The Sun. — London, England, 1840-12-23 00:00:00

ne re nis le of )or an of ha EVENING plpirioN." nd Lord Howe both voted in favour of the motion. Such a motion may hc, again made in April, 1841, and With still better success. There, reader, what do you think of that ? Be ause the Journal des Dcbats and Captain RUDE write paragraphs . against England, Lord NIINT o is to be removed fro. :z the Admiralty by a Vote of the House of Commons ; and unless France give. us satisfaction, war is to be forthwith de clared. This is scarcely a due employment of the Puddle-dock Thunderer's power. JUPITER only threw his bolts, according to the poets, to punish some flagrant offences ; but our Thunderer has grown quite wanton, and hurls his bolts about for Sport or out of malice, regardless of justice. He should wait till Lord MINT() does something wroig before he impeaches the Noble Lord. Perhaps, however, the Puddle-dock JUPITER believes that Lord MINTO has already committed an unpardon able national offence, for be has disregarded the recommendations of the Times, laughed its threats to scorn, and allowed a certain protegee of the Times to carry his earthquake invention to the CZAR or to France. Lord MINTO has mortally offended the Times by doing his duty, and provid ing, according to the testimony of Admiral CAR• DEN, published in that journal, " the very fines! lltet of ships (il - tear Britain ever possessed, now at sea, or fitting in our ports', and I hear most of them are manned with able-bodied men." For this offence we presume the Times will induce Colonel SIBTIIORP, or Captain BOLDERO, or perchance Sir THOMAS COCHRANE, to propose next April that Lord MINTO be removed from the Admiralty. The Times, however, would supply his defence from the same number which contained his accu sation. The wretched incendiaries, who, fancy them selves injured, and feel themselves starving, set fire to a barn or a stack of corn, are liable to the heaviest penalties of the law. To ex tenuate, if not to excuse their conduct, much may be said. They are left destitute of education, and exposed, from the bad example of their so called betters, to the influence of the worst passions. But what can be said to extenuate the conduct of those who, having received an education and being removed from want, instigate such incendiaries to do their bad work ? Nothing. They are justly considered to be greater offenders than the active perpetrators of the mischief. But how small is the quantity of evil in burning down a corn-stack compared to the evil involved in a war between such nations as France and England ? The incen diaries, therefore, who use the Press to stir up war between those nations must be more guilty than those promoters of incendiarism to extenuate whose bad conduct nothing can be said. Than those gen .' Alemen who can wield a pen, and who only wield it apparently to kindle national animosities, we know 40 more mischievous class of persons, and none more deserving of general reprobation. The sub ' Thunderer, on whose lucubrations we have been Commenting, is one of these, and one of no ordinary ambition, though his power falls far short of his as ' Airings, for he evidently hopes by the same bolt to kindle war abroad and confusion at home. The French Journals of Sunday have been all .reeeived. The Journal des Debats labours to prove that the plan for fortifying Paris is no new ide a , and.ought therefore to excite no apprehen ' 'lions. In 1792 when the Prussians and Austrians •ilienaced France with invasion, the National As sembly decret d the forming and fortifying a camp of 3 0,00Crinen to cover Paris—a project which was par abandoned when the popular fears were dissi- P4ed by the battle of Valmy. In 1813 NA PO planned the erection of defensive works round is Paris capable of lodging 40,000 men. In 1815 the ''' , :kle,brated engineer General HA XO drew up a corn- Vete plan for the fortification of Paris, which oc c4ied the attention of the Government in 1818, 1 821, and again after the Revolution of July. It does not follow that because the plan for the forti tilt 4eation of Paris is of old date, that it is therefore "Vi,t4iter politic or expedient. s'li, The National has a long article on its late sei 'oure at the Post-office, and justifies its attacks upon 11 1 -, ;9 16 Government by the general unpopularity of the `: 1 6,-Alinistelial policy. It further contends, in a sepa ,r,ge_ article, that it stated but the truth upon the 141 whole with reference to the design of the Cabinet to suspend the fortifications of Paris. The nine Bureaux, or Committees of the Cham :";her of Deputies, were engaged on Saturday discus ' sing Marshal SOULT'S project of law for the peen- Iliary grant necessary to cover the expenses of forti -, f.lrig Paris. These discussions were so exceedingly dry and uninteresting, that we consult the comfort of our readers in passing them over without further notice. Yesterday morning three arrests took place at Mont ' Toartre, in consequence of the investigation into the affair of Darrnes. A Commissary of Police went to the residence of C. employed in the bank Latitte, and Wine merchant in this commune. After a search made in his tesidence, which however did not lead to any discovery, he was arrested, as well as his wife and his randtnother ; all three are confined in the depot of the Prefect ure.—Constitutionnc/. A letter from Toulon of the 15th says, that the . Rainier steamer which had put to sea with urgent des- Patch es for"the French Consul at Tangiers, had been tt; obliged to . put back to Toulon by the bad weather, after having proceeded some leagues. Time was a great deal of talk on 'Change yesterday 'lf a very warlike article of the Journal des Debats, but:it Produced an effect contrary perhaps to what was hoped 1 4 , from it. The funds rose. People can no longer be lieve the language of a Journal to be serious which never speaks in a lofty tone, except when some great act of business in conti molated. Almost all the inland mails is delayed by the bad Weather. Those from Marseilles and Lyons had not arrived at a late hour yesterday evening.—Le Commerce. The Pails journals of Monday contain little news of any interest. The Commerce is equally opposed to the Government and N. TIIIERS, whom it denounces as closing a most disreputable political career with supporting MM. GUIZOT and ODILON BARROT in a project for embastiling Paris. This is calling the fortifications of Paris by their right name, and how any reflecting French nun can regard such works in any other light is to us perfectly incomprehensible. It is to subdue the Spirit. of democracy in Paris, not to protect it from the invasion of a foreign enemy that the KING and the Government are so eager to fortify the French capital. The Prince DE JOINVILLE has declined the s ank of Rear-Admiral which has been offered him by the Government since his return from St. lielena. His Royal Highness prefers his present 'er.jank, as it will enable him to see more service. The Prince is a brave and gallant officer, and does I t , credit to the service to which he belongs. 84 : It was positively stated in Paris on Monday, that *4 ) the French Government was about to contract a `Akloan of five hundred millions of francs to meet the `lif expenses of the armaments and the fortifications of • s Paris. 51 4 A Toulon letter, of the 13th inst., states that the Jena, a , T 90 guns, Admiral Huon's flag. ship ; th e M on t e b e llo, I " 120 , bearing Admiral La'Susse'a flag ; th e S u ff ren, 90, t he Jupiter 90, the Alger 84, and the Neptun e 84, are the 'vessels which have received orders to get ready for sea, but nothing certain was known as to their destination. Tan gier wu still considered as the most probable point to which they would be sent. Two Spanish refugees, serving in the foreign legion, /ti!. Mid convicted of having murdered two of their comrades in %t:;, October last, were condemned to death and shot at Per- Pignan on the 13th inst. 'I , -The Courrier Francais states that it has had cotnmuni- N o °6ll lted to it several letters from Alexandria , of dates anterior -(7 4 1 V-the arrangement between Mehemet Ali and Commodore 17 1 4 apier, to the following purport, but the contents of which .1 a sPe utterly discredit : ; 11 crit •s jt is now positively known that the mountaineers, 1114 301Kisfied with having regained their independence -1,, their first great object—lave refused to acknovvleege the artClerty of the Grand Se;gni - r. 7: hey write from Beyrout that, if Frar.ce will guei - antce to the e.,ouneers the pri..ihges e hie!) they cLirn as their right, they mill a; .in recognise Mehemet Ali as their So• vcreign, and turn against the Allies the 30,000 muskets they have put into their hands. Tire people on the coast are exasperated by the disorderly conduct of the Turkish trio v.:, which a part of the English soldiers are employed in represing. At Beyrout, for example, an en.ire English company has no other duty to perform than shooting the malefactors (1). The country has become a prey to ade gree of anarchy which it will be impossible for the Porte to control when once deprived of the assistance of the Bri tish forces." The correspondent of the C o nstitutionnel, at Algiers, writes on the 10th inst.:— The Chimera packet has arrived at Oran with intelli gence that the moveable column under Gen. Lamo ore the 26.1 ult. commenced a march by the route of Mors el Kcbir, towards the Rio Salado. On the following day he WAS joined by General Mustapha with the Arab allies, and Colonel Yuussouf with his Spahis. la the morning of the 2Stli, the column having crossed the. Rio Sahel°, the cavalry made attacks upon the tribes of Gomares, Galls, and Ge bar ra, who were completely routed, and their country ra %aged. Our allies carried off 700 head of cattle, 50 camels, and some sheep; 15 of the natives were taken prig. ners. We have lest three men, our allies four, and there were 15 wounded. General Mustapha, catching one of his men ( I .!serting, killed him with his own hand. By the evening of the 30th ult. the troops were safe again in their quarters, after having been half way towards Tlemecen, and near the Tafna, and marching at one time 24 Lours without halting. From Mostaganem we learn that, on the 15th 500 sheep and 28 oxen were carried off by the Arabs, who killed three of their keepers. Three days after the garrison made a sortie, but gained only the small compensation of 13 oxen and 40 sheep." A letter from Frankfort of the 13:11, to the Avond bode, confirms the accounts of the military preparations making in Germany. Several corps are going to march to the Western frontier of Germany. I hear from good authority, (says the writer) that the Live to be col lected on that frontier will be 200,000 men. France will see by this that Germany is prepared for war. The Nouvelite Vaudois says, that General Pfuel, Prussian Governor of the Principality of Nuuftchatel, would be appointed Chief of the Staff of the Swiss Fe deral Army, in case of war with France.—La Gazelle de France. A letter from Alexandria, of the 28th of November, explains a fact which we reported on the very day that the submission of Mehemet Ali was announced ; we mean the spiking of the guns The Viceroy having observed to Commodore Napier that he had to defend himself an army, and good and numerous artillery which mould do their duty, the Admiral answered him that he was betrayed un every side ; that his own officers had de livered to him the plan of the fortifications ; and that his two best batteries—those of Rasellin and Mabnsoudie— had been spiked. An Aide-de-Camp was immediately sent to the spot, and that officer brought word back that th guns in those batteries, which were forty-eight pounders, ala Pairhans, had in fact, been spiked. Twenty men were immediately shot. _ The same letter gives rather singular news, that the French corvettes, Diligente and Embuscade, had consented, at the request of the Pacha, to go to Syria to bring away troops. By the same channel we have news from Acre, announcing that the English are executing works in the fortifications on a scale which does not seem to indicate that they labour for the Sultan.—Le Commerce. CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES. SITTING OF MONDAY, DEC. 21. M. Sauzet took the chair at half-past our, in the pre sence of about thirty Deputies. After a short interval, MM. Guizut and Martin du Nord took their seats on the Ministerial bench. The order of the day was the discussion upon the Fac tory Labour Bill relative to children. M. l.estiboudois entered into some general remarks upon the nature of the measure now before the Chamber, and observed that its object was to ameliorate the condition of a large and interesting portion of the working ela:sel. He had frequently had occasion to detail the various miseries inflicted upon those employed in factories, from the want of a perfect legislative enactment to regulate the mode and hours of labour in such establishments. No doubt abuses existed, but it required much caution and wisdom in interfering between working people and their employers, and nothing of an exclusive character ought to be adopted. He objected to the principle of the Bill on the ground that it was too sweeping a measure, and de prived parents to a certain extent of the advantages arising from the labour of their children. If parents were thus to be excluded, he was happy to say he had the entire con currence of the Government. It had been the object of a patient and lengthened investigation, and the Chamber would find by the details that not °only the claims of . lut. manity but general interests had been respected. M. Carne supported the measure, and contended that it was capable of fulfilling in every ,respect the object which the Legislature had in view. M. de Beaumont said that he concurred, in the principle of the Bill, but he thought that it was framed in too hurried a manner, and would tend rather to increase than diminish the evils of the present system. The Honour able Deputy was proceding to adduce arguments in sup port of his views at the hour of post. - - _ BOURSE.—Pmus, MONDAY, DEC. 21. first Highest Lowest Last Price Price. Pricy. Price Fre,'ch 5 per Cents 4 tier Cents 97 50 ... 97 51) ... 97 50 .. 97 50 3 per Cents :7 4' , 1 ... 71 45 ... 77 10 ... 77 10 Rank of trance Lattitte Sank 1.0001. Sh 1075 ...145 _lOl5 ...1675 50e0f. Stares 5195 ...5195 ...5195 ...5195 ilelgiars /lank 5 per Cents 97% ... 07% ... 9)% ... 97% New Loan ... Dutch 2% per Cents Si ... 52 ... 52 ... 52 spaol.h acture 23% ... 24 ... 23% ... 24 Passive 5% ... 5\ ... 5% ... 5% Portuguese 3 per Cents 21% ~. 215( ... 21 ~, 91 Neapolitan Roman 97:4 ... 973 ... 1 /;14 ...97% RAILWAY SHARES. St. Guimain ... (40 ... 610 ..... ....... Verszilles,ll.•B 390 ... 390 393 ... 205 ... 30) Orleans . Strasburg to Bale 243 ... 24J 75 ....-2 50 .. 242 50 Madrid Journals of the 12th and 13th instant have duly reached us. The corporation elections in Madrid, Seville, Cadiz, Malaga, and Barcelona, were proceeding very unfavourably for the Re gency. In other respects Spain was tranquil, with the exception of some political riots at Cordova and Corunna, which were speedily repressed by the local authorities. Great excitement prevailed n the Basque Provinces in consequence of the arrest and imprisonment of the three Aicaldes of Tolosa, Aspeitia, and Azcoitia by order of Ge neral ALCALA, the political chief. The Correo Nacional in noticing this transaction says " The Regency has caused the three Alcades of the thee ;principal towns of Guipuscoa, the sons of the most distinguished families, and men lately prosecuted fur their attachment to the national cause, to be arrested and im prisoned. M. Altuna, one of them, was the Aide de- Camp of Riego ; M. Palacios was a volunteer of the con stitutional army in 1823; and M. Garmendia, a young lawyer, full of talent, is a national volunteer. It is pro bable that the Regency will not confine itself to these three arbitrary acts, as the other towns of the province will be desirous, no doubt, to imitate the example of Aspeitia, Azcoitia, and Tolosa." There is nothing in the Madrid Papers on the subject of the dispute with Portugal. ADMIRAL WALKER.—The slight sketch of the ca reer of this brave officer, which first appeared in The Sun, and was then copied into most of the Journals, me tropolitan and provincial, has received the following ad ditions from the pen of a Captain W. J. Hope John• stone, in a later written to a Contemporary :—" I ob serve in a brief statement of the professional life of Cap tain Baldwin Wake Walker, of the British, and now seri ing as Admiral in the Turkish navy, which says, Ile afterwards served as senior Lieutenant of the Atria bomb, at the taking of the Mora Castle and Patras, in 182E1. Subsequently he was first Lieutenant of the Barham, under Captain Pigot, &c. Now, this is so far incomplete, for no mention is made of nearly three years' active and efficient du'.y performed by him in the interim, when serving on board the flag ships of Vice-Admiral Sir Pulteney 'Malcolm in the Mediterra nean. In consequence of his conduct 'at the taking of Mora Castle and Patras, in 1828,' he was offered shortly afterwards by Sir Pulteney the vacancy of third Lieutenant on board the Asia, 84 ; and when the flag was shifted to the Britannia, 120, in the spring of 1830, he was moved into that ship, where he did the duty of senior Lieutenant in such a manner as to elicit the unqualified approbation of his Commander-in-Chief; and he did not join the Barham, 50, then commanded by Captain Pigott, until the return of the Britannia to England in the autumn of 1831. I am now stating what took place some years ago, but (as Captain of those ships) I may a ith perfect truth say, that, although his zeal and in telligence were highly valued, when doing the duty of a junior Lieutenant of the Asia, his sterling qualities as an officer and a seaman were not duly appreciated until he had greater scope to display them as senior Lieuten ant of a three-decked ship. In short, at that period it required the strong call of duty to overcome the native modesty of the man, and the powers of his mind ap peared to increase in proportion to every case of diffi culty he had to encounter. In conclusion, permit me to say, that every feeling of satisfaction which I may entertain at the recent success of Captain Walker, must be sincerely shared by Captain \Vyvill (then Commander of those ships), and by every messmate that he had ; and I feel confident, would have been cordially joined in by Sir Pulteney Malcolm if his life bad been :Tared to the present day." ST. PETEIISBURGII, DEC. 7.—A letter from CionVadt says that a Russian ship which left that port on the 14th of November in ballast ran aground on the following day near the Isle of Scskar. The English ship Clioonab, Captain Thomas Berkeley, bound fur Cron andtr aground at Seskar on the 25th of November, having bcen got Mical. again, foundered a few minutes afterwards. All the crew were saved, but could bring no thlng away with them. Orders have been given for the salvage of any goods that may be seat on shore.—Journal de St Petersburgh. It is in contemplation to form a Joint-stock Company fur maintaining a regular communication by firs'-rate steamers twice a•week between Falmouth, Ply. most h, and S)uthaMpton, and thence by railway to London..—Falmouth Packet. THE sUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1840. - I'HEIMAIKETS-(Tiii D AY.) NEWCATE AND LEADENHALL Thcre mls but a shclt supply of Meat at roark.ct. demand was brisk for all descr 'Along, and prices were ex tremely high. Prime Beef realized 5s to . 53 6d; 3: 6d to 4a 6l; Veal 4s 8d to 63 ; Purrs 3e 8d to 5-3 per sttn:2 of 81bs. Poultry and Game—There was a very moderate show of Poultry and Game both from abroad and - he country. The trade purchased freely. Cock Tcr keys 14s to 403 ; lien Turkeys 63 6d to 12s each ; Geese 7s 6d to 103 each ; Hares 2s 61 to 3s 61 each ; Rabbits 6s !o 183 per dozen ; Grouse 41 to 63 per Lracc; Ducks 2s 61 to 33 6d each ; Widgeons 61 to 12e per dozen ; Chickens 23 6d to 4, 61 each ; Cspons 7s 6d to 18s each; Pigeons 6s to 93 per dozen; Pheasants 3s 6.1 to 43 each ; Black G ime 7s to 103 per brace; Snipes is each ; Teal and Plovers 63 to 12a per dozen. Eggs, brisk sale at 6- tl 8a per 120 for English. COLONIAL MARKET. ;„ There wc ra but few public sales, and the private trans actions were extremely limited, both for home use and ex port; prices, however, were firm for all the leading arti cles. The arrivals were light from all quarters. The markets will close on Thursday, and remain so until sth January. TEA MARKET. There was a fair demand for Free-Trade Tea, and holders were firm; indeed, the principal merchants would not sell at anything like existing rates. Company's Con gou brought 23. id. to 2s. lid for cash, No public sale was declared. TALLOW MARKET. The market was dull, and prices tsiumed a downward tendency, for P. Y. Caudle, sellers on the spot at 475..6.1. and 48s. for spring months. The stcck is much larger than last year. FRUIT MARKET. Prices are on the decline for Valencia Raisins, and the market is dull. Currants cheaper, and but few buyers. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. LIVECPOOL COTTON MARKET, I UESDAY.—The SACS to day were 6,000 bags, of which 2;000 have been taken on spe'•ulation. Prices steady. We have no Share List. Till FUNDS. lip to the present time we have a completely blank morning for intelligence and speculating in the Funds, as well as for arrivals, which causes a dullness in the City. The Foreign exchanges yesterday .afternoon, with the exception of Harnburgh, which was lower, continued much the same as per last post day. The British Market opened this morning heavy ; Con sols, which left off yesterday at 88i ex dividend, are at present 88} for the Account, owing, no doubt, to the in telligence received from Lisbon yesterday, that the Portu guese Government were determined to resist the Spanish invasion, but the prevailing opinion in the city is that,Eng. land will interfere, and prevent hostilities taking place. Three per Cents. Reduced, 881 ; Exchequer Bit ls, 1 3 prem. lower ; India Stock for opening, 237 239 ; Bank Stock, 156 157. In the Foreign Market Span;sh Active has receded from the leaving off price of 23ii to 23i ; Portuguese also lower, left off 31i I, at present, 31k; Colombian, ►ower, closed at 23i 24, at present, 23* -; Mexican, also receded, left off 28k, may be quoted at 27i 281 ; Dutch Two.and.a-Half per Cents., 50i 51i, lower; Five per Cents., 97i 98. SHARI/S.-Great Western, 25 26 prem. ; New, 11 12 prem. ; London and Brighton, 8 7i discount; Black wall, 51 41 discount ; Birmingham, 78 80 prem. ; South ampton, 54 55 per share; Croydon, 11i 12 per shaie ; Greenwich, 71 8} per share ; Manchester and Birming ham, 14 12 discount. PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE. RAILWAYS. Paid. Per Share. Great Western Ditto New ... Ditto Fifths London and Brighten Condon and Greenwich ..... ...... 20 Ditto Scrip London and South Western 3B/ 54i..... to Manchester and Leeds ... 70 JOINT STOCK BANKS. Provincial of Ireland 25 .. .. 44 COURSE OF EXCHANGE—(YESTERDAY). Amsterdam C F. 1' 2 IGibraltar Ditto, at sight Rotterdam 2 U. 12 si,Getioa 25 85 Antwerp l2 4i:Milin Hamburgh . M.B. 13 9ilVenice . ... 47 Altona. Paris, 3 (lays' sight 25 40 ll'ealermo, per oz 121 Ditto, 3 months 25 65 Lisbon .. 524 Marseilles.... 23 70 'Oporto 13ourdeaux..„ ..... . .... 25 70 IRio Janeiro - 284 1 , 44164 on Maine.... 149 Bahia 27 Peterstiurgh,l3 U 5..... 37 I Buenos Ayres Berlin ' • • 7 0 iNew York ,21 days' sight 464 Vienna, effec. fl. a M. 10 3 Philadelphia . _ Trieste, ditto Madrid Cadiz... Billsoa Barcelona 354 New Dollars.. ' 0 4 10(i Seville 354 Silver in Bars 0 5 og. HALF-PAST ONE. Consols are rather lower than they were in the morning, and may be quoted at 88i, had reached 88i; Exchequer Bills, 2 4 prem. ; India Bonds, 15 discount; Bank Stock, 157. In the Foreign Market the chief business doing is in Portuguese and Spanish, the former have fallen since yes terday about per cent. ; at present they are 30i ; Three per Cents., 24. Spanish Active was lower about 2 per cent., at present 23* ; Mexican, 28 ; Chiljan, .56 ; • Colombian was lower about 1 per cent. ; at present, 22i 23 ; Dutch Two-and a- Half per Cents. also lower, 501-, ; Five per Cents , 97*. The Share Market has also receded. Great Western, 89i; London and Brighton, 42 41i 42 ; South Western, 54i ; Manchester and Leeds, 74. NAPIER'S CONVENTION.—We are informed ;hat the Members of the Convention now in Londsn have testifi,d their approval of Commander Napier's conven tion with Mehemet Ali. —Morn ing Herald. THE LATE FIRE AT FOOTHEE.—On Satur day last the body of Thomas Marshall, the lodger who met his death in the house that was burnt last week, was con veyed to Methlic, and there buried. On Monday arterno , n the bodies of the four,Howies were interred in St. Nicholas churchyard. The body of the man, with that of the elder daughter, was placed in one coffin, and the bodies of the mother and younger daughter in another. They were thin conveyed away in two hearses. The funeral was attcr.ded by about fourscore pers mi.—Aberdeen Banner. The Haymarket does not produce any liar lequinade, or indeed any direct novelty for the Christmas holidays, it , season now being so short ; but on Saturday next, after Money, will be produced, with entirely new ap pointments, and with alterations by the a uthor, Mark Le mon's drama of the Ludiea' Club; to conclude with the revived " most tragical tragedy ever tragedised," Twit Thumb. In the forthcoming new pantomime, the Castle of Otranto, at Covent-garden Theatre, is to be intro duced, it is said, a human figure upwards of thirty feet high, with limbs, Sze., of proportionate dimensions; these, with the famous gigantic helmet, on which devolves the main interest of the original romance—a sort of " ditto to match,"—are in themselves not trifling difficulties to con tend with ; and to make them " tell" arc such as to call forth the utmost skill and ingenuity of all concerned, to more particularly of the ma - chin ist. Mr. Manche is sai , , to be the principal cook , whilst th e " garnishing" d " dishing up" are left to those experienced artistes Mr. W. Bradwell and the Messrs. Grieve. SINGULAR AND FATAL ACCIDENT.-00 Tuesday an inquest was held by Mr. Wakley, M. P., at the University College Hospital, on the body of John. Green, aged fifty-one, coal-merchant, St. James's-mar ket, St. James's. It appeared from the evidence that de ceased had received a large order for coals from one of his customers, on Friday night last. At this time the de ceased's man was out, and the deceased was therefore com pelled to take the coals himself. On reaching the house he entered the passage, which bad about the centre of it a rising step, with a sack containing one hundred weight of coals on his shoulder. He had just reached the rising step when he fell backward, coals and all, without his relin quishing the hold of the sack. He exclaimed, " This will be my last fall ; I shall never get over this." He was at first thought to be intoxicated, but such proved not to be the case. Mr. Woolridge, surgeon, of Jermyn-street, was subsequently sent for, who advised his removal to the hospital. The house surgeon said that when admitted to the hospital no external marks of injury could be dis covered, though deceased complained of his neck. On a post snorteni examination of the body, however, it was dis covered that the vertebrae of the neck had gut shifted out of the r place, which had the ifect of disconnecting the spinal marrow. The marrow had thereby become para lysed, and caused death twelve hours after the deceased's admission. Verdict—Died of dislocation of the vertebrae of the neck, from an accidental fall." THE MURDERERS OF CLAUDIUS WEST, Esq.—Just as we were going to press, a gentleman who left Mobil' at an early hour this morning, informed us that he met Sir William Lynar, stipendiary magistrate, Sub. Inspector Stuart, arid a party of thirty police, going into that town, with eleven prisoners, all charged with the mur der of Claudius West, Esq., and Sir William informed him that he had no doubt but they would be enabled to convict them from the nature of the information received. They are all tenants on the late Mr. West's property, one of them named Creegan and another Hart, the man whose cow he seized on the day of the murder. From the late hour we received the above we have been unable to further particulars, which we hope to be able to give in our next publication.—Longford Journal. THE AMERICAN DIVER.--On Tuesday Scott, the celebrated American diver, performed one f his extraordinary feats, by jumping from a scaffolding raised on the centre arch of Southwark-bridge. Notwith standing the extreme coldness of the day, the fl rating pier and the bridge were crowded with persons. At three o'clock Scott, being perfectly satisfied with the collection made, ascended the scaffolding, the top of which was 160 feet from the river, it being then low water, acid dived head foremost into;the river, exclaiming as lie was desceialifig, Look out I" He arose after a few seconds, the tide, which was runnink, out, having carried him under the bridge, when he jumped into a ;.,oat which was in readiness for Lim, and rowed ashore. On reaching the bridge he appeared not to have suffered from his extraordinary cif. r. In the Adelphi Pant omime, called Harlequin and the Ench an ted Fish, or the Genii of the Br.zen elaid arc wi glad to see restored to thell perform the Clown, and in th ° e partiet the e f a gHarlequinil eV Ni wei stage Eller, the c ontemporary of Grimaldi, and for many years the motley hero of Covent-garden Theatre. The Marquis of Granby left the Brunswick Hotel, Jermyn-street, yesterday, to spend the Christmas at Belvoir Castle. COMMON PLEAS.-(THIS DAY.) (Sittings in !.;: , !:n nt Prius)., BAKER V. SOMERS. Ia this action, for hr.acl:(ifcjrtract, which vras exp-7n_ tcd to occupy the whole day, a verdict for the plaintiff, in 3:01. damages sot jest to a raferenu, WAS taken by eons: Lt. SMITH V. H&WKINS. This action was brought upon two bills of exchange, one for 721., upon which there was no defence, and the otlicr for 159/ , apinst which it was act up in defence that the plaintiff had, withaut cons( nt of the defend:int, who was drawer (1 the bill, given time for payment after it wai due, to the acceptor, Wedderburn. It appeared in evidence that several other transactions had passed between We her urn a:,d the plaintiff, in which the former became, on the whole, in.!ehted to the latter, in January, 1839, to the amount of 1,29-1/ For this entire sum Wedderburti accep•ei a bill of exchange, and he now swears, ••ti behalf of the defendant that the 'bill of 130/. in question, was included in the sum Covered by the new Lill. He also s t ates O a t-the arrangement was positively against the wish es o f Hawkins. Other -wit nesses however stated that there was an understanding between the parties to leave the rook, bill in the hands •t to cover other separate transactions between him at,d the defendants. The jury having consulted for a quarter of an hour in the box, said that they were " undecided," and accou dingly retired. In an hour they returned a verdict for the plaintiff. CURIOUS INCIDENT. NiANLY V SHAW. This was an undefended action upon a bill of exchange for 251 dated in 1833. The hand -writing having been proved, and the bill handed to the jury, a juror named Al 6 Hugh, one of the die sinkers to the Mint, pronounced the stamp to be a forgery. Ho added that there had been of late years, and were at present a great number of forged stamps "afi, J at" and that such paper of the nominal valuo of 1,500/. had been seized in the pos session of a respectable tradesman not far from this place (Guildhall). Mr. JARVIS, for the plaintiff, said. that this was no material objection to a verdict for the plaintiff, as the cic fndant did not appear. The LORD CHIEF JusTice thought otherwise. The bill must go to the Jury, and if they found tde bill to be worthless, a verdict could not go for the plaintiff. His Lordship asked if Mr. Jarvis was not prepared to prove the validity of the stamp as well as the handwriting of the acceptor? Mr. JARVIS said he was quite taken by surprise, and of course not anticipating such an objection, was unprepared with any evidence such as his Lordship required. The Loan CHIEF RIsTICE than said he must swear the Juror as a witness, but that gentleman having, after mite', hesitation, declined to take a second oath, being already sworn as a Juror, the case was put to the Jury as at first, and a verdict found for the plaintiff, with interest and costs. In the next case, which was also an undefended action. on a bill of exchange, Mr. Sergeant TALFOURD,. for the plaint ff, challenged Mr. M‘Hugh.—( A - laugh:) The Loan CHIEF Justus—He knows too much fur you. A laugh.) That gentleman accordingly withdrew. This being the last day of the sittings several unde fended causes arc being disposed of. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. (THIS DAY.) THE lIGN. MRS. NORTON —At the commencement of business this morning, Mr. DYER being the presiding Ma gistrate, the Hon. Mrs. Norton, accompanied by her uncle, took their seats on the Bench, for the purpose of preferring a charge against a person who stiles himself Captain Edmund Pearce, for being found loitering in and about Mr. Sheridan's residence, N. 24, Bolton-street, Piccadilly, for an unlawful purpose. Mis. Norton, who was evidently suffering from very severe indisposition, entered into a lengthened statement of a series of annoyances of a most vexatious and harassing nature which she had for a considerable time past been sub jected to, and which she had no doubt proceeded from `a combination of her enemies, who acted in concert toge ther. She was continually being pestered with letters, the contents of which tended to agitate and alarm her, and persons were continually watching about the house , as she believed, to seize upon. the opportunity of entering it by force, and carrying off her writings and papers. T he Honourable Lady then referred to the machinations and plots made against her with regard to certain legal pro ceedings, " a mock trial with a nwek defendant," in which she was unfortunately and moat unjustly constrained to take such a conspicuous p-rt. Lately, the defendant had bean seen loitering about her uncle's house, looking up at the windows, and apparently taking especial notice of the movements of the inmates. On Thursday last a letter was handed to her by her, butler, which he had received from the defendant; it was addressed ,to her, and Cot: - tained a request to be allowed a personal interview, vaguely intimating that the,writer could . b e o f esse ntial service in forwarding some very desirable object she (Mrs Norton) bad in view, and which she believed referred he her children. The defendant afterwards called the house, and was given in charge to the police. The butler confirmed the statements with regard to , the prisoner, and also said the prisoner gave .him a ticket fur a theatre for the object, as Mrs. Norton believed, of get ting him out of the way, and obtaining more easy access to the house. The defendant solemnly protested that he was not ac. quainted with a single individual 'who knew Mrs. Notion, and so he could not have joined in any conspiracy to annoy her. He wrote to her out of synipsthy, and with the in tention of rendering her any aid in lkis power towards the restoration of her children. Mts. Norton said if be had no sinister intention, she was sorry he had been put to any inconvenience. Mr. DYER said that oa the defendant solemnly avowing,. that he would not in any wise in future annoy ur molest • Mrs. Norton be might be discharged. The defendant readily consauted, and was allowed to depart. LLO YD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY ) - LONDON, DEC. 23.---Wind this day at noon, light Easterly breeze, with sharp frost and tine weather. LIVERPOOL, DEC. 22.—Wind E. S. E., moderate. Sailed the James, White, for Sydney, New South W ales; Golden Fleece, Hubbock, Pernambuco; Mexican Neket, Chaplin, Vera Cruz ; Silburn, Clarke, Havannah ; Re public, Thompson; New York. PORTSMOUTH, DEC. 22.—Wind E. to E N.E.—At. rived the British Qui eu, R o b er ts, from New York ; Danzic, Havannah ; Jeanette Plullipiner Rader-tinker, Batavia. The Maria, Clarke, from Lynn to Ramsgate, got on shore on the Kicker P o i n t l as t night. KINSALE, DEC. I 9 . —Arrived the Great Britain, Shax son, from Quebec ; Hector, Anderson, Montreal. CARDIFF, Dac. I 9 . —Arrived Brothers', Mosey, Quebec (.3110( KIIAVEN, DEC. 19 .__Arrived the Rich mond, Cur _ Quebec, with loss of sails, B c. CORK, DEC. 20.—Arrived t h e Wave, Pugley , fro m Batavia. Sailed General Palm er , for Bermuda. kan, from Laguna ; Thomas Worthington , Wakeban, SWITZERLAND. The Cuurrier de Lyons of the 17th inst., represents Switz, rland as on the eve of to Lion. The Catholic population o f Argau declared, that if the principle of an equal representation new political cumin° . representation in the statei., .nd of a distinct administration fur religious affairs were not introduced into the new constitution, they would scp.t. rate from their Protestant brethren, to whom they wet e little inferior in numbers, and constitute themselves into a loudly called Lucerne, encouraged called for the total subversion of Lind, r tdhlaii'ell t (: iL o 'cb ti ty st ct i ale t i u ti t t i oc o lli r e : r o gT t y l e 831. The canton of St. Gall was prey to serious dissensions, occasioned by administrative and local interests, and the Government of Zurich was struggling against the efroits of the Radical party, 1 ,0,„„ numbers had greatly increased since its defeat in S e p tem. ber, 1839. Popular mee'ings were held in almost every canton, and there was little doubt that the removal of Os, scat of the federal Government from Zurich to Berne, and the exercise of the ;u . irerne authority by il. Neuhaus, "whose political pr(judiees and d o ctrir , es were little re -2 2 - suring for the C ons e rvative party," would add to the chances of success of its Radical opponents. Tli H extra allow ance to the WORKousr— s, _.•-.T.__--_-,.-_ - _ — ___ - __...._.._ It C i s i gratifying!it s T A tos D learnA I IN that the poor will not be much less on this than on forme r oe „_ sions, and in some instances increased. In St. George's W.akhouse. Hanover-square, - the fare is to be roast beet end vegetables, and twopence for each person; and on New Year's-day roast beef and plum puddin g , w i th two. ponce for each person; total number of inmates, 386. In St. Marylebone each adult is to have six ounces o f tont . In'ef, a pound of plum-pudding, and a pint of porter children, one-half the quantity ; and on Ch ristmas -eve, an ounce of tea and a quarter of a pound or sugar for e 4 ch adult ; total number of inmates, 1,750• In St. Marti 's -in the-Fields the fare is to be roast beef, plum.puddino., and a pint of beer; total number of inmates, 470. In the Strand Union, roast beef and Plum puddi ng; men, women, and children, 650. la Clerkenvvell, each adult is to have six ounces of roast beef, plum pudding, an d a pint of porter ; children, ono half the quantity. Mr. Whitelock, one of the overseers, k w 3 generously supplied the children with Christmas pieces to write for prizes, to be given by himself and other gentlemen. on which occasion they are to have an entertainment; total number of inmates, 540. In the City IT i ...n.on the fare is to be roast beef and plum-pudding, with tea and sugar for the aged; and on New Year's-day and Midsummer-day, the same ; the number of mon, wm n, and children is 1,200. In Whitechapel the f re w 11 be roast beef and plum-pudding ; total num ber of inmates, 721. In St. George's -it -the-Last, the inmates will have roast beef and mutton, with vegetables ; no plum-pudding will be allowed, on account of an order from the Poor-law Commissioners and the poverty of the r.te-payers; the men, we men, and children are 630. In St. Mary's, Lambeth, each adult will have one pound o f plum-pudding, five ounces of roast beet, and a pint of porter ; children, half the quantity ; total number of in mates, 833. In Christchurch, Blackfriars, Christtnag_eve is to be kept by the adults having a , pint of strong ale, half-a-pint each. and the children On Christmas-day the are is to be —adults each a pint o f -. 1 . e , e, s i x o unces of roast beef , and half a pound o f Ptum_pudding ; chil dren half the quantity : total number of inmates, 490. In St. Olive's , S outhwark, the fare is to be 5 ounces of roas: beef, and 14 ounces of plum-pudding ; men, women, and children, '230. In Bermondsey workhouse each adult is to have 6 o unce. of boiled pork, half a pound of plum pudding, and a pint of porter ; children half the quantity ; total number i of inmates , 450 . In most of the above in stances t h e plum-pudding, having been objected to by the Poor-law Co nrnissioners, is to be paid for by a sub scription amongst the Guardians and benevolent rate payers; but in the City Union it is stipulated for in the farming contract. Baron Nlounier has returned to the Brunswick Hotel, Jermyn-strcet, from Ilcytesbury House, Wilts, the seat of Lord Heytesbury. MIL WILLIAM TOOKE. rrhiz get 'lmarl ,fated in a letter which appeared is sore = f the papersr.:, cstcrday, that, ' 6 occupied as be was: with inure ialportaut claims and duties, be WCAIId t:).:e , furtin:r notice of any Aservations on his conduct. as to the matter bi questiou"_namely, using his inflict:cc as Trea surer o the Society for thu D:ffusion of Useful Knowled;:e. o tt.q,plant Mr. Duncombe in Finsbury. Ile furth r Aded " 6') my state,nent of facts I s:and or fail ; they are made, on.hoho r,aud no one who knows me would require the addi tional sanction of au oath." It appears, however, that sours incredulous persons will neither take his word of honour, nor test his ve:acity by an oath ; and, among others, a Com spondent of a Morning Contemporary, who writes mirkr the signature of " Anti-Pharisee." That writer gives what the Treasurer and the Secretary of the So , jet for good reasons, no doubt, declined, the resolution .if the Sub- Committee on the pious gentleman's conduct towards Mr. Dunearnhe; and with such a resolution staring hiM and Mr. Coates i n th e f ac e e very time the books are nii-eued, we cannot conceive how, as men of honour uTid spirit, they can-for—a day longer retain their situations. Tnty have already damaged the Society to an enormous extent, and if the Committee pass over such conduct, and allow them, as in this instance, to manage its affairs for their own selfish purposes, the fate of an Institutian that once s.ood so high in public estimation, is sealed. The tollowin4 extracts from the letter referred to will throw some additional light on this dark subject:— " Although the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge does not diffuse at a railroad pace, yet nu one can deny that much useful information oozes out whenever its immaculate Treasurer attempts an explanation or pal liation of his late disgusting conduct. It appears that. when Mr. Duncombe in July last asked the Secretary whether, upon the ceeasion of his charges being communi cated to the Treasurer, that candid individual admitted or denied their truth ? Mr. Coates replied " that ho was not at liberty to state what passed at any meeting of the Committee unless directed to do so by the Committee." fellow-servant, Mr. Tooke, seems to be under no such iestrictiun; he appears to be at liberty to divulge just so much and no Imre as suits his own dirty ends—if not, why has he not furnished the public with the names of all the 16 gt ntlemen who divided upon the "previous question," moved by Sir G. Staunton, to his shame, and voted against, to Iris honour, by Lord Nugent? We also see to-day three official documents paraded by " the well-beloved 'Tooke." Why have we not also the resolution or report of the Sub-Committee, Messrs. Duckworth, G. C. Lewis, and Wrottesley ? than whom three mere honourable men do not exist. But as the members of the Committee are now absolved from secrecy by the garbled disclosures of Mr. Tooke, I beg to supply the deficiency, and to inform )ou that the Sub-Committee, after hearing Mr. Dun combo, and exarninicg his honest and straightforward wit nesses (among whom I include Mr. Coates), they came, as far as my recollection serves me, to the following reso lution :—" We are of opinion that Mr. William Tooke has used the influence he possesses as Treasurer to induce the tradesmen of the Society to promise in writing their active • and zealous support at the next election for the borough of Finsbury, and that he has used the agency of the Secretary for that purpose." This was the report made to the General Committee by the three honourable gentlemen qpointed by Lotd Brougham, and would of itself justify Lord Nugent, or any other honourable man, who did not wish to screen a delinquent, to conic to the resolution of what the well-beloved 'Tooke calls his " supposed undue influence." Mr. -Tooke, in his flounderings and attempts at explanation, seems to think, by throwing dirt at others (as unmerited as it is contemptible), that he can extricate himself from the filth in which he is immured. No, every move he makes,. - the deeper he plunges. But what amuses me the most is, that the immaculate attorney states that this is the first time that his moral or political inte giity has been questioned ; if so, the public arc wrong in supposing that the Treasurer for the diffusion of Useful Know ledge was once Member for Truro, and, to the ho nour of that borough, was cast off and succeeded at the last election by as independent and honourable a man as sirs in the House of Commons, Mr. Turner, and who in 1b37, I flitd, concludes an address to his constituents, de. cling all Wither communication with Mr. Tooke, "on account of his having evinced so total a want of moral chat acler and Cla istian conduct." To the grave attention of the Society for the Diffusion of Uieful Knowledge I beg to recommend the above pas . Age, extracted from Mr. Turner's excellent address ; and if that institution is desirous of possessing the slightest par ticle of public confidence or respect, they will follow Mr. Turner's example." THE METROPOLITAN PRISONS FOlt DEBT —All the prisoners confined for debt in the metropolitan prisons on Christmas-day will have donations of beef, bread, &c., with the exception of the inmates of Horse monger-lane Gaol,t Southwark, who this year, in ad dition to their incarceration, will have no allowance to rejuice at this season. Those who possess the luxuries of this life, and look upon " imprisonment for debt before hearing" as a hard measure of justice, might exercise their charity "to set the heart of the prisoners free." In Whitecross-street prison there arc now about 360, who will have given them 11b. of beef, Ilb. of bread, and a pint of beer, by the Lord Mayor and the Sheriffs, and the same allowance will be made on New Year's Day. There are other donations, especially to; citizens, and every prisoner, including the officers, will have 31b. or 41b. of beef. In Horsemonger-lane are up. wards of 100 persons fur debt, who this year will receive " nothing.' an allowance being made only once in two years. There are 120 in the King's Bench, and upwards of that number in the Fleet Prison, who will have given them beef, bread, &c. In the Marshalsea are seventy prisoners, and the Lord High Steward's annual donation of 201. will be spent among them, by which means each man will have about 31b of beef, two half quartern loaves, and three pints of beer. There arc nearly Sqo persons in the ortotropolitan prisons for debt, of which the greater portion have not been heard by the Insolvent DgAitors' Court. and they will probably, after stopping some time in prison, be discharged without any complaint on the part of their creditors. At an ordination held by the Lord Bishop of Gloeester and Bristol in the Cathedral of Bristol, on Sunday, the 20th of December, the following gentlemen were admitted into Holy Orders :—Deacons--ileary Bate, B. A., Emmanuel College, Cambridge ; William Henry Biederman, B. A., Pembroke College, Oxford ; Henry Bubb, M. A., Pembroke College, Oxford ; Richard Trist Budd, B. A.. Magdalene College, Cambridge ; John Bath Gabriel, B. A., St. Edmund Hall, Oxford ; Charles Ross de Haviland, B. A., Oriel College, Oxford ; Edgar Lloyd, B. A., Morton College, Oxford ; Octavius Freire Owen, B. A., Christ Church, Oxford. Priests.—John Southgate Austin, B. A., Trinity College, Oxford ; Edward John Everard, B. A., St. John's College, Cam bridge ; EdvilirclA',_ G arrow, B. A., Brasenose College, Oxford ; Robert Hobson, B A., Queen's College, Ox ford ; Mey rick Ilolme, M. A., Brasenose College, Oxford. FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE LONDON AND CuovoaN RAILWAY.-On Tuesday evening an inquest was held before Mr. Payne, at Guy's Hospital, on the body of William Galt, aged twenty-four, a labourer em ployed on the above line. It appeared in evidence that on Monday week last deceased first came into the em ploy of the Company, and that he then received the usual precautionary instructions, and was of course told that the whistle of the engine was a signal that a train was approaching; and that all persons should keep clear of the line. On Tuesday week morning, the day after de ceased was first employed on the line, he was occupied in vamping the snow off the rails of the up-line to London, about a quarter of a mile on this side of the New-cross sta tion, Another labourer on the line heard the whistle of the approaching engine and hallooed to deceased, who scorned to take no notice of the warning ; and although the whistle continued, and the driver of the engine hallooed and beckoned to deceased, he did get out of the way. When w :Oita about thirty yards of him tilt seam was shut off, but, not A ithstanding the engine did not stop until it pas sed de ceased, the buffer striking him on the forehead and throw ing him three yards ictl the line on to the embankment. He was taken up bleeding from the forehead and insensible, ai d placed on the teader of the engine, which had stopped, and conveyed without delay to the above hospital, in which be Expired on Saturday last of concussion, produced by laceration of the brain, the result of the accident. It hav ing le.en fully proved that the accident was the consequence of deceased's non-attention to the ordinary signals, and not to negligence on the part of the Engine-driver, the jury returned a verdict of " Accidental death." ACADEMIE ROYALE. A novel sight was a itnessed at this theatre on Sunday night, by the at tendance of three hundred and sixty sailors of the Belle Poole arid Favorite, who occupied the greater portion o f the pit, their places having been defrayed by the privy purse. The performances were Auber's ballet e ., rj D' e t /a Bayadere, and the last new aeacrii O. ,e le a ballet of the Diable Atnoureux. The jolly tars appeared highly deliehted with the treat provided for them. The Duke and Duchess of Nemours, the Duke d' Aumale, and the Princess Clementine, and last, though not least , the li n of the evening, the Prince de Joinville, in habit bourgeois, were present in the Duke of Orlean's box. Ihe house was crowded in every part. A GOOD EXAMPLE.—Mr. W. Drouet, of Grove douse, Brixton-hill, has provided at his sole ex pense, an entertainment of roast beef and plum-pudding, &c., so that the pauper children of the above-named house may participate in the nearly universal festivities o Christmas day. CANTERBURY. —Bread to the amount of 10/. was given on Thursday to the poor of the parish of Ash ford. The fund from which it is given is a fine paid by consent by certain disciples of the Marquis of Waterford, who some time since dissurbed the repose of the peaceable inhabitants by mounting the town pump and leap-frogging, putting out the lamps, and a great deal else of what they considered harmless amusement. In their more sober momen ts they consented to p a y 101. to be given to the o eor in bread, which the poor have thankfully received. Mat !stow' Ga;otte. NEW CITY POLICE.—At the election for members of the Common Council, held on Monday at several of the wards, the chief subject of discussion was on the a dditional rate imposed for the support of the new po lice. Tire real expenses have much exceeded the esti mate; and, in order to obtain sufficient funds, a re-assess. merit has been made at a rack rent, or the letting value of the property, which is estimated as an excess of one third above the assessment for the old watch-rate. In ad dition to the above, an additional rate of Id. in the pound has generally been .adopted for the purpose of el:frayirg i icidental ward expenses, including the remuneration f r ward clerks and ward beadles, the salaries of whom have been assigned by the Court of Common Council. SIIIYWRECKs.—We understand from a gentle man who was on board the Orwell, that en Saturday there we a no less than four vessels which, in the snow-storm of Thursday night, were driven on the Maplin and other sands. When the tide was at ebb they were almost dry. Off the Nore was seen, just above the water, the topmast of a wherry, which went down on Thursday night, when four hands perished. The upper parts of two masts, evi dently belongii g to a schooner, were also seen a little fur fur to the east :, this vessel is supposed to have foundered and gone down on the same night. —lpswich Express. THE CORN-LAWS. IMPORTANT MEETING OF THE ELECTORS AT MACCLESFIELD. A higbly respectable tied crewded meeting of the elec tors of thin borough took place cn Monday evening, the 21st instant, which had been core:coed by circular to meet a deputcOoa from the Council of the Anti-Corn-law Leasue, viz. John Brooks, Esq., Richard Cobden, Esq., Rawson, Esq., and Wriliant Evans, Esq., ou the subject of a repeal of the Corr.-laws. Mr, RATHRDNE Was unanimously called to the chair. Mr. Wm EVANS briefly stated to the meeting the ob ject of the deputation, which was to endeavour to induce the chctors of that important borough to join their influ ence in endeavouring to obtain the abrogation of the Corn laws. They came there in no party spirit. They had no %dill to support one Ministry or another. The sole object was, aloof from all party considerations, to overthrow a monopoly so injurious to the country as the bread-tax. JOHN 13nooas, Esq., late Boroughreeve of Manchester, then addressed the meeting with his usual effect. lie said Which of you would Ike a hie or little loaf for a shilling? I am sure you are for the big loaf. Gentlemen, I can answer that question ; you are for the big loaf and so am I. To show you the injustice of this Corn-law, suppose that six or seven men in this town compelled you to purchase at their shops, end they:would not permit you to purchase elsewhere, would that be fair? It is thus with the landlords, they want to compel us to purchase only from them, nlthough we could puecha de cheaper and better elsewhere.—(Cheers.) lo the late great panic, as you well know, America owed a great deal of money to this country. she was able and willing to pay, but it was in corn ; she had plenty of corn, but that did not suit the landlords, they wanted to compel us, as I said before, to go only to their shops. Gentlemen, call a meeting of the electors, appoint a chairman, sum mon Mr. Grinisditeb before you, and ask him what he means by voting even against inquiring into the conse quences of this law. Now, Gentlemen, that case you may be sure is always a bad case when they dread inquiry. I say call him before you, and ask him what be means by voting for a tax on the poor man's bread. Gentlemen, wherever a thing can be made cheapest, it always will be made—cheapness will regulate itself. Now, Gentlemen, you have a protection on silk, but you export an increasing quantity every year ; before you could sell a single pound, you must sell it cheaper in other markets than the saute produce of other countries ; whether bread here is cheap or dear, there you can get no more for your %ilk, and remember, the price at home is always regulated by the price abroad. Tells protection, so far from bainss a source of advantage, is a positive injury.—(Cheers.) B e" not deceived then, electors of Manchester, join with us in obtaining the repeal of tide most wicked monopoly. The Speaker then drew a feeling picture of the misery which existed in Manchester, of which town he was Boroughreeve last year. They talked with horror of the atrocities of Burke and flare, but this law was murdering people by thousands, and he heartily entreated the people of Macclesfield to join tho general effort to get rid of it. \VM. RAWSON, Esq., began by stating that he was one of a community. Nottingham, which was " blessed" with a protection of 20 per cent. on its staple manufacture. He alluded to the hosiery trade, which had been ruined by " protection." He besought the people of :Macclesfield not to lay the flittering unction to their souls that this protection benefited them. No; it never did any good yet, and never would. So long as we were exporters of goods our prices would be regulated by the prices abroad ; and who were our competitors ? The Swiss, Germans, French, and other nations, where bread was cheaper by one-third than it was in this country. The speaker then gave some interesting statistical accounts of the increasing export from the Continent to America. RICHARD ColtoaN, Esq , was received with loud cheer ing. He would not on this occasion condescend to go into statistics to prove so obvious a truth as that the bread tax was unjust, unchristian, and ought immediately to be abolished. If a man on another planet were told that the people of one part of this earth were starving for want of food, and those only a short distance from them had not only abundance, but were most anxious to exchange that abundance for productions of the other, how monstrous would it appear to hini—how cruel andunjust he would feel it to be that any laws should be permitted to exist which shoold prevent the interchange ? What was the feet ? For forty years we had not grown sufficient for our own consumption—for the last fifteen years we have imported 15,000 bushels a-day, and yet laws passed which pre vented the importation, excepting at famine pricer I— ( Cheers.) Is this Christian legislation ? What said the Word of God ? " I give you eveiy herb bearing seed which is upon the face of the earth." This is the Chris tian law ! and what is the natural law ? Think you the ocean which Providence has placed between t4e various parts of the earth was meant as a barrier to prevent the kindly interchange of commodities ? No ; it was intended as the great highway, by means of which nations and in dividuals of every clime could extend and exchange with each other the fruits of all the earth—else, for what is our talent in navigation, our skill in building ships ? Think you the knowledge by which we can make the winds and waves subservient to the will of man was given for nothing ? Your population increases in the ratio of 1,000 a-day, yet the landlords tell you you shall only be fed on the same portion of land. You do not ask them to feed you ? you do not ask them to clothe you ?—you do not want to break down their parks ?—all that you demand is the right to exchange the produce of your labour for food of other countries. They can bring back every luxury—the choicest fruits—the greatest delicacies for their own use —but they deny to you the right of obtaining fur your. selves a supply of the fist articles of life. The insolent plea that this law is for the benefit of the farmer, will not serve them. Who ever heard of a farmer becoming rich or prosperous. He is simply in the condition of broker in the hands of the landlord, who wrings from him every portion of rent he can extract. We pretend in this cowl.- try an abhorrence of slavery ; but what are our acts? We ship largely to America—they pay us in cotton, in tobacco, and rice, produced only by slave labour ; whereas the corn which is cultivated in the length and breadth of that great Continent, and cultivated, too, by free labour, we refuse to take in payment for our goods. What think you of conduct such as this ? I; it not hypocrisy that men with the cant of slavery on their lips, should by their actions thus perpetuate the cause? Take your stand then on the prin ciple of justice, fix yourself on the rock of principle, and nothing on earth can resist you.—(Cheers.) But, say the landlords, there arc interests sprung up under these laws. There may be, but how many more interests are suffering under them ? There are only 30,000 landowners and 25.000,000 consumers suffering under its baneful fl' eta There is a tree in the Island of Java called the Upas Tree, whose deadly effect is such, that all perish who approach it—all die who are near it. Must it be en dured because some birds of prey take shelter among its branches? No; cut it down—cut it down—at once, and for ever.—( Loud and continued cheering.) TIMOTHY FALORY, a working man, made an eloquent and effective apcal to his fellow-townsmen against the wicked bread -tax, and combated with much effect the various arguments of the landlords. WILLIAM BARNETT, a silk-weaver, remarked that the Irish-people were in a destitute condition, yet he believed the Poles were as badly off, and were obliged to wear sheep-skins. Was not Poland as poor? and are the poor of that country so badly off as in Ireland? Mr. Colonel replied, that the Poles, without a Corn law, were better fed than the Irish with one ; and if they were clad in cheep-skins, it was because they were not al lowed to exchange their surplus corn for fustian jackets and trousers manufactured in Lancashire. The Corn-law, by restricting the food of the whole people to the produce of their islands, necessarily compelled a portion of the po pulat.on to a very insufficient share. Ireland, owing to misgovernment of other kinds, was at the bottom of the social scale, and of course had to put up with the worst allowance. As population continued to Increase, the workmen of England would gradually come down to the level of the Irish, unless the Corn laws were repealed. The landlords had an interest in bringing down the people to that state, for the potato-fed peasantry in Ireland paid higher rents than the farmers in Norfolk for their fine wheat land. It was moved by Mr. JASPER, and seconded by Mr. ROBINSON, and carried by acclamation, " That an Associ ation be forthwith appointed in this town for the purpose of procuring from the Legislature, the total and immedi ate Repeal of the Corn Laws, to be called the Maccles field Am . -Corn-law Association." A vote of thanks was then unanimously passed to ti e League and to the gentlemen forming the deputation. Air. Wm, EVANS proposed, and Mr. Rawsos seconded a vote of thanks to the Chairman ; who in reply stated that the names of gentlemen willing to become members of the Association, would then be taken, and about 30 or 40 gentlemen came forward for the purpose. Three times three cheers, arid one cheer more, were given for immediate repeal, and the meeting separated. Considering that Mucclesfield is peculiarly circum stanced with regard to its trade, being chiefly engaged in the manufacture of silk which is" bleated" with a protective duty, this triumph of sound principle is particularly gra tifying. Nothing could exceed the enthusiasm which was displayed, the consequence will be that a bread-taxing candidate will find no easy matter to retain his scat for hat constituency. THE WEATIIER.—The frost, to-day, has in creased in intensity, the mercury this morning being down to 23 degrees. We have this morning the same fine weather as yesterday, witk less wind. The sun shine. ; brightly. The skaters on the Serpentine yesterday were not numerous, but we found the ice in pretty good condi tion, rather roughish, but not so much as to preclude the pleasure of skaiting. The ice is now quite safe and sound. Yesterday, about the middle of the day, the thermometer stood at 32 (the freezing point), and at fire o'clock it had fallen to 28, with the wind at N. E. by N. The Skating Club have established their rendezvous in the Regent's park. They have erected a commodious marquee for the use of the members on the bank facing York-terrace. The scene in the Parks, yesterday, was a very animated one; crowds of ladies and fashionables promenading on the banks throughout the day. A suggestion was thrown out, which ' if carried into effect, would doubtless prove advantageous to the skaters, namely, that a fire-engine should be err _ ployed in the evening to cover the surface of the ice with water, so that by the action of the frost during the night another layer of ice might be procured which would g ive additional firmness and security. There were no acci dents during the day. in SI. James Park the skaters were pretty numerous and the ice was tolerably firm. MARRIAGE EXTRAORDINARY. --At Thurso, on Tuesday, the Ist curt., Mr. Henry Swanson, mason and weaver, to Mrs. Jane Young. The stalwart bride groom has long been a denizen of this weary world, having withstood the blasts of 85 winters, while the lovely bride, who has linked her fate with his, has witnessed the open ing blossoms of no less than 66 summers.— Wick p a p er. A curious instance of th e progress of refinemen t i the West Indies occurs i n the fact that an organ -builder in London has just received orders for three aaolophons, t be scut over t o Jamaica, for the use of thrueerend brethren,egro Bap tist congre ga ti ons i n that island. O ur c o loured it appears, are not insensible to the influence of music in the xercise of their devotions EVENING TION . ELECTORAL ANTI-CURD LAW AGITATION. The c: - instituney of the borough a Northampton Living beet, :Appealed to by 11r. Aelabd Wier the devotion of night,: to lectures discus ion), adopted resolu tiont colidennodory of Mr. Vernon, one of their Mcniberi, for Living ',either voted nor paired in favour of Mr, Vtllierti' motion on the 26th of May. 'No taut join the reply of the lionoulable MAnber with the rejoinder.) Mr. Arland To Mr. Jolin Stanton, Horse-nu:11ot, thumpten. DEAK have receivt:d, with some surprise, four resolutions pease(' at a meeting over which you presided, as they imply ignorance of my opinion on the present Corn-laws. I voted ag a inst these laws while in office with Lend Grey, whnse Cabinet supported them, and have since, while in (.11..0 with Lord Melbourne. If I was absent on the tnith of M.iy, I had probably paired ; though I have here no means of reference. My opinion is that the present seale of duties should be lowered now, and again, t.ll we can arrive at a free trade. In t!:e meantime, the management of this cause may be much imitrovi:d, or rather it needs no management but ar gument. Above all, I would avoid the array of one int,rest against another. I wish by a repeal of t the Corn. laws not to enter into a contention between the profits of manufac ture and agriculture, but to improve the condition of the working classes. Such an object needs no mystification. I, therefore, regret to find at the head of the paper by which you w.ere united to meet the unintelligible words " Elcoeral 11readiAn." This throws ridicule on our cause, which might be much promoted by associations for d s . titeretted discussion. I have enjoyed the generous confilenee of my constituency without ever giving what aro commonly called 6 p/edges ;" but my (pinion upon every subject is ever reedy for every elector. I hope, however, upon the next occasion you will do me the favour to ask it before, instead of after, a resolution of dissatisfaction with it. Your obedient servant, R. VERNON SMITH. Farming Woods, Dee. 18, 1840. Leicester, Dcc. 21, 1840. Ste,—Having received from Mr. Stanton a copy of your letter of the 16th inst., in acknowledging the rbsolutions of your constituents, as evoked by me at the instance of the National Anti-Core-law League, I take leave respectfully to submit the subjoined remarks for your consideration. Your coristituenta having disapproved your absence from the division of the Stli of May last (on tna motion of Mr. Villiers, for an inquiry into the operation of the Corn-law) I you, in reply, express your surprise at their ignorance of your opinion on that subject. Irm quite sure, Sir, that, on a moment's reflection, you will perceive the dal' retice between opinion and conduct, to be precisely that between the theoretical and the practical. The votes of a represen tative in Pailiament count for something. whilst his mere opinions t.re worthless. For instance, Ke eof,sidcr Mr. Muntz of Birmingham, a friend, because, although be speaks against us, his vote in cur favour more than coun terbalances his merely verbal opposition. But your former votes are now of little value, unless confirmed by a visible efflrt to remove the present intole'rable evil. Were a hun dred o f those of your constituents :whose suffrages returne d you to Parliament to abs: nyhemseives from the poll-booths at the next election, ',either their opinions in your favour, nor their previously-recorded appre. , al of your claims, would entitle you to a scat in the House of Commons. You are pleased to suggest that the present agitation may be better conducted, and I can assure you that the League and its agents will feel deeply indebted to you, as to any other individual, for every hint which may enable them to make better progress in this good cause. For myself I an glad that I have an opportunity of proving to you, S:r,in how teachable a spirit I pursue my course of agitation. You object to the words "electoral bt eadism" as unintel ligible, aad although 1 might claim your evidence as to the efficacy of the shinty signified, I am willing to imagine that words which you state to be unintelligibl e to you may ba unintelligible to others, and therefore to eras e them trom my vocabulary. The shadow may surely be dispensed with so that the substance be retained ; and it being as object to procure bread fur the hungry, and to secure re munerating wages to the industriow, we cannot afford 'to waste our time or expend our energies in cavilling about words. Permit me to remark, Sir, that you are lamentably mis- informed if you suppose we desire to array one interest against another, or to make this agitation a contention be tween the manufacturer and the agriculturist. They are in the same bolt—wind-bound and water-logged by the bread-tax—and alike suffering under the needless infliction of shuit allowance ; and I venture the assertion, on my personal experience in Cornwall, Devonshire, Hants, Sussex, Norfolk, and Suffolk, that our strength is to be sought and will be found, rather in the purely agricultural districts than in those of a manufacturing character. What you may intend by the desirableness of .• disinter ested discussion " I know not, nor will I attempt to guess, for the wo,ds are to me, as a practical man, unintelligible. I cannot imagine the discussion of a question ii.volving the health, strength, life, and happiness, of an entire cum• munity, by disinterested members of that community ; in which tiaw of the suV ct I am strengthened by the notorious fact that such an occurrence as a disinterested discussion in either Ilmuse of Parliament can exist only is the imagination of paid cal dreamers, or in the assurance of political quiicks. We therefore seek to arouse the people to an effort in their own behalf by appealing to their self-iiitcie.t, and in behalf of their brethren, 5y appealing to their philanthropy. These principles of action, each duly qualified by the other, cannot fail in conducing to the good o: man and the permanent pros perity of all the great and legitimate interests of our corn• mon country. JustifLa in the Lope that professing yourself a progres sive free trader, you will not again tvithhold your parlia mentary support from Mr. Villiers on this most inipwtant of all questions, I hate the honour to subscribe myself, Sir, your very humble servant, JAMS ACLAND. Lecturer and ElLe.ion Agent to the National, A • C „.,997 la; League. R. Vernon Sni;tll, I' q , M P., &c., &c. BETTER WATER. (From the Morning Herald.) A company has recently made its appearance for the supply of the metropolis with a more wholesome quality of water at a cheaper rate under the name of tl e London and Westminster Water Company. It is genera l ly known among scientific men that experiments have been making for sonic time near Watford, ender the superintendence of the Marquis of Westminster, Chairman of the Select Committee of the HouLe of Lords, with a view to as. certain the supply of water, as to quantity, which could be obtained from that source. It is stated that, according to the report of Sir Robert Stephenson, the engineer employed, these experiments have been entirely sue. cessful, and that this metropolis can be supplied to any desirable extent with water untainted by sewers, drains, gas, and rubbish, without interfering with mill owners, or paying enormous sums of compen sation. The intention of the Legislature and Go vernnient in appointing the late Mr. Telford, with Dr - . Rogct ami Mr. Braude, on a similar investigation a eta ,. sidcrable time since, is now likely to be realised at a much smaller outlay than was then contemplated. Considering the large roams of interest which other similar undertak. logs yield to the proprietors and the high value to which that desrription of property has attained, a fair field would seem to be open for the success of the enterprise, both as respects advantage in the way of investment, and the con. v,nience and profit to the public by an increased supply of good water at a lower rate. Amongst the names in the direction, comprising a number of distinguished indi% viduals and Members of Parliament, may be noticed the veteran aliocate for better supply of water, Sir Francis Burdett, and the names well known to scienco of Sir Henry Halford, W. A. Mackinnon, M. P., Dr. Hamilton Roe, and Dr. Paris. The project has the additional re. commendation of being putely a domestic one in its ob. jeLts and expenditure. THE ROYAL EXCHANGE.—A week since the workmen engaged in removing the foundation of this build. ing found it necessary to have recourse to explosions by gunpowder. This operation was continued every even. ing for a week at seven o'clock, after the carts were re moved from off the site, and were not unattended with danger. Several large portions of bricks was detached, and projected with considerable violence, and many win dows were broken in the skylights of the Bank of Eng. land, and at the North and South American Coffee-house, whilst a portioa was thrown into a window SIX stories high, belonging to Mr. Baldwin, a tailor iu Cornhill. Several portions of figures, supposed to have belonged to the ori. ginal statues which were damaged when the Royal Ex. change was first burnt, have been discovered in the old foundation, where they appear to have been used along with the other materials. The gilt surface represereing armour has prevented the adhesion of the mortar, and th e remnants of the specimens are comparatively perfect. Every specimen and antique, when discovered, is taken to the Clerk of the Works, and so anxious are the Committee in their preservation, that workmen finding such are libel'. ally rewarded, whilst notices have been issued that any pur loining such would be treated as felony. The finest of the specimens will decorate the newly-formed collection of antiquities at Guildhall. Little progress has been made in removing the rubbish, but it is expected that one side will be ready for the reception of concrete necessary for the new foundation in about a fortnight. A notice is placed on the church of St. Benet Finek, giving notice of an application intended to be made for an Act of Parlia ment in order to remove the remainder of that edif,ce for the contemplated improvements. When the steeple was taken down, a part of the burial ground was detached, and the bodies which were deposited there were re-interred its the remaining portion of the ground. DovElt.—The weather has set in very incle ment, the ground being completely covered with a heavy fall of snow. Arrangements had bec_or a distributionn made by our re.. cently formed Benevolent Society t of coal s an d b rea d to the poor. The tickets have been issued to about sedvecnohlsu, to be delivered imme ndred poor families for a cwt. of gocd Wall" a t their own homes, one penny being charged on diately to each famlye.'l ea ch ticket to cover expense of c ar riage. A c ontract has also been entered into for bread to be distributedonan extensive scale. Nearly 4001. will have been a ltogether subscribed for the relief of the needy, including the subscriptionsin aid of the Philanthropic an d, which has commenced their winter supply of good F boef soup, such as last winter gave much satisfaction, not o nly to the poor, but also to the subscribers to the charity,* —Kent Herald. , ST. PAUL'S SCHOOL.—The Winter speeches, which arc annually spoken by the scholars of this ancient e stablishment, previously' to the commencement of the Christmas vacat'on, were delivered yeAerday in the largo school-room. They commenced shortly af ter two o ' c l oc k, by which time the seats were almost all occupied by the scholars of the school, their friends, and parents and a numerous body of the Clergy, and ot h er v i sitors , amongst , whom was Sir Robert Inglis, Bart., M.l). There were also many ladies present. The head-roaster and assdstanf• masters presided.