The Sun. — London, England, 1839-12-27 00:00:00

EVENING EDITI_ON feelings of hatred, rancour, and malignity among men. —(Cheers). Was it for nothing that Lord Brougham elevated a person, known in this country as Crawley, but who calls himself Crolly in England? This person, whom Lord Brougham elevated, was the leader in those sermons on the .sth of November ; was it for nothing that the M‘Neiles, Greggs, and M'Ghees, and forgers, were carried, preaching a crusade through England and Scotland ?—(Hear, hear.) They have proclaimed war— then I war to them if they do.-se(Cheers.) M'Neile, who called the Queen Jezebel, was the preacher to the Pro testant Association in Sheffield ; and who was the presi _ dent of that Association? Why, Lord Wharncliffe, the intimate friend of Peel and Wellington ! This Wharn cliffe was not, like our Lord Roden, half mad, but was a keen, shrewd Yorkshircmau, who had no more religion in his heart than he had in his boot. Now, the last symptom we have had was I‘l•Neile's being introduced by this Lord Wharncliffe.—(Hear.) Was not that a symptom ? And was there not another in the fact that no voice was raised for us in England ?—( Hear, hear.) The Radicals in England had quailed before the Chartists, and the Chartists quailed before a handful of Irish soldiers. You must, therefore, come out, one and all, for yourselves. Why, the Tories themselves, with respect to Ireland, are divided into two parties— one is for the repeal of the Catholic Emancipation Bill, and the other say they will not repeal, but they will nullify it. What care I whether they repeal it or not, if they deny us the benefit of the measure ? Is it not more insulting to withhold from us that to which we are legally entitled ? For my part, lam determined they shall not swindle me, nor shall they swindle the people of Ireland, if lean help it.—(Cheers.) The people of Ireland arc too intelligent to permit themselves to be thus swindled—they arc shrewd and sensible, as their whole conduct clearly proves. Look to Ireland at the present hour. Never before was Ireland so peaceful. Was that the case during the days of Tory domination Why, before 1829, we invariably had the Insurrection Act, the Suspension of the Habeas Corpus Act, or a Peace Preservation Act, as they used to call it. For twenty-two out of twenty-nine years we had some one of these Acts in full operation—a tolerable specimen of the effects of the Union.—(Cheers.) Why, it the union did not exist, would any man have been mad enough to have dared, in our Irish Parliament, to vote away the liberties of millions of his countrymen ?—(Cheers.) We shall begin the new year well ; we must be up and stirring. I must have every province, borough, city, and town in Ireland met ; and declare we will have the Liberal Pro testants, and I am happy to see soy:Niel of them about me here to-day.—(Hear, hear.) They will join in an address to the Queen ; they will join us to petition Par liament ; but, above all things, the Catholics must act for themselves, in a solemn declaration, which I shall draw up for your approval.—(Hear, hear, hear.) I trust that it will be read and signed by Pecr, Pre late, Priest, and People.—(Hear, hear.) I trust we shall have six or eight millions of signatures to it, and then we shall lay it before the Imperial Parliament of Bri tain. In that document I will state our just claim to have the rights, the liberties, and franchises of the country. I will state in that, in very few words, the treachery and breach of faith by which the Orange faction deprived us of our rights and liberties ; and I shall also put forward in that same petition, the peaceful, and loyal, and constitutional means by which we acquired our restoration.—(Great applause.) The Tories, we all know, are the most venomous gang on the face of the earth ; but we care not for them—we stand in the face of heaven their equals ; and, in the name of nature, and nature's God, we will never surrender to them,— (Cheers.) I will state that we are too intelligent to be imposed on—we have too mush wealth to be put down ; and we are, above all things, too courageous and too numerous to be trampled on ; and that neither Tory, or Orangeman, or Saxon of any kind, shall trample on the people of Ireland.—(Loud cheers.) Let every man who wishes to be a slave—let every man who desires bondage to a state of glorious liberty, shrink from placing his signature to our petition ; but, on the other hand, let every loyal and brave man sign it, and, if necessary, sign it with his blood.—(lmmense applause.) No, I say, we must not delay or hesitate. I came here to-day for the purpose of arousing you to this peaceful exertion. I shall prepare our declaration ;it will be drawn up in the true spirit of unaffected and fervent loyalty.—(Cheers.) We will tell the Queen that the security of her throne and the stability of her house de pend on the allegiance of the Irish people. (Cheers.) We talk not or using physical force, but that which the constitution sanctions, and the law allows, we shall adopt, and thus be enabled to defend the throne, and secure the peace, happiness, and prosperity of the illustrious indi vidual who holds it.—(Loud cheering.) The disloyal, the disaffected, and rebellious Orangemen we are deter mined to discourage in their rebellious deeds. The Irish people shall shrink from an attempt to countenance those ' English factionists, who would fain annihilate us as they have trampled on our rights and liberties.—(Cheers.) In short, Ireland must remain in the majesty of her might iness—she must sustain her ancient character ; and we must not submit, in the history of our native land, which may be published hereafter, to be handed down as being defeated by a rebellious clan, whose wai ch word smells of treason, and whose disloyalty to the Sove reign and her advisers makes them doubly detestable.— (Great applause.) Others may adopt the war of blood shed it' they chose—they may smile at the slaughter— but ours shall be a very different course. We shall avoid all illegal contests, and the best way to do that is by standing in readiness to support the throne.--(Hear, hear, rod loud cheers.) What country under heaven, I ask you, can boast of having acted more loyally than ours? Our merits are great. Did any country ex hibit such fervent loyalty as Ireland has done within the last twelve or fifteen months ? Why, there is not a large manufacturing town in England in which a great number of Irish labourers, operatives of various kinds, is not to be found ; and yet it is a fact, that in Liver pool where there are thousands of Irishmen employed, in Manchester, and many other towns likewise, not a wan of them joined the Chartist insurrection.—( Loud cheers.) I stated, some time ago, that in Newcastle upon-Tyne, the Irishmen there made an excep tion ; but I had the honour to receive a communication from a Catholic priest, an English gentleman, in that town, informing me that I was mistaken, and stating that very few Irishmen had joined the Chartists ; there was one O'Brien amongst the few, and this man styles himself " Bronterre"—(A laugh.) It delights me to have received such a letter from the Rev. Gentleman to whom I have alluded.—(Hear, hear.) He states, that so far from the Irishmen joining the insurrectionists, they actually sought his counsel and advice on the sub ject ; and what is still more pleasing, they had adopted his counsel and followed his advice : and that was, you may depend upon it, to avoid all Chartists. Yes, yes ; have not we a noble example in the Irishmen who are in Cardiff, and who, to the number of a hundred, collected in a body and offered to defend even the property and lives of their oppressors, among whom was the Marquis of Bute ? But look to Ireland, look through universal Ireland—was there a single one among us who did not know, that 1 by taking advantage of the working of the Chartists, we should have been enabled—had we agitated while they were proceeding with such insane violence—was there one among us who did not know that we should have wrested from the fears of the English Ministry that which we should not obtain from their judgment and good sense ?—(Hear. hear.) Why, no one knew that better than I did ; but if we had countenanced the Chartists by a strong agitation for our constitutional rights, ,no man knew how far they would have gone to destroy life and property in England. But I know my duty better—l know my countrymen better—l know that they desire not to have anything to do with those who counsel or who talk of violence.— (Hear, and cheers.) No, my countrymen—we stand in the loyal integrity of our hearts ; and though we have suffered, and still suffer injustice—though our rights are refused us—though they have denied us our franchises—nut only have they denied them, but have male them so narrow that they were an insult—though they refuse us Corporate Reform—though they refuse us the application of the rent-charge to public purposes, an application on which we must continue to insist— ( Hear, hear)—we have been peaceful—we have been loyal—we have been free from crime, while England is immersed in turbulence, in crime, and treason—( Hear) and am 1 to be told that we shall not have our rights restored to us ?—( Hear.) 0, no, they cannot be de nied to us, for we are a peaceful, loyal, and a moral people —aye, a moral people. Have we not all heard of the great moral miracle which has been performed in the South of Ireland, by my excellent friend the Rev. Theobald Mathew.—( Hear, and cheers.) Oh, I thank you for that cheer—it shows me that yon approve of the great moral miracle, the spread of temperance. Have we not daily proofs of the facility with which the people give up their previous habits of intempe rance, and totally abstain from the use of intoxicating drinks ?—( Hear, hear, and loud cheers.) And what is the most remarkable feature of the proceeding is the sur passing fidelity with which the people keep the pledge of abstinence they make. The enem,es of Ireland de rided the thought of the pled ge being so uniformly kept ; they thought it was impossibl e for any people to keep such a pledge, when taken by such numbers ; and least of all did they think it possible of the Irish to keep such a pledge : but they mistook the character of the Irish people.—( Hear, hear.) Fidelity to their purpose is a strong characteristic of the Irish people. A mighty change has come upon them—a mend revolution has occurred, and those leisure hours which bef'or e were spent in idleness—in useless practices—ia unuidlintx, which is worse than either, are now spent in acquiring useful information, and :Iddiog to their stock of know ledge.—(Hear, hear.) Thus, instead of indulging in intemperance, the people are perusing newspapers and periodicals, and attaining knowledge o f the best kind. My countrymen, my hopes are high—l have a people superlatively faithful to assist me, aucl I ear deter mined to obtain them justice. Celt I he prevented from procuring justice for my country ?—( Hear, hear.) No, my countrymen, the people of Ireland are too numerous, too brave to be trampled on—we want nothing but justice, and that we roust have.— (Hear, and cheers.) Let our cry then he for Old Ireland —and oar demand be—justice. We are no less determined to uphold the prerogative of the Crown, than to secure the liberty of the subject. I want no ascendancy over any man—l ask for equality for my Catholic fellow-countrymen—but I would not accept of ascendancy for them, swearing so help me Heaven! lam not given to the habit of swearing—l know the awful nature of the time in which I speak—l know that in a few hours I shall be celebrating the nativity of that Saviour, who took upon him human nature, and who n suffered to atone for my sins and the sins of manv:l..d ; and as I stand in the sacred presence of my Saviour, and as I look to him for mercy, I look not for ascend dency for any, and I would no more suffer it for a Ca tholic than I would endure it for a Protestant.—( Loud cries of Hear, hear, and great cheers.) I want that there should be no penalty upon religion—that opinion should be free—that conscience should be unshackled. I would relieve the Catholic and Protestant, I would do right towards the Catholic. I would not do the Protestant any wrong.—( Hear, and cheers.) We want our rights ; those we must have ; we want no more— ( Loud cheers) —and with your assistance I am sure that we shall obtain not only the liberty which we seek for ourselves, but that we shall also secure the liberties of the people of England,—(Hear.) Remember that the Chartists are opposed to us. Remember that the Tories would establish an oligarchy over the people of England—, that, consequently, we must rely upon our onai exertions to obtain our rights.---(Hear.) I said this before, and I repeat it again, that if the Tory party got into power to morrow, the life of the Queen would not be safe.—(Loud cries of Hear, hear, and cheers.) I have been told to retract this assertion—l repeat it— I say again the life of the Queen would not be safe— if the Tories were to come into power to-morrow, the Queen would not live three months, and we should then have her uncle, Ernest of Hanover, crowned King, as her legitimate successor.—c Deep groans.) Secondly, that they are determined to trample on the pre rogative of the Crown—thirdly, to trample on the rights and privileges of the people of Ireland— and fourthly, to establish, if they could, a reign of terror, by which they would be enabled to plunge ourselves, our children, and our children's children, into all the horrors of slavery.—(Hear, and cheers.) I have told you my plan—l have told you what my intentions are, and I shall have them immediately proclaimed by means of simultaneous meetings, at which a declaration of our principles will be put forward.— ( Loud cheers.) I hope that all of the Catholic deno mination will come forward, that we will be joined by many Liberal Protestants, many of whom I see around me on this platform, and that all will be anxious to rescue this country from the horrors of Tory misrule and Tory domination.—(Hear, hear.) We will address the Queen, telling her that our lives and our fortunes are at her service—that we do not offer them in any vain or idle boast, or one from which we should shrink in performing, but assuring her that her throne would be floated into security, if necessary, upon the heart's blood of the Irish people.—(Long continued cheering.) I now mean, my friends, to take the chair, with your permission, and having two or three resolutions to pro pose for your adoption, they will be submitted to you by Gentlemen who will follow me. The Hon. and Learned Gentleman then concluded, and was immediately moved into the Chair. The following resolutions were then agreed to. " Resolved—That the avowed lust o power of the British Tories, having no other means to gratify their unworthy ambition but by fomenting the worst passions amongst the people—that faction has now publicly avowed its bigoted hatred of the religion and people of Ireland, and seeks for the sordid emoluments of office, by endeavouring to extinguish the political liberties of the Catholic people of Ireland." " Resolved—That the Catholic. people of Ireland, having recovered the rights of which they were unjustly spoliated, they feel that they are too numerous, too in telligent, and too brave, to permit any faction or party once again to deprive them, either by law or in practice, of the full enjoyment of civil and constitutional rights." " Resolved—That we earnestly recommend the im mediate formation of a Committee, to give a simultane ous and universal expression to the tranquil, but fervent determination of the Irish people, at whatever risk of life or property, to preserve by all Constitutional and legal means their civil and religious liherties." Mr. O'CONNELL then announced, that before Satur day next, he would have all the necessary arrangements made, and a draft of the declaration, stating the deter mination of the Catholic people of Ireland not to submit to injury or insult. Mr. WeLsH—l hope the Protestants will be allowed to join in the Catholic declaration. Mr. O'CONNELL—To be sure they will, and with pleasure. Dr. HALKAN was then called to the Chair ; after which the thanks of the meeting were given to Mr. O'Connell, and the meeting separated. OPINIONS OF THE FRENCH PRESS RE SPECTING THE KING'S SPEECH. The Debats expresses its satisfaction that no announce ment is made of an intention to convert the Five per Cents., and deprive the small fundholders of a fifth of their revenue. The Debats adds, "In what refers to foreign policy, we adopt the hopes of Ministers. Like them, we are convinced that France and England have the same interest i❑ remaining closely united, and that a good understanding between them can alone bring about a satisfactory solution of the question of the East. We agree with Ministers in the expres sio❑ of their satisfaction at the pacification of the Basque provinces, although, perhaps, they take rather more credit for it than they deserve ; and, like Ministers, we think that there should be no hesitation to make any sacrifice to avenge the national dignity in Africa, destroy the power of Abd-el-Kader, and free our terri tory for ever of a neighbour, who, by keeping our co lony i❑ a constant state of alarm, deprives us of the fruit of our conquest." The Constitutionnel, which writes under the imme diate impulse of M. Thiers, says, " The passage in the King's speech respecting the Duke of Orleans and his brothers was the only one which produced unani mous applause." The Courrier Francais represents the constitutional and talented opposition of Odillon Barrot and his party. It observes, " that the alliance with England is timidly alluded to, and the good understanding with other powers feebly expressed, and that the paragraph respecting Spain is evidently calculated to give en couragement to the rash policy of the Spanish Ministry ; whereas everything that would look like encouragement either side, should be avoided whilst the elections are pending, so that the free will of the nation might be ex pressed. It says the speech is excessively reserved as to all the foreign, political, and commercial relations of France." The Commerce says, " The Speech resembles in sadness the evident depression of the King when he read it. We find from it that the past has not been without bitterness, that the present is not without anxiety, and that as to any happy results hereafter, we must look to hope and futurity to do all for us." The Temps says," It is a speech of reserve, in which the skill of composition was found necessary, not to soften asperity, bat to hide omissions ; not to throw at veil over boldness, but to colour concealment. The Chamber has not found in it an expose of force and a manifestation of power ; will the Government on its side find confidence and adhesion in the Chamber ?" The National says, " That it seems to be an under stood thing that under a Constitutional Monarchy the three Great Powers of the State are only to meet to hear a speech as insignificant as possible, and that if it were not for the periodical return of plots, the putting of the garrison upon the war footing, the presence of the diplomatic lions, and the admission of the fair sex, the Royal Sitting would be a most insipid solemnity." The Capitole thus expresses itself as to England : " England will doubtless comprehend all the meaning of the paragraph about Africa ; but our ally cannot reply as she would to this declaration of the Government ! A second war with France would infallibly bring about a bankruptcy in England. The oligarchy of England is too prudent to hasten such an event." SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S.--.YESTERDAY. The attendance yesterday was thin and the bet' ing too insig nificant to call for more than a statement of the bets laid and offered. THE DERBY. 16 to 1 agst Lord Orford's Angelica colt—taken 20 to 1 agst Lord G. Bentinek's lot—taken 23 to 1 agst Mr. Wreford's Wardan—taken 30 to 1 agit Lord Jersey's Glenorchy—taken 33 to 1 agst Duke of Grafton's Ottoman 40 to 1 agst Lord G. Bentinck's Grey Milton—taken 600 to 500 on May Boy agst Bro. to Melbourne—taken 300 to 100 agst the following five :—.Bro. to Euclid, Ange lica colt, Bokhara, Lancelot, and Muley Ishmael—taken - • -- THE OAKS. 7 to 1 offered •n the field S to 1 agit Lalla Rookh—taken IMPORTATION OF FLOUR PROHIBITED. —The Committee of the Belfast Public Bakery lately addressed a memorial to the Lords of the Treasury, praying that they might be permitted to import foreign flour into Ireland, as the people of England may do into England. At present, American flour can be purchased, in Eng. land, for about 245. per cwt., whereas the best flour, here, costs from 275. to 285., though the American is about 2s. per cwt. better. Yet, we are not permitted to import a pound of the latter article, at a time when Irish flour is unfit to he used in our bakeries ! This is one of the many evidences which we have, of the mon strous laws that interfere with our supply of food. The following is a reply to the memorial above referred to:— " Treasury Chambers, 19th Dec., 18:39. "GENTLEMEN,—The Lords Commissioners of her Majesty's Treasury have had under their consideration your memorial, praying the removal of the prohibition of the importation of foreign flour into Ireland ; and their Lordship s h ave di rec t e d me t o acqua i n t you, that they cannot comply with your request. " I am, Gentlemen, your very obedient servant, " R. GORDON. " The Belfast Flour and Bread Company, Belfast." Whig. COMMERCE OF THE DANUBE. GALATZ, NOV. 26.—One cannot but expe- I rience a sentiment tii wonder in considering at once the magnitude and extent of the Danube, and the neglect with whieh the question of its actual com mercial opportunities has until very lately been re garded—a river whose broad waters flow a medium of c6mmunication to an opposite and distinct divi sion of the globe, proper for all purposes of inland commerce from the very centre of Europe, inter secting most fertile countries, abounding in varied products, and receiving tributaries, generally navi gable, that additionally connect it with the major portion of the Continent—that it should not have been deemed practicable to navigate such a stream, presenting in reality not a third of the difficulties of many thronged rivers of American commerce, until nearly 60 years after the employment of steam, and then but most imperfectly. But a new order of things must shortly of ne cessity take place upon the Danube. The political position of Austria renders it imperative on that Power to use every means, as well of developing the many dormant resources of her empire, as of forming a staunch and effective foreign alliance ; and it is only in the encouragement of domestic trade, and in the attainment of foreign commercial relationships, as regards the Danubian provinces, that these objects can possibly be effected. More over, Austria by the treaty of commerce with Bri tain in 1838, avowed a desire of pursuing effec tively such policy. That treaty, stipulated to remain in force for ten years, secures to vessels of either nation a perfect reciprocity of privileges, all immunities enjoyed by the subjects of either coun try being equally guaranteed for an international trade ; further, by article 2, it extends the same ad vantages to the lower independent provinces belting the Danube to Galatz inclusive, showing that Aus tria is prepared openly to join with England in disregard of the quasi protection of Russia over this portion of Europe, and thus to enter upon the compact under the most liberal and comprehensive designs. In order, however, to the perfect operation of this treaty, it will be necessary that Austria shall further modify her tariff as regards some few at least of our English manufactures. A reciprocal modification of tariffs between the two countries, by which some only of the finest British silk, linen, and cotton goods might be admitted into Austria at from seven to twenty per cent., could not produce the slightest detriment to what must ever remain the opposite ordinary staple Austria manufactures, but, on the contrary, would, by organizing her home commerce, lead the way to the future establish -1 ment of a well-adjusted " Customs union" through out the empire. 1 The question of the nature and extent of the difficulties in the navigation of the Danube is by no means so intricate as is generally supposed. There have been two able surveys lately completed at different seasons of the year, one very perfect, by the Austrian Government, the other by the Danube Steam Company, both of which are open to inquirers. The river is not generally navigable higher than Gonyo (70 miles above Pest) to ves sels of more draught than from 2 to 2} feet. The next difficulty is at a cluster of banks near Pace, and afterwards acute windings in the course of the i stream at Tolna. There may he estimated about 30 miles of difficult navigation in the whole course of the stream from Pest to Drenkova. It is the obstructions existing in the bed of the river between the latter place and Skela-Gladova, a distance of about 50 miles, that are the only real harriers to its thorough navigation ; they are occasioned by a series of rock ledges of micaceous slate, alternated on the banks with sand-stone and older formations. The Roman division of the river at this point into two separate streams must ever, in effect, I fear, remain. Modern art has lately done all that political circumstances will admit of to facilitate the communication, by the construction along the bank of an admirable road ; so that the easiest communication by land is offered. All other difficulties that exist upon the Danube, from irregularities in its banks, or intricacies in the course of its deep ehannel, are only experienced by boats that ascend the stream towed from shore. These boats cannot get out far enough from the bank or be made to perform any active evolution. The latter remark applies to all the rivers that fall into this division of the ,Danube. the Saave additionally, on account of the thick low wood that prevails up that river and the Theiss, in consequence of its swampy banks, as far as Segodin. The commercial opportunities of the Danube may be divided into two separate branches, the one above, the other below, the " Iron Gates;" this division is additionally increased by the opposite commercial productions of the country on each side, and by the fact of their political separation. Upon the upper portion of the Danube there is a feature important to be remarked—the really few difficulties that exist for the navigation of the stream from Pest downwards to the junction of the Theiss and of the Saave. The Theiss tra verses the greatest northern portion of Hungary, receiving in its course the Marosh and numerous other extensive and navigable tributaries. In 1834 one of the Steam Company's boats, of 318 tons burden, ascended the Theiss to Segodin without dif ficulty. The Saave, on the southern side of the Da nube, communicates by its navigable tributaries to within about 70 miles of the Adriatic. An expe rimental voyage was also made upon that river in 1837, undertaken in September, a season when the waters are necessarily very low ; the steam-boat (of 40-horse-power) reached Topola in four days. The boats of the Danube Steam Company continued this year their voyages between Pest and Drenkova during eight months, from Skela-Gladova to Galatz for the same period. On the former station there are three boats, on the latter four. The dimensions, builder's mea surement, of the largest boat plying (the Eros). between Pest and Drenkova is as follows :—Length of deck, 167 feet ; breadth, 25 feet ; length be tween perpendiculars, 173 feet ; tonnage 525 (or dinary draught about five feet.) This boat is almost exclusively employed in towing barges with pigs from Servia ; it imported about 35,000 this year, charge 6s. 3d. a head, principally for the Aus trian markets. As much as 1301. has been offered for this boat to tow up other products and refused, on account of the superior profit with live stock. I mention this to show the necessity that exists for expensive and light iron boats upon the Danube, and also the drawback there is to the commerce of this river in the exclusive charter that its steam company possesses. The approximative quantity of wool and cotton that they imported last year from the lower provinces was about 30,000 cent ners ; of hides about 7,000 centners ; products from Turkey about 2,000 centners. Their export is as yet very inconsiderable. The last year's pro fits were about 50,0001. Pest, the capital of Hungary, is every way adapted to become a grand centre for the commerce of the Upper Danube. The city in its construc tion is peculiarly fitted for mercantile purposes. It offers also immediate communication with Austria, Moravia, and Transylvania ; by the Danube, being situated at the commencement of the deep stream, with the lower provinces and with the East ; by the rivers Drave, Theiss, and Saave, with the whole of Hungary, with Croatia, and with the ports of the Adriatic. It possesses, as well, every facility for land communication, if organized, placed as it is upon the widest level in Europe, and where im mense numbers of hardy breeds of draught cattle are produced. Wool is the first staple product of Hungary de serving of our attention. The gross annual amount is estimated at 400,000 centners, of which, how ever, not more than a third is brought into the market of Pest. The rest is monopolized by con tractors at Vienna. Banat wheat is the next production of Hungary that offers opportunity for commerce with England. The Banat vast alluvial plain, situate at the extre mity of the grand valley of Hungary, is bounded on the south by the Danube (near the angle it forms atits confluence with the Saave), on the north by the Marosh, and on the west by Theiss ; wheat, from the n a t ure o f t h e so il, i s a l mos t it s so l e pro duction. I was there during the harvest ; in no country have I seen for more than a hundred miles such profusion and luxuriance of crops. This wheat is smaller in grain than the best quality of English ; it is soft, and not very close. The last year's export I heard estimated, on good authority, At 600,000 Presburger metzen. From this im mense granary, this Hungarian Sicily, an extensive trade is already carried on with Croatia by means of the Saave. The opportunity for transport of this THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 27,1839. wheat to England by the Theiss, Danube, Saave, 1 and Culpa rivers to Fiume must be evident. HEMP.—Considerable quantity produced in Hungary ; a good deal is sent into Austria. There exists a very great difference in the several quanti ties of Hungarian hemp ; that of Appathin is the best ; it is a fine, strong hemp, better than any that can be produced in Croatia, from which only our dockyards have made trials. FLAX.—It is not brought much into market. There is a large quantity produced in the country, but it is used up by the peasants, who are the only home manufacturers. There is no doubt but that this article, if there was opportunity for sale, could be brought forward very extensively. Tran sport from Pest to Trieste, same as hemp. WINE.—The quantity produced in Hungary is very great, without doubt, next to France in amount. Among Hungarian wines adapted to the Eng lish market are, red, old Meneser, a strong liqueur wine of great body and delicacy. Erlauer, well suited for an English dinner wine, fruity and strong. Villanser, and the best classes of red Of ner, are also, along with the last, strong, good bodied, dry wines. The most recherche wines of Hungary, however, are the white. The first in rank among them is the notable wine of Tokay, and its neighbourhoods of Talza, Tarza, Mada, eve. The quantity produced round Tokay of this class of wine, and bearing its name, is much more considerable than is generally sup posed, averaging from 200,000 to 300,000 emirs yearly. Of other white wines Somlauer is an ex cellent dinner wine, strong, of great flavour, 40 florins the eimer. White Huster is a pretty liqueur wine, of great delicacy, 50 florins the eimer. Mer chants will contract to expedite these wines from Pest to Trieste at 4 florins the eimer (in gross). All the wines that I have quoted improve by age and bottling ; if well cleaned, &c., there is every proof that they would travel without detriment. The remaining general mercantile productions of Hungary and Transylvania, that I have met with, are—tobacco, of rare excellence, hides, rape seed, furriery, wax, tallow, cantharides, a nuisance in the country ; pottery, extensively transported to Servia; and fire-arms. The few manufactures proper at pre sent to that country are—the household labour of the peasantry, worsted work, embroidery, some of very superior workmanship, and linen of coarse quality. The amount of last year's production of minerals in Hungary and Transylvania was as follows :—ln Hungary—of gold, 2,288 mares ; silver, 63,905 mares : copper, 33,950 centners ; silvered lead, 16,892 centuers ; saleable lead, 2,560 centners; crude iron, 205,697 centners ; cast iron, 27,544 centners ; coal, 392,912 centners. In Transylva nia—of gold, 2,850 mares ; silver, 4,492 mares ; copper, 980 centners. For the foregoing facts respecting the amount of mineral productions I am indebted to the ex treme kindness of Miss Pardoe, who has lately spent many months in Hungary, under peculiar ad vantages for obtaining information.—Times. CHRISTMAS BENEVOLENCE. The Earl of Abergavenny is displaying his usual bounty to the poor in the vicinity of Edridge Castle, near Tunbridge Wells. His Lordship among other acts of benevolence, has for many weeks been paying large sums of money for the support of the necessitous poor in the neighbourhood. STONE LEGH ABBEY.—The Hon. Mr. Legh has been distributing clothing and money to the poor around the extensive domains during the whole of the month. Mrs. Legh, we are sorry to add, has been in indifferent health for some time past. The Duke of Devonshire will commence to-day his usual bounties at Chatsworth, Hardwicke, Lismore Castle, &c. FROM THE EVENING PAPERS OF YESTERDAY. (From the Courier.) A Morning Ministerial print, notable for its envenomed hatred of all institutions and forms of Government which are not based in frenzied spirit of democracy, although exclusively to be carried out by the choice monopoly of a middle class fierce and intolerant secta rianism of its own, and which supports its special theory only by slanderous personalities against those, whether of the one sex or the other, who may chance more or less directly to represent the principles which it holds in abhorrence, has made the curious discovery " that, on referring to the annals of British history, it will be found that, at every period when the exis tence of the national Protestant Church was seriously endangered, the danger originated solely and exclu sively from the party arrogating to themselves the title of the Friends of the Church.'" In propor tion to its novelty this remarkable information ought to be valuable if invested with the character of truth, or borne out by the authentic character of facts cited in confirmation. But we are startled on the very threshold of inquiry with the assertion that Archbishop Laud, the Representative of the " Friends of the Church," in the days of Charles 1., rendered the " very name of a national Establishment odious to the people of England." It is assumed here that the people at large were the actors in that tragedy which led Laud to the scaffold, instead of that miserable section of Puritans, with Pym at their head, who by the supineness of the friends of tha Church themselves were allowed to arrogate a supremacy in the Legislature, and become, for a time, an ascendant faction in the State. The supineness evident then will excite the less wonder now in observant minds, for even in these our times the same unaccountable apathy has been witnessed in the midst of circumstances of most eventful import. The Church, however, is essentially a quiescent because a tolerant body, and can only be aroused to action or exertion by the slow, but ultimately mighty, force of opinion among the great public in which it is rooted, and when the instinct of danger has reached to the very lowest of its members. (From the Globe.) We proved yesterday, that " circumstances similar to those which have been most insisted on as demonstrative of the mischievous encouragement given by the measure of 1829 to the spread of Popery, have exhibited them selves in a much stronger light, at other periods of our history, when the political treatment of the Roman Catholics was as unlike that to which the (alleged) more extensive and extending dissemination of their religious opinions is now ascribed, as it is pos sible to conceive." We now proceed to demonstrat the other limb of our propsition, to wit, that " the ex isting state of things,—even giving the alarmists large credit for the correctness of their representation of it,—may very well be accounted for, without calling in the aid of the measure of 1829." We must premise, however, that we demur to the assumption, without proof (and proof has not, to our knowledge, been even attempted), that the Roman Catholics have in creased in numbers, of late years, more rapidly than the general population. Of course, it would be absurd to expect that the laws of nature should be suspended for the repression of the Church of Rome ; and we see no reason to think that the number of its followers in Eng land has been increased otherwise than by their ordi nary operation ; for its losses by proselytism are, pro bably, fully equal to its gains. Some, indeed, of the most zealous members of the Church of England are beginning to see that acknowledgments of defeat, and lamentations over lost ground, are likely to do more harm than good. " During the past six years," says the Rev. Mr. Hough, in the Preface to his " History of Christianity in India," recently published, " the confidence of Romanists in England has increased more than, perhaps, at any former period since the Reformation. Their chapels and seminaries have been multiplied, but it does not follow that their converts have kept pace with them; for it is their well-known policy first to provide the building, and then to exert thomselves to fill it. While, therefore, there is enough in their activity to keep Protestants on the watch against their encroachments, we should take care not to allow ourselves to be deluded by these appearances into the belief that their progress is equal to their pre tensions. Glad would they be to make such an impres sion oil the public mind ; for it would tend to paralyse the timid, and to confirm the lukewarm in their indiffer ence." «e have freely admitted that the Roman Ca tholics—both priests and laymen—are more active and zealous than in past times ; but we think that, under existing circumstances, it would not be less than a moral miracle if it were otherwise. (From the Standard.) The Ministerial Journals continue to betray symp toms of uneasy insecurity, increasing in their plainness and bitterness of expression as the hour of trial ad vances. The truth seems to be, that Ministers are sen sible of their approaching fall from inherent weakness, and they and their adherents arc preparing for the event by endeavours to embarrass the Administration that as matter of necessity must succeed. This is not a very generous or patriotic policy, but it is not on that account less suitable to the Whig character. Sir Robert- Peel as the statesman upon whom the eyes of the country are fixed, as upon him who is to repair the mischief of Whig rule, is naturally the first object of attack. The chief ground of invective against the Right Honourable Baronet is the absence of any topic of specific censure to be collected from his conduct —a strange basis of accusation, but, nevertheless, that upon which his accusers principally rely. Sir Robert obstinately persists in refusing any act or expression to which blame can attach; and he is in consequence charged as a premeditating cheat, who is silent only on contempla tion of fraud. Now, though the task must be surely un necessary, we may be permitted to say a few words, in this comparatively vacant season, to show how very unjust this imputation is. We know what will be Sir Robert Peel's policy in the administration of the Government almost as distinctly as if we could anticipate every con tingency upon which it is to be exercised, and we know it with perfect certainty, for we speak from Sir Robert's own high authority. Let it not, however, be supposed that we pretend to any private instructions, or to any exclusive sources of information. We claim neither. What Sir Robert has told to us, he has told to us only before the public, and all who will be at the trouble to recollect, are as wise on this head as we can assume to be. When the Right Hon. Baronet in 1834 took upon him the government of the country, he de clared that he accepted the Reform Bill as a final settlement of the Constitution, which, though final as to its organic character, must be followed out to all legitimate consequences. So faithfully did he act by this declaration, that the only term of reproach which his enemies could find for him was the title of a conformer. Mr. Hume, it may be remembered, in dulged upon the occasion in a figure about Sir Robert hatching the eggs of the Whigs—a piece of pleasantry which obtained for the great master of the starvation science the title of "the Middlesex goose." Mr. Hume is no longer of Middlesex, and the Whig Minis ters have robbed Sir R. Peel of the exclusive praise of conformity, for about two years ago they them selves passed the only measure of Sir R. Peel's Go vernment which they had dared to oppose—the mea sure their successful opposition to which drove him from office. We need not remind our readers of the Irish Tithe Bill, and " the appropriation clause," the his tory of the two constituting a monument, not, indeed, of conformity only, but of baseness and tergiversation for which no parallel can be found, though there is danger that it may be overlooked, in the mass of similar work effected during Lord Melbourne's tenure of office. So far, then, as the Reform Bill and its legitimate con sequences are concerned, we have a clear chart of Sir Robert Peel's policy. On the subject of the Roman Catholic Relief Bill, the Right Hon. Baronet was no less explicit, distinctly declaring that after proposing and carrying the Bill of 1829, he never would be a consenting party to again imposing any dis qualification on account of religious belief. This decla ration was made publicly in the House of Commons ; it is well remembered by the Conservative party, some whom no doubt regretted of it, as they did the measure from which it necessarily flowed ; but in accepting for our leader Sir Robert Peel, bound as he is by that pledge, we have all adopted the engagement. What, then, is the department of policy in which any man can have a doubt of Sir Robert Peel's Views ? We can guess at none, but if any of those who complain of mystery will point it out, we shall endeavour to produce the required explanation in Sir Robert's own words, and we think that we shall not have much trouble in finding it. At present we may be content with saying that Sir Robert Peel will faithfully, candidly, and liberally administer the Constitution as settled by the Bills of 1829, and the Reform Bill. They only who wish the Consti tution not to be faithfully administered can appre hend any thing from his accession to office. We have heard, indeed, that a fair administration of the Consti tution implies, that Roman Catholics should not be merely eligible to office, but that they should be ap pointed to office. Let us understand this clearly. If it is intended that men possessing proper claims from station, character, and talent, should be ap pointed to offices suited to their claims, although Ro man Catholics, we heartly subscribe to the proposition, and we will even go so far as to say that it would be, in the circumstances of the country, a duty to cast the balance in favour of the Roman Catholic candi date, where station, character, and talent might seem equal. A loyal Roman Catholic, has, in the times in which we live, a merit peculiar to him, and it were a useful lesson to teach by rewarding such the merit of Roman Catholic loyalty. So far as this, we have no doubt, Sir Robert Peel would go. What he would not do we can best illustrate by referring to what Lord Melbourne has done in this particular. Sir Robert, then, would not grub up from the lowest ranks of the legal profession, or any other profession, its meanest members, and, merely because they wereßonzanCatkolics and pestilent Roman Catholics too,lift them over the heads of the most eminent men in that profession. There was nothing in the Bill of 1829 to make a man a better . judge because he professes the creed of some millions of more than half barbarians,and the public is entitled to be served by the best attainable judges. Sir R. Peel would not, we ASHRIDGE CASTLE.—The Countess of Bridgewater is now giving employment to all the poor around that princely chateau ; and the usual distribution of clothing has commenced. The Earl of Lonsdale has issued orders for food and clothing to be given on his estates in Rutlandshire and Westmorland. The Earl of Stamford and Warrington, at Enville Hall, in Staffordshire, and Dunham Massey, Cheshire, has ordered the distribution of clothing and food during the whole of this and the next month. AN UN-REHEARSED STAGE Er FECT, OR A CURTAIN LECTURE. Some days since the inhabitants of Marseilles were 1 informed, by large placards posted on every spot in the town which was sacred to bill-stickers, that a young and elegant actress would make her debut in a certain vaudeville that evening. This announcement attracted large crowds to the theatre. The gants fanner flocked in numbers to admire, and young and old ladies lied re course to the hairdresser and dressmaker, to assist them in their laudable endeavours not to be eclipsed by their dangerous rival. The house was crowded to suffocation. The orchestra had already played the overture, the bell was rung, the eyes and each particular member of the audience were eagerly turned towards the stage. At length the sluggish folds of the curtain were drawn up and disclosed the young and beautiful actress to the ad miring eyes of the gents jaunes, and the fault-finding propensities of the middle-aged ladies. On she came in all the pride of beauty and costume, and, seeing the admiration she excited, her fluttering heart whispered to her—. " I'm monarch of all I survey, My right there is none to dispute." But in this, alas ! she was egregiously mistaken, for her long-left legitimate " monarch" happened to recognise in the debutante his faithless spouse, for whom he had sought in vain through every town in France. The husband, leaning forward out of his box, thus interrupted his wife, just as she was mincing out the few first words, " trippingly on the tongue"- 4. So I have found you at last, love ?" From all parts of the house—" Out with him," " Down with him," " Turn him out." Husband (loquitur)—Gentlemen, will you hear what I have to say ? lam a much-injured man. This proposal being accepted by gods, boxes, and pit, the unfortunate niari continued—" Gentlemen. this, alas ! is no comedy for me. The actress whom you have just done the honour to receive so enthusi astically is my faithless wife. Actress (interrupting him)—Mais, Monsieur— Husband—Let me tell my story. Gentlemen, I have sought her far and near. She fled from the home and bosom of her adoring husband, to follow an infernal bailiff. I am sorry to interfere with your amuse ments, gentlemen but I cannot allow my wife to be a player. This pathetic appeal came strongly home to the bu siness and bosoms of several husbands present : therefore they applauded their fellow-sufferer. The gants jaunes were, however, inexhorable. •' The play is the thing," said they, and insisted that the husband should be ejected, in order that the performance might not be interrupted. A scene of up roar then ensued which baffles all description. In the midst of all this was heard the voice of the infuriated husband protesting against the continuance of the comedy. The unwearied portion of the audience still shout " Play out the play !" The piece was entitled " Cabinets Par ticuLers," and assuredly one of those shady blest retreats —the terror of Parisian husbands, and the delight of Cicisbeos—would have been far bettor adapted to the expose of this episode in the history of the domestic manners of the French. But little did the faithless fair expect that the audience which greeted her on the drawing up of the curtain would so speedily be con verted into unwilling listeners to a curtain lecture. The cries of " Turn him out !" prevailed, and the pro testing husband was pounced upon by the police. The piece the❑ continued without any further interruptiorz.— Paris Print. ALLEGED INFANTICIDE. —On Saturday an inquest was held at the Cumberland Arms, City-road„ on the body of a child found in a box. A servant girl, being the owner of the box in which the remains were found, had been committed to gaol by the Magitrates, and was at the request of the Coroner brought before the Jury. Mary Ann Rowley, the girl above-mentioned, stated that the mother of the child was Mrs. Tully, the wife of the proprietor of the Bazaar at Gravesend ; that she was separated from her husband, and that Mrs. Kelly acted as midwife at its birth. From Mrs. Tully' s poverty, sh e h av i ng on ly eight shillings a week from her husband, she could not buy clothes for the forth coming infant, and the witness had herself spent her wages in doing so. Mrs. Tully was much af ra id o f h er family k now i ng t h at s h e h a d a child, and on her leaving she promised to send her money to bury the body, but she had not seen her since. Witness wrote to her own friends and to Mr. Tully for money, but although he promised to send it to her he had not done so. The jury returned a verdict of " Natural death," and the Coroner regretted he had not the power of discharging the girl, who had acted from humane feelings alone. viw ROYAL ACADEMY OF MUSICIANS.--The election of two King's scholars took place at the Aca demy of Music on the •20th instant. There were ten male and eleven female candidates. The successful ones were Miss K. Loder, of Bath, and Master Noble, both pupils of the institution. The board of examiners consisted of Mr. C. Potter, (chairman), Sir G. Smart, Messrs. F. Cramer, Bishop, Elliott, Goss, and Lucas, who presented their report to Lord Burghersh (chair man of the committee of m anagement), whi c h was ap proved by hi s L or d s hi p an d th e committee. There was a great deal of talent displayed by several of the candi dates, and an ample proof of the rapid progress which music is making in this country. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. I presume, allow the profession of the Roman Catholic faith to compensate the want of character, any more than he would allow it to c ampensate the want of talent. He would not select p romoters of murder, incendiary exhorters to resistance or the law, liars, slan derers, traitors, and repealers, fo r the advisers of the Crown and the objects of Roy al favour, merely because they were Roman Catholics.. This is not to give to Romanists the benefits of the of 1829 ; it is on the other hand to tell them that that Bill will remain a dead letter to all unprepared to buy its advantages by trampling upon the most sacred social duties. Sir Robert Peel, too, would doubtless feel it due to the feelings of Roman Catholics, as well as Protestants, to consult propriety in Roman Cathol is appoint ments. He would not recommend a Romanist priest to the See of Canterbury, nor would he imitate the tyrant James the Second, or Lord Melbourne, by placing a Romanist gentleman over the education of this Pro testant country. In few words, Sir Robert Peel would not proscribe loyalty and attachment to the Protestant religion, under the pretext of following out the principle of the Bill of 1829. SHIPPING INT E'LLIGENCE. (LLOYD'S.) SHEERNESS, DEC. 24.—1 t blew a gale at S. W. last night. MONTROSE, DEC. 23.—Five logs of fir have been washed on shore near this place, marked 011. W M. R N W, sup posed Memel timber. TENET, DEC. 23.—The Eleanor Sophia, Vinger, from Rio Janeiro to Falmouth, was brought into the Roads to day with loss of sails, &c., and cargo supposed to be da maged, having been on her beam-ends for six hours. HULL, DEC. 22.—The Diana, hence to Antwerp, got on shore off Sulifted yesterday morning, but is expected to be got off— cargo discharged. SUNDERLAND, DEC. 23,—The Quebec, of this port, grounded in leaving the harbour, and has pnt back very leaky—cargo discharged. a VESSELS SPOKEN WITH. —Rajah, of Leith, standing to the westward, 22d inst., lat. 50, lon. 8, by the Mutin• packet, arrived at Falmouth. Pollux, of Glasgow, 19th inst., lat. —, lon. 17, by the Courier, arrived at Ports mouth. Cuba, bound to Batavia, 20th ult., lat. 4. N., lon. 23 W. ; William, Thompson, bound to Jamaica, 30th, lat. 21, lon. 30; Margaret Bogle, bound to Savannah, 9th inst., lat. 31, lon. 23; Raven, (Schooner), 17th inst., lat. 49, lon. 7, by the Lord Saumarez, Simon, arrived in the Downs. Mozambique, Rotterdam to Batavia, 11th ult., lat. 7, lon. 22 W., by the Maria, Bergman, arrived at Helvoet ; Schoon, Verbond, Amsterdam to Batavia, Oct. 28, lat. 31 W., long. 24 W., by the Elizabeth, Fokkens, arrived at Helvoet. Banea, Rotterdam to Batavia, 3d inst., lat. 44, long. 11 W., by the Verwiselling, arrived at Helvoet. Argo, from Quebec to Lynn, 29th ult., lat. 46, long. 52 ; and Henry, Graham, from London to St. John's, New Bruns wick, 30th tilt— lat. 46, long. 52, by the Jamaica, Martin, arrived in the Clyde. Scotia, from London to Calcutta, Oct. 5, lat. 25 S, long. 27 W., by the Wellington, arrived at the Cape of Good Hope. Adolphe and Fanny, Oct. 14, off Mauritius, by the Nederlanden, arrived at St. Helena. Humphrey Chamberlain, Esq., pursuant to his usual good and laudable custom, has given a handsome piece of beef to each of his small tenants and others, in all forty families, for their Christmas dinner. This is worthy of all imitation.—Worcestershire Chronicle. It was generally reported last week, in the best informed circles in London, that Ministers arc prepared, soon :after the meeting of Parliament, to introduce a measure substituting a fixed duty on foreign corn in the room of the present fluctuating scale. The tax on wheat, it was stated, would be seven shillings a quarter. When we call to mind Lord John Russell's expressed prefe rence for a fixed duty, we feel more inclined to credit this report ; but still Lord Melbourne's explicit decla ration, that it would be an act of madness to meddle with the present Corn-laws, makes us hesitate about at taching implicit confidence to the rumour. In the mean time agitation on the subject is carried briskly on in Manchester and several of the manufacturing towns in England. —Greenock Advertiser. We regret to announce the death of Davies Gilbert, D.C.L., which took place early on Tuesday morning at Eastbourne. He was late President of the Royal Society, and many years Member of Parliament for Bodmin, previously to the passing of the Reform Bill, at which time he retired from public life, on account of infirmities increasing upon him. He was deeply versed in scientific knowledge, and was the author of several excellent works. From his knowledge of the customs of the mines, &c., of his native county, Corn wall, he was appointed one of the Commissioners for inquiry into the ancient usages and customs of the mines of that part of the kingdom. In his manners he was courteous and gentlemanly ; and his loss will be long and deepiy regretted—Brighton Gazette. TURKISH FRONTIER, DEC. 7.—The insur rection at Prisrend was terminated at the end of No vember. Passim Effendi, the newly appointed Governor of Prisrend, arrived as Envoy for the Rumely Valessi, with a firman of the Sultan's announcing unlimited amnesty for all that has passed. After a short negocia tion Passim Effendi entered the town, and the inhabi tants returned to their obedience to the Porte. THE JULY COLUMN IN PARIS.--The column of July, in the Place de la Bastile, is proceeding gradu ally towards completion, but some delay has been occa sioned by the failure of the casting of the acroterium, or small cupola, which has been recast, and will not be fixed for some time. The balustrade of the capital is near ly cast, and the staircase is at two-thirds of its entire height. It is expected that by March all the work in bronze will be finished. The engraving of the names of the victims will in the meantime commence, and, as it will be in winter, the workmen will be protected by a covering, which they can raise or lower according to the state of the weather. The works for completing the base, the pavement, and the iron railing will be com menced in the spring, and will be finished by the end of May. The plan and estimates of the vaults have re• ceived the sanction of the Minister, and the cement work of the roofs and walls is already in hand. Every thing will, it is said, be ready for the inauguration in the course of next spring. CHRISTMAS EVE FROLIC.—On Tuesday night, between nine and ten o'clock, a party of working men assembled together for the purpose of regaling themselves at the Wheat Sheaf public-house, Old -street, St. Luke's, when one of the men,named Mitchell, having become very much intoxicated, fell into a sound sleep. His companions, who were all more or less affected by the liquor they had been drinking, then commenced amusing themselves by putting lighted coals on his shoe until they burned through to his toes. The poor fellow at length awoke in the greatest agony, and was obliged to be removed to the hospital, where he is likely to re main for some length of time, in consequence of the severe injuries he has received. This heartless sport is too frequently exercised by the lower orders of society, which, however, should at all times be discouraged and highly censured. EXTRORDINARY FEAT.--The steeple of the Cathedral church is over 150 feet high ; a leakage near the top has existed for years, and to erect a scaffolding would be very expensive. A young man, a slater, of the name of John Martley, and a native inhabitant of Cashel, offered to discover the place of the leakage. Extraordinary to say, this adventurous young man erected ladders without assistance, from blocking course to blocking course, until he ascended to the very top, and sat on the ball. A more perilous feat could not be performed. Having discovered the leakage, he has agreed, we understand, to stop it. We know not how much he is to get for his labour ; but we cannot but say that he is fully entitled to a very high remuneration.—Clonniel Herald. LOSS OF AN INFANT CHIMNEY-SWEEPER.---. Another fatal accident has just occurred at Foot's-tray, Kent, attended with even more aggravated circum stances than the death of the child in Dublin as re ported a few days ago. This little boy is described as being known to every body, and the pet of his neigh bourhood, from the mildness of his manners. The par ticulars of the case have been strangely concealed ; but it seems that the poor little fellow came down almost as soon as he went up, saying, " It is too hot." The parties who stood by ordered him up again, and he came down a second time, saying, " I cannot bear it." He was then forced up a third time, to come down no more.—Verdict, " Suffocation." MELANCHOLY OCCURRENCE.—TIPPERAR Y ' DEC. 20.—A. most respectable and numerous family are thrown into the deepest grief, in consequenceai and occurrence, on Monday last, of an affray mes t t he count) , lamentable. It appears that the Sheriff of the the of Limerick sold last week, under an execution, Madden, of en tire goods and chattels of Mr.foefr e the Y Michael• J as . Madden, Garryspillane, of which his brother, A was the principal, and it was supposed its value, which a friendly pur chaser.,, purchased a large which pym to him on a Amongst the rest, halfJarne . value, which stock of hay for 301., under left Michael expected would be payment auction,James Madden would have paid for in a few the of the amount it brought at tlz ays. would, however, take away hay, and for that lust ;all purpose brought horses and cars to the spot entreaty on Michael's on Monday m orning . Was useless ; the pur chaseron the hay to commence filling the got up loads, angry words were quickly exchanged, and it was part, for a few days' time, sa id a pistol was discharged by James Madden, at his nephew. Young Daniel Madden, who in turn levelled a gun at his unck, fired, and shot him in the abdomen. The unfortunate man survived only a few hours the deadly shot of his nephew. The tenure of se veral large farms, amongst which were those of the de ceased man and his brother Michael, depended only on this life so quickly snapped. The nephew has escaped the pursuit of the authorities ; his father is an inmate of the lunatic asylum of Limerick The deceased man was interred at Emly, on Wednesday last.—Dublin Alo niteur. FRENCH POLITENESS.—The gendarme who had the custody of the Marquis of Crouy Chanel when he escaped had the politeness to conduct the lady who was with the prisoner to her house before he went and surrendered himself at the Conciergerie. EVENING EDITIoN. THE MARKETS. COUNTRY MARKETS. Wheat. Barley. j Gats, lica..s. P'. se s. to .. s. s. s. to s. s. to s. 38 50;29 36 43 56 32 49 30 36 46 50 36 51 20 26 45 48 130 34 27 34 21 28 40 16 26 34 32 50 21 32, 35 47 1 23 34 40 50 130 34 42 58 26 30 23 54 30 34 37 43128 32 36 54 27 38 1 50 58 Per Quarter. s. to s, Bath 13 1 a.idtoru 64 80 Bridport --1 68 c:iaiii 60 82 Gloucester! 72 73 Exe er ' 70 SO Guildford Newbuty j5B SO Reaoing 58 84 %alisoury 72 84 Shcrborne 72 78 SheptonAlallet 68 80 Uxbridge Wzrtniester „I 55 S 5 Winchester 164 76 — I Yeovil '64 72 40 48 • 30 32 i 46 50 LEE.JS CORN MARKET.—Dec. 24. Wheat, Norfolk and 601 b. York. and Lincoln. 60th. Bitt.ley, Norfolk and Suffolk Yorkshire and Lincolnshire Grinding ti,ons - - 27 40 38 46 3 Darr, Potatoe t or. --d. to d . Shelliog Eng. 13M3.8lotlo53dozeprerstiooande. GUILDFORD MARKET, Wi , eat, Old (Per Lo a d) 191. to ::01. les.—New, 161. to 211. 50. Barley (Per Qr.) I Oats 29 '!4 Rye 4O 44 Grey Pease, 425. to 4-15. DEVIZES CORN MARKET. ' d• s • d Pee Szck. s. d. s. d. P e r Q uar ter. s • 36 ( Fir.AWDea - 4O 0 to 42 0 Oats O5 CI to 0 Second 34 0 57 6 Beans (per sack)... 20 0 23 5 , Third ..... 0 Barley 29 0 48 t Bread (per ga11.)... 1 U REDUCTION OF POSTAGE IN IRELAND.-- We have made inquiries in order to ascertain what effects the reduction of postage has had on the corre spondence of the country, and find the most gratifying results may be expected from the measure. In the week just ended, nearly 30,000 more letters passed through the Dublin Post-office than in the corresponding week in the month of November, and on some days of the by-gone week the number of letters was doubled. ' The total increase, from the sth inst., is 65,000, being a boo,t thirty thousand per week. This increase can be viewed only as the beginning of that augmentation to which the correspondence of the country must ultimately swell. It may fairly be presumed that not one in five hundred—nay, in one thousand, of those per sons whom a cheap postage will ultimately induce to become letter-writers, has, as )et , availed himself of the change. The present increase in the letters has been chiefly among men of busi ness. Looking at the measure of reduction even in a fiscal point of view, as mere revenue, the fears and fore bodings of a ruined Post-office Exchequer are q uickly dissipating. The Orange and Tory press will be dis appointed in their expectations. Viewing the reduction of postage as a great national effort to facilitate busi ness—to disseminate thought—to promote educa tion-4o advance the social intercourse of life, it will be hailed as one of the wisest measures ever yet introduced for the benefit of a g reat commercial community, and the Ministry of Lord Melbourne will be associated with cheap postage as one of the soundost acts of legislation a dopted in modern times. For a considerable deficiency in the outset the public have been fully prepared ; but the British people demanded the reduction, and they will cheerfully make up whatever amount of loss the revenue may sustain. We have reason to believe, that even in the first workinc , of the measure, the falling off will be much less than had been calculated upon. The fourpenny rate has been adopted as a preparatory step to the general penny postage, and, as an intermediate step, will be produc tive of very useful results, preliminary to the introduc duction of so great a change. The understand, will be brought into full operation a t the earliest possible period, and inquiries are now in .-- pro• gress in order to complete the necessa r y details Dublin Evening Post of Saturday. penn y rate, we Yesterday, on sinking a shaft for the large cul vert now in progress, in a field in the Blockhouse, called Nash's, the workmen at a depth of 23 feet from the surface, discovered a singular antique pavement or foot way com2osed of pebbles embedded in rough cast. Whether this work is of Roman or of Saxon origin has not yet been determined, but it offers an interesting subject for antiquarian research. Worcestershir e Chronicle. We have good authority for stating, and we make the statement with a good deal of pleasure, that Lord Ward has never directed, nor authorised, the re quisition to be preferred to his highly-respectable te nantry, which in a letter signed " Spectator," published in our last number, is so temperately, yet justly and forcibly deprecated.— IVorcestershire Chronicle. MANCHESTER ANTI-CORN-LAW DINNER. --- The preparations for this dinner are progressing. The pavilion is to be fifty yards in length by thirty-five yards in width, with an average height of twenty-one feet,—the extreme height along the centre being uP" wards of thirty feet. It will consist of three a isles, the centre having a roof of pointed arches. The chair is to be placed in the centre of one of the sides ; and over the opposite side of both ends, galleries are to be con structed to accommodate about 600 guests ; so that it is expected the pavilion will seat about 4,000 persons. Vlle have seen an entirely new invention applied to the pro duction of the numerous flags and banners required for the decoration of the pavilion,—an invention which, we understand, is patented by Messrs. J. and C. Yates, of Charlotte-street, and the process of which is carried on at their works in Derbyshire. It is a process of printing in silver upon glazed calico. The draperies of the pa vilion are to be of pink and white, and upon these can be printed, by means of blocks, the royal arms, or any other device for standards, banners, flags, &c. ; and we understand that, in honour of the occasion, the whole of these trophies and decorations which may be re quired, are to be contributed by Messrs. Yates, gra tuitously, notwithstanding the cost to themselves of cutting the blocks, printing, and the quantity of cloth requisite for this purpose. Since Saturday, letters have been received from three other Members of Parliament , accepting the invitation to be present,—Joshua Schole field, Esq. (Birmingham), H. A. Aglionby, Esq (Cockermouth), and Henry Marsland, Esq. (Stockport.) The number of tickets disposed of is upwards of 2,400. —Manchester Guardian. PRINCE METTERNICH'S DOCTOR.—The En' peror of Russia, the King of Prussia, and the Sultan, Abdul-Medjid, have sent decorations to Dr. Saeger, Prince Metternich's physician, on his Highness's ecovery. A meeting of the Meath Independent Club is called for Monday, the 30th instant, in the town of Navan, for the purpose of selecting a fit and proper person to put in nomination to represent the county in Parliament, in the room of Morgan O'Connell, Esq., who has accepted the appointment of Registrar of Deeds. —Morning Register. The traffic in snow in Naples brought from the mountain in the summer is very con siderable, but it is a monopoly in the hands of the Government, the sane as snuff in the hands of the Government of France. LADY'S FLAT GOLD WATCHES, Gold dills, Ten Guineas each. Highly-finished HORIZONTAL GOLD WATCHES, with engraved or engine-turned Gold dials, jewelled in four holes, and either engine-turned or en graved cases are offered, price Ten Guineas each. These ele gant little Watches will be found to perforii very correctly , - and a printed warr ant y is g iven with fixed terms, on which titer will always receive an y attention re q uired. T. COX SAVORY : Watchmaker, Jeweller, tC),orLnehailcile:n(.Sevon D oor s frosts Grace ch Bcc. st ur eh . 4r7ee, PLATE. —T. COX SAVORY, Silversmith, &0., 47, Cornhill (Seven Doors from Gracechnrch-street), London. The best wrought Fiddle-Pattern Spoons aid Forks, at 7s. 2d. per ounce. The following are the weights recom mended, but the articles may be had lighter or heavier at the same price per ounce : Fiidleyattern Cafes do. 41. 1 • d• £s. d. 12 Table Spoons 3O at 7 2 ... 10 15 0 ... 11 7 0 12 t Dessert ditto 2O a 7 2 .•• 7 3 4 ... 7 13 4 0 ... 11 7 0 19 Dessert Table F dittoor ks .......... 2 2 0 0 aatt 7 2 ... 107 15 x 4 ... 7 13 4 12 2 Gravy Spoons ... ...... lO at 7 2 ... 811 2 ... 4 3 1 Soup Ladle ............ lo_ at 7 2 ... 811 8 ... 3 12. 8 4 Sauce ditto lO at 7 g ... g 10 $ ... 4 0 8 4 Salt Spoons (gilt s trong) 1 0 0 ... 1 4 0 1 Fish Slice a-slcatitran 210 0 ... 211 8 12 Tea Spoons ............ ..• 10 a t 7 $ ... 16 I ... 4s 0 1 Pair Sug Tongs (strong) 0 16 0 ... 0 17 0 new stern much admired for its simple eleg . anc ,. The Fiddle Pattern is with the handle the shape of a fi ddl e , quite plain; it ha s in request for been ean b a e pi s z e o n v t e i d n , to an t li he e • untry. more than thirty years. Th N e .B C I . --....-- BIR7HS. In Wimpole - street , the lady of Captain W. F. Martin , of a daughter. On the 24th i ns t., a t St rea th am , th e wife of s. Jasper Blan t, EN, of a daughter. On the 25th inst., at Croscombe Rectory , Somerset, the lady o f th e R ev . W. P. P urv i s , o f a daughter. IkiARI% lED. 'l eis On the 13th inst., at Wakefield, Yorkshire, John Fra ki . Neale, Esq., of Albany, South Africa, to Isabella youngest daughter of Charles Coles, Esq., of Clapham, torn On the 19th i t ins t., at the Catholic Chapel, Sometp•sq oi. and afterwards at St. Pancras Church, John Thomas , Richard Highgate, to Catherine,' the only daughter of the late Townshend, Esq. Surrey At Vieuxfort, St. Lucia, October le, Emma , 131 ED. Charles Bennett, Esq., M. D.,stipendiarY magistrate, and eldest daughter of Robert Ward, ,of Brighton. t Bober I On the 15th of November, at Old narbour, Jam aica ' fourth son of William Young, Esq., of Highbury Grange. t On the 1 lt.h inst., at Petite Marche. Guernsey, Le Larchan the wife of Francis Hutchesson, eldest son of Dr. Hutchesson, aged 19 ' i i„ On the 20th inst., Mr. Thomas Jeakes, of Little Rose street, Bloomsbury. On the 20th inst., at Paris, Majo r James Brown Horner, el Charlton, Kent, formerly of the 84th Re g iment, aged 67 ; a n , within a few hours his belove d wife, Helen C. Horne r, aged 64. On the 22d inst., in Devonshire-street, Portland-pf ace' Jennetta Jackson, relict of the late Josias Jackson, Esq. , ° the Hand of St. Vince On the 23(1 inst., nt. Mr. James Wadmore, of Southgate, Mid dlesex, aged 94. On the '2,sth inst., in Park street, Windsor, Sarah, Wid° of the Rev. Henry St. John Bullet u nton, late Rector of D Bucks. ' -- -- .............r.....„... --_ — London: Printed and Publishes. by MURDO YOUNG, the cl No. 112, Strand, at Tip Sy, °face, No. 112, Strand, in county of Middlesex.—Friday, December 27, 1839 ' —....m. 4E, 50 41 43 40 44 42 52 40 53 44 58 42 48 43 50