The Sun. — London, England, 1839-01-12 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR, Her M a j esty , atten d ed by the ladies of her suite, took eques trian exercise yesterday in the riding house at Pimlico. The Royal dinner party last evening at the Palace included the Duke of Argyll, Earl of Albemarle, Viscount Melbourne, and Sir Henry Wheatley. Viscount Melbourne and Lord John Russell had audiences Yesterday of the Queen. The Duchess of Cambridge was expected to leave Belvoir Castle, the residence of the Duke of Rutland, yesterday morning, accompanied by the Princess Augusta of Cambridge, tiler return to town. A deputation, including Mr. Kensett, Mr. Biers, and Mr. oseph, h a d an i nterview with Viscount Melbourne yesterday, In Downing -street. Major NVGregor, Major Colthurst, Dr. Griffiths, and Mr. Bedingfield, had interviews with Lord Glenelg yesterday, at the Colonial Office. The Agent for Jamaica and the Solicitor- General had in terviews with Viscount Melbourne yesterday. The Russell Attorney-General bad an i n t erv i ew w i t h L or d J o h n yesterday, at the Home Office. F ASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE ARRIVALS. Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge and Princess Augusta of Cambrid ge , a t Cambridge Howe, Pic cadilly, from a visit to the Duke of Rutland, at Belvoir an C astle ; Lord Decies, in Curzon -street, from Bri g ht on ; L or d d Lady Wharncliffe, in Curzon-street, from their seat, Wortley Hall, near Sheffield; Lord Nugent, in Chando.- street, from hi s seat, Li lleys, near Aylesbury ; Lord Hill, in 13elgrave.scjuare, from a visit to the Duke of Rutland, at his Se at, Belvoi r C ast l e, Le i cestershire; Lord and Lady Charles Fitzroy, in Piccadilly, from Latimcrs, Bucks ; the Dowager L ady Rivers, in Grosvenor-place, from Brighton ; Lady Ernest Bruce, in Curzon-street, from Sussex ; Sir W. Follett, M. P., from Devonshire ; Mr. and Hon. Mrs. Ives, in Grosvenor-square, from a tour of v i s it s i n Shropshire ; Lord L ilford, in Grosvenor-place, from hi s seat, Lilford Hall, North amptonshire ; the Chancellor of the Exchequer, in at Downing -street, from a visit .to the Earl of Limerick, Southill Park, Breckwell, Berks ; Donald Maclean, ? s q ., M. P., from Oxford ; the Duchess of Marlborough, Earl and Green -street, f rom H ampton Court Palace ; the Countess of Albemarle, in Berkeley -square, from the Stud House, Hampton Court ; the Marquis and Mar chioness of Salisbury, in Arlington street, from a visit to the Ma rquis of Ex e t er , at B urghley House, Stamford ; Richard Bourke, Esq., in Downing-street, from St. Leonard's-on_ Sea ; Mr. Hume, M.P. in Bryanston.square, from Worthing ; Lady Wharnclife, in durzon-street, May Fair; Major': Gen. Sir George Quentin, K. C. H.,at the Queen's Mews from Brighton., DEPARTURES. The Earl and Countess of Sefton, from Arlington-street, or Stoke Farm, on a visit to the Dowager Countess of Sefton ; Viscount and Viscountess Beresford, from Caven dish square, for their seat in Kent ; Lord Frederick Beau_ clerk, for Lincolnshire. HA. The Hon, Rand a l and Mrs. PlNGEunkSett, at Dunsany Castle, the seat of Lord Dunsany, from Kingstown ; Mr. Algernon and Lady Caroline Capel, at Leamington Spa, from a visit to the Duke of St. Albans, at his seat, Rcdbourne Hall, near Brigg, Lincolnshire ; the Earl of Hardwicke, on a visit to the Marquis and Marchioness of Exeter, at their seat, Burghley House, near Stamford, from his seat, Wimpole Hall, Cam bridgeshire; Sir Edward and Lady Head, at Cheltenham, from Bath ; the Earl of Charleville, on a visit to Lord and Lady Oxmantown, Birr Castle, Parsonstown, from his seat, Charleville Forest ; Sir Robert and Lady Peel, accom panied by Miss Peel, at their seat, Drayton Manor, Stafford shire, from a visit to the Duke of Rutland, at Belvoir Castle ; Mr. C. W. Codrington, M. P., and Lady Georgian& Co drington, at Dodington Castle, on a visit to Sir B. and Lady Codrington, from a visit to the Duke and Duchess of Beau- f ort, at Badminton, Gloucestershire ; Lord and Lady Sondes, at their seat in Norfolk, from their sear, Lees BCaoruirntg,, a Ken: Brighton, ; the Honourabl e W. B. an d L a d y Augusta from a visit to the Grange, Hants Mr. and L a d y C arol i ne Alaxse, at, Bath, from a visit to t,he Duke an d D uchess of Beaufort, at Badminton, near ' - ' i renceste r ; Lord Edward Hill, at Crickett Lodge, Chard, Sornersetshire on a visit to Lord and Lady Bridport, from O xfordshire ; Lord and Lady Ly ndhurst and the Hun. Miss C °Pley, fr om B a d en B a d en, for Paris ; the Right Hon. Wil smi Crok er , on a visit to the Duke of Rutland, at Belvoir Castle, from his seat, West Moulsey, Hampton Court; Lord Rawarden, at his seat Dundrum, Tipperary, from Chelten ham. tho E ar l an d C ountess of Sefton, on a visit to the b ager Countess and the Ladies Molyneux, at Stoke Farm, from Croxteth Hall, near Liverpool ; the Marquis and Marchioness of Tavistock, at Oakley House, from Woburn Abbey ; the Marquis and Marchioness of Tweeddale, on a visit to Colonel and Lady Elizabeth Steele, at Kimbolton Castle, Huntingdon ; Lord and Lady Talbot de Malahide, at Malahide Castle, from a visit to Mr. and Mrs. Drummond, at the Pheenix Park, Dublin ; Mr. and Lady Mary Vyner, at Earl de Grey's, Wrest Park, from a visiting tour; the Hon. Captain and Mrs. Trefusis, from near Gifford, Devon, on a tour. BUCHANAN CASTLE, DUMBARTON.—The Duke and Duchess of Montrose have been seeing much com pany during the holidays. Lord Decies, father of the Duchess, Lord William Graham, and the Hon. Captain Beresford, have been among the visitors. The Marquis and Marchioness of Ailesbury arrived In Grosvenor-square on Thursday evening from Brighton, Where they have been occupying Byam House the past two months. The Marquis of Salisbury left Arlington -street Yesterday on a visit to his illustrious friend the Duke of Wellington at Strathfi e ld saye. Th e family came up on the pre ce a• 12ur ag day from th e seat o f the Marquis of Exeter, du t h e House, wh ere muc h h osp i tal i ty has prevailed r ),,,ag the holiday s . he Earl and Countess of Durham will not leave tOw n for Lambton Castle until after the meeting of Par /prlatni ent. M r . E dward Wakefield continues to act as vato Secretary to the Noble ,junior, Nobl e E x- Lord ; Mr. Ellice havi ng res i gned that post previous to th e d e p ar t ure o f th e Gove rnor-General from Canada. !The Earl and Countess of Minto had a large party trlo dinner on Thursday evening at the Admiralty, which cluded Viscount Melbourne, Viscount Glenelg, the Right lenlion. Th omas Spring Rice, Right Hon. Poulett Thom , Hon. Fox Maule and Mr. Maule, Baron Bulow, Mr. tool ady • Mary Ab ercrom b y, Mi ss Burry, Mr. Charles The Countess received a se l ec t party i n t h e S teer part of th e evening, consisting of his Excellency Count L ady ,L C ount Thun, C ountess o f T ankerville, Lord and Langdale, Lord Melbourne, Lord and Lady Hol land, Viscount and Viscountess Howick, Lady Hardy and i t e ll e ß Misse s H ardy, Mr. Thomas Spring Rice, Hon. Grant erkeleY. Sir Rufane an d L ady Anna Maria Donkin, Charles and Lady Adam, Mr. Poullett Thomson, M. `'j liumrnelaur, Lady Henry Grey, Lady Glenelg, Hon. L a a p t " ,and Lady Ch ar l otte Berkeley, Hon. Miss Baillie, Grey ay, Lady Troubridge, Mr. Alle n , H on . C apta i n m e r Y, Mr. Samuel Rogers, Mr. Calvert, Hon. Mr. and Ponsonby, Miss Ponsonby, Mr. Byng, Lady Pe elle!), & e. t ijhe He re di tary Prince of Lowenstein-Wertheim a ge tt riteysi-ix i n-lyeu ea b r a s. ch on the 27th of D ecem b er , a t th e to , T . h e Duk e o f S t. Albans gave a ball and supper 1 co.lnis ten antry a f ew d ays s i nce at R e db ourn Hall, Lin- Hisll!hire G race honoured the dance with his presence. iscount and Viscountess Hood are entertaining a KilParty at C r i c k et Lodge, near Chard. Lord Edwin loner 11 " . Captain and Lady Mary Hood, Colonel Chai r ece., are o f t h e party. f o_Lord and L a d y Marcus Hill have returned to town in a visit to the Marquis and Marchioness of Downshire, '"'asthampted P ar k, B er k s. T he Earl a n d C ountess o f Li ncoln are expected °me Pebrufrom their C ont i nenta l tour a b out t h e f i rst week in or , L ° h e Earl and Countess Craven left Hamstead ge, near Newbury, a few days since for Combo Abbey, ger ar e °v entry, where they have been joined by the Dowa ,ountess and Lady Louisa Craven. 1 104 1 he Earl of Abergavenny has been keeping open k a le at Eridge Castle, near Tunbridge Wells, during the j an i ,,' a Ys• The Noble Earl, who will complete his 84th .next month, is in the enjoyment of excellent health. Iscount Hawarden, who left for Ireland on Friday, arri ve ( l a dat Dundrum Castle, his scat near Cashel, on Tues. ea r l Pt, fo r t h e purpose of being present at the meeting la st !' by Lord Oxmantown, at Tullamorc, on Thursday JURGHLEY HOUSE, WEDNESDAY.--.-The Mar :and Marchioness of Exeter gave a grand banquet this the pr 1 . , g 11 co T tip a numerous and distinguished party, includin g Noblemen and their Ladies staying at Be voir aviisits to the Duke of Rutland. Their Royal l i g h bne sses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, and r-e ess Augusta of Cambridge, Duke of Rutland, Mar quisef Salisbury, Marquis of Granby, Earl and Countess l of '-'ardigan, Lord and Lady Willoughby D'Eresby, Earl kLord Lord Burghersh, Lord and Lady Barham, toiard Fitzroy Somerset, Lord Bloomfield, Hon. H. and tu pierrepoint, &c., have been among the visitors at 'g b leY House. To-morrow " evening there will be a ball. Tap 1 M ASONIC CHARITIES BALL.—TiIe first P an nual -441 ball in a id o f t h ese mer i tor i ous institutions too k at ‘ la st night at the F reemasons ' H a ll, G reat Queen -I,:leie" and was numerously and brilliantly attended. The Aid e Was patronised by Ald erman Th omas W oo d an d i lle man John son, t h e Sh er i ffs of London. Dancing heedcom- W i at ni ne o ' clock to Adams ' s band, and was kept up undiminished animation until morning had considerably „ a`lg aeced. T he number of ladies and gentlemen present tinted t o a b out 400. who We und erstand that Mr. Dunn, the Irish barrister, ° t 4. wa s committ e d f or want of sureties to keep the peace a , !!"( 1 8 Mi ss B urdett, has been liberated from prison on ril"'Pi!leation made to Lor ltY in th e comittment. d Denman, grounded on an infor- 7, 1839. certificates and of ad. and Prac- !ical Ana -3 Professor possessing vn charac- ary way. hae thus grant act the world College), ur present light have litators of tow them- the age. ity of the lg that the )rtal Har ampooncd proving lings are id as half itintrymen iilosopher, 11 not have Elliotson, lointed at, man sill 'd to eject NNY. DAY.) and pro lemerara ; erry, An. Lrd bound ors, which breezes. London ; k, ditto ; Governor, aht, &c. ; Sailed the tto. Th© at it is ex- he Pene- Aliot, —• breezes from Ta- Le Gros, ed Susan, levonshire vial cargo —Arrived , Winsor, Augusta, Elsinore. lungawin. larseilles. I Victoria, lemerara ; !zza ; and iris, from a, Morris, Dobson, Davies, Edwards, ischarge• 3ville. ca.!, Bur id part of *rom Hull 'ge ; and kton, has nast and 1 Shields night--- is, decks sed to be 11 the 7th ince been he Ever -3n saved. , eol, and he latteC toderase• nd Cap t. The Medcalf, trge, the and her to Gain- shore in got off• ,esspurr, ticularlY ng, and Apples 03. per per ton• it every iusiness• mod, 2s• ; Soles, Mutton, to 81d• d, and 1. 10d ts. iod. ese and I rather ; Wid to 2s. ; • l s . to Ducks, to 75. o J ss. The e sup •, 1f, , ., ; and ss. to each• carce. a n d g. per :ETS that a Sugar Rice, igher. r day, The about sold. e lin- ing to • next 9,435 MINCHESTER.-(LAST NIGHT.) (FROM A COBRESPONDENT. ) THE MAYOR AND CORPORATION OF MANCHESTER. This newly legalized body has, it is well known, no public property, and, of course, no splendid hall, or buildings of any kind, where it can assemble to transact either public or pri vate business. There is, however, a splendid Town Hall, which property is vested by Act of Parliament in 240 Com missioners of Police, in which magnificent building there are suites of rooms now completely unoccupied, and which would admirably serve all the present purposes of the Corporation. To obtain the use of such rooms, application was made, in the first instance, to the boroughreeve and constables ; for their consent to which application a polite but positive refusal was returned. A second and third application was made to the same parties, but with a like result. As a last resource, a special meeting of the Commissioners of Police was called for Thursday last, and the requisition signed by 77 persons (Com missioners). On this, however, not much reliance was placed, as it was well known that anti-corporators formed a majority of the Commissioners. Still, an effort was determined upon. The meeting consisted of 194 Commissioners—a larger num. ber than ever met on any previous occasion, being four-fifths of the whole number. On a division, after a warm discussion, the noes were 102, the ayes 92. Thus did the Tory anti. corporators triumph. It is, however, some consolation to the defeated Liberals to know, that this defeat—if defeat it can be called—was owing to six torch-light Commissioners support ing the rabid Conservatives—for rabid they are—on this question. Had they voted, as a section of Liberals, with the minority, the real Reformers would have gained their point by a majority of two. The ccnsequence will be, that a persist ance in such conduct will compel the Corporation to expend many thousand pounds in the erection of a suitable building and offices; and thus will the inhabitants of Manchester be taxed most unnecessarily, for no other object than that of enabling the Tories to show that they can command a majo rity of the Commissioners of Police. To be sure, it will give the Conservatives abundant opportunities, when a rate is de manded, to lavish their spleen on the so called extravagance of the Corporation, &c. &c. (FROM ANOTHER CORRF.St)NDENT.) Great as has been the damage done by the late storm, that part of it which is connected with the cotton-mills and other manufactories is likely to produce great suffering among the working people employed at many establishments. It will arise thus. Where a factory chimney has been blown dowr, and there are upwards of forty in the district so destroyed, such mills cannot be worked again until a new chimney is built, and which now-a-days has become no trifling affair, whether as it regards the time it will take to erect others, or the cost of them. The late disaster will clearly show that they cannot be too substantially built; and this essential qua lity in such erections forbids any unnecessary haste on the part of the workmen employed. Besides, too, the inclement weather just now is particularly inauspicious, as not a step can be taken during the continuance of the frost. As to the cost of a chimney, some people think little of expending 5001., or even 1,000/ ,on such an appendage. It is probable that 12,000 or 15,000 hands will, in consequence of this visitation, be thrown out of employment for many weeks to come. It is likely, however, in a few cases, that temporary chimneys may be erected. STATE OF TRADE. MANCHESTER, JAN. 11.—THE COTTON TRADE.--The spinners and manufacturers are still at sea, not knowing to what extent speculators may deem it prudent still further to carry their operations. On this point it is the general opinion that the price of goods and yarns must turn, without any special demand or otherwise. Owing, however, to the Liver pool market having become the turn easier for purchasers, there was a little more inquiry for both goods and yarns yester da) and to-day, than on Tuesday; and for both full prices were made on all such transactions. The amount done, however, is by no means large. The demand for Fustians is good, and the production of this article, large as it is, scarcely, keeps pace with the demand. Stocks in first hands are decidedly low. The general trade is moderat e ly goo d. WAKEFIELD WOOL MARKET.—There has been only a very limiter; business done this week, and the rates obtained will by no means justify the expectations of the growers, high as the manufacturers may deem them. Prices on the whole may be called steady. BRADFORD, THURSDAY.—.There was by no means a large business done to-day, still the manufacturers wore very firm in their demands ; and, though many attempted to realize higher rates, they did not, we think, in any case succeed. It would seem that a brisker demand for foreign markets can alone es tablish an advance. YARNS.—The demand continues good, and stocks being low, spinners readily command the late advanced rates, and with every prospect of being able to continue them. WooL.—There would seem to be, at last, a stop to the rise in wool, and there is nothing different to report on this article to that of last week. LIVERPOOL PROVISION MARKET, FRIDAY, JAN. 11.—The demand for butter has been by no means brisk, and as the stocks in hand are understood to be very considerable, a dispo sition exists to quit, and the consequence has been a reduction of Is. to 2s. on the best kinds, and more on inferior qualities. The bacon market may be pronounced steady, with a fair business doing, especially for light prime stuff. Lard fully maintains our last quotations, with a good demand. Christ mas being turned, there is not that brisk demand for Belfast hams, and such may be bought a little lower. No variation in beef or pork. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PORTSMOUTH, JAN. 11.— In Harbour—Britannia, 120, flag ship ; Victory, 104, ordinary guard ship ; Excellent, gunnery ship; Royal George yacht; Electra, 18; Camelion, 10; Messenger steam transport; and Fanny, Emerald, and Gipsy tenders. In Basin—Daphne, 18. In Dock—Not any vessels in commission. At Spithead—The Ganges, 74. ARRIVALS, SAILINGS, &c., DURING THE WEEK. On Saturday, the sth, the Emerald (tender), arrived from Brighton, with the flag of the Commander-in-Chief, which was immediately struck, and re-hoisted in the Britannia. On Saturday, the 7th, the Electra, 18, arrived from South America, to be re-coppered, and have her defects made good. On Tuesday, the Bth, the Electra, 18, was towed into har bour by the Messenger steam transport. On Wednesday, the 9th, the Partridge, 10, sailed for the Gambia, to take in presents for delivery at Portendick, which service being performed, she will return immediately to this port. Arrived the Acheron steam vessel, on her way to the Mediterranean. On Thursday, the 10th, sailed the Acheron, for the Medi terranean ; and arrived the Gipsy tender, from Sheerness, with new raised men. The breaking up of the Prince George hulk is being ra pidly proceeded with ; and the receiving ship, Blake, has been appo►nted to the reception of new raised men, the Britannia having now on board, ►ncluding her own compliment, a total of 860, all of whom are daily exercised in various duties and evolutions. The Seaflower, Cracker, and Gossamer cutters are hourly expected, with supernumeraries, from Bristol. The Camelion, 10, will go to South America to assist in the suppression of the slave-trade on that coast, and rumour says that three or four others of her class will be speedily dis patched to that quarter for the same purpose. There is no talk here of any vessels being about to be commissioned. SPORTINU INTELLIGENCE CHESTER RACES, MONDAY, MAY 6. The Tradesmen's Plate of 200 sous. in specie, added to a Handicap Sweepstakes of 20 sous, each, 10 ft., and 5 sous. only if declared on or before the Ist February. Three to accept or no race. To start at the Castle-pole, run twice round, and end at the Coming in-Chair. Second horse to receive 25 sous out of the stakes. Mr. Ferguson's ch. h. Harkaway, 5 yrs, lOst ; Mr. Buckley's bl. h. Dick,6 yrs, 9st. 4lb ; Lord Westminster's br. h. Cardinal Puff, 5 yrs, 9st. 31b ; Captain Berkeley's br. h. Caravan, 5 yrs, 9st. Ilb ; Mr. Heseltine's br. h. Slashing Harry, 5 yrs, Ost ; Mr. Fowler's br. h. Heron, 6 yrs, Bst. 13Ib ; Captain Gardnor's ch. h. Toothill, 6 yrs, Bst. 131 b ; Colonel Peel's br. c. lon, 4 yrs, Sst. 1 Ilb ; Mr. Copeland's b. h. The Prime Warden, 5 yrs, Bst. I Ilb ; Captain Lamb's ch. h. Chit-Chat, 5 yrs, Bst llb ; Sir T. Stanley's b. h. Cowboy, 5 yrs, Sat. 101 b; Mr. Copeland's br. h. King Cole, 6 yrs, Bst. 91b ; Captain Houston's eh. h. Silenus, 6 yrs, Bst. 91b ; Mr. Meiklam's b. m. Modesty, 3 yrs, Bst. slb ; Captain Macquarrie's b. h. Magpie, 5 yrs, Bst 51b; Mr. Fowler's ch. c. Gilbert Gurney, 4 yrs, Bst 31b; Mr. Dolphin's ch. h. Reuben, 6 yrs, Bst. 21b; Mr. T. Walters's gr. c. Vertumnus, 4 yrs, Bst. 21b ; Lord Westminster's ch. c. Sir Ralph, 4 yrs, Sst. Ilb ; Lord Stanley's ch. c. Ole Bull, 4 yrs, Bst ; Mr. Ogd en ' s b r. c. H arpur h ey, 4 yrs, 7 131 b ; Mr. P. R. Price's ' br. g, C a pt a i n P ops, 4 yrs, 7 st 12 I b ; Mr. Tempest's br, c. John Doe, 4 yrs, 7st. 1 llb ; Mr. Barrow's gr. m. Eaglet, 5 yrs. ist. I llb ; Sir T. Stanley's bl. c. Piccaroon, 4 yrs, ist. I llb ; Mr. Denham's b. c. Compensation, 4 yrs, 7st. 101 b ; Lord de Tabley ns. ch. f. Zillah, 4 yrs, ist. 91b ; Mr. Kent's b. h. Vernal, 5 yrs, 7st. 91b; Captain Healey's ch. g. Van Buren, 5 yrs, 7st. 91b ; Mr. Grif fiths's ch. h. Lugwardine, 5 yrs, 7st. 911) ; Mr. B. Collett's ch. c. Bath, by Defence, 4 yrs, 7st. 81b; Mr. Allen's b. c. Percy, by Margrave, 4 yrs, 7st. 81b; Mr.W. Walters's b. h. Goldhurst, 5 yrs, 7st. Sib ; Lord Normanby's b. m. Gipsey, 6 yrs, ist. 71b ; Mr. Thompson's br. c. Staristy, 4 yrs, 7st. 51b ; Mr. Topham's br. c. The Drone, 4 yrs, 7st. 41b ' • Captain Gardnor's br. c . b y R eve ll er, out of S curry , 4 yrs, 7st. 31b; Mr. Pursell's br. c. Late Bird, 4 yrs, 7st. Ilb ; Lord Miltown's ch. m. Cruiskeen, 5 yrs, 7st ; Mr. Mostyn ns. b. f. Piccotee, 4 yrs, 6st. 121 b ; Mr. M. Browne's b. c. Hopeful, 4 yrs, 6st. 10Ib ; Lord Aliltown's gr. h. Argirio, 6 yrs, 6st. 101 b ; Mr. Bristow's br. f. Margaret, 3 yrs, sst. FRIDAY. The Cheshire Stakes of 25 sovs. each, with 50 sovs. added by the Citizens of Chester, 15 sovs. ft. and 5 sovs. &c. Two miles. The winner of the Trade Cup to carry 51b. extra. The second horse to save his stake. Mr. Heseltine's br. h. Slashino. Harry, 5 rs, 9st. 41b ; Captain Gardnor's ch. h. Toothill 6rs 6 9st ; Captain Lamb's ch. h. Chit C hat, 5 yrs, Bst. I llb ; Captain ' Houston's ch. h. by Silenus, aged, b; Mr. T. Walters's gr. c. Vertumnus, 4 yrs, Rst. 31b; Mr. E. Peel's ch. c. G a dfl y, 4 yrs, Sst. Ilb ; Mr. F. R. Price's br. g. Captain Po C ps, 4 y n rs, 7st. 131 b ; Mr. Buckley' s c h. c . T om, 4 yrs, 7st. I Ilb ; aptai Healey's eh. g. Van Buren, 5 yrs, 7st. 91b ; Sir T. Stanley's b. c. Gasparoni, 4 s, 7st. 91b' Mr. W. Walters's b. h. Goldhurst, 5 yrs, 7st. 71b ; S i.r O g d en ' s bl . c. Black Prince, 4 yr l s, ist. 41b ; Ca C. ptain Gardnor's br. c. b y R eveller, 4 yrs, 7st. 21b; Edge's ch. 13ilboa, 4 yrs, 6st. 10lb ; Lord Milltown's ch. m. Cruiskeen, 3 yrs, 6st, 81b. Captain Grantham has been entertaining the follow kg gentlemen at Clermont Lodge, the seat of the Hon. Lade Goodricke :—The Hon. H. Wilson, the Hon. W. M. Noel, Sir John Trallope, Bart. ; Stafford O'Brien, Esq. ; the Rev. R. Lucas, &c. The great shove of game on this estate gave muc h pl ea sure to the p arty ; 850 phea sants have been killed on it this season. THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY, SANITARY 12, 1839 POST-OPFICE PACKETS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR—As your columns have ever been open towards effect ing a thorough reform in the Post-office, both as regards faci litating the public correspondence and improving the packets employed between this country and England, we cannot per ' mit the recent circumstance of the manner in which the Liverpool mail from that town to Dublin was conveyed last night, to escape exposure. The extremely severe weather of the past week crippled three of the Liverpool mail-boats; but instead of applying to either the City of Dublin, or some other Steam-packet Com pany, to charter over more steamers, what think you of the stratagem resorted to ? The Admiralty agent at Liverpool availed himself of the circumstance of the Duchess of Kent, first-class steamer, being advertised to sail for Dublin at five o'clock, to forward the mail in custody of the Second Master of the Lucifer (which is laid up), as a passenger smuggling the bags as his luggage —thereby avoiding the ship-tax of two pence per letter. We may verily add—" Tempora Mutantur." We remain, Sir, your very obedient servants, JOHNSTON and CO., Express Ne ws p aper A gents , Ed en - quay, D u b lin. Thursday, Jan. 10, 1838. PRICE OF SUGAR EFFECT OF MONOPOLY. The bounty on refined Sugar having, in October last, been reduced to 355. Bd., per cwt., no sales for exportation at that rate of bounty have been effected ; the excessively high prices paid by all British consumers cannot, therefore, now be attributed to the bounty. Nevertheless. this reduction still leaves, allowing 1 s. per cwt. for the poisonous dirt con. tained in the Muscovado or moist Sugar—and which is extracted by the process of refining, a clear bounty of 10s. Bd. per cwt., which would, in the event of an ample supply of Sugar from the West Indies, come into active operation, and by stimulating the exportation of refined Sugar, always maintain the average price of West India Muscovados at 10s. per cwt. above the price of free labour Sugar from other quarters. British Treacle is worth Bs. Gd. per cwt. in the foreign markets. The same has Leen sold this week at 31s. per cwt., being an excess of price paid by the nation of 225. 6d. per cwt., in other words, 225. Gd. per cwt on Treacle contributed by the poorman towards West India Bounty, and not, as it is erroneously supposed, towards revenue. COFFWE.—The duty on West India Coffee, the price of it ranging from 955. to 138 s. per cwt , is 565. per cwt., about 50 per cent. ad valorem. The duty on St. Domingo Coffee, the average price of it being 425. per cwt., is 140 s. per cwt., or about 300 per cent. ad valorem. The protec_ live duty, therefore, on West India Ogee is equivalent to 250 per cent. Some importers of Coffee, availing themselves of the privileges conferrred by the East India Company's Charter, have absolutely shipped Coffee from the Brazils to the Cape of Good Hope, and thence to England, where, in consequence of the privilege alluded to above, it is admitted for home use at a duty of 84s. per cwt. A sale of Brazil Coffee brought by this circuitous route occurred in Mincing-lane this week, so that through trickery, and favouritism in duty, the British public are unconsciously made consumers of Coffee raised by stave labour, to the exclusion of that cultivated by free hands in St. Domingo. In our statement of last week we promised to give in round numbers the value to the West Indians of the various monopolies they enjoy— the amount of them is, of course, just so much money taken through excessive price from the mother country. We, therefore, subjoin the following computation founded on the prices of the day : • Ihe proceeds of a duty of 245. per cwt. yield, it is said, a gross reve nue of five millions per annum on Sugar. If, therefore, 245. give 5,000,000/., 13s. will give ... £2,750,000 The Treacle imported in the Molasses, which is sold here to the poor man at 30s. per cwt., the Continental Market value of it being Ss., may be taken, communilms annis, at a weight of 600,000 cwt., which, at 225. per cwt , the excess in price paid here for it, give 'he value of the Coffee monopoly may be set at 600,000 500,000 100,000 100,000 Ditto Ruin ditto Ditto Cocoa Nuts ditto Ditto Pimento, Ginger, Preserves, and other articles of minor importance, at at at 100,000 Giving a total paid, per annum, over and above the intrinsic value of the different articles, and the duty on them, by the British nation, for the benefit of the West Indian Colonies, of £4,210,000 CITY ECONOMY.—A writer in a late number o tha Loudon and IVcstminster Review stated that new Lon don Bridge and the approaches cost upwards of 3,000,0001. sterling. It appears that from the year 1824 to 1834 in clusive, 13,577/. were expended for the bridge in Parlia mentary expenses alone! During the same period, 58,838/. were expended in law charges, costs on disputed claims, and verdicts in favour of claimants ; very considerable portions of these sums went to the creatures of the Corporation ; 19,562/. Qs. 2d. are also charged for " incidental" ex penses! Mr. Lambert Jones (the deputy of Sir Matthew Wood, the venerable Reformer of the City) is the Chair man of the Bridge Committee, and has lately been lauded as having so well managed the affairs connected with the new bridge, " that many are of opinion that there would by this time have been no bridge at all" without him. The Government would have built the bridge and approaches much better at half the cost. As it is, before the Duke of Wellington would lend any money from the Treasury to the City jobocrats, the designs of the latter were withdrawn, and others substituted by the Government. On Thursday evening, a fine male child, a few weeks old, was l e ft i n a basket at the door of a house in Brunswick-squat e. It was very carefully wrapped up, and, from its dress, appeared to belong to prents in a com fortable rank of life. It was taken to St. Pancras work house, and the parish authorities are endeavouring to trace out the unnatural mother. The Menai Bridge, which was so much shaken by the furious gale of Sunday night, as to produce a large chasm in the wooden carriage way, is so far repaired as to be passable for foot passengers only. THE HURRICANE.-The provincial papers re ceived to-day furnish additional evidence of the violence of the late elemental visitation. The details, however, being so similar to those that have already appeared in The Sun, do not seem to demand to-day any lengthened notice. Under the heads, respectively, of Scotland and Ireland, a few particulars will be found, brought by the papers from those parts of the kingdom. It gives us pleasure to learn that the Oxford Me morial of the martyred Bishops has received the patronage of the Bishop of the diocese, and a subscription of .50/. each from the Archbishop of Canterbury, and the Bishop of London. GRESHAM LECTURES.—These lectures for the Hilary Term commenced yesterday at the Theatre of the City of London Schools with a lecture on Astronomy, by the Rev. J. Pullen, M.A., F.R.S.A. The audience was an extremely thin one, there not being 30 persons present. This may, perhaps, be attributed in a great measure to the unfavourable state of the weather. We are happy to learn that Miss Kelly is recover ing from her severe and prolonged indisposition, and that the lovers of the drama may soon expect again to be gratified by the exercise of that happy talent which ren• dered her so peculiarly and deservedly a favourite. A correspondent informs us that Charles Kean has been engaged by Wallack, the lessee of the National Theatre in New York, to act for fifty nights, for which he is to receive sixty pounds for each night's performance. Miss Shirreff, Mr. Wilson, and Mr. Seguin continue their attraction in the theatres of the United States. On Thursday evening Hounslow was lighted up for the first time with gas, supplied from the gas works at Brentford. There arc eighteen lights, the expense of the erection of which will amount to 132/., of which 1141. has been raised by public subscription of the inhabitants, whose intention it is to maintain them by similar means. POOR RATES IN ST. MARTIN'S-IN-THE FIELDS.—A meeting of the parishioners took place yes terday, in reference to the appeal cases which came before the Justices for the Strand division of Middlesex on the previous day, relative to the new assessment of property in the parish of St. Martin-in-the-Fields. The senior churchwar den took the chair, and explained that the hearing of the appeals had been postponed to admit of further inquiry on the part of the appellants. He stated also that it was not the intention of the authorities to uphold the new as sessment any further than it should be found to be just and reasonable, the object of all parties being to procure an equitable valuation. A good deal of discussion took place relative to the asssessment of public houses, which, it was contended, had been rated at a much higher sum than the value of the premises, if converted to other uses, would warrant. It was urged, in reply, that, the license being attached to a particular house, rendered it more profitable to the owner of the premises than ordinary houses. It appears that some of the publicans in the parish have had the assessment raised as much as one-third above the pre vious estimate. A vote of thanks to the chairman was then carried, and the meeting broke up. The Devonport mail, which left London last Sun day night, was upset, about three miles on the London side of Deptford Inn, at four o'clock on Monday morning. The hurricane was so overpowering, on reaching nearly the top of Castle Hill, that the horses could not face it, and they became unmanageable, and stopped, when the violence of the gale actually drove the mail backwards, and the horses, almost worn out, were dragged after it for several yards, until the coach was stopped by a bank at the side of the road, and instantly blown over. There were two in side passengers only, one of whom (Mr. John Marshall, of London, the Australian emigration agent) sustained a con tusion in the shoulder ; the other passenger, as also the coachman and guard, escaped unhurt. Assistance was obtained from Deptford Inn, and, after two hours' deten tion, the Mail was got. up again, and proceeded on its jour ney to Devonport. Mr. Marshall, we hear, is doing well. —Devonport Independent. PORTUOUBSA VVoMESt.—it la not uncommon ni some of the provinces to find women, who have not a shoe to their feet, ornamented by necklaces of gold, some of them of great value. Mrs. —, the lady of a merchant at Oporto, related to us an odd anecdote of a servant whom she had obtained from the country. The girl entered upon her vo cation with every appearance of being quite competent to its duties, and, indeed, she proved to be so ; but to the great annoyance of the English prejudice of her mistress, she wore no shoes. The lady mentioned the circumstance to the girl as unusual in English families, but was answered by the domestic that she wore stockings, which was more than servants in the country did, and that she deemed that a sufficient concession to the fastidiousness of a fo regoer. The lady perceiving that, independently of the want of shoes, the domestic's wardrobe was de ficient in what her mistress judged to be essential articles of dress, and conceivin g that the want of funds on the part of her new servant was the cause of their not being procured, kindly volunteered an advance on account of wages. The offer was, however, received with some marks of indignation by the domestic, who opened In.r box, and displayed a wealth of jewellery, in the shape of gold necklaces, which quite astonished her mistress, and which was produced as irrefragable proof, that if she was not provided with the articles that wore deemed necessary to her equipment, it was not for want of means of pur chasing them.—Landscape An nu al for 1639. Table showing the ex-duty price of West India Sugar in Mincing_ lane, and comparing the same against foreign sugars : _ _ London, Jan. 11, 1839. The Gazette of this day quotes the average price of British Per cwt. Plantation Muscovado Sugar, exclusive of duty, at 3ss. 71d. Muscovado Sugars raised by free labour in the Manilla are worth this week from 21s. 6d. to 235. per cwt., being about 13s. per cwt. less than the average price of West India Sugar. IMPORTANT MEETING ON THE CORN LAWS AT MANCHESTER. MANCHESTER, THURSDAY NIGHT.—This morning a most important and interesting meeting of the Anti-Corn-law Asso ciation was held at the York Hotel, King-street, " for the pur pose of considering the proper mode of carrying on their future proceedings in a manner commensurate with the magnitude of the obstacles to be surmounted, and worthy of the object for which it has been established." The attendance was large and highly respectable, consisting of many of the first mer chants and manufacturers of the neighbourhood, including some of the gentlemen who took a principal part in the late discus sion in the Chamber of Commerce. HOLLAND HOOLE, Esq., was called to the chair, and stated the object of the meeting. He thought that every man in bu siness must feel the pressure of the Corn-laws, and he trusted the meeting would see the necessity of making a determined and simultaneous effort for their repeal. He did not stand there the representative of his own interests alone ; he em ployed 800 workmen, to whom the question was of the same vital importance as himself, and he felt, therefore, that he stood there not only as his own representative, but as th e repre sentative (as Lord Ashley had once very properly observed), of the factory people.—( Hear, hear.) It had been said that we had already ceased to be manufacturers of cloth, and were spinners only to the foreigner ; but this was not all—the trade in yarn was going also, and we might soon find it necessary to export the spinners.—( Loud cries of " Hear, hear !") First we were losing the trade in manufactured goods, then the yarn trade, then the cotton trade—and he had found it more profit able himself during the last year to export the cotton, and then the m en mus t f o ll ow . Th ere was t h e b roa d undeniable fact which ought to he looked to, that the nations of the con tinent were turning their attention to the manufacture of goods, and that they had as many hands and fingers as ourselves to accomplish their object with, and that unless we consented to take their corn in payment for our manufactures, the trade of this country must inevitably be ruined.--( Applause.) Mr. J. B. SMITH said he had been requested to detail specifically to the meeting the object for which it had bee,' called together.—( Hear, hear.) They were all aware of the important statements which bad been made in the Cham ber of Commerce on this question, and of the effects which those statements had produced throughout the manufactu ring districts ; but, he was sorry to say, that they had not the same effect in the agricultural districts, or upon the landed interest ; for gentlemen must have perceived that all those journals which professed to be the organs of the land owners had most scrupulously avoided taking any notice of the facts to which he alluded. The speakers on that occasion, it was true, were not exempt from their censure—they had ridi culed the speakers, all which could be borne very well; but he should have felt obliged, for one, if those journalists would have given the facts which were stated by the speakers, at those meetings, to have enabled their readers to judge for themselves of their value.—( Hear.) Now he thought it was high time this important question was set at rest for ever. We had petitioned year after year for the repeal of the Corn laws in vain—our petitions were laid under the table—if our Representative rose to support their prayer he was hooted down. Should we lie down and quietly see our manufactures taken from us by the foreigner ?_( Hear.) If not, there was only one course open to us, and that was to demand to be heard at the bar of the House.—(Applause.) All that was sought was justice—simple, pure, unadulterated justice. All that was wished was to be allowed to share in the privileges enjoyed by other interests ; and the object of this meeting was to raise a fund for the purpose of carrying their cause before the Houses of Parliament. This the meeting would be aware could not be done without incurring some expense. It would be necessary to have deputations from this and other towns in London, whose duty it would be to superintend the proceed ings before Parliament, and their attendance there would ne cessarily be attended with expence. For the course he was now proposing they had a precedent in the proceedings taken to procure a rescinding of the Orders in Council. A motion was made in reference to those Orders to have Counsel heard at the bar. The proceedings before the House were noticed from day to day in the journals. These notices had the effect of informing the cmntry at large on the nature of the question. The statements made had the effect of making an impression upon the House, and led to the rescinding of the Orders in Council. Now he could not help thinking that similar pro ceedings on this question would lead to the like important re sult.—( Cries of " Hear, hear, hear.") He would not suppose that there were not to be found men in Parliament who were anxious for the good of the country. He believed, if their case were fairly heard there, that they should find a great number of men willing to do them justice, and it was gratifying to see that while, at a public dinner lately, the Marquis of Chandos was abusing us, the Marquis of Tweeddale insisted on the repeal of the Corn-laws. That Nobleman stated that there was no occasion for them— that in Scotland the agriculturists had made land produce treble the crops it had formerly yielded, and that the same thing might be done in England if they would direct their capital and skill to the work. Now he (Mr. Smith) had been lately looking at the agricultural reports of 1836, when wheat was nearly at the lowest price known for many years, and there he found this very case made out, for while the English farmers complained, in that report, of doing ill, it appeared that the farmers of Scotland were doing well. And why ? Because the Scotch farmers had applied their capital and skill in improving their lands, while those of England had depended for protection upon the monopoly given them by the Corn-laws, and not upon the improvement of their farms.—( Hear, hear.) He begged to move the first resolution. (It appeared in The Sun yesterday.) Mr. GREG rose to second the resolution. It was extremely gratifying to him to observe the interest which those debates had occassioned. It was an earnest to him of success. If they recollected, when Lord John Russell before the passing of the Reform Bill, proposed that Members should be given to Manchester, Leeds, and Birmingham, that measure was re jected, and his Lordship then said, that he would not move in the question again until a more lively interest was shown in it by the country. This declaration was occasioned by the ap parent apathy of the people. Now it sometimes happened when the night seemed the darkest the dawn of the morn ing was the brightest. It was so on the occasion to which he alluded, and he hoped it would be found so now.—( Hear, hear.) All feeling seemed for a while to be dead upon the question, and parties said it is no use stirring till we see more interest excited by the question. ."The man who spits against the wind is said to spit in his own face, and it is of no use to attempt to go with out the tide." But it was pleasing to see the interest which this question was now exciting through the country, and, from the letters which his friend Mr. Smith and himself had re ceived on this subject, this interest seemed to have extended itself to the remotest parts of the country. Nothing would prove of more essential service in their cause than to sub scribe their money to support their views. Let the world see that they were willing to pay, and it would be taken as an earnest that they were determined—that their feelings were in unison with their declarations.—( Applause.) Mr. Alderman SHUTTLEWORTII, in a long and forcible speech, supported the motion, combating the fallacies by which the landowners sought to blind the public, and exposing the false pretences upon which they founded their claim to compensa tion from this unjust and iniquitous tax. So far back as 1804 he found the late Lord Stanhope proposing that " from that time for ever the landed interest of the country should bo totally exempt from all taxes and im posts whatever." This resolution did not pass the Le gislature ; but he would appeal to the meeting whe ther the landowners had not acted upon the sugges tion ever since with the most determined and unceasing perse verance.—(Hear, hear ) They had gone on relieving them selves of one tax after another since 1816, till they had shifted from their shoulders more than a million of annual taxation, exclusive of their exemptions from the probate and legacy duties on land. But they spoke of the great amount of taxes which the farmers were compelled to pay, and made this a pretext for the Corn-laws. Now there was not a farmer ex • amined before the Committee of 1836 who did not expose the fallacy. One of those witnesses (Mr. Moreton) stated that the whole annual amount of his direct taxes on a farm of two thousand acres of land did not exceed 101.--( Hear, hear.) The other day the Marquis of Chandos had said, " Only place the British landowner on a footing similar to that on which the foreign landowners are placed, and they would fear no competition—they would be satisfied Give them the ad vantages of the foreign landowner." Why, the French Minis ter of Finance, in 1833, stated that the landowners of France paid one fourth of the net revenue of the country in direct taxes, besides their full proportion of indirect taxes. The landowners of Belgium also paid in nearly the same pro portion.—( Hear, hear.) The resolution was carried unanimously. The CHAIRMA N here observed that gentlemen would be saving the time of the meeting by platting down their subscrip tions. lie k\ as but a young man in business himself, but he would put down 50/. towards the fund.—( Loud cheers.) Mr. Alderman COBDEN said the great obstacle they should have to encounter was a feeling of self-interest on the part of those to whom they had to apply for justice. He would give one portion of his property that he might retain the rest, and he was investing it on the most approved security, not only for himself, but for the country ; for unless the object for which they were met was att a i ne d, th ose l aws wou ld t erm i na t e i n the destruction of every interest in the country. He believed there was a thousand pounds in that room.—( Cheers.) He concluded by moving the second resolution, which also ap peared yesterday. Mr. J. B. SMITH begged to say that he would give 100/. towards the fund.—( Loud cheers.) He was also commis sioned by Mr. Leo Schuster to put his name down for 100/. Mr. Alderman COBDEN said he would give 1001. Mr. NOVELLI would also give 100/. Mr. Alderman KERSHAW said he too would give 1001. Mr. Alderman BROOKS would also give a 100/. Alderman COBDEN—Why, Gentlemen, we have received nearly 1,000/. now.—( Loud cheering.) Mr. J. C. DrEa said, if this meeting had not been held at the same time that two other meetings were being held, at which many of the first merchants in the town were necessa rily present, the room would not have contained them. He was proud to say that this large meeting was presided over by a gentleman who was opposed to him in politics. He was an old man and had no trade now, but he called on others to join him. He would give 100/. most cheerfully, and he would give 1,000/. if it were necessary.—(Loud cheers.) Mr. E. M. CONNkI.L, on of the largest cotton-spinners in the neighbourhood, supported the resolution, feeling that his own existence as a manufacturer, and that of all the manufacturers in the country depended on the repeal of these laws. The resolution was carried, and Mr. Ald. COBDEN mcved for a Committee for the purpose of receiving the money, and empowered to solicit further re - cuniary aid in this town and neighbourhood in the earns of this meeting.—Appointed. Mr. RAWSON, an extensive hosiery-manufacturer, from SCOTLAND. THE LATE DREADFUL STORM. The Courant of Thursday reports no case of shipwreck on the coast, nor does there appear to have been any loss of life en shore, although the storm raged with great violence. About four O'clock on Monday morning the gale somewhat abated, but at intervals blew with with great fury until noon of that day, when it gradually died away. Had the storm occurred through the day, instead of at night, the consequences would doubtless have been much more serious. The Glasgow Chronicle contains a long list of vessels on shOre, or d amaged, at Troon, from which port most disastrous details are brought. A Correspondent of this Paper writes :—" The storm began about eleven on the even ing of the 6th, at S. by W., and gradually increased, and veering round to West. When about five on the morning of the 7th it seemed to have assumed more of the hurricanes or tornados of tropical climates, than even the most violent storms that have ever been experienced here. The harbour was unfortunately full of vessels, and some of them large for coasters ; and I am sorry to say, that in about an hour after the tempest appeared to reach its height, the ves sels began to break adrift from the harbour. To the seamen on board the feeling must have been awful : for though the moon was up. there was little light, and the vessels were crashing against each other fearfully, carry ing away masts, bowsprits, &c. A dozen had got adrift nearly about the same time, and several others soon fol lowed. At daybreak the scene was truly distressing. Upwards of twenty vessels on the strand, some filled with water, others filling, while shortly afterwards the seamen of some were seen on the rigging. There was great apprehension that there might be a serious loss of lives, as it was thought no boat could be pulled off to them, and the life boat was sent for to Irvine; but, dreading its late ar rival, eight brave seamen manned a boat, and proceeded to the vessels where the crew appeared to suffer most. The attempt was daring in the extreme at the outset ; but after landing one boat full, there came a lull, and about forty sea men were thus landed. The life boat came in the after noon, and was used to take off four seamen from a vessel ashore in a more exposed situation, where a boat could not have been sent. About one a small sloop was seen approaching a rocky shore, and soon came on with a terrible crash, where she is likely to go to pieces. The crew were fortunately all saved. It is uncertain whether there are any drowned ; we think there cannot be more than one or two. In the afternoon the storm abated, but towards night it increased, and has now for some time been raging at N. W. almost as heavy as ever, accom panied with heavy snow showers, and I am afraid the work of destruction, only half begun on the previous night, will, by this morning, be completed. Many have lost their little all particularly sailors." , IRELAND. MELANCHOLY DEATH OP LORD CASTLEMATNE. —On Tuesday we briefly announced the death of this Nobleman. His Lord ship, who had latterly been in delicate health, attempted to fasten the windows of his apartment on Sunday night, which had been blown in, and, whilst doing so, a strong gust of wind drove him backwards—he fell, and instantly expired.—Dublin Evening Post. THE LATE STORM.—We should suppose that not an eye in Ireland was closed in sleep on the night of Sunday last, from twelve o'clock until day-break. The hurricane was as re markable for the immense sweep of its operation as for its un paralleled violence. West, North, East, and South, the ma ritime as well as the inland counties, have suffered, as far as our accounts enable us to judge, equally.—Mid. THE MAILS.-THE PACKETS.—AII the provincial mails have arrived. We are happy to state that there is no report of any casualty to the mail and other steam-packets from this port. The Avon steamer, which left this on Sunday, with the mail, reached Liverpool yesterday morning, after having put into Beaumaris for some slight repairs. The Thames, which left this on Sunday for London, was safe in Milford.—lbid. THE LANDLORDS AND THE TITHE BlLL.—Henry Villiers Stuart, Esq., formerly M. P. for the county of Waterford, has resigned his claim to the tithe rent-charge. Henry Winston Barron, Esq., M.P. for the City of Waterford, has adopted a like course. Intimation has also been conveyed to the tenants on the Jonestown and Curraduff estates in this county, that their landlord, the Rev. Henry Bolton, will not demand the tithe rent-charge to which he is entitled under the Act of last session. William Johnston, Esq., a landed proprietor of Downpatrick, has resigned his claim to the rent-charge. Lord Duncannon's tenantry on the Besborough estate have been directed to pay up the rent-charge, or, in other words, to pay tithes. EGYPT. (FROM A CORRESPONDENT.) CAIRO, DEC. 4, 1838.—There are many discussions as to the course the Pasha will take respecting the treaty entered into at Constantinople. It is so vague in its phrase ology that it will admit of fifty different interpretations. It de stroys "monopoly," but it does not define what is meant by monopoly. The monopolies of Egypt have no resemblance to those of Turkey ; the latter consisting principally of pri vileges granted to individuals ; the former growing out of the possession of the soil, with which the Sovereign is in vested. Before Mahomet Ali's time Egypt produced scarcely any article for export, she now gives from 120,000 bales to 1.50,000 bales of cotton, large quantities of opium and indigo, linseed, rice, and many other articles ; but this is in consequence of the erection of canals, and the digging more than 50,000 wells, and divers other agricultural im provements, all of which have been made at the expense of the government, and of which, it is true, the government has had the benefit. But it seems to have been wholly forgotten—perhaps nobody at Constantinople knows the fact—that a great portion of Mahomet Ali's dominions never at any time belonged to the Porte ; and though the Porte has the same fancy of assuming sovereignty over independent states that we had, up to the treaty of Amiens, in calling our Sovereigns " Kings of France," and as the Sicilian Monarch still has of styling himself " King of Jerusalem," the Sultan has even pretended to dominion beyond the southern borders of Egypt, while Mahomet Ali's African dominions extend to the frontiers of Abyssinia on the south east, and Darfour on the south-west. Slight as is the hold of the Sultan even on Egypt or Syria, on Arabia and Nu bia he has none at all. Arabia had been taken from him, and was recovered by Mahomet Ali. Nubia and Senaar no Turkish Sultan ever possessed. It is amusing to see your Newspapers —under Constantinopolitan promptings— talk of Egypt and its dependencies as if they were simply provinces of Turkey. Happen what will, you may be as sured of this, that no Pasha nominated by the Porte will ever again govern Egppt. Even in Tripoli, weak and wretched as it is, the Sultan cannot set up a Pasha—one after another has come—to be overturned—but be can neither find t roops nor tr il mte . A n d i n Egypt, the attempt to nomin a t e , on t h e par t o f th e P or t e , m ight i n trodu c e, indeed, some confusion, and anarchy and bloodshed, but will never introduce a ruler. Indeed, hard will be that Turk's fate who attempts to set aside the succession of Mahomet Ali. The English in Egypt take the deepest interest in the question of steam navigation to India. The whole affair is most disgracefully managed. The delay of the correspond ence between London and Malta is shameful. Why are our lette rs t o b e ta k en i n to one port a ft er anot h er i n t h e Penin su l a t o su i t t h e l agg ing interest s o f a tra di ng company ? Why do not competent steamers proceed directly to Alex andria ? Why are we left exposed to the dishonesty of the French authorities, who, as every body knows, are in the habit of opening our correspondence, if we avail our selves of the communication by Marseilles. We ought to receive our letters in 1.5 days, yet 25 days generally pass before we get them. The French steamers outstrip us in punctuality and expedition. All our steamers are badly constructed, inefficient, and unfit for the service. The Volcano, now at Alexandria, of 750 tons, has only two en gines of 70 horse power each. She ought at least to have 250 or 300 horse power. Under the most favourable cir cumstances she can only make eight miles an hour. The Blazer is the best, but this is in consequence of having changed her engines. We hope the English public will be somewhat more awakened to the importance of this subject. - - was arrested on S un d ay at Paris, upon a war- The Count de St. Cried, son o f t h e F renc h Mi nister of State, who was long at the h ea d o f t h e d epartment o The marriage of Captain Washington Hilbert, of Bilton Grange, Warwickshire, with M rs . Ch ar l es T a lb ot, widow of the late Lieutenant-Colo ne l T a lb o t, d aug h ter ot . ra f n C t u o s f to t m he s, King's Attorney. Sir J. H. Tichborne, Bart., was solemnised on Thursday, the 10th inst., at the Catholic Chapel, Spanish-place, by the Rev. J. Reardoe ; and afterwards at St. George's, Ha nover-square, by the Very Rev, the Dean of Carlisle. The marriage was strictly private. The bride was given away by her cousin, the Marquis of Sligo. His Excellency General Maya arrived at his house in Harley-street on Thursday, from a visit to Sir Robert and Lady Peel, at Drayton Manor. Nottingham, told them at the Chamber of Commerce that the Corn-laws found him out very soon. He had not gained a single farthing for the last two years from his investment in manufactures, which was entirely owing to the operation of the Corn-law. Though he would only give 501. now he would give half he possessed in the world for the agitation of this question, if it should be necessary. Mr. Asnwort-rn, of the firm of H. Ashworth and Co., ex tensive calico-printers said, was there a cotton-spinner in that room who, allowing for depreciation of his property, would say that he had in that time made a profit ?—( Hear, hear ) The cotton-spinners had made no profit fur eighteen months, and if they were in Parliament, and the landowners were to coma to them and say they had bad three rent-days and not got a farthing, would they not be considered inhuman if they re fused them assistance ? When he saw men there who had each of them 100,0001. or 200,0001. invested in manufactures which yielded no profit, he was convinced that they would make the subscription amount to 20,0001. if necessary. The CHAIRMAN said the association had taken a room ira Newall's.buildings, Market -street, which would be open every day, and they would have a museum, with samples of intriotss articles, and the tax upon them, for the inspection of tkes public. Mr. BURGESS said he had heard the spinners complain ; he himself was a calico-printer, and could inform them that for-the last eighteen months he had realised nothing at all by his busi ness. He had a thousand pieces at Leghorn, where they would not fetch cost prices. He begged that his name might be put down for 501. Mr. AIderrWanKERSIJAW said this was not only a spinners' question, and a printers' question, but a national question. It was a question for the patriot—a question for the philan thropist. If they carried their views a little further, they had a dreadful prospect of what would be the condition of this country in seven short years, if these laws were not repealed. Contemplate for a moment the manufacturers leaving the country and taking their capital along with them. What was to become of the unemployed poor? If the Legislature did not place the manufacturers in such a position that they could compete with any other country in the world, our merchants, manufacturers, and landowners, were all on the road to ruin. Mr. J. C. DYER said we had a representative principle established here, and why was it that with that principle we should be behind despotic countries in the protection of our people? In this country we had a free people sitting tamely under insolent Lords, who lived like vampires upon the people. Mr. J. B. SMITH said he would mention one fact which had been stated to him yesterday by one of the first machine makers in the town, who told him he had received a letter last week from the Continent, with a large order for flax and cot ton machinery, and they said, " If you can't smuggle this out of the country, you must send us tools and workmen, which will enable us to make it ourselves."—( Hear, hear. ) In less than ten minutes the gentlemen present subscribed, amidst loud cheering, to the amount of 1,820/.—(we believe it has since reached 2,0001. )--and announced their determi ination to make the sum 5,0001. before Saturday. A vote of thanks to the Chairman, and the meeting separated. TOTAL REPEAL of the CORN LAWS. The Glasgow Argus, in calling attention to the proceed ings of an anti-corn-law meeting, held in that City on Wed nesday, has the following remarks :—" It was there resolved that, in so far as Glasgow is concerned, an attempt shall be made to have the case of those who are suffering from the operation of the Corn-laws stated at the bar of the House of Commons, and made good by witnesses. " From the determined spirit manifested at the meeting, and from the growing keenness on the question throughout the city, we feel assured thas Glasgow will do its part. The other great manufacturing and commercial depots, however, must move along with us, or we can do nothing. A petition to be heard by counsel at the bar of the House, and allowed to adduce evidence in support of his allegations, emanating from Glasgow alone, will not be listened to. But simultane ous petitions to the same effect pouring in from London, Liverpool, Manchester, Birmingham, Sheffield, Hull, Not tingham, Bristol, Edinburgh, Dundee, Aberdeen, Belfast, &.c., the House will not dare to refuse. And if the prayer of these petitions be granted, the success of the similar move ment against the Orders in Council entitles us to say that the business will be done. All that Glasgow can do is by getting its petition weightily signed, and by getting a gua rantee fund subscribed to show that it is in earnest, and this will be done. We are now entitled to turn to our trading brethren in every town of the empire, and call upon them to join us, and we do call upon them most urgently. " We are not without hopes that they will respond to our call. The case in point, as the lawyers would say, the Repeal of the Orders in Council, is encouraging. The approbation of the plan expressed by the Spectator, among the Londott Journals, and by a whole host of Provincial Journals (see an extract elsewhere from the Manchester Times) is still more encouraging. But most of encouraging of all is the vehement and hysterical protest against it which we this day quote from the Morning Herald. The wailing and shrinking of our ad versary is the best invitation to repeat the blow which has made him wail and shrink. " The Sun has curiously misapprehended onr plan :—" We do not agree with the Glasgow Argus in deprecating public meetings to procure the abolition of the Corn-laws, which wo think cannot be too uumerous, nor can Anti-Corn-law Asso. ciations be too soon formed. The lectures already delivered have been too advantageous not to make us wish to see them extended.' The Sun's dissent from the Argus consists in making the identical recommendation which the Argus made_ In the citation from our columns in The Sun there stands ex actly sixteen lines above the passage we have quoted, these words:—' Around this central attack (the pleading and exa mination of witnesses at the bar of the House)—converging to it as a centre—public meetings to discuss the subject, petitions from all and any classes against the Corn-laws, itinerant lec tures upon these laws, will work with tenfold effect.' We never for a moment contemplated relinquishing or intermitting these means of working upon the public mind. We only said that while the cloud of tirailleurs was thrown out in advance, and upon the flanks, we must, at the same time, have a compact central body advancing to the charge. The only means of consolidating such a central body that has yet been proposed, is the plan which we suggested, and which the Glasgow Anti- Corn-law Association has made its own. We do not say that it is the best—it is the only plan that has yet been proposed. We reiterate the words of The Sun, ' Anti- Corn-law Socie- ties cannot be too soon formed,' for, if the plan in question is to have a fair trial, it is mainly by their instrumentality that it must be put in motion. " Again • do we recommend the proceedings of the Glasgow Anti-Corn-law Association to the serious attention and emulation of th e manu f actur i ng di str i cts. Their plan, if simultaneously adopted, gives fair promise of making an impression on the House of Commons. It divides the labour, and divides the expense of the struggle fairly. One counsel will do for all the petitioning districts : that ex pense will be in common. Each district can select its own witnesses, and defray the expense of sending them to London when needed. An excellent opportunity for a meeting of delegates from all such districts as may agree to petitions to the same effect as that about to be sent from Glasgow, is afforded by the great Anti-Corn-law dinner at Manchester, on the 23d instant. Merchants from all parts of Lancashire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire, Gloucestershire, and Scotland, can meet there to adjust the parts to be played in the great combined assault on the Corn-laws by their respective dis tricts. The signs of the times invite us. The monopoly colonial interest is in the descending—the demi-free trade of India in the ascending scale. Even the monopoly traders are becoming sceptical as to the benefit of restrictions and protections. The free traders feel every day more keenly the disadvantage at which they, tied hand and foot by our commercial restrictions, struggle with the young and grow ing strength of Continental and American competition. The landlords, themselves, are wavering. Now, if ever, is the moment for action ; and we have only the time between this and the meeting of Parliament for ripening our plans. We be lieve we arc warranted in saying that members of the Glas gow Anti-Corn-Law Association will be at Manchester on the 23,1 instant ; and we advise friends of free trade, from every district of the united empire, to make a point of meet ing them there. The requisite arrangements can nowhere be more appropriately discussed and settled than among the gallant spirits of that Chamber of Commerce, with whose late noble assault on the Corn-laws the whole country is ringing." MARYLEBONE LITERARY AND SCI- ENTIFIC INSTITUTION. An excellent Concert of the music class at this Institution took place last evening; and a most crowded audience re ceived with deserved applause the musical treat—of no com mon order—with which they were regaled. Mori, jun., elicited from the violin sounds the most beautiful and varied we re member for some time. Harper, on the trumpet, played a .solo as lie only could. In the vocal department Ransford was splen did ; nor must we omit the prima donna of the evening—Miss Cooper—who, in an aria of Rossini's, and in the charming " Happy land" of Rimbault, sang with a clearness and richness of tone which greatly delighted us, and in the latter two pieces we have mentioned drew down a rapturous encore. The glee singing was good; and the orchestra played some few overtures admirably. RATING OF THE GREAT WESTERN RAIL WAY.-At a meeting of the parishioners of St. Mary Ab bott's, Kensington, held yesterday, a long discussion took place relative to the rating of that portion of the Great Western Railway that passes through the parish. The distance is seven-eighths of a mile, and the parish surveyor had assessed it at 750/. The Company, taking the recent case of the Southampton Railway as their guide, offered first 300/., and ultimately 350/., until the line should be opened throughout, when it was understood the assess ment would be increased. Ultimately it was agreed that the parish surveyor, and Mr. Saunders, the Company's Secretary, should discuss the matter between them, with power to call in a third party, whose decision should be binding. An inquest was held yesterday afternoon in Great Portland-street, Marylebone, on the body of a ginger -beer maker, named Messenger, who cut his throat in a most desperate manner, while labouring under the two-fold in fluence of intoxication and of lowness of spirits, consequent upon certain fits to which lie was subject. Verdict —Tem porary derangement. The Police Gazelle of yesterday states that, on the previous morning, a horse and cab were stolen from the rank in Charles-street, Covent-garden, during the temporary ab sence of the driver (S. Ernes). A young man had to pay nearly 41. at Bow-street, for taking another horse and cab off the stand at Temple. bar, by way of a " lark." Y.) 8 pm• g pm . ig pin• 94% 33% . - IN , . '7SC. r. 4,C .i44i 11)2% X.) yor bc nt.