The Sun. — London, England, 1844-01-03 00:00:00

bf art re to red ty• ,eir aft o ae her sed lacq Of 0 THE CLEANSING of the STREETS. MANSION-HOUSE. The LORD MAYOR stated that he had, within the last few days, called the attention of the public and of the police more than once to the state of the streets of London. He had himself personally, as well as by strict inquiry, ascertained that the condition of the thoroughfares was so excessively bad that there could exist no doubt of the invalidation of the contract in consequence of the neglect of its terms by the con tractor. The voice of the public adequately pro claimed the extent and unendurable nature of the nuisance, and it was quite impossible for the inha bitants to perform the duty which devolved upon them by virtue of the Police Act, to keep the foot ways adjoining their premises swept and cleansed unless the scavengers performed theirs in removing the masses of mud and filth collected in the carriage- Nva3r. The season had just arrived when activity and decision became, in enforcing the provisions of the Act, indispensable, and he thought it would be of considerable use to his fellow-citizens to keep before their eyes the information contained in the following account of the rakers' duties and districts : CITY OF LONDON. Rakers' Duties end Districts for the year ending at Mid, summer Day, 1841. CLEAN SING. The public markets and the carriage ways of an the streets, lanes, and public places, are to be properly picked, swept, and cleansed from mud, dust, filth, and rubbish, and all animal and vegetable matter,iand everything that is offensive or injurious, and the same is to be picked and Swept up into the middle of all streets which exceed 16 feet in width from kerb to kerb (but not within 10 feet of any gully or sewer grating), and carted away there from forthwith ; and in so cleansing all places, the iron gutters laid across or along the ,footway shall be raked out and made clear for the water to run off, and the air grates over the sewers in the carriage-ways of the streets are to be raked out and made clear from mud and all obstructions ,• and all straw, litter, tanners' bark, &c., laid before the houses of sick persons, is to be removed by the contractor, ;when notice has been given him by the Inspector of the distri c t so to do ; and the footway any street or place situate before any hoard or open vacant ground i s t o b e care f u ll y swept , at t h e same ti me t the street is swept. The contractor is to cleanse the st reets from matter, snow and all unfrozen or partially frozen All streets and places into which a cart can enter are to be clean se d b y Wh i tworth ' s patent street-sweep i ng I:atoitueand all other places' into which the machine enter, are to be cleansed by manual labour. DUST. f The contractor is to take away without fee or reward or 111 any house or building, at least twice in the week, loftener if required by the housekeepers or their ser tTat the dust, ashes, dirt, rubbish, and refuse, vegetable b li ou s a : ll°l3l 'natter and all other the usual refuse of a aWa And the dust, &c., as aforesaid, is to be taken u3' the contractor respectively from the prisons of _oeewpgraistoen, the Fleet-prison, the Giltspur-street Compter, th in Whitecross-street, Christ's Hospital, the 1 3 1 spital of St. Bartholomew, the Mansion House, the ri an k of England, the East India Company's house, the k,ustom House, the General Post-office, and the Excise daily,' if required (Sundays excepted), before ten o'clock in the forenoon. Penalty for each neglect, 10s. The contents of all public dust-bins, wherever situate, shall be cleared out and carted away, twice in every week, or oftener if need be, whatever may be the nature of their contents. Penalty for each neglect, ss. All the refuse from the houses of the inhabitants, and all the sweepings of the streets and markets as be fore described, are to be taken direct and wholly away from the City of London, on penalty of 101. for each cart-load not so taken away. Contractor for the whole City of London, — JOHN GORE, 11 and 12 Wh a rfs, Paddington. The whole lin e of streets, from Temple-bar to Ald gate-street ; also Newgate-street, King William-street, London-bridge, and F enchurch-street, are to be cleansed daily (Sunday excepted) between five o'clock and eight o'clock in the morning of each day, from Lady Day to Michaelmas Day, and between six o'clock and nine o'clock in the morning of each day, from Michaelmas Day to Lady Day. Penalty on each street 40s. STREETS TO BE CLEANSED THREE TIMES A WEEK — PENALTY 40s. On each Monday, Wednesday, and Friday—South place,l the Pavement, Moorgate-street, Princes - street , PPer Thames•street throughout, Bish , vsgate-street Within and Without, and Lombard-street. Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday—From Holborn bars to Nevmate-street ; Long-lane, Aldersgate-street, and St. Martin's-le- Grand; Gracechurch-street, Watling street, Budge-row; and Cannon-street; Barbican, Beech street, Old Bailey, Farringdon-street, and New Bridge • street, so far as is in the jurisdiction of the Commis sioners ; and Lower Thames-street throughout. STREETS NOT ABOVE NAMED TO BE CLEANSED TWICE A-WEEK—PENALTY 20s. Wedn es d ay and Saturday—All in the north division of the West District ; all in the south division of the East Di str i ct that are east of 3dincing-lane; all Broad street ward, Queen- street, Wood • street, Aldermanbury, Lad -lane Milk -street. Tuesday and F r id ay —S uch in the south division of the East District as are west of Mincing-lane inclusive ; all in the Middle District between Cheapside and Fore street; all in th e north division of the East District east o Bih?psg a t e - street Within and Without. d Monuay and Thursday —Fore -street, Redcross-street, an a I north thereof ; all the north division of the East District west of Bishopsgate-street Within and Without. Tuesday and Saturday —All in the Middle District south of Cheapside and west of Queen- street. Monday and Friday —All in the Middle District south o t f Cheapside and east of Queen-street inclusive; all in he south division of the West District east of Farring don-street. Wednesday and Friday—All in the south division of the West District west of Farringdon-street. The markets, and all the approaches thereinto, are to be severally cleansed daily (excepting Sundays). Penalty 51 . for each neglect. Smithfield market is to be cleansed on Monday and ue sday, Friday and Saturday ; to be begun directly the cattle markets are concluded. Penalt% q 5/. for each The courts and alleys paved only with flag pavements are to b e cleaned twice a week. Penalty 20s. for each neglect. For forcing mud, &c., down any gully or sewer grat ng, Penalty 5/. sewer keepin g mu d , & c., w i th i n 10 feet of any gully or gratin g , p ena l ty 403. Co grating, of non-p er f ormance o f th e wor k are re quested to be made to the Sewers-office, Guildhall, and 7 proof thereof had before, and to the satisfaction of, Commissione at an one of the the contractor will be fined as above.ir public meeting s , JOSEPH DAW, Principal Clerk, H Sewers-office, Guildhall. tiintl)zteisdLordship baying observed that from th e a b ove c do cument it app eare d t o b e compe t en t to every ~,..e,l l of Lond on to cause proper attention to be ny the scavengers to the particular district in so Nvnlch he resided, expressed a conf i dent hope that, in important a matter regarding the health and corn fo of the i n h a b itants, he should have their cordial n s t u rt e Pr i rt and co - operation. He should attend the next pose t ng of the C omm i ssioners of Sewers for the pur ductduct Off s ubmitting a p ropos i t i on re l at i ve to the con , _ the individ ua l who had so positively invali dated his contract. •.,........_.....______ LO be L OUIS P HILIPPE was to AND CASIMIR DELAVIONE.--As notice s of expected, t h e papers teem with biographical 'worth c Casimi r D elavigne ; but they contain nothing much yof extract. L ou i s Philippe is said to be very affected at the death of the poet, because he looked upon him as one of his firmest friends as well as one of the literary celebrities of his reign. When, during the reign of C harles X. the de cease d poe t was t h e victim of the wrath of the Government, L ou i s Phili ppe wrote to him —"Le tonnere est tomhe sur votre naaison—je veins offre un appartement dans la mienne." And after his accession to the thron e , g the Kin amply provided for him, givi ng him one or two places, which produced him a sufficient income, as well as a house free of expense. I have even heard it said that Louis Philippe gave him a little estate in the country, in a most delicate manner. A f ew years ago, seeing him apparently unwell, the King Said - , " My poor D e l av i gne, Paris does not agree with Y„On Go into into the country, mon cher. There is a little estate of mine in such a province ; go—it is at Your service." The , wet—ound to 'Von him—everything ready n for f occupation servants ; and in wait a seeretaire he found a letter from the King, saying that the little estate was henceforth his. Whatever may be thought of Louis Philippe as King and as statesman, it is undeniable that he is an excellent friend and a muni ficent patron of literary men and artists.—John Bull. LORD LYNEDOCH AND OSSIAN.—it is an interest ing circumstance as illustrating the great age of the late gallant L ord Lynedoeh, that he was some time, when a translator of Ossian, and that to this connexion we, in B°lee measure, ow e t h e publication of the poems of the Celtic Homer. I n t h e summer of 1759, a far distant period to revert to in the history of one who died but last week, before George 111. had ascended the throne ; when Ame rica was a British colony ; when the first William Pitt was Prime Minister ; wh en B ur k e was writing sum maries for Annu a l R eg i s t er; when Goldsmith was scribbling essay s in a garret ; and when J o h nson had just ther' com posed his " Rasselas" to pay the expenses of his mo s fune t a l —in that year Macpherson and his pupil (then M Gr aam, yr. o f B algowan) happened to be at Moffat, atering place in Du m f r i ess hi re. Home, the author of u 9los, was aho at Moff a t at t h e same time, and young Macpherson recited to him, in the course of their walks, fragmentsfra of the ancient poems which then floated over Highlands and were common in the remote districts. .. r. Home prevailed on Macpherson to give him transla -11(?ns of some of the pieces, and he showed them to Dr. -131. air d David Hume, who were much struck with their wild anduty and originality. A publication soon took Macphersonl!iee— travelled over Skye and the other Islands quest of more—and in two years the fame of yssian was over all Europe, and his translator was richer by 2,0001. than when ho journeyed to Moffat, little dreaming of the stone that was to open on him, with Mr. Graham, of Balgovgan.--/nverness Courier. SUDDEN DEATH. —Mr. Payne held an inquest yes terday evening at " The World turht‘di upside down," Old Kent -road, on the body of John Dowd en , aged 40, a stableman employed by Mr. John Bulstrode, corn chandler, in the same road. The deceased had arisen from his bed on Monday morning in good health, had done his work for a couple of hours, and then retired to the stable, where he was found in half-an-hour after, by Mr. Edward Bulstrode, sitting upon a tub, his hands clasped upon his knee; and his head leaning back against the wall, quite dead. Mr. Shoolbridge, a surgeon, pro -I,l,9nticed him to have died from disease of the heart. Verdict, " Natural death." THE CURRENCY. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—I am glad to perceive that you are turning your attention to the currency, and that other able persons are doing so likewise. The effect has already been the dealing heavy blows to the preposterous " metallic currency" illusion ; but I regret to observe, that two enormous errors still pervade the reasonings of those who have made the greatest advances in the right direction. The least of these is, the confining the term "cur rency" to the Bank notes and specie in circulation, overlooking the fact that bills of exchange form, in truth, the main part of our circulating medium, a part so vast, that all others sink into insignificance. It can scarcely be requisite to prove that these bills are as strictly a part of our circulation, as a Bank note of £OOl. Their conversion into cash cannot, indeed, be enforced before a cer tain date, but practically they are exchanged as often as bank notes of equal amount. Every commercial man is accustomed to see bills with half a dozen endorsements indicating as many pay ments and transfers. In fact, while a million in bills changes hands and effects transfers nearly as readily as a million in 1001. Bank notes, the number of millions represented by bills immensely exceeds those repre sented by bank paper. The second, and more important and fatal error, is the admission of depreciation in paper currency. Now such depreciation is impossible, except from doubts of the solvency of the issuers. If a bank or a State issues any given amount of paper, and the holders do not believe in the power (America compels one to add inclination), of the issuer to pay what has been promised, the paper becomes depreciated in the ratio of doubt—if the holder expects to get only 90/. for the promised 1001., the paper is depreciated 10 per cent. ; if he looks but for 60/. the depreciation is 40 per cent. But this is the only possible case of " depreciation" —the change in the value of no commodity whatever can " depreciate" the paper. This the least reflection will show : cotton may have fallen 20 per cent., and sugar risen as much, since a Bank note was issued ; and shall we say that the note is " depreciated" because it will not purchase as much sugar as it would have done on the day of issue ? If so, we must say that it is appreciated, or enhanced in value, because it will buy more cotton, i. e., that the same note is, at the same moment, " de preciated and appreciated, diminished and increased in value !" If not with cotton and sugar, neither with gold or silver; all are alike commodities and subject to the same laws of increase or diminution of value, accord ing to the ratio of demand to supply. The whole blunder arises from a loose and unphi losophical mode of thinking and expression. People see the relation of two articles, in point of value, altered, and fancy that it is a matter of indifference, whether they say that " A has risen," or that " B has fallen ;" and thus, because gold, being in exces sive demand during the war with France (for pay ment of troops, &c., &c.) rose in price, the currency writers immediately talked about the paper being " depreciated !" Would these gentlemen, in case they had two chil dren of like size, and that at the end of two year they had found the one six inches taller, and the other only three, assert that the latter was diminished or " depreciated" in height ? The truth is, that it is impossible to find an immoveable standard. Metals, precious stones, corn, labour—all are liable to fluctua tion in their value relative to other commodities. A general average of the whole might possibly be ap proximated to, although a task of enormous l a bour, difficulty, and nicety. I will, however, v enture to assert, contrary to the fancy of the vast body of currency writers, that the paper of a State, regarding which no doubt of sol vency exists, is less liable to fluctuation, and ap proaches nearer to the abstract idea of the unit of comparison than any metal whatever. A Bank note for 100/. (or a good bill of exchange for that amount) will, for example, at the time of issue, command in the market a certain amou n t o f manua l labour, of cotton, sugar, meat, &c., &c. Let us suppose, for example, that it will command the following articles :—viz., 200 lbs. weight of flour, 200 lbs. of meat, 200 lbs. o butter, 200 lbs. of iron, 200 lbs. of oak timber, 200 lbs. of copper, 200 lbs. of sugar, 200 yards of linen, 200 days of the labour of an unskilled labourer, and fifty days of the labour of a skilled artisan. Let us now imagine that the money value of half these things advanced 10 per cent., that the other half decreased in value in a like ratio—the 1007. note would purchase the same intrinsic value. If a greater proportion than a moiety rose or fell in value, the command would be somewhat varied ; but, as probably the balance might be restored by the change in the smaller number, exceeding in ratio that of the major number, in an opposite direction, the actual command might remain nearly unaltered. I am, Sir, yours, with best wishes, BEIRNIARD. A SCENE in the FRENCH CHAMBERS CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES—SITTING OF DEC. 30. The Chamber met this day for the choice of Vice- Presidents, and for the definitive constitution of the Chamber. After the election of the Vice-Presidents, M. Lafitte, who, as the senior member of the Cham ber, had acted as pro tern. President, addressed the Chamber as follows : Gentlemen, called for the second time to the honour of presiding over you, I will not abuse the privilege of my age and my functions. The sorrowful reminis cences which I feel in this place would perhaps lead me to speak to you of my appre hensions for the future, whilst I would only wish at this moment to express to you my thanks for the kind ness of which you have given me a fresh proof ; but, in the presence of a situation which does not appear without danger, my conscience obliges me to tell you what France expects of you. In the course of your session, besides the official programme of your labours, opportunities will offer themselves for ex amining if our late illusions and our fortune will be engulfed in the abyss which opens at our very doors —(lnterruption)—whether the struggle entered on in various localities—(oh, oh)—between the Go vernment and the elective powers does not contain within itself the seeds of a struggle still more grave between the two principles which, for four teen years, we have laboured to conciliate—(Loud exclamations from the Centre)—if the artificial calm created on the surface of the country—(Ah, ah)—be sufficient for our dignity—(Oh, oh)—whether dis order and anarchy are not at the foundation of our situation—(Murmurs from different parts of the Chamber)—and whether good faith and rectitude in the administration of public affairs are not preferable to the resources of venality—to a traffic in corruption. —(Loud interruption from the Centre, and a Member loudly called " Order, order.") M. Lafitte—l consider that my age, my character, and my position, give me a right to speak the truth when I consider it useful.—(Marks of assent from the Gauche.) M. Lafitte—l shall not carry my investigations any further. A voice from the Centre exclaimed, " That will be no misfortune ;" and another voice from the Left called on the interrupter for silence. M. Lafitte—l will not carry my investigations any further ; but bear in mind that factions die away, Ministries are changed, systems become exhausted, and we, Gentlemen, we remain responsible for the obstacles which the country meets with in the deve lopement of those resources of power and of prosperity which it ought to expect from the Revolution of July. —(Loud murmurs from the Centre, and approbatory exclamations from the Left.) M. Lafitte then said—" I now invite the President and the Definitive Secretaries to take their places;" and returned to his usual seat in the Chamber. A voice from the Centre—" A la bonne heure." M. Sauzet, the President, then addressed the Cham ber, amidst the most profound silence ; and after thanking the Chamber for the honour they had done him in electing him again to fill the honourable office of President of the Chamber, he concluded thus —" The first session ha s f u lfill e d its work—let the second do the same ; let the Chamber concur in it with the Bureaux by the good order of its delibera tions, the prompt and wise distribution of its labours, that no salutary idea may be lost sight of, that no one moment be lost; let us know how to show what may be expected from an intelligent and powerful nation, and thus merit the gratitude of the country. The President then declared the Chambers to he constituted, and proposed to vote the usual thanks to the Member, who, from his seniority, had temporarily presided Some voices from the Centre here exclaimed, " Oh, oh !" and " No, no !" and others from the Left, " Consult the Chamber." President—l demand that the thanks be voted as usual to the members of the provisional bureau.— (Oh, oh.) There is no opposition to the vote. A voice from the Left—" Yes, there is opposition, Consult the Chamber." President—l again demand that thanks be voted to the Provisional Bureau.—(Yes, yes). There is no opposition.—(No, no.) The thanks are voted.— (Loud murmurs and exclamations from the Left.) The Chamber soon after adjourned. THAMES TUNNEL.- The number of persons who passed through the Tunnel last week was 37,114. LIEUTENANT MUNRO.—It does not appear that the statement which has been put forth by several of the papers with something like authority, namely, that Lieut. Munro would surrender this session and take his trial at the Old Bailey, has any foundation or truth in it. No notice of any such intention has been given to the officers of the Central Criminal Court, nor is it likely, under all the circumstances, that there will be. CANADIAN POLITICS. The folloWing is Mr. Lafontaine's note to Sir Charles Metcalfe, relative to the resignation of the late Cabinet: " Mr. Lafontaine, in compliance with the request of the Governor-General, and in behalf of himself and his late colleagues, who have felt it to be their duty to tender their resignation of office, states, for his Excellency's information, the substance of the information which they propose to offer in their places in Parliament. " They have avowedly taken office upon the principle of responsibility to the representatives of the people in Parliament, and with a full recognition on their parts of the following resolutions introduced into the Legisla tive Assembly, with the knowledge and sanction of her Majesty's representative in the province, on the 3d of September, 1841: " ' That the head of the Executive Government of the province, being within the limits of his government, the representative of the Sovereign is responsible to the Imperial authority alone, but that nevertheless the ma nagement of our local affairs can only be conducted by him by and with the assistance, counsel, and informa tion of subordinate officers in the province; and that, in order to preserve between the different branches of the provincial Parliament that harmony which is essential to the peace, welfare, and good government of the province, the chief advisers of the representative of the Sovereign, constituting a provincial administration under him, ought to be men possessed of the confidence of the re presentatives of the people; thus affording a guarantee that the well understood wishes and interests of the peo ple, which our gracious Sovereign has declared shall be the rule cf the provincial Government, will on all occa sions be faithfully represented and advocated.' " They have lately understood that his Excellency took a widely different view of the position, duties, and responsibilities of the Executive Council from that under which they accepted office, and through which they have been enabled to conduct the Parliamentary business of the Government, sustained by a large majority of the popular branch of the Legislature. " Ilad the difference of opinion between his Excel lency and themselves, and, as they have reason to be lieve, between his Excellency and the Parliament and the people of Canada generally, been merely theoretical, the members of the late Executive Council might and would have felt it to be their duty to avoid every possi bility of collision which might have a tendency to dis turb the tranquil and amicable relations which apparently subsisted between the Executive Government and the provincial Parliaments ; but that difference of opinion has led not merely to appointments to office against their advice, but to appointments and proposals to make ap pointments, of which they were not informed in any mariner until all opportunity of offering advice respect ing them had passed by, and to a determination on the part of his Excellency to reserve for the expression of her Majesty's pleasure thereon, a Bill introduced into the provincial Parliament, with his Excellency's know ledge and consent, as a Government measure, without an opportunity being given to the members the Exe cutive Council to state the probability of such a reserva tion. They, therefore, felt themselves in the anomalous position of being, according to their own avowals and solemn public pledges, responsible for all the acts of the Executive Government to Parliament, and at the same time not only without the opportunity of offering advice respecting those acts, but without the knowledge of their existence until informed of them from private and un official sources. " When the members of the late Executive Council offered their humble remonstrance to his Excellency on this condition of public affairs, his Excellency not only frankly explained the difference of opinion existing be tween him and the Council, but stated that from the time of his arrival in the country he bad observed an antagon ism between him and them on the subject, and, notwith standing that the members of the Council repeatedly and distinctly explained to his Excellency that they considered him free to act contrary to their advice, and only claimed an opportunity of giving such advice, and of knowing before others his Excellency's intentions, his Excellency b tl e ie tl i v r e m en in h d i s m , thereb a y nd hi t s h a e v i z a li n l d th a a N t vantof did not in any manner remov e th e i mpress i on l e f t upon v h a a s t a c n o r a d n i ta t a l i g t s n m d confidence which would enable them in their respective stations to carry on public business to the satisfaction of his Excellency or of the country. The want of t his cor diality and confidence had already become a matter of public rumour, and public opinion not only extended it to acts upon which there were apparent grounds for dif ference of opinion, but to all measures of Government involving political principles. His Excellency, on the one hand, was supposed to be coerced by his Council into a course of policy which he did not approve of, and the Council were made liable to the accusation of assuming the tone and position of responsible advisers of the Go vernment, without, in fact, asserting the right of being consulted thereupon. " While his Excellency disclaimed any intentions of altering the course of administration of public affairs which he found on his arrival in Canada, he did not dis guise his opinion, that those affairs would be more satis factorily managed by and through the Governor himself without any necessity of concord amongst the members of the Executive Council, or obligation on their part to defend or support in Parliament the acts of the Govern ment. To this opinion of his Excellency, as one of theory, the members of the Executive Council might not have objected, but when on Saturday last they discovered that it was the real ground of all their differences with his Excellency, and of the want of confidence and cor diality between his Excellency and the Council since his arrival, they felt it impossible to continue to serve her Majesty as executive councillors for the affairs of this province, consistently with their duty to her Majesty or to his Excellency, or with their public and oft-repeated pledges in the provincial Parliament; if his Excellency should see fit to act upon his opinion of their functions and responsibilities. " Daly's Hotel, Nov. 27, 1843." To this his Excellency replied : " The Governor observes with regret, in the explana tion which the gentlemen ,wbo have resigned their seats in the Executive Council propose to effer in their places in Parliament, a tota-omission oL.the circumstances which he regards as forming the real grounds of their resignation ; and as this omission - may have proceeded from their not considering themselves at liberty to dis close those circumstances, it becomes necessary that he should state them. " On Friday Mr. Lafontaine and Mr. Baldwin came to the Government-house, and, after some other matters of business and some preliminary , remarks as to the cause of their.proceeding, demanded of the Governor. General that he should agree to make no appointment, and no offer of an appointment, without pre viously taking the advice of the Council; that the lists of candidates should is every instance be laid before the Council ; that they should recommend any others at discretion, and that the Governor-General in deciding, after taking their advice, should not make any appoint ment prejudicial to their influence. In other words, that the patronage of the Crown should be surrendered to the Council for the purchase of Parliamentary support ; for, if the demand did not mean that it meant nothing, as it cannot be imagined that the mere form of taking advice without regarding it was the process contem plated. "The Governor-General replied, that he would not make any such stipulation, and could not degrade the character of his office nor violate his duty by such a sur render of the prerogative of the Crown. " He appealed to the number of appointments made by him on the recommendation of the Council, or to the members of it in their departmental capacity, and to in stances in which he had abstained from conferring ap pointments on their opponents, as furnishing proofs of the great consideration which he had evinced towards the Council do the distribution of the patronage of the Crown. _ _ " He at the same time objected, as he always had done, to the exclusive distribution of patronage with party views, and maintained the principle that office ought, in every instance, to be given to the man best qualified to render efficient service to the State, and where there was no such pre-eminence he asserted his right to exercise his discretion. " He understood from Messrs. Lafontaine and Baldwin that their continuance in office depended on his final de cision with regard to their demand; and it was agreed that at the Council to be assembled the next day the subject should be fully discussed. " lie accordingly met the Council on Saturday, con vinced that they would resign, as he could not recede from the resolution which he had formed, and the same subject became the principal topic of discussion. " Three or more distinct propositions were made to him over and over again, sometimes in different terms, but always aiming at the same purpose, which in his opinion, if accomplished, would have been a virtual sur render into the hands of tho Council of the prerogative of the Crown, and on his uniformly replying to their pro positions in the negative, his refusal was each time fol lowed by' then we must resign,' or words to that pur port, from one or more of the Council. " After the discussion of this question at so much length, being, as he has hitherto conceived, the ono upon which the resignation of the Council rested, he is as tonished at finding that it is now ascribed to an alleged difference of opinion in the theory of responsible govern ment. " In the course of the conversations which both on Friday and Saturday followed the explicit demand made by the Council regarding the patronage of the Crown, that demand being based on the construction put by some of the gentlemen on the meaning of responsible government,' different opinions were elicited on the ab stract theory of that still undefined question as appli cable to a colony, a subject on which considerable diffe rence of opinion is known everywhere to prevail ; but the Governor-General during these conversations pro tested against its being supposed that he is practically adverse to the working of the system of responsible go vernment, which he has hitherto pursued, without de viation, and to which it is fully his intention to adhere. " The Governor-General subscribes entirely to the re solution of the Legislative Assembly of the 3d of Sep tember, 1841, and considers any other system of govern ment than that which recognises responsibility to the people and to the Representative Assembly as impracti cable in this province. " No man is more satisfied that all government exists solely for the benefit of the people, and he appeals con fidently to his uniform conduct here and elsewhere in support of this assertion. _ _ ' If, indeed, by responsible government' the gentle men of the late Council mean that the Council is to be supreme, and the authority of the Governor a nullity, then he cannot agree with them, and must declare his dissent from that perverson of the acknowledged principle. " But if they mean that responsible government as established in this colony is to be worked out with an earnest desire to insure success, he must then express his surprise at their arriving at conclusions which he does not consider to be justified by any part of his con duct, and which he conceives his repeated declarations ought to have prevented. Allusion is made, in the proposed explanation of the gentlemen of the late Coun cil, to the Governor-General having determined to re serve for the consideration of her 1113,iesty's Government THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 3, 1844. one of the Bills passed by the two Legislative Houses— , that is, the Secret Societies Bill. If there is any part of the functions of the Governor in which he is more than in any other bound to exercise an independent judgment, it must be in giving the Royal assent to Acts of Parliament. With regard to this duty he has special instructions from her Majesty's Secretary to reserve every Act of an unusual or extraordinory character. Undoubtedly the Secret Societies Bill answers that de scription, being unexampled in British legislation. The gentlemen of the late Council had his sentiments on it expressed to them. He told them that it was an arbi trary and unwise measure, and not even calculated to effect the object it had in view. " He had given his consent to its being introduced into Parliament, because he-had promised soon after his as sumption -of the - government that he would sanction legislation on the subject as a substitute for executive measures, which he refused to adopt on account of their proscriptive character, although he deprecates the ex istence of societies which tend to. foment religious and civil discord. The gentlemen of the late Council cannot fail to remember with what pertinacity those measures were pressed on him, and can hardly but be aware of what would have followed at that time if, in addition to rejecting the proscriptive measures urged, he had re fused to permit any legislation on the subject. Permis sion to introduce a Bill cannot be properly assumed as fettering the judgment of the Government with regard to the Royal assent, for much may happen during the passage of the Bill through the Legislature to influence his decision. In this case the Bill was strongly opposed an 4 reprobated in the Assembly, but when it went to the Legislative Council many of the members had seceded, and it dui not come up from that House with the advan tage of having been . passed in a full meeting. Taking these circumstances into consideration, together with the precise instructions of her Majesty and the uncertainty of her Majesty's allowing such a Bill to go into opera tion, the Governor-General considered it to be his duty to reserve it for her Majesty's consideration, as it was much better that it should not go into operation until confirmed by her Majesty's Government, than that it should be discontinued after its operation bad commenced. " In conclusion, the Governor-General protests against the explanation which those gentlemen propose to offer to Parliament, as omitting entirely the actual and pro minent circumstances which led to their resignation ; and as conveying to Parliament a misapprehension of his sentiments and intentions which has no foundation in any part of his conduct, unless his refusal to make a virtual surrender of the prerogative of the Crown to the Council for party purposes, and his anxiety to do justice to those who were injured by the arrangements attend ing the union, can be regarded as warranting a repre sentation which is calculated to injure him without just cause in the opinion of the Parliament and the people, on whose confidence he places his sole reliance for the successful administration of the government. "Government-house, Nov. 28, 1843." On Saturday, the 9th ultimo, the Governor-General prorogued the Parliament to Monday, January 15, in the following speech : "Hon. Gentlemen of the Legislative Council, and Gentlemen of the Legislative Assembly, " In consequence of the interruption which our joint labours have undergone, entirely against my inclination, and from causes over which I have had no control, I now meet you for the purpose of relieving you from further attendance in Parliament. I am sensible of your unre mitting application to your arduous duties during the session which has been so unexpectedly shortened, and I trust that the measures which you have passed, and to which I have given the Royal Assent in her Majesty's name, will prove beneficial to the country. Some Bills I have been under the necessity of reserving for the consi deration of her Majesty's Government, either from the impracticability of their being carried into execution, owing to their depending on other measures which have not passed into law, or from their affecting the preroga tive of the Crown, or being of a character that, under the Royal instructions, renders that proceeding imperative. " Gentlemen of the House of Assembly, " I thank you for the readiness with which you have voted the necessary supplies. It will be my duty to take care that they be disbursed with the utmost economy consistent with the efficiency of the public service. " Hon. Gentlemen and Gentlemen, " I trust that on your return to your homes you will, by precept and example, endeavour to secure the bless ings and harmony of brotherly love among all classes of the community. Peace and happiness will render our country a desirable place of refuge for the superfluous population of the parental state, whose settling here is fraught with benefit to themselves and the colony ; while discord and strife must have the opposite effect of deter ring them from connecting their destinies with those of a country unceasingly troubled. I humbly hope that the blessings of the Almighty will render this a prosperous and happy land, reaping the fruits of its own industry, and enjoying the powerful protection of our Gracious Sovereign as an integral portion of the British empire. I will now, Gentlemen, say ffirewell; and I trust that we shall meet again to renew our efforts for the public good with greater success." CORN AND CURRENCY LAWS. TO TINE EDITOR OF THE MORNING PONT. Sir,—l have received your paper of the 20th instant, containing my letter of the 14th of August last, and your comments upon the same, which call for some further remarks from me upon the all-important subject of a general protection to agriculture and commerce through an alteration of the monetary laws, instead of the partial and uncertain protection now afforded by the corn-laws. I have no object whatever in recommending a total repeal of the corn-laws, with the proposed alter ation in the money laws, except to relieve the agricul turists of the odium which the maintenance of the laws casts upon them. My purpose would bo nearly accom plished by only raising the nominal value of the ounce of silver to the desired nominal value of the bushel of wheat, which would render the present corn-laws nugatory, excepting in the few cases when a great scarcity raises the price very far above the general aver age. The only reason why I have named 7s. 6d. per ounce is that it appears generally acknowledged that 7s. 6d. is a remunerating price, but it is of very little importance to society at large whether the price of wheat be 7s. 6d. or Ss., or even 10s. per bushel, provided the ounce of silver be raised to the relative value. You make me admit that the corn-law was a wise mea sure, because I say that its objects and effect were to in crease the value of English labour, but this is not a correct view of the subject. The intention of the law was was right, but the working of it bad and unjust, because it only partially supported the wages of labour. The law was a very unwise one, in my opinion—it was insti tuted to prevent the rui nous p r ices of agricultural pro duce which the liability t o re turn to specie payments within six months after the •peace, at the old and long unused standard of value, produced in 1814 ; the com plete operation of which was partially suspended by cir cumstances till 1819, has never been permanently or fully carried out ,and never will be till prices fall to the conti nental level Had the promoters of the corn-laws in 1815 understood what they were doing, they would have obtained their p ro t ec ti on by coining the precio us metals of that nominal v a lue which their corn had obtained during the war by the depreciation in the value of the unredeemable paper money. By that plan they would not only have perfectly protected themselves, but would also have protected all other interests. You say that it appears to you, "if both laws were repealed, mat ters would remain muc,y as they are at present ;" but you forget that I do nOt;arone.propose the abolition of the two laws, I also propose-to alter the nominal price of silver from ss. 2d. to 7s. ad. per ounce, in which the Bank would pay its notes ; and in this alteration lies all my contemplated protection and improvement ; it would protect produce an d l a b our in England 50 per cent. against foreign produce and labour. As the laws now stand, the protection to agriculture, although very in sufficient, is destructive of our foreign trade, absorbing all its profits; and, if persisted in, an unprofitable state of things, like the last four years, will continue. If, how ever, as is probable, the corn-laws alone are repealed, the money interest will take possession of the land, an & the interest of the d e bt will not be paid. To convince yourself of the soundness of my views you should refer to the state of agriculture in 1800 to 1614 ; the corn laws of that time were quite useless, for the price of corn was always above the protecting price ; and that price was alone maintained by the depreciation in the value of the pound sterling. It was not the war which made high prices --all previous wars made low prices ; it was the new monetary measures which made high nominal prices. Then why should not the same prin ciple now produce the same results? You and your friends, seek for high nominal prices through a corn law which only partially protects you, and ruins others. I seek for the same high nominal prices through a corre sponding alteration of the coins, which would, I contend, protect all interests equally, and therefore justly and permanently. Trusting that these few remarks from a practical tradesman of nearly forty years' extensive experience may be interesting to your readers, I remain, yours respectfully, G. F. MUNTZ. Ley Hall, near Birmingham, Dec. 22. DETENTION OF THE OVERLAND INDIAN MAIL.— A notice of which the following is a copy has been issued by command of the Postmaster-General, and was put up yesterday at the General Post-office, St. Martin's-le- Grand, and the several branch offices :—" The closed mail for India via Marseilles detained. Letters in time on the 6th inst. (Saturday next)." MORE INCENDIARISM .—I nformation was received on Monday, at Bow-street, that on the night of the 26th large ladd er, a quant i ty o f e l m ult., or early on the foll owi ng morning, a large wheat hovel, a rick of beans, andone of barl ey , s i x tons o f straw , b se o v a e rd n s l , o a a nd loads of ab osututbtbhlier,ty yards of r i c k staddles, the a Onth pro perty of Mr. Daniel Simons , of Middlemoor, in the bo rough of Daventry, were maliciously fired, and totally destroyed. A reward o f te n guineas has been offered for the apprehension of t h e ince e ndiaries, and a similar s r o e m wa e rd de b ni y on A i l a r c . a llto c peset fire to the farm buildings and ricks of Mr . James Speller, of High Roothing, Essex, whereby the same were totally de stroyed. A reward of 150 L has been offered for the apprehension of the incend i aries. In both of the above cases Sir J. Graham has offered a free pardon to any person not being the actual incendiary, who will give such information as may lead to con v i ction. h r persons wilfully night of the 22d ult., FREEMASONRY IN / • VoncEsTEn..--(From a Corres pondent.)—The brethren of the Worcester Lodge, No. 349, celebrated the festival of St. John on Wednesday last, by a banquet at the Masonic Hall, Broad-street. The lodge was opened in form at four o'clock, and about five the brethren were called from labour to refreshment. 1 The worshipful master, Brother Joseph Bennett, pre sided, assisted by Brother Richard Varden as S. W. (in the absence of Brother Knight, from a severe domestic affliction), and Brother Rising, J. W. Covers were laid for 50, and 52 brethren sat down to a repast comprising every seasonable delicacy. A magnificent dessert of pines, grapes, and other suitable accompaniments, with excellent wines, succeeded, an,. a the evening was passed -i; ith true masonic touviviitlity. TUESDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE. ST. JAMES'S PALACE, DEC. 30, 1843. The Queen has been pleased, on the nomination of Lord Forester, to appoint Charles Edward Murray, Esq , to be one of her Majesty's Hon. Corps of Gentle men at Arms, vice Hopkinson, who retires. Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of Edinburgh. - Edinburgh Militia.—A. E. MacGregor, Gent., to be Lieutenant, vice J. Fraser, deceased ; J. 11. Hardyman, Gent, to be Lieutenant, vice J. Baillie, deceased, Nov. 8. BANKRUPTS. JOHN WHEATLEY, livery-stable keeper, Kenning ton-cross, to surrender Jan. 9 and Feb. 13, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Green, Aldermanbury, official assignee ; Harpur, Kennington-cross. ROBERT STEVENS, earthenware dealer, New-cut, Lambeth, Jan. 9, and Feb. 9, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Belcher, official assignee ; Turner and Hensman, Basing-lane. HEWITT FYSII TURNER, painted baize manu facturer, Middleton-street, Clerkenwell, Jan. 12, at half past twelve, and Feb. 13, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee, Coleman street ; Taylor and Co., Great James-street. DONALD NICHOLSON, hatter, Liverpool, Jan. 13; at twelve, and Feb. 9, at one, at the Liverpool District Court. Turner, official assignee, Liverpool ; Pritchard, Staple Inn, Middlesex ; Rime, Liverpool. WILLIAM WOOD and HENRY PORT, screw manufacturers, Burton-upon-Trent, Jan. 10, at twelve, and Feb. 17, at half-past eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. Whitmore, official assignee, Birming ham ; J. and J. Richardson, Burton-upon-Trent. J OSEPH BAYLTS, victualler, Deritend, Warwick shire, Jan. 10, at half-past twelve, and Feb. 10, at half past eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. Bittle ston, official assignee, Birmingham • Chilton and Co., Chancery-lane, London ; Benson, Birmingham. BENJAMIN SMITH, grocer, Tipton, Staffordshire, Jan. 12, at twelve, and Feb. 6, at eleven, at the Birming ham District Court. Christie, official assignee, Bir mingham ; Motteram and Giddy, Birmingham. GEORGE lIOLDS WORTH, worsted-spinner, Hali fax, Yorkshire, Jan. 19 and Feb. 5, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Freeman, official assignee, Leeds; Emmett and Allen, Bloomsbury-square, London; Alex ander, Halifax ; Courtenay, Leeds. NOTICES OF INSOLVENCY. W. Lawson, cabinet maker, Oldham. J. Mort, jun., grocer, Little Bolton, Lancashire. J. Butcher, shopman, Withnell, Lancashire. I. Olton, brickmaker, Hansacre, Staffordshire. P. Lane, boarding-housekeeper, Kensington. T. Pycock, farmer, Atterby, Lincolnshire. J. Cox, shopman, Capel Saint Mary's, Suffolk. G. Platts, ironmonger, Sheffield. W. Jeff; Bristol. L. Gompertz, Upper Kennington-green, Lambeth. G. Lea, brush-maker, Syston, Leicestershire. M. Lea, Syston, Leicestershire. W. Hancock, attorney, North Curry, Somersetshire. W. 'White carpenter, Shaftesbury, Dorsetshire. J. Hardy;beerseller, Elland, Yorkshire. C. A. M. Count De Wuits, Wellington-rd., Regent's-pk. S. Heilbuth, hardwar e d ea l er , Hi g h- s t ree t, B. B. Beams, clerk, Bath-place, Brook-street, Lambeth. J. F. Bedford, stone dealer, Mount Tabor, Yorkshire. J. Petherick, boot maker, Ragland, Yorkshire. R. Setchell, butcher, Buckden, Huntingdonshire. E. A. Evans, tobacconist, Great Surrey-street, Black friars-road. J. H. Crispin, Post-office clerk, Eagle-street, City-road. W. Southon, Upper Seymour-street, St. Pancras. W. Roberts, farmer, Wickwar, Gloucestershire. W. Wildsmith, warehouse clerk, Wolverhampton. C. B. Pool, brace manufacturer, Halifax. H. Bernard, professor of phalacromiasy, Regent-street. G. F. Hunter, grocer, Bristol. J. Harrison, grocer, Lockwood, Yorkshire. J. Soaddlethorp, innkeeper, Sherburn, Yorkshire. J. Wilston, wheelwright, Welwyn, Hertfordshire. W. Avis, tailor, Newmarket, Suffolk. E. Jones, farmer, Lulsley, Worcestershire. W. Peat; jun., journeyman weaver, Yeadon, Yorkshire. T. Corlass, licensed victualler, Keighley, Yorkshire. W. Harwood, tobacconist, Yorkshire. M. Robinson, carpenter, Charlotte-street, Islington. R. 11. Rodwell, pianoforte maker, Providence-place, Kentish-town. A. H. Henn, coal merchant, Somerset-place, Commercial road East. J. Hallam, jun., piece maker, Skipton, Yorkshire. 0. Moseley, law-student, Stockport. S. Adams, veterinary surgeon, Birmingham. J. Eccles, horse dealer, Dudley, Worcestershire. W. Moore, stage- c o ac h driver, Bury Saint Edmunds. M. A. Marshall, milliner, Newcastle-street, Strand. J. Briden, corn-dealer, Paddington-street, Marylebone. G. Dixon, undertaker, Margate. S. Walker and J. Walker, jun., cloth-weavers, Halifax, Yorkshire. J. J. H. Lewis, omnibus proprietor, Brixton-hill, Surrey. SECOND NOTICES. G. L. Armstrong, schoolmaster, Liverpool, Jan. 9, at one, at the Liverpool :District Court. Turner, official assignee. T. Bothams, book-keeper, Nottingham, Jan. 12, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. Christie, official assignee. G. Fowler, brewer, Banwell, Somersetshire, Jan. 10, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Miller, official assignee. J. Potts, licensed victualler, Macclesfield, Cheshire, Jan. 8, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Fraser;ofticial assignee. J. Smith, draper, Exeter, Jan. 31, at eleven, at the Exeter District Court. Hernaman, official assignee. J. Warr, carpenter. Chard, Somersetshire, Jan. 25, at twelve, at the Exeter District Court. Hirtzell, official assignee. M. Roberts, farmer, Brynysguboriau, Merionethshire, Jan. 9, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Caze nove, official assignee. T. Crewdson, cigar merchant, Liverpool, Jan. 9, at twelve, at the Liverpool District Court. Cazenove, offi cial assignee. H. W. M. Ramson, clerk, Manchester, Jan. 9, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Hobson, official assignee. J. Saunders, painter, Manchester, Jan. 9, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Pott, official assignee. W. Dutton, butcher, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, Jan. 10, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. Whitmore, official assignee. J. Sharp, jun., newspaper editor, Leamington Priors, Warwickshire, Jan. 15, at twelve, at the Birmingham District Court. Bittleston, official assignee. D. Jones, licensed minister, Kendal, Jan. 18, at one, at the Newcastle-upon-Tyne District Court. Baker, official assignee. DIVIDENDS. At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street. J. B. Ricketts, merchant, Leadenhall-street, Jan. 23, at half-past twelve. In the Country. J. Warburton, tailor, Liverpool, Jan. 31, at one, at the Liverpool District Court—R. S. Colpitts, grocer, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Jan. 26, at one, at the Newcastle upon-Tyne District Court—J. B. Pow, ship-broker, Newcastle upon-Tyne, Jan. 26, at eleven, at the New castle-upon-Tyne District Court—W. Thompson, ship builder, Monkwearmouth Shore, Jan. 23, at twelve, at the Newcastle-upon-Tyne District Court—G. Allison, scrivener, Darlington, Jan. 24, at eleven, at the New eastle-upon-Tyne District Court—W. Looney, cooper, Whitehaven, Jan. 24, at one, at the Nen-castle-upon: Tync District Court. CERTIFICATES to be granted, unless cause be sinAvn to the contrary, on the day herein-mentioned. W. Dickinson, merchant, Bexley, Jan. 25—J. Nutter f miller, Cambridge, Jan. 23—T. Coleman, licensed vic tualler, St. Albans, Jan. 25—T. Baker, carpenter, High street, Camberwell, Jan. 25—D. Aumonier, jeweller, Wigmore-street, Cavendish-square, Jan. 2S—J. Ward, Jan. 27—A. Gordon, W. Cartwright, and J. Blackett, merchants, Manchester, Jan. 23—T. W. Horder, chemist, Fenchurch-street, City, Jan. 23—H. Hodgson, grocer, Durham, Jan. 23. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. F. Banner, W. Faxon, and F. Paxon, meat curers, Dowgate-dock, Upper Thames-street—F. Banner and W. Paxon, ale merchants, Upper Thames-street—H. and H. J. Buchan, house decorators, Southampton—W. Glendinning and G. Angell, warehousemen, Friday street, City—T. Anderson and J. Wells, drapers, Ro chester—T. S. and J. J. Strick, iron founders, Clydach, Glamorganshire—D. Waterhouse, A. Waterhouse, R. Waterhouse, and T. Bouch, merchants, Liverpool (so far as regards A. Waterhouse)—J. C. Scott and T. C. Day, woollen warehousemen, Aldermanbury— S. Topham, jun., and J. Cundall, engravers, Leeds—J. Blunn and H. A. D. Main, hosiers, Leamington Priors—J. Hill man and W. Th omson, brewers, Lewes—R. Walker and J. Pollit, cotton waste spinners. Bolton-le-Moors—R. Green and J. King, brickmakers, Aldborough—J. Scho field and J. Stanley, coal miners, Manchester—C. All husen and G. Fenninger, merchants, Newcastle-upon- Tyne—J. W. Spencer, jun., and G. Spencer, feather merchants, Newton-street, High Holborn—J. Wagstaff and W. Ockey, saddlers, Worcester—L. M'Lauchlan and A. G. Dallas, Liverpool—J. Firth and H. Shaw, linen drapers, Leeds—W. Lea and H. Collingwood, engine turners, Skinner-street, Clerkenwell—J. I'ilkington and F. Richmond, engineers, Goole, Yorkshire—C. Hughes, W. Thomas, and S. Dawson, colliers, West Bromwich— P. Walker, W. M'Clure, and J. Booth, silk manufac turers, Manchester (so far as regards P. Walker)-11. Dearman, E. Appleton, and J. Turner, merchants, Man chester—J. Walker and J. Cunliffe, jun., attorneys, Preston—J. Moul, J. Moul, jun., W. Moul, and R. Pelly, tea brokers, Fenchurch-street—P. S. M'Carthy and J. M. Burghes, Billiter-square, London—R. Randall and J. S. Eldridge, attorneys, Southampton—A. Wight and G. M. Todd, surgeons, Mary-le-Strand-place, Old Kent road---W. Birkett, T. Birkett, and T. Dover, warehouse keepers, Liverpool—S. N. Barber, S. N. Barber, jun., A. K. Barber, and C. Barber, stock brokers, Cowper's• court, Cornhill—Hill and Perkins, upholsterers, Portsea— H. F. Lockwood and T. Allom, architects, llull—J. Burrup and G. Blight, stationers, Lombard-street— S. J. Wright and W. Baker, silk dealers, Derby—W. Gore and T. Gore, builders, Wavertree, Lancashire—J. Bold, J. J. Starkey, and T. Bold, ship brokers, Liver • pool—G. Wright, T. Brown, and J. Wright, busk makers, Sheffield, (so far as regards T. Brown)—J. Jack son, F. Jackson, J. Jackson, jun., and E. Jackson, hat manufacturers, Oldham, Lancashire (so far as regar dsC J. Jackson, senior)—J. S. Ansell and H. Ansell, wheel wrights, Deal—G. Leadbitter and M. M. d'Arcy, wine merchants, Cecil-street, Strand—J. R. Rodgers, J. H. Rodgers, and E. Rodgers, web manufacturers, Bir mingham—S. J. Nail and J. Lindop, fruit brokers, Botolph-lane, Thames-street—W. Sharp, J. Sharp, and J. Sharp, slate merchants, Tooley-street—R. Best and J. Best, tailors, Rosoman-street, Clerkenwell—P. Mason, and H. Mason, surgeons, Sunderland—J. Eaton, W. Salter, and W. Raybould, coal masters, West Bromwich, Staffordshire—J. Marshall and W. Marshall, iron merchants, Wednesbury, Staffordshire—J. Furnival and T. Furnival, jun., earthenware manufacturers, Hanley, Staffordshire—J. Bickerton and R. J. Wilkin son, flannel manufacturers, Newtown, Montgomeryshire —W. H. Dale and H. J. Dollman, factors, Birmingham —J. Jackson and W. H. Fairbairn, brewers, South Shields—T. Challis, J. Harriss, and H. Lee, meat sales men, Newgate-market—J. Ifarriss, 11. Lee, and C. Baker, meat salesmen, Newgate-market—C. S. Boulter, and W. Harsant, surgeons, Reepham, Norfolk—T. Briggs, and J. Smith, licensed victuallers, Kingston upon-Hull. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. ROBERT EWING, joiner, Largs, Ayrshire, Jan. 8 and 29, at twelve, at the White Hart Inn, Largs. THOMAS FINLATSON, maltster, Thin, Jan. 8 and Feb. 1, at twelve, at the Sheriff-clerk's Office, Tain. WILLIAM PATERSON and . CHAS. DOWALL, jun., bleachers, Arbroath, Jan. S and 26, at twelve, at Seaton's Hotel, Arbroath. FRANCIS ROBERTSON, merchant, Dundee, Jan. 8 and 31, at twelve, at the British Hotel, Dundee. WILLIAM DYKES LAPRAIK, builder, Glasgow, Jan. 6 and 29, at twelve, at the chatuberi of Mr. Rosa, writer, Glasgow. ROBERT and DAVID FERGUSON, sail- makers, Dundee, Jan. 10 and 29, at twelve, at the British Ilotol, Dundee. MURDER OF JOHN- ARDELL. INQUEST ON THE 'BODY. On Mondik we gave an account of the - rnurder of this unfortunate 'Servant of Mr. Walker, of Redeen. The place of the murder is about a quarter of a mile from the scene of the. Finnoe massacre. There was only one witness. examined at the inquest, the widow of the de. ceased. The resident magistrate, T. Brereton, Esq., did not consider it necessary to examine any more ; and the foreman of the jury, Rowen P. Cashel, Esq., said that it would not be safe to submit any witness to the ordeal of a public examination. He would feel it his duty to examine witnesses, were; ho on an inquest in any other county but Tipperary. Before the arrival of the Co roner, there was not even 'one man or boy to be seen about the house of the deceased ; there were a few• women sitting with the corpse. The Coroner had to bring his jury principally from Borrisokane, a distance of nearly two miles. There were in attendance—Edward Waller and John F. Waller, Esqrs., the sons of the late lamented Thomas Waller, Esq.; Thomas George Stoney, Esq., brother-in-law to these gentlemen ; Thomas Brereton, Esq., R.M. ; P. Carroll, Esq., County In spector; and, amongst others, Mr. Marshall, the emint•nt Limerick auctioneer, who had been in the locality, enter ing into arrangements for the purpose of selling off the furniture and moveables at Finnoe House. The jury being sworn by James Carroll, Esq., Coro ner, the widow of the murdered man deposed that her husband, the deceased John Ardell, was in the employ of Richard Joseph Faikiner, Esq., as ploughman and care-taker of the horses 1 that on the 26th day of De cember he was ploughing in the morning and taking care of the horses in the evening. He came home to his dinner at the usual hour, and left the house about one o'clock. He did not afterwards return until seven o'clock, when he,was brought into her house murdered. He was brought in on a door between two men. He was at the time wounded, and unable to speak. He sur vived about two hours and died. I heard his cry a short time before he was brought to the house. It was about four or five minutes. I saw where he was murdered. I went out when I heard him cry, and found him lying forty or fifty yards from his own house. It is about half a mile from this where the late Mr. Waller was mur dered. My husband did not speak to me at all. I found him lying upon his back and unable to speak. He was immediately after removed into the house. There is no doubt in my mind but he was waylaid by some persons. Mr. Brereton here said, that if the widow's evidence was sufficient to answer the purposes of the inquest, he would not offer any other witnesses for examination. Mr. R. Cashel (foreman of the jury)—l did not like to ask the question, if he had a dispute with any person. If I was upon an inquest in any other county, I would do it, but it would not be safe for any person here to put the question. I would rather leave it for private exa mination. Mr. Brereton, R. 111.—1 would rather not send any more evidence. J. J. Stoney, Esq., M.D., proved that he examined the body of the deceased John Ardell, and that he found a number of fractures on the left side of the head, and a depression of the fractured particles of the bone, causing a lacerated wound of the brain, and which had been in flicted by some heavy taunt instrument, and which was the cause of his death. Mr. Cashel—Our verdict is, " That this is a barbarous and brutal murder by some persons unknown." A Juror—l think the wounds were inflicted by a pistol or gun._ . Mr. Cashel—l never witnessed anything more savage. I did not think they would beat a dog in such a way. Mr. J. F. Waller—lt is but in heathen countries that they beat dogs in that manner, and only in Christian countries that they beat men so brutally. We regret to hear that the venerable Earl of Lons dale is suffering from severe indisposition. THE MILITARY AND THE RAILWAYS.—An order has just-been issued from the War-office, intimating, that arrangements have been entered into by the Government with the London and Birmingham, Great Western, Brighton, Dover, Grand Junction, North Midland, Mid land Counties, Northern and Eastern, Eastern Counties, . _ Birmingham and Derby, Manchester and Birmingham, Birmingham and Gloucester, Manchester and Leeds, York and North Midland, Lancaster and Preston, Newcastle and Carlisle, and Great North of Eng- land Railway Companies, for the conveyance of the horses of field and staff officers and infantry, when pro- ceeding by route, with regiments and deiachments on railways, and likewise for the conveyance of sick horses of cavalry regiments. The rates of conveyance are fixed as follows:—For any distance not exceeding fifty miles, 4d. per mile for each horse; for beyond fifty and not ex ceeding one hundred miles, 3id.; and exceeding one hundred miles, 3d. The route, or order of the command ing officer of the regiment or detachment is to be pro duced at the railway station, as the authority . for the conveyance of the horses, and the written appointment of the principal veterinary surgeon, in regard to the sick ' horses, is to be annexed to the charge in the public ac count for such conveyance. The regulation will have effect from the commencement 1)f this year. THE VICAR OF ILFORD AND lIIS PARISIIIONERS.— Considerable interest has been excited during the last day or two amongst the parishioners of Ilford, on ac count of a decision recently come to by the vestry to re fuse payment to the beadle, pew-openers, and other sub ordinate officers of the church, by reason of the vicar's determination not to abandon the weekly offertory, preaching in his surplice, &c., contrary to the expressed wishes of the parishioners. On Sunday morning it was expected that these functionaries would have been ab sent, but the Church service was performed without al teration. The Rev. Mr. Bedford read prayers, and in dulged in the bowings and turnings which have given so much offence. The Rev. Mr. Baugh (the vicar) preached. He abstained from allusion to the differences which have sprung up in the parish. The only point to which he made reference was the performance of daily service, attendance at which he strongly urged. The church on Sunday was almost deserted. It is said that most of the parishioners intend henceforth to worship at an adjacent church, of which the Rev. Mr. Reynolds is the minister. —Standard. "BOXING-DAY" REI/JiLRY.—Con Monday Mr. Wak ley, M.P., held an inquest at the Western Dispensary, New-road, St. Marylebone, on the body of Thomas Hartnup, aged 25. From the evidence it appeared that the deceased was a sawyer, lodging in Miller-street, Camden-town. On Tuesday last (boxing-day) he went to a beer-shop in the neighbourhood of his residence, :acing at the time rather the worse for liquor, and began " :larking" with a man named Jones. Jones did the m e n with him, and coming to close quarters they struggled for the throw, which deceased gained. On getting' up they again wrestled, when the deceased was t h rown .heavily on the floor on his back, and immediately complaint. xl of being hurt, begging to be let alone. He was p i c k e d' hp, when it was found that he was unable to stand, and hte was consequently removed on a 'shutter to the above in. stitution, where he died of the injuries re ceived. Mr. Wellington Poole, surgeon of the Dispen sary, said that" deceased on his admission complained of the loss of the .use of his limbs. He appeared to be drunk, as did also the men who brought him. Every thing was done for him which his case required, but he lingered and died on Friday last—as had been subse quently 'Ascertained on a post mortem examination being made—of it rupture of the sixth vertabroe of the back, and injury to the spinal marrow. Deceased before his death exonerated all pers ens from blame, and said that what had h: tppcned to hian was through pure accident. Verdict, " A uccidental de: 1113." FATAL O.MNIBUS AixiDENT.—Mr. Higgs held an inquest on Monday evening, at St. George's Hospital, Hyde Park-comer, on vi' en , of the body of Ann Mitchell, aged 69, proprietress of one of the Kensington omni buses. Mr. George Luc as, of No. 25, Pembroke-square, Kensington, stated, th at about seven o'clock on the evening of Thursday, the/ 21st of December last, he was on the outside of a Ken sington omnibus, tnil. deceased (the proprietress of the omnibus) was seated next to witness, near the end of the seat. While passing along Kensington High-street, and coming from London on its near side the road, the omnibus suddenly overtook a van. The omnibus pass red the van, and pulled up close to the kerb-stone to set !own a passenger. Presently it went on again, overtook the van, and stopped a second time. The van then cc en eby again, so close to the omnibus, that the tarps al lin which covered the van caught deceased, and swel ?t , her off the edge of her seat. She fell into the road un d er one of the wheels of the waggon and was run over. , She was immediately taken to the surgeon's, and fr ia in thence conveyed to St. George's Hospital. The .n belonged to a Mrs. Baker, of Church-street, Chelsea.. The seat of the omnibus where the deceased was stz Lted projects full tell inches beyond the roof of the vehie le. Thomas Monk, of Earl- street, Kensington, contradicted this evidence, and stated that at the time of the aai lent the omnibus was endea vouring to cut in on its nto r side, between the van and the kerbstone. Other wit ea asses stated that the driver of the van was alone to bka me. Mr. George Banister, house surgeon, stated that on deceased's admission she was found to have received a large lacerated wound on the lower part of the left leg, communicating with a comminuted fracture of ti io bones. Mortification en sued, and deceased rapidly sank, and died on Saturday last. She refused to subm it to amputation until it was too late, and died from tht effects of the constitutional irritation caused by the fro .cture and subsequent mortifi cation. After a very long ; investigation, the !;.7,ry re turned a verdict of " Aced lentai death," gut at the same time censured the conch act of tit 6 olimibus driver for at tempting to pass on tb to wrong. side of the road. The deceased was a very e s eaordi, years past, in all went' sb morn to dewy eve," the e had ridden " from early La ry woman. For many outside of one of her own vehicles, looking ear. Ally after the main, and taki n g heed that her cattle NI rere good, her machine iu order, and her servants obligi LAW INTELLIGENCE. SHERIFFS' COURT, Jun. 2. MAROON V. PREEPY. This was an action for debt, brought to recover 31. 45., for work and labour done. The plaintiff was a carpenter, residing at Camden -town, and the defendant a surgeon, holding a com mission in her Majesty's Royal Navy. In the early part of the year 1839 the defendant was carrying on his professional busi ness in Chapel-place, Pentonville, and the sum claimed ICU alleged to be due for fitting up his surgery, and doing various jobs of carpenter's work about the premises., For the defence, several witne,ses were called to - prove that part of tit: amount had been paid at various times, and the balance tendered and i efused. The jury, however, returned a verdict for the plaintiff. --- - INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, Jun. 2. IN RI. EUGENIL MARGUERITE EMMA CAYE. This case has bt , va already partly reported in The Sun. The insolvent, vlhy, w:et a voting female of great .perSonal attract i ons, was a Fr, i:c . hwoman, and was one "1 . the frail sistetho,d. Ti;- _body of her creditors, who were aware or thi s fat, opir,:::td.hor discharge upon the grounds that she had r, c:dv6.l a gfr?at quantity of valua ble bijoutrrie 'as pr::seros, iii eh had concealed. A great Many witnetses, whose characters were of that nature which might be expeetyd from the career of the insolvent, were exattitted, but: attiOngq then) was Mrs. lane Wynne, the lady whose name has already been so prominently before the publicin connection with the ab duction of her daughter, Miss Caroline Wynne. She Lad been a prisoner in the Qucea's Bench prison at the suit of an individual to whom she protested she never was indebted, and whilst she was confined she said that to her great annoyance the insolvent had been placed in her room for five weeks, and although she (Mrs. Wynne) was a - prisoner for alleged debt, yet she.thought there should have been Oaserved in the prison a better classification with respect to character, so far as the per sons confined were concerned. - Mrs. Wynne gave evi dence respecting the property possessed by the insolvent, from which it appeared that several articles had been given up to the ntesen,, , rer of the Court. Mr. WOODRUFFE, who appeared on behalf of the cre ditors, again resumed the argument that the insolvent had concealed property. Mr. Cook - E, on the part of the insolvent, addressed the Court, and strongly inveighed against the conduct of those persona who first gave her credit and then expected to receive payment for their goods—goods for which a profit of cent. per cent. was charged—from the wages de rived by the truly tnetanAoly courar. of life pursued by the insolvent. The Learned Cam . CVMMIS6IONEU pronounced an impresSive judgment. In allusion to the career pursued by the frail girl, who appeared in this Court as an insol vent, he said, " They li‘id down . their souls at night to purchase the morning's bread," and persons like the op. posing creditors, who knew such to be the case, and gave goods expecting p tyment from the proceeds of this course of life, should most certainly never meet with the protection from the Court which alone was intended for honest tradesmen. Still it was another question when the concealment of property was proved, and under all the circumstances of the case, he should remand the in solvent for five months from the date of her vesting order under the discretionary clause. The insolvent was then removed from the Court, and taken back to prison to undergo the sentence of the Commissioner. WINTER ASSIZES. OXFORD ClRCUlT.—Stedford, Dec. 30. (Before Mr. Baron IioLFE.) Sumitel Feliows, aged 19, Robert Purslow, 21, John Parry, 18, and Daniel Webb, 20, who were acquitted of the charge of hating murdered Mary Jane Wild, on the 29th November last, were indicted for the violation of her person on the above day, at Bilston, in this county. Mr. Yardley an d M r . Il u ddl eston conducted the pro secution ; Mr. Allen defended the prisoners. Mr. Yardley briefly opened the case to the jury, and called Ann, wife of Benjamin Willis, of Bilston, who stated that on the evening of Wednesday, the 29th November, she and the deceased went Wolverhampton. They started abotit half- past fouro'clock, and remained there until eleven o'clock at night. When they got to Wol verhampton they. were joined by the four prisoners and Thomas Haynes. They all wont to Peter's gin-shop, where they had five pints of ale, but had no spirits. They afterwards went to another gin •shop, where they had more ale. About elevt n o'clock they started back to Bilston. When they got to the Gibbet Turnpike she and Haynes went across the road from the other party, and the four prisoners, with the deceased, proceeded in the same direction, on the other side of the road. In a short time Webb came across and asked her if she would submit to him, and made use of some very improper language. - On her refusing he struck her on the mouth and knocked her down, anot,Thomas Haynes picked her up. When Webb struck her he said he would serve the other girl the same. He then joined his companions on the other side. In a short time after wards witness asked the deceased to come to her, on which one of the four said, "Nobody shall molest her; I will see her righted." She and Haynes then went on to Bilston, and left the boar men and the deceased together. She saw bL.T again about half-past one o'clock when they brought 1:( out of the pit. She was then quite insensible, and t:;e surgeon was sewing up her head. She knew Iffeli:e.vs before, but not the others. Nothing material was elicited on cross-examination. Thomas Haynes corroborated hrr testimony. - John Turner, shoemaker, said his house was on the Wolverhampton road, a short distance from Blaze's works. On the night of the 29th of November last he was called up by John Perry and Samuel Fellows. They said, " Here is a woman in a pit down below ; come and help us to get her out." He asked them how they know it, and they both said, " We were walking up the road, and heard her shouting down the pit, and we went on the bank and answered her, and asked her if she had any bones broke, and she said ' No.'" Witness im mediately went down to them, and said they had better send for a policeman ; but they expressed themselves anxious to get her out themselves. He then accompanied them to the coal-pit, which is near to a footway leading out of the turnpike road. He called down, but no one answered, Perry and Fellows then procured a rope, and witness intimned the police. Fellows went clown the pit in what is called a." horse," and having placed the deceased in his lap, they were both drawn up, a piece of timber having been placed over the pit's mouth for that purpose. About twelve persons assisted to draw them up, and she was then removed to the Crown public house, nn Crown -street, ilston (where she died), ac companied by Perry awl Fellows, who said they knew where she lived. Witness did not hear her speak ; she seemed unable, and to be very badly injured by the fall. The deceased's way home was not by the pit, but just the reverse. The height of the pit bank from the foot road is about three yards, and the pit is about twenty eight yards deep. Thomas Tomlinson said he was a police-officer in Bil ston, on the 29th and 30th days of November last, and was on duty on the first of those days, and met the two. witnesses, Haynes and Willis, who made a charge of assault against Webb, who was in company with three other men and a young woman, on the Wolverhampton road. He soon after met Purslow and Webb, who asked if they had seen four young men and a girl "coming from Wolverhampton, and Purslow said " No." He then went back into the town, and met the last witness, and accompanied him to the pit. He there saw Purslow and Webb, who assisted to get the deceased out. They said, " You saw us on the road ; we were then going to get assistance, to fetch her out of the pit." Fellows brought the deceased out of the pit, and he said, " She slipped in as we were going by the pit, and I might as well have slipped in myself." The deceased's dress was much dis ordered ; she hati, a pair of drawers on, but they were over her heels and turn. Eiizabeth Salt, the landlady of the Crown public-house, at Bilston, recollected the deceased being brought to her house on the morning of the 30th of November, where she remained till her death. In her croessexaminatiou she said that on asking the deceased, when she came to herself, how she got into the pit she answered, in a laughing manner, bled in, to be sure." " Why I turn- John Baldwin, Esq., a Magistrate for the county, said that on the 22(1 of December he went to the Crown public- house, at Bilston, to take the deposition of a woman who he understood to be in a dying state, from injuries received by having been thrown into a coal-pit. Ile found the deceased in bed, and the four prisoners in custody. He took her declaration, which she said site made in the immediate prosy et of death. She ,igned it with a cross, and his clerk witnessed her signature. The following deposition was then read by the officer of the Court : "I am l 8 years old, and have lived in Bilston, in the county of Staffbni, about six months. I never was mar ried. I went from Bilston to Wolverhampton on Wed nesday last, in company with another girl, named Ann Willis. I came back with the, same Ann Willis. That we were overtaken on the road by five men, who I shall know when I see them, That four of these men ill-used me. They pulled me out of the turnpike road, and wanted to have con cerns' with me, but I would not suffer them, and the same four men threw me clown a pit because I would not suffer them to have concerns with me. That the fifth man never came from the turnpike-road with nie, but he went along with Ann Willis. The man that was with Ann Willis never injured me at all. They pushed me into the pit, and I cannot recollect anything after that. It was late at night when this happened, and I was quite sober ; and 1 make this declaration in the. prospect of death soon taking place, and fully believing that I shall live but a short time through the injuries I have received. I was in ser vice until the latter end of July last, and since then I have been on the town. The men said to me, before they pushed me into the pit, that if I would not let them have concerns with me, that that should be my doom to be thrown into the pit. I did not think they would have put me in. i thought they were only threatesing me. They took hold of me round the waist, and then pushed me into . the pit. The feur men are now present. I know them iii, having seen them be fore, except John Perry. They are the Same that were with me on Wednesday night. I had Wen with three of them previews- to that night. There were four men went off the road ivith me, end one w ent back again, but I can't say which it was, I was so l as - locked about by them before they pot met to the pit." Mr. Allea addressed the l iirte on behalf of the prison ers, who were all conviete,i,of the crime imputed to them, and and were sentenced by the court to eighteen months' line a r isonment, with la4ra labour. David Jeacs, SOUTH 11' ALES.—Carmarthen , Dec. 27. aged 39, a farmer, was charged with having, on the 14th of October last, knowingly, wilfully, and feloniottAy, sent to Thomas Williams, auctioneer, of Landwrdn, a certain letter, threatening to destroy the hay and corn o 1 him, the said Thomas Williams. The prisoner pleaded Not Guilty. The witnesses called fur the prosecution having fully established the charge against the prisoner, the jury re. turned a verdict of Guilty, but recommended the pri- a