The Sun. — London, England, 1836-12-29 00:00:00

SPI . RIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS I' the Tories cannot gathcr (ids from brambles, they car L, at all events, pluck hope from defeat, and conso la don from disaster. When that virtuous and con-. istent Peer, Lord Lyndhurst, was first spoken of as a proposed candidate for the office of Lord Rector of Glasgow University, the Times (the especial organ of Lordship) applauded the design contemplated by the small section of unscrupulous masters and reckless boys in whose eves the hideous tergiversations of the Learned Baron had found favour. But so soon as the indignant revulsion of the more ingenuous of the stu dents, forming the majority, against the disgrace of being lorded over by such a man, became notorious, land rendered it 'indispensable to cast his Learned Lordship aside, and to exhume Sir Robert Peel from the retirement of Drayton, then the Learned Baron's organ, somewhat in the fashion of Macheath, professed' satisfaction a, the latter event, but in so melancholy a mood, and w'.th so bad a grace, that its hypocrisy was laid bare, v . :bile its chagrin was manifest. Our politi cal " Jiri Crow," though used to " Wheel about, turn about," with - wondrous agility and expertness, seemed on tins occr.sion to have forgotten his art of dexterous evolu tich. Nor does he seem to have yet altogether re :gained his self-possession. Look, for instance, to the lugubrious attempt yesterday to show buoyancy under the heavy blow aimed and struck at Toryism by the Town Council of Glasgow. There, hatred of his master's rival, has given way to fury against those who have exhibited a rather unpalatable sort of re-action against the principles and party which our "Jim" is now employed to cry up. The Town Council o f Glasgow would not be cajoled into an act whiti would assuredly have been made a handle of b'; the perfidi ous Tories in and out of Parliament--iftey refused to bestow any honour upon the plausible, smooth tongued, and slippery Baron'zt, and scouted the at tempt to wheedle them 'Ant() an apparent approval of Sir Robert Peel's public conduct ; and having thus signally attested their hostility to Toryism, even in its cloak and bonnet, the ribald journal to which we have already alluded deals at their heads a few of those noisome missiles which of late have formed its armoury. Nay, it even affects to be pleased at what has happened. Having formerly essayed to appear pleased at the compliment paid to Sir R. Peel by the beardless boys of Glasgow Uni versity, though that compliment, if it had any value, was necessarily a severe stigma upon Baron Lyndhurst, honest "Jim" now labours to look cheerful and pleased because the Corporation of Glasgow have refused thc honour of the eely Baronet's association. The article opens with the usual magniloquent phraseology. " There are," quoth Jim, " two modes of conferring a distinction. The first and most obvious is the homage pia by worth, intellect, all that ennobles our common kind, to some surpassing fellow-man, &c. &c. &c. The second mark of distinction is, however, still more complimentary to the qualities just spoken of ; when all that is mean, and base, and 'elle is brought to bear against the opposite of those qnalities," &c. &c. The English of ail this is, that Cie abuse of the base, &c., is " still more complimentary" than the homage of worth, intellect, and ail beside that ennobles our na ture. Now, we must beg leave to demur to this ethical dictum. It clashes with the laudari a laudato too glaringly to meet the approval of the well-edu cated gentleman upon whom the vulgar scribe intended to palm a bad compliment. But who is this " sur passing man" who has been, as we are told, doubly distinguished, first, by " the homage of all that en nobles our common kind ;" and, secondly, and in a - Manner " still more complimentary," by the opposi tion of " all that is mean, and base, and vile ?" It is none other than Sir Robert Peel—he of whom the Times (sneering at its origin and talents) wrote and published not very long ago, that his capacity was of a velveteen character, which wear and tear soon ren dered worthless ! And who are the " mean, and base, and vile," venom that journal denounces—for complimenting, mark you, the surpassing Baronet ? Why, the Town Council of the city of Glasgow. They are " all that is mean, and base, and vile," be cause they have indignantly declined to become instru mental, to the passing a cheat on the nation. If, as the Times dissembingly says, the rejection of Sir R. Peel by the Town Council of Glasgow is the highest mark of distinction that could have been conferred upon that " surpassing" master of face, wherefore, in the name of wonder, all this flirt flung at them by one who does really, " Every time he turns about, dance Jim Crow ?" If the homage of the " ardent youth" of a Scottish University—[time was when the "ardent youth" of Oxford and Cambridge were treated in a different fashion by the Lyndhurst organ]—if this be a high distinction, surely the surpassing piece of velveteen is sufficiently distinguished, particularly as we are as sured that it constitutes the materiel out of which the " certainly proximate Prime Minister of England" is to be wrought. The Corporation of Glasgow havt refused to allow it free importation into their city ; whereupon " Jim" waxes wroth while he begs leave to ask, " Is not this a political compliment to the Right Hon. Baronet ?" His partisans did not think so, for they struggled hard, and - had recourse to all manner of stratagem and ingenious devices, in order, if possible, to procure him the freedom of Glasgow, which, according to the wheelabont print, would be a degra dation. Ah I poor "Jim," this is ghastly smiling-- these are mournful congratulations. The fable of the fox and the grapes is a familiar one. Had Sir Robert Peel obtained the freedom of Glasgow, the cir cumstance would have been trumpetted through the land as a sign of the times—a proof of reaction in favour of Toryism —a certain precursor of the down fall of the 'Melbourne Administration, and the Town Council would have been lauded to the third heavens as men of talent, virtue, honour, wisdom, wealth— the depositaries of " all that ennobles our common kind." But Sir Robert has been repwa'iated, and our " turn about Contemporary would Fain make the world believe that the rejection is the highest compliment thar could be be paid the Wight Hon. Gentleman, and that they who rejected I .l6—the selected town-coun cillors of a large wealthy city—are " all that is mean, and base, P:id vile 1 " There is one passage at the close of the article on this subject so rich that we cannot o,eprive our readers of the pleasure we our selves dr.;rived from reading it. Here it is :—" We must say that by far the most complimentary act we ever could have anticipated in honour of Sir It. Peel is what think you ? " the refusal of the Town Council of Glasgow to inflict upon him any public compliment. It' . is impossible not to rejoice at this." Does Sir Robert think so ? Is he rejoicing at it ? Is it th e hi g h es t h onour A i: ever could 'have anticipated? It were a stran(""e Coin deuce if the faction really rejoiced at that w hi c h h as given pleasure to the friends of P_..etorm. Now, we say, too, that "it is impossible not to rejoice at this ;" viz., the rf-iusal of the To".vn 'Council Glasgow o f to confer public co'74liment upon a man who is in debt'ed for his w,sition to his opposition to Reform, 'Win) hates it perhaps in his heart more than Bafons Lyndlitur,,t or Wharncliffe, but who, from his wealth, is less dependent on thc party than the " bold Baron," and, can therefore take his own course. He has tact enough to see that open opposition to Reform, though it might be more comfortable to the more determined Tories, would diminish his influence with the House of Commons and the middle classes, and therefore his system is to cheat and not to bully, and to obtain by finesse vvlK.t it were vain to seek by force. The " ge neroul lend ardent youth" of the University have scouted Lord Lyndhurst—the experienced age and the Wealthy enterprise of the town have paid a similar compliment to Sir Robert Peel. Is it possible for the friends of Reform to have or to receive better cause for beartlealt congratulation ?-211orning Chrmicle. The position held by Lord Lyndhurst is not only eminent as regards his Lordship's grateful admirers Among the friends of the Constitution, but also triumphant when reference is made to the enemies of that Constitution, who are, it is almost superfluous to Bay, the enemies of the Noble and Learned Lord. The organs of Government are instructed to say that Lord Lyndhurst has been personally slighted by the fact of his not having been formally invited to the Glasgow dinner.. To men of ordinary delicacy, it would ap pear that the peculiar circumstances attending the elec tion of Sir Robert Peel were of themselves satisfac- tory, and that, however much the 'presence sf Lord Lyndhurst might be an object with the Conserva tives of Glasgow, that desirable political circumstance must be relinquished. What arc the simple facts of this case, which the Government papers are so anxious to distort ? They are, if we mistake not, simply these :—A Scotchman, and a barrister, holding the high professional office of the AttornerGenera'iship, ofkred himself to the suffrages of the young gentlemen of the University of Glasgow, and, as is well known, a very active canvass was resorted to for the purpose of insuring that Learned Gentleman's return. Lord Lyndhurst was proposed by the Conservative portion of this constituent body ; and on consideration, it was thought that a more decided majority could be cr len !tried on in favour of the late Prime Minister of Eng land ; Sir Robert Peel was, consequently, proposed for the Lord Rectorship. It should be remembered, that th,. Right Hon. Baronet had been before solicited to accept this distinction, and had, from private reasons, declined so doing. But let that pass. No sooner had Sir Robert Peel been placed in nomination, than the Whig-Radical press set to work at the vilification of Lord Lyndhurst, and bellowed through the rever berating columns of their hireling influence, that the Noble and Learned Lord was practically insulted by the educated classes in Glasgow, and that the . second city in Scotland was the last place nt his Lordship could find it advisable 'to appear. Mark, now, the inconsistency sistencll these person', —n* rather, the con aiways consiNtcut in wrong- The election. ;laving terminated in favour of Sir Robert Peel, the Right Hon. Baronet 'flaying accepted the honour conferred upon him, no public intimation having been offered to Lord Lynd hurst that his Lordship's presence at the approaching festival would, politically speaking, strengthen the 111 nifestation of Conservative feeling in Glasgow, the Noble and Learned Lord is sneered at, vilified, and vituperated, because be does not thrust himself in the Whig-Radical fashion on the presence of his admirers. It is really difficult to say how Lord Lyndhurst could, were he so disposed, shape his course so as to please the critics of that faction of which he has roved him self the most formidable foe. His Lordship does not go to Glasgow—he is forthwith reproached as fearing to encounter the Conservatives of the North. It is said that the Noble and Learned Lord proposes to at-• tend in the same city—he is then reproached for pre sumption. Again, it is found that no such design is entertained by the Noble and Learned Lord, and he is virulently abused for not having fulfilled the prediction of his political opponents. It must be fresh in the recollection of our readers, that the very journals now estimating the Glasgow festival , at its true importance in a politi ca l p o i n t of xlcw, a few weeks back affected to laugh at the election of Sir Robert Peel as a mere ebullition of schoolboy en thusiasm. Now, however, they deem it expedient to devote whole columns of their heavy activity, for the purpose of showing (as in justice to them it must be admitted they do show) the paramount importance of the approaching political exhibition in the North pre viously to the meeting of Parliament, and—for it is useless to mince the matter—to the ensuing general election. The appearance of Sir Robert Peel in Glasgow, the distinct and manly statement of constitu tional views and principles which the Right Hon. Gentleman will of necessity lay before those who are now striving with earnest rivalry for the proud privi lege of doing honour to so eminent a Statesman—o these circumstances will assuredly be found to jus tify even the rabid rage of the Whig-Radical jour nals. It will be seen that, not only the accomplished youth of the University of Glasgow—not merely the admitted foes of Lord Melbourne's Govern ment—the Noblemen, the Gentlemen, the Clergy men of this particular city of Glasgow—but that the intelligence, wealth, and respectability of Scotland will be aroused to a sense of the invaluable blessings of our Constitution, menaced as it now is by a despicable and dastardly Popish crew, and we are grieved to add, by a denationalized and disreputable Government. Never ) in our judgment, was that noble passage more strik ingly exemplified—namely, that " there is a Divinity which shapes our ends, rough-hew them how we may" —never was this more strikingly exemplified than in the political accident of Sir Robert Peel's invitation to Glasgow. To those who have watched the course of events in the northern part of the empire, it must have been obvious that public feeling on the part of the wealthy and well-informed classes has been for some time silently forming itself into a Conservative power. We have no wish to dwell on particular instances, or we might notice the not very recent but most remark able fact of the failure of Lord Glenelg, in the fresh ness of his peerage and the plenitude of his Ministerial influence, to appoint a successor in the important Scotch county which he represented previously to his elevation to the Upper House. We take a bolder view as to the; political feelings actuating our fellow-subjects in the north. We are of opinion that not only this or that particular county, but that the entire population of Scotland, is prepared to respond to the patriotic sum mons for which the Glasgow festival will afford a fitting, nay, a necessary occasion. Here we shall have no hunting after popularity, no hungering and thirsting after the lip-worship of public trenchermen, no spouting about Court influence or Ministerial power—in short, none of the paltry tricks of Whig-Radicalism ; no, we shall have an English statesman expounding his views with the sincere simplicity of a truly manly character, and the consequence may be clearly anticipated, trot only as regards the immediate hearers, but futtliennorc with reference to the large and influential portion of our fellow-countrymen north of the Tweed. This it is which makes the Government and its tools so furious. This it is which affords such well-founded satisfaction to the friends of the constitution thrm t 11 ) .iouthe empire. Since the above observations were written, we have received the report which appears in another column of the speeches delivered yesterday week at a meeting of the Students and Graduates of the University of Glasgow for the purpose of forming an association in honour of Sir R. Peel, under the title of " The Peel Club." Our readers, we are persuaded, will rise from a perusal of these speeches with the pleasing convic tion that it is impossible for sounder constitutional principles to have been anywhere urged more ably or more earnestly than at this meeting ; and few will fail to observe with the highest gratification the proof they furnish, that however the backsliding, and un principled " old Whigs " may cry up Tom Paine's system of education unconnected with Christianity, anO, Universities without religion, the rising gene ration stand fast in the faith, and spurn alike all such nurseries of Infidels, and the Nothingarian Government that has filled up the measure of its iniquity by founding them. We wonder what the nineteen noodles of the Glasgow Town Coun cil will say to this meeting. Is there no re-action at Glasgow when a University which, until the election of Lord Stanley, had almost always chosen a Whig Rector, have determined for the future to mark their sense of the base coalition of the Whig party with Papists, Infidels, and Rebels, by electing for the future none but men who will uphold the Constitution in Church and State ? The brainless baillies were afraid they should " stuitify themselves," forsooth, if they passed any compliment upon Sir R. Peel, — though the University of their city had elected him Lord Rector,—though thousands of the merchants and traders of Glasgow are preparing to receive him with distinguished honours,—and a larger number of the Glasgow operatives have at a public meeting agreed to welcome him with an address " expressive of their admiration of his talents and political principles, and their satisfaction at his election to the Rectorial Chair." Stultify themselves, indeed ! But this was a mere excuse of the Glasgow gabies, who knew well enough that they stood in no danger of self-stultification. An African might as well have said that he was afraid of making himself black in the face, as the Glasgow baillies that they should " stultify themselves," nature having been long beforehand with the parties in both cases. The truth appears to be, that the Glasgow Town Council were determined to rival that of Paisley in liberality, and the claims of the latter to respect and fame " thereanent" are thus told by a recent writer (the Laird of Logan) : " In August last," he says, " Professor NVilson he went,aeeepted an invitation to a public dinner in Paisley ; thithe r attended by his friend, Thomas Campbell, author of the Pleasures of Hope. The meeting was one from which po. HE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 29. 1836 who have experience to answer the question. Now let us take the other set of circumstances. The tsys tem sometimes works oteessively ill: It does so when die officer turns out to be a Ohair man says happened in his union, and, as 11 Veb d i knowingly adds, '' may happen elsewhere." This :irings us to rather a serious view of the . workingof this part of the new system. The fallowing is Mr. Sclat sit.tera n't " One of onr rOrroVilig• -Oft C'er's nn a system of fraud to a considerable extent Anihig (ye Pitiater• Of and endeavoured iso aolia Sdeelli;ri ny promieing 16. , g6Q vouchers, And t am not have any blame to charge theMSelve'S With; for We lk;Ctell upon high testimooitills; *`plinViA i!,; ur,; th e signatkkroi 4 his ielloW-townsfolk ; we took the usual security for his conduct ; we suspethtpd hiM frOiti hiS office within half An hthir the cious circumsl:ati f bhlc clerk lost no dine in applying to a Magistrate for a warrant fdr hiS aPprelibnsion bat he has hitherto chided the Piiriuit ti' the .ptili6e; and escap4 I ty . ii§t iirettdbl3 ,ii ', , htliplE of on the brlO.lier side of the picture ; but I declare it was partly under despair of electing any very desirable officer out of the class of personS, as candidates ,fAr A'PphiiqUient, that I proposes to our 80t'..", the division of the defaulter's district amongst the three remaining officers, for I consider our patrona g e the most arduous part of our duty, though I have generally re marked an unusually fall attendance of the guardians on Me days when this privilege was to be exercised. " 14 many respects I look upon this officer as but an in. different substitute., for the assistant overseer under the now almost obsolete statute 59 George 111., who was always resident within the sphere of his duties, and, not being de barred from pursuing . Whet avocations, could be engaged at a moderate salary." So much for that which Mr, Sclatet calls " the most novel and iiiiperiAnt part of the machinery' of the ne* within his cognizance, as Chairman of a union of 37 parishes. The medical part of the system, according to his account, works extremely ill, but the wonder is that anything should work well under the direction of persons capable of sanctioning such plans as are described under the head of "relief." " The books, or forms of accounts," says Mr. &later, " are no less than 28 in number, besides waste books and memorandum books ; so that not the smallest par ticle of relief can he granted without a great expendi ture of stationary." He supposes the case of a man in want of a loaf of bread, or half a bushel of flour ; there must be in the first place a note in writing of the names and ages of the man, his wife, and each child sepatately, the alleged cause of seeking relief, and, in short, the whole family history, all which particulars are afterwards neatly recorded in the Pauper's Descrip tion Book, and again in the Application and Report Book, containing 23 different columns. M ost of these particulars have then to be transcribed into the Abstract of the Application and Report Book, and all this must be done before the case can come before the Guardians for their solemn judgment upon it. Can any thing be more pedantically silly than this ? A modern writer of great celebrity has described political economy as " the formality of nonsense ;" and the transposition of the terms would well describe the re gulations of these politico-economic Poor Law Com missioners. Such regulations are, indeed, most em phatically, the nonsense of formality.—Morn. Herald. When a Government-Radical meets an Opposition- Radical in conflict, the result is not doubtful for a mo ment. No matter what the question may be upon which the dispute arises—Ballot, Tithe, Poor Laws— the cashiering of the Bishop of London, or the creat ing of the Bishop of Ripon—the turning of the Duke of Wellington into a commoner, or the transforming . of Mr. Scales into a Lord ; no matter who the com batants may be to whom the championship of their re spective causes is entrusted ; the True Sun demolishes the Morning Chronicle; the Daniel of Southwark slaughters the Daniel of Derrynane ; Sir William an nihilates Sir Hussey. The explanation of this is suf ficiently obvious. Both profess to reason from the same principles ; but the Opposition-Radical can only obtain power by acting upon them ; the Government Radical can only keep power by swerving from them. Mr. IVlacauley's speeches in defence of the Reform Bill will serve for the support of universal suffrage. Lord John Russell's argument for the appropria tion of a part of the property of the Protestant Church may be urged as a plea for the plunder of the whole. If the premises of the Ministers are correct the inferences of the Ministers' masters are irre sistible. Hence the necessity for shuffle, and prevari cation, and postponement, of the tactics of the friends of the Government in Ireland. Assume the principles of the Cabinet to be true—suppose the revenues of the Protestant Church to be rightly at the disposal of the State—conceive tithe, in short, to be not property, but tax—and we connot conceive on what grounds the O'Connells and the Sheils can hesitate in the adoption of Mr. O'Malley's scheme. They have formally an nounced their purpose to be satisfied with nothing less than the entire confiscation of the income of the Protestant Church. There remains the question to what uses it is hereafter to be applied. We can ima gine others more suited to the convenience or the necessity of the apostles of agitation. Mr. O'Connell would desire an augmentation of the rent ; Mr. Sheil would have some thousands forwarded to Tipperary for the promotion of the election of " Mr. Otway Cave' and me ;" Messrs. Grattan might fancy that a bonus of one hundred per cent. might properly be thrown back to the landlords. But they will hardly succeed in convincing persons less liable to sel fish influences that, if Parliament may newly appro priate the revenues of the Church, Parliament ought not to appropriate them at once to the relief • of the misery, the beggary, the disease, the starvation, of Waterford, of Limerick, and of Cork. The fact is, that, however the distresses of the poor may serve oc casionally to point a paragraph or round a period, the leaders of Irish agitation are for the most part essen tially uncharitable. Many a beggar to whom the ex posure of his sore is profitable knows that a hospital would be his ruin ; but when gentlemen earn their bread not by their own ills but by the ills of their neighbours, it would be too much to expect from them a disinterested application of remedies. In a little journal of a tour in Ireland, performed last winter, we find an amusing, and still a disgusting, instance of the extent to which mock humanity may differ from genuine benevolence. The journalist, after witnessing in Lime rick in one morning, more extreme destitution and suffer ing than his English eyes for the whole of his previous life had encountered, attended a meeting, called for the discussion of the question of poor laws, at which Mr. O'Connell attended, and held forth in his then usual strain against the introduction of compulsory relief, which " would interrupt, he feated, the flow of natural affection and spontaneous charity." The journalist, as the meeting was about to break up, remembering that hundreds, if not thousands, were actually naked, cold, and hungry, in the very next street, and might die of famine before Parliament could meet, turned to his neighbour, a clever Popish Priest, and suggested that, before the meeting should separate, a subscrip tion should be commenced for the relief of the existing distress. There seemed to be upwards of six hundred persons present—many opulent, all philanthrophic : surely a thousand pounds might be raised in five mi nutes. The Priest shook his head—" It would not do, it would not be popular." And from the parish in which this scene occurred Mr. O'Connell received, a few months_ afterwards, forty pounds, which had been collected in pennies at the chapel door.—Morn ing Post. Wednesday morning, the 14th instant, the keepers belonging to Sir John Guise's preserves at Churcham, near this city, heard several guns fired in rapid succession, and Lock, the head keeper, and two assistants, immediately ran to the spot, and in a field called the White-lands, adjoin ing the Ross road, they encountered six or seven poachers, one of whom they seized and endeavoured to secure, when they were attacked by his companions in a most determined manner, and a violent contest ensued, which continued for nearly half an hour. The keepers were armed with strong sticks, and the poachers fought some with the barrels of their guns, and others with extremely formidable bludgeons. At one time, notwithstanding the disparity of force, victory seemed inclined to favour the three keepers, but ultimately the poachers prevailed and succeeded in effecting their escape. The keepers were very severely bruised, but are now considered out of danger. The poachers also, no doubt, most of them carry about them marks of the affray, which may perhaps lead to their detection. A sharp look out has been kept for them, but they have hithf.rto eluded discovery. A reward of 50/. is offered for their apprehen sion.—Gloucoter Journal. lities of every description were excluded ; but hear it, ye Liberals !—when a motion was made for conferring the free- dom of the town upon our two countrymen—men whose names arc justly lwld in admiration all over the world-4 received a NroArrivr, FROM A or ifIE TOWN- Cotiscm! Alas? *ht ha've Reformers been struggling for ) when such a rancorous spirit of exclusion con tinues. to predominate in their Councils? Arc the owls and the hats (fit emblems of ignorance and political bigotry) for ever to nestle in our sacred places, and the loathsome spirit of party, under the specious mask of liberality, still, toad-like, to spit its venom from the scat of authority ?" The writer adds, "We have been told, by way of extenuation, that the learned professor has for some time been a freeman of his native town, and that it was the author of the Pleasures qf Hope alone who in curred the chilling frown of our aristocratic Liberals ; the reasons assigned for this marked instance of displeasure being, in the first place, the contamination his principles are supposed to have suffered by keeping company with the editor of Blackwood; and, next, that it was intimated to the Council by the treasurer, that the expense of the requi site stamp would amount to the enormous ,sum of THREE POUNDS !— a burden which .was deemed too serious to be I inflicted on a town which wily :ranks as second in c9llllllCf cial importance in Scotland." Such is the stuff of which I:, n 17 , • ui ' - Radical Liberalism is made : and if 'Lly one: desire farther proof that l it is w!stittl'..ng and selfish as it is shoi;t!.?inl%';'.q. ''.. l , stu pid, let him hear what l4aiiia 14kier, of •Glasgow, said, in opposio6 lin ';notion for conferring the freedom of the titV 'On Sir It. Peel :- . .L-" if there was any public art which Sir R. Peel had done for which he could Izive_him credit, he would do so. Needed he to say, that there was only one act which he did approve— namely, his granting Catholic emancipation ? He did give him credit for that; but he did not feel warranted in giving hint a vote of thanks, bottlin, as they all knew, that Glasgow WaS riot a Catholic city." So, because GlasgoW i not a Catholic city, Bailie Ban kier wilt giver no thanks for Catholic ernan'6oiitiv.i.n. ! Of course he will give none for 00 al%lition of negro slavery, as there are tVd Y,\Aves in Glasgow. Joe Miller has a storr ~ .q a matt who, remaining unmoved during f.%. ::•arnon that drew. tears from the eyes of the rest of ' the congregation, excused his indifference on the ground " that he did not belong to the parish." The man must have been a near relation of Bailie Bankier. —Times. The budding premise from which the Tories anti cipated such fruitful results in Glasgow has been prematurely blighted, and nothing feinains of their splendid expectations but bitterness and .disappoint ment. The hope Which so cheeringly blossomed in the hothouse of the University, has bdai Withered by tetposure to the natural end bracing atmosphere of the Common Countii. had Sir Robert Peel been left in the . g*Yeenhouse conservatorg, he might, no doubt, have flourished the pride " o' them a' ;" but his friends, in their injudicious zeal to exhibit him, and increase his blushing honours, have ruined all in the attempt to transplant him into an uncongenial soil. The glories which he was about to put forth in such luxuriance have all sickened and died, and the Lord Rector of the University has been declared unworthy to associate with the freemen of the City of Glasgow ! Adieu, a long adieu to all his greatness I The mode in which the attempt was made to foist Sir Robert Peel into the freedom of the City of Glasgow is as amusing in itself as it is instruetiVe of the tactics of the Tories. The supporters of the Hon. Baronet urged that his admission to the freedom of the city was net a political question, and had nothing whatever to do with his political principles—and that he was a man of great classical attainments. At the very moment when the Tories are boasting of Sir Robert's election to the Lord-Rectorship—an office which, at least, should be unconnected with politics, however faction may endeavour to prostitute it to its selfish purposes—as a political triumph, they have the shameless effrontery to assert that the question of conferring upon him the freedom of the city of Glas gow ie not a political question ! The intention of this fraud was evidently to lull the honest burgesses into in differenoe—" to steal a march upon them"—but had the stratagem succeeded we should immediately hear the welkin ring with the triumphant war song of th e enemy. The ground taken by Mr. Douglas, who led the opposition to this attempted outrage on the free dom of the City of Glasgow, by the introducti on o f the very man who most strenuously opposed th e free dom of that city, was impregnable. He moved as an an amendment— " That this Reformed Council, who owe their seats to that Reform which was opposed by the party of which Sir Robert Peel was the leader, cannot, without stultifying themselves, offer him a vote of approbation." What makes the rejection of Sir Robert the more mortifying to his party, is the recollection that in 1830, when Lord 'Lansdowne was elected Rector of the same University, the freedom of the city was bestowed upon his Lordship without a dissentient voice. How very like a re-action this looks! A leading member of the present Government was unanimously admitted to the freedom of the second city of Scotland in 1830, and in 1836, when a leading member of the Opposition becomes a claimant for admission under similar cir cumstances, he is rejected by a majority of nearly two to one. The mere freedom'of the City is in itself of little or no consequence ; to Sir Robert Peel it would be in trinsically valueless—as was observed, " the value of the thing did not exceed 2s. 6d., but as a mark of ap proval of the character to which it was presented." It is as a testimony of the individual enjoying the con fidence and esteem of his fellow citizens, that the admission to the freedom becomes stamped with a value and importance, that renders it not only acceptable, but a gift of inestimable price to the highest and noblest members of the community. Verily, the honest burgesses of Glasgow have formed a correct estimate of Sir Robert Peel's political worth when they refused to give him half-a-crown upon its credit. It will require an extraordinary effort on the part of the greenhouse scions to compensate for the falling off that's here.— Morning Advertiser. When men report concerning the success of their own labours, or undertake to describe the working of a new system in the success of which they have a strong personal interest, a little bias may naturally be ex pected. If it should happen that the system has not produced uniform results—that they have been in sonic cases favourable, but in others very much the reverse—it is scarcely to be expected from human virtue, especially Commissioners' virtue, that there should not be much more said about the former re sults than the latter. We suspect that the flattering account which the Poor Law Commissioners are (no doubt very conscientiously) enabled to give of, the working of their new plans, is owing, at least in some degree, to the power of selection, of which they are too " liberal" not to avail themselves. It would then be, perhaps, no more than a salutary caution if the public were to look to the reports of such persons as can have no interest in selecting the exclusively favourable results of the new system. The Chairman of the union of 37 parishes at Basingstoke gives us a view of the good, but also of the evil which has grown out of the new system. We think he may be listened to with at least as much confidence in his impartiality as that which is due to the Poor Law Com missioners. Well, then, the Chairman of the union of the 37 Hampshire parishes tells us that, with re gerd to the agency of " relieving officers" in the dis tribution of relief, the system works sometimes ad mirably well, and sometimes excessively ill, accord ing to circumstances. Now let us see what these circumstances are, and from thence we may form a judgment of what will be likely to happen the "general run" of cases. " This part of the machinery' he says, " works admirably well when the officer happens to be intelligent, active, mild, and patient in temper, yet, at the same time, firm and undaunted, generally acquainted with the previous habits, characters, dis positions, and capabilities of the poor within his dis trict ; unembarrassed in his own private circum stances, a good accountant, and an honest man !" We need hardly thank any system for working well in the hands of such an admirable creature as this. But is it probable that many such singularly gifted beings will be found to offer their services to the guardians of parish unions ? Our worthy Chairman adds to his charming description, this somewhat damp in, observation :—" We expect all these qualifications out of a class of candidates who had no previous occu pation, or none worth retaining, and for a salary of about 801. per annum." A reasonable expectation truly ! Is it probable that such phoenixes are to be caught with a bait of 80/. a year ? We leave those CHURCH RATES. Speech of the Rev. J. E. GILES at the Great Meeting at Leeds, on Thursday last, on the Church Rite Question. .The Rev. J E. GILES (Baptist Minister) said, as Aid. flail lido Opposed the resolution on the ground of his being aim of , 9o(I, the question arose in what concerned ior , be i, propagated way God hail commanded ins" ling the same and and lie called upon that g:.ntleman, and Au nu. Wrl% sinzle precept or example in the New 7 s " taaient of any aiteiii;l. 4.q fralv.l., money from men, con trary id .Wishes . and consent, Pi* tbo purpose of ?;t4k r „,lliiii religion:--= L6tid Applause.) Time C3' , !Mc" 0 /e}• were thwa advocatln,f' .6:fo of Him who said---:" Whatsoever ye would lull ?+!h'i sli9uld do unto d,13 Stir ritiB iftito filets. " Would IL iv. 1 1 4 all; as a Protestant, ;;!,: Willing that the Cathonct should tax him to the support 4i4i'„ Cathedrals ; would lie; us ;In Episcopalian, say he was willing Indepen daio 141+1 i 8 the support of Independency 10'001 he, as an advocate et recession and episcopal Ordination, say he was willing to .i.l.+eo to support the OriattillBriso ifreTtilarities cf the conventicle Hall eitne:' W:11 not willing so to be LAtd, (Mr. Hall—Not willing.) iid he was not willing applause)—then let him do to otif6f "*he would tlidt td him.—( Loud cheers, and a fict.: , on in the crowd, apparently a Prerative Conservative," called out " The Regiuin donum. : j As ft Dissenter, he abotnitiritcd the Rep,ium donum, and in so sayiii IN spoke the sentiment of the gftutt body of Dissenters ; there i-tot scarcely a Dissenter in the countrY Sbo advocated it, but those who had to do with it.—( Applause.) Tito gentle man alluded to seemed to think it would be unjust to Vod to do away church-rates ; but surely it would not be un just to God to propagate his religion in the way be had commanded.—(The Upcfatito Conservative--.." He com manded an Established Church.") If the person who said so would show the passage of Scripture, he Wonld give up the *held question directly, and would show him,.in tilts i'ery next passage, that foil 64 Commanded us to commit murder. ( Dr. Hunter—" build a temple hi Jettigalorn to my name."— The Operative Conservative—" Our Saviothi' Bays---` Thou art Peter, and upon this rock will I build my churcli.'")— Peals of laughter.) It had been said—What was to be come of the poor ? where were they to go to ? Why, it was well known, the greater part of the poor who were re ligiously disposed, had found out where to go to, for they were regularly seen in the Dissenting places of worship— (loud applause)—where there was not only specific accom modation provided for them, but the doors were open to everybody, who had a right to go in till the place was foil. In answer to the question, what was to become of the poor who were wandering like sheep without a shepherd,he would say there were shepherds enough, if they would only look after the sheep.—(Applause.) Let them look at Ireland.-- (Tremendous cheering.) Though it was a fast that the Church of Ireland had a larger revenue, and more -wealth at its disposal than any other religious body, yet, notwitb , standing all this wealth to make provision for looking after the poor, notwithstanding the number of shepherds too, the poor were left to wander like sheep without shepherds.— (Applause.) It had been said the poor would suffer in temporal things, as though the Dissenter's did nothing for the poor in that respect. Did they not bear their share of the burden of poor rates ? Besides that, was it not the re gular practice in Dissenting chapels, once a month, to collect for the poor ? Twelve collections, annually, in every place of worship, went to the support of the poor ; and were it not for that, the poor rates would be much heavier than they are.--(Loud applause.) They were told, on the other hand, for arguments were drawn from opposite sources, that they ought to submit, because the Church was the most wealthy part of the community, or they would not receive such con tributions from their wealth as had hitherto been the case. But if they were the most wealthy portion of the commu nity, why did they come to the Dissenters for support ? ( Applause.) What became of the argument drawn from the poverty of the people? Were the poor to be taxed for the support of the rich ? Were the poor, who were willing to build and support their own places of worship, to be taxed to supply the want of zeal or inclination on the part of the rich ? Surely if the friends of the Establish ment were more wealthy, as he believed them to })e, he might submit to them, with great confidence, whether it was not a disgrace that they were unable to look after that part of religious exertion which they ought to make for the advancement of the cause of God.—(Loud applause.) He trusted that whatever was done would be done with the best possible spirit, with firmness, yet with kindness, benevolence, and Christian feeling. They knew not in what way this great question now taking hold of the public mind might be settled, and what might be the determination of the Al mighty Ruler of all events respecting it ; it might be, in consequence of abuses, that he had seen fit to manifest his power in the way of judgment. But that they knew not ; and it did not become them as creatures to launch forth the thunders of the Creator, in noisy fulminations, or the vin dictive fury and flashes of a bitter and uncharitable spirit, but rather to imitate the spirit of their Lord and Saviour, who, while he lived and died for the truth, ministered truth with love.—(Loud applause.) At a meeting last week of the Literary and Philo sophical Society of Carlisle, Dr. Barnes read an essay on the topography of Cumberland, and stated among other things that silver and copper are now got in great quan tities in several places of the county. At Newlands, near Keswick, a very rich mine of gold was discovered by David Holchester, a German, in the time of Queen Eliza beth, but was discontinued working in consequence of a memorable law-suit between that Queen and the Earl of Northumberland, the lord of the manor of Derwentfells. CAPTAIN MARRYAT'S NOVELS.—The admirers of Captain Marryat's singularly graphic productions will be pleased to hear that an illustrated edition of his popular novels is on the eve of appearing in monthly volumes, to be published with the magazines. The series will com mence with i‘ Peter Simple," of which Coleridge said, " have received a great deal of pleasure from some of the modern novels, especially Captain Marryat's Peter Simple.' That book is nearer Smollett than any I re member. It is, indeed, an admirable novel, and worthy of the noble service it is written to illustrate."—Spectator. — The first volume will appear on the 2d of January. Those who are doomed to undergo the misery of journeying as an outside passenger on a stage coach at this inclement season, usually adopt measures with the view of ameliorating their discomfort, which tend greatly to aggra vate it. They huddle round the fire to the last moment, and, when summoned to mount, gulp down hastily a glass of ardent spirits, and betake themselves to their places, where the inefficacy of their nostrum is very speedily at tested by their chattering teeth and shivering limbs. To attain the maximum of comfort the circumstances admit of they should drink a tankard of ale, cold from the tap, and rub their hands, ears, and faces with snow, immediately before they start. This will produce a glow more lasting and agreeable than any other artificial means is capable of producing. A considerable increase in the sale of Mr. Col burn's " New Monthly Magazine" is anticipated, in conse quence of Mr. Hook's having undertaken the editorship. Its publisher could certainly have adopted no step more calculated to increase the interest of its pages than the availing hiraself of the talents and resources of the distin guished and witty author of " Savings and Doings." On this score alone it may be predicted that the " New Monthly" will hereafter be as pre-eminent for its mirth and humour as it has hitherto been (and will no doubt continue to be) for its literature and arts, and we think the public have reason to congratulate themselves much on the occe sion. DREADFUL ACCIDENT AT DERBY.-An alarm ing accident, by which three individuals were severely in jured and one killed, occurred on Thursday last, at Derby. About three o'clock in the afternoon the residents in Agar street, near the Friar-gate, were alarmed by a sudden and tremendous crash, and on proceeding to the spot from whence the noise issued, it was found to arise from a beam of cast iron, which supported the floor of the fourth story of a newly-erected mill (which was nearly completed), having given way. The floor in its descent bore down those underneath it to the ground, and George Harlow, Thomas Tomlinson, and John Hecley, who were at work in the mill, were most severely injured. Another workman, named George Watson, was unfortunately killed on the spot, and his mutilated corpse was not rescued from the ruins until half-past seven o'clock in the evening.—Derby shire Paper. THE DUCHESS DE LA VALLIERE.—The trans lation of this historical romance, which has been just pub lished, in consequence of the announcement of Mr. Bulwer's drama, is attracting much attention. Indeed the history of Mdlle. de la Valliere is so interesting, and the period in which she lived so brilliant, that it might have been ex pected to furnish the ground-work for a dozen romances. Those who have not perused the present work have a rich literary treat to enjoy. A GIGANTIC SADDLE.--All extraordinary saddle of mutton was lately exhibited at Gainsborough, from a sheep bred and fed by Mr. Thomas Holthy, on a farm be longing to Sir C. Anderson, on the High Wolds, in the East Riding of Yorkshire. At one year old its. weight alive was 22st. 81b.—two years old, weight 26st:f;--at three years old, weight before slaughtered was 27st. 21b.—Fed on grass, turnips, rape, and oats. The saddle weighed 4st. 81'o., the fat over the whole saddle nearly five inches thick, and equally laid on. When killed the quarters weighed 671 b. each.—Country Paper. A few clays ago three seamen, part of the crew of an Irish vessel loading coal at Loughor, placed a large iron pot of fire just kindled in the forecastle previous to going to bed, having first nearly closed the hatch ; in the morn ing all three were found dead in bed.—Carmarthen Journ u t. BVORTING INTELLIGENCE. GRAND RUN WITII or BUCCLEUCH'S Fox H0t , 73178. —This gallant pack has again taken the field in Pecbleshire. :;o:ne days ago they threw off at the huntinz seat of Lora in:d an canner had they drawn the cover at the south-- cast cortnt of the Copsewood than they iliund. as game a fox as ever Ivagged tail. He went off in a slap style, with his nose pointing to the old romantic tower of Elibank. The hounds, with brilliant scat, with heads up and sterns down, went off in a style of dashing aniteletion. Reynard, on reaching d,, : 4 ruin, made a short but graceful pause, to enable those of his followorg who had a taste of picturesque to take a cool and deliberate view of the old tower in passing, and at the same 4iste to take a glimpse into the vale cf the Tn.-ed, where, at the eMte , e,ity, is to be seen Asilysteil Ilouse, long the resi dence of' tile " great unknown." The alarming sounds of the bow-wows intlinnted to, foxey that the enemy was at hand, flier4ftrre the sooner he was off the better. Taking the hint, away lie tient at a rattling rate for the Lapwinglaw. The pe destrians, who were situated on Thornylee Craig, on the oppo .ite baniia of the Tweed, bad an admirable view of Reynard erid Vi'.7jallant pursuers foe several miles, until they reached Hi g h Pnibt, Cairn, when they were lost to the view for some minutes, from !lie mantling mist which hung over the heath covered mountains of the forest ; at this moment the music If 11.1 hounds became faint as an echo, on account of the great speed at tsMgli they were travelling. It is a ;:-tct. well-known to every sportsrnert that hounds cannot go very fleetly and at the same time tongue; such a union is impossibte. On the re-aftpem-ance of Reynard it was evident that he had outwitted his pursuer* in turning the Cairn, by throwing them of course at least half a mile; still, poor foxey found it rather up -bill work, even in descending from the summit of the mountain, to keep at that respectable distance from his pursuers, he .so anxiously wished for. Again reaching the hanks o f the Tweed. he took shelter in the cover wherein he was first found, but its a few seconds the blood-thirsty notes of his enemies again .as sailed ide tiers, and knowing, as he did, the mischievous inten tions of hie followers, he was compelled to break, and went off at a slashing pace pace for Minchmoor Top, with the gallant pack close at his heels. On reaching the summit of the mountain poor Todlowrie found himself so hard pressed by his pursuers that he was again compelled to descend into the val ley of Glenmeade Hope. On reaching the Warlock Know, which is of a pyramidical form, poor Reynard scampered round and round its bitse for some time, with hounds close to his brush, till at length he began to gain ground upon his followers, When the scene became a truly novel one, as it had mu se the appearance of the fox chasing the hounds than the hounds the fox, as frequently the last dog was much .nearer the object Pf his pursuit than the first. Reynard, however, having got tired of his circular motion, darted from the course, and took shelter below a large flat stone, which was immediately lifted up, when poor foxey was ushered into the presence of his sa vage pursuers, and in an instant was torn into a thousand pieces, gobbled up in the general growl, an sng and smooth, dry and warm, and cozy as he was an hour d and u a half ago ex actly, in the furze bush in the cover, he is now piecemeal in, about fifty stomachs; and is he not, pray, well off for sepul ture ? Immediately when the music of the hounds had ceased the cry of human distress was distinctly heard from the valley below, which instantly attracted the attention of the pedes trians, who were situated on the summit of Pyctside, and who at one single glimpse into the vale of the Tweed discovered re human being floating down the stream ; in an instant a general rush took place, and on reaching the banks of the Tweed they discovered this to be no less an individual than little Johnny Hope, the Caberston cow-herd, who was waddling down the stream nose-deep, struggling between death and life with an immense salmon which he had hooked nearly a mile up the thee. From the shortness of his line he was compelled to wade stream and pool, and not unfrequently at the hazard of his life ; however, before any assistance could be rendered little Johnny, he felt, from the sensitive properties of his rod, that that the monster of the deep was beginning to lose strength, when immediately a voice from Coldstream reached the ears of the young piacator— " Reel tip, reel up, one sullen plunge, • He takes out line no more; Head down the stream, then haul him in, He gasps upon the shore. He gasps upon the shore, my boys, His weight an English stone, As beautiful a thing in death, As eye e'er gazed upon." The young angler, who had certainly proved himself game from head to heel, was so overjoyed at having captured so large a fish with such flimsy tackle, that it was some minutes after he was safely landed on terra firma before he could give utterance to a single word ; at length he broke silence by stating to the crowd which had assembled around him that at a little past eight o'clock, when he was attending the cows at the head of the Barn Walls, a pool well known to many an an angler, he observed a salmon coging on the surface of the water, near the side ; and as he recollected of having frequently heard his father state that this was almost a never-failing prog nostication of a fish being in the humour for taking a fly, he immediately set to work and made from the hair of a cow's tail a line of about twelve feet in length, and the only hook he had was a small bait one, which was given him by a friend of the writer in passing to the hunt. Upon this he put wings from the feathers of a wood-pigeon, which he found on the banks of the river, and with a little of the brown hair from Crumbie's back, in place of a hackle, and with a small quantity of white pulled from the forehead of Hawkie, fur the tail or tip, he finished what might be considered no faint imitation of the Juniper Bank death fly. The rod was solely composed of the branch of the rowan-tree. Immediately upon the line being attached, he cast his fly into the river, when up came the fish and seized his hook, which proves to a demonstration that no one, however ingenious, can make a fly, be the colour what it may, but what will kill a salmon, provided he keeps within bounds with regard to size.—Edinburgh Courant. Loan ELcno's Fox HOUNDS.—This gallant pack have ac quitted themselves extremely well during the last seven weeks. The sports have never been more magnificent in Berwickshire, and thirteen and a half brace have rewarded them for their toil. On the 13th instant they met at Elmford, but Reynard was absent without leave. At the covert of Smiddyhill, how ever, he was seen, and made away by the north of Elmford, crossed the Whittader, climbed Roughside, and running] over St. Bathan's hill, entered Munroe's cover. But, being unsafe here, he passed Cockburn Law, down to the Whittader, and crossed at the Mill; then, bending to the Stanchel, he sought Baird's cover at Prestoncleuch, doubled, as if making for Buncle Wood, when he was headed, and again crossed the Whittader, below Broom House. From thence he found his way to Manderston Mains, where he bade the pack adieu. The bounds came now to check, when a brother of Reynard's got up, who led the way to Kelloe Bastlo cover, round by White law, Middlestocks, Grcenknow, back by Kimmerghame Mains, and up the Blackadder to near Nisbet Mill, and thence, cross ing the fields, entertained the pack to a feast in Pulton Mill Quarry, after a run of two hours and ten minutes, The stud of horses have performed their duties nobly. His Lordship's groom, Bob Carlyle, grandson of the famous Will Carlyle, who was huntsman to Colonel Renton of Mordington, is a thorough-bred one. The hounds left Dunse Castle on Satur day last for East Lothian, and will return, we believe, in Fcb ruary.—Berwick Warder. STUFFING FOR A GODS);.-Billy W., and his wife Sally, two relics of the old school, who reside at Barnsley, bethought themselves the other day, for the first time since their marriage, that they would have a goose for dinner. Sally, with no small degree of consequence, went to the market and purchased one ; and on her return home she said to her husband, " Now, Billy, my lad, what is it to be stuft wee ?" " Owt ats green, Sally, my lass," replied the delighted husband, who marched off to his work, in expecta tion of returning at noon to a glorious dinner. The dinner hour arrived, and off Billy started, snuffing his nose as he trudged along, fancying he smelt the stuffing , . Grace hav ing been said, Billy commenced carving the goose, and Sally held her plate for a leg. " Stop a bit, my lass," said Billy, " " wots this here ?" pullinr , a quantity of green worsted from the inside with his fork. •` Why, stuffing to be sure, Billy ; didna tha sa it wor to be stuft wi owt at wor green ? and we'd nowt else i't house at wor green but that." This is literally a fact.—Leeds Intelligencer. DESSERT FRUIT KNIVES AND FORKS. Plated on Silver Steel Blades. Blades. Plain Ivory handles, silver ferrules, per dozen pair.. £3 3 0 XS 18 6 Carved ivory handles, silver ferrules, per dozen pair 316 6 9 0 Plain pearl handles, silver ferrules, per dozen parr... 4 4 (1 11 11 0 Carved pearl handles, silver ferrules, per dozen pair o 8 0 12 19. 0 King's pattern or Queen's pattern, silve r handles 616 6 1 4 14 0 T. COX SAVORY, Working Gold and Silversmith, 47, Cornhill, London. N.B. A Pamphlet containing a list. of the prices of Silver Plate, Plated Goods, Watches, Clocks, &c., may be had gratis, or will be forwarded in answer to a post-paid application. On the 27th inst.. in John's-street, St. James's-square, the lady of 11. R. Abraham, Esq., of a son. On the 25th inst , at , Woodford, Essex, the lady of J. K nock', Esq., of a daughter, still-born. On the 23d lust:, at Eton, the lady of th e Rev. R. Okes, f daughter. MARRIED. At St. George's Church, Hanover-square, Colonel Durant, o On the 28th inst., at St. Margaret's, Westminster, Miss Jones. Es., of Caher, in the county of Tipperary, solicitor, Maaret q Wright,shaw of Cavendishsquare, only daught.er to of the late W. Wright, Esq. Bra James Barry, DIED. On the 19th inst., at Bolton Percy, Yorkshire, Frances Egon toPt eldest daughter of the Venerable Archdeacon Mar Annkham. fe of Jo hn On the 27th inst., at R oe h am pton, Mary ,wi Bowden, Esq., of Grosvenor-place. On the 27th inst., in Baker-street.,Mrs. Carne, relict of L ieut.. Col. Carne, of Woodhill, Danbury, Essex. On the 25th inst., aged 26, Anne, wife of J. Nash, jun., E s q" of Reigate, and daughter of Mr All Lainson, of Euston-square e. et, On the 10th inst., Franc is Henr y , second son of J. P. Str Esq., of Colebrook-terrace, Islington. On the 26th inst., Thos. Tyson, Esq., of Cannon-street. On the 22d inst., Ann, wife of Wm. Illoxhatn, Esq., of alton. ham, Cornwall, and daughter of the late Sir R. 13nrriett, of Norden Hall, Surrey. On the 25th inst., in Devonshire-street, Airs. Maria Francklins eldest daughter of the late Rev. Dr. T. Francklin, formerly reek Professor in the University of Cambridge, and Chaplain to King aged 64. George 111., aged 76. On the .sth inst., at Lodge-place, Regent's-park, Alexander Pearson, Esq., late Surgcon to the Hon. East India Company's Factory at Canton. London : Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG, of 0. 112, Strand, at The Sun Office, No. 112, Strand, i n the c ount of Middlesex,—Thursday, December 29, 1836.