The Sun. — London, England, 1839-01-18 00:00:00

)-MORROW [ornMGR WATER AT A 40minafres. oNDON BRI after 41 Ever+ , GE T i 9 minutes after 4 Tips Majesty the EMPEROR o f AUSTRIA, -1. His .Majesty the EMPEROR of RUSSIA, His 'Majesty th e KING of P RUSSIA , hayi ng K UTHORISED and GUARANTEED several Distribu tions of II Toney, which (though they are NO LOTTERIES, and do NOT E &POSE the Shareholders to Blanks) offer possibilities of obtaininf:i. 'LARGE FORTUNES, HEINE BROTHERS at HAMBURGH, and HEINE BROTHERS at LUBECK, have' ceased to consract for Lotteries, but are NOW SELLING SHARES for any of the said DISTRIBUTIONS of MONEY, at - various yrices. The Distributions contain various portions from V. to 2 0.0001. and upwards. Orders for less than 10/. cannot be attended to. Persons desirous to purchase may receive PRE VIOUS to giving any orders, the Prospectus and particulars, upon addressing, WITHOUT DELAY, a line to HEINE BROTHERS a`, HAMBURGH. TH'E FREEHOLDERS OF THE COUNTY OF MID DLESEX. GYOITLEMEN, IBF,G leave most respectfully to solicit the appoint ment to the office of CORONER for this County, vacant by the death of Mr. F.,tirling. My professioilf - A l avocations have been such as, I trust, have full q u alifierl me fir th e i m p or t an t d u ti es o f the office. y She.uld I be so fortunate as to obtain your suffrages, I pledge Inysqf that no exertions shall be wantin to execute the office with diligence and fidelity. g hive the honour to be, Gentlemen, Your obedient humble servant, WILLIAM BURCHILL. Red Lion-square, Jan. 18, 1836. Some of my friends have determined to meet at the Freemasons' 'Tavern, on Monday next, at Twelve o'Clock precisely, and I ear nestly request that any Gentleman who may be disposed to support me will do me the favour to join them on that occasion. CANADIAN PRISONERS. ULL and exclusive PARTICULARS of the SUFFERINGS of the CANADIAN PRISONERS ; with Personal Narratives of the Cruelties and Frauds practised lon them by the Colonial Authorities, and Extracts from a Let ter by one of the Prisoners to his Relations, will appear in the WEEKLY TRUE SUN" OF NEXT SUNDAY. Orders received by all Newsmen in Town and Country. puhlication of TFIE SUN NEWSPAPER commenced this day at 10 min.utes past Three o'Clech. p re• I < 44 fr , ‘llol, + WITS{ WHICH THE TRUE SUN "1S NOW .5............._ . INCORPORATED. LONDON FRIDAY EVENING, JANUARY 18, 1839 We have been watching day after day, for some time, to learn what part the Times would take on the Corn -law question. We have pitied our Conternpo wary to see him, while the country was agitated from Dunde e to Plyinoutb, condemned to perverse silence. At length be could bear it no longer, and to-day he comes forth with an article worthy of his old reputa ti°ll) and of the good cause he espouses. Circum stances have imperatively forced on the country the agitation of the Corn-laws. The total silence of the Times, as if it were a subject of as much indifference as the daily flowing of the tide, has not been able to stifle it ; and our Contemporary, from not watching the times with his usual sagacity, is now obliged, in stead of taking the lead, to come in with the tail. The Ministers have done the same. They have not moved on the subject till they could not help it, and the Times, while it blames them, is compelled to fol low their example. We recommend our; Contempo rary's article to public attention, both because it puts some parts of the case very clearly, and because it in dicat‘es very clearly which way the wind blows. Perhaps the meeting at Liverpool, of which an ac count appears elsewhere, and a quQtation of Mr. T IToRNELY, had some effect in bringing our Contem porary forth to-day. It will be memorable, if it were (:0, for more things than making the Times find its I "ice on the Corn-laws. At the close of the pro- Tecdings an amendm en t was propose d an d carried, :a°ing out words which were supposed to con vey some regard for the landed interest. The Peolile of Liverpool, therefore, are not to be cajoled i nto any expression of sympathy for the race of their °PPressors. There is no doubt but the landlords "ill take care of themselves, and it is the exclusive business of the Corn-law Abolitionists to demand the repeal of all laws impeding the supply of food. -At the same t i me , we h ave never concea l e d from ourselves 'nor the public that the ques tion is full of difficulties. Go on with the laws til e th country cannot ; abolished they must be ; but m consequences which people fear from the abolition may known by the resolutions °f the Barton- meeting, which we insert. To land i:6B who se prop e rty is mort gaged--to farmers who Fade on borrowed capital—no doubt the abolition will. . l abhe fi rst i nstance, be i njurious, and means will pro 3be taken to diminish such effects. The Corre spondent who sends us these resolutions. implies that the agriculturists will not be averse from having ri ti e question fully discussed at the bar of the House of t'°lntrions. Let them grant that, and all the difficul cies may be got over. No person in his senses 4 44 wish to injure the men who feed the community, 4 : 1 ' 1 who always must, whatever foreign supplies we -41 Y obtain, be the chief source of our subsistence. A l l,that the manufacturers pray for is freedom to ex no trade to the utmost, which must in the end enri ch the agr i cu l tur i s t s . If even an a dj us t ment of contracts should be forced on the country by t he aboliti on o f t h e C orn -l aws, t h ey are so t h oroug hl y re pugna n t _ to h uman i ty an d re li g i on, to h onesty an d national prosperity, that they must now be totally ab olished. That is the only mode of settling the que stion- The agriculturists should take that view, and propose at once those regulations which, under such circumstances, would be just to themselves. We are glad to see that the Common Council of "don is to have a meeting. A requisition to that e fl'ect ha s b een presente d, b ut t h e d ay i s not yet finally appointed. No doubt, it will be a numerous e eting, and r eso l u ti ons favourable to the r e peal will ° carried. There has been an excellent meeting also at Dundee, at which the following 'declaration was mad e by a Mr. BAXTER 7 . Whilst w e say to t h e l an d owner o f Gr eat B r i ta i n , remove restr iction t h e on t h e i mportat i on o f corn, are we rea d y to admit I C Cambric and lace of Belgium and France, and the dowlas and. du c k of Germany and Russia, to come i nto our markets d uty free ? My resolution says yes. It has been prepared by a committee of men who have invested large capitals in the linen ; and I rej oice that they show thus decidedly that they „ — su n o advantage at the expense of the community. They re endiate the idea of protective duties on their manufactures Whilst they demand a free trade in turn. The manufacturers, therefore, are for fair play, and against that the cunning of the deceiver cannot avail. T he Scotsman also announces that the propriety of callin g a public meeting in Edinburgh is under dis cussion ; and we, in conclusion, most heartily congra tulate our readers on the fact, that at length all classes of the community are alive to the vast importance of this question. n another part of The Sun will he found the a vr r tiele from the Manchester Guardian, concerning POULETT THOMSON, to which we yesterday al tid ed- We rejoice to perceive that he is sensible his c onduct requ i res defence, but we should not be honest ! I we were to compliment him on his success. We n ave felt, and we have expressed our feeling, that it Wa s a s his duty, as P res id ent o f th e B oar d o f T ra d e , t o la ndowners, made th e P ar li ament, an d t h e pu bli c , i nc l u di ng t h e sens ibl e o f t h e e ff ects o f t h e C orn -l aws; for b not h av i ng d one t hi s, what excuse d oes h e o ff er ? :le exp resses regret t h at t h e M anc h ester manu f acturers did not, till the public mind was excited by a bad t ar vest, and a high pric e of p rov i s i ons , b r i ng f orwar d hose fact s an d arguments , w hi c h are equa ll y applica ble in times of comparative plenty, and of low prices of corn in England." But till the public mind was ex ited by the prospect of starvation, the Man , ie ster manufacturers had no reason for m ov i ng . would have been wasting their ammunition to r e off their guns when there was no mark to ii it • It was not their duty to guard the public such C:nii-laws with a t en Ple on the verge of starvation. It was and is, "lever, the duty of the Government so to guard the public ; and t hat conduct which he regrets in his con stituents is a manifest dereliction of duty him. He must have known, or ought to have known, those facts long ago, as well as the Manchester manufac turers. The decay of the Nottingham hosiery was at least known more than a twelve-month ago, and it was his duty then to have warned the Parliament, in a season of tranquillity, of the certain consequences of continuing the Corn-laws. He admits, too, that he had an opportunity, but he preferred silence," because his pretty long Parliamentary experience had made him judge" that to keep the public and the Parliament in the dark as to these facts was the best way to serve the cause of the Corn-law Abolitionists. He may have served that cause by hi 4 avowed silence, but he has sacrificed his own reputation. We cannot acquit Mr. THomsorr. He either knew the facts which the Manchester Chamber of Commerce has brought to light, or he did not. if he did not, his ignorance is wholly inexcusable ; if he did, his concealing them is wholly unjustifiable. He is largely paid for his la bours in this field ; the Manchester manufacturers are not ; and every word of reproach he utters against the inactivity and backwardness of his constituents, falls on himself with the weight of condemnation. They may have neglected their interest, but he has neglected his duty. We trespass on no conventional secrets, and are guilty of no professional discourtesy, in speaking of Mr. HENRY GEORGE WARD, Member for Sheffield . as the Editor of the Weekly Chronicle, for h^ courts' notoriety in that character. N o t cont ,:„, withspeak ing from the Tribune to the lc~he aspires tosway • . the Press. His ambition is so lofty, th a t h e emp l oys a double ladder to :each the top. H e i s b ot h CAN NING and Cc.;Si3ETT united, and i s to outs hi ne t h e former l oy his tongue, and the latter by his pen. We find it necessary to remind him, that if he will be great, he must be just. But for the character and weight, however, which his name has imported to the Weekly Chronicle, we should not have noticed its lucubrations. By an accident, we did not see his last Sunday's production till it was too late yesterday to notice his attack on The Sun. He heads an article, " INFAN TICIDE AND THE SUN," as if we had advocated an abominable doctrine, which we, almost alone, had the courage to stigmatize. After calumniating Mr. OAST. LER and Mr. STEPHENS, because the latter is re ported to have calumniated the Poor-law Commis sioners, the Member for Sheffield thus proceeds to calumniate us : We see with deep regret in The Sun of Tuesday, a pas sage implying a belief in the monstrous assertion of Mr. Stephens, that " Marcus" was, in point of fact, a Poor-law Commissioner in disg uise, " which ( sa y s our C ontemporary gravely) w e did no t b efore know." The Sun then adds, that this execrable individual ought, at once, to be torn to pieces by the people, and that a similar fate should be reserved for the Government, which stands between them and their prey. We blush while we read these things, and reflect that it is in one of the Leading Journals of a civilized country that they are tobe found. Such gross ignorance and prejudice might have been overlooked in the Operative or the - Northern Star. but they are inexcusable in a Paper of higher pretensions, and The Sun will find that it has much to make amends for in the judgment of all rational men. To make the misrepresentation apparent, we must again place before our readers the passage of The Sun referred to, as follows : " So much for the ignorance of the Chronicle's Reporter, on which alone he condemr,a the language and ignorance of others. Mr. Stephens, also referred to that book in his ser mon at Ashton, as reported in our Paper on Friday, and he gave us, horrifying as his statement was, no information con cerning it, except that it was written by a Poor-law Com missioner, which we did not before possess. If that be so, we can find in his proper and overwhelming indignation almost an excuse for the thrilling curse which he then denounced against those who should obey the Moloch law of such a demon as the author. It is incumbent on the Government, we can assure it, if it would not excite in the mass of the community a sentiment of horror and detestation which no pen nor tongue can describe, to cleanse itself with the Poor-law Commission ers from the supposition that it ever countenanced, en couraged, or was privy to the publication of this murder recommending book. We are for equal justice, and if Mr. Stephens is to be punished for his language, without reference to the state of mind of his auditory and its cause, this Poor law Commissioner, and any Ministers who countenance him, ought at once to be torn in pieces." It will be seen, therefore, that in reply to the Chronicle Reporter, who had charged some persons with credulity and others with wilful deceit, in speak ing of the existence of such a book, we said that Mr. STEPHENS had given us no information concerning it, we did not before possess, except that it was written by a Poor-law Commissioner, adding an " if," to show that we did not adopt it. We (lid not use the word " know," or the • phrase falsely marked as a quota tion from our Journal. If we had implied what the ex-Member for St. Alban's ascribes to us, he ought to have done us the justice to state, that on the next day, we distinctly declared that we never believed Mr. STEPHENS' calumny, nor do we now believe Mr. WARD'S calumny, which connects Mr. STEPHENS' name with the authorship of the notorious work. Bo fore Mr. WARD ventured on censure, he should have read what was written, and do all men the justice not to misrepresent them. That he has adopted a version of our remarks from some careless club lounger, is pretty evident by ascribing to us, in the concluding part of the first paragraph, sentiments and language which bear no resemblance to ours. It may be a fault to be over-credulous concerning Poor-law Commissioners, but is a crime to calumniate and misrepresent, and we recommend Mr. HENRY GEORGE WARD not to waste his blushes on us, but keep them for his own sins. It may be ignorance and credulity, let us add, to believe that such a book as the one in question could have proceeded from any person of high station—but let us tell all ignorant superficial pretenders to a know ledge of the social sciences, that its doctrines are fair deductions from some prevalent theories of population, and some Acts of the Legislature. Abominable, as those doctrines may be, they are merciful and gentle manly compared to the practice of the Legislature, of which Mr. WARD is a Member, of slowly starving grown persons out of existence, from sordid motives, by prohibiting them from receiving the bounties which Providence places within their reach. When the work of MARCUS fell under our noti ce , we at once stigmatized it as one of the necessary horrors of the Corn- laws. Our Legislators generally adopt Mr. MALTHus's one-sided theory of population, for that gentlemen wholly overlooked the increase of produc tive power which takes place in a compound ratio as population advances, so that one person's labour now supports several in comfort, and while they adopt that false theory they take measures to limit and cur- tail the supply of food, which no art and industry, according to MALTHUS, can produce in sufficient and continued abundance. It may be credulous in us to believe, that the class of men who embrace his theory and enact Corn-laws would carry out the consequences of his theory and their practice to their legitimate conclusion, as is done by MARCUS, but we see in our belief no such quality. MARCUS is a hu mane politician compared to the authors of the Corn laws. The fact, we believe, is, that the superficial thinkers who constitute our empirical politicians, have been astounded at seeing the practical conse quences of their own pet theories and schemes made palpable to the world ; but we rejoice to find, in their abuse of us, the evidence that some of them are yet ingenuous enough to blush at the horrid consequences, now they are disclosed, of their own errors. We hope that these ignorant pretenders, and Mr. WARD, if he be one of them, will reflect and amend. From our Queen's Bench report, it will be seen that the Parish of St. George, Hanover-square, on the application of Mr. DOA NE , at t h e r i s i ng of the Court yesterday, obtained a rule nisi, calling upon the Justices of Middlesex to show cause w h y a writ of certiorari should not issue, requiring them to bring into Court all the orders and proceeding s of the Justices connected with the County -rate made by them on the first of last November. We have also to direct the attention of our readers to the report of the 141iddiesex County-day Meetin g of the Justices, a perusal of which will show the inhabi tants of the county the advantage of irresponsibl e management of the County-rates. According to the statement made by the Hon. FREDERICK BYNG, it appears that the original estimate for the Hanwell Asylum, for 600 patients, was one hundred and :ti. - ut.).-three thousand pounds ; but tile actual expen• daure for the Asylum for half the number of patients —viz., for 300—was one hundred and twenty-two THE SUN, LONDON, PEIDA 'V, JANUARY P, 18:0 thousand pounds. The expense of coals at that Asylum, for one year, is 1,3001. No wonder that the county expenditure should be so largely on the increase, as to require, for the cur. rent quarter's rate, a charge upon the inhabitants of 29,5131. 17s. 9d. The Select Committee on Shipwrecks, in the Ses sion of 1836, reported, in their ninth and tenth resolu tions, " that the whole loss of British shipping wrecked Or foundered at sea, may be assumed as amounting to nearly three millions sterling, per annum ; loss of life may be fairly estimated at not less than one thousand persons in each year." The greater proportion of this enormous loss of property, takes place on the shore. The number of vessels stranded or wrecked, being in the three years ending 1835, 1,573 ; and those lost at sea or missing, being only 129, or somewhat less than eight lost at sea for 100 lost on the shore. Many of these are lost in sight of the coast, in weather when nine out of ten might be saved by steam-vessels, yet Marine Insurance Companies and shipowners go on in the old system, calculating the rates of insurance according to the pro portion lost, without taking advantage of a discovery by which at a moderate estimate a million a year might he saved. The Committee gave no re port of the number of stearn.vessels lost du ring the two periods for which they had returns, but indeed this was hardly necessary. The loss of a steam-ship from stress of weather is an event of rare occurre, - , ce , and in almost every instance that has c.: - /me under the observation of the public, the cause can be traced to the negligence of the owners, and not to any defect in the power of steam. It is impossible to find better proof of the efficiency of these vessels than has been given within thelast three months. The Liverpool and the Great Western weathered in perfect security a hurricane, all but as violent as that which, among a hundred other vessels, has made two of the finest sailing packets complete wrecks ; and during the whole of the late storm which destroyed so much property, w,e believe not one steam-vessel has been lost. Of their security, indeed, there can now be no possible doubt, and it is the duty of the Legislature and the Government to turn this to the best account for the public safety and the public good. Light-houses are kept up for the protection o shipping, large sums are levied for their maintenance and why should not this protection be made doub effective by the establishment of steam-bolt su tions for assisting vessels in distress along the whoi line of our coasts ? The Paris Journals of Wednesday have all been re ceived. Last year the debate on the Address occupied the Chamber of Deputies for a week—a period whip h was remarked as unusually long ; but on Wednesday the Chamber was holding its ninth sitting on the Address in answer to the Royal speech delivered at the opening of the present Parliamentary Session. Tuesday's sitting was occupied with the debate on the following paragraph of the Address, which on the motion of Ministers was absolutely rejected by a ma jority of 13 votes, there being for the paragraph 208, against it 221 : '° A difference broke cut between your Government and Switzerland. We trust that it may not have impaired the re lations of long-standing friendship which united the two countries, and which had been still more closely cemented b:; the political events of 1830." In the course of Wednesday's sitting, the para graphs relative to Spain and Poland were adopted without a division. The first runs as follows : " With feelings of the deepest sorrow we behold Spain con sumed in the horrors of civil war. We ardently wish that your Majesty's Government, by continuing to afford to the cause of Queen Isabella 11. the support conformable to the interests of France, may, in concert with her allies, employ all its influence to put an end to such deplorable excesses." Upon this paragraph being read, Marshal CLAUSEL rose and denounced the conduct of Ministers as op posed to the spirit of the Quadruple Treaty. He likewise quoted the refusal of the French officer at Malaga to assist the QUEEN'S Government against the revolters of Ahumaceda, as indicative of a change in the Royal councils in favour of Don CA RLOS. But the hero of the " illustrious sword . ' was licenel to with impatience by all parties, and no answer vouch safed to his interrogatories. The paragraph relative to Poland runs thus : " The Chamber, deeply affected by the misfortunes of Po land, renews its constant wishes in favour of a people whose ancient nationality is placed under the protection of treaties." The next paragraph related to the Mexican ques tion. The news of the capture of San Juan d' which reached France since the original paragraph was framed, rendered an amendment upon it absolutely ne cessary. With the consent of all parties, the following was read and adopted:— The outrages and spoliations endured by our countrymen in Mexico demand signal satisfaction. Your Government was bound to exact it, and the brilliant feat of arms of San Juan d'Ulloa, in covering our navy with a new glory, is a just fuhjcct of pride for France. She saw with satisfaction, Sire, one of your sons sharing the dangers and tliumph of our brave seamen." The following paragraph, which, on the motion of M. AMILHAU, had been postponed till after the discus sions of the particular paragraphs in the a'ldress re lative to the Foreign policy of the Government, was then read : , " Under a government, jealous of our dignity, the faithful guardian of our alliances, France shall always hold in the world, and in the esteem of nations, the rank which belongs to her, and which she will not fcrfeit." M. AMILHAU moved as an amendment upon the Words, " France shall always hold" the words " France continues to hold," as hearing cut the previous votes of the Chambers, in support of the Ministerial policy. His amendment, he urged, rendered the address consistent with itself, and was no more than a sequence flowing naturally from the previous resolu tions of the Chamber. MM. PAGES, CuNIN GRI DAINE, PISCATORY, and LACAVE LAPLAGNE spoke severally for and against the amendment, but no decision was come to before post hour on Wednesday. The debate was heavy, trivial, and in all respects un interesting. _ _ _ Mr. PETER BORTHWICK'S reception by Don CARLOS is stated in letters from Bayonne to have been most flattering. Mr. FECTOR, who accompanies the ex-tragic eliciter of groans and hisses in his Navarese excursion, was mis taken for a familiar of the Holy Office by Father CYRIL, Archbishop of Cuba, and so became the re cipient of a long apostolical benediction. Whether PETER undertook to - deliver a course of lectures in fa vour of the claims of the PRETENDER iS not stated. A Marseilles Paper states, on the authority of a letter from Constantinople, that the SULTAN has re solved upon giving his sons an European education. There is no other news of interest in the Paris journals. GRACE DARLING. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIN—As I do not know where to send the enclosed sub. scription for Grace Darling, I shall feel obliged by your for warding it to the Committee. I earnestly trust that the amount collected may be commen surate with the extraordinary deserts of that heroic girl, whose conduct in such a perilous, and almost hopeless undertaking, does honour to humanity.—l remain ' &c. London, Jan. 17, 1839. E. CODRINGTON. [We shall have great pleasure in forwarding the subscrip tion of the gallant Admiral, and we join with him in the sin cere hope that the generous and humane will follow his example by liberal donations to that praiseworthy individual. ] CHANCERY COURT.--(THIS DAY.) IN THE MATTER OF SAUMAkEZ, A LUNATIC. This cas", which was argued some time since, came before the Court upon petition to confirm the Master's Report, an. proving of a person to be committee of the lunatic, in the room of Captain Saumarez, his brother. Upon the occasion of the hearing of the petition our readers will recollect that Captain Saumarez opposed the petition in person, and the Lard Chancellor took time to consider his judgment. Mr. WIGRAM this morning said that the parties were ;anxious to have bis Lordship's decision as soon as it was con vcnient. The LOPD CHANCELLOR stated that he was perfectly pre pared to state his opinion then. He could not doubt for a moment that Captain Saumarez was influenced in the course he had adopted by a laudable zeal for the due pro tection of his brother; but locking at all the circumstances c )nnected with the case, his Lordship thought the Master had come to a proper judgment, and that therefore his Report must confirmed.—Report confirmed. BOURSE.-PARIS, TUESDAY, JAN. 16. HALF-PAST THREE.—For the account the Three per Cents. opened at 79f. 10c., and closed at 78f. 80c. ; being a fall of 30c. The Fire per Cents., 110 f. 65c., went down to 110 f. 35c., last price ; also 30c. lower than yesterday. For money, the Three per Cents. are 5c., and the Five per Cents. 10e. lower. The Bank of France Shares are 35f. higher. The Lafitte Bank I,ooof. shares are 10f., and those of 5,000 f. are sf. lower. The Belgian Three per Cents. have declined 60c. The Belgian Bank shares are 12f. 50c. lower, and the Coupons 3f. 75c. higher. The Spanish Active is i lower. The Ver sailles Right Bank Shares are 2f. 50c., and the Versailles Left Bank are sf. lower. The Share market, generally, con tinues in the same languid state as for some time past. First Highest /ow- st Last Price. Price. Pri ce . P r i ce . F r ench 5 per Ce n t s . no 70 ... 110 70 ... 110 50 ... 110 50 4 per Cent 5............ lO2 40 ... 1 ,, 2 40 ... 1i.2 40 ... 102 40 3 p r Cents. ........... 7O 10 ... 79 1 I ... 78 95 ... 78 95 B an k of France 2031 ...2660 —2631 ...2C60 Lafitte Bank 5,000 t. Sh. ........ I,oo;'f.'f. Sh ...1,60 —1055 ...11 ,500 B e l g i a n 5 per Cents. ... 100 ... li 0 ... 100 3 per Cents. 66 70 ~. 66 7.1 ... 66 50 ... 66 Bahk 6OO ... 600 ... 592 50 ... 592 50 Coupons Spanish Active Passive ... 21 99 25 ... 99 25 ... 99 1,5 ... 99 Is 21 14 2 1;6 ... 21 ,,,, Roman l ui% 101 % ... 110% • ... 100 X, RAILWAY SH %RES. I N 'o e r a t p u o g l u ita .s n e 3 per Cents. St. Germain 595 ... 5:5 ... 595 „ 595 Ve.sailles, R.B. ... :,67 50 ... 567 5) LB. 3 93 4: :.... 9 3 3, 1; 50 ...... : 2 1 7 5 5 ' ... 3 2 4 7 7 5 5 0 0 Rouen Orleans 460 ... 460 „„ 460 ... 460 Strasburgh to Bale Charleroy 430 ... 430 ... 430 ... 430 ASPHALTEi AND BI I UMENS. Dea Maurel, B. 5OO .•• 500 ... 500 ... 560 DINNER TO Mn. HUME.—We understand, from good authority, that the Liberal portion of Mr. Hume's late constituents, in Middlesex, have determined to inlite the Honourable Gentleman to a public dinner, and to pre sent him a pi ece o f pl a te, with a suit a bl e i nscr i pt i on of his consistent conduct in the cause of Reform, and his eminent public services.--:Eveiting Paper. Upwards of two hundred lives were lost in Ireland alone by the late hurricane. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY DEAL, JAN. 17. —Wind N.N. W., moderate.—Sailed in the course of last night and today, the whole of the outward-bound, with the excep tion of the Indiana, for Calcutta. Came down from the river and proceeded the Hopewell, Cousins, for Jamaica ; Resolution, Read, Sierra Leone; Alfred, Jameson, Cape of Good Hope ; Charlotte, Brown, Lisbon. PORTSMOU TH , J am. 17 — W ind N., fine weather.—Arrived the Geo rge Canning, Vigors, fromLittl e h amp l e; C ygne t, L enon, N ew h aven ; Dart, Calc u tt a. Sa i led the Alert, Arnold, for St. Croix; D'Arcy Phillips, Malt a; El eanor, Turney, for --; William Bryan, Roman, So uth Australia ; L on d on, T urner, J ama i ca; J ames Ray, Grayson, ditto; Elizabeth, ditto; Australia, Forrester, Liverpo o l ; M artha, Pearson, S m y rna; E nterpr i se, P i dgeon, Ri ver Gambia; Albion, H i t e t n o z ; el E 1 Ranger, Dring, St. George's, Coast of Africa; Comet, Krazer, Malta; Emerald, Hall, Antigua; John Rorailly, Ken dall, Cape of Good Hope; Ceylon, Cox, Honduras ; Mountaineer, Demerara; Ocean, Edgar, St. Jago de Cuba; Eliza Ann, Burwell, Havannah ; Eliza, Carman, Valparaiso; Diligence, Howell, Cardiff; Primo of Jersey, Jersey; Dart, Grey, St. Michael's; Mary, Lambert, Belfast. Arrived all the ships in the different roadsteads, with the exception of her Majesty's ships Ganges and Cameleon ; the Pauline, Islan, from St Thomas's; Lady Paget, Allen, Batavia. PLYMOUTH, Jaw. 17.—Wind N.— Arrived the Mayflower, Cuming, from Terciera. Soiled the Magnet, Wake, for Constantinople; Petrel, Bell, Marseilles ; Stager, Llanelly ; Solace, Barrett, Bayonne; Benit, Harriburgh ; Beer and Wyngett, Bee, Gloucester. FALMOUTH, JAN. I6.—Wind N.N. W. to N.N. K, fresh breezes.— Arrived the Sarah, Smith. Sailed the Wane, Davids, for St. Jago de Cuba; Queen, James, St. Michael's; Hebe, Alexandria; Tomlinson, Wallace, Constantinople; Sarah Ann, Prowse, do.; George Sultan, Ar cher, Liston; Brother, Veale, London. LIVERPOOL, JAN. 17.—Arrived the Ocean (steamer), from Cork; Margaret, do.; Victoria (steamer), Blackpool, with cargo from the Cru. atler ; Alexander, Higan, Lisbon; Leeds (steamer), Havre; Parker, Dunn. Sailed the Barbary, Davidson, for Bombay; Mary Scott, Scot land, Valparaiso ; Jane, Cungle, Monte Video; John Scott, Robertson, Rio Janeiro; Priscilla, Taylor, Bayonne; Malaga, Havannah ; Little Catherine, Williams, Demerara; Lapwing, Osboine, St. Thomas's ; Josepha, Scott, Barbadoes ; Thomas Dunprey, Africa; C. Columbus, Gibraltar; Speedy, Gijon; Ruby, Savannah; Clio, Rumburton, New Orleans ; Lucretia, Hayes, Monte Video; Princess Victoria, Odessa. SOUTHAMPTON, JAN. 14.—Arrived the Newton, from Waterford. Sailed the Lynx, Dupree, for Marseilles. LYMINOTON, JAN. 17.—Sailed the Newton, Layburn, for Gibraltar; Catherine, Malta; Providence, Duke, Waterford; Governor, Corny, Cork; and Catherine, Slaxton, Waterford. DARTMOUTH, JAN. 15 —Sailed the Flower of Yarrow, Smith, for Naples ; Commerce, Stehr, St. Michael's; Hope, Clements, ditto; Carl Johann, Oreton, Lisbon; Robert Brandt, St. Übe's ; Antoine, Hood, Bordeaux; and Graf Carnier, Gode, ditto. BRISTOL, JAN. 16.—Sailed the Tom Cod, for Africa; and George Canning, Patterson, ditto. TOII/;,11', JAN. 15 .. .—Put back the Polydore, forHavannab ; sailed again he 16th. CARDIFF, JAN. 15.—Sailed the Ark, Tope, for Naples. ItsmsoaTc, JAN. 17. Arrived the Mariner, from Bilboa; Chili Smith, Portsmouth, towed in totally dismasted ; and Industry, An. drews, leaky, with loss of main boom. Sailed the Mary, Custance, foi Mogadore ; Mars, Aitkens, Leghorn; Dundee Merchant, Fife, Moga. dere ; Agnei packet, Gibson, Bayonne; Eskin, New York; Grace Dar. ling, Crockett, Port-au-Prince; Henry, Clark, St. Michael's; Aylesford, Carr, Genoa; and Brender, Stephens, St. Übe's. , . ManoArx, JAN. I6.—Arrived off the Magnet, Mann, from Deme rara, with windlass damaged, and loss of anchor and cable ; Boline, Waddel, Launceston, with loss of anchor and cable ; New Express, Tul!och, Monte Video, with windlass damaged. TORBAY, JAN. 17.—Sailed the Doughty, Mayhew, for St. Michael's; Antelope, Pettigrew, ani/Despatch, Drisdale, Lisbon. MILFORD, JAN. 16.—Sailed the Cornelia, for Altona ; Elizabeth, Balf, London ; Skelton Castle, Hind, ditto ; Byron, Prowell, hull ; and most of the outward bound. Cowes, JAN. 1 7.—Arrived the Robert James Haynes, Graham from Trinidad. Sailed the Wilhelmina Lucie, Ipsen, for Batavia; Clio Au. urg, Rio Janeiro; Elizabeth Maria, Borchers, Port-au Prince Burgomaster Schmidt, Peterson, Havannah ; • Triton, Peterson, St Thomas's ; John Johnson, Grangeburgh, ditto ; Polemac, White North America; Majestic, Smith, Constantinople; Leda, Pants, Bor deaux ; Elizabeth, Whiting, Jamaica ; Sherdego (steamer), Francis New Yolk. The Cumberland, Tickler, from Ainwick to Troon, is totally wrecked near Formby —crew saved. IiONEY AND COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY (THIS DAY), TWELVE O'CLOCK. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, THURSDAY. —The demand for Cotton to-day has been to a fair extent ; the sales 3,200 bags, chiefly Aincric9n descriptions, at steady prices. We have ship-letters from Trinidad, B a hi a ; an d D emerara . We have a ver y bl an k day' with respect to arrivals, conse quently no business of any magnitude has been done as yet in the various funds. It is stated that Lord Palmerston is determined to have the Belgian and Dutch question finally settled before the meeting of Parliament, and will not wait for the signature of France, as in all probability, if a change takes place in the French Ministry, this long pending adjustment may again be procras tinated for a length of time, and perhaps endanger the peace of Europe. Consols opened at the leaving-off price of yesterday, 921' for Money, and 92i 93 for Account. Exchequer Bills, 69 70; India Bonds, 04 66; Bank Stock, 202 - 203 ; India Stock, 256 2571. The Forei g n Market at p resent i s i n t h e same state as that of,the British. Spanish Active closed 184-i-, opened not so good 17 18k. Portuguese maintains th e leaving-off prices, 35i 36 ; Three per Cents., 22,1 234-; Belgian, 99-i 1; Colossi. bian 29k; Mexican, 25i; Dutch Two-and-a-H a lt p er C ents . i improved, 54} i ; Fire per Cents. also improved, 1028--. PRICES OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Bank Stock .. 203 India Stock :, per Cent. Red. 93t-i% Ditto Bonds 3 per Cent. Cons. 9 ' 7 4, %% South Sea Stock — 3 , 4 per Cent 10.i%% Old Annuities -- Ditto Red. lo o 3i % New Ditto New 334 per Cent lOO %34 3 per Cent. Annuities, 1751_ New 5 per Cent. Bank Long Annuities toexpire Ditto 500 ...'7O 63 50 pm. Jan. 5, 1860 l5 14 15-16 : Ditto Small 70 63 70 pm Oct. 10, 1859 l4 13-16 , Ditto Commercial 8 pm. Jan. 5, 1861 11 11-161, 1 Ditto Advertised Jan. 5, 1881 — , Bank Stock for Account 03% April 5, 188( 1 —l India Stock for Account ..... Jan. 5. 1570 —, Consols for Account..,92a, 3 274% PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Austrian Bonds 'Peruvian Bonds - Belgian Bonds ............ ....... 99%1 Ditto Account Ditto Account Brazilian Bonds - ..3:4 . 3514% ~,to Account ienos Ayres Bonds — Ditto, 3 per Cent ..,"23 2%% k'4 Ditto Account ;hilian Bonds 1) tto Account - Colombian Bonds 27 Ditto Account — Ditto Account — Ditto Metallic — Columbian Minds, 1524 0 8%54 Spanish Bonds Ditto Account 29 Ditto Account Danish Bonds Ditto Account Ditto Account. IS 17i" , ,, 18% li reek Bonds French, 5 per cent. ...... ... —f. —c Ditto Bonds, 1825 Ditto Account .... .............. —, 3 per cent. Mexican Bonds, 5 per Cent.... Exchange Ditto Account —! Dutch, 2'4, per cent.... .....5 I%N Ditto, 6 per Cent i Ditto Account 541 i, I 9 Mi 3 Ditto Account IDitto Acc0unt................. PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. ate. Edinburgh and Glas gow - Paid. li - Sh 78 Great Western Railway Company 65 Brighton Railway 71t • 9 - - London and Black wa ll Railway I.lndon and Southampton Railway Company 55 41 N rth :Midland Railway Company 55 56!4 Colonial Bank Ditto Scrip PRICES OF IRISH STOCKS, DUBLIN, JAN. 13. 3 per Oent. Consols 336 per Cent. Stock Ditto Reduced Ditto New, it ..... ..... MI % City of Dublin Steam Company 314 per Cent. Debentures ...to: National Insurance Company — Bank :tock .. • - City Debentures, 4 p er cent.... Royal Canal Stock - Ballast Office Debentures,4 per 'rand Canal Stock HALF-PAST ONE. We have no further arrivals to communicate to the present hour, and the only feature worth noticing in the City is the public meeting held this day at the London Tavern to hear the Report of the Committee respecting the Steam Communica tion with India by the Red Sea. The meeting was well at tended, and the Hon. Robert W. Horton, Bart., in the chair. Consols are not so good as they were in th e morn i ng, and may be quoted at 924 for Money, and f or A ccount 924 ; previously th e y were 92k 93 ; Mon e y, 92 i ; Exchequer Bills improved, 70 prem. ; India B on d s, 64; Bank Stock, 203; India Stock, 2574. In the Foreign Market, Portuguese lower, 354 ; Five per Cents, 22i ; Spanish Active low er , 17i ; Belgian, 991 1 ; Mexican, 241 251 ; Brazilian, 771 78 ; Dutch Two and-a-half per Cents, .54i 1; Fiv e per Cents, 102 a Y. Little doing in Shares, Great Western, 13 prem. ; Brigh ton, 3 discount. ERRATUM.—It was the ilmingham Anti-Corn lAw Association." and not the' Birmingham Council," as we said yesterday in our Leader, whi c h sent a Deputation to Manchester. _ _ ----- CORONER FOR MI DDLESEX.—We understand Thomas Wakley, Esq., M. P., the candidate on the late election for Coroner for the county of Middlesex, is at pre sent with his father, who is very ill, in Devonshire, and he is at present unacquainted with the vacancy by the death of Thomas Stirling, Esq. His friends are withholding their support to the present candidates until a letter can be icNre ceived from Mr. Wakley , as to hi s i ntent i on o f aga i n pre sneensidt4l'anlygl.l night FIRE himself AT T i o n orthe E N ffiAer.. —A fire b ro k e ou t on Wed of the London Caoutchoue Company's factory at Tottenham. It commenced at a quarter past eight, and was completely extinguished by eleven. The part of the building in which it occurred was greatly damaged, and in deed destroyed, but the machinery, with the exception of the steam-engine, suffered little. The premises and stock were insured. PORTSMOUTH, JAN. 16. —Th e Meteor steam vessel, Lieutenant Pritchard, arrived this morning from Liverpool, bringing round thirty of the Canadian convicts, to be ultimately transported to N ew South Wales. They York are placed on board the prison -ship in this harbour to wait the arrival of a convict-ship from the eastward. It still continues to blow strong from the westward ; upwards of twenty sail of shipping are at the Motherbank, detained wind bound. LORD MOYSTON V BURDEKTN. The arguments in this part-heard case were resumed, but had not concluded when our reporter left. The object of the bill was to have a promissory note given by the plaintiff for 2uol. to be delivered up to be cancelled, on the ground of value having been given for it. VICE-C fiANCERY.-(THIS DAY.) His Honour the VICE- CIIANCELLOR took the causes and unopposed petitions to•day, none of which were of any interest except to the parties concerned. QUEEN'S BENCH.-(THIS DAY.) The Grand Juries fur Westminster and Middlesex were this morning- sworn before Mr. Justice Littledale, who briefly addressed them upon their duties, observing that there was no case to come before them which required any particular observation from him. GIBSON AND OTHERS V. PRICE AND OTHERS. - - - - Mr. NEWTON said this was an action of troveTto recover the certificate of registry of a vesssl called the Anne of Swansea, bought by George Gibson, William Bryant, and Alfred Knight, assignees of the estate of Bryant and Peake, against Sir Robert Price, F. Knowles, and others, carrying on business as the Glamorganshire Iron and Coal Company. The action was brought in the Secondaries' Court upon Writ of Inquiry, and the defendants did not pload to the action ; and the Jury found for the plaintiffs—damages, 781. 10s. He had now to move their Lordships for a rule to set aside the verdict, and enter satisfaction upon the writ, on payment of the plaintiff's costs, or in the alternative a rule for a new inquiry, on the ground of misdirection on the part of the Secondary, and that the da mages were excessive. The defendants had become mort gagees of the certificate of registry, and the declaration al leged that the defendants became possessed of it on the 31st Octeb2r, 1838, and the action was brought on the 6th No. vember folleming. Now, the Secondary directed the Jury to estimate the damage from the 16th July preceding, when the defendants became possessed of the certificate ; but he (Mr. Newton) submitted that the plaintiffs could not recover da mages for any time previous to the period stated in the decla ration. After proceeding for some time with his argument, The COURT inquired if the Learned Counsel had a note of evidence given at the inquiry. 'Mr. NEWTON replied in the negative, but added that he could procure it in the course of the day. The Court postponed its judgment until they had looked over the notes of the inquiry. DEAN V. LADY KIRKWALL. This was an action to recover a year and a half rent of a house at Barrow-hill, held by the defendant. It was tried b,foro Mr. Juviee Patteson at the sittings after last Term, and a verdict was had for the defendant, on the ground that the defendant was at the time of unsound mind, and that the plaintiff was aware of that fact. Mr. PLATS' now moved fora new trial, on the ground that the verdict was sge.inst evidence, and also misdirection on the part of the Learned Judge. After stating the facts of the case. which Dave been already before the public, Their LORDSHIPS said they would consult with Mr. Justice Patteson before they d , divered their judgment. The COUR r then took the special paper. COMMON PLEAS.-(THIS DAY,) KAY V. MARSHALL. The quesf on in this case was as to the validity of a patent frr preparing and spinning flax, hemp, and other fibrous sub stances, which has been litigated for several years past. In 1824 the plaintiff claimed to have made the discovery of new improved machinery ; for this object he obtained a patent in 1826, and in his specification deserib-d his invention ns con sisting of " macerating vessels," and placing what are called the " drawing rollers" and the " detaining rollers" nearer to e ich other than they had ever before been placed—that is, within 21 inches to each other. In June, 1836, a trial was di re•eted by the Master of the bolls on two issnes ; whether at !he time or before the patent the plaintiff had discovered any new machinery, as in his specification described, and whether the said invention was of public utility. The trial took place at York between the present parties, and the Jury found for the plaintiff on both issues, and the Judge (Mr. Baron Park) endorsed on the postea that though before the patent, modes had been discovered for spinning flax, hemp, &c. with machines in which the "reach," (the technical word for the distance between the rollers), was varied according to the length of the " staple" or fibre, of the article to be spun, no mode had been invented for spinning such substances, by means of maceration, with a reach" of 21 inches only. The above facts are embodied in a special case submitted by the Master of the Rolls for the decision of this Court, the point being whether, in law, the patent was Sir F. Pollock appeared fur the plaintiff; Sir William Fol lett and Sergeant Wilde for the defendant. The argument will last all day. EXCHEQUER COURT-(THIS DAY ) IN RE DIGNUM, GENT. Mr MESSIGER said he was instructed to move for a Writ nisi, calling upon James Dignum to show cause why he should not be struck off the rolls as an attorney of the Court. He moved under the 2d George II , cap. 23, which expressly enacted that no r.t.:, rcey who was in any of the gaols of the kingdom, or was living in any rules of any gaol as a prisoner, should not sue out any wrir, or be capable of suing out any writ, while he was a prisoner; and if he did so, all proceed ings were to be void, and the name of such attorney be struck dr the rolls. The circumstances under which he moved were stated in two Lffidavits. Mr. Dignurn was committed t o the Queen's Bench in Octobcr, 1837, in four different netior.s, where he romined until July, 1838. The affidavits showed nine different actions which had in the meantime been commenced by Mr. Dignum iu his own name. He had also an affidavit from one of the defendants in the actions who deposed that in January, 1838, he called upon Mr. Dignum, and paid him 2/. on account of the debt and costs—that he afterwards saw him again before July, when, after some consideration, Dignum accepted 1/. more in lieu of all costs. Lord ABINGER-Take a rule.—Rule granted. BOW-STREET. -(THIS DAY.) A well.dressed young man, who gave the name of James Clark, was brought before Sir F. RoE and Mr. TIIISELTON, a County Magistrate, charged with frequenting the Adelphi Theatre for the purpose of committing a felony. It appeared fr om t h e statement of James Ledger, a constable of the theatre, that about a quarter-past six, last night, as soon as the doors were opened, he observed the prisoner, who had on a Mackintosh, in the passage leading to the boxes, where a number of persons were collected, pushing in a very suspicious manner; and on catching a sight of witness, who was close behind him, he made a stop and altered his conduct. He was instantly taken into custody, and there were found upon him a pair of spectacles, a penknife, 101. 10s. in gold, a diamond pin.... and a gold watch. Sir F. ROE inquired if the prisoner was known. The complainant said he was in company with a man, named Wood, who was convicted of a similar offence about eight months ago at this office, and on that occasion the pri soner effected his escape. Mr. Chambers, the Barrister, who appeared for the pri soner, asked if Wood had been sent to Newgate for trial ? The witneis replied that he was only summarily convicted. William Daniels, a Barrister's Clerk, proved that he had on several occasions seen the prisoner assisting thieves to rob persons as they were entering omnibuses, and he had also seen him in the company of a person who was taken by Ruth ven, for robbery. Mr. CHAMBERS apprehended that the account given by the constable ought not to militate against the prisoner, as there is usually a rush at the entrance of a theatre when the doors are opened, and the property found upon him showed he was not under the necessity of committing a robbery. Sir F. Ron said it should not be forgotten that he desisted when he observed the constable watching his movements, and, as he was so well known, he should not feel justified in order ing him to be discharged. He would therefore direct him to he sent as a rogue and a vagabond to hard labour in the House of Correction for three months. THE MARKETS-(THIS DAY.) CORN-EXCHANGE. There are this week small arrivals of English Grain and Flour, and a moderate quantity of Foreign Wheat. There has been, since Monday, a slack trade for Wheat, and prices are rather lower. Barley is not re ported any cheaper than Monday. Beans and Pease are unaltered. Oats have experienced a fair demand, and they maintain last quotations. The Flour trade remains very dull. ARRIVALS I Wheat. Barley. English 2,6904rs 2,930 qrs Iris!) Foreign SMITHFIELD. Supplies short to-day, but trade brisk, and prices just the same as last Monday. Beef 3s. 6d. to 4s. 6d. Mutton 4s. to ss. 'Veal ss. to 6s. Pork 4s. 6d. to ss. 4d. Beasts 418, Sheep 2,460, Pigs 310, Calves 120. BILLINGSGATE MARKET. Supplies of Fish rather snore abundant, and prices somewhat lower. Turbot, 7s. to 155., 20s , and 255. ; Cod, 2s. 6d. to 55., 10s., and 15s. ; Soles, Is. to 4s. per pair ; Lobsters, Is. to 4s each ; Whitings, 4d. to Bd. each; Haddocks, Bd. to Is, 2d. each. COLONIAL MARKETS. Public sales of Sugar-6,542 bags Siam, 3,100 casks Manilla, 900 bags Bengal, and 4,300 Mauritius—went off steadily, and prices remain without any important variation. BP. Sugar maintains its former price. Rice is coming more into consumption, and 9,481 bags Java sold at very firm prices, Osta. Mow. 760 gra I 2,g2 aa 1,09,1 - brim. CORN LA WS. RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED AT BARTON. Moved by ROBT. BROWN, Esq., seconded by Major UPPL•EBY. That this meeting cannot but deplore the resolution of a portion of the merchants and manufacturers of Great Britase to repeal the present Corn-laws, and reduce the British farmers , and labourers to the level of the farmers and labourers on the Continent, which will not only be injurious to the landlords, the farmers, and the poor, but also to the manufacturers. That the inequality of the taxes, rents, wages, &c., tween Great Britain and the Continent renders it impossible for the British agriculturists to sanction so unequal a com petition, and which is the great;aim and end of the repealers of the Corn-laws. That should they unfortunately succeed, the tenants with all their exertions, their capital, their industry, and their per severance, will eventually he-ruined, though the reduction of rents would of necessity follow even to one half of their pre sent amount, and when it is considered that perhaps a third of the lands are mortgaged, the reduction in value will in many instances place the mortgagees in possession of the estates, and leave the landlords paupers. That a similar ruinous effect will be produced to the farmers who hold borrowed capital, because the contemplated prices will leave him so reduced as to be unable to pay his debts. That a complete change will then be effected, injurious alone, in the first instance, to the farmers, landlords, and the agricultural poor, but eventually to country shopkeepers and tradesmen, and even to manufacturers themselves. That the average price of corn for the last twenty-one years, for this county, is only 565. 4d., and for the last ten years only 523. 6d., which even the manufacturers say is not too high. That the British agriculturalist is necessarily liable to many and severe losses, arising from bad weather, frosts, mildew, unfavourable seasons, rot, and other diseases in cattle ; that he receives less interest for his capital, on an average, than the non-speculating and fair-tr a di ng merc h ant an d manufacturer;: and that the landlords seldom or ever make more than three and a half per cent., whilst that of the manufacturer varies from 5 to 10, 20, or even 50 per cent. That it is well known that the operative manufacturer often makes very high wages, particularly those with large families, to the extent of from twice to five times the amount of the wages of the agricultural labourer, and that by work ing only four days in the week many of them taking care to be drunk on the Monday because they can afford Tuesday to sober in idleness, whilst the agricultural labourer toils all the week at small wages, and complains not. That the repeal of the present laws will so lower the prices of corn as to throw out of cultivation all the poor soils of the kingdom, and will leave us entirely dependant upon foreigners, who, having the power, will inevitably, in case of scarcity in their own countries, or of war, or the prospect of war, lay an embargo on corn, and produce frightful conse quences to this kingdom. That this meeting is firmly of opinion that the repealers should be opposed by every possible means; that the present Corn hiws ought t') be equally as strongly supported • and that it is desirable that petitio n s t o b o th H ouses o f Parliament should be immediately obtained from every town and parish in the county. That the sincere thanks of this meeting are due to Lord Worsley and Mr. Christopher for their attendance this day, their excellent advice, and their promised support to keep in violable the present Corn-laws. GEO. MAW, Chairman. The thanks of the meeting were unanimously voted to the Chairman for his able and judicious conduct in the Chair. The fullowing gentlemen were then named as a Committee to prt pare the petitions, and superintend the obtaining of similar petitions from every town within the Barton constable wick Richardson, Esq., George Maw, Esq., Mr. Brown, Major Uppleby, Mr. William Graburn, Mr. Nichol son, Mr. John Wilbur Lunn, and Mr. B. Ileslcden. THE NAVY. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sheerness, Jan. 13, 1839. Sta,—l have read the pamphlet of " One of the People" and the letter of a " Stoker" in the Hampshire Telegraph. They seem both written by the same person, who, if I mistake not, has a very comfortable fire to stoke, not far from Pall-mall. He says, on the day that Russia shows the least symptom of sending her Armada to Leith or London, in one week 200 steamers, aimed with 68 and 32 pounders, will be at sea ; and that every ship of the enemy will be sunk, burnt, or towed into England by our own steamers. Well done, Stoker. You really arc a most wonderful man, and the sooner her Majesty makes you Lord High Admiral the better. I will, however, venture to ask the Stoker how he is to ascer tain when Russia shows symptoms of sending her Armada to to this country ? If he will read Captain Crawford's pamphlet he will see that in 1836 the Russian fleet got under weigh, consisting of 27 sail of the line, 20 frigates, 3 corvettes, and a proportion of small craft. Had the Autocrat been disposed to serve us as we did the Danes, he certainly would not have sent us information. His fleet would have sailed with the first fair wind, and probably been the first to announce their arrival, as they did once before at Spithead. f will also venture to ask the Stoker if he is really serious in saying, that In one week we could select and collect 200 steamers, strengthen them, fit them with guns, magazines,. 'man them with between 20 and 30,000, provision and store them, and finally train them to fire shot and shell in this week Now, if he can do all this, .4 The gentlemen of England may live di home at ease ;" but if he cannot, England ought not to be left with less than ten sail of the line, which is all I proposed, and which the Stoker, after all his rhodomontadc, himself recommends. I am, Sr, 3 our obedient Orvant, C[IARLZS WIER- SOUTHAMPTON. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT. Sir John Milbank, who was taken into custody on Wed— nesday last for stabbing Mr. Pocock, solicitor, the previous night, at the Odd Fellows' ball, in this town, and remanded tiil Friday, and again till Monday, was, on the latter day, fully committed to Winchester gaol, to take his trial at the March Assizes fur the County. Sir John .Millbank was Master of the Ceremonie,z, and had arranged a country dance_ Mr. Pocock wanted a c t uadrille, and clapped his hands to the band to commence one ; words and a scuffle ensued, and Sir John stabbed Mr. P. in the neck with a dagger. The latter was very averse to any proceedings being taken against Sir John, but others thought proper to take the matter up, and it has assumed a very serious appearance. Mr. P. is not in any clinger from the wound. COWES, ISLE OF WIGHT. The mutineers of the Braganza sailed this day in the. Shepherdess, American ship, for New Yolk. They think they shall escape capital punishment, and say the arbitrary and violent conduct of the Captain and Chief Mate was the sole occasion of the mutiny; that it was not premeditated, but the work of a moment, and the Mate's fault, for striking ones of the men ‘vith a handspike, which he returned with an axe the Captain ran to the Mate's assistance with his sword, cut another of the men, when he and the Mate were overpowered, the former killed and thrown overboard, the latter died of his wounds. That the Captain was a very tyrannical fellow there can be no doubt, but the conduct of the men can in na way be justified. The only Englishman amongst them, a lad of about 19, has turned approver, who, though he condemns the Captain for his harshness, says one of the men, a Belgian, always had a hatchet concealed, and that he also had a bottle of poison in his chest. Is it Lot surprising that Cap tains, who engage men of all sorts and all countries, should go to sea without arms ? An old sword and an old gun without a cap, or a charge of powder, was the sole provision made in this large brig with a valuable cargo, for her protec tion on a foreign voyage !! I with a crew, none of whom the Captain had seen till about three days before he sailed—be, the owner, and the two ladies, being the only Americans ea board. Wind N. by W., light, bit.. 30. 200. fine and frosty, for the first time this winter.--Sailed the Shepherdess, Francis, fo New York ; Potomac, Smith, ditto ; Clio, Oberg, Rio Ja neiro; Wilhelmina Lucia, Spain, Batavia ; Anna Catherina, Popkin, Bayonne; Peri, Fennings, Smyrna; Hermes° Ha bana°, Sibeira, Havannah : Triton, Peterson, Paraiba; Mary Ann, Marshall, Van Diemen's Land. The Balticom, Johannsen, for Bahia, with sugar and coffee, came into harbour for the winter. Loss OF ANOTHER OF THE COWES PILOT VESSELS.--There seems no longer to be even a hope held out of the Thetis return. It is supposed she foundered in the gale, and that all hands perished ! BRUSSELS, JAN. 13.—A frightful accident has occurred on the iron railroad. Mr. Levi, of English origin inhabiting the suburb of Schaerbeck, just as the train began to move this morning, dropped a bank note, and involuntarily making a movement to catch it, he slipped, and fell under the wheels of the waggon. Both legs were so dreadfully frac tured that amputation was absolutely necessary. One of th doctors, M. Lebeau, happily inspired by a feeling of huma nity, suggested the idea of amputating both the limbs at once. Messrs. Lebeau and Limange, assisted by three other sur geons, divided themselves into two groups, and in less than one minute both the limbs were simultaneously taken off. Nothing can yet be said of the state of the patient, except that it is as satisfactory as can be expected in so terrible a crisis. The courage and resignation of Mr. Levi during the operation, were admirable. He carried the sublimity of his conduct (that is the proper word), in the midst of his sufferings, so far as to confess his own imprudence, and to declare that no blame whatever could be laid on the officers of the rail -road for the terrible accident which had befallen him. M. Levi is nearly fifty years of age, and the father of 11 children. - - - THE CARGOES OF THE WRECKED VESSELS.— People have been busy, since the subsidence of the storm, in saving goods from the vessels stranded during the tempest. Bootle Bay has, for several days, been crowded with revenue officers, porters, and carters, with their lorries, unloading the Oxford and other vessels wrecked there. Flats and other craft have proceeded to the wrecks on the banks, for the pur pose of bringing up as much of their cargoes as can be saved. The cargo of the St. Andrew will, we believe, be landed in better condition than could reasonably have been expected. The woollen goods will be quite spoiled, but those of silk an cotton, though damaged, will be in tolerable condition. A the hull of the Pennsylvania has, from the first, been under water at flood tide, her cargo is, of course, very seriously da maged, whilst no small quantity of it has been plundered by the wreckers, who selected this fine ship as their especial prey. We are assured that the value of the cargoes on board the St. Andrew and the Pennsylvania was not less than 400,0001., an might reach 500,000/. The Crusader's cargo is valued at from 60,0001. to 70,000/. ; and other of the stranded vessel bad valuable cargoes on board.--. Liverpool Courier. her rat ate ;et', .es