The Sun. — London, England, 1839-12-07 00:00:00

LAND ON : SATURDAY, D ECEMBER 7, 1839. MEETING OF PARLIAMENT. A Council will be held on Mond -- settle the day for the assembling of Parliament, ,A., to hich will be summoned to meet, we understand, on Tuesday, January 14. The great object of all the tirades which are daily vomited forth against the Ministers and her MAJESTY about their attachment to Popery, and the danger of Protestantism, is to turn the public horn contemplating the beauties of the Church o f England. They all proceed from the parsons, some of whom find access to almost all the journals of the country, or from their political tools. These gentry know very well drat the enormities of which the Church has been convicted over and over again, are bringing down on it swift and certain destruc tion, to avert which they have raised the " No Popery" cry. The preservation of the Church they assert is necessary to keep Papacy from over whelming the laud. Such a trick is, however, too stale to succeed. The public are too enlightened to . allow thi s grea t delinquent to escape becau se he impudently calls " stop thief," and directs atten tion to another quarter. No perso n but one whose faith is very weak and tottering will be alarmed by the No Popery cry. ) . tvery good Protestant, every Christian who can 'ell th e groun d s o f t h e faith that is in him, will Lonly laugh at the apprehension excited by the parsons, of conversion by the erring Papists. If there be the least risk of any such conversions, who is to blame but the clergy, who have neither taught the people the superior truth of Protestant ism, nor made them sensible by their conduct that it is of greater worth ? But there is no risk whatever that our people, if their understandings be allowed fair play, will be converted to Popery by either the POPE or Dr. IVPHALE ; and the ap prehension which the Priests endeavour to excite of a relapse into Popery, is wholly without foun dation. They may have no confidence in their own doctrines, they may have no confidence in the people, but the people have confidence in them selves, and defy all the arts of the whole army of Popish priests. If there be no just ground for apprehension that the people will voluntarily becom Papists, is there any reason to believe that they c an, by any means, be constrained to follow after the idols of Rome? Can the POPE subjugate them with an army ? Will O'CONNELL try, at the Ivaad of 200,000 of the finest peasantry, to make 'viz all go to mass? Could he find, were he and Dr. M'HALE to raise the banner of the Cross, one single European Po : tentate who would aid him on account of his reli gion ? Not one ; and the fear that the nation can he forced back to Popery is even more idle and groundless than the apprehension that the people will willingly embrace it. But Protestantism is to be extirpated, according to that truth-telling, calm journal the Times, and Papacy installed in its platae, according to our political parsons, by the introduction of Mr. SHIM, into the Privy Council, and by the Ministers being supported by Papists. Indeed I If there be any reason for alarm on this account, how has it hap pened that with Protestant Kings for upwards of a century, with every office under Government filled with a Protestant—with offices made only that they might be filled with Protestants—with all the mu nicipalities in their hands—with the Army and Navy for many years solely confided to them—thei r Church oeing established by law—with every ad vantage which the Legislature could give them , while the Catholics were exposed to all kinds of privations and penalties--how, we ask, has it hap pened, if a Government can so influence the reli gion of a people, that there is now a single Catho lic in the empire ? When we sec that, in spite of all the support which the Government could give the Church of England, and in spite of all the penalties which it heaped on the Catholics and Dissenters, the Church has gone comparatively to decay, and the Catholics and Dissenters have in creased, we must assert that Government can do little or nothing for religion, that the apprehensions which the parsons and their tools endeavour to excite in the public of the decay of Protestantism, from the Government falling into the hands of Papists, if such a thing even were possible, is as much destitute of foundation as their alarm lest the people should be coerced into Popery, or willingly embrace it. There is no good ground, then, for fearing Popery ; but the clergy raise that cry to divert public at tention nom their own delinquencies. They hope, by the bugbear of the POPE, to terrify the Dis senters into submission to Church-rates. By ex citing great alarm lest Peter-pence should be revived, and the substance of the people sponged out of them by the Catholic priesthood, the PRETYMA NS, and the TOMLYNS, the SPA RKES, and the SUT TONS, of the English Church expect to enjoy in peace the property they have stolen from a too confiding people. The dread of the POPE and the dread of O'CoNNELL, will make the nation, they think, submit to the rule of the Bishops to Ecclesiastical Courts, and incarceration for Church-rates, a little while longer. While they fix our attention on the delusions prac tised by the Catholic priests, they fancy we shall not take any note of their own, nor he much offended by the contrast between their lives and their professions. The evils, the great, glar ing, untouched, and unreformed evils of the Church Establishment, are notorious and certain. We all feel them, and suffer from them ; the evils of the coming of Popery are all merely imaginary, they exist only in the pelf-heated minds of the parsons, and they are magnified a thousand-fold by them and their tools to screen the enormities of the Church from public view. Such policy will only redound to the mortifica , non of the parsons and the Tories. All rational and sensible Churchmen are convinced, by the moral condition of the people, and the enor mous wealth of the higher order of the clergy, that a great and searching reform is required in the Church ; and they will resent this very stupid attempt to scare them by an imagi nary danger from the attainment of a great and certain good. The Dissenters will never be terrified into submission to the certain tyranny of tl►e Church by an apprehension of being hereafter sub jected to the uncertain tyranny of the Papacy. Against the arrogant pretensions of the Church of England, the Roman Catholic and Protestant Dis senters, and all sensible Churchmen, will make common cause. They will not be seduced by the No Popery cry to uphold priestcraft, nor terrified by the roar of Protestant ascendancy into sub mission to Tory tyranny, accompanied by the risk of frightful civil commotion. The Manchester men are again bestirring them selves against the Corn-laws. The report of their proceedings which appears in an another part of The Sun, shows that that they are undaunted by the difficulties they have had to encounter, ar,d are determined to renew their attack in the next Session. We wish them more success than before, which seems probable from the fact that they will not be opposed or, neglected by the great bulk of the people. Recent events have not only cooled the ardour of the Chartists, but have convinced them, we believe, that they cannot obtain their own objects without . the help of the middle classes, and that the best wdy ofgetting all the substantial benefits which the Char ter could give them is to procure the abolition of the Corn-laws. It may be anticipated, therefore, that the million and a half of persons who in the early part of the year signed the National Petition, will next year petition for the abolition of the Corn-laws. The deep distress which now pervades Nottingham, Dundee, and other towns, and the rapid manner in which our best workmen are leaving us to teach our arts to foreigners, and get a better living abroad, will g i ve a n earnestness and a pathos to the petitions next Session, which must prevail over the selfish obduracy of the landowners. Louis XIV. is said to have inflicted a severe wound on Francebyth workmen, repeal of the Edi c t of Nantes, by which Protestant carrying with them the silk manufacture, were banished from his kingdom. Spitalfields rose on t A he si r m ui ia n isr Lyons, and Berlin o n those of Ni sm es, injury to that which li e inflicted on h i s country by redeeming giblien avarice. ere inflictin g on n stupid and more stupid bigotry the landowners arc now England by equally ereT ig h n ere seems to be something prosperity of hi s people to a notion, thoug h a verywas promoting mistaken one, th at h e s acrificing the earthly happiness ; but to sacrifice En gland to the groveling t he prosperity s p their rit y heavenly of personal selfishness of our worthless landowners is w i t h out one redeem i ng feature. At the meeting at Manchester, Mr. BitooK Es said the abolition of the Corn-laws Was not a po litical question. We differ from him. It is both a political and party question. All the Tory Jour nals are ranged on one side, if all the Whig and !Acre] Journals are not ranged on the other. The Tories know that their fate hangs more imrne_ diately on the Corn-laws than on any other of our many unjust laws—nor can this be disguised by artful speeches—and they make common cause against the abolition. They are not deceived by the professions of their opponents, and exert them selves to the utmost to retain the Corn-laws More they cannot exert tit emselves, and more vigour they will not acquire by its being openly and boldly stated that the abolition of the Corn-laws is both a political and a party question. We declare, there fore, that the abolition of the Corn-laws is a great anti-Tory question, and that no means can be taken to put clown the Tories, not merely for a season but in all time, so certain and so efficacious as the abolition of the Corn-laws. The Tories thrive only on plunder, and to abolish the Corn-laws would dry up the largest stream of their nourishment. The proceedings at a Church-rate Meeting, held on Thursday in the parish of Christ Church, Surrey, will excite publiciuterest. It appears that the Churchwardens, as is too much the practice with that class, and indeed with every class of eccle siastical officials, wished to carry matters with a high hand. They not only demanded more money from the rate-payers, but they refused to give any account of what they meant to do with it. And more than this, as if they were determined to show how completely they set the rate-payers at defiance, they refused to let them know how they had spent the money already voted. All that they would condescend to do was to say, We want " so much monies," and therefore we will trouble you to lay a rate. This cavalier deportment did not quite suit the taste of the inhabitants of Christ Church, and they showed their sense of it by re fusing the rate. For this they deserve high praise, and the thanks of all who value a consistent and conscientious profession of the Christian religion, to the spirit of which nothing on earth is so repugnant as compulsory support. Our readers will find in another part of The Sun an abridgment of a very voluminous, and at the same time exceedingly dull, Report, addressed by Vice-Admiral ROSAMEL, French Minister of Ma rine, to his Majesty the King of the FRENCH, on the state of the French Navy at the close of the current year. Though the Report itself is dull, the facts which it establishes are highly important to all who take the slightest interest in the naval supremacy of Great Britain. We have likewise copied from the Times a leading article on the sub ject, which, though just and conclusive in the main, inculcates a principle upon which it would be pre- posterous to expect any Government to act now-a days. The Times states truly enough, that the natu ral right arm of England is her navy, and that of France her army, and that the instant they reverse their natural order of defence they indirectly menace the peace of each other. This position established, the Times insists upon the mutual right of remon strance when either has reason to fear, from the access of her military or naval strength, the inten- tions of the other, and hence showers down ven geance upon the heads of Ministers for not formally protesting against the increase in the French navy. Now we deem no such course at all necessary. If a good navy be, as we all know it is, the right arm of England, why not so strengthen it as to render the increase of the French marine a source of ruin ous expense to her ? We can surely better judge of our own wants than we can presume to do of the wants of France, and this we would be doing were we to dictate to Louis PHILIPPE how many ships of the line he ought to build, and how many he ought to keep in commission. Ships being our natural arm of power, can never be burdensome to us ; but, from the very constitution of things in France, a large marine must always be an unprofitable drain upon the financial re sources of the kingdom. All the shipping in the world could not make France the parent of a pro fitable system of colonization, and the experience of ages proves that commerce rarely requires the protection of floating battle-fields. These are facts which the Financial Committee of the Chamber of Deputies will very soon discover ; but, in the mean time let us, instead of absurdly calling upon Ministers to protect us against the naval pre parations of France, impress upon them the prudence and the necessity of providing against the worst by still more extensive prepara- tions. Such preparations are in fact called for by circumstances wholly unconnected with the state of the French marine, and therefore there is the more reason for pressing their adoption upon the Go vernment. If France had not a single ship of the line afloat, we should not the less strongly advocate a large and permanent increase of the naval strength of Great Britain. Madrid papers, of the 27th ult., have reached us, with a manifesto signed by one hundred and five Members of the late Cortes against the Ministers and the dissolution of the Cortes. The nine sup porters of the Government against the non-collec tion of taxes' vote, have issued a counter-mani festo, which was the subject of general ridicule in the capital. There was no news from the army, except that PALILLOS was desolating La Mancha. The Funds declined. The Five per Cents. closed at 28} for cash. The Constitutionnel of Thursday, which we have received, together with the other Paris journals of the same date, announces that Lieutenant-General CUBIERES, will be appointed to the command of the French forces in Africa, destined to act against ABD-EL-KADER. The Commerce after repeating this statement as a rumour afloat on Wednesday, adds that this appointment was considered as a step towards the removal of Marshal VALLEE from the post of Governor-General, as was the case with regard to Marshal CLAUSEL, when General DAMREMONT was ordered to Algiers. The same journal is furious against the Govern ment, to whose incapacity is solely attribu- table the late reverses in Africa. To make its censures the more stinging, it invokes the reminiscences of the exploits of the French army in Egypt under the command of the First Consul, when 30,000 men suffering from sickness and want of provisions held a whole country against 300,000 ; at the same time insisting upon the fact that there is not less science, less valour, less patriotisni, nor less love of military glory in the French army now than there was in the brightest days of the Con sulate or the Empire. It is not an army, but a Government that is wanted in France. These reproaches will be acutely felt at the Tuileries, where no means will be left untried to repair the consequences of the Prince Royal's bravado campaign to the Iron Gates. A telegra phic despateh from the Minister of Finance to the Prefect at Toulon, ordered all the vessels of war in that harbour to be got ready for sea. Five steamers were to go, on the 2d, to Marseilles, to take on board the 58th Regiment of the Line. The Alger and Neptune were ordered to Port Vendres, where fifteen thousand men were ready to embark for Africa. In short the most active preparations for war, on an extensive scale, were making in all the marine ports of France. Double the number of reinforcements required by Marshal VALLEE for the defence of French Africa will be sent, including several thousands of bullocks, mules, and other beasts of draught and burden. The Duke of ORLEANS it appears will accom pany the new expedition. His Royal Highness could not do less than this without being an object of ridicule to a ll Fran ce. We copy from the Temps of Thursday the f ollowing paragraph on this subject : We are assured that in a sort of Privy Council, which was held on Tuesday, at which the King, the Prince, Royal, and the Duke de Nemours, were present, the question as to whether both or which of these Princes should go to Algiers was discussed, and led to an ani mated scene. Amongst other reasons urged by the Duke of Orleans for his departure, he stated that, having so recently made only a military promenade in Algieria, if was necessary for his honour that he should not remain in Paris when a campaign was to take place which presented an opportunity for combat and personal danger. The Duke de Nemours opposed the depar ture of his brother on the ground that, in the event of his losing his life, the kingdom would be exposed to the chance of a Regency, although it would, without. doubt, be a distant event, but which the extreme youth of the Count de Paris rendered possible. If our infor matinn he correct, the King, deeply affected at this family discussion, resolved to leave the decision to the Cabinet, and it has been arranged that the Duke of Or leans only is to go to Africa, where he will serve, ac cording to his military rank, under the orders of Mar shal 'Vallee, as he has himself proposed. Of other news we find none of any interest in the Journals of Thursday, except that the Police have got possession of another Infernal Machine, found floating down the Seine, which doubtless it was designed to set on fire. Several fresh arrests have taken place, one for an atteopt to kill a police agent 'by an artisan implicated in the conspiracy of the 12th of May. It is further confidently reported that the Government has lately made most extensive discoveries of the most dan gerous plots against the Monarchy of July. The Toulonnais quotes a letter from Algiers, which expresses an a.pprehension that the attacks of the Arabs wilt not be confined to the plain, but will extend to Bugia, Boud, Djigelly, Philipville, and Constantina ; these points bein g b are o f troops, an d many o f th ose which remain being sick. Oil for burning had risen in Algiers from If. to If. Me., and the price of meat was greatly increased, all the markets being deserted, in con sequence of the roads being occupied by the enemy. The Eciaircua mentions several farms near Bouffarich and in the plain where the owners, aided by their ser vants, have held firm and repulsed the Arabs. I'e have remarked the friendly relations that have recently been established between our Government and that of the kingdom of the Netherlands, which, it is said, may speedily lead to the conclusion of the treay of commerce. Meantime the Minister has published the following notice : " A decision of the Government of the Netherlands had forbidden all vessels coming from the South to pass the Scheldt in the passage of Koc, making use of the inland waters to proceed to Rotterdam." This obligation might in the bad season expose to danger the French steam-boats that ply between our ports and that of Rotterdam. The Baron Bois le Comte, the King's Minister at the Hague, has made some representations on this subject, which have been favourably received. A new decision of the Government of the Nether lands has just granted permission to the Dunkirk steam boat to make use of the passage through the inland waters only on the conditions required by the Custom House regulations. This favour would have been ex tended to the steam boats which ply between Havre and Rotterdam, did not their great draught of water hinder them from availing themselves of it."—Le Com niel-CC. BOURSE.—Pnicis, TntinsnaY, DEr, 5. P~irst Highest . Lowest Price Piice. Price. Price.. irench 5 per Cents ll2 55 112 60 ... 112 45 ... I 2 60 4% per Ccnts lO5 65 ... 105 65 ... 105 65 ... 105 65 4 per Cents lOl 70 ... IGI 70 ... 101 70 191 70 3 per Cents 62 25 ... 82 40 .. 82 25 ... 82 40 Bank of France 2930 ...'2990 —4990 Lattitte Bank I,ooof. 86 1075 ...1075 ....DIM — 1 75 5.(,00f. 5229 —.5229 ...5220 ...5220 Belgian 5 per Cents Bank 759 ... ... 747 50 ... 750 C.mpons Dutch 2% per Cents 53 ... 51 ... 53 ... 53 t , painsh AcCive 26 ... 26 ... 25 1 5, ... 25F4 Passive 6% ••• 6 !4 ... 6 ... 6 % Portuguese. 3 per Ccnts 9.4', ... 23 3 4 ... 2f , 34 ... 2A Neapolitan Roman lolk ... 101% ... 10l}i ... ICI% . HAMBURG BORSEN HALLE, DEC. 3. Bills. Money. Austrian 5 per Cents. Bank Shares P n,lo-Russian Loan .. 106% 106% Russian 5 per Cent. Ist series, Certificate Inscription, Ist Series 10235 102 Russian 5 per Cent. Hope and Co. 3d and 4th Series 97li 9731 Ditto in Certificates Dutch Actual Debt, 231 per Cent sl) Ditto ') per Ceti' Polish Bonds Nov ticket Anglo-Danish Loan, 3 per Cent.... 7OX 7BS, Norwegian Loan, 1834, 4 per Cent... Spanish, New 3 per Cents. EXCHANGES ON LONDON. HAMBURG, DEC, : 1 .-13, 5N —Two months, 13. 3%. PETERSBURGG, Nor. 22.—Two months, 2S , v• STOCNIIOLM, NOT. 26.—Seyenty-five days, 11. 38. lis.aurs, Noy. 30.—Three months, 6.21%. BOROUGH OF SOUTHWARK ELECTION. A meeting of the Liberals, friends of Mr. Walter, was convened both by private circular and public notice, to be held at the Brown Bear, Southwark Bridge-road, at eight o'clock on Friday evening—to take necessary steps to secure that gentleman's return—and as it was ex pected that he would he present, personally to explain his principles, many of the electors were in attendance. After havinc , waited until nine o'clock without his ap pearance, or the probability of any business being transacted, the meeting began to show symptoms of impatience, and loudly called for a Chairman, upon which a consultation was held among the clique, of would-be-great man (in cluding that consistent advocate of the people'srights, Mr. Day, a Mr. Boxer, and a grey-headed splenetic old man who sat smoking his pipe, now and then calling out, sotto voce, " you are all d—d vagabonds andlrascals," plainly showing that he was paid for his zeal, as well a. denoting his fear that there was little chance of the success of his party, seeing that the Electors of Southwark were determined not to allow any more of these hole and corner meetings to be passed off on the public as meetings of the Electors, when in reality they were nothing more than the meetings of five or six: political tadventurers, the consultations being concluded without any Chairman being ap pointed, from the fact of their not having an elector of St. Saviour's parish present, though this meeting was called in that parish. After many at tempts on the , part of the friends of Mr. Walter to obtain a Chairman, Mr. Mayhew, that staunch and consistent Reformer, was unanimously called upon to preside. He on taking the chair, said that as Mr. Walter's friends appeared to be in so destitute a condition, he would take pity on them, and at once relieve them from the onus which seemed to press so severely upon them, viz., the responsibility of calling a meeting, without the power of transacting busi ness—and therefore he would declare it to be a meeting of the electors in favour of Mr. Wood. This announcement was received with loud cheers. Three cheers were called for Mr. Wood, which were loudly re sponded to by the meeting. The Chairman proceeded to business, and the following resolutions were put and carried : Ist. Resolved, That this Meeting is of opinion that the conduct of the Friends of Mr. Walter in calling a Meeting of the Liberals, and then endeavour ing to stifle the motives of such Meeting, is an attempt to entrap the unwary, and a vile expedient by which they might ultimately destroy the franchise of the Electors of Southwark. 2dly. Resolved, ;That this meeting is of opinion, that Mr. B. Wood is the most fit and proper person to repre sent the Borough of Southwark, from his well-known con sistency of character, and his being a sincere friend to civil and religious liberty. To this resolution Mr. Day begged leave to propose an amendment (which was boxed and stitched up by himself and Mr. Boxer), to the following effect :—" That this meet' s ' ing is of opinion that the borough of Southwark should be represented by a man independent of all parties." In the course of Mr. Day's observations, in endeavour. ing to persuade the Meeting that he had not changed his principles, he called the Tories a pack of scoundrels. it could plainly be seen how the Tories present winced under the appellation, yet they were mean enough to seek the support of such a man—a man most heartily despised by all parties. The meeting seeing the object Mr. Day had in view, , 1 that of sowing the seeds of disunion among the Liberal party, immediately negatived his amendment, after which the Chairman addressed the meeting in a very able and effective speech, congratulating them on the happy union whiob seemed to exist amongst the Li berals, and he felt persuaded that this evening's proceedings would strike terror into the camp of their enemies, and plainly show them the fully of their attempts to deceive the enlightened electors of this Borough. He also dwelt at some length upon the state of Ireland, showing the happy results that have ensued from a mild, yet just Government ; and, in conclusion, he called upon the meeting to: join heart and hand to support Mr. Wood, which was responded to by loud shouts of; " We will ! We will !" The thanks of the meeting were proposed for the Chairman by Mr. Day, and seconded by Mr. Boxer, and carried unanimously ; afterwards the meeting separated. Amongst the friends of Mr. Wood we noticed the follow - inm :—Messrs. Bowler, Harris, Embleton, Irwin, West, and several others. EVEN IN G EDITION. against the legal proceeding, and pronounce it intole rable for its indelicacy, which requires our Queens and Princesses to hear their children with the Great Offi cers of State in the chamber, as suppose that the Mansions of sovereigns can be regulated in all re- Epeets like the dwelling-houses of subjects. That er rors of judgment may have been committed—that no l'ac can look back upon the events of the last sum- Ins.r, without feeling the deepest sorrow for the suf ferings which the innocent and unhappy- person most concerned had to endure—that in some quar ters there may have been something to blame—cannot be deni e d —f ir , very f ar f rom i t ; b ut t o i m pli c ate y our Majesty in this blame, argues an utter disregard of all the facts in the case, and above all a most culpable in attention to the peculiar position in which you are Placed, with all its momentous duties, and all its pecu liar difficulties. Nor let it for one instant be supposed, that any one can blame the conduct of Lord Hastings in a position hardly less difficult. Whatever high spirit, tender af fection, a nice sense of honour, could demand, that he has done with complete success, and to the entire vin dication of his family's honour. That the lamentable c ircumstances which have occurred should estrange !lint at least for a season, from your Majesty's Court, natural (nay fitting), even if he had no charge to brin g against any party. That your Majesty's wish roust ever be, as it must be your duty also, to soothe the wounded feelings of hii illustrious house, no one 'ln doubt. Of the Ladies of your Palace and their conduct in this affair, I have no occasion to speak ; yet justice requires the distinct assertion, that whoever may have taxed them with error of judgment committed in cir eumstanees of unexampled difficulty, no one can have sincerely believed that they could be influenced by any Alotivos of a malignant nature, much less guilty of a foul conspiracy, wholly and confessedly without an object. LETTER•C AR RIERS TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Stn,—Having read a paragraph in your valuable r aPPr, a short time since, concerning the letter-carriers of Dublin, I can no longer refrain from stating, that the letter-carriers in this post-office are equally as badly Paid, if not worse, than the former, their salary per Week being from Bs. to 15s. ; some of them having three deliveries a-day, Sundays also included ; and in addition to this, they are to have an extra mail from London, to commence on the 17th inst , which will make the fourth delivery to be imposed on some of them, without any More pay. When we consider the time they will be employed, viz., from 6 A.M. to about 7 or 8 r.sr., espe cially to some of the country carriers, whose beat ex tends four or five miles, including every street, lane, &c., surely you will agree with nee that they are not above half paid for their labour, considering they arc men o trust and respect. Picture to yourself a man with a family of six or seven children—such being the case here—on the paltry sum of 15s. per week, toiling from day to day, and soon Will be from morn till night, exposed to all weathers ; say if it is not enough to make all of them careless of their duty, or give it up altogether, trusting that he who rules the universe will justly provide them with something far better than what such bard taskmasters inflict on them—considering, also, they are not to have t tcY additional pay. I trust, Sir, you will be kind enough to publish it in Your valuable Journal, that the hearts of the public tway be touched with humanity and kind feeling towards s uch a valuable body of men throughout the empire, for surely it appears that those by whom they are employed Cannot have a spark of such a heavenly blessing. Ey so doing you will much oblige your humble ser vant, and the letter-carriers-at large. Your's respectfully, AN INHABITANT OF PORTSEA. Portsmouth, Dec. 6, 1839. 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Second Edition, lette red 4 ere re . vised and corrected, 1 vol. f oolsca p Bvo. ss. 6d. cloth i NATURAL PHILOSOPHY ; in which the Ele men t s of that Science are familiarly explained, and ad apted t o th e Comprehension of Youn g Pupils. Eighth edition, enlarged and corrected, with '23 plates, 10s. 6d. bds. CHEMISTRY : in which the Elements of that Science are familiarly expla ined, and illustrated by E , xperi men t s . Thirteenth Edition, enlarg ed and corrected, 2 ° , s. 12m0., with 18 plates, 14s. bds. ..,.....__ London : Longman, Orme, and Co. ----"----........ THEATRE ROYAL COVENT GARDEN. UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF MADAME VESTRIS. THIS EVENING. DEC. 7, 1839, Will be repeated the New Original Play, in Five Acts, written by James Sheridan Knowles, called LOVE. .Dike of C ar inthia, Mr. Cooper; Sir Rupert of Lerch , M r. T Vininz ; Huon, Mr. Anderson ; the Countess of Eppen 'tein, bliss Ellen Tree ; Katherine, Madame Vestris. After which, THE BEGGAR'S OPERA. Captain Macheath, Mr. W. Harrison ; Peachum, Mr. W. ‘, arr en ; Lockit, Mr. Bartley ; Filch, Mr. Harley ; Mrs. i reachum, M rs . C. Jones; Polly Peachum, Miss Rainforth; Lockit, Madame Vestris. On Monday, Love, with The Beggar's Opera. Dross Boxes, is; Second Price, 3s. ad. ; First and Second irolcs, a s . ; Second Price, •2,5. ad. ; Pit, 3 s. ; Second P rice, , ; Gallery, Is. Doors to be opened at half-past Six—the performances to caln.vlence at Seven o'Clock. Tickets and places for the Boxes to be taken of Mr. Notter, 4t the Box-office, from Ten till Four , wh ere Season Tickets ~ ''Y be had upon application. Private Boxes to be had solely of Mr , Andre ws, bookseller, . New Bond-street. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. T he 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, Drc. 7, Will be acted, Ainsworth's celebrated Drama of JACK SHEPPARD. Illustrating all Cruikshanks ; inimitable Tableaux Vivant. Characters by Messrs. Saville, Dale, lleslop, Laws, Smith, Ross, Neville; Mrs. Vining, Mrs. Daly, Miss Martin, Miss Grant Mrs. Laws, tce. To conclude with, THERESE. ---- /ki_lilGH-WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO.NIORROW. s'mlng minutes after 3 I Evening 45 minutes after 3 : , ''.?. 1 ''-.41P 1 C:. *. ) ~ t igliii.. . A. 9 .a . ~,, , • -.. 4 i'rr• - - ....5..._ mr 5., ••-.....,,,..1-- . frc, zb )e ,4,101,+ StiN s LONDON. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1e39. LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY. DEAL, DEC. 6.—Wind N. W.—Arrived the Deborah from Richebucto. Sailed the Gazelle, Withecombe, for Mauritius ; Don, Vantier, Rio Janeiro ; Egbert, Paulin, Bermuda. —Wind t i jo l W A . I p St o . r —A t, the - FaLmourn, Dim. 5. Stephen, Henzelle, from Pictou ; Equivalent, Miller, Miramichi ; England's Queen, Tulloch, Restigouche. SCILLY, Dec. 4.—Off port, the Arabella, from Boston. DUBLIN, DEC. s.—Sailed the Avery, for St. John's, New Brunswick. BELFAST, DEC. 3.—Arrived Victory, James, Quebec. LEITH, DEC. 4.—Arrived the Theodore Henrick, Paul sen, and Lovely Maria, Johnstone, from Riga. The Margaret, Steven, from Riga to Montrose, was wrecked on the Isle of May, 30th ult.—crew saved. GRIMSBY, DEC. 6.—The Juliana, Muller, from Stral sund to Guernsey, is in the Roads leaky, with cargo shifted, and must come into harbour. VESSELS SPOKEN WITH.--.The British Queen (steamer), from London to New York, on the 15th ult., lat. 41, lon. 45 ; William Walker, of Glasgow, lat. 42, N., lon. 44, W., by the Brave, Le Grand, arrived at Havre; St. George, Liverpool to Halifax, 29th ult., lon. 11, by the Laing, Hudson, arrived off Falmouth. THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY ) COVENT- G ARDEN. There were good supplies of all kinds of vegetables in season, and there was a fair trade—prices much as quoted last week. Plants Is. 6d. to 2s. 661. per dozen ; Celery Is. 3d. per bundle; Onions Is. 3d. per seive ; Carrots 4s. to 4s. 6d. per dozen hunches ; Brocoli Is. 6d. per bundle ; Turnips lid. per bunch ; Oranges 3s. to 7s. per hundred; Lemons ss. to 9s. per hundred ; Apples 3s. to 10s. per bushel ; Cabbages 6d. per dozen. Foreign Fruit plentiful, with a fair demand. Hamburg Grapes 9.1. ; English 4s. per lb. ; Pines ss. to 10s. per lb. ; York Red Potatoes 70s. to SOs. ; Scotch 635. to Ms. ; Devons 65s to 70s, ; White 335. to 655. Mushrooms Is. 6d. per pottle. HUNGERFORD MARKET. Fair supplies and a brisk trade. Turbot ss. to 21s. ; Cod, 35. to 12s. Soles, 10d. to 3s. per pair; Lobsters, lid, to 3s. 6d; Beef, 7d. to Sid. ; Mutton, Md. to Sid.; Veal, Bd. to 9d. ; Fork, 7d. to M. per lb. Vegetables in good supply, and prices were steady, with a fair demand. NEWGKTE AND LEADENHALL. - _ A large supply and the demand was rather moderate. Prices much the same as last quoted. Beef, 2s. Bd. to 3s. 6d. ; Mut ton, 3s. 6d. to 3s. 10d. ; Veal, 4s. to 4s. &I. ; Pork, 3s. Bd. to 4s. 6d. ; Irish, 3s. to 3s. 6d. ; Geese, 4s. to 6s. 6d. ; Rab bits, 9d. to Is. 6d.; Ducks, 2s. to 2s. 6d. ; Teal, 6d. to is. ; Pigeons, 6d. to 10d. ; Chickens, Is. 6d. to 2s. 6d. ; Fowls, 3s. to 4s. ; Widgeons, Is. to Is. 9d. ; Snipes, 6d. to ls. ; Gold Plovers, Bd. to Is. ; Grouse, 2s. to 35.; Eares, 2s. to 3s. ; Larks, is. to Is. 6d. p er doz. ; Eggs, Gs. 6(1. to 9s. per 120. WHITECHAPEL MARKET. ..... _ The supply was large, trade indifferent, and prices lower. Beef, 2s. Ski. to 3s. Bd. ; Pork, 3s. 4(1. to 41. Bd. ; Mutton, 2s. Bd. to 3s. 10d. ; Veal, 3s. 4d. to 4s. Bd. BILLINGSGATE MARKET. ..... The supplies were very good, and there was a moderate business done. Prices much as before. Turbot, Bs. to 21s. ; Cod 3s. to 12s. ; Soles, 6d.' t• 3s. 6d. per pair ; Lobsters, 91. to 3s. 6d. ; Oysters, 12s. to 40s. per bushel ; Whitings, sd. to 10d., and Haddocks, Bd. to 2s. 6d. HAY MARKETS. There were fair supplies generally, but not much demand, prices much as they were. Hay, 50s. to 90s. ; Clover, 90s. to 115 s. ; Straw, 283. to 388. per load. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, FRIDAY.—Our mar ket opened briskly on Saturday, with an evident ten dency to an advance, but the arrival of the Great Western on Sunday caused a decisive change, and the business of this week is chiefly at a id. per lb. decline in American ; in other descriptions we do not mark any change. Speculators have taken 200 American, and exporters 150 American and 100 Bengal. TIDE FUNDS. 0 xing to there being no arrisals this morning of the least inipartanec little buSineSs is'dOing either in the British or Foreign markets to the present time. Con sols, Odell left off yesterday at 92 to 92k for the opening, may be quoted at present 91i 92k ; Re duced Three per Cents., 901 ; Exchequer Bills, 3 1 dis. ; Bank Stock 178 179 ; India Stock shut. In the Foreign Market Spanish Active, which closed yesterday at 241 4, opened at 241 ; Portuguese closed at 53f 34, at present the same quotation ; Brazilian, 71,-1- 72 ; Colombian, 291 30 ; Mexican, 29i ; Spanish Passive, 6 ; Deferred, 10i 11 ; Dutch Two and a Half per Cents., 53i ; Five per Cents., 99i 100. PRICES OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCI[. Bank Stock per Cent-Red. ° O% 3 per Cent. Cons. 3's, per Cent • Ditto Red `'SX %Ti New 3% per Cent New 5 per Cent. Bank Long Annuities toexpire Jan. 5,1 W 1”, 15-16 Oct. 10, 1839.......—...13 13-16 J. o. 5, IS6O Jan. 5, 15•.9 . 1 April 5, ISNI. India Stock Ditto Bonds South Sea Stock Old Annuities New Ditto 3 per Cent. Annuities, 17.51 - Exch. Bills, £1,000... 3 1 dis Ditto 500 Ditto Small 2 is. par Ditto Commercial I)itto Advertised Bank Stock for Account ... - India Stock for Account ... 255 1870 I Consot lOTAe r; i11..7. 51% PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAI AT ONE O,CLOCX Atntrian Bonds Peruvian Bonds Belgian Bonds Ditto Account Brazilian Bonds Ditto Account Buenos Ayres Bonds I Ditto Account — Ditto Account -- Chilian Bonds Ditto Account — Russian Bonds, 1821 ...... .... Columbian Bonds — Ditto Account Ditto Account Columbian Bonds, 1824 Ditto Account 3O Ditto Account. :14% IA Danish Ponds Dit!o Account "Deferred II Greek. Bonds... French, 5 per cent. —f. —c. Ditto Bonds, 1825 — 4 per cent. f. —c. Ditto Account — I 3 per cent. —C. —c. Nlexican Bonds, 5 per Cont ! Exchange. —f. —c. Ditto Account ' Dutch, 2.14 per cent. 53 %14 Ditto, 6 per Cent. .... Ditto Account —; Ditto, 5 per tent — Seapolitan —' Ditto Acc0unt........ — PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Paid. Per Share. United Mexican (issued at 2/. pm.) Ditto New Scrip 5 4 Great Western railway Company Ditto New ..... • .. 2) 15 Brighton Rai' way Llndon and Blackwall Railway l3 11% London and Croydon Railway Company l4!. 18s. ed, 131 COURSE OF EXCHANGE, YESTERDAY. Amsterdam. C.C. IX 7 , ilbra ttar 4B 4itto. at sight Rotterdam ° U. 12 7)4!Genos :l5 11.5 Antwerp... Hamburg. ' l B. 13 13 ; Venice &Bona _. .... . 414, Paris, 3 days' sight ss 5A Ditto ....... ........... 3 Ms t.'s 75 Palermo per oz. 121 Lisbon 5l 25 75 liourdottux Ororto Rio Janeiro Frankfort on Maine, Ex. M. I5lSi ?etersbutgli, ruble... 3 Us 37 Berlin Bahia 27 Buenos Ayres New York t 21 days' eight 4614, Vicuna, eflective fl.. .3 M. IQ S) Ah . Philadelphia Trieste:.«..clltto lO 10 PRICE'OF . BULLION, per OZ. dadrld 3te Portugal 01(.1, COlO 0 0 0 .... ? ........... Bilboa Foreign Gold, in bars... 3 17 9 New Daublciwas . ..... 0 0 0 Slrceloni tAi New Dollars 0 4 HP, irvine 3B i Silver in Bars ...... ...... A 5 ()! 4 PRICES OF IRISH STOCKS, DUBLIN, DECEMBER 5. 3 per Cent. Consols 46 per Cent. Stock - Ditto Reduced Ditto New, Ig3o - 3 , ,', par Cent. Debentures.. 9i7% National insurance Company - Bank Stock - City Debentures, 4 per cent. - grand Canal Stock - Ballast Office Debentures, 4 - Royal Canal Stock - per cent - HALF-PAST ONE. In general Saturday is a dull day for speculations in ;he Funds, but this morning there has been doing some Jusines3 in the British market. Consols which were in the early part of the day at 91i for the opening, may be quoted at present 92i; Reduced hes also improved to 901 ; Exchequer Bills, 3 1 dis. ; in Bank Stock nothing done ; India Stock, shut ; India Bonds, 8 6 dis. The Foreign Market does not correspond with that of the British ; very little doing, prices rather lower. Spanish Active, 2 , 1: ; Spanish Passive, nothing doing ; Deferred, 11 ; Portuguese a shade higher, 34 to ; Three per Cents. 231, ; Colombian, 30 ; Dutch Two and-a-Half per Cents. maintain their prices, 53N. We hare no further arrivals, or any reports worth reporting. We hear of an improvement in United States Bank Shares to 171. 10s. DIMENSIONS OF THE BRITISH QUEEN AND PRESIDENT.* BEITISM QUEEN. Ft. In. PRESIDENT. Ft. In. Length extreme from Figure Head to Taffrail Ditto on upper-deck Ditto on main-deck Ditto of keel Breadth within paddle-boxes 40 0 Ditto over bends 4O 4 Ditto over all Depth Ditto from spar-deck Ditto from main-deck 268 0 243 0 224 0 220 0 41 0 4t 4 68 0 32 9 23 6 Tonnage Power of engine 5OO horse 600 horse Diameter of cylinders 773. inch. 80 inch. Length of stroke 7 ft. 7 ft. 6 in. Diameter of paddle-wheels 31 ft. 30 ft. * The President is to be launched this day. CHANCERY COURT-(THIS DAY, ALDRIDGE V. FORBES.-JIIDGMENT. ROLLS' COURT.-(THIS DAY.) FRANKS C. PRICE. The Court was occupied the entire day with the ar guments of Counsel in this case, the litigation arising upon the will of a Mr. Moses Hart, who died as far back as 1756. The case is not worth reporting in a news paper, the only question being whether a party took an estate tail or an estate for life. The Loan CHANCELLOR gave judgment to-day in this case, which was heard before his Lordship some time since, upon appeal from the decision of his Honour the Vice-Chancellor. His Lordship said that the cir cumstances of the case were extremely complicated, and from the mode in which they were stated in the pro ceedings it was not very easy to come to a satisfactory conclusion as to the precise state of the facts ; but if the facts were ascertained, there was no difficulty as to the application of the rule of law. As near as his Lord ship could ascertain the facts, they were as follows : Two estates in the West Indies called Yambou and Mariaqua were mortgaged in the year 1811 to a person named Arebas Akers. In 1818 the owner of the estates the subject of the mortgage, entered into a covenant, the effect of which was to bind himself to create a charge upon Yambou for the purpose of raising 10,0001 to be settled on his daughters. In 1819 the same in dividual, the owner of the equity of redemption, mort gaged both estates to Bailey and Co. Subsequently Bailey and Co. paid off the mortgage of 1811, and therefore they had the first and the third mortgage on both the estates, and the other parties claimed a charge upon Yambou alone to the amount of 10,0001. A certain sum was awarded for the slaves on both these estates under the Slavery Abolition Act, but it appearing that in addition to the several charges on the estate which had been mentioned, there was a charge prior to them all, for an unpaid legacy upon Yambou, by an order of the Court the compensation money was applied in discharge of that first charge. That con sumed all the compensation money which was referable to the estate of Yambou, except 671. A sum of up wards of 2,200/. was awarded by the Commissioners of Compensation in respect of the estate called Mariaqua, and that was applied in part payment of the mortgage of 1811. The effect, therefore, of that transaction was, that Mariaqua had borne a larger proportion in the payment of the mortgage of 1811, than the other estate called Yambou. In this state of cir cumstances, a petition was presented to the Vice- Chancellor, praying that the proportion of the mort gage o f 1811, which ought to have been paid out of the proceeds of the estate called Yambou, but which had been paid out of the proceeds of Mariaqua, might be thrown upon the former estate. The prayer of that petition the 'Vice-Chancellor refused to grant, holding that the parties having the benefit of the charge of 1818, had a right to have the estate called Yambou COURT CIRCULAR. kept clear of the charges on both C. states. His Lord ship was clearly of opinion that the v;,ee- C ha ncel,:lor had acted upon a correct principle in the accis, on to WINDSOR, FRIDAY.—The Hon. William Cowpor which be had come, a n d he shculd therefore affirm his and the Hon. Mr. Ponsonby, arrived this afterno on a t order, the costs to be provided for in the manner in whles the Castle, on a visit to her Majesty. The other Royal e had directed. visitors rema i n . The unfavourable weather to-day has prevented the i . `,,teeri, and th e p arty at the Castle, tak i ng the i r ac- Zsto..me4l rid es an d d r i ves i n the Park to-day. The i, oyal di nner party this evening will include her Royal ness the D uc h ess of Kent, Viscount Mel bourne, H Ri 4 g . h , Hen. George Stevens Byng, the Hon. William Cowper, .the Hon. Mr. Ponsonby, Lady Barbara, Lady Fanny Howara, Hon. Miss Paget, Hon. Miss Anson, Lady Gardiner, Baronea ; Lehzen, Lord Lil ford, Colonel Armstrong, Lord A.lfred Pager, and the Hon. Charles A. Murray. The Duchess of Cambridge, accom v )anied by Prince George and the Princess Augusta of Cambridge, and attended by Miss Kerr, honoured t. he Haymarket Theatre with her presence on Thursday e. vening. The Duchess, Prince George, and the Print '.ess Augusta afterwards returned to their residence at K ?W. The Duke of Cambridge has left Belv, air Castle, Leicestershire, where her Roynl Highness has been stay ing during the last week on a visit to the Duke' of Rut land, for Newnham Paddocks, Warwickshire, the scat of the Earl of Denb;gli. The Marquis of Bute, the Earl of Radnor, and lh'r. Turnbull, bad interviews with the Marquis of Not •- manby, yesterday, at the Home.office. Count Sebastiani, the French Ambassador, transac ted business, yesterday, at the Foreign-office. The Lords of the Judicial Committee of her Ma jesty's Most Privy Honourable Council sat yesterday. There were present Lord Brougham, the Judge c d the Prerogative Court, Mr. Justice Bosanquet, Mr. Jus tice Erskine, and the Judge of the Admiralty Court. An Appeal from St. Vincent, John Cropper v. James Crosby and others, occupied the Court the whole of its sittin g . Mr. Wigram (Queen's Counsel) was heard for the appellant, and Mr. Tinney (Queen's Counsel) and Mr. Parkes were heard for the respondents. The Court rose at four o'clock. .His Ex ce llency the y _American Minister transacted business at tLe Foreign Office and Treasury yesterday. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS. Mr. and Mrs. Steverson, Lord Dunfermline, the Hon. Berkeley Paget, Mr. Alfred Montgomery, Mr. Alston, M. P., Sir Brook Traylor, Colonel Cavendish, Colonel Keate, the Honourable Mrs. Montagu, the Marqui. of Anglesea and Lady Adelaide Paget, Viscount Tem)!le town and the Hon. Mr. Upton, Lord Henry Russell, the Earl of Errol; James Duff, Esq., M. P., at the Brun %- wick Hotel, Jermyn-ctreet, from Delgaty Castle. DEPARTURES. Lord Willoughby d'Eresby, for Grimsthorpc; Count d'Orsay, on a visit to Lord Carrington, at Wycombe Abbey ; the Right Hon. Joseph Planta, for St. Leonard's; Lord Pollington, for Italy; the Right Hon. Henry Pier repent, ti c Right Hon. Sir Edward Knatchbull ; Sir C. P. Jodrell, Bart., from Portland-place, for Derbyshire. I t . 1s said that morning mails will be despatched I to forts mouth and Cheltenh a m on th e 17th inst. Th e i r h,:val Highnesses the Duchess of Cam bridge, t h e p r i t ,, , :css Augusta, and P r i n ce George, and suite, honoured the .1 -ley-market Theatre with their pre sence, on Thursday e . ening, to see the play of the Merchant of Venice, and the farce of Tedd,*7 the Tiler. Lord Sandys, who has beets staying . in town during the week, left last evening, for Omb,lr,sley, his seat, in Worcestershire. Lord Macdonald left Mivart's Hotel, on I.'hurs day, for Melton Mowbray, where his Lordship Wit , remain during the hunting season. The marriage of the young and beautiful R us slat.' heiress, ecuntess Alexandrine Potocki, with ,her cousin, Count Joseph Potocki, will take place early' in the ensui.ng year. The Countess is now in Edinbur, gh, where, we Are informed, the ceremony will be sole 71- nised. The trousseau, which is of the most magni. cent and elegant description, was executed, we under stand, by Vouillon and Laure, on whose taste it reflects the highest credit. Viscountess liolmesdale and her infant son are going on well at Montreal, near Seven Oaks, where the family have arrived from Wellesbourne, near Stratford upon-Avon. Mr. Hope's party at Deepdeene will assemble the week after next. The Duke and Duchess of Mon trose, Lord and Lady Beresford, and Mr. and Mrs. , Adrian Hope are expected. The Hon. Augustus and Mrs. Villiers arrived in town on Thursday last, from a visit to Sir FredericiLancl Lady Bathurst, at Clarendon Park, Wilts. The Dowager Countess Cowper had a dinner party last evening, at her mansion, in George-strt et. The Duke of Devonshire was among the guests. The Duke and Duchess of Somerset arc staying at Stover House, Devonshire. The Duke of Hamilton is at Hamilton Palace, wl.ere his Grace will pass the Christmas. The Earl of Wicklow will spend the Christmas. at Shelton Abbey. The Duke and Duchess of Northumberland have returned to Alnw•ick Castle, from a visit to Col. Bell, M.P., at Woolsiogton House. The Earl and Countess of Warwick are receiving a select party at Warwick Castle. Lord Monson ar rived on a visit to the Earl and Countess a few days since. • The Earl and Countess of Jersey are at Mid dleton Park, where Viscount Villiers, M.P., has also arrived, from a tour of visits. A. numerous and distin guished circle will assemble at the above seat, the week after next. The Earl and Countess of Hillsborough, who have been on a visit to Viscount and Viscountess Com bermere, at Combermere Abbey, have gone on a visit to Mrs. Cunliffe, Offiey. The Noble Earl and Countess intend to stay a few weeks in Ireland this winter. The Countess of Chesterfield will return to Chesterfield House to-day fr 4. m Aycombe Abbey, where her Ladyship has been 0 0 a visit to Lord Car rington. On Monday next the Countess goes on a visit to the Duke and Duchess of Beaufort. The Noble Earl is hunting in Northamptonshire. Earl Spencer intends leaving, Alt,'lorpe Park, in Nottinghamshire, on Saturday (this moraine') by the railroad, for Spencer-house, in the Green* ark. The Right Hon. Lord Douglas has arrived at Bothwell Castle from Douglas Castle.—Giugatur Con stitution. The Marquis of Northampton, who ca m e up to town a few days back on business connecte d with the Royal Society, has returned to Castle As bby, Northamptonshire, where Earl Compton and Lady Marianne Compton are staying. Earl Compton . has recovered from the effects of the severe accident he m et with several weeks since. The Earl of Harrow•by is now at Rome, with Viscount and Viscountess Sandon and their family. it is probable that the Earl and members of his family will not return to this country until March. The Duke of Devonshire, Sir George Crewe, Bart., M.P., and Mr. W. Evans, M.P., have respec • tivcly given Lhe munificent donation of 1001. to the Lich . field Diocesan Board of Education. The Noble Dalt , ' and the Hon. Baronet are also liberal annual subscribers. The Earl of Fingal, who is now in Ireland, ha 3 taken a mansion at St. Leonard's for his family, who, have been residing at Dover. The Earl and Countes are expected to pass the approaching Christmas at th e former watering-place. Lady William Poulett will pass the winter i n Paris, besides other fashionables who are repairin g thither. The Countess of Radnor is at her mansion ins Grosvenor-street, but will leave in a few days to pay ii visit, en route to one of her county seats. The r'iobaie Earl is at Longford Castle, in Wilts. The following fashionables assembled this wee k at Wycombe Abbey, the seat of Lord Carrington :- The Ladies Chesterfield, Charleville, s and Albert C. ). niogham ; Colonel and Mrs. Anson ; Mr. and Air a, Throgmorton ; Count D'Orsay ; Mr. J. Macdon a ld ; Mr. Standish ; Prince A. Esterhazy ; Mr. Grevillei ; the Hon. Cecil and Henry Foresters, &c., &c. Shooting in the woods is to be the order of the day. A subscription is now going forward in the city to present Sir John Colborne, now Lord Seaton, with a handsome service of plate, as a mark of th e hi g h conn is contli deration in which he held, and a s a test i mony o es t ee m for the important services he rend ere d i n sup pressing the Canadian rebellion.—B r it ann i a. KINMEL PARK, ST. ASA PH Dinorben is making preparations for the reception of his Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex, who is expected to ar rive on the 18th or 20th inst., from Ranton Abbey, the shooting lodge of Lord Lichfield in Staffordshire. The Prince and Princess of Capua, with the infant Prince and Princess, also Miss Smythe, and their suite, have left Kinmel Park, and on Tuesday arrived at Mimi& Hotel, London.—Chest er Chronicle. The Earl and Countess of Surrey and the Ladies Howard, and Vi scount an d Vi scountess Fit z alan, have been stayin g at Arundel Castle during the week. Yesterday Birmingham was enveloped in one of the most dense fogs ever recollected by the oldest inba -1 t bitants of the town. The passage in the stree ts was ex tremely dangerous, but we have not hea r d that an y serious accidents occurred.—Birmingbain Advertiser ofThursday. BADMINTON. — T he Du ke and Duchess of Beaufort will see compa n y next week, when the Duke of Cambridge and h is illustrious consort, Prince George, Lord Ellenboroug h, Ca p t. and Lady Georgiana Cod_ rington, Lord and Lad y William Somerset, and Lord Fi tzro y Somerset , are expec ted to a rrive on a vi sit. H ANo vEn, DEC. I.—A Royal Ordinance was e r b d y a y q , respecting uartc rin g soldiers the o n t he deka of the ar rearsuo sari --Hamburg Borsen h alle , Dec. 3. There will not be a single eclipse of either published of taxes, yest or moon visible in the United Kingdom, ' in the course of the ensuing year. EVENING EDITION. BURN V. CARYALHO. The LORD CHANCELLOR also gave judgment in this I case, in ":which the question was whether certain pro perty belonging to a bankrupt was in equity, now the property of,his assignees, or whether, under the circum stances that had taken place, it belonged to the plaintiff. It had been decided in an action of trover. both in the Courts of Queen's Bench and Exchequer, that the pro perty passed to the assignees of the Bankrupt, but as that opinion was fou n d e d i n str i ct l aw hi s L or d s hip did not consider that the question he had to decide was affected by what had taken place at law, and in taking that view of the case he was borne out by what had taken place in West and Mangles in Vesey. The short facts of the case, out of which the question arose, were as follow :—A person of the name of For tunato, who carried on business at Liverpool, had been in the habit of consigning goods for sale to a person of the name of Riego, and drawing upon him for the pro ceeds. For the;purpose of realising the bills, he em ployed the firm, which the plaintiff now represented, to negotiate them. The plaintiffs, Burn and Co., having beard that some of the bills had been refused acceptance by Riego, applied to Fortunato, requesting him to write to Riego, desiring him, in case the pro perty in his hands should not be sufficient to pay the drafts, to hand over the pro perty in his possession to a person named . Voger. Fortunato wrote agreeably to the request of the plaiT, tiff, and ultimately it was discovered the proceeds in the hands of Riego sere not sufficient to pay the bills, and Fortunato remained a debtor to the plaintiffs to a considerable amount. On the 23d of June, 1829, a commission of bankruptcy issued against Fortunate, and a judgment was obtained by his assignees in an action of trover, for the value of the goods that had been de livered by Riego to Voger, in consequence of letter ;cot to him by Fortunato. The result of the facts, pecuniarytherefore, was, that Fortunato being under pecuniary obligations to the plaintiff, and having property i n the . hands of Ricgo, promised t o a pply s uc h property the discharge of those liabilities, and sent instructions r 'ur that purpose to Riego ; but before that communication arrived Fortunato became bankrupt, and the question was, whether, under those circumstances, the l e tter to Riego gave the plaintiff in equity any right to the °l.O - or whether it passed to the assignees? Now the:e could be no doubt that in equity an order given by a debtor to a third person, to hand over goods to another for the benefit of his creditors, was a binding equitable assignment. Such a doctrine was held by Lord liardwicke, in Roe and Dawson, in Ist Vesey 32, and Lord Eldon had said, in ex-parte South:and Swanston, that if a debtor gave an order to a creditor to obtain payment of his debts from other persons, that order in equity bound the debtor ; the same principle was also recognised in Fitzgerald and Hunt, Lett and Morris, and Watson and the Duke of Wellington. His Lordship was, therefore, clearly of opinion with the Vice-Chancellor, that the letter sent by Fortunato to Riego on the 9th of April, 1829, amounted to an equitable assignment of the property in the hands of the latter. Such being his Lordship's opinion, the plaintiff must be considered as having a good title in equity to the goods delivered to Voger, and the decree of the Vice-Chancellor must therefore be affirmed, with costs. QUEEN'S BENCH.-(THIS DAY.) (Before Lord DENJMA'x and a Special Jury.) THE PNEUMATIC RAILWAY.-.-SARTOILIUS V. PINK- HURST. The ATTORNEY-GIiaRAL stated the case. It was an action brought by Admiral Sartorious, well-known and distinguished officer, to recover a sum of money, amounting to 200/., lent by him to the defendant, an American gentleman, to whom he had been very kind. and from whom he had met with a very ungrateful re turn. It appeared that in 1834, various sums had been lent by the plaintiff to the defendant, but upon the pre sent occasion he would confine himself to a sum of 200/. lent by the plaintiff to the defendant, through the agency of a gentleman named Hoskins. Mr. Pinkhurst, being in want of money, applied to Mr. Hoskins, who obtained the loan from Admiral Sartorius, and paid it over to the defendant. as it was required by him. The de fendant pleaded that he was not liable ; that he had paid the money ; idly, that the money was to be paid at the termination of a Chancery suit, although there was no restriction of the kind whatever ; and, 4thly, there was a plea of usury, but he believed not one of these pleas could be substantiated. William Hoskins—l am an architect, residing in Woburn-square. I know the plaintiff and defendant. In 1834 the defendant requested me to borrow a sum of money for him from any person I could obtain it from. I applied in consequence of that to the plaintiff, who advanced on one occasion 1001., and subsequently an other 100/. I handed it over to the defendant. There was nothing said about the terms of the loan at that time or previously to obtaining it. Cross-examined by Mr. BAYLEY—The first sum was on the 10th of April, 1834, and the second on the 14th of July. Admiral Sartorius was then in England. He left England at the latter end of that year, and returned in 1837. The money was paid in checks drawn by me in favour of the defendant at different times. I got checks from Admiral Sartorius for two sums of 100/. each. I gave the money to defendant in smaller sums, paying people on his account, and at his request. On the Bth April, 1834, I gave him personally a check for 20/. The next is the 14th July, for 81. The next is 22d July, for 12/. The next is the 24th July, 201. ; 26th July, 6/. ; 31st July, 5/. ; August Gth, 81. I have in all 14 checks paid to him personally, amounting to 2041. ; 20/. of that was paid before the 10th April, the date of the loan. Previously to the loan I had no money of the defendant's in my hands. I afterwards had. I was apprised of a railway project in March, 1834, by the defendant. He was introduced to me by a Mr. West. I directed the making of drawings when the patent was about to be applied for. I endeavoured to obtain funds for the defendant to assist him in his pro ject, and the money was borrowed from Admiral Sar torius, mainly with that object. The Company was formed 4arly in 1835, and a prospectus issued. Ad miral Sartorius's name was inserted as a Director. I was called the professional Director. I managed, el though I was not called the managing Director. Receipts were issued for deposits, and about 4,0001., or a little more, was received. The money was paid into the hands of two bankers. I paid about 60/. on my own account. That was my deposit on twenty shares. I paid a like sum for Admiral Sartorius. The two hundred pounds in question was paid into Rogers and Towgood's, on my private account. All the money drawn out on behalf of the Company, was by checks, signed by two Directors and countersigned by me. Five hundred pounds was paid to Mr. Pinkhurst to re imburse him for expenses in bringing forward the pro ject and taking out his patent. On the 19th of April, 1834, Mr. Pinkhurst paid 4801. on my account into Rogers's bank. The five hundred pounds of the Com pany's funds, which was granted to Mr. Pinkhurst, was paid, at his request, into my private account at Rogers', and I repaid it to him in small sums. I have his letter acknowledging that he was repaid that 5001. I repaid him the 4801. also. The patent is at present in the hands of the solicitor. It was agreed that the patent should become the property of the Company, if found to be valuable, and Mr. Pinkhurst was to be remunerated for it by receiving half of what was sub. scribed. Mr. Pinkhurst claimed all the 4000/. sub scribed, but that claim was not allowed. The Directors contracted for some works in 1836 and the early part of 1837. Admiral Sartorius returned to England in May 1837. Colonel Shaw was one of the Directors of the Company. There was a Committee appointed, but not by the Directors. I did not attend the meet ing, because I knew Pinkhurst would be there, and his manner was so offensive I did not choose to meet him. Several actions have been brought against the Direc tors by Pinkhurst, and abandoned. There may be one pending now for ought I know. Admiral Sartorius bad nothing to do with the Company till 1833. The loans had nothing whatever to do with the Company, which had not then been formed. Mr. BAYLEY addressed the Jury for the defendant. lie denied that there was anything unhandsome or un fair in the conduct of Mr. Pinkhurst, who, on the con trary, had been most improperly treated by the Direc tors of the Company, of whom the plaintiff and Mr. Hoskins were two. The fact was, that Mr. Pink hurst's invention, which was called the Pneumatic Railway System, was shown to be se important and valuable that the Directors had agreeed to give him 9,0001. for it, and when the Company was in operation a further sum of 91,000/., snaking in all a sum of 100,0001. 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