The Sun. — London, England, 1840-01-28 00:00:00

EVEN ENO EDITION. PRINCE .4_,LBERT, MESSRS. 1-iOI)GSON and GRAVES, her Majesty's Printsellers and Publishers, have the hc , nour to announce that they are preparing for immediate Tub lication, the AUTHEN'TIC PORTRAIT or his SERENE HIGHigF.SS PRINCE ALBERT of SAXE COBURG, painted by command, at the Palace of Gotha, by George Patten, Esq., A.R.A., Portrait Painter, by Special Appoint ment, to his Serene Highness, and Engraving in Mezzotint° by T. Lugra, Esq. PRICE TO SCLSCRIRERS. Print 5........ 1 0 1 India Proofs ...... ..£ 3 3 Q Proofs 2 2 0 1 Proofs before letters 4 4 " By her Majesty's comm,snd, Mr. Goorge Patten, A.R. A., attended at Buckingham Palace, upon his return from Gotha, with his Portrait of his Serene Highness Prince Albert of Saxe Coburg, with which her Majesty was most graciously pleased to express her unqualified approval."—Court Cir c/lar, Jan. 18. Subscribers' names received by Hodgson and Graves, Pri nt selers and Publishers in Ordinary to her Majesty, and" by Social Appointment to his Serene Highness Prince Albert of Saxe Coburg, 6, Pall-mall, London. NEW NOVEL BY THE AUTHOR OF " SYDENHAM." In 3 vols., post Bvo., LIITZWIGGINS. ANOVEL, IS NOW READY AT ALL THE LIBRARIES. Richard Bentley, New Burlingtan-street. Just ready, in 3 vols., post Bvo., with a Portrait of; Mr. Theodore Hook. COUSIN GEOFFREY, THE OLD BACHELOR. A Novel, Edited by THEODORE HOOK, Esq. Author of " Jack Brag," " Maxwell," " Births, Deaths, and Marriages," &c. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. 'P.* Agents : for Scotland, Messrs, Bell and Bradfute, Edinburgh; for Ireland, Mr. John Cumming, Dublin. This day, in 2 vols. Sc.., with Engravings, MEMOIRS OF THE COURT OF ENGLAND, During the REIGN of the STUARTS, By J . H. JESSE, Esq. 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After which, the New Legendatv Drama, called THE LAPIDARY OF LEYDEN. To concludo with the New Grand Christmas Pantomime. called THE QUEEN BEE, OR HARLEQUIN AND GOODY TWO SHOES. The splendid Scenery by Mr. Brunning—The magnificent Diorama by Mr. P. Phillips. Columbine, Miss Sharpe; Harlequin, Clown, Pantaloon, and Sprite, by the Bolero Family. Messrs. Sams of St. James's-street ; Andrews, Ebers, and Bond-street; and Seguin of Regent-street, Book sellers, are appointed to let Private and Public Boxes during the run of the Pantomime. TO CORRESPONDENTS, An " Old Subscriber" should consult his attorney; an opinion for which no fee is paid is proverbially worthless. The punishment " Observer" would award to the " Sophisti cal, Quibbling, and Hair-splitting Lawyers," is too severe ; they certainly waste a great deal of time in the House of Commons, and have done what they can to destroy its privi leges, but would not the first punishment he proposes be sufficient, without sending them to purgatory or the bot tomless pit ? HIGH-WATER AT LONDON BRUNIE TO- ORRO W. ik orning 37 minutes after J g Evening l.l minutos after 10 0z . .4) --- -,y: 0 . - ~-, 6.-- 1 4,,,, , _ ,- ' '''' ;14--:`,l,_cs,:f r . , 4,,... „ , : ,,.....A•v e. ) i; . .. ,4-..:,,,t; ~./.4.,, 0-1/5e 101 LONDON : TUESDAY, JANUARY 28, 1940. Lord BROUGHAM last night presented a petition from Mr. OWEN, referring to the observations of the Bishop of EXETER, on Friday evening, which Mr. OWEN said did great injustice to him, and would b e wafted over all the world. He had a wide-spread re putation, and, therefore, he prayed to be beard against the imputations thrown on him ; he prayed for a full inquiry into the principles which he taught. Lord BROUGHAM, in presenting the petition, mentioned several instances of Mr. OWEN'S great munificence, and his extensive philanthropy ; and bore, at this time, a most important and valuable testimony to Mr. OWEN having been a most energetic friend to educa tion, and having spent a fortune in promoting the hap piness of his fellow-creatures. The Bishop of EXETER deprecated discussion at that moment, as he was not prepared for it. He in sisted, however, that something should be done to protect the morals of the people, and assured the House that he bad that morning received an account from Hampshire of horrible and chilling atrocities uttered at a Socialist meeting. If men only talked wickedness, it would not be of much consequence ; but some men commit it, even while they cant about virtue and religion. The Bishop of EXETER gave notice that he would, on next Monday, move an address to the Crown to prosecute persons who might, by their language ' outrage religion an d morality--the Rev, Prelate should add, by their deeds. A petition was presented from MICHAEL BROOM FIELD, complaining of the intended grant to Prince AL 8... RT, and praying that the principles of the Poor-law might be applied to the rich. The Marquis of Los- DONDERRY, who seems not more discreet than Bishop PIIILPOTTS, bad the petition read at length. A brief conversation took place concerning Monte Video, in which it was stated that the French are still in possession of that place, and there is little hope of seeing a favourable issue of the negotiations. The second reading of Prince ALBERT'S Naturaliza tion Bill was moved by the LORD CHANCELLOR, but objected to by the Duke of WELLINGTON, on the ground that he was not aware of the importance of the Bill, particularly as it conferred on her MAJESTY the power of raising the Prince to a rank above the Princes of the Blood. The Noble Duke proposed that the debate be adjourned to next Friday. Viscount MEL BOURNE explained that the Bill was entirely drawn up according to former precedents, and explained that, if Parliament gave the power, it was intended to give Prince ALBERT rank in the kingdom next her MA JESTY. If the Noble Duke required further time, Lord MELBOURNE said it must be given. Lord BROUGHAM called their Lordships' attention to the extraordinary situation in which the Royal family would be placed, should her MAJESTY—which he said Gcti forbid—die without issue, when we should have a King on the throne, and a Prince of Wales inferior in rank to Prince ALBERT. The discussion was, after some conversation, adjourned to Friday next, and the House adjourned. In the Commons several new Members took their seats. A number of petitions were presented, but none of them of any mark or note. Lord JOHN RUSSELL presented another petition from Messrs. HANSARD, informing the House that another action had been commenced against them by Mr. HOWARD, as attorney to Mr. STOCKDALE• The Noble Lord moved that Mr. HOWARD should be ordered i n attend the House forthwith. After a short discus 'on the motion was carried by 181 to 67. in reply to a question from Mr. O'CONNELL, Lord Alt RUTH stated that he knew of no successful attempt to r pread Socialism in Ireland. The House, on the mo:iou of Lord JOHN RUSSELL, a ent into a Committee of Supply on a provision for Prince ALBERT. Mr. HUME objected at considerable length to the sum of 30,000/. as too much for Prince ALBEItT, and moved that the sum be 21,0001. instead of 50,0001. Mr. WILLIAms seconded the motion. Lord ELIOT spoke against it, declaring that he thought 30,000/. the suitable sum. The CHANCELLOR of the ECHEQUER defended the proposition on the ground of what had before bean voted under some analogous circumstances, and on the ground that her MAJRsTY, having given up all her hereditary revenues, had no power to make a provision for her hus- band. After a considerable debate, which we have not room to say anything further of, Mr. HUME'S motion was lost by 38 to 305. Col. SIDTHORP then moved that the sum of 30,0001. be substituted for the 50,000/. proposed by Ministers. After another debate, begun by Lord J. RUSSELL and ended by Sir R. PEEL, in which motives were somewhat imprudently, but perhaps justly, attributed, the Colonel's motion was carried by a majority of 104. He never previously had such an honour. The House then resumed. The Sergeant.at-Arms reported that he made the return he had been ordered to make to the Court of Queen's Bench, and the bodies of the Sheriffs had, by that Court, been returned into his custody. Mr. DARBY immediately gave notice of a motion for Wed nesday to discharge the Sherqfs. In a Committee of the whole House on the Corn laws, Mr. LABOUCHERE moved a resolution on which to found a Bid for assimilating the Corn-laws in Ireland to those of England. At present flour cannot be imported from England into Ireland. After a brief discussion, in which, es on all things Irish, local and personal observations were made, the resolution was agreed to, and ordered to be reported to-day. Sir MATTHEW WOOD'S motion for a Committee on Metropolitan Improvements, which c ontemplates pro viding the means for throwing open Southwark and .Vaterino-bridges, and embanking . the Thames from taines-bridge to Gravesend, was ordered to be with drawn, because it was considered too gigantic a project even lightly to appoint a Committee to inquire into it. Lord MORPETH moved for leave to bring in a Bill for reforming the Corporations of Ireland, and declared that it was the intention of Ministers to propose a Bill which they thought would satisfy all reasonable claims. After a brief conversation, in which Sir R. PEEL expressed a hope that the Bill might lead to an amicable arrangement, leave was given. Leave was also obtained by the LORD ADVOCATE to bring in a Bill fbr the better regulation of Corporations in Royal Burghs in Scotland. The House adjourned at Half-past Twelve. We rejoice to find from the debate and the divi sion of last night, that the Tories have become eco nomical. Sweet are the uses of adversity ;it makes the corrupt put on patriotism ; the Tories pretend to care for the people. Had they been in office, how eloquently would Sir ROBERT PEEL have expatiated on the impropriety of allowing a young Prince, who has given up his own country to adopt ours, to be wholly dependent on his wife ; how unanswerably he would have demonstrated that the country was bound to provide liberally for Prince ALBERT ; how forcibly he would have explained that the House could not consistently treat the young Prince, the expected father of the future Sovereigns of England, worse than a young Princess, the expected mother of our future Sove reigns ; that a man had more expenses than a woman, and that it was more degrading for him to be dependent on a wife, than for a woman to be dependent on her husband. How triumphantly he would have quoted the Tory precedents of the provision for Queen CHARLOTTE and Prince LEOPOLD, and the Whig precedent of a provision of 100,000/. for Queen ADELAIDE ; and how convincingly he would have put it to the Commons and the generous, the magnanimous people of England whether they could tempt a young Prince to leave his native country, and come here to share the dangers and splendours of Royalty, surrounded by Nobles possessing 100,0001. a-year, above all of whom he was to tower in rank, on a less pittance than 50,0001. The Right Hon. Baronet would have laughed to scorn the claims of a people, at present labouring under a momen tary distress, as he would have said, and have dwelt with emphasis on the vast wealth and re sources of the country, though it might be la bouring under a momentary difficulty. Fortunately for the country, the Tories are obliged to court popularity, and Sir ROBERT, perfectly out of his element in defending a popular course, made the most blundering, lumbering, mouthing speech, full of mistakes, we ever heard from him. He re pudiated, as grossly unjust and unpopular, the Tory precedent of - Prince LEOPOLD, and boldly dared to avow that he was prepared to follow Colonel SIBTIIORP, though he did . not know exactly what his motion was, and vote for a much less sum than was moved for by the Ministers. The result was, that the Ministers, who were forsaken on this occasion by nearly all their Radical and Liberal supporters, were left in a minority of 158 to 262 ; and we congratulate the country on the beginning, we 'hope, of greater economy in the ex penditure for Royalty. We always thought the Civil List exorbitant ; and, had that been less, the House of Commons would probably now have voted more. At the same time we ale free to say, that, look ing at the manner in which the mothers of our So vereigns have been provided for, looking at the rank which Prince ALBERT will occupy, at the great expenditure of those Nobles by whom he will be surrounded, and the sort of society he must and ought to keep ; looking at the fact that he is to be the daily associate of the QUEEN, while he must not subsist on her bounty as a pauper, we cannot say that the Whigs did wrong in making the proposition to give him 50,0001. a-year. We rejoice, however at the virtue of the Tories ; that they have resolved not to bid for Royal favour; that they look to the opinion of the people, and ho nestly stand up for economy in the public expendi ture. This is a marvellous • conversion, which ought to be encouraged by all means, and particu larly by keeping them out of office, where alone . . they learn to behave themselves with decency, and show some little deference to popular opinion. It will be seen, both by our report of the proceed ings in the Queen's Bench yesterday, and in the House of Commons last night, that the Judges have held the commitment of the Sheriff's by the House of Commons to be legal, and have returned them to the custody of the Sergeant-at-Arms. The barristers and attorneys who have been forward to denounce the democratic House of Commons will DOW perceive that their admired Courts and Judges are not quite so powerful as they esteemed them. j Mr. PALMER last night asked Lord JOHN RUSSELL whether the report that the Crown had incurred debts beyond the allowance made by that House to her MAJESTY, were true. Lord JoHN RUSSELL said that he had only heard of the exist ence of the report that morning, and he could assure the House that it was totally un founded. This unfounded report has been diligently circulated amongst all the Tory cliques and clubs of the metropolis for the last month, and has been repeatedly inserted in more than one Tory Journal. We refrained from no ticing it at the time, because we would not—by contradiction s which might not have been credited, it is so usual and natural, in this country, for the Crown to exceed the enormous allowance made to it by the nation—give extended circulation to the unfounded calumny. We may now, however, state what we th en learned from an unquestionable source, confirming L or d J OHN P asser tion, not only has t h e Crown ‘ not us contracted sEi L's any debt, but her MAJESTY has lived within her in come, so far as her private expenses are concerned. She is almost the first of her family, we believe, who has done so, and it is, therefore, for her, at her time of life, the greater honour. Of course however, her MAJESTY, must be somewhat in fluenced in such matters by those about her., and the economy, of which we are well assured, does equal honour to her MAJESTY'S friends and advisers. Reports have been put into circulation that pre parations have been made at Monmouth for the execution of FROST and his companions. In some communications to this Journal it is asserted, even, that an executioner Ims been sent down to be in readiness to carry the law into effect, and that 800 troops are collected in the neighbourhood to prevent any outbreak. These reports have also bceu com municated to other Journals. We cannot place the slightest confidence in them, because we are firmly convinced that if the Sheriff of the County, RATE; OF SALES AT TILE SECOND BOARD. 25 Shares North American Trust 45 50 ...do...Haarlem Railroad B3O days 501 30 ...do...Delawarc and Hudson Madrid Journals of the 19th speak with confi dence of the triumph of the Exaltados at the elec tions in that capital. In the province of Saragossa the Ministcrialists have all been beaten. There is no news from the theatre of war. The Paris Papers of Saturday and Sunday have all reached us. The subject which principally oc cupies them is the proposed marriage of the Duke of NEMOURS, second son of the King of the FRENCH, with the eldest daughter of Prince FER DINAND Of Saxe Coburg Gotha, olFicially an nounced to the Chamber of Deputies on Saturday by the President of the Council, Marshal SouLT. The way in which the announcement was commu nicated and received will be best understood by quoting the speech of the illustrious Marshal, and the only notice take❑ of it by the Chamber, as re ported in the French Journals of Sunday : " I am commissioned to announce to the Chamber an event which deeply interests the national prosperity and the security of our alliances. " Negociations are now definitely concluded for the mar riage of his Royal Highness Monseigneur the Duke' of Nemours with Madame Victoire Auguste Antoinette ; eldest daughter of the Prince Ferdinand of Saxe Coburg Gotha.—(Loud laughter from all -sides of the Chamber.) " The Princess is niece of the King of the BeWails and of the Duchess of Kent, and by this alliance his Royal Highness the Duke of Nemours will become the brother in-law of the Queen of England. " This alliance offers great advantages, and guarantees the maintenance of general peace, which is worthy of our consideration." Marshal Soult film presented to the Chamber a project of law for ensuring to the Duke of Nemours an annual dowry of 500,000 francs (20,0001.), in order to provide for him an establi,:hment equal to his rank and dignity. lie also proposed that the Chamber should grant a supple.. mentary credit of 500,000 francs (20,0001.), in order that the marriage might be celebrated with - all due pomp and ceremony. NI. Sr "." -tuber. then suggested Jauzet, President of the Cha.. - --e, aat a deputation should wait upon the King to congratu ,ate him on the marriage of his son. This announcement was not responded to by any Deputy present. The outcry raised by the Opposition Journals against the proposed grant to the Duke de NEMOURS is terrible. Even the most moderate in their general tone, such as the Courier Francais remarks upon the shamelessness of the Court in demanding an annual dolation of 500,000 francs, and 500 ; 000 francs pin-money for a Royal Duke, at a time when there appears a deficit in the reve nue to the amount of from seventy to eighty mil- lions of francs. When the disasters in Algiers calls for new sacrifices,—when all manufacturing industry is paralyzed, and when 62,000 persons are inscribed on the lists of the indigent in the city of Paris alone. The immense private fortune of the KING, which be, of all the Kings of France, alone retained after his accession to the Crown, affords a handle for very severe strictures. With an annual income of better than a million sterling, the King of the FRENCH is surely rich enough to provide for his own children without the beggarly expedient of applying to the nation. The following telegraphic despatch is the only news from Africa : ALGiErss, JAN. IS, 4 O'CLOCK P M. " No event has taken place in the province of Algiers. The hostile Arabs have not reappeared in the plain since the 31st of December. " The boats from Bona and Oran have not arrived." On Friday the office of the Capitole newspaper was searched by the police, and the ledger inspected with a view to discover if Russia supplied the funds for carrying on that Journal. NEWS FROM Rossin.—We have the following letter from St. Petersburgh, of 12th January : " I have to state a fact, which, though of no great impor tance in itself, reveals the secret wishes of Emperor Nicho las. On Monday, the 7th of this month, the anniversary of the evacuation of Russia by the French troops, was celebrated as usual. Count Ezernitschoff, the .11iiiist(:r of War had contrived an agreeable surprise for the Em peror at the grand parade. At noon he Paused four detachments to defile before the Czar, composed of vete rans wearing different medals: the first detachment, the medal for the taking of Paris ; the second, that for the campaign in Persia ; the third, for the last war against Turkey; the fourth,for the victory over Polish insurgents in 1831. _ _ _ " the Emperor having reviewed these troops, turned to the Generals who accompanied him, and said, ' Gentle men,--I feel a lively pleasure at seeing these brave sol diers together, but I should like to see two other similar detachments, one representing the progress of my arms in Asia, the other the destruction of French ideas (we know that this is the appellation given by the Autocrat to liberal and constitutional ideas) in the 'West.' Lieutenant- General the Count Steymaren, Chief of the Staff of the Infantry of the Guard, one of the boldest flatterers of the Czar, immediately replied, " Sire,--Your Majesty has but to command, and no French ideas will exist in the West, and no Englishman's in the East." All those who were present evpected a reply from Nicholas, blaming expressions so out of place, in a public and official ceremony ; but the Autocrat, far from finding fault, with a gracious smile, saying, " I thank you, Gene ral, for the high opinion you entertain of my power ; with the aid of God, notoing is impossible." He then ordered one of hisAid-de- Camps to fetch tne inslDmatin diamonds) of the Order of St. Wladimir, of the second class, and fastened them with his own hands to the General's breast." --Le commerce. BO URSE.•••••PARIS, SATURDAY, JAN. 25, First Highest Lowest !Ant Price Price. Price. Price French 5 per Cents 112 5 ... 112 20 ... 112 10 ... 1,2 vo 4 per Cents lO4 „ 104 ... 104 „, IN 3 per Cents BO 90 . 30 93 ... 80 85 ... 80 95 Rank of France . Portuguese I.attitte Bask I,ooof. sl). 1050 ...1050 ...1C45 ...1 , 43 United States Bank Loan 96% ... 97 ... 96% ... 97 Belgian 5 per Cent. Bank 965 ... 99 0 ... 965 ,„ 977 50 I, : es t e )e 3 r p C er ei c it e s n .. t . Spanish Active 26% „, 2714 ... 26% ... 27 Passive 6% ... 6 - Vis ... 6% ... 87 8 23 q ... 23 ... 234 ... 2•4 ti Neapolitan R oman 103 .., 103 ... 102% ... 162% RAIL WAY SHARES. St. Germain 579 50 ... 572 50 ... 572 50 ... 572 50 Versailles, 13 B 497 SO ... 417 50 ... 497 50 ... 497 50 L. 8.347 50 ... 348 50 ... 347 50 ... n 47 SO Mulhausen to T n.. han • 385 "'385 ... 385 Orleans . Strasburg to Bale ASPHALTES AND BITUMENS. 1400 ... 1400 ...1400 Seyssel (A) ...14C0 We are glad to learn that the Operative Asso ciation of Holbeck have come to the resolution of supporting the Anti- Corn-law Circular, by subscribing for a certain number of copies of each publication. TH SUNS LONDON, TUESDAY, NO - AR - IT 28. F4O. or any other authority 7;"hatever were to take ans such steps for carrying into effect a sentence which is still under the consideration of the fifteen Judges, and which they may cancel, there svnukl he a uni versal outcry of execration a 2 ainst such precipitous —such wanton, and we may add, such illegal pro ceedings. We believe it to be a mere idle rumour, or something worse, possibly concocted from igno rance of the law of the land, and spread through the community for some malicious purposes. I 'Ve should not have alluded to such an absurd state ment, but that its credibility appears to gain ground. Any Government, or any servants of the Crown, that would act in such a way, to prejudice men whose fate is not decided, would be dismissed with universal reprobation. By the arrival of the packet ship Roscoe, Cap tain HA TTLESTONE Commander, yesterday, at Liverpool, in 19 days from New Yoik, we have re ceived New York Papers to the 9th inst., together with files of Canada Journals to the 3d inclusive. On the 6th there was a general meeting of the stockholders of the United States, at which it was resolved that it was inexpedient at that time to de clare a dividend on the profits of the Bank. There was no material change in the financial and commercial affairs of the United States. Stocks had rather declined, and there was but little busi ness doing as the merchants were all waiting till the Sub-Treasury Bill should pass the Congress. Of political news there is not a syllable in these Papers of the least interest to an English reader. Even the Canada Papers are silent upon every subject but that of the union of the provinces, which is much applauded by the British party. The popularity of the GOVERNOR-GENERAL was increasing. Not a syllable was uttered against him from one extremity of the Canadas to the other. On the 7th very few transactions were effected on the Stock Exchange. On London the exchange was dull at 8 and ; Paris,sf. 30c. ; Hamburg, 361 ; Amsterdam, 39i and 40. We subjoin the rate of sales on the Bth, previous to the sailing of the packet : NEW YORK MONEY MARKET. (From the New York Courier and Inquirer of Jin. 8.) RATE OF SALES ON TUESDAY AT THE STOCK EXCHANGE. '5O dol! Corporation 7 per Cent. Bonds 10 Shares United States Bank 6O 79t 10 ...do...Nlerchants' Bank 40 ...do...Mechanics' Bank . .. 166 90 00 ...d0... Delaware and Hudson S next work 72 50 ...do...Bank of Commerce 95 ...do...North American Trust ...... ooening 451 50 ...do...Mechanics' Banking Assoeiation, 830 d 66 60 ..do do. 12 ...do...American Exchange Bank 20 .. Trust B4 25 ...d0... Canton Co. B3O days 31 20 ...d0... Mohawk Railroad 25 ...do— Stoning ton Railroad S3O 17 1 4 50 ...d0... Long Island 50 ...d0... Haarlem Railroad N \V 50 13 ...d0... Union Bank 50 ...d0... Farmers' Trust B6O days 87 10 ...do...Syracuse and Utica MONEY and COMAIIS,RCIAL N E CITY, TAVi.I.Vt. O'CLOCK: LIVERPOOL COTTON LIARKLT, ha, hen n anent ,ti..;i in the cottrm market to day, and the sales amount to 5,000 bags, all to th t trade, at an mdvance of -id. per lb. o❑ Friday's Prices.. Silers are holding back. The Corsair, from Halifax, got aground this morning on the Jordan Flats, near the port, and has become a total wreck. The crew, amounting to sixteen persons, and four passengers, were saved by tha which was towed to the ship by the Queen of the Isle. We have received Cape of Good Elope papers to the sth December. In our last we gave from the United Service Journal some "Notices" by Major Chorley, on the causes amt pro. gress of emigration from the colony towards Port Natal ; we now reprint from the Zuid Afrollaan newspaper a do cument which clearly unfolds the character of that move ment, and brings the question under the consideration of the British Government. The emigrants have renounced their allegiance ; they claim the exclusive sovereignty of Port Natal and the adjacent country, and with an express reference to British subjects threaten " death and massacre to all strangers landing as emigrants at the port of Natal without their previous consent." The following arc the resolutions in the declaration and protest of the Assembly of Emigrants at Port Natal " That in case of any landinc , of strangers or emigrants in the Port cf Natal without the previous consent of the Assembly having been obtained, such emigrants shall be considered as enemies of the state. " That should the arrival of emigrants Lbe attended by such military force which shall he enabled to pre vent us from opposing their landing, we shall then re treat into the forests, mountains, and kloofs which surround the bay in every direction, and there defend ourselves, in separate small parties, as dicrthe oppressed Spaniards ; and according to the principle of Don Carlos. Neither take nor give quarter until we shall have recovered what is vir tually ours. " That the several commandants, captains of the armed burghers, be called together to mak e f ur th e r arrangements in respect to the division and command of the several forces entrusted to them. " That a sufficient number of slaughtered cattle and supply of maze, and other necessaries of life, be brought to different places in the vicinity of the army, for the maintenance of a guard of 40 Men, to be placed on the Borea height for the purpose of watching the movement of Panda, as well as the surrounding tame Caffres. "'That a subseiiption list be opened for the delivery and purchase of the povisioes, &c., to be delivered to the local landdroit for distribution. • " That part of the ammunition be placed under the care arid responsibility of the local landdroit. " Thii done in our Assembly this day, filth November, 1839." Followed by the signatures of eight of the Assembly. After a tremendous south-easter, which bati continued with short intervals for about a month, we have had heavy showers at this end of the colony, but the last winter has been so:unusually dry, as it is probable that the supply of water at Cape Town will be deficient during the summer months. We have received Halifax papers to the 7th January. MEETING OF THE LEGISLATURE —Tuesday, at two o'clock, his Excellency the Lieutcriant-Governor pro ceeded in state to the Council Chamber to open the Session. The speech of his Excellency was unimportant. After calling upon'the Assembly to amend the Jury laws, his Excellency tells the Assembly that he had now the gratifi cation to inform them that an arrangement has been con cluded (at an annual charge of 601. sterling to the mother country) for the running of steam-packets twice every month between Liverpool and Halifax, and between Halifax and Boston, and between Pictou and Quebec, as long as the River St. Lawrence is navigable. To the Speaker and Gentlemen of) the House of Assembly, he say: that he has directed the public accounts to be laid before them with as little de:ay as possible, and trusts they will find that the supplies granted to her Majesty have been faithfully applied. To the President and Honourable Gentlemen of the Legislative Council, he says that he relies on their pro ceeding with unaitimity and despatch to the consideration of the various subjects requiring their attention—those cvbich chiefly merit their attention arc the re-enactment of the law relating to common and grammar schools, the encouragement of agriculture and fisheries, and for the preventing the eLeroachments of foreigners on their fishing grounds, and the establishment in the town of Halifax of a Provincial Penitentiary or Orphan House, and a House of Industry. • We have received Montreal papers to the 4th January, from which we copy the following : " UPPER CANADA.—Latest from the Seat of Government —We learn that his Excellency tho Governor-General will proceed immediately to Lower Canada—that his Excellency, Sir George Arthur, wil resume the adminis tration of the province, and that the Legislature will go on with the business of the country. It is even whiPpered that Mr. Thomson will take an early opportunity of pro ceeding to England, and that be will probably return next season, and open the Legislature of the United Provinces in person. THE FUNDS. Consols opened this morning at the leaving off prices of yesterday, 9li I for the Account; Money, 911 with scarce any business doing as yet. Exchequer Bills, IS 20 prem. ; India Bonds, 3 5 prem. ; Bank Stock 179 180 ; India Stock 249 260. In the Foreign ltlarket Spanish Active closed at 261 receded to 26i I Portuguese 34k; Three per Cents., ".231 ; Mexican 291 Dutch Two-and a- half per Cents., 52 : f ; Five per Cents., 100 4 1- The accounts by the packet ship Roscoe, from New York, are not so favourable as per last arrival; everything was; dull ~nd heavy there. Exchange 8. Great anxiety prevailed among the holz!ers of the United States Bank Shares, to ascertain if the dividend would be paid, but un fortunately no dividend will be forthcoming. P !iCES OF STOCKS 'PHIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Bank Stock l7O India Stock 3 per Cent. Red. 91S Ditto Bonds 8 per Cent. Cons. 91% % , South Sea Stock — 3.4 per Cent — Old Annuities Ditto Red. 0,/ 3 /.., % i New Ditto New 3y ' , per Cent........99i SS i t 3 per Cent. Annuities, 1751 New 5 per Cent. rank LongAnnuitiestoexpire I Ditto 500 _ln 21 p in . Jan; 5, WOO. l4 1-16 Ditto Small N 21 pm. Oct. 10, 1859 .13S 15-16 Ditto Commercial die. Jan. 5, ISO)' .3 13-18 Ditto Advertised Jan. 5, 18.50 BA nk Stock for Account *.... April 5, 1881' — India Stock for Account .., Jan. 5. 1870 Consos for Account..... 9134%.. PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE 0 CLoch Austrian Bonds — Peruvian 130n4s __. . ......_ ._.. _ Belgian Bonds Ditto Account Brazilia n Bonds Ditto Account itienos kyles Bonds Ditto le.sa - .lnt Ch:lian 30. - 4 i — . Prussian Bonds _ Dtta '.:,' . c.', nt — R uss i an Bonds, 182.1 ..... .. - olaolt ian iir - ids .25 Ditto Account — Ditto iczcl. nt Columbian 1 • d 5,824 Litt: Azt.).] it ....... ...... 2154 . Ditto Account. Ditrli2ll. 8011,13 Ditto i....i.. , Dt Greek Bonds —' French, 5 per cent, —f. —c. Ditto Bonds, 1825 —, 4 per cent....... —f. —c, Ditto Account M e xican Bonds, 5 per Cent. Ditto Accoulit Ditto, 6 per Cent. Ditto Account - , Ditto, 5 per cent lnl 13C%C% Neapolitan...." ................ .. Ditto Aecoui, PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Paid, Per Share, aitctrn Counties Railway °O 11 1 ,4 II tiri.at Western rtailway Company Ditto New Hull and Selby Railway Company 35 24 Brighton Railway North Midland Railway Company O5 Stili, BALF-PAST ONE In the early part of the morning the Consol Market had a steady and firm appearance, since which it has become heavy, owing to sa . .eg having been effected both for Consols and Reduced the former receded from 91 i i -a to 91, 4 for the Account ; of present they bake rather recovered, and may be quoted at 911 ; '0 • Money 91: 1 a; Exchequer Bills improved totl prem..; India Bonds, 5 3 prem. ; Bank Stock, 179. In the Foreign Market little doing. Spanish reached 26,),-, at present 26/ ; Passive, 61 ; Deferred, 12.1 a ; Co lumbian, which was in the morning 27,-4, has receded to 26i, owing to the new proposals of the Colurnbiah Com missioners, which are not approved of by the Columbian Bondholders; Portuguese Three per Cents, 23-- ; nothing doing in the Five per Cents ; Dutch Two-and. a- Half per Cents,, 52-; Five per Cents., 1001. MR. FAOST.—On Monday night a meeting was held at the Crown and Anchor Tavern, Strand, with a view to procure from the Crown, by the means of respectful peti tions, the saving of the lives of Mr. Frost and his two un. happy associates, Williams and Jones. Arrangements were made for procuring petitions from al l p arts of the metro p olis, and a petition to the House of Commons, and also to the House of Lords was agreed to, praying them to address the Crown for the object which the meeting had in view. The petitions will be presented on Tuesday and Thursday. Lord on Monday with the Mar Brougham and Lord Stanhope, in an audience of the Queen, will lay before her Majesty a petition numeronsly signed to the same effect. mercy Vrlyrt.:F.reoastti,ewr. Williams, and Roebuck had an interview presenting memorials to her Majesty, praying her to extend oriul was from 1,500; another from T row a rb n r d id j g o e n , e vi s: ith O4n, Bath, with 11 , 0 00 signatures ; another from Frome, with quis of IsTormanby, for the purpose of CHARTIST DEFENCE FUND. —The sum of 6/. 17s. 91 has been transmitted, by the Chartists of Ipsw.ch, to the Committee in London, towards the defence of Mr. Frost, One ) n O l . e m and the other Monmouth prisoners. THE LA TE ,S IR W. W. WYNNE.—The body of this lamented gentleman lay in state in the large state room at Wy nnstaY, on Monday se nnight, from ten in the morning till four in the afternoon. The funeral took place the following day ; and though intended to be strictly private, it was attended by numbers of the nobility, gentry, and inhabi tants. The pall- bearers were Lord Kenyon, Hon. W. Bagot, M.P., W. 0. Gore, Esq., M.P., Sir R. Cunliffe, Bart., WVis count Dungannon, At.p Hon. T. Keny on, Sir S. R. Gl y nne, Bart., M.P. \V , W. , and SirJWßialliita.m,sa,nßdaiNrita.sterTihie. chief wrw mourners.Wynne,e were, Sir , sons of the dece ase d ; the ether mourners w ere the Earl of Powis, Hon. R. Clive, B. W . \V . W ynne , Esq., Hon. H. Chohnon dely, Sir D. Mil nes G as k e ll , E sq , Lord Delamere, C. W. \V. Wynne, Esq., W.S. Conway, F-.41•' and John Lindsay, Esq. The church was crowded in every part, and the beautiful burial service of the liturgy of the Established Church was most im pressively read by the Rev. R. Wingfield, Vicar of Ruabon, and the Rev. J. Edwards, the Curate; and the body was con signed to the family vault, and placed,near the remains of his ~indn‘vs testified of th th e e principal n higheipa , beloved lady, am id t h e d eep regr et of all present—relatives and friends. Th e i n h a bi tants o f W rex ham, Oswestry, Ruabon, Ruthin, and th e v ill ages an d h am lets in the neighbourhood of Wynnstay, and connecte d w i t h the extensive possessions of that house, degree, public business. The town of Wr exham in particular respect,, presented a mo s t som b re appearan ce, all the shops being shut, the I I, •e llir c ,is closed, and the streets literally crowded. It is stated by the Dublin Evening Post that Mr. Monahan has been appointed Counsel to the Chief Secre tary, which had been held by Mr. Pigott, previous to his pro motion to the Solicitor-Generalship. I EXC 11 , :(2 ' ci' it (2H . L! k4lt. CASES OF FROST, JONES, AND WILLIAMS. The arguments in this case were continued. i Sir W. For.r.srr resumed his observations, and applied himself especially to the point respecting; the time when tie objection should be made. There eas no distinct pro ' vision in the Act, ail it became a question how it should be construed, so that the Crown should be compelled to comply with it. Their Lordships would observe that every thing under the statute of Anne was thrown upon the Crown. It had been suggested, that as the Crown was directed to do certain things before arraignment, it meant only that arraignment might be objected to before those things were done. He did not think that was the correct reading, and considered it more just to read it thus—that no prisoner could be convicted and executed, unless those things had been done ; that no witness could be examined until they had been done. The object sf the Act was to / guard against oppressive Crown prosecutions, and though there might be no danger of this now, the orginal intent of the Legislature should be borne in mind. The Act extended only to Crown prosecutions—it had no reference to private suits. Lord AftINGER—WOIII,I it not extend to an appeal for high treason by a private individual? Mr. Baron ALDERSON—CouId it be said that the object of the statute of Anne was as you state, seeing it was post poned till the death of the Pretender, and thus many im proper prosecutions allowed ? Sir W. FOLLETT thought the Act could possibly have no other object though it might for a time, from an appre hension of public danger, have been waived. Now, if the objection could not be urged till after pleading, see what a power of injustice and oppression might be pl iced in the hands of the Crown. The Crown might have a wish to put off the trial till witnesses who would acquit the prisoner were unable to attend. They might avoid the delivery of the lists, and thus postpone the trial from one assize to the other, for an indefinite period. This might easily be done, if the prisoner would not object but before pleading. Mr. Justice COLTMAN—YOU forget the Habeas Corpus Act, under which the prisoner may be discharged at the I second assizes. Sir W. FOLLETT—And then the prisoner, beyond having been unjustly kept in confinement from one assize to another, might have the fear of an indictment for trea son hanging over his head all his life. This jeopardy the Crown had no right to inflict upon him. The prisoner had a right to demand his trial, and, if entitled to it, to his acquittal. And what inconsistency was there in urging that a prisoner ought nut to be executed, on a trial which had been conducted illegally, because not in conformity with the Act? Was it to be imagined that the Legisla ture, when it laid down regulations, should have anticipated that they would riot he complied with ? Was it not just to suppose that the Legislature would anticipate its provisions being complied wish. Lord C in his 3d Institute, page 137, had stated that ‘• the Court ought to see that the in diutment and other proceedings be good and sufficient in law, otherwise a prisoner may be attainted unjustly." Was it to be argued that by pleading the prisoner admitted the Act had been complied with ? What admissions could a person make in so serious a case against himself ? Was nut the law so careful of allowing prisoners charged with capital offences to prejudice themselves, that their de murrer to indictments was no admission, and did not prevent the trial? The law of England never allowed a subject to admit away his life What legal mode had ' he of avoiding pleading on the groundof lists not having been delivered ? Thp Court might in its discretion per. mit the postponement. But if the prisoner had the right, the law must have given him a legal remedy to secure it. Where was the remedy ? The law knew no such ox. cute for pleading. The administration of the crimin a l l aw of England ha ever been marked bee fairness and justice. But would it be fair and just to say that when an uneducated and ignorant man was placed at the bar, without the aid of counsel, and was asked to say if he were guilty or not of the crime of high treason, that when he answered " Not Guilty," with cc knowledge that in so doing he was admitting every right—that he should be told he had waived and lost that right. Their Lordships had already held that no viitnees could be examined, whose name was not in the list, and further that, no witness im properly discribed in the list could be examined. Yet, if the prisoner by pleading admitted a list, did he not equally admit a list in conformity with the Act? Now, though it was true that the Act required a simultaneous delivery of all these documents, yet their object was diffe rent, and a prisoner might waive the irregularity , in one case, and never mean to waive it in another. What he (Sir W. Follett) said was. that if the prisoner pleaded to the indictment, he waived any objection as to the indictment ; but he contended that it did not follow that the prisoner had waived any objection that he might have to make to the Jury panel, or to the delivery of the list of witnesses. Lord DENMAN supposed that a witness had been called, and the prisoner then said that no list was delivered with a copy of the indictment, and then proceeded to show that the copy of the indictment was incorrect. Sir W. FJLLETT said that no witness could be examined whose name was not on the list, according to the provision.; of the statute. It bad been stated that the present case was not one of a total omission of the list, but one of irre. Sularity only, and an irregularity that was waived by the demurrer. What he (Sir W. Follett) said was, that there was no such thing as irregularity, he did not understand what was meant by it; it was a non-compliance with the Act that was intended as a benefit forj the prisoner. He said all the provisions were equally stringent, and, more over, that the re-enactment of the provision of the 6 Geo. I V. evidently considered it most important. He therefore said they could not waive that provision under the notion of irregularity; for what woultt-their Lordships be doing? Why they would be speculating on the intentions of the Legislature—they would, in tact, be making an Act them selves. He therefore submitted that if the Court came to the conclusion that, under the statute of Anne, the list of witnesses was to be delivered at the same time with the copy of the indictment. —he said, if they held that, they must hold it to be a substantive and essential provision of the Act, and therefore that a non-compliance,was equally fatal. And I e was sure that the non•compliance with the statute by the Crown was never contemplated by the Legislature ; and therefore it was the intention of the Legislature that no man should be executed without such a compliance. Lord DENMAN submitted another supposition. Sir W. Follett had said that they had no right to suppose that the prisoner was not guilty. Let him suppose that the pri soner was guilty, and that no list had been delivered, what would be the consequence? Sir W. FOLLETT thought that in such a case no ad vantage would be taken by the prisoner. If lie pleaded guilty, no witness would be produced at the trial. In cone elusion, then, he repeated what had fallen from one of their Lordships that they were then deciding a dry ques tion of law. He ventured to hope, that the consequences of a trial not being conducted according to the provisions of the Act of Parliament, would not arise, and he trusted that their Lordships would decide that the objection—no matter how formal—by which the prisoner sought an ad vantage to which he was entitled—that the objection was fatal, and that the awful consequences would not follow from the verJict that had been then obtained , The ATTORNEY-GENERAL next rose, and said that the .Learned Counsel had acted very fairly and manfully in the defence they attempted to make in favour of their clients-- at the same time, he trusted they would hold him excused • if he occupied a portion of their time in answering those , objections which the Learned Counsel had so ably argued. Notwithstanding that laudable zeal which had been mani fested on their side, he was compelled to say that he had heard no new argument advanced that had not previously been made use of. He begged to say that he never sought to avail himself of any advantage from anything that took place, before Zephaniah Williams was called upon to plead. He agreed in opinion with the prisoner's Counsel that Williams should not in any degree be prejudiced by anything that took place before the trial. It was at the request of Mr. Owen, the prisoner's attorney, that it was agreed to give the pristine: an advantage which he other wise would not have been entitled to, and that same Mr. Owen expressed himself very thankful for the manner in which he was treated. Whatever the consequences might be, he thought it was quite impossible to allege that the pri soner had been treated unfairly, or that he had an unfair trial. With regard to the objection raised by Sir F. Pollock and Mr. Kelly, he thought that in the discharge of his dnty he was called upon to inquire whether that objection should have been brought forward at the time or alter the jury had been sworn. Tile Counsel for the prisoner was asked if he had any objection to have the prisoner tried, and be said not at all; at the same time reserving to him self the power of making that objection, and enjoying the full benefit he was entiled to. They should then co ,sider what validity there was in the objection which has been so much urged, and, in doing so, they must Fee what construc tion should be put upon the Acts of Parliament which had been so often quoted during this argument, from the 7th of Qusen Anne, and the 6th of George I V., it would ap. pear that the 6th of George IV. ' renders that quite unnec cessary which is required to be done by the 7th of Anne, but he did not ask to have any words struck out of the statute—he did not ask for the striking out of one single word. He would ask what was the just and equitable meaning of the words of the statute ? With regard to the words •‘ at the same time," the meaning of which should be taken either absolutely or relatively, those words coldi very well bear another construction, f or t h e wor d " is frequently intended to bear the same meaning as the word " within." For example, a bill of exchange at three months, or a promissory note at six weeks, means that either of these were payable within that period ; and he thought the words of the statute bare the same inter pretation. With regard to the service of the three things before two or mare credible witnesses, that might also be construed into the meaning of having each of those things served in the presence of two credible witnesses, indepen dent of the others. The question for their consideration was to cou,ider what construction should be gut upon those statutes, so as to carry fo ward tie intentions of the legislation. The 7th IVilliam 111. stated the copy of the indictment should be served five days before the trial, and a list of the Jury should be served two days; but, then, it appeared both of those notices should be served at the salt e time. The words " same time" relatively refers to the trial, to which the calculation was made. Which of the statutes were hest calculated to carry the objects of the legislation inte effect, either the 7th of William 111., or the 7th of George 111. ? In the preamble of the Bill of William 111., " That Act was passed for the purpose of enabling the prisoner to prepare for his defence,,' The object of the law would be best observed by making the different services at the period which might be found most convenient. The objection made to the non-simul taneous services of the el , cuments as being disadvan tageous to the prisoners were entirely groundless and ims ginary. He had, on the contrary, shown many positive advantages which would result from it. The enactments of William the Fourth and of Anne were considered as the glory of the English law ; but no lawyer had ever inferred from them that the service of the three documents should be made at the same time. That was not manifestly the opinion of Blackstone.—( Here tile Learned gentleman read over again a passage from Blackstone on the subject.) The fact was, that the object of the law would he better ob tained by separate services than by making them simulta- ! Reliance had been plgced by the Learned Counsel for the prisoner on Lord George Gin, o's case. The procecdirgs, liol‘ ever, is that case had been merely a con muition of what had always been done, under the statute of William. It had b2en there held sufficient to serve a cell of the witnesses to be returned—that had beer, done, and this trial took place at the expiration of ten days. His Learnt:el Friends had also relied on the statute of Ist of Victoria, chap. 26. RL-ferring to the 9th Section of that Act of Parliament they ask if the signatures of a testator would be legal, though made at different times. He should reply most certainly not. They should be made at the same point of time, because that is expressly required by the Legislature. The Act of Parliament al luded to admitted of only one interpretation, and the Cou r t would of course be bound by it. His Learned Friend, Mr. Kelly, had said that he (the Attorney-General) had treated too lightly the cases cited by his Friend, Sir Fre derick Pollock. He should say that there was no inten tion on his part to undervalue the learning and ability ex hibited by all his Learned Friends on the occasion ; but he did nut think on a former occasion that the cases they had cited bore strongly on the point, and he did not believe it was necessary for him to enter very minutely into them. He thought so still, and he would now follow the same course on the matter. (The Learned Gertlmian here discussed the cases cited by Sir Frederick Pollock, and again .contended that they were not applicable in the present instance.) With respect to the several actions of the King against various parties, he should only again remark that in these cases the words ,of the Act of Parliament did not admit of a second interpretation ; and that there the intentions of the Legislature were not defeated. Now he, the Attcrney- General, had cited cases in which the Court had altoge ther departed from the literal words of the Act, to carry into effect what they considered the real kite' ed of the Legislature. Both the statutes of William and Anne re ferred to trial. The strict meaning was the Jury being sworn. Yet the Courts had held it open to arraignment. His Learned, Friends had not weakened the force of Rookwood's case, where though the words were that the prisoner should be served with a copy of the list, " returned" two days before trial, it was held sufficient that he should be so served with a copy cf the lift to he returned. Why? Because the evi dent intention of the Legislature was answered. He now would shortly advert to Peel's Act. If he were asked if the intentions of the framers of the Act were to sever the simultaneous service of the documents, he should answer negatively ; because they would not have considered that the statute of Anne did not require it—but however that was under Peel's Act, it plainly was not necessary. had it been considered beneficial to the prisoner it wou!d have been carefully secured to him. Mr. Baron ALDERS9N —That still requires that the li s t of witnesses should be given with a copy of the indictment. Mr. Baron PARKE said Peel's Act related to the list of Jurors only. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL—In the King's Bench that Act effected a severance. The copy of the indictment must be delivered ten days before arraignment, that was twenty days before trial; and if the list of witnesses must be delivered with the copy of indictment, that would be twenty days before trial, and would effect a considerable alteration in the statute of Anne. In trials in the King's Bench a severence was made in one mode of trial, and it could hardly be supposed that a severance would be made in one species of trial and not in another. How then could it be said that all these then were to be served si multaneously. 9r even admitting that at the same time under Peel's Act meant simultaneous service, it could only apply to the list of the jurors and the copy of the indict ment, which in these cases was done ten days before ar raignment, and the list of witnesses was served ten days before trial, in conformity with the Act of Anne. So that both statutes had been complied sNith. lie admitted that when the words of the Legislature were clear and explicit, the consequences must be disregarded. Lord ABINGEK said, that suppose Peel's Act had been more explicit. and had stated that the list of witnesses should be delivered as requited by the statute of Anne, would that be before arraignment or trial ? The ATTORNEY-GBl , ll.ißAL—Before trial, certainly; be cause Peel's Act made a distinction between trial and arraignment. Mr. Baron ALDARSON supposed the object of Peel's Act was to get rid of the inconvenience which had been felt in Lord George Gordon's case, and was merely a legislative exposition of what had been held, that arraign ment meant trial. The Arreaurty-GE4Endm hardly considered so, be cause the Act drew .a distinction between trial and arraignment. Lord Arnsov.it thought the intention was merely to re move sonic ambiguity with regard to the statute of Anne. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL from the whole gathered that the Legislature deemed simultaneous service unneces sary. Where an Act admitted of two constructions, and one carried out the general intentions of the Act, and the other did not, surely the argument of public convenience was a very powerful one. Suppose a case in which the point was exhausted, it had been said that the Court could quash the indictment. Air. Baron AI:DEFISON—What was to prevent the pre ferring a new indictment when the other was pending 1 The ATTORNEY- G lIINERAL-..JustiCe might be defeated; and just consider the advantage to the Crown if, after having served a fresh : copy of the indictment, an amended list of witnesses might have been served with it, it would be ea immense disadvantage to the prisoner. Now, under, his construction of the- Act the prisoner would have all ithe advantage of the amended list of jurors, while the Crown would be bound by its original list of witnesses. His Learned Friends who were opposed to him were aware of the diffi culties by which they were surrounded, and had gone so far as to contend that there could he no waiver whatever. The , word waiver was not a good one; but the question was, whether, having omitted.to objet at a particular time to the irregularity, toe Court were not bound to pre3ume that ever) thing had been done regularly. One of the most important provisions of the Act was, that the prisoner should have a copy of the indictment. According to his Learned Friends, this was an advantage be could not waive ; but in Rookwood's case that very point had been decided, and it was decided that the ob jection of it was not made at the time ; the prisoner was called on to plead • came too late. Any objection that could not be made before pleading, of course must be so made. But it would be a proper ana logy to ca 1 for pleading, that he had not been served with lists ,f jury or copy of indictment. Was it not absurd to say that any time before verdict the prisoner could claim his acquittal on the ground of some before unnoticed flew in the copy of indictment, or defect in the lists. Objec tions to particular witnesses, or particular defects in the list, could not be properly urgsd before pleading, or until the witness was called. But objections which went to the whole lists should be taken at the earliest stogie. There was no force in the statement, whhieh was indeed quite unfounded, but Counsel were not usually present at ar. Mr. Just ce COLEitiDGE.--.SLIppOSC the Judge forcA hint to plead? The ATTORNNEY- GENERAL said he never could suppose a 7ndge so ignorant of the law, but that would be no mis trial. The laws presumes that Judges acting on matters within their jurisdicton, would act according to law. Would it not be a perversion of justice for a prisoner, after throwing himself ;upon h a Jury, to bring forward as a substantive defence that the writs had not been properly delivered from some slight technical irregularity. If the objection were urged before pleading, no such public in convenience would arise, as to the result of his being per mitted thus to turn a shield into a sword. How could it be said that any dangerous crnsequenee would result from the Crown postponing trials unjustly, when on the habeas corpus the prisoner might be &scharged after the first and second assizes had past. And in the meantime the Attorney-General, who should have so misconducted himself, might justly be dismissed upon impeachment. The Learned Attorney-General referred to Rix v. WP.rd Sixth, Modern Reports, and Goddard an d S m i th, sam e volume. He argued that the inference was, that things to he done before trial, must be demanded before trial, and the objection must not be kook till after the trial has com menced. (To be continued in our Second Edition.) HINTS TO EXPECTANTS.—It is rumoured that certain officers, clerks, foremen, timber converters, mas ttrs, and inspectors of the Dock-yard, who hold the present Government in great abhorrence, and have been actively can vassing for Mr. Dawson, intend to resign their situations. We are happy to inform our readers that no fears need be antici pated for the public service, as at least fifty candidates of acknow ledged talent are expected to offer for each vacancy, even should the salaries be reduced !! ! The ladies of Devonpart, out of respect to their liege Lords and Conservative husbands, as semble this morning at Elliott's Royal Hotel, to consider the best means of presenting a flag to the Right Hon. G. R. Daw son, which was painted in the confident expectation of that gen tleman's being returned for the borough. An early attendance is requested, as in all probability it will be found necessary to demand a poll before the flag can be hoisted.—Devonport In dependent. DEATH FROM THE INCLEMENCY OF THE WEATHER-On the 21st an inquest NN as held at Rothbury, on the body of John Hedlev, shoemaker of Poncherry, near Rothbury, who was found, on the morning of the preceding day lying in a state of insensibility, and nearly lifeless, in a stack-garth at the east end of Rothbury. The deceased had been from home on business, and having been seen near the stack. garth on the night before, he is supposed to have retired to it for shelter, and incautiously fallen asleep. He has left a widow and five helpless children. Verdict—" Died from the inclemency of the weather."— Tyne Pilot. CHURCH MEETINGS.—At the meeting of the Town Council of Dundee on Thursday, a minute was pre sented from a meeting of the friends of the Church of Scotland, remonstrating with the Council respecting their resolution in refusing to grant the use of one of the city churches for a non-intrusion meeting. After a long discussion, it was moved that the Council should allow the Church meeting to be held in the Steeple Church, which was negatived on a division by nine to four. Another motion was made, to the effect that the Council approve of the Magistrates giving the use of the Church, provided they are satisfied that the meeting is of a legal, religious, and constitutional character. On the vote being taken, it was lost by a majority of six to four —one de clining to vote. FIRE ON THE MANCHESTER EXCHANGE PREMP.ES.—On Thursday evening last a fire broke out on these premises, which was fortunately discovered before the master and porter left at night, otherwise, in z , ll probability, the fire would have made such progress before its discovery, as to have endangered thew hole pile. The Bishop of Exeter is calling on the Gov( rn ment to put down Socialism. Now Socialism (the She f field Independent pertinently remarks) is but another name for infi delity ; and the adherents of the State Church tell us, that the object of the Church is to maintain and extend religion—that i s to extinguish infidelity. H ow i s i t, then, that when b infidelity becomes somewhat. more vigorous than before, the Church calls upon the secular arm to put it down? Simply because the Church, with its vast income, its Lord Bishops. and its gentle men priests, does not answer its professed object. But the Bishop of Ex e t er i s not content that Socialism should spread through the in e ffi c i ency of State religion, he would still further extend it by means of persecution. THE CHAPEL ROYAL, ST. JAMES ' S. ehi — l b 7 i e tel s ( to have - terday the Ch ape l R oyal and its various a pproaches exhibited the signs of b usy preparation. The orders are_ paling the in terior of th e chanel completed as soon as possible. A is erected en t h e outside, and every person but the individuals a ctually eng age d i n t h e wor k are r i g idl y excluded. B Il?Tli S. On the 24th inst., Mrs. Frederick Heisch, jun., of a son. On the '24th inst., at Chiselhurst, Mrs. G. W. Barnard, of a daughter. On the nth inst., at Woburn-place, Russell-square, and of the Inner Temple, of a daughter. On the 25th inst., at Brompton, Middlesex, the l a dy of Ja(m)nes the t 7, hEsiqn.s,t.e,f atL i D n c u o s l s n e ' l s d - o i n r f n , - fi thee l d s i , a d o; moos, Esq., of a son. a o s f on w . eorge Salo- ARRID. On the 23d i ns t., at R emenham, E Berks, the Rev. Augustus Fitzroy, Rector of Fakenham, Suffolk, third son of the lat e Lord Henry Fitzroy, to Emma, sixth daughter of E. Fuller Maitland, Esq., of Park-place, Heioley-on-Thames. On the 12th of December, Mr. F. J. Bishop, surgeon, s° o of the late William Bishop, Esq. of Basin gs t o k e , R an ts, to Miss Betsey D ar b ee, of Florence, ' North America. On the 25th inst., at St. John's, Hackney, John Besemerest Esq., to Ilester Newby, eldest daughter of William Vat'', Esq., of Hackney. On the 25th inst., at St. Stephen's, Coleman-street, from the . residenc e o f J o h n Louis Lemme, Esq., Finsbury-circus, Jon? Ansley Hingeston, Esq., of the same place, to Paulina, daughter of the late John Stephen Barandon, Esq. D D. At his 8 , at, Hornby Cos le, E near Lancaster, Rear-Admira l San:}ford Tatham, aged 85. (in the 23d inst., the daughter of H. P. Best, Esq., ag ed 14 days. On the 22d inst., at Chelt, nham, Henry, the son of Captain Henry P. Wulff, of the Royal Engineers, aged 6. In August last, at Port Macquarie, New South Wales, Car taro E. L. Adams, late Commander Hon. East India Colo' pan N, 's ship Kellie Castle. On the 24th inst., at Torquay, the Rev. Alfred Howell , B. A., of Caius College, Cambridge, curate of Sedgley, Stafford' shire, and fourth son of Tho mas H owe ll , Esq., of Clapham,aged 24. On the 23d inst., at Dover, Mrs. Elizabeth Fry, eldes t daughter of Robert Fry, Esq., l a t e o f Ch ancery -lane, aged 74"' On the 11th inst., at Paris, Thomas Henry Hill, Esq., ooli son of Thomas Finimore Hill, Esq., aged 19. On the 20th inst., at Priory-road, Wand swort h- roa d, Lie tenant John Cameron, R.N., o f Invermalie, Fort William , aged 67. On the 23d inst., Mr. Thomas Stunnell, of High-stree t, Croydon. On the 28th of August last, at Launceston, in Van pima''' . Land, Joseph Oswald Lumley, E sq . On the 24th inst., in Albemarle-strzet, Piccadilly, Mr. Ev an Macpherson, at an advanced age. London: Printed an d P u bl ished by MURDO YOUNG, f No. 112, Strand, at The Sun Offlee, No. 112, Strand' in county of Middlesex.—Tuesday, January 28, 1840. EV EN :NG Ef )1 VION. LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) DEAL, JAN. 27.—Wind S \V., m-derate.—Arrived the Raven, Madden, Messina; Majestic, New York. POhTSMOUTII, JAN. 27. —Wind W N. W. frcsli breezes and squally.—Arrived the Brilliant, Campana, from Palermo, leaky, loss of sails, and part of cargo thrown overboard. Put back the Recovery, Heriott, with loss of bulwarks, &c. LIVERPOuL, JAN. 27.—Wind W. N. \V., dales.—Arrived the Poloma, Berry, from New Orleans ; Roscoe, Huckle stone, New York, sailed Bth inst. ; Feme Couta, BA, St. .I,hn's N.B. Put back the Warrior, Kaanus. Off port the Fanny, Sloane, Charleston. The Tally Ho, from Vir ginia to this port, was driven on shore to the west of Cape Henry, ]3 h ult., and bulged —crew saved ; the Corsair, from Halifax to this port, was driven on Jordan Flats this morning, boat over, and is now on shore off Crasby, dis masted, and expected to become a total wreck. Crew saved. GUERNSEY, JAN. 23.—Arrived the Sabina, Shapcott, from Palermo. CORK, JAN. 25.—Arrived the Inverness, M'Donald, from Halifax, with loss of topmasts, bulwarks, &c. DOVER, JAN. 27.—Arrived the Nederlandske Konig, Schaaf), Troot Batas a, . - FALMOUTH, JAN. 26 --Wind S.W. to W. N. W., s: rang gales P.nd violent squalls. IstE OF Wionr, JAN. 25. Off port, Jacobo, Surinam. JERSEY, JAN. 24.--Arrived the Teazer, from Cadiz; Rolla, Vincent, Lisbon ; Deux Sceurs, Prugo, Perras. STUDWALL ROADS, JAN. 24.—Arrived the Eleanor, M'Brede, from Surinam. CLYDE, JAN. 26.—Arrived the Cecilia, Demerara. DUNDEE, JAN. 23 —Sailed Rapid, Allen, St. Domingo. PooLE JAN. 27.—The Goorge, Rowe, from Cadiz to Newfeundland, has put in here, with loss of sails, &c. FALMOUTH, JAN. 26.—The Swift packet, which sailed hence 4th inst. for Halifax, has put back to-day from lc ng 26, hiving experienced a succession of gales for 17 days, during which she was thrown on her beam ends, and received considerable damage. One man washed overboard. THE MARKETS. _(THIS DAY ) HUNGERFORD MARKET. Moderate supplies, and a fair business; prices steady. Vege tables scarce and dear. Cod, 4s. 6d. to 153. ; Turbot, Bs. to 30s. ; Soles, Is. to ss. per pair; Lobsters, Is. to 4s. 6d. Beef, 7d. to 80. ; Mutton. 70. to Sid. ; Veal, Bd. to 9d. ; and Pork, 7d. to Bf. per lb. BILLINGSGATE MARKET. The supplies short, and prices high. Turbot Bs. to 30e. ; Cod 4s. to 20s. ; Soles 10d. to 4s. 6d. per pair; Lobster Is. to ss. ; Oysters scarce and dear; Haddocks 10d. to 2s; and Whiting, sd. to 10d. HAY MARKETS. Demand dull, supplies fair,: and prices stationary. Hay, 55ss to 85s. ; Clover, 90s. to 110 s. ; Straw, 325. to 40s. per load. TEA MARKET. A fair business, and prices very firm, but rather higher for low priced descriptions, The public sale is postponed to the 17th February. SPIRIT MARKET. The only novelty in this market is a reported decline of 3d. per gallon in the price of Rum, in consequence of the great quantity coming over. INDIGO SALE. This sale is finished. The quantity sold nut' of the 6,682 chests put_ up) was only 1,820; 2,680 were) withdrawn, and 2,180 were bought in. Prices, as compared with the last pub lic sale, were 3d. to 6d. lower for good and pure Bengal ; 6d. and 9d. for mid., ordinary, and mixed qualities, and 3d. and 4J. for ordinary Madras. COLONIAL MARKET. A moderate amount of business done, and prices are very steady. British Plantation Sugar. 563. for low brown, 61s. for yellow, and 68s. for fine ; 2,600 bags Mauritius, 2,500 Manilla, and 300 of Bengal, were put up and mostly sold at about 17s. 6d. to 58s. No Coffee at public sale. The stock of this article is low ; but there is a good deal expected. 2,103 bags Saltpetre, mostly unrefracted, sold at about 235. Spices received but a moderate business, and prices pretty steady. TIIE SPORTING TAILOR.—This hero of a shopbeard in Cheltenham is, or was, so passionately fond of the hounds, that he was in the habit of constantly starting on foot, from the kennel to cover, with Lord Segrave's hounds, quite regardless to distance ; but what is still more extraordi nary, from his fine wind and speed, as well as perfect know ledge of the country and the line which the foxes usually take, lie has very seldom been known to be many minutes in making his appearance at the conclusion of the best runs. He has hunted thus five days a week on foot with Lord Segrave, and has met the Duke of Beaufort's hounds on the sixth On one occasion he walked from Cheltenham to Berkeley (twenty-six miles) and found the hounds gone to Haywood, ten miles fur ther, to which he proceeded • he was rather late, but saw a good run nevertheless ! It appears, however, that the sporting tailor is not at home on horseback ; otherwise opportunities must have occurred of enlisting himself in the service of the field. Indeed, we are told that Lord Seagrave more than once offered him a good situation as earth -stopper ; but his answer was in true unison with the actual love of the chase, that, as hg could not stop earths a-nights and hunt a-days too, he must decline the offer." MYSTERIOUS DEATH.--An inquest was held yesterday at Ealing on the body of a young woman, name un known, which was found in a pond near th a t pl ace , w ith mar ks of violence on it. Deceased had been seen in the village on a day previous, when she complained of having been robbed and ill-treated by a strange man. She was respectably dressed, and her linen was marked "A. IL, No. 6." A verdict of .• Found dead" was returned. The Marquis of Northampton gave a splendid fete at Castle Ashby, on Thursday last, when the Countess of Elision, Dowager Lady Rendlesham, Lady Sophia and Mr. Tower, Lady Louisa Fitzroy, Hon. C. G. Scott, and upwards of 100 of th e no bili ty and gentry of the country were present. There were two theatrical divertisements, the first adapted from Cinderella, in which the Lady Marianne Compton took the part of the fairy Gossamerella, and seemed indeed, from her beauty, the creation of fairy land; and tableaux cleans from Marino Faliero, the doge and his wife being sustained by the Earl Compton and Lady Marianne Compton. At the Conclu sion there was a ball, when dancing did not terminate until early on the following morning. CARNIVAL AT VIENNA.--A Vienna Corre spondent mentions that the Carnival Las opened in that city with great brilliancy. A grand ball has been given by the Count de Saint-Aulaire, the French Ambassador, at which Prince de Lichstenstein and Prince Metternich were present. Another was given by the Russian Ambassador, which was honoured with the presence of the Archdukes Francis, John, Charles, and Maximilian, and the Archduchess Sophia. Prince Puckler Muskau was i ntro d uced b y the Prussian Minister. THE WORLD.—The world is a theatre—mar" kind the performers; chance disposes the play, fortune dis tributes the parts, fools move the machinery, and philosophers are the spectators. The boxes are for the rich, the pit for the powerful, and the gallery for the people ; beauty bears about the refreshments, tyrants sit at the pay places; folly makes the concert; those who are abandoned by fortune snuff the candles; time draws the curtain ; and the drama is called " the perpetual sameness." The Lords of her Majesty's Treasury have a g reed to allow 2,000/. towards a new Post office for Aberdeen. CIIAItGE OF ASSAULT AND INTIMIDATION AGAINST FOUR OPERATIVE COTTON SPINNERS.-011 n-sday four operative cotton spinners, late in the employ of Mr. George Clerke, of Portland -street, were brought before Mr. Maude, at the Borough Court, on a wa-rant charging then' with asEaul'ing and intimidating Samuel Perkins, another spinner, who is at present in Mr. Clerk's service. The cause of the disturbance was some reduction in the amount of wages which has lately been paid in Mr. Clerk's establishment. 3 1 ,r,' ordered each of th e pr i soners to fi n d two sureties in loz. each, to answer the charge at the session.—Manchester Chro nicle. We t ated some time since that a young French - man, named Lebeau, who had been living in the style of a gen tleman of lar ge f ortune, had been arrested at Spa, on a charg e of having P m ong ot h er robberies, broken open a box belonging to ;:n English gentleman, named Campbell, who was residing the same hotel, and stolen twelve gold guillaume s an d s everal five-franc pie ces . L e b eau, who, after the robbery, had been successful at a gaming table, offered the Police Magistrate by whom he was arrested a bribe of 4,000 f. to allow him to escape , and also to restore the money which his had stolen from Mr: Campbell, and to give I,ooof. to the poor. This was r efused , a few d a y s ago h e too k h i s trial before the Court of Assize at Liege, on the charge of Mr. Campbell and several others, fo r robberies at various hotels at which he had put up. He was sentenced to six years' solitary confinment, with labour—Par" Print. GOLD WATCHES, £7. 7s. each. Highly' finished Horizontal Gold Watches, jewelled in four holes ; with enamel dial, hand to mark the se , •oruis, &c. Seven Guineas each. These elegant little Watcles will be found excellen time-keepers, and a printed warranty is given with fixed term on which they will always receive r.ny attention required. T. COX SAVORY, Watchmaker, Jeweller, arid Silversmith, 47, Cernhill (Seven doors from Gracechureh-street), London. N.B. Second-hand Watches ~:. , :.chased in exchange.