The Sun. — London, England, 1844-01-11 00:00:00

sere the eW !he an's ns ; )cts, V of :ast, e in ssrs. d., a and oad, ,6cl. 1 to •eak • Lying Ig at eves those r de- Cr in in e of ego , * That re- L that He phi. taw, ,jest first ;:her E. days . was e be-. , seats 'Oral et. lock. the and velve oc the each Were E. the s on very lanes and .ent. e at was fully toll- up eper lay. the col' lees 'ged into ir of 40 NEY AND COMMERCIAL NEWS Le ih Le Liverpool Market yesterday a large business was done ,7"ten, and prices were firmly -. supported. Sales, 5,000 th e en specul a ti on, an d altoget h er 8, 000 b a l es .— Th e sa l es i n 1 0 Share Market were only moderate. Eastern Counties t 1 3. . ' k s 6 Grand Jun c ti on , 232 ; Birmingham, 237 • South ho.' , 35 i; Do. Now, 35i ; Paris and Lyons, 31. 4s. 6d. ; ,risi.ed Orleans, 39i• the were o arrivals in the City of importance, either Q i t lee 13ritish n colonies or from the Continent, to-day. f lair "aid appear from the Report made yesterday of the a t - Qr the London Joint Stock Bank, that the concern, no - tiq l ' lta utnng the low rate of interest that has ruled for so long a c til ' t Past, is working well. A dividend at the rate of 6 per of 2,,was declared. As this Report appears in another column 11 er e" e it is not necessary to advert to its contents Joie, further than to observe that the system of 4 1/oY tn ek Banking is fostered in the City of London, i kla r ci : all the denunciations i- of the supporters of the private POlis tibg interests, when it was first introduced to the metro- Oilh ar ,Y the London and Westminster Bank manager, Mr. At t ,;„ "ade - g the indications of an augmentation to the lig, °I the port of London, i t may b e wort h no ble, that both in the St. Katherine's and the London +4(' additional berths and warehouses for shipping and goods he %arse of formation. There is a good demand for 13!-I -ttki:°011factures for exp . ortation, and the number of ships stle!lneargoes in the River Thames shovrs a very consider- Tc e e rease on th e list at this time last year. t;lte th Private edifices received this morning from Belgium 4 er • a t, the ma nu f acturers o f t h at coun t r y were becoming lic i t iesed wi t h fabrics suitable for exportation, the go-a-head tide l d 'ee f Producti on b e i ng too genera l. It is to be appre kawith obat th e same results will be ex hibi te d among our own 411 $:e re ! , (a revival of trade having occurred), unless due served. tkohe"ternissioners for the Reduction of the Debt made their !let na : s in Consols, this morning, at 97, taking very nearly D' 4a h 1440 unt as the did yesterday, but of Exchequer Bills ~t or k I b 'e net yet taken any into their hands. The market for f, thk a di Worn this morning a more buoyant aarance b " ° 4l 9627 d yesterday. Consols for Money have advanced Seg t° 97 , and for the Account to 97, but prices th e •ZAain lower. A move in advance has taken place Nile ( ' " e t , Three-and-a-Half per Cents., which have ' o 2k 10 2, and the Reduced Three-and-a-Half por Cents. t i l, ll :S;o n e purchase y sterday, on account of an Irish bank, repo ' 4 6 lo 3— ne : s • o in f these Securities has certainly added much to , nd crease a feelig to the Pet rell e t t i reduction a the interest of those Stocks adverse to three 4 273 . ' Bank Stock has remained at 1861; and India Stock teiw i b Re a remitta-ce as 72,000 dollars baying been tre -41% wi,/ the eed Clyde, West India steamer, has very consider -8r: the hopesand i i , 4 11 4 01 11 ,at -g e ll n i tl' ii - It is - in fact a most satisfactory feature to th e i r and Mexico show a strong determination to th now. True it is that many years have passed 1 °. ' l lterest uon the debts of each were not , Vlsti n t „" sec possible these States have commenced t‘,Netlei W ei n tld s that the " repudiating " States of the ' l lpl 'ePublie " woul I follow so good, and honest an 96tprice of Mexican Bonds has been very firm this Ilg e e per p °2 i to 32/1 ; Spanish Bonds are heavy ; the to m the ;e t nte. at 21% and the Actives at 21i. But a st 4 " k e , has taken place , in Dutch Stock. Brazil Bonds 1 1 ?' f arth L ** ANN : 1 ' call of 10/. a share is quoted in the Great 4e. naihnt Shares, tw it Th e and the premium is it3 n i ow 31} per tttd C o , Palf-Shares have receded to premium. 0 11: 1 ; not " t 1" are a shade lower than the day before yes- Th!lthstanding the Report of the Directors is favour kittllra. ° A ,Lon k_ don and Birmingham Shares are at 136 tr k i. T h - • a neuester and Leeds Shares are worth 30 pre -104 e French Railways command a good sale. Aus 'liseouank Stench at a - premium. .Colonial Bank at 411 44 ; and Union of London at premium per share. SII FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. 3 s toek (From th e Official List.) Per p_ . 1864 •• ••• 11 1 per I leduced Annuities (jaiper Consols. Annuities: 961 97 964 ,eisu' e nt• Red uced Annuities 1 414 f i r Cent. Annuities lOlll 102 Dit ti ",! 1 , 8 , 1,000 he,,asel% E nder 1 ,000 t St e ,, k ['ening achem.- le n , e _ ~..! ................................. . 14 2 d 7 . 3 lob o i:ollls, 14d. 600 4 ••.......... - ..... .• • 68 0 14 „ bit t „ • •... ............ qt % - tn all. trvi, FU tl t ‘ 4 truk th THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Lii4a t on - c i ls t 5 per Cent. , 11 4 !to f or ~ 3 1 1 837, 5 per Cent... -- •- - 3 3 2 2 h 5 14, 41 ,_ We Account Pa No, 'Otis, 1 822, 5 per Cent. b?llitto - ""do, Five per Cent. ?- fort h . e Account 22 21/ I .toi , _ p assive Bonds Oitt4or"per Cent. ,t e h 2 , toe Account 3O/ h 444, lo p: r Cent . 54/ .. ..... ; 4 14 16 .the Account '544 k I tlcEC r %Cent. , -P . SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE. k.11,,,e11a - . l E:wAva. Paid,Per Share. 'l 4 a t" ` 44 berb 100 . to t 4t: 4 Bll. 4ght ' lla Y ..... ".. ''''. ..... tl, ' In a lid Gl'o-t:ic..e.t;te.; ......... :10 1 0 11 iti i l ll o .lv ° untie s 1 64 ... to 63/ tsh.- et t Re-:-:* ............ -,.. 23 ... - , 711 mciPArrecl ........ ..... 104, 3 ! er n .......... ......... 50 11 4 -81 ....... 41. _ x aras • . ... a. - d,' Se, v 4 ••• . ........... .. 50 ..... ti 9 - ‘11411; i ",:. .......... .. .. 59 f t, kod Bi l t' ;on ...... ...-. 50 4 tild s oy , ingltarn ......... 100 236 ...... to --- 14 , 1 tile ' : i co :It4hoWn Western . 41% ... 14011 .14 4 , 4 4 'ld ( Oartisle . Trun k)... 134 1.14...... to —__ 141 4, 1 ; ant I Leedo ........... 6 - 6 ...... o 100 I v .nt -,,,,, ....... ... 70 .99 ..... to li. i ti , E ... ............. ...100 ,'1 0., ..3tern ........ 45 ,uik t .e. an, ........ tiMtor t , .. s. , rs ............ 20 li %mi. a n d D 0ver ...... 50 titt444 NO l . t , . ......... ,„tt r i,„: . ! i Midland.. .... 50 -414 44 ; '°' Branch ... 24 17a...... to N ii*... to , '01 1 ,,,, - torwich... .. . 13 V..." . OCK BANKS. 40 401..... to -- ' 111 . 14 (141 evv). It"LO" I tid t in i / tE N' ark , -4 In STOCK EXCHANGE, JAN. 10.—The itc k hl t' et has been very quiet to-day, with a general t, 1 ,; p . I n lency in prices.—Sheffield and Manches -141,1'1. ', rl s and Lyons, 3 3-16 ; Eastern Counties, " ti t ' l ' üblin and Drogheda, 54 to 544. ; Manches fir ui mgharn, 37i to 381. Ai''iCWOOD. Ilt r ' , r " )- F-'i, ---- ISLE OF WIGHT. i t o , ._ 2 (FROIL OUR CORRESPONDENT.) IL 0 4 0 UNS OUT.—HOw often have we been told gt , s 'ltt atlemen and elderly ladies, that a long and so il; 1 * t illways followed a quantity of wild berries 6oi't ge crop of haws was a bitter sight for the poor, ~' .er saw them so plentiful as this season, one of s '' ; e ver known• Our woods and lawns are ein illttt7,-iilt.! l l ' e l l il v. white thorn: trees ; o . u n r hedges are com ;tlt4i, ~ist-urea covered )I p ,e ri re N d et, w ln th d n h o a w w , s t an th d e middle of Ja privet-.berries. tetl el ,s are as green . as in_May, e 41.k e. 44, q. se plentiful. T(:: th' h k it it is unnatural, is afreak hi e t r A 4, 1 of too trifling a nature aannd awl il l d e t a r n e d e 'of nature on a to require a ;kri k e : l ,i eetcPared with a whole country. Were ',,_ 4 (itb l' llvi ' O nly one orchard to break blossom at isarf°. e 'old be worth mentioning, but it would •t,Nt 'is 4 1 5 1 sal to the T unusual a earan c e of the fields ,111Netei,-1 present. N ted t !tii i i; 3 0'10. ( thermometer is at 57, and lei a ‘lil eti and Marchioness of Sligo and family are 4ttd'att, a Cowes about the 16th inst., for No. 2, kt t , ' ) lti 15 7 b e t • ilis Lordshi's alth has been much t ol 4 , l so w , residence in the se Isle of Wight. He ?Ie t ti rst‘ v iee every day. His Lordship proposes , ‘ 1 rtt ies for the summer in May next. Ne'''ts , h. ~, .............................._ i. 4 'l . i ------- -------r, 0 . 14 ; t , -E , AL OF THE UNION. ') , 41, 1' "'i 't DUrtlo EX FOE n• kki Aaieh , • (1•0 , - 9 ESQ, ALEXANDRIA, W t n Ite,,,Y el l , 1 t i, • , e differ from you in opinion respec i g qt. *14,1,4 1 R a . not believe is worth one rush to Ireland. .41' 1 , 1 i l , ctie t i r that nature which would be useful, would 1.4 04e,e1vt). th il it Parliaments in Ireland, seven in England, Oit,h . 'Ne i . . d, for the purpose of relieving the Imperial '/!, s Nilo: te 1 trumpery masses of subordinate legisla- S rievetio l'i trliament is overwhelmed. Ireland is, t '‘lt t ll' t 4 ad. Y ep‘oressed, but certainly not one jot more , I 1 tit 4 The fault, I fear, lies more in the people 'ht; i 1 i ' nr t ' ,ht th eir governors. What Ireland really 0 '''' t (1c der eon rency trebled in amount, and issuing :.'q ; 1 1/ •' ii,.. "tres. in loans and accommodations, to . - ', l l: 1 1, - " , having the will to borrow it, in sums of 'N f ,_' f e u : k a tras of 1,000/. or 2,0001. each. The eni lltD, wes - ,r! stuns wctild be found safe and profitable, in II I ' o, ii I ndustry, a s s soon as such increased issues s si, , i :t I,.re,:.matltuitsitmere I tu proJuce what are called " remune- IN re V ell t,°J3 glatte e , , would not only open . the flood-gates . ' atte e ' l •Lvoul a thousand centres in Ireland, but I fe, sii , and , u 4 7ally gi ve a wa y five millions sterling in food, l'i ) ':. l . r?nture, to a million of the poorest families in k , li i m ' s gift alone would of itself produce an extra con- N. it, or fr,o(! 0 uction, of perhaps 20 or 40 millions of the 'I in Ireland in the first year. ti l jtc 'C Vitra, ~,,,,I,,,ani, dear Sir, your's til) O h • `-"`" ilc., 1843. T. :---------....______--.. its .. !k r ., t. ------:-----_____________ SS ' ,4ty me t " loTs.--Last evening, the members of Nit , \ri, 0,. the .first time during the present season, 'ti 4 4 k , s . •iP. R. S., presiding. Mr. Wishaw; the secre- Pt Is e ow v a Per en the si;bject of the new street-sweeping .: a 4ajeet; s li r aYed under contract with the Commissioners I gfe r lt Y auth or .,°° ,6 and Forests, in Regent -street, and also ici, t uts, tb h 'ea,; describing their mechanical apparatus, , el„, idea of thee efficiency of their operation. Mr. Cochrane, e‘h,, . I ' , .1, 3 4 .... Practical Association for Improved Street -1 !th e atei r ..'7o_ . the meeting a plan for employing all the ra 11 `!)s et t teeT ?ithe.metropolis Uy means of regularly clean aebt of m ay 0 7 . 01 17 t to which he had drawn the attention del al iewly inve ientedading of two other papers, s s o t n em th ef V a ds allwitys (a trial line fire-escape and a proposel r y . 4 4 a .tha b usine of which now exists at auxhall),_ ltf ° 4 bu business of the evening. It i ' s cAl: rrivrsrfrZ toßDEAux.—The illustrious Prince, 'it ,to tle Nta . any provincial tour, continues to find nu s,,%, iisvi tunas with addresses from various parts of France. '11 .4 'lrelin 'are amongst the latestpresentations :—Charles tae eit 4, Comte de Mir beau p Vicomte de Mirabeau, 1: , 41 17(te re e aritCe_e_ , Pr. Bondael du ' Faouedie, Francis Bondel lI. N , h. " de E s ' e '"r--tes de Cadoudal, Battur, Comte d Erm, t a i N.t k' de a a r e g av d , Vicomte Charles de la Rochefoucauld, ii ht 11. 6 0d. Zvi; Marquis de Bellenave, Henri de Catheli -4,0 d, /1 ,..,," let, Baron Arnous-Riviere, Marquis de PHs, d,, ht t i, a e . i‘l'aui; vicornte de Gaiyneron, Vicomte de Ceres, %,() r ti e I , ~,,F"' La Rebours, Comte de Lapanouse, Comte li 'll taz,,e'`.,77`.'°l,ae, Odillou Belard, Baron Betaunay, Comte igli James '8 •" P Onate de Chazelles, Comte de la Laurencie, i ti re de' Reviers de Mauny, Comte de la Haye St. 1 44 "t L, p :: ~,,, „a EtitsTVANlsm.—On Monday Mr. E. , fide; with madertook for a trifling wager to walk 44 hi n :,7 o l hit, the hour, wearing a pair of dredging boots, kt, N,i,Vr_ from ten to fourteen pounds. He accomplished his t t t!4 ii tu ;11Par!nt ease six minutes within the given time, titeti,,,, , ; e disappointment of many present, who had, in e 4,, , _ e eof the unfavourable state of the weather, and tan ar4l,"_!'s of the pedestrian, betted heavy odds against him.— . (, , iiazette. 0,15. ish,u.':i LIMENT To 11 , 17, 1 e fi, St ~_ . 'rim LAWYERS.—To-morrow `... o," v_,7iyasotfullighilta.ry Term, the Law and Equity Courts woicia,d '.' in Westminster J.iell with the usual for : .. PUBLIC BUILDINGS IN LONDON. 'lucre is an ev►t c'est►tiy iuipe►►di.►g over we fate of all public buildings and works of art in London. Vexatious as this fact is to all who take an interest in the embellishment and grandeur of the finest metropolis in Europe, it is no less cer- . • tainly true. There is no want of high intellec tual perception and classical taste, of vigorous conception and beautiful adaptation in the de signs contributed by our leading artists for edi fices, statues, pillars, bridges—{whatever be the species of public work to be undertaken) —when the execution of the affair is opened ostensibly to public competition. There is, notoriously, where the expense of the work is to be provided tbr by a municipal tax, a parocitial or a district rate, or a vote of the House of Commons, no lack of money and means for its construction in the first style and with the best materials of work manship. Let those who affect, with some of our Continental neighbours, or on the authority of the dogmatic WINCKELMANN, to question the genius and capacity of the English for the higher and more imaginative efforts of art, candidly re view the late exhibition of the Cartoons in West minster Hall for a complete refutation of this superficial and arrogant notion-. For, with re gard to these designs for fresco paintings, it may be truly said that British genius, in a school entirely new to its efforts, has leaped, at a single bound, into the maturity of pomver and expres sion. But, with all these elements of excellence existing among us in abundance, it does happen that, in nine cases out of ten, their effect is marred or missed, diminished or obscurted in combina tion. The most beautiful and best adapted ele vations and designs for an exchantge, or a church, are brought under public notice, and stamped with the approbation of the highest authority, which that public will recognis e; but, in the course of a few months, the actme I structure, as it begins to rise above the surrouthd,ing horde, very plainly indicates to the interests ti spectator that some other plan had been seleccaed, and is being carried out under some other influence more potential than the principle of h o;aest election, or the marked sanction of the public.. Favouritism no toriously prevails in the mock con nt ells of municipal and other committees to whom th.e administration of these matters is generally remitted, on the assumption that they will be impartially and indifferently dealt with. But it. fis more difficult to account for the perseverin! r incompetency with which the chances of exhii ting a pre-emi nent advance in what we shall c all national art, are, year after year, either disregarded or thrown away, carelessly unheeded, or rn.) re scandalously rejected when offered. Of all branches of national art, there is none in whi it more con • cerns the splendour of the capii'A 11, the scientific reputation of the country, and_ the improving taste of the people, that the ;most attainable approval to excellence should •b e secured, than in the architectural productions: and the sculp ture we speak of. Of all the departments of public duty there is none which its. so grossly neg lected by that section of the Ex .tecutive to which it is more immediately confided.. Westminster-bridge requires• few remarks. No party seems to know wl , r.at is doing, or what is to be done. The t2iovernment, or the Bridge Commissioners, have come to no decision hitherto, but prefe r leaving the carts, omnibuses, coaches, waguons, and foot passengers to join issue vi.rith the de nounced arches, on a sort of " benefit of sur vivorship" principle ; or, perhaps, it is intended that, if the traffic and passengers; continue to pass and repass, without tumbling• through, the bridge, by its Commissioners, may bring an action of damages for defama ti on against Mr. BARRY ; and, on the other hand, if casualties of the kind apprehended shall some fine morning happen, Mr. BARRY shall be at "liberty to remove the ruins of the old, and tiwow over a new bridge; the latter to be of poj.nted arches and inferior span, "as prayed." I'here might be a sort of objection to this future " give-and-take" arrangement, barring the jeopardy, and perhaps sacrifice, of some score of bipe d and two score of quadruped lives, which it may possibly entail, in the interval, were it not that there is already much too general a disposition in certain quarters to act upon it. It appears that the new frontage in the British Museum, which is to replace the old French quadrangle, next Russell-street, is very rapidly proceeding with. Have any guarantees been taken for our having an elevation worthy of the design, the contents, and the character of the mag nificent collection and library contained within the walls of the main building ? Was the design opened to public competition ? Has there been any such encouraging excitement attempted with the almost dormant genius of our modern school of architectural design as has been recently practised with such happy results in respect of our youngest school of historical art? We fear that the sort of freehold or fee-simple which SMIRKE has acquired—some how or other—in all the past reparations, addi tions, and erections in the general building of the-Museum, have extended to this new façade. Really, to judge from the club-houses, and theatres, and other edifices, with the Greek quoderisms of which Sir ROBERT has long made ; us so familiar, we feel great despondency about the effect of any new " works" of his. The finest efforts of a genius, which do not exceed the servile appropriation of a Doric portico, how ever good the antique example, and the most timid and monotonous adaptation of thermal fronts and basilican walls to the purposes of modern public buildings, whatever their own uses and oljects, are altogether below the cha racter, the energy, and the grandeur of the people upon whom—for some reason or other— their efforts are year after year inflicted. It has been shown, by a Report to the. House of Commons, how it was gravely debated and re eotnmended. in Select Committees that the ma- jestic preparation of the " Nelson Pillar" should be reduced to so modest and inoffensive a scale as not to crush into a merited, but absolute im perceptibility, the wretched perpetration mis called the " National" Gallery. The absurdi- ties consequent on the irreconcilable pretensions of a façade which is at once protected and hidden, broken and devoured by its own vaunted portico—(a major absorbed by a minor)—and of a column whose faultless proportions of shaft and capital, as they appeared on the original elevation, would render but more evident and ridiculous the already dwarfed outlines of WILKINS'S fatally accomplished design (its tawdry ugliness was even then, alas permanent in monumental masonry), these things might have taught parties entrusted with the manage ment of such matters the wisdom of well con sidering their plans, and the aspect and effects of the works, before proceeding to the final business of setting and building them up. But what has been the result ? After a world of preparation, and many flourishes of trumpets, — and statistics carefully collected of the number of sailors who could, at this day, be brought toge ther, survivors of the fight of Trafalgar,— coquet tings with the Governor of Greenwich Hospital, about giving leave to these veteran tars to assist at the raising of NELSON'S statue, and at a dinner to be given at its summit, at the feet of the Admiral,—the statue is raised one afternoon impromptu ; the veterans, after being numbered, are never called for. But the colossal image of the great hero has been placed on its pedestal, an effect of mechanical power, achieved with consummate skill and promptitude. By slow degrees, the hoarding has descended, first from around the cocked hat, afterwards from around the limbs, finally from the feet and surface of the figure : when, lo ! some seven or eight weeks having helped them to the conclusion, the managers discover that the coil of cable on which one side of the figure is supported has too massed and rock-like an appearance. Up go the boards again, to favour the secresy of the statuary's mystic chiselling, for remedying of this defect; and the inauguration, which was to have taken place on the anniversary of the Trafalgar fight in October last, bids fair to be postponed to Octo- ber next. But, as Trafalgar-square begins to get 'up its tprraces and NvallKs. new permanelt tenants —in bronze and marble—take possession of the reserved pedestals! GEORGE IV., mounted on a horse of a much more interesting, and becoming, and distingue air than his rider, is already lo cated at one angle of the raised terrace—GEOßGE IV. by no means bears him like the " finest. gentleman in Europe," but resembles one of CHANT REY'S most indifferent sitters, prac tising in a quadrille of equitation at Du- CROW'S. GEORGE 111. is to be removed bodily, with his two portentous tails, to a pedestal at the corresponding angle. These positions are so well'chosen, that the figures look neither at each other, nor up to NELSON, but with a sort of military drill expression of " eyes straight." It is understood that King CHARLES 1., from Charing-cross, and King JAMES H., from the back of Whitehall Banquetting-house, are to be the next importations into the square. We are curious to know whether they, too, are to look at DRUMMOND'S bank and FARRANCE'S pastry, like an advanced guard to the two GEORGES ? Or, is King JAMES 11. to be brought with his face opposite to GEORGE 111., as if to read a posthu mous lecture on political as well as religious bigotry; whilst the " martyred CHARLES" iS to contemplate, pensively, the wondrous fortune and quiet end of the voluptuarian successor to his sceptre, and discoverer of his remains at Wind sor? These rumours we give as they have reached us. To us it seems that the general effect of such an arrangement as this—of four such statues—will be at once false in principle, and incongruous in effect. Who, are responsible for these locations? LITERATURE. MAXWELL'S HISTORY OF THE REBEL- LION IN IRELAND IN 1798. Nothing can be more opportune than the sea son selected for bringing out a work like this, which treats of the most exciting, and (if that which is tragical be so) most interesting portion of the history of that section of the empire, which now engrosses the most anxious attention of, not merely the subjects of the British Throne of all classes and denominations, but also that of European and Trans-atlantic nations. The work, which is to be published periodically in parts, is likely, if we may augur from) the first number, to prove very interesting; and by no means the least attractive portion of it will be the Illustra tions, by George Cruikshank, two of which are given in the present Number. The subject is one rich in romantic incident, alid in Maxwell's hands ought to illustrate well time trite old saw, ihat " truth is stranger than fiction." We can not, however, but regret that the chapter on the " Leaders of the United Irishmen" is so short. It was quite impossible in so brief a space to give anything like a satisfactory notice of the life of each of those misguided, but chivalrous high-winded men. We quote the following at random : " A curious anecdote, related by Dr. Madden in his biographical notice of Addis Emmet, is cha racteristic of the extent to which political and pro fessional enthusiasm will hurry individuals. Emmet was retained for some persons charged with the ad ministration of unlawful oaths—at the time a capital offence—ar.d was addressing the Court in arrest of judgment. " He took up the pleadings in which the words of the oath were recited, and read them in a very de liberate manner, and with all the gravity of a man who felt thut he was binding his soul by the obliga tions of a solemn oath. The words were to the fol lowing effect :—" I, A. 8., in the presence of God, do pledge myself to my country, that I will use all my abilities and influence in the attainment of an im partial and adequate representation of the Irish nation in Parliament ; and, as a means of absolute and imme diate necessity in the establishment of this chief go d of Ireland, I will endeavour, as much as lies in my ability, to forward a brotherhood of affection, an identity of interests, a communion of rights, and an union of power among Irishmen of all religious per suasions, without which every reform in Parliament must be partial, not national, inadequate to the wants, delusive to the wishes, and insufficient to the freedom and happiness of this country." " Having read the test—defended its obligations with a power of reasoning and a display of legal knowledge, in reference to the subject of the dis tinction between legal and illegal oaths, which the counsel for the prosecution described as producing an extraordinary impression—he addressed the Court in the following terms : " My Lords,—Here, in the presence of this legal Court, this crowded auditory—in the presence cid the Being that sees and witnesses, and directs this judicial tribunal—here, my'Lords, I, myself, in. the presence of God, declare, I take the oath. "' then took the book that was on the table, kissed it, and sat down. No steps were taken by the Court against the newly-sworn United Irishanan : the amazement of its functionaries left them ihn no fit state of mind either for remonstrance or approval. The prisoners received a very lenient sentence."' BOOK OF BRITISH BALLADS. How, London, 1844. Part IGTL The illustrations of this Part are its principal recommendations, the majority of them being executed in a very superior style of art, and:. dis playing powers of fancy of no ordinary chars icter. As for the Ballads, they are merely repu bllca tions from Percy, Ritson, Scott, Mothevvvell, and other well-known collector; of these pleas ing old popular poems. COURT CIRCULAR. His Royal Highness Prince Albert went out she Ipting yesterday in the grounds and preserves in the vicini qty of Claremont. His Royal Highness was attended by M.a Jor- General Sir Edward Bowater and Mr. George DP,ivard Anson. The Royal party returned to lunch. The unfavourable state of the weather yesterday iworn tag prevented her Majesty taking her accustomed early walk. Major-General Sir Robert and Lady Gardiner h ad the honour of dining with her Majesty yesterday eveni 'ng at Claremont. A deputation on the subject of the Chester and rfoly head Railway, consisting of Mr. R. H. Collett, M 17-. W. H. Thomas, and Mr. Duff, had an interview yest e rday with Sir Robert Peel, Sir James Graham, and the C. han cellor of the Exchequer, at the official residence of the First Lord of the Treasury, in Downing-street. The deputation were accompanied 13:. Mr. George Carr Glyn, Chairman of the London and Birmingham Railwa , 7, Mr. W. H. Moss, Director of the Grand Junction Ri-:bitway, Mr. Creed, and Mr. Tynne. Mr. J. Walker also at tei ided the conference. The Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone arrived in tow n yes terday afternoon from Hawarden Castle, Flintshira., the seat of Sir Stephen Glynne. Colonel Malcolm transacted business at the Fi roign office on Tuesday. Sir Henry Hardinge, Secretary at War, visite Sir James Graham yesterday, at the Home-office. The Hen. Robert Clive transacted business yes to rday at the Treasury. Sir J. Graham and Sir Thomas Freemantle had :inter views yesterday with Sir Robert Peel. Several of the Cabinet Ministers dined with thee Earl of Aberdeen yesterday evening, at his Lordship's. resi dence, in Argyle-street. The Earl and Countess of Ducie and Lord M . Ol .eton arrived at Farrance's Hotel, Belgrave-square, on. 'ues day evening, from Rufford Hall. ENLARGEMENT OF THE LONDON DOCKS.—T'he ex tensive alterations making in this great emporium of sl tipping, wealth, and the produce of all parts of the globe, are pro& tee ding rapidly. The splendid entrance wilt soon be finished,„ as the foundation is now nearly completed, and workmen are ;busily engaged in pulling down the building recently occupied b y the Government emigration agent, Lieutenant James S( dF ;wick Lean, of the Royal Navy, to make way for the improv , :re .ents. The old entrance and the store-shops on the southern a id e will be levelled to the ground as soon as the new building. s :are se far advanced as to permit of their being demolished; ore whose site will be erected a most commodious range of ware h ouses. The building for the commissioners, committee-roo it and superintendent's offices are to be on a very large sea le , and, when finished, the London Dock will be one of the fine st com mercial buildings in the world. Notwithstanding tha t this is the dull season of the year, there are no less than 3t) to 35 vessels fitting out for foreign ports. Yesterday Mr. Wakley, M.P., held an adj plumed inquest at the Middlesex Hospital, on the body of J oh annah Mahoney, aged 51, a fruit-woman. It appeared in ttv idence that early on Friday evening last deceased, whilst er ossing Regent street, near Conduit-street, was knocked down by one of Pickford's vans, in which were two men named Heve itt and Crundell. She was knocked down by the pole, but the • van did not pass over any part of her person. She was picked . . - up in a state of fright, and led to the Shakspe are public-housve, Tyler street, where for some time every attention was paid to 1! er. It being seen, however, that she was lapsing into insensibal , y, she was removed about eight o'clock to the Middlesex Ho. sp ital, in which she died in about an hour after her admission.. Mr. Corfe, the house-apothecary, who had opened the body,,. said she died of apoplexy, caused by a sudden shock to the syst , nu, for there was no external or other injury, the effect of Violence. The van was going slowly when it knoeked her down,. and the jury, attributing no blame to the driver or his comps n;ion, re turned a verdict—" That deceased died of effusion of - blood on the brain, from having beenaccidentally knocked down by a van." BRIGHTON.—COMMENCEMENT OF THE MiI•CKEREL FISHERT.—Within the last few days several of the Brighton boats have left for Plymouth, to commence the mackerel fishery. Some of the Hastings boats have also shot 'their nets off that town, and on Monday two of them brought 'in the first mackerel caught this season; one boat having taken 1,300 and another 600, which fetched on the beach at Hastings 545. per 100. They were bought up for the London make r. Up wards of 200 sail of French fishing boats are imparted off Brighton and the neighbourhood, and having lately shown a diiposition to encroach, her Majesty's brig Nautilus, Lieute nant Paulson, has beers sent round to protect our boats, and is now cruising in the Channel. On Monday the Naupilus an , chored off Brighton. ST. JOHN'S NEW CHURCH, NOT TING-HILL, BAYSWATER. The ceremony or laying the first stone of the above church took place on Monday last by the Venerable Archdeacon Sinclair, Vicar of Kensington, in the pre sence of a numerous,' and, considering the inclement period of the season, highly respectable and fashionable assemblage. Among those present WE observed the Rev. Messrs. Kennedy, Phillips, Pitman, Sherringliam, Theyre Smith, Howlett, Haiosey, Burnell, and Rowlatt. The Earl of Hop( teen, Sir John Conroy, Sir Henry Willock, and the Hon, Mr. Lascelles, C. K. Murray, Esq., W. A. Shaw, Esq.,,(trustees with the Venerable Archdeacon), Richard Roy, Esq. (who has munificently presented the site of the ground on which the edifice is to be erected), Thomas Allason, Esq., and Messrs. Stevens and Alex ander, architects. Shortly after one o'clock the proceedings were com menced by the Venerable Archdeacon Sinclair, who addressed the assembly as follows My Christian Brethren—l have long looked forward to the solemnities of this day with mingled feelings of satisfaction and anxiety—of satisfaction, from the hope that we are about to provide for the grievous spiritual destitution in this neighbourhood ; and of anxiety, from the inadequacy of our funds as yet fcr the completion of the undertaking. That additional church accommoda tion is most urgently required in this portion of the parish, no man can doubt who is at all acquainted with the circumstances of the case ; no man can doubt it who is aware that there is a population of 12,000 persons, after all deductions, still connected with our parish church ; that for this vast number only 1,200 sittings are provided, and that of those only 80 are accessible to the poor, so that to our shame one of the most remarkable characteristics of Christianity was well nigh obliterated among us, that to the poor the Gospel should be preached. In considering how the deficiency in our funds may be provided for I am not without hopes that our wants may elicit contributions even from friends and strangers at a distance. From them, however, no great amount of support can be expected. We must look especially to the inhabitants of this parish. I trust that all, to whatever district they may belong, will feel the strong ties of interest and sympathy which should unite them to their fellow parishioners, and induce them to co-operate in this work. I look with greater confidence to those who have attended at the parish church, many of whom have shown an example which I sincerely wish all will follow. I trust above all to the in habitants of this neighbourhood—to those whose spiritual wants we are about to provide for— to those who hope here to worship—hero to be instructed in the truths of religion—here to be prepared for heaven. We read in Holy Scripture, that when Moses was about to erect a tabernacle in the wilderness, he called the congregation of the, children of Israel to gether, and gave commandment that whosoever had a willing heart should bring an offering to the sanctuary of God. The result of this commandment is ever me morable. The liberality of the people went beyond the exigency of the case, and it was actually necessary to issue a proclamation throughout the camp, forbidding them to give more. Again, when David was preparing to build the temple, we read that he also called a solemn assembly, and demanded of them, " Which of you is willing, this day, to consecrate his service unto heaven?" The result, again, was ever memorable. The people, in a burst of generous enthusiasm, outvied each other in bringing gold, and silver, and brass, and precious stones of all kinds, into the treasury of God, and instead of claiming merit for this unexampled liberality, they returned thanks to God for the opportu nity afforded them of expressing their gratitude for his mercies, and in the humblest terms of adoration ex claimed—" All things come of thee, and of thine own have we given thee !" And what, my Christain brethren, were the blessings which the children of Israel so eagerly and so magnificently acknowledged ? Their social pri vileges and advantages, their redemption from the bon dage of Egypt, their prospect of a Messiah. And do not we, as citizens of Great Britain, enjoy social privi leges beyond any nation that ever lived under heaven ? Have not we, as Christians, been delivered from an in finitely more galling yoke than that of Egypt, and are not we, as Christians, in full possession of those glorious promises of which the Jews saw only the shadows and the types ? Let us not, then, submit to be outdone by them in Christian liberality. Let us remember the ap peal of the Apostle to our Christian sensibilities—" Ye are bought with a price"—" Ye are not redeemed with corruptible things"—" Ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich yet for your sakes b h e e c b o e m e e at r n i e ch p . rr, that we, through his poverty, might After a prayer from the Venerable Archdeacon, the cere mony o of l a y conclude n g d Venerable Archdeacon. t byspt o r a n ) e . e t r oo a k n p d 1 ace it inannedd i t e h t e i () p a r o f c r eoemd nthe s FL AND ERS MAIL• BRUSSELS, JAN. 7.—The extraordinary consignments of cast,iron from Liege to Germany are terminated. It seems that the whole quantity is 12 millions of kilo grammes, not from 20 to 25 millions, as at first spoken of. It is probable, however, that the proposed augmen tation of the import duty in the States of the Customs Union having been put off, the proprietors of the iron works of Liege have thought it most advisable to limit their consignments, in order not to overstock the market. The King will not return from Ardenne till next week. BRUSSELS, JAN. B.—For some years past the Govern ment has caused a species of hops to be cultivated which is new to this country. It is called Kent hops, and proves to be so superior to all other kinds, that we think we ought to recommend it to the growers. Those who wish to obtain plants, may have them gratis by applying to the experimental farm belonging to the State at Forest. The total receipt of the iron railway during the month of November last, was 788,266 francs. The quantity of goods conveyed was very near 44 millions of kilogrammes, about 10 millions more than during the preceding month. To-morrow another vessel (the Jan Van Eyck) is to leave Antwerp for our colony of SL Thomas, in Guate mala. It has on board 120 passengers, most of them re lations of those who are already settled there. PosEN, DEC. 28.—Consid era bl e sensat ion has been occasioned here by an attempt made on Christmas night by two Poles, W. V. L. and V. M., said to be political prisoners, to escape by flight. The affair is in volved in some obscurity. S evera l young Poles, neither natives of the pro v i nce , nor posse ssed of pro perty in it, have been livin g h ere, w h o , by their lan guage in public places, att racte d the notice of the police officers,who, after repeated warnings havin g been disregarded by th e young men, thought it necessary to arrest them. Whether they are emissaries of what is called " Young Poland" is uncertain. Two of them, the above mentioned, V. L. and V. M. (a third V. D., be longing to a distinguished family in Poland, is said to be confined in our citadel), attempted to escape from the third story of the police office ; V. L. succeeded, but V. M. fell on the pavement of the street where he was soon found weltering in his blood. He is now in the hospital and hopes are entertained of his recovery. An old ukase has lately been promu lgated in the kingdom of Poland whi c h is of considerable importance; it ordains that no person in office in the kingdom shall be promoted to the higher departments of the Adminis tration unless he can prove that he has previously been in the service of the State for five years in the Government of Great Russia. The effect of this will be to throw the whole of the administration into sthe hands of Russians or of Poles who have already become wholly or partly Russians.—Allgenteine Zeituny, Jan. 4. THE COMET NOW VISIBLE A PERIODIC ONE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. " Sir,—l have great pleasure in transmitting you the transla tion of a letter which I yesterday received from my friend Professor Schumacher, and doubt not you will think a corner of the Times well occupied in diffusing over the civilised world a knowledge of the fact that the comet recently disco vered by M. Faye in the constellation of Orion actually belongs to our system. In a postscript to his letter the Professor tells me that its period is six years and 219 days. It is much to be regretted, that owing to extraordinary unfavourable weather, which, since its discovery, seems to have pervaded not only Great Britain, but even Europe, the observations of it are so few. Since my communication to you, published in the Times of November 30, I have seen it but once ; and in Ireland mat ters are still worse, for neither the Earl of Rosse nor Dr. Robinson has obtained oven a glimpse of it. Observatory, Kensington, Jan. 10. JAMES SOUTH. (Translation.) "The importance of the intelligence contained in the follow ing letter of Professor Gauss, induces me to communicate it to astronomers without delay. " Altona, Jan. 5, 1844. " SCHUMACHER." LETTER FROM PROESSOR GAUSS, DIRECTOR OF THE On SERVATO RY OF GOTTINGEN, TO THE EDITOR OF THE A stron. Nachrichten. " The attempts oi Mr. Peterson to reconcil e th e apparen t motion of the Comet with a parabolic orbit having given un satisfactory results, I have induced Dr. Goldschmidt to com pute one independent of that hypothesis, from the observations of November 24, December 1, and December 9, an d h e h as ob tained from them the following elliptic elements :- " Epoch of mean longitude 1843, December, 211876 mean time at Berlin, 58 deg. 31 m. 39 sec. (reckoned from the ap parent equinox). " Mean daily motion 535 sec. 7079 " Perihelion " Angle of eccentricity 3l deg. 29 m. 39 sec. " Log. of semi-axis-major " Node : .. 208 deg. 21 m. 20 sec. " Inclination "117fotion direct. "If the elements thus derived from observations made during so short an interval as 15 days can be confided in, the orbit of this comet approaches nearer to a circular one than that of any other yet known. '' The accordance of the observations hitherto made with Dr. Goldschmidt's calculations stands as follow :-the sign 1- ,ndicating that the calculated places are in excess :- AR. Decl. see. see. Nor. 24.- 0.4 - 4.4 Paris. 26.-21.4 + 6.8 Paris. 27.-13.3 , + 7.3 Paris. .28.-12.4 -11.8 Paris. 29. + 3.7 + 1.1 Paris. Dec. 1. + 3.6 + 5.6 Altona. 2. + 0.3 - 5.5 Paris. 4. + 5.4 __. 0.2 Altona. 9.- 9.6 _. 4.9 Altona. fc w 1 -10.2 Altona (Merid. Obs. ) 10. -lb. 5 -20.1 Altona. - 9.3 -24.8 Altona (Merid. Obs. ) 11.-33.3 -30.9 Paris. -14.0 -24.7 Altona. -14.4 .-22.4 Altona (Merid. Obs.) 12. _25.8 -38.4 Paris. 13. - 7.3 -27.0 Altona. -23.1 -22.8 Gottingen. " From the 13th of December till this day the weather has been constantly cloudy. " Gottingen, Jan. 2. "C. F. GAUSS. Mr. Wickham, Chairman, and Mr. John Thornton, Deputy;•chairmari of the Stamps and Taxes, had inter views with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday, at his official residence, in Downing-street. THE CURRENCY. TO THE EDI roll OF THE SUN. SECOND LETTER. SlR,—The great deficiency in our present currency, to meet the high tax-included prices of the United Kingdom, has become quite palpable all over the coun try ; and it has been proposed by the currency-men of Birmingham to extend the currency, by raising the mint price of the precious metals 50 per cent. ; coining the crown-piece into 7s. 6d. ; or, in other words, by re ducing the size of the coins in that proportion. But this would be no remedy. It must be clear to every man of common sense, that the only effect of such mea sure would be, to deprive every creditor by one-third of his debt without payment or satisfaction. But the cause of truth and justice never, in any case, can be aided by such means as the commission of one act of robbery as a set off against another. In the present case, it would not operate, in the very nature of things, as a sound means of extending the currency, for ls. 6d. would then be demanded for every shilling in the in trinsic portion of price at present, there being a neces sary connexion between the natural prices of commodi ties and the precious metals. The raising of the mint pi- 7 u of these metals, by reducing the size of the coins, will never, it is clear, increase the limit of these metals in the least degree. The remaining two thirds of the taxes, which at present enter into prices, would still raise prices above the limit of the precious metals, and therefore they could not form a sound medium of exchange. Even if such reduction in the size of the coins of this country could be supposed to have the effect of increasing the limit of these metals, it would be productive of no remedy, for the limit of the precious metals being the universal standard all over the world, anything effecting it change in that standard would produce no remedy, fer the prices of commodities in this country being still artificially in creased, to the extent of the two-thirds of the present taxes that would still remain beyond the natural amount of these prices, to which alone the precious metals are applicable as the measure of value, a currency of these metals would still be unsound, because insufficient in quantity. The proper remedy is evidently the taxing of the cur rency itself, in the same ratio as the prices of commodi ties are found on the average to be taxed or increased by our system of taxation, above their natural amount ; for then the currency and the commodity being alike artifi cially raised, or increased, the one above the natural limit of the precious metals, and the other above the natural or intrinsic amount of price, they would in that way become fair and just equivalents for one another, and bear the same relation to one another as before taxes were first imposed on commodities. In no other way can they may be made fair and just equivalents, without dis turbing the universal standard of value among allcivilised nations. Sir Robert Peel laments the sufferings of the labour ing classes, but says that the Legislature can do nothing to help them—cannot raise wages by Act of Parliament —and that wages, like all other things, even if the la bourino• classes should die of starvation, must be left to find their own level. He falsely asserts that the cur rency has nothing whatever to do with the present dis tress, that the distress is caused by over-banking, over-production, over -speculation, over-population, and over this and over that ; but all these over doings are evidently brought forward, as every sensible man must have seen from the begin ning, for the mere purpose of deception. True, wages ought to be left to find their own level. Why, then, does Sir R. Peel, taking advantage of the ignorance of the labour ing classes, and their incapacity for abstruse reflection, put in a secret hidden pin in his machinery, the existence of which he knows they are unable to detect, to prevent wages from finding their own level ? The precious metals being capable of measuring the prices of commo dities at their natural extent only, without taxes, if the domestic currency, whether of paper or gold, established by law, be insufficient, even to the extent of sixpence in the pound, to cover these prices, with the whole taxes thrown into them, to the extent of that sixpence, it is quite evident, is the labourer effectually defrauded of his hire. Because, the taxes being a certain portion of the precious metals, are evidently the immoveable part of price, and the wages of labour, therefore, must give way, and they are force to give way, and are expelled from price, to make room for the taxes ; and this is the whole secret of the present distress. The Bullion Committee of 1818, occupied their time endeavouring to prove that the value of the Bank of England's notes were depreciated, in reference to the value of gold and silver money as they existed in other countries where our system of indirect taxation had no place, which could not well be disputed. But that was not the question before them. The question at issue was, whether the Bank of England notes were depre ciated in reference to the high artificial, because tax included, prices of commodities, as then existing in this country ; and whether, in that the true point of view, they were a departure from the universal standard of the precious metals. That they were not exchangeable for gold was nothing to the purpose; they were exchange able for commodities bearing very high artificial prices, 125 per cent. at least, upon the average, above their na tural amount. They were, indeed, a departure from the universal standard, but in the opposive direction from that alleged; for, numerous as the notes of the Bank were, they were still insufficient fairly to meet those very high artificial prices ; and, consequently, short of their due relation to the universal standard. The tendency of a return to specie payments, there fore, recommended by that deeply interested Committee, was not to cause a rise of 4 or 5 per cent. only in the value of the then existing currency, as the cunning men who sat upon it falsely pretended. It did not create a rise in the value of the currency of 30 or 40 per cent. only, as the currency men of Birmingham afterwards erroneously asserted was the actual result of that mea sure; but the direct tendency of the return to specie payments was, to raise the value of money full 125 per cent. above its then value, that being the average amount to which the prices of all commodities had been artifici ally increased by taxation, as compared with their na tural or intrinsic prices without taxation.' Because, the precious metals being limited by nature as already ob served, in amount, and incapable of measuring the prices of commodities except at their natural amount, the taxes fell either to be thrown back upon the producers of taxed commodities, who had advanced them, or the wages of labour were to be expelled from prices, to make room for the taxes; and the money owner, therefore, was benefited, to the whole extent of the taxes, at the expense of the industry of the country, his money being available to him to the extent of 125 per cent. beyond Is hat it had ever been available before. Had the Currency Bill of 1819, which carried the re commendation of the Bullion Committee into effect, borne its true title, describing its real objects, as it ought to have done, it would have run thus, " A Bill to confiscate the means of every debtor in the United Kingdon, for the benefit of his creditor, to the extent of 125 per cent. on the amount of the debt which he owed, irrespective of the true and lawful payment of the debt itself ; to increase the whole public burdens of the country, for the benefit of fundholders, and other recipients of those burdens, 125 per cent. above their present amount ; to make over in perpetual slavery the whole of the labour ing classes, without any pretext whatever, or any con sideration in return, to the class of money capitalists, to the extent of four-ninth parts of their whole labour, And to render their condition worse than ever was that of the black slaves of Jamaica before their emancipa tion ; and, finally, to cut up industry by the roots, and to sacrifice the country to foreign nations." This was the true title of that Bill, and had it borne this its true title, neither the plausible super ficial arguments of Sir Robert Peel, nor all the bayonets which the Duke of Wellington commanded, could have passed that Bill. But Sir Robert Peel knew th:t he addressed himself to willing hearers, who re quired no argument of his, but a pretext merely for passing that fatal measure. It is now seen by every one, that this is the true description of that deadly Bill, for one and all of these objects have been, and are fast being carried into execution. Let us, for a moment, compare the condition of the black slaves of Jamaica before their emancipation with the present white slaves of England, and it will at once appear that the difference in their condition is greatly in favour of the former. The former had their whole la bour made over to their owners out and out, but coupled with this important condition, that the owners were le gally bound for their comfort, able subsistence, in food, clothing, and house accommodation ; and the obligation by law was strengthened by its being also the interest of the owners themselves to !see to those things, for by attention to the comforts of their slaves only could they hope to make the most of their labour. The power of the slave-owner over his slave was, no doubt, sometimes abused, but that was the exception, not the rule, for the very reason that the interest of the slave-owner lay in treating his slave with kindness. What is now the con dition of the white slaves of England. They have five-ninth parts of their whole labour confisca ted to the money-owner, through ,an insufficient currency, which necessarily expels their wages to that extent from the prices of commodities the produce of that labour, and they are compelled to pay, out of the four-ninth part of their labour remaining, the whole indirect taxes of the country, falling on them as con sumers of the taxed necessaries of life, before they can command these necessaries ; and what remains is utterly inadequate for their subsistence, even in the meanest way. The white slave-owner, the money capitalist, is entitled by law to draw five-ninth parts of the labour of his slave, absolutely and without any drawback, or de duction or abatement whatever ; and the white slave of England may rot upon a dunghill for him. Look at the condition of the silk weavers of Spitalfields, who were among the first victims of the new system of currency — of' the hand-loom weavers all over the country—and even of the power-loom weavers now—of the common sailer—of the agricultural labourer, who is now busy burning the ricks of his employer, out of revenge—and of all classes of labourers, without discrimination or ex ception, whose wages are now utterly insufficient for their subsistence in any way whatever ; while the prices of the necessaries of life, and of all other commodities, are still, by reason of taxation, beyond what they are in any other country. Look at the condition of the entire population of Ireland, who have all been reduced by the same means to the lowest state of destitution and degra dation. When the Currency Bill of 1819 was introduced into the House of Commons, the money power fixed upon Sir Robert Peel to carry it through that House for them. He was then a young man, but as yet unknown to fame. Being of ignoble birth, he saw that his road to power lay through the wealthy classes, and not through the ancient nobility ; and, notwithstanding of his own ample for time, he stooped to be the mean tool of the money power, and to pander to their lusts, and to their sordid, avaricious, and greedy desires ; and he accomplished fir them the passing of that deadly measure—their Cur rency Bill of that year, a measure of which he still boasts.' See, Gentlemen (has he often said to them since), what I have done for you. It was I who carried your Currency Dill cf 1819, which has doubled the fortunes of every one of you ! It has, indeed, doubled their fortunes, but at whose expense ? At the expense of the humble but honest industry of his country. At the expense of the sons of those very men through whose toil, and the sweat of whose brows his father made made that ample fortune which he now inherits. Whether his re ward be a coronet and a pension, to which he, no doubt, looks forward to as the crowning reward of his services to the money power, or whatever may be his fate in this world, the name of Sir Robert Peel will descend to pos terity with undying and unenviable fame.—l am, Sir, your most obedient servant, JAMES PEDIE. Edinburgh, Old Broughton, Jan. 8, 1844. THE CURRENCY. TO THE EDITOR OF 7'HE SUN SIR,—" Beirniurd,"l presume, will admit that the Bank of England is Compelled to redeem its notes, in gold, at 31. 17s. 101 d. per oz. This granted, it is a matter of very little importance whether its notes are made payable to bearer in grains of gold, or in sovereigns of full weight and fineness. Either a banker's note is or is not not referable to a fixed and determined standard of value. The law says the standard is gold. Now, if a banker's note is not referable to gold it is clear it cannot be referable to paper ONLY, paper not being a standard, and intrinsically worth little or nothing. Nor can it be referable either to wine or sugar, neither of these articles being standards of value. Though the Bank of England note " did not go down" in London it certainly did go down in Paris and other European capitals, and, most assuredly, would have gone down to a very con siderable discount in England, had not Parlia ment provided against it. Now, if a banker's note, with reference to gold or silver as standards, falls to a discount is not the note thereby depreciated ? Yours, &c., GERMANICUS. Manchester, Jan. 10, 1844. MR. MUN TZ. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. very much regret that Mr. Muntz should have taken my remarks, on his proposi tion for raising the silver coin from ss. ‘2d. to 7s. 6d. per ounce, otherwise than as badinage, or that the quotation used was a purposed insult on the town of Birmingham. Had Mr. Muntz re sided in any other town, and a quotation had entered my memory at the moment, which I fancied would have dove-tailed, I should have used it precisely as I did the one I adopted. There is no better test as to the value of a pro position than ridicule, for if it will not stand such test, the proposer may be satisfied that that which he introduced is valueless. While I wrote I smiled—l did not sneer. If Mr. Muntz imagined I intended to hit him hard personally, no doubt now he considers that he has revenged himself by his letter to you on my jen so, at any rate, we may now cry quits; and j T trust, that any observations I may make in future on Mr. Muntz's proposition, will be in great good humour, and in kindly feel ing between each of us, for I purpose at an early period to address you on the sub jc of raising the coin, with the intention of demonstrating that it would be a DIABOLICAL ROBBERY to discharge debts, contracted in the present measure of our coins, in the tale of silver coin raised from ss. 2d. to 7s. Gd. per ounce. And in doing so, I shall have no more intention to insult Mr. Muntz, than the editor of the Times intended a personal insult to Mr. A ttwood, when he assertedtimat " for a nation to evade time pay ment of a debt, by legislating to change the value of the terms in which the bargain is ex pressed, is a piece of rascality not, we trust, in reserve for an English Parliament." By your leading articles, I perceive your opinions on money differs from my own, there fore your insertion of my lucubrations on this subject shows your impartiality; and your inser tion of currency articles, originally communi cated to editors of other newspapers, so concen trates the arguments for and against various pro positions on this affair, as to make your journal doubly valuable. Therefore, I trust you will continue to copy, in The Sun, the communica tions made to other newspapers, on the very in teresting subject of monetary affairs.—l am, Sir, your's, &c. GORDIUS. Ilfracombe, Jan. 10, 1844. HAYMARKET THEATRE. The comedy of The Merry Wives of Windsor was revived as this theatre last evening, Strick land appearing as Sir John Falstaff for the first :ime. The character of Falstaff is the most per fectly comic character that ever was drawn ; but it is also the must difficult character to embody' in the whole range of the drama. A wit, a hu mourist, a sensualist, a man of expensive habits, but of slender means, mixing on familiar terms with men of all ranks, from the prince to the tapster, and yet, while associating with tapsters, never forgetting that lie might be the companion of princes; a gentleman by birth (his grandfather could write himself armiger, or what right had he to a seal ring ?), by education (lie had been page to Thomas Moubray, Duke of Norfolk), and by station (he was a knight in days when knighthood could only be won by military ser vice)—Falstaff was yet, at times, compelled by his necessities, " to leave the fear of God on the left hand," and to live by his wits. To the world —however much be might indulge his rolicking, social humour, among his more immediate asso ciates—to time world he always kept up his dig nity—" Jack to my familiars—Sir John to the rest of Europe." This latter part of the sentence is in general too much disregarded by our actors. They make him Jack to everybody ; there is no " rest of Europe" to whom he is Sir John. This is not what Shakspeare intended, and we are happy to say that it is a fault into which Mr. Strickland did not fall. Mr. Strickland has added immensely to his already high reputation as a Shaksperian actor by his Falstaff of last evening. To say that his is the best Falstaff on the stage is not doing justice to the merits of his very admi rable delineation—it is the only truly Shaksperian Falstaff that we have ever seen. The humours of the character are brought out in strong relief — the wit overflows from the heart; he is witty, not because he is anxious to shine, but because it is his nature—he cannot help it—and throughout the whole character it is evident that he is a man who has been used to good society. His very love-making, sensual and absurd as it is, is yet gentlemanly withal, and we cannot but feel that, could he have knocked sonic twenty years off his age, and some ten stone off his weight, Master Ford's jealousy might not have been altogether causeless. His air throughout was that of one who having been in his youth a man, a bonnes fortunes, could not bring himself to believe but there must have been some error in the date of his birth as recorded in the parish register, and that, as in him grey hairs were not the signs of wisdom, so neither were they the signs of age. It is usnal in noticing the first appearance of an actor in a new character to mention the various points he made. Be it Strickland's great praise that he made no point, technically so called. The cha racter from beginning to end was so admirably and so equally sustained, that it would be impossible to select any one part for particular commendation, without being guilty of injustice towards every other part which was left unmentioned. Strick land has long stood unrivalled as the delineator of Shakspeare's humorists—(who that has ever seen it can forget his Sir Toby Belch),—and his Falstaff is by far his greatest and his best charac ter, He was called for at the fall of the cur tain, and announced the play for repetition every evening, amidst the rapturous applause of one of the most crowded audiences ever assembled within the walls of the Haymarket. The comedy is, in other respects, very strongly cast. We had Madame Vestris and Mrs. Nisbett as the wives, Charles Mathews as Slender, Mrs. Glover as Mrs. Quickly, and James Bland as Doctor Caius. Webster, as Sir Hugh Evans, was irresistibly comic. He is the only Sir Hugh who gives us anything like the dialect of the Welsh parson. The duelling scene was admirable. Stuart made more of Mr. Ford than we have before seen made of that victim of the green-eyed mon ster. .In Stuart's hands Ford becomes really a character, and we feel an in terest in his fate, although we laugh at his unfounded fears. The interspersed music was prettily given, and Madame Vestris and Miss Matley were encored in the duet " I know a bank." The Gambols of Oberon and Puck followed, introducing Professor Risley and his son. The audience were delighted with the truly elegant and classical performances of this won derfully graceful boy. We scarcely know how to designate these unique performances. " The poetry of motion," which would be perhaps the most propor term to give them, is too hack neyed to be applied to that which is so unique, so original, and so inimitable. Master Risley, in fact, performs an aerial ballet, for, supported on the hands or feet of his father, he accomplishes all the most perfect of ballet dancers could accomplish on the stage—graceful poses—sta tesque attitudes—intricate and elaborate pas tours de force, astonishing equally by their ease and elegance —tour d'adresse, accomplished with the most exquisite neatness and precision— Such are the performances of this wonderfully graceful child. The applause was rapturous throughout, and at the conclusion the father and son were again called forward to receive the cordial greetings of the audience. The Fair r! - \~ ~`\ ~.- • One with the Golden Locks conclk!COfete.u• ing's performances. The house wttir.79Maia' 19 X . Nt the ceiling. Long before the malt — Oft - 'llie •-t curtain every place was occupied, so tktit thare was not even standing room. TINY on BOARD au EMIGRA.- TION SHIP at COVE. Informations were taken before Edward Millett, Esq.. J.P., county Cork, on the Ist of January, against the crew for mutiny on board the Sea Queen, Government emigration barque, lying at Cove ; and also at the in stance of Mr. Curtis, Surgeon Superintendent of the said vessel, against one of the crew, named Jambes Thomas, for assaulting him, and threatening to take his life. The ship, which was bound for Port Philip, is taking out over 200 emigrants . ; when staying at Liverpool, the chief mate was dismissed the vessel for immoral conduct, and making use of the most infamous language (which was also practised by the crew) before the female emigrants. The crew then exhibited the first symptoms of insubor dination, declaring they would not go 1s sea if the mate was not reinstated. Four of the men left the ship the next evening without leave, but returned on the follow ing morning. At this time a most determined spirit of animosity existed amongst the crew against the burgeon Superintendent, which they took no pains to conceal from the Surgeon, using every means of thwarting him in the execution of his duty on board. The assault was committed on him under the following circumstances :—On the afternoon of Sunday the 30th Dec., the Surgeon Superintendent had occasion to visit the agents on shore on a point of duty, and for this pur pose he was accompanied by the Chief Officer, (who had Joined at Cork in the room of the one dismissed at Ply. mouth) with four hands in the jolly-boat, of which num ber this James Thomas formed one. When the Sur geon's business on shore was concluded, he and the Chief Officer returned to the boat, but as the men were absent the Chief Officer proceeded in search of them. As soon as lie left the Surgeon, Thomas, who it appears was await ing a suitable opportunity, rushed Gown fecen the heights above to the beach using idle meet dreadftil iip precations to the Surgeon ; stating that NU bad obieed leave to come on shore for the sole purpose of revZhagenee himself and others upon the Surgeon Superintendent ; that he had long earnestly desired such aleoeportenity, and that in what he now said he expressed the of the whole crew. A scuffle took place between them in which the Surgeon had the advantage. But c`4l re turning on board, Thomas again attacked Mr. Curtis with a knife, but was again overpowered, and put in irons till the next morning, when he was given into the custody of the shore police. The wind being fair, the Captain gave orders to weigh anchor, but the crew refused unless another man was shipped in the place of Thomas. In this emergency he celled a con sultation with the Surgeon-Superintendent end officers, and it was determined to signalise the ships of war an the harbour. The Captain complains loudly, and seems to have just cause in so doing, against the conduct of the officers of the three men-of-war, lying in the har bour, in not giving him assistance after having made the following signals :—At daylight we hoisted the Ensign Union downwards forwards—a siral well known to be one of urgent distress, requiring imme diate assistance. No notice of any kind whatever was taken of this. We next hoisted No. 3 ; 240 of Merryat's signals, implying " Mutiny on board," a signal which, flying at the main, could not have escaped the notice of the flag officers, or the officers of the other ships of war, since it was distinctly perceived and made out on shore. At eight o'clock a.m., no assistance of any kind arriving, we fired a gun. At nine o'clock no sign of a boat or answering the signal, we fired another gun. At ton o'clock we fired a third gun, in tile hope of attracting the notice of the Admiral, but all to no purpose, although the signals were flying until noon. Signals as the captain said, had the fiercest mutiny existed on board of us—had the vessel been sinking with 250 souls on board—it would have been the same ; we could not have made signals of more urgent distress, even in those cases, and in them alike we should have received no assistance ftom the ships of war in harbour. A boat now arrived from the shore, and it became a question whether wo should apply to the Admiral or to the Civil authorities, and it was decided that, as we eat signalised the flag ship, it would, perhaps, be the proper course to go on board and explain the matter there. Being disappointed of any assistance from the:Admire], Mr. Curtis and the chief officer proceeded to shore, and a warrant was immediately granted by Edward Millet, Esq., for the apprehension of the crew. A strong party of armed police proceeded on board the Sea Queen, and arrested the men, taking them on sho :ruin custody. The men we tried at the police-office lire same day by Messrs. 'Holmes and Millet. Jamie) Thomas was sem , tenced to pay a fine of 51. or to be imprisoned for six weeks and kept to hard labour. The crew were sen tenced to be imprisoned fbr ten days, with hard labour, and forfeiture of any wages duo. The ship is under a penalty of 201. a day demurrage, beside the enormous expenses of victualling so largo a number df emigrants. PICCADILLY IMPROVICMENTS.—The Cornmissionerg of the Woods and Forests, on the meeting of Parliameat, in tend to apply for a Bill to carry into effect the long-projected improvements in the above street. Government, we under stand, has offered to pay the whole expense of widening. the street from the mansion, formerly the Marquis of Hertford's, where the road is only thirty-one feet wide, to rfamilten-place, taking the ground from the Green-park, and making the whole of a uniform with of seventy feet; and the parislAs of St. Mar tin and St. George are to keep it in repair. SINGULAR ASTRONOMICAL PTIENOIMENON. Mr. William Lassell, of Starfeld, in a letter to the editor of rho Liverpool Times, calls the attention of the astronomical readers of that journal, to a rare and beautiful exhibition of the planets which will in a few days adorn the, south-western eky. e states that, "on Saturday, the 13th mgt., all the planets of our system will be clubtcred together, and if the attitosphere iw clear, may be all seen with the naked eye, except the /Pro most distant, Saturn and the Georgium Sidus. The former of these will be a little too near the sun to allow its pale light to be dis cerned, and the latter under any circumstances requires a powerful telescope to recognise it di.itinctiv. ennsdrom surpassing brilliancy, will first appear, and may be easily vete sbortly after four o'clock, or about sunset, having an altitude of about 12 or 13 degrees. About seven degrees west of her, and at a lower altitude, Mercury will appear, Saturn being abtut 13 degrees west of Mercury, and too close to the horizon to be seen. About 12 degrees east of Venus will be the place of Jupiter, and 23 degrees cast of Jupiter, Mars will appear. About six degrees further to the east than Mars will be the place of the Georgium Sidus, which at sunset will have an alti tude of about 31 degrees. So that if an imaginary line Ito drawn in the sky about 65 degrees long, one end of which shall touch the sun when in the horizon, and the other end terminate eastward at an altitude of 31 degrees, the planets will all be situated nearly in that line, with the exception of Venus, which will be situated some two degrees south of it." . _ A printed notice to the following effect was paged yesterday at the Custom-house, and at the several docks, which is very important to merchants and persons having business at the Custom-house:—" The Beard of Customs having caused to be printed and published a compilation of the general orders and minutes, issued by them in the month of Septemr, which affects the importation and exportation of goods, and prescribe regulations for the conduct of those who have business to transact at the Custom-house, notice is hereby given, that copies of the same may be had upon application at the celiac tor's-office, and on payment of the sum of 4d. A similar work will be published monthly in future, and may be had at the before-mentioned office." The above order is in consequence of a recommendation of the Revenue Inquiry Commission. LICENSED VICTUALLERS AND THE MILITARY Au- Tiroarnas.—The four desperate and brutal ruffians of Ma rines, named Jackson, Kirby, Johnson, and Reid, who were committed for fourteen days for a savage attack upon Mr. Son nex, a licensed victualler and landlord of the Duke on Horse back public-house, High-street, as well as upon Sergeants Payne and Gladwell, 37 R, returned yesterday to the garrison from Maidstone, and as soon as they reached Woolwich they immediately went to Mr. Sonnex's house, where they made use of the most dreadful imprecations, and said they would have another turn with the landlord an d the b— polka Whets they mustered strong enough. Mr. Sonnex refined to serve them, and they left the house, but a short time afterwards Jackson returned and tried to knock up a fight, but could not do so. It is fully expected to-night that another outrage will be committed by them upon any one that indiscrimmatety comes in their way, especially the Royal Artillery ; they, hew ever, have taken the precaution not to go singly about, but in bodies, to repel their ruffianly assailants, should it be required. LONDON JOURNEYMEN BAKERS' PROVIDENT IN.. STITUTION.—On Tuesday evening a public meeting ache sub scribers to the above Institution was held at Mr. JAISlen, the Ooach and Horses, High Holborn, Mr. Dweinble in the chair, for the purpose of raising funds towards the erection of an asylum for the relief and reception of aged and infirm journey. men bakers and their widows and orphans. Mr. Crnickshanks, the secretary, read several letters from millers, muter bakers, &c., pledging themselves to support the proposed Asylum, and several resolutions favourable to the charity having been adopted, upwards of 160 millers, master bakers, &c., enrolled themselves members, after which thanks were voted to the Chairman, and the meeting adjourned. Why was Murphy in danger of being frozen to death on the 7th inst. ?—Because he was out 1,11 the coldest weather. • CONSUMPTION OF BREAD AND FLOUR IN 'ills METROPOLIS,—It is estimated that 30,000 sack* of ficur are consumed weekly in the metropolitan districts, the populatiosa of which, according to the last census, is 1,870,727; the con sumption of bread, allowing 51bs. weekly to each person, is 2,338,409 loaves, each weighing 41bs. ; and admitting that a sack of flour is manufactured into 93 of these loaves, it re- quires 25,144 sacks to yield a sufficient quantity of bread forge metropolis, leaving, 4,t , 56 sacks for puddings, biscuits, pastry, and ether manufactures. RAILWAY COMMUNICATION WITH IRELLND.--Yes terday Mr. G. C. Glyn, Chairman of the Directors of the London and Birmingham Railway Company, and Mr. Caeed, Secretary; Mr. R. H. Collett, 81.P.,11r. W. H. *owns, and Mr. Duff, Directors of the Chester and Holyhead Rail way ; :Mr. W. H. Moss, chairman of the Grand Junction' Railway; and some other gentlemen interested in railway companies, had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer and Sir George Clerk, at the official residence of the First Lord of the Treasury, in Downin street. The deputation was kheaded by Mr. Collett, M.P. Shortly after the members of the deputation had met, Sir Robert Peel and Sir James Graham joined the meeting. The object of the interview was to obtain the assistance cf Government in facilitating the communication between England and Ireland. The deputation entered into the details of their plan, the prin cipal point of which was the continuation of the railway line from Chester to Holyhead, by which means the johrney be tween the two capitals would be diminished by some hours. Sir R. Peel listened with great interest to all that was urged by the deputation, and manifested the most perfect acquaintance with the subject. No decision was come to, but the deputation left highly satisfied with the reception they bad met. TILE HERRING FISIIRRY.—This week the Mid Quay has been the scene of unusettl bustle and activity, by the arrival of a number of vessels from the Kyles of Bate, loaded with fresh herrings. It appears that the fishing has been 80 productive that the fishermen have been glad to find purchasers on the ground at lad. per 120. Yesterday the bernngs there were selling at Is. 4d., and retailing at six ape . nny. The cheap ness of herrings and potatoes is a great blessing to the poor.-- Greenock Advertiser. just held, taot:tse hatcher E the r e i E ui A a stall unwholesome mutton for silo, and sentenced to two i—ndAiettedpfo°rneeasffetfirirng sessions , u hi Recorder, on passing se ntence, stated that i f any one else - Wes morels? imprisonment a nd a fine of Si. to the Creivn. The tberenfter convicted before him for the same offence, be should award a more severe punishment. It is to he hoped that the example new made will be a warning to butchers against palm ing off bad meat on the public. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY El ENING, JANUATC? 11, 1844. s 1 1 --- 4,69 - 4 t t :7..(i.?:' , .: i t s tf : 4 :: 1-41 ' 10 ,