The Sun. — London, England, 1840-01-29 00:00:00

EV ENIN G EDITION. ! On February 1, with the Magazines, will be published, price • (tae Shilling, with Three Illustrations on steel and Three 1i oodcuts, by George Cruikshank, THE SECOND NUMBER OF 'THE TOWER OF LONDON, I AN HISTORICAL ROMANCE. 1 By W. HARRISON AINSWORTH, Esq„ Author of " Rookwood." " Jack Sheppard," &c. Richard Bentley, New Bur ington-street. Orders received by all BooUcllers. ; NOTICE ! THE DUKE of WELLINGTON'S LIFE, Edited by SIR JAMES E. ALEXANDER. The Eleventh Part, price 2s. fid. ' completing this Work, IF3 NOW READY, And can be had of all Booksellers. N B. The Work may be had cornplet e, in 2 handsome vo lumes Bvo. ' embellished with fine Portraits , Views of Battles, Plans, &c. by Landseer, Heath, and Warren, price 28s. bound. 1 Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Ma rlborough-street. I ILLUSTRATED BY PHIZ AND BUSS. THE FEBRUARY NUMBER OF I CO I, 1 1 3 1 A U G A i I I. Z N I N ' ES AND N E llu W mou llO sT N T H Ll' i EDITED BY THEODORE HOOK, Esq., Contains, among other Articles by distinguished Writers, i " FATHERS AND SONS," BY THE EDITOR. I Illustrated by Phiz. Annette, or the Gaierien. By The Widow Married. By Mrs. the Countess of Blessington. Troilope. Illustrated in Buss. , Nimrod in France. ! (Sketches fr(;m the N Ac-Book The Adventures :of Khodadad. I of a Physician IBy the Hon. C. Stuart Savill.lLetters from Ireland. By John The Hare with Many Friends. 1 Carne, Esti. By the Author of " ilatti.n' The Miseries of a Gentleman the Reefer." out of a ffietities. Biographical Notice of the late The Falls of Cauvary. By the John Home, Esq., concluded. Old Forest Ranger. '1 he Life and Times of Peter Poems, &c. Priggins. P, Henry Colburn, Publisher, I 1, Great Marlborough-street. ARMY AND NAVY. THE FEBRUARY NUMBER OF THE 'UNITED SERVICE JOURNAL , AND NAVAL AND MILITARY MAGAZINE, Contai Assault of Ghusnee. from the \ Relation of an Officer in the Army of the Indus Colonel Parley's Operations at Spithatut England's Wooden Walls. The Victory Notices of the Ca?e and Southern Africa. By Major Charters Nights on the Fo'castle. By the Author of " Rattlin the Reefer" Records of an Expetlition up the Quorra. By Commander W. Allen, R.N. A Sunday Morning at the Mi litary Asylum, Chelsea Confessions of a Spy, collected by an Officer of the Nary CAptore of Sir Sidney Smith by the French in 1796 Major Tulloch's Report of the floalth of the Troops in the Mediterranean, concluded Out Post Anecdotes Penry Colburn, Publisher, L ins : Remarks on Mr. Sturgeon's Memoir on Marine Light ning Con'luctors, by Mr. W. Spow Harris Memorandum on the American Jury Rudder, By Captain Basil flail, R.N. (with an engraving.) Memoirs of the late Admiral Sir H. Trollope, G.C.8., and M: jor-General Sir A. Caldwell, G.C.B. Letters from Colonel Mitchell, Admiral Ricketts, Sir James Alexander, &c. Russian Expedition to Khiva Army of the Indus—Reports of Captains Peat and Thomp son—Attack on Aden, &c. Sir Howard Douglas and the lonian Islands New Naval Expedition to Africa With all the Naval and Mi litary Intelligence of the Month. &c.- &c. 3, Great Marlborough-street THEATRE ROYAL COVENT GARDEN. CNDER IHE MANAGEMENT OF MADAME VESTRIS. THIS EVENING, JA N. 29, Wi'l be repeated the New Original in Five Acts, written by James Sheridan Knowles, called LOVE. Doke of Carinthia, Mr. Cooper; Sir Rupert of Lorrh, Mr. J. Vining ; ikon, Mr. Andersen ; the Countess of Eppen vein, 31iss Ellen Tree Katherine, Yatiame Vestris. enntiude with the New Grand Comic Christmas Panto- mime, entiiled HATILEQUIN AND THE MERRIE DEVIL OF ED MONTON ; OR, TIIE GREAT BED OF WARE. N.lih en irely New Scenery. Machinery, Dres:e3, and De- eorat ions. llar.equin, Mr. C. J. Smith; Clown, Mr T. Ridgway; Pantaloon. Mr. Morelli ; Merrie Devil, r. Gibson; antt Co tito}:inc, Miss Fairbrothcr. Gress Boxes, 7 s; Second Price, 3s. 6d. ; First and Second irelei. ss. ; Second Price, 2s. 6d. ; Pit, 3s. ; Second Price, Gallery, Is. Doors to be opened at half-past Six—the performances to ~trynence at Seven o'Clock. 'rickets and places for the Boxes to be taken of Mr. Notter,, at the 13ox-office, from Ten till Four, wh re Season 'Tickets rnayl:o had upon application. Private Boxes to be had solely of Mr, Andrews. bookseller ,7, New Bond-street. uoYA L SURREY THEATRE. Sixth Week of the Grand Comic Pantomime, universal:y a llowed to be the beg in London. is attracting the most brilliant overflows ever witnessed, and will be repeated every cv,ming. THIS EVENING, JAN. 29, Will he acted, an entirely new Drama, called CARL CARLSRUUE; OR; THE PAINTER, THE PUPIL, AND THE PRINCE. After which, the New Legend:ll'y Drama. called THE LAPIDARY OF LEYDEN. To conclude with the New Grand Christmas Pantomime, called ( .‘ " Z UEEN BEE, OR HARLEQUIN AND GOODY TWO SHOES. The srlemlid Scenery by Mr. Brunning—The magnificent Diorama by Mr. P. Phillips. Columbine, Miss Sharpe ; Harlequin, Clown, Pantaloon, and Sprite, by the Bolero Family. Al t -ssrs. Sams of St. James',-street ; Andrews, Ebers. and. Mitchell, 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. The letter of " A Constant Reader, and Moral Force Chartist," s tating " that he had understood the pike had conveyed arms to the public meeting at Abbey-street, which they pre tended afterwards to find," was not inserted, because the in- format ion given rested only on hearsay, and because we had nut even fur the hearsay, the guarantee of the writer's name. potttoo to the Queen, from the Women of Finsbury, in taVIIIIT of Frost and his companions, lies for signature at the l'estalozzi Academy. lip:if-1 Elt AT LONDoN BRIDGE TO-I , IOIIIIOIV. 000 , 47 minutesaftcr 10 i Evening 21 minuteg alter ll home for the discontent, which is the result of the same laws causing hunger and poverty. Mr. GISBORNE followed Mr. COLQUHOUN, and made a good bit or two at the commencement, but was not, on the whole, successful. We have known Mr. GISBORNE much wittier and more argumentative. Mr. DISRAELI made as poor a speech, though a much louder and more declaratory one, than Mr. GISBORNE. Both gentlemen tried to cut jokes, and both failed, as if the subject were of too earnest and stubborn a nature to tolerate levity unless, indeed, it were recommended by commanding talent. Sir H. VERNET, Mr. EWART, and Mr. WRITE (Of Sun derland), all speaking from the Ministerial side, drove away the Members, and brought the debate to a close be fore midnight in a thin House. We cannot wonder at tno spiritless nature of the Ministerial speeches after Sir G. GaEv's, for their opponents had given them no excitement. They had stated little or nothing that was worth replying t o. It may be wise and discreet in the Hotise of Commons to play with such a great subject—for, though nominally it was a contest of parties, it really concerns the well. being of the empire—but we thought we never witnessed a night in the House of Commons, when such a theme bad stirred the expectations of the whole country, so miserably wasted. For the last two hours a succession of poor speakers, while the Members were talking or retiring, made every person, we believe, wish, for the credit of the House, that the debate should close. Why Sir JAMES GRAHAM, Sir ROBERT PEEL, and other great orators, who were present, and who were taking not( s, came not to the rescue of their party we know not, unless it be that some negociations are going forward to form a new and broad-bottomed Administration under the auspices of Colonel SIBTHORP. If the Ministers be no more da maged by the remainder of the debate than they were last night. they will not even need to reply, and will conic off with fl ) ing colours. At a Quarter before Twelve the de bate was adjourned. Mr. R. PALMER obtained leave to bring in, and brought in, a Bill to facilitate the removal of Irish and Scotch paupers It was read a first time, and ordered to be read a seem d time on Wednesday fortnight. Mr. WALLACE obtained several returns connected with the Law Courts of Scotland. The Report on the resolution concerning Prince ALBERT wag brought up and read, and a Bill ordered to be brought in to carry it into effect. The House adjourned at a Quarter after Twelve. The question which the Committee of Supply divided on was, that her MAJESTY be enabled to grant 30,0001. a-year out of the Consolidated Fund to Prince ALBERT. For this question Mr. AGLIONBY, Mr. BROTIIERTON, Mr. HUME, Mr. WARD, Mr.WAKLEY, and aconsiderable num ber of other Reformers voted, who had only a few hours before voted to grant only 21,000/., they de claring and believing,at nine o'clock, that 21,0001. was quite enough for his Royal Highness. Now, with all deference to them, we cannot comprehend the consistency which induced them at eleven o'clock to vote 30,0001. The clear course for them to have pursued, in our humble judgment, was to have negatived Colonel Si BTIIORP s propositio❑ on the same pound as they strove to substitute 21,0001. for 50,000/., namely, because it was more than the sum they thought sufficient. Mr. VILLIERS expressed with great clearness at the close of the debate the reasons which ought to have determined the Reformers, and we only regret that he did not follow out his principle by voting " No" on the grant of 30,000/., instead of giving no vote at all. Had the Radical and Liberal Members so voted, they would have stood clear before the country as having discountenanced extravagance to the utmost of their Power. _ . . At present they stand in this position : they have voted for art extravagance, and they have voted with the Tories. They have sided with those cant ing hypocrites, and have stamped as genuine their pretended love of economy. The Tories only proposed the grant of 30,0001. to embarass and thwart the Ministers. into this snare such Radicals as Mr. LEADER, and such old hands as Mr. HUME, have unfortunately tumbled. We say not one word against their intentions--their judg ment was in fault. It will be urged, howerer, that had the Radicals so voted, the larger grant might have been carried. Possibly ; but not by their means. On the original question being put, they might have said .‘ No,' and might have protested against voting one farthing more than they thought necessary. Then the Whigs and the Tories, who arc supposed to be bidding, at the people's cost, for Royal favour, would have had between them all time glory or the shame of the grant, and the Radicals would have adhered to principle. Now the) have given up principle, and they will hereafter be reproached with having voted 9,0001. more to Prince ALBEnT than sufficient. We admit that the 20,0001. a year, the difference between the sum actually voted and 50,000/., is a great saving, which the Radicals have, we also admit, effected, by voting with the Tories ; but principle is of some value, and for them to be en abled hereafter to say, "We voted against both sums," would have given weight to their future economical suggestions. It may be consistent and proper in the Whigs, being now Ministers of the Crown, to propose 50,000/. ; it may be consistent and proper in die Tories, canting about economy, as they have always canted, to propose 30,0001. to catch Radical sup port, but it would have beeii, in our opinion, con sistent and honourable in the Radicals, instead of saying AYE to the Tory proposition, to have said distinctly No, to the proposition of both the Whigs and the Toiies. Sir R. PEEL said in the debate that his vote was not influenced by the present distress of the country. No grants are ever influenced by any considerations of what is due to the people, other wise all public salaries, from the Civil List down to the weekly wages of a Treasury porter, would vary, like the corn averages, with the seasons, and during 1839 would have been cut down at least one-third. What is due to the dignity of the Crown, to the ease of Royalty, to keeping in splendour the aristocracy and their friends, to the opulence of the priesthood, are the considerations which weigh with the Parliament in making grants of the public money. Had the Radicals followed the course we have indicated, supposin e , ,, that the result would have been to give 50,00 01. to Prince ALBERT, the principle on which statesmen act in voting away the public money would have been made clearly apparent. When the public at larg e know what Royalty and N o bility cost , it will b e able, and not till then, to ascertain exactly whether or not it does pay too much for its whistle. Our report of another great Anti-Corn-law meeting at Manchester, held by the Operatives, is deserving of public a! tention. The clearness with which Mr. FILLYAN demonstrated that the Corn laws have lowered the wages of the operatives is complete. But the language used at the meeting, and the resolutions adopted, subsidia►y to those for repealing the Corn-laws, to tax property exclu sively, and make an equitable adjustment of the " Miscalled National Debt," especially deserve the public attention. It is plain that the continuance of unjust laws is driving the people to desperation, which threatens the whole community with some awful calamity. To the disgrace of the Legisla ture, like NERO, it is fiddling—for its paltry pursuits deserve no better name—while the empire is shaking to its foundations. In another part of our Paper will be found two I‘...tters on Portuguese Bonds, which will be read with interest by those who have had the misfortune to lend their money on the faith of foreigners. In the speech of the Queen of PORTUGAL, no allu sion was made to Foreign Bondholders, and an in ference was naturally drawn from this circumstance, that there was a design on the part of the Govern ment to tr ea t them as they have been treated by bankrupt Spain, and all the Spanish States in the New World. The reply of the Finance Minister, however, holds out some better hopes. His pro mises are plausible, and, we hope, sincere. What ever be the result, however, the Bondholders must feel that they are under great obligations to Mr. THORNTON, for the zeal and perseverance with which he has prosecuted their claims. Mr. WALLACE hating succeeded, i n conjunc tion with Mr. ROWLAND HILL, in obtaining for the United Kingdom cheap postage, is now, we are glad to see, exer:ing his energies to obtain for the pecple of Scotland a cheaper and more expe ditious administration of civil and criminal justice. No question of more importance to Scotland could occupy the attention of the Hon. Gentleman than that of Scotch Law Reform. The cumbrous ma chinery of the Scotch Courts; their clumsy, tedious, and expensive forms of procedure ; and the uncon stitutional powers vested in the executive authori ties would, if generally known, excite astonish ment throughout the length and breadth of the land. We have heard several Scotch lawyers adduce in favour of their Courts their great antiquity. We never thought much of such proofs, by whomsoever ad van ced, in support of any institution. Law is but one limb of the great system of existing civili zation, and must change as the others change, if we would preserve the symmetry and iust propor tions of the whole. Our Knights no longer ap pear in coats of mail, nor their retainers in leathern doublets. Instead of crossbows and :mrquehusses, which it took an hour to load and dis charge, we have now air-guns and steam-guns, rating their discharges at so many a minute. The Scotch Law Courts of the present day belong to the by-gone period of cross-bows and leather jerkins. They are more than a couple of centuries behind the other institutions of the country. A pennyless urchin of persevering and industrious habits, might honestly earn an estate before the Court of Session, with its interminable pleas and long printed Rapers would be able, as at present constituted, to decide upon the just title to one, if .well contested by a representative of that non-de script personage, " the man in the moon " But. all abuses are profitable to some persons, and by those who profit by them it is natural to expect that such abuses should be defended. Mr. WAL LACE must therefore prepare himself to encounter the fierce hostility of nine•tenths at least of all who live by the technicalities of the Scotch Las Courts. From the Lord Advocate and the Judges of the Court of Session, down to the printers' devils who distribute the printed papers of that Court, there will hardly be found a functionary who will not attack him, tooth and nail, the moment they find him determined upon introducing a new and better state of things for the public. But the Post-office affair must have convinced him that the success of reform in any department depends more upon the zeal, the patience, and the untiring enerf . y of its advocates that upon their numbers. What he proposes to do is not more difficult than what he has accomplished. With these prefatory observa tions we take leave to introduce certain returns, moved for by Mr.WALLACE in the House of Com mons, last night, which are, no doubt, intended as the ground-work of other and more extensive inquiries. _ _ _ Return, showing ; in c plumns, the age. sex, and dates of commitment ar.d trial, and the alleged offence, " including what is technically called " Habit and Repute," of each person brought before or tried by the High Court of Juqi ciary in Edinburgh, or on circuit throughout Scotland, in the year 1839, with the name of the place where tried, and the sentence of the Court; also the whole period of confinement between the commitment and trial ; whe ther the confinement was that of felons, or simply solitary, or if along with others ; and whether the confinement wk,s passed in idleness or in labour of some kind; the period of confinement to be stated in months and days in each case. Return, showing, in columns, •as follows: The names and alleged crimes of eight prisoners who were left untried by the Lori Justice Clerk and Lord Moncrieff, at the Circuit Court of Assize held by them in Glasgow, in September, 1839, for the trial of criminal offenders from the Counties of Lanark, Renfrew, and Dumbarton, with the causes or reasons why these prisoners were left un tried, and the authority therefore ; also the dates of com mitment and imprisonment of each offender, and the whole time each was in prison previous to the day the Judges left them untried in the gaol of Glasgow ; also, the number and expense of the witnesses summoned for the trial of each of the above offenders, the number of days each witness was in attendance, with the total number and whole expense of the witnesses summoned for the trial of the above eight prisoners, stating the fund from which their expenses were paid, and the authority for payment of the same. Return, as above, showing the dates of trial, the name and locality of the Courts, and the status of the Judges the above eight prisoners were eventually tried before ; also the crimes they were tried for, stating if tried by a jury, with the sentences pronounced; also the additional time each prisoner lay in jail after the Circuit Court broke up at Glasgow, and previous to being brought to trial before another tribunal, with the total period of impri sonment, in months and days, suffered by each previous to trial, and whether they were confined in separate cells or along with (Alters, and whether they were idle or employed in crime sort of labour previous to trial ; also, the number and costs of witnesses summoned a second time for the trial of the above offenders, specifying the fund or funds from which their expenses were paid, and the authority under which they were paid, wi.h the total amount of the aliments and cepenses of all kinds incurred for the trial of the above eight offenders, and the authority under which these were incurred, and the fund or funds from Whence paid. The date of holding the Circuit Court in Glasgow, which followed that which was held in September, 1839. Three o'Clock r.m —The French mail of Mon day has not yet an ivcd. Joan FuosT AND HI; ComPANtoNs.—We have re ceived a copy of the Salford petition signed by several thousands in favour of these unhappy men, but it is quite impossible to find room for it. From the length of the debates, the protracted pleadings in two Courts of Law, and the consequent accumulation of the news of the day, our readers must be aware that we can insert only communications which are most urgent ; on that account we have made room for the excellent letter of Colonel Thompson. ROBBERY ON LADY STERLING IN PARIS.- , Some time since Lady Sterling lost, on the Boulevard de la Madeline, a purse. containing a French bank-note for 500 f., 20 Napoleons, an English sovereign, and other articles. It was almost immediately picked up by an honest woman, who, holding it up, exclaimed, " Who has lost a purse 2" " I have," answered a sturdy fellow en blouse, and he immediately snatched it from her hand and made off. Soon after handbills were posted up by Lady Sterling's order, ar.d offering a re ward of 200 f. for its recovery. After a lapse of several days, ;wo men went to Mr. Malachy Daly, banker, in the Place Vendome, who was referred to by the handbills, and informed him that it was in the hands of a man named Pescaire, who was gone to Marseilles with [the intent of going to sea. The proper authorities were applied to, and a warrant despatched for his arrest. Pescaire was taken with the purse upon him, but its contents had dwindled down to 300 f. ; he was after wards brought to Paris, and two days ago indicted. The fact being fully proved, lie was sentenced to six months' imprison ment. HIGHWAY ROBBERY AND CAPTURE OF THE TIIIKF.—On Thursday evening last, as Mr. Warren, a miller residing at Ardleigh, was returning home from Manningtree market on horseback, he was attacked by a footpad, who de manded his money or his life. The villain, on stopping his horse, struck him a violent blow across the bridge of his nose with a large bludgeon which felled him to the ground and for a short time rendered him insensible ' • but as the thief was in the act of extracting th e con t en t s o f his pockets, Mr. Warren recovered his senses, and a regular battle ensued between them, in which Mr. Warren floured the thief several times and punished him very severely. It being about eleven o'clock the night was very dark, but Mr. Warren contrived to get a suf ficient glimpse at the villain to recognise his features, and knew him instantly to be a most notorious and desperate thief named William Everett, upwards of sixty years of age, from the parish of Ardleigh, and who has twice been transported. Mr Warren called out, "It is you Everett, is it ? know you well." Upon which the villain took to his heels, and leaving his hat in the road, made a jump at the hedge and ran down a field. Mr. Warren's horse had not left the spot, and he instantly mounted and soon procured the assist ance of the parish constable, when the) returned to the spot where the attack was made, and discovered the prisoner in the road looking for his hat, and they succeeded in taking him into custody. He was taken before the Magistrates on Friday, and was fully committed to take his trial at the next Assizes at ' Chelmsford. Mr. Warren is very seriously injured—the bridge of his nose is broken, one side of his face much lacerated from the blow of the bludgeon, and he is now confined to his room.— Essex Herald. THE EARL OF COVENTRY.—After the Con servative dinner at Worcester the Earl of Coventry received a very abusive anonymous letter, signed " Conservative," calling him an " outcast of society," and a " disgrace to his coronet," &c. His Lordship traced this letter to be in the handwriting of a Mr. J. M. Allcroft, a person in the employ of Messrs. Dent, the glovers, of Worcester; and the Hon. W. Coventry, the Earl's brother, took - it to him, calling on Allcroft to admit himself the author. The latter asked for permission to see the paper, and, upon receiving it into his hands. he putt into the tire. Mr. Coventry says that Allcroft ga:o his word to return the paper, which the other denies. Allcroft has now acknow ledged himself the authoi of the abusive epistle, and the Earl of Coventr; has written a letter, in which he states that he has endeavoured to horsewhip his antagonist, but that he always escapes from him ; and that his Lordship will still use his en deavours to meet him, and inflict punishment upon him for the vile letter he has written to him.—Abridgedfrom the Worcester Journal. SUICIDE OF A JEwISII MERCHANT.--MOll - evening an inquest was held before Mr. Payne, at the Wool sack, :finieries, on the body of Mr. Elliott Lewis Aarons, aged 26, an oil-merchant, of Dock-street, London Docks. It ap peared from the evidence of deceased's housemaid that at nine o'clock yesterday morning a report of tire-arms was heard pro ceeding from his bedroom. His sister ran up stairs, and, re turning immediately, a surgeon was sent for, who found de ceased quite dead in bed, grasping in his right hand a pistol, which had evidently been recently discharged into his mouth. The ball, having traversed the lower part of the head, lodged in the base of the skull. It was stated that, in consequence of severe losses in business experienced two years ago, deceased was no longer able to move in his accustomed sphere, and in consequence had become extremely dejected. Verdict—Tem porary insanity. It appears that on the marriage of George the Third to Queen Charlotte there were ten bridemaids, daugh ters of Dukes and Earls. We believe it is not decided how many are to enjoy that honour on the approaching grand oc casion. There is little doubt that those fair ones, who are yet unmarried, who were her Majesty's train-bearers at the Coro nation will be among the number--they are Lady Mary Grim ston, Lady Adelaide Paget, Lady Wilhelmina Stanho; , e, Lady Fanny Cowper, and Lady Caroline Lennox. Those since married are Lady Louisa Jenkinson, Lady Mary Talbot, and Lady Anne Fitzwilliam. AUSTRIA'S GOVERNMENT. —Connected with this subject, I may mention one of those minute traits of cha racter, which so much endear the Austrian Princes to the people. At the time when the cholera was raging at Vienna, the Emperor, with an Aide-de -Camp, was strolling about in the streets of the city and suburbs, when a corpse was dragged past on a litter unaccompanied by a sity,le mourner. The un usual circumstance attracted his attenti on, and he learnt, on in quiry, that the deceased was a poor person who had died o f cholera, and that the relatives had not ventured on what was then considered the very dangerous of f ice of attending the body to the gr ave . " Then," said Francis, "we will supply their place, for n one o f my poor people should go to their grave with out that last mark of respect • " and he followe d the bod y to the distant place of interment, and, bare-heade(l, stood to see every rite and observance respectfully performed. By some sove reigns, past and present, such an act might have been performed for purposes of effect and eclat: but with Francis the public believed, and in my mind justly believed. that it was the mere result of genuine feeling.— Turnbull's "Austria." FROST, WILLIAMS, AND' JONES. DECISION of the FIFTEEN JUDGES. We understand the Judges have delivered in their decision to the Secretary of State for the Home Department, but as that decision is riot final, owing to a contrariety of opinion, the ultimate result devolves on the Government. We have heard it stated that there were Nine Judges against the prisoners, and Six in their favour. Another report stated that there were only Three Judges in their favour, and Twelve against them. In either alternative, we hope and trust that such aff difference ofopiniottw:ill have the effect of saving the its of the convi c ts As this momentous question now depends on the justice and humanity of the Government, we cannot doubt that the mercy of the Crown .will speedily be made known, and thus allay the g reit. public anxiety evinced in behalf of these unfortunate men. THE M ARKETS. -(THIS DAY ) CORN EXCEIANGE. In consequence of the continuance of boisterous weather, the supplies were exceedingly small, and very little business was done, at no alteration in any article from Monday's prices. The flour trade dull. gr. , ..*. (T. ," , .J ,A, ,_ ~r - .? ;fit;., - ... . ~..,. :)p,,,-, • fly his" .4.r i y )4,--...... -:::, 1.' , '..; rZ::: ~;_' — l .' 0 ''. ' ''''4 - * ► t:- ---zr ••- •,,t:,' ..fit • .. -:' , - 4 .--12-1.% -1 : 7 '•L0 4 v • c. 4... ), - C fllLi LONDON: WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 29, 1840. The House of Lords yesterday transacted no business of importance, and met apparently to do little more than adjourn till Friday. Lord COLCHESTER, indeed, gave uotiee of a motion concerning the Navy for February 4th, and some papers were laid on the table by the Marquises Of LANSDOWNE and NORMANDY. In the Commons Mr. WAKLEY presented a petition from inhabitants of the Metropolis, praying the House to join in the recommendation to mercy given by the Jury at Monmouth, in the case of Mr. FROST and his fellow prisoners. The SPEAKER, when the propriety of calling the attention of the House to the petition was questioned, justly admitted that it was a subject of pressing necessity, end allowed a few remarks. We think he was right. Marcy can rarely be too speedily or too largely given, and now the public good calls for the exercise of this r noble and Christian virtue. In reply to a question from Mr. FECTOR, Lord PAL MERSTON stated that, strictly speaking, her Majesty's agent in Spain had not taken any part in the Convention of Bergara, which was wholly confined to the two parties in Spain. The 4,lnie Noble Lord, in reply to Mr. MACLEAN, admitted . that Mr. ELLIOT had commanded the opium at Canton to be given. up to him, making, her MAJESTY'S Govern men: responsible for it, and that the Treasury had issued a Minute, stating that it did not mezn to propose any vote to meet claims for that oplual. The Noble Lord de clined, however, to state what Government means to do on the question. 'lhe grand debate on Sir J. YARD& BULLER'S motion then began, and never, we believe, tra there, with one exception, a more unintetesting debate on such a subject, Si) deeply interesting to parties, since Parliament came int existence. 1 Sir J_Gry_ ~.- '4 ARDE BunnEE's speech, in bringing forw ar d his nioii. , e -.,,, as meagre an d d u ll, an d required that ap o l og y which . ..le made for his presumption. It may possibl y he ese'rsed by his posi i on —i t never can b e b y his talents. lee chosen of the priesthood, he dwelt much on the poor attempts the Nlinistvrs have made to reform the Church as rgreat offences, and grounded his want of confidence in i n e , t , very much on the fact that Lord MELBOURNE had been mat , uniental in intioducin Mr. OWEN to the QUEEN. A klerlOill THONIPSON seconded the motion, and being cone- civil with the iron works of Monmouthshire, he itsede the pari lid interruption which has been caused there 'o iris profitable dealings, the heaviest charge against the Ministers. Of course, the insurrection was ascribed to them ; mid he did not forget that they had, several years , ago, made Mr. FROST a Magis'rate. The Alderman's ' ~per ch was heavy and dull, and somewhat more vulgar than that of Sir JOHN. Neither speaker advanced a single rea son for not confiding in the Ministers, which might not 1 have been picked up out of the kennel of the Opposition i press within the last six mortis, after it had been thrawu aw,:y as worth!, ss by the newspapers. S.r GEORGE GREY followed the worthy Alderman, and made a speech which constitutes the single exception to a moat uninteresting debate. His vindication of the Go v,runient against the charge of prcmoting agitation wds c J imp:- tc, and hi; retort on the Opposition, that they bad er . c .wrag •d the incendiary Mr. OASTLER, and promoted ch,r ion, was reesived with rapturous applause. Mr. W. DeNcomsit roic to order for calling Mr. OASTLER an in ,,.,,,nary. Sir GEORGE retrrted the word, and gave him Of, 'o tee protection of his_ party. It was un i ver sally ad * niacti in the House that Sir GEORGE GAEY'S speech was excellent both in matter and in manner. Every other :perk( r through the evening was cast into the shade, and, for fear probably of failure, no man of the least eminence oe the Tory side ventured a reply to him. Lord GEA N VILLE SOMERSET said a few words, hut his Lordship, though a respectable man, and au assiduous Member of the House, is no orator, and his speech fell coldly on the comparatively few Members who remained to hear it.: Mr. Hawes replied to Lord G. SOMERSET with consi d .rable smartness. Mr. CULQUIIOUN followed, and arraigned both the fo reign and domestic policy of the Ministry in a set speech, 1 ', 1 - ;;t lb blamed the former forgot having protected trade, an d . !ti a latter for nct having given peace to the country. He made the , G o vernment responsible abroad for that loss of trade I .10,4 ) has b:on caused by the suicidal Corn-laws, and at TH SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY, .1 A.N VARY 29, 1840. BILLINGSGATE MARKET. Supplies short, and prices high. Turbot Bs. to 30s. ; Cod ss. to 15s. ; Lobster ls. to ss. ; Haddocks 10d. to 2s 6d ; Whitings sd. to 10d. ; Soles 10d. to 4s. 6,1. per pair ; Oysters 203 to 60s. per bushel.' NEWG ATE AND LEADENHALL. Butcher's meat in but moderate supply, and the demand equal. Prices as before. BM 2s. Bd. to 3s. Bcl. ; Mutton 2.5. 6d. to 3s. Bd. ; Lamb 3s. Bd. to 4s. Bd. ; Pork 3s. to 4s. 8(1. per stone of Sib. A moderate supply of game and poultry, and a dull trade, at easier prices. Geese 4s. 6(1. to 6s. 6(1. Hares 2s. 6d. to 3s. 3d. ; Tame Rabbits, Is. 3d. to Is. 9d. , Wild, 9d, to is. 2d. ; Fowls 2s. 6(1. to 4s. ; Turkeys 4s. to 95.; Pheasants, 3s. 6d. to 4s. 6d. ; Pigeons 9d. to Is. ; Teal 15. (id. to 2s. ; Snipes is. to Is. 641. ; Gold Plover Is. to Is. 6d. ; Ducks Is. 9(1. to 2s. 6tl. ; Wild do. 2s. to 3s. ; Guinea Fowls 2s. 6d. to. 3s. 6(1 ; Black Game 3s. 6d. to 4s. 6d. ; Lai ks Is. to 2s. per dozen ; Eggs 6s. 6d, to Bs. 6d. / pot' 120. _ TEA 11IA R KET. There was a fair business done at very firm prices, and some holders would not sell but at an advance. Company's Con gous have b en done at 3s. O'd. cash. TALLOW MARKET. This department secured but a limited business, and the nearest price of P.Y.Cwas.493._9(l.___ COLONIAL MARKET. Not much business done, and prices much as they were. British Plantation Sugar at rather eas►er rates. Some very low brown sold at 555. ; yellows 61s. to 675. 6d. A smalt parcel of Bengal, of mixed sorts, went at about previous value, but it was no criterion for the market. At public sale 4,000 bags Mauritius sold, and were quite low ; brown at 375. and 565. tor good yellows. Rice 1, 00 bags sold at al•out 12s. for low white. The Coffee market was firm, and there was more doing, Saltpetre, 500 bags, sold at 225. to 235. LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) DEAL, JAN. 28.—Wind W. S. W., squally.—Arrived the Redport, Gibbon, from Oporto. PLYMOUTH, JAN. 27.—Wind S W.— Arrived the Clau dine, Brewer, from London, leaky, with loss of bulwarks. Fm.morrn, JAN. 27.—Wind . W. to W.N W., fresh gales and heavy squalls.—Arrived the Amo, Murray, from Odessa ; Seaostris, Moresbt, London for Bombay. MARGATE, JAN. 28. Arrived off port, the Countess of Errol, Maitland, Leghorn ; Amity, Phillips, London for P. nzance, with loss of anchor and chain; Alexander Adam, Davie, Chesne, with loss of foremast. RAMSGATE, JAN. 28. Arrived the Ferrande, from New York, with loss of anchor, cable, and bulwarks. COWES, JAN. 28.—Arrived the Brillante, Campana, Palermo for Rotterdam, with loss of mainmast, sails, &c., and reported to be leaky. POOLE, JAN. 28.—The St. Ann, Smith, from Jersey to Swansea is sunk on the Hook Sand—crew saved. SWANSEA, JAN. 27.—Arrived the St. Peter, Lefevre, from the Cape of Good Hope, towed in, baying been dis masted in a gale 21st inst., off Cape Clear—bound to Cork. NEWPORT, JAN. 27.—Arrived the Mercer, Mercer, from Liverpool for Barcelona, with loss of bulwarks, sails, &c., having been struck by a sea. MILFORD, JAN. 27.—Arrived the Saowdrop, Newavas, from Palermo, for Liverpool, with loss of foremast, &c. PORTSMOUTH, JAN, 28.—Wind W.S. \V. t o W ., strong and squally. LIVERPOOL, JAN. 28.—Wind S. to W., fresh.—Arrived the Ariel, Bahia ; Resolution, Paraiba ; Tyrone, Clark, Campeachy ; Michigau, New Orleans ; Dublin, 13alti more ; Silas Richards, New York; Shannon, Wildride, Pictou ; Trinacrie, Palermo ; Clarence, Cox, Lisbon. Put back the Fanny, Floan, for Charleston. MONEY AND COMMERCIAL N EWS. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. This is the dullest morning for some time past. The public attention is chiefly occupied with the demerits and merits of the speeches last night. In the official return published by the Customs, the ex po, tation of the precious metals from the port of London to foreign and Colonial ports from the week ending the 23d Jan., is as follows : Gold coin to Ceylon Silver coin to Boulogne Silver coin to Belgium 3,000 Silver coin to Bombay 2,500 In the Foreign Exchanges yesterday afternoon very little was doing. There were more bilis in the market than money. THE FUNDS. The British Funds continue at present inactive, and it is not expected that any operations of consequence will take place this day. Console may be quoted at the leaving off prices of yes terday, 91+ y Money, and 91, 1 ; for the Account. Ex chequer Bills, 19 21 prem. ; India Bonds, 3 5 prem. ; Blink Stock 179 180 ; India Stock, 249 250. In the Foreign Market the prices as yet are nominal. Spanish Active, 26a ; Passive, 61 ; Deferred, 1211; Portuguese a shade lower, closed at 34k, at present 34i. A meeting takes place this day of the Spanish bond holders at the London Tavern, but we do not expect that their resolutions will have much effect on the Portu guese Government. The Ministry's intention may be good, but the Treasury is empty. Three per Cents. Portuguese, 23k ; Colombian, 261 27 ; Mexican 284 294 ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half, 52i ; Five per Cents., 1004 1014. United States Bat.k Shares may he quoted at 181. to 181. ss. Within a short period the Consol Market has rather improved, and some purchases have been made in Consols, which improved them to 91i 4 for the Account. PRICES OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT UNE O'CLOCK. Bonk Stock 179,4 India Stock 3 per Cent. Red. 3 per Cent. Cons. ...... .....91 Is, Iv , South Sea Stock - 3, per Ccnt - , Old Annuities -, i .itto Red. 91 4 34 New Ditto - New 3% pet Cent ...... ..95% 9!8 9 3 per Cent. Annuities, 1751 ........ Ne w 5 per Cent . _ . -I Exch. Bills, ..C1,0110......20 i:2 pm _ . I Exch. Bins, ..,,,,---...._ Bank Long Annuities toexpi re 1 Ditto 500.....211 22 Pm. Jan; 5, 1860.... .. ......11 1-Iff 14 Ditto Small DI 22 im. Oct. 10, 1859 iff - , Ditto Commercial die. Jan. 5, 1860 I3N Ditto Advertised ...... Jan. 5, 18.50 Batik Stock for Account ... April 5, 18811 — India Stock for Account .. Jan. 5.1870 — Consos for Account..... 01%;% PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAI AT ONE 0 CLOI K Austrian liondc Belgian Bonds — Ditto Accour • tritto Account Brazilian Bonds - Ditto New Bonds Ditto Account 3uenos Ayres Bonds — Ditto, :3 per Cent......... 2:3:,3i Ditto Account — Ditto Account — Chilian 3ond i — Prussian Bonds Ditto ta.o*. nt • , Russian Bonds, 1821 — Coltrit ian .m• - ids 204 Ditto Account — Ditto tczot nt —' Ditto Metallic — Columbian 3: - d 5,1824 rr.:l tc:3-sit ....... ...... 26% . Ditto Account. I.`aa:iish Bonds Ditto z..z,:. nt Greek Bonds... — French, 5 per cent. ,f. —c. Ditto Bonds, 1825 —.-- 4 per cent —f. —c. Ditto Account — —:3 per cent. —ll —c. Mexican Bonds, 5 per Cent — ••-••••••••-• Exchange. —t; —, Ditto Account — Dutch, :2 , ,.. per cent. Ditto, 6 per Cent. , . flat° a 3i Ditto Account 5 per cent l Neapolitan — Ditto Acc0unt........ ...... _ PRICES OF SHAIIF.S TH.'S DAY AT ONE O'CI OCK. RM.. Per Share. lie i !del Monte Mining Co,, n eg i s temi ...... 63/.10, (id. Ditto Unregistered ................................... —• ,treat Western atat!wii) Company ......... :; S Ditto New . ...... •. Liverpool and Manchester Railway Company...loo Ditto % Shares .......................... 2 , ltiiglitiiii Kai {way ............... . ......... .. 3.. I on.lo'i and Croydon II n --awav Corn ,ac ......... 1:t/. Ifis. rd. London and Westminster Bank ................... .. 'A _ 4A Ck. ,2 ,f, , ilitar.su.... ............... .......... ~ Odin, at ;kilt ........ ...... 12 2 1 1 -e " - " r "'" ..... ''' zso tiotti_nkin ^U. 12 554 be ,on •• ov • .•.....-••••••• Antwerp... .„ ................ 12 64 , , MiLan...... ........ ....so.: 0... Hamburg. 51 ... la :21,,;Vennte ••••••••• ...•••• ••• •.••••• 4 7 ❑ A1t0na..... ......... - 1 N.Ple. .» ••••.•. 1 Ainsterd ti:OORBI.' OF EXCIIANOE Yl!;•.11-ttl'A'.:. P.tri,,, 3 lays' sight „ ..:5 40 Ta/orroo ................per us. i• 2% Ditto... .... ........... 3 Als. 25 70 LaMs° ' 4 ...".. ..... ..'... • - . .. ' 5 ' M 2 rWille' ; • ................. ... ‘n 70 Orono ....... ....,........... ..... ~1,4 tiourdeatiz .................. '25 75 p_,_•.'",/meir' --...-...........-.. 17 Frsokforton Maine, Eic.lll. 150% L'at'''•—•• .---".-..............." 26 prtersbui gh, ruble... 3 Us. 371 A, Buenos Ayres ........... ....... Berlin Vienna, effective f1...3 M In 5 Ph i" til- ' n'ta .... ...." 't. Trieste ditto .............. '0 7 PRIC'?:..Ok FiCi.:2.li , ", pe , GZ Portwa I if./ 1, ;9141 ....VP 1.! ,1 f 3T o. ..ign God ..*L.A11 1 ....S b. ; New Doribl.yous ......... ft I , (1 Silver _.. Bars ... . ........ 0 0 U HALF-PAST ONE. We still continue to the present hour without any ar rivals. The me e ti ng t hi s morn i ng of the Spanish Bond holders at the Lo n d on T avern , d r aws the attention there both of the publi c an d specu l ator s in the above stock, con sequently ther e i s very l i tt l e bisiness doing in the Funds. It is not expe c t e d t h at t h e S pan ish Government will be able to pay e any of the dividends to the bondholders until the civil war in Spain i s ent i re l y , put down, as at present they reqoire all th e y can sera tog et her tor the supply of the army ; therefor e we concpeive the above meeting as useless at present. In the early part of the morning the Money Market was good, and Conols reached 914, since which they have been i per cent. lower, 91i ; Consols for Account steady at 91i; Exchequer Bills improved to 22 prem. ; India Bonds 5 6 4 prem. ; Batik Stock 1791. In the Foreign per Cents., 521.; Brazilian 76 ; Dut c h T wo - an d. a- Half 12} ; Portuguese Th ree per Cents. 23i ; Columbian 26i- ; Ma r k et Spanish Active 26 i ; Deferred Five per Cents., 100 4 , • --............ 00000 .•..•• 36 ........ ...... 3654 Biltm ....« ........ r, rcelon2 Seville ........... .•••••••••••••• 2.(),;„ - ; 111., 2 % - - -- The weather is still wild and unpropitious , and all the creeks, ports, and shelters on the west of Scotland are crowded by wind-bound vesse l s . —Glasgow lierald. F.P.OST, WILLIAMS, AND JO ES. TO THE EDITOR OF TILE SUN. Sta,---I trouble you sviih a letter, aartly because you have on many occasions been kind in admitting thy coma munications, but principally because, as you may have seen, my late associations have put me in the way of knowing something of the feelings connected with the subject designed, And that subject,3 te Lao to it at once, 15 the policy or impolicy of putting in effect the santance re corded against the prisoners of Newport. There can be no doubt, with those who have eyes to MC, that there is at this moment a mighty movement going on within this land, which neither princes nor ministers can prevent, but which a wise Government, like a skilful pliya sician, might do much to modify and to useful purposes control. There is no secret in the matter ; the hearts of the labouring classes, with vs horn must in the end be the show of hands also, are set upon an increase o; political power, and they know that no man alive dares pro mise cr prophecy they will not get it. This sen timent, as was the case in France, is mingled with much fierce feeling against the aristocracy and clergy ; whom, sometimes with cause perhaps and sometimes without, they consider as the temporal and spiritual divi sions of the enemy they suffer from. There is no use in asking how much of this is as it ought to be; the symptom for the political physician, is thst it is there. In this situation of things, conies an ill-advised, ill-digested, ill conducted appeal to physical force ; utterly unjustifiable on the ground of necessity or right, upon the 'broad axiom that physical opposition should be reserved at all events for cases where the offensive is taken by a Goya, nrnent. The attempt totally fails ; not a single life is lost in con sequence, except among the assailants. The feeble de monstrations at support in other parts of the country, show nothing but the nothingness of the whole design, and its entire incompetency to promote purposes of the authors, Three of the icadeis, not without considerable doubt on the subject being expressed by the Judges who tried them, are brought within the capital sentence of the law, by the verdict of a jury who at the same time couple their verdict with a recommendation to mercy. I pass over the inquiry, how the same judges who had just been tempting the jury to acquit of tha capital offence, came to turn round and en gage that no mercy should be administered upon their re commendation. The judges are not popular ; and need not be. But I ask the question, whether a Whig Govern ment, with all that is behind them and all that is before, will commit themselves to the startling impolicy, of making themselves the scapegoats for the people's discontent, and ' dabbling their Royal Mistress's robe with blood on the eve of a ceremony, which as long as we are monarchical we have a right to claim as the holiday of mercy by the custom of thrones. Why should they be ambitious to lay three bloody heads between their mi-tress and her wedded lover ? And from the people, what are they to obtain ? The imputation of useless cruelty, to gratify the portion of the Aristocracy and Clergy whom our popular belief re• presents as bawling for blood. The Ministers who shall do it, will be saddled with it as with a personal act ; and the sufferers, who at all events killed nobody, will go down in popular memory with Cobbett's famous " Joseph Cook of Micheldever, who was hanged for striking Binghamßar ing and doing him no bodily harm." It will be a declar ation of war to the knife, between the Ministers and that vast numerical portion of the public who have sympathies with the destroyed. I boldly maintain here, and myriads as ill hold up their hands in support of it on any opportu nity, that the political ptisoner who is found guilty by a Jury with a recommendation to mercy, is not found guilt) of the act to which the law has attached the penalty of death ; and that if he is put to death, it is not by direction of the law, but for the will and pleasure of some Judge, or sonic Minister acting upon the same imperfect views of expediency or revenge, which in other cases induce men against ia,v to imbue their hands in the blood of their fellows. H. ads, Sir, are dangerous bowls to play with, and they that begin that sport must take the conse quences. I wish solemnly, whether if in the unrolling of the great sheet of God's Providence, there should be before us a repetition of the worst par; of France's revolution, these who began the game of heads and mangled limbs ought not to be the unpiticd v:ct ms of the precedent they I have set. But there are other reasons why the Government s'sould think. The misguided portion of the people have prove.' themselves any thing but formidable. They have si nply dernonstr ited to Europe, that in the power of coping with regular troops, the people on this side the water are inferior to their neighbours the French, in the overwhelming ratio of two thousand to ono. Such an asertion may rease,nably call fur proof. Three hundred men turned out in the streets of Paris. without arms but what they were to seize from the shops and such military posts as they might be able to disarm, and for several sucgcssive days they held out against three thousand troops, and only submitted when it was clear they were cut off f. oin all support or supply ; an inferiority in numbers, of one to ten. Six thousand men at Newport assuming the offensise, were utterly routed and put down by a post of thirty infantry. The feeling is unenviable which can find matter for " rollicking" exultation in the circumstance o: the troops being of this country or of that ; but the fact stands fast. A superiority in numbers, of two hundred to one; which combined with the inferiority of ten to one in the other case, wilt make I believe two thousand to one at Woolwich. It is true, there might be a portion of acci dent about the whole. If three old peninsular sergeants had been moved to bike the lead, the first results might possibly have been different. A people is never to be too absolutely contemn:A. But still the Ministry have not the plea under which nine tenths of the cruelties under the sun are commit ted—fear. They have nothing to be afraid of, but themselves. On other grounds, too, the occasion is most inviting. A new chance has sprung up, within the week, for wintaining themselves against all opponents, if they would only condescend to take advantage of the changes in the public breeze. The Bishop of Exeter his nailed them to their places for at least a twelvemonth. To speak feelingly, and how else is a man to speak at all, the day befcrc that speech, had I been a Member of Parlia ment at liberty to vote at my own choice, I would most certainly have voted against the Ministers or, a motion of want of confidence ; but the day after, as certainly not, and I am persuaded there are many who share the feeling. Though we may have a devil, there must be a decent care not to unseat him at the expense of bringing in seven won e than himself. The Bishop of Exeter has poked the seven pair of horns in cur faces, and whisked the tails in our eyes. The inquisition is up and before us ; and every man who has a touch'of feeling on the score of religious liberty, mast crowd round a Whig Government now, through terror of a worse. The Methodists must be fools and dolts, if they do not see that if one society is illegal because it is sup. ported by twopences,; another is that is supported by a penny ; and that all attempts to keep them quiet are only so many promises to eat them last. There arc myriads of men who love not Lord John Russell, but who will fly into his bosom to escape the new St. Dominick. The bishop has done the decd. On the way in which the Ministers might effect the act of mercy with grace and safety, there is happily no difficulty at all. Edward VI., though cut off in his blossom, has yet a niche in history, becausa he wept when told he must sign the writ for the execution of a heretic. lied he resisted to the end, his place would have been doubly high. The Whigs, too, in their gone•by history, have shown themselves not inaccessible to the kriuwledge of the occasional advantages of f:,rhearance. The r•ro.e poetry of Redgauntlet has eternised the memory of the celebrated instance, in 1753, where the represen tative of a hostile house and his adherents assembled, were permitted • o withdraw upon their simple promise to depart. The French Government will not put tha extreme penalty in force against a political offender, because it dares not contrast itself too strongly with the conduct of the French people in their victory of July. Why are we to be behind the nations of the earth, and see ourselves spattered with blood for political offences, after other countries have abo lished the dog-like practice. For the reason given in the outset, I shall neither write myse lf '• Vindex " nor " Britannicus," but rem Sir, your obedient servant, T. PERRONET THOMPSON. Clifton, Jan. 28, 1840. CAUTION TO MINISTERS. TO THE EDITOTi OF THE SUN. SIR-I most heartily concur in the opinion you express in your paper of the Pith instant, and earnestly hope that yout, and all members of the Liberal Press, will urge upon Ministers the absolute necessity of attending to the Cor dition•of-England Question in preference to all others. If Ministers wish to prevent any further outbreaks aid massacres, let them immediately, and without any hesita tion, propose the following measures:- 1. The repeal of the Corn-laws. 2. The repeal of the very few objectionable clauses in the new Poor-law. 3. The repeal of the Septennial Act, making the dura tion of Parliaments five years, but which in practice would be four 3cars. 4. The relief of Dissenters from Church-rates. 5. Irish Municipal Reform, to be in all respects . the same as in England. 6. The Reform of the Criminal Laws. The law of treason is a disgrace to the rev st barbarous age, and better suited for n nation of savages than for enlightened Christians. Let Ministers boldly, honestly, and openly, propose these measures, and there be no fear of the selfish landlords, or self represented House of Peers; if opposed, let them dissolve Parliament, and let " No Corn-laws" be the rallying cry of all honest men and Reformers. I trust Ministers will not propose more than 21,0001. per annum for Prince Albert ; there is no reason why the allowance should exceed that granted to our own Royal Princes. The pension granted to the Queen llawager, was most unwise, extravagant; and preposterous. Your most obedient Servant, AN ENGLISH WHIG. Jan. 21. COURT OF ALDERMEN. Yesterday a Court was held for the despatch of business. Alderman VENAIILES stated that, as Chairman of the Gaol Committee, M. begged leave, in the unavoidable ab sence of the Sheriff;, to present to the Court the reports of the City Prisons. The reports were received. A petition, signed by upwards of 100 fishermen of the River Lea, complaining of an attack upon their long-esta blished privilege of picking winkles and muscles in certain parts of the river, was referred to the City Solicitor, with directions to take measures to protect the fishermen's privi leges. TIIE DANGFEOPS PRACTICE OF DECK-LOADING. The Lotto Mayon stated that he had received a report, from which it appeared that no ship had entered the port deck:-loaded since the Aldeernatt had compla:.ned of the practice. The Court then proceeded to the consideration of the petition against Mr. Norris's return of one of the Common Councilmen for the Ward of Aldersgate. The farther hearing was adjourned till Tuesday, the 11th of February, when Mr. Ncuris will 'esume his address. On Tues.day the Marquis of Worcester took his departure for Brussels, en route to Namur, where his Lordship goes to complete his military education.— Worcester Paper. BIRCII-CORI ESPONDENTS OF THE TIMES. (From the Pilot of 'Tanury 27. ) TO THE EDITOR OF THE PILOT. Sir—There appeared in the Dublin papers two reports of t hat fell from me, respecting your friend, Mr. Birch. ho was some time ago editor and conductor of the Monitor newspaper. I was deceived into a belief that be was the ;muthor of a letter published by the ruffian gang of the imncs. I certainly could not well have made a more charge against any well-minded gentleman. With the imilecWoll on my mind that Mr. Birch was the author, I certainly assailed him in terms which I deeply regret, and wish entirely to with(ltrrr. Ido this without any re set Yejon whatsoever; and, as a man and a Christian, my desire is, tt3 repair the entire of the wrong I did him. I have mentioned that there were two reports of what I said respecting Mr. Birch. The first was more harsh than I intended. The second Was not as apologetic as I wished. I now desire to supply the latter deficiency, and to restore Mr. Hirsh to any confidence 25 a public writer and private gentleman of which I have deprived him. I have the honour to bc, your faithful servant, DANIEL O'CONNELL, London, Jan. 24, IMO, The above letter, we ate sure, will be fay satisfactory to the respectable gentleman to whom it refer. But as we are on the subject of the letters of B. to the 7rmes, for which Mr. O'Connell so amply atones, for imputing them to any man of character, we have to say sernethipg of the lying author, whoever he may be. We can *how him totally ignorant of the most minute Ni; well as the most general matters which he asserts. In a late letter, treat. ing of the attack by Mr. O'Connell on Mr. Birch—a let ter which is copied in the Standard from the Times, and which alone gives it the honour of our notice, the writer, addressing O'Connell, says • One other word as to a late act of yours, of vindictive treachery and atrocious falsehood. You are angry with a man of the name of Birch, formerly the Editor of a News paper, and modestly called the Dublin Monitor. I have neaid, as I never saw the paper, that he charged you with pcculat on. You knew that Peter Purcell, the wealthy coach driver, was the owner of this paper, and is, I be lieve, still the owner of it. No matter from what cause, the coachman backed out of the charge, and you, O'Con nell, tell upon his hired scribe, and denounced hint as the author of these letters, when you know in your soul poor Birch had as much to say to them as yourself." Now, see the ignorance of this writer of what is passing under his view in Dublin ; and who can depend on a word he says, relating to scenes in distant parts of Ireland? " You know (says B.)that Peter Purcell was the owner of the paper." False I Mr. Purcell, to whom he alludes, had nothing to do with the Monitor when Mr. Birch was editor. There is not a man who knows anything of such subjects in this country who does not know that it was since Mr. Birch ceased to be editor that Mr. Purcell be came the reputed purchaser of the Monitor. But the falsehood answered the purpose of hanging another ca lumny on O'Connell ; and, therefore, it was asserted. We must now come to the point we chiefly commented on the letter to come at. There is a general report that the writer of these letters is a barrister—Mr. Ilolwell Walsh—ond people are the more disposed to credit the report, from the recollection of the castigation Mr. O'Con nell gave Mr. Walsh, when he was witness on an unfor tunate trial, combined with the spirit of rancorous personal mali ,nity to Mr. O'Connell which these letters indicate. We are sure Mr. Walsh is incapable of writing such let ters, and we notice it for the purpose of giving him an op portuity of contradicting the rumour. MANCHESTER-TUESDAY, STATE OF TRADE. —There has been very little bu sil:ess done to-day either in goods or twist ; and though ,irices must he water] nominally as on last Tuesday, still thi re is no actual selling, in most cases, without a trill:nig decline. The best informed seem at a loss to account for this sudden stop in the demand ; the more so, as, since Friday, the tendency in the raw article hus been upwards, if anything. In gray fustians the demand is fair, at the full rates of last week. The calico printers are, on the whole, pretty busy, especially on prints suited for the India tra.le. The number of signatures to the Anti Corn-law iition, which pra3s for an immediate and total repeal, e, - eeeds 50,000. PORT U GAL. We learn by the advices received this day from Portu gal that a British subject can no longer perambulate the ,treets of Lisbon without running a great risk of assassinr tion, so irritated are the natives are at our interference with their traffic in slaves ; yet what is our position with Portugal ? In order to secure the ascendancy of the party now at the head of the Government, an easy conquest of the Miguelite fleet was effected through the agency of the English Government. About ten millions of gold were raised in London for the use of the same party, and the expulsion of Don Miguel was consummated ; yet it is now years since Portugal, punctual as she is in the discharge of the claims of the home creditor, has remitted a farthing to her agents in liquidation of the dividends accruing half-yearly on these ten millions of gold ; and, notwithstanding the promises ,hat have been made, first by one set of men and then • nothcr, the adjustment of those long-standing arrears seems to be just as far off as ever. And are the Portuguese, then, so independent of Great Britain that they should :ingic out English residents in their cities as fit objects for the knifi of the a,sassin ? It is well known that this inso lent nation draw their revenues principally from the wine trade, and it may be worth while to arc who are their cus tomers fcr this important branch of their commerce. A late return informs us that, during the past year, Portugal hipped, in the aggregate, 33,1711 pipes. Of these her own dependencies took, pipes 532 Brazil 1,913 : 1,- United States 3,47 I France Holland . 991 Hamburgh, Sweden, and Norway 46- t1 Genca and Spain 2 Russia and Denmark 147 Austria and Prussia And Great Britain and her dependencies, the large remainder of 26,527 33,1714 The light, wholesome wines of France and Ger many are becoming so much better appreciated in Eng4n I than the potent, and often adulterated trash received from the Peninsula, that we have no idea Portugal can, und , .r any circumstances, retain the hold she has so lorg enjoyed of our markets for her staple many years more; but the increase of her tariff for imports, her gross bad faith towards the suffering bondholders, of whose money she has so dishonestly possessed herself, and, above all, her daring opposition to the measures of Parliament for the suppression of the slave trade, are acts that cannot fail to accelerate the exclusion of it from our tables. When, of this wine, England takes from the Portuguese, out of their year's produce of 33,1711 pipes, no less than 26.527, it becomes high time to inquire whether the assaF sination of our merchants in the streets of Lisbon is the most suit,ble return that can be made to them for their custom.—Morning Post. HURRICANE IN BELGIUM. BRUSSELS, JAN. 25.—The memorable hurricane of the 20th of Novem ber, 1836, was, doubtless, one of the most violent that we re member to have witnessed in Belgium, but then it lasted only one day ; that which now prevails has desolated the country for this week past. It was, especially yesterday even ing, (the 24th) that the wind coming from the south-west blew with the greatest fury. About eight o'clock a fearful tempest came and raged during the greater part of the night in the city and the environs. Loud claps of thunder were mingled with the roaring of the wind, the impetuosity of which was terrific. A great many houses in the city and suburbs have suffered se verely from this hurricane. Fifty trees in the Boulevards are torn up by the roots, and many others much impaired. We look with anxiety for news from our seaports, for it is feared that fatal accidents have occurred on the coast. Almost all the accounts from the provinces announce more or less considerable injuries done by the storm. The Seine has fallen considerably, and still continues to subside. The damage done by the inun dations is not yet ascertained. The subjoined extract from a paper called the Northern Liberator supplies a specimen of the spirit in which some of the leaders of the Chartists write :—" Immediately on the arrival of the south mail, bringing the account of the base, brutal, and Woody' sentence passed upon Frost, Williams, and Jones, a feeling of horror inexpressible ran through all classes of the people. There was such a thirsting for blood—such a cannibal savageness displayed, that every feeling and intelli gent Christian blushed at the disgraceful deed. Steps were immediately taken to roll up the knowledge and feelings of our county to the foot of the throne. Petitions were im mediately printed for adoption in all parts of our county, and the East Riding of Yorkshire. Three delegates were in stantly despatched with ample copies of petitions, together with a spirited address, with instructions to get up meetings in every town, village, and colliery in the county. In the meantime the , men of Sunderland were up and doing. On the shortest pos sible notice the largest room in the town, capable of holding 1,000 people, was crowded to excess, by men whose feelings seemed roused by resentment and steeled with despair. The hurricane that rolled its fury through our streets seemed for gotten in the intensity of public indignation; and whilst drowsy slaves were dreaming of falling chimneys and broken heads the labouring population nobly did their duty." TIIE CHARTISTS AT, BOLTON.—We under stand that information was received by the police of Bolton on Wednesday last, to the effect that preparations had been secretly made for an armed rising of the Chartists of that town, during Wednesday night. In consequence of this information, the police and military were kept on the alert, and a reinforcement, in the shape of a troop of dragoons, was sent over from Man chester. These preparation s had the effect of preventing a rising, if any such thing was seriously intended, which we have reason to believe was the fact. On Wedn,- day evening a meeting was held in the Town-hall, Little Bol ton, to hear an address from Mr. Condy, the editor of the Manchester and Salford Advertiser, who, as he stated to the assembled Chartists, came to reason with them against resort ing to an insurrection, which he understood they had in con templation, and which he advised them to give up, as the Government would be an over-match for them. The Learned Gentleman's pacific advice was, however, very indif ferently received, and his hearers intimated an intention rather of proceeding with, than of abandoning their absurd schemes. Indeed, the character of the address (however good the intentions of the Learned Gentleman might be) was rather too much like that of the well-known exhortation— " Be sure you do not nail the scoundrel's ears to the pump." The substance of Mr. Condy's address was_" It is a most vil lanous Government, but be sure you do not rise against it." This advice was not likely to produce any very soothing effects; and the only result appeared to be to produce some most violent and inflammatory speeches, one of which, made by a delegate from Middleton, ought, if we have been correctly informed te speming it, to be made the subject of some inquiry.—Man chester Guardian. SERIOUS ACCIDENT WITH THE PUCKE RIDGE HOUNDS. —Mr. Thurnhall, of Royston, on Mon day last, met with a serious accident. In tAing an awkward fence with a ditch from him, his horse jumped short , the hind le gs s lidi ng d own the bank so ' suddenly as to break the citT one about thr ee i nc h es a b ove the hock. The noise occa sioned by the fracture was plainly heard by all near him. It was of course found necessary to have the poor animal shot, which was d one b y a ne i g hb our i ng f armer within a few minutes of the accident occurring.— Glasgow Herald. VEN ING EDITION COURT CIRCULAR. The Qucan will hold a Privy Council at two o'clock this artcruoun at Buckingham Palace. Vi3eount Melbourne and Lord John Russell had audi enccs yesterday of her Majesty. Th, Royal Dinner Party at the Palace, last evening. included the Earl and Countess of Burlington, the Earl of Errol. the Earl of Uxbridge, Lady Eleonora Paget, and the Earl of Alberaurle. The Earl of Fingall has succeeded Lord Lilford as the Lord in Waiting on her Majesty. The Duchess of Cambridge visited her Majesty the Quern Dowager yesterday, at Marlborough House. The Duke of Cambridge and Prince George, attended by B-aron Knescheek, left town yesterday, on a visit to the Duke of Buckingham, at his scat, Stowe Park, Bucks. The Duchess of Cambridge visited the Duchess of Gloucester yesterday, at Gloucester House. Mr. Oiwald, M. P., had an interview with Viscount Melbourne yesterday, in Downing-street. Mr. R. Hoskins had an interview with Lord John Russell yesterday at the Colonial Office. Lord Wharnclitfc, Mr. J. Loughton, and Mr. Hodges, had iotcrviews with the Marquis of Normanby, yesterday, at the Home Office. The French Ambassador transacted business yesterday at the Foreign Office. Despatches from the Governors of Upper Canada and Western Australia were received yesterday at the Colonial Office. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS. Mr. Vivian, M.P. ; the lion. Colonel Trevor, M.P. ; Colonel and Lady Caroline Wood ; Colonel Thomas. M. P. ; the Hon. Captain Perceval, M. P. ; John Power, li,q., M.P. ; E.J. Stanley, Esq., M.P ; Mr. Granville Vernon, M. P. ; Colonel Price, M.P. ; Colonel Frede rick Paget, M.P. ; Lord Yarborough ; General Sir George and Lady Walker, from a visit to the Countess of Newburg, at Slindon ; Lord and Lady Chichester and fa mily ; the Soliciter- General for Ireland, at the Burlington Hotel ; Mr. Power, M.P., at ditto ; Sir Felix Booth ; Lord Dramlanrig, at the Hyde Park Barracks ; General and Miss Bradshaw, in Harley-street, Cacendish-square, from Brighton ; Lord and Lady Douglas Gordon Hally burton, at Warren's Hotel, Regent-street; the Earl of Lauderdale, at ditto, from Dunbar House ; the Bishop of Exeter and his Lady, at ditto, from the Palace, i'•xeter ; Lord and Lady Nugent, in Chandos-street ; Colon,ll Mo lyncux, in Arlington-street ; the Marquis of Granby, the Earl and Countess of Mansfield, the Ladies Murray, atirl Mr. James Stanhope ; Sir Walter Riddell ; Mr. Calcraft, M. P. ; Lord Lauderdale ; the Hon. W. B. Baring, M.P.: Edward Knight, Esq., at the Clarendon Hotel ; Mr. Ketnys Ty ntc, at ditto ; Sir Charles Grey, at ditto ; Colonel Stopford, Lord Marsham, the Marquis Chol mondeley. DEPARTURES. His Excellency the Dutch Minister, on a visit to the Duke of Rutland, at Belvoir Castle ; Lady Harriet Eller ton, for Bath ; the Marquis of Bristol, for Kemp-town ; Lady and hiss Trollope, for Brighton; Miss Burdett, for St. Leonard's-on-Sea ; Colonel Standen, Scots fusileer guards, for Dublin; the Hon. General Finch, for War wickshire; Sir Thomas Strange, for St. Leonard's-on- Sea ; Sir George and Lady Nugent, for Bucks; the Earl of Buchan, for Edinburgh ; the Hon. Captain Cathcart, far Berwickshire , the Marquis of Lothian, from Warren's 1 - k ci, Regen•-street, for the Earl Talbot's, lngestrie park ; Lord Henry Kerr, from ditto, for Exeter; Mr. Calverley, from ditto, for Ewell Castle, Surrey. The Earl of Lauderdale on Monday, for the first time, sit in Parliament since the death of his father, and took the oaths accordingly Lord and Lady Beverley and the Ladies Percy, at the date of the last letters were still at Rome, and do not intend returning to England until the advance of the spring. Her Ladyship has been giving a series of brilliant soirees, at the palazzo of the Noble Earl. MARRIAGE IN HIGH LIFE.—On Friday, at Dundalk, Captain Charles Henry Paget, R.N., eldest son of the late Vice-Admiral the Hon. Sir Charles Paget, G.C. H., to Emily Caroline, daughter of Henry M. Clintock, Esq., Col lector of Customs, at Dundalk. The Earl and Countess of Hillsborough, who have been on a visit at Warwick Castle, were expected in town last evening, the Noble Earl being desirous to be present at the division on Sir J. Y. Buller's motion. Baron Dimsdale arrived at Mivart's Hotel, last evening, from Dover, where the Noble Baron and Baroness and family have been residing during the winter. The Baroness remains at Dover. The Countess of Wilton has left town for Wei mer, where her Ladyship's family havebeen since the summer. The Earl of Wilton is among the party at Belvoir Castle, on visits:to the Duke of Rutland. We believe the sth of next month is fixed i:or the solemnization of the marriage of Lord Dinorben and Miss Gertrude Smyth, sister of the Princess of Capua. Lord Dinor ben is expected in town on Sunday or Monday next, accom panied by his Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex, from Kin mel Park. His Royal Highness is expected to give the beau tiful and accomplished affianced away, and the Prince and Princess of Capua give a splendid dejeune to the wedding party, at Mivart's Hotel. A courier, charged with despatches for the Rus sian Charge d'Affaires, and also with several costly presents for her Majesty. from the Emperor of Russia, arrived in Dover street, from Hamburg. The presents to the Sovereign from the Czar consist, it is understood, of rare furs, and likewise some diamonds of extraordinary size found in the gold mines of the Emperor in New Russia. It appears that, on the marriage of George 111. to Queen Charlotte, there were ten bridemaids, daughters of Dukes and Earls. We believe it is not decided how many are to enjoy that honour on the approaching occasion. There is little doubt that those fair ones (who are yet unmarried) who were her I\ lajesty's trainbearers at the Coronation will be among the number ; they are Lady Mary Grimstom Lady Adelaide Paget, Lady Wilhelmina Stanhope, Lady Fanny Cowper, and Lady Caroline Lennox. Those since married are Lady Louisa Jcnkinson, Lady Mary Talbot, and Lady Anne Fitzwilliam. DRURY-LAI:E THEATRE.—Fra Diavolo was played here last night. It is one of those delightful composi tions that never grow old. The marked character of the music —its exquisite combination of all the lighter beauties and graces of the art, with its fine dramatic application—has stamped it an enduring favourite. Miss Delcy appeared last night as Zerlina. The progress of this young lady convinces us that she is able to attain a high position. Her performance of last night, though not distinguished by so many brilliant flights as her Cissderella, will not detract from her reputation. Mr. Fraser was the Fra Diavolo ; and afforded another instance of improvement. Mr. Allen made his first appearance as Lorenzo. He has a voice of considerable sweetness, but it lacks power for so lat ge a theatre. Mr. Roberts was the Lord Allcash, and we vs:s. , uld fain hope libelled the aristocracy by the dullness with which 15c displayed his nobility. RELIGIOUS PERSECUTION.--A Baronet re siding not a hundred miles from Oakley Park, in Suffolk, hired a gardener named Gaunt, with whom he was quite satisfied. Shortly after Gaunt entered the Baronet's employment, a Ca tholic clergyman addressed a letter to Gaunt, which by some unlucky chance first came into the hands of Sir Edward and his son. Having read the letter, they di•covered that Gaunt was a Catholic. This was enough ; and the poor man and his wile received instant notice to quit. The receipt of the letter was concealed from the poor gardener, and It was not until the author of the letter wrote to Sit Edward that Gaunt could ob tain delivery thereof. It was received at Oakley Park on the 25th of September, and not handed to Gaunt till the 9th of October. -- - We understand that the Directors of the Glasgow Association for Promoting Religious Liberty have transmitted to the House of Commons an energetic petition, praying that Honourable llouse to adopt measures for the immediate and un conditional liberation of Jonn Thorogood, to abrogate t he law for levying Church-rates, and entirely to sever the Church from the State.— Scottish Pilot. PERSONAL APPEARANCE OF PRINCE A...L.: DERT.—The countenance of his Highness is round, and devote of colour ; the forehead moderate, its greatest breadth being above the outer angle of the eyes, forming projections where phrenologists place the organs of music and order. The hair, worn straight and entirely off the forehead, is not what is termed " fair," but is a light hue, much like that of her Ma jesty. The brows are broad, lowest at the inner angle, and but slightly arched. The eyes, cheerful in expression, are of a greenish hazel, and not large. The nose rather long, with a slight depression below the bridge, and another rise at the point, somewhat similar in profile to that of the late Lord Byron. The mouth is moderate, the lips well coloured, surmounted by a narrow short moustache, which, with the brows and eyelashes, are rather lighter in tint than the hair. In figure his Highness is slight, and not tall ; but his carriage is erect, and his move ments active. A work on Dropsy with many successful cases has lately been published by Richard Bright, M.D., which w should recommend every person afflicted with this disease to peruse. THE COFFEE TRADE.--.A. letter from Port au-Prince, of the 20th of November, quoted by the Commerce, says—" According to the English customs regulations, all coffees, of whatever growth, brought in English ships, coming in the last instance from the Cape of Good Hope, may be im ported into England at a reduced rate of duty. This clause has recently been brought into notice here, and has encou raged several houses to send cargoes of coffee from this port to the Cape, to be thence carried to England. This reduction of duty must be very considerable, since the difference of 130 f. to 150 f. per ton in the freight by French ships to Havre cannot but be an object to those engaged in the trade." Jonathan Page, Esq., of Ely, has recently made the munificent donation of five hundred pounds to the funds of Addenbrooke's Hospital. We cannot but express our great surprise that no means have yet been taken here for some public rejoicing. on the occasion of her Majesty's approaching nuptials. With out being prepared to make any specific suggestion on the sub ject, we do trust that there will be no illumination, as that is a mode of rejoicing which leads to the expenditure of largo sums of money, without tending to any advantageous result.-- Cambridge Advertiser. LOSS OF LlFE.—During the tremend ous gale of Tuesday l ast, we regret to hear a melancholy and fatal acci dent happened to the hardy crew of one of the Flamborough fishing cobles ; on that morning, notwithstanding the severity of the weather, these men had gone out to the fishing-ground , but, in returning, their boat was upset, and they were huried into eternity, two being married, and leaving widows and seven destitute children. The crew consisted of Richard Knaggs, and (two brothers), Francis and Wiliam Emilio - son. —Hull Observer. _ _ SICILIAN SULPHUR MONOPOLY.—The preli minaries of the new treaty between England and Naples are all ready signed, and Mr. A . lae Gregor st a t es th a t h e h as ta ken steps to ensure the abolition of the sulphur monopoly by the ISt of J a nuary.—harlequin of Malta. THUNDER AND HAIL STORNl.—NottinghAir was visited by a very Leavy hag and thunder storm, o n Sa turday morning last ; the hail began to fall a little before It o'clock, followed by most terrific thunder and lightning. A t Carrington, two miles from the town, a fire ball fell, struck a house in Union-street, occupied by :11r. Sanderson, lace-maknr' shivered the slates on the roof. shattered every window, and en tering the house place, struck three chit 'ren ; one was severely injured and the other two only had their clothes burnt. 1 1 the house adjoining, Jam es Nevi:than), a young man, was knocked down and lay senseless for some time ; he is, however, likely to recover the effect ; his breast was burnt, and he for a time W e ' lost the use of both legs aad a rms. A horse drawing a load 0' coals along Union-street, bel o n g i ng to Matthew Walker, coal" dealer, was injured with tF.e electric fluid, and died on SudaY morning. •