The Sun. — London, England, 1840-01-13 00:00:00

E.N ENC; 14,1)ITt()N. COURT CIRCULAR. Her Majesty the Queen Dowager Visited the Queen on Saturday afternoon, at Buckingham Palace. Her Majesty arrived at two o'clock, attended by the Countess of Mayo, and was received at the Grand Halt of the Palace, by the Hon, Miss Paget, Viscount Torring ton (Lord in Waiting), wid Colonel Buckley ( Equerry in Waiting), who conducted the Queen Dowager to her Majesty. `The Duke of C a mb r id ge an d P r ince George of Cam bridge viiited her Majesty yesterday at Buckingham Palace. Th e D .. ..chess of Gloucester and the Duchess of Cam bridge, accompan i e d b y t h e P r i n cesses Augusta and Maryof r, Ambridge. visited the Queen on Saturday. Viscount Melbourne had an audience of her Majesty. The Royal Dinner party at the Palace on Saturday evening included Viscount Melbourne. the Right lion. George Stevens Byng, and Sir Frederick Stovin. The band of the Royal Regiment of Horse Guards at tended at Buckingham Palace during the evening. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, Prince George and the Princess Augusta of Cambridge, attended divine service yestei day morn mg in Grosvenor Chapel, South A lid ley -street. Their Royal Highnesses were attended by Co lonel Cornwall. A Cabinet Council was held at the Foreipn Office at two o'clock on Saturday afternoon. It was attended by all the Ministers. The Council sat three hours. Captain Eiindmarsh bad an interview with Lord Jan Russell on Saturday at the Colonial Office.. The Bishop of London had an interview on Saturday with the Chancellor of the Exchequer, at his official ICki. dente in Downing -street. The Earl of Scarborough had an interview with the Marquis of Normanby on Saturday, at the Home-Office. Despatches were received yesterday at the Colonial- Office from Col. Macdonald, Governor of the Honduras. FA.SI - 110NABLE INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS. The Lord Bishop of Lichfield and Coventry, at the Burlington Hotel, Cork -street; Lord Forester, Sir Wil liam and Lady You'ag, the Hon. Mrs. Henry Cavendish and family, Sir Ee.ward Codiington, Mr. Cecil Boothby, Captain and Mrs. Deans Dundas, the Hon. William and Lady Louisa Duncombe ; Robert Gordon, Esq., M.P., Lord and Lady Tankerville, Sir Henry Halford, Lord Decips, the Hon. Colonel Henry Molyneux, 60th Rifles, the Countess De Salis, the Bishop of London, and Mrs. Blornfield. DEPARTURES. The Hon. R. Cavendish, on a visit to Lord and Lady Witte:park, in Derbyshire ; the Earl and Countess of Luton, on a visit to Mr. and Lady Harriet Sturt, at Crit ehrlll House, Dorset ; Sir Montagu and Lady Georgiana Cholmeley, for Easton House, Grantham; Mr. Talbot Clifton, Ist Life Guards, for Brighton; Lord Cantilupe, for Lewes ; the Earl of Kilmorey, for Shropshire ; Mr. Cecil Boothby, for Gorhambury ; Sir John Sebright, Bart., for Blechwood, Herts ; the Hon. C. P. Villiers, M.P., for Manchester; Mr. Denison, M.P., for Denbies ; Mr. and: Mrs. George Wombwell, for Leamington Spa; the Rev. C.;Anstey, Mrs. Anstey, and family, from Holder's Regent's Pa-k Hotel, for Rugby ; Miss Rolley, from ditto, for ditto ; M. Ledoine, from ditto, for the Continent. The Duke of Wellington has arrived at Apsley House, from Strathfieldsaye, Hants. The Marquis of Westminster is expected to ar riva at Grosvenor House, on Tuesday, from Eaton Hall, to dine with Viscount Melbourne in Downing-street, on Wednesday . His Lordship is expected to remain in town for a month or six weeks. The Marchioness will remain at Eaton Hall. Lord Albemarle arrived in Berkeley-square on Thursday eveni . ag, from the Stud.house, Bushy, for the season. Viscount Burghersh has returned to town from Apethroc, Oundle. His Lordship has been on a visit to the Aldrquis of Exeter, at Burghley House. L arc, Brougham arrived in Grafton-street on Tl'Arsday evening, from Brougham Hall, near Penrith, ‘'‘here his Lordship attended the obsequies of his vene rable mother on Monday. His Lordship travelled post from Paris to be present at the interment. Mr. William Brougham, his Lordship's surviving brother, accom panied him from the continent. WEST PARK, BEDFORDSHIRE. Lord and Lady de Grey are entertaining Lord and Lady Cowper, Captain and Mary Lady Vyner, Lord Alford, and some of the surrounding gentry. The Earl of Munster has let his splendid man sion in Upper Bali:rave-street, for six months, to his Excellency the Swedish Minister. y i s It w i th the ueepest regret that we have to an nounce the alarming state of health of the venerable poet of Bromhill, the Rev. Canon Bowles, who, we hear, is sinking very fast. The religious, no less than the literry world, can ill spare so amiable a member.— Dorset County Chronicle. Lord and Lady Maryborough's dinner party on Tf'.ursday evening, at their mansion in Saville-row, in e'iuded the Duke of Dorset, Lord Hill, Lady Fitzroy Somerset, Hon. Miss Somerset, Sir Charles and Lady Bagot, Misses Bagot, Colonel Gurwood, Sir Frederick Watson, &c. Viscount and Viscountess Lorton have, during the festive season, been seeing company at Rockingham Castle, in Ireland. Lord and Lady Crofton have been among their guests. Viscount and Lady Sarah Ingestrie, Hon. George Foley, the Hon. L. Kenyon, Hon. Captain Somerset, Mr. Peel, and a select circle, have been visiting Sir Rowland Hill, Baronet, M.P., and Lady Hill during the week at Hawkstone, their seat in Shropshire. The Earl of Clanwilliam will leave Wilton House, the seat of the Dowager Countess of Pembroke, near Salisbury, where the Earl and Countess have been re siding for some time past, on Tuesday next, for town, having engaged to dine at the Duke of Wellington's the following evening. His Excellency Baron Nieuman has returned to Chandos House, from a visit of a few days to the Duke of 'Wellington, at Strathfieldsaye. Sir John and Lady Shelley have returned to Belgrave-square, from a visit to Lord and Lady Dele warr, at Buckingham Park, Sussex. The Duke and Duchess of Buccleuch have ar rived at Torquay, Devon, from a visit of several days to the Earl and Countess of Cawdor, at their scat in Wales. His Grace comes to Montagu House next week, having accepted an invitation to dine with the Duke of Wellington on Wednesday next, at Apsley House. The Earl of Dalkeith and the Lords Scott are residing at the above fashionable watering place. Lady Dover, accompanied by Viscount Clifden and the other members of her family, arrived at Chats worth, on a visit to the Duke of Devonshire, in the early part of the week, from Castle Howard, the scat of the Earl and Countess of Carlisle. The Earl anti Countess of Carlisle and the Ladies Elizabeth and Mary Howard, will leave Castle flowa:d, their scat in Yorkshire, on Wednesday next, for town. FRONTIERS OF TURKEY, DEC. 24.—The latest accounts from Constantinople prove that the new French Ambassador, Count Pontois, has fallen very low in the confidence of the Porte. Besides the cir cumstances lately discovered respecting the desertion of the fleet, which were alone sufficient to render the position of any French Ambassador difficult, the pe culiar policy of Count Pontois has of late much con tributed to this state of things. He manifestly endea vours to make the Minister (Reschid Pasha) believe that it was Austria that secretly hindered the scale ment of the Egyptian question. Austria has now given an explanation, which is sufficiently supported by the eireuir:stance that France always urged the Porte to treat directly wish Mehemet Ali, and the consequence has been that Reschid Pasha keeps us much as possible 1;104 from Count Pontois. The Russian expedition to Chiva has caused a great sensatioo at Constantinople. People will not believe the alleged objects, viz.. the doubtless well-deserved chastisement of the Chivans, but look on it as a means to obtain some °ther end. t ' if the Russians wer e masters o f Chi va th e y wou ld b e 1 immediate frontier neighbours of the English in Asia. A solemn lac will be celebrated at Berlin on the 31st of May, in commemoration of the centenary anniversary of the accession of Frederick the Great to the throne of Prussia, which took place on the 31st May, 1740. FIR Es.--Yesterday morning, about a quarter past two o'clock, a fire broke out in the shop of Mr. ' Dennis, linen-draper, No. 68, Tooley-street. Mr. D enn i s 's premises, stock, and furniture were destroyed. The adjoining house is also very considerably damaged by fire and water. It is not known in what manner the fire occurred. The stock and premises are insured.— About the same time a fire, which was nearly attended wiih loss of life,broke out at No. 6, High-street, Step -1 ney, near the old church. The premises are in the occupation of Mr. Charles Dixon, boot and shoemaker, atd there is every reason to believe that the fire was occasioned by the gas in the shop. The inmates were, in order to save their lives, obliged to jump out of a , window. The upper part of the house was preserved, I hut the lower part was entirely gutted. The sufferers tare not insured.—Last evening, between seven and I &gilt o'clock, a fire occurred on the pr emises of Mr. 1 Garret Green Grove, No. 14, Lancashire-court, New j Bond-street. By the exertions of the police the fire was subd ue d without doing any extensive damage. I On Saturday Lord Norma* visited the New PrLon, Clcrkenwcll, and on inspecting the commit mer‘ta of the different prisoners, he expressed concern in discovering that more than 200 individuals are in eareet ated there in default of bail to keep the peace for various terms of from one month to twelve months, such committal s havin g been made from police-offices. Lord Normanhy remarked that it was his impression that . 1 such committals were illegal, inasmuch as he thought that a- Metropolita n Police Magistrate could only order a party to find bail until the ensuing session for a breach of the peace, and he took away all the commit mentF, with a determination to consult the Crown ' i lawyers on the subject. it is said that the Hon. Edward Lloyd Mostvn, eldest son ci Lord Mostyu, is to be Lord-Lieutenant of Merionethshire, in the place of Sir Watkins Wit , ihams Wynn. THE CANADA.S. We. have received by the steam-Ship Liverpool, and the packet-ship Oxford, files of Canaan papers to the middle of December. Their contents are important. The Go senior-General had opened the Session of the Provincial Parliament of Upper Clnada in a speoch, which was af terwards followed by a message, announcing the resold . tion of the H ome Government to unite the two Canadas tinder one Government. All remained traquil in our North American territories. OPENING of the PROVINCI XI. PARLIAMENT. (From the Upper Canadit thtette Extraordinary.) TotioNTo, Dec. 3 13.39. This day, at two o'clock, his Excellency the UoVertora Get.eral proceed e d in state to t he Chtenhat of tht Hon. the Legislative Council, wlnere Meg arriaett, and seated on the throne, the Gentleman Usher et the Black Rod was sent svi_h a message from his nxcellency to the House of Assembly, commanaribit their attendance ; the Members present being come up accordingly, his Excellency was pleased to address the two Halms with the following SPEECH : " Hon. Gentlemen of the Legislative Council, and Gentlemen of the House of Assembly, " In discharge of the duties of Governor General of British North Americe, confided to me by cur gra cious Scvereign, I haves deemed it advisable to take the earliest opportunity of visiting this province and of assem bling Parliament. " I am commanded by he Queen to assure you of her Majesty's fixed determ'oation to maietain the con nection now !subsisting between her North American pos sessions anti the United Kingdom, anti to exercise the high authority with which she has been invested by the favour of Divine Providence, for the promotion of their happiness and the security of her dominion. " It is with great satisfaction I can inform you, that I have no grounds for apprehending a recurrence of those aggressions upon our frontier which we had lately to deplore, and which affixed an indelible disgrace on their authors. " If however, unforeseen circumstances should again call for exertion, I know from the past, that in the zeal and loyalty of the people of Upper Canada, and in the protection of the parent State, we possess ample means of defence, and to those I should confidently appeal. " I earnestly hope that this state of tranquillity will prove favourable to the consideration of the important ma ters to which your attention must he called during the pre sent Session. " It will be my duty to bring under your consideration, at the earliest possible moment, the subject of the legisla tive re-union of this province with Lower Canada, recom mended by her Majesty to the Imperial Parliament. I shall do so in the lull confidence that you will sec in the measure which I shall have to submit a fresh proof of the deep interest felt by the Queen in the welfare of her sub jects in Upper Canada, and that it will receive from you that calm and deliberate consideration which its import ance demands. " The condition of the public departments in the pro vince will require your best attention. In compliance with the address of the House of Assembly of last ses sion, the Lieutenant-Governor appointed a commission to investigate and report upon the manner in which the duties of those departments are performed. The com missioners have already conducted their inquiries to an advanced stage, and the result of them will be communi cated to you as soon as they shall be completed. " I am happy to inform you that her Majesty's Go vernment have concluded an arrangement for opening a communication by steam between Great Britain and the British possessions in North Ametica. In the comple tion of this arrangement, her Majesty's Government have allowed no consideration to interfere with the para mount object of conducing to the public advantage and convenience. I feel confident that the liberality with which the parent state has assumed the whole expense of the undertaking will be duly appreciated by you. " The - .answers of her Majesty to the various addresses adopted by you during your last session, and her Majesty's decisions on the Bills passed by you, but reserved for the signification of her" Royal pleasure, will be made known to you without loss of time. " Gentlemen of the House of Assembly, The financial condition of the province will claim your early and most attentive consideration. To preserve public credit is at all times a sacred obligation ; but in a country so essentially dependent upon it for the means of fu ture improvement it is a matter no less ,of , po licy than of duty. It is indispensable, then, that mea sures should be at once adopted for enabling the provincial revenue to fulfil its obligations, anal to defray the necessary expenses of the Government. It will be my anxious desire to co-operate with you in effect ing this object ; and I feel confident that by the adoption of measures calculated to promote the full development of the resources of this fine country the difficulty may be overcome. The officer by whom, under your authority, these obligations have been contracted will be able to afford you every information ; and I shall direct a state ment of your financial condition to be immediately tuh mitted to you. " The estimates for the ensuing year will be prepared with every regard to economy, compatible with the due execution of the service of the province. " It is with great satisfaction I find, that notwithstand ing commercial difficulties which prevail in the neighbour ing states, the banks of this province have resumed specie payments; and I congratulate you upon the guarantee thus afforded of the greater security and stability of our pe cuniary transactions--a circumstance which cannot fail to be attended with the most beneficial results. " I am commanded again to submit to you the surrender of the casual and territorial revenues of the Crown in exchange for a civil list ; and I shall take an early opportunity of ex plaining the grounds on which her Majesty's Government felt precluded from assenting to the settlement which you lately proposed. They are of a nature which lead me to anticipate your. ready assent to their removal, and to the final settlement of the question. " Hon. Gentlemen, and Gentlemen, " In assuming the administration of the Government of these Provinces at the present time, I have not disguised from myself the arduous task which I have undertaken. The affairs of the Canadas have for some years back occu pied much of the attention of the Imperial Parliament and of the Government, and their settlement upon a firm and comprehensive basis admits of no further delay. " To effect that settlement upon terms satisfactory to the people of these provinces, and affording security for their continued connexion with the British empire, will be my endeavour; and I confidently appeal to your wisdom, and to the loyalty and good sense of the people of this pro vince, to co-operate with me for the preparation and adop tion of such measures as may, under Divine Providence, restore to this country peace, concord, and prosperity." [To this speech from the Throne the lion. the Legisla tive Council returned a loyal and dutiful answer, which, being but the mere echo of the speech, we shall not inflict upon the patience of our readers.l " Message from his Excellency the Governor-General on the subject of the Union of the Provinces.—Transmitted December 7. 1839. " C. POULETT TITOMPON, " In pursuance of the intention expressed in his speech from the throne, the Governor-General desires now to bring under the consideration of the House of Assembly the subject of the re-union of this province with Lower Cansds, recommended by her Majesty in her gracious mes sage to both Houses of Parliament on the 3d of May last. " For several years the condition of the Canadas has occupied a large portion of the attention of Parliament. That they should be contented and prosperous—that the tics which bind them to the parent state should be strengthened—that their administration should be con ducted in accordance with the wishes of the people, is the ardent desire of every British statesman, and the experi ence of the last few years amply testifies that the Imperial Parliament has been sparing neither of the time it has de voted to the investigation of their affairs, nor of the expen diture it has sanctioned for their protection. " The events which have marked the recent history of Lower Canada are so familiar to the House of Assembly that it is unnecessary for the Governor-General further to allude to them. There the Constitution is suspended, but the powers of the Government are inadequate to permit of the enactment of such permanent laws as are required for the bei.efit of the people. Within this province the finances are deranged, public improvements are suspended, private enterprise is checked, the tide of emigrati.m. so essential to the prosperity of the country and to the British connexion, has ceased to flew, while by many the general system of government is de clared to be unsatisfactory. " After the most attentive and anxious consideration of the state of these provinces and of the difficulties under which they respective)) labour, her Majesty's advisers came to the conclus'on that by their re-union alone could those difficulties be removed. During the last session of the Im perial Legislature they, indeed, refrained from pressing im mediate legislation, but their hesitation proceeded from no down as to the principle of the measure or its necessity. It arose solely from their desire to a,certain more fully the opinions of the Legislature of, Upper Canada, and to col lect information from which the details might be rendered more satisfactory to the people of both provinces. " The time, then, is now arrived beyond which a set tlement cannot be postponed. In Lower Canada it is indispensable to afford :t safe and practicable return to a constitutional Government, and so far as the feelings of the inhabitants can be there ascertained, the measure of the re-union meets with approbation. " In Upper Canada it is no less necessary to enable the province to meet her financial embarrassments and to pro ceed in the development of her natural resources. There are evidently no means In this province of ful filling the pecuniary obligations which have been con tracted but by a great increase in the local reve nues. But so long as Lower Canada remains under her present form of Government, neither pro vince possesses any power over the only source from which that increase can be drawn. Nor even, were it possible to restore a representative constitution to Lower Canada, un accompanied by the usiion, would the position of this province be much improved ; since past experience has shown the difficulty of procuring assent to any alteration of the custom laws suggested from hence. " This province has engaged in undertakings which re flect the highest honour on the enterprise and industry of her inhabitants. The public works which she has com pleted or commenced have been conceived in a spirit worthy of a successful result. But additional means are indispensable to avert the ruin of some, and secure the completion, of others. Nor will that alone suffice ; Lower Canada holds the key to all those improvements. With out her co-operation, for which nature has done so much, for which this province has so deeply burdened itself, they must remain incomplete, and a barrier be opposed to the development of these great natural resources which the hand of Providence has o lavishly bestowed on this country. ~,With a view to remove all these difficulties, to relieve the financial embarrassments of Upper Canada, to enable her to complete her public works, and to develope her agricultural capabilities, to restore constitutional Govern ment to Lower Canada, to establish a firm, impartial, and vigorous govern/mint for both, and to unite the people within them in one common feeling of attachment to British institutions and British connexion, the union Plilk.: SUN. LON DON, MONDAY, .JA N tiAIIY 1:3, PAO. is ti; sired by her Majesty's Governtnent, and that measure alone, if based upon just principles, appears adequate to the occasion. "'Those prirciples, in the opinion of her Majesty's ad visers, are—a just regard to the claims of either province ie. adjusting the terms of the tininn, the maintenance of the three estate, of the rravincial Legislature, the Settlement, of It permanent civil I fr, fur stewing the independente of the Judges, and to the Executive tioVertitnent that freedom . of action saki' is tit-emery for the public good, and the establishment of a system of local Government adapted to the wants of the people, " It was with great entisfacCon h theth that be, TOo'y's Government letiliecl th'at tie Of t uhion itselt the Honsb of Assembly had pronounced their decided .jtscigMent diftring their last session, and it will only remain for the Governor-General now to invite their assent to the terms upon which it is sought to be effected. Their decis sion was indeed accompanied by reeotnitiewilitiot i 0 Sakti the Government could not agree, but the Governor-Gene ral entertains no doubt that under the altered circumstances they will no more be renewed. It will be for the Imperial Parliament, guided by their intimate knowledge of constis tutional law, and free from the bias of local feelings and interests, to arrange the details of the measure. " The first of the terms of reunion to which the Governor- General desires the assent of the House of Assembly is the equal representation of each province in the united Legisla ture. Considering the amount of the population of Lower Canada, this proposition might seem to place that province in a less f.ivourbb!e position then Upper Canada. But, under the circumstances :n which this Province is placed, with the increasing population to be expected from immi gration, and having regard to the commercial and agri cultural enterprise of its inhabitants, an equal arportion went of representation appears desirable. " The second stipulation to be made is the grant of a sufficient Civil List. The propriety of rendering the judi cial bench independent alike of the Executive and of the Legislature, anc t f furnishing the means of carrying on the indispensable Fervices of the Government, admits of no question, and has been affirmed by the Parliament of Upi er Canada in the Acts passed by them for effecting these objects. In determining the amount of the Civil List the House of Assembly may be assured that the sala ries and expenses to be paid from it will be calculated by her Majesty's Government with a strict regard to economy and the state of the provincial finances. " 3dly, the Governor-General is prepared to recom mend to Parliament that so much of the existing debt of Upper Canada as has been contracted for public works of a general nature should, after the union, be charged on the joint revenue of the united province. Adverting to the nature of' the works for which this debt was contracted, and the advantage which must result from them to Lower Canada, it is not unjust that that province should bear ii proportion of their expenses. " On these principles the Governor-General is of opinion that 'a reunion of the two provinces may be effected, equitable and satisfactory in its terms, and beneficial in its results to all classes. He submits them to the consideration of the ilouse of Assembly in the full conviction of their importance, and in the hope tbat they will receive the assent of that house. Fortified by the expression of their opinion, her Majesty's Government and Parliament will be able at once to apply themselves to the full development of the scheme, and to the consideration of the provisions by which it may be carried into effect with the greatest advantage to the people of both provinces. " If in the course of their proceedings the House of Assembly should desire any information which it is in the power of the Governor-General to afford, they will find him ready and anxious to communicate with them frankly and fully, and to aid by all the means in his power that settlement on which he firmly believes that the future pros perity and advancement of these colonies mainly depend.', THE ANTI-CORN-LAW BANQUET OF THIS DAY. (From the Manchester Guardian.) The preparations for gr e at dinner are in a for ward stater We publish 'in our advertising coltifilMS the entire list of gentlemen—Members of Parliament and others-- , -Whri hate r.4,coPiecl the Coeficil's inVitation to he present. it will be seen dint the total ntithloer of Members of the Legislature who are pledged to be pre• sent is twenty-eilla ; of whom wo have before , noticed twenty-five, The latest acceptances not yet noticed by fif Clentge A: Mesketti Esq., I‘l, P. (St. Albans) ; James Oswald, Esti e (Glas.gow), and Henry Warburton, Esq., M.P. (liridport): From a great number of towns letters have been received, inti math-Lg., in most instances, an intenti,on to send their respectivb MayotS, dr other Chief nintliciptil officers and leading men, as delegates, the pavilion, ttlileh we visited lsst evening, is completed its la ill draperies, tables, Este. ; and we see that it is to be open dtitieg to-day, tit a Mall char e, for the inspection of the pub - We gave on We netday last, a general sketch of ti dimensions, the disposition of the tables, Ite. which renders it unnecessary to enter at great length on the subject now. It may, however, give some notion of its (vent to state that its length is 150 feet . ; breadth, 105 febt ; its area, 15,750 square feet ; that in its framework, pillars, &c. 4,500 cubic feet of timber have been used ; in the flooring of the pavilion and ante-rooms 17,100 square feet of three-ineh planks j for its roofs, walls, and galleries, 54,900 square feet of timber j for the tables in the pavilion and galleries, 3,290 lineal feet, each table•heing two feet in width, and two feet four inches from the floor ; for the seats or forms 5,740 lineal feet, each seat being one foot in width, and there being a space of two feet hetet een the forms, or four feet between the tables. The labour and tune em. ployed in the construction of this building are equiva lent to 1,000 days' work of one man, and it has been completed in eleven days, having only been commenced last •Monday iteek. About a ton and it half of lead is used for guttering. The pavilion •is lighted by twenty-four chandeliers of twelve burners each, eight chandeliers in each aisle eand there are three others at the entrances. Besides these, which are already lighted, and arc quite .suflicient to give all re quisite brilliancy to the scene, there is to be a device in gas upon the wall, above the President's chair, consist ing of the word "Justice," in gigantic letters, about a yard in length. About twenty thousand yards of white' and pink calico have been consumed in the draperies. The whole has a very light appearance, the ground of the draperies, forming the walls and roofs of the pavi lion, being white, pannelled by broad bands or fillets of pink drapery ; the corners of each panne' termi nating in pink rosettes, and the pillars hexing a sort of capital, formed of a fillet of pink and white drapery. The pointed roofs arc hidden from view by' the drapery within, which gives the form of a coned roof to each of the aisles, at a height from the floor of twenty to twenty-four feet. A striking relief to the otherwise almost uniform colour of the whole, is given by the draperies which cover the front of the galleries. These arc of a deep cimson, having mottoes inscribed on them, in letters of such dimensions, that " he who runs may read." The one along the principal gallery—that directly facing the chair, and extending the whole length of one side of the pavilion, is" Landowners ! honesty is the best policy." That on the gallery at the east end (next Bywater's Hotel), is" Total and immediate repeal ;" and that at the west end (nearest the Methodist chapel), " A fixed duty is a fixed injustice." SuSpended from the sides of the roof, are to be thirty flags, displaying some the arms of Manchester, - others the Royal arms, and other devices. These are printed on gold and silver by the new patent process of Messrs. J. and C. Yates, of this town, who have likewise contributed a number of pilasters, also printed by their patent process, - which are to range along the wall behind the Chairman's dais, as well as the Royal, arms, and other devices and in signia. Two important points have been cared for— ventilation and the security of the gallery. 'ln reference to the first, an aperture has been made in the drapery of the roof directly over each of the twenty-four chan deliers, in the form of a star of live rays ; and a cor-, responding aperture is to be made in the roof, sur mounted by a sort of umbrella, to prevent rain or snow' descending. But, on the subjects of ventilation and the, security of the gallery, the following haw,• to the Com mittee, from our scientific townsman, Mr. William Fair bairn, will have justly more weight than any remarks or' opi'tion we can offer : " GENTLEMEN-An accordance with your request, I have examined the pavilion erected in Peter-street for the ban quet on Monday next. In erections of this description; where it is proposed to entertain upwards of 4;000 persons it is important to avoid as much as possible strong currents' of air, and, at the same time, to include a free and pleasant circulation. For those objects, I have ordered apertures to be made over each chandelier ; and, by similar openings in the drapery, I expect an agreeable and healthy -tem perature to be the result. In addition, it will be found that proper openings are prepared over the galleries, for the purpose of ventilating these p'arts, and for car, vying off the heat ascending from the arena below. and the gas lights in the more immediate Vicinity. • Hear log that some persons had expressed doubts. as to the security of the galleries I have closely exa . - mined them ; and, although I felt satisfied that there was no danger to be apprehended,' yet, in order to be perfectly secure, I haVe submitted the wholeto h t t lie fe te e s t t . of experiment. The greatest distauce between the pillars or supports is fifteenfeet ; and-tbn width,' from th e f ro nt of the pillars to the beckig of the gallery is eight feet. Now, as not more than twenty persons can find accommo dation between the su pportillite Whole weight 'th at eac h division will have to sustain ' ' ‘vill' u ndt 'exceed 25 cwt., or 1,1 ton. Forty-two persons, however, chiefly workmen, were placed upon each division, and by a process of jump_ ing, an undulating motien . was produced, and in this way the whole of the divisions were severally tested, and that with a greater weight than can possibly take place in the ordinary, or even crowded, `ititte . ot - the' m - eeting.—l have the honour to be, Gentlemen, your very obedient servant, W'l. FAIRBAIRN. Manchester, January 10, 1840. As to the tables, we mayadd the following particulars. by way of facilitating access to the seats. The doors fOr the Members of Parliament, Delegates, and princi pal guests, is in Peter-street, adjoining Bywater's Hotel, —which inn has been engaged. for . their reception and assemblage before dinner, and for other purposes (the cellars being converted into cookin g kitchens). The guests generally'will.enter by thr e e doors on the south side of the pavilion, next. Windmill-street. The yel.Uzu tickets will admit, at the door nearest. Deans-gate to the eight tables at that end of the pavilion. These tables are . distinguished by the letters A to H inclusive, each of the twenty-five tables ranging from west to cast, being in like manner distinguished by its letter from Ato Y. The blue tickets' admit, at the middle door, to the nine centre tables, marked I to Q inclu sive. The red tickets admit, by the ; door nearest By water's carriage repository, to the eight tables at that end of the pavilion, marked R. to Y inclusive. There is another excellent arrangement, a little attention to which will greatly facilitate access to the seats. The seats at each table are numbered from 1 upwards to 130, the lowest number being nearest the entrances to the pavilion. The numbers do not range up one side the table and down the other, but arc upOn the plan now generally adopted in numbering houses in streets. The even numbers are on the right side of each table on entering ; the odd : ones on the /qt. Another regu lation requires each steward to have six bottles of wine on the table for his party (of ten or twelve) before the doors are opened,.with a view to prevent the confusion necessarily attendant on the supply of wine ail at once over so large and so crowded a space. The prepare- . Lions in the culinary • department are on a scale equally extensive"' we have particularised. Of the soli vian i s''foi.""dinner, such as beef and •• mutton, hams at4l6ss, turkey's and capons, veal and mince pies, bread, .tie. not_ less than ten thousand lbs. weight, or, in round numbers, four tons and a half have been provided ?. This is wholly exclusive of the dessert, in which the fruit, biscuits, " crackers," &c. are estimated by chests, barrels, and boxes. The dinner service and other articles of earthenware num ber ten thousand pieces ; the wine-glasses, bottles, thou sand more,. the knives and forks about sixteen about ten the wines (which are to be furnished i a le m rm pl i e ta s g u e p . ply w of e must by Messrs. John 11rford and Brother) include three decanters, thousand penatelso;ther articles o f g l ass, Isa i riectr, ry a ; u sn glad a d n pipes of fine rich port, .ten years in the wood ; three cham pagne, of our readers stay our pen, lest some should imagine us to be adding c yphers to the estimates, which, how ever, we believe, on the whole, to be rather under than butts of h fi u n c e k o , lt e l over the mark. We have stated the gross quantities provided; ilhat will be consumed will probably be knewn hereafter. There was a great crush at the ballot for teats on Thursday morning ; an d now we be lieve every ticket is taken (save the few reserved) for both the banquet on Monday and the dinner of Tuesday. Mr. Richard Bradshaw, who st an d s c h arge d w i t h an assault ofapeculia peculiar nature upon Mrs. Cullum in a carriage of the Midland Counties Railway Company, and against whom a true bill had been found at the Central Criminal Court by the Grand Jury, has exer cised his privilege of traversing the indictment until the next Sessions, and his bail has accordingly been enlarged until that period. • THE GERMAN OPERA —Mr. Mitchell is in y with Speel:tbuinrrninn'of May ence . f or a G erman company to at eith er t h e Lyceum or . New trea t Rastcr.—M us i c a/Iror/d. Theatre in Oxford-street after A letter from Constantinople states that the guil lotine has been introduced into that capital, and that the first execution with this instrument has taken place on a barber, and an Armenian, his accomplice, who had been condemned to death for the murder of a person that had entrusted them with some property, who were brought to justice by the child of the victim, who had witnessed the murder, and had remained concealed mail he had an opportunity of denouncing the culprits. - The guillotine, which was of a new invention, and im ported from France, seemed to excite rather curiosity than horror among the spectators of the execution, rnd the criminals themselves are said to have been ast o - nish ed , and to have shrugged up their shoulder, as Much as to say, " Is that all." • THE PENNY POSTAGE• TO ME EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—I beg you will do me the favour to insert these few lines in your valuable Paper. Having read a paragraph herided " Penny Postage," I beg leave to say I was an (yr.:witness to the whole transaction, from a quarter to six o'clock, and for some minutes afterwards. I beg to contradict what your Correspondent presumes to insert as being entirely false, inasmuch as your Correspondent says there was only one person to take the money from the public; but l can positively assure you there sere two or three to take money, and also two windows open for the accommodation of the public. I likewise beg to state that there was the greatest order and decorum kept in the Post-office lobby, as there were extra constables on duty for the especial purpose. I am, sir, yours, respectfully, Jan. 11. J. W. M. FLANDERS AND DUTCH MAIL. JASSY; DEC. 20.—Accounts from Southern Russia say that fresh corps of troops continue to arrive on the coasts of the Black Sea. Especially in the vicinity of Odessa, Nikolageff, and Sebastopol, such a number of troops are assembled that 50,000 men might easily be embarked in a few days, if there were transports to receive them ; of these there seems to be no want, for, not to speak of the Imperial Navy, there' is such an accumulation of merchant men and transports, Russian and foreign, in the principal ports of the Black Sea, that on the lath of December there were no fewer than 500 of them. Most of them, it is true, are foreign vessels intended to take corn to the'west -if' Europe, but in case of urgent, necessity they might be had for good freight. At NiAolajeff many thou sand workmen are employed in repairing old and building new men-of-war. The troops that have returned from Circassia have not gone to their usual winter quarters, but are all in tae vicinity of the principal ports. Not a ship is now dismantled and laid up ; every thing is ready for a grand expedition to Asia Minor, and so it may- be expected that Mehemet Ali will not take any rash steps. ELO lAN 1 , UN DS—ltal. sst.i.e, JAN. 10 1 Actual Dest, 2 , / ,', per. Cent ... , :i3U Notlischild's Loan, 5 per Cr. 9 t l'o Loan of Thirty Nlillions, 4 per Cent 1i 2 ,,4 :3 per Cent. Loan of Cit%, i!-':',.., .1 per Cent O 4 , Ai Society of COMIIWITC, 4.,per Cent ll4 Rank 01 Belgium, 5 per Cent S4A National Society . — Exchange on London (short) - • ' l2 —Brusiels Papers, Jan. 10. DUTCH FUN DS.—AIItiTERDAM, JAN. 10 Money. Wits. . , . Actual Debt, '..4.4 per Cent Ditto, ditto 5 per cent. ...... ......... ... A inort Syndic,-41", per cent 9I N 91 Ditto, ditto, lliii per cent 75 44 . 70 1 4 Commercial Company, 4 , per cent ltis;li 166 Ditty) (IVO. and ISM) 5 per cent. D'tto 1837, 5 per cent. Loan 1837, 5 per cent. Exchange on Loudon, One Imola h II 92. v Two months Money is plentiful, and offered at lower rates. The Bank has reduced the rate of discount from 5 to 3i per cent. _Dutch Papers, Jan. 11. A US'flt/A N FUNDS.—Virxma, JAN. 2 Fine per Cents. 51,talliques 1: oar per Cep's Three I . sar Cents. Bank Shares :589 —.Allgemeine Zeitung, Jal 7. PRUSSIAN FUNDS.—B6ittaN,J4N. 7. Bills. Money. St, Schuld. Sch., 41 4 per cent. lOl% 103 , % Prussian English Loan, 1830, 4 percent 10) 1 i 10:?38 • 14 xutiangc on London, three months 6 'el% —.Prussia?: State Gazette, Jan. S. PENNY POSTAGE.-The alterations made at the Manchester Pest-office, so far as the short trial of yesterday .would give an opportunity of judging, appear to be judicious, and greatly to lessen the amount of labour, which, nevertheless, is considerably increased as compared with even the fourpenny system.. The gene ral receiving -box, and that which is opened while the . former is closed, are placed adjoining each other at the end of the building ; and instead of one receiving window for letters paid when posted, there arc .now four such receiving places ; and, in order to give more space, the money-order office has been removed to small premises on the ground-floor, adjoining the Post office, formerly a shop. Double sets of sorting boxes have also been fitted up in the office. One remarkable feature in the system is, that scarcely any letters are now drorped into the old receiving -box, which appears to be almost entirely abandoned to the newspapers. Almost all letters are now pre-paid,—paid when posted ; and five clerks are almost constantly occupied in attending to the receiving-windows. One circumstance has greatly augmented the labour of the clerks at these windows, and that is the great number of circulars which have already been posted here. We understiind that there has been a perceptible diminution in the number of letters for the last kw days, probably owing : , to the parties postponing such correspondence as was 'not of a pressing nature, till the penny postage came into operation. Yesterday there was a very great increase in tho number of letters posted here , but of course it is as yet impossible to say in what proportion to that under the fourpenny system, or that previously iv operation.—Manchester Guardian. QUEEN'S BENCH, SATURDAY.—. TOCKDAL E v. Hatssaans Platt in this case moved for a rule to show cause why the Sheriff should not pay over the money kyle& under the execution to the plaintiff, It appeared that Mr. Stockdale had brought tnis action again:4 Messrs. Hansard for the publication of a libel r , fleeting on him, in which action it would seem the de fendants did not appear, and the damages were assessed before the Sheriff. Mr. Stockdale had been obliged to rule on the Sheriff in every step of these proceedings. On the 23d of November last a writ of fi. fa. was issued from this Court, calling on the Sheriff to levy, which he did, but it was again necessary to force the Sheriff to sell the goods levied, and on December 19 he made a return that " he had caused to be sold the goods and chattels in the writ mentioned for the best price to he obtained - for the same, and he had the same money ready to pay over to Mr. StOckdale." Mr. Stockdale and his attorney bad demanded the money, but the Sheriff re fused to pay it. The present application was, that the Sheriff, having refused to pay the money, might be or dered by a rule to do so, in order that, in the event of the plaintiff taking any steps for this breach of his duty, he might be fully prepared.—Lord Denman—Take a rule to show cause. BOULOGNE, CORRECTIONAL TRIBUNAL, JAN. 8--Two duels occurred near the column, on the 9th and 10th ult., between English subjects, without being attended with a fatal result. As Lords Loftus and Harley, the principals in the second affair, with their seconds, immediately that it was ended returned to England, the French authorities lost no opportunity of inquiring into the proceeding. But not so with the first ad'air ; for as Mr. B-n and Mr. F-e, with their seconds, and Mr. Dunce, the surgeon, who was also on the ground, reside on this s id e th e c han ne l, a lengthened investigation took place before the .luge d'lnstruction, the result of which was, that Mr. B--n alone was brought before the Tribunal on Wednesday, on the plea that he gave the first blow, although he Lad been highly provoked ; when, after a short trial, the Court sentenced him to pay a floe of twenty-five francs and expenses, and to an imprison ment of six days. M. Mevcrbeer, who is passing the winter at Baden-Baden with his family, has just finished a grand cantata, which is to be executed in London on the occa sion of the Queen's marriage. The score, which is on its way to London, is in twelve sheets in folio, of small writing. The upper parts are very high, and can only be executed by a first-rate singer. The late Dowager Viscountess Harberton, who died at Bah on Friday, was the eldest daughter and co-heiress of the late Mr. James Spencer, and married the late Viscount the 31st October, 1785, by whom her Ladyship had.a family of seven children, six sons and one daughter, six of whom survive their revered Mother. THE CHARTISTS, TO TEE EDITOR OF THE SUN. DinMulti'', JAN. 12, Sin,—The Chartiz•ts came armed with pikes, muskets. &c. into this place about one o'clock this morning, and marched into the principal streets, coming in lion] every road :ending into the town, firing on their way, which is supposed as a signal for others to move upon it. The numt.er is variously stated, but 1 think there were from 209 to 300. They remained about two hours, firing into the air, when they retired, doing no further mischief than breaking two or three lamps. What the intentions of the Magistrates arc I cannot learn, but all is now quiet, and no further attack is at pre sent espected. There are no ioldiers in, the town, and the few etinstables could not interfere. I am, Sir, yours, &c. A COMMERCIAL TRAVELLER. GnEAT ItECORM MEETING IN THE THEATRE ROYAL, - ABBEY-STREET, DUBLIN. • TO TEE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Dt:BLIN,Jatt. 10, 1840. Gr tllti great ini;rest anC. i anxietY which •he only not Reformers,9fir gieat city, but of :.!le cr" - . y pile, feel regarding every meastifd tehtling to promote the sacred cause of Reform and good gdi , artiffertt; and, lest more competent persons may, in their zeal, feraain until the' terttfination or the proceedings of this brilliant meeting, and thereby Miss an topiturtunity of sending, by this night's post, even a faint outline of it 1, although to you unknown, take leave thttd to give you a sketch of this. great nat:onal anti-Tory Meeting, for I consider this appellation synon'y mous with Reform ; nt+t een I avoid saying that the managers of this great Meeting ate very blameable in not having proeffed a more extensive place for holding it. Eery part of the buildit4,7 is thronged to excess, principally with the nobility and gentfy from a:1 !faits of Ireland, whilst the streets and avenues leading le it arc crowded with those anxious, but unable to gain ad mittance ; in fact, it would seem,—judging from the zeal, anxiety, and union of the leading Reformers of Ireland evinced on this oceasinn,...-that it is only the comniCtiee• meta of the struggle for Reform. No pen can sufficiently describe this fleeting; if, possi bly, the most splendid mecting of the memorable Catholic Association could be excelled, this Meeting excels it. Speeches of the most enthusiastic, nay, burning fervour, have been delivered, and resolutions passed, expressive of the feelings and determination of the popular party in Ireland. In fact, if the country were threatened with a foreign hostile invdsion, there could scarcely be more de termination and enthusiasm displayed in making necessary arrangements for a nation's defence, than has been on this occasion to combat the Tories, and destroy their political newer to thwart ourbeloved Queen and her present Ministry. About one o'clock Lord Brabazon was called to the chair, and Sir Montagu Chapman was appointed secre tary. His Lordship, on taking the chair, made a most impressive and appropriate speech. So did Sir Montagu Chapman, on being appointed secretary. The resolutions having been passed, Mr. O'Connell came forward, and in no former instance, during his career, have I seen him so enthusiastically received. After an admirable speech, he called for three cheers for the Queen, three cheers for the Ministry, &c., after which he continued to speak with more than his usual energy and ferrour.—l am, Sir, your most obedient servant, "„3 " - - IREL A ND. ?fin,,. 310 DUB! TN, JAN. 10. AGGREGATE MEETING OF THE' REFORM• ERS OF IRELAND. One of the most important meetings of the Liberal gentry of Ireland which I have ever witnessed took place this day in the' Theatre Royal, Abbey-street. The lead ing object of , the meeting was to make arrangements for the complete and effectual registration of the electors throughout the country, and thds to prepare the surest means of defence against any attempt to re-establish Orange domination in Ireland. On this gratifying occasion there was an exhibition of Most thorough and cordial union amongst all classes of Returners—a perfect unity of pur pose, in the battle against the common enemy. Almost 'every leading Informer and gentleman of consideration in, Ireland was present, among whom were the Earl of Miltown, the Earl of Carnwath, Lord I3:abazon, Lord 'Clements; Sir Benjamin . Morris, • Deputy-Lieutenant county Waterfosil i. ~ Mr.. Greene, Kilmanahan Castle; Mr. M'Loghlin, Fitzwilliam-place ; Hon. Captain South- Well, R. N.'; 'Mr. T. Fitzgerald. Lord Brabiizon was called to the chair, •and Sir M. Chapman consented to act as Secretary. Each of these gentlemen addressed 'the meeting in 'appropriate terms. The SECRETARY then announced that letters of apology had been received from Sir John Burke, Bart., Marble hill ; John BOyse; Eicf., Bannow ; Daniel Jones, Esq , Banada Abbey, and ono or two others whose names we could not catch. _ , Lord CLEMENTS.' carrid :forward amidst loud applause, :and said—Gentlemen, I have the. boaour , to' propose the first resolution, The Tories are ,in the constant habit of heaping the most foul and scandalous abuse Upon the people of this tountryosnd we - would bo less than men if we would submit to this.—( Hear, hear.) We must be Unanimous, 'and show that we arc sincere, and resolved to protect our country from Tory misrule.--(Cbeers.) This can only be done by attending to the registry. Let every man not only register his own vote, but let him give his assistance to his friends, and to every Liberal freeholder in Ireland.—( Loud cheers.) Sir W. CIIATTERTON rose amid loud cheers and said—lt must, indeed, be gratifying that Reformers of all shades and descriptions, laying aside all differences, had met for the great object they had in view.--( Hear, hear.) Ireland owed a deep debt of gratitude to the present Ministry— ( Hear)--and they should not, for want of exertion on their part, compromise the blessings they enjoyed under them. lie would merely express his approbation of the resolution the Noble Lord had proposed. Lord MturowN said he really felt that this was a mo ment i i which every lover of . his country, every one who felt anxious to preserve the connection cf this country with England, ought to exert himself to the utmost of his power —( Hear, hear) —and lift his voice against what he fondly hoped was buried in oblivion, religi.Jus animosity and con tention. Sir M. BELLEW then came forward, and in an admirable speech proposed the following resolution :—" That the natural result of the principles acted upon by the Tory Government in Ireland has been too visibly displayed in scenes of turbulence and outrage, while the enactment of laws, the most unconstitutional and harsh, failed to pre serve peace and good order in the country." Mr. SHARMAN CRAWFORD then came forward, and con cluded an argumentative and powerful address by saying —My Lord and Gentlemen, I have certainly differed from . , the present Goverment in many points ; I was bound to differ with them on the manner in which they thought pro per to legislate upon various subjects, and I do now con sider it due to myself to say here publicly that my opinions in reference to those subject, hP.ve not varied in the least. They have undergone 'no change; but although I say so I do not now wish to recur to the reasons I have for giving those opinions, lest it should lead to any division what ever. I have come forward to-day not to disunite but to aid my fellow-countrymen in the attainment of their rights, and to do so in a manner that will prevent any recurrence of those acts which may render the present Government liable to cer.sure.—( Hear, hear.) My Lords and Gcc tlemen, it is most important that the union of all Reformers of every class should be permanently effected.—( Cheers.) That they should incorporate themselves as fellow-lakourers in the common cause—that liberty should be made their common object—( Loud cheers):--and that Irishmen should be concentrated by that moral power which union alone can maintain.—(Tremendous cheers.) My Lords, lam one of those who would never wish to see the people's rights contended for by any other MUM than by a strict moral union of them.—( Cheers.) The Honourable Gen •tleman having thanked the assembly for the attention with which he was heard, resumed his seat amidst loud applause The resolution was then put from the chair and passed unanimously. Mr. 'Timm briefly proposed the next resolution : " Resolved—That at no period have the sentiments of the Tory party been marked by a stronger hostility to the religion and the rights of the great majority of the peo ple of this country than at the present moment, when they declare their accession to power to be at hand." Mr. VisttErts STUART seconded the resolution, and concluded a spirited speech by reading the following do cuments : " Charlemont House, Dublin, Jan. 7, 1840. " Deeply impressed with the injustice and insult which have, of late been offered to Irelaisl by a large portion of our political opponents, and with the dangers likely to result to the whole empire, from the intolerant and exclu sive policy which so many men now openly recommend, we are impelled by a paramount sense of public duty, to submit, for your consideration, the acompanying address to our British fellow-countrymen ; and if you concur in the sentiments which it conveys, we venture to request that you add your signature thereto, with those of any of your neighbours who may be disposed to join you ; and that you will have the goodness to return it directed to either of us here. LEINSTER. r‘ CEIARLEMONT." " TO THE PEOPLE OF GRUAT BRITAiN. " The efforts which have of late been made in England to revive exploded prejudices, and to raise an outcry against her Majesty's Government, because in some instances Re_ man Catholics as well as Protestants have been appointed to office, appear to us so unjust and mischievous in their effects on the connection between Great Britain and Ire. land, as to impel us to the step we now take in addressin ,, ourselves to you. " The great mass of the people in Great Britain is Fre test ant, in Ireland Roman Catholic; whoever, therefore, attempts t o se t Protestants agaiast Roman atholies la. bou ra, in effect, to set Great Britain against Ireland, and by consecuence, Ireland against Great Britain.—(Long, loud, and ' cont inued cheerin g.) .." . A e eording to the last census, the population of .li-e -land amounted to nearly eight millions, of which about a m illion and a half were Protestants of all denominations, and six millions and a half Roman Catlao!ica •;., and accord ing to the return made to Parliament in 1827, of the number of children educated in Ireland at the expense of their parents, there were about eighty-one thousand Pro testants, and three hundred and nineteen thousand Roman Catholics. The Roman Catholics, therefore, constitute not only more than four-fifths of the population, but four fifths of all who pay for the a vast edue and increasingationoftheirehpilodrrteionn. They comprise, in particular , of those middle classes, which arc the nerves and sinews of every community, and which, rained by their industry above want, unite a lofty sense of their own independence, with a generous regard for. the liberties of others. " These feelings, which are common to Protestants and Roman Catholics, diffuse through the mass of which the British public is composed, that vigorous spirit of freedom whic'4 feeds, sustains, and incessantly augments the wealth, - power, and greatness of the empire; and that spirit will never submit to the intolerant or exclusive domination of any party or any sect, wacther Protestant or Roman Catholic. " The zeal of both, in the cause of good governinent, is now, and we hope will continue, a happy bond of union be tween them. The representatives of the most numerous Roman Catholic constituencies in Ireland have been for years acting in full accordance with those of the most numerous constituencies both of England and Scotland, with a decided majority of the whole of the numbers re turned to the House of Commons by genuine popular sutFrage, by the unbought votes of Protestant householders throuahout Great Britain. In this conco:d there is a safety for the State which it never would enjoy amidst scenes of sectarian strife. " We, therefore, call upon all who would hold Great Britain and Ireland .indissolubly united together, to dis countenance those appeals to bigoted passions, which en (ianger the stability and peace of the realm, by fomenting discord and animosity among the peop'.e. For ourselves, we shall feel it our duty to oppose, by all constitutional means in our power, the formation or continuance of any administration which would either openly or covertly draw aid from such poisoned sources, which would attempt to inflict political exclusion on any class of men, on account of their religious opinions, or which would desire to withhold from tl:c Roman Catholics of Ii eland their full and fair portion of those honours and emoluments of the state, which, whilst they share its duties and its burdens, they are entitled, alike in law and in justice, to enjey, x on terms of perfect equality with all other classes of their fellow-subjects. LEINSTER. " lIARLEMONT." Too address was received with loud and reiterated cheering. Mr.. KELLY proposed, and Mr. RAE seconded the fol lowing resolution . :—" That we appeal to the present ::state of Ireland as a triumphant demonstration of the bles sings produced by a Government formed upon principles the most epposcd to those which regulated the policy of the Tories; that while the other portions of the empire Italic been recently the scene of :disorders the most alarm ing, the tranquillity of this country has remained unshaken, ann:bas enabled the Government, by withdrawing a large is:Agn of the military establishment of Ireland, to sup press liiate disorders, without augmenting the present burdens of the kingdom." Sir R, BEAN proposed, and Me. Ross seconded, the Asm resolution. A fret she adoption of two other resolutions, :Iv of which was seconded by alts PETER PURCELL, O'Corratv.i.i, came foward. The enthusiastic cheer.' jag :pith which he was greeted by the immense assembly was beyond description. He spoke at great length, and concluded a brilliant speech by proposing that the Loyal Registry Association and the Reform Society of Wev more:and-street should be amalgamated, and that the Irish :‘lembers and Irish gentlemen should form a branch of the Society, to sit in London, to advance these objects. The resolution was adopted. A subscription list was opeaed„ considerable sums were subscribed, and the meet ing separated. THE PARKS.-THE ICE. - From an early hour on Saturday morning Kensington Gardens were much thronged by fashionable company, which, as the day advanced, increased, until in the afternoon the ice and banks were crowded with several thousand persons. On the round pond the graceful cvolutiens of two young ladies, of the names of Weston, attracted universal admiration. On the long water were several members of the Skating Club, with their insignia (a silver skate) pendent round their necks. In Hyde Park, although the ice in the Serpentine ap peared pretty firm, it was considered advisable'hy Mr. Williams, the Superintendent of the Royal Humane Society, that it should not be weakened by ersons crowding on it, as it was feared than it was as yet scarcely strong enough to bear the accumulated weight of the Sunday throng which was likely to be upon it on that day, and in consequence, :he icemen prevented persons venturing on it. In the Regent's Park the ice was crowded with fashionables. There were about fifty members of the Skating Club, among whom were Sir William Newton, the Hon. Fre derick Byng, Colonel Greenwood, .Captain Trotter, the Rev. Cecil Page, Messrs. Cheltenham, Warren Jones, Stanley, W. Justin, Henry Chelton, G. Young, W. Wilkinson, Adam Knapp, Stephens, R. Jay, G. Green, J. Staveley, C. Brooks, &c., who delighted the spectators for upwards of two hours by dancing a course of quadrilles. The admirable skating of a young lady, only years of age, named Ben nett, residing at No. 20, Baker-street, Portman square, who:came on the ice about half-past three - o'clock, attracted around her full a thousand per sons, whom Deputy Superintendent Griffiths found it necessary to disperse, fearing that a breakage might otherwise occur. -In St. James's Park, the ice being firmer, the public were allowed thereon. .In the course Of the morning the marquee of the Royal Humane So *eiery was moved from the north bank, by the direction of Deputy-Superintendent Winnott, to a more favour able situation, about the centre of the south bank, - where it coMmandi a view of the whole of the ice. During the afternoon from 3,000 to 4,000 persons were on the ice ; .and about halfpast four o'clock a cry of " Boat !" was raised, owing to one of the skaters be coming immersed. Two of the ice-men imme diately proceeded to his assistance, and succeeded in saving him. The thermometer, at half-past seven o'clock yesterday morning, was as low as thir teen degrees below the At eight o'clock the moon entered her first quarter, the wind being south-cast ; but between that anti ten o'clock it veered round to the south-West. At two o'clock the ther mometer in the open air in Hyde Park stood at 40 degrees, being eight degrees above fcczing point; but at four o'clock it had again fallen to 32 degrees (freez ing point,) and by six o'clock to 28 degrees, at which time it was freezing sharply, with every prospect of its continuance for some days. The fineness of the day attracted immense throngs of persons to the various parks and Kensington Gardens, every avenue leading to Which was, from eleven o'clock until six o'cloc k, densely crowded. The ice on the Serpentine scarcely exceeds two inches in thickness ; yet about eleven o'clock, at which time it was more crowded than at any other period of the day, it is computed there were not less than 2,700 persons on it. In the afternoon the skaters were net so numerous, but the promenaders on the banks and on the bridge far exceeded in number any previous occasion for many years. At an early hour yesterday morning St. James's Park was crowded with amateur skaters, and up to one o'clock no accident oceurrech Soon after that hour a young gentleman was precipitated into a hole in the ice, and, througli the activity of the men belonging to the Royal Humane Society, he was taken up and conveyed to their marquee, and immediately placed in a warm bath under the direction of the surgeon o.t . the Society, who was in constant attendance w:th one of his assistants during the day. The valet:Tian on recovering, gave his name James Bradshaw 36, Oxford-street. A few minutes had only- elapsed before three more were immersed, and were with difll.• culty rescued from their perilous -situation. When taken out of the water they were in a state of insensi bility, but were ultimately recovered. Unfortunately a lad, about fourteen years of age, who was immersed nearly at the same time, and disappeared under the icy', was not found for half an hour. Of course life was extinct. ELEGANT EXTRACTS.—In the Times of this morning the following epithets are applied to Mr. O'Connell :—" Wigged and wrinkled knave," " m„_ ster," " hoary robber," and " anointed old scoundrel." The Irish people are described generally as rabic dupes,. and " shoeless and shirtless bondsmen.", The great meeting at Dublin on Friday is one of the fruits of the infamous attacks made by the Tory Pros upon a whole nation. We wish Sir Robert Peel joy of his c oadjutors. In the case of Stockdale v. Hansard a rule nisi was on Saturday obtained, calling on the Sheriff to pay, over to the plaintiff the proceeds of the sale of the de fendant's goods. We hear that this rule cannot be made absolute before Friday next, so that an opportu nity will be afforded to the House of Commons to take the necessary steps in the matter before the Sheriff can be ruled absolutely to pay over the money to the plaintiff. HANOVER) JAN. s.—lt is confidently stated that the Council of State is convoked for the 9th of this month, in order to discuss on that. and the follow ing day the new draft of a constitution, and make a report upon it. The Assembly of the Estates will, in all probability, be very soon convoked ; not, however, to meet in January, as has been announced, but in tue middle of February.—Hamburg Papers, Jan. 7. LONDON AND GREAT NORTHERN TRUNK RAILWAY.—The proposed object of this undertaking appears to be to connect the Midland Grand Union and Midland Counties' Railways at Nottingham with the Northern and Eastern Railway, near Ware, passing by the towns of Melton Mowbray, Stamford, Huntingdon, St. Neot's, Hertford, &c., and bisecting or uniting with the river Trent, the Grantham, Melton, and Oakum canals, and rivers WellartJ, Ouse, Nen, and other navi gations which command the trade of the Midland and Eastern Counties of England. According to the prospectus, coal might be sold in London for 16s. per ton.—Railway Magazine. The Earl and Countess of Chesterfield, accompt_- nied by the Hon. Col. and Mrs. Anson, left Banton Abbey, the seat of the Earl and Countess of Lichfield, on Saturday, .for—Brethby, Derbyshire, where the Earl and Countess and friends are expected to remain until Wednesday, and then come to town. E ENISf= le, e MET3I.OPOLITAN PO rxricAL SUMMARY. The Times of this morning contains a virulent lead ing article on O'Connell, in the course of which; on. - Contemporary observes :—" What object he can driving at in putting forth his ..s•xagger about Prince Albert'* allowance, except to inspire.. her Majesty with a belief that a roposal for an unlimited amount has, in the first instance, emanated from Popish. munificence, we shall not trouble ourselves to conjecture ;...but were the starving millions whose sufferings are thus practi cally derided by this monster, relied on for one-tenth of that provision which he represents them as anxious to swell, his Serene Highness, would, we fear, be very indif ferently appointed." The horning Chronicle, alluding to the present system of Tory tactics, says The Tories have not forgotten how, by pliwing skilfully with national prejudices, and inculcating lbe inhuman, un-Christian maxim that any Fre.nehrean was a natural-born enemy. they succeeded' in fastening their yoke for thirty, log yews ou tile people of England.:. They ir,1411, to play the same game with. Ireland, and to make thittred of the .Irish a nltt i : oaal prejudice, which sholl stand them , in :As- ;`rod stgad as hatred of France did in days of yore., llAt 44e, ititifiec is too tr'ausparest. NV;:y are the Euglish :.bate the Irish?" The Morning herald, in an article on the: subject of the approaching Session 1-IfY-Lkyliameat, thus aLivises the Tory faction The Conscnatives must drive .the Whigs from of fice ; and they mus t lose no timp:in making the attempt. dbef;:itlbsie"Cpoonisicey adopted during the rvatives, will no loisger l ' a l s h t e' tt l o ato s r e y ss a io t suit, the tone of public feeling, nor meet the emergencies of the times. Every hour's continuance in office by Lord Melbourne and his accomplices is fraught with en during evil to the best interests of the .country," Trf J() iiTo SECOND EDi THE FUNDS-(CI.•OSING PRICES.) B M Li N fl; rank Stock 179 . India :"...1.)cl: .Ip:r Cent. led 4i% Ditto Bonds ..... .....,. -- •.2 :, per Cent Cc.ns. ')I . i)11.1.0 01i: Atirtiltle , 3y, per Cent. Red ..... ... ...... .. tr..),', Ditto New Annuitio , - New 3,4 per Cent .v.... '•/WA ..Fx. Bills, 1,t1th1t......'1 ' I I die. Nem 5 tut: Ccc' - Ditto s'l o / 11 dia. Lung Annuities to expire ditto :Old/ 1! dlt: Jan. :SRI - Oct. 1559 - i Tao. / :And: for Opg.., - Jan 1860 ITOREIGN FUNI.:2 - Austrian, biter cent - i p ortuguc ,e,'onda,Sper cent.... 13,71gian, 5 per cent - !Ditto, Sew 1)., co Brazilian Bonds - : Prussian, 5 per c,"'n' - raictios Ayres, 6 per cent - Ituisiau Bon d s, 5 p‘sr (mit-. - Chilian, 6 per cent - Ditto, Metallic.. ...... .. Coloinban, 6 per ccitt - :,...nnish, 5 per cent...-. 24% Ditto, 1821 '24 7;, • ditto, Deferred - Danish, 3 per teat ............... 75;., ; Frenen. 5 per cetr ill . . S lc Greek Bonds, IS:?5, ..i,er et. - Exchnitge Mexican, 5 per cent - (tench, :t per Cynt SI r. -c. Ditto, ii per cent:. RP) - I Onteli,2% pfr cent. c.,:,... Peruvian, 1825,6 per cent -7.. I Ditto, 5 per cent......... ... Mr, i. .- S.I A !: !•:.ti larmingharn and Gloneester Railway ... ............. ... li?k, Eastern Couutios liar: say lircat Western Railway Ditto New Shares London and Brighton Railway IP London and Black wall Railway • , 131% London and Birmingham Itliiway t Ditto New Shares .. :3 London and South *Western ttidiway 44 • - - ,1 Croydon Railway ('l'runr.) IA% a 1,.. Ditto Scrip . North Midland Railway 1N ~.. 13, to New Shares York «ad North M i dl a nd Itailw.ty 3 , SPIltl57 of the PUBLIC JOLTitiiALS. FROGS THE EYEVING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. (Front the Globe.) MEETING OF PARLIAMONT.—Her Majesty \vi'l open tlqt ensuing Session of Parliatnent in person on Tnurs- day next. Ireland has spoken out, in langusitee more effectual for the destruction of Tory hopes of offiee, than if her her seven , millions ofCatholic peasantry had aesembled.en plains, and endangered the public peace by their mhmbers or broken it by their acts. The voice which Ireland has uttered proceeds not merely from her peasantry ieeacled by O'Connell, but from a large section of her ar;sto cracy, with the flower of her peerage at its head. TLee proceedings of the aggregate meeting of the Reformers 't of held in Dublin on Friday, composed of names and numbers which must at any pericel com mand attentive respect for the sentiments they might express, will at es the this spr o: le iu: ap e d so tthe powerful effect in in both r C d r e e n e o d u denounce o fri ß e o e m i a n n a Catholics lar ro)te p o rtion of the supporters of Sir Robert Peel— 'ho tftei have raised the `'No Popery" as the' raiiyiry +Yard for opposition to the present Government because it has refused to absolutely exclude those from offiee whom the law of 1829 declares to be eligible for it— to those infuriated and blinded adherents of a policy which was sanctioned by law until the in tegrity of the empire. vas jeoperdied by its exis tence, do we acknowledge ou.r obligations for the ser viee'they have rendered to a Liberal Administration by the anions:ration they hare causedeand. the powerful appeal they have called forth to the sense of right and justice whioh, however it may be 1a;,(1 asleep for a season, will ultimately prevail. To that s ense of right and justice we fearlessly refer the 'exam' ee ation of the principles on which it rests, and theelaiine it em bodies :—" Tive great e mass. of the „people in area(' Britain is Protestant, in Ireland ; Ri - enan Catholic whoever, therefore, attempts to set Protestants against Roman Catholics, labours, in effect e .toeset Great Brt tain ,against Ireland, and, - by consequence, Ireland t I aeainst Great Brita i n." * - e. ( From the Courier.) • , We have received a communication from the " Church Pastoral Aid Society," by which we per ceive that the Committee consider the present io be a I favourable time for calling the attehrtiohhof the public to the objects of that. admirable institaftios e . When we state that the Society's aid is extended Incum bents, in charge of .1,776,000,50u15, giving an average charge to each incumbent of 7,411 souls, the usechl ness - of the Society, and the benefits which it has already conferred on the ecminimity, will be readily acknowledged. But great as the good is which it has already effected, much remains to be done. The recent fatal disturbances which have taken place in Monmouth shire, and the discontents which have been there engete dared, have been mainly caused by the want of that ; religious and moral instruction, which it is the endea• ; Your of this Society to aid in supplying. (From the Standard.) This is a startling view of the Bill of 1829. If the Catholic Emancipation Bill requires that Romaniste shall 'command pace end profit, and indirectly I the Government of the empire as Ilmnanists, the, law is not only in'olerable for a Protestant„ but disgraceful for any civilized country. Seth a' seeta rian divine right, su ch a hiersiocracy,', was never before acknowledged among men. See what its effect must be. Romanists hate Tories with a backbone hatred. This hatred they conceive because the Tories, as they call them, resist - their attacks upon the Pro testant Church ; hut the Bill of 1829, which, more than snaking them eligible to office, entitles Romanists pc renzi. :turily to office, requires Tories to give them office, and- as the .Tories cannot be expected to give office to their backLene enemies, the Tories must be per petually excluaed from power. The Romanists have been a ceestomed to call themselves with very little truth the people cf Ireland, 'b this version of the Act of 1829 would make there tile people of the empir e. SUFFOCATION B't CATIZIIN-.IC.ACID GAS at he King's Friday afternoon an inquest was belt: th t e body of Arms, Renelaglovead, 'Thames-bank, ors James Mitchell, aged 28 . It appeared Crteer the evi dence that the deceased was em p loyed at tilt- London Patent White Lead Works , situated in the aboveroad, sin s Was •nl.-r,agetl onyuesday morning last ,in den -ling out sgasicg vessel,"which is four feet it) diameter at.d five in depth, and is used in bleaching - the lead, by means of carbonic .acid gas, let into it by cubes, He had cleaned several ves;!els, and wes ill the last one lie had to do, when Mr. Fisher, the (lief engiacer, told him to get out of it, as they were going to turn on the gas and commence working. lt,seems that the deceased did get out of the vessel, but returned into it again, and in the 'meantime the gas was turned on: In lile‘i? minutes it discovered that deceased was in the vessel, and, .) although he was , almost instantly extricated, he was quite dead. .A fellow-workman was nearly s uffocated in ;• . ;ettinl; him out. - Verdict —" Accidental Death," the . Jury recorrimenine that' for the futerethe gasiog vos- sols should li p cxensinecl. before the gas was turned on. FIRE AND LOSS OF LtFE.--Ou Thursday between ten and elovoneo.'elock, afire broke (~ 16 in the house No. 52, Dease-gVent, Snitalfields, which is I let out in lodgings to 'levefral different families. The fire broke out in the second floor back-room, which was occupied by a woman named Harris, originated in the bed-curtain's having ignited, and, before assistance could be rendered, the unrortunsitc. Woman was so dreads'ody burned about the head, neck, body, and arms, that she expired in a few minutes after the fire was discovered. In a short time the flames were extinguished ; not, how- e ver, before every vestige of furniture tile room con tained' was totally &strayed. ASHBY-DE-LA-ZOUCH CONSERVATIVE As- SOCIA TION.—The Noblemen and Gentlemen, members of this Association, will bold their ennual (limier to day, under the stewardship of E Irl Howe, Sir 0. H. Beaumont, Marquis of Granby, Lord Charles Mao ners, M.P. ; Sir George Crewe, Bart., M.P. ; Sit Francis Burdett, Bart., M.P. ; Sir, .!ol.n B. Cave Bart. ; Sir Nigel Grcislcy, Bart. ; B. B. Farnham, Esq., M.P. ; H. Halford, Esq., M.P., See. The attendance is expected to be particularly numerous. . At the Earl of I-lardwicice's audit dinner, his Lordship addreSsed his tenantry, saying that there was every Leeson to believe that the Corn-laws would be repealed, and the only means the farmer possessed competing with the foreign grower o was-to rzisc) as much earn as possible. In order that they miglit dwhat they could, he would bear half the expense of sissy ex peri4mreAn,trsErnaodFo by t hetrsaa-Bneil 'Post; in the same s z a t e --,- Til li ‘ t A tl n e t: o . r7n ß ot ' li s i i e n ; t 2d 's e i h r'c g i:-8174::!' shire life:vary. :~ .r •;