The Sun. — London, England, 1840-11-25 00:00:00

EVENING EDITION. MANIFESTO OF QUEEN CHRISTINA. The following is the manifesto addressed by Queen Christina to the Spanish nation, mentioned by us a few days since. It is dated Marseilles, Bth inst.:— " Spaniards,—When I quitted the soil of Spain on a day full of grief and bitterness, my eyes, filled with tears, were raised towards Heaven in supplication to the God of Mercy that he would bestow upon you, and my august daughters, his grace and blessing. On reaching a foreign land, the first desire of my soul, the first emotion of my heart, was to raise my friendly voice, that voice which has ever been heard uttering sentiments of the most ineffable tenderness towards you, both in good and evil fortune. " Alone, abandoned, a prey to the deepest sorrow, my 'only consolation under this great misfortune is to open my mind to God and to you, to my father and to my children. " Do not fear that I shall give way to sterile complaints and recriminations, or that, in elucidating my conduct as Regent of the kingdom, I wish to excite your passions. No ! I have ever done all in my power to calm them, and I should wish to see them e xtinguished ; measured terms alone are suited to my affliction, my dignity, and my glory. " When. I left my native country to seek another among the hearts of Spaniards, fame had made me acquainted with the history of your great actions, and with your great qua hulas. I knew that, in all times, you had plunged into the fight with generous ardour in defence of the throne of your Sovereigns ; that you had protected it at the price of your blood, and that, in days of glorious memory, you had deserved well of your country and of Europe. I swore then to devote myself to the happiness of a people who had shed their blood in releasing their Kings from captivity. The Almighty beard my vow, your testimonies of joyful welcome assured me that you had anticipated it, and my conscience tells me that I have kept it unbroken. " When your King, at the brink of the grave, placed with his trembling hand the reins of State in my hands, my eyes were turned alternately towards my husband, fhe cradle of my child, and the Spanish nation, thus uniting in one these three objects of my affection, i❑ order to recommend them in the same prayer to the protection of Heaven. My pain ful trials as a wife and a mother, whilst the life of my husband and the Throne of my daughter were in danger, did not prevent my performing my duties as Queen. At my •oice the Universities were opened ; at my voice inve terate abuses di-appeared, and wise and deeply meditated reforms began to pressnt themselves ; and, at my voice, those who were proscribed, and wandering in foreign lands, were restored to their homes, which they had so vainly sought to revisit. Your joyful enthusiasm at these solemn acts of justice and clemency was only equal to the extent of the grief and mortifications to which I was ex posed. I had reserved sorrow to myself, and given to you, Spaniards, gladness. " At a later period, when Gad had called to himself my angu•t husband, who left to me the 'barge of governing the whole monarchy, I endeavoured to perform my task as a just and merciful Regent. In the short period which elapsed between my elevation to power and the convoca tion of the first Cortes, my power was firm, but not de spotic ; absolute, but net arbitrary, for my own will pre scribed limits to it. When persons high in dignity, the councillors of my Government, whom I consulted on grave occasions, itt conformity with the last desire of my august husband, represented to me that public opinion required from me other guarantees as the possessor of sovereign power, I gave them, and of my free and spontaneous will convoked the Pcoceres of the nation, and the Prccuradores of the kingdom. " I granted the Royal statute, and I have not infringed it ; if others have trampled it under foot, it is they who are responsible before God, who requires that the laws m ty be kept holy. " The Constitution of 1837 having been accepted and worn to by one, I inaOs, in order that it be kept intact, the last end greatest of all sacrifices—l laid do.en the sceptre, and was compelled to abandon my children. " In stating the events which have drawn upon me such cruel tribulations, I will speak to you as becomes my dignity, with reserve and moderation. At a moment when I was served by Ministers who bad the support of the Cortes, I accepted their resignation, which was impe riously demanded by a revolt at Barcelona. From this moment commenced a crisis which ended only with the re nunciation of power, which I signed at Valencia. Dur ing this deplorable period the municipality of Madrid had rebelled against my authority, and the municipalities ref other large towns had followed the example. They re quired that I should condemn the conduct of Ministers who had served me faithfully, and recognise rebellion as lawful ; that I should annul, or at least suspend the law on the municipalities, after it had been voted by the Cortes, and that I should compromise the unity of the Regency. " could net accept the first of these conditions without degrading myself in my own eyes ; I could not accede to the second without acknowledging the right of force, which is not recognised by either divine or human laws, and the existence of which is incompatible with our constitution as with all constitutions; I could not accept the third with. out violating the constitution, which considers all that the Cortes have voted, and the supreme head of the State has sanctioned as law, and places beyond Royal power a law which it has once sanctioned ; I could not accept the feurth without at the same time accepting my own shame, with out pronouncing me self-condemnation, and enervating the power which the King had cotifi , !ed to me, which the Cot tea had since confirmed, and which had been preserved by me as a sacred depo,it, which I had sworn not to de liver iLeto the hands of the faction,. " My constancy in cesisting what neither my duties nor my oaths, nor the dearest interests cf the monarchy per mitted me to accept, h accumulated upon the defenceless w titan who now addresses you such a succession of sad and painful trials es cannot be described in any human language. You will not forget, Spanitirds, that I bore my misfortune with me from town to town, receiving everywhere outrage and insult ; for Gud, by one of those decrees which are a mystery to man, had permitted iniquity and ingratitude to triumph. Ir is on that account, without d ou bt, th a t th e sma ll number of persons who hated me have had the boldness to insult nee, and that the large number of those who loved me had sot courage to offer me any other proof of their affection Mal silent compass;on. Many offered me their swords, but I would not accept them, preferring to be the only martyr, rather than be condemned to read hereafter a new martyro logy of Spanish loyalty. I might have lighted the torch of civil war, bit civil war could not be raised by me, who came to bring you the peace which my heart loved, a peace cemented by oblivion of the past. My maternal eyes were therefore turned from an object so horrible, say ing to myself, when children are ungrateful a mother ought to suffer even unto death rather than excite them to war against each other. " Many days passing away in so frightful a state, I saw my sceptre reduced to be no more than a useless reed, and my diadem changed into a crown of thorns. My powers were exhausted ; in fine, I laid down my sceptre, and took off my crown, that I might breathe a free air; an unhappy victim, but with a calm brow, with a quiet conscience, and without any remorse in my soul. " Spaniards ! such has been my conduct. In thus laying it before you, in order that it may not be sullied by calumny, I have fulfilled the last of my duties. She who was your Queen now asks no more of you than to love her daugh ters, and to honour her own memory. "MARIA CHRISTINA." " THE REPLY OF THE PROVISION I. REGENCY OF SPAIN TO THE MANIFEST° OF TIIE LATE QUEEN-REGENT MARIA ( 7 14RPSTINA DE BOURBON. Spaniards !—The Provisional Regency of the king dom have not hesitated a moment in publishing the mani festo addressed to their ['resident for that purpose by her Maj•sty this Queen Meeher. Maria Christina de Bourbon. Determined more and more each day that their acts may be judged ofeby the nation and all Europe, none of these acts snail be involved in darkness or mystery, and neither Spain nor foreign countries shall be left without those data which are necessary to the full understanding and appre ciation of their conduct. Such is the course which they conceive every Government having the good of the people at heart should pursue ; and never shall the Regency lose sight of this principle, of the utility of which they are thoroughly convinced. " But in performing this duty in the position in which they are placed, and whilst they respect the demands of her Majesty the Queen-mother as her dignity requires, they must, at the same time, make known certain facts which, incorrectly or imperfectly staled, might give origin to malicious interpretations. In the knowledge of what these facts were, the welfare of Spain, and character of those individuals charged at present with its government, are both deeply interested. " The members of the Regency were the persons through whom were made known to her Majesty the wishes of the people, who had risen in defence of rights which they considered as having been trampled upon and scoffed at. The greatest prudence and circumspection were observed by the Regency in every step taken by them k v a t, the criti ca l and difficult circumstances in w hi c h th ey in re named Mi n i s t ers o f t h e C rown. Never was it de manded want of h dcdot her M a j esty t h at s h e s h ou ld condemn the con er previous Ministers : it was indeed proposed to her M i e . s a t ).• • in the proeranime of the Regency, the original of which should be in'her Majesty's poss ess i on , ' t h at s h e should a dd ress a manifesto to the n a ti on , i n w hi c h woald b e ma d e to fall, as was but just, the respon eihAity of the past upon her legal ad v i sers; an d its which the announcementP of such responsibility, being effected by legal ramtee that the constit un mtioa"' would off er some gua wTould b e respected i n rOture, and faithfully fulfilled.'wifely different from prejud g i ngx his idea, which was wheth er such responsi hility existed or not, was clearly P cd in h the i N d i a r j a e f s t t o y f , e tfk; manifesto presented at the requestros r of r and in which it was added ' that the error s thos e per soli: who, in the late epoch , were chargedsof with givin g advice to her Majesty , had create d the critical and d e li- sate position in which the countr y w as placed,andwhtihche en true or patriotic-Spaniard could behold without deepest regret. Those who, more than once, by word an d writing, had the honour of assuring her Majesty that t h eY were a nimated by the purest d esire, and had the deepe s t interest in the preservation of her Majesty's dignity and good repute, could never have proposed to her Majesty to irb whom she agreed in the pass judgment on individualsw government of the country ; but it was not condemning tater conduct to assert that they ought to be responsible for their eve , . or to affirm that their errors, well known then, and which might become the subject of impeach ment, had brought public affairs to the larnen!able con dition in which they then were. " Neither, Spaniards, was it demanded of her AI jetty to recognise as legitimate the insurrection. Without en r;trae tats tli's useless question, Ministers alone indicated that the overlooking the acts of the Juntas, so far as they had violated the ,ri ' lof justice, e' another of d iosenecesaitie i neip es 'that to respects the by the tithes;' giving as a reason, be resisted or put tie d acts of a revolution which could not the neglect of whichown, was a principle of government. had been more than once disastrous, aid of which we had m country.' S pa i n and all a n y examples in the history of our th ted eworld will be able t o j u d ge whether this necessity existed government was or not, when the p ower o f the then reduced to th e wa ll s o f V a l enc i a, and when it b a d actually province b e gun arebi t e o d eoter i n t o t erms w i t h the Junta of the in Alcira. Proceed ing in this manner, though the peo p l e were left victorious, whica was inevitable, her Majesty 'would not have been called upon to acknowledge the legitimacy of the revolu. tion, or to pronounce an opinion in any way upon this question. " It was also deemed indispensable to propose that the new municipal law should not be can led into execution till first submitted to the examination of the new Cortes, with those m odifications proposed by the Government, to place it in harmony with the Constitution.' Not only was the necessity of this step well founded in the irresis.ible cries of the people, and which it was in vain sought to suffocate, but taxo in the fact that in the law of provincial deputa tions many of the clauses of the municipal law could not be carried into effect. Respect and deference were thus paid to the fundament a l l aw o f th e St a te, while necessi ties so contradictory in themselves and deserving of con sideration were reconciled. _ " Lastly, it is true that the question of the unity of the Regency was raised ; but it is right that it should be known that in the event of her Majesty not agreeing to what was proposed by her Minis' ers, they declared ' that, postponing the settlement of this important question for the meeting of the Cot tes, the subject would be sufficiently disposed of to permit the Government of the country to be carried on ; whilst in this period,' they added, ' public opinion, then so urgent upon the point, might be modified or changed. if at the same time guarantees equivalent to the demands of the people were given.' Consider if in that situation any other course were possible, or if the matter could be treated with more circumspection and prudence. " The inhabitants of Spain, sensible and considerate as they are, well know how to appreciate events which have passed in such rapid succession, and with which they are all thorouvhly acquainted. They will lament the loss of a Princess to whom they owe, and from whom they would expect much, had she the good fortune of preserving her self in a position superior to the influence of party; but at the same time, they will do justice to those indivi duals, who, without expecting or desiring it, have seen themselves obliged to meet the difficulties of a most complex position, and to take upon themselves the re sponsibility of extraordinary events. Their object in that critical momemt was the safety of the Throne ; to preserve in all their integrity the institutions of the country. If, to secure these objects, the sacrifice of the Regency was necessary, that resolution was not of their ' recommendation, nor were all their efforts sufficient to change that determination. But now that the sacrifice has been made ; now that the power of ruling has come into the hands of the present Government, in conformity with the conditions of the Constitution, let the people of Spain be tranquil, and fear not. The Constitution shall be religiously adhered to by all ; public order shall not be violated; and if any person should attempt to do so, there are ready 200,000 veteran troops, 500,000 national guards—the whole nation, in short, prepared to punish and repel the attempt. All the necessary precautions you could desire are already taken. Be therefore assured that the powers which the Constitution has conferred upon the provisional Regency shall be delivered without stain into the hands of that to be appointed by the Cortes, and after chastising, if it should be necessary, all those who would oppose themselves to it.: (Here folio v the Signatures of the Regency. ) " Madrid, Nov. 15, 1840." MADRID, Nov. Is.—. Maria Christina de Bourbon has been at least consistent. Her Majesty has just crowned a reign of perfidy to the Spanish people by an act of open hostility. The worst that she could do she has done— the exposing subjects who shed their best blood in her cause, and whom she still affects to love, to the horrors of a second civil war. It is not her Majesty's fault that this terrible contingency should not befal them ; she has pre pared the train and given the spark--that the materials arc not combustible does not depend upon her good will. The first news of the execution of her benevolent designs reached us here yesterday, by courier from Marseilles—the precious document itself appeared in the Gazette this morning. We arc driven to embrace the worst probability of the case, and to look upon the manifesto of her Majesty as in tended to ascertain how far the people of Spain are dis posed to follow the standard she has raised. This I look upon as tho true meaning of the poisoned legacy she has just bequeathed U 3. The reasons which would induce a weak and unprincipled woman to pursue such a course arc on the surface. In the first place, whether from con stitution, from education, or erroneous impressions, Maria Christina has been always under erroneous convictions with respect to the strength of the party with whom she has acted in Spain. She always believed that the majo. jority of the nation was in favour of the system she would establish ; a delusion which recent events would appear not to have been sufficient to dispel. In the next place, this party, which gained a complete ascendancy over her mind, have never been taught by experience, and labour under the dreadful fatuity of persevering in the same prin ciples and policy under every circumstance and change of occasion. Left upon a sand-bank by the tide, and with the wind in their teeth, these men would be found to keep their sails still set, and the helm turned exactly to the same point. One consolation remains for Spain and for the friends of her regeneration : Maria Christina and her supporters, either at home or abroad, or united, w ill not be able to affect their diabolical purposes. The reply of the Regency you will find at once firm and maderatc, becoming in every respect the character of the body by whom it has been penned, and the cause they advocate. In Madrid and the provinces the most complete tranquillity prevails. Five per Cents. Active, 25i cash today. THE FO UR POWERS AND InEHE- MET ALI. (From the Morning Herald.) We have received from Paris the following memorandum declaratory of the course which the Four Powers have icit it free for Mehemet Ali to adopt, to obtain his reconcilia tion with the Sultan :- 1‘ MEMORANDUM. " The instruction addressed to Lord Ponsonby, on the 15th of October last, at the close of a deliberation between the Plenipotentiaries of Austria, Great Britain, Prussia, and Russia, has declared the opportunity which existed for the representatives of the Fuur Courts at Constantinople being authorised to announce to the Sublime Porte that their respective Governments, conformably to the stipula tions of the separate act annexed to the convention of the 15th July, believe it to be their duty to recommend strongly to the Government of his Highness that in case Mehemet Ali should submit without delay, and consent to restore the Ottoman fleet, and withdraw his troops from the whole of Syria, from Adana, from Candia, from Arabia, and from the Holy Cities, his Highness should deign, not only to reinstal Mehemet Ali in his functions as Pacha 'of Egypt, but, at the same time, to grant him the hereditary investiture of the said pachalic, according to the conditions established by the convention of the 15th of July, it being clearly understood that this hereditary title might be subject to be revoked if Mehe met Ali, or any of his successors, should infringe the said conditions. i " The utility of addressing to the Sublime Porte a communication conceived in the sense set forth has been unanimously recognised by the Four Courts. Neverthe less, in order still further to make apparent the just con sideration due to the rights of his Highness, the Cabinet of Vienna has been of opinion, that the advice which the representatives of the Four Courts should be called upon to address to the Divan, relative to the reintegration of Mehemet Ali in the pachalic of Egypt, ought not to be given at Constantinople until after Mehemet Ali shall have begun by seeking favour with his Sovereign, and submit ting himself to the decisions of his Highness. " Taking' into consideration that this opinion of the Cabinet of Vienna serves to declare anew the respect which the Courts which signed the Convention of the 15th July bear towards the inviolability of the rights of sove reignty and independence of the Sultan ; consi iering, moreover, the necessity for bringing the present crisis of the Levant promptly to a pacific solution, conformably to the true interests and to the dignity of the Porte—the Plenipotentiaries of the said Courts have resolved with one common accord to adopt the course indicated, in order that the return to favour and the submission of Mehemet Ali might precede the friendly step which the allied repre sentatives will be charged to make to dispose the Porte to grant its pardon to Mehemet Ali. " l this view, desiring as much as possible to accelerate the moment in which these steps may be taken at Constanti nople, the Plenipotentiaries of the Four Powers have consi. dered it opportune to indicate, without the least delay to Mehemet Ali, the road which is yet open to him to re tl2rn to favour with his Sovereign, and to obtain his reinte gration in the Pachalic of Egypt, notwithstanding the de cisive events which have declared themselves against him, "In consequence, it has been agreed by a common accord that Admiral Stopford should receive, to this effect, from the Government of her Britannic Majesty, the neces sary instructions, which would be communicated to the Plenipotentiaries of the Courts of Austria, Prussia, and Russia, to be made known to their Cabinets. " It has, moreover, been agreed to communicate to the Ambassador of the Sublime Porte, Chekib Effendi, the present memorandum, as well as the instruction which is annexed to it. " London, Nov. 14, 1840." GERMANY. TURKISH FitONTIF.RS, Nov. s.—Prince Michael of Ser via, who is sincerely disposed to reconciliation, has com plied with the invitation of Mura Effendi to come to Bel grade, to be informed of the decision of the Sultan. On the 2d of October the Prince arrived at Belgrade, and had a long conference w:th the Sultan's Commissioner, in presence of the Russian Consul. 'Mura Effendi, declared to him the decision of the Porte, by which the persons who bare sought an asylum in the Turkish capital are or dered to quit their asylum, and, consequently, Servia. Mura Effendi required a pension for them, which the Prince did not agree to, as he could not take on himself to grant pensions, without the consent of the Senate, to persons who had drawn on themselves the hatred of the people, Hereupon Mura Effendi required that he would take care that the families of the exiles which remained in Servia should not be sufferers, to which Prince Michael mvisoilstti fr r o e rn ad t i h ly at a p ec r e in d e e e d . . Oa the following morning Mura Effendi left Belgrade, having previously received another i:h%hn'thWirutyc'iintscnhu,mGhearr,asscehtano,utSathhaen,s&amc.ealdtao; partly Const • Danube, ; I , ce,sary to ‘ an i tinople, partly to Wallachia. It was in or then[ a good escort to the banks of the wiiici• 4 a, r e to protect them from the rage of the people, witea xp p r r t' i ssed in loud imprecations. A year by the intrigues of this and a half ago nco Milosch, who was overthrown scaredy any appearance that tahtred, and even then, some p o a r rty i , left the country, there was now over,tbhurtoewingratitude and treachery voices were heard to say, would not go unpunished shown by the party nobody thought that retri butionUS—Vtav would so soon follow. Four per Cents.... ................. ...... ............... 10774 five per Cants. Metalliques ......... . .. , Nov. 16 Three per Cents. .......................... ............ Tr' Bank 5h3 , 0 ............ ................................ 171) —4llgemeine Zeitung. Nov. 19. The rectorship o f the united parish es o f Saint Bennzt, Gracechuccb, and St. Leonard, Eastahear, aro vacar4 by the death, at the early age of D, of the Rey. Robert Watts, jun, THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY, NOVI4_,MBFII 25, 1810. SHIPWRECKS. On Sunday"mornitg eight vessels were lost on the Sunk Sand, near Harwick. It appears by the atatement of the captain of the Mary, that that vessel, in company with seve ral others, bound for London, had left Orford Ness with a strong gale at N. E., and were running for the Sivin, con fident in making the Light Vessel placed at the entrance of it ; but unfortunately, during the violent gale on Satur day night, she had drifted from her moorings and was thereby rendered useless, not daring to show her lights ; the consequence was, the vessels ran upon the sands in a tremendous sea. One of them, a schooner, went to pieces in a few minutes, and all hands drowned ; the crew of the brig Mary, all hands drowned, except tl.e cap tain, who swam through the surf to one of the other ves sels, and remained with the crew in the top until the fol lowing morning, when they were taken oil by a fishing smack, together with the crews of the other six vessels, who, it is believed were all saved. WRECK OF THE CITY OF BRISTOL STEAM PACKET. BRISTOL, Nov. 24.—The causes of this unfortunate calamity have hitherto been enshrovvded in complete mys tery, and all sorts of speculvions as to some derangement of the machinery, &c., have been indulged in. The mys tery is, however, at length cleared up, tne two men, Poole arid the carpenter, having recovered sufficiently to give a detailed narrative of the cause of the wreck. The City of Bristol was appointed to sail from Water ford on the Tuesday morning for Bristol, but the weather being most boisterous, the Captain hesitated for some time as to whether lie should put to sea. At length, however, he sailed, but had not proceeded far, when the fury of the gale compelled him to put back, and he bore up for Wat erford. At 11 o'clock on Tuesday night, however, the weather having moderated in some degree the Captain being most anxious to make his voyage with the usual punctuality of steam-packets, again put to sea, and notwithstanding the storm still raged with the greatest fury, all went on well until the Wednesday afternoon, when they made Caldy Island, thus proving their course to have been correctly kept. At this time the gale increased considerably, and they were completely blinded by snow and sleet storms, by which the horison was so much darkened, that long before night they could only see a short distance beyond the vessel's bows. Under these circumstances the captain deter mined to run for shelter to the Worm's-head, and bring to there, there being, as it appears, excellent anchorage under the head. It had now become quite dark, and they shortly saw land on the larboard bow, which was judged to be the Worm's-head, forming one extremity of Rhosilly--hay, and the vessel bore tip for it. Almost immediately, however, land was discovered on the starboard bow, and the unfortunate captain then found that the land which he had mistaken for the Worm's-head was a must dangerous promontory at the other extremity cf the bay ( Burry Holme). The helm was immediately ported with a riew to bring the ship round, but almost at the some instant, and before she came round, the stern struck. The jib was then hoisted, which swung her head round, but she still remained fast astern. This was at about six o'clock in the evening; every effort which human ingenuity could suggest to get her off, by hoisting the mainsail, using the engines, blow ing off the boilers, and lightening her, were made use of, but in vain. She remained in this perilous situation for upwards of two hours, during which period the gale and sea increased so fearfully that no boat could have lived among the breakers, and at length, at between eight and nine o'clock, three tremendous seas struck her one after the other, and she parted in three pieces, when every one on board had to struggle for his life, and sill on board but two perished. The following extract of a letter from Mr. G. Lunell, the senior partner in the firm, will be read with interest : " Swansea, Nov. 22. " She is stranded at nearly an equal distance between the Worm's-head and I3urry Holme, in Rhosilly Bay. " The people have behaved very well. " It appears that the vessel left Waterford on the morn ing of Tuesday, and put back ; that she sailed again at 11 p m. ; on Wednesday afternoon made Caldy ; that it came on very dirk, and a heavy sea, when Captain Stacey said he would come to under the Worm's-head ; that they saw land on the larboard bow, which they thought was the Worm's-head, and almost immediately after saw land on the starboard bow, and then knew that the first land must have been Burry Holme ; that they ported the helm, and felt the stern strike; then hoisted the jib, and the head swung round, but the stern would not frac ; then hoisted the mainsail, then backed the engines, then stopped them, and had the boilers blown, but the vessel continued fas. ; and, after about two hours, the gale increasing with tl e flood-tide, three heavy seas struck her one after another, and she broke up. " G. LUNELL." Nine bodies only have as yet been washed on shore— viz.—John Stacey, captain ; James Stacey, his nephew ; Richard Wright, second mate; Thomas Gotlewick, third steward ; William Grace, fireman ; Edward Rogers, sailor ; a deck passenger, name unknown; and one fireman and one sailor, not yet identified. It has been impossible as yet to get any account of the passengers, but it is believed that they were very few. The extent of the calamity cannot, therefore, be yet as certained. A subscription has been already commenced for the re lief of the widows and orphans, which we trust gill be liberal, as there are upwards of 40 orphan children left by those whose deaths arc already ascertained. The following may be considered an extraordinary escape :—A discharged soldier, with his wife and three children, were corning as passengers by the vessel from Waterford, and had actually gone on board, when sud denly recollecting that he had left one of his documents behind him, they again went on shore to fetch it from his lodginf. , hoping to return in time for the vessel ; but be. fore they could do so she had .sailed, and their lives were thus fortunately pres!Tred. LLO YD'S SHIPPIN G-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, Nov. 25.—Wind this day at noon, light airs at N.E. by N., with a slight fog. DEAL, Nov. 24.—Wind N.N.E., moderate.— Arrived the Beaufort, from Quebec. Sailed the outward bound. The Bernard, from Sierra Leone, has been supplied with an anchor and cable. MARGATE, Nov. 24.—1 t is feared that a steam-boat foundered on Sunday, from a mast-head and yard seen near Margate Sand-bead. A small box filled with papers, addressed to Mr. Rymmaus, No. 40, Commercial Sale rooms, London, was picked up to-day in the Roads. The Catharine, from Trieste, on shore in the bay, is dis charging her cargo into craft to proceed to London. RAMSGATE, Nov. 24.—The Sally, Edmonds, has arrived here from London, bound to Liverpool, vs ith damage, hav ing been in contact with the Devonshire (steamer); about 20 casks of tallow have been picked up to-day and landed here. LIVERPOOL, Nor. 24 —Wind N. to N. W.—Arrived, the Majestic, Rowlands, from the Cape of Good Hope; Nightingale, Hunter, Paraiba ; Lord Stanley, Quebec. The Oxford, from New York, is not off.the port as re ported by telegraph to-day, and no account of the Presi dent from New York. DOVER, Nor. 24 —Arrived off, the Favourite, Blenkin sop, from Honduras ; Rhoda, Malta. Six casks of tallow have been landed here to-day. HASTINGS, Nov. 24.—Off port, the Union, Webster, from Sydney, New South Wales, sailed the 31st July, and Pernambuco the 11th lilt. PORTSMOUTH, Nov. 24.—Wind N. to N. W.—The Themis, Kronland, from Wass, bound for Marseilles, has been towed in here with loss of foremast, main topmast, &c. The Pomona, Borax, has arrived here from Rot terdam leaky, decks swept, and loss of s ails. BRISTOL, Nov. 24.—Arrived Emerald, Avery, from Fay al ; Cato, Quebec ; William and Ann, and Dee, Reed, Miramichi. CROOKHAVEN. Nov. 15.—Arrived Stair Adam, Stro. seer, from Laguna. YARMOUTH, Nov. 24.—The Salacia, Bull, arrived here from Newcastle to-day, has since sunk. The Diadem, Pringle, was abandoned near Cromer yesterd a y. Th e Silva, Jarvis, got in contact with a vessel yesterday during a gale, and was abandoned by the crew. A boat belonging to the Lady Combermere was washed ashore near C aistor, yesterday. The vessel is supposed to be lying in Lowestoffe Roads. HULL, Nov. 24.—Wind W. by N.—Arrived the Hum• ber, Wildridge, from Miramichi. The Allen, Jones, from Newcastle to London, has put into Grimsby, leaky. HARWICH, Nov. 24.—The Lady Combermere, Taylor, from Seaton Sluice to London, passed this port to-day. Was boarded by a Yarmouth boat, on the 22d inst., with five feet water in her hold. A brig, supposed to be the Jane and --, of Whitby, got upon the Barber Sand, and sunk—crew drowned. The Hope, of Barmouth, has become a complete wreck. CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN R. H. ANDERSON, ESQ. AND THE REV. HUGH STOWELL. BIBLE MONOPOLY. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Bungay, Nov. 24, 1840. SlR,—Nine years ago the Times was employed by the Bible-printing monopolists to attack me, and the evidence I gave before a Committee of the House of Commons. Their remarks at that time were directed to matters of business, on which they could not have been pub licly informed. I sent them a reply, which they in serted, but only on condition of paying them seven guineas, as for an advertisement, which I paid, but for which they refused a receipt. The habits of the Times warrants me in conluding that the following letter, which I have sent them, will in like manner be refused admission to their columns, and I therefore beg you to give it insertion, as it relates to a subject on which the religious public feel a deep and increasing interest. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, JOHN TO THE INFANT PRINCESS ROYAL. Welcome, bud beside the rose, On whose stem our safety grows ; Welcome, little Saxon Guelph ; Welcome for thine own small self; Welcome for thy father, mother, Proud the one, and safe the other ; Welcome to three Kingdoms ; nay, Such is thy potential day, Welcome, little, mighty birth, To our human star, the earth. Some have wish:d thee boy ; and some Gladly wait till boy shall come, Counting it a genial sign When a lady leads the line. What imports it, girl or boy ? England's old historic joy Well might be content to see Queens alone come after thee ; Twenty visions of thy mother Following sceptred, each the other, Linking with their roses white Ages of unborn delight. What imports it who shall lead, So that the good line succeed ? So that love and peace feel sure Of old hate's discomfiture ? Thee appearing by the rose, Safety comes, and peril goes ; Thee appearing, earth's new spring, Fears no winter's " gnesly King ;" Hope anew leaps up, and dances, In the hearts of human chances. • France, the brave but too quick-blooded, Wisely has her threat re-studied. England now is safe as she, From the strifes that need not be ; And the realm's thus hushed and still, Earth with fragrant thought may fill, Growing harvests of all good, Day by day, as planet should, Till it clap its hands, and cry, Hail, matured humanity Earth has outgrown want and war ; Earth is now no childish star. But, behold, where thou dost lie, Heeding nought, remote or ❑igh ! Nought of all the news we sing Dost thou know, sweet ignorant thing ; Nought of planet's love, nor people's ; Nor dost 'Aar the giddy steeples Carolling of thee and thine, As if Heav'n had rain'd them wine ; Nor dust care for all the pains Of ushers and of chamberlains, Nor the Doctors' learned looks, Nor the very Bishop's books, Nor the lace that wraps thy chin, No, nor for thy rank, a pin. E'cn thy father's loving hand No-ways dost thou understand, When he makes thee feebly grasp His finger with a tiny clasp ; Nor dost know thy very mother's Balmy bosom from another's, Though thy small blind lips pursue it ; Nor the arms that draw thee to it ; Nor the eyes, that, while they fold thee, Never can enough behold thee. Mother true and good has she, Little strong one, been to thee, Nor with listless in-door ways Wcaken'd thee for future days, But has done her strenuous duty To thy brain and to thy beauty, Till thou eam'st, a blossom bright, Worth the, kiss of air and iight ; To thyself, a healthy pleasure ; To the world, a balm and treasure. LEIGH HUNT. LINEAL DESCENT OF THE PRIN• CESS ROYAL OF ENGLAND FROM EVIL LIAM THE CONQUEROR. A.D. 1066. William I. 1100. Henry I. Matilda, Empress of Germany. 1154. Henry 11. 1199. John. 1216. Henry 111. 1272. Edward I. 1307. Edward 11. 1327. Edward 111. Lionel, Duke of Clarence. Philippa, Countess of March. Roger, Earl of March. Ann, Countess of Cambridge. Richard, Duke of York. 1481. Edward IV. Elizabeth, Queen of Henry VII. " Margaret, Queen of James IV. of Scotland James V. of Scotland. Mary, Queen of Slots. 1603. James I. Elizabeth, Queen of Bohemia. Sophia, Electress of Hanover. 1714. George I. 1727. George 11. Frederick, Prince of Wales. 1760. George 111. Edward, Duke of Kent. 1837. VICTORIA. 1840. The Princess Royal, born Nov. 21. DIEM.—The (4 seen being 27th in regukr descent from the Cooqm!ror, and at the same time 36th Sove reign in succession from the Conquest, gives nearly 29 years to a generation, and 22 years to a reign, in re• spect of the 774 years which have elapsed since that period. The commonly received average is 30 years to a generation and 20 years to a reign ; according to which it appears that the cares or luxuries, or both, of a crown occasion a sacrifice to the wearer of it of one year of life, as compared with ordinary mortals. MR. ANDERSON'S LETTER TO MR. STOWELL, High Pctergatc, York, Nov. 16, 18.10. REV. SIR,—As the President of the York Catholic Society, I am directed to call your attention to the articles which during the past week have appeared in the Morn ing Chronicle and several other newel aper., respecting a statement alleged to have been made by you, to the eff2ct— " That a gentleman of high respectability, in Yorkshire, who presided at our meeting there, told me that a Roman Catholic gentleman, of distinction and honourable conduct in the county, said, in conversation with him, ` I hope there will be a war with France, and I hope France will conquer England, because then our Church will have a chance of recovering her rights.' " I shall feel much obliged if you will inform me whether or not you made a statement of the nature above alluded to, and if you did make such a statement, I hope you will not object to favour me with the lames of the Chairman and Riman Catholic gentleman to whom such statement referred. I am, Reverend Sir, your obedient humble servant, R. HENRY ANDERSON. To the Rev. Hugh Stowell, Manchester. MR. STOWELL'S REPI.Y. Manchester, Nov. 21, 1840. Silt,— I have Leen from home, or I should have replied to your letter immediatel:. I do not n answer to y hold my o s u c r i 1. 1 n responsible qu:ri whatthat may appear in as those such reports of my speechesgiven by the Londcn papers, of my recent address in Exeter-hall. A few hand fuls of broken fragments from a speech of nearly two hours, can only convey a very false impression of its statements. At the same time, as Ido not at all cons i der you to be authoris e d i n a ttempting to interrogate me re s p ect i ng w h at I may ch oose t o say in public , I m ust d ecline entering into any explan a tion on the subject of y our l etter. la m Sir, yours truly, HUGH STOWELL. R. H. Anderson, Esq., High Peterg ate , York, LITERATURE. FINDEN'S TABLEAUX. 'Arch and Armstrong, London, 1840. " The kindred arts of Design and of Poetry," says Miss Mitford, the editor of this Annual, in her preface, " have been so frequently employed upon the graceful and gorgeous grouper of the days of chivalry, that it has been resolved in the present volume to try whether the simple representation of English country life, such scenes as we see con stantly before our eyes, and which come home to every bosom, might not prove as attractive - as the illusions of romance. The experiment has been made to the best of our power ; the result must remain with the public." Miss Mitford need be under little apprehension for the result of her ex periment, so far as her own exertions are concerned, for her prose sketches of English sylvan life are as racy and heartfelt as any that she has ever penned ; in proof of which we may mention her tale entitled " Hop Gathering," with its arch allusion to " the strange vagabomlising, gipsy sort of cart which was passing over the Loddon-bridge, and looked as if it had never paid any duty." Her fellow con tributors, also, George Darley—who, strange to tell, unites the mathematician with the poet—and Miss Harrison, have acquitted themselves successfully ; but here our praise must stop, for the illustrations, with one or two exceptions, are certainly not what we could have wished them to be. " The Return from the Fair," though the design is a good one, is but indifferently executed ; indeed, there is a manifest violation in it of the laws of perspective, for the shades in the distance, where the Fair is going on, are quite as boldly and distinctly marked as those in the foreground. The " Love Token " is the best plate in the volume. The figure of the pretty young village girl who is receiving a senti mental souvenir from the hands of her rustic sweet heart, is very gracefully defined. She looks as plump as a partridge, and as buoyant and sp r i g h t l y as a fawn. The remaining plates exhibit no re markable excellence, whether of design or execution. MR. ELLAR TETE HARLEQUIN'S BENEFIT. --Having called public attention, and the members of his own pro fession, to the pecuniary distress of the veteran Harlequin Eller, our suggestion has been followed with promptness, and we hope ultimately to find that it has been crowned with success. It has been arranged that he takes a benefit at the Victoria Theatre to-morrow. Mr. T. P. Cooke was the first to come forward to serve his old friend Eller. Mr. Yates, of the Adelphi, has permitted Mr. Wieland and Mr. Atkinson to play for that night, and for the former he has also allowed the use of one of the most popular of the Asielphi pieces. Mr. • Morgao, the celebrated Irish singer, also renders his assistance. S Ine of the most admired pantomimis:s and bal let • performers have volun teered their services, and it would appear that the diffi culty of procuring the assistance of attractive names was nothing, but that considerable embarrassment was occa sioned by the necessity of declining the many kind offers which were made for the occasion, in consequence of which Mr. Ellar has been enabled to blend together a combina tion of talent, and furnish a loin, which for selection and versatility of amusements is seldom to be met with at any description of theatre, and such a bill as, independent of every other consideration, ought to draw a crowd. The lessee of the theatre has granted the use of the house on terms the most liberal and disinterested. Messrs. Dale and Harding, stage and acting managers, have spared no pains or trouble in their respective departments.—Morning Advertiser. A few days ago a fine cock pheasant, which had perched itself on the roof of the house of Mr. Fowler, a pastry- cook at Eton, was shot at and brought down b y a man named B ra d s h aw , w h o was by c h ance passing along the street with a loaded gun at the time. TO TILE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. Bungay, Nov. 24. 1840. SIR,---The Timex of Friday has been sent to me con taining an article on the alleged Bible monopoly. In that article you have introduced my name in con nection with one or two assertions which are false, and one or two allusions which are groundless. 1. You say you find me reported as present at a meet ing in Liverpool, where Mr. Campbell delivered a speech, from which you give an extract. I was at Bungay when that meeting took place, and ignorant of its being held. It is very unlikely that my name appeared in any report of that meeting. and children at Bungay. 2. You speak of my " cheap es t a bli s h men t o f women I suppose it is customary in all printing offices to em ploy women for some parts of the warehouse work, and boys for errands ; but it happens that only two women, and but one person, male or female, so young as 16 years, is employed in my office ; while, if it were of the least interest to the public how either of us conduct our private business, I venture to affirm that in my office would be found more men who have been em ployed there from twenty to forty years than would be found in yours. But if it were as you state, what then ? 3. You strongly imply that I had an edition of the Bible, which the patent prevented my selling in Eng land, and which I was anxious to sell in Scotland by means of Dr. Thomson's benevolent plan. I never did print any edition of the authorised version of the Bible, either on my own account, or to the order of any other person. In 1831 I gave, in evidence before a Committee of the House, a list of prices, far below those paid at the time to the monopolists, at which Bibles and A eta of Parliament might be produced. These prices were demonstrated by the witnesses for the monopolists to be utterly impracticable, below the possible cost of production, and I was charged with all possible bad motives for giving them in. The Lords of the Treasury in the year 1833, showed what value they assigned to the demonstrations of the monopolists, for they directed that the future price of Acts of Parliament should be half what it had been, or a quarter lesr than I had stated, and this price Mr. Spottiswoode, the Queen's printer, and your protege, has been glad to take ever since. Mr. Spottiswoode himse:f has also justified my evi dence respecting Bibles, by publishing in your paper a list circulated by the officers of the Bible Society ; and from this list it appears that the agitation of the subject has, in nine years, knocked down tlie price of Bibles full one quarter, and rendered the Monopolists in 1840 fain to accept the prices which, in 1831, they denounced as impossible. I do not wonder that Mr. Spottiswoode hires you to resist further agitatio❑ in this matter. When the Scotch Bible printing was thrown open, my frienl Dr. Thomson applied to me for estimates of Bible stereotype plates. I replied that I was indisposed to furnish plates for the Scotch, as I had had experience of our opponents, and was confident that they who before pronounced my prices too low for any sine man to offer, would now turn round and charge me with getting too much by some private interest. I added, that I te : Ould confirm my evidence by offer ing plates at the prices stated therein, but had no doubt various considerations would lead printers on the spot to put in tenders on still lower terms. And I was right ; a most respectable house offered Dr. Thomson, with a bond for correctness, a large edi tion of a Bible exactly like that which the Bible So ciety lately issued at a reduced price, and which is vaunted as the cheapest ever purchased. The price asked by the Scotch free trader was 25 per cent. under that paid by the Bible Society to the monopolists. The monopolists quarrelled with my prices in 1831, and they will not greatly approve what I am now going to say ; but I am prepared to prove that Acts of Par liament, for wl•lich the Queen's printer now gets 1 id. a sheet, and for which he got 31. a sheet up to 1833, ought to be furnished to the public at a penny, and that the present price of Bibles ought to be still further re duced at least a quarter. Mr. Spottiswoode is labouring hard to mix up the Bible Society, and to conciliate it: friends, for the de fence of his lucrative but precarious patent. The friends of that Society may judge of his zeal in their cause by the following extract from your thundering article in your paper of Friday :—" Whether the price of a school Testament shall be 71d. or 81d., or that of a large Bible 4s. 3d. or 4s. 6d., wo utterly deny to be a matter worthy of the national attention," Permit me, Sir, to venture a word of admonition to yourself and your colleagues. The Times has become proverbial for its recklessness of assertion and its disre gard of truth, its articles manifesting an obliquity of moral vision. I ask the friends of the Bible, whether any principle but that of enmity to its sacred truths would have de vised the following, your plea for restricting its circula tion :—" We do not wish to see the sacred writings so far reduced in price as to be the cheapest thing the Infidel or the Socialist could buy—for waste paper purposes ! " To this remark, in its bearing worthy of the mono polist, and in its sentiment worthy of the Times, the answer shall come from one of the respectable Secre taries at one of its recent m eet i ngs illustrated the o Scriptures Rev. George Brown, ipturn over the length im portanceries of theof spreading Bible Society, t h e s end breadth of the land, by the following statement :-- He said a man going into a house of ill-fame, picked up a bit of paper, which attracted his notice ; it was a NI-- tion of John's Gospel, alld a sentence arrested his att. n oon, he was diverted from his unholy purpose, and that stray leaf became, by the blessing of God, the means 01 his conversion. The infidel would gladly check the circulation of the Bible, even on the plea of keepin g it from infidel hands, end the monopolist would gladly maintain Ids price o❑ any plea.—l am, Sir, your obedient servant, __ _ JOHN CHILDS. CAMBRIDGE, Nov. 23. ( From a Correspondent of the Chronicle.) Great consternation was caused in this town this morning by the announcement that Mr. Field Dunn Barker's bank had suspended payment. Mr. Barker was the banker of the Cambridge University Pitt Club, the funds of which were . dedi cated at the last two mock elections for the represen. 1 tation of this borough in Parliament, under the sanction of 1 the Reverend Fathers of the College, to the holy and whole some work of bribing the constituency. This is the t e e e i s i s a o n r e s e d . second serious misfortune that has happened to the , Pitt Club this week ; the first being the refusal of the present V iee-Chancellor ( Dr. Graham, of Christ's) to brought.abboyutsborny ethehaCsf-tadb°lzieshnmocfnthoisf sanction their annual dinner, although it had been coun tenanced club on the Vic ultra-Tory l t ra-T Liberalor y p clubr e d ine 1 the Univer • say, ' dred which e..c boasts hane, 1 laot rpresentabout a o f f o , r a t n t i l g e h a t s t s , i n e e e h , u n t 0 - 1 members. A deputation, it seems, had waited from the ask permission, according to the statute, to have a dinner. The Vice-Chancellor having refused, he was obliged in all consistency t o d eal in a similar manner with the deputa tion from the Pitt Club, which subsequently waited on him for a similar Purpose Dr. Graham's good sense and consistency arc strongly contrasted with the motives which actuated his predecessors in countenancing the an nual dinner of the Pitt Club, whilst they invariably re fused the same privilege to a number of the young Liberals of the university, wh enever thev req uested permission for a Fox Club dinner. O ne of these worthy Vice-Chancel. (ors, the Master of D owning, a name w hich ought to oc cupy the most lumino us spot in our U n iversity annals, gave it as a reason for his p art i ality on on e of these occasions, that Pitt was an hist or i ca l c h aracter , and that Fox was not. A propos of the failing of Mr. Barker's bank. I should not omit to mention that this gentleman was chairman of tho " Cambridge Conservative Mechanics' Association," a society of gentlemen, whose monthly c arousals, at which they ate and drank to the tune of nothing to pay, form one of the most interesting feat ures i n t h e moral statistics of this town. In private life Mr. Balker bad many friends of both political parties. Another banker here, the celebrated Mr. Banker Blue book Fisher, who figured bef ore the Committee of the House of Commons, who nu llifi e d Mr. Manners Sut ton 's election last year, is the ne-v Conservative Mayor. In honour of the election of thi s U n iversity Utensil to the civic chair, not long since, the bells of St. Mary's hellsran triple-bob-majors for hours tooether. The o public which are always in requisition for all occasions festivity, have not as yet rung forth one joyful lews of an the birth of the young Princess Royal. which would i have o pp o site and most melancholy event, " ' ll ' anover to the proclaimed the succession of the King of samef note for have caused no surprise to those who have lied recent experience of the t experien Throne of these realms, arrived here yest erda y , the ring ing of the joy bells in consequence wou ld new Tory order of things in this disgracefully priest-rid den borough. - - ___ • According to advices from the Levant, quoted by the Moniteur Parisien, the light vessels and steamers of the allied squadrons are to keep up the blockade and surveillance of the Syrian coast, while a detachment of five sail of the line and two frigates will blockade Alexan dria. The rest of the ships are to go, as has been already announced, to the Bay of i‘larmorizza. EVENING .EDITION. THE QUEEN. SUN-OFFICE, THREE O'CLOCK. The answer to inquiries at the Palace, up to n quar ter to three this afternoon, was that her Majesty and the Princess Royal had passed a very favourable night, and were doing exceedingly well. The following Bulletin of her Majesty's 'health was issued this day : " Buckingham Palace, N0v.25, 1840. " Half-past Nine o'C!ock, A.M. " The Queen has passed a good night, and continues to go on favourably. " The Princess Royal is perfectly well. (Signed) " JAMES CLARK, M.D. CHARLES LOCOCK, M.D. ROBERT FERGUSON, M.D. RICHARD BLAGDEN." COURT CIRCULAR. The Duchess of Kent arrived at the Palace in the morning, and remained there until the evening, when her Royal Highness returned to Ingestre House, Bel grave, square. Her itoyal Highness the Princess Sophia Matilda arrived in town from her residence on Blackheath, and immediately proceeded to the Palace, to learn the state of her Majesty, and the infant Princess. Lady Barham succeeded the Countess of Sandwich yesterday morning as the Lady of the Bedchamber in Waiting on her Majesty. The Duchess of Gloucester called at the Palace in the forenoon to make personal inquiry of the state of the Queen and the infant Princess. The Duke of Sussex paid a visit to his Royal High ness Prince Albert. Viscount Melbourne, the Lord Steward, the Lord Chamberlain, the Master of the Horse, and the Vice- Chamberlain attended at the Palace during the day. Viscount 'Torrington and Major the Hon. George Keppel succeeded yesterday Lord Byron and Sir Fre derick Stovin, as the Lord and Groom in Waiting, on her Majesty. His Royal Highness Prince Albert, attended by Colonel Wylde and Captain Seymour, rode out on horseback yesterday. The Duchess of Sutherland, Mistress of the Robes, arrived at her residence, Stafford House, at five o'clock yesterday afternoon, from Trentham. The account of her Majesty and the Royal infant, were uniformly favourable throughout the day. The Palace was again thronged yesterday afternoon by the Nobility and Gentry, to make their dutiful in quiries after the health of her Majesty and the infant Princess. In several instances the parties had come to town expressly for the purpose. Amongst the Ladies who called yesterday, were the Countess Bjornstjerna, Lady of the Swedish Minister ; Madame Dedel, Lady of the Netherlands Minister ; Madame Van de Weyer, Lady of the Belgian Minis ter ; Baroness de Cetto, Lady of the Bavarian Minister ; Countess Bille Brahe, Lady of the Danish Charge d'Affaires ; Madame Murphy, Lady of the Mexican Charge d'Affaires ; Madame Marques Lisboa, Lady of the Brazilian Charge d'Affaires. Duchess of Inver ness. Marchionesses, Wellesley. Exeter, Westmeath, and Clanricarde. Countesses, Radnor, Dowager Chi chester, Fingall, and Belfast. Viscountesses, Dowager Dillon, Palmerston, and Dillon. Ladies Lyndhurst, Cottenham, Bloomfield, Elizabeth Hope Vere, Polti more, Seymour, Mary Ross, Theresa Lister, Wheatley, Ridley, Denman, Dowager Cooper, Dowager Hony wood, Mary Stanley, R. Grosvenor, T. Cowper, Shaw Stewart, Dowager River, and Jane Bouverie. Hon. Mrs. E. Goulburo. Mistresses Bloomfield. Howley, Frances Walpole, Fitzroy, Kelly, Denman, Pemberton, Maberley, Charles Law, and Greathed. Misses Blomfield, M. Blomfield, Seymour, Lister, Copley, W heatley, Honywood, Denman, Shaw Stewart, Blackwell, and Pitt. Among the gentlemen were the Turkish Ambassa dor, the Prussian, Belgian, Swedish, Grecian, Vene zuelan, and Spanish Ministers, the French, Danish, and Mexican Charge d'Affaires, Count Revel, Sardinian Charge d'Affaires ; Mr. Colquhoun, Agent and Con sul-General for the Hanse Towns; Sir Martin Archer Slice, President of the Royal Academy ; Mr. Burge, Q. C., Agent for Jamaica ; the Chancellor of the Ex chequer, the Archbishop of Canterbury, Bishop of London, Duke of Rutland. Marquises—of Normanby, Headfort, and Exeter. Earls—of Powis, Fingall, Elgin, and Thanet. Lords—Lyndhurst, Kinnaird, Blomfield, Poltimore, Hill, Decies, and John Russell. Baron Schleinitz, Mr. Baron Rolfe, Sirs E. Lytton Bulwer, Thomas Phillips, Charles E. Nugent. George Seymour, J. Hobhouse, George Chet ynd, John Cowan, R. Chester, Charles E. Grey, R. Adair, John Stoddart, W. J. Newton, Hon. Hugh Fortesque and Charles Ashburnham. Mr. Sergeant A rabin, Mr. Sergeant Talfourd, Mr. Sergeant Spankie, Messrs, Labouchere, Macaulay, E. G. Villiers, Lister, George Chilton, Q.C., Alexander, Q.C., George Tur ner, Q C., Kindersley, Q.C., Spence, Q.C., Crowder, Q C., Girdlestone, Q.C., Treslove, Q.C., D. Wake field, Q.C., Simpkinson, Q.C., Fitzroy Kelly, Q.C., M.P., Guthrie, Skirrow, Q.C.. George Hayter, W. C. Ross, C. Howard, E. J. Stanley, and Sergeant Goulburn. Generals Sir G. Murray and Mundy, Co lonels Cooper and Maberly, Major Mundy, Captain R. Mundy, R.N., Doctors Henry Davies, Chambers, and Thos. Elliotson. The Princess Sophia Matilda paid visits yesterday to the Duchess of Kent at Ingestrie House, and to the Duchess of Gloucester at Gloucester House. The Commander of the Forces had an interview with Viscount Melbourne in Downing-street. Viscount Ebrington had an interview with his Lordship on Monday. Captain R. H. Dawson had an interview with Lord John Russell yesterday at the Colonial-office. Viscount Ebrington and Lord Fitzroy Somerset had interviews with the Marquis of Normanhy yesterday at the Home-office. Dcspatehos from the Governors of New South Waits and Van Diemen's Laud were received yesterday at the Colonial-office. The Marquis and Marchioness of Tweeddale, and family, are passing the winter at Yester House, Hun tingdonshire. The Hon. Charles and Lady Emmeline Stuart Wortley hive returned to town, from a visit to the Earl and Countess of Jcrsey. at Middleton Palk. Mr. W. Fenoulhet, yesterday, had the honour of submittin; his picture of the Palace of Gotha, painted by express command, for the approval of his Royal Highness Prince Albert, at Buckingham Palace. THE ‘VEATHER IN THE NORTH.—The higher hills in this neighbourhood ( Inverness) are now complcteiy covered with snow—a mantle which they will in all pro's:a bility retain till May or June next year. The pools and burns are also crisped with ice; but in the low grounds there has been no snow, and the weather is chiefly wet and foggy. Friday the 13th was execi.din,gly stormy, and at sea it blew a perfect hurricane. The Duke of Richmond (steamer) was forced to return to Cromarty harbour, where several other vessels were also driven for shelter. The thermometer now stands at 48 deg, inside the house. —ln verness Courier. REMARKABLE PHENOMENON AT COMRIE. —Yesterday evening, the I 7th instant, between seven and eight o'clock, an interesting appearance was observed in the sky, over this place. ' From a semicircular small black cloud on the verge of the western horizon, at the point N. W. by W. all the other clouds in view spun out into long dark streaks, diverging like spokes from the nave of a wheel, and, after extending in almost unbroken lines over the whole sky, again converged in an exactly opposite point of the horizon. At each focus between the spokes, the light of the aurora borealis was very distinct, leaving no doubt as to the cause of this unusual arrangement of the clouds, and con trasting beautifully with the dark dresses of the present fleecy partners of these " merry dancers." The western f ocus was at first very brilliant, and while it continued so the other was more faint. By and bye this relative brightness of the two ends was entirely reversed, and the eastern had its "turn" of display for about half an hour, after which the whole ,cone gradually broke up—the clouds, like soldiers relieved from the cons.raint of parade, dispersing them selves into their usual amorphous groups over the sky. This phenomenon establishes at least two points in mete orology. Ist. That the meridional lines of clouds often observed in the daytime, extending across the heavens from the north to the south, as well as other directions, without, of course any visible display of the aurora, are nevertheless the eff , ct of this electrical or magnetic influence, and not, as some have supposed, of currents in the air. 2d. That the height at which the aurora occa sionally displays its fantastic gambols may coincide with, or extend to, that of the clouds in the atmosphere, although at other times its stage appears to be much more elevated. The writer of this note, some years ago, had an opportu nity of calculating the altitude of the atiex of a splendid autoral dome, consisting entirely of lights of many various hues, that then appeared near the zenith. The calcula tion was made from simultaneous observations taken at Stirling and Comrie, and gave the hei g ht at 113 miles above the surface of the earth. —See•sine's. THE LATE FATAL STEAM-CARRIAGE AC CIDENT IN SLOANE-STREET.--thi Tuesday evening an in quest was held before Mr. Higgs, at the St. George's Hospital, on the body of Thomas Wadeson, eged 35, chief engineer to Sir George Caylov, Bart., who came by his death in consequence of an accident met with in Sloane-street on the 21st ult., whilst conducting a steam carriage destined for travelling on the common highways. Certain particulars relative to the accident have already appeared in this journal. It appeared that the accident was occasioned by injuring and straining the springs of the steering wheel. In the collision that took place, de ceased's right leg, a little above she calf, was jammed be tween the vehicle and the window frame, and cut by the broken plate glass. He was instantly conveyed to the above hospital. Mr. Thomas Tarrant, house surgeon, said deceased was admitted shor tl y after the accident, with a small wound in the right l e g , which was still bleeding. It was staunched, and deceased went on well till the 26th ult., when he became feverish , and the limb grew s wo ll en and inflamed, and large absces ses formed in and around the part injured, and from the exc essive discharge and irrita tion caused by the said abs cesses he expired on Monday last. Verdict, " Accidenta l death," with a deodand Of WI. on the steam-carriage. TO JOHN BLACKET, ESQ.' Y DEAR SIR, A S Sir James Duke has made very free with M my name in an address to the Electors of the Ward of Farringdon Without, dated the 23d inst , which I thin k it t o y duty to notice, I shall endeavour to do so. without giving t° b i°3 or his friends any ground of offence. He states very truly that, in my offer to serve the Wa r d was with certain conditions, from which I have never swer°, e l The retirement of home is so pleasing to my own feelings, on° a the same time conducive to health, that I think I shoulbe s n A licited before I could consent to forego such enjoyments, an" then the deprivation would be repaid by the honour of servis; my nei to ghbours. As a requisition, I leave others to tell how, s uch dee!, ments are obtained ; they are neither consonant wiLh tnYtpc nor in unison with the former practice of the Ward , nel could I have consented to adopt them , although o thers, W e ' cially those not inhabiting, may Lave deemed it right andige* r per to have done so; but I doubt not that cou ld have po._ cured sufficient votes, both in number a nd respectability, hal means by a largetestd major paragemenisity, all before me. not the slight to Sir James put whom I believe to be a highly respectable man, when I Irby an opinion that so large a Wald will be seriously hum resent otherreturning any of A than one e n of its inhabitan's to rep them in the rese ingle for I have had no Committee, nor have I canvassed a ' t hree vote, nor been in communication with more than two er fr ien d s friends on the subject, while Sir James Duke and hisdoubt'had all the advantage of previous informa tion, and bave tr les l taken much üble. congratulate him and them on their s ucces9 an d t abuVs; pect of victory over an old inhabitant of the Ward, t and not attempted to raise any barrier to prev ent the ddoo__. :00 , who, in respectfully withdrawing from the situation of o ud /0 a candidate for the office, which he would have been pr have filled, but which he is induced to fore of the Ward may not be disturbed by an ontested election to remind his opponents that had he, i the first instancefdii. pressed a desire to be returned, they would have fond a cult task to have preventedse rlanta I am, my dear Sir, your obliged friend and obediLLIADI e° West Smithfield, Nov. 24, 1840 JAMES go that the THE NEW EDITION, o , in 3 y015.,,1, ' R I% THE HISTORY OF A r 1.4 IS NOW READY• e a rs event. 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Is' , THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT GA•-irESII4-- , iNDER the MANAGEMENT of NIADAIVI-0 ' THIS EVENING, NOV- 2 b• Will be repeated Shaksperes ~ MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREA ,u • 0 Ana , Mr. Theseus, Mr. Cooper ; Quince, Mr. Bartley; B° Snug' Harley ; Flute, Mr. Keeley Mrs. Snout, Mr. Meadows ;,..acialiis A v l e r s . ti F is . ; M ri att t h an ei i v a s , ;MHrse.rlinvi.aLacy Nisbett ; Oberon , .T. fi r st Fairy, Miss Rainforth. Coo P eri To APNI; AND t c e k :C A o o l i m: 3 d l y I r o r Mr. Simpson Mr. W. Farren ; Mr. 13romley, l‘fr.i v. L a cy; Madame.l N A T r o s u . a :A pt l op r re s : , Ni Mrs.s b e t o t ; r ; 11 e r lr . s . Bromley, 1 ` 1 "' ' pith O e On Thursday, the Midsummer Night's Dream , w Dress Boxes, 7s. ; Second Price, 3s. 6d.; Circles, ss. ; Second Price, 25. 6d. ; Pit, 3s. • Se c°l4 , 7.5. ; Gallery, Is. First and Specrei:t ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. LER., UNDER THE MANAGEMENT O F Mr. BU T • THIS EVENING, NOV. 25 FOR THE BENEFIT OF MR. noldßALL.„'Th ie dy of Will be performed a Drama founded on Rey's I-1° LAUGH WHEN YOU CAN. bliss " Gossamer, Mr. Balls ; Bonus, Mr. Brookes,- Sa abo, _ c. S. Roxby belville, Mr. St. John Horton; Emily , Mordaunt ; Miss Gloomly, Mrs. Garrick. After which a Burletta, from the French, called , THE VETERAN AND HIS PROGENY. Phillip Gabois, Mr. P. F. Williams (from she St. Chat Theatre, New Orleans.) In the course of the Evening, " Lightly Tripping o'er tt Mountain," and • " The Shepherd's Evening Bell," by 3 1 i" Wolfe, being her first appearance. To which will be added, RAFAEL THE LIBERTINE. Rafael by Mr. Balls. To conclude with ENGLISH ETIQUETTE. i s gt. Mr. Handel Hibbs, Mr. Balls; Achille Townsend, P_i_tr'ick; John Horton ; Miss Agatha Bloomington, Mrs. Oa' Peggy, Mrs. H. Beverley. Dress Boxes, 4s.—Olympian Boxes, 3s.—Pit, 2s --Gallerr; Half-price—Dress Circle, 2 s. ; Oly m p ian Boxes, Is. Pit, Is. tig THEATRE ROYAL DRURY-LAN& bat Mr. ELIASON begs leave most respe dully to announce o t the above Theatre is now OPEN cEYERY d FAVE I'II with the Grand Musical Entertainments, entitle THE CONCRTS D'HVE. Leader, Mons. NADAUD— E ctor , I Condu Mon R s. 311/ V . .4 0-‘,11..1)" PROGRAMME FOR THIS EVENING, N0 3,",j..; ..... Overture—Fidelio—Beet r h A ov lt Valses—Cacillien—Strauss. eTn.FIRST. . IC' Overture—Goethe's Faust--Lindpai n ter. , , •, v - NeO , u ad ad n rill l e s — th l 3 c o e s n ti t l u lo ri n es d . e Manl'ahlon—Musard. 2 . , .dtlif Historical Melange of Old French Airs, 14th from the 1 th iu SGorlaondCosrenleetetaioPnisftroonms—thSechi\oinesesillalhinka--Ilerr I(°"ig..,iit)iiilli ',•.s ig Grand Overture FantastiFqAußeT—Des jubaeri. New Quadrille—Rendezvous de Chasse-- DerMu Frieschutz—. Fantasia Floto on The Hermit's Song from.: 13erlioz. Valses—Les Fusms V Gverture--Le Di olantes—Straus'. Herr Frisch. .;,. . . eu et la Baya er Quadrill I ' e— .. Angleterre—Mioa rd • Galop—Une bonne Fortune—A• Adarn• Is; ; D reg Prices of Admission' r t he Promenade, • : t o Circle 9 '• 6 ; —.. d. ; Upper Boxes Is. 6d. ' o• to and Visitor t ' • ' ~e of passint, s • the Boxes haye the pris,ile. from the Promenade. licationly - I - -1-± Mr. Eliason in compliance with numerous app the ftv begs lease to announce thatth e Lower Gallery will ter tore Ie opcno d e.—Attber. -- _d at the azimission of Is. to each e rson. en 0 _ t Doors -- Eigkt precisely. _.-..-04; op,n at half-past Seven o'Clock, to comme i PRINCESS' This splendid Theatre is OPENTHtATREt PROMENADE CONCERTS, THIS EVENING, NOV. 25.—PR0GRA31.311, Overt Under the Direction of Mr. WILLY. .e., rili l ., ures—Dcr Freyschutz, Zarepa. i 1 e stre'' Haensel's Fantasia, introducing Solos for the prinetpa ments. fi rida • EIEFRO,III V LI N I lENEGT. Kith , Selection from the Mountain Sylph, introducing,' the c Royal (his first appearance in raie Scene. the Farewell to the Mountain, and the Fortune" Chorus, Solo on the Oboe Waltz—Der Feen l b :It :N . 1. ._olo on the Violin b Mr Will ' i e , i i -t th n is el Duet Cornet a Pisto y ns, Messrs? i\l‘Farlane and l';eig htl6l : l oj l7 Quadrilles—La Princesse, La Fille du Regiment. i Crin rr t e ry ' ~ , „,, fet To conclude with Beethoven's Grand Battle SyluP" °- '' nA: , s Which an add . t* h ' i ion as been made to the already numerou efficient orchestra. 1 r . , ' Pro )o.f the A ead e .0.,i Promenade Is.—Dress Circle, 25.—Upper 13exes, ' 5 ; at the ?. Private Boxes, 11. Is. and 10s. 6d. each, may be ha" Box-office, and of Mr. Mitchell, Old Bond-street. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. he N e g r° Extraordinary Novelty —Increasing popularity of 1 - , o f the Melodi t ,s s, and continued attraction of Wrecr. Royal George " THIS EVENING, NOY. 25,1 Will be acted, THE RAVENS OF ORLEANS. ' - •.,s fl''' After which, 4-s. ? .ri THE WRECK OF THE R OYAL GEORGr• ►ft1•••• OR, THE SEAMAN'S CHEST. e nve•t ,, ,i Preceded by a Gracd Pictorial and Scenic Induction, r I r e , renting a Cruise round the Coast, and depicting the ° ft' 1 amity, with the sinking of the Vessel, &c.• an inei .; To be followed by JIM ALONG JOSEY and D , ec C o lsnan'e Visit to the Masquerade. t' "‘„,4 To conclude wail the Caledonian Romance, ens THE REIVER'S RANSO 31 ; OR, GILDER OY 1u " -•' BONiVY BOY. ---------------- 1 ROYAL VICTORIA VIEAT RE. Great slle. ' Continued attract ion of the Wi zard o f the Wave' ;s,_ :cess of the Female Watermen's 50ci,..4.T. THIS EVENING, NOV. '25, -fp Of r ' , 4 4 THE WIZARD OF THE WAVE • OR, THE SRA. .7.. THE AVENGER. e. After which, walk -..q THE FEMALE WATERMEN'S SOCIETY; OR, .-- !:'• RAN-DAN CLUB. Characters by Messrs. Bender, Attwood, Miss Pettifer, M rs ' , WALLACE,To conclude with the Aleledrame of Mrs. Hicks, and all the Ladies of the I3Pllet• ..., Jo e. ~.f.t France, v THE HERO OF SCOTLAND. In which Messrs. Dale, Blanchard, Coney, Mulford, il e r 1 .- der. Courtney, Asbury, Mi ss E. Montague, and Mit§ Kemb e, 1 will appear. ______---• , . ROYAL The Menagerie, Under her Majesty's Immediate Patronage. Y is highly popular and interesting resort is OPEN DAIL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. which r m i s T u e n n e i till a l Da i k n . rietY , !till beauty of the specimens it contains, occupies s everal ifft_'_, , sous and elegant buildings comfortably heated, and arrangc: with the nearest possible assimilation to the natural habits . the number, ra ... the animals. The most important additionsrecently received are the rare and beautiful black Leopard, le Mignon Eleehant, a pair of the scarce Curassows, called Cushew Birds, the Sacred leis, the Bush Cow (the only specimen in E e) a air of ~ urep , Cissow • . aries, the Monster Boa (the largest ever seen in confine. . i . ment), &e. . ks• • , The splendid collection of Caraivora are fed . a.t Four 9!cll first'" v,hich time the ferecious attributes arid amazing -rrinsewt plwers of these forest monarabs are displayed to .the54m014:,8,7-:.-- aotage. Admission, Oise Shillings - - " 1- -- A ' Ti ~Se'• t , Tt 1. 11