The Sun. — London, England, 1839-11-30 00:00:00

EVENING EDITIoN. 11 to honour, should not have been lost sight of a contrast to the wicked Tories was deSigned to .ibited by a Ministerial writer. But having gone .he regions of ultra Irish Protestantism for an •ttion of his thoughts, the Ministerial writer tiy becomes dizturbed at the violence las contemplated, and at once retreats i, - ..., „is own peculiar domain of gentleness. He fzfrours us with a few lines of dulcet Whig-Radicalism, In which we find the Tories blandly touched upon as they who " basely vituperate"—who "employ falsehood f,r the :ends of faction"—who " kindle the hell fire of t.iia•otry"—who " have crawled servilely"—who "now buiiy most ferociously"—who " wriggle and quibble and equivocate while affecting to look big." What can ex coed the feminine softness of this criticism ? How suit a )ie to the Ministeral party, which rejoices in the favour of a female Sovereign ! How odious does not the .iolence of Toryism appear, when contrasted with such mill persuasiveness! The passage is appropriately c.0t.1n41 up—gracefully finished by a classical allusims, ~ ..hich, classical though it be, has all the merit of strict , originality. The wicked persons under description (none but Tories could be so wicked) " exhibit a Janus head of knave' and martyr." Now, every body has pro -1 bably heard of Janus before, and how he looked two ( was at once, and sometimes more than two ways ; ! hut did any body ever hear before that he had two heads, one of them being the head of a knave, and the I other the head of a martyr? We defy all the Profes sors in Oxford and Cambridge to exhibit any discovery 'ls , : this among their classical commentaries. Some : cling nearly as good may possibly have been found out 1 in University College, Gower-street North, between Russell-square and the Railroad station, near the New road ; but if it be so we have never heard of it. What shall we poor Tories do with these Whig-Radicals? Really, wkat with their mild insinuating modes of sdeech, and their wondrous classical erudition, we al. most feel as though all serious opposition to them were new out of the question. (From the :horning Advertiser.) ' It is strange coough that, n otwithstanding the ad vcse state in which the Money Market has been for some time past, there arc so few, even of those more immediately affected by the pressure of the times, who seem to understand the real causes of the evils under which the commercial community are groaning at this : moment. The scarcity of money, and the consequent high rate of interest, are ascribed to a variety of causes, but hardly in a single instance to the right one. The unsettled state of monetary and commercial mat ters in Arnerida is, in the opinion of many, the princi pal, if not the exclusive, source of all our commercial misfortunes. Others trace all the evils which at pre sent press on the Money Market to the unfavourable : state of the Exchanges ; while a third party ascribe the 1 existing reverses to the bad harvest of 1838. These IcaNses may severally have something to do in pro , d If.is - ig• the gloom which now overspreads the City of )(ion and all large trading communities in the coun t --, ; but the leading or primary agent must be sought .r somewhere else ; and that somewhere does not seem to have been discovered by more than two or • 1, see pereons. We unhesi:,atingly attribute, in a spe manner, the disasters which have lately overtaken the monetary and commercial classes, and under which t :hey are now groaning, to the recurrence to a metallic en, rtoey. Such a currency is altogether inadequate to exigencies of the mercantile world ; and so long as Gu%ernment is ignorant and foolish enough to perse . vcie in its course of adherence to that currency, to the eN r.iusion of one-pound notes and a paper circulation, I s r, f ol ly, at short intervals, will this country be exposed fo L i,ose sudden commercial revulsions which have been t proiluctive of so much mischief within the last few ye a rg. A small-note currency is indispensable to our very existence as a trading and commercial nation. It • was with such a currency that we rose to all our com mercial greatness ; and if our rulers shall persist in re titf,iug to return to it, Great Britain will soon dwindle t:,:wn into a commercial country of fifth or sixth-rate t. wportance. We are surprised to find that our Con ,-,lnporaries devote so little of their attention to a sub ' iect with which the most vital interests of the country ~ r e so closely mixed up. With the single exception of ;tIL• Courier,* we are not aware of any other metropolitan jouriril, daily or weekly, having contained a single lea tare, in the shape of leading article, on it ; nor do we r ,, metnher to have seen other than mere incidental allu t eons—and these only two or three in number—to it in paragraphs, or letters of correspondents. This indif f jerence to a question so deeply affecting the well being of all classes of the community, affords a me ! ; ,nchely proof of the very imperfect acquaintance of t govie of our Contemporaries with matters with which they ought, above all things else, to be intimately con ' %ersant. It needs not the gift or prophecy to foresee, that though the currency question is now exciting so little interest in the public mind, it will force itself on very general attention before many months have elapsed. iw is clear that the trade and commerce of the country eannot much longer be carried on in the existing state of the Money Market. It is no less true, though the be Got yet generally perceived, that the Money Market can never be in a permanently healthy state t until there be a recurrence to a one-pound-note cur- .enev, We are grievOusly mistaken if this do not be -1 co,-1; a.s dear to the minds of all reflecting men before the winter has passed away, as it has long been to our apprehension. V The Advertiser is evidently in error, or has forgot ten that several artfeicq on the subject have appeared in i The Sun.—ED. Sun.] (From the Times.) Her Majesty's Ministers are mistaken, if they ima ,,ine that the Royal declaration made the other day will , . be suffered by the people of England to pass of at no heavier cost than that of half a dozen fugitive p:tra -4 graphs of animadversion in the public press. The terryz of Queen Victoria's declaration afford just cause for public alarm. They violate precedent, and under cit.- cumstances calculated to excite a general suspicion that p-rposes not entertained before by any British Govern ' ... nt for at :east 140 years are connected with the peen ,. r form of this recent declaration in the minds of those ho have officially framed it. The difference between : ! declaration of King George 111., and of the Queen .. the Privy Council in relation to the intended nego ' ration a a treaty of marriage, consists in the omission of the word Protestant in the declaration of her Ma ' jPsty the Queen. King George 111. informed his Council that his intended consort was of a family friendly to the Protestant interests throughout Europe. i " Having nothing so much at heart as to procure i the welfare and happiness of my people, and to render the same stable and permanent to posterity, I have, ever since my accession to the throne, turned my ) thoughts towards the choice of a Princess for a consort ; and I now, with great satisfaction, acquaint you, that, after the fullest information and mature deliberation, I rim come to a resolution to demand in marriage the Princess Charlotte of Mecklenburg Strelitz—a Prin cess distinguished by every eminent virtue and amiable endowment, whose illustrious line has constantly shown the firmest zeal for the Protestant ?Taylor:, and a par ticular att a ch men t t o m y f a mily. I have judged proper , to communicate to you these my intentions, in order ! that you may be fully apprised of a matter so highly ! in, port ant to me and to my kingdom, and which I per ,natie myAcli, will be most acceptable to all my loving sub-' j,-,•ts." From an early pet iod of the Reformation the peo ' ,ie of Eogland generally had felt an interest in favour of the Protestant interests throughout Europe. Those 1 ig.tere,ts were not endangered at the moment of King G.2orge lll.'s declaration in 1761. The active and eventful wAr then in the course of being carried on was ! not a war for any religious objects, but one of ambition ! and temporal policy, if ever war was carried on from 1 such motives. But still the nation, notwithstanding, 1 t•lt for the interests of Protestantism, and the assur- I once that the Princess destined to become their Queen was of a Protestant family, attached to Protestant in terests, and educated in the Protestant faith, was a epic judiciously selected for the King's declaration to 1:s Council. Peace now prevails amongst the nations of The people of this country are supposed to feel t ie same solicitude as ever in favour of the Protestant interests of the world. Although war prevailed throughout Europe in [760, the Protestant interests were ❑ot exposed to danger! Are those interests exposed to none in modern times, even in the midst fd peace ? Look at the questions of mixed marriages, anci floe education of ciildren the issue of mixed mar-- ri ages,throughout the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, Poland, and Russia. Do not the discussions of these questions t h reaten w i t h d anger the P rotestan t i n t eres t s f iii Europ e ? Is the decision upon them a matter of di,ep concer n to this country ? Ought the manifesto :ion of such an interest to be omitted on such an occa sion as the declaration of her Majesty to her Council that she is disposed to execute a treaty of marriage with a foreign Prince ? Is not the announcement of such an event being about to take place in this country of im portance to all the Protestant Powers of the world, even if not important here? But the Prince named as the personage with whom the intended treaty o f marriage is to be concluded is one of whom, an d o f his family, the British nation would he rejoiced to learn that they h a d a l ways been friendly Protestantinterests in Europe. On the of the family it would be desirable to have their ranee that they were one and all attached to the :.testant interest. That in case any mixed marriages been made by them, there has been no surrender conscientious Protestant scruples, either to conve nienceu or ambition, resp e ctingthe educationn of the i ssue 4. - A . such marriage. That in case such e concessionr of the had been made by the uncles, or even by the father Pr:oce in question, the Prince himself had been edu cate,-1 a Protestant, and remained One. These are questions, which must occur to every Protestant in the empire, and it is wonderful that her Majesty's Ministers should have advised the omission of such a . topic front the declaration—a proceeding which must of necessity bring these questions intols discussi on . W e h ave hi t h erto cons idered this sulject principally in its bearing upon the interests and feelings of the Protestant religion abroad ; and in s3m patisy with those feelings let us now consider in what Its tinier the omission of the word " Protestant," and or c explanations which accompanied it in the declara tion of King George 111., affect our Protestant interests at borne. A notable revolution was realised in religious affairs ten or eleven years ago. The Corporation and I Test Acts were repealed. After the repeal of those Acts the representation of the people in the Com mons House of Parliament was reformed ; the basis of Parliamentary influence and power we' vastly extended, particularly to those classt-3 of society among which were found Dissenters from the Church as established by law in England, Scotland, and Ireland. This basis, on which had been founded the repeal of the remaining penal laws against the Roman Catholics, and the admission of that body into Parliament, had been entirely departed from, to such a degree as that it is understood that there ex ists a standing majority of Members in the House of Commons connected either with Popery in Ireland, or with some sect of Dissenters from the Church of Eng. land, or from the Church of Scotland in North Britain, whose views, th ere f ore , mus t be inconsistent frith the long-established an d repeatedly declared religious and civil policy of the British State. It would h a v e b een desirable to see in the declaration the use of th e wor d " Protestant," and the explanations connected with it (but which have been studiously omitted from it), most desirable in the eyes of all who were friendly to our reli gion, our manners, our laws, a n d our lib ert i es — a ll in intimate relation with each other. This ap pears so obvious, and the course to be taken so plain and so easy, that one cannot but suppose that the cause for the omi ss i on o f t h e passage i s t h e ap .. prehension of offending the power within this State Pelan interest inconsistent with its true long-establishedsaundPnsedto feel policy. The blood boils, the pen and paper burn, while the idea presents itself, that the Government of this country can be so degraded. But if such be the motives for the omission of this remark able part of George the Third's declaration, it is fit that the country should know them, and to what it has to look. F or t h e use o f t h ose w h ose custom i s to t reat with derision all interests and rights but those which can be made subservient to the ends of faction, it may be well to remark, that a nation too has rights. Among the rights of the people of England, it is one to have a Protestant Monarch on the throne of these realms. It is a right of the people of England to have a Protestant for the consort of their Sovereign, whether male or female. It is a right of the people of Eng land to have the most satisfactory assurance that those sacred rights, essential safeguards of their reli gious liberties, are neither violated nor threatened. nor in any manner, nor from any circumstance atten dant. on the marriage of their Sovereign, brought into either actual or prospective danger. We assert, there fore, that when informed of the selection of a foreign Prince as her consort by our Queen, it is the positive right of the British people, according to the letter of the Bill of Rights, and the spirit of the Act of Settlement, to have her Royal pledge at the same time that such Prince has been educated in the Protestant faith, and is of a Protestant family. We do not ask this as a favour from the Crown ; is our national inheritance, indefeasible by the Crown or its advisers. Mockery and insolence are no replies to this statement of consti tutional doctrine. The Act of Settlement may indeed be sneered at, but it shall not be trampled on with im punity. The Protestant house of Brunswick is every thing to a constitutional Englishman. The house of Brunswick ceasing to be Protestant is nothing. SECOND EDITION. THE FUN DS.-(CLOSIN G PRICES. BRITISH FUNDS. Bank Stock 1754 India Stack `cs2 3 per Cent. Rai 89% Ditto Bonds .....«..... u 3 per Cent CGiIS. ( 0,4 Ditto Old Annuities — Ner Cent Red 97% Ditto New Annuities 3 y.', per Cent ...... ......... 99% 'Ex. Bills, 1,000/ 2,1 4 dis. New 5 per Cent Ditto 5001 2 dls, Bank Stock for Opg India Stock for Act Consols for Act _ __ N FUNDS Austrian, 5 per cent !Portuguese Bonds, sper cent. lidgian, 5 per cent — I Ditto, New Ditto Brazilian Bonds ..... . ..... ..... 7d% I Prussian, 5 per cent — Buenos Ayres, 6 per cent — i Russian Bonds, 5 per cent.... Chilian 6 per cent I Ditto, Metallic Colomh,an, 6 per cent ...... .... !Spanish, 5 per cent. 24% Ditto, 1924 2.9% :Ditto, Deferred Danish. 3 per cent ..... ......... French, 5 per cent. ..... .... .....f . , Greek Bonds, 1825, sper ct. Exchange f—c Mexican, 5 per cent. — French, 3 per cent —C. —c. Ditto, 6 per cent.. 1825 29 Dutch, 2% per cent. — Peruvian, 1825.6 per cent — Ditto, 5 per cent. SHAKES Long Annuities to expire Jan. ;80 Oct. IS O Jan 1860 FOREIti Grcat Western Railway I)itto New Shares ... London and Brighton Railway l4 London and Blackwah Railway London and South Western Railway •ly4l West Durham Railway SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM THE EVENING PAPERS OF THIS DAT. (From the Globe.) The Standard is well aware—nobody better—that the Wesleyans arc becoming extensively awake to the consequences which would follow were the High Church party, whose efforts they greatly aided in getting up the formidable opposition to the Government plan of education, to gain the ascendancy. Our Con temporary is therefore only serving the political party of which he is an organ in endeavouring to represent the attacks recently made on the Wesleyan body as con fined to a few Clergymen, and to publications not recognised by any considerable portion of Churchmen. He is well aware of the imprudence of telling the Wesleyans just now what the High Churchmen think of them—in what light they regard them, as respects their relation to the Church of Christ on earth, and, of consequence, their future con dition. We agree with our Contemporary, that the course taken by these zealous Churchmen is not well timed for the political objects they are desirous of pro raoting, and in furthering which they have no objection to have the aid of the Wesleyan societies. He cannot, how ever, blame us for exhibiting to the Wesleyans the light in which they are regarded by those who stoop to ask th e ir aid, and the manner in which they will, and must, be rewarded for their labours, if ever that party ob tains the ascendancy it incessantly strives to acquire. Instead of attempting to depreciate the character of the Church Magazine, or the character . of the late Lord Mayor's Chaplain for preaching and publishing the sermon from which we have given extracts, it. would have been more satisfactory had the Standard shown that the opinions advanced by both respecting the Wesleyans and other separatists from the Church, are at variance with the exclusive claims to apostolical succession which the High Church clergy contend for, and which the Standard dares not contravene or deny. Has the Church Magazine published anything against the Wesleyans which has not been asserted of that body by eminent Prelates of the Church, living and dead ? The most effectual way to convince the Wesleyans that the articles in the Church Magazine do not express the opiniol:s of 'Tory Churchmen respecting them, when such choose to speak out, will he to show that the Bishops and dignitaries of that party have employed a different language when they have had occasion to allude to them and to their societies. _ _ (From the Courier.) It is impossible not to feel at once the force of the position taken by the I'i»ies this morning in reference to an E.tablisheit Church, which, in this country, is and must be, as elsewhere, a necessity arising out of our social institutions, and co•existent with the Monarchy. It is well observed that," anything appproaching to per fect equality among the religious communities of this country never can be attained, or if attained, never could continue, any more thank perfect equality among inch vidua:s. A dominant and powerful Church there ..lways will be, and always ought to be. Dissent is too divided ever to occupy such a position. Abolish the Protestant ascendancy, and very shortly a Popish one will reign in it's stead." The last sen tence, which we have placed in italics, is well worthy the serious reflection of all conscientious Dissenters. The overthrow of the Church, even were that practicable, against the will of a vast majority of the people of Great Britain, could not serve the cause of Protestant Dissent,in the religious acceptation, nor could it advance the selfish views of those tothulent leaders of sectarianism, whose bile is embittered not so much by Episcopalian ascendancy as by those secular temporalities with which an Establishment must neces sarily be endowed. Those temporalities, grossly as they have been magnified, and enviously coveted as they are, form but a moderate item in the account of that monstrous aggregate clutched And in the holding of the Romish Church before the lieforrnation. Nor, on the return of that Popish supremacy which Dis senting demagogues labour so zealously, iii conjunc tion with Popish allies, to invest with the authority 41 n d the forms of Constitut ional law; as if it were not now w in less pretentious guise sufficiently rampant in high places, would the thirst of aggrandisement and the en croaching spirit of usurpation inherent in the see of Rome, and ever directing the . course as inculcat e d in the education of the subordinate officials, f rom the Archbishop downwards to the monk and parish p r i est , whose holdings and station direct aatl indirectly derive from it, be stayed and quenched on it's ailvent to power with the succession and possession of temporalities as they are. (From the Standard.) When threatened by the Ministerial journals with retorts of our complaint of the improper persons who have been thrust or who have thrust themselves upon the Queen's household, and her Majesty's "private and social circle," we marked the just distinction, first, between those whose misconduct was proved and those who were only the objects of suspicion, and who might be the vic tims of calumny ; secondly, a distinction that needed not to be marked except in dealing with the shuffiers against whomwe have to contend—the distinction between persons forced in the Queen's " House hold," and her Majesty's " private and social circle," and men merely em pl o y e d i n t h e official business of Government. Every reasonable man must see the neces sity of carefully observing these distinctions. The man o t r h t e un o i b ty je o c f t of de re s n u c s e p i;e if c o o r n d o , f , m e n v e i d l r a c t po a r l h w a h s o n :s o only op h e is condemned unheard, and therefore no just person will con.d,eron bim ; we do not think less un lP4 are tedg , but w e thi n k, as i n s think, th a t th e par ty a t : h a r a aLJy case of w the e bound' sought to be inculpated is free from it. Next the Crown has, practically, little choice in the selection of its merely official servants. There is no apparent necessity for any sympathy between the Sovereign and the political Minister in anything that regards private morals. The immorality of a Minister, therefore, while he observes the distance of a Minister, can never reflect injuriously upon the occupant of the throne, whether that occu pant is a man of mature age, or an innocent and inexperienced, and therefore confiding, woman of twenty. We think that every sensible and right-minded man will understand these distinctions and agree with us. Upon such terms we accepted the challenge of the Glebe to produce from the Household " or private and social circle," of Queen Charlotte or Queen Adelaide persons as improper as some who have forced themselves into the Household, and into the private and social circle of our maiden Queen ;" and how has the challenge been maintained ? First, it was boldly asserted that one of the improper persons who were the subjects of complaint was a member of Queen Adelaide's Household. We proved the assertion to be a gross falsehood, and the author of the falsehood acknowledges that it is such, plead ing in excuse his ignorance of the Court Guide— that is, ignoran ce o f w h a t oug ht to have been his authority. Next, we hear of a lady most unjustly and most cruelly dragged from her happy privacy, who, we are told, having been excluded from all previous drawing-rooms, was admitted to the drawing-room of Queen Adelaide in 1835 upon a most disgraceful bargain. We showed that the lady referred to had been received at the drawing-rooms of George the Fourth, which rendered her subsequent admissions a matter of right, and that from the moment when, according to the routine rule of such things, she could think it desirable to appear at Court, the Court was opened to her. This exposure of a mean and venomous falsehood has not been contradicted, be cause it could not be contradicted. We owe an apology to the lady referred to for it ; but in order to show the shuffling which we have to encounter, it is necessary to remark, that the presentation of Ladies or Gentlemen at Levees, or Drawing-rooms, was not the matter of the Ministerial challenge, but the intrusion of improper persons into the Queen's " Household," and into her Majesty's " private and social circle." DEPOSITION OF THE COUNT D'ESPAGNE. PERPIGNAN, Nov. 22. When Don Carlos's entrance into France became known in Catalonia, the Count d'Espagne, remember ing- the war of independence, in which he played so con spicuous a part, wished to revive the enthusiasm of that period, for the situations were not dissimilar— Ferdinand the Seventh at Valencay, and Charles the Fifth at Bourges. Trusting, perhaps, ton much in the strength of his position, he took a step the reaction of which must generally appear to have been hazardous, inasmuch as it afforded to his enemies the opportunity of jesuitically turning round upon him, and overwhelm ing him with his own weapons. Like the Juntas of the war of independence, the Count d'Espagne declared the Junta of Catalonia sovereign in its power • during the absence and captivity of the King. The first act of the Royal Junta was to depose its President, the Count d'Espagne himself. The following are the particulars of the singular scene which occurred at his deposition :—The Count d'Es pagne was at Caserras, two leagues from Berga, when he received a letter of invitation from the Junta to preside at a meeting for urgent business. He arrived at Avi with only his Aide-de-Camp, Lieutenant-Colonel Adell, and four of his escort. On entering the house occupied by the Junta, in ascending the stairs the Count re marked that the escort, consisting of sixty nienones of of the Junta, with bayonets fixed, were in the hall below. The Count, who was always suspicious of as sassination, since 1827, ordered his Aide-de-Camp se cretly to ride off to Berga, one quarter of a league off, to fetch his cavalry ; but Adell was arrested be fore he got out of the door by the Junta's order, whilst the Count was entering the Council Chamber. When he took his seat at the head of the table as President, the members on each side, profound silence reigned for a moment till the Secretary of the Junta, Senor Ferrer, read in a solemn tone the decree of the Junta, whereby, in virtue of the sovereign power it had assumed, it took from him his command. The Count was startled, and protested, but he was answered that his voice was nothing against the unanimity of the Junta, and that lie was bound to obey its command. He was called upon to give up his sword, which he refused, and drew it violently, when the Secretary took from a drawer a brace of pistols, which be placed upon the table. The Count, finding all resistance useless, threw his sabre down. He only asked for leave to go to Bergs to re gulate his affairs. This was refused, and he was or dered to enter France immediately, to be escorted by the Junta's forces as far as the French frontiers. The Count d'Espagne, not wishing to take the shortest road to France, as he would have had to pass by Ripoll and Campredon which had been entered by asault and destroyed by him, took the direction of the Upper Segre, to enter the Valley of Urgel, -and thus reach France through the - Republican territory of Andora. On passing Oliana he took the road which con ducted to the Seu d'Urgel, and which is on the banks of the Segre. The remainder is still enve loped in the deepest mystery. It is pretended that in a village called Col de Nargo, which is about half a league from a bridge called the Bridge of the Spy, the firing of musketry was heard. Some days afterwards the Count's escort returned to Bergs sepa rately, and it is said that they reported to the Junta that the escort was attacked by the Christinopece/eros, and that the Count d'Espagne was curried off. The fact is that two days afterwards the rumour was sprea'i at Organza that a body had been found in the Segre which resembled that of the Count d'Espagne, but the Brigadier Ros d'Erolea, who had the command in that place, issued orders, under p tin of death, that no men tion should be made of the event. The appointment of Segarra is known ; he refused at first, but w hen the news of the Count's death arrived at Berge he took the command of the troops and assumed the presidency of the Junta. Since that time Brigadier Balmaseda, sent by . Cabrera with 250 cavalry, and ac companied by Arias Teijero, has arrived at Bergs, and it is believed that it will be Balmaseda who will ulti mately have the command, in conjunction with the Canon Tristany.—)Worning Post. GRAND NA TION AL TROTTING MATCH FOR FIFTEEN HUNDRED SOVE. REIGNS, AT AINTREE, THIS DAY. (From the Liverpool Standard.) The morning was exceedingly unfavourable for the race, and apprehensions were entertained that the match would not come off. About one o'clock, how ever, a brisk wind from the north-east sprung up, and the rain abated. Numbers then began to flock to the race-course, and, considering the state of the weather, the attendance was moderately good. Shortly after two o'clock, the jockeys weighed, and the rival steeds came on the course. The weight car ried by each was twelve stone. Bob Logic was ridden by a Mr. Smith, who dressed in blue ; the Bir mingham mare by Watson ; and the Glasgow mare by Kirkwood. The American was the favourite be fore starting, but the betting was by no means brink. The starting post was at the Hall-mile post, and seven times round the course, in addition, would make the ten miles. After three false starts the nags got off nearly all together, and they' arrived at the winning post in the following order : the Birmingham mare first, Bob Logic second, and the Glasgow Msre last. The betting was ere❑ on the two first, three to one the Scotch mare no where. The distance was accomplished in 3 minutes 30 seconds. After leaving the coming-in chair, Bob made play, and got a-head, followed by Birmingham and Glasgow —the latter at some distance. No betting. Bob main• tained his lead without difficulty ; but on arriving at the coming-in chair, both his competitors were close up. Eight minutes and 55 seconds had now elapsed. Bob still the favourite. The pace rapidly improved, and on rising the bill the nags were in a cluster ; but on near ing the chair, Logic again took the lead. His friends now became confident, and certainly there seemed to be reason for it. The time now occupied was 11 minutes and 40 seconds. From this period it would be useless to detail the cir cumstances of the contest, as it was evident the Eng lish and Scotch mares had little or no chance. In jus tice, however, to them, we should state, that they were c tij e, game, particularly the Southern. On passing the chair thp, fourth time 20 min. 10 sec. had elapsed ; the fifth, m;g. (this time the Glasgowmare was second) ; the sixth, 20 Mig. 4 sec. The ten miles was run in 40 min. 3 see., the 7.w-fling-in being as follows The American horse Bob Logic 1 The Birmingham mare The Glasgow mare 3 Logic w by at least 1.50 yards. The Glasgow mare was far behind. The last time round Logic bounded past his opponents in rtiort admirable style, and from ti../#1 time the laurel of victory Paz accorded to him. no Hurdle entry did not fill. TORY iNiVvi's 'Fp THE QUEEN.-At the Colston anniversary dinner 4 I.3ristol, upon the toast of the Lord Lieutenant of the coui3ty (4rd egrave), the Hon. F, H. F. Berkeley, Member for Biistol, an returning thaoks, took occasion to explain that his brother, the Lord Visnunant, had been obliged to abstain from attending eter' 6 c.4 4i pn crs for charitable objects, in consequence of the inclece#l; ioNlts which et such meetings were offered to the Queen. itt r. F. ki, F . Berkeley remarked, with excellent spirit and abi lity, on thy: isP4razeo of thi s sort w hi c h now c haraterise all irJ T .----tetiterlaiii:genpral , and family,, X.,Ord and t ficly Hood, LAdl.' C,lii i chester, colon e l Wyatt, Captainßerkeley, M.P., 1-.,0140 4 o ß :n yI C R mV o eA l e b Lt o isu rn g :, l' i l . fi C. l iB 11 1$111 : Til A c Indevend e nt. Lady gateman, . Lady and Miss Fitzgerald, Mr. and is\Vs. Yot}tl and tiMily, bit , - nora Ernesta Grisi, &c. THE SUN, LONDON. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1.39. ,MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS. (FRIDAY EVENING.) TIMES.—The purchases of Stock by the Govern ment broker on account of the Saving's-banks have been renewed, but they are on a very smail scale ; the sum so laid out is 1,000/. daily. The anticipations formed on the last post-day of an improvement in the foreign exchanges have not been realized, a slight decline having occurred in the rate, both on Hamburg and on Amsterdam. Nothing can exceed the anxiety of the merchants to see the Bank of England fairly out of its present difficuities, for they find its transactions in exchanges constantly interfering with their own, and even causing them, in many in stances, to suspend operations altogether. A rise in the exchanges can alone set this matter right, and restore our trade to its natural state. The half-monthly settlement took place to-day at the foreign market, and appears to have been attended with no particular difficulty but what arose out of the scanit,y of money, which was much in demand. On Spanish and Colombian from 3to 3-16 were paid for it. The heavy and continuous decline in Spanish and other foreign securities during this and several preceding ac counts, by which many speculators must have in curred severe losses, led to apprehensions that the day might not pass over without casualties within doors or without, but one case only occurred that was heard of, and that of no particular magnitude. Spanish Actives, with the May Coupons, declined at one time to 23, but advanced at the close of business to 243 to 3, which is an improvement upon the prices current during ,the last two or three days. The same stock was quoted on the last settling day at 273 to 3, show ing therefore a fall of 33 as between the two account days, but to the lowest point to which the stock re ceded yesterday, and:to-day, the fall is equal to 43. To show the continuity of the fall without any reac tion of consequence, it may be noted, that in the pro gress of the account ending the 30th of September Spanish Actives were as high as 343; that on that day they closed at 303 to 1 ; on the 31st of October they were 283 to 93 ; on the 15th inst. they were 273 to a ; and to-day, as before stated, after falling to 23, they left off at 241 to 3. The whole fall, therefore, in the course of less than ten weeks has been 111. 10s. per bond, or from 341. 10s. to 231. The Portuguese securities have not given way so materially, although still to a considerable extent. In the account ending the 30th of September the Five per Cents. rose to 383 ; at the close of the last October acoount they were at 333 to 43 ; and to-day they left off at 313 to 2 ; the Three per Cents, 213 to 23. The chief sufferers by these fluctuations, with a constant tendency downwards, have been, it is understood, west-end speculators, principally among the clubs, where knots of them are found to make a joint•stock purse for speculation in such favourite stocks as from the possession of pe culiar information, calculated in their judgment to affect their value, or from pure fancy, they may be inclined for. It is sufficiently apparent, from the result of their operations in Spanish, car ried on during the four last accounts upon a very large scale, that they are quite as liable to fall into mistakes as less pretending adventurers in the city. There was in the state of Spain at the time, either politically or financially, no adequate foundation for the large advance in the prices of Spanish Stock, whose real value must depend upon the prospect, reasonable or otherwise, of such improvement in the resources of that coun try or the possession of such means as should lead to a provision for the redemption of some at least, if not the whole, of the dividends in arrear. It is nee d less to say that no prospect of that sort exists yet or has existed for a long time past. POST.—The English funds continue free from flue (nation, but with a tendency to advanc. Exchequer Bills are decidedly better, and money is sufficiently plen tiful on the Stock Exchange at a rate of interest not exceeding five per cent. on the deposit of the best class of securities. The settlement of the Foreign account has been at tended with great difficulty, and the compromises and arrangements between the speculators and brokers were numerous. The most remarkable circumstance that has come to our knowledge in relation to it is the failure of one of the managers of the pigeon expresses. This individual is understood to be in default, more particu larly in the Spanish market, to a large amount. Parties operating for the rise have, generally speaking, suffered severely on this settlement, inasmuch as the moneyed speculators closed their accounts at from 32 to 28, and the weak Bulls had not the ability to support the market, so that they have been, in a great measure, at the mercy of the jobbers, who were in a position to make their own terms. Late in the day there was much difficulty in obtaining money on Spanish bonds. Forced sales were effected, and they declined in consequence from 24i to 24i. It is sup posed that considerable losses will have to be sustained by the brokers who have placed confidence in customers that were, early in the account, Bulls of Stock, the de cline altogether having proved equal to at least 5 per cent. The business done during the day, for the new account, was net important. The rate of continuation given was from 1-Bth to 3-16ths per cent., and this even by the most respectable class of brokers. The Continental Exchanges were a shade lower to day ; the merchants do not, however, attach so much importance to these trifling variations as they have done. No profit can be made on the exportation of gold and silver at the rates now current. CHRONICLE.—The only thing to ha noticed in the English house was a sale of 40,0001. St oc k by th Chancery broker, on which Consols slightly receded but subsequently recovered, and left off at the opening prices. The settling in the Foreign Stock Market was at tended with more than ordinary difficulty, owing to the heavy fall that has lately taken place in Spanish Secu rities, the extreme range having been fro m 28-1- to 23 ; notwithstanding which the account was adjusted much more satisfactorily than was anticipated. One rat hcr extensive failure was announced in the early part of the day, which it was feared might have led to further mis chief: these fears proved groundless—a reaction took place later in the day, the accounts from Madrid being better. Portuguese somewhat recovered. In other Securities there was little doing. HERALD.—The accounts which have been received from our Lancashire manufacturing districts, since we last referred to that portion of our intelligence, have not at all improved ; and we regret that the advises which have been received from those in Scotland to-day, parti cularly from Glasgow and Paisley, are also fir from being favourable. Last week there was a considerable failure or two in Glasgow, and the letters received from thence this morning announce further failures in that city. Thus it would now appear that the Scotch banks are beginning to feel the effects of the revulsion which has prostrated banking and mercantile credit throughout the the United States. In this ' remark we do not positively refer to the banks of New York and Boston as being prostrated ; but it gives us the opportunity to assert that a strong opinion prevails here, that if they stand they will prostrate the whole of the commereial community of that state who may depend upon them for support, and by consequence all the commercialists of other parts of the union who rely upon them. There has not been so much business to-day in the Continental Exchanges as on the last post day ; money having been more plentiful than bills. The advance on Tuesday may be somewhat attributed to the foreign bills which arrived from the United States by the Patrick Henry ; and the flatness of this day may pro bably be relieved, if the Great Western arrive in time for Tuesday next, us bills are expected by her. The quotations are, however, but a shade lower, and that, in some cases, governed by circumstances. The final arrangement of the Foreign account has not passed over without considerable difficulty to-day. One member of the house was declared early in the morn ing ; this circumstance has since been followed by many compromises both in and out of the house, and, of course, during the day, completely kept the rotten secu rities in hot water, or rather fluctuation. However, when it became known that the botch work of tempo rary adjustment was Completed, in most instances the market rallied. SUN.—The Foreign Exchanges were less buoyant this afternoon than they were on Tuesday. The following were the last rates :—Puris, 25 65 ; Hamburg, la 91 to 13 101 ; Amsterdam, 12 4 ; Antwerp, 12 3; ; and Frankfort, 1501 to 151. In commer c i a l a ff a i rs the only feature is a further rise in the price of tea, in consequence of the report that the Chinese ports are to be blockaded by the British fleet. Prices of teas are up Id to 2d. per lb. with a most animated demand. The West India and East India produce mar k ets are fl a t. For Consol s th ere was a d u ll demand this afternoon, the last price s were 90a for Mon e y , and 91 i for Account. E xc h equer bill s have rallied to 2 dis., but India Bond s rema i n ut 9 di s . The pressure for money to pay differences in the Fo reign Market was felt up to the end of the day, b u t prices of Stock slightly rallied in the afternoon—Spanish from 23i. to 241 ; Portuguese Five per Cents. to 31/ ; Colombian to 291 ; and Mexican to 29. There were several compositi6ns entered into this afternoon by the creditors of unfortunate Bulls of Spanish Stock. Shares were a ll fl at . L on don and Birmingham at 50 pi-etn;M; the South Western at discount ; and the Brighton at teit disco • CAUTION.— To SELLERS OF RAILWAY SlLipl” —Th e part i es se lli ng s h a res at the present re duced` prices, 4i,e et-m*o hat rho fapi rs e co nyeyinc , the m ou t t t ii ,l r ',A mes , a re proper y reg i s . tered in the books of the Company, as till that be done their liability continues, and they virtually guarantee the sOYeit9y pit !.bc bwyer, a 3 reg ards any S . s?L'ae9eni: calls that may Dc Mad e v r ie ni shares till . 1-1? registration is completed.—Rothi4 The 4mefiCati Papeq, tired of tll " §e:2, sec. feet Iri have9 o .w FlPlght a filtr4o W 4 7 ' P g POSTAGE BY WEIGHT. (FROM A CORRESPONDENT.) A very obvious means of avoiding the weighing of letters, when the new system comes into opera tion will be to have the weight of the paper marked on each sheet. Thus—" This sheet under half an ounce," " This sheet under the third (2 . f an ounce." Paper makers and stationers should prepare paper on this plan without loss of time. The sheet should necessarily weigh under the weight specified in order to make allowance for the seal. PENNY POSTAGE.-ABUSE OF FRANKING. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—In the palmy days of Toryism, a person to men tion " Reform" incurred the risk of being denounced as a Jacobin, while in these Liberal times a similar indis cretion is visited with the more humble epithet of a Chartist. It is in this amiable and patriotic spirit that a Corre spondent has appeared in your Paper of the 23d. He is quite appalled at the delicacy and difficulty of dealing with the contemplated changes in the Post-office. The delicacy, no doubt, has reference to the rottenness of John Bull's present system, which it is unpleasant to dis sect, but our political Medicos must be less nervous, if they expect to be employed, as there are much worse plague spots on John's bloated carcase, which require to be scarified and patched up befiyre he is turned out of hospital ; not that I shall live to see it, but you Editors may, and no doubt all due credit will be bestowed upon you, for having assisted in effecting so wonderful a re covery. The sole difficulty, if there be any in the present case, will consist probably in having to soothe the feel ings of the privileged classes on being compelled to wit ness so painful an operation as that of placing them on a footing with their fellow-citizens. Your Correspondent asks if petitions and Parliamen tary papers are to pay postage ; and further suggests, that the Government should be enlightened, if possible, upon so momentous a question as the abolition of frank ing. Is it not enough that the wholesale abuse of franking exists—that it is notorious to every Peer, Mem ber of Parliament, and Clerk at the War office, and that it has been fully brought to the notice of the Govern ment ? Has it not, then, become an imperative duty to knock it on the head at once? And if the gentlemen in the Councils of the State cannot devise a remedy, and be prepared at the same time with some efficient plan to obviate any inconvenience to the public service therefrom, it is then evident that they are incompetent to the duties they have undertaken, and unworthy of the high salaries and princely patronage annexed to their respective offioes, which were never intended as the reward of inefficiency. Peers and Members of Parliament who squander thousands upon electioneering, and in the manufacture of votes, are the very persons to fiarc-up at the payment of postage. It is not the paltry sum of a penny or two pence, or fourpence, which haunts their imaginations— no, it is the principle it involves, and " Equal Taxation" is the writing on the wall at which they are so horror struck ; and, by the blessing of God, I hope they will have many warnings of the same kind, so long as there remains, Mr. Editor, ONE OF THE PEOPLE. Stirling, N0v.25, 1839. THE PENNY POSTAGE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sta,—However gratified all must feel at the prospect we have of an effectual step being soon made towards the adoption of the penny postage, I trust that much time will not elapse before franking stamps are made part of the plan ; because, if a penny is required to be paid at the Post-office, as now proposed for the London district, I fear this pre-payment will seldom be made, as well from the trouble it occasions, as also from the chance that the servant or messenger may forget, or intentionally omit, to pay the penny, and thus a tax will be inflicted on the receiver, unknown and unintended by the sender. The money payment appears in every way objection able ; it will be thought mean, and even ungentlemanly, to most letter-writers to pay copper, and as the first be ginnings of crime arc often very slight, every new ave nue to temptation ought to be guarded against. In short, the money pre-payment of a penny cannot work, so the sooner we have franking stamps the better for the public, and for the successful working of the new system, which I hope soon to see in full operation. Regarding the plans discussed in your able Journal, the adhesive stamps are decidedly the best ; they are most free from objections, are cheapest, and consequently will prove most productive to the Post-office revenue. A LOVER OF PENNY LETTERS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. November 28, 1839. Sir,—l sent you on the 18th November last, a letter for publication wherein I mentioned the distress that now exists in the mercantile interest, its cause, and the evils likely to result, if the.:pre l ent depressed state of the country is.allowed tq continue, as it would lead to the discharge of an immense number of workmen from the manufactories, and a diminished consumption on excis able articles, which would be attended with a heavy pe cuniary loss to Government ; at the same time, I pointed out a remedy for that distress. Subsequent refl-ction has convinced me that my views are correct. The only motive I had in not again writing you earlier, was to see whether some of the leading public characters would take the same into consideration, and as none has to my knowledge done so, I now invite a reply. If silver should be made a legal tender to the amount of 15/. or even 101. and the Bank of England is only armed with the power I pointed out, and if the great and rich bankers of this country, together with the great and leading merchants, will only use their utmost means, I have little hesitation in saying the distress would be immediately lessened if not entirely disappear. I also think that as there• are a great number of rich in -I,:rit-‘?..ssoess or o herwise, that arc in the habit of keeping au, (1.3. tr fe quantity of gold and silver by them, for which they hb.:tc. c mmediate use, that they should send it to their bank.a, which . would be the means of bringing the same into acti.a r culation—this is a duty at the present moment the) owe their country. I remain, Sir, your's, A MERCHANT AND SHIP-OWNER. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,-It gives me very great pleasure to read in your excellent Paper the very severe, but just reprimand Lord Hill has given to Coloael Thomas, and the other military officers, who so basely insulted their amiable Sovereign at the late dinners. It will have a beneficial effect, in checking such licentious language. I could .not help being particularly struck with the unmanly and equivocating reply of Colonel Thomas and Captain Ainslie, when asked if such language, as reported, were used. They both positively deny having heard these expressions. What, let us then ask, called forth from them such rapturous applause ? It is a " con summation devoutly to be wished," that, since our Military Chief has administered so wholesome a chas tisement to the officers of our army, that our Clerical Chief would perform the same duty towards clergymen so offending. It ought to be dono. I am, Sir, • YOUR CONSTANT READER. Birmingham, 29th November, 1839. HUNTING APPOINTMENTS. Her Majesty's staghounds will meet on Monday, at the Two-mile Brook; Wednesday, at Hayes; Friday, at the Warren House, Binfield—at eleven. The Brighton harriers Monday, at Patcham ; Wednesday, at the Race-course ; Friday, at the Dyke—at a quarter-pest ten, The Brookside harriers Monday, at Newmarket Hill ; Thursday, at Telscomhe Tye—at half-past tee. The Whitehaven harriers Monday, at Green Bank—at half past nine. Mr. Archer's hounds Monday, at Clapper Bridge; Thurs day, at Chapmanswell—at half-past ten, Sir W. Carew's hounds Monday, at Drayford Bridge ; Tues day, at Ring's Ash ; Wednesday, at Winkleigh Wood ; Thurs thy, at Chawleigh Cleaves ; Friday, at Lapford Forches ; Saturday, at Ford Moor Turnpike Gate—at ten. Mr. 'Candler's foxhounds Monday, at Bockridge Commonl; Wednesday, at Bishop Wood ; Friday, at the Cliffey—at half past ten. Mr. Wall's harriers Monday, at Litton's Hill; Thursday, at Harvest Ridge—at nine. The Cheshire hounds Monday, at Bucklow Tuesday, at Abbey Arms ; Wednesay, at Illack Dog Thursday, a t Duddon Heath Saturday, at Sutton Pinfold—at half-past ten, The Bodenham hounds Monday, at Wyatt; Thursday, at Egdon Hall —at nine. - The Monmouthshire hounds Monday, at Norton Toll Bar; Friday, at Southwell Arms—at half-past ten. Sir T. Boughey's hounds Monday, at Loggerheads ; Wed neseay, at Longford; Saturday, at Lizard —at half-past ten. The Marquis of Hastings's hounds Monday, at Redwood Gate ; Wednesday, at Leek Pit House; Friday, at Wooden Box—at half-past ten. Major-General Wyndham's hounds Monday, at Lea Farm; Wednesday, at Lisgate Common ; Friday, at Dunsford Com mon ; Saturday, at Roundaboutc, near Storrington—at half, past ten. Mr. Hellier's foxhounds Monday, at Hatton ; Friday, at Stone Bridge—at halflAst ten, The Earl of Yarborough's hounds Monday, at Walesby House ; Wednesday, at Chase Hill ; Friday, at Utterby—At eleven. Earl Fitzwilliam's hounds Monday, at Elton ; Wed nesday, at Bythnrne Toll liar Thursday, at the Kennel—at ten. The Cottesmore hounds Monday, at Stockton Hall ; Tues day,.at Leesthorpe ; Thursd y, at Burley—at a quarter to eleven. The fledale fiabounds Monday at Wood End; WedneselAy, tlt Thornton Steward ; Friday, at Brough Hall ; - s~~ all past ten, , . Mr. Meynell's hounds Tuesday, at Kedleston Inn ; Thurs day, at Badborne ; Saturd a y, a t S war k stone B r id ge. W.ir R. Sutton's hounds 'Monday, at Midge Inn ; Wednesday, at Digbv ' • Thursday, at Fi s k er t on L ong W oo d ; F r id a y; Theinock House ; Saturday, at Saxilby—at eleven . The Shropshire hounds T ues d ay , at Child 4 s Er call Friday, at High Ercall Village -7-at hale-past ten. The Ludlow hounds Tiiesilay, at Thatcher's Wood ; Thurs day', at Middleton House—at ten. Mr. teeehe's foxhounds n Tuesday, at Qreskrcl Overton—it half:past 4; 1 . ilgrgford•lhire hounds . Tuesday, at Porusinglosk a Friday, It .4conbury Pxiory 7 —at ten t • ••• TO THE PROPRIETORS OF EAST INDIA STOCK. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, BEG leave ro apprise you that, at the sugi;es tion and encouragement of many influential friends, I venture to offer myself as a CANDIDATE for the Honour of a SEAT in the DIRECTION of your AFFAIRS. I hare been Employed for upwards of Fifteen Years in highly responsible Situations at Calcutta, which afforded me ample me ans o f b ecom i ng acqua i nted with the general nature, and interests of our possessions in India. The confidence placed in me by the public was evinced by my being intrusted with the sole management of very large and important concerns copse quent on the widely extended difficulties which occurred in Calcutta between six and seven years ago, and for the manner in which I conducted those duties, I trust I may, with confi• dente, refer to the leading Mercantile Establishments in this City which have any transactions in India. Having returned to England at an early period of life, I am desirous of continuing my connection with that country, where so many members of my family have held, and continue to hold high and important situations. 1 shall lose no time in paying my respects to you individually, and in earnestly soliciting your kind aid in enabling me to ob • tain this great object of my ambition. 1 have the honour to be, Ladies and Gentlemen, Your very obedient servant, ELLIOT MACNAGHTEN. 21, Bryanston-square, Nov. 30, 1839. THE UNITED SERVICE GAZETTE of SATURDAY NEXT, November 30, will contain, in a SUPPLEMENTARY SHEET, verbatim REPORTS of the proceedings in the late CRIMINAL INFORMATIONS applied for by Admiral Sir John Ackworth Ommanney, and Commander Reeve late of H.M.S. Lily, against the Proprietor of that Journal ; together with NINETEEN AFFIDAVITS in support of the defendant's case on the prosecution of Reeve, and the Judgment of Lord Denman on discharging the Rule. United -service Gazette Office, Crane -court, Fleet-street. The United Service Gazette of Saturday will be kept on sale the whole of the next week. Orders received at the Uffice; of Mr. Byers, Bookseller, Devonport ; Mr. Woodward, Bookseller, Common Hard, Portsmouth; Mr. Burrell, Book seller, Chatham ; and all respectable booksellers and news venders throughout the kingdom. CONCLUSION OF CAPT. MARRYAT'S AMERICA. On Tuesday, Dec. 10, will be published, in 3 vols. post ilvo., CAIrrMN MARRYATS DIARY IN AMERICA. The Second Part : with Canada, and the present Condition of the Indians. With a Map of Aboriginal America, and of the Seat of War in Florida. , London : Longman, Orme, and. C.. H E MONTHLY CHRONICLE f o r DECEMBER contains— 1. The Foreign Policy of England-2. On the Extinction of Human Races. By Dr. Prichard-3. Fragments from Goethe. Translated by J. E. Reade, Esq. ,Autno: of " The Deluge," "Italy," &c.-4. The Influence of Periodica i Li terature on the State of the Fine Arts-5. Sonnet-6. Sketches of Spanish Generals, Carlist and Christino, No. I. The Cure Merino ; Cordova-7. National Education—S. The Italian Minstrel-9. Secret Anecdotes of the French Police -10. Some Recollections of Childhood-11. Notices of a variety of New Works. London : Longman, Orme, and Co. His MAJESTY the EMPEatOtt ui AUSTRIA having AUTHORISED and GUA RANTEED several DISTRIBUTIONS of MONEY PRENHUMS, which (though they are NO LOTTERIES) offer many possibilities of obtaining LARGE FORTUNES, HEINE BROTHERS, at HAMBURGH. Ara NOW SELLING SHARES fur the said DISTRIBU TIONS. Persons desirous to purchase may receive, PRE VIOUS to giving any order, the PROSPECTUS and PAR TICULARS, upon addressing. WITHOUT DELAY, a line so HEINE, BROTHERS, at HAMBURGH. P. S.—THE NEXT DISTRIBUTION contains Portions of TWELVE THOUSAND, SIX THOUSAND, THREE THOUSAND, ONE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED, ONE THOUSAND, FIVE HUNDRED, TWO HUN DRED AND FIFTY, TWO HUNDRED, ()Nil: HUN DRED AND FIFTY, and ONE HUNDRED POUNDS, Sco. &c. THE DISTRIBUTING DAY BEING NEAR, an, Shares clearing off most rapidly, A RISE IN PRICE wil soon occur. THEATRE ROYAL COVENT GARDEN. UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF MADAME VESTRIS. THIS EVENING, Nov. 30, 1839, Will be repeated the New Original Play, in Five Acts, written by James Sheridan Knowles, called LOVE. Duke of Carinthia, Mr. Cooper; Sir Rupert of Lerch, Mr J. Vining; Huon, Mr. Anderson ; the Countess of Eppen. stein, Miss Ellen Tree; Katherine, Madame Vestris. After which, THE BEGGAR'S OPERA. Captain Macheath, Mr. W. Harrison; Peachum, Mr. W Farren ; Lockit, Mr. Bartley ; Filch, Mr. Harley ; Mrs . Peachum, Mrs. C. Jones ; Polly Peachum, Miss Rainforth Lucy Lockit, Madame Vestris. On Monday, Love, with The Beggar's Opera. Dress Boxes, is ; Second Price, 3s. 6d. ; First and Second Circles, ss. ; Seeond Price, •2s. 6d. ; Pit, 3s. ; Second Price, 2s. ; Gallery, Is. Doors to be opened at half-past Six—the performances to commence at Seven o'Clock. Tickets and places for the Boxes to be taken of Mr. Notter, at the Box-office, from Ten till Four, where Season Tickets may be had upon application. Private Boxes to be had solely of Mr. Andrews, bookseller, 167, New Bond-street. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. The production of Ainsworth's " Jack Sheppard," has attracted complete overflows, and 'been pronounced to be the greatest achievement ever yet attempted, it will consequently be acted every Evening. THIS EVENING, Nov. 30, Will bvi acted, Ainsworth's celebrated Drama of JACK SHEPPARD. Illustrating all Cruikshanks' inimitable Tableaux Vivant. Characters by Messrs. Saville, Dale, Heslop, Laws, Smith, Ross, Neville ; Mrs. Vining, Mrs. Daly, Miss Martin, Miss Grant Mts. Laws, &c. 'l'o conclude with an Extraordinary Drama, in Two Acts, entitled I'HE DEVIL'S DAUGHTERS; OR, HELL'S BELLES Ahtaroth, Mr. Neville ; Cerberus, Mr. Cullen ; Diavoline, Nliss Martin! Robert, Mrs. H. Vining; Palycarpe, Mr. W. Smith; Tambour, Mr. Ross, TO CORRESPONDENTS. We entirely concur in the sentiments expressed by " Fair Play," but think it more judicious to take no notice of the impious folly of the new sect. HIM - LW/VIER AT LONDON MUDGE TO. ORHO IV lorning l,i minute, sate: 10. a Ev:•nmi 4O minutes alter 10 -,v•-A e. , " , •; ., 4 . - 4 ) .. ,• ~- ,e.---- , Ac... s ‘;: . 7 . , 3 4 ..•,-: . -,;.° • • ! ~',." r o ,„,_ _ , -.64 , ,i - T. .... . ' ..., . 4 —'. r .. .- - '4,... '' I .'• %C. 144 , 4, ^' ‘ ?rt, l o, . ~ 1.t . . . i ...W. , , ZbJc ---)ltlX+ LONDON: SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1839. Mr. ex-Sheriff SALOMONS has entered the lists, we see, on the subject of the Corn-laws. His pamphlet entitled " Reflections on the Operation of the present Scale of Duty," &c., has for its object to point out the gross : . mperfeetions of the fluctuating scale, and to advocate a fixed duty. In the first branch of his subject Mr, SALOMONS has succeeded admirably, and demonstrated that a fluctuating scale of duty encourages gambling, in jures the fair trader, damages the farmer, deranges our currency, and diminishes th;. , employment of our shipping, without conferrin g on the country one adequate Advantage. So far Mr. SALOMONS has done well ; but when he commences to advo cate a fixed duty, he seems to us to take a tnost one-sided view of the matter, For example, he speaks of regard being due to the " rights of property, large investments having been made on the faith of the principle of protec tion not being violated," But it is not proved that to abolish the Corn-laws would diminish the value of any investments ; nor has it ever been said that should those laws be abolished, and any case be established that the abolition has injured any person, that redress shall not be afforded. The ex- Sheriff has a great horror of a speculative violation of the rights of property, while he disregards the fact, or puts it aside altogether, that the present Corn-laws are an actual violation of the rights of property. They rob all the consumers of bread not being land lords, They plunder merchants, manufacturers, and labourers—not actually to enrich the landlords, for they fail to accomplish that, but to preserve the relative superiority of the owners of the soil. They take sixpence per day from the industrious and opulent artisan, fourpence from the hard work ing but poor manufacturer ; a penny from the starving agricultural labourer, and a farthing from the hungry and famishing orphan, and for this daily and worst of robbery, hallowed by a law, the ex-Sheriff has no feeling, and is only dreadf u lly alarmed far a spec u l at i ve and prospectiv e violation of property, whi c h m i g h t never be felt. w e call this one-sided, becatty_, it con siders only accumulated property, and totally dis regards, though it be grievously oppressed, that in dustry which is the source of all property, even of that accumulated property w hi ch Mr. SALOMONS wishes so exclusively to protects We notice, too, in M . 1--ag LiALONIONS' pamphlet this naive t%tervient : "On an average of years w . e probably raise a quantity of wheat sufficient for the support of our population." No doubt we do ; but why i" Because the landowners will not to,Uolit the Population to increase beyond what they can s "PP I Y , The 14w will not allow corn to be brought into the country, at the price which the people can give for it. The law starves down and keeps down the EY.vN I f. - EOl TiON population to the quantity of food grown on of own soil, which muq, therefore, on an average of years, be equal to the wants of the people. The m-Te correct mode of expressing the fact would be this; On an average of years, though the population is sometimes behi n d an a b un d ant h arvest, an d some times in advance of a bad harvest, sometimes riots in abundance, and is sometimes slowly starved out of existence, yet on an average of years it is kept down to the level of the supply of wheat which can be grown on our own soil, because the law will not allow them to get food from other coun ries. Mr. SALOMONS, by his mode of expres sion, seems to us to be totally and thoroughly ignorant of the laws which regulate the increase of population, th e p ro d uct i on o f f oo d, an d t h e re lation between them, and while we have such a conviction we shall forbear to discuss his plan for substituting a fixed for a fluctuating duty. We have already stated our reasons against substituting a fixed duty for the present pl an . Mr. SA LOMoNs ought to know that the plan he proposes, will, in point of fact, levy a tax of probably 80,000,0001. a-year, in the price of every thing that is used or consumed; al tering the distribution of the wealth of the country to that extent ; taking away property from one class and giving it to another, and so violating the duty of the State, which is bound to give equal protec tion to the poor man's industry and the ric l .l man s capital. In our Journal of the 13th instant we noticed the strange assertion by Mr. GREGG, one of the Ultra-Protestant firebrands, that it would not be a greater crime to slay a child and offer it up on the altar than to say mass. Mr. GREGG made that as sertion, as our readers will remember, on the autho rity of Scripture, in which he said no crime was 9° deeply :denounced as idolatry. It seems to be a settled and well formed logical opinion of the Rev' rend Gentleman, and, after a fortnight's delibera tion, he has written and published a letter, in which he defends his opinion. It is too long fo r us to quote, but we shall state the substance of his argument, in order that the public may appre ciate the principles of those who are the mer e guides of the nation. Mr. GREGG quotes several passages from th e Books of the Homilies and the Book of Common Prayer, in which the sacrifice of the masses is d e ' dared to be " blasphemous fables and dangero us deceits, idolatry--gross idolatry," &c. ; and he de clares th a t t o th e " B oo k s o f the Hom i l i es I, and every clergyma n o f t h e l an d , stan d p l e dged: They must all, therefore, agree with him, and ( I ° , we believe, agree with him, that the sacrifice o f the mass is idolatrous and blasphemous. Having fully established that point, Mr. GREGG proceeds to quote several passages from the Old Testament, such as the 66th chapter of Isaia h ' v * 3 and 4, and declares that they bear out h i s asser tion to the letter. They denounce idolatry as ° l / a level with murder. We are constrained to admit that he appears to draw a correct conclusion from his premises, and that the denunciations of Isaiah and Jeremiah, if they are to be law to us, make the practice of idolatry as heinous an offence as the cool' mission of murder. That is the doctrine which Mr. GREGG and his friends call religion. Such inferences are by no means uncommon amongst the clergy. We tatve a distinct recollection of having heard Dr. CHALMERS, in the warmth of his zeal, denounce a master who employed his ser vant or his clerk on the Sabbath as worse than a murderer, for the former killed the soul, while the latter only slew the body of his victim. Under such instructions it is not surprising that our people have not improved, especially in morality, for it confounds vice and virtue, good and evil. It is indispensible to the continued existence of society that captains of ships, mail-coach masters, newspaper editors, servants l to mistresso work family Sabbat i h n. th l e t and a great mu l t i tu d e o f o ther persons, sh ou ld command their dependants and keeps h er d omest i cs f rom Church. But Dr. CHALMERS' doct r i ne i s t h at t hi s i s a cr i me as empire done wh o keeps st by every w great as that of murder, which the law punishes' with the utmost severity. Thus actions indispen sable for the welfare of individuals and of society are classed by our teachers with the greatest crimes, to the utter confusion in the public mind of what. distinguishes crime from innocence. The latter remark applies with perfect strictness to the Rev. Mr. GREGG'S observation. Infanticide is a heinous offence which the law punishes with death ; but, according to Mr. GREGG, all idolators, including the Catholics, are as guilty as the person who slays an infant. Only a small —very small—portion of mankind profess the same faith as Mr. GREGG, and all the rest, not only now, but in all times past, are and have been according to him idolators, and as guilty as murderers. Such a conclusion shocks all common sense. According to Mr. GREGQ a belief and a practice to which man is born, and which are recommended by his parents, friends, and every member of the society in which he lives, is as great a crime as taking away human life, which revolts the feelings and has been con' demned in all ages. Rather than agree with Mr. GREGG, we shall venture to suggest that he has misinterpreted or misconstrued the Scriptures, and that the Homilies on which he relies were penned in a moment of zeal or anger, and are uot, to be approved of by calm, reflecting, and rational men. It may strengthen our argument to observe, that the sacrifice of the mass, which Mr. GREGG de. nounces as if it were murder, is practised by many thousands of Cath o li c pr i ests with a per f ect ly quie t conscience, and is a tt en d e d b y many millions °f mo t. Catholics, who think th ey are perform i ng an acc-i able service to thei r M a k er. No natura l sense' no reflection tells th em t h ey commit a crime, s uch as warns them agai ns t embruing their han d su A sn an i in fant's blood. M oreover a people who should habitually be guilty of i n f an ti c id e wou ld b e rea d y to perpetrat e any enormitie s . Th ose w h o per f orm and assist at 1 e . the sa cr ifi c o f t h e mass, h owever , t h e B g ians, th e Austrians, the S o uthern Germans, the French, . the Italia ns , are o f an average morality, quite eq u al to the most crack Prostestant nations, so that neithe r facts nor reasoning afford the least justification 01 the wild assertion which Mr. GREGG makes in t he name of all the Anglican clergy. It cannot, on thi s occas i on, b e forgotten, that Mr. GREGG and hi s f r i en d s const i tute t h a t class of men who would stop all education, unless in sub ' serviency to the Bible as they interpret it. T h l have an admirable reason for so doing, as judiei° educati on , an d even natural sense, unperverted . 11 _ , their doctrines, would revolt against such disgo_ot. ing and horrible conclusions. The nation and C vernment are not only bound to establish education independently of the control of the Clergy, but theY I should care f u lly exc l u ld e th e Cl erg y from inedd itu .g with it at all, if such be their doctrines, oo lesst . c• be studiously desired to confound, in the public mind, the idea of right and wrong. Mr. GREGG couples his defence of his crude doctrine with a reference to the numerous crimes which have of late been committe d, and infers tha t the nation tolerating I they are all the consequence o f ti their religion. On such a strained infere nce h the Catholics, and contributing to t he support of e and his wild companions would renew persecution iias they obviously do, and great re membering, too, tha t a nation's manners do no 1 suddenly and that the increase in ctriine has been gradually progressive, it seems to us n m ore probable that bable that the immorality of the peop le . l change, the as land.has Erring been their influence for ages, arises from fol lowin g those misleading guides, of whom Mr. GREGG is the type, than from having j countenanced the going to mass since 1829. Hit