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T ,.. ~,,,..:! ,k1, 4. 13 ; ›, :4-74 -) . lt , 1 11. - P -, - • :;-, , ' - .„..1 D ,41 0 ,.., : -....,.. ‘, I PI , ,` ` - IV c.c-'-' EVEN N G POST-OFFICE REGULATIONS N ALETTER not exceeding HALF AN OUNCE IN WEIGHT, may now be sent from any part of the United Kingdom, to any other part, for ONE PENNY,. if paid when posted; or for TWO-PENCE if paid Wl,-n delivered. .111 - Leary 10,18-10. . . l• • cAt:4 GENERAL POST-OFFICE, JAN. 6, 1840„ LONDON, FRIDAY, JANUARY IA 1840. own No. 14.771. PRICE 5d EAST INDIA HOUSE, JAR. 8, 1840. THE COURT of DIRECTORS of the 7 .AST INDIA COMPANY do hereby give notice, PUBLICATIONS. CENTRAL AGRICVLT URAL SOCLVTY. C if .Al 31 L, O N. C11_:, Al 1. 4 .1° , .4 T OF THE THE .OPENING OF PARLIAMENT. IVOTICETO v THE PUBLIC. -L-1' On and after the lath instant the Boxes at the Receiv 41g-houses in Louden will be closed for the receipt of General Post Letters at 5 p m. The Boxes at th 6 Branch °flees at Charing-cross, Old Ca vendish-street, and the Borough will be closed at 45 past 5 p.m. The Boxes at the Branch Office in Lombard-street, and at the Post-office in St. Martin's-le-Grand, will be , closed for the receipt of such Lctters at 6 p.m. Letters will, however, be re ceived at this last-mentioned Office till 7 p.m., on payment of a penny each Letter ; and till 30 past 7 p.m., on Fyinent of a fee of sixpence. There is no alteration with respect to Newspapers. By command, W. S. MABERLY, Secretary. GENERAL POST OFFICE, JAW. 6, 1840. TOTIOE TO THE PUBLIC. On and after the 10th instant, Deeds above the weight of Sixteen Ounces will be permitted to be forwarded by Post, if sent open, or in covers open at the sides, so that it may be clearly ascertained by Postmasters, that the Packets transmit ted are Deeds. There will be no objection to their being tied up with string and scaled, in order to prevent inspection of the emtents, though they must be open at the sides, that it may be seen they are entitled to the privilege. By Command, NV. L. MABERLY, Secretary. GENERAL POST-OFFICE, JAN. 7, 1810. NTOTICE TO THE PUBLIC. On and after the 10th instant, the Boxes at Lombard street for the receipt of Foreign letters on Tuesday and Friday nights will close at 10 r.m. At the Post-office in St. Mar tin's-le-Grand, they mill be receired after 10 and up to 11 r.m., on payment of a fee of One Penny, and after 11 up to 30 minutes past 11 P. M ,on payme4t of a fee of Sixpence. The Box and the window will be closed at Lombard-street imme diately after the striking of the Clock. At the Chief Office no letter will be receired at the Window after the Clock has struck the Flints above-mentioned, except on payment of the stated fees, and the window will b t finally closed immediately after the Clock has ',truck 30 minutes past 11 r. m. By Command, W. L. MABERLY, Secretary. ATETROPOLITAN LOAN. .SOCIETY. -a- Offices—No. 1, CRAVEN-STREET, STRAND. This Society grants Loans of Money, in sums from 2/. los. to 15/. to respectable persons, on the securit , of responsible householders. Forms of Application may be obtained at the offices as above from Ten till Six daily, and on Thursdays from Ten till Four, and from Six till Nine in the Evening. ST. MARYLEBONE, JAN. 3, 1840. TO BRICKMAXERS, &c. &c. HE Vestrymen of this Parish hereby give notice that they will meet in the Vestry-room of the Court-house of the said parish on SATURDAY, the 18th day of January instant, at Eleven o'clock in the forenoon, to RE CEI VE TENDERS from persons willing to CONTRACT for the BREEZE and ASHES of the said parish for one year, from the 31st Day of January instant. Payment of one quarter of the year's contract money most be made to the said Ve trymen at the signing of the Contract, and be continued to Ise paid one quarter in advance throughout the contract. The Par:sh is divided into five divisions for the purpose of breeze, particularsof which, with the bun of the Caltract and Vender may be had of the Surveyor. Mr. Robert Scace, at the Court House, from Twelve till. One o'Clock daily. All Tenders to be sealed, and no tender will be received after Eleven &Clock op the said 18th day of January instant. By Order of the Vestry, • C. FLOOD, Vestry Clerk. N.B. Contractors to pay ezpences of Contract—viz., the stamps and engroisiug only. MESSES, .'VlousseL c - tis Laine, 'Neapolitan Cachmere, and Dalmatian Dresses for Morning Cos tume. In addition to their abundant display of the above fa thlonable dresses, at fully half the usual prices, MERINGTON and CO. are now offering upon the same terms a large as sortment of Evening Dresses of rich Silks, Poplins, Bavadere, Broctii, Manteaus, Sylph;de, and of every new and fashionable material. A• profusitin of rich Paris Ribbons for Bonnet and Cap Trithmings, Gloves, Stockings, Lace and Blond Lace. MERINGTON'S, 154, New Bond-street. 11DALLETOTS, Witchouras, Velvet Shawls, 11 and Cloaks. One of the richest and best Assortments of these Fashionable Envelopes is now displayed at MERING TON'S, 154, New Bond-street. Carriage Travelling Cloaks of Silk Velvet lined throughout, and trimmed with fur, 3i guineas each. Fancy Silk Promenade and Opera Cloaks, 425. each. Children's Cloaks of every size and description. MERINGTON'S, 154, New Bond-street. TENT PORTABLE STOVES in full action in Five Minutes, for Conservatories, Hot and Green Houses, Harness Rooms, Coach Houses, Pantries, Store Rooms, Shops, and all places requiring warmth, or where :damp is to be removed or prevented ; also adapted for Carriages,. Gigs, Coach Boxes, &c. &c.; to burn from 6 to 24 hours without any care or trouble whatever ; also sizes particularly suitable for Wine Cellars, Warehouses, Halls, Pas sages, and all other places where economy and regularity of heat is required, burning from 12 to 14 hours without attend ance. Cost of Coke for that period from 2d. to 3d. only. 58, King William-street, London-bridge. rrifiE PATENT TUBULAR STOVE Ifor Warming. Churches, Chapels, Public Buildings, Banks, Insurance Offices, Club Houses, Halls, Lobbies, Shops, &c., decidedly the best and most pi , rfeet Stove ever invented, as well as the most economical, at the cost of one farthing an hour fuel (fors Stove sufficiently large to warm a church ca• pable of holding 2,000 people): the fire (which is self-feeding) may be kept up without cessation for any period, requiring attention only once in 24 hours. The quantity of pure warm air, at a mild simmer temperatUre, which from the extent of radiating surfaces is fully equal to that applied by three Stoves of the ordinary construction, is diffused so regularly throughout the builsliug, as to obviate the necessity of burning or over heating the air, and rendering it noxious and unhealthy. The heat may be regulated at pleasure, no sparks can escape, so that accidents by fire are almost impossible. The chimneys re quire no sweeping, and the elegance and beauty of design are such as to please the most fastidious taste. The Stove may be seen in constant operation, and Prospec tuses and Drawings obtained, at the Patent Stove Depot, King Williim-street, City ; and at the Jerusalem Coffee house, Co rnh ill. TO STATIONERS AND OTHERS. BROOK \IAN and LANGDON respectfully inform the trade, that their superfine DRAWING PENCILS (manufactured with the purest Cumberland Black Lead that can lie procured) and which have received such ex tensive approbation, particularly during the last half century, are to be had on very advantageous terms at their Manufactory, No. 2S, Great Russell-street, Bloomsbury. A list of prices will be sent to any respectable stationer in answer to an application made free of postage as above. B. and L. particularly caution the trade against the impos ing pretensions of itinerant venders of pencils, whose spurious wares arc frequ'ently stamped with their name ; and they re quest that it .ilay be observed that their genuine drawing pencils have the words Augustus Langdon impressed on each.. No hawker or pedlar whatever is employed by them either in Own or country. N.B. A handsome tray supplied gratuitously with an order fer a dozen of each sort of drawing pencils. ITOUSES, escc., to be LET, by JACKSON Jl.-3...and CO., in various situations, in the following Trades, and many others !—Tea, Coffee, Chop, and Eating Houses ; Public Houses ; Beer Houses ; Brewery ; Bakei s; Tobacco nists; "Grocers; General Dealers ; Green Grocers; Coal and Potato Dealers ; Oil,• Colour, and Italian Business ; Cow keepers, Dairy, and l'ililkwalks; Private Houses; Lodging H ,nse•, &e Particulars may be had b.t the Offices of Messrs. Jackson and Co., Auctioneers, 26, Brydges-street, Covent-garden. N.B. Letters to be pad. AVIES'S CANDLES, 6d. per lb.; Wax Candles, Is. 2d. ; Fine Wax, ls. sd. ; extra fine Moulds, Wax Wieks,.7-h'd. ; transparent Wax, Is.•9d. ; ge nuine Sperm, 13 9d. ; genuine Wax, 2s. -Id. ; Yellow Soap, 463., 545., and 603. per 1 l2lbs. ; Mottled, 625. and 665. ; Windsor, ls. 4d. per packet; Palm, Is. 4d. ' • Old Brown Windsor, Is. 9d. ; Rose, 2 s . ; C amp h or , 2 s . ; Almond Soap, 2s. 6d. ; superfine Sealing Wax, 4s. 6d per lb. ; genuine Sperm Oil, 9s. 0:1: per gallon. For Cash, at DAVIES'S Old-Established Warehouse, 63, St. Martin's-lane, opposita New Slaughter's Coffee-House. 39, ALBEMARL-E-STREET, PICCADILLY, AND 96, • • CHEAPSIDE. SIGHT and HE kRING—PATRONIZED by their Majesti"s, the King and Queen of Hanover, and their Royal Highnesses the Princesses Augusta and Sophia, her Serene Highness the Princess Esterhazy, the Princesses Mary and Rosa, her Grace the Dowager Duchess of Bedford, and their Graces the Dukes of Devonshire and Manchester. _ _ Messrs. S and B. SOLOMONS, Opticians and Aurists, during a professional experience of thirty years, have had ample opportu nities of verifying that the Organs of Sight and Hearing are sym pathetically related to each other in such a peculiar manner, that when the former becomes imperfect, the sense of hearing becomes rapidly dull—this fact is admitted . by Scientific Authorities, and must be observable by many thousands of individuals thus circum stanced—which is deserving the Public's most' serious attention. The Messrs. Solomons, with a view to remedy such an affection, and after they have devoted their whole lives to this interesting branch of science, have succeeded in effecting; for Imperfect Vision, a most scientific improvement in a Transparency for Spectacle 3, and a Pre ventive and Cure for Deafness ; they have invented an Operative Voice Conductor, upon a very small construction, not perceptible; it requires no holding, and the individual immediately becomes one of the party in the general cnnversation. By these important disco veries not only is defective Vision brought to nature, but the sense of Hearing restored to its original acuteness ; those lenses are so constructed and adapted to weak and imperfect eyesight, upon such scientific principles, combined with the long extensive experience of the Messrs. Sohnnons, that they will he found to effect an extent of relief which will far exceed their utmost and most san guine expectations. On placing those lenses before imperfect Vision, either by day or candle li g h t, every object becomes clear and dis tinct, and the most minute . particle seen with exact distinctness. The Messrs. Solomons have in their possession, WITHOUT ONE EXCEPTION, Spectacles and Ear Instruments of every kind, which are oared t,) the Public by other individuals, to point out the su periority of their improvements over all others. 'The patronage of Nobility and Gentry, and r ec o mmendationsof the principal Oculist s , Physicians, and Surgeons in London, and through Great Britain, as well as on the Continent, would be too numerous for insertion. 'the Messrs. Solomons are anxious that the public should not con. found them with persons of the same name, it being admitted by professional gentlemen of the highest character, and may be ob. served by any individual, that their newly-invented Spectacles and operative Voice Conductors for deafness, surpass anything of th e kindyet put beforrthe public, they request attention len to the first part of their names and address, 39, Alhamarle-street,P:ccadilly, and 9G, Cheapsido. No Agents nor Traveller s are el ~c i. TO MOTHERS AND NURSES MLRS. RS JOHNSON'S AMERICAN SOOTHING SYRUP, which has been held in such high estimali.m lot so many years, for relieving Children when suf_ ping from painful Deatitien, still continues to be prepared accord !ng to Mrs. Johnson's orginal Recipe, end with the same success, by BARCLAY AND SON'S, 95, Farringdon-street, whose name and address are engraved on the Stamp. Full directions are enclosed with each bottle. Price 2s. 9d. Ile sure to ask for MRS JOHNSON'S SOOTHING SYRUP. COPAIBA AND CURERS ENTIRELY SUPERSEDE D , BALSAMIC PILLS, a CERTAIN CURL for gonorrhma,gleets, strictures, pains in the loins, affec tions of the kidneys, graysl, irritation of the bladder or urethra, and other iISeCESER •!" the Urinary nassages.—These Pills having been em ployed in upwards of i,soo cases in private practise within three years, prior to being advertised, in many thousand cases since, and in no one instance Known to fall, are strongly recommended as the only safe and efficacious remedy in present use in all stages of those disorders, and entirely obviating the necessity of having recourse to those disgusting, nauseous, and in many cases highty injurious medi. eines, as cubebs and copaiba ; the dangerous results of the latter, in he inflammatory sti , es, are too well known to need any comment. Prepared only by ' l4. 0. Wray, atNo. 118, Holborn - hill, and sold Wholesale and Retail, , and 9, Agar-street, Strand, opposite Charing. cross Hospital; and may he had of all re s pec•able Patent Medicine Vendevs :A 're , r :t ' 2' 9d 4s.fid., and 1 Is. each box. , Advica b-twcen the ho urs o f El evou and One the Morn. ori - iiille*en and Niue in thoZiening. NO. 75, LAMB'S CONDUIT-STREET, J.N. 1, 1840. MR. MOTTRAM begs most respectfully to return his grateful ackesvledgments for the kind sup port he has received duringt he twenty years he has been in business; at the same time informs his Friends, the Nobility, and Ladies in general, he has DISPOSED of his BUSINESS to his Son and Air. Moore, for whomile earnestly solicits their support and patronage. MOTTRAM - and MOORE having purchased the Stock of Mr. Mottram upon very advantageons terms, arc now offering the same for Sale at considerably under cost price. NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE AS SURANCE AND DEFERRED ANNUITY SOCIETY. 26, CORNTIILL, LONDON. EP-STERN Btu& meit.-"-5, Castle-street, St. Mary Aie. Capital, 500,000/. EMPOWERED BY A.CT OF PA RLIAMENT.: DIRECTORS. , T. LAMIE MURRAY, Esq., Chairman. col. Sir Barges Camac, K. C. S. 'Robert Hollond, Esq. , M.P. JohAElliotson, M.D. F.R. S. !George Lungley, Esq. ff. Gordon, Esq. Johnßawson,.Esq. IJoseph Thompson, Esq. AUDITORS.. Dr. Olinthus-Gregory, F.R. A. S. Professor Wheatstone, F. R. S. ACTUARY--W. S. B. Woolhouae, Esq., F.R. A. S. By the new principles of Life Assurance and , Deferred An nuities, founded by this Society, the moral obligation of .all classes of making a provision for a family or for old age is largely enhanced, by the immediate advantages secured to the Assured themselves. The details of the principles of the Society, its improvement in the system of Assurance, its economical arrangements in savour of the Assured, its extensive Tables, &C., will be found in its Prospectus, which may be. obtained at the Offices of the Society, 26, Cornhili, London, or at any of its Bri.A.ches throughout the Country. F. FERGUSON' CAMROUX, Secretary. VICTORIA - LIFE LOAN G ASSURANCE AND !OMPA NY. 'ham-street, City. Sir JAMES DUKE, M.P., Chairman. BENJAMIN HAWES, Esq.. Deputy Chairman. William Allen, Esq. John Knill, - Esq. Benjamin Barnard, Esq. Benjamin Lancaster, Esq. Charles Baldwin, Esq. homas Nesbitt, Esq. James Cockburn, Esq. Major-General Robertson Bryan Donkin, Esq. ' • DaMel Sutton, jun., Esq. Aaron Goldcmid, Esq , O'Bryan Bellingham Woolsey, James Law Jones, Esq. Esq. OLICITORS.-• 'Messrs. Lake and Curtis, Rasinghall-street. As Low Rates of Premium as are consistent with security, which may be paid annually, half yearly, or quarterly. 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A most Exquisite Poem, with Fifteen Humourous Illustrations, by Jedekiah Laurence, President of all Royal Academies. • Written by MYSELF, PETER Ft TYLES, Gentleman. " All round my hat,"—MILTON. " Flayre uppe: —CHA u eta.. • London : Sherwood, Gilbert, and Piper, 23, Paternoster-row. NEW WORKS FOR 1640. Published by A. H. B AILY and CO., • 83, Coinhill, London. Dedicated by Especial Command to her Majesty. This day is published, in demy Eiro., handsomely bound in clod', price 11. Is., and in royal tivo., price 11. lie. 6d. The First Volume of rrHE LIFE. of FIELD MARSHAL HIS GRACE the DUKE of WELLINGTON, K.G. G, C. B. G. C. H., &c. By W. H. MAXWELL, Author of " Stories of Waterloo," " The Bivouac," i° Vie- tories of the British Army," &c. 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Hill, Medical Bookseller, Great Wind mill-street, Haymarket, London ; [toss and Nightingale, Liver pool ; Barlow, Birmingham ; and all Booksellers in Town and Country. . SHOOTING ON THE MOUNTAINS.—EarIy next an ex ce morningexcellent tbreakfast, we were on the lveb bade-our alert, de - a o n u d r having ki n d partaken host f e of . well, and started to shoot across the mountains, for Al trive lake. Shortly af.er leaving this hospitable roof, and plodding our weary up one of the old Forest roads, Hoes dog Grouse, a stout liver-coloured pointer, made a dead r stand. He stared in astonishment, and exclaimed, " Lord, laddie, what can that be ? It canna be a black cock on the very road side ! but if so, we'll, get a fine venture at him." But as the Shepherd had not much dependence in his own straight aim, he desired me to let loose first ; so up we walked ready for slaughter, and had had not advanced many yards from the old road, when up got two fine black cocks, which were soon laid low from my gun. The report of my last barrel rose another fine bird, and as the Poet was ready to receive him, down he went from his right barrel. Hogg, in per fect extasy, roared to his dog to "clap," meaning "down," and turning to - me, said, " Load, man ! load, man ! in case some mair o' thae black deevils be here ; and I will stand ready with my other barrel till such time as you are charged." Just as I was putting on the caps, up got another fine bird, and down he came from the Poet's gun, making two brace. As soon as he was again ready for business, we moved gently forward to pick up our birds ; but ere we advanced many paces among the ferns, we flushed three other birds, and both of us sent forth the contents of our four barrels ; whether they were proof against shot or not, I cannot say, but we killed nothing at this let-loose. We again loaded, and were lucky in bagging all the birds, with the assistance of honest Grouse, who was one of the best roaders of black game I ever saw. One of the cooks was only wing'd, and ran nearly half a mile down hill before we found him ; but Mr. Grouse was not to be done, and nosed him out like a good 'un.--Old Sporting Maga zine for December. The interment of the late Sir Watkin Williams will take place at the f am il y mauso l eum , Wynn, Bart., at Rhuabon, near Wrexham, on Wednesday next.. It will be attended by all the relatives of the late Baronet, except the Right Hon. Charles Wynn, who is still abroad. A new writ for the County of Denbigh will be moved for on the first day of the Session. . • (From the Anti-Corn-law Circular.) We publish helm one of the Most curious documents that has appePred in the. pas es - of the Circular. The writer sines himself Honorary Secretary to the Central Agricultural Society ; and it will be seen that at the conclusion of his letter he makes a proposal to the Anti- Corn-law party for a joint crusade againit the fund liolder, by the Attwood plan of a depreciation of the . Atandarde The letter has bNin read at a meeting of the Council of the League, by whom this invitation to l'orm co-partnership for thepluitler of the national creditor was received. with the iodigaation , which it is cal culated to excite in all honourable minds. The project aimed at is siinoly this,- to issue an unli mited amount. of bank notes, or in the words of the party, to make " money cheap ;" which means that the Government and all ether debtors shall be allowed to pay their creditors in bits of paper, of a certain nomi aal value to be fired by themselves I The same thing .vas done in France at the beginning of the - revolution. The Governnient paid its creditors in assignats reckoned It the full nominal value, when 500 livres of that paper money would only buy a pound of butter ! The same thing happened in the American revolutionary war, when the continental money was so depreciated that a major's year's pay would only buy a pair of boots ! 'These things happened - in - tirnes of revolution, and if over' the deterioration of the standard should occur Here, it will be the beginning of a. worse revolution in England.. We invoke the attention, of every capitalist and cre ditor in the kingdom to this daring manifesto on the. part of the bankrupt portion of the landowners against he rights of property. We call upon the unmori,gaged proprietors of Eaten, Althorp„ to look to the doctrines put s;:mth in the name of their order. We invite Sir Robert Peel's earnest attention to the cur rency principles of those whom he affects to lead in apposition to the Anti-Corn-law party. We request the Standard„whicil designates the Anti-Corn-law agitators " Commercial Swindlers," to find an appropriate name, the shorter the better, for those who advocate the rob bery of creditors by their debtors. Lastly, we solcmnly warn the Bishops and Clergy of the Establishment to consider seriously the deep interest they have in the iehemes of these clippers and coiners or the Central Agricultural Society. Let them • recollect that the same men who in France deluged the country with assignats appropriated the property of the Church to the purposes of the State. TO THE EDITOR OF THE ANTI-CORN-LAW CIRCULAR. SIR—In - the last number of your journal, in an articlo headed," The Capital of the Farmers," you quote, I presume from the Illorrri77g chronicle, the brief abitract of my speeCh at the late dinner of the Central Agricul- Atral Society, and in some accompanying observations you state, " In the meantime we may remind the country that the landowners formed themselves into an A,sso eiation for sending prating fellows about the country under the name of lecturers,' but that none would go, for two reasons ;" the first being that they could not race a British audience to speak in defence of dear bread ; the other, for the wan: of hinds and co-opera tion, as adverted to in my speech. As it .will be very conducive to the right settlement of the great question at issue between the Pro-Corn-law party and the .Anti-Corn-law party, respectively repse sented by this Society and the League, that neither should Mislead the public in reference to the other, I must request the favour of you to allow me to diselaiin, on behalf of this Society, the statements above put forth, that it was formed " for sending prating fellows ibout the country, and that none would‘go,"&;., there 'wing no foundation for the same either in fact or truth. The Society was instituted, in 1835, for the protec tion and encouragemen't of British agriculture, at a mo ment when the price of wheat averaged 395. 4d. per quarter, and the Corn-laws, without incommoding the nanufaeturing or operative classes, were felt by the British farmers, then bordering upon a state of uni versal insolvency, to be a very inadequate security for their skill and capital. The objects of the Society, in. general terms, may be defined •to be the removal ,f every obstruction, legislative or physical, affecting the culture of the soil. And if you will consider at tentively the ultimate results contemplated by the So ciety, you wi►l find that, by a different, and, in my view of the matter, a wiser course of action, they are the same ►s those proposed by the Anti•Corn•law League, namely, cheap bread. IFor myself, whilst I will ever resist to the uttermost, the attempts of the free-tradi . party to sell, for a Mess of pottage, the nablest heritage which any free people can possess, that of groWing its own food upon its own soil, I can safely say that miexertions for years have been directed to the benevolent end, that -" the mouthi of all the families of the land may be filled with food, and their hearts with gladness." At the same time, I have never been one of those who delude the labouring classes, by leading them to suppose that what is popu larly, bu:. falsely, called cheap bread is for their ad vantage. During the height of the war, when the prices of wheat averaged 112 s. per quarter and upwards, the labouring classes were better clothed and better fed than when prices averaged 50s. F.ncj upwards. If this, then, be the fact, to :what are the energies of the free-trade party and the man ufacturing capitalists directed, b ut just to augment the evils which they propose to remedy ? Permit me to take this opportunity to •bring under the consideration of the League, and the Corn-law repealing party in general, the better policy of aiding this Society in 'its endeavours to obtain a repeal of those laws' which make money dear, and the Corn laws.neceisary. Give to the 'British farmer the free untaxed use of our. sun and soil ; provid e , by j us t an d sound currency Jaws, that, every man shall have good wages, good interest, and good profits, and the cotton spinners will.soon find an abundant market in the Bri tish Islands for their surplus productions, without de stroying, as they now seek to do, both British agricul ture and Continental manufacture. I have the honour to be, Sir, Your most obedient servant, R. BROUN, llen. Sec. 21, Wig:more-street, Cavendish-.3quare, Londpn, 27th Dee., 1839." THE CHURCH Oh' SCOTLAND. It would appear from the following Parody of a very popular. Scottish song, which we copy from the Aberdeen Herald, that the Muse has enlisted herself against the independence of the Kirk : STRATHBOGIE. Tune—" timid knit in Aberdeen." There's could kail frae Aberdeen, Het up for blythe Strathbogie; The rebel crew that cam yestreen, Hae gien the Kitk a shogie. They've glen the Kirk a shogie, sirs, They've glen the Kirk a shogie ; They'll ne'er undo what they have done, This ae day in Strathbogie. We liked our pastors, ane and a', , And oh but we were yogic; But traitor loons would 41rive awa' The beet men o' Strathbogie. They've gien, We like the Kirk, and like the Queen ; To her we pledge our grogie • The sour-faced chaps free Aberdeen, We'll douk them in the bogie. They've gien, &c. There's some o' them bee gotten kirks That dinna fill their cogie ; We winne bee sic sen3cless sticks To fatten in Str2_tlihNi e . They've gien,&c.But here's to ilk a hones t chiel, Confusion to t he , re g i e ; I'll c'cn fl is c h godly parsons wee! brew Stratlibo,gie. They've glen , exc. We have rece i ve d T M HE alpapeiEprsainTdElptrliivAatNe letters EAN."— dated the 25th ult. The Hydra steamer had arrived front Ourlac, where she had left the British fleet. Sir Robert Stopford had intended sailing thence for Malta on the 20th of De cember, but the orders brought him by the Rhadaman thus were that he should remain in the Levant with his entire squadron. The Daphne and Zebra had gone to Athens to abridge their quarantine on arriving at Malta. The accounts from Smyrna state that the weather had become dreadfully cold. A steamer (said to be the Monarch), with 300 deck passengers on board, had, it was reported, foundered in the Black Sea. BETTING BOOKS. — On the whole, the betting has not been favourabl e to t he betters round ; true, as - many as 40 or 5 0 ho rses have been backed, but I question it any one person has got one aga i nst, or any one book contains anyth in g like that number. Some pcoplelnlYgain argue a h horse the c other rwayby imagining that th e odds bet are the most favourable ever quoted ; there c annot be a greater error, as to take the two favourites for instance. I will engage to say most bookmakers have filled their books at 28 and 33 to 1 respectively against the Brother to Euclid and Angelica. Those gentlemen who began their books in the Houghton Meeting have had a better time of it (six or seven horses being at2o to 1 or thereabouts) than those over anxious souls who opened the campaign (perhaps champagne too) at Goodwood and Doncaster, and I believe many of the best judges foresaw this, and acted . accordingly. It is all very well to bet sto 1 and 100 to 1 against horses, but it brings no money, and they are better left alone as an off chance.—lndex the Post. ENT; P ()STAGE THIS DAY. (From the Supplement to the London Gazelle of Da- canber 27.) Whereas by an Act, passed in the last session of Par liament, intituled "An Act ' for the further regulation of the duties on postage,- until the sth day of October, 1840," power is given to the Lords Commissioners of her. Majesty's Treasury, or any three of them, by war rant under their hands, to alter, fix, • reduce, or remit, .all or, any of the rates of, British or inland or other postage Payable by law on the transmission of post let ters, and to subject such letters to rates of postage ac cording to the weight, thereof, and a scale of weight, to be contained in such warrant (without reference to the distance or number of miles the same may be conveyed), and to fix and limit the weight of letters to be sent by the post ; • and, from time to time, by warrant as aforesaid, to alter or repeal any such altered or reduced rates, and make and establish .mny new or other rates in lieu thereof'; and, from time to time, by warrant as aforesaid, to appoint at what time the rates which may be payable are to be paid, that is to say, Whether on posting the letter or on the receipt thereof; or at either of those times, at the option of the sender ; and, by the same Act, power is also given to the Lords of the Treasury, by wari antmnder their hands, to suspend, wholly or in part, any Parlia mentary or official privilege of sending and receiviam letters by the post free o f p or t age , or an y ot h er f ran k': iog privilege of any description whatsoever; provided that all such warrants should be inserted in the Lon don Gaze/felon days, at least, before coming into ope ration, and should, within fourteen days after making the same, be laid before both Houses of Parliament (if then sitting); or otherwise, within fourteen days after Parliament should meet :—. And whereas by a warrant, under the hands of three of the Lords Commissioners of her Majesty's Treasury, dated the 22d day of November, 1839, the. said Lords Commissioners did, in exercise of the power er authority for such purpose vested in them by the said . Act, and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, fix and limit the . scale of weight therein mentioned of letters to be transmitted through the ge neral post, and they subjected and charged such letters, on and after the sth day of December then next and now instant, to the rates of postage therein mentioned, and they thereby made the: several other orders and regulations respecting the conveyance of letters by the post therein contained ; and they thereby dcela:cd that it should be lawful for the Lords Commissioners, for the time being, of her Majesty's Treasury, or any three of them, by warrant under their hands, at any time thereafter, to alter or repeal any of the rates thereby altered, or the regulations thereby made, and to make and establish any new or other rates or regu lations in lieu thereof„ and from time to, time to ap point at what time the rates that might be payable were to be paid. Now, we the undersigned (being three of the Lords Commissioners of her Majesty's Treasury) do, in exer cise of the power or authority in us for such purpose vested in and by the said Act and warrant, and of all others powers enabling us in this behalf, by this warrant, under our hands, order and direct that the said war rant of the 22d day of November now last, and the rates thereby fixed and directed to be charmed, shall be, and the same are hereby, repealed from and after the 9th day of January, 1840 (except as to any letters Posted in or shall l n i d ia: v e e b h e e c r :m b t e he u r nd or e d r e o r r an b :l brought into the United Kingdom on or before that day, and also except as to any duties of postage which virtue iirect ot that a t such this pwar runt,re- which may be recovered as if the same had con e tinued in force). further y sent warrant shall come into operation on the 10th day of January, 1840, and that all letters which, on or af ter that day, shall be posted in any town or place within the United Kingdom, or shall be brought from parts beyond the seas to any port or place within the United Kingdom, or shall be sent between the United Kingdom and places beyond the seas, or between any of the other places hereinafter mentioned, shall be subject to the several regulations and rates hereinafter contained. And we further order and direct that letters trans mitted by the post shall not in future be charged with the British rate of postage, according to the number of inclosures, but by weight, as hereinafter mentioned. And we herel-y fix and limit the following scale of weight of letters to be transmitted by the pst, and we subject such letters, on and after the said HMI day of January, 1840, to the following rates 'of postage (that is to say) On every letter, not exceeding half an ounce in weight, there shall be charged and taken one rate of postage. On every letter, exceeding half an ounce, and not ex ceeding one ounce in weight, there shall be charged, and taken two rates of postage. On-every letter, exceeding one ounce, and not ex ceeding two ounces in weight, there shall be charged and taken four rates of postage. On every letter, exceeding two ounces; and not ex ceeding three ounces in weight. there shall be charged and taken six rate; of postage. And on every letter, exceeding three ounces, and not exceeding four ounces in weight, there shall be charged and taken eight rates of postage. And for every ounce in weight above the weight of four ounces there shall be charged and taken two addi tional rates of postage ; and every fractio❑ of an ounce, above the weight of four ounces, shall be charged as one additional ounce. And we order and direct that no letter exceeding six teen ounces in weight shall in any case be forwarded by the post between places within the United Kingdom, ex cept addresses to her Majesty, Parliamentary petitions, printed votes and proceedings in Parliament, letters addressed to or despatched by any of the Government offices or departments, or any public officer having now the privilege of franking by virtue of his office ; deeds, if transmitted under such regulations and restrictions as the Postmaster-General shall from time to time appoint, and letters to and from places beyond the seas. And we hereby fix and limit the following rates of postage to be paid to her Majesty's Pothnaster-General for the use of her Majesty, on letters posted and trans mitted by the post, on and after the 10th day of January, 1840 ; and we order and direct the same to be charged and paid accordingly, that is to say:— INLAND LETTERS. On all letters not exceeding half an ounce in weight. transmitted by the post, between places within the United Kingdom (not being letters sent to or from parts beyond the seas), there shall be charged and taken one uniform rate of postage of one penny, without re ference to the number of sheets or pieces of paper or enclosures of which the same may be comprised, or to the distance or number of miles the same shall be con veyed ; and that on all such letters, if exceeding half an ounce in weight, there shall be charged and taken progressive and .additional rates of postage (each addi tional rate being estimated at one penny,) according to the scale of weight and number of rates hereinbefore fixed and declared ; provided that such postage of one penny, and such progressive and additional postage, be pre-paid at the time of posting such letters ; but, in case such postage on any such letters shall not be pre paid when posted, there shall be charged on such let ters a postage of double the amount to which such letters would otherwise have been liable under this pre sent warrant. That all letters.forwarded under the authority of the Postmaster-General, by private vessels or packet-boats, and transmitted between places in the United Kingdom, shall be considered as forwarded by the post between such places, and be charged accordingly. COLONIAL LETTERS, EY PACKET. That on all letters, not exceeding half an ounce in weight, transmitted between any place within the United Kingdom, wherever situate, and any other of the British dominions or colonies, by packet boat, and not through France (including, however, letters to and from the East Indies by way of Falmouth and Alexan dria), there shall be charged and taken one uniform rate of British postage of one shilling ; and, if exceeding such weight, then progressive and additional rates of postage according to the scale of weight and number of rates hereinbefore contained, each additional rate being estimated at one shilling. burr LETTERS. That on all lette;sTransmitledly vessels not being packet-boats, between the United Kingdom and any place beyond the seas (including Ceylon, the Mauritius, the Cape of Good Hope, and the East Indies), there shall be charged and taken for British postage the rates following, at whatever place within the United King dom the same may be posted or delivered, that is to say, if not exceeding half an o unce in weight, one uni form rate of eightpence ; and if exceeding su c h we i ght, then progressive and additional rates of postage ac cording to the scale of weight , and number of ra t es herein-before contained, estimating and char g i ng each additional rate at Bd. FOREIGN LETTERS. That on all letters not exceeding half an ounce in weight, transmitted by post, Between any part of the United Kingdom and France, or any other foreign country through F rance (l etters to and from any of her Majesty's colonies or dominions ex cepted), there shall be charged and taken uniform rates of postage of th e like amo un t s as are now payable by law on single letters transmitted between London and any such foreign country. Between the United Ringdom and 'foreign parts (c /••• cept France and any foreign country. through France ), or between the United Kingdom and any of her I\ll. jesty's colonies or dominions through a foreign country ; or between any ports, islands, or places out of thL, United Kingdom, there shall be charged and taken the Ilke rates of British postage as are by law now payahll in respect to single letters so transmitted (letters on which uniform rates of postage between any such places are now legally payable being still ii.ihie to.and charged therewith, according tot respective amounts thereof) ; and the sad letters whether at present rated from or to the port of.departure and arrival of the packet convey ing tl:e same or not, shall, for the purposes of this War rant, be deemed and considered to be so rated, and the rates shall be charged and taken accordingly. And on every Metter so transmitted (letters chargeable with uniform rates of postage as aforesaid excepted),. which shall be posted within the United Kingdom atany other place than the port of departure of the packet by which the same shall be forwarded, or which shall be addressed to, or delivered at, any other place within the United Kingdom than the port . at which the pack& bringing the:same shall arrive, and not exceeding hal i an ounce in weight, an inland rate of twopence shall b charged and taken, in addition to the rates of Briiii h postage now payable thereon as aforesaid. And cn every letter so transmitted as hereinbefo' re respectively mentioned exceeding half an ounceln weig ht (letters on which uniform rates are payable as aforesr ,id included) there shall be charged and taken progr, esti ive and additional rates of British portage, according to ' the scale of weight and number of rates liereinbefore tained, estimating and charging each additional nit( .! at the amount hereiubefore directed to be chargeti and taken on every letter so transmitted not exceedir, half an ounce in weight, and charging the inland rate ( if any) as aforesaid. • And we further orderznikdirect that, in all ses in which the British rates hereinbefor. directed to ,be charged cn letters transmitted by post betty( en the United Kingdom- and foreign parts, or betm len the United Kingdom and any of her - Majesty's colt mks or dominions through a foreign country, or haw( •en 'any places out of the United Kingdom, not exceed ing half an ounce in weight, shall exceed the duty of . postage which would be payable by law according. to th e exist ing rates on single letters so transmitted in c , ice this warrant had not been made, there shall be char - ged and taken on such letters the. like rates of postage ( inly and no more as would by law be payable according to the existing rates by distance or otherwise in re" speet of such single letters ; and on any such letters e :ceeding% half an ounce in weight there shall he charged ; ind'paid the progressive additional rates according' to ie scale of weight and number of rates hereinbefere co stained, estimating and charging each additional rate at th e amount payable accoring to the existing rates fc it , every such single letter. That - with reference to the existing treaties b e tween his late Majesty King William the Fourth, her 'esent Majesty, and his Majesty the King of the Fe ench, letters between 64' United Kingdom and France may be sent without being pre-paid ; but in all other .. cases of letters sent out of the United Kingdom it sbi ill be lawful for the Postmaster-General to require the •?t / stage thereof to be paid by the sender on the tender o r deli very of such letters at the Post-office, or other p is ice ap pointed by the Postmaster-General for the re c eipt of such letters for the purpose of transmission by the post, (subject nevertheless to the regulations and en. tetments in this respect contained in the Act of the Ist Victoria, cap. 34, section 34.) And we order and direct that all additional ; tes at any time heretofore payalr'e by law on letter s trans mitted by post to or from Ireland by way of IL ) . J 'yhead in respect of the Menai-bridge, and by way of Go mway and Chester in respect of Conway-bridge, and b y way of Milford and Waterford, and also the additions i rate of one halfpenny on fetters conveyed by the pos t •n any part of Scotland by a mail carriage with more t hi .11 two whrcls, shall be wholly remitted and shall c re ase to be payable. That all additional rates for letters originally sent by the general post to places within the United K directed beyond the limits of the delivery of the :general post, and delivered by any twopenny or penny ~ o r con vention post, or originally sent by any twop e nny or penny or convention post, and afterwards passing t A rough the general post, shall also be remitted and ceasa to be payable. - That on and after the said 10th day of Januar! ,7 next the privilege of sending and receiving letters by tb c post free of postage, whether Parliament ar y, offici: d , or of any other description wbatsoever.i:except as het inafter provided), as well under an Act, passed in the first year of the reign of her present Majesty, i ihtitulod " An Act for regulating the sending and recc iering of letters and packets by the post free from the cluty of postage" (being the Ist of Victoria, c. 35), as under any other Act or Acts now in force, or under tt y au thority whatsoever, shad be wholly suspended .during the time this warrant shall be in for c e, and that a 11' let ters to which any such privileges now extend (43xcept as aforesaid) shall thenceforth be charged and fa barge able with the like rates as any oti;or letters trap s mitted by the post wile be Chargeable with, under or by , virtue of this present warrant. That the printed votes and proceedings of ti ie Im perial Parliament, and printed votes and proce lings of the colonial Legislatures, may be forwarded by ',the post between places in the United Kingdom, or bet R 'een th.! United Kingdom and her Majesty's colonies t out not through France, nor to the East Indies, zia Fa lmouth and Alexandria), subject, nevertheless, to all thi regu lations and restrictions in force under the sai d Act of Ist Victoria, cap. 34, which voti:s and proei , edings shall be charged with the rates of postage it ilowing (that is to say) : If not exceeding two ounces in weight, there phall be charged and paid a rate of one penny. If exceeding two ounces apd not exceed; eg four ounces - in Weight, there shall be charged and pai. i•a rate of twopence. And for every additional two ounces in weigh t above the weight of four ounces, there shall be charged, an ad tiOnal rate of postage of one penny. And every fraction of an ounce above the we:if:lit of two ounces shall be charged an additional r.ito of postage of one penny ; provided always that it sitiall be lawful for the Postmaster-General (if he shall s ee fit) to delay the transmission of any such printed v otes or proceedings, for any space of time, not ex, ending twenty-f Our hours from the time at which sne,h votes and proceedings would otherwise have.been forwarded. That the privilege of forwarding addresses to her Majesty free of postage, did the privilege, by the said Let of the Ist Victoria, c. 35, granted to Me milers of each House of Parliament, of receiving peti tious ad dressed to either House of Parliament, not exceeding six ounces each in weight, free of postage, and all the privileges and exemptions by law granted in respect of printed British newspapers duly stamped, and of foreign newspapers, and of colonial newspapers (including those of the islands of Guernsey, Jersey, Alderney, Sark, Man, and the lonian Islands), whether stamped or not, and letters to and from soldiers and seamen employed in her Majesty's service abroad, and transmitted to and from the United Kingdom (provided that such letters do not exceed half an ounce in weight), shall continue in force,subject to the existing regulations and liAbilities respecting the same. That if any such printed votes or proceedings. Par liamentary petitions, printed Newspapers, and letters of soldiers and seamen, shall become chargeable with and liable to the full letter rates of postage, such rates (and the treble duty on Newspapers in such cases as the same shall by law become payable), shall ha charged and taken according to the scale of weight and rates hereinbefore specified. That, except in the cases bereinbefore specified, all privileges whatsoever of sending letters free of rovided th a t the pos tage, or at a reduced trahtee timeof p ti o i s is tag p e r , ese sohtallwholly wabee ation ; P su sb sp a e li n b d e ed in du e r p in er g charterers, and consignees (resid en t i n let terswar roar owners, the United Kingdom) of vessels inward-bound, and the owners, consignees, and shippers of goods on board ves sels outward-bound, shall have the like exemption from postage as such letters are now entitled to, under the provisions of I st of Victoria, e . 34 , an d that pr i nted ' Colonial Newspapers, not stamped , may be brought into the United Kingdom by packet boats free of postage. Provided alway s , and wehereb y declare, that nothing in this 'warrant contained shall extend of 13 to or t be in any wise constru e d .to a ff ect the rates under an A c t passed in the year 176 - 4( o b s e (being the payable sth Geo. 3, c. 25) on letters transmitted by the post e within or between any of the British dominions in America or the West Indies, and not passing to or from the United Kingdom, cr to alter the mode of charging such letters, so far as such rates are now payable by law. That on all foreign letters addressed to places within her Majesty's dominions the Postmaster-General may charge the foreign postage in addition to the British postage ; and he may account for and pay over to the foreign countries entitled to receive the same the amount of all such foreign postage. That the gratuities now payable by law to masters of vessels on letters and newspapers conveyed by them, for or on behalf of the Post-office between places within the United Kingdom, shall, on and from the said 10th day of January, 1840 , be reduced ; and the sum of two shillings and sixpence only, and no more, shall from thenceforth be payable for each and every number of of one hundred of such letters and newspapers, and for any less number in the like proportion ; and a gratuity of one penny for each letter, and of one halfpenny for each newspaper, shall also be payable to the masters of vessels bound to Ceylon, the Maur:tins, the Cape of Good. Hope, and the Bast Indies, on letters and news p• pers conveyed by them for or on behalf Ifice, subject, nevertheless, to all the regl conditions r.wv by law applicable to letter: papers conveyed by private ships and the deli . to the Post-office. That the terms and expressions used.in this kl.:4111i1 shall be eonsttued according to the reme2tire, inter pretations of the terms and expressions contained in an Act passed in the first year of her present Mtjesty, cap. 36, intitulod " An Act for consolidating the laws relative to . offences against the Post-office nt•the United Kingdom, and for regulating .the judicial administra tion of the Post-office laws, and for explaining certain terms and expressions employed hi these laws ;" and the said firstly hereinbefore„mentioaed Act of r tl:e se eond -and third. years of her present 1114:sty, so far as :those interpretations are not repugnant to the sub ject, or inconsistent with the context of such terms and - expressions ; but so that, for ad the purposes of this present warrant, the islands of Guernsey, Jerscy, Alder flay. Sark, and Man, shall be deemed and considered to 1)e comprehended within the term or expression of "the United Kingdom," and Honduras and the Itnian Island s within the term or expression of " British dorn ilion.s or c o l on i es ," wherever such terms or express ans shall he found or used in this present warrant ; and that the word " cost where ver used in this warrant, shall extend to and - include as well any genoral as any two penny, or penny, or convention post. 'Provided, lastly,.and we hereby declare, that it shall be lawful for the Lord's Comniissionerz, for the time b e ing, of her Majesty's Treasury, or soy throe of them by warrant under their hands, at any time hereafter, to alter or .repeal any of the rates hereby altered, or the regnlations hereby made, and to make and _establish any new or other rates or 'regulations in lieu thereof, at d, from time to time, to appoint at what time the ra.tcs that may be payable arc to be paid. As witness OUT hands this 27th day of December, 1839. •MELBOURNE. F. BARING. THOS. WYSE. IRELAND. ' MEETING.- OF MR. d : CONNELL'S CONSTI TUENTS. , _ _ (Abridged froM the DubliTz - ; yen ing Post of Tuesday.) At an adjourned meeting of Mr. O'Connell's consti tuents, held this day at the Adelphi Theatre, the Ad dresi to the"Qacen, and Petition to the House of Com mons Were agreed to. Mr. GHEENE proposed the adoption of the Address and the Petition. He said, as a Protestant, believing in the greater purity of his own faith, he was ashamed to see the gown of a minister upo❑ the shoulders of such pestilent mountebanks as M'Neile and M‘Ghee.— (Loud cheering.) A condemnatory resolution of the atrocious attecks lately made upon the Catholic clergy was also agreed to. A rote Of confidence in Daniel O'Connell was passed with acclamation. Mr. O'CONNELL said I accept yOur kindness readily. andthough I may be accu s e d o f van it y f or say i ng so , I think I deserve some 'of it.—(Cries of You do.") If at any time I lose the confidence of a majority of my constituents—nay, if only one-third of those who voted for me, ever feel dissatisfied with my course of conduct, I will at once resign my seat, and either quit Parliament altogether, or seek the representation of an o ther con stituency.- 7 -(Cheers.) I am the delegate of the people —I do not want to be their master-1 will do my duty as their servant, and like a servant, if I fail in pleasing them, I will give notice to quit.—(Laughter.) [We re tail a few of the Hon. arid Learned Gentleman's ob servations on the Ministry.] If I am asked am I con tented with the present Administration, I answer—No! They do not go far enough.—(Hear.) I, for my part will vote for Mr. Hume's motion for the extension of the suffrage to householders—nay, more, I will support Universal Suffrage—although the teem is inaccurate ; no man is more convinced than I am, that there should be no restriction upon the right of voting=--the conse quence of which is, that it divides the people into two classes, And makes a master-class and a slave-class— for those arc slaves who have no representatives ; and who are there so base as to submit to be slaves ? I ant not satisfied that the Ministry do not make the B illot a Cabinet question.—( Hcar.) I do not want them to risk their places, but I do want them to support the Ballot—the honest Ballot.—(Cheers.) If there Was the Ballot, there would be no bribery, for one would not be scoundrel enough to give the bribe, when he would fear that die other would be rascal enough not to earn it. They have left the Ballot an open ques tion. and I thank them for so much. It is an in stalment, which I accept for the present, but will look for the rest of die debt of justice.—(Cheers.) I will support every motion for rendering the .s!lvc trade im possible.(Loud cheering.) I will vote for every motion having for its object the protection of . the slave in every country in the world.—(Renewed cheers.) I will vote for the abolition of the Corn-laws.—(Loud and con tinued cheering ) All the property wine', I have my self, and all the property to which my children hope to succeed, is in land, and yct I am thoroughly con vinced that those laws .are contrary to the best in terests of the agriculturists. I hey are dishonest laws, which enable the rich to roll in their car riages at the expense of the poor man. The poor widow is robbed to increase the store of the rich, and the slice of the mechanic's bread is diminished, that the rich may dishonestly have his turtle out of the . poor man's mouth.—(Loud cheers.) The curse of heaven must be on a system which weakens the working man's strength, because it takes away his food.—(Repeated cheerso I tell you that there is another vote I mean to give. I will vote for the highest grant which the Ministry mean to give Prince Albert.—(Loud cheers.) Radical as I am, I cannot but recollect that they gave Queen Ade laide 100,000/. a-year, and I have no notion of being stingy with the husband of the present Queen.— (Loud cheers.) I say that in the name of the people of Dublin--(a voice, " Of Ireland")—yossof the people of Ireland, who will not grudge to pay their proportion of the allowance proposed by the Ministry for Prince Albert. He then referred to the distressed and distracted state of England, which ought to be sufficient reason for the Tories to keep . from vilifying the people of Ireland ; who, if they joined the Chartists would have left Eng land in a truly dangerous position. The 'Hon. Gentle man resumed his seat amidst enthusiastic cheering, and the meeting soon after separated. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. (LLOYD'S.) Tee following is a copy of a letter received at Lloyd's, addressed to William Dobson, Esq., dated China Hong kong Anchorage, Sept. 5, 1839 : Sir,—Since we last had occasion to addri'ss you, affairs have continued to become worse. The Commissioner came down with a body of troops to Macao, to enforce his demands for a British subjeet,to be given up for execution, stopped provisions, and took away all servants of that ration from the merchants and families, and finally ordered their immediate expulsion, the Portuguese Go vernor being only able to protect them for twelve hours. The consequence was, tho whole of the British commu nity were compelled to a hurried embarkation in boats, schooners, &c., on Monday, the 26th ult., when they took refuge on board the shipping at Hon e-Kong Anchor age, where there are now upwards of 60 sail of merchant men, fully laden with inwards cargoes. Since then her Majesty's ship Volage has arrived from Singapore, but too late to do more than assist in the defence of I the shipping, the destruction of which has been Write(' at by the Chinese. Not only have all ' provisions been stopped, but an attempt made to poison the wells, of which moit undoubted proofs have been obtained, end will be sent home by Captain Elliott, our Superin tendent. This letter goes by the " Hellas" taken up to carry a despatch requesting the immediate assistance of the Admiral. A 13ritisli schooner has been attacked by Chinese Mandarins, whilst at anchor, at night; many Lapcars butchered, and an English gentleman, named woMousnsd,eled. In forft ford f c ,c t s a o many nets of a after bei dreadfullyng rfarehave be mutilated and n committed that nothing is now left to the British authorities hut to inflict the most severe chastisement upon the ehinese, or allow the trade to be lost with the most signal dishonour to the flag and name. This ,already large fleet daily increasing, and every ship is filled with the British, and purser, merchants, and families; while no provisions are permitted of any kind, and commun'eatiort cut off by the Macao Government. Sept. 10.—Nothing new ; all quiet, and pro;isions a little more abundant. Lady- Granville's rout, last Friday, was very numerously attended. Most of the company, however, did not arrive till midnight, as many parties had been to the reception at the Tuileries, The number of beauti ful women was rernarkable.—On Saturday, tbe Russian Prince Toufskin gave a very splendid ball to the fa shionables of all nations. An elegant supper closed the evening.—The Marquis de Brignole, the Sardinian Am bassador, commenced his weekly soirees last evening, which was very fully attended.—The Countess d'Ap pony commenced her weekly soirees last week, The splendidly furnished upper apartments are this year opened for the occasion, as the last season the company assembled in the apartments on the ground floor. Beauty and fashion of all nations were assembled, to wish the amiable host and hostess the compliments of the season. —Galignani. HUDDERSFIELD MARKET, JAN. 7.—From all we can learn our report of improvement in this market last week is fully confirmed to-day. A gradually increasing demand for goods is generally apparent ; and purchasers of the raw material are pretty extensive. Prices, too, are on the advance. Orders are more plen tiful, so that the warehouses begin to wear a more stir ring appea'rance. Work, too, begins to be more plenti ful ; but we fear a great mass of operatives will have to struggle hard during the winter months, until a revival of trade becomes more general. VIENNA, DEC. 30.—Letters from Bucharest in the ASS(1111 Gazelle, say that Milan, Prince of Servia, will defer his journey to Constantinople, on account of his bad health, and will go with his mother to Kragsjewatz for the winter. It is thought that the coronation of the Empress as Queen of Hungary may, perhaps, not take place till 1841, which will be one him dred years after the coronation of the Empress Maria Theresa.. ~.