The Sun. — London, England, 1844-12-17 00:00:00

r~ E~J brim° whe n ce d the he most va ther n „ th, ing, ores" , ern ber, 10051 ing are on T or i , r r r e r ,hicP u se, o p 40 ore the The C. w ep 0 Sbe 6" 0 fit u t t ,os oke se dingy' A 4 v"i l io ROY' .—rof° goOle for e t st rea oolide Slair n e5 5 00 01, bas )0° - h, diobi" MERICAN NEWS Trigueros has resigned the (Ace o MiniA.or of Fi tklnce. Fco. Lombardo hts been r.ppointed MintSter ad inlter;!s,3;—.._ The best informed in Mexican affairs be lieve that a revolution is inevitable. NEW YORK MARKETS, Nov. 30. The Royal Mail steam packet Britannia, Captain arrived at Liverpool yesterday morning, at o'clock. She brings fifty pas.-.,engers, and papers front New York to the Ist of December. The. Cale donia was seen about a day's sail from Halifax, all AgllES.—Both Pot and Pearl Ashes have remained steady in price since our last review, at 4 cents for the former and 4+ for the latter, with a limited demand. COFrEE.—The operations in Brazil Coffee have been extensive, amounting to about 10,000 bags within the last eight days. Prices have ranged from 6 to 61 and 7 cents, mostly at 6 a 6+ cts ; 500 bags Laguira sold at 7 a 7+; 200 do Maracaibo 61 a 61 ; 450 do Java 81 a 9 and 91; 250 do Sumatra 61; 100 "bags Cuba 61, 4 and 6 mos ; and 110 bags St. Do mingo at 6 cts cash. CcrrToN.—There has been a little more activity in the Cotton market, and shippers have come into market more freely, but prices have not undergone any material alteration. FLOUR.—The season has • about closed, and the article for the week past has been inactive and dull holders ask $4,681 for Genesee, and the principal transactions are at that rate—a few sales are, however, daily made at $4,62A. GRAIN.—The market has been rather better sup plied with Wheat for a week past. Among the sales are 1,000 bush. Baltimore at 95c.; 2,300 .bush. do., 102 c.; 1,100 bush. North Carolina, 98c. 7 and 2,000 bush. Delaware, 101 a 102 c. Rye has further de clined, with sales of 8,000 bush. at 65 a 67c. Oats are firm at 36 a 37c. Barley is dull at 57 a 60c. Corn is now more plenty ; 10,500 bush. Northern, part new, sold for 50 a 52c., weight and measure ; 1,000 bush. North River, new, 36c., weight ; 1,800 bush. Jersey, old, 53e., measure. lltoN.—Since our ast 400 tons Scotch Pig have been sold on private terms. English Bars are dull, with a heavy stock in the market. The news by this conveyance is not politically im portant. Public attention was directed to the open ing of Congress, and much speculation was afloat as to the future policy of the new President. The Whigs were consoling themselves, that although they Were beaten, their views must be carried out by the new Government, as they were able to resist any measures which v.ere not in accordance with their supposed interests. The final result of the election has reached us. I , is as follows : Clay. Polk Pennsylvania Ohio Co)mtcticut 6 0 Rhode Island New Hampshire 0 6 Maryland 8 0 New York Virginia New Jersey . North Carolina " 11 0 Michigan 0 5 Georgia Massachusetts l2 0 Kentucky l2 0 Indiana ' 0 12 Maine Delaware 3 0 Vermont Illinois 0 9 Mississippi Missouri Louisiana 0 6 South Carolina Alabama ... Arkansas Tennessee LEAD.— r fhere have been sales of 5,000 pigs at 3 dolls. 7.5 c. ' • and 2.600 pigs at 4c., 6 mos. SUGARS.—Museovado Sugars ull of sale, and prices heavy ; 200 hhds. Cuba sold at 51c. a 61c. ; 20 hhds. St. Croix, 7c. ; 140 hhds. N. Orleans .57 T c. a 6ic.; 16 hills new crop, 6 dolls. 31c.; 50 hhds. Porto Rico, 6 dolls. 56c. a 6 dolls. 62ic.; 176 hills. ditto, on private terms ; 1,000 boxes Brown Havannah, 6ic. a 71c., 4 mos. MOLASSES.—The sales have been limited to a few small lots at former prices. _ _ 105 170 105 PROVISIONS.—Beef firm at 6 dolls. 7c. and 4 dolls. 75c. for Mess and Prime, an I for an extra article something over has been obtained. Pork sells at 9 dolls. to 9 dolls. 121 c. for Mess, and 6 dolls 75c. to 6 dolls. 81c. for Prime. New Smoked Hams at 9c. Smoked Beef at 4c. RICE.—The transactions for the week were con fined to about 350 tierces, at 3 dols. 12} a 3 dols. 621 cash. folk's majority of electoral votes The annexation of Texas still continues a favourite t opic, and would, no doubt, be persisted in, if their fears were not paramount to their wishes. The fol lowing are extracts : (From the New I 'ork inquirer of Nov. 30.) The approaching session of Congress will be a re rnarkable one in some respects, but it will pass with• out prod uc i ng an y result. The term for which Gen Harrison was elected President by a large majority of the people, expires on the 4th of March next ; and although John Tyler, by his treachery, has prevented the Whigs ca r rying out the great measur es t o w hi c h , in common with our party, was solemnly pledged, Whigs are nevertheless responsible to the country for all legislation up to the 4th of March. They can not, We know, pass the laws they believe necessary _'°r the. welfare , of the people ; but they can, and dust, and will-ptevelit the adoption of any but Whig Measures. cr .. f• , This being the state of affairs, it follows, of course, that the tariff will not be permitted to be touched during the coming session, nor will Texas be ad .itted into the Union, except in connexion with the h onourable of great Whig measures, and upon terms "° urable to the good faith of the nation. After the 4th of March, Mr. Polk and his friends will be re -IPonsible for the legislation of the country; and then, he and they will give or withhold from the people, as they think p ro p er , th e m e asures w hi c h th e y h ave de manded by their recent action at the polls. But already we perceive the evidence of a design to cheat. t 'e peopl e by avo idi ng th e p ro p e r r es p ons ibility o f their acts ; and with that view, attempts will be made at i the coming session to settle the Texas, Tariff, and ,uere.gon questions, and if difficulties grow out of such . 1 _ gulation, Mr. Polk and the Loco Foco party will ,31triost truly that is is no affair of theirs, because theira responsibility does not commence until after the l tn of March next. 1.... We entreat our Whig friends, and more particu ly the Whigs of the Senate, to bear in mind the r_ Ple fact here stated ; and not to permit any Loco ( - I °° Measures to be consummated by the existing r ee i_fferess. Even if some of our Whig Senators should ellthemselves instructed by the recent elections, we 1‘ , 4 "non them in the name of the Whig party, h eit .to consider such instructions as having any Th: i n,, g until after the 4th of March, 1845. fl e iii and not till then, can Mr. Polk and his th e \ ~s be held responsible for the legislation of th e ,;• °ll ntry ; and then, if they will present to tiv _Jaen.%e a tariff such as Mr. Polk is pledged to fo r ` 42 n, let that body adopt it. His tariff—the tariff ad Which the ps"ople have voted—is twenty per cent. twe nty duty, - And such discrimination under per cent. as May be required for revenue ! If I' the Lo co Foeos will pass such a Bill in the House of Representatives after the 4th of March, the Whigs should not stop it in the Senate. But let them insist Upon such a Bill or the tariff of 1842. The one is a Loco Foco, the other a Whig measure • and let the A very cu IRISH RAILWAYS. Loco state of things is being . exhibited in two grand parties stand or fall by their measures. the present railroad movement in Ireland, and one The Northern Loco Focos will endeavour to shrink which shows how little we in England know, and how f rom the responsibility of their position by a middle wildly we are apt to talk about that country. For the vourse, and the adoption of Mr. M'Kay's Bill of last whole of the present century we have been in the habit session. Against this the 'Whigs must at once set of talking of English capital being wanted for Ireland ; their f aces , giving their opponents to understand that and we have at last talked ourselves into the beliet that this session the tariff cannot be touched, but after the Ireland is a country entire l y destitute of an y accumu lated capital, and incapable of doing anything for itself. nof March they will not stand in the way of the al teration for which the people voted and to which The commencement of railroads shows this to be very far from the fact. The Irish appear to be bringing out r. Polk is pled ge d—and that if the Loco Focos dare hoards of money for the new enterprises. It is an un t give the people Mr. Polk's tariff. they must be doubted fact that the whole capital of 800,000 L, required Content,, with the Whig measure of 1842. for the Southern Railway, from Dublin to Cork, was qv -111 e propriety and justice of this policy must be subscribed in three days, and subscribed entirely in f ri '°us to all ; and we cannot doubt that our Whig Ireland. All accounts represent the state of feeling do ends will act in concert as they have heretofore throughout the country as approaching to something like a r 'e, in regard to all the great questions which have an universal mania of speculation. Everybody thinks !I .l .tated the- country. Their object now should be tlrca(l3l4.ooubnleellhisbsatsorebbeey been severely i blamedt i n railway ir Oa:J e e r s : rnnold the Loco Foco party to their principles, and m pos ' ing art a_uch . a manner that there can be no question here- his n advice, and suggesting ey caution, in order to check this rage for a new speculation. Of course it has .7 what those principles are. been insinuated that he dreads lest the ardour for rail. ale s/ .4. _ GNATION or SENATOUs.—We learn from the ways should interfere with that for repeal, and that he has tendered that the Hon. Salas Wright, Governor elect, is alive to the sordid fear that the subscriptions to n itt _ t endered to the Governor his resignation as a Se- shares may be in so me wa y deducted from his own rent. rof the United States ; and that Mr. Talltnadge, Mr. O'Connell was p erfectl y ri g ht in sa y ing what he did ~ "" -ur at e 44 ,, uer Senator, sometime since also resigned his say on the subject, and would have neglected . his duty of 1 118 one of the Senators of this State i n th e Senate had he withheld his advice. Much money will probably thethe United States be lost in these schemes in Ireland, as it has been in ge - r Var6.—The hull Of the sloop Marshall, from Sau- England ; and what is not lost may probably remain unproductive much longer than the subscribers calculate. Nyi ,Ves, New York, lying at the foot of Canal-street, A ood Government would undoubtedly interpose its ti ,,_‘', l , a cargo of hay, apples, grain, wood, &c., was en- '''Y destroyed by fire this morning at one o'clock. moral g influence to prevent this mischief from falling on !lao,. aught on either cargo or vessel. The fire the industrious and saving class in Ireland ; and it is, therefore. Mr. O'Connell 's duty so to act in discharge u,,,ght from the stove-pipe running through the deck, of that moral responsibility under which he lies for the hmtptai n C. Crawford,. of the ship Albany, from welfare of the people that confides in him as its real ruler. ( I .l l vr e, informs us that on the voyage out and h ome , an d E re l ong , no doubt, the existence and prosperity of t, ri ng the time he lay in Havre, he has not had Irish railroads, and the necessity for the aid of English ", b etl tY-four hours at a time clear weather. tbaali,setsatocreate those that wilt be wanted in addition, tendency to diminish the feeling in favour of 4 T he Albany Argus of Friday morning says—"Yes rcia , capitalists to Y snow fell without intermission during the day, repeal.. . The opponents of Mr.O'Connell are already t hel 4. depth of several inches. The river is filled with tri d u i mpti f i o n r g at his discomfiture, and believing that the railroads will entirely supersede in Ireland all 4 , 0 The Rochester was the only boat up yesterday, ardour r ht of political wrongs and remedies. This is the she llia ` 4 ,_ . remained at the wharf scarcely an hour. We shallowest and falsest of the many delusions by which e„,?:have another to-day; but the chances are °"Mst it?" the oppressors of mankind are for ever cheating them- Fx selves. At this period of its most unprofitable career, af tern ite AT Taor.—A fire broke out on Thursday this thick-headed world of ours ought to have learnt 4t, m oon in the paint-shop of J. S. Perry, in River- that men, whether individually or in masses, are much bel rt. Troy, which consumed four wooden buildings, more swayed by their feelings than their interests. We ni ed e ,of which was of much value. They were occu- pursue our interests, but under the guidance of our sh c , oy the following persons :—J. S. Perry, paint- passions • and there exists neither man nor nation . that Th!' ; Michael Bouhan, boot and shoe store; John C. cannot be' turned from the pursuit of or material good by working on the sense of honour, duty,.._ or on It 4 Oson paint-shop ; Peter Noels, tailor ; Patrick °k•ris, 4 • 4 0 h welling-house ; Henry Hughes, fruit store ; the . affections. Gorge the Irishman with English t. l develope the wealth of his country, 1 . 1 4 Rikard, eamphine lamps and oil. Messrs. ow n _ fa an, N o els, and Hughes also occupied with their c o a p P e i n a o ' ut to him the brightest prospect of continued t lues th upper stories of ' their shops. civilisation and increasing wealth—and yet, as long as -aor ta , 1 14 , 41 ULE MuRDER AND SUICIDE.—On Wed- you insult him in his religion and his national honour, all your favours will fail to win his love, will, in fact, kill a y last, Orrin Clover, of Annsville, Oneida county, only strengthen him for achieving vengeance and re kilir his wife by cutting her throat with a jack dress. As long as the religion of the Irish people re r, e ) and afterwards killed himself by cutting his mains despoiled and dishonoured—as long as the creed l' a t• Jealousy was the cause. of the stranger remains in its present position of in n---NoTi-, ihR, SUICIDE.—SamueI Ball, an Eaglishman, suiting superiority—so long does the English Govern -4:1 22, hung himself at Onondaga on the 19th inst, r worthy s of meat proclaim to the world the insulting truth that bon 1 :(1 bee n employed by Mr. Ellis and Mr. Bron -41,,_: a labourer, and left about eighty dollars in the Irish are a people whom we t do e nut i n d a e r e y m of being treate 'g Y and notes. justice, and :10 long will it be impossible for us to lay e oesi , . PHI , N0v.28, . . a ing into "ILADEL ANo FIVE rar—T le • one stone for the foundation of permanent tranquillity, or conquer one inch of the affections of Ireland. them oration the extreme inclemency of the weather; was a fair amount of business done in stocks to , Treat Ireland as we are now treating her, and the momentary diversion of railway speculations will neither A and pretty generally at slightly advanced rates. b e tter the condition of her people nor diminish the hou no rth-easterly storm commenced at a ver y ear ly growt h o f those fearful feelings that impel them to de the r is t his morning, and at eight o'clock the roofs of sire separation from us. But such circumstancesbe turned the rain houses were nearly covere d with snow and frozen present may, no doubt, by a t wi cr se t G b overnment, ofturned t o • Shortly after it commenced rainin which r tae ,„ l , . g, There is now throughout Ireland enoug of our sidewalks into ice directly after reaching terra _firma to the best account for effee in„ e removal g h antes. l t. n . 40 o,wewalks were completely covered with ice, and irno their skatesto wish rather to hold aloof from active specu a_ iolittioestduce men for a time to take a moderate tipo _iPpery, that the boys found much amusement vie r of ° her wticaPtion in agitation, and to look with favour, ra- This afternoon the weather is more -. 7: t and the ice ' has nearly disappeared. moments when the at m Englis Government. These are the at w e Exrco.—Mexican papers recently received th e e ," Orleans, bring intelligence of the refusal of suspicions of largest growth, when the animosities . of by the of Deputies to vote the loan required tone of conciliation and the substance .i of justice be deepest influence, may be Most easily soothed, if only the again st Mexican Government to carry on the campaign adopted. Now is the time when, lf rig n it w tb e e re lr d is o b ne, no tg,,g'lst Texas. The Government had presented to more than right would be demanded. and 3 we will iti b s e ei s l t rvo branches of Congress a project of law, autho- tice in the matter of thei u r . religion, 4 4n _g a national or foreign loan of ten millions ofa repeal of the union. u?,:i for the purpose of defraying the expenses of that little successmwoatilcifedby attend any attempt to re theject the boon unless The the ars, masses e a, bound the favourableace? moment for attempting an the Ch an war. The Committee appointed by , Now, too, red._ 'll aniber of Deputies to examine the project, uced till the amount required to six millions.lame. What, after all, will be the permanent gain to 1 imrovemeintin the material condition of the people at in Ireland from these great works? A few h and :vas +referred to another Committee, in whose pigment, at low wages, out of which nothing 4 , 111: _ the amount was again reduced to three I ca l t i l '_ns. In this shape it was submitted to Congress —of the destitute myriads. At the end of that time, the . can be saied, for a portion—and, after all, only a portion and ve.lsth ult., and was discus s e d with g reat ardour old amount of unemployed hands and empty bellies i, will th e b rpinence. On the 16 th, a vote was taken and cumber the land; for, whatever additionalemployment d lm tr t ut aie ' rejected -44 to 17. It is also stated that the may he railways toa a certain e t l y r , c _ st discord prevails between the Government and accompanying extension Of commerce, will ai r Fress, This want of mutual understanding clogs permanently created by the uliarhti,onanidn the Pie operations of the Administration. Don Jgnaciointerval. The result will be a few more r be counterbalanced by the increase of pop 't rich generally richer; while the poor will be as numerous - SPlRlTS.—Domestic Whisky is in moderate de mand at 24c. in drudge casks, and 25c. in barrels. A few barrels sold as low as 24k. 30 half pipes Otard, Dupuy, and Co. Brandy sold at 2,20 a 2,50 dols. Five puncheons Scotch Whisky sold at 2,121 dols. Ten pipes Wolfe's Swan Gin, 1,15, 6 mos. 10 hhds. St. Croix Rum, 1,03 dols. COURT CIRCULAR. w m psou, MoNDAY.—Their Royal Highnesses Prince Albert, the Duke of Saxe Coburg and Gotha, and the Duke Ernest of Wurtemberg, attended by the Earl of Hardwicke, Lord Charles Wellesley, Mr. G. E. Anson, and Baron de Wangenheim, left the Castle on horseback this morning, to shoot in the neighbourhood of Cumberland Lodge. The royal party returned early in the afternoon. The Queen, attended by the Marchioness of Douro, rode out in a pony phaeton at noon, attended on horseback by Major-General Sir Edward. Bowater. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited her Majesty and the Duchess of Saxe Coburg and Gotha this afternoon. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales and the Princess Royal were taken out on their ponies for an airing this morning. The royal dinner party at the Castle this even ing included her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, Lady Fanny Howard, the Countess Wratislaw, Sir George Couper, Mr. George Edward and the Hon. Mrs. Anson, and Captain Francis Seymour. The band of the Scots Fusilier Guards was in at tendance during dinner. Her. Majesty's private band afterwards attended, and performed at the Castle the remainder of the evening. The Chancellor of the Exchequer had an interview with the Lord President of the Counoi 1 yesterday, at the Council-office. His Excellency the American Min► ,ter transacted business yesterday, at the office of the Board of Trade. The Lords Committee of the Privy Council for the affairs of Guernsey and Jersey sat yesterday in the Council Chamber, to consider two petitions from the Royal Court of Guernsey, touching the conduct of the Lieutenant-Governor of the island. There were present the Lord President, the Lord Chan cellor, the Secretary of State for the Home Depart mrnt, Mr. Baron Parke, the Chancellor of the Duchy of Cornwall, and the Judge of the Admiralty Court. Mr. Roebuck, Q.C., and Mr. Waddington were heard. Their Lordships then adjourned the case. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING n_gCEMBER 17 1844. and as destitute as ever. But, on the other hand, the utmost advantage may be taken of the present improve ment in the state of tl ings, to introduce other measures requisite for raising the condition of the people. Amid the comparative ease and quiet produced by this large momentary accession to the means and employment of the people, the most favourable opportunity is presented for improving the relations of landlord and tenant, for establishing systematic emigration, for introducing ma nufactures—in fact, for effecting every and any change that may be deemed most desirable. Such golden mo ments do not often occur in the history of nations ; and it would indeed be melancholy were our rulers to regard the present as merely serviceable for postponing for a while the hour of justice, instead of seizing on it as one in which a great effort may be made to better the condi tion of Ireland, with Milord -for ease and unhoped-for certainty of success.—Chronicle. THE FARRINGDON CLUB THE FRENCH CHURCH. Although the state of religion in France is not such as to expose her to those conflicts and dissensions within the Church which have lately engrossed so much of the controversial energy of this and some neighbouring countries, yet the position and the claims of the French clergy, especially with reference to education, have given rise to discussions of equal warmth and equal importance to the well being of the community. These discussions, however, are carried on, not between conflicting parties in the Church, but between the Church and its temporal opponents: they have less of a theological than a politi cal character; and the spirit of the contending powers has been embittered by the peculiar position of each of them at the present moment. The Roman Catholic Church in France is the only institution of that country which has not been pro foundly modified, in principle as well as in form, by the French Revolution. On the throne, in the legislature, in the courts of justice, and in society at large, the work of the Revolution is conspicuous and complete. A new shape has been given to all that men respect and obey; and these new institutions trace their descent from 1789, with a sort of pride in the novelty of their origin. The very men who have arrested the violence and the irre gularity of the revolutionary power have laboured to consolidate the changes that power has effected ; and the Revolution, including its first principles and its final consequences, is as generally accepted as the basis of so ciety in France, as the British Constitution is in this country. One power alone remains eternally opposed to these principles and to these consequences ; one class alone has preserved with comparatively little change its traditions of another age, and its allegiance to a fallen race ; and especially since the catastrophe of 1830 the clergy has exhibited its sullen distrust or its open hos tility to that system of government which has been formally adopted by all the rest of the nation. In pro portion as the breach has widened between the Church and the State, in spite of the pecuniary dependence of the priesthood on the public Exchequer, the peculiar political tendencies of the Church of Rome became more and more visible. The power of the Church in this struggle with all the other powers of the Government was derived from its own external and internal organisa tion ; from influences which were either altogether fo reign to France or connected with what France had re jected ; and from its indestructible hold on the minds of the Christian part of the population. The consequence of this state of things has been to revive very keen animosities between the clergy and a large portion of the political world. It would seem that there is a deplorable want of independence and of mode ration on the part of the religious laity, since they have done nothing to check the violence of the struggle between the ill-advised defenders of the Church and its direst enemies. The polemical writings of the bishops and their ebb& have been lamentably defi cient in talent and in prudence; whilst their opponents are, for the most part, deficient in what is at least equally essential to a just and pacific treatment of these great questions—namely, a steady and practical belief in the truths of Christianity. It is not enough for French legislators, making laws for the whole body of their countrymen, to profess for Christianity that kind of frigid respect they might think it expedient to pay to any popular superstition. Nor is it possible that the Church should look with confidence, or even with sub mission, to legislative assemblies, to State councils, and to public schools, where so much of actual infidelity still prevails. No one will deny that in these great institu tions, in which the ablest men in France direct the policy or instruct the youth of the kingdom, it would be vain to seek for the spirit or the faith of men like Bossuet or our own Arnold. The public schools more especially have, without exception, the most opposite conceivable character; they are un-Christian, if not anti-Christian, in the fullest sense of the word ; and, without . wishing to describe them with unnecessary harshness, we must say that it is impossible that a Christian priest or a Christian parent should be willing to abandon to such establishments the exclusive formation of the character of youth. The whole question of the liberty or monopoly of public instruction in France lies in the maintenance of the exclusive rights of the University. That great in stitution is, to the scholastic establishments of the coun try, what the Code Civil is to her laws, and the legisla tive assemblies to her political constitution. It is the form in which the great principles of the French Revo lution--equality, centralisation, and uniformity—have been adapted to the education of the people ; and in obedience to those established rules, it holds the standard of proficiency which is the test to which every man is subjected in entering upon life. The degrees granted by the University are this recognised test of capacity and industry ; and there is scarcely any civil liberaljprofession on which a young man can enter without having taken them. It is not contended by the partisans of the Church, that any modification should be made in the constitution or powers of the University of France ; it is not denied that the State has a right to ascertain, by these forms of academical examination, what the profi ciency is of men aspiring to enter the civil service, or to follow medicine or the law. But the University requires more ; it not only demands the exclusive right of con ferring degrees, but the exclusive right of educating those on whom these degrees are to be conferred; and it would even, if possible, prohibit the existence of any public schools whatever in the kingdom, not under its own absolute control. The principal orders of the Romish Church which are devoted to the labour of the higher kinds of instruction number ofges, ;re s io c e h e o n o i•o o s r c proscribed e F k r o a o n w c e n ; by b u thet a n a c m e r e t ai o n; seminaries, i s n ole arimesa,nsatigllemexeinstt o in f thevarious oler parts gy. Tohfe Franceprincipal under ob ject of these seminaries is the education of priests, and the certificates they confer are sufficient to obtain ordi nation from the bishops. But in the case of pupils not destined to the Church, or disinclined to its service, the case is widely different. The seminaries cannot confer degrees, and the University will only confer them on those who have studied in its own schools. It is not contended that these seminaries are ill.conducted ; on the contrary, they cont a i n p ro f essors and pupils of the first distinction ; but they are dangerous. The spirit of these schools is not the spirit of the modern French people, and therefore they are proscribed. The modern Liberals are foremost in refusing them the liberty they ask for ; the partisans of equality will admit of no equality b e t ween t h emselves and the influence of the clergy ; the professors of the University have taken the alarm, and have denounced in unmeasured language the Church and all that belongs to it ; and even the friends and founder s o f t h e ex i st i ng Government are ready, if necessary, to unseal the bitter phials of revolutionary zeal to aid them i n su bd u i ng the last effort of spiritual power. - With consummate address M. Thiers has availed him self of all these tendencies, existing to a greater or less degree in all the important parties of the political world ; and whilst the King is disposed to conciliate the clergy, and the Min . stry are anxious to prevent either party from gaining what may appear to be a triumph, M. Thiers, in the able report of the Committee on the Education Bill last session, appealed directly to the anti clerical passions, which exist as strongly amongst the followers of M. Guizot as amongst his own. In France Bills are not lost by the mere prorogation of the Cham ber, and the law which passed the Chamber of Peers last session will be resumed in the Chamber of Deputies during the next. That it will be passed in its present form is exceedingly improbable, and that the clergy should obtain from the Chamber of Deputies the full toleration they require is altogether impossible ; but the debate will be of sufficient importanc e t o s h a k e t h e h o ld of the Government on the majority, to bring M. Thiers conspicuously befo re th e country as the defender of a popular cause ; and will probably lead to the indefinite postponement of the settlement of the question.—Times. F. Now, Sir, let me ask you, was the fault in the Legis lature by which I was made a law, or in Mr. Cottingham presuming to make a law of his own—illegally? Instead of the rascal being in prison, under a summary convic tion, from want of ability to pay the paltry fine of 51, illegally imposed, he ought to be there for want of bail to await a trial by a jury of his country. Is there no person spirited enough to move the Court of Queen's Bench to quash this notable conviction of Mr. Cottingham's, and for a production of the evidence in Court, and also for a mandamus to Mr. Cottingham, to either, bail or commit (for want of it) this brutal mate for trial, for an assault with intent to commit felony, on the evidence already given before him? By the bye, there is another question. Was this scoundrel brought before Mr. Cottingham in charge of a constable—taken into custody on the instant of the com mission of the offence, before a summons or warrant for apprehension had been issued? This is a very material point, on which my authority has been very grossly abused of late, for justices have no power to summarily convict for any assault, however simple, if the party charged be brought before them in custody, neither a summons nor a warrant having been first issued—(see the enactment in my 33d section)—which states that every offence punishable by summary conviction shall be preceded either by summons or warrant; if by summons, the service must be by delivering the same, not at the dwelling of, but on the person of the party charged with offence—so the justices cannot proceed under my authority of summary conviction in any case where the party is in custody without warrant. It is an old saying, "Man, know thyself!" —so ought the law to be so clear as to be able to explain itself. If then, Sir, I, as the law, know myself, and have plainly denvi strated that your insinuations against my legislative parents were unjust, how grossly have I been abused in using the use of my summary convicting power in punishing a scoundrel, guilty of an assault with intent to commit felony, by the imposition, illegally, of a poor paltry fine of 51. !—I am, Sir, your humble servant, 9 GEO. IV., CAP. 31. RIGHTFUL ACCIDENT. Shortly before nine o'clock last night a dreadful accident, which, it is feared, will be attended with loss of life, occurred opposite Ald gate Church, close by the junction of Aldgate with the Whitechapel-road. About four o'clock in the afternoon Mr. Dagget, a highly respectable commercial traveller, in the oil and colour business, left Romford for the me tropolis in a gig with a high-spirited horse. On arriv ing near Whitechapel Church the animal shied, and im mediately afterwards started off at a rapid pace. By the rattling of the vehicle over the stones he was much frightened, and, notwithstanding the utmost exertions of the driver, it was impossible to hold him in. At a frightful speed he reached the corner leading to the Minories, close by a large pile of new building, where, unfortunately, two omnibuses were passing each other. Mr. Dagget, to escape a Collision, pulled one of the reins, but the road being narrowed at that spot, and there being a temporary platform for foot passengers, the horse ran upon it, amongst the people who were there crowding the pathway. The scene was frightful ; not less than nine or ten persons were knocked down, and the policeman, Goodman, 591, City, who was passing along his beat, was dashed to the ground with great violence. The gig was instantly overturned, and the, driver thrown out upon the pavement. A gentleman who we have since ascertained is 70 years of age, was knocked down and severely injured. He was taken into the shop of Mr. Davis, surgeon, of Aldgate, and, after having had his wounds dressed, was conveyed to his house in Red Cross -street, Southwark. Mr. Dagget is much cut about the head, rind bruised 'all over the body ; but Mr. Merrit, of Leadenhall-street, having at• tended him, he soon recovered so far as to give an ac count of the manner in which the accident occurred. A gentleman of the name of Wincklow was also much in jured. Six persons were conveyed to the London Hos pital ; but, upon inquiry last evening, shortly before ten o'clock, the reporter was informed that three of them left, being able to walk home, as soon as their contusions were attended to by the house surgeon. Three others, we regret to state, are still in the hospital seriously injured. Goodman, the constable, it is feared, has re ceived a concession of the brain, which renders his re covery very doubtful. The popularity of Mr. Charles Dickens has in no way diminished since his absence frArn hip native land. His forthcoming work h as exc i ted such an intereSt in the pebli been subscribed for, the best proof of what we.have asserted.—Court ifonrnal Mr. BRIGHT said it was a most grateful task to re spond to the sentiments which had-been expressed by Dr. Lynch; and especially that part of them which re ferred to the success that had attended the policy and efforts of the Anti-Corn-law League. He hailed that expression of sentiment as a proof that they felt that their own interests were in no !mall degree bound up with the operations of that body.—(Hear, hear.) The League was the embodiment of the interests and rights of the middle classes, and, as such, it deserved their hearty and cordial support. There. were two especial points of view in which the League ought to be viewed by all w►ho weighed its merits. Six years ago, as they had already heard, that asso ciation commenced its labours, and from that time to the present there had been no change in the principle upon which it was first established.—(Hear, hear.) They commenced by promulgating the doctrine that the people had a right to the total and immediate abolition of the corn-laws ; and, as a consequence, to the abolition of every commer cial monopoly. Up to that moment they had never swerved, in the slightest degree, from this great prin ciple, although they had been visited with as much obloquy as it was possible to heap on public men ; although attempts had been made by some to coax, to wheedle, and to ensnare them into a desertion of the principle with which they had started, he believed he could say with the ntingst sincerity and trith, that, ie the council of the League, the ques tion of giving up any portion of that principle had never (Ace been seriously dis- Ilfracombe, Dec. 7, 1844. The sudden death of the young and handsome Mar quise de Betbisy, eldest (laughter of the Duc de Rolian Chabot, has caused the most melancholy sensation; in the higher circles of Paris. She had just risen from her confinement, and was, to all appearance, in a perfect state of convalescence, when she suddenly expired, before even her doctor, who had just left her, could be called back. Water on the heart is said to have been the cause of this awful and distressing eatastrophe.—Court %barna'. cussed.—(Hear.) In one respect, however, the ; League had undergone a remarkable change ; he i The first annual di nner o f the members of this club referred to the influence which it now exerc'sed - as I - RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. . IMPORTANT RAILWAY MEETING. took place at the King's Arnis Hotel, Holborn-bridge, ece.npared with that which it possessed five or six O R Sat ur d a y last, - pursuant; to public requisition, a yesterday evening. The chair was taken by John , f `y r e e a e r t s r e aa g de, o e . growth, and he believed that at that moment there -take into cons id erat i on the railway projected from Dublin Buckmaster, Esq., Chairman of the West London I attention after year they had witnessed its most important meeting was held at the Court House, to question which obtained a tithe (oHnewhich was excited by the subject of Union. Besides the Chairman, the following gentle- of the t o t ne Political hear.)ar For many years they hadby Mullingar, with a branch to Longford, which was attended by the principal landed proprietors, to Athlone Esq., M.P., J. Bright, Esq., M.P., H. Taylor, Esq., gone from town to town during the winter - eau s s e e as h o a n d men were present :—Dr. Lynch, James P'atteson made great progress. He believed no despotism , farmers, and traders of the town and neighbeurhood. existed ff in this country which produced such terrible ever ,'' Amongst the gentlemen present were the following:— Sir Richard Levinge, Bart., Vice-Lieutenant of the theree cts vi a . s the lessoperation of the corn-laws. In F.S.A., Michael Saward, Esq., E. Spicer, Esq., and on every fresh visit they found that the county; Sir Montague L. Chapman, Bart.. High Sheriff W. Spicer, Esq., Joshua T. Bedford, Esq., Deputy James farmingesrteoenko in no t e ha? 120 advertisements of sales of I (late M.P. for the county) ; Sir Percy Nugent, Bart. of the Ward, Dr. Sheridan, _W. Wilson, Esq., Dr, Hugh Morgan Tuite, Esq., M.P , Robert Smyth, Eiq ; Simpson, S. S. Woolatt, Esq., J. M. Barnard, Esq., 1822 i D.L., and J.P. Gaybrook; John . Malone, Esq:, J.l':, W. Harding, Esq., • Richard Williams, Esq., single agragricultural uitNorfolkural labourer newspaper,l .was to and o John E s q , Carrick; Enni s , Rathcaslin; James Gibbons, Esq., J.P., Ballynegall; Ramshaw, Esq., James Charles, Esq., Mark Fever- the condition of then Esq., .J.P., lilliam Fetherston IL, Captain Robinsoni, R.N., Rossmead, sham, Esq., John Sharpe, Esq., William Cummi ng , well known to need description. In Wiltshire, Berk- J.l'. and D.L.; Colonel Caulfeild, J.P., &flown; Esq., J. P. Bernhard, Esq., Alex. Galloway, E,q., shire, and Hampshire, anti many other counties, the J. C. Lyons, D.L., and J.P., Ladiston ; Richard Fether- W. Carpenter, Esq., G-. Walter, Esq., and J. Todd, labouring classes were in such a condition that the stn H , Esq., J.P., Rockview ; Charles Arabin, 'Eiq., most indifferent, besotted landlords, were beginning to J.P., Moyvoteghly ; Godfrey Levinge, Esq., J.P., Cal After Honorary Secretary. admit the necessity of doing something furtheir lean ; Henry Murray, Esq , J.P., Mount ‘lurray ; Ni- After the usual loyal toasts had been given and duly lief. _(H hear.) - • J P Lough Park ; Toriano responded to by the company, much to parties. The constituencies of the em • Tore L Estrange, Esq., J.P., L) , lin • Captain Richard Le vinge, J.P. ; J. H. Shiel, Esq., J.P., Cottage ; W. A. The CHAIRMAN said he had now the gratification of could alone wrest the , Government from the hands Reilly, Esq., J-P , Bellinont •, Thomas F. Uniacke, Esq. proposing the health of their esteemed and excellent of the factious; and what constituency might so J.P ,L mnbury *, Colonel Tuite ; William Fetherston' representative on his right, Mr. Patteson.—(Cheers.) reasonably be expected to take the lead as that of the H., 'Esq., Robins . town ; Thomas Webb, Esq., Wardens- That gentleman had displ a yed an example of political City of London ? He had not the slighte s t appr e - town ; Charles Levinge, Esq., Levington Park Wil -consistency and public virtue which had never been hension that the oligarchy of this country would Liam Murray, Esq., Thomas Courtney, Esq., 8.M., Rev. excelled, and seldom equalled.—(Hear, hear.) There drive the people to violence ; they would do so were Bond Hall, William M. Maxton, Ecq, were many persons in that room who could do much it not for the middle classes ; but with these latter it On the motion of Sir Richard Levinge, Bart., se greater justice to his deserts than himself, but he rested to save the country from ruin. In order to conded by Sir Percy Nugent, Bart., Sir Montague L. would yield to none in sincere admiration of his past use their influence effectual)y, they must nombine Chapman, Bart., Hi g h Sh er iff, was ca l led to the chair. services. H e f e lt conf i dent that on every occasion t oget h er. Men who heed in the same ward must not J. ( i ) i n . the; p E ot s ion , a)f ha ß rl o e b s eri ra S4 - Litti Esq., secondedby that might arise, Mr. Patteson would be - found pre- be estranged from each other; one ward must not be to act as se c Esq., to the meetine• sq.' w a s appointed pared to justify the confidence which they had reposed estranged from its neighbour ward.—(Hear, hear.) Sir M. L. CHAPMAN, as chairnian, annonced his rea in him ; and he therefore proposed the toast to the If they acted separately in - municipal contests, they diuess to hear any gentleman who had o u r esolution to cordial acceptance of all present. must act together in Parliamentary centests.---e(Hear, propose. The toast having been acknowledged with great hear.) He wished the City -of London to H. M. TUTTE, Esq., then addressed the meeting at enthusiasm, take its proper place; if it did so, four free traders considerable length, and concluded by proposing the fol- Mr. PATTESON said he felt deeply sensible of the would, beyond all question, be returned at the next lowing resolution : honour which had been conferred upon him, and he election. Let there go forth a great and powerful " That the competing line appears to us to possess in trusted that his own deficiency would not prevent voice from this metropolis to the electoral districts of the a very inferior degree those requisites laid down by the Board of Trade—inasmuch as proceeding from Galway them from giving him full credit for the gratitude country; let the great manufacturing towns of Lan to Athlone, by Monte, and following nearly the line of which he entertained. Ten years had , now elapsed cashire and Yorkshire, the representatives of the na- the Grand Canal, and joining the Dublin and Cashel since he first offered himself as a candidate for the tional industry, be combined upon this great ques- line at the town of Selina, it is calculated to convey the City of London. He need hardly remind them of the tion; let them know their true position, and ant up to traffic of the southern portion of Connaught only, exclud circumstances under which he was first elected. The it, and no squirearchy, no dukes, no oligarchy, would ing the northern counties—and passing from the town of King had, unconstitutionally, and, as they thought, be able to prevent that final triumph of their cause, Athlone to Sallins, in a line parallel a n d near t o t h e despotically, dismi sse d hi s Mi n i sters ; and in the elec- w hi ch would, at the same time, insure freedom to in- Dublin and Cashel 'line, instead of being a portion of a tion which ensued they beat their opponents by a dustry, and-the general welfare of their fellow-coun- Great Western line, it becomes, unnaturally, a western majority of fifteen hundred. That was a glorious trymen.--(Loud cheers.) , branch to th e D u bli n an d C as h el l i ne. " triumph. The re su lt o f th e struggle which took Song— " The Oak and the Ivy," by Mr. Ransford. Sir P. NUGENT seconded the resolution. place at that period was the ejection of Sir Mr. Wpon proposed " The Liberty of the Press," The resolution was put from the Chair, and carried Robert Peel, and the restoration 'of the Whigs t o which, he said, was the best security for that, of the acclamat i o n. n i l ove -- yi mal F J•P R h I' 4sq., . ~ at cas in; seconded power. The Tories were then defeated upon what Public: He referred, at some length, to the manner by , Col, Caulfield, J . .P., I3loomfield— was called the appropriation clause. He could not - in which the press had been crippled within his own -,, That, for - the foregoing reasons, we are of opinion help regretting that the Whigs had not kept faith with memory, fifty years ago; and, congratulating the that the Great Western Railway Company from Dublin Ireland by standing by that clause.—(Hear, hear.) company on the changes which had since taken place, to Athlone by Mullingar, with a branch to Longford, is Nothing injured them more than their desertion of called upon them to respond warmly to the toast. eminently deserving of our most hearty and cordial sup principle in reference to that subject. In the ensuing The toast having been enthusiastically responded to, port, as being the Company which has given the most election, the majority fell from 1,500 to 150; and Dr. SemainAN acknowledged it on behalf of the sterling proofs of speedily carrying into effect a work of a petition against this election was only press ; and, on resuming his seat, proposed " The in- undeniable public utility." stopped by the discovery of certain papers, crease of the Parliamentary franchise." Carried without a dissenting voice. which proved that their enemies had them- Glee—" King Canute." I Moved by H. M. Tuite, Esq., M.P. ; seconded by Thomas F. Uniacke Esq., J.P.— selves been guilty of bribery. There was a general Mr. CARPENTER proposed, in the absence of Mr. e That the High ' Sheriff do leave the chair, and that lack of enthusiasm after that period. The Whigs Wakley (who had been expected but was not pre- Sir Richard Levinge, Bart,, be called thereto." l. ' declared themselves in favour of finality, as if sent), " The improvement of the social condition of Moved by H. M. Tuite, Esq , and seconded by God there could be any finality in the p: ogress of im- the industrial classes of society." He said they lived Moved Levinge, Esq., ,T,p,___ provement !—(Hear.) As the result of this state of in times when all the ordinary channels of wealth "That the marked thanks of this meeting are due, and things, when he presented hims e lf t o th e e l ectors i n were sa id to b e full, and those who possessed hereby given to the High Sheriff for his conduct in the 1841 was rejected. A reaction, however, subse- money were not able to find employment for chair." quently took place. The people learnt from a gentle- it.—(Hear, hear.) Yet a very large portion of the Sir M. L. CHAPMAN returned thanks, and the meetin g man on his right, and from others who acted with People were steeped in poverty, dying for want of separated. him, that what was wanted was cheap bread, that very employment which money was not able to LONDON AND YORK RAILWAY. and the free trade movement produced a reaction in procure.—(Hear.) If they wished to see the people The London and York Company have sent down from the City. In the election in 1842 their opponents studious of cleanliness, they must first enable them London a troop of no less than fourteen gentl!men to were supported by a vast ph a l anx of intimidation and to obtain bread, o th erw i se t h ey could not be expected make copies o lines of lthes plans, to t sections,,eir w , and o specification oa nth e Lincoln of ll the bribery ; but not w ith s t an di ng a ll the efforts which to take any interest i n was hi ng -h ouses, and places of books solicitors connected a with the Lincoln and opposed . d were brought to bear aga i ns t th e Lib era l s id e, h e a s i m il ar d escr i pt i on. He was quite sure that in that bridge and oth er li nes h os til e t o th e L on d on and York Cam (Mr. Patteson) was tri um ph an tl y e l ecte d b y t h e com p an y th ere would be no diversity of opinion as to have each clerks acting in a similar manner. Several of middle classes o f the City.—(Cheers.) The question the sentiment, however there might be as to the the gentlemen are law-stationers' clerks, from " the now was, what would Sir Robert Peel do for the means of carrying it into practical effect; and he, La ne ," and the curious in diving into manners and habits people of this country, or for poor, unfortunate Ire- therefore, f e lt gr ea t plea s u re in proposing this toast. have been much amused by a peep of the company at land ? A friend of his had, in conversation, ven- The toast was duly acknowledged by the company, their work. They are copying in the room at the end tured a conjecture that Sir Robert Peel would carry Several other toasts were subsequently proposed, of the City Assembly-rooms, seated at a large table. the repeal of the corn-laws. F or hi s own p ar t, h e and the hilarities of the evening were extended to a Upon this table there are large heaps of snuff upon sheets did.not care whether Sir Robert Peel or Lord John late hour. Messrs. Ransford, Jones, and Turner, of paper, and every few minutes a finger and thumb is Russell proposed such a measure, if it could only be contributed moat effectually to the pleasures of the darted into one of the piles, the article conveyed to the secured to the country. They had heard a great deal evening by, vocal performances, which elicited the nose, a andt renew the pen, i n an i nstant , is h eard scratching d speed. Th ere is a l so upon t h e ta b le a e lately of b a th s an d washi ng - p l aces f or the people. warmest app l ause. along liberal supply o f porter , which is sipped at, until the Let them begin at the right e n d, b y en d eavour i ng to measure is empty, w it is refilled and again gradually give food to the people, and leave them to wash them- THE UNION HALL CASE. drained. The ink s h in tea-cups, and the gentlemen are, selves.—(Cheers.) He congratulated the company ASSAULT WITH INTENT TO COMMIT A without exception, the most rapid writers we have ever on the existence of this new institution. He was FELONY. seen. Besides th e gent l emen copy i ng the plans, &c., convinced that it would gre a tl y promote t h e cause of there are also other parties taking the traffic, and making civil and religious freedom in this land. In all parts "At Union-hall, a ruffian, described as mate of a mer- arrangements for the forthcoming Parliamentary fight, of London the conduct of the citizens was watched chantman, was brought up charged with an act of fiendish so that the inns are half filled with railway people. The with intense interest ; and what took place in that brutality, es u s n m d a e t r e o t n e a fo po lo or w w in gna c n irc t u il n e s w ta i t t ! e ce o s f ;— an Hecall e tl preliminary expenses of the various companies must be acquaint- tremendous.—Lincolnshire Herald. great - city must always exercise a vast influence over ante of his, then away at sea ; an'd after being hospitably the whole of England. I n conc l us i on, h e b egged to entertained, in consideration of his intimacy with her hus- YORK AND SCARBOROUGH RAILWAY . thank them most cordially for the honour which they band, the fellow repaid the kindness of his hostess by the On account of the enormous prices required by the had conferred upon him by the manner in which they rudest and most scandalous conduct towards her . ; and in the proprietors of land near the intended terminus at Scar struggle she offered to them, the poor woman's right arm was borough, the site has not been finally fixed upon, an had responded to the toast. broken. For this assault and injury, the sitting Magistrate the labourers are all paid off. We trust, however, that song by Mr. Turner—" The fine Old English sentenced the mate (his confederate being on a voyage and arrangements will speedily be made, and that no oh gentleman." not forthcoming) to a fine of 51., or two months' imprison- stacle to impede the undertaking may be thrown in the Dr. LYNCH (Vice-President) said, at the meeting ment. We have not the Act before us under which Mr. Cot- way at this advanced stage of the project.—Yorkshire held in the new hall, they gladly seized the oppor- tingham pronounced this remarkable sentence; but we suppose, Gazette. Latter of course, that it was the maximum pena in- MANCHESTER AND LEEDS RAILWAY. tunity of doing homage to the great principle of free 7- f tzet a ed " by the statute under the circumstances. Our com plaint, trade.—(Loud cheers.) In the history of political therefore, must be, not of Mr. Cottingham, who must ad 'We understand that a resolution h was passed f at ra t t h e e s movements there was no parallel to the triumphant minister the law as lie fi nds it, but of the legislation which mentionedßoard b Mo 3 r it i Monday, ay lio r n ea s r w r referring to a tt the meeting Of the progress made by the Anti-Corn-law League has left andhi ouch a . law t n o d ati s t a tter.. • Fivez i ti c n te d , l for two o e Leeds and West Riding Junction Company. It is, first, (Hear, hear.) Little more than six years ago a few serious brutal ,cowards on l a ng de i te less wornan " lq:Extract froin an to construct forty new third-class carriages with seats, gentlemen met in Manchester, in a small room, to endeavour to r escue t h e i r townsmen f rom the miseries article in The Sun, Friday, 6th inst. • and covered in ; secondly, th a t th e secon d- c l ass s h ould all be glazed and made comfortable ; and, thirdly, that which they endured through these laws, which fet- TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. the first-class fare should not exceed 20. per mile, and tered the freedom of industry, and brought desolation SIR,—If you had had me at hand whey you penned that the minimum for short distances should be reduced and destitution to the productive classes in this country. y our ar ti c l e r e l a tive to " the assault with intent to com- from is. 6d. to is., and second-class to 9d. This ar- The movement was a t fi rst mere l y l oca l ; it th en b e - in a felony, ) " you would never have cast any refl ec ti on on rangement, with the great intermediate traffic, will be a came provinci a l, nex t metropo lit an , an d it was now n - legislative parents, but you would have allow e d th e considerable reduction.—Heropath , s Railway Journal. national and uni ve r sa l.— Cheers. B its millions of whole weight of your censure to have fallen on M r . Cot ( ) y WAKEFIELD, PONTEFRACT, AND GOOLE tingham, who did not administer the law as he f oun d i t , tracts, by its endless publi c discussions, by its ergo- as ou suppose. If a common assault charge be b roug h t RAILWAY. meats written and sp o k en , by the speculations of the before justices, and it appears on oath that the o ff ence This is a scheme which dep ar t e d f rom a ll ra il wa y pre cedent. It came out with all its capital subscribed, and closet converted into practical truisms in public, this was com mitted under circumstances with intent to corn- no one was allowed to have any shares unless he had great body had secured the co-operation, and excited mit a felony, the justices have no power or authority to property on the line. If the London and York obtain the enthusiasm of the great mass of the people. The proceed under my summary h convicting section, 27 their Act, all the Manchester and Leeds traffic will be League had taught the inhabitants of this country u nder n? 3, 29th sec s tin t n they are positively restrained thrown upon it in connexion with the Hull and Selby. that free trade was calculated to confer inestimable from Loitntieso. woman'sai n arm m ov w ed before hrh Mr. Cotting- That traffic, in addition to its own, would render it a benefits On mankind. It had relented the minds of theahmatttempt poorto commit felony? Y: s i s ir reporten in nf resisting very valuable property. The Company are, moreover, thousands and tens of thousands from the trammels of insured fit per cent., and a share dc of the surplus profits party. at the time says, Yes. It then became the imperative party. It had taught them to despise the terms duty of Mr. Cottingham to have committed this brutal by the Manches l t t er . and Leesthnotmtny Airewho take and Colder Whig," " Tory," and " Radical," and had mate for trial, who, on conviction, would, under my 25th of the . sh . ares, is r eported the and united them all in the one great effort of section, have been liable to have been sentenced thus:— Navigation Company, and Wakefield,Pontefract, and Goole Railway, have agreed to terms acceptable to seeking the repeal of the corn-laws. If this " Where any person shall be charged with and convicted both, and which is calculated to insure the passing ofthe no • principle were carried out, the . people would of . any assault with intent to commit felony, the court Bill.—Herapath's Railway Journal no longer be insulted by charity, by pseudo may sentence the offender to be imprisoned, with or Philosophy, by mendieity institutions, or by shaving, witho u t h ar d l a b our, for not exceeding two years, and NORTH BRITISH RAILWAY. washing, and other humbugging associations of that m a y al so (if it s h a ll t hi n k fi t ) f i ne the offender, and re- Having had occasion l a t e ly t o i nspect part o f t hi s li ne y nature.—(Cheers and laughter.) Rich in the pro- quire him to fi n d suret i es f ur k eep i ng the peace. " of railwa, among other subje c t s th e s t ones l a id d own at the different parts where tunnels, arches, or bridges ducts of their own labour, having the world opened The justices have no . authority, in have a e case Ivhere . the • e are about to be erected came under our notice. These to their competition, they would be able to despise intent . to comm it _ fe l onyis proved, toha any ' opinion" - stones have been brought from the quarries of Swinton on it, as to whether they will proceed to a summary o the paltry palliatives to which he had referred. He Quarter, Ellington Hill, Toadhaugh, and the Crow Butt; viction, or commit for trial : the cases in which they very believed, therefore, that the only remedy for the evils. different in those from the stones are their "opinion" are assaults committed may exercise . . quarry of Swinton Quarter are not of a laminated or of the country, was the speedy, immediate, and total under circumstances OTHER than " with intent to com beddy nature, but the face and bed are of the same so repeal of the corn-laws. He spoke at that moment in mit felony" only. lam about to quote my 29th section; lidity, while those of the other quarries have all a ten the presence of a great missionary of the cause of free be careful in marking the word "or"—do not construe it dd'to y a seamy or thin beddy nature, and, therefore, trade ; and it would not become him, under such cir- as if it were the word and. You will see that the power will e be subjected to decay by the weather. We would cumstances, to enter more fully into that question. of restraint is positive with regard to assaults accom- particularly the attention of the inspectors of the He felt confident that they would all do justice to the ponied by attempts to commit felony, and discretionary callworks to this.—Berwich Warder. talent, the energy, the industry, the enthusiasm, the only in cases "other" than accompanied with such intent. Recently a " compensation case," in which this Com • honesty, and the disinterestedness of his friend Mr. There is no power even given to the complainant to con- Recently was concerned, was tried before the Sheriff of Bright.—(Loud cheers.) The conduct which that sent to a summary conviction if the evidence discloses an Berwickshire. The claimant, a Mrs. Coniston, asked gentleman had exhibited in his advocacy of that great intent to commit felony ;—neither the consent by the. h 4,000/, and the jury awarded 2,2531. 35., being, says the cause entitled him to the gratitude and admiration, party charged to subniit to a summary conviction, nor t t h e e Kelso Mail, " only 3/. 3s. more than was offered to Mrs. not merely of his fellow-countrymen, but of mankind consent o f the complainant, nor the "opinion"of een. Coulston a week before the trial !"—Railway Record. presiding justices, can legally warrant a summary at large. With Mr. Bright were associated many viction. My 29th section enacts—" In case the justices COST OF FRENCH AND ENGLISH gentlemen of the highest, the purest, and the most shall find the assault or battery complained of (as a RAILWAYS, philanthropic character. Most prominent amongst common assault) to have been accompanied by any The cost of the Paris and Rouen Railway is put down the members was the justly celebrated Mr. Cobden, attempt to commit felony (oie shall be of opinion that the by Mr. Laing, of the Board of Trade, at 24,000/. per the indefatigable and * eloquent - advocate of the same, from any OTHER circumstances, a fit subject for a mile ; Paris and Orleans, 24,000/ ; English passenger great eternal truth, - that that which God had prosecution by indictment), they shall abstain from ad- railways, generally, 34,0001. ; and the average of . the Lines, given to man, man was entitled to enjoy. If Mr. judication thereupon, and shall deal with the case in all 4 Bi rmingham, oo Great ilw a Western, i?eeo South-Western Cobden only caused that principle to be fully recog- respects in the same manner as before the passing of this ' BOULOGNE AND AMIENS RAILWAY. nixed, he would deserve to rank amongst the greatest -Act. M. Bazaine, engineer of th e P onta et Chauseks, has benefactors of his species—hi s name wou ld s t an d con , accepted the appointment of engineer in chi e f o f t hi s monopolists would have pas se d d own th e s t ream Of spicuous when those of facti ous Mi n i s t ers an d pr i nce l y line. He is a man of experience and ability. Th e li ne oblivion. Between these t wo grea t an d goo d men from Strasburgh to Bile was execu t e d un d er hi s dirge tion, and was done with e conom y an d ce l er i ty. The one entire union of sentiment e x i s t e d ; th e on l y principal portion of the north li ne h as a l so b een executed ambition by which they were a c tu a t e d was t o re - under his superintendence. Th e C om p any i s, neverthe less, not deprived of the assistance of Mr. Cubitt, who common bond of interest and of brotherly love. Let continues consulting engineer of the Company.—Ra diva Y the principles of free trade be fully carr i e d ou t, an d Chronicle. the prophecy of the poet would be fulfilled— " Low in the dust oppression shall be hurled, Her name, her nature, withered from the world." (Cheers.) In conclusion, he begged to propose the health of Mr. Bright. The toast having been responded to in the most enthusiastic manner, THE PARRICIDE MART GALLOP.--PULL CONFES• SlON.—This female, for the murder of her father at Monks Coppeuhall, is left for execution ; and Baron Gurney has fixed the day for Saturday, the 28th instant. It will take place in the front of the city gaol, at eight o'clock in the morning. The trial took place in a court most densely crowded, and the means of defence were furnished by one of the Society of Friends resident in the neighbourhood, and in whose employ the deceased had been for several years. The chain of evidence was so complete as to leave not a doubt of the guilt of the pri soner. Immediately after her return to the gaol, the Rev. Mr. Eaton, the Chaplain of the Castle, impressed upon her mind the awful con sequences 'a/the change that awaited her, if she continued obdurate, and died as she lived, impenitent. On Sunday last she acknowledged to Mr. Eaton the fairness of her trial, and the justice of her sentence, and made a full revelation and confession of her crime, which it is at present sufficient to say, con firms every tittle of the evidence given on the trial.— a es t er Chronicle. TILE HAIR.—Of the numerous compounds con stantly announced for promoting the growth or reproduc tion of the hair, few survive, even in name, beyond a very limited period; whilst " R o wland's Macassar Oil," with a reputation unparalleled, is still on , the increase in p u bli c es timation. The singular virtues of this successful in ven t ion for restoring, preserving, and beautifying the human hair, are too well known and appreciated .to need much comment. The very facts of the high and distinguished p a t ronage i t enjoys, its general use in all countries, together with nu merous testimonials constantly received in its &your, are au thorities which stamp its superior excellence and title ever all attempts of a similar !Attire. Being universally preferred, its consequent great demand excites the cupidity of un principled shopkeepers, who v en d t h e most spurious trash as the " gouqine" Macassar Oil : whereas the genuine article is wholly the invention and property of A. Rowland and 8.., and the amalgamation of its costly exotic materials renders abortive any ,ttempt to discover its cemponentparts—thus proving the imposition of all other articles bearing the titl e of " Macassar Oil." The genuine article has the words " Rowland's Macassar Oil" on the wrapper,—All others are frauchde , t cou4iterfeite: is; t y .i/6,\g,t7.77--,--: t'AFt TEt4TVit_E THE BOOK OF ,SPHO-ii?An LE Lika Cunn;ngliany . The title-page of thislittleY -orktiusr that the author is a member of the 018 . ' from which his readers are of laAtilaWhiis di rections on the subject of the etiquette to be observed in the drawing-room, the dining-room, and ball-room, which he has laid down with singular minuteness and precision, are such as may be implicitly relied oit. How this may be we know not, but certainly some of his directions evince much good taste and sense, while others are clearly superfluous, and becom e r idi cu l ous idly -their very circumstantialness and the emphasis with which they are given. Speaking of the art of conversation, which is by no means so easy a one as may be imagined, the writer observes :—" Whatever -the subject may be, it. should be originated without .effort, and descanted upon naturally ; in this respect well-educated women are our beat models, for although their powers of reasoning may not be so strong, they have much more of what may be termed harmony of thought, than men, and their Engli s h, moreover, is pure." This is justly obiervtd, but then follow some directions respecting dinners, not a few of which are simply absurd. The volume is interspersed with se veral amusing anecdotes of Court and fashionable life, which serve to relieve the monotony, and, we may add, the formal and pedantic nature of the subject. EXTRAORDINARY AFFRAY. On Saturday evening a man, named John Jeffries, an utterer of base coin, and who is well known to the police, entered the shop of Mr. George Sheffield, a butcher, in the Old-road, Bethnal-green, and tendered a base half crown in payment for a small quantity of meat- A counterfeit half-crown was received about half an hour previous by a man resembling Jeffries, and on the second occasion the fraud was detected. He was immediately detained by the butcher, on whom he committed a most violent assault, and attempted to regain possession of the spurious coin. A young man, named Montague, a greengrocer, came to the assistance of Mr. Sheffield, and he was also beaten. After a desperate conflict with the fellow, who gave the butcher two black eyes, and knocked down several other persons, he was secured, :and given into the custody of a policeman, named Thompson, No. 396 K, who conveyed him to the station-houtt.i in Arbour square Stepney, where he b ecame excee di ngly violent and abusive, and, after he was put into the dock appro priated for persons charged with felony, Mr. Hein, the inspector, directed him to be searched, and throe penny pieces were taken from him. Thompson was in the act of marking the base coin, and exhibiting it to the butcher, and while he did so, that ho might be able to identify it again, the prisoner made a sudden spring, knocked down the policeman and a sergeant standing by, and snatched a coin from Thompson's hand, which ho immediately put into his mouth and swallowed. Police -sergeant Townsend in staetly seized him by the threat, and attempted to make him disgorge the piece, but he was too late, and he ex claimed, " The half-crown has gone down ; he's got it." Thompson also believed that he had swallowed the base half-crown, and displayed considerable vexation at the prospect of being reported for negligence, although the act was so sudden and unexpected that it was impossible for him, or any of the numerous officers who were stand ing by, to guard against it. After the prisoner had re covered himself, he laughed at the police, and said he had done them. He was locked up in one of the cells, where he had not been many minutes when' he com plained of severe illness, and the symptoms becatoe so alarming that a surgeon was sent for, who advised les immediate removal to the London Hospital. It was then that the policeman (Thompson) examined for the first time the money he had taken from the prisoner, and discovered that instead of the base half-crown, he had snatched one of the penny pieces from his hands and swallowed it. The illness under which Jeffries laboured was soon accounted for, and he was carried on the stretcher to the hospital, where he still remains in a most precarious state. All attempts to dislodge the coin have as yet proved fruitless, and the wretched man has en dured the greatest agony for the last two days. Singular enough, he was unconscious of having swallowed the penny piece instead of the base coin, until the policeman informed him of his mistake. THREE PERSONS SUFFOCATED BY CHARCOAL. CHATHAM, DEC. H.—Yesterday morning (Sunday) considerable sensation was created in the village of Luton, near Chatham, in consequence of tLiee husbandmen in the employ of John Oakley, Esq., farmer, at Darling, having been found dead in their bed-reeim. It appears that the men, whose names are John Stedman, aged 25 ears. Thomas Webb, 18, and George Wright, 17. lodged at the bailiff's cottage, which stands on the opp o . site side of the road to the farm-house, and in conse quence of the severity of th e co ld they had, for the last few nights, begged the bailiff's wife to warm their room. On Saturday last, the night being very cold, she yielded to their wishes, and as the bed-room had not a fire-place she procured a stable lantern, filled it with chercoal, and placed it in the centre of the room. About eight o'clock on Saturday night Stedman retired to rest, and he was followed about an hour afterwards by the other two, Webb and Wright, closing the bed-room door after them. Nothing was heard of them until next morning. Not coming down stairs at the usual hour, about seven o'clock, the bailiff went up stairs to rouse them, and on his opening the door of the room the me lancholy sight of three dead bodies presented itself. Wright was found lying on the floor behind the door ; he had evidently dropped down dead the instant he en tered the room, which must at the time have been filled with carbonic gas. Webb was lying on his back on the bed, with his hand to his handkerchief, as if he had been seized by death in the act of untying it. Stedman had his jacket off, and had partly removed his trousers from his person, and had fallen back on the bed. Mr. Oak ley, as soon as ho was apprised of the melancholy fate of his men, dispatched messengers to Chatham and Rochester for medical assistance, when Dr. Adam Martin, of Rochester, and Mr. Tribe, surgeon, of Chat• ham, were quickly on the spot ; their services, however, were not required. The poor knows must have died a few minutes after their entering the room. Stedman has left a widowed mother at Gillingham, who was partly depending on her son for support. An inquest will be held this day on the bodies by J. Ilinde, Esq., coroner for East Kent. SIR HENRY POTTINGER.—Three public manifes tations of respect to Sir henry Pottinger, for his distin guished services in China, follow that of London. This day the inhabitants of Liverpool entertain him at a banquet in the Town-hall, when a splendid service of plate will be presented to him. The Manchester manu facturers have subscribed 2,837/. towards another testi monial which is to be presented at a public entertainment in that town on Friday, and the week following the mer chants, &c., of Belfast (of which place Sir henry is a na tive), pay a similar cOmpliment to him. PRINCE ALBERT'S Ox.—Yesterday, in pursuance of the desire expressed by her Majesty when viewing, at the Smithfield Club Cattle-show on Saturday, the black. polled ox of the Scotch breed, bred - by his Royal Highness Prince Albert at Norfolk farm, that fortunate animal, instead of being removed to the residence of Mr. Bannister, butcher, of Thre a d nee dl e - street, who had purchased it for th e sum o f s i xty guineas, was convey e d from the Horse Baz aar t o t h e Paddington ternaine-, of the Great Western R a il wa y, an d t h ence back tg n d sor-park, where it will in future be kept. 15_ajor-Gen. Wemyss, Equerry in Waiting , on the 14.1).-een, was de puted to convey her Majesty s commantlg in this respect to the gentlemen connected with the Club, and upon the receipt of the gallant General's order the animal was at once delivered up by Mr. haling, who, in the absence of Mr. Boulnois, the proprietor of the llar,aar, was en trusted with the charge of the live stock Sind implements exhibited. It is understood that tls moment Mr. Ban nister was made acquainted with the wishes of h er Ma jesty, he intimat e d t o some ofthe gentlemen connected with the royal housed old his de s i re t o re li nquish all claim to the anima' and expressed a hope that her Ma jesty would 'permit him to make a present of it, but this was deo,lined. During the day the greatest bustle nre vaii.ed in the remo va l t o th e i r var i ous quarters of the animals purchased, as also the implements exhibited at the bazaar during the show. Most of the ,yr.sold animals were removed at an early hour, in ortler to be at the great annual Smithfield cattle-market, and last evening there were but two or three oxen and a few sheep re maining at the bazaar. SUNDERLAND, Dxc. 12.—A great many light yes. sels have arrived at this port since the close of last week, and from the prevalence of east winds and • heavy sea on the bar, no laden vessels have this week got to sea, so that the harbour is blocked up with ships, and consider. able difficulty is felt in movinc , the craft to th e p l aces where they are w an t e d to take their cargoes. Till the laden vessels can get out to sea, business will, in the coal trade, be at a stand-still. Coal freights may be considered stationary at present at from 9s. to 9s. 6d. per ton to London, and proportionately to other ports. THE WEST-END INSTITUTION FOR RELIEF OP TRU HOMELESS POOR.—Yesterday evening the above esta blishment, which is founded for the reception of about 200 individuals, and which is situated ut 60, Market street, Edgware-road, was opened. Hundreds of wretched applicants were in waiting, and after the necessary exa mination was gone through, the asylum was completely filled. The asylum has been established upwards of six years, during which time 110,000 persons have been relieved with a supper of bread and a pint and a half of beef soup, a comfortable bed, and breakfast of bread and milk. Soap and hot water are plentifully supplied to cleanse their persons and clothing, which has hitherto proved a sufficient antidote to infection and disease, no case having occurred since the establishment of the in stitution. SURREY SPECIAL SESSlONS.—Yesterday a special sessions was held at the Court-house, St. Mary New ington, under the Metropolitan Building Act, at which Mr. Pucklo, the Chairman of the Quarter Sessions, pre sided, in order to eleCt a surveyor under the new Build ing Act, for the district of ltotherhithe, Bermondsey, and the hamlet Hatcham. The Court was very nume rously attended by the magistracy, th ere b e i ng upwards of forty-seven magisfrates pr esen t. M r. Onslow, the deputy clerk of the peace, read the minutes calling a special court, and stated to the magistrates that there were only two candidates who would go to the poll. The justices present having been furnished with voting papers, the election commenced; at the conclusion of which there appeared--For Mr. Allen, 27 votes; for Mr. Clatton, lt;. The Chairman (Mr. Puckle) then do elai•ed the election to have fallen on Mr. Allen, The Court then broke up. The boy Flechner, who was so brutally treated by the commander of the Danish brig, died at Guernsey, on Saturday last. The commander, Mr. Hans Christian Christensen, is committed for trial, on charge of wilful murder.—Jerscy Times. it; ;Jog'