The Sun. — London, England, 1840-12-10 00:00:00

, 1 4 1 VEN :NG ED 1. ON the credit of the several parties) to those who have Coffered by the late failure. Now, there need not be !33' doubt entertained of the readiness of any of the clackers at the west end of the town, some of whom f.ave a capital far exceeding that of any Joint-Stock Company, to afford the temporary accommodation ren dered necessary on this unfortunate occasion, on the same or probably lower terms. It L. nothing uncom :dons indeed, where a solicitude for increased business exiFts, for offers of such service to be made gra tui%ously, or nearly so. 'this requires to be under ,' )od in settling the pretensions of the competitors • 'his occasion, and that being disposed of, every one ul feel gratified at any means for lessening the suf ; 'ring of the customers of the late firm of Wright Sul Co. news received in town this morning of tosturbanc2s in some parts of the interior of Mexico 'Fused a degree of uneasiness among parties connected ith that country, hut, as our quotations will show, ' `there was no material change in the value of Mexican stock. The last report from the mines exhibits a se- rlous falling off it. the produce, the weekly profits not e.‘-ceeding 1,000 to 1,200 dollars. The expected re nittarnyc of 50,000 dollars seems to have been in great ik:OP".riiy, a hand of robbers 11,.ving pursued the cue d itc:s, from the works (Rivas) to Luis de Potosi, where, imWever, it arrived in safety, to be forwarded to Eng 14rl by the ensuing packet. . . r3v tho, present arrival 9. - j,OOO dollars have come to ',land ter merchants' account, and one million further are looked for by the next opportunity. A circular has been addressed to the clients of the late firth of Wright and Co. by Messrs. Robinson and ierningliam, soliciting a trensfer of their accounts from the '.woks of that establishment to those of the Loudon Jo' nt-Stcck Bank, a branch of which, as we have al re ady stated, has been opened on the same premises. SUN.—English Securities were depressed to-day in e onseqnenee of the he a viness produced in the French f'u'nd, by the announceme nt, on the part of the Finance Alwister, of his intention to raise ten millions sterling to rcty N. the extraordinary outlay in war prep gyrations. it generally admitted that this can only be the prelude to further operations, as the gross deficit is given at 000,000 f. Consuls took a lower range by about r cent., being mirked 50 to 89 cx div., for the Exchequer Bills were at to 4s. premium ; India Bonds at 14s. discount. The Nttw P . nree-and-a-Half per Cents. were 9 ex. div. for the •ope:iing ; the Reduced Three-and-a-Half per Cents., to 'J ; and the Three per Cent. Annuities, 89- t 9 094. Long Annuities were 12 15-16 to 13 ; Bank Stock for account brought 158 to 158 i ; and India -Stork for account 27381-. Money is expected to become . igi ccr. The Foreign Market was very dull all day, but „ricos clic; not recede to any extent. Spanish Active Wai indeed rather better, but, as there was so little business doing, it can hardly be said that it has improved. For the present transfer the Bonds brought f... 1-1 to ; cod fer time 24 to A-. Portuguese New r lye per Cents. were at 34-i , to F, but this q uotation a4-nost nominal. Chilian Bonds were at 55, without toe dividend now in course of payment. Mexican Stock 1837 'dropped to 291. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. were ste:..dy at 511 to 1. Too Market for the Railway Shares was also inani -nate, but the rates generally were firm. Great West ;n shares were at 24, the Now at 102, the Fifths at II to 3, and the . Birmingham New at 24 premium. Ilrighton shares realised 9 to 83 ; Btackwall, 4 to 41; rocr, .rich, 12 ; North Midland, 251 ; South-Eastern 11 . 11 Dover, 1.44. ; the Birmingham and Derby, 2(4 ; nd the Eastern Counties, 14 discount. British North merican Bank Shares realised 4 discount ; Colonial 13 premium ; and N aloud Bank of Ireland, I. l i 1-1 discount. Anti-Dry-rot Registered Shares were discount. PIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS wrong. FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. (From the "Milting Chronicle.) The French telegraphic despatch announcing the sub. ieeion of Mehemet Ali has a reference to the brusque J;ntiation which led to that result. The li es sion given the French papers is without this signijeaut allusion. ee tactics of the French in Egypt, and M. Thiers and partizans in France, have always been to protract as :eh as possible. The brusque conclusion of the ne !tiations is not, therefore, to their taste. They had .i.tered themselves that the negotiations might be in spun out, and that, in the meantime, eircum teeeees inieht occur to revive the hopes of Mehemet " Let us play a separate game" has always been the watchword of M. Thiers. We have heard the story of these gentlemen in the Chambers, and by and ler we shall have . the story of the Pacha. It is "inown that at a public audience the Pacha "eieterly reproached M. Cochelet and M. We leusi.:2 with the breach of faith of the French Ga eesensent towards him, the reliance on which had —n his ruin. After the capture of Acre the Pacha f_r d ressed in the most decided terms his determination delay no longer to comply with the demands of the Allies. Messrs. Cochelet and Walowski strenuously :Iged the Pacha to suspend his determination, and to etlew France to be the niediatrix between him and the Alties. But, on receiving the news of the change of .Ministry in Engle, the Pacha saw that no time was to lee lost. But though the Pacha declared himself welding to comply with the proposed conditions, be still hesitated to conclude any arrangement, on the round -;,it the powers of the British dicer might not be !iricient. Fortunately as it turns out (though at the time regretted the withdrawal of Commedore Napier from _Syria, where his energy and enterprise had wrought , e :is wonders) that gallant officer had been ordered vita a reinforcement to Alexandria, and he seems to -c entered thoroughly into the spirit of his ..session. The Pacha might or might not intend eo practise evasion ; hut the Commodore wisely deter mined to leave him exposed to no temptation. All the orctexts for delay have been removed. After the fall , e 1 Acre, the presence of several British ships of war, with the previous notions entertained of the Commodore 'ey the Pacha, must have tended very much to quicken :;he movements of the latter. The Allies have already recommended to the Porte to continue Mehemet Ali in the Pachalic of Egypt, and there is no doubt that the Porte will concede to hint the hereditary administration of rant province. That he and his successors will be , sentieued in possession, so long as he complies with the `elms of the arrangement, cannot b t doubted, though we are unable to sec in what manner the Allies can reffer a direct guarantee without trenching, which they liave always been anxious to avoid, on the Sultan's right :f sovereignty. There are subsisting treaties, too, by 'vbich the relations between the Sultan and the Pacha - - -,lest necessarily be affected. In the treaty of corn - :erce, t6e instance, between Turkey and Great Britain, 't; duties payable on British commodities are regulated r.ctlizilout the whole extent of the Turkish empire, pt of course included. In the same manner the - edition of all monopolies is carefully secured. Now need riot observe that Egypt, under Mehemet Ali, been one great monopoly. He has constituted iceeself the sole proprietor of the soil ; he forces the llei‘s to sell all their produce to him on terms fixed by ; and ho is, consequently, the only seller in Then again, the French quacks about him In.ve inoculated him with their system of heavy pro. -sting duties, in order to make Egypt what. it never yen be, a manufacturing country. All these things are :ieressly in the teeth of the treaty between Turkey .-ed Great Britain. Mehemet All must administer the :e)untry in accordance with the laws of the empire. .`gut the main points having been settled, the minor ar- Treg,cosents will experience little difficulty. The Pa k_ now that he can no longer be a conqueror and the 'melts:- of a great empire, will see the importance of coming an enlightened administrator. Hitherto, in el his schemes, he has thought only of Mehemet Ali ...nd his Egyptian improvements, and left out altogether glee Egyptian people. (From the Morning Post.) Our neighbours in France are, without a doubt very le , .ppy in the use of certain phrases which mean more them it would he polite to express in direct terms. Thus with regard to 11.Thicrs, his opponents in the Chamber :are content with saving that " he had a written policy easel a reserved policy." But what is the meaning of thie l / 4 ? Simply that he was dishonest, and, besides being dishonest, that he had the effrontery to attempt to cheat the four great Powers of Europe in important negotia tions relative to the balance of power in Europe, and -the general peace thereupon dependent. Ile had a ~,,tse n policy and a reserved policy I His written ore -', e elared his willingness to co - operate w i th the otherr lia): ece;scan Powers for e.naintainiug the integrity ofthe Ottoman c,ippire. His written policy manifested a zeal for the ba ,nee of power in Europe. His written policy p ro f esse d regard Mehemet Ali as a Prince vassal of the Sultan, rlcse reconcilement to the Sovereign against whom he has revolted was highly desirable, and in which France was Anxious to co-operate by every means short of the use of actual force. But this was all falsehood —a mere show—an appearance go t u p for the purpose of decciv jog. This is not conjecture or deduction, but the au dacious avowal of M. Thiers himself; now that he is compelled to give an account of what he was really His written policy was a fair one to advocate, and was consistent with decent respect for existing treaties. But the party whose favour M. Thiers wishes to win desire to have existing treaties over- Jowl), and old usurpations renewed. He therefore -decl ares t h at h e h a d objects in view directly su'uver 'sive of existing treaties—that to abrogate the ar saneetrients of 1815,: and not to secure and strengthen 'assn, was the point at which his real policy aimed. .And yet this is the man who talks of France hay ing been insulted because the Allies pursued their own course without him. Can any reasonable man pretend that he deserved, or shown . that his policy deserved, morecon eideration than was own Is nothing to be said of 1-)e insult of attemp t i ng to cajole the Powers of Europe ei the gressest, and yet most contemptible, projects of ? It may be sa id that M. Thiers ' was nut France. We reply that the Treaty of the 15th of ally „ nee no slight to the French nation no insult to a ny one--but a just practical rebuke to an unworthy Minister of France, who practised deceit with most insufferable effrontery. One thing we think is clear enough from the circumstances of the career of M. Thiers for some months past, namely, that unless he ca❑ contrive to twist and cheat himself into the posi tion of absolute dictator to all the Powers of Europe (which will probably happen about the same time that he becomes six feet high without his boots, and not before) he cannot again become either Chief Minister or Minister for Foreign Affairs in France. It is not at all likely that he should, with reference to the probable course of politics in France ; but un less France choose for herself a state of permanent " isolation," how could her affairs proceed with such a Minister as M. Thiers ? What foreign Government could negotiate with him? Not, we apprehend, such subordinates as the Pacha of Egypt, whom he has so cruelly misled, and so shamefully deserted. Not such a Power as that of the Viceroyalty of Egypt, which he cheated ; nor such leading Powers as those of Austria, Prussia, Russia, and Britain, which he tried to cheat, but could not. To make M. Thiers a Minister having anything to do with foreign affairs would be nearly the same thing as breaking off diplomatic relations with Foreig❑ Powers, for we really cannot see how any Government could deal with him. They might get written documents from him ; but what then ? How could they depend upon them ? He has his " reserved policy," as well as his " written policy," and the one is contradictory of the other. In short, he is a man of such incorrigible falsehood, that he de serves to be banished from every society and every ar rangement where veracity and mutual good faith are necessary to the carrying on and conclusion of affairs. We say nothing of Bourse speculations in August and September, which probably will be better understood by and by. In the mean time M. Desmousseaux de Givre seems to be very confident that he is not in the (From the Morning Advertiser.) The Globe of last night contains a communication from a correspondent, which commences thus :—" The question of Church-rates is one that, for the sake of peace on a matter as to which harmony ought to pre vail, cannot too speedily be settled ; and if the doubts which exist can only be put an end to by an Act of Parliament, the Legislature should lose no time in passing one." So far all is well. But the succeeding paragraph is of a quite different character, and is penned in a very different spirit. We are sorry that ever such sentences as these should have received the sanction of the Globe : " These remarks on the legal difficulties that surround the Church-rate question are not intended to apply to the subject of that species of dishonesty which has lately sprung up under the name of martyrdom, and which, beneath the mask of a conscientious scruple, secures a pecuniary benefit. This is a trade which the dupes who just now patronise it will soon grow tired of encou raging, and Church-rate martyrdom will die a natural death, like every other species of quackery. Each repe tition of the dose of humbug makes the public less in clined to swallow it, and the self.immolation of Baines does not go off with half the eclat that attended the auto. imprisonment of Tnorogood. Unfortunately for the trade of martyrdom, its very success destroys it by bringing into the field too many candidates for its emoluments; and though, like make any Other schemes for getting money, it may answer very well to those who first put it into practice, it will only lead to the disappointment and ruin of those short-sighted speculators who are lured on by the good luck of the original adventurers." Had this miserable stuff, which is as incorrect in the facts it professes to embody as it is wretched in taste, appeared simply as a letter to the Editor, we should have passed it over in silence, though even then we could not have helped regretting that it should have found a place in the columns of our Contemporary ; hut the Globe has unhappily conferred upon it an im portance which in itself it does not possess, by assign ing it a place in the editorial department, and emblazon ing it in large type with " leaded " space. The Globe characterises the martyrdom which has lately been encountered in resisting the exaction of Church -1 rates as " a species of dishonesty which, beneath the mask of a conscientious scruple, secures a I pecuniary benefit." The imputation which it is . here e,u l sought ungolti h t to av fasten the on slightestthe irecusants, issingle l 0 as unfounded in fact as it is uncharitable in spirit. The Church-rate martyrs are only as yet two in number . Mr. John Thoroeeod, who has just finished his martyr dom, and Mr. Baines, who is only commencing his. Now, on what grounds, we should like to know, does the Globe rest the charge of dishonesty which it pre fers against these individuals ? If it has any—we know it has none—let it come boldly forward and state them. It will then be for us either to scatter them to the winds, or by not fairly meeting them, vir tually to acknowledge their validity. To make a fatal thrust at the character of a man by charging him with dishonesty, while not the shadow of a proof is brought forward in support of the charge, is a most " dishonest," as well as ungenerous course of proceed ing. The Globe farther assumes that the object of the Church-rate martyrs is to " secure a pecuniary benefit under the mask of a conscientious scruple." This is only concluding the sentence in the same uncharitable spirit in which our Contemporary commenced it. The an swer is simple and conclusive. When Mr. Thorognod entered the walls of Chelmsford gaol, rather than sub mit to pay the extortions of a grasping Church, he sixpence ever being subscribed on his behalf. It was not until lie had been many months within the walls 1 of his dungeon, and it had become generally known that his attachment to his principles as a Dissenter had injured a previously profitable business, that those who shared his opinions and admired his conduct bethought themselves of the discredit which would attach to them, it they allowed him to 'ue ruined in a pecuniary point of view, as well as deprived of his personal liberty, in the assertion of principles which were as much theirs as his. With regard to Mr. Baines, of Leicester, the more recent of the two Church-rate martyrs, it happens, unfortunately for the Globe's charge of dishonesty, first, that he had avowed his determination to resist Church-rates, should the price of his resistance be the sacrifice of his personal liberty, before any subscription had bean entered into on behalf of Mr. Thorogood ; and, secondly, that being a man of property, and in the possession of a lucrative business, he could not by pos sibility have had an eye to any subscription which might be got up for him by the opponents of Church rates—knowing, as a man of his intelligence must have known, that no amount which there was the slightest probability of being subscribed on his account, could ever compensate him for the injury which would be done to his business ; to say nothing of the privation which the loss of his liberty must necessarily prove to him. The remaining sneers in the article of our Con temporary we pass over without a word of comment, satisfied that every one will concur with us in the opinion, that anything more discreditable in feeling, or more wretched in taste, could not have been penned by any person professing attachment to the cause of civil and religious liberty. (From the Times.) We were warned some few weeks back, of certain belligerent intentions entertained by the Dissenting Committees, sitting in 80lt -court, Itedcross-street, &e., as to a renewal of what they arc pleased to call "the Church-rate war." We were inclined to suppose that the course taken would be a general summons to arms, calling every Dissenter to hi;post, to oppose, in every parish in England, the making of a legal Church-rate. It seems, however, as if this plain and straightforward line of conduct had been abandoned for a very different one. Whether the increased and increasing strength of the Church in popular opinion, and the consequent defeats perpetually suffered by the Dissenting combatants in such contests, or any other consideration, may have weighed with their leaders, we know not ; but, as far as their course is yet developed, it appears to be a far less open and honourable one. If we may judge from the perti nacious resistance of the Leicester recusant, the great ex pense already incurred, and the still greater which is ap parently about to be entered upon, we should be inclined to conclude that a settled plan had been formed to weary out the Church by the not difficult expedient of pro tracted and costly litigation. The steps already taken, and those which are announced as about to follow, will probably lead to a waste of from five hundred to a thousand pounds, in a case in which the original claim is about forty shillings. No one will suppose that a Leicester tradesman, either by and from himself, or at the. instance and with the aid of his friends and neigh hours, is thus half-ruining himself in a contest about so trivial a sum. The mind is naturally forced to the conclusion, that some general Dissenting fund must be employed to support the outlay demanded by such pro ceedings. Now, we shall not enter upon the question, whether a confederacy to defeat a legal claim by means of protracted litigation would not be held by all sound lawyers to amount to an indictable offence. Leaving this, we merely ask whether, if Dissenters combine to evade payment of a legal impost, there can be any objection ad vanced against a combination of Churchmen for the simple purpose of asserting and maintaining the supre macy of the law ? But two such associations duly con fronting each other would produce a state of society which would render the interference of the Legislature inevitable. We do not aleprecate such interference en the contrary, we plainly tell the Dissenting conspi rators that they can do the Church no greater service than by forcing the Legislature to fled some way of ad iiisting this perplexed and difficult question. The pre 3,•rit state of the law, which gives the dissentients the power, wherever they can gain a majority (and it can never be difficult to find plenty of people who dislike a!1 rates and all imposts) of stopping almost intermi nably all supplies and which also affords opportunity dlesnasallai w m su in it oLity su t c o h i a nv s o y l s v t e the C emcanhunercvhe-orffi be c to ers ev in en en a small defended as one which works well either for the Church man or the Dissenter. Let, then, the kw be altered ; but let it not be so altered as to relinquish the nationality of the Church Establishment. Archdeacon Wilberforce, in his recent charge, compares the Dissenter who en deavours to evade payment of a Church-rate to a man who buys or inherits an estate with a certain rent-charge upon it, and then complains that it is against his con science to pay that rent -charge, constituting, as it did, a part of the original bargain. A Ministerial advocate of tEe Dissenters denies the relevancy of this similitude; inasmuch as the Church-rate is not a fixed rent-charge, but an assessment depending on the uncertain vote of a parish vestry. But, in remarking this distinction between the cases, the objector forgets or conceals one very es sential point. The charge, the pecuniary obligation of maintaining the ecclesiastical edifices, is legally and most completely attached to the rateable property of the kingdom. All that is left to the parish vestry is the mode and the time, the when and the how, of the performance of this duty. Some one, of course, must decide upon these points. To leave them to the arbitrary decisions of a single churchwarden would not be always safe or right. They have therefore been left to the vote of the parish vestry, and thus the present difficulty has crept in. Dissenters have perverted a discretion, as to amount and mode, into an absolute power, even of refusal to act at all. But this is not honest. It is a taking advantage of a loophole to es cape a plain pecuniary liability. It is little better, in fact, than for a trader to refuse to honour his own ac ceptance or endorsement on a bill because he had found out that there was a mistake in the stamp, or some other technical error. The Dissenters profess to desire a change in the law. The Members of the Church ought to be quite as anxious for it. We hope we may now repose trust, not only in the House of Lords, but in the House of Commons also, to remove the existing defects in the working of the law, without tampering with the principle of the law itself. The Church has never been anything else is England than a national institution. It is so now. Its edifices are in the charge of the Legislature ; and scarcely a Session has ever passed, since Parliaments were first summoned, without some public recognition of this fact being given. The people of England wish for no change in this respect. But they will be perfectly wil ling that all future Thoragoods and Bainescs shall be permitted to remain in quiet by their own firesides, some less costly, less troublesome, and more efficient means being provided of causing them to pay, so far as they have the means, their fair quota of this national impost. Doubtless the Dissenters will reply, that they want something quite different from this. They want to get rid of the impost itself. We know it. Let them ask this of the Legislature ; let the question be fairly argued before that tribunal, and we are ready to abide by its decision. Only, for the greater peace and com fort of both' Churchman and Dissenter, let the ques tion be put upon such a footing, that these interminable parish brawls may no longer embitter and disturb the neighbourly and Christian feelings of the whole com munity. SECON D EDITION. THE FUNDS-(CLOSING PRICES.) BRITISH FUNDS Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Red B9A Ditto Bonds 3 per Cent Cons ...... .. 90 Ditto Old Annuities — 3k per Cent Red.__ .. 98 Ditto New Annuities... New 31 per Cent New 5 per Cent ... Long Annuities to expire Ditto Small 4pm Jan. 1860, l3 Bank Stock for Acct ... Oct. 1859 ... ...... India Stock for Acct ... Jan. 1860 FOREIGN FUNDS. A ustrian, 5 per cent... Portuguese, 5 per cent. Belgian, 5 per cent — Ditto, New Ditto..... Brazilian Bonds ... .. BuenosAyres, 6 per cent 181 Russian, 5 per cent.... Chilian, 6 per c:nt Colombian, 6 per cent... Spanish, 5 per cent 24?; Ditto, 1824 Danish, 3 per cent..... French,s per cent... —f. —r. Greek, 1825, 5 percent. Exchange —f. —c. Mexican, 5 per cent.... French,3 per cent —f. —c. Ditto, 6 per cent, 1825. Dutch, 2-1 per cent 5l/ Peruvian,lB2s,6 per ct. Ditto, 5 per cent..... 98 SHARES. Eastern Counties Railway (23 paid) Ditto Debentures ( 2 paid) 4& Great Western Railway (65 paid) B9l Ditto New Shares (40 paid) .... .. ... 501 Ditto Fifths ( 4 paid) 9l Gosport Junction Railway (35 pd) Liverpool and Manchester (100 paid) I E'.s London and Brighton Railway (40 paid) London and Blackwall Railway (22/ pd) Idi London and Birmingham Railway (90 pd) 170 London and Greenwich Railway (20 paid) 8 Ditto Scrip. ( 2 paid) ... 3 London and Croydon Railway (Trunk) l2h Manchester and Birmingham Railway (40p) 271 North Midland Railway (100 paid) — Ditto New Shares (40 paid) South Eastern and Dover (28 paid)... .. at the prospect of increased burthens, in consequence • of augmented charges in the war t'epartment. The fact is, that France is just now placed in a position of which individuals in private life often complain. Liabilities to a serious amount have been unthinkingly and uselessly incurred, for unreasonable or extrava gant purposes, and it is not till payment is demanded that the folly of the outlay begins to be percep tible. The French have indulged in a good deal of bombast and vapouring about their power and h.fluence, their warlike propensities have been humoured to a large extent, they have been allowed to sing the "Marseillaise" till they were hoarse, and no one attempt ed to arrest the course of vituperation against what the c/aquers of the Theatre du Valais Royal called the offensive name of England ; but now they find that no good consequence has arisen from their senseless Oa It s, they are exceedingly grieved to think that a day of reckoning for them must come. The journalists, finding that all their splendid flourishes have had no effect, and that the Eastern question has been settled without the intervention of France, would fain be allowed to throw off the pecuniary responsibility. A 3, however, fleets are not manned, an d armies arc not formed gratis, they are naturally annoyed at finding the practical illustration of the disagreeable fact. The result is that the public mind is again in a ferment, and the funds have fal len. We have so often occasion to expose the fallacies and sophistries of French writers that we are not astonished to find that some of them are now endeavouring to make it appear that Mehemet Ali would not have submitted had it not been for the weak ness and vacillation of the Cabinet of M. Guizot. The tact, however, is notorious, that the course he has adopted was discussed and almost agreed to while M. Thiers was in power. hits submissio n may perhaps have been retarded by the advice of M. iValewski, but it is clear that the energetic demonstrations of the Allies had much more influence in bringing about a solution of the question than any negotiation or even positive tendencies connected with the policy of M. Guizot. THE (-ITN, LONDON. TITURSDAY, IDECVNIBI*I. lB4O. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS FROM THE EVENING PAPERS OF TIIIS DAY. (From the Globe.) We find that the observations contained in a late number of our journal, on the defects and the mischiev ous tendency of the present Game-laws, have been copied into several of the Provincial Papers—and we do not regret that we have been thus instrumental in directing the attention of the public to a subject of grave and pressing importance. The wanton sacrifice of human life is, under any circumstances, a matter of painful interest : but it can never be more so than when the agent i❑ the foul deed manifests a reckless deter mination of purpose, or is actuated by motives of savage revenge—and such is precisely the spirit which has been evinced of late by that class of miscreants, 1 who have perpetrated murder, while they were in the pursuit of game. The gamekeeper of Sir Ro bert Sheffield was shot, with scarcely any warn• ing, in the immediate vicinity of his master's dwelling. Mr. Christopher's servant shared a si milar fate. The man at Huxley, in Cheshire, was inhumanly murdered within three hundred yards of his own door ; and other cases of a like nature have oc curred, showing a degree of depravity in the offenders which is truly appalling. It would seem that the de struction of gamekeepers is almost as essential a part of the modern system of poaching as the capture of game itself. Indeed, it is well known that there are bands of poachers in Lincolnshire so closely confederated, that they are bound by a solemn pledge never to betray each other—and have vowed their determination to go to any extremity rather than be taken. The tendency to the commission of a most diabolical crime among these people, is not more remarkable than the security with which they carry on their nefarious, and, too often, bloody adventures. In ordinary cases of murder, the vigilance of the police or the compunctions of the offender's conscience lead to detection—and Jus tice takes its proper course ; but in the instances re cited above—and in some others which we cannot now call to mind—notwithstanding the offer of large rewards —the culprits remain unknown. Great efforts wero made by Sir Robert Sheffield and Mr. Christopher to discover the parties by whom their servants were as sassinated ; but nothing has been effected beyond sus picion and conjecture, and the impunity thus obtained by a few desperate ruffians cannot fail to operate as an encour agement to others to resort to the same violent and deadly measures. The rigid enforcement of an act passed under the sanction of Sir R. Peel, inflicting the penalty of transportation upon any two or more persons going to.. gether armed at night lor the purpose of taking game, would undoubtedly have operated as a check to the evil practices of which we are now speaking. But our country Magistrates, being most of them addicted to sporting, and having occasionally to sit in judgment upon parties detected in the act of poaching upon their ground, have dreaded to enforce the provisions of that Act, lest they should be charged with a vindictive or selfish feeling in the execution of their duty. Some thing must be done, ere long, to alter this state of things, and we shall probably recur to the subject, in the hope of promoting a beneficial change. (From the Standard.) Rabelais says that the most melancholy moments in our lives are those in which the tavern-bill is pre sented. Persons of more genial habits than ourselves must decide whether Rabelais is right, but we must think that the early recognition of the unpleasantness of a reckoning after enjoyment by the French wit, ought to have prevented Sir Walter Scott from chard. ing a dislike to reckoning-day as an English pecu liarity. John Bull was in his very worst of moods, Raving of sterile farms and unsold goods ; His wars were ended and his victories won, But then 'twas reckoning-day with honest John ; And authors vouch 'twas still this worthy's way Never to grumble till he came to pay ; And then he always thinks, his temper's such, The work too little and the pay too much. It is now reckoning-day with our neighbours across the Manche, and, to say truth, they seem to relish the sum ming up of accounts as little as John Bull himself. It must be owned, however, that they have some reason to complain ; they have had " no wars ended or victories won ;" all that they have had of war is a little vista of a war to begin, a year or two hence—the only victories have been gained over their protege Mehemet Ali, chiefly by the arms of a Power which they are not very desirous to see aggrandised either in strength or renown. Yet, thanks to M. Thiers, they have an extraordinary charge of no less than between 10 and 11,000.000 sterling fastened upon them to pay, as our Paris Correspondent inti mates, for the performance of the " Nlarseillaise." It would be difficult to point out any other return for the money. The whole annual expenditure for the current and future years is thus inflamed to sixty : four millions sterling. These disclosures were made by the Chan cellor of the Exchequer in the Chamber of Deputies on Tuesday, and it may be easily believed that they have not been very welcome. The Quotidienne men tions that the submission of Mehemet Ali was preceded by an insurrection in Alexandria. The truth of this story is doubted. If the insurrection occurred, it must have been on on a small scale, or it would be known to the officers of the British squadron ; 30 of Mehemet's guns were spiked ; but this was most probably done in secret, and the circutnstance may have served as a foun dation for the tale of insurrection. (From the Courier.) The principal topic of discussion in the French Papers before us is the financial statement made to the Chamber on Monday, by M. Humane. Some of them exhibit a good deal of anger and " ignorant impatience" THE RUSSIANS IN KHIVA. Extract from a Letter from an Officer on the Russian Ex aedition to Khiva ( Ausland). 130 Worsts beyond the Emba, Feb. 7, 1840. You are already informed that our expedition is on its way, and, by the time this reaches you, you will have learned its termination. Some particulars respecting it may, however, be of interest. I sin writing over a char coal fire (outside the thermometer marks 30 deg. below freezing), and my position is not the most comfortable. With 10,400 camels and 40,000 horses, harnessed to 12,000 waggons of the Bashkirs, we started on the 17th of November, 1839, from Orenburg, the three leading co lumns having left on the 14th, 15th, and 16th, and on the sth of December we all met at Bishtarnar. On the march we often had 28 deg., 29deg., and once 13 deg. to 34 deg. of cold. The mean temperature during this period ni;glit be reckoned at 20deg. Between Bishtamar and the Emba, near the mouth of the Aty lakschi river, the snow increased in depth ; but on the Lek and up the Emba as far as the Ressaga, we found wood, underwood, and here arid there tolerable grazing for the cattle. On the 19th of December we reached our first resting place on the Emba, after having suffered great fatigue in passing the last snow-covered tract of country. We had been surprised to find that the camels grew lazy, and were unwilling to rise in the morn ing when the drurhs beat to arms. We perceived, too. that the hope of being able to feed those animals with oileakes in the event of our having no other forage, was totally un founded ; still all went smoothly enough, because, although but a few of the great number which were accustomed to them eat the cakes, we were at no loss for forage. :At this spot our orders were to replace what had been consumed. Packing up bales, chests, baskets, mats, and all kinds of receptacles, thousands of cords to prepare, and of wrap pers to fit, then the furnishing up an hospital, this dragtail of all military expeditions, took up three weeks' time. At last we were set in motion once more. The frost was still terr ible ; it would take an hour to copy the table of ther mometrical measurements, and that would be too long for us both at the present moment. Up to this day the highest Mark was 10 deg., but usually the instrument showed 16 deg , 18 deg., 20 deg., 26 deg., and even 29 deg., and 30 deg. below the freezing point, The snow storms were tearful, as you have yourself enperienced. At the Emba we found the snow a foot deep, and heard that beyond the river it lay still deeper. Our camels at last made their appearance once more (they had been driven to graze about twenty wersts dis tance) in the first week of January. They came in to us in columns, as they got ready, but looked more like skele tons in camels' hides than Camels, and instead of 10,400, there were no more than 8,900 alive. The Kirghisis put on long faces, and prophesied that this winter would de stroy the greater part of the cattle in the Steppes, conse quently that our camels, for which burdens calculated for the strongest beasts were allotted, had but little chance of escaping. The burden for each was reckoned at 16 pud (6401b5), which is the load of the strong caravan camels. Instead, therefore, of provisions for four mouths, we were trot able to load half the quantity which we had brought with us and prepared here. The poor General was in a pitiable state of mind. It was on the 21 of February before the last column reached Akbulak. And in what condition did it ar rive ? Whole files of Cossacks rode in lines like wild geese, in order to tread out a kind of path. The camels tottered after them, and uttered piercing cries when they drew their heavy matted feet out of the frozen snow. Those which fell could nut be got tip again, and more than 1,200 were lost upon this march ; the remainder were in a deplorable condition. We could ourselves but look for ward to a similar fate, and here, just half way between Orenburg)) and Khiva, we scarcely ventured to express either our fears or our chances of comfort. The possi bility of retreating occurred to nobody. Every one thought we must advance, at whatever price. I contri buted myself, I must confess, to deceive the General, and make things appear better than they were, by inventing all kinds of resources, in which I had no faith. But what was to be done? As far as Akbulak we were obliged to go ; of what use then would it be to drag a millstone of care about one's neck through the snowy the mustering of the camels. their will b e th e ti me , I d a,th e co s . e u, r g t hm ? t,us O tto n t c a start or not ? So it turned out. Not 5 , 000 camels were on their legs when we reached the station , and consequently we could only load provisions for thirty days, place,and Supposing the beasts able to stand the fatigue, we had seventy to eighty days' march before us ; there was , consequently, little prospect that we ekearrived the there, q n etion__ w h et h er should reach our destination. After a long and hard struggle with himself, at length the General determined to give up and return. We are now the third day on our march homewards from Akbulak, and shall with the greatest difficulty reach the Emba, as we can but carry provisions for fourteen days with us, and arc obliged to leave everthing else behind us as we go along. We have already left 1,500 chetwerts o f provisions on the road, and shall not pick up a great deal that falls on the route ; in our column alone forty to sixty camels drop down daily, and, altogether, the daily loss is 150 to 200 beasts, Of what use are pre cautionary preparations in such cases ? Never did an army take the field more fully provided with every ne cessary ; to this I can most c onsc i ent i ously attest. The Cossacks of the Ural mountains make superhuman efforts, but the infantry is in a pitiable state, for it had previously never endured want and hardships, or made a march of this description. As far as the Emba, the men rode alter nately one-third and sometimes one-half at once upon the camels ; from thence they had to march on foot. A great number do not know how to make a free even when they have wood, whereas the Cossacks dig up the roots of the salt plants from under frozen snow two feet thick, as they get no firewood ; and whenever he halts, the Cossack gets up his little fire. They have all the work in this intolerable cold—the infantry is like a sick child, that lets itself be nursed. Of the 1,500 cavalry, in cluding the artillery reserve and the division of the first Orenburg Cossack regiment, there are but sixty sick ; whereas, of the 2,750 rnen, infantry, more than 600 are on the sick list. The garrison of Akbulak is suf fering from scurvy ; that on the Emba from typhus fever. We had fewer men frozen to death than between Orenbur g and Sakmarsk, where three are said to have died of cold, whereas upon our retreat we had but one frozen. Several instances have, however, occurred among the soldiers from intem perance and suffocation, probably occasioned by the blood being forced into the body from the extremities by the intense c o ld . None but the iron-natured Cossacks of the Ural ride merrily, and sing as they go along. What do you think, for instance, of such work as loading camels standing, because the beasts will not get up again if' they once lie down ? Flour sacks and biscuit bags have to be lifted up to the height of the camel, and they often weigh from three to three and a half cwt. All this is the work of the Cossacks of the Ural. If we had started a month sooner we should have got through before the deep snow fell. But who could tell that ? The enemy we fortunately never saw, so that our retreat cannot be ascribed to their bravery, but I must not omit a kind of miniature skirmish with theirs. The Khan had sent out a couple of thousand Uebecks and Turcomer, well dressed, mounted, and armed, who had orders to take our two fortresses of Akbulak and the Emba, and to rare them. The corps arrived there in December, and found a garrison of 160 men and two pieces of cannon, with 150 sick. Two immense hay-stacks stood within a couple of dozen of fathoms from the fort, whose trenches were filled with snow up to the level of the walls. The siege lasted twenty-four hours, during which our men had only an opportunity of firing nine can non-shots, as the besiegers kept at far too modest a distance. Kawalufski and Gerngross got wind, for tunately, of the affair, and that the Kivans were on the watch to take them. They left, therefore, everything be hind them in the caravan, and quitting it by night, made the best of their way to Akbulak where they directed the artillery during the siege, end they are now with us On their way back. The horsemen who attacked the fort rude singly from time to time up to the wall, crying out, abusing us, and lamenting ; then demanding the surrender of the tort. They were every time driven back by four Cossacks, for there was no more cavalry in the place. The Khivans, therefore, raised the siege, as they saw that they were only knocking their heads against a wall. That they suffered some loss I was convinced by the sight of four bodies, which were afterwards dug up by accident. They took the direction of the escort which, as I before said, left the Emba to proceed to Akbulak, and which bad no sus picion of an attack. The escort consisted of 120 men, infantry, and 100 Cossacks, of whom but forty were mounted, the others having given their horses to draw the sick waggons. Fifteen wersts distant from the fortress they were attacked by the enemy, on a sudden, just as they had let their horses and camels loose to graze, and were preparing to take some rest. This small detachment could naturally have easily been cut down to a man by the very superior fAce of the Khivans; but the latter, eager for the booty, fell upon the camels, horses, and baggago, and gave the Cossacks time to get into order, and jGin the other sol diers, after whic , , heg,n ft t F,.r this t 1 h` were not prepared, and when three or four of their num ber fell from their horses, the rest turned to the right about. The party had, however, to stand akind of siege, which lasted neatly 24 hours, and which was carried on by the Kilivans with their usual energy. They must have suffered severe loss, as their graves afterwards showed; for in one of them, 19 dead bodies were found. Our loss wa.: fire killed and eleven wounded. Having displayed sufficient heroism, the Khivans went off, and let the de tachment quietly proceed to the fortress, which was 15 worsts distant, without once attempting to molest: them. This was the end of the affair. The head of a Khivan I carried with me, and have added it to the collection of skulls, consisting of a Bashkir, Kirghise, and Meshleken skull, which I intend presenting to the Academy. ST. JEAN D'ACRE. The Brighton Gazette containi the following copy of a letter from a young officer, between fourteen and fifteen years of age, on board her Majegty's ship, Benbuw, ad dresed to hii father, residing at Malta : Off Acre, Nov. 5, 1840. My el,zar Father,—l do not think my last letter could have reached you yet ; but, notwithstanding, 1 cannot lose any opportunity to give 3ou a few lines. We left Boyrour on the Ist, and next Jay at seven p m. anchored off' this place ( Acre) with the Princess Charlotte, 104, Powerful 84, Bellerophon 80, Edinburgh 74 Revenge 80, Berbow 72, Castor 36, Hazard IS, Carysfort 26, and Wasp 18. We found here a Turkish 74 ( Admiral Walker), Picitn! 36, Strombo i 6, Vesuvius 6, Gorgon 6, Hydra 6, and Cyclops 6, two Austrian frigates and one cor vette. As soon as we arrived, down bulkhead, ward-room, gun-room, sick bag, office, &c. The latter,:though intended to have come down, was kept up; the gun-room was not known from any other part of the deck. The 3d was ushered into the world to Le a remarkable day,--the bom bardment and capture of Acre. At half-past two a, m., we were roused out of our beds, every single man and boy in the ship (remember, we took in 250 Turkish troops at Beyrout), and then commenced a buy scene, clearing for action, &c. A splinter netting was put over the:poop and quarter deck. The steamers were to have towed us to our positions opposite the town. We waited till about eleven o'clock, when the signal was made to mak e sa il ; we were soon all under weigh, and the Admiral, in the Phoenix steam vessel, followed by the other four steamers, passed the town, firing shells all the time. We stood off and on till our skipper was tired, and then made the signal, " Shall we proceed to South battery ?" The answer was " Yes. " We were then opposite the town, about three or four miles distant. We stood in, and beat to quarters (two miles distant) ; and the officers, mates, and midship men, first and second captains of all the guns in the ship, were ordered on the quarter-deck. The Captain merely said, " We have as yet done well, when there was no one to return the fire ; but now there is some hope they will, I hope you Will be cool and intrepid—return to your quar ters." The enemy, thinking we were not aware that we were coming so close, said, " baeg, bang, bang, whiz, whiz, whiz," which went through our rigging. The Castor, Captain Gsllier, did beautifully ; she ran in, and em ployed the enemy while we anchored ; then came the brush, the shot for the last half hour was as thick as hail. The ships came dropping in by degrees, and the whole line of fortifications then opened fire. The Benbow kept up her fire for two hours without ceas- ing, when a tremendous explosion was heard in the dirLction of our fire, and a large, high, and wonderful column of smoke was seen approaching us. It was, in deed, awful to behold. It was immediately "cease fire," in our ship alone, to see the effects of the explosion, and as soon as the men knew the cause„ they gave three:hearty cheers; after that, their fire on shore almost entirely ceased. About half an hour afterwards we ceased, agree able to signal from the Admiral in the Pliceaix, which was going the rounds. And do you know, now, that the " Benbow" was the cause of the taking of Acre ? I will tell:you how, in the following questions and answers : Q. Who was first tired upon by the enemy ?—A. The Benhow. Q. Who returned the first fire ?--A, The Benbow. Q. Who exploded the powder shell and shot magazine, by which 1,200 men were killed and the rest frightened, and caused them to evacuate the place next morning ? A. The Benbow's third shell. Q. What ship had none Hied or wounded, and the reason why ?—A. The Benbow, whose fire was so well directed that the guns in the fort wore soon dismounted and broken. Q. Who first landed and planted the Union Jack on the fort ?—A. Captain Stewart, of H. M. S. Benbow. There is no use my dwelling on the many exploits of the brave old Benbow, who did her duty well. Yesterday, at one in the morning, a boat was observed pulling to the Turkish Admiral, after which the latter burned two blue lights, and set his jib on fire. The Edinburgh, the Castor, and ourselves, immediately sent a buat to the Turkish ship, to ask what was the matter. We then found out that the principal inhabitants had come off in the boat, with the news that the troops had evacuated the town, arid that 2 000 remaining behind, they were afraid they would pillage the city, and begged that the troops would be sent on &born to occupy the place. The scene on land log was indescribable. The guns dismounted—soldiers lying about, some without a leg and head, some both legs, souse shot right in half, some halt burned, some with their sides knocked off, &c., &c. It is impossible to continue— it is too horrible to relate any more. The mountaineers and deserters are coming in by hundreds. An immense number of carbines and muskets are kicking about the place, and every olcer who goes on shore brings off a inuska and sword. I forgot to tell you that my situation is on the poop. Well, the captain sent me on a message to the forecastle, and I was just on the point of crossing the gangway, when a shot struck the hammock netting, the splinters of which struck my leg with , ut hurting, being small ones; the shot passed so close to my legs that Mr. Ross, who was on the forecastle, tactually thought it had struck me. He said if any one had a narrow escape, I had one ; and I believe him there, fur it came too close to bode me any good, and had it hit, I should have been food for the fishes by this time, and would not have been able to spin you such a long yarn about the bombardment and capture of Acre. We have lauded about 6,000 Turkish troops and 1,300 Ma rines. I inclose here my will, which I made before the battle, merely for precaution. I think there is some chance of our coming down to Malta, as we have now all the coast in our hands from Alexandretta down to Jaffa. If we get a sufficiently large army, it ii possible we shall attack Alex andria. PRESENTS TO THE QUEEN. Since the birth of the Princess Royal a great number of appropriate votive trifles having reached Buckingham Palace from various parts of the kingdom. They con sist generally of fancifully worked articles of infant ap parel. Unfortunately for the fair fabricators of these simple but expressive tokens of loyalty, none find their way to the Illustrious Lady to whose gracious acceptance they are in all humility proferred, unless those which are fortunate enough to be presented through some of channel. Such is the ettiquette, perhaps somewhat too rigidly observed when the motive is so laudable. All packages addressed to the Sovereign are opened by or in the presence of the Deputy. Steward of the Household, whose duty it is to report the contents to the Lord Steward ; and, should that high functionary consider them worthy of being laid before her Majesty, they are either presented by himself' in person, or consigned to the charge of the Lady in Waiting for the time. Gifts connected with literature, the fine arts, or science, are almost invariably accepted ; but ar ticles of personal attire, or ornament, generally become the perquisites of the Queen's principal attendants, however costly the fabric or curious the workmanship may be. Any departure from this rule must, there fore, be considered as a marked compliment. Such a one has recently occurred. A case, containing a pre sent of the latter description, was received at the Pa lace on Monday, intended for the Princess Royal, should her Majesty be graciously pleased to sanction its acceptance. The amiable donor, a venerable spinster, residing in the neighbourhood of Huddersfield, seems, as the un dit goes, to have taken especial care that the creation of her fairy fingers should suffer no damage in transitu. Like the conjurer's puzzle, there was case within case, one of curiously wrought wickerwork ; a second of Spanish mahogany, with the Royal arms and the letters '• P.R." in a lozenge, richly emblazoned on the lid. This was again enclosed in a strong tin case, superscribed " For the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, Buckingham Palace, London." These mys terious cases contained an infant's cape and robe worthy of a Princess. They are described to be of the most chaste and fanciful design. The cap is composed of that delicate but almost exploded fabric called " cushion" lace, in the manufacture of which dames of high degree formerly delighted to excel. On the crown piece the Royal Arms of England are embroidered in dead gold, the circular fillet exhibiting the national insignia of the rose, thistle, and shamrock, wrought in gold and colours, within an interrnicabie scroll of raised needlework. The robe is equally unique. The material is of the finest cachmere, lined eiderdown, the colour Royal pur ple. The head, which is quilted and padded, is lined with rose-coloured satin, the loops of flock gold, with tassels of small pearls. The robe is edged all round by a broad stripe of crimson Genoa velvet, bearing the Royal arms, and the insignia of' the three nations em broidered in dead and burnished gold, and relieved with silver fretted work in points. The great merit, however, of these elegant articles of infant apparel is said to con sist in the elaborate beauty of the needlework. Her Majesty, to whom the presents were exhibited imme diately on arrival, expressed her warm admiration of the skill, taste, and patience bestowed upon them, and coin nemded ietimation of their acceptance to be transmitted to the accomplished artist, who, na doubt, requires no richer reward for her " labour of love and loyalty." Count Demidoff, according to a letter from Rome in the Augsburg Gazette, left that capital in consequence of the steps taken by the Russian Ambassador with his Holiness's Secretary of State. Another lett er, in the saute Journ a l, says—" We learn that the departure of Count Demidoff was the consequence of a recommends tion from the Russian Ambassador, and therefore was not voluntary. A memorial will, it is said, make its appear_ ante in a few days, revealing to the public numerous facts hitherto unknown concerning this affair. In all our cir cles nothing else is talked of ; it has produced the greatest sensation, as it is known that the Church continues to maintain with the utmost rigour its principles on the subject of mixed marriages." A WORD AND A BLOW. (From the Commerce.) At the conclusion of a breakfast, attended by two adverse barristers and their clients, one of the latter, accosting the plaintiff, said---•' You arc wrong to bring en action." " Sir, you arc a simpleton," replied the plaintiff. The individual thus qualified requested the gentleman not to repeat that insulting epithet. " 1 shall repeat it," cried the other, " you are, and always have been, a fool !" At that instant the hand of the insulted came in contact with the cheek of the insulter. The scene took place on the Pont au Change, in the midst of a numerous assembly, and within a few steps of the Palais de Justice. The party assaulted pro ' ceeded to lodge a complaint against his aggressor for an assault. The parties in due time made their appearance be fore the Police Correctionnelle. The plaintiff loudly proclaimed that he had received a slap in the face, in sisted on the fact, and expressed his determination that his enemy should pay dearly for it. President (to the accused.) —Did you you strike the complainant ? Accused.—This requires an explanation. Complainant.—Sir, I never fight—duelling is contrary to the law and to morality. Accused.—Nobody asks you to fight ; all I want to prove is, that you have not received a blow. Plaintiff.—l beg your pardon, Sir ! you slapped my Face ; I inkist upon it. Accused.--I deny the fact, Plaintiff.-1 assert that you laid your hand upon my Accused.—l grant you ; but— all I want. Accused.—Possibly ; but allow me to explain. Gen tlemen, my adversary applied the epithet "fool" to Inc personally, and in the open street. " Sir," said I, " I'll trouble you not to say that again." " Sir," he replied, " you are a fo---" —the word was cut short by my hand, which fell upon his mouth, but not with the vehemence of a blow ; I merely laid my hand over h►s mouth to prevent his pronouncing the incivility. Plaintiff (astounded)—Oh ! The witnesses were heard : they were unable to as sert that a blow had been given, and were generally in clined to the version of the accused. Two other witnesses, porters on the Pont au Change, deposed to have seen from a distance a hand fall on the face of the plaintiff, and his hat fall to the ground. Thus enlightened, he Tribunal pronounced the fol lowing sentence : " Whereas, the accused declares, which is attested by several witnesses, that no blow was given, but that the accused merely laid his hand on the mouth of the plain tiff to prevent the repetition of an abusive epithet : " Moreover : whereas, the accused declares that he never had any intention to strike the plaintiff, he is ac quitted, and the plaintiff is to pay the costs." MODERN TRAVELLING —When we read in the records of " the olden time" how great an undertaking a journey to Scotland was thought by our great grandfa thers, we have matter enough for astonishment at the every-day occurrence which such a trip has become in our own day and generation. The land journeys northward were in days of yore notoriously difficult, tedious, and pro tracted ; while the bold man who undertook to proceed by sea must be prepared for all the chances of a voyage of as great duration as it frequently takes now-a-days to go to America. It was deemed a mighty revolution when steamers were first laid on between this port and Glas gow ; and when the voyage was completed, with something like certainty, in six and thirty hours, though it not un frequently occupied nearly two days. Had any far-seeing individual predicted at that time that the regular packets should ere long perform the trip in nineteen hours, in all weathers, he would have been laughed at as a romancer. Yet this is a voyage of every-day occurrence. The time has again been much shortened recently by the institution of a new line, the passages being performed by water, as far as Ardrossan, where, by a railway trip across the land, the distance is considerably abridged. The proprietors of this line have been fortunate enough to obtain posses sion of the swiftest and most beautiful boat that ever was built ; so that those who take their passage in her are usually set down in Glasgow about sixteen or seventeen hours from the time when they leave Liverpool. This is extraordinary work, my masters, and half a century ago would not have obtained belief by any possible mNle of asseveration.—Liverpool Courier. NORTHING. —Mr. Richardson's fox-hounds had a novel run on Saturday. Tney threw off at the kennel, at Findon, and having proceeded to Lambley's barn, on the downs between this place and Steyning, they started a fox, which took its course in the direction of this town. Under the pressure of a close pursuit, Reynard found his way into the streets, and led the dogs and hun ters a pretty dance in the neighbourhood of the gas works. The cry of the horsemen and the response of the hounds, which were scooting first here and then there in Mr. Elwes's lawn and in the adjoining lane—the former being obliged to look quietly on—called out many a de lighted spectator to view the amusing scene. At length the fox escaped into Mr. Head's nursery grounds, the dogs at his heels, having all the fun to themselves, as this was a rather inconvenient place to ride in. Before long, how ever, he was caught ; and thus ended a chase of a very unusual nature in the history of Mr. Richardson's fox hounds.--A public meeting to advocate the cause of Teetotalism. was held at the Town hall, on Monday even ing, when the Rev. Mr. Edwards, of Brighton, and two or three others, addressed the audience, which was a very crowded, and at times a very disturbed one—at consider able length. It was stated that this system had already made some progress in the town, a small society having been formed, and a few habitual drunkards reclaimed. Brighton Gazette. I'HE MILLIONS AND THEIR MALADY.—We hear renewed rumours of discontent, and worse than dis. content, among the mountain miners of Monmouthshire. How can it be otherwise ? There is a chaos of ignorance into which certain men have poured inflammable matter. Oh, that we could but be made to see that there is some thing burning in the midst of our fiddling 1 Here are we expending, the very vitals of our zeal on a war waged with the extremity of desperation about forms of faith—a con flict of isms—and our whole souls are devoted to it, while the rapidly growing population (especially where igno rance, and vice, and excitement most prevail) is perishing, and emperilling society for need of light l We do not give this light, because we have yet to decide which ism shall dominate in giving light ! Shamo on the cant arid truculence which has so long harboured the ignorance which unaninirnity of Christain effort can alone disperse. There is not half sympathy enough with the English poor ; if we could only get a little of that beautifully blazoned charity which goes to Heathens, and figures in advertise ments, turned into the pestilential lanes and hovels of the poor at home ; and if we could but turn a little of that light, with which we obligingly illuminate the educated, into the regions where darkness dwells, there would be a great deal more safety, and certainly no less Christianity, among us.—Chellenham Examiner. Lord Segrave returned to Berkeley Castle on Monday last, from his villa at Cheltenham. His Lord ship's hounds are also at the Berkeley kennel, it being appointed they should hunt that neighbourhood until next month, when they remove to Cheltenham. WANT OF SERVANTS IN SYDNEY.—It is computed that from five to six hundred female servants of all work would find constant employment in Sydney, at wages from sixteen to twenty pounds per annum, and that as many cooks, men servants, and light porters would find instant employment at from twenty to thirty pounds per annum, exclusive of rations. In fact, it is now as common as " good morning, ma'am," to hear ladies inquiring, " Pray, can you recommend me where to get a servant ?"—while there is scarcely a shop window in town but has a bill stuck in it of " Wanted within," ser vants of one description or another. The fact is, that the assigned servants can no longer be kept in order in Syd ney, while a large proportion of the emigrant servants are useless when they arrive.—Sydney Herald. ANECDOTE OF THE LATE DUKE OF KENT. —Upon one occasion, when the late Duke of Kent was going to Windsor, two men rode up, stopped the chaise, and said, " Your money or your life !" He folded his arms, a nd looking hard at the man next him, exclaimed, " Do you know who I am, Sir? I am one of the Royal Family !" The man instantly drew back, and the carriage proceeded. During two or three minutes, when the men having apparently consulted, galloped back, one to the driver and the other to the chaise window, saying, " We won't be trifled with; your money instantly I" " Hardiman," said the Duke, "get the pistols I" The Aide-de-Camp im mediately took them from the case, and (the man drawing back) leant out of the window presenting a pistol, on which both the fellows galloped away. " They're gone," cried the Aide; "then drive on," replied the Duke. The pos. tillion heard and drove on at speed, leaving Hardiman's hat, which had fallen on the ground. There were not any other words said, nor did the Duke unfold his arms during the whole affair. We are glad to learn that there is no truth in the statement of a fatal accident having occurred on the Birmingham and Gloucester railroad, and that the autho rity on which it was rumoured, was not the guard of one of the Cheltenham coaches. We cannot too strongly de precate the propagation of these rumours at a time when the public mind is so sensitive on the subject of railway accidents. TEST FOR SEED.—Put a small quantity of it in lukewarm water in a glass, 4or 5 inches deep. Some seeds, such as those of cabbage, radish, and turnip, will if good go the bottom at once. Cucumber, melon' let tuce, endive, and many others require many minutes, All the winged seeds require to be worked by your fingers in a little water, and well wetted before you put them into the glass; and carrot seed should be rub bed so as to get off port of the hairs, The seed of beet and wurzel are in a case or shell ; therefore the tr ial by water is not, as to those two seeds, conclusive, though if the seed be very good it will sink in the watu after being in the glass an hour. As it is a me.tter of such great importance that every seed sliculd grow, since gaps in a row of beets or mangel-wurzel arc so very in jurious, the best way is to ; eject all seeds that will not sink in an hour. We tegret to announce the very severe illn ess of the Rev. Henry Melville, minister of Camden Chapel, Camberwell, and Chaplain of the Tower. The Reverend Gentleman's constitution has sustained so violent a shock from his excessive pulpit labours, as, in the o p inion of his medical attendants, to render a retirement from public du ties for several months absolutoly necessary to preserve his valuable life. The Earl and Countess of \Vinchilsea have re turned to Eastwell Park, Kent. Her Ladyship has been slightly indisposed, but is now convalescent. EVENiNGEDITION. CORN AVERAGE. Qll NEB. Al, A VERA t*E.' I' %,ICEN 01 !: ,_ ! I'IS9. Cr) RN For the Wee;, elided Dec. 4, /:•-10, made ti) frmit the '.eturns 0 the Inspector, iii the different Cities a nd "iwwii , in Ell;.i n-1 We, Wales, per Imperial (Marten. Wheat `9,. 7d. 1 Oats Barley 32u. 7d, Ry e 9 1 1: lid. I tease ......... 41, ltd AVERAGES OF' rtiE LAST SIX WEEKS. • Week eliding WHEAT. BARLEY.' OATS. RYE. BEANS. ,41 In 33 0 ‘. 43 7 43 Oct. 30 Nov. ti 61 7 6:2 1 37 1 34 7 :3 I .! S 13 ... 62 2 34 8 22 0 35 8 144 0 42 to 20 ...... 6l 8 :54 7 21 11 3 ", 8I 43 10 I'2 A, '.!7 Dec. 4 IMPERIAL AGGREGATE AVERAGES OF THE 811 W 5 ,"..., Wheat 6l, 2A. Oats .......... 225. 2d. Beans ......... 43, ‘'• barley, 243. 3.i.) Itye ' 15( . 10,1 . I Pease ........ .421. V DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORN. Wheat......... 255. Bd. I Oats Beam; ........ s'. 6d ,a Batley los. 16d. dye THE MARKETS. COAL N Ships arrived since s. o. Adair's 14laydon Alain Huddle's West Hartley •_'o h Carr's Hartley Derwent Alain IS r Hebburn Alain 22 t ARKET niarket.aay, W. E. Braddyll'sHettoa .. 1i fi Walls End Ha5we11.......... a 4 h Wall; End Hetton ........ Walls End 2 . 1 W. E. North iletfon Lyon' Walls End Russell's Hetton Walls End Stewart's ......... Walls End Whitwe'h ....... ' A Walls End Caradoe 2 4 End Kelloc ................. ;2 3 9 Walls End West Hartlepoo l W.lls End Atiel,ide ........ o' s 9 Walls End Coun ' . don ........... Walls End ' fees ... .........••••• " 2 ; 1 - 0 Walls End West Tees ........ . Cowpen .................... :2U i t: Howard's Netherton Nam ,l 0 Llangennech Coal ........ Stanley Alain .... 1-1 lywe.l iMa n 2 ,1 liussell's High Main South's Pontop l3 6 Taniield Moor Twilled Moor Butes l9 Wylain Walls End Clarke and Co._ 19 ; Wtlls rod Heaton ...... 22 Walk End Hilda ....... Wa!ls End Killingworth 12 t Wads End;Ntir nua.berhu d2l fi Eden Main 32 0 Walls End Belmuni. COUNTRY CORN MARKETS, rcase• ' Wheat. ' Barley. I Oats. 1 Beans. • F—..... -------4 Per Quarter. S. to s. s , to v. s , to s. a. to s. i , '" 4s Reston ,58 63 433 38 19 '26 135 40 3 0 $ laraiiittec 11,ightmi 55 66 80 39 24 29 40 50 38 41 Cambridge — 57 33 .4.. 22 39 --- 41 Chiche...ter — 61 32 23 42 --• Ai Duninow Grantham - Grimsby 5B 60 35 39 22 26 42 44 -- Vo Hailsham - .... Hitchin 59 64 32 42 24 32 28 31 --- 42 Ipswich 62 70 36 32 24 29 38 40 3 9 :pi Lewes 52 60 i 3o 20 29 :34 40 37 40 Lyna 54 61 36 39 21 28 142 44 Maidstone 59 66 39 39 20 33 40 50 44 Norwich Petworth Rom ford 52 C: 34 3° 23 3:1 138 44 40 i t , Sandwich 56 67 31 43 27 34 133 45 39 42 Tnetford ..., Wisbech ..„„ 6l 66 36 42 28 30 44 45 -- 46 Witham 53 63 1 22 89 29 32 45 44 i 43 44 Yarmouth 52 69 33 35 28 33 38 40 !4 8 LIVERPOOL CORN Al A RKET.—D c. 8 1 0, 0 1 u W LAT. English, White, per 701 b. a. 8.4 9,1 to , 9 * ---.-- R e d Scotch, Welch, and Manx -- Irish, White 8 0 i 0 .----- Red 6 0 910 Foreign ... . 0 yrs, English, Welsh, and Scotch, per 451 h. 2 , 3 I "' Irish 0 „ 0 " Foreign .D c. 8 ~,, ci I 84 liii to ..' 4 1 3 9 0 6 8 8 8 8 0 i 0 6 0 93 0 Forel, 7 8 ,-. 9 4 CisTs, English, 2 , 3 1 Irish ..... • 0 0.: 3 0 0 0 Foreign BainLEY, English, Malting, per Imp. quarter „ 11 3 4° 4 9 -- Scotch and Irish, pet 601 - 3lO 3 yi --- Feeding 3 4 5 0 0 BEANS, English, per Imperial quarter 4B 0 44 6 • Irish, &c. 44 Foreign 0 4 PEASE, English, per Imperial quarter 43 0 --- F ore i gn eLOUR, English, per 2601 h. a 47 0 5° 0 0 -- I r i s h OATMEAL, English and Irish, per 2416bs .. 26 6 3.5 0 INDIAN COELK, ptr 480th. ... 34 0 40 0 ° Rye, per Imperial quarter MALT, per Imperial quarter HULL CORN MARKET. White (per Quarter) White Red 46s. 6w" • , 0 . ( 4 3 , For e ign 460. h . *, °.° ,i. Malting :At. 3 9 5• G r i n din g M'. 24s. Oats, British Foreign (in bond) Beans 4 os 425. 45a 90s. 8 . 46%. Pease, Grey Blue and White 404. 4 2 4 . 444. Linseed 42, OS. 495 ' ...... iti. N, Flour (per sack) ...1. /. SO/. Rapeseed (per 10 quarters) CHELTENHAM MARKETS. d. to a. Per Bushel. s. d. to s. el. Per lb• 4 7 ° O 4 9 00 fled d it f io7 * 7:7. ....... .. ............... ... 6 6 7 i Wheat Barley Oats 4 0 5 0 Vpal ............ .. ....... si 8 .... Beans Pease 6 0 8 0 Lamb .................. ." Hay 4/.los to 5/. Os. ..... per lons CANTEBBUII'S MARKET. tO -- -4 . 58s. to Otis. ......... 01d........*.. --4' to „..4, 555. to O's. -- 01d,.........-- s. , ms s• ... . 3o s. to 345. Gn ding.• -- to : 225, to 2;5...,.... 01.1.—.... .....- --s• " ",. 37 ' to --s. ......, 01ti.............., 42*. t o 44/ 4" to --s. , 4•25. to —s. ...+• Grey---*. CHELMSFORD INI„.IIK.E.:T. to 80 "to 6 7 Oats . .................. ... ..... t; 5: 3 1 2 0 :3 ( 5 ) Pease. w Or h el ac ••• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • ••••• • 4 4 0 1 . 7 3 : 40 48 35 30 Beans, Tick 4l 27 91 Mazagan - ‘Vheat, Barley, Wheat, white—..— , red Barley, Malting Oats Pease Whoat, White lied Barley Chevalier Grinding iig n e g When n ce e w e a t a a d' fortress that occasioned the late explo sion of a magatii:e and other mischief ; the powder lay loose about the p A observable ere w a s w f h o e r n al t e b r e l y victors and between the guns, which was noticed in the Recoup at the time of its surrender many years ago. FRIGATE. —H, M.'s ship Medea, Alexandria , Nov. 25,-- THE ACCIDENT IN THE M E DEA STGAg On the morning of the 20th Nov., according to the tom of of the squadron, at nine went to general q uarter t . en th te e red gi .t ril ; t i t Soon after the first lieutenant, Mr. Harvey; the gunner mate, Mr. Austen; the gunner, Mr. Couzens; botribar. dier, Mr. Buchannan, went into the steerage passage, and opened the shell-room for the purpose of examitt. ing six shells, and to observe that the cap of the fuie was not corroded in the screw. They had examined five, mid were about the sixth and last, when, upon slightly moving the screw, the fuse in the most unaccountable manner ig nited and blew the cap off, the fuse being one to burn for 10 seconds. Mr. Harvey immediately threw himself dow in the captain's cabin, and thereby escaped the explo sion. Austen tried to get up the ladder, but before be had time, the shell burst and blew him up through the hatch, which was shut. The gunner went down into the shell-room, but the deck burst in and squeezed tied very much ; anti the bombardier it is supposed never move 3. for lie was found quite dead close to where they of' standing. The captain was wounded on deck, and lb' surgeon-master, who was in the gun-room, and a Paige' Those were all that were hurt. All the bulkheads blown down, and everything in the way of fittings a n furniture in the cabins was destroyed by the ex plosion,f . one beam broke, and some planks blown out of the d,ec`o and all the after part of the ship very much shaken• fire was soon extinguished; the shell.room and reagB7lls drowned. Several shell-boxes burst, but no oth er sb fortunitely ignited; and it is almost a miracle tha t the Tato sgazine was not blown up. William Martin , th e eel° . steward, and also Alexander Murray, were in a ttendance the latter was severely wounded. POSITE TUE Tome HOTEL), AND 76, 39, ALBEMARLE-STREET, PICCADILLYO.:: STREET, BANK OF ENGLAND, DNAFNESS AND o _ t ;' . ._ r kCTIVE Vistos.—A greater proof of the v al!re e f o .u e : Messrs. S. and B. Solomon's Invisible Op .e.rcantisveo, Vcain. Conduetcr and newly_in% el:10d Spectacl 1-4 f the many not be adduced, than the circ nmsuincaedo the greatest thousands of individuals who KING WILLI AM o btain t immense de_ mand there is for them, a nd the benefit and instant relief, and the constant they B i ss.e a aid Solo daily continue to receive. The Messrs. S of the Siting mons disdain- all connection with persons the pernicieus name, and the sale of amber spectacles ; II known to tbe use of amber spectacles being now well known therefore public, and the vendor being aware of it, he d Amber,' I altered their name, by leaving eat tbe wor Andres , Dr. and calling there " Patent Spectacles." md9i Ure, Esq., M.D., F. R. S., &c., states amber 1 patronag... and powerfully electrical by friction, very hot, to such au c_:. tent as to explode into fragments. The workmen, toe.L°. subject to a nervous tremor in their wrists, arms, &e.. t u `2, encounter great danger by handling such dreadfully-ea. cited electrics. Amber is of such a soft and stiekl,, e o cure, that it is apt to take fire ; and when exposea .` ll warmth, it swells, bubbles up, and will burn avraY w n it fl ime. This statement is further confirmed by Sir `" Brewster and Pliny, and also by Parks and Hea rne ° 0 chemistry. The pernicious and destructive use of such material for spectacles to imperfect vision may be ascer tained at any respectable optician's in London, HOLLOWAY'S OINTMENT AND R. Candy, Carpenter and Builder, of Ship-yard. in the Strand, has been radically cured of Chronic Rheumill'in Gout, which had so seated itself in his hands, kne es, n e i ". feet as to prevent him for more than two years from Atte' ing to his business. ile:first began to use the above rued eines on the 3d of last month; he is now perfectly restored • Mr. Holloway will cause the money paid for his mediciaeo to be returned if they ever fail (if used together) to c ure Gout Rheumatism. They arc to be itbtained at ever , ' respectable Chemist's, or at the Proprietor's new Establish. ment, 244, Strand. _.- • - • SPOONS, FORKS, &c., superior to Silver fur du rability, equal in appearance. Table Spoons er Forks, 12s. ; Dessert, 10s. ; Tea Spoons, Ss. per dozen; Table Candlesticks, 11 inches high, 7s. per pair; the particular metal of which these articles are matte is so like silver, that it eaa only be tol4 from it by the stamp ; every article made in silver is wtnufac• tured in this material by BIPPON and BURTON, Wells-street, oxford-street, Who, to prevent imposition, confine the sale of it te the ms elves . Catalogues of g sale of BIRTHS. On the 7th inst., at Bishop's Tawton Vicarage, Devonshire , the lady of the Rev. John Durand Baker, of a son. On the 7th inst., at Winton-place, Andove r , the lady of W. B r amston, Esq., of a son. On the 9th inst., at Wapping, Mrs. Peter Hors, of a son. _ _ MARRIED. Os the Silt inst., at St. Giles's Church, Camberwell, W• ikirrow, Esq., of Camberwell, to Maria Field, of the sour p l ac e, daughter of John Field, Esq., of Ramsgate, Kent. On the 9th inst., at Christ Church, St. Alarylebone, E. Rushworth, Esq., of Hereford-street, Park-lane, to Susanna, second daughter of R. Herman, Esq., of St. John's-wood. G. On the B th inst. , at St. George's Bloomsbury, /Ur. 11 .. Deane, of Cloudesley-square, and Chancery-lane, to Har rie : widow of the late Lieutenant G. Deck, of the East India Com pa ny's service. oil tt,e Sth inst.. at Croydon Church, .T. R. Sterritt,..! sur g eon, R.N., to S. 11. Reid Duff, widow of the late L ieuLE nant J. Reid, R.N., and of Thornton-heath, Croydon. DIED. On the 27th ult., at F ran kf or t- on -th e -Maine, Peter Wad' s ' Esq., of that city, son-i n -l aw o f H enr y Mvlius, Esq., formerll of Clapham-common. On the 6th inst., at Bath, Anna Elizabeth, the wife of Pargeter, Esq., of that city. On the 9th inst., at Maida-hill, Mr. J. Drak, aged d t3 ° On the 9th i ns t., at Wi n d sor , D r . J. Macbraire, aged 38- On the 7th i ns t., a t U pper B e l E rave-place, Pimlico, 31r°' Mary Cundy, aged 75. On the 7th in s t., at Old Millman-street, Bedford-row, 3111' Sarah Davis, aged 90. On the 7th inst ,at Penton-row, Walwortli, Mrs. S. W ill. son, aged 88 London : Printed and Published by 11111RDO YOUNL7 No. 112, Strand at The Sun Office, No. 112, '-;tran itl",ill the county of Middleiex.—Thursday, Dece mber 10,