The Sun. — London, England, 1840-12-28 00:00:00

EVEN ING EDITION. MONEY MARKET and CITY NEIN S. (SATURDAY EirENING.) TIMES.—The Trinity Bonds lately introduced into the Money Market are issued under the authority of an Act of Paaliameet, the 6th and 7th of William IV., " for vesting lighthouses, lights, and seamarks on the coast of England, in the corporation of the Trinity House," which also enables that corporation to purchase them in all cases where they are private property, so as gradually to place under their control the whole of those important safeguards to the navigation of the coast. As a large expenditure is required to cover these operations, the bonds in question are issued to represent them, and the security will be the rents or tolls arising from the lighthouses, in addition, of course, to the property of the corporation itself, This must in itself be ample, but it should be under stood that there is no guarantee on the part of the Go l'ernment, though the bonds are countersigned by Govern ment Commissioners appointed for that purpose, probably in order to prevent any under issue of them. They bear interest at the rate of 4 per cent., and may be obtained, i' is said, for any amount required, for a time certain and six months'. notice afterwards, if repayment is desired by the holders. Dividend warrants or coupons are attached in the same manner as the foreign securities negotiated here ; mad they ar ade payable to bearer, so as to be transferred from one ha.. to another. No quotation has yet been made •f them in the of f icial lists of the Stock Exchange. Private letters from San Sebastian, dated the 15th inst., mention some important concessions made, as far as Na varro is concerned, regarding the fueros. It is said that the provincial Deputation has proposed, and that the Go vernment has accepted the proposition, that custom-houses shall be immediately established on the frontier of the Pyre nees ; that the proceeds of the daties there received shall go tb liquidate the provincial debt due to Navarrese capitalists ; tat the province shall engage to pay the Constitutional Government in direct contributions, a sum amounting to '4;600,000 reels, as a compensation for the amount of Amite paid at the custom-houses; and that there shall be two qualified ports in Guipuzcoa, namely, Passages and B.hat Sebastian, whence they can import any sort of colo- Uial produce. Letters received at San Sebastian from /Madrid state that these propositions had been gladly ac cepted by the Government, although it could not profit by th • produce of the whole of the duties ; and that the feel ing of justice with which it appreciated the efforts of the deputation to liquidate the debt had everywhere exalted the most favourable sentiments in its regard. The Never rese capitalists have not for a long time received any inter est on the sums which they advanced at various periods for the construction of public works, and knew that with out some arrangement of the kind the prospect of liqui dation was as remote as ever. The Navarrese have, it appears, always had a character for high honour and strict integrity. The commercial men of San Sebastian were rejoiced l' behold such a prospect. Priva'„e letters received from Valencia of the 12th inst., statt, ti t s% the year's export of raw silk, the produce of the cl ' n. .ry, has exceeded 1,400,0001b5. weight, the average Prl'ae of which may be put down at 13s. per lb. The 4r 4ipments of Muscatel and Planta raisins have been large, probably 190,000 quintals of 1101 b., the value of each, all charges included, exceeds 14s. on board, so that these two Articles al',ne absorb an amount equal to 1,043,100/. ster ling. The other produce exported thence is rice, in value -about 200,000/., and almonds and figs, about 30,0001. TLe Cere.an manufacturers take an annual supply of 400,00016. .ght of its raw silk, the quality of some of which is very f air, but other sorts are rather indifferent. It appears that the farmers in the province have instituted a peculiar tri bunal, or board, of their own. fur the decisions, upon verbal evidence, of all questions of encroachment on each other's grounds, of supply uf water, and such other local grievan ces, and no appeal to a higher Court is tolerated, by which means many ruinous lawsuits are avoided, and the farmers live at peace with each other. It has been proposed to form a company of Spanish capi talist`., only for the establisement of a railroad between -4en, Felipe de Xativa and Valencia, only ten leagues' dia. *lnce (all level ground), for the speedy conveyance of passengers, as well as Ak e rice, &c., to the shipping ken , . The quantity annually imported of foreign salt fish gra dually falls off; and that of the present year cannot be rawet beyond 36,000 quintals. Private letters from Xeres, dated the Bth instant, men lion the quantity of sherry shipped for foreign ports from the let of January to the 30th of November last, viz , 16,2 fl butts from Xeres, 16,274 from Port St. Mary'-, together 32,3.5.5 butts, valued at 912,0001., besides the sh pnients usually made through Chiclana, Rota, Puerta Real, and Moguer, reckoned at 8,000 butts more, cr 144 000/. The Spanish Government has made an offer, thu rate of $7O per quintal, for four years' contract, for the silver of toe Almeida mines, which may be estimated at 17,000 quintals. A plan for a railroad between An• tepfere arid Seville had been submitted to the Govern ment, by which paseengets proceeding to Malaga would he spared the delay of crossing the strait of Gibraltar. `CHRONICLE,—The position of the Bank of Esgla Sttracts general attention, and the object of every person connected with monetary transactions is to ascertain ths IsnntsishNs nvantions of the Directors in regard to taeir rastons tot the circulation. The limited amount of the but. 1 "i held against the unfavourable exchanges Ew-r**.sions apprehensions that they must adopt more scrim. rant measures. This posture of affairs produces no sms.l egree of anxiety, and the approaching dividends, by increasing tee issues of the Bank, must add to thi it .ethisstrassenent. The constant incertitude thus treatsd treads to a general conclusion that there must be tern:thing radically unsound in the existing sy sten . uttdee which l'ae nat'onal currency is reguisted. We Wave shown that whde the bullion and coin now en ) , and to :3,300,0001. below the amount requir d by the asowed principles of mansgement, the e. - ertritirss are 6,800,0001. over the due proporticee The. public consplain loudly, and with great jusiir that they art exposed to the most dari;lercus os 'eerses in their commercial dealings by the fliquent con- Itactions and expansions to which they are exposed by th,? sudden oscillations in the circulating medium, created by the labouring of the Bank to preserve their stabilit . ... Tee incompatibility of the private and public functions. el the Bank, and the discrepancy between tae duty of tits Directors to the Sharee oeiers and the country, are thus brought prominently lot ‘tard, and a general demand Es made for relief from legislative interference. The ey of the nation will be turned with deep attention to t , e proceedings of the Committee on Banks of Issue when Parliament reassembles, as tse source from whence the re medy is naturally expectinS to emanate. Many people in . the City, who have. made the "currency" the suhject their attention, already express themselves strongly favour of a fixed amount cf Gcnernment paper mousy, issued and managed by a board appointed by the Crown. The chief objectina urged against that plan is the apprehension that the Commissioners might be used as political instruments in the hands of an it - triguing Minister ; but the question is whetle.a• ttist risk is not much less liable to operate in isrieusty on the I,utic interests than the evils which they experience under the present s_s 5- t e as, or would 3ufEt under any other that has yet been proposed. Fe.v persons, we should think, not per sonally interested, would seriously support the project of allowing banks of issue to bit controlled by no other limit lb:3 that of free competition, and long experience has prayed that the Bank of England, as at present consti tuted, is not competent to the task of being the manage; s ot the currency. The public will soon come to discrimi nate uetween the right of private parties to coin money and to carry on the trade of banking on sound commercial principles. It is from a want of attention to the broad line of demarcation which separates these important func tions that the public mind is now in error, but it will lint be very long before they perceive their mistake. The right of coining money is clearly vested in the Crown, and ssonld only be used under special delegation to the re sponsible Ministers. The right of issuing notes by third parties, controlled by no other shackles than that of pru dence against profit, is liable to be abused, and the past history ot,banking, shows that it has frequently led to cases of gross misconduct. At the commencement of business this morning, the English Funds assumed a firmer aspect. POST.—The intimation contained in Friday's pap , r, respecting the raising of a loan by the Corporation of the Trinity House, has led to much discussion and inquiry upon the subject on the part of our moneyed men. It is stated that the corporation in question, being anxious to effect a reduction in the charge to which they are subject on loans obtained at former periods, are in the market for a million and a half er two millions more, on which they propose giving an interest of 4 per cent. per annum. Without some such explanation as this it might be thought singular that a company so notoriously wealthy as the Tri nity Corporation should again become borrowers. It is mentioned further, however, that they are in need of funds for the construction of lighthouses, and other works, in contemplation and in progress, on various parts of the coast, a dock, or harbour, at Deal being included in the number. We have already said that the term for which the present loan is contracted is understood to extend to seven years. We believe we may add, that the redemp tton of the principal is subject to six months' notice. A call for money of this legitimate description must prove a relief to many capitalists who have surplus funds to invest, arising from the forthcoming payment of the heavy dividend, and similar interests accruing to them at the beginning of the year ; and, although some persons may consider the Trinity House loan ill timed, there are others who are of a directly opposite opinion. Brought, as i t is, into competition with the numerous foreign loans in the course of negotiation, it will have the effect, at all even ts partially, by a temporary absorption of capital, of arresting the drain of gold, an d di scouraging the con tracting firms interested in the latter in the prosecution of their injurious undertakings. At the meeting of the Committee of Portuguese Bond holders held this morning it was resolved that a public meeting, to consider the late decree of the Portuguese Government, should be called for the 6th of January. The conduct of certain contracting houses was severely com mented upon at the meeting o f the 21st instant at the London Tavern ; and again upon this occasion the lame freedom of remark was indulged in, the financial depreda tions of both the Peninsular States being once more brought under review. The zeal evinced in the first in stance in concluding contracts, and the apathy subsequently betrayed in seeing to the honest fulfilment of the same, were allowed to present an example of selfishness not to have been expected from parties of any standing in a great mercantile community like that of (the city of London. Foreign loan projects could never in any case have been carried through but for the co-operation of those who were disposed to place confidence in the parties charged with the execution of them. They, however, came forward with their money in the fullest assurance that the fidelity of the contractors to their trust, and their determination to do justice to each of an d all their principals, might be depended upon. The amount of commission and premium stipulated for was pro bably not made a subject of inquiry. The character of the house treated with was all that the subscribers lookod to, and in this was supposed to reside an ample guarantee aad the equ i ta bl e di sc h arge o f every obliga for fair-play , tion connected with these matters so deeply affecting their interests. It had never occurred to the minds of unsus pecting people that individuals could be intent only on the accumulation of commissions and preimems, and on build ing up collossal fortunes upon the ruins of many of the most respectable properties in the country, aided by the hard earnings of the industrious. It wan impossible that the idea of anything so cruel, so unprincipled, could have entered the imagination of a man who valued the good opinion of his neighbour. The contractors of some of the earlier unfortunate foreign loans have exerted them selves with the most commendable assiduity in the endea vour to procure payment of the dividends. The fruits of their exertions arc beginning to be seen, and the committee very properly marked their sense of the distinction to be drawn between the cases of men who have so conducted themselves and of others who, regardless of the past, are directing their attention solely to the future. A three per cent. contract became the subject of conversation among the members. Reports were said to be current that, al though the loan was palmed upon the public at upwards of 70 per cent., it was actually taken at seine 20 to 30 per cent. under the issuing price. The statement led to the expression of a hope that such reports were destitute of foundation. We believe them . to be an exaggeration of the truth, but it is hard to say what iniquities may be practised under so detestable a system, and, from the silence heretofore observed, we do not expect that any explanation will be given upon the subject. If the bondholders would direct their complaints against the concocters of loans who have implicated them In losses and then deserted them, so as, if possible, to compel them, however tardily it may be, to do their duty, rather than against a fellow-sufferer like Mr. Thornton, as the head of their committees, they would be acting a much more rational part. This would be striking at the root of the evil. Private loan arrangements and " mixed operations" are constantly going on, and, from all accounts, very usurious arrangements and operations they must be. What is most objeetionable in these transactions is, however, that they give the capitalist concerned a direct and material interest in the non-adjustment of antecedent claims. To pay the dividends on old loans would militate against the reim bursement of fresh advances, while the consequent rise that must take place in the value of dishonoured certificates would dintinish the profit accruing from the " mixed ope ration" mode of doing business, the said advances being usually made, part in cash and part in bonds, or coupons, at par. The public seem not to have had till recently the least notion of the numerous pitfalls and quicksands that were prepared for them in the endless intricacies of the foreign loan-jobbing labyrinth into which, from its inviting ex terior and fancied simplicity and security, they were in an evil hour tempted to venture. The Hague correspondent of the Hendelsblad ( Amster dam paper) hints at the probability of an attempt being made by the Dutch Legislature to take away the charter of the Netherlands Trading Company. The ground of such a proceeding would, it is added, be the fact of the supplies of money furnished by the Company to the Go vernment for colonial purposes having been improperly ap. plied to the expenditure of the Mother Country. But it is not shown how the Company are to blame. The commercial accounts received by the Great Wes tern steamer from New York are again comparatively en couraging. A considerable amount of coin is reported as having been forwarded on freight by the Great Western ; but, besides this, numerous minor sums have been received n a private way through the medium of the passengers. H E RA LD. —Private letters, as well as the papers from New York received by the Great Western, give it ascer tain that the Philadelphia banks, the United States Bank among them, will certainly resume specie payments on or before the 15th of January proximo. The fit st effect, it is anticipated there, will be to make money more scarce, as the banks, until they feel themselves secure in their new position, will naturally restrict their discounts to some con siderable extent. The more assured prospects of the re sumption had contributed to improve the internal ex changes. The rate of exchange on Philadelphia, accord ing to the advices previously received, which stood at 3 per cent. discount or above, had declined inconsequence to 11, and the rule of improvement holds good on the in ternal exchanges generally. Whilst upon the subject of these bank and money ac. counts from New York, it may not be inopportune to no tice the receipt of the following letter from Newcastle under- Line : Sir,—My request is made, with much respect, in few words. What would you advise me to do, as a holder of several shares in the United States Bank,—to sell or re tain ? There is none on whose judgment and counsel I should place more dependence than your's ; and thankful shall I be for the benefit of it in this (to me important) instance. " I remain, Sir, very respectfully, " A COUNTRY READER OF YOUR VALILABE JOURNAL." In this matter the following speculations about the United States Bank of a New Yolk Paper must be taken with the caution that they emanate from a party little f-i -vuur.ible to the bank, and on the solidity and consistency of whose conclusions it is proper to add that reliance should be placed only in proportion as they are borne out by undisputen premises : •‘ It is conceded now that the bank will resume, but the very general opinion is that she will not be able :o staid through the year without the same assistance in London that she asks here; that is, a renewal of old obligations as ttiey fall due. The bank, on resuming, must curtail. She has been much expanded last year, to curry favour with the public fur having suspei. ded. She must now rigidly cur tail, and, by so doing, will in all probability lose at ler.i.t 25 per cent. on her commercial paper. The resumption, with other circumstances, may, however, tdvatice her stocks 25 per cent., which will be an of et. We have it on good authority that the beak holds— " Of Stocks s3o 000,000 , _ _ Of Commercial paper o.hcr asset 21;000 000 Total assets $70,000,000 The stock of the Institution is estimated to be worth, !)y good authorities, if now settlei up, 60 per cent." It is stated moreover that one effect of the resump tion it is hoped will be to create a demand for and consequent rise in the prices of American stocks in tuts market. Toe calculation above of the 23 per cant. loss by commercial paper, counterbalanced by :!3 pee cent. rise in the, bank stock, is purely vague c.;11- jeLiture, and no better. The calculation about tne bank a—sets in hand is pretty near the truth, so far as the b dance sheet of the bank itscif, as published under this head a few weeks since, may be depended upon. It seems probable that the position of the bank, what ever it may really be now, is not likely to be deterio rated by the coming change in the Presidency and governing power of the Union, the parties about to compose which have been heretofore, and doubtless are now, among the friends and supporters of the institu tion, although as to their wish, or their capacity, for re.endowing it as a national bank, or bank of the Union, great doubts may be reasonably entertained. In order to comprehend fairly its actual position, as an inWs pensable element for the estimating its future prospects, it is necessary to have the results of that investigation into its affairs, which is stated to have been some time in pro gress on the other side of the, water. It may be assumed, itowever, without any excess of faith, that a fair revival of trade in the United States would tend to strengthen :is position, by the possible realisation in such case of many doubtful and perhaps even now really bad securities or bids. And should the federal states continue punctually to make payment of the dividends on those stocks held so exten sively here and in Europe, in which so much of the ca pital of the bank has been so recklessly and improvidently engulfed, it may be with time that the prices of the sticks shall so recover as to place the tank in possession again of the best part of the funds se jeopardised until now. S I HIT of the PUBLIC JOUR (FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY.) (From the Morning Chronicle.) In the Morning Chronicle of the 15th we stated, on the faith of a letter from Constantinople, that the Porte, after ten days' deliberation, had refused to re cal the act of decheance against the Pacha of Egyot. We stated at the same time that the submission of the Pacha could net have been known at Constantinople at the period of this alleged decision, and expressed our belief that when it was known the decision of the Porte would be mitigated. The au thenticity of our information has been doubted. A Sunday journal indeed, goes so far as to contradict it, because the intelligence has not been re ceived by itself. We confess we cannot regard this reason as altogether satisfactory. What is known upon the matter is, that Izzet Pacha was originally appointed to succeed Mehemet Ali in the Pachalics of Acre and Egypt , that about the 20th of No vember, in consequence of strong representa tions, he was recalled, and a successor appointed to Egypt as well as to Acre. Notwithstanding that no further intelligence has been received upon the subject, we see not the slightest reason to doubt the information of our correspondent, that the Porte had confirmed the act of decheance. We have no doubt, however, since the Four Powers approve of leaving Mehemet Ali in Egypt, that he will be left ; but desirable as it may be that the Porte should adopt this resolution, it seems equally desirable that it should adopt it not hastily nor unconditionally. This is required by the very principle upon which the Pacha was driven out of Syria. The Porte and its Allies felt that the establishment of such a power as that to which the Pacha aspired, was incompatible with the existence of the Ottoman Empire. Within the short space of eight years Mehemet Ali had overrun the whole of Syria ; had organised a fleet and an army, so large and dis proportioned to the resources of the country he ruled as to render further aggression a necessity of their very existence ; he had, according to the statement of his own Ministers, concentrated 100,000 men upon dad' 'Turkish frontier, and then intimated to the European Consuls his determination to declare his independence. It is quite true that he recently abated these pretensions, demanding Syria for life, and Egypt en heredite. The danger to be apprehended from his absolute independ ence, was hardly greater than what would be sure to arise from granting him the title which he claimed. Tile demand for the hereditary possession of Syria would have speedily followed its grant for life, and the de claration of independence would have succeeded that. The apprehension of both, or of either, would have kept a Turkish force continually upon the frontier, and Europe in constant apprehension of a collision, by which the general peace would have been certainly com promised. The Allies interfered in order to reduce the power of the Pacha within such limits as might enable the Porte to defend itself against attack without seek ing the exclusive protection of any one Power. It might happen—it happened before—that the Porte would find itself involvedwou ld be iin a contestnconvenient with thfore Paella at a moment when it only one Power to give assistance. If such were the prin ciple upon which the policy of the dies was founded, THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY, Iic,CEMBER 1840 it is surely not fully carried ou by the uncondi tional restoration of Mehemet Ali to the Pa chalic of Egypt. The writer in the West minster Review, who is, doubtless, well enough acquainted with the Pacha's views as to the extent of his authority, represents the relation subsisting be tween Turkey and Egypt as one of virtual independ ence. It is described as " a vague suzerainty," " a shadow of authority :" and Egypt is said to be a part of the Ottoman dominions, just as " Spain or Austria, Poland or Belgium, might be denominated parts of the Papal dominions." The Porte, we are told, " has nothing to do with the fiscal legislation, the amount of the land -tax, the Custom-house laws and regulations and imposts, the quarantine arrangements ; in a word, the whole machinery of Government was distinct from and independent of the Turkish authority." Even the right of levying war and making peace is claimed as part of the prescriptive authority of the Pacha. The existence of a hereditary right seems inconsistent enough with the principle of delegated autho rity, and in recommending to the Porte the recognition of it the Four Powers manifest in the strongest way their disposition to bring the question to the most amicable settlement that is now possible. But how deal with such pretensions as those we have just referred to ? Are they not manifestly incompatible with any relation between Turkey and Egypt, save one of perfect independence ? Very true ; this exposition of the nature of " the vassalage" of the Pacha is as unauthorised as it is incorrect. But unhappily the events of the last six months fully convince us that officious and irresponsible advisers are not without weight in directing the course of very serious events. To set up exaggerated pretensions, and advise others to insist upon them, although it would not prevent, and could scarcely protract an immediate settlement of the question, may, however, throw obstacles in the way of the most desirable settlement — one brou g ht about with the consent and by the co - operatio n of all the Powers in terested in it. Let us hope, howev er, that indiscretion which has already so signally failed, may not be repeated only to fail again. (From the Morning Herald.) It is but seldom that we can cordially approve of any theological article in the Edinburgh Review, but such an article has appeared in the last number on the sub ject of Popery, that we can heartily recommend it to the serious attention of all our readers. It professes to establish a most important fact, and deduces from that fact a most important inference. The fact is this—and the Reviewer nas established it on a series of the most numerous particulars—that, for the last 200 years Popery has been on the advance in Nurope —that the same century which saw the rise of the Protestant reformation in Europe, also beheld its de clining vigour and decay. We say, this astounding fact is here established on the most comprehensive inductions. The inference which the Reviewer deduces is this—that it is in vain to look for the overthrow of Popery from the mere advancement of science and education ; and this conclusion we think he also establishes on the soundest argument, corroborated by the most undeniable facts. The conclusion which he draws is this, that Popery is unconquerable, and that it will last, under some form or other, to the end of the world. We fear, also, that in this conclusion he is not very far from the truth. But we cannot go further with him than in leaving the event to Providence ; without, in the meantime, doing every thing to resist its growth and progress within the circuit of the British dominions. It is something, how ever, to have the admission and authority of the Edin burgh Review, that we must look in vain for the ex tinction of Popery from the efforts of a secular education, and that all the efforts of mere human learning are insufficient to stem its progress. This is an important admission, since it altogether over throws the policy of her Majesty's present Minis ters in regard to their scheme of national education, and more especially in relation to Ireland. We have always contended that Popery could never be suc cessfully combated by that infidel scheme of education. But the fact—the undeniable fact—that the spirit and power of the Protestant Reformation has been gra dually evaporating in every part of Europe, whilst the power of Popery has been gradually reviving and reco vering, should bring every sincere Protestant to a strict review of his first principles. Far from bringing him to the conclusion that Popery is invincible, and that, therefore, he should sit down in hopeless silence and sub mission to the probable course of events, it should teach bins to recur to the power and principles of Luther, and of the first reformers. Far from bringing him to suppose that he can conquer Popery by meeting her half•way en the road, it should incline him to the most vigorous efforts to oppose it on the genuine principles ot Protestantism. And what are these ? Freedom of judgment—liberty of conscience in all matters relating to religion—a plain and direct appeal to the Scriptures, as the sole depositories of religious truth—an educaton founded on Christian doctrines, not on the doctrines of modern liberality—the humbling, purifying, practical doctrines ot the Gospel in opposition to the professions of modern philosophism. These, we say, arc the only weapons to which Protestants can now appeal with any hope of final success ; and we cordially agree with the Edinburgh Reviewer, that it is hopeless to look for the overthrow of Popery from any of the icheines of modern education. (From the llforning Post.) A postscript to the letter of our Paris correspondent, dated Saturday evening, informs us that the following changes are in contemplation in the French Cabinet : Cou:it Mole, M. Passy, and M. Dufaure, it is posi tively affirmed, are to replace MM. Guizot, Humana. And probably Duchatel, in the Ministry. It is said that the policy of the new Cabinet will be highly fa vourable to an alliance with Russia. We have every reason to believe that these projected 'Ministerial modi fications will he officially announced before the discus sion on the law respecting the fortifications of Paris. Russia is carryirg on her intrigues in the French capital with restless activity. We are enabled to state posi tively that a courier has just arrived at Paris from St. Petersburgh with despatches of a remarkably amicable and conciliatory nature. In these despatches the Rus sian Cabinet deplores the present isolated position of France, and expresses its fervent desire that she may shortly re-assumeher influentialstation in the councils of Europe. The substance of this despatch has already been communicated to the French Government. FROM THE DAILY PAPERS OF SATURDAY. (From the Globe.) We regard the speech of Sir Charles Metcalfe, in opening the Jamaica HOLM of Assembly, as one of the most important documents that have lately been pnblished. It announces, not from the lips of an en thusiast in religion or politics, but from those of a public man of ack.nowle , dged ability, and extended experience, and of a character which stamps with au thenticity every word he utters—the moral and social success of the largest experiment ever made in the cause of human freedom, and the vindication of human nature. That there are economical difficulties still to be over come, is unquestionable, before negro emancipation will profit this country in the mater ial meaning gene rally annexed to that word, as it has done already—so far as relieving it from a weight of guilt, and conse quent danger. That guilt and danger hang over the heads of all who are still behind us in the course of Christian charity towards so larg a n section of our common species. That guilt and danger England is rid of —certainly at a vast expense — an expense rather proportioned to what was appre hended from the experiment, than to its practical re suits in the way of detriment to the planters. We shall not ask Lord Stanley to negotiate for us with anottplr such body ; but, notwithstanding the cost, the bargain is a cheap one, when we regard all its consequences. It has placed us on a totally new yet natural footing, to wards the black race. It has placed us in the position of their instructors, employers, and patrons. It has proved the possibility of making the relations of the two races a source of mutual benefit, without the supposed neces sary coercion. The solution of such a problem was worth paying a handsome price for ; and the honour of being the first nation who have haza rded that solution, will distin guish our history more than the things that now pass cur rent for glory. The economical solution, we have a dmit. ted, is not yet complete ; that is to say the staple produc tions of export from our former slave colonies have de creased, from the insufficiency of labour devoted to those staples. :It is foolish to shut our eyes to this fact, as some enthusiasts appear to do ; or to shut our minds against the application of every remedy. Remedies must be sought and :found, in the interest of our home consumers, who are taxed too highly at present in the prices of colonial productions. (From the Courier.) We understand that the Post-office authorities have determined to take advantage of the opening of the Chester and Crewe branch of the Grand Junction Railway, and that in the ensuing month the Ches ter and Welsh mails will be transmitted by railway to Chester. This will facilitate the delivery of the Lon don letters and papers in Chester every evening at six o'clock, and by eight o'clock every morning ; with a delivery of the London letters and evening papers in every, part of Flintshire and part of Denbigh. shire by breakfast time next morning ; and nearl, three hours earlier in every other part of the Print' cipality, which is communicated with through Chester. We also understand that the Post-office authorities have given their attention to the facilities afforded by the Birkenhead and Chester Railway, and as nearly two hours would be saved by the Irish mails being forwarded via Chester and Birkenhead, it is not at all improbable that at a very early period this will be the route for Post-office communication between London and Dublin, and that the Post-office packets will await the a rrival of the mails on the Birkenhead, instead of the Liverpool side of the Mersey! As we are on this topic, we wish to say a word on a sub ject which concerns the public, more especially those who wish for the advantage of the shortest railway tran sit between London and Dublin, which is via Birken head and Chester. In consequence of disagreements between the Grand Junction Railway Company and the Birkenhead Company ; passengers cannot book through, but are obliged at Chester to change carriages, and to wait for trains. Now we have no wish to-intertere with these Companies, but the public have an iS ,serest at I stake, which, as the boon of these projects hr , been con ceded, ought not to be sacrificed. I: matters, therefore, cannot be reconciled, the Government ougl-,t to interfere on behalf of the public, and dictate suck s 'terms as will afford the greatest possible convenience and facility to passengers, and enable them to have the best direct use of all lines connected with each other, at the least pos ,ible inconvenience. POLICE IN TELLIGENCE. MANSI 01 7 -HOU SE William Quinlan, one of the persons charged a few weeks ago with having, with three others, robbed Mr. Goss, a merchant in the Minories, of brandy and tea, which were taken out of a bonded warehouse in the docks, and shipped, was brought up of; Saturday upon an accusation of forgery, by the Solicitor to the Customs. The Solicitor to the Customs stated by the ad and 4th William IV., cap. 67, sec. 42, it was required that any person having goods in bond, which it was intended to be shipped, should give as security a bond that they should be duly shipped and exported. It appeared that on the 22d October, the prisoner entered a hogshead of brandy for exportation, and that the names to the bond were forged. Mr. Richard F. Barlow, who is in the Bond-office in the Long.room of the Custom-house, produced the bond, but could not identify the party who signed it. Mr. Goss, of No. 119, Minories, stated that the prisoner bad been clerk to him about seven years, and that he believed the signature " Richard Brown," which appeared to the bond produced, was in the handwriting of the prisoner. The writing was rather in a feigned hand, but witness well knew the character of it. William Morgan, clerk to Mr. Goss, stated that he knew the handwriting of the prisoner, who had been a fellow clerk of his at Mr. Goss's house, and believed the signature to be in the handwriting of the prisoner. Sir PETER LAURIE (who presided o❑ the occasion) asked whether forgeries of signatures to bonds were frequently made ? The Solicitor to the Customs said that he was never acquainted with any other instance of the kind. Mr. Charles Phillips (for the prisoner) said it was not yet quite apparent that his client had committed any forgery. Sir PETER LAURIE said his reason for asking whether forgeries of the kind were usual was, because it was his decided opinion that if crimes of violence were on the the decrease, crimes of ingenuity were rapidly and most alarmingly increasing, and demanded the most vigorous exertions of Judges'and Magistrates for their check. He wished to know whether the prisoner had anything to say upon the subject ? The prisoner declared that the signature was not his, he bad never forged anything of the kind. Mr. Goss said that Jennings, who was admitted Queen's evidence in the case to be tried next Session against William Quinlaniat the Central Criminal Court, knew all about the forgery, and had witnessed it. Mr. Phillips requested that Sir Peter Laurie would take bail for Quinlan's appearance. Sir Peter Laurie— No, I cannot take bail on a charge of forgery. Mr. Phillips said that his client had been rather harshly dealt with. His Learned Friend, Mr. Bodkin, had, upon the part of Mr. Goss, the prosecutor i❑ the case at the Central Criminal Court, consented to take bail for Quinlan, but immediately after the bail was entered into, the unfortunate prisoner was apprehended on this charge of forgery. The Solicitor to the Customs stated that the offence just stated had not come to the knowledge of the Customs until the bail had been en tered into. Sir PETER LAURIE repeated that be could not take bail, and remanded the prisoner till next Saturday. GUILDHALL. A well-dressed personage, of somewhat military ap pearance was brought up by policeman No. 64, to an swer a charge of obtaining money by means of false pretexts. Horsford, an officer of the Mendicity So ciety, was in attendance to watch the proceedings. The Rev. Charles Colby Roberts deposed that he resides at, and is one of the masters of St. Paul's S,:bool. On Tuesday se'nnight, a person who gave his name as " Challis," called, and made some representa tion relative to the distressed state of " Captain Ben ,i)arn," (for so the prisoner was represented), and stated that the Rev. Mr. Robinson, of St. Andrew's -court, Id subscribed a sovereign for his benefit. On the following day the prisoner called himself, and said he was a captain, or an officer in the army, witness could not recollect which, and he produced what he said was a commission. He also produced a letter which he said had contained a donation from the Queen to the amount of a sovereign. Witness told the prisoner that he had been imposed upon so often, by persons who appeared by their manners and conversation to be gen !!etnen by education, that he felt a reluctance to ad minister relief, and required hint to give a retetenee. The prisoner then named Mr. Robinson, from whom said. be had received a sovereign. Witness did not give him any thing, but said he would see Mr. Robin i ion, and the prisoner might call again. He (Mr. Ro berts) saw Mr. Robinson, and understanding that the reprcsPntAtions made were not consistent with truth, when the Captain called again he gave hint in charge. The Rev. John Francis Robinson deposed that he :Ives at the Rectory-house of St. Andrew's, Holborn, and had some knowledge of the prisoner. When he first called upon me he urged his necessity with such ability and force, that he operated upon my feelings, and I gave him some silver (I cannot say how much) for temporary use. His language and deportment ia duced me to believe that he had ranked as a gentleman. Matthew Horsford, an officer belonging to the Men dicity Society, was then sworn, and testified to the fol lowing effect I have known the prisoner for five years, and that he gets his living by begging. He is intimately connected with a gang of impostors, and par ticularly with a woman of the name of Smith alias Jones, who has been summarily f convicted ourti mes, and of once trieddic ity, by means of begging letters, ai the Old Bailey. We . have pl e nty of his (the pri soner's) letters at our office, He is well known there. Alderman Bitowar said he should like to hear any thing the prisoner had to say. The Captain said that he was f orme rly an officer of the 19th Regiment of Foot, but he " sold out" in 1832, since which time he ,l,kod experienced many vicissitudes ~f fortune. He had beea barrack-master since, but lost the office. He had been glad at all times to get employment, and was at one time engaged at No. 16, Old Broad-street, to canvass for a then forthcoming publication, but all those employments were only tem porary. . The letters which Mr. Horsford had referred to contained statements of real distress. If he had erred it was by stating what he had been instead of what be was. He might have Cold Mr. Roberts that he had received 1/. from R.ohinson':. The fact was Challis re et..,ived it, and had handed it over to him. Alderman BaowN inquired whether Mr. Robinson had given a sovereign to Cnallis ?—The reply was in the affirmative. The learned Magistrate said that altered the com plexion of the charge altogether, because although the prisoner had not actually received the donation %from the reverend donor, yet it passed from him to the owner through the medium of a third person. He (Alderman Brown) fully uuderstood the matter, yet he had no power to deal with the prisoner upon the evi dence as it stood. Yet no doubt what had been stated would, through a certain medium, the public press, he rendered , useful. The prisoner was then discharged, and he lost no time in getting out of the survey of Horsford, the Mendieity officer. ASSAULT UPON A " FoßY."—James Thompson, William Dickinson, and Charles Bowles, all dressed in the garb of porters, were brought in at the close of the day to answer the charge of Hannah Fury for u of p . setting her body, her basket, and three jo int s of prime ma l t (meat ). Alderman BaowN—State your complaint—but, first all, What are you Mrs. Fury ? Mrs. Fury—Your worship I am a female porter, and carry malt from New. gate market. Alderman Eftows—Where do you live, and are you married or single? Mrs. Fury—l live in Cowcross, yer worship's honour, and ant single —that is, I've been married, but ant a widdy now, the {Lord help me. [The witness heaved a sigh and . IcrosseJ herself.] Well, your worship, I was going along this morning wid my basket on my bead, and those three—two of thorn, I mean—upset my bas ket and throwed down three clane pieces of malt down to the dirty gutter, nasty bastes as they are. They were all linked together, but the middle man (Dickin son) only laugh e d an d l oo ked on. Police constable No. 244 confirmed the statement of Mrs. .Fury. Th e a tt a ck was a very Wanton one, and when interfered with they made great resistance, par ticularly the first and last named prisoners. The complainant laid her damage and loss of time at as., which the Alderman ordered the prisoners to pay forthwith or go to " box" the oakum block for 14 days. The prisoners having clubbed to make up the amount of mulctation, Hannah made her best curtsey and departed. BOW-STREET. George Stephens was placed at the bar c harged with stealing a letter containing a gold medal, value 101., which came into his possession by virtue of his office as letter carrier in the General Post-office. Mr.. Peacock c onducted the ;pro se cution and Mr. Flower appeared for the prisoner. Alphonso Daniels, assistant to Mr. Joliffe, a jeweller, residing at Portsea, stated that on the Bth of June last he was present when his employer en closed a gold medal in a letter, and addressed it to Messrs. Collins and Furval, of Jewin-street, Cripplegate_ The letter was . s ealed, and witness delivered it at the Post-office, Ports mouth, paying eightpence postage for it. It was sub sequently ascertained that the letter had not arrived at its destination. Previous to the medal being enclosed witness examined it, and made a mark upon it with a file to judge of the quality of the gold. He also weighed it and found it weighed two ounces and fourteen penny weights, and eighteen or nineteen grains. The piece of gold produced was the sarue q ualit y of gold as that which had been enclosed and weighed within a grain_ of the same. The medal had on it a head of Charles X., and on the reverse side a wreath. There were also the words " Charles the Tenth" on one side, and Mauri tius on the other. The medal produced had been much hammered and flattened, but something still appeared which resembled a head. There was also a mark on the edge similar to that which witness made with the file, and his impression was that it was the same medal. Two hammers were then produced, which witness said the medal might have been hammered with. Joseph Hunter, letter-carrier, proved that he deli vered letters in Jewin-street on the day in question, but no such letter was then in his possession. Inspector Pearce proved that on the 21st instant he searched the prisoner's house, 17, Redcross-square, and on opening a chest of drawers, he took a pair of trousers from them, in the pockets of which was the medal produced, which dropped on the floor, and on picking it up the prisoner said, " I found that by the side of the Thames in Tooley-street, about nine months ago, and did not know of what metal it was composed." He then sa!d he was by trade a smith and farrier. Mr. Blott, clerk in the General Post-office, proved that on the 9th of June, when that letter in question should have arrived in London, the prisoner was em ployed in the inland office carrying letters from the stamping table to the sorters, and it might have passed through his hands. Janes Chaplin, apprentice to Mr. Chaplin, jeweller, 17, Redcross-street, recollected the prisoner coming to his master's house about three months ago, and upon several occasions he lent him the hammers produced. Mrs. Chaplin also recollected about six weeks back the prisoner borrowing a hammer, and she afterwards heard a continued hammering in his groom for two or three hours, or more, and she had no doubt he was at home at the time, as it was the time he was usually off duty. Mr. Chaplin said that the prisoner exhibited a piece of gold which weighed about three ounces which wit ness valued at ten pounds ; but be never said that he bad found it. The witnesses were bound over to prosecute, but upon Mr. Peacock intimating that he would have further evi dence on a future day, the prisoner was ordered to be remanded for a week. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. Rebecca and Mary Ann Clarke were brought before Mr. Dyer, charged with having stolen seven cards of lace, value 101., from the shop of Messrs. Swan and Edgar, Piccadilly, and a man named Williams was also charged with having aided and abetted the felony. It appeared that Messrs. Swan and Co. had recently been robbed of lace to a considerable extent, in particular the day before the prisoners were detected, they missed lace to the amount of 301. ; and, in order to detect the plunderer, the plan was adopted of counting the number of cards in the lace drawer placed before a customer, and after the customer had been served. Henry James, shopman to the firm, said that on Wednesday last the two female prisoners came into the shop and bought a number of small articles. They asked to see some lace. A box was brought, and several cards were looked at, and small portions cut off. Wit ness noticed that one of the prisoners placed her hands under her shawl as for the purpose of adjusting her dress, and when this was seen the young woman made a remark that it was very cold. The box of lace, when taken away and counted, was found to be deficient seven cards. As soon as the bill was made out—this was be fore the robbery was discovered—it was found to amount to a few shillings more than the money in the posses sion of the prisoners. Rebecca proposed that her sister should go and fetch the difference while she remained, and Mary Ann accordingly went out of the shop. Robert Hope, superintendent of the shop, said in consequence of information he received. he watched the female prisoners. When Mary Ann left the shop he ran out and saw her speak to the prisoner Williams, who was waiting outside, and the prisoner Williams apparently handed something to the prisoner. Witness came forward and seized the girl, and one of the clerks detained the male prisoner. Witness took the girl into the shop again, and then requested herself and sister to walk into the counting-house. When there he told them he suspected they had property about them which did not belong to them, upon which Mary Ann came forward, and opening her arms as if to be searched contrived to screen her sister, who then let fall the seven missing cards of lace. A policeman was sent for, and all parties were taken to the station-house. Policeman C 172 said while on the way to the sta tion-house, Rebecca Clarke offered him five shillings not to say anything about a purse that had been found on the prisoner Williams. Mr. DYER said it was such a clear case of associa tion that he was bound to send all the prisoners before a jury, and they were fully committed. PRESENTATION OF PLATE TO ALDERMAN AND MRS. WILSON. On Thursday last a pair of most chaste and elegant gold cups were presented to Aldermam Wilson and his lady, commemorative of a magnificent entertainment given by them when residing in the Mansion House, as Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress, to the members of his Lordship's family. To that entertainment one hun dred and sixty-nine individuals were invited, out of which number one hundred and eleven sat down to dinner. The cups are the workmanship of Messrs. Green and Ward of Cockspur-street, after the design of the ancient and far-famed loving cups, so long in use at the Man sion House on all state occasions. In weight and size they correspond exactly with those which have been drank out of by the representatives of all the civilized and half civilized nations on the face of the globe ; but in finish and workmanship they are infinitely superior. On one side the family arms are most elaborately wrought in bright and dead gold, producing a striking contrast to the other portions, which are highly bur nished. On the opposite is the following inscription, worked out in a manner similar to that in which the arms are exhibited " PRESENTED I UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. TO THE RIGHT HON. SAMUEL WILSON, LORD MAYOR OF LONDON, 1839. To commemorate an Entertainment given By his Lordship and the Lady Mayoress, In the Egyptian Hall, in the Mansion House, On the sth day of April, 1839. To his Family, At which one hundred and eleven members attended. And in remembrance alike of the splendour And hospitality of the same, and of the Great kindness shown by the Lord Mayor And the Lady Mayoress to their guests." The covers are surmounted by the family crest (a wolf rampant), inscribed in a garter in relief, also in dead and burnished gold. The whole is finished in a style that reflects great credit upon the artists, and is , honourable to the donors, as it must be gratifying to the Alderman and those of his family, who may here after be the possessors of them. When exhibited side by side on a plateau with the public testimonial pre sented in June last to Alderman Wilson at the Albion Tavern, they form an unique and splendid memorial of the Alderman's indefatigable zeal and exertions for the promotion of the welfare of his fellow-citizens, and will be a permanent record of his and Mrs. Wilson's courtesy and attentions to the numerous guests who partook of the brilliant hospitalities of the Mansion House in the year 1839. The candelabra and cups, without the plateau, weigh upwards of six hundred and fifty ounces. CAMBRIDGE, DEC. 26.—The undermentioned gentlemen were ordained by the Lord Bishop of Lincoln, in.Lineoln Cathedral, on Sunday last, the 20th inst.:— Deacons.—Thomas Barton Benated, B. A., St. John's College, Cambridge; Francis Briscoe, B. A., Trinity Col lege, Dublin ; John Henry Browne, 8.A., St. John's Col lege, Cambridge ; William Burnside, B. A., St. John's College, Cambridge; John Emeris, B. A., University College, Oxford ; Mortimer Thomas Latham, B. A., Brazenose College, Oxford; Chas. Wm. Selby Lowades, 8.A., Christ's College, Cambridge; Gilbert Sandbach, B. A., Brasenose College, Oxford; Joseph Spence, B. A., Christ's College, Cambridge ; William Toms, B. A., Worcester College, Oxford ; William Henry Trentham, M. A , St. John's Colege, Cambridge ; Edward Trollope, B. A., St. Mary's Hall, Oxford ; Henry Usborne, B. A., Baliol College, Oxford. Priests.—John Richardson Bumbury, B. A., St. Alban'a Hall, Oxford ; Rohert Henry Goodacre, Literate ; Henry Gosse, 8.A., Exeter College, Oxford ; Curtis Jackson, B. A., St. John's College, Cambridge ; Charles Nevile, B. A., Trinity College, Oxford ; Richard Stanley, M. A., Brasenose College, Oxford; Joseph Stevenson, B A., St. John's College, Cambridge; Benjamin Street, 8.A., Trinity College, Dublin ; John Haddesley Williams, 8.A., St. Mary's Hall, Oxford. The Bishop of Lincoln's next ordination will be held in Lincoln Cathedral, on Sunday the 14th of March. Candi dates must send their papers to his Lordship at Willing ham House, neaeMarket Rosen, before the Ist of February. At an ordination, held in the Cathedral Church, Ches ter, on Sunday, the 13th Mat., by the Lord Bishop of Chester, the following gentlemen of this University were ordained : Priests.—David James Stewart, B. A., Trinity Col Lege ; William Hall, M. A., Clare-hall ; John Leach, B. A., Pembroke College; William Nassau Molesworth, B. A., Pembroke College ; Edward Marsden, 8.A., St. John's College ; Henry Power, B. A., St. John's College ; Thomas Owen, B. A., St. Peter's College ; John Hale, 8.A., Queen's College. Bateson, B. A., Queen's College ; Charles William Cahusac, B. A., St. John's College ; Charles James, B. A., St. John's College; John Jackson, B. A., St. John's College ; Henry Charles Seller, B. A., St. John's College ; Nunn Robert Prettyman Kemp, B. A., Coins College ; George Yarnold Osborne, B. A., Sidney College ; James Yorke, B. A., Sidney College ; Alexander Chirol, B. A., Clare Hall. At an ordination held by the Lord Bishop of Winches ter, in the chapel within his castle at Farnham, Sunday, 13th Dec. 1540, the following Gentlemen of this Univer sity were ordained : Priests.—John James Ramsay, B. A., Queen's Col lege ; Thomas Whytehead, M. A , St. John's College : Charles Marett, 8.A., Pembroke College. Deacons.—Stephen: Stock Gower, 8.A., St. John's College ; Wm. Henry Plume, 8.A., Queen's College ; William Maule Barnes, M.A., Trinity College. At tthe Christmas ordination of the Lord Bishop of Chichester, held at the Cathedral, Chichester, on Sunday, the 20th inst., the following gentlemen were ordained : Deacons—Hon. R. W. West, M. A. ' Balliol College, Oxford ; J. P. Tomlinson, B. A., Magdalen College, Cambridge ; H. G. Vigne, B. A., St. Peter's College, Cambridge ; H. Smith, B. A., Queen's College, Oxford. Priests—A. G. How, St. John's college, Cambridge ; H. H. Hastie, B. A., Pembroke College, Cambridge ; W. E. Allfree, 8.A., Wadham College, Oxford ; H. E. Pratt, B. A., University College, Oxford ; A. A instey, 8.A., Worcester College, Oxford ; W. Thomson, M. A., Jesus College, Cambridge. Dr. Shuttleworth, the new Bishop of Chichester, has made a donation of five guineas to the Worthing Literary Institution, of which his predecessor was also a patron. At an ordination held by the Lord Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol, in the cathedral church of Bristol, on Sunday last, the following gentlemen were admitted into Holy Orders, viz.:— Priests—John Southgate Austin, B. A., Trinity College, Oxon ; Edward John Everard, B. A., St. John's College, Cambridge ; Edward William Garrow, 8.A., Brasenose College, Oxon ; Robert Hebson, 8.A., Queen's College, Oxen ; Meyrick Holme, M.A., Brasenose College, Oxon. Deacons—Henry Bate, B. A., Emmanuel College, Cambridge ; Wm. Henry Biedermann, B. A., Pembroke College, Oxon ; Henry Bubb M.A., Pembroke College, Oxon ; Richard Trist Budd, B. A., Magdalene College, Cambridge; John Bath Gabriel, B. A., St. Edmund's Hall, Oxon. ; Charles Ross de Havilland, B. A., Oriel College, Oxon ; Edgar Lloyd, 8.A., Merton College, Oxon ; Octavius Freire Owen, B. A., Christ Church College, Oxon. The Rev. R. C. Ward, of 'Trinity College, in this Uni versity, has been appointed to the Rectory of Tallerton, Notts, vacant by the death of the Rev. E. Smith. On the 4th inst., the Lord Bishop of Peterborough in stituted the Rev. Joseph Garton, to the vicarage of Tow cester, in Northamptonshire, vacant by the cession of the Rev. A. J. Rain ; on the presentation of the Lord Bishop of Lichfield. On the 16th inst., the Lord Bishop of Peterborough in stituted the Rev. Edward Robert Butcher, D. C. L , on his own petition, to the rectory of Milton, near North ampton, vacant by the death of the Rev. George Oakes Miller. The Rev. Watson Buller Pole, B. A., has been insti tuted by the Lord Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol, to the rectory of Condicote, in the county of Gloucester and diocese of Gloucester and Bristol, vacant by the cession of the Rev. John Gascoyno Littlehales; patron, Rev. W. Bishop and others. The Rev. Edward John Everard, B. A., has been in stituted by the Lord Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol to the rectory of Oldbury on the Hill cum Didmarton, in the county of Gloucester 'and diocese of Gloucester aed Bristol, vacant by the deaths of the Rev. Dr. Cooke; pa tron, his Grace the Duke of Beaufort. The Rev. George Thomas Pocbett, B. A., of St. John's College, in this University, has been instituted to the Rectory of Denton, in the county of Lincoln, on the pre sentation of the Rev. William Potchett, M.A., Preben ellry of North Grantham, founded in the Cathedral church of Salisbury. The Rev. John Douglas Giles, M. A., has been insti tuted to the Vicarage of Swinstead, in the county of Lin coln, vacant by the death of the Rev. Henry Daniel, on the presentation of Lord Willoughby d'Eresby. The Rev. John Bowstead, M. A., has been collated to the vicarage of Messingham with Bottisford, in the county of Lincoln, vacant by the resignation of the Rev. George Daniel Renaud; Patron, the Lord Bishop of Lincoln. The Rev. Henry Fielding, M. A., has been instituted to the rectory of Salmonbury, in the county of Lincoln, vacant by the death of the Rev. William Bowerbank; on his own petition as Patron in full right. The Rev. William Barlow, M. A.. Prebend of Chester, has been presented to the rectory of Northenden, Cheshire, vacant by the death of the Rev. W. Ainger ; patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Chester. The Bishop of London has licensed the Rev. Daniel Augustus Beaufort,M. A., of Jesus College, in this Univer sity, to be Assistant Minister of Portman chapel, London. On Thursday week, the Rev. William Brooke, M.A., was instituted to The Vicarage of Bentley, Suffolk, on the presentation of the Rev. Charles Edmund Keene, of Swyncombe House, in the parish of Swyncomba, in the county of Oxford. The Rev. Edward Penny, M.A., of St. John's Col lage, Oxford, Curate of Hythes, has been collated to the United rectories of St. Andrew's, and St. Mary Bread man, in the city of Canterbury. Patron, his Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury. The Rev. John Winpenny, curate of Rothwell, and son of the Rev. R. C. Winpenny, Vicar of Market Weighton, to the perpetual curacy of Yarm, in the North Riding. Patron, the Archbishop of York. - The Rev. J. R. Rushton, B. D., Curate and Lecturer of Banbury, has been presented by the Lord Bishop of Oxford to the perpetual Curacy of Hooknorton, Oxon, vacant by the decease of the Rev. Geo. Turner, vicar of Spelsbury. ROYAL POLTTgCIINIC INSTITUTION.—This establishment has lately added another feature to its nume rous objects in the shape of an evening exhibition, which is full of advantages to those prevented by business from visiting it in the day-time. Bramah's warm water appa ratus has been most successfully used in the building, every room of which is of a most delightful temperature. SOMNAMEULISNI.—At the cavalry barracks at tached to the Ecole Militaire at Paris the greater part of the 10th Regiment of Chasseurs was suddenly woke one night last week by shouts of "II est mort 1" It was pre sently ascertained that a young lancer had thrown himself out of the first-floor window of the Ecole Militaire. His name was Charrier ; he entered the service in 1836, was always well conducted, and no reasonable motive could be ascribed for the commission of the act, which, proving fatal immediately after it was committed, no explanation could be got from the unfortunate young soldier himself. He was separated for a few days from his regiment, which is stationed at Versailles, having been brought up to Paris to give his testimony as a witness. The occurrence was sub- scquently explained by his regimental comrade stating the fact that he was addicted to somnambulism, and the circum stances were as follow :--During the course of the day he had gone out, in company with a dragoon, to take a stroll through the streets of Paris. It had been his intention to visit his sister, a bonne d'enfans ; but they had loitered so long elsewhere that this they had found impossible ; and the military hour of couvrefeu (curfew) arriving, they were forced to return to barracks. But Charrier, being uneasy in mind, and dreaming probably of going to his sister's, rose during the night. Those who slept in the same room ob served that he made his bed very carefully, put on his or derly jacket and his sabre, made a turn through the room, and then proceeded to open a window, which looked out on one of the courts of the military school. A sergeant of chasseurs, whose bed was near this window, awakened by the cold, reproached the young lancer somewhat vehe mently for opening the window at such a time and in such dreary weather. Whilst the sergeant was addressing him, Charrier put his leg throug h the window, muttered a few words, and flung himself on the pavement before th he other could make the least move ment to prevent him. Te poor young soldier had been awoke by the voice of the sergeant, and in his first movem ent of sur p rise mistook the window for his bed, and killed himself. ELEGANT CHRISTMAS PRESENT:" THE ART OF NEEDLEWORK," EDITED BY TILE COUNTESS OF W I ETO:sI.—A new Edition of this valuable little Work has just now seasonably appeared—for a better Christmas Present or New Year's Gilt for the fair sex cannot ad - be imagined. It is, indeed , as the Times obser lady v es, " an mirable volume, and shou ld be possessed by every ." the first No theme connected with the subject, f "aprons" of Father Adam and Mother Eve to the last new patterns of the Berlin embroidery—from the hemming of the first diminutive handkerchief to the interminable roll of the Bayeux tapestry—from the first simple sampler.of the first simple school-girl to the gorgeous field of the cloth of gold—has been passed over without eliciting a pas sage, or a whole chapter pregnant with h n e volume will be ovel information, lively interest, and attr active detail. T read and appreciated when n ine-tenths of the popular ephemera of the hour are forgotten. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE MANCHESTER—FRIDAY EVENING. This being Christmas Day there is nothing doing to re quire the slightest remark. 12 to 1 was the last offer we heard upon the Derby field, and 20 to 1 on the Chester one ; i to 1 is offered v. Kedge for the Oaks, and lb to 1 v. anything for the St. Leger. From T. J. Pettigrew, M.D., F.R.S., to Messrs. S. and B. Solomons, 39, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly ( opposite the York Hotel), and 76, King William street, Bank of England.—" Gentlemen, —I have no hesitation in replying to your inquiry as to the results obtained by the use of your improved specta cles; being in the constant habit of reading and writing for many hours together by lamp-light, it is but justice to say, that your newly invented spectacle lenses have afforded me the greatest comfort. When I employed the ordinary. pebbles, I never failed to experience in the morning a great irritation in the eyes. Since I have used your admirable glasses I suffer from no inconvenience of the kind, and my vision is much improved. I shall ever feel grateful to my good friend, Dr. Blundell, for having drawn my attention to the subject : —Believe me to be your's, very respectfully, T. J. Pettigrew, 8, Saville-row, Jan. 4, 1839." The Messrs. Solomons' Operative Voice Conductor, by which thousands of deaf persons have been , greatly benefited, is the size of a seven-shilling piece, and when fixed into the cavity of the car, is soft, easy, and not more uncomfortable nor perceptible than having a piece of wool in its place, and the faintest whisper at a public as assembly is heard with distinctness.-39, Albemarle-street, and 76, King William-street, Bank.—No connection with persons of the same name. The good people of Shrewsbury and its neigh bourhood, according to the local Chronicle, expended in meat only, for Christmas day, 3,6001. Mr. Herbert, in a note to " White's Natural History of Selborne," p. 227, says he saw Colonel O'Kel ly's green parrot, about 1799, which sang, perfectly, about fifty different tunes, solemn psalms, and humorous or low ballads, articulating every word as distinctly as a man, without a single mistake, beating time with its foot, turn ing round upon the perch, and marking the time as it turned ; if a person sang part of a song, it would take it up where he left off; and, when moulting and unwilling to sing, turned its back and said, " Poll's sick." The dog to which Blumenbach alludes was seen and heard by Leib nitz ( Op. vol. ii. p. 180. ii. ), who declares it pronounced all the letters of the alphabet except m, n, x, and thirty German words; was three m years old when it went to school, and required some years for finishing its education. Locke, however, goes farther than Leibnitz, for he relates a story in his " Essay on Human Understanding" (book ii. p. 27), on the authority of Prince Maurice, and believe it too, of an old parrot that held a rational conversation, — Dr. Elliotson's Human .Physiology. EVENING EDITIO' NAVAL INTELLIGENCE (From the Hampshire Telegraph.) PORTSMOUTH, DEC. 26.—The Pelican, 16, Com— mander C. Napier, at Chatham, is ready for sea ; and. the Iris, Capt, Nourse, nearly so. The Formidable. and London have had their lower masts rigged and their topmasts pointed, and are ordered to be sent to. the Sheerness ordinary, where they will remain until. required for sea. The Emerald tender arrived to-day from Plymouth, with newly raised men. On Thursday, the Driver, steamer, about the size of the Stromboli, but with more beam, was launched from this dock-yard ;in three quarters of an hour she was masted, and taken into dock to be coppered. In Harbour—Queen, Victory, Excellent, Royal George, Indus, Tweed, Pheenix, Rapid, Atholl and Apollo troop-ships , Echo steam tug. At Spithead.--None. Earl Minto has, in the kindest man ner, p romoted Mr. Henry Hope Chitomo, Clerk of the Cleopatra, to the rank of Purser. This gentleman is the brother of the young officer whose death we recorded in our last, as having taken place at Malta Hospital. PROMOTIONS AND A PPOINTMENTS. PROMOTlONS.—Lieutenant Augustus Leopold Ku per, late Pelorus, to the rank of Commander.—Cous mission to be dated from 27th July. 1839. Mate—Leopold George Heath (of the Excellent) has obtained the half-yearly Lieutenant's Commission, as; being Senior in proficiency of Ma thematics, to the Chrisrmas vacation, at the Roya l Naval Col , prior lege.. Charles C. Carter made Lieutenan t. -Clerks—Cornelius Dealy , of the Seaflower. and Henry Hope Chimmo, of the Cleopa tra ; W. Cr-Tom-- Ste. inson, R. 'F. Crispin, John Brickwood, Will i am ,Stan way, John Harkshaw, W. H. Dutton, 8.. L. Suther land, E. A. Smith, to the rank of P urser. APPOINTMENTS.—Captain--George Elliot, acting: to the Volage. Commander—Thomas Jordaine Clarke (acting) ;to the Columbine. Lieutenant—J. Sanderson to the Excellent ; Leopold George Heath to the Impregnable. Mate—L. P. Pigott, to the Impregnable Bridge (of the Excellent) , and Geo r g e H. H. Great head, to the Indus ; C. J. F. Ewart, of the Excellent, to the Monarch ; L. C. H. Tonge to the Vernon ;0. Borland and John Borlase to the Excellent—the latter to take charge of the artillery duties on board that ship• Assistant-Surgeon—Charles Daniell (of the Phosnix) to the Apollo. PLYMOUTH, DEC. 24.—The Impregnable sod Belleisle were towed out of harbour to the S o und 0 0 Thursday last. The Hamoaze lighter a rrived on Tburg" day last from Pembroke. The Camel lighter sailed ou Thursday with stores for Pembroke. Th e Locust steamer sailed on Friday with despatches for NI, T Inconstant arrived on Thursd a y, the 17th of De- cem he ber, from Cork. The Avon steamer arrived on Saturday with men from Liverpool, and sailed the ne . xt day for Sheerness. The La Saurneneze French six guns, arrived on Sunday from St. Melirs• Abercrombie, Robinson, sailed on Monday with.troops for Gibraltar. (From the Hampshire Independent.) PORTSMOUTH, DEC. 26.—The Cuckoo steamer was taken into dock on Saturday last, to make good her de fects, having run foul of a sunken vessel in the Cilannel. The Apollo, troop frigate, Mr. W. White, master commanding, has been taken out of dock, and is,fitting with every despatch ; it is reported to convey the: 99th regiment from Cork to the Mediterranea n. . The Lightning steamer arrived at Woolvvich on, Fri day last from Lynn, where she had proceeded to raise seamen for the navy, having obtained only three volu , teers. Rather dear work this for John Bull, to e mploy a Government steamer to p rocure three seamen. NiSrby does not the Government look the difficulty fairly in the face, and offer a bounty for g ood seamen ? better put a a c s o e i r l y p i l c e es o . f sovereigns in Jack's pocket than expend hundred tons of coal in endeavouring to procure his It is rumoured that the Admiralty intend to assemble a channel fleet, consisting of six line-of-battle ships, at Spithead, in the THE MARKBTS,. COUNTRY CORN MARKETS DURING LAST NITEEK. COUN'ilti ...Ai., ./T Wh ea t. Barley. Oats. Beans. P ea so. I .-.-.---- ----- ----- -..--.--- ------. ---- Per Quarter S. to s. s• to I. s. to s. s. to I. .. Carlisle 1 t.B -37 -32 - 56 --6 -'' Hexham !58 62 32 3S 21 - -- -- --,. Alorpeth , 48 60 24 28 19 91 40 44 34 3r , Benrith I 58 3l -- 3 -- Sheffield 1 - 63 - 34 -- 21 -. 46 -- .. 3 . 2 : Winchest , r 152 63 29 ;i2 26 29 42 4b 35 d f . _,. Per Bushel. 1 s.d. s.d. s.d. 5. sl. s. s.d s. _ ..r t. Carmarthen t. 0 '7 70 0 5 0 0 22 5 6 000 t. i Cowbriage 110 0 - 8 6 40 48 2 0 40 5 0 53 O c ~.. n UC . Swansea ,7 8 6- 48 2 1 26 5 6 6 0 . 0 u t Per 8011. , Barnardcastll 6 0 14 9 8 0 9 3 7 4 A6ll 0 12 6.0 6 )2 Durham 14 0 16 0 F 0 9 0 '7 9 8910 0 13 010 0 12 Richmond 11.6 lB 0 7 0 91. 5 6 8 0 9 0 II 6 9 0 9 Stockton l3 0160 9 0 90 7 0 86 7 6 S 6 0 0 WAKEFIELD CORN MARKET Wneat, Red, Norfolk and Suftblk ...... .• • -•-41. 61s. to 625. fine( - Lin. and Cam........... ..... -s. 625. to 615. fine 63t ------- Yorkshire -S. -S. to 545. tine 595 - Vt.hite --- Forei -s. -s. to 53 5. tine 641. gn, tied -s . White -s. to 695. nue eds. Barley. Norfolk and Suffolk .--s. to 355. tine 285 . .----- Lincolnshire --- Yorkshire Wold . 26s. to -s. fine 32. --- Foreign Beans, New --- Old -,. to 465. fine 4 91 Potato --s. to 30s. fine 324. Oats, - --- Poland -s. -s. to 2es. fine 265. ---- Frio land and Small -s. -s. to 295. tine 235. 12d. to 13d. pe t Stone - hs,Niling .... Ste27s. to 2.85. Od. per Lo a . Md alt ling ..................s. 40s. fine 445 . p er _ Load Rap -/. Os. 261.05. MI. Os. per L ast. eseed NEWCASTLE CORN EXCHANGE. Red, White. Wheat, Northumberland 505. -1"" -5.613'. 1 ---- Norfolk and Suffolk 625. 645. ...... 664. 68.. ,---- ck and Scotch fils. 655 ..... . -s. 6 75 . Berwick --. Foreign 62s. 665. -.... 62 5. 661. • and Suffolk 368 3fis ....... .45...'6- I Rye, Norfolk . 298. 331....• ..1/. --.4. t Norfolk and F ee a d n i , cl , g Sulfolk -s. --5.....„ -4.. 11---.--ltßjk, s yl :N :o s G o i ‘ 'rmrei Grind i ng Norfolk t l n l k di ni and 'g)g. Suffolk 5 3 ,0:. 60, 335 : . : .. .... .. = s e: ... --1 1. . i 40s. 485....... --s. -s. 1 r: __._.- Tick -...... 428. 485....... -s. -..s t a.. Pease, White 44s Os. ..... -- 9 . --5. 1. - Gray Oats, Northumberland, Potatoe 30.. 325. ...... -s. --s. .-------------- Feed 2Bs 311 s ....... -s. --s. --- li °reign Flour (per sack) l,.s. 535. .... - s. --.0 -----,---- SCOTCH MARKETS. OVIIII I L Oats, Wheat. 33 to 35 3 39 25 to is 21 21 26 26 3 , 1 , .6 4 . 30 27 1 17 21 36 3s 40 measure vi NGfON Barley. 33s 6d 30s Od 283 Od kberdeen... Berwick...... 'Coldstream . Cupar (Fife) Dunbar ...... Elgin ......... Inverness ... Kelso 50 to 60 18 to 21 —to 38 4.3 16 17 32 4., 5 17 18 30 48 65 18 22 22 26 48 68 23 27 40 42 55 60 20 28 4P 5 4 4 50 66 19 23 3'2 33 36 .47 15 18 33 34 62 67 I 33 45 48 60 4 125 35 41 44 tize of the tries throughout t h e e( HAMM/ ) RN MARKET. Wheat. Oats. Pe ase. (iBs Od 27s 04 36s Od (10 lOd 2is Od 34. Od 53s Od • 21s IA 30s Od Average. .................... .3/. 0 01. 11.r2ths. DALKEITH CORN MARKE'T. Wheat Batley. I Oats. Pease. First , 255 8d 43 s Od 68 i a 3 is o , , Son d s9s Od 135, 6.1 122 , Sd 4 0, Od d 'Third • GOs Od 2 i s Od A Ol Od 34 s O d GLASGOW CORN MI 11..,,:t .—Dec. 23. Wheat, per 24011). 6. d. s.d. Oats, per 2041 b.. s. d. Plritish, old 326 (035 6 lc , Qh . . .................... 17 oto2o 0 —new C....da, free — 0 0 1ri5h............ . . .... Barley, pr English Scottish Irish -.--• 40 - 43 - kirkaldy Perth ler The I • untrY 13CAIIS 4Os Od 853 Od 32s Od First Second Third B.an • 4$ Od 4 6 Oa 34 Od ____ ----_ SPOONS and FORKS, strongly plated with Silver on a white metal, and consesuently not liable by wear to show any other colour. Table Spoons or Forks 21. 19s. per dozen. Dessert Spoons or Forks, Two Guineas per dozen Tea Spoons , 255. p er dozen. Gravy Spoons, 96. Gd. each. Soup Ladles, 16s. each. T. COX SAVORY, Silversmith &c., 47, Cornhill (Seven doors from Grace.. church-street, London N.B. A Pamphlet, containing 'a list of. the prices of iilver Plate, Plated Goods, Watches, Clocks, &, may be had gratis, or will be forwar ded, p ost free, in answer to a post paid rats' cation. FLAT SILVER , WATCHES, 41- GUINEAS each.—Elegant Silver Watches, suitable for the waistcoat pocket, with the horizontal escapement, jewelled in four holes, silver dials, hand to mark the seconds, maintaining power to continue going whilst Iseing wound, and double bark to the eases; price 4/. 16s. 6d each. The performance is warranted A. B. SAVORY and SONS, 9, Cornhill, London, opposite the 13ank. of England. PAPIEii, MAC HE TEA. TRAYS , 60s. the SET of FULL SIZED GOTHIC SHAPE. Superior London Table Knives, with ivory handles, Ins. per dozen ; Brass Poles for Window Curtains, li ioch diameter, Is. 3d. per foot 2 inches, Is. ed. per foot ; bronzed fenders, 4 feet long, es.-- Catalogues gratis, containing the prices of stoves, fenders, fire irons, kitchen utensils, and every article in furnishing iron mongery. RIMY and BURTON, Wells -street, Oxford-street. Established 1820. --..................w1ev Imigereer -- B IR THS. On the 20th inst., at Dover, the lady of H. C. Bingham , Esq., of a son. On the '23d iust., at Stonehouse, Devonport, the lady of Captain Errington, of the 51st Light Inf intry, of a son. On the 25th inst., in Eaton-square, the lady of Lieutenant- Colonel 111 Alpine, of a daughter. On the 25th inst., at Easton Lodge, Norfolk, the lady of T. W. Fountains, Esq., of a son. On the 25th inst., at Hanover-terrace, Regent's Park, th e lady of J. Moxon, Esq., of a daughter. On the `2sth inst., at St. James's-street, Mrs. T. A. Pesterre, of a son. On the 21st inst., at Edmonton Church, Mr. J. MARRIED. l e y, of Fore-street. Edmonton, to Mary Elizabeth, slalent daughter of T. Br o wn, Esq., of Chapel-place, Upper Edmonton. On the 21st inst., at ll,Lliton, the Rev. J. S. Brockburst, M.A. of St. John's College, Cambridge, Master a Camber well Collegiate School, to Letitia Mary, eldest daughter of W Beeston, Esq., of Grove-lane, Camberwell. W. Grita- -- DIND. . On the 24th inst., at Park - lane , Frances Klema, re li c t of J Woodburn, Esq., late of it. Martin's-lane. On the 24th inst., the Rev. H. Allan, Ili. A., aged 30. v.,.................icc 01 nu t , he s tl ii th inst., in Stratford-Place , Fanny, the wife o . f nux, Esq --- - London: Printed and Published by AIIIRDO YOUNG , of o, 112. Strand, at The Sun Office, I‘, 0. 11'2, Strand, in N the county of Middleiex. —Monday, December, 25, 1540. •Is) 1111 Barley, Ey T• F,_ . ,~;; ~: