ; Flora, ditto; Agenoria, ditto, sailed; and Benjamin Green, Ribbons, St. Kitts. PLYstotrrit, JAN. 25.—Wind N.—Arrived the Royal Adelaide, steamer, from Dublin, and proceeded for London ; and City of Limerick London. Sailed the Ann, for Hull; and Susitanler, Gibbons, London, FALNiourn, JAN. 24.—Wind N.—Arrived off, the Roseberry, White, from Taganrog. Sailed the Fortune, Pirie, for Antwerp; Oscar, Ra noldson, Charleston. LIVCRPOOL, JAv. 25.—Wind N.—Arrived the North America, from New York. Sailed, sth instant, the Beccles, for Smyrna; Europe, Swindale, Alexandretta ; William, M`Lachlan, Lisbon ; Ariadne, Jor_ ion, ditto ; Sylph, Marseilles; Bonanja, Bordeaux; Margaret, Marshall, ditto. Off port, the Zante, from . Put back, the Eliza, for Hayti; Queen Victoria, Chambers, Savannah. BRISTOL, J AN. 25.—Arrived the Hope, Bernard, from Newfound. land. Sailed the Triumph, Andrews, for Trieste. GLOUCESTER, JAN. 25.—Arrived the Adolphe Eugene, from the Isle d'Aix. CARDIFF, JAN. 24.—Sailed the Sarah Ann, Prowse, for Palermo. DOVER, JAN. 25.—Arrived off port, the Theresa Amelia, from Bergen. Sailed the Devon, Spratt, for Hull. The piece of wreck rowed on shor.?. here 23d inst., is part of the Christine, from Shields to Algiers, wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, 18th inst. KINGROAD, JAN, 24.—Put back the Voador, for St. Übe's. SOUTHAMPTON, JAN. 24.—Arrived the Sarah, Dally, from Dublin Dart, Cork. COWES, JAN. 25.—Arrived the Alexander, Self, from London. SALCOMBE, JAN. 24.—Arrived the Concordia, from London. PENZANCE, JAN. 23.—Arrived off the Mirror, from Rio Janeiro; George, Robinson, Newfoundland ; Herman, Foss, SCILLY, JAN. 22.—Arrived the Eliza, from Liverpool. CLYDE, JAN. 24.—Sailed the Active, Miller, for Trinidad. RAMSGATE, JAN. 25.—Sailed the Undine, Smith, for Amsterdam. HGEL, JAN. 25.—Wind W. N. \V.—Arrived the Martha Cairse, from Lisbon ; Concordia, Newstadt ; Forenengen, Breek, Gothenburg. SHIELDS, JAN. 24.—Arrived the Mathilda, from Wodgash. Sailed the Mary Ann, Chambers, for Rio Janeiro. CORK, JAN. 23.—Arrived the Sirious steamer, from London; Kate, YoughaL RAMSGATE, JAN. 25.—The Catherina Amea Helena, Zcldra, from Cronstadt to Surinam, which has put in here leaky, is discharging. The Dygdew, Hold, which put in here with damage, is discharging to repair. PORT TALBOT, JAN. 24.—The Mary Ann, Pennel, from Bridgwater, dragged her anchor on the 20th instant, and got a little out of the river, but is expected to be got off without damage. BitExuAm, JAN. 24.—The anchors and chains left on Tuesday and Wednesday last have all been packed up and brought in here. The Enmeline, Wilson, from St. Jago de Cuba to Liverpool, was wrecked on the Hogsties on the sth inst.—crew saved. The Frederick John, Hayes, bound to London, was shore in Youghal harbour, on the 23d instant, leaky, and it is feared the cargo will be discharged. The first grand dinner in Downing-street, given by Viscount Melbourne, will be on the 4th of February. And the same day the Chancellor of the Exchequer will give an entertainment. The Earl and Countess of Durham gave a grand dinner on Thursday evening at their residence in Cleveland row. Viscount liowick's next dinner will be on Tuesday in the ensuing week_ Lord Brougham gave an elegant dinner on Wednesday at the late residence of the Marquis of Salisbury, in Grafton street, Berkeley. square. The Sheriffs' Dinner will take place on Thursday next, at Lansdowne-house. The following statement is taken from an account kept by Messrs. Swain and Co., of Fleet -street, of observa tions made by them on the weather, as indicated by the the mometer at their door-way. It is for the last six days, and the corresponding six days last year, at noon each day : 1838. 1839. Jan. 18 19 20 12 . . 23 24 iJan. 18 37 degs. 19 20 ...... 22 23 24 •• IP 39 MR. WAKLEV AND MR JAMES D UNCOMBE The following letter was yesterday addressed by James Duncombe, Esq., one of the candidates fur the Coronei ship of Middlesex, to Mr. Wakley:— " 4, Gray's Inn•place, Jan. 25, 1839. " Dear Sir,—On the decease of Mr. Stirling I was strongly urged by many of my friends to announce myself a candidate for the office of Coroner, %N hicl: I promised to do in the event of your not corning forward, and, in consequence of your silence, I was induced to put forth an advertisement, stating my reasons for ❑ot making my intentions earlier known; but, as you have now declared yourself a candidate, I retire from the contest, and shall Eel great pleasure in rendering you every assistance in my power, and using my influence with the parties who kindly interested themselves on my behalf to do the same. ‘Vishing you success, I remain your's, truly. "JAMES DUNCOMBE. " To Thomas Wakley, Esq., 35, Bedford-square." MANCHESTER AND LIVERPOOL DISTRICT BANK-FURTHER LOSSES. It is an old adage, that one great misfortune is seldom unat tended by others ; so in this. Since the meeting on the 16th at which such immense losses were announced, another bad debt for 15,0001. may be said to have been made, though not immediately contracted with the Bank, but who will, neYer theless, have to sustain . a loss to the above amount. Thus : A Mr. Charles Palfreyman, calico-printer, near Manchester, has suspended his payments, and who, it appears, is indebted to Messrs. Brown and Powell (one of the parties referred to in my last communication as being immensely indebted to the Bank) in the large sum of 15,0001. It is understood that the above sum will be nearly a complete loss, as the assets of Mr. Palfreyman are likely to be very small indeed. Whether this new disaster has produced the further astonishing depression in the valu, of the shares of this Bank, it is hard to say ; but they have been freely sold, for the last two days, at 30s. to 325. 6cl. discount. The defence attempted to be set up by one of the Directors, in behalf of the general body, that they were not aware till of late of the real state of the two ac counts--Taylor, Son, and Gibson's and Brown and Powell's— does not by any means satisfy the shareholders, highly inte resting and large as all the Directors credit-accounts with the Bank are well known to be. The shareholders, in fact, deem the Directors to have been highly culpable in permitting a Sub-committee, or any other party or parties, in withholding the necessary information. The public here evidently concur in the censure thus expressed by the shareholders. The losses of tEe Northern and Central Bank will not much, if at all, exceed those already announced by the Manchester and Liverpool. _ _ The Chartists of South Lancashire, and also including Stockport, Macclesfield, and Middlewich, have this week set to in good earnest in obtaining signatures to what they call the National Petition. If the statements of the general Secre tary in Manchester be in any moderate degree correct, the number of signatures will exceed anything on record. They will probable cxcetd 400,000. POST-OFFICE NEGLIGENCE. MANCHESTER, JAN. 24. —The London bags for Manchester, on Saturday t vv , ning, both letter and newspaper ba r ls, a good cart-load at least, were by some unaccountable negli gence forwarded to Prest on , a t w hi c h p l ace rumour states them to have arrived about ten o'clock on Sunday morning. How the guard could have forgotten such a load on the sepa ration of tire Preston and Manchester Trains at Park Side seems astonishing. That the Preston Guard could receive such an addition to his ordinary b igs is still more surprising, at least without finding out his mistake. The public amaze ment, however, was not at its full height until tile letters and papers arrived at half-past nine on Sunday evening, when it was first apprised of their having been detained in that town for nine or ten hours. The Preston postmaster will no doubt plead in excuse, that after the arrival of the Manchester bags by mistake, no railway trains left that town on Sundays till evening. Well, but was there It!) post-chaise, no convey ance of any kind to be had ? This excuse, if made, can not and should not be allowed. The 1-', , stmaster-General ought forthwith to investigate this most unaccountable piece of neglect, and to visit with exemplary punishment parties guilty of it. CORN LAWS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE MORNING CHRONICLE. Sir,—All classes appear to take an interest in the present general movement throughout England on the Corn-laws. Ten years ago I answered, sentence for sentence, " The Catechism on the Corn-laws," thinking the view which the author's work took cr. - cinema, and his argument fallacious, viz.---that England's prosperity depended on other countries for her wealth. Observation has convinced me that the author was right, and that I was wrong in defending the prin ciple that England's wealth depended upon her own people. Our country's prosperity is maintained by the ircreased means of neighbouring countries to purchase our manufactured goods, which, generally, are preferred to those manufactured in other nations. In 1836, when the farmer of this country sold his wheat at at 40s. per quarter, he never had a more prosperous year ; for the rest of his produce sold for high prices—and why? Be cause the artisans and manufacturers were enabled to purchase at an advanced price the meat, wool, and barley of the farmer. Thus I was convinced that wheat at a low price is not ruinous to the farmer. Is it not rather remarkable that this year, when bread is so high, meat is low in price, and that as the one advances the other falls ? This is owing to the working man not having the means to buy meat ; he lays out nearly the whole of his earnings in bread. All this tells me that bread at a high price is not to the advantage even of the Bri tish agriculturist. There is a difficulty, and it is this :—How can the landed interest be prevailed upon to give up 11. per quarter on 16,000,000 quarters, which may be called a cer tainty, for a benefit which is only prospective.—Yours, &c. A FARMER THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.) COVENT-GARDEN. With the exception of Savoys, Greens of all kinds were scarce. Car rots and Turnips were plentiful, and so were Potatoes. French Apple, interfere very much with the sales of English. Trade generally was dull. Plants, 3s. 6d. to 4s. per dozen; Asparagus, 6s. to 10s. per bun dle ; Celery, 2s. to 2s. 6d. ; Onions, Is. to Is. 9d. per sieve; Carrots, 4s. to 48. 6d. per dozen ; Brocoli, Is. to 3s. per bundle; Turnips, 3d. per bunch. Oranges, 4s. to 12s. per hundred; Apples, 4s. to 21s. per bushel. Rhubarb, Is. to 2s. per bundle ; Cucumbers, ss. per brace; Cabbages, Is. 6d. per dozen : Spinach, Is. to 2s. 6d. per sieve ; French Beans, ss. per hundred ; New Potatoes, 2s. 6d. per pound : Seakale 3s. 6d. per punnet; Old Potatoes, 50s. to 100 s. per ton. HUNGERFORD MARKET. Supplies were to their usual extent, and a fair business was done. Prices much as last quoted. Vegetables not plentiful, and prices high. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. Supply good, demand moderate, and prices as last quoted. Game and Poultry were in good supply, and demand good ; prices a trifle lower. CITY FISH MARKET. Supplies of Fish were generally good, and prices as yesterday. CORN-LAWS. —The King of Naples some weeks ago passed en edict prohibiting the expo'-cation of grain from any part of his dominions—the King of the French has just issued a similar edict—Belgium is closed against us ; and the frost is effecting the same object in most of the other countries in Europe from which we can be sup plied with wheat. The crops in the United States have been below the average, and high prices there consequently prevent any supply which can afford material relief to the people of this country. So that as regards the first neces sary of life, we may he said to be shut out from the rest of the world. States-without Corn-laws appease the clamours of the hungry by prohibiting exportation, while the British Legislature encourages these clamours by its own acts, and leaves itself without the means of redress. In going along the upper part of Oxford-street last night a soldier on his way to the barracks in Portman street assaulted every unprotected woman who passed him, subjecting her to most insulting and shameful treatment. Several respectable females were so terrified as to run across the road at no small hazard from the omnibuses and cabs. The man had one of his comrades with him. A gentleman who observed the outrage, followed the soldiers to the barracks, and on stating his complaint, the sergeant on duty came forward, took immediate cognizance of the case, and the offender being identified, the matter was referred to the sergeant-major, be fore whom the man and his companion were brought in cus tody. The utmost attention was paid by this latter officer to the charge, and the complainant was finally requested to see the Captain of the Guard, by which gentleman he was po litely received, and assured that not only the principal offen ders should be punished, but that his companion should be severely reprimanded for not interposing to prevent the out rage. The complainant thinks that these particulars should be stated, as an opinion is abroad that it is difficult if not iln possible for a citizen to obtain redress of the military authori • ties for the misconduct of a soldier; whereas it is seen in the present instance that every facility was afforded to detect the wrong-doers, and that the most polite attention was given to the statement of the applicant. SUPPOSED MURDER.—On Saturday, two servant men in the employment of Mr. George Buchanan, farmer at Milton, near Dumbarton, were engaged in " carrying in" from the stack yard to the barn, where Mr. Buchanan and his son were at work in the operation of " stacking." While the latter were thus enga g ed, they missed the servant men for about twenty minutes or half an hour. They went out for the pur pose of seeing what they were about, when, near the stable door, they found one of them lying in the agonies of death, and saw him shortly after expire. The other servant, whose name is Wilson, was not to be seen ; but he has since been apprehended and lodged in Dumbarton jail. The body of the deceased has undergone a medical inspection, and a mark has been discovered on the neck, as if inflicted by a stroke from some he-ivy weapon. The authorities are making inquiry into the circumstances, but we have heard nothing that tends to throw any light on the occurrence.—Glasgow Argus. The Earl and Countess of Winchilsea passed through Stamford on Monday on a visit to Burghley, from whence they will proceed to Belvoir Castle and to Clamber. We are happy to find that her Ladyship has recovered from her late severe indisposition, which has caused her relatives and friends so much anxiety. The Right Hon. Lord and Lady Rolle have been entertaininu a numerouQ ar,d selee no-ty du-inu 1,1 4' co't- nigi , t ut tileit 1... L.. • i there are Lord and Lady Clinton and family, Lady Charles Somerset, Sir Trevor and Lady Wheler and family, Mr. Irton, M. P., and Lady, &c.— Western Luminary. LIT Eit.,ATUitE THE QUARTERLY REVIEW AND MR. LIFTER Most readers havc by this time forgotten the ill -nature spiteful article which appeared in No. CXXIV. of tlee Quirterly Review on Mr. Lister's Life of Clarendon. Because it was ill-natured and spiteful the reading world had no difficulty wLtever in assigning its autlhorship to Mr. Croker, and as Mr. Lstcr is a i dative of Lord John Russe!l, the Mond immediately said t.`'at political hostility was the motive for the literary injustict'. Such mi ;oppiTd malice might safely have been left in the oblivion in to which it had sunk, but Mr. Lister has been induced by the opi nions of some whom lie respects to recal it into notice by a pamphlet he has just published in answer to it. We can not go into the minutiae of the dispute; but that the author of the article in the Review, supposing him to b e Mr. Croker, has endeavoured most unworthily to depreciate and misrepresent Mr. Lister, by garbling quotations, w ill be readily believed. The Reviewer undertook to exalt Prince Rupert, and he has sunk him deeper than eve r in the mire- He wished to ennoble the character of ClarenLion, and like all over-zealous partizans lie only made the faults of his hero more conspicuous. We own that we have no gi Tat liking for such controversies, but they serve to place tl, , e minute facts of history in hold relief, and also to illustrate the cha ratter of the controversialists. The party tool of a Re.. viewer receives a well-merited castigation from Mr. Lister, which will not hinder hint, however, from again cot omitting the offence for which he has now been chastised, on th e first opportunity. PICTORIAL EDITION OF SHAKSPEARE. Part 11. London, C. Knight, 1839. If ever work deserved encouragement, this Pictorial Edition of Shakspeare is that one. The text has been col lected with scrupulous care, all the best suggestions of the ablest commentators having been allowed their due weight explanatory notes, tersely and succinctly penned, have been appended, at the end of each act, wherever explanation was necessary ; and almost every page is embellished with a choice wood -cut, wherein the different characters of the play—the one b e f ore us i s R omeo an d J u li et—are att i re in the proper costume of the time. But what renders th‘ work still more valuable is the fact that nrany of the most splendid passages are given in hl - ; first, as Shakspeare ori ginally wrote them, and afterwarcio as he revised them from which we draw too useful inferences, one of which is that he was by no means so careless an' authov, and so in different to the praises of posterity—what really great na ture ever was, or ever will be ?—as he is general!) supposed to have been ; and the other, that his revisions have not always been for the better, though they may be the more elaborate. As a curious illustration of what Hazlitt satiri cally, but not perhaps unjustly, calls " the ignorance of the learned," we quote the Editor's note upon that well knc'i passage in Romeo and Juliet, beginning with "'_Spread thy close curtain, love-performing Night! That run-away's eyes may wink; and Romeo Leap to these arms, untalked of, and' unseen.' " This passage has been a perpetual source. ,of contention to the commentators. Their difficulties are well represented by Warburton's question---' What run-aways are these, whose eyes Juliet is wishing to have stopped Warburton says Phoebus is the run-away. Stevens proves that Night is the run-away. Douce thinks that Juliet is tbe run-away. Monck Mason is confident that the passage ought to be, that Renomy's eyes may wink,' Renomy being a new personage created out of the French Ronommee, and answer ing, we sup pose, to the Rumour' of Spenser. After all t his learning. there comes an unlearned compositor, Zachary Jackoc.n, and sets the matter straight. Run-aways is a misprint for una wares ; the word unawares in the old orthography, is unawayres, and the r having been misplaced, produced this word of puzzle rw.n-aways- We have not the least hesitation in adopting Jackson's read- , ing ; and we have the authority of a very clever article in 131,•ickvvood's Magazine (July, 1819) for a general testimony to the value of J.ckson's book : and the equally valuable au thority of a most accomplished friend, who called our atten t,..-n to this particular reading, as settled by the cornmeal sense C.f . the printer." ZORACE VERNON. 3 Vols. lburn, London, 839. Horace Vernon, wLich professes to be, as the title page informs us, a series of sketchis illustrative of " Life in the West," is a n ork showing about as much acquaintance with fashionable society as would be shown were some at torney's clerk or smart city apprentice to take the pen in hand. Indeed even the usages of the middle classes are but imperfectly understood by the author, or he would not make two of his most gentlemanlike characters go nut to settle an affair of honour over two glasses of brandy and water at a provincial pot-house. No people who move la what is called good society ever think of settling h o stile matters in this way ; and still less are rich, elderly, mar ried folks who live but a short distance from London, and move in the best circles in their respective neighbourhoods• in the habit of nightly drinking and gossiping with their own tradesmen in public-houses. It may also be doubted whether a Nobleman's butler, even although he has married a dashing female of equivocal reputation, is the sort of per son likely to have Dukes, and Earls, and Marquises as his guests, as we find duly recorded towards the close of the first volume. But indeed in no one portion of his tale does the author understand the art of groupim his personages with propriety, if we except that worthy couple, Messrs• Hunsusan and Jeffries—one of whom being a knavish at torney's still more knavish clerk, and the other a superan nuated sheriff's officer, are brought constanOy into each each other's company with remarkable adherence to—what Square would call—" the fitness of things." In his next work, should he be adventurous enough to attempt another, we would advise the author to lower his tone of pretension, and not presume to sketch characters of whom it is clear be knows nothing. THE CHILD'S LIBRARY. London, Thomas, 1839. A curious little work, in which some of our favourite nursery fairy tales are versified with a sprightliness and ele gance by no means of an ordinary character. We subjoin four lines, which exhibit to uncommon advantage the au thor's simple and graceful powers of poetic composition :-- " So glad was poor Reynard To get out of prison, If he was soon caught, It was no fault of his'n." GENIUS AND WISDOM OF SCOTT. London, Orr, 1839. .. . _ A compilation from the various works, in prose as well as verse, of Sir W. Scott, made with skill and judg ment. NEELE ON ENGLISH POETRY. London, Thomas, 1839 . Those who are partial to smooth, safe, common-place criticism which exacts no labour in the way of thinking, suggests no ideas, and disturbs no popular opinions ; and which is, moreover, penned in a pleasant, unembarrassed style, tricked out here and there with simile and metaphor, as if to supply the place of reasoning —those, we say, who ; like this sort of criticism will be delighted with this re- ;9 ? publication of N ee l e ' s L ec t ures on E ng li s h P oetry, " the: - ;,,,1 1 substance of v,i,ich was, it seems . d e liv ere d some years since at the Russell Institution. The author was a small poet, and a still smaller critic, who wrote a few graceful rhymes, in the shape of lyrics, which in their day were much admired by the readers of those Annuals in which '!'' the best of them appeared. • HIND'S ENGLISH STAGE,—Nos. 1, 2. 9 Simphin and Marshall, London, 1839. An extract from the Editor's preface will better explain the nature of this work, than any remarks we may make on it ; we therefore subjoin a sentence or two :—" Under the title of Hind's English Stage' will be published all the principal plays acted in the London theatres. All neces sary stage directions, with a description of the costume worn by the different characters, and everything which can possibly make the play valuable to the actor, will be given. In the plays of Shakspear', the amendments of those mo dern editors who have used liberties with his text altogether unpardonable, have been rejected, and the text of the copies generally admitted to be most correct, adhered to." In the two Numbers before us, the Editor's intention:, alluded to in the above extract, are fulfilled to the lettt•r. We may add that the work is printed in a neat and distinct type, and is remarkably cheap. WILD SCENES IN THE FOREST AND PRAIRIE, 2 VoLs. Bentley, London, 1839. Some of these sketches have already appeared in Bent— ley's Miscellany ; and we should hardly have thought them worthy of republication, for they are of the slightest and most superficial character, occasionally enlivened by a petty joke or sprightly bit of description. but, speaking of them as a whole, little, if at all, elevated above the level flats of common-place. BOYS COUNTRY BOOK. Longman, London, 1839. A delightful little child's book, written by W. Howitt, and embellished with some of the cleverest wood-cuts we have seen for a long time. STEPHEN'S INCIDENTS OF TRA VEL. Curry, Dublin, 1839. A republication, in one cheap, commodious volume, of a work which we noticed, at some length, a few weeks since in The Sun. ~,a ~,, ~~ STEPHENS' SO L TH AUSTRALIA. London, Smith and Elder, 1839. As this work, which is wholly of a practical character, has roached a socond edition, any comment from n 5, in the et:flier pHs, o• , rtlisure, is ; gillice it, therefore, to state that Mr. Stephens is a uniform panegy rist of the new Australian colony, and brings an immense -- mass of evidence to bear upon, and justify his good opinion. .1, 23 - Yesti 11), from tar; Yeste Yee S A leStel th e c