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

COURT CIRCULAR. lituasnay.-111r. Meyers, Agent for I3arbadoes, transacted burliness yesterday at the Colonial Office. Mr. Justice Haliburton had an interview with Lord Glenelg Ye sterday at the Colonial Office. The Spanish Minister and the Portuguese Charge d'Affaires tr insacted business yesterday at the Foreign Office. The Solicitor- G. - eneral and Mr. Dundas had interviews wit;: thit: Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday. .ljespatches, d , ited the Nth of August, were received yester day at the Indi A Board from Lord Auckland, the Governor- General of Intlia. The Ru?sitt i n, Dutch, French, Austrian, and Hanoverian Ambassadors, transacted business yesterday at the Foreign De partment. The Se.:retary at War transacted business yesterday in Downing. s treet. Despatc.hes were forwarded yesterday from the Foroi?':., Departmet it for Lord Poosonby, the British Ambassador at Constantiemple ; for the British Charge d'Affaires t the Court of Persia; and for Lord Clanricarde, the British Minister at St. Petershurgh. PaPace.ainar.----The Queen held a C ourt yesterday at the New l Prince Sontzo, the Grecian Minister, had an audience of her Majefay to take leave. His Excellency was introduced °Y Visco unt Palmerston, G. C. 8., her Majesty's principal Secretary of State f or F ore i gn Affairs, and . conducted by Si r Robert ( Chester, Master of the Ceremonies. Lord tLilford and Vice-Admiral Sir Robert Otway were the Lord and Groom in Waiting. He r Majesty sat yesterday to Sir Francis Chantrey. taco unt Melbour ne b a d an audience. yesterday o f h er " J aiesty. The D u k e and Duchess of Cambridge and the Princess h ugust a of Cambridge, attended by Miss Kerr, bonourel Sir ! i nes and Lady Reynett with their company yesterday, at eir residence at Hampton Court, at the christening of their at 'llihant daugpast 6 t r. Their Royal High nesses returne d to town af o'clock. Ceuta Pozzo di Borgo, the Russian Ambassador, and the rchevalier Rebello (le Carvalho, the Port uguese Ch arge d'Af liiir„es, tran sacte d b us i ness yesterday at the Colonial -office. 4 r. George Lewis had an interview with Lord Glenelg Yesterday, at the Colonial-office. f l esPntrbes were b roug h t to t h e C olonial-office yesterday r° ,, ir i n Sir Henry Bouverie, Governor of Malta. J(Jhn an d L a dy Sh e ll ey l e f t Belgrave- square yesterday -.44.n inf;, for the Duke of Wellington's seat at Stratbfieldsaye. Ye sterday Tbe Hon. Mr. and Mrs. L ong arr i ve d at F arrance ' s Hotelin ~ from Hurst Hall, Saxundharn. M. de M ora h ad a long interview with Lord Palmerston Yesterda y, at t h e F ore i gn -o ffi ce. Pest SATC RDA Y.--Lord Melbourne had an audience of the Queen sy, at B uc ki ng h am P a l ace. palace la D st eveniuke of Argyll joined th e R oya l di nner party at the ng. „ T he Duk e an d D uc h ess of Cambridge had a grand dinner 4 '` r tY at Cambridge -house yesterday. Among the company ; r e Count P ozzo di B orgo, the Russian Ambassador, the I l an isis Minister and Baroness Biome ; M. Dedel, the Ne ;,,eria,ads Minister; Baron Munchausen, the Hanoverian Mi tli t er Baron Gersd or ff, t h e S axon Mi n i ster ; Count Senfft, d4iston- from Aust r i a; C ount Ch ar l es and Countess Pozzo di 4 °, Baroness RehP.usen, the lady of the Swedish Charge Affaires, Lord and Lady Mahon, and Lady Burghersh. T he Duchess o f C am b r id ge h a d afterwards an eveningparty. th 411 e Duk e of Gambridge had an int erv i ew yester d ay with e i C haneellor of th e Exchequer, in D own i ng - street. 4' l Cabinet Council was held y ester d ay a f ternoon, at the re sat lee horisscount Melbourne, in S out h- street. T he C ounc i l teve u. P 8 0 1 i : P. M. Stew ar t, accompan i e d b y Mr. Sanderson, late eitor-General of Tobago, had an interview with Sir Geo— `l7l yesterday, at the Colonial-office. b;,'Vr• Colvile and Mr. P. Stewart had interviews yesterday - 441 , the Chancellor of the Exchequer, in rjowning-street. p.„-lei?e Grecian Minister transacted busir,ess yesterday, at the v L r i gn-offic e . at ' l , l • Berdard had an interview with Lord Glenelg yesterday, rt,Llees Colonial -office. Patches from Lieut.-Col. DrAerty, Governor of Sierra 'lle, %a re received yesterday P.t the Colonial-office. PA Q -- - • - kA t tIONABLE INTELLIGENCE, Mr. AT :CRIVALS. thinsd and the H on . Mr s. Calvert, in Wimole-street, from Earl nr? n s.. 4o use, Herts. ; the Marquis o f Conyngh p am and the t o h ; monteharles, - at Dudley House, Park-lane, from a visit tel, B est ate= in I re ) an d ; L or d S u ff ield, at the Clarendon Ho et" ond-street, from Lowsby Hall, hi s h unt i ng l o d ge, in Lei s:: hi re; the Erni and Countes s o f Lovelace., in St. James's sel„rie. fr om their scat, Ashley Lodge, near ivlinehead, Somer. 7bre ; Lord and Lady Barham, in Hariey.street, from their Extor, Park., near Stamford, Lincol.nshire ; Mr. Edmund th a u n nell, at Mivart's H o t e l, B roo k •-street, from a visit to LaLZ,` lOl l. Col. P ar k er, at Ensham Hall, near Witney, Oxon ; H• Clivv, in Hill-street, front the family seat, Oakley le ant, near Ludlow; th e C ountess of Clarendon, in North Awl- DY - street, from her seat, th e G rove, Watford, Herts; Sir P. nrham, i n Alb emar l e -street, from Portsmouth ; the Earl of I trirn, at Miami-Vs Hotel, Brook -street, from Ensham Hall, the s eat of th e Hon. Colonel Parker ; Lord Ernest Bruce, iu Curzon-stree t, from a visit to the Earl and Countess Bruce, 4t Savanacb. Lodge, near' Marlborough ; Lord and Lady bitton, at tlae Clarendon Hotel, from B:ighton ; Mr. and Mrs. Eyers, in Edward-street, Portman-square, from Hamp shire ; Mr. and Lady Harriet Drummond, at the Clarendon fron t their seat, near Albury, Surrey, en route to Paris; 191eorge Si tvertep, Esq., at the Cla ren d on H ote l , from the ef ° ! t h ; fi3ir Alexander Grant, Bart., f rom a v i s i t to the Duke jpb_ltutla ad, at Belvoir Castle ; the Hon. William Lennox frorturst, from ditto; Lieutenant -Colonel Tiote, 30th Light !'„allfs, from India ; Mr. Culling Smith, in Park-place, `ue Duke of Beaufort's, Badminton Park. D EPARTURES. gore ll ';''Atl and Countess of Chesterfield, from Chesterfield f l .‘blrep , x,Saeth Audley-s'„reet, for their seat, Abingdon or Or I," ° rthamptonshire - Lord Sandys, from Curzon -street, l ' l rrej, 4 , ' r er sley - Court, ' seat in Worcestershire ; the . Earl of u3 se r ° 4 ) Hyde Park-place, for Littichampton, his seat in L k ; I -kay Vanetort, from Dover -street, for Brighton ; 7 4 ' 4 4 8 an d Lady William Bentinck, for Paris ; Sir Francis dl :s'nUeb , ',Bart., from St. James's-place, for Ashby- e- a . - e at, ~‘-'eicestershire; General Sir William Lumy, for his the Berk -. erkshire; Mr. George and Lady Caroline Russell, Earl of Limerick's seat, Southill Park. CHANGES. /Vioe vl from H a ll Barnseountess AshbrooPark k, , and cks. Miss Flower, at Fern-hill, s 'ir, Bu day, Marquis of Douro left A psley. House on Tues• fet.s. . 1 " a Visit to Mr.. and Lady Ann Cullen Smith, for a T". eo olt e f ar-faine( l , mausoleum at Downhill House, 4 4e Y ° f Derry, was totally destroyed during the late hurri erect; it stood in front of the house about 200 cards, and was ilie4 fifty-nine. years ago by the late Earl of Bristol, then of Derr- in memory of his brother, Lord George.- I°/. Y Tete (1 ,1 graph. gr A .: Monday last,, a dinner, ball, and supper were Ira - l e at Bentley Priory to the tenantry and their families, by \ l 2 Of the Most Noble the Marquis of Abercorn ; and on sad StillaYl similar entertainments were given to the household 4%11 th e tradespeople of S tanmoro. E very thing which muni and , Ilos pitality could procu r e was p rov id e d —t he f i nest wines, i c :aa malt liquor real October. 1 1 , 4 tit TR OF L ADY DAL HOUSIE .—L a d y Dal nado, relict of Lord Dalhousie, some time Governor of Ca- L ad !: L died a t h er house in Edinburgh, on Tuesday. Her ver s 4 t s . u iP was pr ev i ous l y i n h er usual health ; and was in con- Ith e „ 1°11 with s ome f r i ends i n her drawing-room after dinner, %lie suddenly sank back in her chair and expired. Her Pes e ": l Bh iP was in her 34th or 55th year. Her disease is sup -13 to have been an an affection of the heart. 1-1 OF THE HON. DIANA MANNERS SUT -1:401-We re gret to announce the death of the Hon. Diana Iresidellellers Sutton, w hi c h too k place early in the week, at her 6the at Leami ng t on S pa . T he late Lady was in her e a , t Yn i _ar, and w as e ld est d aug h ter of the late Archbishop of tH erw irY, and s i s t er o f t h e Vi scount Canterbury, who is ettv ernent r e xPected from Paris in co n s equence of this family be sixt43,2! Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex will be la 84' to-morrow. His birth-day, falling on Sunday, will beercselebrated to-day at the Freemasons' Tavern,. by the me.m the ir t ile craft, with due honours, his Royal Highness being —ra nd LMaster of the Order. t ord Dinorben will give a grand . entertainment b„,rrow, at Kinmell Park, St. Asaph, in honour of the th "“oay of his illustrious guest the Duke of Sussex, who na 4 t day will complete his sixty-sixth year. DEATH OF PRINCE LlEVEN.—lntelligence was Z e : eelved yesterday morning at Ashburnham House of the de. 'se of Princ'e Licven in Italy, after a short illness. The ~,eble Prince, it will be recollected by our readers, was for T -ga nY years the Ambassador at the British Court front the Ern_ 4,lleror of Russia, and was distinguished for his diplomatic abi ". We believe his Highness was, at the time of his dis- Vtion, staying at Rome, with his illustrious . charge, the 4 t „ r41 1 Duke Alexander. The Princoss Lieven is, we under tcld, residing in the French capital. The late Prince was t 'i t„ e„ father of Prince Paul Lieven, one of the Principal Seere ",Nas to the Russian Embassy. gh"EATII OF LORD CLEMENTS.—We regret to f o - ? °( lnce the death of Lord Clements. Unfavourable reports .. t - , B° !fle days past had prepared us for this painful intelli- f C e° . His Lordship was the eldest son of the Earl y o By his death a vacancy is created in tho Par la eatery representation of the county of Leitrim. It'tl4olth WESTERN.-His Lordship, not content . 4-'4 miraculous conversions in sheep-breeding, has just in- C o e , cl a pamphlet, which he calls " The Maintenance of . the r, liCti-laws essential to the General Prosperity of the Empire . jo.' Lordship, in the opening of his brochure, makes the sub- Mttt I Y - extraordinary revelation. After st a ti ng th a t he tiovaeates the continuance of the C o rn -l aws , h e says " I dis teltllY affirm that my o bj ec t i s p l enty—to secure to t h e peop l e possis country th e most a b un d ant an d regu l ar supply of corn (1 6j,' bl e; I maint a i n t h at suc h h as ever b een and now is the - Fe et et of our C orn -l aws, and that they have produced that i) P i ; that the existing law has worked admirably ; that the Sq e h as been as mod erate an d steady for the last eight or o thelandlears, less fluctuating than in any other country in Europe." existing law has worked admirably !—admirably for the tea or ds, perhaps, is understood. And for the last eight or ott,,,Y_eara the price of wheat has been steadier than in any the',.;')untry in Europe ' For that prtio , i, and at prest'il, il l. ' 'CC is moderate, very mod era t e , b e i ng no more than a•ad 4d. ture d. of foe .endon. • world s hip to :1 John ostility pplied which ie e by a re can- ctoriar .?.n col of the eight e been nation d with of the attire e most re oil- them hich is so in- !at na >posed ye not more satin of the cncgar tion tcl. seated thcse, burton ight is away. that lonage e sup- ruing. sets r; the I the r ways read- cle imonY le au atten- Mon- and re in. her, ABOLITION OF THE CORN LAWS. (FROM A COkRESFONDENT.) PETITION OF THE BIRMINGHAM TOWN COUNCIL- Yesterday (Friday) a spec:ral meeting of the Town Council was held at the Town Hall, to consider the propriety of rti tioning Parliament for th e total abolition of the iniquitous restrictions upon cheap r .ood. The Mayor, William Sohole field, Esq., presided; and after the preliminary business had been gone through, called upon Mr. Thomas Weston, a (um ber of the Council, to move the resolution of which he had i g en t a Weston ros e , an d, i n a very able nod argu ven . ess, pointed out t h e i n j ur i ous operation f the Corn-laws o.i the trade of thi s country, more particularly its m not addr M.,: influenerl• on every branch of our manufactures. He took a mas.terly and comprehensive view of the question, examining It in all its bearings, and concluded a powerful appeal to the judgments and feelings of the Council, by proposing- the 4. 01. lowing resolution :—" That this Council, sympathizing with the manufacturing population in their privations and sufferings, consequent on the present high price of bread, express their firm conviction that the existing Corn-laws arc cruel and op pressive to the mechanics of this kingdom, and, that if perse vercd in, they have the effect of driving away the manu facturers of Great Britain into other countries. It is, therefore, resolved that this Council do petition both Houses of Parliament for the total repeal of all laws restraining the free importation of all articles of food." Mr. Joseph Sturge briefly seconded the resolution, reserving to himself the right to reply, should any be called for by the observations of the speakers who were to follow him. Mr. Thomas Clutton Salt rose to move an amendment. He deprecated the agitation of the Corn-law question when a great movement of the working classes was about to take place, in order to obtain Universal Suffrage—a privilege which would obtain for the people the removal not only of one, but of a number of grievances. After a very lengthened address, in which he touched upon a variety of topics, contending that without a thorough reform of our monetary and other laws, a free trade in corn would only he a mockery to the poor man, giving him the bread, but depriving him of the means of purchasing it, Mr. Salt con cluded by moving an amendment, to the effect that it was in expedient at this particular period to petition Parliament for the abolition of the Corn-laws. The amendment having be( n seconded, the original motion was warmly . supported by Mr. Rodway and Mr. Joseph Sturge. In allueing to the accounts received from France relative to the ordinance to stop the ex portation of corn from the ports on the Atlantic, Mr. Sturge expressed his belief, that if Providence should afflict this country with another bad harvest, the most lamentable conse quences must result to this country. It, however, the people were united on this question, he had a sanguine hope that they would be able to carry it. Mr. P. H. Manta, Mr. Hadley, Mr. Pare, anti other gentlemen, afterwards addressed the eting, when the amendment was put and negatived by a large majority. The original motion was afterwards submitted to the meeting, and carried almost unanimously. Petitions to the Houses of Lords and Commons were read and adopted, to be entrusted to Lord Brougham and the Members for the Borough. A iireat public meeting, convened by the Mayor of 15,.. , - mingl " iam, takes place in the Town Hall on Mondrs, text, to. . . _ take into cons:deration the propriety of petittrr:,:-..-6 Parliament for the total abolition of the Corn-laws. Tne meeting is e a t to be one of the most impo;'.:',"at held here on a great public question for many years. The Chartists, it is said, in tend to oppose the obie,c;2 br v+ The meeting, and move an amend ment in favour of (:I : ; ‘7rersal Suffrage, as a substitute for bread for the poor. CORN LAWS. IRELAND. sion, also, lam turned round on. They must report our pr.). ceedings, or the proprietors of the different journals will dis miss them for not doing so, as the people of Ireland must know what is going on here. Never, Sir, was there such a dinner given by those usually denominated the middling classes of society as that to which I had the honour to be in vited last night. It was given in a splendid building, which had the accommodation of galleries for spectators, and con tained, at least, 800 persons, who sat down to dinner, in cluding those who paid at the doors, making the number 850. Why, I ask, are the people of the British dominions deprive" Of knowing what occurred in that assemblage ? lam of some import ance as gu idi ng the pubic mind, and ° as the representa tive of the public wishes. If I were enabled to carry with me to England the fixed determination of those who assembled on that occasion what a national advantage would it be I Mr. SHEA LALOR then said--Irish politics disclose this truth beyond all others, that men are more apt to be misled by a wrong estimate of their own importance than any other nits take whatever. Day after day, hour after hour, you will find them splitting on that rock. For seven hundred years this country has been oppressed ; effort upon effort was made for your regeneration, but only one man was found to achieve this regeneration—this great Moses of the Irish people did achieve it, Seven reporters set themselves up against this great Moses. I pity those gentlemen—l would not be them—l would not be i.l the position of those seven wise men of Ireland for any sum of money. It is very well they have nothing to do but report, for I am sure those gentlemen could not concoct one rational idea between them —( Hisses and cheers.) Which will we have? It is easy to get other reporters, but it is not easy to get another O'Connell At the end of his lecture to the re porters he said, " Now I am sure you will not take this down --I am sure you won't." Mr. C. G. DUFFY—You are mistaken, Mr. Lalor ; it is all preserved —even the buffoonery. After the admission of some new members, • The Rev. Mr. MAHER addressed the meeting. He came up with the names and subscriptions of 16 000 Precursors from the parish of Kilenaule and Moyglass, in the county of Tipperary. Mr. O'Coissutnn then adverted to the state of Tipperary and the Special Commission sent down there by Government. Some subscription money was handed in by Mr. Barrett and other gentlemen, and Mr. O'Cjnnell's attack on the Re porters was again made the subj.'et of conversation. Afterwards Mr. O'CONNELL said—My lirst duty is to report from the Committee who were appointed pursuant to a resolution passed at the last meeting, to inquire if it came within the objects of this Society to memorialize the Queen for the dism'ssal of Lord Oxmantown from the Lieutenancy of the King's County . I think, with the gentlemen of the Committee, that it does not legitimately bel Jig to this Society. We cannot then take up the subject in this shape, but we will not overlook it, when we see what they have done at the King's County meet ing yesterday. We will take the steps that may seem best to us. It is an offence which cannot be passed over.—( Hear. ) In no country in Europe would it be permitted in a public office to calumniate the great bulk of the people, and, what is mere, the unpurchaseable clergy of the people. In his private capacity he may blackguard us till he is black in the face ; but as an official, we cannot and will not submit to it. He is head of the magistrates of the county ; and what jus tice can the Catholic people expect from a body with such a head? He may be very honest; but, like Caesar's wife, the administration of the law should be beyond suspicion. I now pass from this subject to that of the report which it is my duty to present. It refers to the right of Ireland to more re presentatives. It will be seen from it that Ireland is entitled to one hundred and seventy members, and that it will be a compromise of our rights to take less ; but we arc willing to be satisfied with one hundred and fifty for peace sake. After some further observations, the 4th Report on the Re gistry was read and adopted. The following extract of a letter was only referred to in our , Thursday's report of Mr. GREG'S speech, but we think it too valuable not to preserve it : , Carlsruhe, Ist January, 1839, Grand Duchy of Baden. Ste, --I take the liberty of addressing you on a subject of the greatest importance, in consequence of reading some very short extracts or speeches made a'. a meeting at Manchester respecting the Corn laws. I am a landed proprietor myself, and was once of opinion that some low rate of duty was necessary for our protection. But events in England, and a residence of many years on the Continent, where 1 see mighty changes taking place, have compelled me to give up all claim to any protecting duty. I need not to you, who so well understand the subject, repeat argu ments in favour of a repeal of these most unjust and most obnoxious laws; my object being rather to communicate to you a few facts con. nected with this part of the German Confederation- But I cannot help observing on the narrow and dangerous view of the subject taken by many of our leading and influential men. I do not allude to such men as Lord Chandos, for I have never yet seen an opinion of his that was worth a moment's consideration ; I al lude to the Ministry, or any other Ministry that might come in, were a change to take place. I know that many, on both sides of the House, pretend to believe, that British (*vital and industry will force on the commerce of the country, in spite of all opposition ; and that under no circumstances will foreigners be able to compete with us in our staple branches of trade. Never was there a more delusive idea; and the events going on here, and through all Germany, prove it to be so. Why, in fact, should an abundant population, low wages, cheap food, and a delightful climate, not in the end produce such a result ? Those who look only at the commercial greatness of England totally for get that she had twenty-flve years' start of the Continent; or, at least, that, amid the ruins of a destructive war, her population, protected by her insular situation, worked in peace, while the Continent was crushed to the earth by everything fatal to commerce. But now look at France ! look at Belgium! and see the vast stride, everywhere made to imitate or compete with England. The Germans are a slow people; but they also are now fairly roused to the importance of trade and manufactures. They do not, indeed, possess great individual wealth, and few could or would venture their all on such establishments as we see carried on by a few individuals in England ; but it is evident that there is great and increasing wealth in the mass, and there is no difficulty of procuring funds for any enterprise that holds out a fair prospect of success. In the sugar trade, they will very soon be independent of any foreign supply. One work alone, in this immediate neighbourhood, will make this year 14,000 quintals of refined sugar, at a cost of about twenty.tive florins the quintal, which they sell for forty-two. The cost, therefore, of the English pound is about fourpence halfpenny ; and this they sell for eightpence. If they cannot sell their Om, they can manufacture their beet-root into sugar; and this, at least, is some compensation. At Lahr also, in this duchy, a considerable business is done in guns and pistols, and razors, &c. Many of the workmen have been edu cated in England ; and their articles are as beautiful as any in the world. Here, a new engraving on steel-work, managed by an Englishman, and having a number of Lands from London, is producing works of grew perfection In the beautiful valley of the Alss, a few miles from this, new wool len factories have been erected, with all the new improvements in ma chinery known in England, or elsewhere. On this river there are fine waterfalls. On the same ricer a most splendid cotton factory has just commenced working, although all the buildings are not yet finished. It has been erected at an expense of probably above 100,000/. sterling; and there is a large surplus capital. It will employ 1,000 hands. The machinery was made at Mulhouse (thanks to our precious laws respecting the export of machinery), and the gas lights fitted up by a Manchester or Bolton house, I forget which. Another very large spinning establish ment is about being finished at Augsburg, in Bavaria, about one day and a half from this; and others are in contemplation in every branch of trade. You will observe, that I make no allusion to works of some years' standing, but only to those of recent erection. In the Black Forest there are some very extensive cotton factories, of ten or fifteen years' standing. In short, peace is producing its natural effect; and it is vain to deny, that the very wealth and success of England have raised up competitors with her in all branchcs of commercial industry. A spirit, fostered partly by envy, and partly by a natural desire to become rich by the same means, is now at work through the whole of a mighty popula tion ; and I much question if any cause whatever, short of another de structive war, will arrest the impulse now given, and further excited by the very laudable desire to render themselves independent of foreign help. I believe, if our Corn-laws had not existed, the progress of these establishments would have been infinitely slower; because, the mass of the population being rural, an advance of a few shillings on the quarter of wheat was of greatly more importance to it than at tempts at new branches of industry, which must always have diffi. culties to encounter in the beginning. But the impulse is now given ; the first and most doubtful steps are, in many instances, got over; and the advantages of employing a numerous population is so obvious, that I much question if the continental Governmeats will, for any cause whatever, now greatly modify the duties on Eng lish goods; the effect of which would b., to endanger their own infant establishments. But, be this as it may, unless an alteration of our Corn.laws produces this effect, nothing on earth will ; and, in a very few years, British goods will be driven from the continental markets. The short-sighted policy which, for the sake of a few years' high prices of corn, is thus undermining our commercial prosperity will, in the end, most assuredly heap all its accumulated evils on the heads of those who now support it. But, although the punishment will be just, there is little consolation in reflecting, that one evil is only followed by another, and both at the expense of the nation. Not withstanding what appears to be the clearness of the case, I fear you will meet with great opposition in your attempts to get the better of those obnoxious laws. • . • It is thus melancholy to think that, while the leading men on both sides of the house attack each other with the utmost violence in many questions cf the most trifling importance, they are united in one corn. mon sentiment of hostility to a change of policy, based upon a system, perhaps, the most hostile to national greatness that ever yet existed in the world. It was left for modern times to discover, that the high price of bread was necessary to the greatness of a commercial nation and that the interest s o f 36,000 landed proprietors was of more im portance than the prosperity of 24,000,000. . . . . The influence of such meetings as yours ought to be great ; and I have no doubt your petition will be received with all polite atten tion. But it is not enough that the great cities alone meet for this great national object. Every city, town, burgh, village, in the king dom ought to have its meeting and petition. Cheap bread is the cause of all ; and a universal cry should be raised from one end of the king dom to the other, before the meeting of Parliament. Nothing short of actual force should be neglected to beat down a system of a more destructive character than any that, by possibility, can exist. Wars and pestilence may sweep off thousands, but they pass, and are forgotten. Famine and misery crush the spirit, as well as the body ; degrade the human being into the character of the slave, instil into him the ferocity of the tiger, and make him curse the lard of his birth. . •In short, there is no end to the sickening reflections that spring up from the view of such a state of society ; and I trust, Sir, that the im portance of the subject will be a sufficient apology to you, for the liberty I have taken in addressing you at such tedious length. I much regret not having seen a full report of the admirable speeches made at your last meeting, and particularly of your own. I see you allude to the chance of deserting your native land, and seeking else where that protection which you cannot find at home. If circum stances compel you to this, nowhere would •ou find a more favourable situation than in this neighbourhood, where water power to any extent can be obtained. It would give me great pleasure to hear from you, what are your prospects of success in the ensuing parliament; and I have the honour to remain your most obedient servant, SAMUEL STIRLING, Bart, KING'S COUNTY MEETING.—We see in the Dublin Pilot the report of a pubic meeting held at Tullamore, last Tues day. It was called by the High Sheriff, in pursuance of a re quisition, which stated that in consequence of the statements made by the County Lieutenant respecting the Irish Go vernment, the people of the county, and the Cathclic Clergy, it was necessary that a meeting of the nobility, gentry, and landowners should take place to take them into consideration, as well as the resolutions passed at that meeting of Magistrates. Our readers, ofcourse, recollect the speeches delivered by Lords Oxmantown and Charleville, at a recent meeting at Tullamore, upon the melancholy occasion of the assassination of Lord Norbury. Those speeches contained accusations against the Government, the peasantry, and the Roman Catholic Clergy : and the resolutions passed with the accompanying addresses deli vered last Tuesday, had for object a counter-demonstration. We regret that the extraordinary pressure to-day on our available space precludes our giving the procced;ngs in detail. But the speech of Mr. Fitzsimon, M. P., evinces the spirit and design of the meeting. This Gentleman, in [ reposing the first resolution, spoke to the following effect : I do believe that every honest and well-thinking man in these dominions, not for the moment to speak of the calum niated people of this independent county, must approve of the motives and intentions which we have bad in calling upon you, Sir, to assemble us upon this important occasion. We ought in the first instance to express our horror of the atrocious murder of the lamented Earl of Norbury, aed if you will to sympathise with his excellent and afflicted family, on the be reavement they have had to suffer by the hand of the accursed assassin who has stained our country with the blood of an in nocent and unoffending man. Indeed, I am proud to say that in the intercourse I have had with the people of this county, there has been one universal expression of grief and of horror at the atrocious crime which has been perpetrated ; and if the recollection of this fatal deed, so melancholy in all its hearings, has been for a moment lost sight of, such has been owing to the excitement created by the publication of Lord Oxmantown's philippic. The Noble Lord admits in the outset that he knows not to what cause to attribute the assassination of the lamented Earl of Norbury, and then he proceeds to lay down—first, that the people are determined to do by assassination what they dare not do by open rebellion; and next, to argue that this murderous combination has been produced by agitation, and, I think, perjury, which he insinuates have been fostered by the Catholic clergy. I deny his Lordship's premises— ( Cheers)—and, therefore, I might ray, his arguments go for nothing. I believe, notwithstanding all that has been said, all that has been advanced, that I can state as a positive truth that there are not a people in Ireland more amenable to the constituted authorities, or more exemplary in their conduct than the inhabitants, not only in the district where this unfor tunate occurrence took place, but of the whole King's County. In candour I might add that it was not until within these few years I could speak so confidently of our internal tranquillity. I scarcely think it would not be becoming in me to undertake the defence of the Roman Catholic clergy against the vain attempts to insinuate that they in any instance ever palliated crime. Tho clergy stand too high in private and in public worth, and in the estimation of all good men of every sect and creed, of every rank and condition, to be affected by any calumnies, come from what source they might. The clergy have embarked in the sacred cause of liberty, hinc dice lachrpnce ; they have taught their fellow-men to scorn to cringe before the shrine of despotism ; they have assisted us in raising the flag of victory on these very hustings. We have now arrived at that period of our history, when it is a mere chimera to fancy that we shall ever again permit the dying embers of civil and religious per secution to be resuscitated. The government of this country has been also thrown overboard. No, but is plainly said that there is no use in applying to the Government for any assist. ance in any emergency ; the English people have been con stituted a court of appeal from our local government. I shall leave these points to he settled between the Gnvemment and it; Lieutenant. Our duty here to-day is to prote,i, strungi ) against the charges brought against the Government, and to express our unabated confidence in the Marquis of Normanby. I Lord and Lady Francis Egerton have left Oatlands, their seat in Surrey, for Strathfieldsaye, on a visit to the Duke of Wellington, who is receiving a select party of friends. Sir Thomas Trowbridge gave an elegant dinne r on Wednesday at his house in the Admiralty. The :Nla - iquis of Fl:eada:bane grPll,7, yesterday to the Marquis of Lansdowne and other Cabinet Ministers. THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY, JANUARY 20, 18;19. must now allude to a most extraordinary attack made upon the Government at the late meeting by Lord Charleville, who pro posed a resolution condemnatory of that memorable l e t ter , signed by Mr. Drummond, and addressed iri tilt , north of May last to the Lieutenant of the county of Tipperary. I said ttr.in that occasion, and I now repeat, that it was not the duty of the magistrates to read a lecture to the Government, upon what course they thought right to pursue in another county ; but I am ready to join . isste with th it Noble Lord, and to maintain tlid tenth, the im portance, and the justice of that admirable sieefence, nine words only or which were quoted in the resolution ro. posed by his Lordship and tarried by the meeting. I will give you, then, the sentence whole and entire, withoht ariy War i lation, and it is thus —" Property has its duties as well as Its rights. To the neglect of those duties in time past is mainly In b e ascribed that diseased state of society in which such crimes take their rise ; and it is not iti tlid enactment or en forcement of statutes of extraordinary severity, but chiefly in the better and more faithful performance of those duties, and the mote enlightened arid humane exercise of those rights, that a permanent remedy for such disorders is to be sought." It Will also be tecolletted that his Lordship stated that two men svho were edilvigted of an attack an Lord Bloomfield's steward were imprudently pat'dttied by the present Lord Lieutenant and were at, that moment It: one 1 ,1 01 Under a Charge of firing at Mr. Johnsot Stoney. need not waste your time by endeavouring to eoritince you that it is no argument that a man was improperly pat. &Hied at ode time legoattge he was subsequently accused of stonier dime. Lord dharieoAle WA.; pleased, at the late meeting, to read a letter, which was addressed tei him by a talented friend of mine; and which, I think, contained some tiaeelisint delvicd. Cethiriiiited on this document as he went along. Now, I sl;II take tea's'e.: cite 10 reatip let ter which I hare received from a highly-respectable gentleiiin a friend of mine, who lives in the neighbourhood of Lord Bloomfield, and who is, I believe, well acquainted with all the facts of the case. I wish you to bear in mind that Lord Charleville also alluded to a conspiracy against the life of Lord Bloomfield. The letter is dated " Moneygall, Jan, 10. 1839," and goes on to say —" Lord Charleville has introduced into his speech the case of three men from near isloneygall, who had been pardoned by Lord Normanby in 1836. The facts of the case are these :—The memorial referred to was got up by the directions of Lord Bloomfield. A portion of it was in his Lordship's handwriting, not deeming the one propostd strong enough. His signature, together with the signatures of three or four Protestant Clergymen, and many of the Pro testant Magistrates and gentlemen even of the highest Conservative feelings, were affixed to this document. The only Roman Catholics who signed that memo rial were the Clergymen of the parish. It was a matter purely emanating from the Protestant party, and put forth as such, for it was got up and transmitted to the Irish Govern ment some time, say a few weeks before the arrival of Lord Mulgrave. Although intended to be sent to you and your colleague for presentation, Lord Bloomfield sent a gentleman to request it should be entrusted to himself, assigning as a reason that his friends were still in power, that his influence was great with them, and that he hoped he would be able to obtain their pardon before the arrival of the new Viceroy. I have reason to know —nay, I have positive proof, that Lord Normanby only heard for the first time of the existence of this memorial on the 30th May or let of June—his attention being then drawn to it by Mdjor Carter, the stipendiary ma gistrate stationed at Nenagh, a gentleman in almost constant communication with Lord Bloomfield on the subject from the ime of the conviction of these men. The case was under the consideration of his Excellency until the following October, during which time many reit reacts were made to Major Car ter, in reply to each of which he gave it as his most decided opi. nion and recommendation that the men were fit persons to have further mercy extended to ; in fact the only difficulty he felt was the length of imprisonment they should undergo. And this is the case brought forward by Lord Charleville in his impeachment of the Irish Government ! Let me add that the entire people believe that the three men pardoned knew nothing whatever of the attack made on Lord Bloomfield's steward, for two hours after the assault was made the guilty party had absconded, and has not been brought to trial up to this hour. Lord Charleville mentioned that two of these men pardoned were now in gaol for firing at Mr. Stoner. Surely bis Lordship does not wish to prejudice the juries will are to try the case ? Believe me the trial will bring forth matter to astonish his Lordship. Mr. Stoney's neighbours are shocked at the imprisonment of these men, and do not believe they ere the persons who fired at him. The information against them was merely that they themselves told that they committed the act. And who is the party lodging the information ?--a woman of the most infamous character, residing at the time in a neighbouring parish. The parish priest is prepared to depose to the infamy of T her life, and that he believes her to be un worthy of credit on her oath. She has bean disbelieved by a jury in Nenagh. Mr. Howley approved of the verdict, and complimented the jury on it, although her evidence was such as that the prosecuted party should be transported if she was believed. A witness was not examined for the defence, nor was I, though in attendance, called on to give a character of the prisoners —s o glaring was the perjury; and yet this is the only witness to sustain the case mentioned by his Lordship. Lord Charleville has spoken of a conspiracy to take away Lord Bloomfield's life. This story is rendered familiar to us in this quarter. In 1836 his Lordship's nerves were shaken by the report of a similar conspiracy. In the alarm and ex citement of the moment he sent a gentleman to the parish priest, complaining of the demoralized state of the neighbour hood. The priest immediately sent a few of the respectable farmers to assure his Lordship that his alarms were without foundation—that the Catholic neighbours would undertake to guard his person and protect his place. These men i.nplored him to swear in the inhabitants of the district, or any number of them, as special constables, pledging themselves to act as a police until his alarms were quite removed. This was a story got up here to answer a momentary purpose—in fact, to pre vent him from signing or forwarding the memorial above re ferred to. Pray excuse the length of this letter. My apology is that it is on public business, otherwise I should not have trespassed on your time.—l am, &c. &c." Here then is a plain unvarnished tale, and I feel confident it would bring conviction home to the wiind of the Noble Lord himself. The English people now behold Ireland, which a little before shook with convulsion, throb at the mere hope of justice, although burdened with her wrongs, settling down into tranquillity, and presenting to the empire a calm and unruffled surface. In the hope of justice she may fora while forget her wrongs; but let her not, in the admiration of her new friends. forget that she has still her enemies. THE GOVERNMENT—THE' PRESS—MR. O'COt• NELL. (Abridged from the Dolllin EoGiaLny Post of Thursday.) At a meeting of the Precursor Society last Wednesday, Sir F. M. Donnell in the Chas, the Secretary read the f lowing letter, which was ultimately inserted on the Minutes :-- Belfast, Jan. 21, 1839. Dear Sir—On Wednesday evening, the 16th instant, we had a numerous and highly respectable meeting of the Bell'es Branch of the Precursor Society, in the Lower Schocl-roam of the Diocesan Seminary, Donegal-strect—Mr. J. Campm'il in the Chair. Mr. Luke Byrne, in a very impressive speech, movel th following resolution, which was ablyseconded by Mr. Harken, and carried amidst thunders of enthusiastic and long-continued applause That the Belfast Branch of the Precursor Society tender the full !need of their unabated and unbounded confidence and regard to Daniel O'Connell, Esq., M. P., the father and re generator of his country, and the noble champion of universal liberty, notwithstanding the continued and malevolent attacks upon him by a base, mendacious, and avowedly hostile as well as by a Press hypocritically pretending to patriotism and impartiality: and that we deeply deplore the untoward conduct of Mr. Peter Purcell, relative to the funds of the Society, seeing that Mr. O'Connell's explanation is full and satisfactory." After the enrolment of a great number of Precursors the meeting separated, giving three cheers for the Queei, O'Connell, and Justice to Ireland. There will be another meeting of the Society on Wednesday evening ; after which I will again write to you. Yours, &c. C. L E NNO X, jun., S-ec. Mr. O'CONNELL then rose and said—l did not urge the writing of the letter you have just heard for this occasion, and in alluding to that subject I d o not i nten d to move any resolution. I shall act a candid part, and give the parties con cerned a locus penitentice, an opportunity of retracting their steps, and will therefole adjourn till Friday. 0,, that d a y I shall take a different course if, in the mean time, the con duct I complain of be persevered in. I cannot help thinking what a species of political interference those were guilty o' who suppressed the proceedings of last night. But I'll pet it down—l put down a combination of reporters in this country before. I put the London reporters down also; indeed, I am the only man who ever succeeded against them. Last night I did not attack them, but the liberal press, and, by the bye, lam made to say in Sdquders's it was the Irish press generally. That was a prate mistake, aris ing, I suppose, from the fact of the gentlemen from that paper having only taken short notes of what occurred. If I attacked the reporters, they 'mi g ht be justifi ed in did not. I a tt ac k e d t h e claft, ancll going away, b u t I cannot conceive how I could be misunderstood, a attacked the press, and stated that it was not conducted tion of affairs dem . o that energy which the present posi 'ls. It was a great piece of political im pertinence te in tl:e manner which I complain of. If Ido acts lam repaid by treachery. I have dune that times, and am not, therefore, surprised that on this ccca AMERICAN PAPERS. CANADA. (From the New York and Montreal Papers.) The Kingston Herald of the 18th inst., in alluding to the execution of Abbey and George, adds— " Abbey refused the service of any clergyman, but George was attended by the Rev. Matthew Lange, and seemed deeply penitent, though he, teo, had professed Deistical principles. Abbey met his fate with firmness; and died without much pain. George struggled for some time. His wife was allowed to see him after his execution, and provided a coffin of black walnut for his body. Both bodies were interred in the bury ing ground of the Church of England." The same Paper says that Woodruff was to be executed on Wednesday, and states that it is doubtful if any more of the brigands will suffer the extreme penalty of the law. The Court-martial was proceeding with the trials of the other prisoners without any unnecessary delay. SIR ALLAN N. M`NAB.— A rumour, to which we attached no sort of credit, has bean prevalent for several days, that this somewhat notorious individual was recently assassinated, by being shot through the head while passing through the Grand River Swamp, on his way from Hamilton to Br.intford. The story of his death is contradicted by letters from Queens ton from an unquestionable source. Thus much is probably true—that his carriage was stopped by some ruffians, who sup posed him to be inside, but on finding their mistake, it was suf. fered to pass without further molestation.—Buffalo Commer cial Advertiser. A court-martial has been ordered to assemble at London on the 27th inst., for the trial of the pirates lately taken in the west. ( From the Montreal Herald.) Yesterday morning, at 9 o'clock, Joseph Narcisse Cardinal and Joseph Duquette were executed in front of the new gaol. On Thursday evening Cardinal was visited by his wife and two of his children, and Duquette was visited by his mother, to take a last farewell on this side the grave. The interviews n ere af fecting in the highest degree, and displayed in most forcible language—that of the heart—that sin carries with it its Owit punishment even in this world. The unfortunate prisoners were attended by the clergymen of the seminary, who ad ministered appropriate religious consolation to them. Their appearance on the scaffold strongly belied the character of brave men meeting deatb, Cardinal in particular showing great em o ti on , an d trem b l i ng so viole n tly t h at we did not exnect he would h ave stoo d t h e short religio us ceremony with out fainting. Cardinal w as a notary pu blic at Chateagu ay , and a Member of the Hous e o f A ssem bl y o f the late Pr ov i nc i al Parliament. Duquette was hi s c l er k, an d might have be en f orced by his employer. Martin Woodruff; one of the American b r i gan d s taken at Windmill-point, a lst He wasba hanged Catholic, of o which religious per- gedatKi ngston on Wednesday morning Salina, On on d aga county, New York, and held the situations of milit ary colonel and deputy sheriff. He died was a native suasion he was recently converted. Warrants for the execu tion of Sylvanus Swete and Joel Peeler, two others of the brigands, had been received by the sheriff of the district, and they were hanged on Saturday. Washington Gl o b e.) FROM THE FRONTIER. We publish extracta ( n ßroOrnh Met from a letter received at the War Department from Major-General Scott, in relation to the re cent painful affair opposite Detroit. It is to be hoped that the result of this affair, and of the at tack at Prescott, will put an end to these disgraceful violations of the laws. Head-quarters, Eastern Division, Cleveland, Ohio, Dec. 16, 1838. " Brigadier-General Brady's Report to the Adjutant-Gen. of the 6th, will have informed you of the events which cc curred at and opposite to Detroit two days before. The ge neral result seems to have been, that of the 200 and odd Pa triots' who last crossed (the 4th) into the opposite province, 37 were killed on the spot, and 48 have been wounded. " A small detachment of militia alone met and dispersed the invarierq. with t!!f - • hnt a fevv " It may seem t-trange that this new outrage should have been committed near the United States authorities, both civil and military, without the previous knowledge of either. I am, hoWeir f perfectly satisfied that the United States have not two more vigilant and determined commanders than Brigadi( r- General Brady and Major Payne. As soon as the alarm Kas given, they, their officers, and men flew to the spot, and ex. erted themselves to the utmost. The collector also did his duty, and the district attorney has been active in causing the princiflil offenders, who escaped to our shore, to be arrested. (Front the Montreal Courier. Dec. 31.) The Hon. Mr. Justice Vallieres De St. Real, resident Judge at Three Rivers, having followed in the wake of Messrs. Panet and Bedard, of Quebec, by granting a writ of habeas corpus to a prioner committed on suspicion of treasonable practicei, while that law stood suspended by an ordinance of the Ad. roinistrator and the Special Council, has been suspended from his Ate, Mr. Justice Rolland, of this city, we understand, will supply in the mean time Mr. St. Real's place a t Th ree Rivers. _ _ _ _ Messrs. Etienne Porent and J. B. Freehette, propriet ors , and the first named Editor of the Canadian Newspaper pub: lished In Quebec, were arrested on Wednesday last on a charge of high treason, and committed to gaol. The Cana_ lien, which still continues to be published, states that the charged is based upon certain articles that have recently ap pear.d in its columns, and which, it is amusingly enough added, contained nothing more than a little friendly advice to Government. UPPER CANADA. (Correspondence of the Commercial A dvertiser.) WATii./ITOWN, DEC. al.—We have this morning received the unwelcome news from Kingston, by Mr. .Kemp, that the following persons arc to be hanged on Friday ne at, to wit : Christopher Buckley, of Onondasta county. U. A. Lawton, of Hounsfield, JeffeTlon county. Russell Phelps, of Watertown. L,ct:q.rd Delano, of Watertown. Duncan AnclerStiil, Andrew Leiper, of Pa.7lelia, Jefferson county. These are generally young .7", and have been p erfectly deceived by th e i r l ea d ers on this side. (From the Morning Courier.) MONTREAL, Cite. 31, 1838.—1 t was rumoured some days ago, that it was not th e intentl on or w i s h o f the Go,"ernlnt,nt to execute any more of the rebels, eictring those who !,oak a part in the barbarous butchely of Walker, and who are to be brought up for trial soon. Should this prove to be the case, it will demonstrate two things, namely--lst, that a petted and pampered people may rebel twice in as many years, and yet only two out of some 700 be hanged fur it. 21—that if deli berate and cold-blooded murder be combined with rebellion, the chances increase, but in shat ratio we cannot tell exactly at present, of those who play the double part being elevated above their fellows. (From the Watertown (Jefferson County) Jefersonian• Dec. 21. ) CANADIAN AFFAIRS.--.GREAT MEETING AT THE COURT-HOUSE. Pursuant to notice given from the bench on Tuesday last, a meeting was held at the Court-house, on the evening of that day, to take into consideration the condition of the unfortunate prisoners now in confinement at Fort Henry, Kingston, and to adopt energetic, efficient, but pacific measures, to correct public opinion In relation to Canadian affairs—to allay public excitement along the frontier, and by all lawful and proper means to prevent the invasion of the Canadas by an armed force of American citizens, while the Governments of the United States and Great Britain are at peace. The meeting was called to ceder by Mr. Elisha Camp, on whose motion the Hon. Calvin M'Knight, first Judge of Jef ferson County Courts, was appointed Chairman ; Hon. Daniel Wardwell, Hon. Eli Farwell, General Thos. Loomis, Abner Baker, jun., Sheriff of Jefferson County, and Mr. 0. V. Brainard, were chosen Vice-Presidents; and Dr. Reuben Goodale and Mr. Joseph :Mullin, Secretaries. Colonel C. Baker, late Sheriff, being called upon, made to the meeting a detailed statement of the result of the visit of himself and Mr. E. G. Merrick to Kingston, to inquire into the condition of the prisoners, learn their probable fate, and what, if anything, could be done to save their lives and re sto,e them to society and their most deeply afflicted friends and relatives. He stated, as the result of their inquiries, that the officers of justice in Canada felt deeply interested in the fate of the misguided men captured near Prescott, and that till such time as the Government and the people could be assured that American citizens generally bad abandoned all intentions of countenancing renewed attacks upon a people with whom they are professedly at peace, it would be idle to hope for the liberation of those young men. Colonel Baker spoke in high terms of the friendly and po lite attention paid himself and Mr. Merrick, by John M‘Do. nald, Esq., of Gonanoque, the Sheriff of Kingston, Allan M`Donald, Esq., Col. Draper, endother officers and gentlemen whose names we do not recollect. He also stated the She riff of Kingston had very kindly expended the money for warded to the prisoners for their benefit, keeping an account of the same, and that tee prisoners were now in much need of further assistance from their friends on this side. The meeting was addressed by Mr. J. A. Spencer (of Utica), Judge Gridley, the Hon. Samuel Beardsley ( Attorney- General). the Flom Richard Hulbert, the Hon. T. C. Crit tenden, Colonel Camp, Mr. William Smith, and the Hon. Daniel Wardwell. These gentlemen, in spirited addresses, urged the great necessity of disabusing the public mind in re lation to Canadian affairs ; the importance of regarding our own laws and the rights of ethers ; the absolute necessity of speaking out in a voice that will be respected at home and abroad, and to adopt the most rational measures to mitigate the fate of those young men now standing on the very borders of the tomb. A Committee of seven was then appointed to draught reso lutions, and a collection of 6:5 dollars taken up for the benefit of the prisoners, and the meeting adjourned to Wednesday evening at the American. At the Ivijourned meeting on Wednesday evening a further sum of 75 dollars was collected, and the following resolutions were adopted : " Thai we regard the preservation of peace with Great Britain as all important to the best interests of the American and British nations ; but that we have no reason to expect its long continuance unless our citizens refrain from hostile inva sions of, or intcrtneddling with, her territories. " That we feel a deep seated desire to maintain and pre serve the greatest freedom of intercourse, and the most friendly relations, with our neighbours of Canada, and that the best evidence we can give of our sincerity will to be to do unto them as they do unto us—leave them to enjoy the Go vernment of their choice. That the inhabitants of our frontier are loudly called upon by every consideration of justice and sound policy, to exert themselves to the utmost of their power to prevent all hostile invasions Iwo the neighbouring Canadian provinces by bands of armed men from our borders; and that we pledge ourselves to our Government, and to each other, faithfully and fearlessly to discharge this sacred and too long neglected duty. " That any movements injurious to Canada arc open, fla. grant violations, alike of international law, of the enactments of the Congress of the United States, and of the Canadian Provincial Parliament; and that our Ministerial officers, Civil Magistrates, and judicial tribunals, should be vigilant and prompt to arrest and ready to condemn any and every violator of our laws. " That we, in common with all our countrymen, feel a deep commiseration for our misguided citizens captured near Pres cott, and now in confinement at Fort Henry, in Canada, and that while we acknowledge the right of the provincial autho rities to condemn according to the laws of their country, in the exercise of this authority we hope to see justice tempered with mercy, and expect to behold magnanimous treatment toward those unfortunate men, worthy of a brave and gene rous people." MEXICO. The following intelligence appears to us of a very suspici. ous character ; it is directly in opposition to the last accounts from Tampico : ( From the New Orleans Transcript.) Muir:O.—The schooner Sarah Ann, Bontemps, from Tampico, reports that on the 30th ult. a battle was fought between the Government troops, commanded by Generals Cos, Canaliso, and Piedras, and the federal troops of General Urrea. The Government troops were defeated with the loss of 500 men killed and wounded. Piedras was taken prisoner and shot. The loss of the federal troops was very small. Also information had been received at Tampico that the Govern ment of Mexico had refused to acknowledge the treaty made by the French. (From the New Orleans True American.) " TAMPICO, DEC. B.—Our city has had one of those hair breadth escapes from carnage, pillage, 'end death, surpassing any instance known in the annals of the history of this coun try, by an attack on the 30th ult., at 5 o'clock a. m., on one of the forts. This a tt ac k was ma d e on t h e i nfantry of Gene rals Canaliso and Cos, by their usual mode of intrigue, the advance guard entering the fort, hallooing the usual cry of Viva la Federation .1" They obtained the summit of their wishes so far as to gain the principal fort, which commanded the town, and held it for two hours. The Federal party knowing, if those of the opposite took the town, that they had no hope of life, stimulated thus, they charged on them again, and drove them from the fort, with immense slaughter, taking General Piedras and 18 Officers, and in all about 400 priso ners, including killed and wounded. The loss of the Federal party did not exceed 50, including the lamentable loss of Col. Montenegro, who fell in the early part of the battle. From adviccs received by express, it seems highly probable that hostilities will be resumed, and regular war break out between France and Mexico. The Mexican government has refused to ratify the articles of capitulation entered into before Vera Cruz, as signed by Admiral Baudin and General Rincon, and state that the whole country shall be made a sepulchre before the demands of France are complied with. • (From the New Orleans Bee.) THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF MEXICO TO THE ARMy. . " Companions in Arms !---Our country is in danger, and calls us to its defence. The government of a powerful and distant nation, I,hich perhaps only knows us from the gold of our mines., and the treasures which many of its subjects have acquired among us, now insults us in every possible manner, and thinks it will civilize us though commencing by our degradation. It seeks our friendship, to impose upon us disgraceful conditions, by which alone we may be admitted to its amity, and because we have resisted nobly and justly, it has waged war upon our coasts. Our moderation and mag nanimity, our desire to preserve peace, have been constructe d' doubtless into imbecility and incapacity for self-defence. In short, we have been mistaken for Algerines ; let us prove to them that tee are Mexicans. !- F „, ie in Vera Cruz, it has been raised by some 01 our comrades, and the strife has now begun. Let us hasten to maintain it, and let us swear on the altars of our injured country, taking S r N. Heaven and our posterity as our Witnesses, neva our arms until our rights are respect ed. " Comrades !—ln this sacred stru t 7gle we wt_ the vanguard ; our reserve will be the nati on en masse, which admires our deeds, and will crown our victory or revenge our glorious death. If the Mexicans in gencr, il, who cannot be. indifferent to this title or to the national glory and honour, will follow our footsteps, and if the struggle to which we base been so unjustly provoked should prove mitt , arse to our cause r the vast territory of this republic will be .converted into a. single sepulcheit ;;. the conquerors and; the con quered will be equally overwhelmed in it, and pn admiring: world will say, The Mexicans no longer exist—with them: has disappeared their name, but it has vanio , ld without spot or blemish 1 Glory to so magnanimous an exampSO' Sharma to their unjust and! haughty aggressors.' " Mexicans, one and all I—Your' Gent ral, the Presider* swears to you by his honour, that he mill no,t be the last, and that, linked with you, he will either sham the triumph or seek a glorious death. " ANASTASIO BUSTANENYTE. " Mexico, Dec. I, 1838." (From the Baltimore American of yesterday.) FROM HA RRISBURGH. "YORK, DEC. 29.—Things at Harrisburgh have now set=- tled down into a state of quietude, and though different opi- nions are entertained of the propriety of the manner in which., the late difficulties were adjusted, it is to be hoped that good' consequences will flow from it, and that such disgraceful scenes may never be re-enacted. " The Legislature yesterday adjourned over to the 12th of January. Eighteen members of the Cunningham branch had not yet joined the House of Representatives —among them Messrs. Stevens and Cox, who were expected to resign. The Governor's message, which I have just seen without having time to read, is very long, and opens with act account of the late disturbance." ESUMPTION AT NEW ORLEANS.—Our expre,ls slips from New Orleans of December 25th agree that the ba►2ks of that city all resumed specie payments on the preview day. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, JAN. 3. The Committee to whom was referred the subject of altering the present mode of quoting sterling bills of exchange report that they are of opinion that a change would be attended with :onyenience to the commercial community, as tending to dm the,. mode of ca l cu l at i ng an d ren d er i ng the quotation ",4mu. telligible. Th e present mo d e o f quot i ng by per cent. = age is gen. 'rally understood by those at home, who are familiar with the man. tier of making the calculation, and who under- Par on which the per centage is calculated ; stand what is tht. to ail who have not had actuel ex but in foreign cotin. rie3 ' . it mus t be totally unintelligible, since perience in the matter, the per t e ntag e i s no t calc.::latOd upon the actual b u t on an imaginary p ar . Th e comm ittee er k ' therefore of opi n i on , th a t the most simple a n d i n t e lli g ible mode would be to quote the value of the pound sterling in federal in, oney, as is now done Irrencies. with the g u ild er , an d most ot h er f ore i gn c. - , , ---. N\ . - .77•:,' • ... 0 • c.„ , a _•_,, ', SLAtt :Cc, A •.••••b47•3 I. to 414011, ill lighztyci;.; cons CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. The following resolution, presented by Pom.mittee ap pointed at a previous meeting on the subject of th e sale of sterling bills, was unanimously adopted at the m'eting of the 2d inst., and ordered to be published in the Daily Pap 'rs " Resolved—That dealers in English exchange :Ix re com mended to buy, sell, and quote the pound sterling irr federal money.' ( Extract from the Minutes.) " EDWARD A. B. GRAVES, Secretazy." A FLEET OF PACKETS ARRIVED.-NINE DAYS LATER FROM EUROPE. Five packet-ships from Enrope have arrived since our last,. viz., the .Enrope, Captain Marshall, from Liverpool. Nov. 12; the Sheridan, Captain Depeyster, Liverpool. Nov. 14; the Republic, Captain Williams, Liverpool ; Columbus, Captain Cropper, Nov. 20; Francis 1., Pell, Havre, Nor. 8. FOUR DAYS LATER FROM ENGLAND. By the packet-ship Mediator, Captain Clwmplin, from London, we have London papers to Nov. 23, and by the packet-ship George Washington, Captain Holdridg e, we have London and Liverpool papers to Saturday, Nov. 24.• and by the packet-ship Emerald. Captain Horne, from Hiwre, we have French papers to Nov. 19. (C: , rrespondence of the Courier and Inquirer.) HG USE OF REPRESENTATIVES. WASHINGTON; JAN. 2.—As soon as the Journals were :ead this morning, Mr. Adams moved to amend them, so as to insert at length his motion of Monday last, to suspend tho rule for the purpose of taking up the subject of Mr. Steven son's correspondence with Mr. O'Connell ; and also, that he had presented to the House an incendiary letter which he had received, threatening to assassinate him. Mr. Lewis, of Alabama, objected to the proposed amend— ment, as lie considered the letter nothing but a quiz. The. same opinions were expressed by other Members. Mr. Adams replied that he had not presented the letter from any apprehension of personal danger, but because the act was an outrage upon the rights and privileges of a Mem ber. Gentlemen might say murder was a quiz; treason was a quiz; forgery was a quiz. After a short informal conversation,. the question to amend was put and lost.—Ayes, 70; Noes, 87. TREASURY NOTES. Treasury Department, Jan. 1, 1838. The whole amount of Treasury notes authorized by the Act of October 12, 1837, has been issued, Dolkrs. viz. ' 10,000,00( 00 Of that issue there has been Dollars. redeemed 2,012,539 18 Of the new emission there has been issued in the place of those redeemed 5,709,810 1 Of that emission there has been redeemed. 378,400 ;8 ____, 5,331.409 23 Leaving a balance of all outstanding- 7,343,948 41 LE VI \VO ODBUR Y, Secretary of the Treasury. MONEY MARKET, &c., JAN. -f.t. About the same amount of business was done hi shares at the Stock Exchange yesterday as on the day preN•lo , l9 7 , but prices do not indicate any very important variations. irks_ burg Bank imp rove d . 4 3 - per cent.; Mohawk R a il roa d. i; zod Stonington Railroad, ; American Trust Company declined : 1. per cent. ; Haarlem Railroad, 1; and New Jersey Rail road, A- per cent. DIVIDENDS.-The Merchants' Marine Insurance Company have declared a dividend of 3 per cent., payable on demand. The New York Life Insurance and Trust Company have declared a semi-annual dividend of 6 per cent., payable on the 10th instant. Merchants' Fire Insurance Company, a dividend of 6 per cent., payable on the 15th instant. The Merchants' Exchange Bank, 5 per cent. for the last six months, payable on the 15th instant. EXCHANGE. -The transactions in Exchange for the packets of the Ist instant, which, however, are still detained in con sequence of the unfavourable state of the weather, were quite moderate, and at rates ranging from 109 to 1091 per cent. The United States Bank continues to sell bills at 1091 per cent. on England, and at 51. 20c. on France. The Echo du Luxembourg announces the dangerous illness of the Landgrave of Hesse- Homburg, Governor of that: fortress, adding that his recovery is despaired of. The Land grave, who is much beloved by the inhabitants of Luxemburg, was born in 1770, and married to a Princess of Nassau- Usingen, from whom he separated in 1805. The Cabinet Council on Wednesday was held at the private residence of Viscount Melbourne in South -street, in consequence of his Lordship being somewhat indisposed. Lord Holland, who is very feeble, arising from the gout in his legs, was wheeled into the Council room. Lady Suffield has been much indisposed at the apartments of the Noble Lord at the Clarendon Hotel. On Wednesday her Ladyship was rather better, and Lord Suifie/3. left the Hotel for his scat, Lowsby Hall. Count de Vismes, whose grandfather, Count Phil lippe de Vismes, a Hugonot Nobleman, sought an asylum in England and settled here after the revocation of the edict of Nantes, has just obtained a recognition of his hereditary ho nours from the French Government, through the constituted authorities at Paris. This is, we believe, the only instance of a descendant of any of those persecuted Protestant Nobles having been able to recover honours which the lapse of years,, the loss of family papers, and the destruction of public records rendered almost hopeless. Count de Vismes held the rank, some years ago, of Colonel in the Army, and was highly dis tinguished with his gallant regiment, the Guards, in the cam paign under , the Duke of York, in Holland. The family of De Vismes derive from a branch of the Sovereign Counts of Ponthieu, who were of the blood Royal of France, and since their establishment in England have maintained their distinc tion. Lewis de Vismes, uncle of the present Count, was ac credited British Ambassador at the Court of Stockholm dur ing the reign of George 111. Yesterday afternoon, between three and four o'clock, H. L. Saunders, Esq., of No. 5, Devonshire-street, Queen square, accompanied by his son, a youth about ten years of age, was proceeding along Guildford-street, Russell-square, in a gig, when the horse became alarmed at a large butcher's dog, which flew at its leg. The animal set off at an ungo vernable speed, defying all attempts of Mr. Saunders to check its progress. On reaching the corner of the square, opposite Southampton-row, the horse ran furiously against the iron railings and fell. The shock was so violent as to throw Mr. Saunders and his son out of the gig, and on some persons run ning to their assistance, Mr. Saunders was found to be quite insensible, and bleeding profusely. His son bad received severe fracture of the left arm. On being conveyed to their residence, a surgeon was sent for, and it was then ascertained that Mr. Saunders hai sustained a dreadful wound on the head, which renders his recovery a matter of great uncertainty. The back part of the skull was laid completely bare from hav ing come in contact with a sharp stone in falling. The horse, which only a few weeks since, cost 751., was so much injured that it was found necessary to slaughter it. Yesterday morning, about half-past eight o'clock, as Henry Thomas, groom to Mr. Rainer, of Upper Norton- street, was mounting a spirited horse which his master was, about purchasing, the animal suddenly started off and he was thrown, the back part of his head striking the pavement, and his foot hanging in the stirrup, in which dangerous situation he was dragged a considerable distance, until the affrighted animal was stopped by a butcher named Spinks, who at great personal risk seizod the reins. The unfortunate man was t , k , » u Mr. Pr if t, surgeon, when it was discovered that he had sustained a concussion of the brain and dislocated his shoul der. His master, who had witnessed the accident, rewarded Spinks with a sovereign for his intrepidity. RE. pag e the tance le at- n in ; are I not it to ► stile mar_ 3ion, r be mite ele- join au- aS I dg- tin ke