The Sun. — London, England, 1840-01-17 00:00:00

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WILLIAM HARE, Honorary Secretary. 76, Lombard-street. Subscrib ers an d t h e T ra d e are i n f orme d that the Association will he prepared to admit Pensioners in Jul.- next. PR ICE sd. LONDON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 17, 1840. N o. 14.777 THE POSTAGE STAMPS• TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. .NIO.N MuUTII. SPECIAL CO NI MISSION . BOROUGH OF FINSBURY. At a MEETING of the MEMBERS of the FINS BURY REFORM CLUB, held at the Belvidere Tavern, Pentonville, on Wednesday, the lath of January, JOHN TAYLOR, Esq., in the Chair, Moved by Mr. RicnA RD TAYLOR, seconded by Mr. Roam APPREHENSION OF ARMED CHARTISTS. Sta,—As Secretary to the Working Men's Association of Cheltenham, I am requested to ask you publicly tc contradict the statement which appeared in your paper o' Tuesday, " that the Corn-law delegate was appointed by this Society." The members, neither collectively nor in dividually, participated in the election. By giving insertion to the above, you will oblige DUDLEY WARD SMITH. Association Rooms, Jan. 15, 1840. SAILING VESSELS REQUIRED for CON VEYLN G HER MAJESTY'S MAILS and DESPATCHES between HALIFAX (NOVA SCOTIA), and SAINT JOHN'S, NEWFOUNDLAND. DEPARTMENT OF THE COMPTROLI , F.R FOR VICTUALT.INr.i AND TRANSPORT SER. VICES, SOMY;RSET-PLACE, JAN. 13, NV. THE COMMISSIONERS for EXECUT ING the OFFICE of LORD 111011 ADMIRAL of the UNITED KIN'GDOM of GREAT BRITAIN and IRE LAND do hereby give Notice, that on TUESDAY, the 28th of April next, at tine o'clock, they will be ready to receive Tenders, under Conditions, which may be seen at the above Office, or upon application to the Naval Storekeeper at Hali fax, for the CONVEYANCE of HER MAJESTY'S MAILS and DESPATCHES Thqween Halifax (Nova Scotia), and St. John's, Newfound- land. All Tenders are to be made upon the printed form provided far the purpose, which may be had upon application as above, and they are to be addressed to the Secretary of the Admiralty, at Somerset place, with the words " Tender for the Convey knee of Mails," and " Comptroller of Victualling " in the left 'hand corner of the envelope. N• Tender will he received after One o'clock on the Day of Treaty, nor will any be noticed, unless the Party, or an Agent for him, attends. Every Tender must be delivered at the above Office, and if by an agent, be accompanied by the written anthority of the parties tendering ; and it must also express when and where the Vessels will be ready for survey, and when they will be completely ready for sea, and also state the address of the party tendering. 'TO THE ELECTORS OF THE COUNTY OF DENBIGH. GENTLEMEN, AVACANCY having occurred in the RE PRESENTATION of this COUNTY, by the death of your late Respet:ted Representative, I beg leave to offer myself to your notice, and to assure you than, if returned, my conduct on all oocasions will be proved by strict adherence to Constitutional principles, and an anxious desire to attend im partially to ail the great interests of this country. I bare the honour to be, Gentlemen, Your obedient, humble ' Servant, - - R. MYDDLETON BIDDULPH. Cnirk Castle, January 14,1840. _DESIRABLE OPPORTUNITY.—A pro fitable BUSINESS TO BE DISPOSED OF in ene of the first situations in the City of Bristol. commanding an excellent trade, and capable of being considerably increased. Profits rAveraging fifty per cent. Coming in about 400/. to 500 /. The above is well worthy the attention of any party who elm command the above sum, there being only one in the same line of business in the city ; the present proprietors retying. Address A. B. C., Post-office, Bristol. Letters to be post 'paid. Bristol, Jan. 15, 1840. G ENERAL LIFE and INVALID ASSU RANCE ASSOCIATION, No. 35, BRIDGE-STREET, BLACKFRIARS. This COMPANY has REMOVED from its Temporary Offices, No. 13, Chatham-place, to the above spacious Pre mises, IT'nere Prospectuses, containing Tables, may be had, not only for the Assurance of Life in all its varieties, but also the Assurance of from 10s. to Si. a week, in sickness, with a sum, tf money to be paid at death included, without the incon venience attending Benefit Societies. Every particular may be known on application at the Head Uffice ; or at any of the Company's Agents throughout the kingdom. N.B. Annuities are granted on liberal terms. LAW LIFE - ASSURANCE OFFICE, FLEET-STREET, JANUARY S, 1840. Notice is hereby given that a GENERAL MEETING of the Proprietors of the LAW LIFE-ASSURANCE SO CIETY, will be held at the Society's Office, Fleet-street, London., on SATURDAY, the Ist day of February next, at Half past Eieven o'Clock in the Forenoon, precisely, prsuant to the provksions of the Society's Deed of Settlement, for the purpose of 'receiving the Auditors' Annual Report of the Accounts of t i ne Society up to the 31st December last ; and for general pur poses. By ord'r of the Directors, GEORGE KIRKPATRICK, Actuary. Business will commence at Twelve o'Clock precisely. The Dividend on the capital Stock of the Society, for the year 1838, has been in the course of payment since the 6th day of April last. METROPOLITAN LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY FOR MUTUAL ASSURANCE. This Society APPROPRIATES the WHOLE of the PRO FITS to the reduction of the Premiums of its Members, and this is UNDIMINISHED by AGENCY or COMMISSION, the business of the Society being conducted without incurring that expense. The effect o f the principle of Mutual Assurance, so C.ARRIED OUT is shown by the abatement of FORTY per C ent. eclared for the ensuing year, upon the Premiums of Members of ye Years' standing, and which abatement has been computed on • ata justifying the expectation of the continuance of an equal rate of abatement, at least, throughout the remaining term of life. This abatement of FORTY per cent., the amount being laid out in a new A ssurance , i s equivalent to a bonus of one-third of the amount of the existing Policy. A Reduced Table of Rates for Assurances not claiming Profit. RICHARD HEATHFIELD, Superintendent. Princes -street, Bank, Jan. 1, 1840. TO STATIONERS AND OTHERS. BROOKNIAN and LAING lios;4ectfully inform the trade, that their superfine DRAWING PENCILS (manufactured with the purest Cumberland Black Lead that can tie procured) and which have received such ex tensive approbation, particularly during the last half century, are to be had on very advantageous terms at their Manufactory, No. 28, Great Russell-street , Bloomsbury. A list of prices will be sent to any respectable stationer in answer to an application made free of postage as above. B. and L. particularly caution the trade against the impos ing pretensions of itinerant venders of pencils, whose spurious wares are frequently stamped with their name ; and they re quest that it may be observed that their genuine drawing pencils have the words Augustus Langdon impressed on each. No hawker er pedlar whatever is employed by them either in town or country. N.B. A handsome tray supplied gratuitously with an order for a dozen of each sort of drawing pencils. pA.TENT PORTABLE STOVES in ful action in Five Minutes, for Conservatories, Hot and Green Houses, Harness Rooms, Coach Houses, Pantries, Store Rooms, Shops, and all places requiring warmth, or where damp is to be removed or prevented ; also adapted for Carriages, Gigs. Coach Boxes, &c., &c. ; to burn from 6 to 24 hours without any care or trouble whatever ; also sizes particularly suitable for Wine Cellars, Warehouses, Halls, Pas sages, and all other places where economy and regularity of heat is required, burning from 12 to 14 hours without attend ance. Cost of Coke for that period from 2d. to 3d. enly. 58, King William. street, London-bridge. THE PATENT TUBULAR STOVE for Warming Churches, Chapels, Public Buildings, Banks, Insurance Offices, Club Houses, Halls, Lobbies, Shops, 8.7. e , decidedly the best and most perfect Stove ever invented, as well as the most economical, at the cost of one farthing an hour fuel (for a Stove sufficiently large to warm a ehurch ca pable of holding 2,000 people) ; the fire (which is self-feeding) may be kept up without cessation for any period, requiring attention only once in 24 hours. The quantity of pure warm air, at a mild summer temperature, which from the extent of radiating surfaces is fully equal to that applied by three Stoves of the ordinary construction, is diffused so regularly throughout the building, as to obviate the necessity of burning or over heating the air and rendering it noxious and unhealthy. The heat may be regulated at pleasure, no sparks can escape, so that accidents by fire are almost impossible. The chimneys re quire no sweeping, and the elegance and beauty of design at e such as to please the most fastidious taste. The Stove may be seen in constant operation. and Prospec tuses and Drawings obtained, at the Patent Stove Depot King William-street, City ; rnd at the Jerusalem Coffee house, Cornhill. 'I he Patentees have made arrangements with Messrs. Hoppe and Co., Pig's Quay, Blaekfriars, for the supply of Coke suitable for these Stoves, where any quantity may be had at the shortest notice. "FUSES, &c., to be LET, by JACKSON and CO., in various situations, in the following Trades, and many others :—Tea, Coffee, Chop, and Eating Houses ; Public Houses ; Beer Houses ; Brewery ; Bakei s ; Tobacco nists; Grocers; General Dealers; Green Grocers; Coal and Potato Dealers ; Oil, Colour, and Italian Business ; Cow keepers, Dairy, and Milkwalks ; Private Houses; Lodging Houses, gce Particulars may be had at the Offices of Messrs. Jackson and Co., Auctioneers, 26, Brvdges-street, Covent-garden. N.B. 'Letters to be pas.d. DAVIES'S CANDLES, 61 per lb.; Wax Candles, ls. 2d. ; Fine Wax, Is. sd. ; extra fine Moulds, Wax Wicks, 74d. ; transparent Wax, I s."9d. ; ge nuine Sperm, 15. 9d. ; genuine Wax, 2s. Id. ; Yellow Soap, 465., 545., and 605. per 112Ibs. ; Mottled, 625. and 665. ; Windsor, Is. 4d. per packet; Palm, Is. 4d. ; Old Brown Windsor, Is. 9d. ; Rose, 2s. ; Camphor, 2s. ; Almond Soap, 2 s . 6d. ; s uperfine Sealing W ax , 4 s . 6d . per lb. ; genu i ne Sperm Oil, 95. Od. per gallon. , For Cash, at DAVIES S Old-Established Warehouse, 63, St. Martin's-lane, opposite New Slaughter's Coffee-House. SIGHT AND HEARING. THE INVISIBLE OPERATIVE VOICE Ai_ CONDUCTOR, effected by the Messrs. S. and 13. SOLOMONS, Opticians and Aurists to the Royal Family, 39, Albe marle—street, Piccadilly, and 96, Cheapside, by which thousands of cavity o f the ase ` en " deaf persons have been greatly benefited, is the size of seven. shilling p i ece , and when fixed into the easy, and not more perceptible than having a piece of wool in its place, by which the faintest whis p er at a public assembly is heard with distinctness. And defective VISION is brought to nature y the use of newly-invented SPECTACLE LENSES: immediately they are placedbefore weak and imperfect eyesight., either eaintTdemtriegiol mostbybecemesanddistinct, minute particle is seen with great distinetn ess by beth the sight and hearing become much mp'roved, he Messrs. SLOMONS DISCLAIM all connection with persons 01 the SAME NA o ME, and the sale of Amber S pe ctacles : in doing i i so they state the HISTORY of AMBER , from the Dictionary of & D.c Arts and Sciences" of Andrew Ure, M.D., F. R.S., &c. e. " Amber is an indurate* vegetable juice, and not produced by the laws of crystallization, but by the same causes which influence the mechanical condition of gum. Insects are often found embedded in it. Amber is most p o werfully electrical by friction —ver y hot, to such an ext en t as to explode into fragments ; the workmen. too, are subject to nervous tremours in their wrists, arms, &c. ; they en counter great dan g er by handling such dreadful excited electrics; Amber grows with lime, and is apt to take fire, and is of such a soft nature when exposed to warmth that it swells, bubbles up, and will burn away with flame." The above Dr. Ure'a statements are further confirmed by Sir D. BREWSTER and Pliny, as also by Parks and Heny on Chemistry. '1 hedestructive effects of such a material for Spectacles, to imperfect vision, are fully and most satisfactorily explained in Messrs. ,Curtis and Dollond's Second Edition on the Preservation of Sight, and may be ascertained at any respectable Optician's in London. The Messrs. Solomons' newly-invented spectacle Lenses are not constructsd of such a material ; but which are very superior , and b r ing back at once dimn ess of sight and imperfect vision to its original and natural state ; these Spectacles, and very small Voice Conductors for Deaf persons, are only to be had at their Establish. rnents, 39, Albemarle-street, and 96, Cheapside. No Travellers are employed. SMITH, and carried unanimously, That the constant attention to their Parliarrentary duties, the honest, manly, an l independent conduct of Thomas Slingsby Duncombe and Thomas Wakley, lisqrs., the two Members for the Bru ough, claim from the Reformers .of Fins bury grateful acknowledgment, and entitle them to continued confidence and energetic support. Moved by Mr. JAMES YATES, seconded by Mr. J. P. BUR- and carried unanimously, That this Club will eo all in its power to secure the return of T. S. Duncombe and Thomas Wakley, Esqrs., at the next election for Finsbury, i,nd will oppose the intrusion of any pro fessing Reformer who may seek to disturb the Borough, under pretence of consulting the public good. JOHN TAYLOR, Chairman. MR. BRADSHAW. M.P., AND MR. lIORSMAN, M.P. No. I. 23, Lowndes-street, Belgrave-square, Jan. 4, 1840. Sir,—•-I have been requested by Mr. Bradshaw to refer you to the Morning Post of Thursday, the 2d inst., in which it ss stated that at a public meeting of your const tuents at Cockermouth you had said, in reference to him, Mr. Bradshaw, that " he has the tongue of a traitor, bt t lacks the courage to become a rebel," and I am desired by Mr. Bradshaw to request that you will inform n e whether you made use of such expressions I have the honour to be, Sir, . Your obedient humble servant, E. Horsman, Esq., M. P. J. GURWOOD. No. 2. Oxenfold estotle, Edinburgh, Jan. 9. Sir,—l have just had the honour of receiving your let ter, which, having been addressed to Cockermouth, and sent thence after me into Lanarkshire, only reached me here to-day. The expressions in the Morning Post of the 2d instant, to which, at Mr. Bradshaw's request, you refer me, arc generally correct, as to the words I used, though they do not accurately convey the sense in which I used them ; for they were employed by me, not in stating a fact as of m 3 own knowledge, but in drawing an inference from a speech attributed to Mr. Bradshaw, at Canterbury. With this slight, and perhaps unimportant, explanation, I am ready to admit that the exprossions to which you have directed my attention were used by me on the occasion alluded to. I have the honour to be, Sir, Your very obedient servant, Lieutenhnt-Colonel Gurwood. E. HOR SM AN. No. 3. 23, Lowndes-street, 11th Jan., 1840. Sir,—l have the honour to receive this evening your let ter, dated Eninburgh, the 9th inst., in which you acknow ledge having made use of certain expressions at a public meeting at Cockermouth in allusion to Mr. Bradshaw, as stated in the Morning Post of the 2d inst. On inquiry Ncstcrday at your apartments in the Albany, I was informed that you were expected to arrive there from Scotland in the course of to-morrow (Sunday.) I there fore wait your arrival, that you will then have the good ness to name an hour, either et your apartment, the United Service Club, Pall-mall, or any other place where it may be convenient for any friend you may appoint to meet me to make further arrangements. I have the honour to be, Sir, Your very obedient humble servant, E. Horsman, Esq., &c. GURWOOD. No. 4. Albany, Jan. 12,1840. Sir—l have been honoured with your note on my arrival here to-day. As the friend to whom I wished to refer it, and whom it is necessary that I should see, is at some distance from town, I regret extremely to be compelled to defer com• plying with its contents till my return from him on Tues day ; but you may depend on a further communication which I shall have the honour of addressing to you on that day. I have the honour to be, Sir, Your very obedient bumble servant, Lieut.-Colonel Gurwood, &c. E. HORSM AN. No. 5. Albany, January 14, 1840, 5 o'clock. Sir,—l have just returned from Derbyshire, where my friend, Colonel Anson, was staying when I had last the honour of addressing you. I now beg to refer you to him, and he has requested me to say, that if you will have the goodness to call on him at the Ordnance to-morrow, he will be ready to receive you at 4 o'clock. I have the honour to be, Sir, Your very obedient and humble servant, Lieutenant-Colonel Gurwood, &c. E. HORSMAN. No. 6 23, Lowndes-street, Tuesday, Jan. 14, 6 p.m. Sir,—l have had the honour of receiving your note of this day, and I shall accordingly wait on Colonel Anson, at the Ordnance•oflice, at 4 to-morrow. I have the honour to be, Sir, Your obedient humble servant, E. Ilorsman, Esq., M.P., &c. J. GURWOOD. Colonel Anson met Colonel Gurwood on Wednesday evening, and delivered, on the part of Mr. Horsman, the following letter : (No. 7.) Albany, Jan. 15 have requested my friend Colonel Anson to dc iver to you this letter in explanation of the course which, with his concurrence, I think it my duty to pursue upon the demand mad e on me by M r . Bradshaw. I must direct your attention to the speech Mr. Brad shaw is reported to have delivered at Canterbury in Oc tober last, and on which I commented at the dinner given me by my constituents six weeks ago. Mr. Bradshaw's speech, on the occasion alluded to, was a public insult to his Sovereign—that Sovereign a lady, and the only lady in her dominions without those natural protectors who, in a more humble rank, would have secured her, from being insulted with impunity. Under these circumstances, I conceive it to be the right and the duty of every loyal sub ject to come forward in her defence, and be as ready to guard her character as to protect her person. And as Mr. Bradshaw, on the most public occasion he could find, though fit to assail her Majesty in the most unmeasured terms, for which he knew he could not be held accountable, he has little right to compla;n that I, on another public occasion, with reference to his speech, used equally strong terms in repelling its disloyal aspersions. Being totally unacquainted with Mr. Bradshaw, it was on public grounds alone that I noticed his speech ,• and as long as that speech stands recorded as a true manifestation of his feelings, it is impossible for me, in accordance with ;he opinions I hold, to retract or regret a single syllable I said. I also feel that I should have been justified in withhold ing from Mr. Bradshaw the satisfaction he requires until be had himself given satisfaction to the public for the in jury he had inflicted. If I had chosen► to act on the opi nion of those of my friends whom I consulted, I had ample authority for pursuing such a course. But in adopting what I feel to be a far more questionable one, and fur which I am responsible to society, I wish it to be clearly under stood, that in consenting to meet Mr. Bradshaw I make no admission whatever of any right on his part to claim such consideration from me. I have the honour to be, Sir, Your very obedient humble servant, E. lIORSMAN. Lieutenant-Colonel Gurwood, &c. Arrangements were then made for a meeting yesterday morning at Wormwood Scrubs, where, after an exchange of shots, Mr. Horsman having fired in the air, Colonel Gurwood went up to Mr. Horsman and delivered him No. 8. (No. 8.) 23, Lowndes-street, Jan. 16. Sir,—Last night Colonel Anson gave me your letter, to which I have the honour to reply. Mr. Bradshaw wrote to me from the country, which letter I received on the 4th inst., referring me to a para graph in the Morning Post of the preceding day, in which ' the expressions regarding him, made use of by you, arc reported. I therefore transmitted to you a transcript of his letter, and dated it the 4th inst. You are acquainted with what has since transpired, and you have empowered Colonel Anson to make final arrangements. When Mr. Bradshaw shall have received the satisfaction to which I conceive he is entitled, I have no doubt but that be will express to you what he, had before stated to me, that in his speech at Canterbury be had no intention of presuming to allude to her Majesty, but to her Majesty's Ministers, and that you will, therefore, withdraw the ex pressions you have made use of. I have the honour to be, Sir, Your obedient humble servant, J. GIJRWOOD. Colonel Gurwood, in consequence of Mr. Horsman's conduct, then added that it appeared that this meeting had been rendered necessary on account of the remarks made by Mr. Horsman at Cockermouth on the 4th of December, in reference to a speech delivered by Mr. Bradshaw at Canterbury in October last. That he was desired by Mr. Bradshaw to say, that Mr. Horsman had put a different interpretation upon that speech from what be meant it to convey. That Mr. Bradshaw disclaims the slightest feeling of disloyalty to her Majesty, and regrets the expressions he then made use of, which he has since felt, upon reflection, were unjust towards her Majesty. Colonel Anson then said be had no hesitation, on the part of Mr. Horsman, in withdrawing the expressions which Mr. Horsman had used in reference to Mr. Bradshaw. Jan. 16, 1840. J. ANSON. J. GURWOOD The will of the late Madame D'Atblay (for merly Miss Burney) was read before her family on the Friday previous to the remains leaving Landon for Bath, where they will be buried on Wednesday next. The personal estate amounts to about 15,000/. Three per Cent Stock, out of which she has be queathed to Mr. Burney, the barrister, her eldest b an annuity of lOW. a year for lif e , an d le gaciesof v arious sums of money to other nephews and n n e p ce e s w , ea ving Mr. Barnett, her sister's grandson, her esiduary legatee. A meeting of Chartists was held last night at the Trades Hall, Bethnal-green, for the purpose of dis cussing the present state of distress of the working classes throughout the country. At the time appointed for meeting, the room, capable of holding übout 700, was crowded to excess, and the majority of those present appeared to be of the working classes. At nine o'clock the Committee came upon the platform, when Mr. Neesom was called to the Chair. After the Chair man had detailed the objects for which the meeting had been called, Mr. Spurr, who bad on former oc casions taken an active part in the discussions, rose to propose the first resolution. After a few preliminary observations he contended that the only way to pre serve the peace was to be prepared to wage war, and in support of such an assertion he thought it would be well deserving the attention of the meeting to bear in mind the words of a celebrated person—to put their trust in God, and keep their powder dry, which was received with loud cheering. On silence being re stored, the speaker was about to proceed, but a body of police appearing at the door with drawn sabres, caused the greatest possible confusion. The chairman entreated the meeting not. to be disturbed, as it was held on constitutional principles, but in order not to give their enemies an opportunity of succeeding, he hoped there would be no breach of the peace committed. The police then, having blocked up every avenue lead ing to the room, prevented any person from escapin?:, but notwithstanding their precautions several of the most ac tive succeeded in getting away. The police then pro ceeded to search the parties present,and on their prevent ing any person leaving, the chairman declared the meeting to be dissolved. The police notwithstanding proceeded to F.l . search all present before leaving the room, and on them, 0 -, as well as on the floor, they discovered a great variety of daggers, knives, sabres, pistols loaded with ball and primed, and other instruments. Twenty-one of the F. persons who had taken the most active part in the pro- coedings of the meeting were detained until after eleven o'clock, for orders from Scotland-yard ; and eleven per sons, on whom the arms, daggers, and other instruments were found, were removed to Spitalfields station-house, and Captain May and Mr. Pierce, with a suMeient num ber of constables, remained in the buildings in care of the other parties in custody. POLITICAL SUMMARY OF THE MORNING JOURNALS. The Morning. Herald of this day, in a leading article in the Queen's 'Speech, observes :—" In allusion to her intended marriage, which is the first topic introduced into the Queen's Speech, any statement of the religion of Prince Albert is, as in the former announcement to the Privy Council, carefully avoided. With this we must deal in a spirit of candour rather than of flattery. The law of England has made the Protestant religion superior to any dynasty, for it declares that becoming a Papist, or intermarrying with a Papist, works a for feiture of the Crown. The law which annexes so heavy a penalty to a matrimonial alliance with a Papist, does, by necessary implication, require an offi cial declaration on the part of the Sovereign, as to the Protestantism of the intended con sort. But Ministers dare not introduce any such allusion to Protestantism into the Queen's Speech as would inevitably bring on them the castiga tory club of the Popish Agitator of Ireland." The _Morning Chronicle, speaking of the division last night in the Commons, on Lord John Russell's motion on the breach of - privilege question, remarks as follows : " This settles the matter. The House of Commons, now that it has fairly taken the field, will soon prove an overmatch for all inferior authorities. Had the motion been lost, the constitutional liberties of the country would have been gone forever. On the power of the House to exercise with efficiency its various functions, and more especially that of Grand Inquisitor of the nation, the social edifice rests." The Times thus expresses itself on the subject of Sir J. Yarde Bul ler's notice last night of a motion of want of confidence in Ministers :—" We care not for the mere numerical balance of votes on such a mo tion. The motion itself is the matter of importance. The motion speaks what the nation thinks. The strength of the Conservative opposition is not within doors, but beyond them. It is everywhere ; it per vades the whole kingdom ; and this new proposition to the House of Commons, which is nothing more than an acquiescence in the popular wish, will be the precursor of a universal movement against .Ministers from north to south of Great Britain." The Moining Post alludes to the Queen's Speech in the following terms :—" If the highest perfection of such a composition be the ab sence of any expression calculated to excite difference of opinion, the Queen's Speech may justly be re garded as the most perfect specimen ever yet submitted to Parliament, for it did not contain a dis tinct opinion upon any single question that has ever been, or can ever be, a matter of controversy."—The Morning Advertiser expresses the following opinion on the breach of privilege question :—" The question is undoubtedly trammelled with difficulties ; but its train feature is, to our view, perfectly clear—that the privi leges of the Commons ought to be maintained. The House of Commons is the people's House ; unlike the house of Lords, being elected by the people, it repre sents, or ought to represent, their opinions, wishes, and interests. To protect these, the privileges of freely expressing, printing, and publishing its opinions are indispensable." TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR—In the report of Somers v. Ilolt, in the Chronicle and Post of this morning, it is incorrectly stated that the Rule was refused; on the contrary, the Rule was granted. I beg you will in this evening's publication report it correctly. Yours respectfully, THOMAS HOLT, Friday, Jan. 17, 18.10. Age Office. 5. to • ::7 4S 38 46 The construction of the stamps is reported to be adv arcing with all speed ; the several artists to whom they are entrusted, being actively engaged upon them. In the stamp for letter paper and the adhesive stamp, a profile of the Queen is the principal ornament. The letter paper stamp is being engraved by W. Wyon, R.A., medallist to the Mint. Charles Heath is en graving the drawing taken from Wyon's city medal by H. Corbould, intended for the adhesive stamp. W. Mulready, R.A., has furnished the design for the cover and envelope, which is in the hands of John Thompson for engraving. The public will recognize in all these artists, the highest talent in their respective departments, which the country affords. PItOFITAELENEES OF REDUCTION IN PRICE.-Number of visiters to the Tower from May to November in the years 1837, 1838, and 1839:- 3s. Rate 1837. Is. Rate 1838. 6d. Rate 1839. 7,533 31,333 56,213 Produce £1,129. 19s. £1,566. 13s. £1,435. 6s. 6d. It should be borne in mind that the Coronation, which took place in June, 1838, must, by the concourse of strangers which it caused to repair to the metropolis, have greatly added to the number of visitors in that year; and this may be the reason why the increase under the sixpenny rate has not been larger than it i s ._64 Post Office Reform." —Edinburgh Review, just published. ESTIMATE OF THE MODE IN WIIICII TILE REQUIRED INCREASE OF GENERAL POST LETTERS MAY BE PRESUMED TO TAKE PLACE. !!, ("Present number of chargeable General Post Iletters, call this .. 1 Contraband letters, and evasions by writing in 12 I newspapers, &c. (estimated by many at double 7; I the posted letters,7 bdt consider it equal only 1 Total of letters now written 2 Assume the rate of increase to be only 2to 1 2 Estimated future General Post letters from the present letter-writing class nzoices (estimated by Mr. Cobden and other mercan tile men as equal to the present Post letters), say half only Additional printed circulars, catalogues, small parcels, , &c., sad• Letters from numerous classes, who may now be said not to use the Post-office at all, say Required increase of General Post letters to sustain the gross revenue (vide Third Report, pago 55) That is to say, an addition of fivefold.—Post-office Reform —Edinburgh Review, just published. EFFECTS OF REDUCTION IN Plum—From the Ist of Ju y last the tolls on Waterlcc-bridge, on horses and car riages, were reduced somewhat more than 50 per cent., the penny toll on foot passengers remaining as before; and the result of the reduction, even in its first period, up to the Ist December, 1839, compared with the corres ponding five months of 1838, hes made, upon an annual toll of about 3 2501., a din inution of only 601. There is now an actual weekly increase; and there is little doubt that the ensuing year will exhibit a considerable gain, caused by the reduction.—Post-office Reform. —Edin burgh Review, just published. THE SHEFFIELD CHARTISTS. SHEFFIELD, THURSDA T. The Chartists are quiet now. The police have been out all night in search ot several of the % ringleaders. They succeeded in apprehending three who were in bed in their own houses, Joseph Marshall, Samuel Bentley, and John Clayton. It is not as yet ascertained whether they will be proceeded against for high treason or sedition. They were brought before the Magistrates this morning, and, having been identified by the police as being engaged in promoting the insurrectionary movements, they were remanded until to-morrow (Friday) for further exami nation. No fire-arms or other weapons were found upon them. The utmost vigilance has been exercised by the police, in order to trace out the hiding-places of faur or five others, but without avail. The military are still parading the town, and the Sessions-house and Tontine Inn are strictly guarded. The witnessess brought forward against the accused, it is said have, been attempted to be tampered with. The system carried on by the Chartists here has not been to meet openly, or in large numbers, but secretly, in each other's houses, by thirties and forties, these are called classes, each class having a leader, the leaders forming a council. This morning I inspected the arms and combustibles taken from the houses of Holberry and Booker, the two men committed for high treason. One of the cells in the prison was filled with thirn. They consisted of guns, pistols, blunderbusses, swords, bomb-shells, hand-grenades, pikes nine feet long in the pole and three feet in the blade, and a con siderable number of highly.polished and well-finished daggers, and others of a commoner make. The bombshells were about fourteen pounds in weight, and the hand grenades about four pounds ditto. There was a great number of these infernal machines, the use of which, according to the (at present secret) confessions ot some of the Chartists themselves, was to throw from the hand through the windows of dwellings, men being se lected for this murderous work who were expert in sealing walls and spouts. The three persons who were injured by the mob arc now in the infirmary in a precarious state, but hopes aro entertained of their recovery. The regular number of the police force for the protection of Sheffield .s 70. Holberry and Booker, two of the Chartists accused of attacking the authorities and wounding the police at Shef field, have been committed by the Magistrates to York Castle, on a charge of high treason. PRICE OF SUGAR. EFFECT OF MONOPOLY. Table sbovving the ex-duty price of West India Sugar in Mincing-lane, and comparing the same against that of foreign sugars London, Jan l7, 1840 The Gazette of this evening will quote the average price of British Plantation Muscovado Per Cw Sugar, exclusive of duty, at _.. _ The actual quantity of Sugar sold cn account of the importers, in the week ending the 11th instant, according to the returns made upon oath by the West India sugar brokers, in conformity with the Act of Parliament, and on which quantity the above price is computed, consisted of 2,395 libels. 199 trs. and 162 barrels, estimated to contain together, 38,501 cwt. Manilla Sugar raised by free labour may be bought this week at from 17s. 6d. to 225. per cwt., being about 175.6[1. cheaper than West India Sugar. Sugars equal in quality to the double loaf standard, refined from Foreign Mus covados, have been sold tits week for exportation, includ. ing the charges of shipping, &c., at 345. per cwt. The British community has consequently to pay 4s. sd. par cwt. more to the West Indians for uirty raw Sugar than the foreigners pay for Refined Sugar of superior quality, made and sold in London by the British Sugar Refi►,erF. In our remarks of last week we gave from official docu ments the total gross amount of the Sugar Duties collected by the Customs of the United Kingdom in the years 1838 and 1839. For the purpose of after computation we repeat ' those figures, adding to the statement the amount of duties paid on Sugar in 1837. From Jan. 6, 1837, to Jan. 5, 1838 £4,877,339 Ditto 1838 ditto 1839 4,808 558 Ditto 1839 ditto 1840 4,226,048 The diminution in the amount of duty received by the Customs last year, compared against 1837, was 611,2911., and against 1838, 582,5101. This statement also proves that a duty of 245. per cwt. was paid to Jan. 5, 1838, upon 4 064,448 cwt. Ditto 1839 4,007,131 Ditto 1840 3 521,706 The diminution in the deliveries of Sugar from the bonded warehouses of the United Kingdom last year, as compared against 1837, was 542,742 cwt. ; and, against 1838, 485,425 cwt. The duty paid price of West India Raw Sugar in Mincing-lane, has been throughout 1839, on an average, 635. per cwt. i if we add to the cost price ss. per cwt. more for the c harges and profits of distribution, and mul tiply b y 68 3 ,, the number of cwt. consumed in 1839, we this enormous some of money had been shall arrive at exactly the amount the British nation has o e w ut s i u o li t P b t' e sin p g urchase of foreign free labour sugar, the expended in that year on Sugar ; the computation gives 0 2 1' 26 : 0 4 4 s .81.p,er makingcw t. , i a tud di :is rei 11,973,8001. sterling. i n ,75 1 : 1 ; 0 5 u 8 r 81 0 . f t h e revenue of 1 ,531,5401. per cwt. for the charges and profits of distribution added, would make 50.1. per cwt., the nation would have bought 4797,990 cwt., and the proceeds of the duty would have laidN price of which, wi I l in the lie u dutyof Supposing, howeve r, the reduction from the monopoly price to the foreign value had not stimulated an increase in the consumption of sugar beyond the weight actually been 5,757,5881• used in 1839 ; then the amount of duty would have re , mained as it is at present. But the British people would have saved —would have had in their pockets for other ' purposes —the enormous sum of 3,169,5401. sterling. We shall renew our observations next week upon the subject of the monstrous abaises arising from the mono poly on sugar enjoyed by the West Indians. - NORWAY AND THE NORWEGIANS.—We are requested to state that ; the new wor k ent i t l e d " N orway and the Norwegiatts, ' by Robert Gordon Latham, 11 , 0 1 5 . t , Cambridge (in 2 vols. p i s published this day by M r . B ent l ey , Pub lisher in Ordina r y to her Ma j est y , New Burlington street, and can no w be obtained of all Booksellers and A B ., v 0 Fellow of Kings College at the various libraries. Mr. Bentley has also just pub aoDwni:iult.blß:liritEnd*Nd:ur—taev'One Correspondent asks pub lished —I. S am Slick's Letter-Bag of the Great Western. Post Bvo., bound, Jos. Gd —ll. The First Volum l e n o . f i\tiheemoEirnstioref thel ett c c:s ur o t of o l: E or n a g c l e an l d Va d l u p r o i l n e g . Now first collected. In Bvo. bound, with Portraits, theMs.—lll. Reign of the Stuarts. Engravings. —Agents, gdsi. B n i uAr G gghe . ri; It forsl: forIJ r e e s sl s a e cn , odt ,l E al‘n s i q ,ri .., 2 JA .1 ' e v c • Ns o su l Er s ms . N.vm B ßi v np • e o lgl . o, , the ,, N Nl a r t l i l o y n t a ir l c At t i h t l i e -P ra o b o i r d -la T w or A y s p so a: es have m a d e ." , subject r They arc frightened what has become of " c r, i e a ar t ts i o tn n hoe ? w " s os a iul n en d ndt another,t bo onll THE MARKETS. CORN ➢IARKET, This week's report of arrivals is small of all kinds of Grain. The trade for English Wheat has been languid but for Foreign firm. Barley dull at last quotations. Beans anti Peas unvaried. Oats of good quality firm, and rather dearer, but other kinds dull. The Flour trade still heavy. SMITHFIELD. The trade was very heavy, although the sulTlies were by no means large. For the primcst Beef the prices of Monday were maintained, but other articles declined 3d. per stone. The price per stone of Sibs., sinking the offal, Beef 3s. 2d. to 4s. 4d. ; Mutton 4s. to 4s. 10d. ; Veal 4s. to ss. ; Pork 3s. 6d. to 4s. tid. Head of Cattle at market; Beasts 426 ; Sheep 3,520 ; Pigs 440 ; Calves 105. BILLINGSGATE MARKET. The supplies were fair, with a good demand ; prices much as last quoted. Turbot, ss. to 21s. ; Cod, 3s. to 15s. ; Soles, 9d. to 3s. 6d. per pair ; Lobsters, 10d. to 4s. ; Oysters, 20s. to 48s. per bushel ; Brill, 10d. to 4s. 6d. ; Whitings, 4d. to 10d.; and Haddocks, 10d. to 2s. 6d. TEA MARKET. This market was very firm, and a good business was done, at, last quoted prices. The tendency is still to advance. The low qualitieswcre most in demand. The continued misunder standiog has caused us to lose one season's tea. TALLOW MARKET. This Market was quiet, and the price of P. Y. C. 48s. 6d. to IRs. 9d. The consnmers are in possession of considerable stocks. SEED MARKET. The Seed Market remains much in the same state as on Monday last and during the week, both as to demand and prices. COLONIAL MARKET. Not much done in this market, and prices continue uniform. ' The sales were rather slow, and prices firm. Low Brown, 565. ; low yellow, 61s, ; fine yellow, 68s. About 6,000 bags of Bengal Sugar sold, in fact, at about 60s. to 655. ; for White and Brown 475. to 495. 6d. A small parcel of Hies went at 12s. to 12s. 6d. for middling quality. There were some small Sales of 13. P. Coffee ; East India 9d. duty, and Mysore which fetched about previous rates ; but the sales were not of stifficient magnitude to affect the market, which was very firm. The market for Spices was flat, but prices were not lower. PUBLIC SALE OF COTTON. About 11,000 bales of Cotton of different sorts, but princi pally Madras were put up to public sale. There wai a good attendance of the trade, and a tolerably fair portion sold at ra ther lower prices. COUNTRY MARKETS. Wheat. Barley. Oats. P; - • re Per Quarter. Bath Blandtord .- Bridport Chard Gloucester Exe er Guildford Newbury .--.. [trading Salisbury Shcrbonie Shepton Mallet Uxbridge Warminster - Winchester 1 Yeovil $. to s. so 76 61% :1 8. 1. 32 49 S. to S. f.!!) 26 30 36 s. to s. 4 5( 46 50 73 85 ti 4 76 70 80 1 45 48 27 34 40 t 6 32 50 75 47 40 50 42 56 33 54 :37 42 36 54 20 26 ~() 34 21 28 26 34 21 32 23 34 30 34 28 30 30 34 28 32 27 38 50 81 50 85 56 76 712 78 66 81 bo 80 64 7 6 64 72 40 48 30 32 LEEDS Wheat, Norfolk and Stitt!' -- York. and Line"! Barley, Norfolk and Suitt, -- Yorkshire and Lir CORN 111 A RKET.— tillc, 601 b. In. tinlb. Icolnshire 4, 50 41 43 40 44 42 N 40 53 44 58 42 48 48 50 50 56 46 50 Jan. 14. 635. to 7Rs.) 565. to 755. .6' 395. to 455. „..." 355. to 39g. — 6 335. to 355. LI -- Grinding Beans .............................. 631 b. O a ts, Potatee --M callng, I or. —d. to—d Fug. 13d. to 14y 2 ... pei bt. ne Shelling .........................................................36 to 375. i.er '0 d GUILDFORD MARKET, Wheat, Old (Per Load) 151. to 201. It s.—N. w, 161. to ',lf. ss. Barley (Per Qr.) ...... 40$. to 465. I Beans (Per Qr.) 26 21 Rye Oats4o 44 Grey Pease, 425. to 445. DBVIZES CORN MARKET. Per Sack. F. 44. 8 . d Per Quarter. s. d. F. d '25 0 to ;:ti ( 34 4) 37 6 Beans (per ,ack)... 10 0 tS Third s F e i c rs o t a N d Vh eat 10 0 2620 Flour (per INT) — 0 LS I . Barley °S 0 59 t Bread (per ga11.)... 1 6 0 COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen went in State yesterday to the House of Lords, to open the Session of Parliament by a speech from the Throne. At twenty minutes before two o'clock her Majesty taking the arm of the Lord Chamberlain, descended the Grand Stair-case, and passed through the Marble Ilall to the State Coach, preceded by the Hon. W. Cowper, the Groom in Waiting, Colonel Buckley, Equerry in Waiting, the Clerk Marshal, the Master of the Household, the Comptroller of the Household, Lord Byron, Lord in Waiting, and the Lord Steward of the Household, he: Majesty's train being borne by Mr. Cavendish, Mr. Cowell, and Master Wemyss, the Pages of Honour in Waiting. As her Majesty entered her carriage the signal was given by a mounted trumpeter of the Life Guards, the Band of the Queen's Guard (composed of the Scots Fusilier Guards) receiving her Majesty with the usual honours. The State Procession was imme diately formed, and left Buckingham Palace in the following order :—A carriage drawn by a set of bays con veying the Hon. Frederick Byng, Captain C. Boyle, R.N., and Mr. Hobbouse, Gentlemen Ushers in Waiting, and Mr. Samuel Hancock, the Exon in Waiting. A car riage drawn by six bays, containing Captain Seymour, the Groom of the Robes, Colonel Bouverie, Silver Stick i❑ Waiting, officiating (by command of her Majesty) for the Hon. Colonel Cavend sh, the Clerk Marshal, and Mr. Cavendish, Mr. Cowell, and Master Wemyss, the Pages of Honour in Waiting. A carriage drawn by a set of bays, conveying the Hon. Colonel Cavendish, the Clerk Mar shal, the Right Honourable George Stevens Byng, Comptroller of the Household, the Honourable William Cowper, Groom in Waiting, and Colonel Buckley, Equerry in Waiting. A carriage drawn by six bays containing Lord Hill, G. C. 8., Gold Stick in Waiting, Lord Kinnaird, Master of the Buck Hounds, the Earl of llchester, Captain of the Yeomen Guard, and the Earl of Surrey, Treasurer of the Household. A carriage drawn by six black horsey, conveying the Marchioness of Nor manby and the Countess of Charlemont, Ladies of the Bedchamber in Waiting, the Earl of Et roll, K. T., Lord Steward of the Household, and Lord Byron, Lord Waiting. The State Coach, preceded by the Queen's Marshalmen, two and two, the Queen's Footmen in State Liveries, two and two, and a party of the Yeomen Guard. 0 pposite to her Majesty sat the Duchess of Sutherland, Mistress of the Robes, and the Earl of Albemarle, G. C. H., Master of the Horse. The Royal cortege was escorted by _ a party of the Life Guards. The Crown was conveyed by Mr. Martins, Gentleman Usher in Waiting, to the House of Lords, in one of the Royal carriages. Her Majesty returned to the Palace at three o'clock, and was handed from the state coach by the Clerk Marshal. the Lord Chamberlain conducting her Majesty to the state rooms. The Grand Hall was lined by the Yeomen of the Guard in their Coronation costume, commanded by Mr. Seymour Sadler, Exon of the Guard, and Mr. Ellerthorp, Clerk of the Cheque. Viscount Melbourne had an audience yesterday of the Queen. Her Majesty, the Queen Dowager visited the Princess Augusta yesterday, at Clarence House. The Duchess of Cambridge and Prince George visited her Majesty, the Queen Dowager yesterday. The Duchess of Gloucester visited the Princess Augusta yesterday. The Saxon Minister Resident transacted business at the o. r Trnß Foreign Tuesday, endsbdmy yesterday at the H aayn , , o s t an n Office dthe H o n e nry Wednesday. Weston, a Deputation of Afii- Messrs. William H am ilt on , J ames R . L aur i e , G eo rg e C. ea subject of Home the e O Slaveffiee. Trade. can Merchants, had an i n t erv i ew w i t h Vi scount P a l mers t o n on The Lord Mayor had an i n t erv i ew w i t h th e Marquis of N Viscount Melbourne's Parliamentary Dinner Party on Wednesday evening included the following Peers :—The Lord Chancellor ; Dukes—Norfolk, Somerset, Suther land ; Marquises—Anglesey, Westminster, Lansdowne, Normanby, Headfort ; Earls—Durham, Lichfield, Clareti don, Erroll, Uxbridge, llehester, Minto, Albemarle ; Viscounts—Duncannon ; Lords—Seaford, Sudeley, Mont eagle, Hill, Gardner, Foley, Holland, Saye and Sele, Kinnaird, Denman, Strafford. Viscount Lismore arrived at Farrance's Hotel, Belgrav-- street, yesterday, from his seat, Shambally Castle, Ireland. LATE DOWAGER LAN GRANINE OF HESSE HOMBURG. FRANKFORT, JAN. 12. Her Royal Highness the Dowager Landgravine of Hesse Homburg, whose death was announced yesterday, was a daughter of George 111., King of Great Britain, and born May 12, 1770. In 1818 she married his Serene Highness Frederick Joseph, the Hereditary Prince of Hesse Homburg, and elder brother of the present Landgrave. Left a widow in 1829. Her Royal Highness never ceased to be dear to the family of the Prince, and to the inhabitants of Hesse Homburg, whose veneration and attachment she possessed in the highest degree. She continued to reside at Homburg during the fine season, and passed the winter at Hanover, where her brother, King William IV., had given her a palace. It was only during the last three years that she passed the winter at Frankfort. It was in this city that she sunk under an inflamation of the intestines. This disorder, which had been long combatted by the care and ability of Doctor Downie her own physician, but strengthened by the advanced age of the Princess ended in mortification, which carried her off in a very short time. So far back as last April Dr. Downie had in vain entreated her Royal Highness to allow him to call in another physician. It was not till the dc order became more alarming that she consented to Dr. Downie's calling in Sir Charles Herbert, of London, but the progress of the disorder was so rapid that her august relations who hastened from Homburg could not have the consolation of receiving her last farewell. Tbe extreme weak ness of the Princess gave reason to apprehend that she would not have been able to bear the effect of so painful an interview. However, she retained her faculties till the last moment, and at eight o'clock in the evening was able to write some lines ; only two hours before she breathed her last. Two precious qualities enhanced the splendour of her birth. If her mild and amiable disposition rendered her the idol of the companies which she honoured with her presence—her beneficence and charity made her a second Providence to the distressed. Independently of a gift of five thousand pounds sterling, which she made annually to the Municipality of the town of Homburg►, a great num ber of families, both of that place and of Frankfort, sub sisted in part by her beneficence, and strict orders v.ere given to all the domestics of her household never to rend away unrelieved any poor person who should apply at the door of her palace. To her may be truly applied the divine precept, Let not thy left baud know what thy right hand doeth ; and the greater part of her numerous charities would have remained in unmerited oblivion, but for the affec tionate indiscretion of her servants and her proteges. Ir may be imagined how painful her loss will be to her august relations, and how many benedictions will follow her to the tomb. She passed through the world doing good.—Journal de Frankfort. linussm,s, JAN. 15.—The average price of Wheat last week was 22f. 54c., and that of Rye, 13f. 79c. SPORTING INTELLIGENuri TATTERSALL'S-YESTERDAY• In the list of odds given below some changes of consequence are discernible. The most important is in Confederate, who was backed freely at the commencement at 25 to 1, afterwards at a point less, and finally at 20 to 1, in influential quarters ; this, too; without prejudice to Fitzroy, who cannot be quoted at more than 40 to 1. Gambia was scarcely in less demand than Confederate, 25 to 1 having been taken repeatedly, the layers being the first to shut up. One or two trifling alter - at ions will also be found amongst the first lot of five. 'rhcon was not quite so good a favourite as on Monday, 13 to 1 having been offered currently, and a point mote laid in the early part of the afternoon. The Angelica colt was backed three or four times at a fall of one point, and had barely the call of Launcelot or Bokhara. The last two were nearly equal fa vourites, Bokhara, perhaps, having the greater number of friends present. Several bets were made about outsiders, with no other effect than to give Assassin a lift of ten points. The Monops quoted is a blind colt by Action, out of Wings ( Caravan's dam), and was purchased at the sale of the late King's stud for a small sum. In the Oaks there was nailing fresh beyond the advance of Black Bess to 10 to 1 (takers of 12 to 1), and the debut of Mr. Asheton Smith's fillies, Japo nica and Glimpse. The following is a list of the general odds at the close, with such double bets and bets between horses as came within our cognizance : THE DERBY. 13 to 1 agst Theon—take 14 to 1 17 to 1 agst Angelica—taken 17 to 1 agst Bokhara 17 to 1 agst Launcelot—take 18 20 to 1 agst Confederate—taken 20 to 1 agst Muley Ishmael—take 25 to 1 25 to 1 agst Gambia—taken freely 25 to 1 agst Wardan 25 to I agst St. Andrew—take 30 to 1 28 to 1 agst Ottoman—take 30 to 1 33 to 1 agst Grey Milton—taken 40 to I agst Assassin—taken 50 to 1 agst Monops (Wing's colt) 50 to 1 agst Chameau—taken 3000 to 45 agst Torres Vedras—taken 1000 to 15 agst Dreadnought 1000 to 10 agst Morgan R attler 600 to 500 on Bokhara a g st Muley Ishmael, and 600 to 500 on Confederate agst Muley Ishmael—taken in one bet 500 between Launcelot and Bokhara—taken 1000 to 40 agst Confederate, and the same agst Gambia, in one bet—taken 1000 to 30 agst Confederate and Dreadnought —t a k en 1500 to 100 agst they Milton, Fitzroy, and Dreadnought— taken 4000 to 30 agst Chameau for the Derby, Crucifix for the Oaks, and the two for the St. Leger—taken THE OAKS. 10 to 1 agst Black Bess —take 12 to 1 25 to 1 agst Mr. Smith's two—taken 40 to 1 agst Christinetta Ei3htcen gentlemen were called to the Irish bar on Saturday ; of this number five were Roman Catholics. „, MONMOUTH . 1, U ESDAY EVENING. This morning the Court sat at the usual hour, and the .irisoner William Jones was placed at the bar. The Attorney-General said, that he was glad to inform he Court that his Learned Friend, Mr. Rickards, ep os ared for the prisoner ; it was therefore requisite that he should be assigned to him. The Court having assigned Mr. Rickards as counsel for the prisoner, The Attorney-General proceeded to open the case. The ,:ase was nearly verbatim the same as the preceding two. WEDNESDAY. At nine o'clock this morning, the Learned Judges took heir seats, and the prisoner William Jones having been ?laced at the bar, Mr. Rickards proceeded to address the Jury on his be half. He delivered an able speech, and after the reply .f the Attorney- General, and the summoning up of Mr. Justice Williams, The Jury having retired for twenty minutes, came into court, and having answered to their names, and being called upon by the clerk, returned a verdict of Guilty, with s recommendation to mercy. The prisoner was very little moved by the verdict. The Attorney-General moved the Court that Charles Walters, .14.nkin Msrgan, John Rees, Richard Bonfield, and John Lovett, should be brought to the bar. Mr. Stone said, that he, together with his Learned Friend Mr. Skinner, were assigned as counsel for the pri ioners, and begged that their pleas of ” Not guilty" might oe withdrawn. The prisoners were then placed at the bar, and pleaded " Guilty." Lord Chief Justice Tindal—Let them be brought up to morrow morning for sentence. The Attorney- General then said, that lie should not offer any evidence against the other prisoners who were charged with high treason. A Jury was then empanelled, and the prisoners wet declared Not Gulty. The Attorney. General then moved that Edmund Ed munds, James Aust, George Turner (otherwise Cole), and Solomon Britton, be placed at the bar, which being done, he stated to the Court that it was not the intention of the Crown to proceed against them ; upon which a jury was impanelled, by whom, as there was no evidence offered, they were declared Not Guilty, and dismissed from the bar The J ury were then discharged, and thanked by the Court for their attention. Upon the removal of the prisoners who had pleaded in the cases of treason, John Partridge, George George, William Shellard, and the whole of the remaining prisoners were placed at the bar, charged with conspiracy, riot, Sze., and having pleaded not guilty," they were allowed until to-morrow morning (Thursday) to consult with their professional advisers as to whether they would now take their trial to traverse them to the next Assizes. Thomas Edwards, Wm. John Llewellin, Job Harris, and Joseph Coles, were then placed at the bar, charged with conspiracy and riot, and severally pleaded " Guilty." —Sentence deferred. The Court then adjourned to nine o'clock on Thursday morning. S NTENCE OF DEATH ON FROST, WILLIAMS, AND JiINES. MONMOUTH, THURSDAY, JAN. 16. It being understood that sentence would be passed upon the prisoners this morning, the Court was crowded as soon as the doors were opened. Previously to the Judges corning into Court, Frost came to the front of the bar, and entered into conversation with Mr. Stone, the Coun sel ; with his attorney, Mr. Geach; and with Feargus O'Connor. At 9 o'clock their Lordships took their seats, and Frost, Zephaniah Williams, and William Jones were ordered to be placed at the bar. Frost's countenance portrayed the 411111 C calmness which characterised it during the trial ; Williams appeared low and desponding; and Jones had lost that air of levity and carelessness which he bad pre viously exhibited. Mr. Bellamy then addressed John Frost.—" You have been indicted for the crime of high treason ; you were ar raigned upon that indictment, and you pleaded not guilty, ind for your trial you put yourself upou your country, which country pronounced you guilty. What have you to say why the Court should not pass judgment upon you to die according to law ?" Mr. Geach then rose and said, that in the absence of the Counsel who had been assigned to the prisoner, he was obliged to make an application to the Court. He was only that moment aware that Mr. Frost was to be called up that day for judgment, as the Attorney-General had given them distinctly to understand that sentence would not be passed until after the point of law had been decided. The Lord Chief Justice—The Attorney-General could not have had any authority for so stating, and I am quite certain you must have misunderstood him. Mr. Geach said, it had been a communication made to a gentleman at the bar. There was a ground upon which they had intended moving the Court in arrest of judg ment—namely, that upon the Jury who tried Mr. Frost there was one person who answered to the name of Christopher John, No. 132 in the list. Christopher John was in the summons which had been served on that per son, and he had answered to that name, took his seat, and returned a verdict. The real name of the jury man was John Christopher. There was in the same list a person of the name of John Christopher, No. 38 in the list, the real name of each being John Chris topher. They had obtained information of an extraordi nary nature relative to a person of the name of Christo pher, and had arranged that he should be challenged, and it was so written in a list which had been prepared before the trial. They had caused all possible inquiry to be made as to Christopher John, but could find no such person, and as in the list their objections extended to 160, they did not think themselves justified when the name of Christopher John was called in making any objection to a person in respect of whom they could obtain no informa tion. He bad this morning brought that Juryman into the town, and he stated distinctly that his name was John Christopher, that he was the son of Thomas and Hannah Christopher, that lie was christened in that name, that he had never assumed any other name, and that he had lived in one parish nearly all his life, and had never heel called by any other name. Mr. Baron Parke—lle does not say that he was not known by the other name. Mr. Geach said, he stated that he believed if applica tion had been made for him by the name of Christopher Jahn, no one in the parish would have pointed him out as that party. The Chief Justice—He answers to that name in the face of the whole county, and came here in consequence of being summoned in that name. Mr. Geach said, that the Jurcr went on to state that he could neither read nor write. He therefore could not read the summons, but he mentioned the circumstance to the bailiff who summoned him, and he told him it made no dif ference. 'The Chief Justice--At most it is only matter of chal lenge ; there is a case expressly in point. Mr. Geach said he was not prepared to argue the case, and the Counsel who had been assigned to the prisoner having left, he therefore could not appear by Crunsel. The:Chief Justice—lf there had been anything in the objection, we would have assigned other Counsel ; but there is a case called " the Jury case," which had better be read publicly. Mr. Baron Parke—There is a case expressly in point in 12 East, 229.—" After the business on the Crown side at the Summer Ass . zes for the county of the town of New castle was finished, it was discovered that Robert Curry who served upon the Jury, bad answered to the name of 4 Joseph Curry' in the sheriff's panel, and had been sworn by that name. Upon further inquiry, it appeared that there was a person of the namo of Joseph Curry belong ing to Newcastle, but not at that time resident within the town or county ; that Robert Curry was qualified to serve on juries, and had been summoned by the bailiffs on the Crown side as a juryman at this assize All this was mentioned to Mr. Baron Eyre, who, con ceiving it to amount to nothing more than a mere misno mer in the panel of the Jurymen intended to be re , urned, and who did serve, and that it was but cause of challenge, which upon being stated would have been instantly re moved by altering the panel, and that after judgment it could not be assigned as error, did not incline to interpose upon the ground of a supposed irregularity in the pro ceedings; but Mr. Chambre and Mr. Villers (counsel) having afterwards in the Nisi Prius Court for the county of Northumberland stated these facts to the Baron, and pressed them as amounting to a mis-trial, the Baron thought fit to respite the execution of a convict for for gery that he might have an opportunity of advising pith the Judges upon this occurrence. On the Ist day of Michaelmas term 1783, the Judges were unanimously of opinion that this was no ground of oljection, even if a writ of error were brought, much less on a summary application." Mr. GEACII observed that that was not a trial for vantai treason. Mr. Baron PAR/Cit.—The only time you can take the objection is before th e j uror is sworn. .Mr. Bellamy th en a dd resse d Z ep h an i a h Williams and N'V illiam Jones in the same manner, but neither of the pri soners made any reply. Proclamation was then made for all persons to keep si knee while s en t enc e o f d ea th w a s being passed upon the prisoners at the bar. The three learned Judges having put on their black caps, The CHIEF JUSTICE addressed the prisoners in the fol lowing terms :--John Frost, Zephaniah Williams, end William Jones,—After the most anxious and careful in vestigation of your respective cases before juries of great intelligence and unexampled patience, you stand at the bar of this court to receive the list see tence of the law for the commission of a cr me which beyond all others is the most peraicious in ex ample, and the most injurious in its consequences to the peace and happiness of human society—that (,f high treason against your Sovereign. You can have no just ground of complaint that your several cases have hot met with the most full consideration both from the Jury and the court ; hut as the Jury have in each of them pre-- nounced you guilty of the crime with which you have neon charged, I should be wanting in justice to them if 1 did not openly declare that the verdicts which they have found meet with the entire concurrence of my Learned Brethren and myself. In the ease of all ordinary breaches of the law I the mischief of the offence does for the most Fart termi- nate with the immediate injury sustained by the indi- % vidual against whom it is levelled. The man who f Plunders the property, or lifts his hands against the fif e , e '' hi s e:sishbour, does by his guilty act inflict in that particular instanre, and to that extent, a lo ss or in- $ jury on the sufferer or his surviving friends. But they who by armed numbers, or violence, or terror, endeavour to put down established institutions, and to introduce in their* stead a new order of things, open the wide floodgates of rapine and bloodshed, destroy all security, and property, and life, and do their utmost to involve a whole nation in anarchy and ruin. It has been proved in your case that you combined together to lead from the hills at the dead hour of night into the town of Newport many thousandi of men, armed in many instances wit L. weapons of a dangerous de acription, in order that they ni ) 6 dit take possession of the ; town, and supersede the lawful u Zithority of the Queen therein, as a preliminary step to a roe:0 general insurrec tion throughout the kingdom. It is ovrits?; to the interposi tion of Providence alone that your wicked designs were fiustrat e d ; y our f o llowers arrive by daylight , and after firing up on th e c ivil power ;:nd the Queen's troops. arc by the firmness of the Maeistrates, and the cool; e and deteen bravery by cf a small band of soldiers. defeated and disperses: J. What would have been the fate of the.peaceable and unofe fending inhabitants, if success had attended your rebellious designs, it is useless to conjecture: the invasion of a fo reign foe would in all probability have been less destructive to property and life. It is for the crime of treason, com mitted under these cire'imstances, that you are now called in.on Yourselves to answer; and by the penalty which you are about to suffer you lio:d out a a awning to all your fellow -subjects that the law of y :nu country is strong enough to repress and to punish all attempts to alter the established order of things by insurrection and .raved force, and that those who arc found guilty of such treasonable attempts must e xpiate their crime b y an innominious death. Jdo therefore mos t e arnestly exhort yo u to em p lo y the little tiele that re mains to you in prep arin g for the great change is cloth await you, by sincere penitence and fervent prayer, febT, al though we do not fail to fortvasd to the proper quarter that recommendation which the Jury intrusted tfl 111,, We cannot hold out to you any hope of -mercy on this side_tne grave. And now cloth nothing more remain than that last he • Court pronounce (to all of us a most peinfel duty) the Sentence of the law, which is, that e achuf you, John Frest„, Zaphauiali Williams, and William Jonas be taken bench to the place whence you came , a n d be t h e nce drawl, on . a . hurdle to the place of execution, and that, each of y4 ) c, be there hanged by the Deck until ycu be dead', and tbat enter wards the heed of each of you shall be severed from ilia body, and the body of each, divided into four quartera, shall be disposed of as her Majesty - shad think fit, and may the Lord have mercy on your peels." • - • - n s of Frost rat ed his eyes during th e latter put of the set s• but the other prisoners 'did , not show any sig emotion. They were then removed frore'the bar. Mr. Bellamy directed Charles Walters, Jobn Lovell , Richard Benfield, Jain Rees, and Jen kin Morgto to be placed at the bar; and be asked them severally whether 1 they had anything to say why the Conti ' sh ould not give them judgment tobell.e. accordingeto law? These are the prisoners who yesterday pleaded Guilty. Several attorneys who were concerned for.. them spoke to them, apparently explaining to them that the, sentence was I a mere matter of form , a nd wouldriot be carried into effect. The Chief Justice then addressed them—Charlss Wal tcrs, John Lovell, Richard Benfield, John Rees, and Jenkin 1 Morgan, you stand convicted, upon your own confession, I of the crime of high treason—a crime against which the law has denounced, with unsparing severity, the punish ment of death. As your eases have not proceeded to trial, it has become our duty to refer to the several depositions which have been returned to us, in order to ascertain the facts and circumstan ces with which each particular ease was accompanied. Upon ti:at investigationunhappytat;diff.'rs personsain-st whom the sentence of the law has jug been passed, that, although you arc undoubtedly guilty of the crime of treason, by being found present and aidirg them in their wicked designs, you are not the leaders and contr vers of the treaeon, but some of you at least the ignorant and delud we ed followers in their tra iu. Under these c ircumstances shall ourselves make such application in your behalf to her Majesty that mercy may be so far extended to you that your lives may be spared, anti we have raason to hope that such application will be attended with success. At the same time, looking to the active and prominent share which each of you has taken in the lawless` proceedings at New port on the fatal 4 th of November, 14 e cannot hold out to you the hope of any further mitigation than that you must be prepared to leave y our native country, mail probably the remainder of your live s. For the present; and on with of the object of obtaining s uch miti g ation of the exec' your sentence, it is our duty to pass the sentence required by law. liis Lordship then passed upon the prisoner* the same sentence as in the former case. The moment the Judie put on the black cap e'ca covered his face with his hands , and d id not look up till he was removed from the bar. Mr. Baron Parke then intimated that he should prc coed with the minor canes in the next Court. The Chief Justice, addressing Mr. Owen, said he was about leaving the town, and he would therefore mention that it was very likely that the objection which bad been raised for the consideration of the Judges would be argued next Saturday week, and, if applicatioe was made at his chambers, a copy of the case would be furnished, in order teat the Counsel for the prisoner; might have every ad -re afforded them for preparing th ... eir eee .argument. INOVRelain _ NIONEY MIRKET and CITY NEWS. THURSDAY EVENING. HERALD. —The Queen's Speech ;lac very natu rally been the chief subje ct of interest in con sequence of the very peculiar circumstances nu:4'1'711.16 it was communicated ; and we have reason to bc.:eve, from what we have seen and heard this afternoon, not no body of men in the kingdom can exceed the citizens of London in their desire for the future happiness of her Majesty the Queen. With regard to those portions of the Royal Speech which do not refer iu any way to her Majesty's mar riage, there have been nothing more than the usual common-place observations. The Speech, as usual, betrays no more of the secrets of the Cabinet than possibly could be helped ; and it is complained that her Majesty's Ministers have most carefully slurred over any pos.:tive information as to the means the Go vernment purpose to take for the restoration of our commercial relations with the Chinese. The allusion to the movements of the Chartists is considered to be very slight, and almost frivolous ; little snore, however, pretenders have been expected from the dictation of such pto ability as those who at present arc in power. The great object of interest, after her Majestys speech, has been that of the long-looked-for Message of the President of the United States to Congress, and a copy of the Treasury Report on the finances, which was laid upon the table of Congress, but of which the only copy has been received at the North and South American Coffee-house. The latter document, how ever, is far too lengthy, and its technicalities too im perfect, in consequence of hurry in printing, to permit us to comment on any of those points which bear upon the commercial and monetary condition of the United States, or their influence upon our commercial affairs. Of the Message, the letters from New York state that it is just what they expected. liere, on the whole, it is considered favourable, but the referenc t o the boundary question is rather positive. The greater part of this Message is burdened with the currency system and Mr. Van Buren's hobby,— the sub -treasury scheme, followed up by denunciat ons of the United States Bank, and all banks whatever ; but in conclusion the President expresses his opinion that the troubles in Canada are at an end : many here hope that these opinions rill turn out correct. The Philadelphia Courier has put forth a portion the f the evidence of Thom as Dunla p , Esq., President of United States Bank , in a certain trial, " The Common wealth v. Rice and Warwick," which explains the con nection between the United States Bank ha New York and the United States Bank in Philadelphia. Mr. Dunlap states that the United States Bank in New York was founded under the general banking law of that State, and is conducted by private indivi duals ; that the United S:ates Bank iu Philatie t phia acts merely as agent to the United States Bank of New York, which, in return, acts as agent in New York for the POiladelphian Bank. Tile commerce of the United States wi:s very dull, and money rather scarce in New York. SU N.—The Queen's Speech absorbed the principal part of the conversation in the City this afternoon. It was communicated first to the North and South Ameri can Coffee-house, and other principal places of resort, by the appearance of 'file Sun Evening Paper, which was in the hands of merchants and others before half- ' past two o'clock. The temat ks on the affairs of China I caused the greatest controversy. The question was asked ! generally, is war intended or not ? On this point being answered will depend immense fortunes. If a blockade or an open war is intended ag ainst China, Teas must rise greatly, and the tenor of the Speech inclines people here to believe that coercive steps will be adopted against the Chinese. The Message of Van B uren, b y long delay in its ar rival, appears to have lost its interest ; and Rs to the bug-bear of the night before last, of a Chartist rising in the City. no one has thought of it to-day. The Fun Is left off heavily after the settlement of the Account. The Queen's S p eech had a slightly injuri ous effect on the Market. Consols for Money fell to 90k 91 ; and for the Fe bruar y Account to 01* i ; Ex chequer Bills left off at 8 to 9 pt cm. Spanish Stock was improved br the Qoeen's Speech, as it adverted favourably to the affairs of Spain. This Stock closed at 2.3 i, and Portuguese at 34i. rf Th er e was no other alteration in the Foreign Bonds t hi s afternoon requiring notice. 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