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were not acceptable either to the clergy or the laity, and that, therefore, he shrank from introducing them on his own responsibility until he could furnish himself with a pretext for interfering in the character of a mediator." If one asks for instances bearing out the charge that there is a degree of insincerity, or, to avoid as far as possible every harsh expression, an under-current of feeling, a hidden motive of action influencing the Bishop in his public conduct in his diocese, which is not the ap parent motive, one is immediately answered by some half-dozen notorious public ac`s of this kind. You are told that he approved the letting of pews in the parish churches of Plymouth as a means of avoiding the quastio verata of a church-rate. In a decision a few ' years ago, in which his Lordship was called on to decide this very question, arising out of a demand by the Go . -rernor of the garrison of Plymouth to have free church accommodation provided for him, the Bishop is said to have expressed his unqualified approbation of the means adopted of supporting the fabric of the church by letting pews without exciting animosity in the parish on the question of church-rates, although he decided in favour of the Governor's demand. Last January the same Bishop, in the strongest language, denounced the prac tice of pew-letting as a robbery of the poor of their rights, which he would no longer permit, without the slightest previous intimation to either the churchwardens or the vicar that he saw reason to object to the practice. Again, one is referred to a former charge of the Bishop, in which, speaking of the Methodists, he said, " I regard the Wesleyans as scarcely a dissenting body, there is but a thin and almost imperceptible line between them and us;" but of these he has recently stated, not being members of the Church fur whom there is a covenant of mercy for their salvation, they are left " to the uncove , nanted mercies of God." These and many other in stances are given of a direct change of opinion, for which at the time there were apparent political motives, and which excite distrust. At the same time it is thought that he is far too acute and sagacious either to express a change of opinion, or to sanction and enjoin any change, however trifling, without ample consideration of its pro bable effect, and without having a definite object in view; whilst many are, perhaps, uncharitable enough to sup pose that that alteration of expressed opinion, or that in junction of change, has not proceeded from the sincere conviction of its necessity, but from a determination to carry out a design. They ask suspiciously, " Why has the Bishop only just discovered the necessity of the strict observance of the rubrics failing in nothing,' after quietly permitting their partial observance only, accord ing to long usage, for fifteen years as Bishop ? Why this new-born zeal ? We know the Bishop, though he thinks he deceives us. What is the policy beneath the surface ? We think it is a covert attempt to obtain in creased power and influence; and we will have no Pro testant priestly domination." ST. SIDWELLS AND ST. JAMES. At a meeting of the parishoners of St. Sidwells and St. James, Exeter, held the 9th day of January, 1845, pursuant to a requisition to the churchwardens, signed by a large number of parishioners, " to consider the course to be adopted respecting the continued use of the surplice by the clergymen of the above parishes," Mr. W. Jackson in the chair, On the motion of Mr. W. W. HOOPIR, seconded by Mr. C. HILL, it was unanimously resolved— " That this meeting observe with feelings of the deepest pain and regret, that the ministers of St. Sid wells and St. James still continue the use of the surplice in the pulpit, thus setting themselves in direct opposition to the wishes of their parishioners, thereby producing discord and strife where peace and unity alone ought to be found, and this, too, notwithstanding the withdrawal of so much of the order as related to the use of the sur plice by the Lord Bishop of the diocese. " That this meeting readily admit, that the use of the surplice in the pulpit was introduced before the present ministers were appointed ; and, thatalthough at its first introduction it produced much dissatisfaction, yet no re monstrance against its use was at that time openly made, which we now most deeply regret, and more particularly so, as our dislike to set ourselves in opposition to our ministers on that occasion is now brought against us as a reason for further submission, if not of the absolute relinquishment of the right of private judgment. "That this meeting now view the use of the surplice in the pulpit as a matter of deep importance, admitted, as it is on all hands, to be the sign of a party in the Church whose doctrines and proceedings we are of opinion are calculated to undermine and destroy the Protestant Church as by law established ; that it has already caused many to decline attending Divine service, the empty state of our churches fully prove ; and its continuance will be followed by evils which will be de plored when it will be too late to remedy the mischief produced. "That this meeting, for the reasons before stated, earnestly and respectfully request that their ministers will discontinue the use of the surplice in the pulpit, and also, that the service of the Church in all its parts may be conducted in the manner it was performed be fore any of the recent changes were introduced, by which means unity and peace may be again restored. " That the churchwardens be requested to sign the re solutions on behalf of the meeting, and present a copy of them to the Rev. F. Courtenay and the Rev. P. Car lyon, and that this meeting be adjourned to Saturday next, at twelve o'clock at noon, to receive the answer of the clergymen thereto. " That these resolutions be printed and circulated. " JOUN JACKSON, t Wardens of St. Sidwells. "THOMAS WOOD, f " C. A. WILLIAMS, Wardens of St. James." "CIIRISTR. HILL, 'TERRIFIC FIRE IN THE STRAND Last evening, shortly after 10 o'clock, a terrific fire suddenly burst forth on the premises of Mr. Seyer, French bootmaker, P 26, Strand. Five minutes before the fire broke out everything appeared quiet ; then there was perceived a slight light in the window of the shop, and immediately the flames burst forth with terrific fury from the shop window, shoot ing quite across the pavement. The shop had the ap pearance of an immense oven vomiting forth flame. Mr.. Seyer and his family were from home when the fire broke out, and the only persons in the house were the servant, her mother, and another prson, who all fortunately effected their escape, and were eventually taken into the Savoy Palace Tavern, in Savoy-street, where they were safely lodged. Some time elapsed before the arrival of the engines, and when they did arrive the supply of water was deficient. The engines commenced playing on the flames from the Strand front, and speedily subdued them in that direction. The fire, meanwhile, was extending towards the back of the premises. Considerable delay occurred in bringing the engines to bear in that direction. At length an engine was wheeled down Savoy-street, and a plug opened, when a plentiful supply of water was obtained. Then there appeared to be some difficulty in screwing on the hose. After a long delay, however, all things were prepared, the engine commenced playing, and the fire was speedily sub dued, but not until the premises of Mr. Seyer were completely - destroyed. The office of the Globe news paper, which is next door to Mr. Seyer's, was at one time in very great danger. We are, however, re joiced to state that it escaped without any serious da mage. The shop of Mr. Reynolds, hatter, was also in considerable danger, and he commenced removing his stock. Some of those miscreants who always take advantage of calamities of this sort for the purposes of plunder, committed many depredations on Mr. Reynolds's stock. Inspect n. Pearce, of the detective force, accompanied by a numerous body of the police, was, however, early on the ground, and prevented the plunder from being carried on to any great extent. It is impossible, at present, accurately to ascertain either the actual extent of the damage or the origin of the fire. The servant of Mr. Seyer attributes it to an explosion of gas in the shop ; and a report, such as would be produced by an explosion of gas, was heard, we understand, a few seconds before the breaking out of the fire. Tn CROWN JEWELS.—The claim of the King of Hanover to a large part of the Crown jewels will be beard in the course of a few days. It has been referred to the Lord Chancellor and two other Learned Lords, who, after hearing counsel, are to draw up a report for her Majesty's guidance. Sir Charles Weatherell will appear for the King of Hanover, the Solicitor-General and Sir Thomas Wilde (the Attorney-General being absent) for the Queen. There is no doubt that family jewels belonging to the house of Hanover, to the amount of 50,0001. or 60,0001., were brought over by George the First, and have been mixed up with the English Crown jewels; but, as they have been frequently re-set, it has become impossible to identify them. It is said that the royal personages concerned manifest an extreme anxiety in the result.—Post. EXETER HALL—Last night the Messiah was re peated by the Sacred Harmonic Society, at Exeter Hall, and although it has been several times performed this season by the same Society, at the same place, there was yesterday evening a remarkably full and unequivo cally delighted audience. Madame C. Allan, Miss Dolby, Mr. Manvers, and Mr. Machin, were the prin cipal vocalists ; and it is sufficient to state that they did ample justice to their Fenner exertions in this sublime oratorio, and were continually rewarded by the gratified auditory with hearty plaudits. Miss Dolby was encored in the beautiful air, " He shall feed his flock," which she ex ecuted with great taste and judgment. Madame C. Allan received a like compli ment in the air, " I know that my Redeemer liveth." " The recitative " Behold I tell you," and The trumpet shall sound." were most effective, and the trumpet obli gato, by Mr. Harper, jun., was so excellent as to elicit the longest and loudest applause of the evening. Indeed, the whole oratorio was most creditably per formed, and the crowded audience appeared to be in the utmost delight with the musical treat afforded. How MucEt CAN BE DRUNK ?—A London dray man will consume a couple of gallons of ale or stout in a day, by a process of perptual inhibition in moderate quantities. It is a common habit with carriers and waggoners, who journey from country villages to towns, to stop at most of the public-houses on the road, both going and returning, and partake of refreshment in the shape of ale and spirits. Add to the quantity thus obtained that which they drink at their different houses of call in the town, and the aggregate becomes enormous. In this way they will often swallow two or ri Ews ite i taltn in lions daily amountof ale, of as vari ab le in in its age and adulteration. But still quantities of beverage are frequ en tl y consumed C - -; __,:: - eat, labourers. In Herefordshire and Devon ,.----, • •''''''. _,..-' of considered an excess for a man, when Z ic.i. 7 :4:,41 ' . ' "!Waking hay, to drink from 12 to 16 quarts -' 7 '' it:::411 - Ijer in the day.—Medical Times. • 4 " ..• K ..... Ar , ..4P44 I}.E. SUN LO.NDON, SATURDAY _EVENING, JANUARY 11, 1345. NEW WORK ON INDIA. Now ready, in 2 vols., with Illustrations, 21s. bound, ADVENTURES OF AN OFFICER IN THE SERVICE OF RLNJEET SINGE. BY MAJOR H. M. L. LAWRENCE, Bengal Artillery, British Resident at the Court of Nepaul.' _ _ " These volumes resemble Anastasius' in general design. The adventures of a soldier of fortune are made the medium of convey ing to the reader spirited descriptions and faithful portraiture, while there is sufficient connexion and incident in the narrative to give it the interest of a fiction. The country of the Punjaub, the character of Runjeet and his Ministers, and the disposition and habits of the natives, are forcibly delineated. The adventures themselves are boldly told, and have a lively air of reality. In its mingling of fact with romance, the book is one of the most successful of its class." — Britannia. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. THEATRE ROYAL. DRURY-LANE. THIS EVENING Will be repeated a Grand Opera Seria, called THE DAUGHTER OF ST. MARK. Lusignano, Mr. Burdini ; Andrea Cornaro, Mr. Borrani ; Moncenigo, Mr. Weiss • Adolphe de Courcy, Mr. W. Harrison ; Catarina Corn a ro, lies 'Poole To conclude with a Grand Comic Christmas Harlequinade, called PUCK'S PANTOMIME; or, HARLEQUIN AND ROBINSON CRUSOE. Robinson Crusoe. Mr. W. H. Payne; Harlequin, Mr. Wieland ; Clown Mr. T. Matthews ; Pantaloon, Mr. Howell ; Columbine, Miss earson. "The Box.oitice is open daily, from Ten in the Morning until Six 312 the Evening, where Private and Family Boxes, Stalls, Places, and Tickets may be had on application to Mr. John Parsons. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee, Mr. B. WEBSTER. THIS EVENING Will be performed a New and Original Comedy, in Five Acts, called OLD BEADS AND YOUNG HEARTS. Colonel Rocket Mr. S. rickland ; Littleton Coke, Mr. Charles Mathe" s ; Tom Coke Mr. Webster; Bob, Mr Buckstone •' Jesse Rural, Mr, W. Farren ; rhe Countess of Pim - pion, Mrs. W. Clifford ; Lady Alice Hawthorn Madame Vestris; Miss Rocket, Miss Julia Bennett. After which, a New Grand Musical Fairy Extravaganza, entitled GRACIOSA AND PERCINET. Ring Uxorious, Mr. J. Bland ; Princess Graciosa, Miss Julia Bennett ; Percinet, Miss P. Horton ; Duchess Grognon, Mrs. Stanley. To conclude with a Grand MOVING DIORAMA; or, PIC. CORIAL TOUR IN SWITZERLAND. Private Boxes, Two Guineas and One Guinea and a.Half each. tickets and Places to be had of Mr. I. T. Ar cher, at the Box.office, Prdm Tin till Five o'Clock. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHL Under the Direction of Madame CELESTE. THIS EVENING Will be repeated (by special permission of Charles Dickens, Esq.) a New Drama, entitled THE CHIMES. A Goblin Story of Some Bells that Rang an Old Year Out and a New Year In. Toby Veck, Mr. 0. Smith; Alderman Cute, Mr. Wright; 'rugby, Mr. Wilkin. son Sir Joseph Bowley, Bart , Mr. Paul Bedford Will Fern, Mr. Hudson ; Richard, Mr. Selby, Meggy Veck, Miss Fort cs cue; Mrs. Chickenstalker, Mrs. Frank Matthews. After which, NORMA, in which Miss Woelgar, Mr. Paul Bed ford, Mr. Wright, and Miss Reynolds will perform. To conclude with a New Grand Military and Comic Christmas Pantomime, called CAT'S CASTLE; or, Harlequin and the King of the Rats. Harlequin, Mr. T. Ireland; Columbine, Miss Lona dale ; Clown. Mr. C. J. Smith ; Pantaloon, Mr. Sanaers. Prompter, Mr. Ballot; Principal Painter, sir . Pitt ; Leader of the Band, Mr. ]M ellon . — Box-orrice open from Eleven till Four. Private Boxes to be had at the Theatre. and at all the principal Libraries. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET, LESSEE, Mr. J. M. MADDOX. THIS EVENING Will be repeated the New Drama, called DON CZESA R DE BAZAN Don Cresar, Mr. Wallack ; Charles the &vont , Mr. Walton ; Maritana, Mrs. Stirling; Countess di Rotondo, Mrs. Fosbroke. To be followed by a new Divertissement, called LE SALON DEBAL. Principal characters by Mdlle. Caroline Rousset, Mis Marshall, Mdlle. Teresine, M. J. Rou set, Mr. Marshall, and Mr. Gilbert. To be succeeded by a New Comedietta. entitled THE WIDOW. BEWITCHED. Mr. Clement Furnival, Mr. Walter Lacy; Mrs. Lorimer, Mrs. Stirling After which will be repeated a New Grand Romantic, and rather Operatic Burlesque Extravaganza, called JOE MILLER AND HIS MEN. Grindoff. Mr. Compton ; Lothair, Mr. Oxberry ; Kelmar, Mr. Granby; Riber, Mr. Corri Golotz, Mr. Walton; Claudine, Miss E. Stanley ; Ravina, Mrs. Fosbroke. Stage Manager, Mr. H. I. Wallaek. Stage Director, Mr. Emden, Machinist, Mr. Edmund BradwelL Dress Circle, ; Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 25.; Gallo la. Half.price at Nine o ' clock—Dress Circle, 2s. (3d. ; Boxes, 2s. ; Pit, Is.; Gallery, Gil. Private Boxes. Two Guineas and One Guinea and a-Half ; Prosce slum Boxes, Two Guineas and a-Half. Doors to be opened at Half. past Six, and the Performances to commence at Seven o'clock. 'lto Box..otlice, under the direction of Mr. W. Massingharn. Private Boxes and Free Admissions for the Season to be had at the Theatre. I HEATRE ROYAL LYCEUM, LATE ENGLISH OPERA. HOUSE. UKder the Management or Mrs. KEELEY. THIS EVENING Will be repeated THE CHIMES; A Goblin Story. Principal Characters by Messrs. F. Vining, Meadows, Diddear, F. Matthews, Collier, Emery, Turner. and Keeley ; Miss Walcott, Miss Arden, Miss Grove, and Mrs. Keeley. After which, a New Farce, called TO PERSONS ABOUT TO MARR Y. Supported by Messrs. F. Matthews, Meadows, and Stoker Mss Arden, and Mrs. Wigan. To conclude with a New Grand Operatic, Historical, Romantic Pantomimlcal, Burlesque Extravaganza, entitled VALENTINE AND ORSON. Principal Characters by Messrs. F. Matthews; Meadows, Wigan, Collier, Turner, Kinloch, Yarnold, and Keeley , Mrs. Wigan, Miss Arden, Miss Fairbrother, Miss Grove, Mrs Usher, Miss James, Miss Turner, and Mrs. Keeley. PRICES OF ADMISSION.—BaIcony isoxes. 45.; Upper Boxes, 35.; Pit, 25.; Gallery, eid. Second Price—Balcony Boxes, ; Upper Boxes, Is. (3d.; Pit, Is. Private Boxes on the itnicony Tier t , olding eight persons), Two Guineas. Private Boxes on the Second Vier (holding eight persons), One Guinea and a-Half. Private Boxes on the Pit Pier (holding six persons), One Guirert. Box.officei a open from Ten to Four o'Clock, under the direc— tion of Mr. Grogan, late of Covent-garden Theatre. Nightly Overflows tl the Grand Christmas Holiday Noveltie', and Treble Rotation of Entertainments at ASTLFY'S ROY AL AMPHITHEATRE OF ARTS, Proprietor and Manager, Mr. W BATTY. Brilliant Success of the New Pantomime THIS EVENING Will be repeated a New Spectacle, entitled THE ROYAL FOX HUNT; or, The Race-Horse and Life's Course of Man and Steed ; introducing unequalled National Fetes. Real Fox-chase on the Stage snd in the Circle by living Fox and real Pack of Hounds, purchased by Mr. Batty of Mr. Tattersall, to realise this novel production. Epsom Races and other Sporting Features. New Scenes of the Circle, and entire change in the Feats of Horse.. 'nanship. _ . . To conclude with a Grand Comic Christmas Equestrian Pantomime, c,lled HARLEQUIN AND JOHNNY GILPIN'S RIDE; or, the Black Witch of Folmonton. Harlequin, Mr. H. Lewis ; Columbine, Mrs. J. W. Colyer ; Clown, Mr. T. Barry; Pantaloon, Mr. Bradbury. Acting and stage.znanagar, Mr. W. D. Broadroot. Box-office open from Eleven till Five. Lessons in the. Art of Riding by Mr. IL Smith daily. DAVIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. As usual, the best Pantomime of the Season ! A more brilliant triumph than ever before achieved ! ! Laughter, Wonder, and Delight!! ! The First Pantomimic Performers of the Age, and Everything New I! I! THIS EVENING Will be repeated THE SEVEN AGES OF MAN; or, The End of Crime. Principal Characters bv Mr. Henry Corti (from the Theatre Royal Edinburgh), Messrs. H. Hughes, Neville, R Hoikner, Lewis, Hesinp, and Seaman, Mrs. FL Hornier, Mrs. Lewis, Mrs. W. Daly, and Miss Martin. Aker which, Herr Joseph Gouldsmith and Marie Gouldsmith, from the Teatre Berlin, will perform most wonderful Gymnastique Feats on the horizontal cords and miraculous evolutions, suspended by a double rope. To conclude with an Original Worldly Comic Pantomime, called POUNDS, i•HILLINGS, AND PENCE; or, HARLEQUIN L. S. D. Harlequin, Mr. H. Harvey; Clown, Mr. T. Ridgway; Pantaloon, Mr. Henry Corfi; Columbine, Miss Slaiter. Places and Pnvete Boxes to be had of Mr. Kerschner, at the Box :Mee, from Eleven to Four. ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE- Extraordinary Success of " Marianne; or, The Child of Crime," and the NEvi Comic Pantomime. THIS EVENING Will be repeated MARIANNE; or. the Child of Charity. Sin, ported b• Mr. Osbaldiston, Henry Howard, J. T Johnson, T. H. Higgie, J. Herbert, E. Jones, W. Searle, Miss Vincent, Miss E. Terrey, and Miss Treble. After which, the laughable Drama, entitled WILFUL 'MURDER. To conclude with a New Grand Christmas Pantomime, entitled HARLEQUIN HOT CODLINS ; or, The Little Old Woman and the Demon of the Metal Mine. Harlequin, M. Chapi9o; Clown, Mr. Blanchard; Pantaloon, Mr. Coney ; Columbine, Mdlle. Le Fite. THE WEATHER-SUN OFFICE, JAN. 11. rHERNOMETER, Lowest, 30 ; Highest, 49 ; Noon, 46, BAROMETER, 29.72.- 1 -WIND, 8. NIITE.—The figures which follow the words "Lowest" and H'ghest" denote the lowest and highest state of the Thermometer during the preceding twenty-four hours. All the other observations are made at noon. Water freezes at 32 ; 55 on Thermometers is marked "Temperate," and on Barometers " Fair" is generally placed opposite to 30, and Rain" at 29 ; but there is no certainty of dry weather when the mercury falls below 30. HIGH WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. caning ... 51 minutes after 3 1 Evening ... 14 minutes after 41. . •r"ec '47' •,.., ~• ;;,..-- i " ivAl . • 41 4_ 4 1, I7T T 4.01• N 4 , 0i , ,?,_--,,--- Nol.tr, ficAlrak, ei , fi -•- ‘7 , 7ww4101i - -=.l-‘ - ",- . --, I" :,.- 'AllitiCa l , ..v: - . ) 4 r . • K °.' V. r • <ETV' N W , r• • '. , 4..,.. SECOND EDITION. tening Ant LONDON, SATURDAY, JANUARY 11, 1845. If it was Sir ROBERT PEEL'S intention to waken the Irish Catholic party by dividing and sowing dis• sensions among them, it must be confessed that he has succeeded to the fullest extent he could have an ticipated. The Charitable Bequests Act, like the apple of discord which ATE flung down among the assembled deities, has had the effect of producing a decided split among those who, till now, were united, and separating them into two distinct sects, each of which bears the same sort of goodwill towards the other which a High Church Bishop bears towards a Dissenter. But notwithstanding the untoward re sults that have attended the Act in question, it is in truth a very judicious measure—yet, in fact, what Doctor MURRAY described it to be, not devoid of blemishes which require a speedy removal, but sound in the main, and calculated to put Catholic charitable bequests on a safer foundation than they have yet been. had it been projected and passed by a Government in which Ireland had the slightest confidence—had it emanated, for instance, from the Whigs during the Viceroyalty of Lords NORMANBY or FORTESCUE, it would not have been received by the more liberal members of the Catholic party with the scorn and indignation with which it has now been met, nor would Mr. O'CONNELL have deemed it expedient to denounce it in an elaborate epistle as long as that which TIBERIUS dispatched to the Roman Senate from Caprm. But it has, unfortunately, proceeded from a wrong quarter. It is a " good " that has " come out of Nazareth "—a boon conceeded by the Greeks—and on the principle of Timeo danaos et dona ferentes," the great Agitator considers it to be his bounden duty to oppose it by every means at his command. His letter on the sub ject, which will be found in another part of The Sun of this day, enters at considerable length and with a world of circumstantial minuteness, into the one sided character of the Charitable Bequests Act; but the " head and front of its offending" appears to be that it is a measure passed by a Tory Government— the enemies, from time immemorial, of Ireland—and therefore it is wholly impossible that a liberal spirit can pervade it, or that it can be productive of the slightest substantial benefit to the interests of the sister country. " I object emphatically," says lkfr. O'CoNNELL, " to-any connexion between the Catholic Prelates and the present Government. Was not the Duke of WELLINGTON bred up in the worst school of No-Popery politics ? And when he yielded Emancipation, did he not expressly retain all his prejudices against Catholicity? Is not Sir ROBERT PEEL the man who organised. the Orange system in Ireland ? and ought he not to hate those who could not overcome the errors of his judg ment, but forced him against his inclination to grant them their political rights ? We have humiliated PEEL, and it is utterly impossible he should ever for give us." It is here the shoe pinches. A Charitable Bequests Act conceded by Whigs might have been tolerated ; but conceded by Tories, it is—as honest DOGBERRY would phrase it—" most tolerable, and not to be endured." Now, we must beg to enter our most earnest protest against this course of proceeding adopted by Mr. O'CoNNELL, and the more inflam mable portion of the Catholics, over whom he exer cises an all but sovereign ascendancy. If a measure, despite a few acknowledged imperfections, be sound in the main—and we contend that the Charitable Be quests Act is of this character—it should be received with favour by those for whose benefit it is intended, no matter whether its originator be Whig, Tory, or Radical. If the man is always to be taken into consi deration aid not the measure, there must be an eial to all chance of political improvement. The Irish Catholics were glad enough to accept Emancipation at the hands of the Orangeman, PEEL, why, then, cannot they accept without a murmur the present Bequests Act ? Having swallowed the camel, why do they now strain at the gnat ? We foresee that this determined op position on the part of Mr. O'ComtELL and his myr midons to a measure which has already received the sanction of three of the most eminent among: the Catholic Prelates—to say nothing of a large portion► of the more moderate and enlightened among the Ca tholic laity—will occasion a world of jealousies and heartburnings in Ireland; but assuredly no party will suffer so much by these dissensions as that of the more ardent Repealers, who are unanimous in their hostility to the Bequests Act, and who will disgust many, who might otherwise be not ill-disposed to wards them, by showing how perverse, unjust, and ungenerous is the character of their opposition. The " defunct" Anti-Corn-Law League—to quote the often repeated phrase of the organs of Monopoly —held a great free trade meeting on Thursday morn ing last at Manchester. An immense number of ladies, who appeared to take a deep interest in the proceedings, attended at this meeting—an auspicious , omen, for never do our fair and intelligent country women embrace a public cause with ardour, but they are sure in the long run to carry it triumphantly through all opposition, as in the memorable instance of the great slave trade question, the success of which was not a little owing to their strenuous and benignant exertions on behalf of suffering humanity. That vast numbers of ladies, more particularly in the manufacturing districts, are now warm advocates of free trade principles, is infinitely to the credit of their judgment, their patriotism, and that quick, active sensibility so characteristic of the sex ; for free trade is not—whatever its opponents may choose to allege to the contrary—a mere narrow question of pounds, shillings, and pence, adapted only to the views and interests of the counting-house; —no, it is a question of far loftier character—of far more com prehensive application ; it is a question of increased intercourse and good-fellowship of nation with nation —a question of the civilisation of remotest humanity —of the spread of intelligence, and concurrently with it, of virtue and morality. Give free trade —that is to say, liberate commerce from the ignominious shackles with which the giant is now encumbered; let her be free to rove wheresoever and whensoever she wills—east, west, north, or south—do this, and you do more in one year to promote the august interests of humanity than the statesmen of combined Europe could do in a dozen. To give free trade, is to give guarantees for the rapid advance of intelligence throughout the globe. It is to leave human nature in a happier. and wiser condition than that in which you found it ; to bind kingdoms together as families ; to root out the ignorant, obstinate prejudices of cen turies, and sow in their stead the seeds of common sense and good-fellowship. Free trade is the direct antagonist principle to war. The one elevates, the other degrades; the one benumbs, the other gives increased action to the intellectual faculties ; the one scatters abroad the seeds of pestilence, famine, and squalid, hopeless destitution ; the other, like Amal thea, sheds from her horn of plenty blessings of every description. What are the sanguinary con quests of NAPOLEON compared to those beneficent and peaceful ones which Sir ROBERT PEEL might be the means of ensuring to his country men, were he at once to abandon his halting expediency-system of policy, and boldly hoist the banners of free trade ? The victories of the French Emperor are already but a dead letter, existing only in the pages of history— those of the Premier, could he but make up his mind to the glorious task, would be an active, living prin eiple, whose moral influence would extend to remotest generations. " The triumph of free trade," observed Mr. COBDEN, at the meeting to which we have been alluding, " was the triumph of pacific principles between all the nations of the earth. It was a death blow to the old system of diplomatic intrigues be tween the Governments of countries. It was making them and the industrious fabricators of this district the ambassadors and merchants of this country ; it was giving to them the title-deeds by which they would secure to themselves and all nations the bless ings of peace for all times. He saw in the distance a world's revolution involved in the triumphs of free trade principles." This is now prophecy, but at no distant period it will be fact, and Mr. COBDEN'S pre diction be realised to the letter. Free trade is, indeed, the one great want of the age, as much so as the Lutheran Reformation was the want of the sixteenth century, and no matter how numerous and apparently invincible may be the obstacles thrown by influential and interested parties in the way of its success, its eventual triumph is inevitable. Sir ROBERT PEEL is fully aware of this " great fact;" the Monopolists, notwithstanding their swaggering demeanour, are aware of it also; hence the one is gradually paving the way for the ultimate accomplishment of, what he feels to be, a necessity, and the others are making every possible effort to thwart him in his views respecting free trade. Meantime, we wait with con• fidence the advent of the wished-for hour. Le ban temps viendra. The tone assumed in the pretensions put forth by ,he Government of the United States in so much of the diplomatic correspondence between their Secretary of State, Mr. CALHOUN, and their accredited Ministers at Paris and at Mexico, on the subject of the proposed annexation of-Texai fo their territory and federation, is too remarkable to be passed over in silence. The Minister of the Goverment of Mexico, in replying to it, has riot exceeded, however strong the terms in which he has expressed himself, the bounds of a just and natural indignation. Senor REJON broadly com plains of the " falsehood" and " treachery" which are apparent in the whole bearing of the American Go vernment in reference to this question, as they are to be collected from the declarations and admissions of its own agents. It is amusing, we must confess, to consider the political ethics avowed and vindicated by Mr. CaLuovri, by the instructions of his Government to its resident servants in Mexico and in France, and by the communications addressed by those servants to the Courts at which they are so resident. The noble region of the Texas formed—and, as Mexico con tends, still forms—an integral member of the Mexican dominions. The independence and authority of Mexico, and of Mexico as thus comprehending the Texas, were long ago recognised by the United States. Some citizens of the latter, with some refugees of other nations, settled on the thinly in habited prairies of Texas, formed, in process of time, some political as well as Commercial connexions there, and following the example of all American societies among which changes of Governments appear to develop themselves with almost as much frequency, and as little moral sensation, as changes of the seasons, erected a sort of republic, which they de clared to he :independent, and on behalf of which they exercised various acts of state authority, a n d established with various foreign Powers state relations. But Mexico was not one of those powers. She could never be brought to acknowledge the inde. pendence of Texas, however fruitless her efforts have proved, from time to time, to bring back the revolted territory under her de facto dominion and control. Those efforts have been paralysed by her own internal disorganisation, her civil broils, and the fierce struggles of her impetuous factions. From whatever cause (and it is not necessary here to inquire whether the movement was suggested, or not, by intrigues fo mented under such extraordinary "secret instruc tions" as the President TYLER has shown the world that American Chief Magistrates do sometimes issue to The diplomatic representatives of the Federal Go vernment on their own responsibility), there has grown up a cabal in Texas strong enough, with an ex-functionary at its head, to defy the de facto Go vernment of the country, and to enter into secret but formal negotiations with the United States' emissaries, agents, and very estimable President (TYLER), for the annexation of Texas to that Federal Republic, and its reception and recognition as a member of the general Union. These negotiations; their result, and the documents conveying, expounding, and affirming the offer of annexation, were, during its last session, laid before Congress, but the Senate never took them into consideration. In what few preliminary steps were hazarded by the annexation party, rather as feelers than as substantive demonstrations or pro positions, the Senate clearly expressed its repugnance to entertain any such offer. It did not even recog nise it. Yet in the interval between the close of the last and the opening of the present Congress under the authority of the outgoing President, the same negotiations have been extended and reinforced. The incoming President, who will be inaugurated in March next, has been returned upon a pledge to carry into effect the " public opinion" of the Union, which Mr. TYLER himself, and, the new American Secretary of State, choose to assume to be clearly pronounced in favour of the annexation. Suppose this to be the fact—ls Mexico, the primary party in the affair—the one most distinctly and deeply inte rested, and liable to be the most seriously injured— to have no voice in the matter ? " Not at all," ac cording to Mr. Secretary CALHOUN and his official colleagues. Mexico may not have denuded herself of her sovereign rights over the Texas. The law of nations may recognise the validity of those rights. The existing de facto Government of Texas (which, being elective, must be as competently constituted as its predecessor, whose ex-President has put himself at the head of the annexation movement) may be, as of course it is, strenuously opposed to the sur render of its own existence and its country's independence ;—and, consequently, the aggression which the United States contemplates committing under the impudent pretext of the sanction of public • opinion in the Federal Union, and the wishes of the Texian people may be, as it assuredly is, in violation of the rights and the pretexts both of the Govern ment de jure in Mexico, and the Government esta• blished de facto in Texas. This may be all ♦ery true. But then Mr. CALK OUN has discovered that the Federal Union is " destined" to incorporate and possess Texas. As for Mexico, she really may do what she likes in negotiating with Texas to re turn under her allegianet ; but then this can only be " pending the progress of the State question" in the United States' Legislature, for it is broadly ad mitted that some Members of it are disinclined to the spoliation. But when once these scruples are re moved—and they, too, are destined in Mr. CAL* HOUR'S prophetic ecstacies to be removed —any act of AlExico to interrupt the harmonious amalgamation of so magnificent a slice of the New World, with the already enormously expanded territory of the Union, will be regarded by the latter as a declaration of war. We must say, that amidst all the balderdash of these diplomatic papers about its being the destiny of the United States to cover the country to be an nexed with railroads, and cities, towns, and villages, and all the institutions of their religion, civilisation, &c., we never detected such a rank exhibition of the unblushing principle of might against right—such a profession of that basest of political, as it is of moral and religious doctrine, " that the means justify the end." The vaunting and defying tone about the mode in which the interference of any foreign Power, on the part of Mexico, with the United States in carrying into effect this notable plan of an nexation, is amusing enough, and characteristic withal. But we are inclined to hope, still, that the abundant good sense and right feeling of a large portion of the American public will never permit the recklessness or wickedness of their Government to hazard such flagrant experiments on the weakness of a neighbouring and friendly transatlantic State, with the mere object of ascertaining to what extent the po litical rapacity of one party, the slave-trading cupidity of another, and the commercial specula tiveness of a third, among them, may accomplish their several objects at the expense of the national character, and of all political justice. It would be painful—and we deem it, at present, unnecessary—. to pursue the consideration of the other alternative which these proceedings may determine in ; or the prompt and decisive measures of repression and re taliation which the success of, so fraudulent a scheme would inevitably provoke from other Powers, who could never be brought to compromise the first prin ciples of social and political Government by acqui escence in such a monstrous violation of them. We conclude, for the present, with the expression of our unfeigned regret and astonishment at these frequent manifestations of moral turpitude and State "treachery and falsehoood," to use Senor RRJors's words, on the part of the Executive and other functionaries of a great Republic, which established its just claims on the sympathy, respect, and good wishes of free and independent nations, by a profession of political faith, and by political conduct so much more recon• cilable with the ancient nations of the distinction between rights and wrongs, than any indications we can find throughout this affair of Texas. Madrid Journals of the 3d inst. have been re ceived. The discussions in the Senate on the Reform Bill were continued on that day, when an amend ment was made to confer on Peer s a h ere dit ary r i g h t to sit in the Upper Chamb e r. A di v i s i on took place, and the amendment was rejected by a majority of 45 against 24. Several other clauses were adopted, among others, one conferring on the Senate the power to try Ministers impeached by the Lower Chamber, a l so its own Members, and persons accused of offences against the dignity of the Sove - reign or State. The Gazette contains two decrees—one ratifying the Convention concluded between the Minister of Finance and the bank of San Fernando for a loan of 150,000,000 reals, and another sanctioning the engagement of the bank to pay into the Sinking Fund 60,000,000 reals, to meet the dividends of the Consolidated Three per Cent. Debt, due in June and December of the pre sent year. The Three per Cents. closed at 314 for cash, and 31 11-16 at 60 days; the Five per Cents. at 221 for cash, and 321 at 60 days ; the Floating Debt at 78 at 60 — days; the Coupons at 264 at GO days; and the Debt without Interest at 6 15-16 at 60 days. The Paris papers, in the absence of all other topics of the slightest interest, continue their disquisitions on the state of the Ministry. The great object of the Opposition is the ejection of M. GulzoT, for what reason no one can tell, except the mere love of change. The writers in these journals know well that M Gutzur acts only a very secondary part, that he follows out only the policy prescribed by a high authority, and that if Count MOLE or M. THIER B were restored to office they must adopt the same policy, or walk out as they have done before. The KING, in fact, is everything, and though an adverse vote of the Chamber may occasionally thwart his views, he never:fails to return to the subject, and he is generally successful. The coldness of the Court to M. Gutzon is therefore alarming to a man anxious to retain office ; but his position, however, is more envious than that of the men who would displace him, and for the sake of power and place renounce opinions on many vital points of fo reign policy which for years they have advocated in opposition to this able and fearless Minister. These opinions are well arranged by the Journal des s D sass that —they are placed in full view before the Coalitio n , and deny them they cannot. On almost every sub ject that interests the public mind in France they are at variance with the policy of the man they w ou ld oust from place. " There are at present," ay journal, " .we will not say a party, but men who pom pously deck themselves out with the name of Conser vatives, and who are the declared and open ene mies of that policy. These men believe that the policy inaugurated by Catmint PERIER, and sup.. ported for fifteen years by Parliamentary majorities, is incompatible with the national honour and interest; they proclaim on, -all ; ,occasions that- the Engli s h alliance ; the entente cbrdiale, is a gross deception, a shame, and a humiliation for France. Listen to them, atid ydit will litat that itt the affair of the right of search, and in the negotiations opened kif the revision of the treaties of 1831 and 1833, Eng land has from the first day juggled France, and con tinues to do so. The modifications demanded will not, they say, be obtained. In the affair of the British Consul at Algiers, England, they say, pfo tests indirectly against the establishment of the French rule in Africa. Who knows even if she does not pay Ann-NL-KAnnn ? In the affair of Otaheite and that of Morocco the same dupery—by :-.ea and land, in Europe, in Africa, in Oceania. France is shamefully cheated by England. The linsa's jour ney and his reception is another mystification. The hope of maintaining peace between Eng land and France is a deplorable illusion, and the war between the two nations an imminent danger. Such is, according to these Conserva tives, the clear result of the entente cordiale. Thus they have placed themselves under the colours of the Majority only to decry its policy, and attack it in its principle! The policy of the Conservative party is founded on peace, and they declare peace to be impos sible, and war inevitable! The majority believes that the true interests of the country and the repose of Europe are engaged in the union of France and Eng land, and they laugh openly at the entente cordiale. What name must then be.givn to those men calling themselves Conservatives, but who thus calumniate the policy of the Majority ? All that we can say is that they usurp the name which they assume. They are not of the Conservative party ; fir, on the essen tial point of its policy, they are in daily and acknow ledged disaccord with the Conservative party. They are not of the Opposition either ; they say so at least, and we believe them on their word. 'they declare that they speak in theirown name, and they find only themselves. In what party must they, therefore, be classed? It is well-known that they are of the intrigue." These men and LOUIS PHILIPPE cannot agree without one party or the other abjuring recorded principles, and the KING, it is well known, is not the man to yield. From all accounts, his MAJESTY i s regarded as the prime mover in the affair. Both the Siècle and the Constitutionnel assert distinctly, that M. GutzoT suspects treason in the camp. The former says : " The entire Court is disturbed. The King's aides de-camps, his librarians, his personal friends. and even the intendant of the civil list, have liediiiild sti§reted by M. Guizot. It is not quite certain that his Majesty himself, notwithstanding the public declarations which his principal Minister eoneeived he had a right to re quire or him, 118 we were informed yesterday, has Cie ceeded in completely re-assuring him. Is it true, that after an explanation, in which M. Guizot de manded perhaps a new public demonstration for his own personal security, the Minister lidvlng com plained with bitterness of the persons who surround his Majesty, the King exclaimed, ' Well ! strike those who surround me, I abandon them to you 1' If this report be true, and a number of Conservatives are of this opi nion, it is clear that Sir R. Peel, when he required the dismissal of the ladies of the Queen's bedchamber, did not in vain give M. Guizot an example of severity. It is true that Sir R. Peel did not offer a dotation in return. It is true, likewise, that not finding a majority sufficiently strong to support him, the British Minister adjourned his pretensions to office. The Constitutionnel announces that Count Montalivet, in order to maintain the right to combat M. Guizot, had offered his resignation. If this assertion be confirmed, we would hold it up as an ex ample to the 180 functionaries who sit in the Chamber of Deputies. Let the half, or even the third, of tloese functionaries imitate his example, and we shall see what will become of that political system which is said to be supported by the majority of the country." The Presse, MARIA. CHRISTINA'S paper, takes a cu rious view of the subject, and infers that the main objects of the KING and the Coalition are to settle certain points of foreign policy to which M. GUIZOT cannot consistently agree. It reasons thus : " These Conservatives sincerely believe that the Mi nister of Foreign Affairs committed a great fault in not retiring after the refusal of the Chamber to ratify the treaty of the 20th December, 1840, which extended the zones and aggravated the right of visit ; that this error still weighs upon M. Guizot, and is the principal obstacle to his having sufficient power to oblige the British Cabinet to place France, in relation to Eng land, upon an equal footing with the United States ; that the means of repairing this error, and of relaxing a state of things too tightly restrained, would be a change of Ministry, leaving leisure to M. Guizot to prepare for a return to power, a return which would be certain, and would be effected with all the advantage of the experi ence he had gained by having been engaged for four years in the direction of the affairs of State. These Conservatives think that,lin the first place, Count Mole, whose judgment and capacious mind no one can deny or doubt, would be the statesman par excellence for getting rid of the difficulties which subsist between the two Go• vernments of France and England, without at the same time breaking the bonds which were drawn so closely by the visit to Windsor; that, secondly, he would on one side control the exaggerated pretensions of Great Britain, and on the other side appease the irritation of our na tional susceptibility. Possibly these Conservatives may deceive themselves, but, admitting that they may be in error, will they be the less firmly attached to those in stitutions which are the guarantees of liberty by main taining order? Wishing earnestly for peace, partout et toujours, will they not know how to add to its stability by means more sure and less costly, without incurring any just imputation of intrigue and defection?" THE BOURSE--rHURSDAS, JAN. 9. First Highest Lowest Last Price. Price. Price. Price. French Five per Cents-- 121 15 .. 121 20 .• 121 10 .• 121 10 Four-and-a-Half.... 113 .. 113 .• 113 • 113 Fours.. ....... ••• 108 .. 108 .. 108 .. 108 Three per Centa.• ... 85 20 ... 85 20 .. 85 .. 45 New Loan •• •• .. • • 86 50 .. 86 50 . 86 45 .. 86 45 Bank of France 3290 •.3290 ..2287 50 —3287 50 Gouin Bank, I,ooof. Shares• • 1095 ..1100 ..1095 • • 1100 Ftelgian llank.••• •• •••• •• •• 610 .. 610 .. 610 .. 610 Etelgian Fives, lEI4O 1842 .• •••• •• 106% .. 106!i .. 106 1 4, .. 106% Threes ••.••• • • • • • • 62 . • 62 . • 62 • • 62 Spanish Three 5................. 371 .. 37 1 4 •• 37 4 Active •••••••• •• •• 3714 .. 3714 .. 3714 .. 374 Passive •••• •• .. 6g , .. 6 i .. Portuguese Five per Cents.. 59 .. 59 . • 59 1 A • • .59N: Neapolitan.. •••••• •• • • • • • 96 75 96 75 .. 96 75 .. 9G 75 Roman RAILWAY SHARES. Versailles, R. 8... .... • • • ... 500 .. 1500 .. 495 L. 8.• • • • • • •• • • • • 375 • • 380 .. 375 Rouen • • . 2.. . ••••••• • • • • • • 1042 50 . 1043 75 .•1030 .. 49•) 3 , q) ..1030 Rouen to Havre.• •• •• • • • • • • 825 • • 825 •• 825 825 Orleans . Strasburg to Bale.-- •• •• 301 25 .. 301 25 .. 295 . 295 Avignon to Marseilles— •••• 930 .. 940 . 928 75 .. 928 75 RAILWAYS FOR THE ACCOUNT, JAN. 16. Versailles, R. 11..• .......• • • 500 • . 505 .. 488 25 .. 486 25 L.B 385 .. 385 .. 377 50 .. 377 50 Rouen • . 1035 .-1035 ..1030 ..1030 Rouen to Havre.. Orleans 1127 50 —1127 50 ..1115 ..1115 Strasburg toale Avignon to Marseilles 932 50 .. 932 50 .. 923 .. 925 A MUMMY FROM ICUABOE.—Some time ago we de scribed a mummy specimen of the monkey genus, which had been dug up from some 20 feet below the surface of the guano at Ichaboe, and which must, therefore, have been buried for centuries, although it was in a perfect state of preservation. A human mummy, preserved in the same substance, has just reached Liverpool by the ship Colchester, Captain Withers, which arrived the other day from Ichaboe, and is now lying at the N.E. corner of the Queen's Dock. Captain Withers informs us, that the body in question appears from the name and date inscribed upon the stave of a flour barrel found along with it in the hammock, to have been that of Christopher Delano, a Portuguese sailor, one of the crew of an American whaler, who was buried in 1791. The body was originally discovered in March last, but was buried again at the back of the island, from whence it was finally removed by Captain Withers, who has brought it home with him for the benefit of some of our scientific nstitutions. The body was found about 6 feet 3 inches below the surface. Every part of it was in a state of perfect preservation. The hempen hammock and linen found with it were perfectly sound and strong, whilst the wool and flannel about it crumbled to pieces at the touch. The tongue of the mummy is as thin as a wafer, and the end of it wrapped over the front teeth, and the nose is slightly flattened, but in all other respects the body is perfect. It is about 5 feet 9 inches in length, and appears to have been that of a young man.—Liver pool Mercury. THE LATE M. HEINE.—A correspondent writing from Haraburgh on the 2d instant states, that on the day when the will of Mr. Solomon Heine was to be opened and publicly read, the court in which this was to take place was found to be too small to con tain the multitude assembled, and therefore the President adjourned IA the spacious h a ll o f th e Court of Appeal. IA the preamble of his will Mr. Heine says, that before his marriage he was literally worth nothing, and that it was with the slender dower of his wife that he laid the foundation of hie fortune. Beginning with this, which scarcely amounted to 10,000 marks banco (19,0001.), he raised his property to 22,000,000 marks (41,000,000 f.) The reading of the legacies occupied an hoar and a quarter. Not a single establishment in Harnburgh, eitherof charity or public utility, has been forgotten by him, and he has even bequeathed 5,000 marks each towards the repairs of the Christian churches of St. Peter and St. Nicholas, damaged by the great fire in 1842. Every debt due to him that did not exceed 400 marks (7501.) is cancelled by his will. He desires to be buried by day break, without any pomp, and without any oration being delivered over his grave. Nevertheless, upwards of ten thousand persons on foot, and ninety-two carriages, spontaneously followed his hearse to the Jewish ceme tery ; and on the day of his funeral little if any busi ness was done on 'Change, as very few persons attended. —Gallyn an i. THE CONVICT MASON.—One of the visiting magis trates at York Castle has made a communication to Mr. Simeon Hutchinson, that he has received a letter from Sir James Graham. stating that, in consequence of the innocence of Joseph Mason, who was transported for twenty years, having been established, orders have been sent for his immediate release ; and also for the release of the four men who were unju.tly transported for the bur, 1 glary at Gocdmanhainp—Leeds Times. TRIS DAY'S NV WS CiIANCERY.-(THIS DAY.) The Lord Chandenof sKAItt Westminster to-day, it being the first day of Wary 'RPM The usual cere mony of breakfasting with his Lordship, of the Judges, Queen's Counsel, Masters in Chancery, Stc., was dis pensed with according to previous arrangement. Th Poert was occupied the whole day with appeal motions. VICE-CHANCERY.-(TMS DAY.) Although this was the first day of Hilary Term the Vice-Chancellor of England took his seat in his Court at Westminster as early as ten o'clock, it having been ar ranged that theJudgeg, Qiieen's Counsel, &c. &c., should breakfast with the Lord Chancellor only at Michaelmas and Easter Term. his Honour heard motions, none of which were of any public interest and having nothing to proceed with, rose shortly before twelve o'clock, Vice-Chancellors Bruce and Wigram sat this morning, being the first day of term, in the Committee-rooms, Nos. and 2, of the House of Commons. The Courts now erecting in Palace yard will not be occupied till Easter Term. Hearing motions engag, d their Honours for the greater part of the day. QUEEN'S BENCH.-(THIS DAY.) This being the first day of term, the Court sat at ten o'clock. IN THE MATTER OF CHARLES CARUS WILSON. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL Moved for a rule to show cause why the rule for a habeas corpus obtained by Mr. Peacock from Mr. Baron Rolfe to bring up the body of Charles Carus Wilson, who was imprisoned in the gaol of Jersey, should not be set aside. The Learned Gentle man moved for the rule on the ground that the rule for the habeas corpus Kas not in conformity with the . Act of Parliament. The COURT granted the rule. HILL V. STRATFORD. This was an action tried at the sittings after last term, before Lord Denman, at Westnarster, arising out of a gambling transaction, in which the defen dant lost a considerable sum of money, over 10,6004 to a person named Coghlan. The defendant ac cepted three bills of exchange for 3,5001., which were discotinted by the plaintiff, who brought the action to recover the amount. The question was, whether the transaction was bona fide:on the part of the plaintiff. His Lordship told the jury that it was not likely the plaintiff would have discounted bills of such a large amount without inquiring how they came into the hands of Coghlan. It was proved that Coghlar, and Hill were acquainted, and met together at a house in Piccadilly, where sporting characters were in the habit of meeting. The jury, under those circumstances, found a verdict for the defendant. Mr. KELLY now moved for a rule to show cause why the verdict should not be set aside and a new trial had, on the ground of misdirection, and on the ground that certain evidence was submitted, on the part of the de fendant, which ought to have been rejected. M s DONNELL V. CARR. This was a case tried before Lord Denman, at Guild hall. The defendant was the captain of the Marquis of Hastings, in which the plaintiff, Mrs. M'Donnell, was a passenger from India. It was advertised that the vessel was to carry a surgeon. They arrived at the Cape, where Mrs. M'Donnell left the vessel, stating that she did so because the previsions were bad, and because there was not a surgeon on board. She came home in another vessel, and when she came here she brought an action to recover the money which she paid for her passage. The defendant stated the plaintiff left the vessel on ac count of some reports which existed respecting her, and not on account of the badness of the provisions or the want of a surgeon, neither of which facts were true. It was proved that there was not a surgeon on board, and the jury found a verdict for the plaintiff amounting to 801. Mr. CROWDER now moved to set aside the rule, on ac count of misdirection, and as being against evidence. The Counii were of opinion that the defendant had not proved his plea, that be carried a surgeon, and re fused the rule. BAIL COUR C.—(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Justice WILLIAMS.) The Court sat at ten o'clock this morning, and rose before twelve o'clock. Several motions wore made, none of which possessed any feature of interest, except to the parties concerned. EXCHEQUER —(THIS DAY.) (Sittings in Banco.) The Court commenced its sittings in Westminster HA. HUBBARD V. PHILLIPS. This was a motion for a rule to show cause why all further proceedings in this action should not be stayed, and the plaintiff's attorney ordered to pay all costs in curred. The ground of the application was, that the plaintiff's attorney had instituted the proceedings with. out the plaintiff's authority, and that he was not justi fied, under the circumstances, in using his name. The plaintiff, Mr. Hubbard instructed his attorney, a gentle man of the name of Lloyd, to commence an action against a person named Jones. When the matter had arrived at a certain point, a correspondence took place, the result of which was, that the attorney recommended his client to discontinue the action. To that the plaintiff assented, and the attorney having made out his bill of costs, it was paid by the defendant. It appeared that the action afterwards proceeded without any auth'.• city from Mr.. Hubbard, and writs having been issued, the defendant was taken into custody. The defendant, however, having fallen with the sheriff's otficer,into the bands of the Rebeccaites, was rescued by them from custody; and the attorney now brought an action of escape against the sheriff of Carmarthenshire, in which county the rescue occurred. The application was supported by the affidavit of the plaintiff himself, who swore that the action was brought without hi 3 knowledge or cohcurrence. The LORD CHIEF BARON said there were several instances of the kind, in which proceedings bad been stayed, and the attorney himself had been compelled to pay all costs.—Rule granted. COMMON PLEAS.-(THIS DAY.) • (Sittings in Banco.) The Hilary Term of the present year commenced this day. The Lord Chief Justice, the Justices, Erle, Manta, and Cressweil, took their seat on the bench shortly after one o'clock. VALPY AND ANOTHER n MANLY AND ANOTHER. This was an action involving a question of impor ' tance. It was brought by the assignees of a bank rupt against the sheriff.; of Stafford for moneys had and received. The defence was that no moneys had been received. The circumstances were these. A brewer, in Itudgley, StaffOrdshire, having been in difficulties, allowed judgment in an action of debt to go by default ; but having received an intimation that execution had issued in that case, made over his property to trustees for the benefit of his creditors at large. On the day when this act of bankruptcy was committed, the officer of the sheriff took formal possession under the execution. The fiat of bankruptcy issued immediately, and the assignees paid the sheriffs, under a protest, against the legality of this seizure. They then brought, this action to recover back the money, 3701., and a ver dict was given for the plaintiffs at the last assizes; the Learned Judge, Mr. Justice Erie, giving leave to move for a new trial, to have the opinion of the court as to the legality of the seizure. Mr. Sergeant 'TALvotrun now obtained a rule nisi accordingly. LONDON ADJOURNED SESSIONS. (THIS DAY.) (Before the RECORDER, Aldermen JOHNSON, CHALLIS, and 1%1 ooN). LIABILITY OF CHAPELS AND SCHOOLS TO BE RATED TO THE POOR.RATES.-HILLS APPELLANT.-THE PARISH OF ST. LEONARD, EASTCHEAP, RESPONDENTS. This was an appeal against a poor-rate, made by the churchwardens and overseers of the parish of St. Leonard, Eastcheap, on the 7th of June last. Mr. BODKIN, who appeared on behalf of the tO - stated that the grounds of appeal, as stated in the notice, were, that a certain chapel and house, in the occupation of Mr. Curling, J. R. Mills, and John God frey, on Fish-street Hill, known as the Weigh-house Chapel and School, or, Dr. Binney's Chapel, was not rated to the poor. That notice was insufficient, and the appeal could not he supported. Mr. CLARKSON, who appeared for the appellant, said he could not support the appeal, he would admit, on the grounds stated by Mr. Bodkin ; he should ask that the appeal be struck out for want of sufficient notice, aid the appellant could appeal again. The appeal was then struck out —Costs refused. CLERKENWELL.—(THIS DAY.) John Kempson, alias Shirley, was charged with nume rous robberies on housekeepers. lie refused to give his real name and address. Eliza Sich deposed that on the previous night the pri soner called at the house of Mr. Gregory, of the firm of Gregory and Faulkener, No. 1, Bedford-row, and gave her a parcel of books and a note for the cook. The cook knew nothing about either, and when she returned the prisoner was gone, and so was a barometer which hung in the hall. Lucy Anne Martin, cook at the house of Mr. Faul kener, solicitor, No. 41, Bedford-square, deposed that the prisoner called at her master's house with a parcel of books, and a note for her. The note began "My dear Jane," and ended " Your affectionate brother, James." Immediately suspecting a ruse, she prevented a robb er y. The prisoner had stolen a cloak, the property of the Archdeacon of Van I)iemen's Land, in a similar manner. There were no less than twenty cases of this nature against the prisoner, and Sergeant Dodd said informa tion had reached the police of numerous others. Mr. GREEN - woo° told the sergeant to select three of the strongest to send the prisoner to trial upon. The prisoner is a young man of shirt stature, and well dressed. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. (RECEIVED THIS DAT.) BETTING AT MANCHESTER. —FRIDAY. The business done to-day was too trifling to render a repetition of the quotations necessary. A few bets on the Chester Cup. DERBY. Offers to take 15 to 1 about hedger, and to lay 35 to agst Cobweb colt. OAKS. 4 to 1 agst Beat's lot. COURSING. MORPETH (LONGIIIRST) MEETING, JAN. Tallyho Stakes dogs) were won by Mr. Fenwick's Blue. Beard ; Mr. flufubl,A. Sir Romulus ran op. MoRPETII (1;ORTII P;EATON). JAN. 6 AND 7.--7-Tbe Derby Stakes o; 5 guineas each (8 subs.), were won by Mr. Jobbing's Miner ; Mr, ,Fenwiek's The Cure ran up. The Claret Strikes (4 dogs) were won by Mr. psio n . - sem's Sidwood ; Mr. Andet .on's Celepity ran ufit SINGLEToN, JAN. 6.—The Cup was won by mondson's Domino ; the Bibby Stakes by Mt. •Will►am son's Busy ; and the Consolation Stakes 14 Mr. VllTLJ liams's Nettle, MONEY and COMMERCIAL NE ' utxx CITY, QUARTER TO n,,, A fair business was done in cotton at Liverpoo l If; terday. Sales, 5,000 bales, at steady pricets.--SbA.re were not very firm, but a fair business wigs. done. Birmingham and Gloucester, 41; Chester and Birk e°, head, 37 36i; Dublin and Drogheda,',7l; Eastern Can.; ties, 15 8 ; Grand Junction, 227; Ditto, Halves, 11j, Liverpool and Manchester, 217; Ditto, Halves, 10: London and Brighton, 52; London and York, 4/. 8 5 . 9 '' London and South•Western,'New, 51; Churnet Vol 4* 4; Midland Counties, 116 i; South-Eastern, 411:1 Ditto, New, 14 8 ; Lyons and Avignon, 24; Paris its, Lyons, 7i i; Paris and Strasbuty, 2i; Northern °' France, 51. 12s. 6d., 5/ lls. 6d. We have the Bank of England statement to. Jan. 4 ,.j e ti last night's Gazette. The figures may be thus giYel/ . • }Votes issued, 28,087,0551. ; decrease, 113,1101. , n u i;on, 14,801,6211. ; decrease, 76,795/. Public ci,-;_ , osits, 7,366,643/. ; decrease, 44,062/. • ' Other deposits, 8.037,320/ ; decrease, 227,75 91 + Rest, 3,127,2781. ; Lncrease, 14,011/. ~,,,. It is probable that the Directors increased th e cl ".;. lation again last week, °whiz' to the dividend E i j i ments, although their present issue i s u ndoubr o -- , : , quite large enough. The increase in the securities I_ .w'" nt cates an extension of discount business,and which , trf., the complaints of the bill-brokers, there no dou btP been since the sew Act came into operation. _, 4. 0 0 A few papers, to Sept. 7, have come to liana :,' ner Hobart Town, but except that they do not describ e 7 t i. cantile affairs as having retrograded, although no .1 ) ; i s . cular improvement had occurred, there is nothing u •` - terest in them bat local news. The English Securities generally continue to bas e tej , very firm appearance, and the purchases, though Dim ! ,/, ,/, are quite su ffi cient to uphold them. No doubt, o h o ever, parties are deterred from investing, by the bli s s prices. Cousols have been 100/1, ex-dividend. ty Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents., 104* to I • a,_ ll( 4o cg Three per Cents. Reduced, 1001 to 101. IL)" mop is 211 to 212. Exchequer Bills have rather given being 655. to 625. premiuki>,.„,, , . 4 Business in Foreign Stocks Is very dull. g 11 ,1 15 Five per Cents. are steady at 26 8 to 27,.and the S PA per Cents. have risen to 37 and 37i. Portiigttel: 00' verted are 60 to j; Mexican Bonds are 341; Durtu. , - and-a-Half per Cents. obtain 634- to i. The Railway Shares have been rather lively' and generally at buoyant rates. BirmipOPl A ; ) Gloucester keep high. Great Western are seatexf a i t ier dear; Croydon have rallied ; Brighton are.. stillrisil flat. York and North Midland are well supportetso South-Eastern are rather better. French Shires er , t • , quite so good. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'C (From the Official List.) • Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities - 3 per Cent. Consols Anna l 2loo9 ol2i l i r i. New 3 1 4 per Cent. Annuties - lO4 N. 001 Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan. 1860 l2 8 : 0.1 Do. 30 Years, Expire Oct.lo, 1859 l2 1 1 •,6 Ditto 30 Years, Expire Jan. 1860 India Bonds 1;0001 z.- poi' ' ` • Ditto under 1,0001 ,7$ 10' Consols for Opening ' - India Stock ' • 2sB%. ,' ' Exchequer Bills. 1 3 %d. .- ' I%d: -- . 1,000/. 500/. - ...... 63 64' p°' Ditto Small — ' t '63 64 Poi' Ditto Advertised ..... -- t V l :,c,k PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT 'ONE O'W , ur - Mexican Bonds, 1837, 5 per Cent: Ditto for the Account 34 -N - Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent - Ditto Converted •—• "- Ditto for the Account. Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent., 1840 26,i Ditto for the Account. Ditto 3 per Cent Ditto for the Account. Dutch 212 per Cents t Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates PRICE OF SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCIC-! 4 , RAILWAYS. PAID. Pat SIP': Birmingham and Gloucester 100 lO 4 l/ to - , 4 Cambridge and Lincoln • 1% 2 3........ to sli Churnet Valley Direct Northern 2 1,4 2,4 to 4li [ Eastern Counties ' 25 ,to t Do. Perpet. 5 per CL No. 1. 3% — to ''' ; r Ditto, ditto, No. 2. Edinburgh and Glasgow 5O Ely and Bedford , 1 Great South and W. (Irish)... 5 9 1A34 to Ditto Extension 4 Ditto Additional -,, 2 1 ,i 674 3 / 4 ... to ,9 Great North of England ' 100 l4B .., Ditto ---,• Great Western BO - 165% ..• Wof Ditto, Half Shares Ditto, Fifths Hull and Selby 5O - 7 oh 7oh to • 1 ,, Lancaster and Carlisle London and Blackwall 16% 7 lki... t 9..,. London and 8right0n.......... 50 London and Greenwich London and South Western 413‘...... 7? ..... . to 6'' Ditto, New — ...... 5 ....,,,; to 16 4 London and Croydon .4 . London and York...—. ...... 2 1 h... , 4 A 1A.,„ to:,0; Midland Newcastie &Darlington .sunc. 24 ...... 6414 to North British 5 Northern and Eastern Rugby /4 2%... to .„ Shrews.,Wolver., Dud., Birm. 2% i to 41 / A South Eastern and Dover ... 33 1 Ditto New South Wales West Cornwall 14... 3 . to 1 66 York and Nortk Midland ... 50 ......106% to .„', Ditto Scarboro' Branch...... 10 Ditto Selby Scrip 1 Ditto, Extension FRENCH RAILWAYS. .., Boulogne and Amiens Great Northern of France ... 4 Lyons and Avignon Paris and Orleans 2O ...... 43 to 4 ~. t Paris and Rouen PRICES OF IRISH STOCKS, JAI 9. 3 per Cent. Consols • 100 i ' Ditto Money ' . 3 per Cent. Reduced -- 3i Stock 103% Ditto Money 3i per Cent. Debentures "--, t ..95 1 ' Long Annuities *— • Bank Stock Royal Canal Stock Grand Canal Stock l2 LAST PRICES OF IRISH SHARES. 49 RAILWAYS. PAID. PO ". Great E. outhern and Western Ditto Extension ... .. 5 Dublin and I.;;lfast Junction 2 17 . 2 ..... 9 Irish Great WeS!ern, Dublin to Mul lingar and Athlone Railway . . Belfast and Ballymenl Dundalk and:Enniskillezi ...... 15 1 y Royal Bank Patriotic ditto lO ...... .. 4. Steam Ship Building Company _r MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, 1 0 has been a fair amount of business done, and the closes firm, with a good general demand : Pf Midland Railway Consols, 401. Shares, 5 . W' South-Eastern, 42 Ditto New, 1434 • Ditto New Creation, 1 . 2%. 15-16 Blackburn, Burnley, and Accrington, 31,16 Cambridge and Lincoln, 2% 3 / 4 11-46% Churnet Valley, 4 I:416 1 4 l yj Ely and Bedford, 181. 9s. .. Huddersfield and Manchester Railand et ai P",,, Leeds and Bradford, New Shares, 1038 London and Worcester, Oxford and Rug* .; London and York, 4 7-16 Manchester, Bury, and Roseendale, Nerth British, 8 West Yorkshire, 5. Great Northern of France, 5% Paris and Lyons, 3% 111i' Manchester and Liverpool District Bank , 0 0 A Cabinet Council was held at two O c afternoon, at the Forei.;n-office, Dovv 3lll) cf. ceuc• ilol' which was attended by all the rnembe ilv rs r , Cabinet, except the Duke of Buc I h •"" as' stone arrived this morning from 'Windsor v attend the meeting. RAILWAY RETURNS n, RAILWAY TRAFFic.--The following are the Total Bec e i;l 4 :4 ways for the past week—that is to say, up to the date.. o f respective returns arc made, together with the reca' week in the previous year :- 04 0 0 ° 0 1 1,60 Week ending Lai t weol‘' NAME OF RAILWAY. 5 2 0 Cr 2, 245 1,C 115 40 0 51 2 9 65 21 9 1, 07 g 2, 467 1, 796 1, 00 65' 7, 5517 1, 4 °; 13, 1g° 4, 60 g 14, 34 g 64 4 9, 993 1. 171 I, 3 S ° 5, 16 g 93 1 3, 3°9 f OO 6 6. 7 9,4950 Irl 71 /0, d 1, 365 ,. 1,346 Pio 4 ,53 2 9 3,944 I qo 3 00 9 0 .56 % 4 ;0 3; 514 !4) 852 ° 57 0 1 ,7• 1, 959 fr ° „if WICH, JAN. 10,—Th , ',Amos, sut d .e.. lri here, land to Newhaven, has bee n assist a, having been on.-the Long Sand. Jan. 4 3 Arbroath and Forfar •••• • • • • • Birmingham and Glouce,ster • • . • • • Brandling Junction . • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Bristol And Gloucester • • Chester and Birkenhead . • • • • • • • • • • • • Dublin and Drogheda • • • • . • • • • • . • • • • • ...... _ Dublin and Kingstown .. •. • • • • • • • • • • Dundee and Arbroath • • • Durham and Sunderland .• • • • • • • • • - • • Edinburgh and Glasgow . • • • • • • • • Eastern Counties and North Eastern Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr • • • • • • Glasgow and .. Greenock.•••••••••• Grand Junction .• • ..... • • • • • • • • • • • • Great North of England' ...... Great Western . ........ ..... ••• Liverpool and Manchester •• •• •••• " London and Birmingham . •••• •• ••*. London and Blackwall•• •• •• •• • '''' London and Brighton. •• •• •• •• •"• London and Croydon . •• •••• •• **** London and Greenwich. •••• •• •• "•• London and South Western. •• •• •• '• Manchester, Bolton, and Bury'* Manchester and Birmingham ..... • " 3 M n a d i l i a cl i i i e d st c e, Leeds, o r ulittes. a .. i. . .. Assoc • • ... .. Newcastle and Darlington •• •••• •••• Newcastle and Carlisle•• •• •• •• •• •"• Newcastle and North Shields •••• •• North Union and Bolton and Presto❑ Paris, Corbeil, and 0r1ean5.......... Paris and Rouen •• • Preston and Wyre ................ Sheffield and Manchester• • •• •• •• •• South Eastern •• •••••••• " •• •• Taff Valo • • • • • • • • • Ulster HAW Sunder: damag( Yarmouth and Norwich • • • • • • " " York and North 3iiihuld • • • ..... •