The Sun. — London, England, 1839-12-24 00:00:00

-VVENING P O,YT EC ITUTION. .. --,----. 1 - ifhis popular place of public amusement daily a ttracts crowds of vis;.tors. Yesterday, n'otwith standing the unfaver4rable state of the weather, a great num b er of ( method adopted wrecks under - 'oy havinfr descended pr.rsons were present to witness the Colonel Pa!,lev for blowing up water. A man ‘vith a diving helmet, 0 a t"oe connected with it for conveying air , ihull of i i n t, a t , b P .. with a piece of wood rei;embiing the a vessel, and having attached the ware to 'operator, by means of the voltaic battery, .0. - nstant tore it into at least twenty pieces, which ( in ' .ar ediat el y after the shock rose to the surface of I it. water. He made gunpowder explode at four different parts of the hall by the same means, and lvith the rapidity of lightning, and illustrated the ~: e__ xPeritrients by some explanation of the way in : which this irresistible power acts on matter. The Ihyeiro-oxygen microscope is also a great source of at traction, and is certainly one of the best of the i - sort vet exhibited in London. The managers A have lately opened the establishment in the evening, kli for the purpose of affording amusement and instruc tion to those engaged in daily occupations, as w e ll, no doubt, as to remunerate themselves. The ex hibition-room is brilliantly lit up with gas, by which means the numerous objects of art and science can be seen fully better even than in day-light. On alternate evenings Mr. Backhoffer and Mr. Cooper give lectures on electricity, combustion, &c., with 1 beautiful experiments on light, at the same time exhib;.ting the vast power of electricity, and the metl'ol adopted by Mr. Snow Harris for protecting shi'os and houses against lightning. An hour's in str uction as well as amusement may thus be ob tr lined at a very cheap rate. THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IN GREAT BRITAIN. (Abridged from the Catholic Directory for 1840.) The total number of Catholic chapels in England and Wales amounts to 457. There are 88 in Lanca shire, the greatest number in any one county ; 54 in Yorkshire ; ;32 in Staffordshire ; and 20 in Middlesex. There are 65 in Scotland, indepenLnt of 20 stations where Divine Service is performed. In Inverness-shire there are 18 ; in Banit'hire, 11 ; and in Aberdeen shire, 7. Grand Total of Catholic Chapels in Great Bri• tain, 22. CATHOLIC COLLEGES. In li:ngland there are nine Catholic Colleges; viz:— St. E &Lund's, Hertfordshire. Ushaw College, Durham. St. Mary's, Staffordshire. Stonyhurst, Lancashire. St. P e t er ' s , Somerset. Ampleforth, Yorkshire. Paul's, German, Worcestershire. Gregory's shire. In Scotland, one, viz., St. Mary's Blairs, Kincardine- CONVENTS. Loudon District Midland b Scotland Northern We have no exac., data for ascertaining the nume rical strength of the Catholic body in Great Britain. They have been estimated at 2,000,000 of souls, but we doubt if they amount to so many. The following is the nearest hypothetical approximation we can make to the number of Catholics in the subjoined cities and towns : 1.4 , ,0nc10n and its vici- ißolton pity Liverpool BO,OOO Dundee 6,000 I Manchester and S a l- Wi g an ford Glasgow and its v . - !Norwich . . . cirnty .. 50,000 Huddersfield Preston Edinburgh ..... ... 14,000 Bath 4,000 Newcastle and !Hull Gateshead Paisley lO,OOO Greenock 3,000 Birmingham ...... 9,000 North and South Leeds Blackburn Bradford 7,000 Dumfries Lord and Lady Chetwynd are entertaining a party of friends at their seat in Oxfordshire. FATAL ACCIDENT AT MESSRS. REID'S BREWIRY.—Last evening an inquest was held before Mr.. Payne at St. Bartholomew's Hospital, on the body G 1 'John Page, aged 53. It appeared from the evidence of several witnesses that on Wednesday morning last, between nine and ten o'clock, the deceased, with a man named Atkinson, was employed in constructing a vat at the abovenamed brewery, and when in the act of " slinging" a hoop (weighing about 1001bs.) the de ceased slipped from the scaffold on which they were standing, and pulled Atkinson along with him. Both fell across an iron beam, and the hoop falling on the deceased's chest fractured four ribs, and otherwise in jured him. He was brought to the hospital and died 'on Saturday. Verdict—" Accidental death." The man Atkinson escaped unhurt. MR. W AKLEY AND THE MIDDLESEX MA GISTRATES.—At an inquest held yesterday before Mr. Wakley, at the Workhouse; Little Saffron hill, on the body of a woman unknown, who was found dead in bed at a low lodging in Field-lane, Holborn, and in which a verdict of Natural Death was returned, Mr. Wakley, in allusion to the late acts of the Middlesex Magistrates, disallowing the customary fees to the beadle or sum moning officer, he being a salaried officer, Mr. Wakley asked the constable what was the allowance they re ceived previous to the passing of the New Poor-law Amendment Act. The constable replied that they then received 3s. 6d. from the parish for summoning a Jury, and 4d. was allowed to each of the Jurors, who invariably gave it to the beadles, which made their re muneration in fob 7s. The Coroner then said that he had been to an inquest that morning, where the con stable had to walk ten miles for summoning a Jury, and yet he never received one farthing. It was monstrous to think of the gross injustice done to this class of men by the Middlesex Magistrates. Now, the Act of Victo r i a was p asse d by th e Legislature for the express purpose of remunerating the beadles in place of the loss they bad sustained in their fees by the pass ing of the Poor-law Amendment Act, and yet these Magistrates, in their paltry and pettifogging spirit of economy, had acted in direct violation of the Act, by refusing them any remuneration whatever. But he did not think that the Magistretes had solely dwelt upon the constable's account, but also on the ground of the prejudice which existed against him (Mr. Wakley) in that quarter, and that they might. by such means lessen the number of inquests ; but he could say he did not ho'd inquests enough—it was rarely he held one in an union workhouse ; and that was singular, as they con tained from eight hundred to a thousand poor creatures. He (Mr. Wakley), however, should be on the alert, for it was evident that the coroner was kept in the dark respecting the nature of the deaths that took place in those places. After a few other remarks, Mr. Wakley told the constable to send him a lir,t of the headboroughs and parochial constables not in receipt of emolument, in order that he should send them the warrant for summon ing the juries, and thus defeat the ends of the Middlesex Magistrates. Yesterday afternoon, at four o'clock, an inquest was held before Mr. Payne at the Hand and Shears, King-street, Cloth-fair, on the body of a child named William Farrell. It appeared from the evidence of several witnesses that the parents of the deceased child went to bed intoxicated (particularly the mother) about ten on Sunday night last. The husband and father went out again, and about twelve o'clock he returned, when one of the witnesses said she heard something like the sound of blows, and the voice of the mother utter ing, " Oh, you wretch, you've struck me." The wit nesses, lodgers in the house, No. 9, Half-moon-alley, heard nothing more until six o'clock yesterday morning, when the parents informed them that the child was dead. Verdict—" Died through neglect, caused by the dissi pated habits of the deceased's parents:' ATTEMPT TO POISON A FAMILY.-011 Sun day morning last the family of Mr. John Inglis, farmer in Sandyflat, near Johnstone, after partaking of some porridge (the usual breakfast), were seized with violent pains in the stomach and bowels, severe retching, sup posed to arise from poison, but in what manner admi nistered, whether in the water or the meal, is unknown. There were nine persons more or less affected—they are still in life, but some of them in great danger. Suspicion has not yet fallen upon any person ; but the water, meal, and a portion of the porridge have been sent to Glasgow to be analysed.—Glasgow Courier. HORSE-STEALING. —On Saturday, at the Brentford Petty Sessions, a country-looking man, named Thomas Saunders, was finally examined before the bench of Magistrates, on the following charge of horse stealing. It appeared from the evidence of the wit nesses that on the morning of Friday-week a fine grey pony was seen proceeding down Isleworth-lane, with an extensive wound in its throat, from which blood was flowing profusely, and after two or three times crossing, th e road, it at length fell down under the Duke of Nor thumberland's wall, where it bled to death. Previous to that however, the prisoner came up to it with a knife in his hand which was bloody, with which he cut off the hair of the tail, close to the dock, saying the ' pony was his. He then left it in the lane, and pro ceeded to a knacker's residing at Brentford, for the purpose of disposing of it. In the meantime information of the occurrence had reached the station-house of the division in Old Brentford, when one of the constables was sent in search of him, and on meeting with him, questioned hiM how lie become possessed of the pony, when he said he had had it five weeks, and that he lived at No. 22, Twickenha:n. On inquiry, however, his whole tale was found to be false, and he was remanded, to afford time for inquiry. On Satur day a person named Elliot, a butcher, residing at Sher near owno(I the horse, which I ' a, u..c.s uliA 14111 Vv . row, The prisoner was fully committed. THY t : 'UN, LONDON. TV : , SDAY, DECEMBER 24. 139. MONEY AI 411KET mid CITY N Vl' S. (MONDAT EVENING.) TIM ES.—This has been a dull day for business in the Funds, nor is the week gencraily one of much ; activity. Consols were 92 for the opening ; Exchequer Bills, ss. to 33, discount ; Bank Stock, L 77 , 21 to 84. A rather considerable fall in Dutch' Stock excited some attention in the Foreign House. The Two -and , a-Half per Cents. fell to 521 to a ; and the Five per Cents. to 974 to ; the last previous quotations of the first having been 53 to 1, and of the letter 99 to 1. The prices came lower from Amsterdam, and result, of course, from the difficulties experienced by the Govern ment in the States-General relative to the new projected loan to be secured on the colonies, the proposition for which had been rejected in the Second Chamber. A periodical statement of the affairs of the Equitable Assurance Society has lately been distributed among, those interested, of which, as the concerns of a corpora tion so gigantic have something of national importance about them, the following sketch may not be uninter esting. The number of assurances of " single lives for the whole continuance of life" is stated at 7,363, and for terms, survivorships, joint lives, and annuities, &c., 118. The value of all the assurances, annuities, and claims, on the Ist of November, assuming their continu ance to the 31st of the present month, is calculated at 6,235,677/. 18s., which deducted from the sum of in vested capital, stated at 10,689,932/. 2s. Bd., leaves a surplus of 4,454,254/. 4s. Bd. The present value of a further addition of 2/. 10s. for all payments prior to the Ist of next January, on policies effected before May 25, 1824, constituting the oldest 5,000 assur ances on January Ist of the present year, is stated at 2,968,885/. 17s. 6d. The capital stock consists of 3,200,000/. Consols, valued at 90i per cent., and in real money amount 2,900,000/.; 3,800,0001. Reduced Three per Cents., at 89.3- per cent., in effec tive arcouot 3.405,7501. ; 400,000/. Three-and-a-Half per Cent. Reduced, at 97- , a, amount 390,500/. ; 300,000/. Exchequer hills, at ss. discount, with in terest to December 31st, 304,943/. ; and mortgages 3,583,950/. 7s. Bd., exclusive of interest and pre miums unpaid. The table of successive additions to policies presents some extraordinary facts. - Nine additions have been made out of profits and accumu lated capital from 1782 to 1839, both inclusive. The first addition made in 1782 upon policies dated before the Ist of May, 1777, amounted to 71. 10s. per cent. on each sum assured of 100/., and upon policies be fore the Ist of May, 1779, 41. 10s. per cent. The additions under the first head of date were, at the following periods of declaration, successively increased until in the present year the amount thus divided and assigned reached 1571. 105. per cent., or upon the policy of 100/. assured in 1777, the whole of the addi tions thus made amounted to 637/. per 100/. The latest date of the policies hitherto admitted to participa tion in this periodical addition is May, 1824, the amount divisable or in addition as before stated being 2/. 10s. per cent. On a certain range of - policies entitled to March 7, 1823, and declared in 1837, the amount was Si. per cent. In 1831 the bonus for 1817 was 20/. per cent.; in 1832, 17/. 10s. ; in 1833, 15/. ; in 1834, 12/. 10s. ;in 1835, 10/. ; and in 1836, 71. 10s. The reserve fund after all amounts to 1,485,369/., and the amount of annual payments or premiums, constituting such portion of income as is not derived from dividends and interest on stock and mortgages, is stated at 328,612/. 18s. 6d. The present state of the wool trade and the woollen manufacture is exciting some uneasiness among the monied interest. The failures which have taken place lately in town and country, and the fall in prices of various descriptions of wool, must make the large pur chases at the recent German fairs but unprofitable spe culations. The damage at present appears to be almost altogether confined to the northern seats of the woollen manufacture, for the manufactures in the west are un derstood to be in a healthy state and in full action. It is probable that the large seizures of woollen cloths in the United States may have been one principal cause of the present depression of the trade in Yorkshire, if not of some of the failures ; for it seems hardly possible that the depresssion of trade which has been expe rienced for so short a period only hitherto could be suf ficient of itself to account for such an amount of loss as could affect concerns of any standing on the difficulties generally complained of. POST.—The non-arrival of the British Queen has again caused very great disappointment. It is con cluded, and perhaps justly, that her machinery may have got injured on the voyage, and that she may have been compelled to put into an intermediate port for repairs. The English funds, in the meanwhile, remain free from fluctuation. In the Foreign Market, Active Spanish Stock was quoted 241 to 4 ; Colombian, 24 to A- ; Three per Cent. Portuguese, 23i to 4 ; and Two-and-a-Half per Cent. Dutch, 524 to The decline in the last-named secu rities has been produced by a reported f4ll in the Am sterdam Market. There seems to be a good deal of jobbing going on in Holland. We understand that the Committee of South Ameri can Bondholders meet to-morrow (Tuesday) in FNe man's-court, for the purpose of further considering the propositions made to them on behalf of the three States, Venezuela, New Granada, and Equador. The answers of the first and last (Venezuela and Equador) to the letters of the Committee, requesting further explana tions, are, we are told; most insufferably impudent. They will, doubtless, be read upon the occasion. The British public will bagin to feel the impolicy of opening their purses to these rascally States. It is mentioned in the Ministerial Glosc that the contract under consideration at Madr!d for two hun dred million reals cannot be completed, for the reason that the contractors are not able to obtain from Ardouin and Co., of Paris, the Toreno bonds pro mised them otherwise than upon the payment of a cer tain lien on them. It would seem, therefore, that the infamous Toreno job of 1834 has no end or limit. But how stands the matter ? When, in 1834, the holder of the Cortes bonds was called upon to give up his interest of 55/. for eleven years, to take deferred stock of the value now of 11 per cent., that is about 5/. 10s. for 551., without compound interest, and, moreover, to give up one-third of his principal also (the home creditor making no sacrifice either of one or the other,) he was told that, unless he converted his old bond by a given time (this was under Ricardo's conversion,) he would forfeit all claim upon it. The time specified was six months. Now we hear that ti/u/os of Toreno's con version of 1834 are offered as a guarantee to the con tractors for fresh advances, bordering as we are upon the year 1840. We repeat, therefore, that it would seem that the atrocious Toreno business of 1834 has no end. The bonds, with the signature of that unprincipled Minister, are in the hands of Messrs. Ardouin and Co., of Paris, ready for emission whenever the charge upon them is removed, and it behoves the London speculators to in quire how many of them there are. It was imagined that they had been done with years ago. Much as our capitalists have suffered by this sort of chicanery, it is too certain that they are as yet but more novices in matters of finance. CHRONICLE.—There was no feature whatever in the Consol Market, only one price having been quoted throughout the day. Great disappointment has 'been expressed at the non-arrival of the British Queen from New York ; and had it not been for the long passage she had out, much more uneasiness would exist as to her safety. The British and American Steam Naviga tion Company have issued a notice, stating that the British Queen will not leave for New York on the Ist of January, as originally intended. The business transacted in the Foreign House was oq a more extensive scale, and Spanish Active experienced a further improvement, which may be accounted for from the circumstance of the belief gaining ground, in many quarters, of the improbability of Cabrera being able to hold out much longer ; as also that the French King's speech, to be delivered this day at the opening of the Chambers, may possibly contain some paragraph which may be construed favourably for Spanish matters. By the Dutch mail, which arrived to-day, A ms t er d am Papers we re rece i ve d, announcing th e c i rcumstance of the Second Chamber of the States-Gener a l having, on the 20th instant, rejected the Bill for raising a loan for 56,000,000 florins, chargeable on the colonies, notwith standing which, and the declaration of the Finance 'Minister that he should be compelled to retire, the Two-and-a-Half per Cents. rather improved in the Amsterdam market, and a corresponding rise also took e place h ere early in the day, but subs equent l y sa l es s w t e a r t e ed e t ff h e a c t te lo d w a e t r aprdiceeeslihnaedobn received of full e per ed from Holland. cent., it being n ERA LD.---The greatest anxiety has prevailed here all on day r respect ing cr eated muchi disappoint ment. T he packet-ship President , Captain Chadwi c k , wh i ch left nrival has the steam-ship British Queen, whose -a New York on the Ist of November, has, however, arrived, having on board 100,000 dollars on merchants' account. The Money Market requires very little comment so far as regards commercial affairs, and th ere i s but l i ttle novelty to refer to in the transactions upon the Stock Exchange. The British Funds continue without , any buoyancy ; in f ac t t h ere h as b e en little or no ousiness. On Sat ur day afternoon a deputation of the Colom bian bondholders had an interview with M. Mosquera, the Commissioner for the provinei of Venezuela, on the subject of their claims upon that republic. After a discussion of two hours and a half, nothing more took place than that M. Mosquera offered to forward to his Government any proposition which the bondholders had to offer ; at the same time, stating that with re spect to their claims ho had no further power to act. Verily the creditors of all the petty states of South America have but a sorry prospect. morning, bringing the information that th e Second The a d v i c es which were received fr om H o ll an d thi s Chamber of the Dutch States General had rejected the new Government Loan Bill, by a majority of 27, has ere ited some sensation here amongst the holders of Dutch Stock; and the Two-and-Half per Cents. have, Ise ICO. ROBBERY FROM THE POOLE MAIL. I LATEST The Pandora packet, Lieutenant Jones, arrived at Falmouth, on Sunday, from Mexico, having sailed from Belize on the :30 , 11 of Svtember, Vera Cruz the 25th of Octeber, Tampico, the 4th, and Havannah the 12th ult. The news by this vessel relates only to the con tinued tranquillity of the country. She brings 150,000 dollars on freight, and during the 43 hours preceding her making the land, she ran 500 miles with south west gales. On the 15th of November, in lat. 27. 4, long, 79. 11, W., on the Western edge of the Thhama Bank, N.W. extreme of Matanilla Bank, N. half W. Me mory Rock. S.E. half S., 11 miles, boarded the bark Duncan, of Liverpool, mahogany laden, and wrecked. The lower masts ;one and all the masts, yards, &c., alongside ; sails, boats, provisions, and cabin stores taken away, and vessel ahanc!oned.—Times. NEWS 11'A '1 THE MEDITERRA• NEAN. By letters from our squadron, of the 23d instant, we learn that it was the intention of Sir Robert Stopford to sail with part of the squadron for Athens and Malta, but he suddenly changed his mind, and was at Vourla at the above date. The French squadron was also there, with the exception of three liners, which were at Smyrna ; the Powerful and Gorgon at the same place, refitting, The Dido and Hazard returned from a cruise ; the Castor to sail for Constantinople to relieve the Carysfort ; the Hydra or Gorgon would probably be despatched to Alexandria ; the Pembroke left the squadron for Malta on the 17th instant. Her Majesty's steamer Rhadamanthus is arrived from Vourla. We had to notice, a short time ago, the ex traordinary swiftness of her Majesty's steam-frigate Hydra, and wo have now to remark that the passage made by the Acheron steamer, Lieutenant Kennedy commanding, on her last voyage from Gibraltar, was probably more extraordinary than that made by the Hydra, she having ran from the Rock to Malta in four days and eight hours, thus going at the rate of upwards of 200 miles per day. Arrivals of Ships of War and Packets.—Nov. 25, her Majesty's steam-packet Acheron, Licut. Kennedy, from Gibraltar ; 26, Royal Wnstern Yacht Company's schooner Julia, Mr. J. Bevan, from Palermo ; French steamer Leonidas, Licut. Delacrose, from the Levant ; her Majesty's steam-frigate Rhadamanthus, A. Wake ti.t!d, Esq., from Vourla ; 28, her Majesty's steamer Megmra, Lieut. Goldsmith, from the lonian Islands. Departures of Ships of War and Packets.—Nov. 21, her Majesty's transport (No. 12) Horatio, J. Humble (Lieut. Chapman, R.N., agent), for England ; 27, French steamer Tancrede, Lieut. J. Paul, for Italy and Marseilles. In fort.—Ceylon, 6 (bearing the flag of Rear-Admi ral Sir J. Louis, Bart.) ; Minden, 74 ; Scorpion, 10 , steam-frigate Rhadamantbus, 4 ; steamers Confiance, 2 ; Biazcr, 2 ; Volcano, 2 ; Acheron, 2 ; Mem:a, 2 ; and the French steamers Scsostris and Leonidas. THE NEWPORT RIOTS. (From the Times.) NEWPORT, SUNDAY. Yesterday was market day in this town, and, conse quently, vast numbers of persons were congregated, from whom we learned that the firing at Mr. Morgan's, at Ruperra, had been heard at a great distance, and the general impression was that Newport had been again attacked. The consequences have been very se rious. Great indignation is felt at the answer re turned by Mr. Morgan to the Mayor : he stated that several of the officers were with him, enjoying the mis take into which it would throw the nervous people of Newport. The military arc under orders to be ready to march to Merthyr at a moment's notice. IMPORTANT LETTER FROM A MAGISTRATE NEAR On Monday, before the Mayor and Borough Magistrates, Thomas and his wife, George Welch, and the girl Stubbs, the parties implicated in this affair, wete again brought . up. The following ad ditional evidence was adduced :—Thomas Davis, a policeman on the railroad, deposed that in March last he was a porter at Mr. Matcham's coach office. He recollected a parcel being missed from the Poole mail in that month. On the parcel being missed, witness searched the road, and also the coach. After he had done so, he went into the office. Welch then went out to search. The par cel was not found. The small parcels are usually sent down in a bag, which is tied- with a cord, and i marked" Lond on an d S out h ampton ." Th e.prac - Oct! n unloading the mail was for a person to get on the top of the coach and hand the parcels down to another. The parcel was not marked as a money parcel on the way-bill. The prisoners were again remanded. On Friday, the prisoners were again brought up, when the following evidence was taken. Mr. Williams, cashier at Messrs. Glynn and Co.'s banking establishment, London, deposed that on the 29th of March last he delivered to Mr. Reynolds, for the purpose of being made into a parcel, and sent to Mrs. Hyde, of Southampton, six 101. Bank of England notes, numbered 30,882-3.4-5 and 6, and dated the 11th of January 1839, and one 51. Bank of England note, numbered 30,741, and dated 12th January 1839 ; and 4/. 6s. 6d. in gold and silver ; the notes now produced by Terry are the whole of those. Mr. Riches, clerk to Mr. Dibbin, coach-proprietor, Gerard's Hall, deposed that he received a 10/. Bank of England note of Thomas Summerhays, in the month of November last, to change ; he gave him a 5/. Odiharn and Basingstoke Bank note and five sovereigns ; he wrote Summerhays' name at the back of the note, and the day he received it ; the note produced by 'Ferry is that which he so changed ; the memorandum on the note is in his handwriting. Henry Fisher Whitrow, ironmonger, Winchester, deposed that, in the month of Octo ber, a man, whom, he believed to be the prisoner at the bar, came into his shop and purchased some goods, for which he tendered in payment a 10/. Bank of England note ; being a stranger, witness asked his name, which he gave as Welch ; witness wrote that name on the back of the note ; the note now produced by Terry is the same ; the number of it is 30,886. By Mr. Moody—He never saw the man before or since. T. Herdsfield, the Mansion house officer, further deposed that when he ap prehended the prisoner Thomas, on his telling him why he did so, Thomas replied that he knew nothing of any bank parcel, or notes either. John Brewer, Governor of Southamp ton Bridewell, deposed that on the 11th of De cember last, he was in the bed-room where Welch and Thomas slept, having gone there in his usual round to see that all was safe ; it was about six o'clock. On enteting, the room, Thomas asked him how his (Thomas's) wife was. Witness in formed him, and Welch then said, " How's Emma," meaning Emma Stubbs. He then said that Emma was innocent—that he found the parcel—that he gave two notes to Mr. Thomas—that he had but one ten pound left when he first knew Stubbs—that he had known her but a very short time—and that note was changed in Portsmouth, but not by her. He stated further, that he found the parcel on Good Friday last, by the side of the pavement, in the water, and every rote would prove what he said, for they were all stained with the dirty water : that the parcel contained six • 10/. Bank of England notes, one 51. Bank of England note, four sovereigns, and two Bank post-bills for 14/. each. He had looked at the notes, and seen a stain on every one ; as far as he could judge, the stain was such as would be produced by dirty water. The Mayor then said, that as there was no evidence to connect Emma Stubbs with the ofFence, she was discharged. Mr. Moody having been called on, he stated that if the Bench would admit Thomas and his wife to bail, he would decline saying anything till their trial. The Mayor said Mrs. Thomas might be admitted to bail, and, under those circum stances, Mr. Moody deferred making his remarks in defence. Welch was then committed on the charge of stealing the parcel, and Thomas and his wife for feloniously. receiving part. of the contents. —Hampshire Independent. The Hon. George Rice Trevor left town on Friday to pass the holydays at Brighton. IN THE MATTER OF CHAMBERS, A BANK iturr.—A vesting order, under the compulsory clause of the Act relating to insolvent debtors, was obtained on Thursday last against Mr. Chambers the banker, who is confined in the Fleet Prison, and has been called upon by a rule from the Insolvent Debtor's Court to file his schedule, pursuant to the Act, and appear for hearing. It is expected that some further litigation will result, as the vesting order will clash with the bankruptcy, which has been so many years in agita tion, and the opinion is strengthened by the fact that Mr. Wilton, a solicitor, at whose instance the vesting order was obtained, has issued a notice that the several parties are to pay " rents" to Mr. Sturges, the provi sional assignee of the Insolvent Debtors' Court, i n whom the estate of Mr. Chambers is by the order vested. Mr. Wilton filed a petition setting forth the circumstances of the case, and the order was accordingly made. Mr. Chambers will be required to file his schedule within fourteen days, and will be in contempt provided he does not obey the rule or obtain further time. But the Court has de cided that it has no power to compel a party to obey the order, and that they cannot commit him for con tempt, as he must be in custody when the application is made. The next proceeding will be to appoint an as signee under the vesting order, but should no schedule be filed in this case, the Court will not listen to any af fidavit from Mr. Chambers, as he will be in contempt. The creditors can, however, oppose an application for the assigneeship, and, according to a decision made by the Court on Saturday, adopt an affidavit from the party in contempt against an appointment of any person who may apply to be named assignee. The vesting order has been granted under the 36th sec. of the Ist and 2d Victoria, cap. 110, by which it is enacted that any creditor who has a person in execution 21 days or upwards " may apply by petition in a summary way to the said Court for the Relief of Insolvent Debtors for an order vesting the real and personal estate and effects of such prisoner in the provisional assignee, according to the provisions of this Act, and such petition, signed by the party or parties so applying, shall state the time and place of the commitment or charge in execution of such prisoner at the suit of the party or parties so applying, and the amount of the debt or sum of money for which such prisoner shall have been so committed or charged, and such petition shall be supported by such evidence by affidavit, or otherwise, of the truth of the matters therein stated, as the said Court shall require ; and the party or parties presenting such petition shall thereby state that he or they is or are desirous that such pri soner should be ordered to file a schedule of his pro perty, and should be brought up before the said Court, to be dealt with according to the provisions of this Act ; and such petition and evidence shall forthwith be filed in the said Court ; and the said Court shall and may re quire such prisoner to file his schedule, and shall and may cause such prisoner to be brought up, and all things to be done thereupon, or preparatory thereto, as in other cases according to this Act."—Morning Herald. THE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF TRADE.—Yesterday (Friday) Mr. Labouchere, the President of the Board of Trade, paid a visit to Liver pool, as the invited guest of our worthy Chief Magis trate. The Right Hon. Gentleman received, during the day, a number of deputations from the several commercial associations of the town, at the Town-hall, at intervals (on each introduction) of half an hour. Mr. Labouchere afterwards, accompanied by the Mayor, appeared on 'Change, where he was warmly received. He then visited the News-room, where, as well as on 'Change, the concourse of merchants and others was unusually dense. The Right Hon. Gentleman, on reaching the centre of the room, was received with loud and repeated cheers. Before these had subsided, a few foolish and fashionably-dressed young men, near the door, set up a sort of hiss. Three cheers were then proposed for the Mayor, and the call was heartily re sponded to. Three cheers were next proposed for " Sir Robert," and the response was most vehement and C 5 -, thusiastic. Some one rather faintly, and not generally heard in the room, then proposed " Three cheers for the Queen. ;" but the respectable parties present, consider ing the place and the occasion altogether unsuitable for a demonstration of political feeling (which it was sought to exhibit in a sort of " pot-house " fashion, that might not htve concluded till midnight), very properly re frained from a response. After having received several deputations, he dined with the Mayor in the Town hall.—Abridged front the Liverpool Journal. We have received a communication from Cap tain C. L. Irby, R.N., disclaimin g the merit recently ascribed to him of being the chief promoter of a Society for the Relief of the Poor in Bath, and explaining that he is only a member of the committee of that Society, of which the present Rector of Bath is the active and be nevolent head. The disclaimer of Captain Irby, in re f us ing to arrogate to himself alone a merit in which othor. parCdpate, is as horw!rable to him as are the • 1 h;o, • to uctoi.g to the Society. MERTHYR. Mr. T. J. Phillips has kindly permitted us to make the following extracts from a letter just received from a Magistrate near Merthyr : " I arranged with to send out men to the dif- fcrent p'aces about, and the result has been, that we got intelligence of a meeting that took place last night at Merthyr, in a level, but to what extent could not be ascertained. From what could be collected there, there is no doubt but mischief is brewing. One of their aims is to prevent, if possible, the witnesses going to Monmouth, and great exertions will be made to effect this, and will be carried to a great extent, even to vio lence. They are also expecting Feargus O'Connor, or his deputy, so as to have a leader, and if he is a despe rate one, they may make a trial of strength. They appear from the account obtained ready to act if called upon. I this morning sent out men to --, and this intelligence is confirmed. I have left -- to be ou the alert to-night, and if any thing fresh is learnt, I shall hear it to-morrovr. Mr: -- tvas here, and he says he has information of a meeting at 'Victoria last night, but the information he has is not so conclusive as that at Merthyr. I cannot hear of any movement in -- neighbourhood ; nevertheless, I shall have a strong force out in all parts," EXAMINATION OF THE WOODEN-LEGGED MAN. Th's afternoon at four o'clock the Magistrates pro ceeded to the examination of Pillinger, one of the three wooden-legged men who were active in the riots. Benjamin Strickland sworn and examined by Mr. Phelps—l live at the Quarry Mawr ; I am the agent to the Sirhowy Tramroad Company. I remember a great many men coming to my house on the night of the 3d of November ; I saw that three of them were armed. The first party who came down, I should say were very near 300 in number, and I should think that the train of them who passed my house consisted of 3,000 or 1,000. I heard them say " Hair," and at the same moment they knocked at my door. When they knocked, my wife went to the window, and I followed. I asked what they wanted ? They said they wanted lights, and I told them they had plenty of lights with them. I should think I saw twenty lan terns or candles burning on the road. They then told me to come down, for they wanted me, and I went down and opened the door, and the first man immediately put a spear to my breast, and another a gun to my head. I threw up my hand and struck the spear aside, and drawing my pistol from my pocket said, " Come, less of that ; I can use those tools as well as you can." My wife and children came down screaming, but I told them to be quiet. That party then went away, and other parties called after wards. I went to the Full Moon that night. I walked with two men, who had come to my house and demanded a candle ; this was about 12 o'clock. I found the Full Moon full of men. i know Edward Pillinger, the prisoner ;he was there in the house. I said to him, " What do you want here, Ned ?" He made me no answer, but turned away. John Jones sworn—l live at Risca, and am a la bourer employed by the Canal Company. I remember the Sunday night. It was the Sunday before the riots. I went to bed that night, and some of the mob came to my door. The house was immediately afterwards filled with men. I know the prisoner ; he was one of the men who came into my house that night. He re mained in the house for about an hour. Thomas Evans sworn—l am a park-gate keeper at the machine at Sir Charles Morgan's. I remember Monday, the 4th of November. I saw 4,000 or 5,000 persons pass that morning ; they were armed with pikes —the first class ; the next lot had muskets. I should say there were at least 300 with muskets ; they were going towards Newport. I afterwards saw many of them go back again, and I saw the prisoner then going from the direction of Newport to the hills. When I saw him going back it was between nine and ten in the morning. The prisoner has a wooden leg. I asked him if he wanted to get two wooden legs by going down to Newport ; he did not make me any particular answer to that, but smiled. The prisoner wps then cautioned, and asked if he wished to say anything, but he declined doing so. Mr. Phelps—There is evidence to show the pri soner's being at Stow-hill, if the Magistrates think it necessary. The Magistrates thought this unnecessary, and the prisoner was committed for trial. ----- NEWCASTLE AND CARLISLE RAILWAY. —.INCREASE or TRAFFIC —This railway goes on growing and progressing in prosperity. Below we give the traffic for five corresponding weeks, ending in the months of November for 1838 and 1839. Nothing can more clearly show the ability of railways to deve lope the resources of traffic than the experience of this line. Few railways but had apparently better pros pects than the Newcastle and Carlisle. Passing over a rugged country, and thinly populated, with no great towns on its course , t h e g eneral i mpression was against it. Economy, however, of the right kind, in its con struction, moderate fares, and regularity of transit, and a' Board ever ready to gratify the public in its wants, have secured a traffic already ample and rapidly increas ing. I n corresponding periods of one short year, has the traffic increased from 6,5931. to 9,2111, or 40 per cent. Should it prog re ss at an equal rate for another year, th e revenue of this Company will be 130,0001. a-year, W hi ch, allowing 5 0 per cent. for expenses, will divid e 10 per cent. on the cos t o f construction. A similar increase for a second year would divide 14 per Ny g cent., . and REVENUEfor a third N ouvpEwmaßrEdßs, of 191-. ending 1338 AND 1839: Week 36183,8. IWeek ending 1839. Nov. 3 £l ' &Nov. 2 ........ £2,127 14 1 . .10 1,302 5 5 ...... 1,806 6 2 ... 17 1,429 12 6 16 ...... 1,847 17 11 . 24 1,306 19 ...... 1.903 1 4 Dec. 1 l,lBB 19 9 30 1 526 0 8 £6,593 8 £9,211 0 2 1839 £9,211 0 2 1838 6,593 8 3 Increase 1839.£2,617 11 11 —Carlisle Jcurnal. Bell's Life in 1, 1 312 don and Sportina Chronicle Z:`t of Twelfth-Night characters.—Price of lieu's Lif e in I London, Fivepence. in consequence, receded fron 53i to .521 a ; the Old Five per Cents. are 99 a money. SUN.—There has been a great want of animation in the Funds this afternoon. Consols for the opening were heavy at 92 ; Exchequer Bilis at 3s. discount ; and Back Steck at 177!- F . It is understood, although no official announcement was made in the Stock Exchange, that at the interview of the deputation of South Americanbondholders with the, Venczuelan Commissioner on Saturday afternoon, it was fully ascertained he had no powers from his governm:ent to propose fresh terms. The creditors will, th ere f ore, have full time to chew the cud of bitter reflection, while a farther reference is made to the Colombian Govern ment. Colombian Bonds closed at 241 ; ALxican at 2qi ; Spanish Consols at 24i : and Dutch Two-and-Half per Cents. at 52i. The Railway snares were steady. The New Great Western brought 41 discount ; the Birmingham 51 premium ; and the Southampton discount. Yothing has been heard of the British Queen yet. ELECTION OF ALDERMAN FOR CANDLEWICK WARD. Yesterday afternoon a wardnaote was held at the office of the City of London Union, for the purpose of electing an Alderman in the room of Ald erman Bi rc h, resigned. The Lord i\layor in the chair, supported by Alderman Lamson, Deputy Downes, and several mem bers of the Common Council. After the precept had been r ea d, _ _ The LORD MAYOR succinctly stated the occasion of the meeting ; and having passed a warm eulogium on the merits of the highly-respected and venerable gentle. man who had resigned the gown, expressed a hope that the business of the day would be conducted with perfect unanimity. ROBERT KIRBY, Esq., late Sheriff of London, pro posed Sir George Carroll, Knight, and spectacle-maker. Of that gentleman's excellent conduct during the period of his shrievalty, of his great private worth, and his means and disposition to serve his fellow-citizens effi ciently and zealously, he spoke in the highest terns. HENRY MATTHEW, Esq., seconded the noininatiQn,_ which he said he did most cheerfully, for three reasons : first, because of the very strong and unanimous opinions that were expressed in his favour by those who had the best means of judging ; in the next place, in concurrence with the requisition presented to Sir George Carroll at the commencement of the proceedings, signed; as it was, by a great majority of the resident voters--(Hear)— and, thirdly, in consequence of the universally ex pressed- opinion in his favour, both in and without the Cosrporation.--(Chcers.) Mr. ROE begged, before the show of hands were taken, to put a few questions to Sir George Carroll. First, whether if he were elected he would vote ; upon such a queStion, for or against the exercise of the Alder manic functions for the life pf the holder, or for a li mited'period:? Sir GEORGE CARROLL said the question was not a fair one. If elected as Alderman of that Ward he would enter upon his duties unfettered, especially upon hypothetical cases. Mr. ROE would next ask what would he the course the worthy gentleman would observe on the subject o. an extension of the municipal franchise? Sir GEORGE CARROLL replied that he she/11M give due consideration to the rights and privilege s of his fellow-citizens, and be guided by whatever, evidence might be adduced.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. ELLIOTT—What does Sir George Carroll think of the expenditure of the City funds. Sir GEORGE CARROLL—I am hardly yet mixed up with the affairs of the Corporation of the City of Lon don, and cannot be expected to give a reply on mat ters with which I am unacquainted.—(Hear, hear.) But if any abuse can be pointed out, I will give my most cordial co-operation to its amendment.—(Cheers.) Mr. ELLIOTT put other questions of a similar nature, to which corresponding replies were given ; and then proceeded to address the meeting at great length on the corruption of. the Corporation. He admitted that Sir George Carroll was preferable in every respect to any other candidate who had been named, or could have been put in competition with him ; but he depre cated in very strong terms the manner in'which his elec tion had been brought about as a satire upon the free ' exercise of the franchise. After a little incidental discussion, the Lord Mayor put the question, and when the show of hands had been taken in favour, and none raised in opposition, declared that the election of the tvardrnote had unanimously fallen on Sir George Carroll.—(Loud cheers.) His Lordship added, as the more befitting period, his own warm tes timony of the great worth of the newly-elected Alder man, and earnestly congratulated him on the occa sion.--( Cheers.) Sir GEORGE CARROLL declared that he received this honour at the hands of his fellow. citizens with extreme satisfaction and gratitude.--( Hear.) The very flatter ing testimonial he had received from the ward, in the requisition which had been presented to him, he should value as an ncir-loom : and do the utmost in his power to earn the good opinion of those resident voters who had not honoured him by the addition of their signatures.—(Loud cheering.) Their rights and privileges be would strenuously defend, whilst as a perfectly independent man he would be a party to no abuse.—(Hear.) For the object of honest re form, he would always be at his post ; but he wished not to be confounded with those who, in seeking to find fault with existing institutions, meant only to destroy them.—(Cheers.) If ever his constituents were dissa tisfied, he hoped they would give him the hint. He was a staunch supporter of the Established Church— (Loud cheers)—but at the same time an advocate for liberal toleration.— (Cheers.) To the Lord Mayor, and all who had that day honoured him by their pre sence, he offered his heartfelt thanks ; and again assured those who had elected him of his determination to fulfil the duties of his office most sedulously and zealously.-- ( Hearty cheers.) Thanks were then voted to the Lord Mayor, and suitably acknowledged, and the Wardmote broke up. SIR WILLIAM MOLESWORTH.—We under stand that Sir William Molesworth's visit to Leeds will necessarily be deferred till the early part of the month of February next.—Leeds Mercury. MICHAEL ARMSTRONG THE FACTORY BOY. —The appearance in a collected form of Mrs. .Trol lope's truly admirable work, illustrative of the horrors of white slavery exhibited in our manufacturing districts, will enable the public to form a due estimate, at one view, of a production, the interest of which has been hitherto interrupted by its division into monthly parts. The story as completed can scarcely fail of directing the public attention to the evils of a system which, whether considered on the score of true mercantile policy, or of enlightened humanity, calls loudly for ame lioration. Should the picture, so touchingly portrayed in these volumes, of the suffering portion of our species, succeed in awakening the attention of the Legislature, to the much-needed improvement of the factory laws, one great object will have been obtained ; and another instance will be afforded of the influence of literature exerted in its noblest and kindliest mission—the increase of social happiness. For her fearless advocacy of the cause of these depressed and suffering beings, Mrs. Trollope indeed deserves, as she has already won , th e gratitude of all good and philanthropic minds, and we earnestly trust that her work will receive all that cncouragment from the public that it so truly merits. The report of the intended marriage hoween the King of Holland and Mlle. d'Oultremont is revived by the Commerce, which says that persons well-informed assert positively that it is to take place by proxy, the Count de Leidekerke, Dutch Minister at the Court of Rome, being hii Majest3eo representative. Milk. d'Oultremont is not to have the title of Queen, but is to receive an apanage suited to her position.—Galiguani. THE BARBER-SURGEONS' COMPANY.---.On Saturday, in the Secondaries' Court, several jurymen were fined Si. for non-attendance, Mr. Secondary James observing that by their neglect a great 'hardship was in flicted on those who did attend. A gentleman named Smith claimed exemption on the ground that he was a member of the Barber-Surgeons' Company, and produced his certificate. The Learned Secondary observed that Mr. Smith had only got his certificate that morning, and that he might as well have shown respect to the Court by attending in the first instance, and saving the trouble of issuing summonses day after day. He must, however, be excused, as it was a privilege, although a very absurd one, granted to his company. Mr. Burchell, the Under-Sheriff for Middlesex, upon exemption being claimed on this ground the other day, at the Sheriff's Office, Red Lion-square, said the Act of Parliament re ferred, it was true, to the city of London " and suburbs thereof ;" but, in his opinion, the " suburbs" therein meant was the Old Bailey. Red Lion-square was quite far enough from the city to render the objection invalid. On Saturday afternoon, about ten minutes past one o'clock, when the workmen employed felling trees in Hyde Park returned to their employment, they were alarmed by the cries of a child, which they found to pro ceed from amongst a cluster of trees, about 500 yards from, and opposite to, Grosvenor-gate. On going th ere they discovered, placed against a tree, a fine healthy female child, apparently about six months old. It was very decently dressed in short clothes, and was wrapped in a black and white plaid shawl. It was taken up b y a man named Charles Scarlett, living at 5, Devonshire place, Chelsea, by whom it was given to police-con stable Rixon, 176 A division, who carried it to the station-house, in Gardener's-lane, and t h ence , by order of the Inspector, to the workhouse of St. George, Hanover-square, in Mount-stecet. SUICIDE BY A SOLDIER. --AD inquest was held at the Freemason's Arms, Deptford, on Friday night, on the body of John Weir, a private soldier of the 29th Regiment, which caused considerable interest, in consequence of it having been reported that the de coined had committed suicide under the dread of re ceiving corporal Punishment. The evidence, however, o f the corporals examined did not establish that conclu sion, and the Jury's verdict was " Temporary Derange ment.' SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. ' FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. (From the Morning Herald.) ; Whether we look east, west, north, or south, the Con servative cause, which is the cause of the Monarchy, the religion, and the Constitution of England, gains con ' tinual accession of strength. It is the conviction of thii truth which puts the Ministerial Journalists into a state of rabid ferocity, more becoming the season when the " dog star rages" than the winter solstice. They tremble and they bully—they whine and scold. They loOk as fierce as " Herod's hang-dogs in old tapestry," while their hearts quake with fear, and they give vent to the most furious menaces in screams of agonised des pair. In the meantime the crazy Cabinet is going plank by plank. Of its original timbers the best have long since started and gone. The rotten remains of the old Grey Administration have been patched and vamped in so bungling a manner as neither conceals their un sightliness nor improves theia strength. The Qu een ' s name and the Roy a l arms, surreptitiously.inscrib e d on this miserable specimen of Lichfield House workmanship, will not be able to protect it much longer from final ruin, any more than O'Connell's patronage or the Pope's benediction. Over its approachinr;fall will Irish agita tors pour a funeral howl, And Royal chamber-women weep k but the people of England will rejoice, and all who feel for the prosperity. and Oar; of the British einpireill shed no ,tears save, those of joy. As the Session of Parliament approach es, C onserva ti s m dis plays its confidence—it s j ust an d sober confidence, and more and more unfolds its strength. At public meet ings and festivals, characterised by unity, temper truth, and loyalty, its banners are displayed, and its inspiring voice goes forth to the : country, kidding it be glad in the prospect of its approaching deliverance—a deliver ance which will bring with it the rescue of its religion, the restoration of its character, 'and the protection of its ancient and glorious iintitutions. Nor will any in stitution be more indebted to Conservative protection than the Throne itself, which will regain the lustre and the dignity it lost since, the deinoralising influence of Whiggery overspread the Court, and darkened with its shadow malign the personal popularity of the "Sovereign.. Looking at the state of the public mind ihroughout the country, except where tainted with the Chartist treason, that monstrous offspring of profligate Whig agitation—looking, we say, at the state of the public mind throughout England, well was the Duke of Buckingham and. Chatedos justified in saying at the Winchester festival—a report of which appeared in , our columns of Saturday—" Conservatism is the watch. word of the country. The spirit is displayed in every part of her Majesty's dominions, and she will find the real, true, and loyal supporters both of herself and Crown in the ranks of the Conservatives." That up right and patriotic Nobleman, whose course through life haS been so unflinchingly consistent, properly distin guishes between the Sovereign and her Ministers. He says, " I am addressing men whose hearts feel high an d devotedly t owar d s the Monarch, and who are ready to throw their bodies at her feet in defence of her person and her throne. What, gentlemen, has been the cause of the irritability which now exists in the popular mind ? I state tc you, boldly, it has been, and is, the result of the conduct of her Majesty's advisers. It was through their constant desire for agitation that they roused men's minds, and that without knowing how to control them. They are now called upon to put down treason. I boldly state they are traitors to their coun try." Who can believe that the Chartist insurrection and the slaughter of the unfortunate victims of Chartist agitation at Newport would have taken place if it had not been for Lord John Russell's celebrated Liver pool speech in favour of " Chartist free discussion,'" which the alleged traitor Llewellyn says encouraged him to go on in that cause which has had such calami tous results ? Did not Ministers also allow the Parlia ment to be bearded all last Session by a set of BritiAl Jacobins, calling themselves a " N at i ona l C onvent i on, " assuming the character of " delegates," and openly discussing the propriety or practicability of subverting the whole system of existing society by physical force Lastly, was not Mr. Frost, who stands charged with leading the people against the Queen's troops, Lord John Russell's chosen magistrate ? Can we wonder that the land has been defiled with treason, when the spirit that encouraged it dwells so near the throne? 'We do not say knowingly encouraged it as treason, but did what was, in effect, tantamount to that, by inciting and encouraging the political agitation, which step by step has led to treasonable conspiracy, revolu tionary violence, and civil slaughter. If, then, the poor ignorant victims of this profligate system of agitation are to be winged, will not the public call for justice upon a higher class of political delinquents ? Is not Chartism only another offshoot of blood-dropping sedition from that atrocious system of agitation which led, in Ireland, to the murderous scenes of Rathcormac, Castle Pollard, and Carrickshock ; at the latter of which places fourteen policemen, with their captain, were suddenly closed upon by a treacherous crowd of " passive resistance" Papists, and brutally slaughtered ? Was not O'Connell, who fills the double situation of chief Irish agitator and Lord Protector of the Queen's Ministers, one of the persons who set " Chartism" a going in this country, by assisting to draw up " the People's Charter" ? And is not Chartism, through that channel, at least, obviously traceable to Ministers themselves ? When Ministersof the Crown, either ac tively encourage, or passively connive at the promul- • gation of doctrines that strike at the root of 1110- narthical Government, and, by tending to loosen all the bonds which knit society together, in evitably lead to popular violence, what name so fitting for such Ministers as traitors to their country ? Under that designation, treachery to the Sove reign is implied, for they who betray the country are traitors to the throne. In alluding to the just de scription given of the conduct of her Majesty's Ministers by the Duke of Buckingham and Chandos, at the Win chester festival, the Standard, said, " So spoke the last Plantagenet, though we hope not to be the last of his high and loyal race." The Globe, commenting upon the passage in the Standard, repeats the words " the last Plantagenet," and sneeringly observes, "we do not know the grounds on which this sobriquet is given to the Duke of Buckingham." Perhaps our worthy Evening friend, whose confession of ignorance touching this mat ter is more creditable to his sincerity than a pretence of knowledge on many other subjects on which his mind is equally dark, will not be thankful to us for enlightening him. Yet, at the risk of meeting no other reward than rank ingratitude, we will undertake the task, and commu nicate one ray of knowledge to a mind not overstocked with information. Be it known, then, that the name which our worthy friend of the Palmerston Journal calls a sobri quet the grounds for which he is at a loss to conceive, is in the first place the right of the Duke of Buckingham and Chandos as his name of baptism, he having been received into the bosom of the Christian end Catholic Church by the name or names of Richard Plantagenet Brydges, &c., Grenville. Let us observe at the same time, that there is a slight' mistake in applying to him the description of " the last of the Plantagenets," for there is, we are happy to say, another of the name as well as race—viz., Richard Plantagenet Campbell Grenville, commonly called the Marquis of Chandos, who inherits his father's talents and virtues, and who, on his first public appearance at the dinner of the Buckingham Conservative Association last year, gave, in the short but expressive address which he made, high promise of future distinction as an able and devoted champion of those Protestant principles which placed the House of Brunswick on the throne of these realms. In the second place the Duke of Buckingham has an ancestral right to the honoured name of " Planta genet" —a name rich in the recollections of history, and associated with the royal blood of England. The late Duchess of Buckingham and Chandos, the mo ther of his Grace, was the heiress and representative of the house of Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk, who married Mary Dowager Queen of France, and sister of Henry VIII. To the issue of that sister, who was the relict of Louis XII., the crown of Eng land was left by Henry in his will as a contingent remainder ; but we need not add, that, as the contin gency did not happen, the title never vested in Mary's descendants. This was not a mere exercise of despotic authority by Henry VIII., for thepower of bequeathing and limiting the Crown was conferred on him by Act of Parliament, respecting which Mr. Justice Blackstone says, " A vast power ; but notwithstanding, as it was regularly vested in him by the supreme legislative authority, it was therefore indisputably valid." The Crown, as we stated, never vested in any of the descen dants of Henry YIII.'s sister Mary, but on the death of the last of his daughters, Elizabeth, it vested in the heirs of Henry's elder sister Margaret, Queen of the Scottish Monarch, James IV., from whom descended James the Sixth of Scotland and First of England, from whom the Hanoverian line, represented by our present Most Gracious Sovereign, are descended through the Electress Sophia of Hanover, youngest daughter of Elizabeth, Queen of Bohemia, the daughter of James I. That Princess, though not the nearest to the ancient blood royal in respect of consanguinity, was the nearest of the Protestant religion ; therefore the best and strongest title which the august family whom Queen Victoria re presents have to the throne, is written in that legislative title-deed called the Act of Settlement, 12 and 1 : 3 Wm. 111., cap. 2, which limits and binds the inheritance to the imperial crown of these realms forever exclusive/a/ in a Protestant line of succession—esto perpctua. Having thus given the Globe some view of the royal lineage, descent, and connections of the Duke of Buck. ingham and Chandos, we hope we have satisfactorily accounted for his right to the name of " Plantagenet. ;" for if the blood of the Plantagenet race was in the veins of Mary, the daughter of Henry VII., and of Elizabeth, daughter of Edward IV., it ►s also in his. But he claims not public respect for high descent alone. He who has earned the unambitious title of " the farmers' friend" is also the high-minded and de voted supporter of the Monarchy—the established liberties—and the Protestant Constitution of England. Let us add here, in conclusion, an observation from the great commentator on the laws of England, which the Ministerial patrons of the Globe ought not to be ignorant of. Their policy of "inflicting a heavy blow and great discouragement on Protestantism" would seem _EVENING LAIDITION. .-I to imply, that if they ever knew it, they have not kept it in remembrance. " Formerly," rays Wackstone, " the descent was absolute, and the Crown vested in the nest heir, without any restriction; but, no w , u p on t h e nets settlement the inheritance is conditional, being to such heirs only of the body of the Princess Sophia as are Protestant Members of the Church of England, and are marl ied to none but Protestants." How comes it, then, that no official announcement has ever yet been made of the religion of the intended consort of the Queen ? (From the 21forning Advertiser.) Tor3ism is no spirit metamorphosing itself into va rious forms, suffering success:ve metempsychoses for the purposes of purification and progressive perfectioq. It is one and the same—the incarnate spirit of oppression —" Moloch, horrid king !" rod with the blood of sacri fices! Soft, silken Peel is scarcely. suited for its high priest. We never believed in its pretended conversion, nor that its essential love of evil had changed of a sud den into etberial mildness. The long vaunted " loy a lty" : of the f ac ti on t owar d s monarc h s aftr their own heart was even it seems no better than a pretence, a ;sort of Pontius Pilate mockery—since a chenge in Court senti ments brings inevitably a chang4 in Tory doctrines and deeds. In the unreserve of their evening orgies, warmed by wine into unwonted candour, the Ashton Tories. (the Squire Westerns and Parson Trullihcrs who had assembled in herds, " every beast after his kind and every creeping thing after its kind") applauded to the very echo the filthy calumnies which the wretched slanderer Roby dared to utter against his innocent and youthful Sovereign. With the morning came sobriety and repentance. The burst of honest indignation which arose from the people of England as from one man, the cutting and dignified rebuke of the Commander-in-Chief to the officers who disgraced the uniforms they wore by a participation in those treasonable words, convinced them that they had gone too far, that they had spoken out too plainly, and that it was necessary to proceed to cat their words with all imaginable dispatch. In solemn conclave they met together to go through the humiliating task, and endeavour to convince their countryme n that treason did not mean treason at Ashton, and that slan derous abuse was in the mouth of a Robe synonimous with chivalrous devotion." We disloyal !" they exclaimed with frell-act e d aredi g enat ion, " why the the thing is impos sible. Are not we Censervativere and does not every Con servative suck in loyalty with his mother's milk ?" " Con s-rvatives Rloyal, indeed!" repeats every venal scribe who for the last twelve months has done nothing but rail against his Sovereign in rounded pergls. Conservative " loyalty" becomes at once th e theme of every ci-decant sputter of treasons. Mark how a plain tale shall put them dcwn. Listen to the sort of " loyallg" which Conservatives " suck in With their mother's milk," We quote from the Lincoln Gazette, upon whose authority we give it, the following account of the proceedingsof certain of the friends and supporters in the city of Newark of the Tory candidate, Mr. Thesiger. The Journal from which we quote may well express its be lief that disgust at the proceedings of the Tory party -will be increased to horror, when we ley before the.m some of the proceedings of their own party ; nor wail • they alone partake cf this feeling, for it will be partici pated in by every honourable and right-minded person throughout the country. Whatever the bias of poli tical opinion, the national character of Englishmen is loyalty to the Sovereign ; much then is it to be re gretted, that this character should have such frequent - taints ; but Newark was the last place we should have expected in which to have found disloyalty. In former days, meetings were held in London on the 30th of January, when a calf's bead was the principal dish, to commemorat e the beheading of Charles 1., and during the last week at Newark, at a Red supper, the follow ing toast was given by a Mr. Proudiove :—" The Queen's Head in the Poultry, and may every passer-by have a chop at it." This needs no commentary. Yes, we have lived to hear the descendant of a hundred kings, " in the morn and liquid dew of youth," our " Fair vestal throned by the West," our lovely and innocent Queen, threatened with the fate of Marie Antoinette. (alas ! for the chivalry o!' England !) not by revolutionary ruffians, maddened by j the " Marseillaise" or " Ca ira," and goaded to frenzy by misery and despair, but by English Tories calling themselves " loyal" gentlemen and orthodox Chris tians ! A thousand swords would leap from their • scabbards, it seems, not to defend, but to deface that head, to save whose slightest hair from harm the life blood of a nation would be freely shed ! We dare no' add a word more, lest we should do injustice to the feelings of burning indignation which will swell in the bosom of all who possess the feelings of men. (From the Morning Post.) Many of our readers have doubtless heard of the " Irish cry ;" but never did we think to have seen Bri tish politicians reduced so low as to have nothing else in their favour save this same " Irish cry." But this is the present condition of the Ministerial party in this country. The " Irish cry," when used upon what ma 3 be called legitimate occasions, is a wild lament, savage and yet pathetic, which old women perform at Irish In nerals. The Irish cry, as now used for a political pur pose, is very savage, hut not at all pathetic. It is an ; angry anti impotent howl set up by the Ministerialiste in anticipation of the official death of their patrons ; even as house-dogs are said to ululate in the dreary ! watches of the night, when the dusky wings of the angel of death are overshadowing the household. " Ireland," cries a blatant blunderer, who appears to consider himself very wise and prodigiously elo quent, " Ireland will not dip her green bead in the Atlantic at the bidding of the Bradshaws, or for all the ranting of the Stowells and M'Neiles. Sir Robert Peel will find that there will always be an Ire land—always a solid mighty third of the main body the empire—firmly, indissolubly, everlastingly combined in fiercest enmity against him?' We don't care a pinch of snuff for this ridiculous rant—this egregiously pompous pother. What does it signify-, except to show that, if it be true, Ireland is not fit to exist as a part of the British Union on equal terms with the rest? If the British nation, through the majority of its Parlia mentary representatives, should happen to prefer Sir Robert Peel and his British Protestant policy to Lord Melbourne and his Irish Romanist policy, we humbly trust the British nation is not to give up what it deems right by reason of the " firm, indissoluble, everlasting fierce enmity of Ireland" to the Minister whom Great Britain prefers. They - who are o f too grave a moo d to regard t h e Irish cry as an absurd noise, worthy of' no notice save that of ridicule and contempt, must still consider it, not as an argument, but as mere menace. Such menaces the British nation must scorn. We care not for Irish threats. Let the Irish, or any one, show that an in justice is done them, or proposed to be done, and they have a right to be listened to, while they express them selves in terms of decent respect. But this is not the course of the ranting and ribald fools who threaten the British nation with the enmity of the Irish to the chief of the Conservative party. Let Ireland be heard by all means, so far as Ireland is just ; but when Ireland forgetting justice altogether, has recourse to insolence, it can only have the effect of inspiring honest and manly Englishmen with a determination to put down the disgusting Irish Romanist influence which now pollutes and degrades the Government. We are not to be dictated to by Irish enmity ; the rather that we know the intellect and integrity of Ire land to be on our side. What is the Ireland of which the enmity is paraded before us, with such a menacing air? It is a multitudinous horde of savages, mar shalled by a set of the most unprincipled and malignant men in the whole world—the very incarnation of all coarseness, craft, and perfidy, the.Maynooth-bred, un believing ecclesiastics of thelrish branch of the Romanist Church ! We use these descriptive words, not from any feeling of enmity to the Irish, for we have no such feeling, but simply because they are words which ex press the truth. For the same reason that we call an equiangular and equilateral four-sided figure a square, t or the season which follows autumn winter, we describe the Conservative-hating Iriph as we have described them. Most heartily glad should we be of any oppor tunity of doing them good—of making them cleanly, honest, and religious, instead of dirty, deceit. ful, and superstitious—of imbuing them with a love of peace, good order, and independence, instead of their wretched addietednees to riot, disord e r, and self-abasement—but still we must, from de- i t ferenee to truth, describe them as they really are, a n d in doing so it is impossible not to be struck with the enormous insolence and absurdity of pretending that such a people, with such leaders, should controul the course of British Government. We call upon the people, of England, as they value their name and character among the nations of the earth, to stand firm in the. maintenance of their independence and their rights, no matter how the champions of Irish Romanism may rant, and rave, and howl. We have, as we said, no enmity to the Irish, nor do we wish to encourage or excite any such thing ; but we have an enmity, and, we trust, a truly British enmity, to political Romanism, and we call upon the people of all ranks and conditions to steadfast in the determination to cast from them an Administra tion which is obviously the tool of political Romanism. If the prevailing influence 'nettle present Cabinet be not overthrown—if the Protestant principles and sentiments of a majority of the British Members of both Houses of Perri erne nt are to be set at naught and insulted by an Ad- ' ministration whose sole strength is derived from Irish Romanism—farewell to our liberties—farewell to our sturdy British independence. This is no party matter. It is an affair of national character—of national liberty —of national m orals. Look at, the morality of the Romanist Irish, under the domination of that power g rasps our British Government, and compels obedience h ien n c ow e to its will. Behold promises broken—oaths laughed at — deceit boasted of—every honourable qua lity - of man debased. Behold natural astuteness de. eradedinto the cunning of the political swindler, and the wild justice" of revenge poisoned into the Italian • atrocity of the assassin ! These are the works of Romanism in Ireland. And shall we escape like degradation by tame submission to Romanist e& A , croachment and tyranny ? No ; if our people would escape destruction, they must repel the destroyer. Allow the Rorrianists in peace to exercise their civil rights, but beware of their ascendancy in the Go-