The Sun. — London, England, 1839-12-10 00:00:00

EV P I NING FDITION. &MEETING OF PARLIAMENT. We subjoin a copy of the Circular addressed yester. day to the Ministerial Members by Lord John Rus aell : " The meeting of Parliament being fixed for Thurs• day the 16th of January, I take the liberty bir request ing your attendance in the House of Commons on that day, and of apprising you that business of the greatest Importance to the interests of the eountry may be ex pected immediately on the opening of the Session. “ J. RUSSELL.” i COURT CIRCULAR. / WlN;attoft, Morfaa-e.—Sir Thomas Phillips, the late Mayor of Newport, was presented to the Queen by the liar quis of Norm 4an b y, to-day, at the Castle, and re cei.ved the ho ;our of Knighthood from her Majesty. I Lord Seaton and the Hon, William Temple are ex -1 Pected on a visit to her Majesty. The Queen promenaded for some time on the Ter , race of the Castle, attended by Lady Barham, the Hon. Miss Pavt, the Hon. Mi ss A nson , L a d y Ger ' tu ner ,Viscottnt Melbourne, and others of the Royal Suite. "fhe M arqu i s o f N orman b y, t h e E ar l of Al b emarle, V iseottnt Palmerston, Lord Holland, Lord John Rus sell, Lord William Russell, the Right Hon. Francis Baring, Hon. Miss Lister, Sir Thomas Phillips, and Mr. Charles F. Greville, arrived this morning at the Caste, and, with the exception of Mr. Baring, are ex pec'ied to join the Royal Circle at dinner. Lady Ca ro%ine Barrington is also expected to join the Royal eAinner party. Her Majesty held a Privy Council at one o'clock yesterde.y afternoon, at Windsor Castle. It was at tended by the First Lord of the Treasury, the Secreta ries of State for the Home, Foreign, and Colonial De part•Anents, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Chan cellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, and tbe Master of tree Horse. Mr. C. Greville was the Clerk of the Council in f 'Waiting. At the Council Parliament was ordered to be further prorogued from Thursday next, the I2th inst., and a Proclamation was ordered to be issued, summoning the Parliament to meet on the 16th of January, for the despatch of public business. The Chancellor of the Exchequer toek his departure from Windsor Castle after the Council. The Princess Augusta visited her Majesty the Queen Dowager yesterday at Marlborough House. The Duchess of Cambridge, Prince George, and the Princesses Augusta and Mary of Cambridge, attended by Miss Kerr, left their residence at Kew yesterday morn ing, on a visit to the Duke and Duchess of Beaufort at their seat, Badminton, Gloucestershire. The Duke of Cambridge left the seat of the Earl of Denbigh, Nevin ham Paddocks, Warwickshire, yesterday, to meet the Duchess at Badminton. The Marquis of Normanby left town yesterday morn ing to attend the Privy Council at Windsor Castle. The Right Hon. H. Labouchere left town on Satur day for Brighton. Despatches from Sir G. Gipps, Governor of New South Wales, were received yesterday at the Colonial Office. The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council sat yesterday. Mr. Sergeant Spankie and Mr. Pemberton, Queen's Counsel, were beard in Chowdry v. Mullick, from Bengal, ex parte. Mr. Sergeant Stephen and Mr. Rennalls for the appellant, and Mr. Burge, Queen's Counsel, for the respondent, were heard in Fraser v. Fraser, against an award of the Commissioners of Com pensation, respecting property in Berbice. Mr. Sergeant Stephen having replied, the Court rose. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS. Baron Wenkheim, at Mivart's Hotel, Brook -street, from Melton Mowbray; the Hon. J. Knox, from a tour on the Continent; Earl Cadogan, in Piccadilly, from a visit to the Earl and Countess of Sandwich, at Hinchinbroke House, Huntingdonshire; Sir Charles Des Vceux, in Har ley -street, from Leamington Spa; Sir George and the Misses Talbot ; Lord Cassillis ; the Right Hon. Sir George Cockburn ; M. Fortescue, Esq. ; Earl of Oxford ; Sir James M'Gregor ; Lord Abiager ; the Hon. Capt. Wat son ; the Dowager Lady Keith ; the Earl of Ashburnham, the Hon. J. Ponsonby ; Lord Mulgrave ; Lord Beresford; G. H. Ward, Esq., at the Cavendish Hotel, from his seat, Northwood Park, Isle of Wight; Donald Campbell, Esq., at ditto, from Paris ; W. Penrose, Esq., at ditto, from Ireland ; R. Keane, Esq., at ditto, from ditto ; H. Mar tin, Esq., at ditto ; H. Welden, at ditto, from Brighton ; B. Welden, Esq., at ditto, from ditto; Earl Spencer, Lord Barham, the Hon. Colonel and Mrs. Anson. DEPARTURES. The Marquis of Waterford, from the Cavendish Hotel, for Melton Mowbray ; Lord William Beresford, from ditto, for ditto; Lord George Loftus, from ditto, for the Continent ; F. Duffield, Esq., from ditto, for Bradford ; W. Smith, Esq., from ditto, for Bath ; James Fergusson, Esq., from ditto, for Windsor; ST Thomas Cochrane, for the Continent ; Lord and Lady Jemima Eliot, from Port Eliot, for Cornwall ; Lord Henry Russell, for Paris ; Lord and Lady Fitzroy Somerset, for Badminton ; Sir Thomas and Lady Mac Mahon, for Dover ; Mr. and Miss Howard, from York-place, for Brighton ; Lord Claude Hamilton, the Dowager Lady Morton, Sir F. and Lady Lawley, the Marquis of Anglesea. Lord Thomas and Lady Sophia Cecil, the Hon. Mrs. Portman, Lady Ches terfield, Major-General sad the Hon. Mrs. Hamilton, the Hon. Percy Herbert, for Powis Castle ; Lard and Lady Middleton, Lord Harris, Colonel and Miss Conyers, Sir Henry Maden. Bart., Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Carey, the Hon. L. J. Stanley, M. P., .Me. and Mrs. Spencer Smith, th e Hm. General and Mrs. Broderick, Sir Thomas and the Misses Strang e, Sir Horace St. Paul , Bart., Mr Vernon Harcourt, M. P., Mr. and Mrs. Gordon, the Hon. Mr. Fiennes, Sir William and Lady Maria Oglander : th e Hon. Charles C. Cavendish, M. P., for Latimers, Bucks ; the Countess of Beauchamp, on a tour ; Sir Adolphus and Lady Dalrymple, for Brighton; Mr. and Mrs. George Eyre, for the Warrens, Hants. Mr. Anson, Private Secretary to Viscount Mel bourne, is slowly recovering from the effects of the acci dent which happened to him in Downing-street, by fall ing from his horse. It is generally understood that J. M. Fector, Esq., M.P., is about to lead Miss Murray, of this town, to the hymeneal altar. The young lady, who is about nineteen years of age, is said to possess many external caarms, in addition to a dowrey of 47,0001.—Greenwich Gazette. Viscount and Viscountess Barrington have ar rived at Ravensworth Castle, on a visit to Lord and Lady Ravensworth, who have a select party assembled at the above seat. Viscount and Viscountess Milton are still stay ing at Dalrnaboy Castle, near Edinburgh, where a fa shionable party are visiting the Earl and Countess of Morton. _ _ Viscount and Viscountess Howick intend pass ing the Christmas with the Earl and Countess Grey, at Howick Hall, where a family circle will meet during the holidays. The Earl of Elgin and Kincardine has been elected President of the Society of Antiquaries of Scot• land. The Earl of Macclesfield arrived in town yester day from Sherboarne Castle, Oxfordshire. A para graph has recently appeared, stating the venerable Earl to be seeing company at the above seat, which is quite untrue, for the death of the youthful bride of Mr. Thomas Parker, M.P„ the Noble Earl's nephew, ha 3 throw n such a gloom over the family that months will Prob a bly elapse before there will be visiters at the Castle. The Dire and Duchess of Buckingham, with t he Marquis of Chandos and Lady Anna Grenville, are ttpected to leave Stowe in the course of the week, for Avington Park, near A.ylesford, where the Duke and Duchess pass a few days. Lord Adolphus Fitzclarence has left St. James's Palace for Paris, where his Lordship does not intend to make a lon g stay. Lord and L a d y M anners are passing the season at the Grove will remain unti M a rch. The' ear arh Y c oxford, in Suffolk, where they The' Earl and Countess of Sefton are entertain ing a select party at Croxteth Park, their seat in Lan cashire, where the Noble Earl and Countess purpose passing the Christmas. The Earl and Countess of Morley are receiving a numerous circle at Saltram, their Beat, in Devon. ° We understand that the theatrical fetes are to be given next month. d The Winchester Conservatives haven Thursday a , grand r dinner at St. John's Rooms, Winchester, the 19th i ns t. The Duke of Buckingham, o M r . L a s Y. M.P., Mr. Estcourt, M.P., and many other Noble't: men and gentlemen of rank, have signified their intention of meeting the company at dinner. The members of the Buckingham Conservative ' Association have their third annual dinner on the Bth of the ensuing month at the Town Hall, 13uckingham. His Grace the Duke of Buckingham and Chandos has Consented to preside, and the county Members have enga ge d to be present. The lessee of Drury-lane, after the 15th of next month, when the Haymarket season closes, will have th© powerful aid of Macready, who, it is said, will ap pear in Miss Mitford's tragedy of Otto. The forthcoming pantomime at Covent-garden Theatre is entitled Harlequin and the Merrie Devil of Ednzonton ; or, The Great Bed of Ware. STATE OF THINGS IN BOLTON.—On Wed nesday a public dinner was given to Mr. Paulton, the well-known Anti-Corn-law lecturer, by 300 mechanics of that borough. It was stated on the occasion that there are at present 1,053 empty houses, and 51 shops un tenanted in the principal streets of the town ; that there has, for some time past, been 3,0001. per week less paid in wages ; and that, as a necessary consequence, the poor rate is now just double the amount it was on this day twelve months. The Corn-laws again !—Preston Ob i server. The Sydney Gazelle, of July 5, announces the loss at Newcastle of the King William steamer. All the passengers and crew were saved, thanks to the great ex.rtions of Li , utonant 1341141:, R.N., and M. Lek son, harbour master. EX FRAORDINARY AFFAIR. (From the Morning Herald.) WINDSOIt, MONDAY NIGHT, 11 O'CLOCK. An " extraordinary affair" occurred at the Castle last evening, the particulars of which (as far as the at tempted veil of mystery in which it is involved will per mit me to gather them) I have but just been enabled to obtain. They are as follow : Shortly after four o'clock, yesterday afternoon, a post chaise and four drove up to the Castle at a rapid rate, from which alighted a gentleman, who, from his dress, and general appearance, was supposed to be a foreigner. He was enveloped in a travelling cloak, wearing a fo raging cap, with a large fur boa around his neck, and a pair of foreign fur gloves to preserve his digits from the inclemency of the weather. Upon alighting from the chaise, its occupant, on en tering the. Castle, demanded to be instantly introduced to the Queen, having, as he stated to the attendants, some most important letters and pa pers to deliver to her Majesty from Germany, ' and that he would deliver them into no other hands than the Queen's. A notification to this effect was immediately transmitted to the Queen, who was at that time with the Duchess of Kent, Lord Melbourne, and several of the members of the house hold. Her Majesty, however, declined to grant "the honour of an interview" to the " stranger," but forth with despatched the Hon. C. A. Murray, the Master of the Household, who conveyed to the bearer of the despatches her Majesty's commands that the letters and papers be might have for the Queen should be delivered to the Hon. Mr. Murray. This he peremptorily refused to do, and treated they Royal mandate with the most sovereign centempt. Mr. Murray having returned to her Majesty and " reported progress," Lieutenant- Colonel the Hon. C. Grey, the equerry in waiting, was then commanded by her Majesty to proceed to the " stranger" (who was at this time in the room of Mr. Walker, the gentleman porter), and demand, in the name of the Queen, that if he were the bearer of any despatches to her Majesty, he would immediately deliver them up, and that he (the Hon. Colonel Grey) had the Queen's authority to receive them on her Ma jesty's behalf. The " stranger" remained obdurate, and still persisted in his refusal to part with the documents, unless the Queen sent to him an autograph letter, giving him authority to part with them to the per son whom her Majesty might command to be in trusted with them. This, I need scarcely observe, the Queen (acting under the advice of the Premier, who was at her Majesty's elbow) declined to do, and after some little further squabbling, and some addi tional negociations between some of the members of the Royal household end the" stranger," he was quietly taken off by Russell, the Castle inspector of police, to the station-house in Church-street., and there placed in the custody of Mr. Gillman, the superintendent of the Windsor division of police. It appearing, as I pre sume, to the authorities of the Castle, that the " stranger" was either a maniac, or some fellow in disguise, who had no very good motive in seeking, by such extraordinary means, an audience of the Queen. When he arrived at the station-house, which was about six o'clock, and had seated himself at the fire, he told Mr. Gillman, that so far from his being an imposter, he had the letters and papers, with which he had been in trusted for the Queen, in his pocket, and to prove this assertion, he took from his pocket and showed the su perintent two or three newspapers addressed to the Queen, upon which was stamped the foreign post mark. It may be here necessary to observe that, during the time he was at the Castle, he refused, (as I am in formed) to show to any one the documents of which he was the bearer. Shortly after he had been domiciled at the station house, Russell, one of the inspectors of police attached to the Castle, and the other Castle policeman, arrived there, but he still refused to deliver up the papers. He then asked for pen, ink, and :paper, which being pro vided him, he wrote a letter to Lord Melbourne, which was immediately transmitted to his Lordship, and, shortly afterwards, the Noble Viscount's secretary ar rived at the station-house with an authority from the Premier to deliver into the hands of the bearer any despatches he might have for her Majesty. This " authority," however, he did not consider " quite cor rect," for he still refused to give out of his possession, unless the Queen wrote to him herself, the papers he had for her. He said he could not, consistently with the oath he had taken, which he had most solemnly sworn to, deliver the letters and papers to any one, save to her Majesty herself, or to some one whom the Queen might appoint, in her own handwriting, to receive them. Russell, the policeman, then returned to the Castle for further instrnctions. On his return from thence to the station-house, it appearing that the "stranger" really possessed some letters, and other documents addressed to her Majesty, he told the bearer of them that his in structions were that, unless he choose to give them up quitely, he meant to resort to other means to compel him to do so—means which would be extremely un pleasant to have recourse to. Indeed, the inspector can didly told him that unless he consented to deliver them up he and the other three police-officers present would compel him to do so by wresting them from him. The " stranger" refusing to part with them, an attempt was made to force them from him, and in the scuffle the table and chairs in the station-house were upset; and, at one time, the whole party were sprawling upon the floor. The " stranger" resisted to the last, but, like many a better general, being overpowered by superior numbers, he was at length defeated. In the drawer of the table which was upset, were a quantity of Congreve matches, and ever and anon, as the party rolled over them on the fleor (upon which they were distributed), crack ! crack ! went the Congreves, thus heightening the ludicrous ap pearance and effect of the scene. Upon examining the letters and papers (which were immediately despatched to the Castle) it was found that there were three letters (as I am informed) addressed to the Queen, bearing the German post-mark, and three or four newspapers simi larly addressed. The letters, it is supposed, were frota Prince Albert ; but, although this is a speculation, it is a surmise in which I may, perhaps, fairly indulge. The letters and papers having been procured, the next question was what was to be dune with the " stranger." Application as to what further steps were to be taken was then made to Lord Melbourne, who sent back instructions to the superintendent of the Windsor police to detain the " stranger" in the station house till the morning. At this period the hour of eight was fast approaching, and, after the ride from London to Windsor, together with the half hour's scuffle in the station-house, the " stranger" began to feel very hungry, and expressed a great desire to have his dinner. He was accordingly permitted to have a dinner sent in to him, which was ordered from the Castle Inn, and he partook most heartily of mock turtle and beefsteaks, accompanied by half a pint of port wine, the superintendent very properly refusing to permit him to have an increased quantity of " the juice of the grape." During a great porti on o f t h e n i g h t h e occu pi e d him self in writing, refusing to lie down to take rest. After some time it was discovered—for various were the speculations afloat as to who he really was—that he is a clerk in the Foreign Post-office, of the name of Saunders ; and upon referring to the Red Book I per ceive, in the list of junior clerks in that department of the Post-office establishment, the name of William Saunders, who, I have since ascertained, is the iden'ical " stranger" in question, I have likewise since learned that he was on duty yesterday morning at the Foreign let ter-office ; and, upon the arrival of the foreign mails, dis covering the letters and papers addressed to her Majesty, he put them into his pocket for the purpose of conveying them, without loss of time, to the Queen at Windsor. As soon as his duties had ceased at the office he started off to the Castle, post-haste, in a chaise and four ; and thus he has got himself into as pretty a scrape as he will find some difficulty in extricating himself from with out, at least, the loss of his situation at the Post Office, if not at the hazard of far more serious consequences. He is now charged—and the imputation, looking at it in a legal point o f v i ew , i s a most aw k war d a ff a i r f or him—with abstracting letters from the Post Office, which passed through his hands as one of the clerks in that establishment ; and upon this charge he is now in custody. This morning he was tak en t o L on d on i n c h arge o f Russell, the police inspector, who pr ocee d e d t h ere at the early hour of six o'clock, by the Great Western Railway. It is expected that his examin a ti on w ill ta k e p l ace at the Home Office, if such an ordeal has not yet been gone through. Saunders appears to be about thirty years of age, of gentlemanly manners and address, and ha s h e ld hi s situa tion at the Post ()Mee (to which he was recommended by Lord Melbourne) about three years. CHELTENHAM, DEC. 7.—The winter has at last commenced, ushered in by a fog more dense than any we ever remember (out of the metropolis) to have had the misfortun e of being it is expected , will be more en veloped in. Tho tow n is very than us ua ll y gay- The ball at the assem bl y - rooms on full, and th e season , Monday last was better attended than it has been for some years. The following is a list of the most recent arrivals—Countess of Stradbroke, Sir Thos. Hayes, Hon. Mr. Rous, Captai n S. Pechell, R.N.,and Rev. Mr. Newton, Baron E. Dc Magenette, Mr. Ainsworth, &c. Q Lord taegrav e has left Cheltenham for Berkeley Castle. On Saturday two horses took fright at one of the engines between thi s town and Derby, and were caught by the engine, one of the hom es was k i ll e d on the spot, and the other so much injured, as caseto, m w a e lt e a r i e t necessary to kill it. The acc id ent in this informed, arose from the driver bein g at a di stance from the horses, and in his anxi e t y to prevent them from being injured, he hastened to them, leading horse by the halter, he was thrown forwards, the happily for him, on the near side of the horse, for i he fallen on the off side, he would, doubtless, have met with an iastaneous death. The horses belonged to . Ma , the cciitrAccr hers portiun of this railway.—Nottinghani Review. MONEY MA.RKET and CITY NEWS. (MONDAY MINIMS.) SUN.—The Funds closed less firmly. Consols at 91i to 92 for the Opening, and Exchequer Bills at Is. to 3s. discount. Colombian Bonds continued to decline, and left off at 26 261 in consequence of the letter of Messrs. Reid Irving, and Co., addressed to the holders of Colombian Bonds. The following is a copy of the letter " The Government of Venezuela, impressed with a sense of the necessity of making provision for the pur pose of attaching to Venezuela its share in the loans contracted by the States of Colombia, for which there is now due the capital of 6,625,9501., with an arrear of in terest, has examined with scrupulous attention the state of its national revenue, and compared it with the indis pensable expenses of the public service for deducing the maximum that could be assigned to the creditors with out compromising the internal order of the Republic, and exposing herself to the non-fulfilment of future dividends. " The proportion of debt of Colombia attaching to the state of Venezuela is 28i, and for this amount, being 1,888,390/., the State of Venezuela proposes to issue debentures. " The State of Venezucla contemplated that arrange ments would be made by New Grenada and Equator for their proportion of the debt of Colombia, and its instructions, therefore, require that on the issue of the new debentures the original bonds shall be given up to be cancelled. " If this stipulation cannot be complied with, it will be necessary for the agents to refer back to Vene zuela for further instructions on this head. _ . " The sum which the State is enabled to assign for the New Debentures will give an annual interest of 201. on the amount, and the State will issue them in London by half-yearly payments in advance, the first payment to be made on the exchange of the securities. The State of Venezuela will further engage that the agents in London shall be in possession of each di vidend six months before the period designed for the payment of it. " REID, IRVING, and CO., " Accredited Agents for the Esate of Venezuela. " To the Holders of Colombian Bonds." HERALD.—The above notice was received by the Committee of the Stock Exchange, to-day, from Messrs. Reid, Irving, and Co., the agents for the Government of the Venezuelan Republic, and shortly afterwards it was posted in the House. This modest proposition on the part of the Vene zuelan Government, created no small degree of asto nishment amongst the members of the Foreign Market, and we anticipate will equally astonish the unlecky holders of these securities out of doors, who have re ceived no interest upon the original loans for thirteen years, whilst all hopes of regaining even a fair portion of the principal of the two loans which were contracted for in the year 1822, are pretty well at an end. The first of these loans, for 2,000,0001., was contracted with Messrs. Herring, Graham and Co., at 84 ; and the se cond loan with Messrs. B. A. Goldschmidt and Co., at 88} per cent. ; but after the Colombian Confederation had broken up, it was proposed at a meeting of the De puties of the three States, in 1834, that the debt, with the arrears of interest, should be divided in the following proportions :—New Grenada 50 parts, Venezuela 28i, and Ecuador 21i ; but in this Market they have hi therto only been recegnised as Colombian Bonds. It was but a few months since when it was most pompously announced that a large sum was deposited in the Bank of England to go towards the payment of the arrears of dividends upon Colombian bonds ; and a few 'weeks back we heard that commissioners had beer: appointed to make terms with the bondholders; this not having been done, the creditors of Colombia have been tantalised with false hopes, week after week, until they have begun to suspect that the commissioners were merely waiting some event that would make the mar ket fall, and enable them to grind the creditors of these petty states to any terms ; but after the hand some proposition of the Venezuelan Government, they, of course, must make some show of honesty. The proposition of the Venezuelan Government is to issue debentures for the interest upon their quota of the original Colombian debt (1,888,3901.) at the rate of 2 per cent. per annum, the interest to commence when the old bonds are exchanged for the new deben tures. This disgraceful attempt to commit a new rob bery upon the patient creditors of that confederation, is well worthy the dishonest and reckless republic from which it has emanated , but it has so disgusted the bondholders that it will not be accepted. Indeed, the kind Venezuelans appear to have been afraid to tender their disgraceful offer to their creditors without the sanction of a name, therefore they made it under the agency of the eminent firm of Messrs. Reid, Irving, and Co. All parties acquit that firm of any connection with the proposition, but it has been much regretted that they should have indirectly lent the sanction of their unblemished name to so disgraceful a compro mise. It will be seen, from our quotations, that this ruinous offer has caused Colombian Bonds to fall 4i per cent. The British Funds have been rather depressed to-day and it has been generally supposed that the late jobbing in Consols, being rather overdone, has caused them to leave off at the reduced rate of 91i a 92 for the open ing, which is about i per cent. less than they closed On Saturday. The continued speculations in the Long Annuities are stated to arise out of the fact that, at the late prices, taking the interest. &c. into consideration, 100/. Long Annuities are equal to 1001. Three, per Cent. Consols at 82 ; which has naturally turned much unem ployed capital to investments in that description of se curity in preference to Consols. TI M ES.—Mr. Jaudon's "loan" transaction, adverted to on Saturday, continues to be a standing topic in th( Money Market, but some mystery st.II attaches to it, which no one seems able to clear up. Messrs. Roths child have been named as contractors for it, and the total amount is stated at 900,0001., for which they are to issue 5 per cent. debentures at 92, and to hold w collateral security a large deposit of Ohio, Indiana, Pennsylvania, and other American state stocks. But whether Messrs. Rothschild advance this money as a new transaction, or whether it is in part to cover ad vances made to take up bills refused by Messrs. Hottinguer, or whether it is mixed up with transactions of a similar kind which were untie! negociation some time back with Messrs. Hope and Co. of Amsterdam, and Messrs. Denison and Co. of London, and which were repeatedly described as brought to a close, though doubts afterwards arose whether they were actually completed, is left totally unexplained. That capitalists who are already deeply embarked in American securities should endeavour tc protect themselves by calling in collateral support o 1 this kind, and giving the name of a " loan" to the transaction, will be readily comprehended in the money market ; but not so readily will it be believed that they would enter into new and extensive engagements of th( nature described, one of the contracting parties being at the same time an admitted bankrupt estate—a position which no deposit of securities can alter or modify. These considerations are likely to prevent other capitalists from taking any share in this transaction until it is more clearly explained. Of the three Colombian Commissioners sitting in London to consider of some arrangement with the cre ditors in this country, only one has made any movement. Messrs. Reid, Irving, and Co., on the part of the Com missioner for the State of Venezuela, have transmitted to the Committee of Spanish American bondholders and to the Stock Exchange a, proposition to pay 2 per cent. on the proportion of the Colombian debt applic able to that State, which engages, if this is agreed to, to have six months' dividend in advance in the hands of Messrs. Reid, Irving, and Co. ; but those availing themselves of the arrangement must deliver up their present bonds in exchange for new debentures, to the extent of the portion assumed by the Government of Venezuela. No communication has been received from the Commissioners for New Granada and the Equator. How these gentlemen are to get out of the dilemma of a joint deliberation, ending in a partial 'result, remains for them to consider. The proposition from Venezuela, which can be deemed no better than a mockery of the claimants, will probably be submitted forthwith to a ge neral meeting of them convened for that purpose. POST.—Consols have been a little drooping all day*' and they left off a fraction lower than on Saturday. This flatness of the market has been ascribed to a report which was current of the failure of some retail houses in the west end of the torn, and others, in rather a large way of business. We do not, however, think that there is any great foundation for what has been stated. The purchases made during the last few days of Long Annuities must, it would seem, prove an advantageous speculation to those who hare been embarking their money in such securities, when it is considered that the rates paid are equal to Consuls at 82, or thereabouts ; and hence, in all probability, the numerous investments that have been made in them. At the present quotations it is calculated that business may be done in the said an nuities on better terms by 20s. per annum at the Stock Exchange than direct at the Government offices, the difference being occasioned, we suppose, by the altered state of the Money Market and other circumstances by which the former happens to be temporarily affected. It is believed that some further operations in them are contemplated by the leading brokers. Consols closed at 91i to 2 for the Account ; Exchequer Bills at 3s. to ls. dis , and Bank Stock at 1771 to B}. The arrangement announced as having just taken place between Messrs. Rothschild and Sons and Mr. Jaudon has caused a decided improvement in the value of United States Bank Shares. Sales of them were made in the course of the morning at 19/. to 191. 103. per share. Itis understood that there are plenty of Ca pitilists ready to go into the netv loan, as the interest yielded upon the price given is somewhere about ten per cent. per annum. The only objection made to it appears to be with respect to the guarantee offered for the reimbursement of the money, the undertaking of the United States Bank being deemed scarcely sufficient in thc pre. , ,ettt ..1!.....ii0n of It 3 nic;:sut e na turally engaged a good deal of the attention of those Til SUN, LONDON. TUESDA Y, DECEMBER 10. 1P39 i who are in the habit of taking a leading part in such 1 matters. The Foreign Market bore altogether a very unpro mising aspect. Messrs. Reid, Irving, and Co., sent to the Stock Exchange, on the part of the state of Venezuela, a proposition, the effect or which was to bring down Colombian Stock from 4 to / 5. per cent. on the extreme quotation, and almost every other descrip tion of foreign stock was, to a certain extent, dragged along with it, especially the South American interests. It will be observed that this project includes in its arrangements no condition whatever for the liquida tion of the long arrear of dividends due upon the bonds. Nothing has been paid since the year 1825, so that the accumulation of interest, while it is by far the most sacred portion of the debt, is also equal i❑ amount to the capital itself, taken at the contract price, not even calculating the compound interest, which it would be proper to do, as it arises from half-year to half-year. A compromise at the rate of 2 per cent. on a 6 per cent. stock, leaving out of view entirely the large amount of dividends due upon it, is of course one which can on no account be acceded to. It is not, however, by reason of its insufficiency alone that we say this. On the Conti nent the custom has been to detach the coupons from the bonds, and to traffic in them as quite a distinct property ; it is therefore clear that the proposed plan of conversion is not only unjust, but perfectly imprac ticable. An honest settlement of the claims of the holders of the dividend coupons is, as we have all along contended, the first duty of each of the States in default with the public creditor ; and we do not hesi tate to say that no faith whatever can or ought to be placed in the Government that would be guilty of throw ing the entire of that part of its obligations over board. Every fresh move that occurs in con nection with the foreign loans in which our capitalists have embarked their moneys serves but more and more to confirm us in the conviction we have long formed as to the pernicious tendency of the sys tem. The distribution made of the Colombian debt in 1834, taking the population of the three States in terested in it for the basis, was as follows :—New Granada 50 parts, Venezuela 28k, and Equator 21k. New Granada and Equator have sent Commissioners to Europe for the purpose of arranging their portions of the Debt, and what, we may inquire, would be the effect on the minds of these individuals if the paltry offer of Venezuela were accepted? The example would, there can be no doubt, operate seriously to the preju dice of the bondholders. Messrs. Reid, Irving, and Co. have transmitted their uroposition to the Committee of Spanish bondholders, as well as to the Stock Exchange. The committee are to assemble to-morrow to consider the communication, when they will probably determine to call a public meeting of the bondholders. No communication has been forwarded to the Committee on the part of New Granada and Equator. CHRONICLE.—There has been considerable hea viness in the English Stock Market to-day, and Consols have receded A shade without any sales of importance, or other ostensible reason to account for the fall, Money continues easy, and it has been reported that an eminent foreign banking firm had offered to lend at 5 per cent. The State of Venezuela has made proposals through their agents in London for a settlement of their pro portion of the Colombian debt, which they estimate at 28} per cent. (equal to 1,188,3901.), and for which they offer to issue debentures, bearing interest at 2 per cent. payable in London by half-yearly payments in advance, the original bonds being given up to be cancelled, and the first payment to be made on the exchange of the securites. It appears that the Colombian debt is now 6,625,9501. be sides thirteen years' interest, for the whole of which the State of Venezuela, by the original bonds which it now proposes to cancel, is jointly liable with New Grenada and Equador, so that the Government of Ve nezuela, by their purposed plan, would accomplish a very profitable arrangement, in so fares they would thus restrict her responsibility to their own proportion, leaving the bondholders to make the best terms they could for the balance with New Grenada and Equador. We understand that the division of the debt, in the proportion stated by Venezuela, has been agreed to by the two last-mentioned States, although their Commissioners have not yet given in their official report. Therefore, so far as the debtors are concerned, there does not appear to oe any serious difficulty existing to the proposed set tlement ; but we should apprehend that the bond holders will not so readily agree to it, and that they will not consent to deliver up the original bonds to be cancelled. The agents here, we understand, have anti cipated as much, and expressed their willingness to al low the differences to be written off on the back of the original bonds, instead of delivering them up. We really cannot say anything in favour of such a proposal, unless it be that half a loaf is better than no bread ; but .vhen it is considered that the whole interest is to be sacrificed, and that the only remuneration to be given s 2 per cent, upon the capital debt, there can be but Line opinion as to the character of the scheme, and as to the cruel injustice which will be suffered in conse- Jtuence by the bondholders. JOHN 'IHOROGOOD. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. BUNGAY, DEC. 6. SlR,—The Patriot has recently bestowed upon me some notice, which I take pride to myself was in its lest style of abuse. The only distinct charges I can and are the followintz :-1. That I was myself bought att of prison. 2. That I have advised John Thoro rood to refuse to be released by similar means ; and, 3. That I have falsely charged the London Societies with taking no step in John Thorogood's behalf. Here are my answers. My refusal to appear in an Ecclesiastical Court, was founded on the unscriptural tnd unconstitutional character of that tribunal, and when committed for contempt, I positively refused to pay iny fees of the Court itself, its officers, or Proctors, or o take the oath of submission which they require, be fore granting a discharge. The fees of the Sheriff's officers, and of the Chancery Writ, were paid by the Ipswich Committee, and the very act of paying these lull fees, while the Ecclesiastical fees were unpaid, was the highest testimony that could be borne by my triends, and the heaviest blow that could be dealt tgainst the whole system of the Court Christian. Mr. Conder says in the Patriot," it is strange to find [Tie advising the good men of Leicester not to do for John Thorogood, what the good men of Ipswich did or me, that is, to pay the demands of his Ecclesiastical )ersecutors." To this there is no need for any' oher other reply than a simple denial in the most em phatic terms ; I have neither advised the good men of Leicester, nor the good man of Chelmsford, on the subject ; nor do I believe Mr. Conder understood :ny letter as offering such advice, when he made the statement. I commended to the notice of the Leicester people a subscription which was " already commenced, and about to be opened on his behalf ; not to pay the demands of his Ecclesiastical persecutors, but to cover some portion of his losses." My advice was to help a subscription ; it was already commenced ; its object was distinctly settled, and I informed them what that object was, because it had not then been advertized. It .vas thus distinctly guarded, not by my advice, or that of any other party, but on Mr. Thorogood's own em phatic declaration, that he would rather die in gaol than oe liberated by the payment of the Ecclesiastical fees. The last of Mr. Conder's complaints, in which lurks the cause of all his resentment, is, that I have charged the London Societies with taking no step on Mr. fhorogood's behalf. I admit that I have made the charge, and I beg you to ob ser ve the facts by which slr. Conder, and and his coadjutor, Mr. Boykett, would disprove it. They tell us, the Societies have done all which it was in their power to do in the case, and we have thus the additional benefit of knowing what these Societies can do, and of measuring their value to Dim. scoters. They addressed by circul i a ic r i t l i , te l ot p h r e e r su L m o e nd t o h r e t Societies ; caused articles or paragraphs to b e i nser t e d in five London papers (among which, Sun and the Globe represent the " heaven and earth" Mr. Baykett promised to move), they sent down to Mr. Thorogood a draft of a petition which Mr. Baines presented ; that gentleman carried a motion " at a late period of the Session" for a return of the writ ; they have formed several deputations to the Home-office ; and at meetings of the Religious Freedom Society's Com mittee, the case has been repeatedly discussed. And this is the sum. Now see what the efforts of individuals, neither paid, nor professing to protect religious liberty, have accomplished. The operations of the Society, through the press, have been limited to a very dry notification by the public papers, that Thorogood was in prison, and notices of his case in the Patriot, than which nothing could be less efficient—no public meet ing has been proposed, no subscription in his behalf, no effort to produce that amount of public sympathy, without which other means must be inoperative. On the other hand, without solicitation, The Sun has contained numerous and powerful appeals to the public feeling ; the Leicester Mercury has, evel:y week, headed its leading article with a notice of the period J. Thoro good has been in prison ; and other country papers have adopted the same means of keeping the fact pro minently before their readers. When in despair of help from the Societies, other means had been found of arousin g the public feeling, and the Liberal papers in town and country are teeming with the subject, and de nouncing the apathy of the London leaders, we learn from the Court Circular that the Religious Freedom Society be comes vigorous, and has an audience of Lord Normanby —and again, when a deputation from Leicester, attended by three members, have enforced upon the same Mi nister the real opinions and feelings of Dissenters, the long lost Church-rate Abolition Society bethinks itself of waiting on Lord Melbourne.* Such second hand wares are all their labours in the cause. Mr. I3aines's motion was, Mr. Boykett says, inevit ably—l say, fatally —postponed till a late period of the session, and he obtained a copy of the writ, which I bad long before obtained for sixpence, and this was the Parliamentary Agency of the Society. The case was submitted to Mr. Duncombe in July by individuals not of an y S od !y, but who saw the barrrnness of what I had been already done, and although the House was then crowded with business, that gentleman was not prevented by " the regulations and constitution of the House" from at once bringing on, and carrying a pledge, which Mr. Baines was not present to support, that early next Session the existing law of Church-rates sh )uld be altered, so as to " prevent the occurrence of like violence" to religious scruples. Of the Deputations to Downing-street and Committee meetings I do not speak, because the Dissenting public has long known the " sati factory" character of these exploits—how consolatory to the self-importance of officials—how mag nificent in the Court Circular—how empty of results ! The private friends of Mr. Thorogood caused a writ of Habeas Corpus to be moved and argued, and although on informality it was disallowed, Mr. Sergeant Wilde has been instructed to make a similar motion at the earliest possible time. lam not aware that the legal functionaries of the Societies have discovered, in the writ so laboriously obtained, any means of legal red ress. I now revert to my charge. The Societies have talked in the conclaves of their Committees ; they have gra tified themselves by all the cheap means of wasting Dissenters' money ; but they have not " taken one step" (these were my words) in the matter—not one inch of progress has by them been made, either towards effect ing the poor man's liberation or in turning his imprison ment to account in furthering that high and just cause to which he has devoted himself. A single word to Mr. Conder. He remarks upo❑ a letter from my friend and solicitor, Mr, Ashurst, stating the facts relative to my owe liberation, that the " de mands of my Ecclesiastical persecutors were paid," and adds, " possibly it may now be more difficult to procure Mr. Thorogood's release ; but whose fault will that be? Not our's." I notice this, not to show Mr. Conder's mendacity, in repeating that the Ecclesiastical demands were in my case paid, when he had just been informed that nothing was paid for any Ecclesiastical functionary, but to show him, and the Dissenting world, how the Court Christian was in my case, driven from their demands, and what has been the treason of the London Societies, in failing to use the same means, nay, in re storing the Court to the courageous assertion of all their barbarous privileges. When I was committed, the Dissenters of the coun try, having no Societies to rely upon, felt their own rights were in question, which they were personally con cerned to maintain ; and hence, through the Press, and by every other available means, a demonstration was made, by which the ecclesiastical authorities were panic struck, and the feeling then aroused might have been directed to the speedy abolition of Church-rates. When John Thorogood was committed, a Society was existing, specially constituted to advise and aid such cases. , He, in fact, proceeded by their advice, 1 although Mr. Conder would intimate that the Society was not accountable for advice gives at their place of bu siness by their resident Secretary. When they counselled submission to imprisonment, it was their duty to prepare all the materials for vigorous action on the public mind--every congregation in the kingdom should have been requested to hold meetings, and prepare petitions ; every liberal constituency invited to act upon their Members, and a just excitement should have been raised, which no Ministry would have Ventured to resist, and which would have made the Ecclesiastical authorities glad to get rid of their prisoner, on as easy turns as they did in my case. Had this been done, I can assure Mr. Conder neither the public, nor the Society he represents, would have been asked to contribute to the amount of the civil costs. Nothing of this kind being effected, no event but a feeble motion in the Commons having transpired, which could encourage the prisoner, or show to his persecutors that his cause was recognised as that of the public, they have taken courage, and they demand again the full pound of flesh. I do not ask, with Mr. Cornier, whose fault is this? but I assert that the fault lies with the Societies, which by his help have become inefficient to our cause, and contemptible to our opponents. Mr. Conder's article closes with a series of expressions, " jump Jim Craw," and the like, matched well by the abuse which, about the same day, I received from the Times, in the hohoured company of Joseph Sturge. Such terms do not surprise me, as the produce of Mr. Conder's mind ; but they do cause surprise that a man who can suppose such ribald and unchristian language suited to the taste of his readers, should be employed as the Editor of the Dissenters' Paper. He concludes by asking What lam driving at? I answer that I am striving with the humble means I possess, to persuade my fellow Dissenters, to use their own efforts in their own cause, and to repudiate the needy adventurers, whose labours are guided by the consciousness that their own interests are served by the permanence, and not by the redress of the Dissenters' wrongs. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, JOHN CH/LDS. * For nearly a year the Church-rate Abolitien Society has " made no sign." The last public event in its history, was a controversy respecting alleged malversat!on of its funds, Mr. Besley pledging himself to prove at the first public meeting the grave charges he advanced, and the Committee pledging themselves to call such meeting in May last. No public meeting was called in May, nor at any other time. The charge, therefore, returns, and if there really be any present members of such a Society, they are invited to say what became of its funds. THE PATRIOT" AND MR. JOHN THOROGOOD. (From the Scottish Pilot.) We are surprised and vexed at the recent ebullitions of our metropolitan Contemporary ; some of them not only weak and foolish, but even malignant and contemp tible. We fear there is some nersona/ pique at the bottom of these demonstrations, and would advise the leading Dissenters to look after this matter, and see that their work do not suffer by the rancorous hostility of private feuds. We venture to remind our able and useful Contemporary that he cannot serve two masters, —the cause of civil and religious liberty and the interest of a Parliamentary agent ; and if he would continue to be respected iu the provinces, he must avoid the cant phrases of Toryism as applied to the sufferers under Church-rate exaction, and the vulgar allusions of thea trical buffoonery to men who are quite as well known and as much respected as himself. We shall be parties in no such controversy, though we know a little of both sides. But this we aver, that our Contemporary has no popularity to throw away by abusing the Leicester Dissenters, or by attempts to thin the ranks of the Liberal party, in expressing a wish from his heart that Mr. Childs would jump Jim Crow with Lord Brougham." Our Contemporary might learn that there is a spoke in the wheel large enough to prevent his smooth progress in his present course, by the manner in which his policy has been assailed, not only i❑ The Sun and Adv(riiser, two unquestionable Liberal papers, but also in the Leicester Mercury, as well as by ourselves. If by his allusion to wire-drawn articles he applies to a London Dissenter, then we conclude that, besides Mr. Childs and Mr. Besley, and Mr. Ashurst, there is a leaven of discontent among the metropolitan leaders. The manner in which our Con temporary has attempted to parry the remarks of his Liberal antagonists by clubbing them with the Standard, and answering them by animadversions on the language of Tory slander, may please a Parliamentary agent, but it will not settle the question with country Dissenters. We have no exoteric and isoteric doctrines—we have no opinions which we can hold, or which we can lay aside. In these free strictures we may displease the London Patriot, and shall, perhaps, not be quoted in his columns for a month and a day. Duty is ours, however, and we anticipate a better state of things when a little reflection shall have helped our Contemporary to a clearer and a wiser course. But, in the meantime, is John Thorogood to be crushed in this ungenerous and discreditable war/arc! Is it to be wondered that be should both cherish and utter severe opinions about the party who have neglected or stifled his complaints? We know that his property has been injured, and his health has been suffering, and that private and local be neficence has been necessary both to bear up his spirits and to provide for his wants. Whatever were the ef forts of London friends when he was first incarcerated, and whatever be their influence now in his cause, we think it is palpable his complaints have been too long allowed to sleep, and the sighing of the prisoner has not been echoed by the organ of the Parliamentary agent. Had the Anti-Church rate Society done its duty, the Tory press would not now be warranted to sneer at Dissenters in reference to John Thorogood. The country should have rung long ago from one extremity to another, and never, for an hour, should the authorities have had repose till some thing was done for his liberatien. Had it bee❑ a Parliamentary agent, or a religious freedom secretary, who was all the while lying in Chelmsford Gaol, we should have heard of it before eleven months' bondage and neglect had well-nigh broken the heart of the victim. We are glad to perceive the activity which now pervades the party, and it implies something that they are so anxious to be accounted faithful and zealous. We only would observe, that had allthis appeared a little sooner, and before other parties aroused the public, it would have been less suspicious, and far more to the credit of London patriotism. Now that our own good city is on the move, we an ti. cipate that Scotland willdo its duty, and that other places will follow without delay. There is in Glasgow aßeligions Freedom Society—so is there in Aberdeen. The inha bitants of Dundee and of Paisley, of Greenock a n d o f Perth, have never been indifferent to the cry of the martyr, or the cause of freedom. Will they now stand aloof in this holy and generous movement? This suf ferer is an humble and consistent member of a Chris tian church. He has no hope in the clemency of his persecutors or the disposition of Government. We firmly believe that he has confidence in the God of truth and freedom. But how does that God work ? He says to us, " Remember them that are in bonds as bound with thee." " If thou forbear to deliver them that arc drawn nnto death, and those that are ready to be slain, —if thou sayest, behold we know it not,—eloth not He that pondereth the heart consider it!" Let no ex pediency or compromising calculations interpose. The credit of our city, of Edinburgh Dissenters, and Liberal politicians, is now to be tested. The effect of the approaching demonstration upon the country and the ' Government, upon English societies, and in behalf o f the afflicted victim, may be most powerful, if we, evcry one, do our duty. I m p r i sonmen t f or d e bt h as been abolished. The highest court of the realm could not incarcerate a prisoner for the sum due by John Tho rogood. For five shillings and sixpence has he lain in a dungeon eleven months, and there is for him no prospect of liberation but by death, or the voice of an indignant people. Up, then, ye citizens of Edinburgh ! RIOTS AT NEWPORT. MONMOUTH, MONDAY, DEC. 9. We yesterday stated to you that the gaol here had been put into a state of defence, and that a guard of 24 men was mounted there. We have to-day, by fa vour of our order from Major Marriott, one of the vi siting justices, been permitted to view the interior of the gaol, and have had an opportunity of seeing the pri soners unobserved by them. Upon approaching the gaol you are struck with its formidable appearan ce ; it being a building of immense strength if defended, having only one weak point, which is, however, only approachable when unguarded. The gaol has •ompletely a castellated appearance. It is surrounded by a high wall, in which is the entrance lodge, which is very strong, and furnished with loop holes, by which a few men may defend it against almost any number. After passing through the lodge, you cross a small yard and a gravel-walk (which passes entirely round the gaol within the walls), and the gaol itself stands before, formed of towers, and having four bas tions, one at each corner, from the tops of which an in cessant and most destructive fire might be kept up against any number of persons who should venture to attack it. A winding staircase conducts you entirely through the in terior, and every passage is guarded by iron gates of great strength. Vincent, Edwards, and Dickenson, the convicted Chartists, at present sleep in one of the condemned cells, which is near the chapel, and can have no kind of communication whatever with the untried Chartists who are confined in yards Nos. 1 and 2. Happening to be within the gaol at the time for serv ing the prisoners' dinners, we had a❑ excellent opportu nity of seeing them as they came out of their day-rooms to the yard gate for their dinners, which is given them in a small tin panikin. John Frost came out first, and stayed for some tine in the yard. He was dressed as he appeared at his examination, and although the gaoler informs us that all the prisoners are in tolerably good spirits, yet Frost is somewhat altered since his confinement, and the reddened and haggard expression about his eyes is immediately perceivable. Aust, the gardener, appeared to have the same careless expression as upon the day of his committal. Jones, the watchmaker, and Edmond Edmonds were in another yard, and were standing, when we saw them, with their hats off, reading a letter, upon which Jones appe Jed to be making some comments to his companions. Jones does not appear in the least altered, but maintains the same dogged composure which he did when before the Magistrates. A Chartist prisoner, who has been shot through the chest, named William Jones, who had been apprehended in Brecon, was brought in here last night, and committed to the gaol, his examination having been taken at Brecon. We have procured the following calendar of the pri soners : Calendar of the Prisoners for Trial at a Special Com mission to be holden at Monmouth, on Tuesday, December 10, 1839, before the Hon. Sir N. C. Tin dal, Knight, Lord Chief Justice of her Majesty's Court of Common Pleas ; the Hon. Sir J. Parke, Knight, one of the Barons of her Majesty's Court of Exchequer ; and the Hon. Sir J. Williams, Knight, one of the Justices of her Majesty's Court of Queen's Bench. Mr. Colthurst Bateman, Sheriff. 1. John Frost, aged 54 (r. and w. w.)—Committed November 5, 1839, by Messrs. R. J. Blewitt, W. Brewer, Lewis Edwards, George Hall, and James Coles, clerk, for having, on the 4th of November instant, at the borough of Newport, committed high .reason against our Sovereign Lady the Queen, her crown and dignity. 2. Charles Waters, aged 26 (r. and w. w.)—Com mitted November 5, 1839, by Messrs. R. J. Blewitt, W. Brewer, Lewis Edwards, and George Hall, and James Coles, clerk, for having, on the 4th day of No vember inst., at the borough of Newport, committed high treason against our Sovereign Lady the Queen, her crown and dignity. 3. John Partridge, aged 44 (r. and w. w.)—Com mitted Nov. 7th, 1839, by James Coles, clerk, Messrs. William Brewer, R. J. Blewitt, and Lewis Edwards, for having, on the 4th day of November instant, at the borough of Newport, committed divers acts of treason against our Sovereign Lady the Queen, her Crown - and dignity. 4. James Aust, aged 25 (r. and w.)—Committed November 6, 1839, by Messrs. W. Brewer, Lewis Edwards, R. J. Blewitt, G. Hall, and James Coles, clerk, for having, on the 4th day of November instant, at the borough of Newport, committed divers acts of treason and sedition against our Sovereign Lady the Queen, her crown and dignity. 5. Thomas Davies, aged 43 (r. and w. imp.) ; 6. John Rees, aged 40 (r. imp.) ; 7. Richard Benfield, aged 20 (r. and w. imp.)—Committed November 7, 1839. by ,James Coles, clerk., Messrs. R. d Blewitt, W. Brewer, and L. Edwards, for having, on the. 4th day of November instant, at the borough of Newport, com mitted high treason against our Sovereign Lady the Queen, her crown and dignity. _ 8. William Jones, aged 30 (r. and w. w.)—Com mitted Nov. 8, 1839, by James Coles, clerk, Sir B. Hail, Messrs. W. Brewer, and Lewis Edwards, for having, on the 4th day of November instant, at the borough of Newport, committed treason against our Sovereign Lady the Queen, her crown and dignity. 9. Amy Meredith, aged 45 (n.) ; 10. James Mere dith, aged 11 (r. imp.) ; 11. Thomas Keys, aged 29 (r. imp.)—Committed Nov. 11, 1839, by Messrs. W. 'Faddy, C. H. Leigh, and W. Needham, for having, on the night of the 3d of November instant, at the parish of Trevethin, burglariously and feloniously broken open the dwelling house of John Jones, and stolen therefrom a quantity of bread and cheese, and one cask, containing six gallons of beer. 12. Solomon Britton, aged 23 (r. and w. imp.)— Committed Nov. 11, 1839, by James Coles, clerk, and Messrs. T. Hawkins, W. Brewer, and Octavius Morgan, for having on the 4th day of November inst. at the borough of Newport, committed high treason and sedition against our Sovereign Lady the Queen, her crown and dignity. 13. William 'Williams, aged 29 (r. imp.)—Com mitted Nov. 11, 1839, by Messrs. John Gwynny, Somers Harford, Charles Harford, and Joseph Bailey, jun., for having, on the night of Sunday, the 3d of November instant, together with divers other persons unknown, members of an unlawful combination and conspiracy, burglariously and feloniously broken open and entered the dwelling-house of John Lloyd, at the parish of Bedwelty, and then and there, being armed with spears and other offensive weapons, and with threats, putting Anne Walter in bodily fear, and de manded and took from her a quantity of rum, gin, and beer. 14. George George, aged 37 (n.)—Committed Nov. 12, 1839, by J. Coles, clerk, Messrs. T. Hawkins, George Hall, and Octavius Morgan, for having, on the 4th day of November instant, at the borough of New port, committed treaso❑ and sedition against our Sove reign Lady the Queen, her crown and dignity. 15. Thomas Davis, aged 28 (n.)—Committed No vember 13, 1839, by Messrs. S. Homfray and S. Har ford, for having been, on the 4th day of November, inst., illegally armed with a pike, and having been riotously assembled at Aberby and Abercarne, with other per sons unknown, and threatening one George Hitcbings to do him some grievous bodily harm, and with force of arms compelled him to join and go with them for an illegal purpose. 16. George Turner, otherwise George Cole, aged 37 (n.) —Committed November 15, 1839, by James Coles, clerk, Messrs. T. Hawkins, T. Fothergill, 0. Morgan, and W. Brewer, for having, on the 4th day of Novem ber inst., at the borough of Newport, committed trea son and sedition against our Sovereign Lady the Queen, her crown and dignity. 17. William Shellard, aged 36 (r and w.)—Com mitted November 18, 1839, by Sir B. Hall, Messrs. F. Lewis, clerk, and W. A. Williams, charged with the crime of high treason and sedition against our Sovereign Lady the Queen, her crown and dignity. 18. Edward Edmunds, aged 34 (r. and w. w.)—Com mitted November 18, 1839, by .1. Coles, clerk, Messrs. 0. Morgan, S. Homfray, and T. Hawkins, for having, on the 4th day of November instant, at the borough of Newport, committed high treason and sedition against our Sovereign Lady the Queen, her crown and dignity. 19. Samuel Etheridge, aged 61 (r. and w. w.) — Committed Nov. 19th, 1839, by J. Coles, clerk, Messrs. 0. Morgan, G. Hall, and S. Homfray, for having, on the 4th day of November inst., at the borough of New port, committed high treason and sedition against our Sovereign Lady the Queen, her crown and dignity. 20. John Lewis Llewellen, aged 49 (r. and w.) — Committed Nov. 19th, 1839, by Messrs. 0. Morgan, S. Homfray, G. Hall, and J. Coles, clerk, for having, on the 4th day of November instant, at the borough of Newport, committed sedition against the peace of our Sovereign Lady the Queen, her crown and dignity. 21. Jenkin Morgan, aged 40 (r. and w.) —Committed Nov. " 1 0, 1839, by J. Coles, clerk, Messrs. T. Haw kins, W. Brewer, 0. Morgan, and G. Hall, for having, on the 4th day of November inst., at the borough of Newport, committed treason and sedition against our Sovereign Lady the Queen, her crown and dignity. 22. Evan Edwards, aged 24 (r. and w. w.)— Com mitted N0v.21,1839, by Messrs. G. Hall, T. liawkins : W. Brewer, S. Homfray, 0 . Morgan , and J. Coles, clerk, for having, on the 4 th day of November inst., at ' the borough of Newport, committed high treason and sedition against our Sovereign Lady the Queen, her crown and dignity. 23. Benjamin Richards, aged '4l (r. imn.)—Com mitted Nov. 21, 1839, by Messrs. T. Hankins, 0. Morgan, William Brewer, S. Homfrav, George Hall, and J. Coles, clerk, for having, on the 4th day of No vember inst., at the bsrough of Newport, committed ~ ~"~ n'ENIIN.Tu EDITION., high treason and sedition against our Sovereign Lady ti.e Queen, her crown and dignity. 24. Tnomas Llewellen, aged 44 (r. and w. Committed November 26, 1839, by James Coles, clerk, Messrs. T. Hawkins, W. Brewer, 0. Morgan, Fother- • gill, and G. Hall, for having, on the 4th of November instant, at the borough of Newport, committed treason and sedition against our Sovereign Lady the Queen, her crown and dignity. 25. Thomas Morgan, aged 26 (n.)—Conamitted Nov. 23, 1839, by Mr. Samuel Homfray, charged upon the oaths of Thomas Williams and others with having, on the night of the 3d of November inst., together vvjth divers other persons, armed with guns, spears, and other offensive weapons, entered the dwelling-house of William Adams, of Ebbw Vale, in this county, and did then and there, with threats, put the said Thomas Williams in bodily fear, and compelled him to join them in an unlawful combination and confederacy. 26. Zephaniah Williams, aged 44 (r. and w. Committed Nov. 27, 1839, by J. Coles, clerk, Messrs.. Thomas Hawkins, W. Brewer, S. Homfray, 0. Mor gan, and G. Hall, charged on the oaths of John Par sons and others with having, on the 4th day of Novem ber instant, at the borough of Newport, doomitted high treason and sedition against our Sovereign Lady the Queen, her crown and dignity. 27. Moses Horner, aged 21 (n.); 28.. Williant. 1 Horner, 18 (n.). 29. Thomas Davies, 23 (n.)—Cem- mitted Nov. 26, 1839, by Mr. G. Hall, charged oti the. oaths of Mary Thomas and others, with having, on the 3d day of November inst., at the parish of Alonythu loyne, stolen, taken rand carried away one shotbelt, 31b. of shot, and one dagger, the property of William Thomas. 30. Thomas Edwards, aged 28 (n.); 31. Williarn John Llewellen, 29 (n.) ; 311. Job Harris, iM (n.) ;` - .1 33. Joseph Coales, 24 (r, and w. inip.)--C ar maitte,d Nov. 28th, 1839, by James Coles, clerk, ,Messrs... - Q. - Morgan, S. Homfray, and George Hall, for having, on the 3d day of Nov., at the parish of Bedwelty, felo niously and burglariously broken and entered the dwell ing -house of John Waiters, and 'did then and there violently and unlawfully assault the said John Walters. 34. Lewis Rowland, aged 37 (r. and .w. imp.)— Committed Nov. 28th, 1839, by -Messrs. G. Hall, 0. Morgan, S. Homfray, and J. Coles, clerk, charged on the oaths of Jacob Thomas and others with having, on the Ist day of November instant, at the parish of Bed was, committed sedition against our Sovereign Lady the Que,n, her crown and dignity. 35. John Owen, aged 28 (r. and w.imp.)—Com mitted Nov. 29, 1839, by Messrs. 0. Morgan, S. Homfray, George Hall, and James Coles, clerk, charged on the oaths of John Thomas and others with having, on the 3d day of November inst., at the parish - of Aberystruth, in this county, committed high treason against our Sovereign Lady the Queen, her crown and dignity. 36. John Lovell, aged 41 (r. and w.)—Committed Nov. 9, 1839, by Sir B. Hall, J. Coles, clerk, and Messrs. T. Hawkins, and W. Brewer, charged on the oaths of Daniel Evans and others with having, on the 4th day of November inst., at the borough of Newport, committed high treason and sedition against our Sove reign Lady the Queen, her crown and dignity. 37. John Batton, jun., aged 18 (r. and w. imp.)— Committed Nov. 30, 1839, by J. Coles, clerk, and Messrs. George Hall, Octavius Morgan, and Thomas Hawkins, charged on the oath of Israel Firman and another with having, on the 4th day of November in stant, at the borough of Newport, with others unknown, conspired against the peace of our Sovereign Lady the.. Queen, her crown and dignity. JJ 3S. Isaac Phillips, aged 18 (n.)—Committed Decem ber 7, 1839, by James Coles, clerk, and Messrs. 0. Morgan and G. Hall, for having, on thei 4th. day of 1. November last, at the parish of Machen, stolen one cleaver, of the value of 10s., the property of Charles Harris. CHARLES FORD, Keeper. MONMOUTH, DEC. 8, 11 O'CLOCK, P.M. In consequence of a despatch received at Newport yesterday afternoon from Lord Normanby respecting the seditious publications so widely disseminated through the country, stating it to be the intention of Govern ment (at length) to use active measures for their sup pression, a seizure was made last night at Newport at the house of Edwards, one of the Chartists at present un der sentence in Monmouth Gaol, of a large quantity of ll'estern Vindicators and other seditious publications, which were kept on sale by Mrs. Edwards, and mea sures have been taken by the Newport Magistrates for the prosecution of the vendors. Upon our arrival here this evening we took measures to ascertain the state of the town, which we find to be still in a very excited state. Every measure, however, which military prudence could suggest has been takin by Col. Considine to frustrate any sudden attack upon the gaol, or any part of the-town. The military force here at presefit is but 'isms% con sisting of one company of the 45th Foot, and a troop of the 12th Lancers, the whole being under the command of Major Armstrong. Two companies of Rifles will, bow ever, arrive here to-morrow, the billets for them being drawn, and the Horse Artillery, from Newport, will be placed between the two towns, so as to be capable of being brought into the town within two hours, if needed. The accession of military strength by the arrival of the Wiles will be very acceptable, for being, as there is, a constant guard of 24 men at the gaol, 12 inside and 12 without, who form a complete chain of pickets, any one acquainted with military tactics will readily be anti are that such performance of duty by a single com pany mu=t be sufficiently arduous., In addition to this guard for the protection of the gaol, loopholes have been, by Colonel Considine's orders, cut in the walls and at the entrance lodge of the gaol, in order to render the fire from within more effective, and, in fact, to enable the little garrison to keep up a constant fire, which would completely enfilade any party attacking the gaol. The arched gateway of lotinow Bridge, leading to the town, has likewise been put in a state of defence. The shops on each side base been appropriated for the reception of military, to prevent any suece-sful attack upon the town, and videttes of horse patrol the surrounding roads to the distance of three or four miles from sunset till six o'clock in the morning, the White Swan being appropriated as a guard-room for them, to which they bring their reports every half-hour during the night. And, indeed, if the rumours afloat here be true, these precautions are not unnecessarily provided, for there appears to be a considerable feeling of uneasiness in some portion of the hills, and a very respectable commercial gentleman, who arrived here yesterday, states, that as he was coming from Aberga venny on Eriday night he saw a rocket thrown into the air upon the hills, in the direction of Nant-y-1.316w, which in a few minutes was followed by another in an opposie direction, and, as he supposes, near the Gar- We understand that application has been made to the Haberdashers' Company for leave to allow their free school here, founded by Mr. William Jones, of that Company, to he appropriated as a barrack for one com pany of the Rifle Brigade, and that the National School room will be used as a barrack for the other company. Lovell, who was shot through the thigh, and three other prisoners, arrived here to-day, and have been cou veved to the gaol. Zephaniah Williams continues in the same dejected state as when taking his examination before the Magis trates at Newport. Frost, on the contrary, not only eats and sleeps well, but appears upon the whole to be in good spirits. THE SPECIAL COMMISSION. Every preparation has been made here for the recep tion of the Judges, the Assize Hall having been properly fitted, and the lower portion partitioned off for the better security of the prisoners. Their Lordships wrote to have the Judges' seat made large enough for four persons (the three Judges and the High Sheriff.) Any alteration has, however, been found unnecessary, it being ascertained, upon measuring the seat, that it was sufficiently large. Their Lordships, it is understood, will sleep on Monday night at Barrott's Royal Hotel, Ross, and they will be met at half-past nine o'clock on Tuesday morning a t " Crocker's Ash," about two miles from Monmouth, b y the cavalcade, consisting of the High Sheriff and other officials, the jarelinmen, and the gentlemen of the county in their carriages, who will escort their Lordships to the Assize-hall. Some of the subordinate officers of their Lordships' establishments have already arrived here. LEARNING TO WRITE.—" The ac ti ve use o f the pen, in transcriptions, compositions, &c., in the usual exercise books, is so powerful au assistant in the work of a good education, that the learning of the mere, art of writing ought not to occupy an, great portion of time. The art, being purely mechanical, ought to be treated mechanically, as in these copy books, in order that it may be acquired with facility ; it being obvious that every week unnecessa r il y d evote d to mere manipu lation in penmanship, is a wee k l ost to t h e improvementof the mind."—The Smith and Dolier Copy Books. CHARTIST DRILLING.—III the Journal, last week, it was stated, on the authority of the principal officers in the police, that a party of Chartists had been seen drilling, at Holloway Head, one night last week. We have since made narticular inquiries, and are now fully enabled to contradict the statement altogether. The facts are these :—A party of young men, consist ing of sonic twelve or thi rteen, met on the night in question, to enjoy them se l ves at what is called a Free and Easy," in the neighbourhood ; and on their return home, across the fields, being in a merry mood, par ty proposed to whistle for the others, if two of the they would join hands and have a dapce. . Anything, at the moment, in the shape of a lam,. being accept able hands were joined,. and, more like a parcel of fairies than drilling Chartists, they amused themselve s f or a few minutes. They were, while dancing, e s pi e d by Sergean t Lanigan, who, being unable to di scern p r o perly the nature of their evolutions, scampered off to procure assistance at the station, to apprehend them for meditated treason to our Lady Victoria, whilst all they aimed at was a humble act of worship to our Lady Terpsichore.—Birmingham Journal. •R k+. A "