The Sun. — London, England, 1839-12-25 00:00:00

; '-: * omestie feuds skould be forgotten. To-day, the broken Lamle should bz, made whole again, and the strangers of y..ars become again of the household. " Old Familiar iir,ould again gather about the hearth, and all that I..arsla2r thoughts of a hasher time be of things un- erriembercd. If men so celebrate tlie clay, they sacrifice t sri it. in the purcst spirit of its purpoge,—if otherwise, if i wth outside mi r th, they suffer an ancient grudge to ' rankle in their beams, —like hoi!v on a pi ison wad, their festive looks aro but a mockery of guilt and wretched ness within. They keep Christmas ; but it is a Christmas . - to the spirit of malevoience, and not to that divinest source of all mercy and all goodness. On this day, there are few so poor, so wretched, that they may not as ist their fellows. Some mark, some token of gym-- puthy and common-love may be exchanged by all men ; aod they who mike such communion, though in ooveirty arid suffering, keep a Christmas, not to pass aw but to abound with future blessings. We be:,; n rsportively, and have become, let it not be glowing, but serious ; a seriousness we trust, the .:atural re,qift of a consideration of the purpose of this ,'ay. It is said, and truly, that as civilisation advances, a -- :spitality withers. Thousands are not, as in the olden day, dependent on the bounty of a few : the necessaries aad comforts of life arc more equally, more generally :,?read. Hence, the, Chr;'st►nas of the nineteenth cen tAry has not the roystering attributes and characteristics fi he sixteenth. There are, however, nobler things be considered for the many than ale and brawn ; -,tztiely, the exercise of a loftier sympathy, an attention Co :ite higher and dearer wants of our fellmi men _to 6 -, .lrk and pre-eminently distinguish this our boasted age. 7 F they, who govern their fellow-creatures, keep Christ :s in this spirit, they—but no, we forswore even the Inost distant approach to politics, and we will keep our cord. In all the cordiality and truthfulness of the old, tiuti-hallowed wish, we pray for our readers " A Merry ristmas and a Happy New Year." L fROU THE EVENING PAPERS OF YETRERDAY. (From the Globe.) '.. The Herald seems so have opened its columns to I . f het pompous inanity and high-sounding nonsense about e ,astern affairs which disappointed cunning and baffled totrigue have been endeavouring for some time past, thremagh various channels, to palm upon the public ; but we sust;ect that the Herald will soon follow the ex ample of the Times and Post, an,l, growing ashamed of the trash which is stuffed into its pages (wi say pages, for this rigmarole cannot be measured by columns), it will leave the outpourings of itinerant leaenomania to be bestowed upon admiring Chambers of i, Ceireerce : or upon select meetings of Chartists. The f prese in object of these choice effusions is to assert (we et ; not say prove, because this writer does not condescend to deel as preeo that Russia is circumventing the Whig G s veretueet, and that none but a Tory ' !Goverement cal eiwk the ambition and stop the egeratidisemeot .sf Russia, Now, with respect to this circumvention 'f the Whig Govern ment—if, as the Herald implies, the circumvention wh R eicus,ia is practising upon England consists in CA,liipi)ing• with tie wishes of England, we must COP , taiiily admit that Russia never so circumvented a Tory l ie eetennient ; and it is probable that if a Tory Adminis tration were to come in to-morrow, it would be perfectly free from circumvention of this sort from the govern ment of Russia. Bat as to the assertion that a Tory government, if unable to obtain the good will of Russia, I would at least act upon her fears, we must take leave to I say that an assertion more dir ectl y at variance ' I vith historical fact never was made : for, let it be l eenetiebered—and we shall take care to repeat the I remark is often as we hear the assertion see it was ti.rougis the apathy or the timidity of a "-rosy Gevernnuent tic it Russia was allowed in 189.8 e ml 1829 to subdue Turkey, and to dictate to the Sul tan the Treat of Adriaeople—a t reaty which gave to Russia the mouths of the Danube, and the whole of the easteeet coast of the Black Sea. So much for Tory eigotes, Tory watchfulness, 'Tory foresight, and Tory sa g acity ! We strongly advise the Herald, un less he b e a Chartist in disguis e, to dr o p this subject ; I but it he insist upon instituting a cemparison between the foreign policy of the Tories and that of the Whigs, of • will cheerfully meet iim in that arena, and we pledge otneelves to make him bite the dust. (From the Stolard.) 'l'..:e Whig-s who, conseious that theft' stock of joy,liiy is very limited, reserve it, like a pool' mac Seneey coat, for public use only, are just now circa ,.:tie r a story the reverse of respectful to the Queen. :f if ,ivlre not necessary to allude to the fable for the purpose of contradicting what may operate in juriously in many quarters, we should leave it in le, hands of its authors and original promulgators, :eel as it is we touch the matter with extreme i te;uctance. The tale is briefly as follows. The Queen, it is said, upon being consulted by Lord Melbourne as wilat her Majesty considered as a suitable pecuniary . : ,,nvir,, 4 o(l for her future husband, named 100,0001. per • I, , tiuni, ,(.0,11 Melbourne, we are told, represented this ;um as greater than he - could hope to obtain from the House of Corninens in its present temper, and suggested ` t s , a maximum 60,006 V. Upon this her Majesty ex i e- lied her dissatisfaetice: very strongly (we will not teeew the Whig e x a mple Id u: scribing particulars), and .id something which led to a proposition from the Pre !r to consult the Duke of Wellings:on. The legend ~ tetis to tell that the Duke of %V e.llington upon in k ;consulted, named 30,000/. a year as qu,: i .e enoug,b. ;V,. suspect the story to be from first to last a specimen A 71 - ie " enormous lying," as wholesale manufacturers i ; ,,f which the Whigs have long since advertised them- tives. Be this, however, as it may, no one can atonht that the part of it which respects the Duke of Vii,,4llington must be utterly untrue. Whether his Graeae was ever consulted in the manner de scribed, is, aig we have said, at the least doubtful but that, if so consulted. his Grace would not give the answer ascriiiAd to him, or indeed any specific answer, there can he no doubt whatever. His Grace would certainly not descend to the service of an occasional Minister, 10 accommodate Lord Melbourne's difficulties with his itt;yal mistress. The question of Prince Albert's pecunary- provision is one which we believe has not engaged the thoughts of many Conservatives. They will leave ,it to be settled by precedents, or, if precedents exa,:tly in point cannot be found, by analogy. 4 V h en Lord Melbourne shall have adjusted- the mat ter with Mr. Joseph Hume and his Loi . 4- ship's other habitual supporters, upon those principles of economy and retrenchment which constituted his Lordship's chief claim to public support at the last and preceding general elections (how asserted in practice the public knows)—when his Lordship shall have adjusted the matter with Mr. Joseph Hume and company, it will be then time enough for the Conserva tives to interpose. For ourselves we shall withhold any hint of an opinion one way or the other until we see the terms upon which Lord Melbourne and Mr. Hurne shall coma to an agreement. (From the Courier.) Sonic* worthy people about Asiiton•under-Line and 11,0 neigh,...ourhood have, we are told, taken the trouble to :;ine togeLLter, in the " very room," too, which, it is coaspieuousiy a.nio.nneed, was the theatre of the " Lac Tory treason." T. this newly-discovered process of T ,,:,;ation there can be no possible objection, and the honored host irinelt will doubtless agree that cry best of all specifies against the malaria with his rooms may be Imre : vitiated by " Tory trees r‘4,," or Tory loyalty, somewhat e:evated perhaps by good as t h e case may b e , trill b e ,found in the fumes of sT,,iking- dinner table, and the cop ,:ous after ablutions whi o m. ,1 Radicals. Nor i•lariz and Champagne, by wohH lie be disposed to repine at the oft -repeated coup red cont-e coup of gatherings, so politich.llY convivial, ; , 1 of which be would say the -" bane and .at: We are both before you," to on e party as !'• e other. On the prosent occasion the out sensibikies of Ministerial hangers-on, were soothed with words of flattering unction, a Tory treason against her Majesty's AlinistNrs, '•:-11 in th,sa times of reform and revJlution is con into nothing less th-'n high treason against Ma ;4-!1; v itself, was liberally drowned in sparkling wine, stumps of wilse•inspired eloquence, whose vitupe ratty,: thunders in " one cheer more" ought to affright &I-I:rounding. Toryism out of its " propriety." This tve display of Ministerial loyalty seems, however, ocr misnamed as of the people of Ashton-under-Line, among the names of those assembled as promi given, so few are those of real Ashton folk, and At of proportion those of well-known party lame, "rat or vicinal. that with equal truth it might be Al as much a Carlow as an Ashton carousal. A ''...'• Lr Pi 4 Al - ---- Th -----.--- --- - - - -LORNING tiiiitALD" AND THE MAN cuEsTER AN TI -CORN-LAW MEETING.—This Vella ! ratde print vents its impotent rage and impudent fabri ' cations on the late decisive manifestation here on the subject of the ) Corn -law by asserting that " the , rooei was adroitly packed ," whereas, as we have al fready shown, the only persons in it, previous to throwing open the doors to the public en masse were the reporters and three Anti-Corn-law To ries. The Herald then babbles in the following r-shion, in reference to the declaration of the first resolution, that the free interch ange of the commo i , ditics of different countries is a ri g h t recognised by th e Creator himself :—" It is really disgusting to so ) the tenet, to hear men who thilek no more ef the waste of human fife in their service, than they do qf the W ear an d tear (VI machine (and not so much, for th e wear and tear of the machine costs them something), pl eal for ( filthy lucye under the mask of a concern for reli g i on, end presuoptuously enrol the Creator Ji!msell on th e i r I side, in at least a questionable attempt to enrich them- I saves at the expense of their neighbours." Reasoning I with th e Herul d is out of the question ; its inility is reason-proof; bet, if we did not think it also lost to ell sense of decency, we would demand to know who are the men against whom it makes the siinderous 1 4 charge ,Ae iisve above marked in Italics. We know of tioTlcsii:li. The herald bears rnlse witness against its n ,, ,;yibou, s —.Manchester Guardian. I; OUBTFCIL.-It is said a chiid fell from the top o f :i btory house in Boston on to the hard pave inent, and Was not the least injured ; not a bone was iir „k, iior a bruise visible. MONEY MARI4ET and CITY NEWS TUESDAY EVENING.) TIMES.— Considering the time of the year, there was a fair amount of business to-day in the foreign ex changes. The price of paper on Amsterdam at three months has risen from 12 3 to 4 last post, to 12 34 to . On Paris the supply of bills appeared equal to the de niand, and, should any large quantity of draughts arise, as is looked for, by the British Queen steam-packet from New York, a rise is expected. On Hamburg not many bills were offering generally ; the rate about the same as last post. . _ By the usual official return published by the Customs, the exportation of the precious metals from the port of Loudon to foreign and colonial ports fur the week ending the 19th of December is as under : Ounces. Silver coin to Granada 2,480 - Jamaica - Canton ............... 295,805 Mauritius Bars to Calcutta In the Malta papers to the latter end of November some complaints are stated of the Maltese masters of merchantmen of the operation of that law of the mother country by which it is required that three-fourths of the crew of British vessels shall be composed of British subjects. It was alleged that under this law they were prevented from employing foreign sailors, at the same time that it was impossible to procure a sufficiency of native hands. It is, however, stated, on the contrary. that no such deficiency of native hands existed, and that the reason why foreigners would be preferred was the fact that they could be procured at less wages, and so their vessels be sailed at a cheaper rate. There was or course, little disposition to concur in the justice of the complaints, therefore, as tit is observed that the wages of British seamen, whether on board men-of war or merchant craft, were too low already, and much lower than those of seamen in American vessels. The rates of wages among the lonian and Greek population of the Mediterranean are understood to be extremely low. According to advices from Alexandria of the latter end of November, nothing had been definitely decided on in reference to the free export of corn, which was to be conceded by the Government. Country proprietors were, however, to be allowed to export or sell for ex portation, subject to such a rate of duty as might sub sequently be fixed upon in order to regulate the price by that of the 450,000 ardebs held by the Government for sale on its own account, and for which more than 70 piasters had been refused. The export of gray peas was, however, permitted on payment of a duty of 20 piasters per ardeb, and of 15 piasters for barley. The markets and the country are represented to be over charged with stocks of corn of all kinds, which it was believed to be the policy of the Government to reduce to the lowest price, by withholding leave for a free trade, and then profit by the distress of the holders by purchasing on its own . terins . for resale at an enormous advance of price. Much having been said respecting the certificates given by Captain Elliot to the British merchants for their indemnity from the Government for the value of the opium delivered up, we add the following form of them, remitted with others to a mercantile house in London, to claim the sum named therein : " No. " Macao, June, 1839. " I, Charles Elliot, Superintendent of the trade of Bri tish subjects in China, hereby certify that the opium sub scribed below formed part of the quantity surrendered by - for the service of her Majesty's Government, in terms of my public notice of the 27th of March, 1839, and for which surrender they have been furnished with my general recd;pt and certificate for recovery of indemnity. In wit ness whereof I have granted three separate documents, all of this tenour and date. _ _ chests Patna. do. Benares. it do. Maiwa. 41 do. Turkey. chests. " CHARLES ELLIOT " Chief Superintendent of the Trade of British Subjects in China." POST.—There was no disposition to take bills to any extent. Indeed, there is never much business doing in any way so immediately on the eve of the Christmas ;,91idays. The quotations are in the meanwhile a trifle bettei. The coupons on the Dutch Bonds will now be shortly cut off, and made to answer the purpose of remittances. This cannot but have a favourable influ ence on the rates on Holland. A statement has been made in the American cor respondence of a Morning Paper to the prejudice of one of our leading commercial houses in connection with the United States Bank. We never thought very highly of the productions of the " Genevese Traveller," whoever that wise and solemn personage may be ; and, with regard to his attack on the emi nent firm in question, we are quite sure that as it is an attack which is, upon the face of ic, clearly unfounded, so is it also one that ought never to have been ventured upon. It is not only not likely, but more, it is not within the compass of possibility, that a house which was in treaty for the agency of the United States Bank, and which was affording to its temporary representative here all the assistaage in its power, as well by the advance of monies to a largo Amount as in eve ,T other practicable shape, could be doing Anything calcula,:ed to injure its reputation. ¶ l va are afraid the Geneveso Traveller" is much more disposed to pick up, and to give currency to, the " whisperings" of ma lignant people who have a sioistor purpose to answer, than to put his employers in posst.,sloa of such intelli gence ;as might prove of .public utility', an do credit both to himself and those whose interests it id 114 V to serve. _ _ We do not profess to have had any communication with the party assailed, nor have we ; but we know enough of their good feeling towards the United States Bank and Mr. Jaudon to be able to state with the most perfect confidence this much in their defence. The well-known honour and the well-established re spectability of the firm may be thought to render a single word from us in reply to the calumnies of the " Ge nevese Traveller," or any other" traveller," wholly need less ; anti doubtless it is so. We could not, however, suffer a matter of this nature to pass over entirely with out observation. . _ _ Up to a late hour no account had been received of the Britiih Queen. The following New York sailing ,ekets may be expected to be heard of by every post: 1 , - Cambridge to Liverpool, the Ontario to Ports mouth, b 0 ,:21 leaving no the Ist inst. ; and the Indepen dence, a l so to Liverpool. This vessel was to leave New York on the 7th inst. _ - CHRONICLE.—The English Stock Market has again been without any feature whatever, be closing price of Consols being the same as yesterday. fr;:'-'o)e -quer Bills, however, are Is. lower. The British OL.:"en, sow so much over-due, occasions increased anxiety amongst those connected with the United States. To morrow it is fully expected that one or more of the sailing-packets will have arrived, when we may have accounts at any rate of the Ist instant, and not impro bably those of the ith may come to hand. The resolutions of a public meeting of Colombian Bondholders, held at the London Tavern on the 13th instant, in which a censure was passed on Messrs. Reid, Irving, and Co., for having, in their capacity as agents for the Government of Venezuela, ten dered to the bondholders terms of settlement of an insufficient nature, have led to a correspondence, published in the Morning Chronicle, between the above-named firm and G. R. Robinson, Esq., the Chairman of the said public meeting. We fully approve of the rejection of the proposals made to the bondholders, as being altogether of a paltry character, and because they contain no provision for an increase of the dividends in the event of an improvement taking place in the financial concerns of the Republic of Vene zuela ; but we confess it does appear to us that the meeting, went rather too far ; for in passing a vote of censure upon the agents who made the proposals, gessrs. Reid, Irving, and Co., state that their situation in the matter is " strictly and purely ministerial ;" and it is certainly going great lengths to make them responsible for any unfairness which the bondholders may consider they have suffered in con sequence. It is true, however, that they did express an opinion upon the subject in reference to the pre sent means of Venezuela, to the effect that the pre sent state of the revenue of Venezuela does not admit of their offering a larger money payment than they have done. In that respect they may have formed an erro neous opinion ; and we think they would have acted more in unison with the strictly ministerial character which they assume, if they had abstained from giving such an opinion ; but we do not see that they have com mitted themselves so far in that respect as to justify the meeting passing a vote of censure on their conduct. If such a system were admitted as a precedent, it might be attended with most inconvenient results. The pro posals in question, practically speaking, are neither more nor less than those ot An attempt at composi tion of a company of . insolvents their creditors, communicated through the medium of at , agent-- a very common method of arrangement. When the creditors come to consider the terms, they reject them. Nothing is more common than this in cases of insolvency ; but there is no instance in which the agent making the proposals has been censured in consequence, where he has strictly confined himself to a discharge of the instructions he has received from his employers, in which there is nothing personally disrepu table. It frequently happens that firms of the first re spectability propose much worse terms to creditrs than thos e held out to the Colombian bondholders, o bad as they arc ; but they have never been held responsible to the extent which the Colombian creditors wish to fasten on the agents of Venezuela. The real blame rests upon parties who originally lent their money to mushroom re publics, induced by the high rate of interest which the investment promised, but which time and reality have proved to have been the fabrications of financial empi rics, by whose artifices John Bull seems to suffer from periodical fits of susceptibility. The money which he squan d ered i n loans to the I South American and other foreign States was immense. We trust that our countrynwe have had their eyes opened, and that they will in future see the propriety of employing their surplus capital more considerately. In the case now under consideration, Messrs. Reid, Irving, and Co., exhibit rather an uncalled for anxiety prevent their countrymen from being further misled by " unfounded expectations" of future payment. If they had adhered to their purely ministerial position, they had no business to inquire whether the instructions in their possession warranted the existing price of the bonds or not ; and if, from a desire to put a stop to an a unfounded speculation,'' they made known the nature of the proposals to the public prematurely, we should apprehend thm. the State of Venezuela would have a much better right to find fault than the creditors of that Republic. HERALD.—The non•arrival of the British Queen steamship up to the moment we are writing has very materially increased the apprehensions which were pre viously entertained, that some accident has happened, by which her arrival to her port of destination has been so long delayed. Insurances have been effected at Lloyd's Coffee-house to-day on second parcels of goods shipped on board of the British Queen, at 4 to 5 per cent., and should her arrival be much longer delayed, no doubt the rates will be increased to 15, or even 20 per cent. The accounts from the manufacturing districts re ceived to-day are of a most unfavourable character. The rumours circulated that several large orders had been received in Lancashire, for goods for the markets of India, have not been confirmed. The manufacturers in the provinces, as well as the merchants of the city, are awaiting the receipt of the letters by the British Queen with the utmost anxiety, in the expectation that they may contain orders for goods suitable to the mar kets on the other side of the Atlantic. The committee of the Colombian Bondholders assem bled at their office, this afternoon, to consider what terms they should suggest to the commissioners of New Gre nada, Venezuela, and the Equador, on behalf of the par ties they represent, as a compromise for the claims they have for the loans advanced to the state of Colombia. The proceedings of the committee being merely prelimi nary, we are not enabled to state the result of their deli berations. In fact, whatever course the committee, as a body, may feel disposed to adopt, must be submitted to a general meeting of the bondholders for their approval before any proposition can be sent in to the representa tives of Venezuela, New Granada, or the Equador, now in this country. The value of Colombian Bonds has been reduced to-day to 24 ; but the last prices were 24,34. Mexican Stock closed at 28i, and Dutch Two and-a-Half per Cents at 52 a . Spanish Bonds rallied this afternoon from 241 to 25i, but without any appa• rent cause beyond the operations of the speculators, who are anxious for a rise. The report that the Govern ment of Spain is about making arrangements to pay the dividends on its foreign debt, currently circulated in many quarters to-day, is wholly unworthy of public credit, Several of the Joint-Stock Bank Shares were in re quest this afternoon, but prices did not rally. The Railway Shares looked more firm. SUN.—Up to this hour we have not received any tidings of the British Queen steam-packet from New York. The apprehensions that some accident has hap poled to her are almost hourly becoming more general. The Foreign Exchanges were rather higher this af ternoon. The closing rates were the following :—On Paris 25f. 60c. to 25f. 621 c. ; on Amsterdam 12 31 to 12 31 ; on Hamburg 13 91- ;on Frankfort 150 f ; and on Antwerp 12 34. The Funds closed heavily. Consols for the opening at 91i to 92 ; Exchequer Bills at 6s. to 4s. discount ; and India Bonds at 7s. discount. Bank Stock, how ever, kept up to 178, and the 14:duced Three-and a- Half per Cents. rallied to 98i. The Foreign Securities were rather better this after noon, but there was little business done. Nothing posi tive transpired relative to the measures which the Com mittee of Colombian Bondholders intend recommending to the body at large. The Stock thisafternoon was at 24k to i , Spanish Actives rose to 25, and Portuguese New Five per Cents, to 33i. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. did not rally, leaving off at 52i, and the Five per Cents. only improved from 97 to 98. The Shares were steady. The Brighton at 15 dis count, the Birmingham at 52 prem., and the South ampton at f discount. ELECTION OF COMMON COUN- CILMEN. State of the Polls at the final close :—(Tuesday.) CORDWAINERS' WARD. Heath, Deputy, 48 ; Williams, 36 ; Croucher, 46 ; Lott, 44 ; Joyce, 44 ; Mundell, 44 ; Jones, 42 ! #Joliff, 42 ; Culverwell. TOWER WARD. Fennls, Deputy ; Drinkald, Edwards, Robinson, Briggs, Maitland, Se!son, Redhead, Oakley, Brain, Young, Goodridge. QUEENHITISE WARD. Hooper, Deputy ; Howell, Curtiss, Acocks, GM, Kinnard. CRIPPLEGATE WARD (INITHouTI. Atkinson, Jones, Bayliss, Gilbert, El rid, Dixon, Gibbs, Sadler. WALBROOK WARD. Richardson, Deputy ; Hale, Williams, Watkins, Wire, Amos, Dawson, Condor. VINTRY WARD. Whitby, Elmes, White, Green, King, Inale, Marsden, Lepard, Sprague. CHEAP WARD. Brooks, Deputy ; Penning, Jones, Ganthony, Hick eon, Phillips, Watson, Hardwicke, Newton, May, Oli ver, Dual. COLEMAN-STREET WARD. Allan, 6,7,uty f Hunter, Hale, Hall, Davies, John ston. XILLINGSd.'YTE WARD. Curling, Deputy ; Francis, C.:4 4 .!‘i; Sir James Duke, Old, Hossack, Bower, Knit!, Johnston, Patel. ALDERSGATE WARD. Godson, 134 ; Wood, 133 ; Rolls, 129; Lorkin, 127: Norris, 124 ; Stacy, 108 ; Burton, 108 ; Mot tram. 107 ; De Jersey, 99.—The first eight were de clared duly ejected. ALDGATE WARD. Messrs. Green, 146 ; Lake. 133 ; Wheeler, 111 ; Jackson, 99 ; Pritchard, 98 ; Fisher, 94 ; Massey, 92 ; Simpson, 88 ; Whiteside, 85 ; Salter, 80. The first six were declared duly elected. The Liberal gain in this ward has been considerable. For merly all six members were Conseratives, at the last election five Conservatives, and one Liberal were re turned, while on the present occasion there have been returned three Liberals and three Conservatives. BISHOPSGATE WARD. State of the Poll at the final close : Messrs. Stevens, 313 ; Peacock, 303 ; Bennett, 289 ; Pitcher, 2i9 ; Jones, 277 ; Tagg, 273 ; Barker, 273 ; IN deli, 274 ; Pay, 271 ; Thomas, 269 ; Gibson, 263 ; Wilkinson, 2.;9 : Cur, 239 ; Patten, 225 ; Rodgers, 183. The first fourteen were dilly elected. In this ward Mr. Wilkinson, a new candidate, and a Liberal, has been elected in the room of Mr. Rodgers, A Con servative. BROAD-STRFET WARD. State of the Poll at the final close : Messrs. Corney, 96 ; Jupp, 88 ; Moon ; 86 ; Mus grove, 85 ; Deshons, 84 ; French, 80 ; Heppe!, 78 ; White, 77 ; Gadsden, 67 ; Warton, 63 ; Cumming, 43. The first ten were declared duly elected Mr. Cumming was a new candidate. CRIPPLEGATE WITHIN. iloole, 101 ; Brown, 97 ; Jacques, 94 ; Beeton, 95 ; Lart, ; Wilson, R. L., 89 ; Brass, 86 ; Smith, 8•. ; Wilson, E., 69 ; Sutton, 45. LANGBOURNE. Collinson, 91 ; Snelling, 94 ; Frodsham, 87 ; Mor rison, 83 ; *Howard, 72 ; Adamson, 88; Unwin, 80 ; Stubbing, 91 ; Dixon, 91 ; *Sully, 80 ; Gude, 31 ; Nicholson, 7 ; Smith, 7 ; Hall, 11. WARD OY DASSISHAW. Frisby, 58 ; Britten, 51 ; James, 51 ; *Lister, 50 ; 'Ferrell, 28 ; *Buckler, 23. WARD OF FARRINGDON WITHOUT. Bedford, 394 ; Taylor, 394 ; Blacket (Deputy), 3480 ; Obbard, 378 ; Burn, 347 ; Beckwith, 338 ; Gal loway, 332 ; Andetton, 334 ; Price, 337 ; Figgins, 339 ; Edkins, 338 ; Ranishaw (Deputy), 317 ; Savage, 387 ; Marriott, 311 ; Charles, 308 ; *Wells, 303 ; Woollatt, 287. Mr. Deputy BLACKETT then stood forth and said, that as on former occasions he we; deputed by several of his friends and old colleagues to return thanks for them. Mr. WELLS was much applauded, and said he felt more grateful than proud for the honour which they had conferred. Mr. WOOLLATT (the defeated candidate) then briefly addressed the wardmote. Several resolutions were afterwards put, some of which were negatived by an amendment. It was the wish of one party to apply to Government to reform the Corporation. This proposition was warmly combated by the other party. Al;:er a good deal of desultory talk, F;ir. Deputy BLAKFTT moved, and Mr. WELLS (the new member) seconded a vote of thanks to Mr. Alder. man , Hartner fo r hi s i m p ar ti a l con d uc t i n th e Ch a i r . Carried by acclamation, and the members having been sworn, the wardmote was dissolved, # New members. LORD SEATON AND THE WESLEYANS.— Lieutenant-General Lord Se a t on was recen tly wa it e d upon by . a deputation of W es l eyans, cons i st i ng o f emi nent ministers and lay members, who thanked his Lord ship for the valuable assi s t ance which he furnished to the Society's m issionaries in Canada, and congratulated him on his elvation to the Peerag e . The Marquis and Marchi oness of Winchester egrliigaraulet have returned to Cavendish sacinudarLe,a(firy C b omto . Lord N\lllshire, his Lordship's eldest son, has left town icr 1 ii.e I.,ontinp ut . WEsT INDIES. We have received files of :Jamaica: and Barba does journals ; the former to the 21st of November inclusive. The St. Jago Gazette states that, with the exception of two trifling incidents, the business of the Legislature " is now conducted with in dustry and good feeling, mixed up with an ardent desire of a reconciliation of all former party differ ences." "We have no doubt," continues the Ga zette, "that their labours will close with honour to themselves, benefit to the Island, and satisfaction to the Government. They have indeed done more real good to their country by a few days of earnest attention to business than would be produced in as many months, by a fastidious stickling against imaginary innovations. Indeed, to do justice to the honourable members they have evinced a greater degree of forbearance at the new Bill sent down to them, than we were inclined to give them credit for. They have received it, and calmly put it to lie upon the table, where we hope they will let it rest in peace." This is exceedingly satisfac tory. The whole of the miscellaneous intelligence brought by these journals will be found in the sub joined extracts : - Official Return of the Staple Exports of the Island of Jamaica, for the last two years made up to the 10th day of October in each year :- 1838 63,028 hhds. 9,245 trs. 3,376 barrels Sugar 1839 44,893 ... 6,175 ... 1,866 ... do. Deficit 18,335 3,070 1,510 1838 24,674 Om. 1,070111:1s. 684 casks Rum. 1839 15,548 ... 905 do. 288 do. do. mr.......m... 5......... .......• Deficit.— 9,826 165 396 1838 13,551,79 5 barrels of Coffee. 1839 8,897,4 21 do. do. Deficit 4,654,97 4 do. do. 1838 148 casks 23,350 bags Pimento. 1839 184 do. 31,497 do. do. Excess 26 9,147 1838 4 584 casks 2,297 bags of Ginger. 1839 3,042 do. 1,125 do. do. Deficit... 1,512 1,062 SEVERAL LIVES LOST, AND GREAT DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY. (From the Cornwall Chronicle.) .. . . On Thursday afternoon, about four o'clo'ck. the town and its vicinity was visited by a heavy rain, which seemed to have gained collective force in proportion to its duration. Unlike the flood of 1833, in the same month, this effected greater destruction in a shorter period, and, we are sorry to add, with the loss of human life also. The rain continued till nearly seven o'clock, and, before this time, in the phraseology peculiar to the inhabitants, both the "gullies were down." Under such circumstances, the danger is inevitable, particulary at the North Creek, where there is a clumsy strong-built bridge, which from the smallness of the arch and the strength of the building is better calculated as a dam to inundate the town, and destroy poor people's proper ties, than for the purpose it had been intended to serve. At the period we have mentioned, the scene of distress was almost indescribable from the centre of the public square, north and south. We heard the roar of the waters, which had flowed to a distance of nearly 100 yards into each end of the main -street, persons were seen wading through where they were not too deep, with lights gleaming in various directions, cries of alarm, lamentations, and wailings were frequent, and a wild despair marked the countenances of the poor suf ferers, many of whom had their beds and furniture, and provisions entirely destroyed, and had little hope of passing in repose the remainder of the night. A woman named Lizzy, formerly an apprentice to Mr. Lawrence Hill, in attempting to reach her mis tress's house to afford her assistance, was swept out to sea, and unfortunately drowned. Another female named Elizabeth Bacchus, in at tempting to cross the bridge to seek her child, was also carried away, and drowned. Both bodies were found next day in the harbour by boats engaged in saving the wreck of property coating about. MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT.—Captain Robert Young, of the brig Udney Castle, drowned himself, on Friday night about nine o'clock, at Old Harbour. Whilst walk ing the quarter-deck with Mr. Turnbull, the chief mate had his attention taken off for some few minutes, during which time the captain took the opportunity of jumping overboard. The mate turning suddenly round, just saw his hands leave the side of the vessel—he immediately . jumped into the boat lying alongside the vessel, and after a few seconds, the captain rose to the surface, and ut tered a loud shriek. The mate immediately put out an oar for him to grasp, but life appeared too far gone, and he sunk to rise no more. Drags were immediately procured, and after searching all night in vain, the body had not been found. His loss will he deeply lamented by a numerous circle of friends.—Despalch (Jamaica), We regret to learn from the Kingston Papers, that a disturbance of a very serious nature had taken place in the Republic of Hayti. The Morning Journal says, that the disturbance ori g inated in consequence o f a demand made of President Boyer, by ten Members of the House of Representatives, to account to the nation for the expenditure of the revenue. It is said that the President refused to comply with this demand, and ejected from the Legislature the Members who made and supported the proposition. These proceedings, it is further stated, excited considerable sensation among the people, so much so, that the President found it necessary to march four additional regiments into the town of Port-au-Prince, to ensure the public peace. The same paper mentions that the Dee steamer left Port Royal on Tuesday morning, the 22d inst., for Port-au-Prinoe, "to afford protection to British sub jects at that place, should any occurrence render it ne cessary."—Falinouth Post (Jamaica). We feel much pleasure in informing our readers, that his Excellency Sir Charles Metcalfe had, a few days ago, prevented, in the kindest manner, the Roman Ca tholic Committee of §panigh T own w ith th e lib era l d o . ~,,;;on of 501, towards the eFeetion of a Itontan Catholie His Excellency received t h e d e - 1 p C u h t a a p ti e o l n in Coa! town. composed of "..:!essrs. Grant, Leeson, Baines, and M‘lfahon, with the greatest courtesy and conde scension ; and upon further. inquiry into the religious wants of that class of the pops latinn in the metropolis, he further subscribed his name to an an ll l-10 SFqnt of ten pounds towards the support of a pastor. ouch acts of unbounded munificence need no aOMMent,--Pc41414 (Jamaica). An awful concussion between two vessels lately took place during the hazy weather off Oldborough. One named the Gle naldale, from London to St. David's, New Brunswick, was thrown on her beam-ends, and all hope of her righting having gone, her crew, consisting of 17 hands, took refuge in the other vessel, the Cyrus, a Prussian vessel, bound to Memel, and which fortunately escaped with only the loss of a bowsprit. The disabled vessel was opeated to go to pieces on the sands. VIOLENT flOkiltlCOM 4T PERIWO4.—The Hamilton Bermudian, of the 14th, gives the details of a most vio lent hurricane, which visited the Bermuda Islands on the 11 th, doing great damage to the houses of the towns Hamilton and Saint George's, and destroying large num bers of cedar trees in every part of the island. The gale was accompanied with most violent torrents of rain, and the (gusts of wind posed the waves of the (moan to cast showers of sea water far over the land, sp that MAPS' pf the tanks of dri nking wa t er t h roug h out the country era iirackish, and various kinds of fish wore fuund on land inindods pf yards from the shore. Considerable damage teas dnrgt to smaller vessels be longing to the islands. The NCIJOUfiff g4W4rd 7 of St. John's, N. D., was driven ashore, and half filled with water. " The schooner William, Nelmg, cast ashore, and damaged. The British barque Sir Colin rampbell, was driven ashore totally wrecked. We are happy to flod that not a einglc human life was lost." Arcriouw.—'rho earthquake on the morning of the 21st ult. was felt at this island. The Register notices it as "of considerable duration," and °octal - in - " be tween the hours of twelve and one. The motion wag not violent, but sutiicient to awaken any one out of deep sleep." LATEST FROM SOUTH AMERICA FALMOUTH, Die 23. This day has brought several packet arrivals—viz., the Seagull, Lieutenant Parsons, from the Brazils, the Nlutine, Lieutenant Pawle, and the Penguin, Lieutenant Luce, both from the West Indies. The Seagull left Rio on the IGth ult., and has conic home direct ; there logs of the Le g i s l a ti ve A ssem bly having solely occupied politically fresh at that city, the proceed . public n othi n attention. Aft er a second prorogation , the Ses sion finally closed on th e I s t of November with the g fol lowing speech, delivered by the Regent : f‘ August and most worthy Gentlemen, " Representatives of the Nation, " The health of his Majesty the Emperor and of his august sisters have not been interrupted. " Our friendly relations with Foreign Powers remain ' without alteration ; but I regret that I am not able to cmomunicate to you that our territory in Oydpock is disoccupied. •• In the greater part of the provinces the greatest de de;'ntion to our political institutions, and the strongest a tt a chment to the person of the Emperor Do n Pe dro 11., and to his august f arn iiy co ntinue to be manifested ; at the same time I a m una bi e CU LOMMillrliCate to you th at the civil war, which d eso l a t es some of our pravinfe§ ; has ak alse4, vn " AekoGwie;.l,ging the extent to which you have aided for them in the name of the Emperor.4l.-- it is neces sary that the indi s p ensa bl e l aw o f the budget be paosed in due supplies IN . the public service, I thank you voting de em i t necessar y t o a nticipate the period of . your 14.,;:t re -assemblin g . I reckon upon your patri onsui, on the day thai, rna‘ , I . )e announced to you. The session is closed, meby time,oti " PEDRO DE ARANJO The intelligetieefrom the several pvinees of -.:;; ~ ' empire was of recent dates, and, on the whole, satisfac tory. At Para affairs looked well ; order had been re -sCablished in Macapa, and no apprehensions were en tertained with regard to the future tranquillity of the province. The Imperial troops had taken Capias and obtained other advantages in Maranham over the re bels, who had divided themselves into small parties, and it was confidently expected that the insurrection would be, crc long, completely quelled, without much bloodshed. Ceara did not present so favourable a picture ; the removal of the President had given rise to the exercise of the most violent party spirit : on the one side were seen the most influential persons in the pro vinces, including nearly the whole of the Provincial Assembly at issue with the actual President, and, on the other, this President forced to dissolve, in the most hostile manner, that Assembly, who in consequence had made an appeal to the Central Government, praying his dismissal. In Pernambuco and Bahia nothing had occurred of moment, but whilst the former province continued a pattern of loyalty and good order, the state of political parties in the latter and the tone of the public papers justified the apprehension that the ele ments of discord yet existed there. Nothing decisive had taken place in Rio Grande, but the general tenor of the official accounts and private correspondence received of late from that quarter en couraged the belief that the rebel cause was fast losing ground, and that the period of good order being re stored to that devoted province was not very remote. The Imperial army had had the advantage in some par tial encounters with the insurgents in St. Catharine. Reinforcements of troops and gun-boats had arrived from Rio Grande ; more were daily expected, and when the whole were arrived General Andreas would make a decided attack upon the forces at Laguna, and jno doubt was entertained of its proving completely suc cessful. The occupation of Oydpock by the French cn double poste, with the sanction of the French Government, had given rise to several animated debates in the Senate, and the Minister for Foreign Affairs stated that the Government would not be found wanting in resorting to such measures as became the dignity of Brazil. The latest intelligence from Monte Video informed that the French had re-embarked the forces they had landed there in aid of Fructo Rivera, but why was not known. Senor Candido Baptista, late Minister of Finance, has arrived by the Seagull packet, being appointed to Russia. It is said that ho is charged to negotiate a loan in London, and also that he is empowered to con tract a marriage between some European prince and the eldest sister of the Emperor of Brazil. Count Ney (son of the late French Marshal, Prince of Moskwa), attached to the French Embassy at Rio, has also come a passenger by the Seagull, which vessel has on freight, on mining and merchants' accounts, about 82,0001. in specie. Exchange, 311 ; stock, 78 to 781. The Mutine packet left St. Thomas the sth, Porto Rico the 6th, and Cape Haytien the 12th ult. On freight 9,600/. sterling. The Penguin packet left St. Thomas's the 16th, Porto Rico the 18th, and Cape Haytien on the 26th ultimo. On freight 4,000/. sterling. No news from the West Indies. Sugar crops are likely to prove short. The Iberia steamer, with the East India and Penin sular mails, has been prevented from sailing to-day, owing to its blowing a heavy gale at south-west.—Times. ARRIVAL OF THE BRITISH QUEEN. SUN OFFICE, Qua: ter to Four The British Queen is at Gravesend, sailed the 2d instant. No President's Message by her. SPEECH Or LOUIS PHILIPPE. OPENING OF THE FRENCH CHAMBERS. By the French mail of Monday we have received the 'Speech of the King of the French on opening the Chambers. Everything went off quietly. The follow ing is the KING'S SPEECH : PEERS AND DEPUTIES OF FRANCE— Since the termination of your last Session, the interior peace to which your loyal assistance has so greatly con ributed, has not been disturbed. I have been apprised be a witness who is very dear to me of fresh marks of affection and confidence of the French. The eldest of my sons, in visiting this year a great part of my kingdom, has observed wherever he has been a great supply of work, the progress of industry: respect for the institutions, and obedience to the laws • My heart has been deeply touched on seeing in the nu tional attachment which has surrounded my son, a fresh cause for himself and his brothers to devote themselves unceasingly, at all times and places, for the service of their country, and for the honour of France. My rela tions with Foreign Powers have preserved the pacific character which the common interests of Europe de mand. Our flag, in concert with that of Great Britain, is faithful to the spirit of this union, so advantageous to the interests of the two countries, has watched over the independence and the immediate security of the Ottoman Empire. Our interests ore always to secure the preser vation and integrity of this empire, whose existence is so essential to the preservation of the general peace. Our efforts have at last succeeded in stopping those hostilities in the East which we had wished to have pre vented ; and whatever may be the complications which may result from the diversity of interest, I hope that the agreement of the Great Powers will soon end in an equitable and pacific conclusion. A great change has been effected in the situation of Spain, and if I have to regret not being able to an. nounce to you that the civil war which has so long desolated this kingdom is entirely at an end, still thie war has lost its character of gravity which would givs rise to alarming apprehensions for the stability of the pongtitetion4l thrcine of Isabelle the Second. The greatest part of the northern provinces is pacified, and we arc allowed to hope that those of the east will not be long behind hand, This important result is owing the wise conduct of the noVOrnment of the Queen Itt wont, and to the persever ing valour of the Spanish army, supported by the assist' once which my Ciovernment has given them, and that of her Britannic; Majesty, by the faithful execution of tl e treaties of 1834, In America, the Mexican government has fulfilled its engagement of the treaty which I have terminated with that republic. The blockade of the ports of the Argen tine republic still retains one of our squadrons. Fresh forces have been directed to this distant point, in order to hasten the satisfaction which is due to us. In Africa, new hostilities call for a decided suppres ghm. Our brave soldiers and our agriculturists, to whom my son by his presence had proved my solicitude towards them, have been treacherously attacked. The progress of our establishments in the province of Al giers and of Constantine has been the cause of this uo ' called-for attack ; which aggression must be resented, in ordpr that its re-occurrence may be impossible, and that nothing may inteFrupt the pontlntiatlop of that prosperity ()kilned for it by France, which the French nation will never surrender. A fresh supply of troops have already arrived in Afrie4 ; nod. every possible means have been employed to shorten the duration of the war, by carrying it on . with vigour ; that hereafter the inhabitants of Algeria, 4n4 those tribes who shall remain faithful tq France, !Toy everywhere find sure proteptinn. The expenses ordered for that purpose will be placed before the Chambers, to be subject to their controul. I have the hope that their assent will be obtained, which has never been refused when the honour of our arms and our permanent interests have been called in question. a The state of our finances allows of such increased expenses The question of the sum trade, which the Chambers bad left undecided last session, has, during their absence, been momentarily decided. A project of law will be placed before you on this subject, which will have for its object the protection of public and private interests, _ Measures for the amelioration of the situation of subalterns and officers will be brought before you. Your atteution will be required to the organization of a St a te Council, literary property, and public in struction. Other proposals having for their objects the arrange ment of a system for civil pensions, the execution of the principal railroad lines, the increased improvement of our naval powers, the prison discipline, and the intro duction of the penitentiary system, will be presented to you. In your different labours, your enlightened patriotism will always search out what can most contribute to the increase of public prosperity, and the strengthening of Conservative principles in our institutions. Those principles it is my duty to preserve within proper bounds ; the happiness of having performed my task will be the reward of my self devotion. Ten years. haws :.heady elapsed 4incp the great sot took place that established me on the throne, during which time you have surrounded me with that assistance which I again claim . from you. It i s w ith you an d i n t h e niikk; of you that live to felicitate France on her happy improvements in civilization legal liberty, which insatiable and turbulent spirits had endeavoured to in terrupt. Thanks to God and your loyal assistance, their efforts r mauled useless, end these last ram.: Hants o: piist disimlers will'diaapker before public reason and the national will. 'his day is publish-d, price One Slitilinw, hand3omelylprinte in medium Bvo., the First Number of P 0 O R. J A C K. By CAPTAIN MARIWAT, 'Author of " Peter Simple," hoc. l i With Illustrations by Clarkson Stanfield, H.A. " You hav'nt got never a copper for Foor Jack, your honour?'' tLondon : Longman, Orme, and Co. THEATRE ROYAL COVENT GARDEN."'"'""'""' UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF MADAME! ! YESTRIS. TO-MORROW, DECEMBER 26,', Will be performed THE BEGGAR'S OPERA. 7 "1 Captain Maeheath, Mr. W. Harrison ; Peachum, Mr. W. Farren ; Lockit, llr. Bartley ; Filch, Mr. Harley ; Mrs. Peachum, Mrs C. J ones ; P olly Peachum, Miss Rainforth ; Lucy Loe kit, Madame Vostris. After which will be produced a New Grand Comic Christmas Pantomime, which has been long in preparation, entiiled HARLEQUIN AND THE MERRIE DEVIL OF ED MONTON; OR, THE GREAT BED OF WARE. With en.irely New Scenery. Machinery, Dresses,: and De asy:corations. Eqa. #'!Harlequin, Mr. C. J. Smith ; Clown, Mr. T. Ridgway ; Pantaloon, Mr. Morelli ; Merrie Devil, Mr. Gibson ; and Cc,- umbine, Miss Fairbrother. Dress Boxes, 7s; Second Priee, 3s. 6d. ; First and Seem d Circles, ss. ; Second Price, 2s. 6d. ; Pit, 3s. ; Second Pricy, ls. ; Gallery, Is. Doors to be opened at half-past Six—the performances to 'ommence at Seven o'Cloek. Tickets and places for the Boxes to be taken of Mr. Notter, it the Box-office, from Ten till Four, where Season Tickets may be had upon application. Private Boxes to be had solely of Mr. Andrews. bookseller, 1 67, New Bond-street. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Two entirely New Dramas, and a Grand Christmas Panto mime, with splendidScenery,and a magnificent Diorama. TO-MORROW, DEc226, Will be acted, first time, a New Romantic Drama, called MICHAEL EARLE, THE MANIAC LOVER. Characters by Messrs. Saville, H. Hughes, Neville, John son, and Smith ; Mrs. Vining, Mrs. Daly, and Miss Martin. After which, first time, a Cemedietta, from the French, entitled FAMILY JARS MENDED. Benhomme, Mr. Smith ; Chapinet, Mr. Saville ; Madams Bonhomme, Mrs. Daly ; Theresia, Miss Martin. To conclude with a New Grand Christmas Pantomime, called THE QUEEN BEE, OR HARLEQUIN AND GOODY TWO SHOES. The splendid Scenery by Mr. Brunning—The magnificent Diorama by Mr. P. Phillips. Columbine, Miss Sharpe ; Harlequin, Clown, Pantaloon, and Sprite, by the Bolero Family. TO CORRESPONDENTS. " A Constant Reader."—We have received a letter from Glasgow, complaining of our having applied the phrase " Glasgow bodies" collectively to the members of the Chamber of Commerce of that city. Our Correspon• dent is over sensitive. Fle, however, should not have addressed himself to us, but to Mr. Urquhart, whose " Exposition" of the affairs of the East, written at the " desire" of the Chamber, seems more intended for the astonishment of a hustings mob than for the accurate information of a body of intelligent British merchants. We assure our Correspondent that we think as hi,ghl3, of the integrity, respectability, and intelligence of the Glasgow Chamber of Commerce as he does himself ; Mr. Urquhart's " Exposition" to the contrary of the last of these praiseworthy qualities notwithstanding. HIGH-WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO- 1011110 VV. ‘turning 5 minutes after tS f Evening 27 minutesatter R. c/ ),...„ la • fO, c ' i y •, - -i—ro.NN , ,l ' 01 ,41 A ___ . f ea~r..~ r N' LONDON WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 25, 1839. The Times took some pains on Friday last, to demonstrate that it was the undeviating friend of the poor, and though it did not expressly say it, proved very clearly that the Corn•law is a poor man's and a religious question. At the same time, it is continually said by that Journal and other. Tory Journals that the Church is the poor man's Church, and the priesthood the poor man's best friends and protectors. How far they deserve this character will be proved by the manner in which they go to work to get up petitions again.. Corn-laws. If they summon around `, l oem the auri cultural labourers in their r espect i ve parishes, and in spite of the landlords send petitions from almost every parish in the kiligdorn, for the abolition of the Corn-laws, there will be some reason to believe in the Christian sincerity of their professions ; if they do not they will demonstrate that all the agitation they lately got up to procure petitions against the Ministerial plan for improving education was wholly meant to serve themselves, though they pretended that it was meant to serve the poor. But we tlo not expect them to move in this matter. We know their character, and how much higher they esti mate the possession of pelf than the virtues of Christianity. They will at least take no part to abolish the Devil's laws, and will demonstrate that they care not one rush for the well-being of the people. Precisely, however, as they hang back ought to be the forwardness of the Dissenting clergymen. Already some of them have wisely appeared at the hustings, and have denounced the Devil's laws in appropriate terms. Some of them are very properly now exerting themselves, and forming societies to procure the abolition of Church-rates ; they may in our opinion, most effectually accomplish that by uniting with the Corn-law repealers first to procure a repeal of the Corn-laws. It would operate, in our opinion, in this manner ; and on the excellent principle of prosecuting one object at a time, we are disposed to recommend them in the first instance to exert all their energies to procure an abolition of the Corn-laws. I the The total abolition of nose laws, particularly with the Presert restrictions on the trade in money, would reduce prices here to the continental level if not lower. Such prices would make the landlords quail for their rent. By the Act for the commu tation of tithes the landlords, counting on always continuing their present scheme for plundering the poor, took on themselves the payment of tithes. Whatever tithes might have been before, by that Act they became a rent charge, and , the priesthood and the gentry share betwixt them the sum which the Corn-law levies on the people. We have not the smallest doubt that the men who have robbed the poor by law, will readily, when the time is con venient, rob the parsons. If the Corn-laws weze abolished the landowners would soon Qlkii ant lb , evangelical purity of a priesthood w hi c h 'lied no worldly wealth, It would be at r" the landowners that a riel :. l .ice percei ve d b y ay endowed St a t e Ch urc h is hostile io Christianity. At least the landowners would be quite certain that the English clergy would perform their duties better if they were reduced to the standard of the Scotch Kirk, even if they did not come to the sound legislative conclusion that the voluntary system is the only one consistent with Christianity. To set the landowners and the priesthood by the ears, as to which of them should have the remaining rent of land after the corn tax be abolished, would be a certain means of obtaining the abolition of Church-rates, if it did not lead by no round about road to the thorough Christian reform of the Church, or even to procure the legis lative recognition of the voluntary principle. We believe, too, the abolition would be the com mencement of a great moral reform, for we should then no longer have the Legislature sanc tioning thievery by its enactments, n or a great class of men preaching it in the name of the Living Gop, The whole community has been unroll shock e d Wished of Thug gery,confidng nclividua.'s, by the accounts recently published strangling, or burkingbut s urely for t h e law i i as a religious duty; and th ousan d s that committ e d makers, who ask obedie nce to pramo , e the public benefit, to starve hundreds and an abominable Th uggery will crime q by the aboliti on of the Corn-laws. : 1n by the Thugs, of the people, is a grea ter Hurrah, then Dissenters, in the name o f religious freedom, in the name of be put an end to 0, Morality, in the name of jus tice, hurrah for the extinction of the Devils laws. I n another place will be found a brief notice of the ou proceedings at Glasg ow , w hi c h even t h e T ory jrn Which w e t a k e t h e account , a d m i ts al from re not creditable to the Chartists, They appeared to have ont.,l,lellowed if they did not out-number the Corn -law abolitionists, and though friendly to the abolition, they want something 1 410102 and the 141015r;e1g74,10"r•,'40- , , xn ression of that want, atter breaking up the meet ing, they fastened on to the original resolutions, and succeeded in rendering the exert ions of the Corn law repealers vain. Perhaps it may delight the Corn-law gentlemen that the multitude rushed in and prevented the meeting being successful ; but the multitude are more hostile to them than to the Anti-Corn-law men, and whenever an opportunity occurs, will serve them in the same way or worse. That re flection gives us no pleasure, for we see in the exis tence of such an unappeasable unyielding mass who will have their own way, a great cause of regret. To find in our large towns as well as in the country, a complete separation between the different classes, who are bent on impeding each others operations, is not pleasing to us, though it may he to the land owners, delighted at a temporary respite from the expression of general indignation. 3 ) : 2 We cannot read of such •seenes, and cannot re flect on the condition of our population, without asking who is responsible for such enormous evils? Superficial men answer at once, the working men —the Chartists are responsible—the wickedness of human nature is to blame. We differ from such r , asoners. The working men have never had any thing to do with making the laws ; and have never been suffered to have their own way. Laws have been made to guide and to punish them.‘Almost all their actions have been dictated. Education has been provided for them, or rather neglected by those who should have provided it for them. For their present condition, and their evil disposition, the rulers of society in times past are much more to blame than they are themselves. To those gentlemen who lay the blame on the wickedness of human nature, let us hint that all the rulers of society share this wickedness with the meanest of their subjects, and when they impose their will on the bulk of the community, they substitute their own wickedness for the cor recting sense of the mass. They are exempt from none of the common frailties, including the vast ambition of supposing that they can improve on nature, and bring man to virtue, who, according to their doctrine, is created wicked and depraved. The results of their ambition are at present palpable in the condition of the people, which ought to cause them, if they have any shame, and any sensibility, to shed tears of the most bitter regret. The history of institutions, as well as of statesmen, read in cc the eyes," c h aracter, and behav i our o f the people ; an d t h e i r present deplorable condition , moral and phy s i ca l, i n every part of the empire, Is a severe cond emnat i on of our much boasted politi cal instituti ons . is to be - - The Standard has got a strange story of a dif ference between her MAJESTY and Lord MEL• BOURNE, on the subject of the provision to be made for her husband. That Journal, however, states that it is quite incredible that the Duke of WELLINGTON would act as he is described in d'ie Standard to have acted, and therefore it con cludes, very properly and justly, that the whole is a fabrication. On that point we cord:ially concur with the Standard, and it must, blame of h av i ng coined an d ... inserted the baseless calumny. bear the whole It is not ' 1 one without a subtle and sinister put. The story runs, according to the Standard, that her MAJESTY wished td have an income of 100,0001. a-year settled on her husband, and Lord MELBOURNE recommended 60,0001. Her MA JESTY was affronted, and Lord MELBOURNE ad vised her to consult the Duke of WELLINGTON, who cut down the sum to 30,0001. The objects, then, of the story is to represent her MAJESTY to be as greedy of pelf, and as careless of the wel fare of her subjects, as a Tory. At the present moment, when the people are suffering under great distress, when the magnificentallowance she receives from the State is the subject of much just anima& :version, the Standard, dutifully and ioyaky.....* though it acknowledges falsely —holds the QUEE Out to her subjects as endowed with the very genius of rapacity, which goes far beyond the cal culations of her complaisant Minister. That is another example of the manner in which the Tories calumniate and depreciate the QUEEN. pose- The Paris Journals of Sunday, which would have reached us at an early hour yesterday but for the stormy state of the weather in the Channel, have arrived. The Papers of Monday are still in arrear, and as the KING was to open the Chambers on that day, their appearance is awaited with more than ordinary interest. As the opening of . the Chambers is now asso ciated in the public mind with regicidal at tempts, a double curiosity is excited by coupling t'ic presumed matter of the Royal Speech with a possible outrage against the safety of the Royal Person. Europe now begins regularly to look r . - 0 this event for the equal development of the of Ministers, and th e f ana ti c i sm o f the 'policy 'apostles of revolution, We do not deplore tb; is the l ess be cause we can trace it to the conduct of the French Government since the glorio IIS Revolution of July. The news from Al g ;, ers i s gloomier than ever. In the Commerce of. Sunday we find numerous ex tracts from letters to the 15th inst., in which a frightful picture is drawn of the condition of the co lonists. The Moniteur of Sunday publishes the fol lowing telegraphic despatch from Marshal VALLxit, which created a great sensation in the French capital : " MARSHAL VALLEE TO THE MINISTER OF WAR. "ALGIERS, DEC. 16TH-TOULON, 19TH. " Two combats have taken place around Belidah. " The regular infantry of the Emir were put to the sword and dispersed. The enemy has not ap proached either from Koleah or from Sahel. " The Algiers and the Neptune are in sight. They will arrive to-day at Algiers." Spain This intelligence satisfied no person, and it was g killed an surmised that the Government had received it i n a o f unimportant. the men en still less palatable foam. It was considered incre dible that the Marshal s hould announce announce two com libefrroaltned 2,000 of his prisoners, g b a a g ts ed 7i a th n o d u t t h s e p l e o c s i s fy i i n n d wounded. CA T ': longer in being no rations. EsPARTERO rem RieEnaAcchouadnts remained in his posi tions old at Mas de las Matas. 1 The Presse of Sundaystates that Prince Louis H BO O 7 ,d A Lu P Ae A Nf R rrs olaE large l h i a lately.osnand sum recei ve d f rom the King of debt to of his money(P rince (I 6 Louis's) ,oool.), anold fa ther, and that Prince Louis has expended that sum in getting up the Bonapartist plot, which is shortly to be exposed. It is insinuated by that Journal that one of the chiefs in Paris has received 2,0001. of that money for himself. The allegations of the National as to the false weight of the money sent by Mexico to the French Government fall to the ground, in consequence of two letters, one from his Eacellency AIAX I / 4 ° GA IMO, the Mexican Minister here, denying in toto the statement ; and tho other from the m oney changer, M. MONTEAV of the Palais Royal, who bought the coin, weigned it all, and paid the full value. This is a specimen of the style in which the Republican and legitimate press of France attack not only private but national reputation. Letters from Constantinople represent all hopes of a settlement of the Eastern question to be at an end. The Russian Ambassador has convinced the SULTAN that M. DE PONTOIS was sent out 13) the French Government to hasten on somethin ,ke a settlement prior to the opening of the French V FNING EDIT ION. THE SUN. LONDON, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 25 539. ES' KNTVG: ': rITTIF '4, i I I ti ,