The Sun. — London, England, 1840-01-15 00:00:00

MONEY AND COMMERCIAL N ENT S CITY, TWEL VA 0' CL 0 CK. LIVLitraOL COTTON MakKET, TrEsnAv.—The sales this day are 2,000 bags, without change in prices. We have received Cane of Good Hope Papers to the 7th of Noverribnr. (Extract of a letter.) NATAL.—We have been favoured by an intelligent friend with the following of the present state of affairs at Natal:—" The situation of the emigrants is still the same as it was a few months ngo, the greater part of them living in enclosed camps ; and a few only having moved to their former places. Not a week passes by in which we have not got the most contradictory reports respecting Dingaan some of his people are con stantly coming here, who claim the protection of the emi grants, hut time must first show if they can be trusted. Last week Panda, the step-brother of Dingaan, and nine of his captains, with their respective regimentS, women and children, and cattle, have passed the Toogola, and gave out that they have quarrelled with Dingaan. This army lies about one day's journey from hence, and has asked permission to leave their wives and cattle on the other side of the said frontier, whilst they ;return to fight Dingaan. It is to be hoped that the Valksraad will not allow this, for how could they permit that their peace made with Dingaan (although the conditions have not been performed by him) be on their part so grossly infringed. The government of the emi grants is, however, still in embryo, and sometimes prc ceeds to the most extraordinary resolutions. Thcretore it is not known what they will do in this affair here. In the neighbourhood of this port we are about erecting a town 'about two and a half miles distance from the ' bay ; it will be named Omgenie, that being the name of the river. The river will be conducted into the town. Some of the emigrants have already dug a channel of r about 1,500 feet long, and irrigated a very fruitful coun ttry, on which they are now ploughing and sowing. On i the whale, the farmers have sown a tolerable quantity of train ; the corn every where stands very beautiful, and romises an abundant harvest. Last week I made a jour ney , to Peter Mari'z Burgh, and I must confess that a more ) beautiful country I have seen no %%here ; but in the imme ,:, di a t e neighbourhood of the bay, the cattle will not thrive so well, If the Lord only send us peace, Natal, in a few years, will become a great magazine for corn, butter, and salt beef." QUEEN'S 33Ers4CH.—(THIS DAY.) MAIMS V. KEATS. Mr. KELLY moved for a rule to show cause why a rif w trial should not be had in this case, or a nonsuit entered. The case was tried at Guildhall at the sittings after 'Mi chaelmas term, and was an action brought to recover da mages for an alleged malicious prosecution. The defen d%nt wlo a gentleman residing in the neighbourhood of 13Iackheath, and had employed the plaintiff to fit up some marble work. Several pieces of marble were missed, and the defendant accused the plaintiff of having stolen them. He was tried at the Central:Criminal Court a'd acquitted, and upon this he brought his action for a malicious prose cution, and the jury gave him 150/. damages. Mr. Kelly now contended that there was no malice on the part of the defendant, who was obliged to appear against the plain tiff or forfeit his recognizances. The COURT did not consider that if the jury were satis fied that the prosecution was a malicious one, their verdict could be disturbed on account of any of the arguments ad duced by Mr. Kelly. The damages certainly appeared large, but they were not so exorbitant as to authorize the Court to put the verdict in jeopardy by granting a new trial.—Rule refused. HARVEY AND ANOTHER V. NORTON This was an action which had been brought by the plaintiffs, who were cabinet-makers, residing in the West minstep-road, against the defendant, the Hon. G. C. Norton, for goods supplied to his wife. It appeared that in the year 1838 Mrs. Norton was residing in Bolton sti set, separated from her husband, but with his consent. The plaintiffs had supplied her with furniture to the amount of 911. Bs. 6d. On applying for the money, the plaintiffs' clerk was desired to divide the oil! into two portions, one of which amounting to 421. was to be made out in the name of Mr. Sheridan, Mrs. Norton's uncle, who was residing in the house in Bolton. street, and this was discharged by a cheque given by Mr. Sheridan. The other bill, amounting to 49/., was pre sented to Mr. Norton, who refused payment, and this acioti was therefore brought. The Jury found a verdict for the defendant, and _ Mr. WannEN now applied for a rule to show cause why the verdict should not he set aside, on the ground of mis direction by the Learned Judge.—Rule refused. EXCHEQUER COURT-THIS DAY. (Sittings in Banco.) YATES V. TIIE CITY OF DUBLIN STEAM PACKET COMPANY. This was nn action brought to recover the value of a e4igo of iron which was run down in the river Mersey by on.! of the packets belonging to the defendant. The action was tried before Mr. Baron Gurney at the sittings in London after last term, when a verdict was found for the defendants. Sir F. PoLLocK now moved for a rule to show cause why the judgment should not be signed until after the trial of another cause, which involved the same circumstances. The trial, as usual in such cases, lasted the whole day. the next action in the paper was one brought to re cover the value of the ship, but in consequence of the result of the former action, the record was withdrawn. The plaintiff depended upon the presence of the Mate of their ship ; he was expected every half hour, but did not arrive. There was some evidence as to an ad mission made by him at the time of the collision, and ad vantage was taken of his absence, the Counsel for the de fendant urging that the plaintiff had kept the witness back, knowing that his evidence would damage their cause, and that topic had much influence on the minds of the Jury. His affidavit showed clearly that the Mate was expected to arrive from hour to hour, and his application was that he might have leave to move for a new trial, supposing the result of the other action to be in favour of the plaintiff. The defendants were entitled to nothing but their costs, and the plaintiffs were quite willing to pay them ; all he wanted, was to have the right of applying to the Court if it should be thought advisable after the trial of the ether action, they being now able to produce the Mate, 'Dore was tt precedent for his appli cat'on in the case of Cobbold v. Grenell, where the Ring's Bench granted such an application, although there had beep s verdict for the plaintiff, and he was kept out of his damages, ' Mr. Baron ALDSRSON said there was a great difference in the application being made by a plaintiff in place of a defendant. The former, if not prepared, might with draw his record, or even at the last he might apply to be nonsuited ; a defendant had none of those advantages, and was compelled to go on, whether he was prepared or not. There had been no misdirection in this ease, neither was the verdict against the mind of the Judge—it had been obtained upon evidence laid before the Jury by the plaintiff himself, and he thought it would Le opening too wide a door—it would be establishing a very dangerous precedent, if they were to interfere, and prevent the cause taking the usual course.—Rule refused. LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL. BILLS OF EXCHANGE BILL—The Secretary to Govern ment presented a petition from certain individuals praying t' be heard by Counsel against the Bills of Exchange Bill, valich he moved should be acceded to. Mr. Cloete moved that Counsel be now heard in sup port a the petition against the Bill. Couns,l called. His argument on the subject takes up seven colurnAs of die paper. Accounts from St. Petersburg state that more than thirty-five persons have died frcm the cold weather, which wAs very severe, within a few days. The New Orleans Papers to the 15th December bring accounts of heavy amounts of cotton, which literally poured into that port ; according to the Price Current, there came as follows:—Per Levy, 29,576 ; per Raynal, 24,375. The price has been reduced, since the news by the Queen, a quarter of a cent. per lb ,; the sales arc repre sented 1 . .1- the week by Levy at 15,C00 bags, and by Ray nal at 17,000. The authorities differ widely in their statemeets of stock on band. Per Levy, 125,177 bags; per Raynal, 117,435 baga.,_ THE FUNDS Conso:. ° opened this morning at 99.2 4, both for Account and Money. To-morrow being settling-day in the British Market, the chief business cluing at present is arranging their accounts. Exchequer Bills, 9 11 prem. ; India Bonds par, 2 prem. ; Bank Stock 1784 179; India Stock, 248? 249. In the Foreign Marketit i; settling-day, consequently the brokers and jobbers arc buay in paying and receiving the balances of their accounts. Spanish Active. 244 4 ; Portuguese, 33 34 ; Three per Cent5.,...2.34 ; Colombian, 24& 25 ; Mexican, 291 t; Bra zilian, 74 75 ; Dutch Two-and- Half per Cents , 521. The Exchanges were lower yesterday, although a great coal of business was doing in them. PRICES OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Bank Stock )78% India Stock — 3 per Cent. Red. ......... ..... .91% ii Ditto Bonds B per Cent. Cons. 9ult % :;.onth Sea Stock 3% per Cent — Oki APPlnti" — Ditto Red. 99%.%,% New Ditto „_ — r ew 3% per Cent... ........ ...ge% ); 3 per Cent. Aniwalcs. 1751 --- New 5 per Cent. B.Ank Long Annuities toexpire , DittO 500. 1I S pm, J an; 5, IB6' 14 1-18 14 MAO fiirnall 8 11 0 pm. Oct. 10, 1859 —, Ditto C..o43oWrcial — Jan. 5, 1660 — ' Ditto Advcr#44-1,,... Jan. 5, ISSO — Bank Stock for Account ... 178 April L'• 1880 — India Stock for Accoun t .. Jan. 6. 1870 — COOSPA for Accourt....... £ l l,f % PRICES O)' FOREIGN FUNDS THIS D 4 .y AT ONE O ' CLOCK Austrian 40n0.g Peruvian Bonds - Belgian Bonds .. Ditto Account - Ditto Account. .. Portuguese Bon d s. - B raz ilian Bonds .......... .... - Ditto tipw Bods -24 31ii 4% Ditto Account - B u enos Ayres Bonds 3% Ditto Necont ......... - D i tto Account..., .... f.3% u Chilisn Bond i - Prussian Bonds .. ..... ~,•••• - 915t3.tecc - . nt - Russian Bands, 1 82:....... lln 4 3f, toient i.t. .:ids 12% Ditto Ae,count - nit:, t „ . „, nt .............. _ Ditt o h ri ß leta d llie .............. 2 4 s 4; Columbian 3:iis,l6A • ...... 24% 5 Spanis h on 5„..., ....... ~ L 3 ,... : , , , . u ...,,,,,, 1 it, ............... - Ditto Account : ~.'2 4 14% . , ... ,••• t , - , ii banish B,..nds ................. 75% Passive Ditto z.:. i.nt ••..«, ....... Deterred - French, 5 per cent....... t . -C. Greek Bonds - --.....- 4 per cont. Ditto Bonds, 1825 - ----- 3 pot Cent ...... -f. •-c, Ditto ACCOUGt 2fexican Bonds, 5 pe r Cant - ----. cent. Lief 'JB ...... ... 7c. Ditto Account .......... - Dutch, 2!<, per ,' ..... Dc2i i i • Ditto, 6 per Cent. Ditto Account ~....s.. 29,t Ditto, 5 per cent ..... ,- Neapolitan Ditto Ae4oitrit ft- PRICES OF SHARES THIS AP a i d DAY A o>l O g 'CLOCK. Paid Per Share. Enuth Western Railway Comp an y `,9 43% Nlssional Bank of Ireland... ........ ....... ......... 17% pi COURSE OF' EXCHANGE, 115..i.E.8.1 , A i: . A.-tstrulem . ........ -.C.F. 12 C Ultira:t.. ,„....„.„..,............. 41 , Ont. '. ,i't sight [totter. 'OR id , ..... ...... 2 U ll li% . Ge. 0.... . ~.,......,....., „,,•,. cl, 12 ti , Milan.... ...... ..,....... ~... AI Antwerp.. •' - ti , nnnrg. ....... ~,,.31. B. 18 :2 s a , Venice ........ ....................,, •'''. - . ,„..„, la 13 I N...p10s . Mtona Paris, 3 days , 5 ,7., 4 „ 25 , _45 , I . 'al . erroo ~......-........per oz. ~.. Ditto__ „ „ .......... its , ?i , 40 il.f.t , cr. .. a 4 ~ 0 I 0p0rt0........., ,„..„,,,•,,, „,,, Au Marseilles. - ~..........,,,„.„.,.. 1 , 656 Bourdeaux Frankfort on Maine, E.M. l.: 1 / 4 t - -tat " a ""• - • **-- ...... i.”- , -.• . 11.0 V'etersbuigh, ruble... 3 Us. 37 I ix , i.pos Apes ~„.„....., ......„ ... Berlin 7 0 , , . , . day • ' ~,,,,,t ~ 4,1% Vienna, ellectivc f1...3 M. In i; t'll i .` , ..-ti , ro ....... ........ it, Trieste ditto in f pay _- Or pii.lll: N. ps' OZ, Madr1d.......... ........... Wiz.... Bilboa ..... Ztarcelon , .: N., - AV' 11164,•, 0 17 p 3144 1 Nevi Oottblat.sioi .........., t` 0 36 1 N 2 , A , D nlhrs ~,,t5,„... u 4 ItN se.ilie ............ .. ...... . HAMBURG BOR:iiEN_ HALLE, Isar, Id. Bills, MOnZIY. , 107 106% I Austrian 5 per Cents. B a nk Shares 107% 11)7% An hi-R us sian Loan l7OO 1f95 104% - 102 I Russizn 5 per Cent. I st serie s, Certificate 103 Inscription, Ist Series Russian 5 per Cent. Hop? and Co. 3d and 4th Se:Ls Ditto in Certificates D u t c h e ctual Debt, 254 per Cent Ditto per Cent llO Polish Bonds this i icket 5 Angl o -Danish Loan, 3 per Cent t)7% 7N 98 90% 98% 98 - 72 7 2 Norwegian Loan, 1834, 4 per Cent... ) S,•anisli, New 3 per Cents. EXCHANGES OS LONDON. jai HAMBURG, JAN. 10.-03. li%-TWO months, 13 4%. PETERSBURG/I, Mc. 3i.-Two months, 38 11-16; bTocKnoLm, JAN. 1.-Seventy-five days, 11. 40. 3ERIAN, JAN. 7.-Three months, 6. 21%. AUSTRIAN FUNDS.-Vmarrs,JaN. 4 five per Cents. Metalliques Fear per Cents. Three pa* Cents. Bank Shares l7OO ....Allgorteine Zeilung, Jan. 9 11,814 HALF-PA3T ONE. The settling of the Foreign account is going off well. as is not a heavy one; the difference of the extreme fluctuation in Portuguese Stock has been about 3 per cent. ; Spanish about 1.4. In other Foreign securities scarce worth notice. Consols continue much the same as in the early part of the morning, with . the exception of I, per cent. lower, 924 for the Account; Exchequer Bills lower, II 8 prem. ; India Bonds, par, 2 prem. to par ; Bank Stock, 1784. In the Foreign Market Spanish Actives rather improved since the morning, 244 i-; Portuguese, 341 ; Three per Cents., 23;1; Colombian, 24a_ 25 ; Mexican, 294 ; Dutch Two-and-a- Half per Cents., 52. We have no further arrivals to the present time. The public and speculators are anxiously waiting for the Queen's speech to be delivered to-morrow. Ell; The Countess of Minto and the Ladies _ .tot, have arrived at the Admiralty from Minto Castle Roxburghshire, for the season. THE DIARY OF A NUN.—This highly ex citing narrative of romantic events in real life derives a peculiar charm from the reminiscences of travel which it contains, after the manner of the " Ennuyee," &e. " We must not anticipate," observes the New Monthly, "She course of events on w'lich tlp. interest of this stoty hangs and the passion oE2Kturns ; suffice it to say, that it is very pleasingly and skilfully blended with what eve have no doubt are the actual details of a lengthened tour antlsidenee in Italy, and that the whole forms a very graceful, interesting, and touching story. Nor must we neglect to add that a strong effect of reality is given to the whole by the introduction of numerous ariecdotes and personal descriptions of many c elebrated individuals who still occupy a large apace in public attention. COAL-PIT ACCIDENT.—On Wednesday, a melancholy calamity occurred in one of Earl Fit z winifun's extensive coal mines, near Greasbough, attended with the loss of life. Samuel Street, steady and industrious man, who has a large family, :Was employed mining, when a huge mass of coal fil ,vetddenly with a dreadful crash, and falling on the poor wan bruised him severely. What is still more tragic, .‘e et his sons, a fine youth, who was mining along with ° his I:\ther' was killed on the spot . meeting_ of the Clergy of 'E - TH : C L EF.Gy.--- ,. -Itaconry -4 of Ity was held on 'Tuesday ire the the Arch, %Ii hael's Church, Cambridge, to take vestry of St. x!" - - - tba steps it became the Clergy to into considerati! ul , o , f measures now in agitation. adopt, in conseque.leo TRADE or NEN /rCAS • TLE --We sincerely con gratulate our friends a wl neighbours upon the gratifying fact, announced ii the Collector of the Customs of the ?art of Newcastle, (Satn:g , , last, Edgcombc, Esq.,) to the ruesoay that the re- Ctramber of Commerce on • ~., last r the year more ceirS of the Custom Houtd t: than equalled in : 'mount the who l ii' . 47'ted 10 +64,000/.: years preceding. re 'r3ipts for the three In 1830, they amoi. ,na , y , ....,,_,, 1 i stre“ - n,t , “ whilst for the three years preceding they 150,000/. a year.—Tyne ,illercury. . IMPROMP TU SPEAKI'N'G 1 s .-A few days •111c,(2 in the Chamber of Deputies at Paris, Marslial g.mi. i rose to speak, but found that he had forgotten 11;s writtw speech. He sent very coolly to the office of the Moniteur, where the report of the speech was printed before being spoken, for a copy, from which he delivered himself. much to his own satisfaction sin t 1 that of hit 11.2ar,erf, This is called impromptu speaking us the Chambers. \ 4 /aA THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. There has been little of any kind fresh up sir.ce Monday, and the trade is very slack for every article, at no variation from Monday's prices. The millers report a very heavy trade for flour this week. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL MARKETS. There was a very largo supply of Killed Meat, both '1 own and Country ; the demand was dull, and prices unaltered. Beef, 2s. Bd. to 3s. Bd. Veal, 3s. Gd. to 4s. 6d. Pork, 3s. 84. to 4s. Bd. Geese ss. to is. 6d. Hares 3s. to 4s. Ducks 2s. to 3s. Wild ditto ls. to Is. 6d. Partrithres 2s. to 2s. 64. Rabbits, tame, Is. to ls. 3d. Teal 3d. to Is. Wid geons Is. to Is. 6d. Pige, ns is. to ls. 9d. Gold Plover 6d. to 94. Snipes 15. to Is. 64. Chickens 2s. to 3s. Black Gams 4s. to 45. 6d. Guinea Fowls 2s. 6d. to 3s. Gd. Turkeys SA. to 12s. Larks is. to ls. Gd. per dozen. Eggs 6s. to Bs. Per IP. BILLINSGATE MARKET. The supplies were moderate, and there was a fair demand ; Oysters 20s. te 48s. per bushel ; Turbot 4s. to 215., Cod 2s. 6d. .to )51., Soles 10d. to 3s. 6d.:; Whitings 4d. to 10d.; and Had docks wa. to 2s. 6d. TEA MARKET. There was a good business doing in the wholesale trade— prices were very firm, but not higher. The tendency, however, was to advance, and the general impression that much higher prices will lava to be given before the article takes a turn. Many of the bAders will not sell at present prices. TALLOW MARKET. There was a tolerable business in this market, and prices were steady at 48s. 6d. to 48s. Pd. COLONIAL MARKET. There was a little improvement in the demand for Colonial produce, and prices were very firm. British Plantation Sugar not so lively, but prices the same, 595. to 68s. 1220 bags Al villa sold at about 16s. to 175., but it was an inferior parcel. Bice is firm and part of 4000 bags Bengal sold at about 11 s. 6d. for go ml middling white. The Coffee market was firm ; good ordinary green Padang 695. to 705., and ordinary pale Jay. 765. Low middling British Plantation sold at 80s. to 85s. LIT ERAT URE. LVNISFO YLE ABBEY. 3 Vols. Dolman, London, 1840. There arc many tame and heavy scenes in this novel, and not a few dialogues which, instead of as siming the progress of the story, serve only to em barrass and retard it. The author, however, has a good idea of character, and hits off its broader and more strzngly defined peculiarities with much spirit and felicity. But he should beware of diffuseness, and learn to retrench, for this it is that gives point and effect to narrative. The opening of Innisfoyle Abbey is full of promise, and describes a meeting of some Irish Protestant fanatics—of the Sullivan arid M'Ghee school—whom an intolerant bigot, the Rev. A luezar Amishaddai Ouzel undertakes to enlighten on the subject of the errors of Popery. The Rev. Gentleman's discourse on this theme, though meant to be a burlesque, is in reality little more absurd than one of Parson M'Ghee's sermons and ad dresses ; and convinces us that the author thoroughly understands the characters of the zealots whom he holds up to deserved ridicule in the per son of the godly Mr. Ouzel. But the spirit and comic burnout of this commencement is not kept up ; the tale soon after flags ; and it is not till the third volume, which contains many stirring scenes, that it revives to animation. We think the author would show to more advantage in a series of short tales illustrative of Irish manners, than in one long, unbroken, three-volumed narrative. STERLING'S POEMS. London, illoxon, 1840. A republication of some poems, including the " Sexton's Daughter," which have appeared front time to time in the pages of '° Blackwood's Magazine." The chief poem in the collection we noticed some months since in The sun, in terms of praise ; and are glad to find that Mr. Moxon has seen fit to reprint it. We have no doubt the volume will be popular among the admirers of sterling, unaffected poetry. LLoyiyssiIIPPING,—(TNIS DAY.) DEAL, JAN. I.l.—Wind S. W.—Arrived the Welcome Ritchie, from Batavia. Came down from the River, the Forager, Thompson, for Colombia ; John Willis, Willis, Demerara ; Rensall, A tall, Mogadore. PLYMOUTH, JAN. I4.—Wind W.N.W.—Arrived the Sesosuis, Moody, from London, for China. FALMOUTH, JAN. I3.—Wind S. S. W. to S., blowing strong, gales.—Arrived the Jeune Joseph, Launcclot, from NanteF. Sailed the Braganza steamer, Lewis, for Vigo. COWES, JAN. I4.—Sailed the York, Morrell, Antwerp. 14$00ATE, JAN. I4,—Arrived the Velocity, M'Grath, from Lowifin to Waterford, with cargo shifted. Off port, the Mary, Bobo, f,•om Malta, with rudder damaged, and loss of anchor and chaff,;; having been on shore, in tow of a steamer, for the Creek. LIVERPOOL, JAN. I 4 . — Wind W., fresh breezes. —Arrived the Alexander, Stewart , from ,;:maica ; Lon don, Patten, New Orleans; Fanny , Glacier; Ditty,Char lotte, Africa ; Adolph, Manus. The Columbia, bound i 0 Mobile, which was aground off the King's Duck, has been got cff, and is reloading in the river. GUERNSEY, JAN. I3.—Arrived the Harmony, Rotten, from Odessa. JERSEY, JAN. 12.—Arrived the Pelican, Le Ruez, from Palermo ; H armony, Messina. Newfoundland ; Pallas, Langloes, Ditto. Sailed the Wilhelm, for Lisbon. CLYDE, JAN. 13.--Arrived the Brothers, Murdock, from Manilla ; Elizabeth Wood, Antigua. DUBLIN, JAN. I2.—Arrived the Eliza, Woodcock,' r London ; Medora, Browning, Demerara ; Thames, (steamer), London. KosoelowN, JAN. 12.—Arrived the Jane, Gates, from Demerara. N E WARK ELEcnoN, The long interva which has transpired since her Majesty's Sotic“,or General accepted office, has tuvg.ed out far differen to that which was expected. The Reds (for as a matte of Toryism or Conscnratism it is slicer pppscnse calculated upon gaining a accession of strength. by having recourse to their az;z4stomary plans of bribery, coercion, end threats, and whei,i tliese failed, of applying the temptation of promise:, to raakp Enpn swerve from their fidelity aw..l violate their promises, hut they have most decidedly f 4.44 ; the honesty of the Blues has been most singularly marie,:pd, and when the day of contest arr,ifigo, the defeat of tiea faction writ be decisive, and the Act.f.lril of Mr. Serge Wilde triumphant! Men have bpi. time to think, and they remark, and justly too, what si:e.4 his gain by rejecting Sergeart Wilde. Nothing. Drovro,i,v, men catch ,at straws : such now icy the certainty of the tit;2 feat of the Tories at Newark, that ,ac z dernier ressort, a last gasp, they iovited the Duke of Nem:4l4g to parade tLe town, accompade4 by his agent, Mr. Talger4s, jt is a pay that the Duke abo;14114 .04w himself to be so led ;: past occurrt;ilces are not yet efAced, ,end his appear ance at this jtmetltre was not likely 4 rc,tggye them The property of tif, Tallents may be liereitawv, the Tallents, alas !where g.rfl they ? Had Mr.' Tat. lents hew now living, he wouii Apyer have satutioned the Duke beinz piaced in such a nor his party to have so disgmed themselves. Lori stone, Crod wot, has hem, .4.140, poor Tories a just viaitation ps.ttieits you for your stlipourable acts.- 1 A r eteark Gazelle!, POST-OFFICE.--As nor readers are aware, the Penny Postage plan came into oporation on Friday ; the increase of letters in the Glasgow bran oh is beyond all precedent —an immense number of these con3isting of merchants' circulars, ,or tradesmen's cards. The pre. payment system appears to be heartily entered into by the public, because those which are dropped into the non-paid box constitute a mere fraction of the total num- Four additional clerks have been sent to the Glas -0.„ and there is sufficient employment for the numbers are not kept up, and it is .ident ibaf, the - 14.14.1.4.z4 ip the revenue must be con s,,:ck,doh)e. We are s n i\ o i t r. c s o e *ki r e,,il ,tooip,e the increase on gostr A ttater, can n- i t:\ omitr statement p - to the'ilesY APapers offiejti not supply .; s la y the Postmaster-General.-.—Gla s s-I' • hout the tW:v T-Terald. goui tjr.. COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen held a Court yesterday afternoon at Buck• ingham Palace, for the reception of several of the Foreign Ministers. The following had audiences of her Majesry : Baron Biome, the Danish Minister, to present his new credentials. Baron de Cetto, the Bavarian Minister, upon his return after a temporary absence. Baron Munchausen,: the Hanoverian Minister, on his return. M. Alejo Fortique, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary from the Republic of Venezuela, to de liver his credentials. Baron Brunow, on a special mission from the Emperor of all the Russias, to present his credentials. Baron de Nieumann, on a special mission from the Em peror of Austria, to deliver hi , credentials. Baron de Gersdord, the Saxon:Minister, upon his return after a temporary absence. To which several audiences their Excellencies were re spectively introduced by Viscount Palmerston, G. C. 8., her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, and conducted by Sir Robert Chester, Master of the Ceremonies. Sir Lionel Smith was presented to the Queen at an audience, on his appointment as Governor of the Maur ritius, by Lord John Russell, her Majesty's Principal Se cretary of State for the Colonies. Her Majesty was attended by Lord Byron, the Lord in Waiting, the Hon. Wm. Cowper, the Groom in Waiting, and Colonel Buckley, the Equerry in Waiting. The Queen went yesterday afternoon to Clarence House, St. James's, to visit the Princess Augusta. Her Majesty arrived attended by the Countess of Charlemont, tae Lady in Waiting ; Colonel Buckley, the Equerry in Waiting, following in another Royal carriage. The Earl of Albemarle and Viscount Melourne ad audiences yesterday of her Majesty. The Earl of Uxbridge, Viscount and Viscountess Pal merston, Viscount Melbourne, Lord John Russell, and the Right Hon. Francis Baring, joined the Royal Circle at dinner last evening. The Band of the First Life Guards were in attendance at the Palace during the evening. \':scount Torrington, one of the Lords in Waiting on, the Queen, and the Hon. Colonel Grey, one of the Equer ries in Waiting on her Majesty, left town yesterday morn ing ror Dover in one of her Majesty's carriages and four, on their way to the Continent. lier Majesty will hold it Privy Council this afternoon, at Buckingham Palace. The Duke of Cambridge, the Princess Sophia Matilda, and Prince George of Cambridge, visited her Majesty the Queen Dowager, yesterday, at Marlborough House. The Princess Sophia Matilda and the Duke of Cam bridge visited the Princess Augusta, yesterday. Mr. Mayers, the Agent for Barbadoes, and Mr. Young, of British Guiana, had an interview with Lord John Rue ell, yesterday, at the Colonial-office. Dr. Webster and a Deputation from Bristol had an in terview with the Marquis of Normanby, yesterday, at the Home-otliee. Colonel Torrent, Mr. Frederick Elliot, and the Hon. E. Villiers, her Majesty's Commissioners for Emigration, had an interview, yesterday, with Lord John Russell, at the Colonial-office. The Committee of the Privy Council on Education had a meeting yesterday afternoon at the Council-office. The Lords present were, the Lord President, Viscount Dun cannon, Lord Munteagle, the Chancellor of the Ex chequer, Mr. Labouchere, and Sir George Grey. Mr. Hall, Lord Marsham, the Solicitor-General, and General Alava had interviews with the Marquis of Nor manby, at the Home-office, yesterday. The Cabinet Ministers dined with the Lord Chancellor on Monday evening, at his residence in Bruton-street. Despatches from Governor Light, at British Guiana, were received yesterday at the Colonial-office. The new tragedy, called Mary Stuart; now in rehearsal at Drury-lane Theatre, is to - be brought out on W. dnesday next, the 22dinstiint. The principal chaticters. Ruthven, fi:vii tii l,Rizzio, Queen Mary, and Catherine Ruthven, are be performed by Mr. Mac ready, Mr. Elton, Mrs. Warner, and Miss Montague. The Lord Provost of Glasgow has refused the use of the Justiciary Court Hall to the Chartists, for a public meeting on the subject of Mr. Frost's case, Ex tension of the Suffrage, &c. Viscount Leveson, M.P., was to have left the Earl and Countess of Granville's, at Paris, on Monday last, and is expected hourly at Devonshire House, to be present at the meeting of Parliament. His Excellency Baron Brunow had a select party to dinner, last evening, at Nlivart's Hotel. His Excel lency visited his Royal Highness the Duke of Cam bridge, at Cambridge House, and several members of the corps diplomalique, yesterday afternoon, after being presented at Court. Earl Cadogan has left town for Bath, for the benefit of the waters. The Countess and tile Ladies Augusta and Honoria Cadogan remain at Paris. There is a rumour that, immediately after the quccn's marriage, Lord Melbourne will retire, and 1,24y0 the Government to Lord John Russell, who will theti I.ll3salvp Parliament under an anti-Corn-law cry.— Glasgow Goa - dor, Mr. )Vector, M.P., for Dover, gave a spleno, ball and supper at Kusney Abbey, Kent, on Thursday evening, to upwards of 250 of the principal nobility, gentry, and inhabitants, officers of the 90th light in fantry, &e. The Earl and Countess of Jersey, accompanied by Viscount Villiers, will return to town this afternoon, from Middleton Park. The Earl of Eldon comes to town, to-day, from Shirley, his seat in Surrey, to dine at the Duke of Wellington's. The countess will reside at Shirley until after her twcauelientent, which is shortly ex pe.pigd, Visce•uri Powerscourt, M.P., was expected at his mansion ii, Dover.street late last night, from Powersmurt Castle, wtmty Wicklow, for the Parlia ruei4ry ®fission. Count Mey;ig Strogonoff has arrived at Ashburn. ham House, aftev a temporary absence, from Paris. Lady Dover, accompaniad by Viscount Clifden and faoailv, arrived at Whitehall, last night, from Chats worth, where hpr Ladyship and family have been passing several days with tire Duke of Devonshire. The Hon. George Cavendish, M.P., and Lady Louisa Cavendish, arrived at Harewood House, Hano ver-square, Crow a v ) sit to the Earl and Countess of Harewood, in Yorkshire, Hight Hon. Sir ROhert Peel, Bart, M.P„ arrived at 1:4 . 5 residence in Whitehal:-gardens, yesterday morning, from iitafferdshire. Lady Peel will come to town at the close of tsso I,7epk. The Right Hon. is in excellent health. C ow ley, the family seat in Lincoln- Th e E a 4 9f Yarborou g h, with Lord and Lady discount Melbourne this evenlag, y shire, this N. I.—We lear n , f rom an o ff ic i a l e or il ni r o f' g c4 f lP or th Yt r owa t the Noble Earl dining with DANT i zig, oceount, that the Vistuli; has risen nine or ten feet at at Warsaw it has careica away two arches of the brOggt, ser~l« ttho communication wi th P raga i s in terrupted,--,JA. Ihp frost which has - continued for -,me days has so tilled pp th e Elbe with floating ice, ver, still open. that tnt : navigation is ioterruptej, The passage to ho hamburg r. n vi burg At tho colaic vocalist, of London, having within the last throe month; greatly added to the Amusements of the Hampshire Catah OOd Glee Society, ditto Philharmonic, C oo t& Conceits a la Mused, Harmouiaz, &c. &c., takes his farewell benefit on Friday evening nest, prLor to his departure from Portsmouth on his return to Lontion, Mr. Y. will take with him the good wishes of the lovers of goonine mirth as deservitig, fiVritorious character, wirose good conduct is ettfitlej to warm c.9034#er,462n. The Earl and COilAtOs orrive4 in Grosvenor-square from Walmer Castig, Dent. The r., ble earl dines at the Duke of Weli4yrton's this evening. LORD EBRENGI. ON UNMASKED. (From the Cork Southern Reporter.) The above is a heading which is appended to a sc ries of articles now publishing against Lord Ebring ton, by a leading Orange Journal in Dublin, which, a tow months since, was heaping every species of mawkish adulation on his Excellency. We exposed, at the time, the hollow and dishonest nature of this praise, and that in the course which they adopted, the To ries were actuated by no kindly feelings towards the Lord Lieutenant, but that, on the contrary, they hoped thus to injure him in the estimation of the people of Ireland. For, well knowing the distrust and dis like of any man and of any measures which Tory praise is calculated to produce in the minds of the Liberal portion of the community, it struck them that a simu lation of approval of his Excellency's course would be the very best method to undermine him in the esteem and confidence of Irishmen. Had they succeeded in this, it would have been one great impediment removed out of the Orange march to place. For had the people of Ireland been seduced to do the foul work of Toryism, by resisting or thwarting the beneficent policy which in imitation of his predecessor, the present estimable Vice roy has so steadily persevered in since he has been amongst us—had the people, we say, been thus se duced into either distrust, dislike, or coldness to the Irish Executive, it would, qt necessity, have occasioned no small embarrassment to the Government, and by im measurably increasing those difficulties which Lord Melbourne has to encounter, would have gone far to pave the way for a return to the cruel and sanguinary domination of Orangeism. But we were not, as Cobbett used to say, to be "so sweetly bamboozled." Under the guidance of their patriotic leaders, aided by the cautions of the Liberal Press, the people have steered clear of the rock which, in Tory aspirations, they would surely be wrecked on ; and regarding, with the extreme of con tempt, the wretched—the thoroughly shabby manoeuvre (Parson 111‘Gliee would call it an " ingenious device," as in the case of the forged Bull) by which their enemies would have swindled them,they came forward,with a spirit worthy of them, to record their confidence in, and ap proval of, the enlightened Nobleman who is so worthy a successor of the illustrious Normanhy. The Govern ment of Lord Ebrington is as firmly founded in the es teem and affection of Irish hearts ai any that went be fore, not excepting even that by which it was imme diately preceded. But the Tory Press is not contented with the weight of infamy which the knowledge of its despicable duplicity has procured kr it. It appears determined to put the proofs of its dishonesty on record. It will be recollected that some two or three months back the Dublin Mad declared its " perfect ap proval" of the course up to that time pursued by Lord Ebrington. This, it should be observed, was several months after his Lordship had undertaken the govern • ment of this part of the empire. The same Journal continued for some time longer its attempt at " damn ing with (not faint, but fallacious) praise") the fair reputation of his Excellency. It continued, in fact, this disgusting and palpably hypocritical game, until it was apparent to the world that the trick would not take ; that the people were not to be " done" so smoothly as the impostors anticipated. Having given up in despair the notion of upsetting, by this unworthy artifice, the hold which Lord Ebring ton so deservedly possesses in the esteem and con fidence of Irishmen, the Mai/ has betaken itself once more to its natural and appropriate business of abus ing the Viceroy in every term which its extensive vo cabulary of Billingsgate can furnish. And it attacks him not merely for his present course, which is, in fact, in perfect accordance with those principles on which be accepted his high office, but for his conduct during the very period when it (the Mail) was heaping upon him its unwished-for compliments. Such an ac knowledgment of utter absence of respect even for a decent pretence to honesty or candour, we should not look for in another source T. but in an Irish Orange Journal no degree of impudent infamy can suprise us. SIR War. MOLESWORTH, BART., M.P.—The electors and non-electors of Holbeck are so well satisfied with the Parliamentary conduct of our excellent repre sentative, Sir Wm. Molesworth, that they contemplate getting up a dinner to receive him during his visit to Leeds in February next.—Leeds Times. CONVENIENCE OF THE PENNY- POSTAGE.— On the 10th inst. upwards of fifty of Hooper's Post office letter weights, each being under two ounces were sent by post for 4d. to the-most distant parts of Ireland and Scotland. For all light articles of a kind not to be injured by being stamped and packed in the Mail, the new system will be of immense advantage to trade. FARM LABOURERS.—in many parts of the county the condition of this useful, honest, and de serving class of men is still most pitiable ; bread, the article on which three-fourths, at least, of their earn- ings are generally expended, continues extravagantly dear, while their wages remain miserably low :-9s. a week being the maximum hi most parishes. Almost all the present race of labourers well remember the propor tion wlich bread and wages bore doe to the other only a very few years ago ; they remember that when bread was scarcely half the price wages were within a shilling or eighteenpence a-week of what they are now ; they contrast their present state with their condition at that time, and they are fully convinced not only of the fal lacy of the argument that the rate of wages is depend ent on the price of food, but that however much the farmers, the landowners, or the clergy, may benefit by the operation of the Corn-laws, to themselves they are of no advantage, but a delusion—a mockery. Nor are the Corn-laws the only ones that press severely upon them. The new Poor-law Bill is, we are afraid, in many instances taken advantage of to the prejudice of the labourer, and instead of being confined to its legiti mate purpose, converted into an auxiliary for reducing wages to an amount barely sufficient to procure the commonest necessaries of life. A most flagrant case has recently come to our knowledge. The Corn-laws on one side enhance the price of food without producing an increase in wages ; the administrators of the Poor law, on the other, refuse either relief or shelter to any man who has the offer of work, let the wages be ever so inadequate. Thus is the unhappy - labourer driven either to sell his labour at half price —to beg, to steal, or to starve.—Wiltshire Independent. TIIE TORIES OF MANCHESTER ADVO CATES FOR THE ADMISSION OF CORN AT A Low DUTY. —There is now lying at the Chronicle and Standard offices (Manchester), a petition for signature, the prayer of which is, that Parliament will - be pleased to permit the importation of corn at all times at a fixed duty ! ! ! This is getting on as we say. Had any Whig or Radi cal prognosticated such a thing only three months since, he would have been deemed fit for an asylum. But the fact is, that this Corn-law Bill is no respecter of persons. Remittances are wanted by all parties, whether Re formers or Anti-Reformers. THE WEATHER IN PARIS.—At 12 o'clock on Wednesday night the thermometer was at 5 2-10ths below zero of the centigrade scale, or at 23 of Fahren heit ; at four on Thursday morning was as low as 8 7-lOths C., 1G F. ; but at eight rose to 7 7.loths C., 181 F. ; and at mid-day to 4 4-10ths C., 24i F. On the same night there was a fall of snow. On Fri day the weather continued intensely severe, and the skaters in the Tuileries were numerous. CHARTISNI.—DEIVSBURY, YORKSHIREVAN , 12.—Last night the town was taken possession of by an armed body of men, and the private watchmen, six in nu:nber, obliged to fly. Mr. Hale, merchant, who was out as an inspector of the watch, on going towards the Leeds-road-end, was stopped by about twenty with mus kets and daggers, and bid to stand, which he did, and on finding that he would not be allowed to proceed, turned round and retreated homewards, when he was immediately fired upon, but fortunately without receiv ing any injury. The party afterwards continued to fire their pieces off for upwards of three hours. Upwards of 200 discharges were fired. Some +rifling damage has been done to the lamps and posts, the lights being all put out, and stones were thrown through the windows of Mr. Mallinson's cha mber. From 1 0 0 to2oo men parel i v a the streets, and every avenue to th e t own was g uarded. Reports have just been rece i ve d t h a t i n Heckaiondwieke 4rnrvl th@ *4me full that dis prevads.-4Ku- s tv, o ai r nt of ft proceedingsreoommile us.re greatest alarm sh 4deptel e W e havo no military heeds barrapw,o,ipti. big Paper • RIOTOUS ORANGEMEN --We sec f rom the D t that Orangem en h ave b een exhibiting after the g oo d ol d fash i on of their *Opp. At a meeting recently h e ld t h ey reduced the Court-house to a wreck. rile whol e b us i ness, i t seems, had been preco n e erted. The leaders came for. u'l slilre their chl .o feelings lille ward with their speeches cut...end-dry, and identified ',-,Jriselves with a low lawless mob. The Pa rsons wore not idle, for they cncouref i ed, tistead of pre ven t e d, th e outrageous conduct o f the runken Downp a t r i c k ra bbl e. This riotous rabble put Mr. w , -m , “niinstone in the Chair, and amidst uproarious shouts " carried !" th e fol lowing resolution :—" A requisition having appeared in certain Radical Papers convening a meet i ng, to be held in this Court-house , this day, of the subscribers to a document called, pseudo-Liberal ' The Do wn D ec l are . tion,' and the Said subscribers not having darrd to hold such a meeting, we, the freeholders and loyal Protest ants of the County, r esolve that the af)resaid ' Declara tion' is a libel Pim! the County , D own, and we confirm, as the unanimous expression of the sentpcnts of the Counts, the p.ddresforlPerly Pregented to Lord linden.' SERIOUS CoAcTi .ACCIPNT,—Qn Sunday 4 f Letrig p n 4 seriousgetP!„?ectirre4 At Stamford hill, by the everturPing P l Pristow's Qheshunt coach on the reed to LoodoP• -14)P road was then hard and icy, and in the descent tgwar4 the tnopilie the horses became quite unrnaP ageable, and tbo coach being dmagg4 ;one tii§tgagC fan inpelomted Nti: with the wheels clogged, was at length upset, and broken to 4,e!. Several passengers sustained severe injuries, and were t*sp to Ole, shop of a me di ca l gent l eman i n the neighbourhood. . Such as Were ablp w 9113 (;opveyed to their deptioations in an omnibus. LOOSE LEGISLATION :-THE MU NIGI-PAL AND CONSTABULARY ACTS. It has been often and truly said, that the leg slators of one scssionNearve out plenty of work for those of the next—that, in — short, not a little of the time of our representatives is taken up in correcting the blunders, and remedying the injustice, which their hasty handi work is constantly committing. Until very lately, the notion prevailed that the Council of any borough (as Gateshead, for instance), was authorized by the Municipal Act not only to re ceive a grant from the Crown of a separate Court of Quarter Sessions (should such a privilege be thought desirable,) but to contract with the Justices of either the county in which such borough might be situated, or of any adjoining county, for the support and mainte nance of the borough prisoners. Ordinary readers, of course, interpreted the object of this provision, as we are quite sure it was intended, as a means of relieving boroughs from the heavy county rates created by the conveyance of prisoners to distant gaols, and their trials at distant sessions, without, at the same time, re quiring that borough gaols should be built and main tained. Thus, in the case of Gateshead, it was be lieved, that the present great expense of convesing pri soners to Durham gaol might be saved, by procuring a grant of a separate Quarter Sessions for the borough, mid contracting for the maintenance of the borough pri soners, with the neighbouring authorities of Newcastle ; or, in the case of Sunderland, that the trials of prisoners might take place at a separate sessions within the bo rough, and the county gaol be still made use of, under contract with the county justices, for the imprisonment of offenders. The Councils of Manchester and Bolton (two bo roughs recently created under the provisions of the Municipal Act), having thus understood the law, claimed separate Courts of Quarter Sessions from the Crown— and they had their claims allowed. They, therefore, by the 112th section of the Municipal Act became "wholly free and discharged" from county-rate, so far as the prosecution, maintenance, punishment, or con veyance of 'offenders (except assize prisoners) was con cerned. They were quite ready, however, to act equitably towards their county neighbours. They, therefore, entered into contracts (with the county ma gistrates), in accordance, as they thought, with the Act to which we have referred. But what say the Judges ? They tell us, that no borough is authorised by the Municipal Act to enter into such a contract, unless such borough have a gaol of its own at the time of contracting ; and that as neither Manchester nor Bolton has a gaol, the contract, in both cases, is illegal. Manchester and Bolton, therefore, and Birmingham, too, are in this situation :—They have separate Courts of Quarter Sessions—they can make use of their re spective county-gaols--and they are exempt from any county rate for the expenses which their pri soners (except assize-prisoners) may entail upon the counties ! ! Well, county rate-payers, what think ye of this ? And, be it remembered, the opinions we are promul gating are the honest convictions of high legal au thorities. " Birmingham," says the newly appointed Recorder of that borough, "is part of the county of Warwick ; it has no common gaol ; and of necessity, therefore, the gaol of the borough and the gaol of the county are one and the same. But then it has been said, What ! is the county to maintain the prisoners from Birmingham ? Now suds is the law. It may be a hardship, but it is the unavoidable result of a slip which has been made, according to the Judge of the Court of Queen's Bench, in the Act. Hardship, how ever, is not always a test of what is law." Such is blunder No. 1 ! There is another, however, which threatens to bring boroughs and counties into col lision—at least, if we are rightly informed as to opinions entertained on the subject by persons of high considera tion in a neighbouring borough. The " County and District Constables Act" contains the following beautiful specimen of clear• and intelligible legislation : " Provided always, and be it enacted, that nothing in this Act contained shall extend to authorise the Jus tices of the Peace of any county to appoint any con stable within any borough incorporated under the pro visions of an Act passed in the sixth year of the reign of his late Majesty, intituled An Act to provide for the Regulation of Municipal Corporations in England and Wales,' or under the provisions of any charter granted in pursuance of the said Act; nor shall any such borough, for which a separate Court of Quarter Sessions of the peace shall be holden, be liable to con• tribute to the expences of this Act, or to be charged with any part thereof, in their account with the trea surer of such county." Are Durham, Gateshead, Stockton, and Sunderland, then, exempt from payment towards a rural police for the county of Durham'? is a question of deep import ance, and one which cannot long remain usettled. We are inclined to think, and rather strongly, too, that notwithstanding the blundering section we have just quoted, the incorporated boroughs of this county are not liable to the county-police rate. The Act is called " An Act for the Establishment of County and District Constables by the authority of Justices of the Peace ;" and the preamble states, that " it is expedient that the powers [of justices] for AP POINTING constables be further enlarged, and that. powers be given for charging the expenses of paying such constables upon the several divisions in which they shall be APPOINTED!' _ _ _ The justices are authorised to " appoint" (with Ml sent of the Secretary of State) any number of con stables not exceeding " one man for every thousand of the inhabitants, accord;ng to the last Parliamentary enumeration of the population for the time being—the population of the boroughs and towns hereinafter ex cepted from the operation of this Act being deducted therefrom." The justices, then, are prohibited from " appointing" any constable within any borough incorporated under the Municipal Act, or under any charter granted in pursuance of that Act. Again :—The county justices are to levy the police rate upon such parishes, townships, or places, as shall have establishments of constables appointed under the Act. Thus the Act is one for the " establishment" of con stables—but the justices are prohibited from establish ing or appointing such constables within the corporate boroughs of this county—and the rates arc ordered to be levied upon the places in which the constables are established or appointed. So far the enactments are intelligible and clear. We consider the county justices quite incompetent to levy a police rate on boroughs in which they are precluded from " appointing" a consta ble—neither do we think they contemplate it. The number of constables appointed (one to 2,000 inhabi tants)* shows that the boroughs were excluded from the appointment ; and we are quite sure that a fair and equitable view of the whole Act, rather than a regard to a blundering fragment of one of its sections, will guide the county justices in their treatment of this question. Meanwhile, all these are " matters of -, nOtia „c , highly deserving of public attention. Both in boroughs and counties, a severer scrutiny should be applied to the performances of our Legislators. Though a Par liament may be pure, its very negligences, it should be remembered, can often inflict incalculable injury. 4 Eighty-one constables were appointed for a population of 162,000—being the population of the county, less that of the exempted boroughs. The to+al population of the county in 1831 was 253,000.—Gateshead Observer. EFFECTS OF CHARTISII.—An inquest was held on Monday the Gth instant, on the body of Mary David, tLe wife of a highly-respectable farmer in the neighbourhood of Clynogwr, who had committed suicide in the following extraordinary manner, according to the evidence adduced. It appeared that about a month previous to the late Newport Riots, a strange roan bad called at the farm house, which is situated awongst the hills in a retired situation, with a pipet which he stated that unless she ar.d all her fzvpily would sign to bwoine, Chartists, they woqld rise in a month and take her and all away, and mnrkler them. The man woo left, and on the hushand's return, he and his sons were informed of the circumstance, and the deceased appeared to suffer con siderably in her mind, and after the breaking out of the Newport Riots, she frequently exclaimed that the man's wards had become true, and often urved liar husband to leave all and quit the place, lest the Chartists should oome and carry him and her sons away. She conti nued to be flighty and wild till Thursday last, ti 2d I instant, when her husband, who was enagecl with butcher in killing a pig, was call e d ko, one of his a daughters, stating that she conic' net get her mother to come from her bed-room sthough shq‘und been down to breakfast. 'Vk;q husband went up, and found the de ceased no her knees in. in© act of praying by her bed side, He observed some blood near her ; but knowing she had been naturally afflicted with hemorrhage, he thought it was from that cause, and induced her to go to bed, leaving his daughter with her, who shortly afterwards came to him, and stated that she had found a knife near where the deceased bad been kneeling, covered with blood ; when he told her that he was afraid she had been using a knife against herself, but she retyrned no answer. A medical man was sent for, when Iya4 found that she had inflicted a wound on l k e . r. nl4otnen, extending five inches in lenph, as that the intestinte stines protruded. She lingered till twelve o'clock on i'riday, when she died, and about half an hear 'before he r . She stated that her mind had been howildeved aboutthe chartists, and that she was tired of the world, and wanted to go to God out of their way, Verdict— ‘.itOicide, whilst, in a state of insanity,” Na chin could be bath to the villiain who had called upon th e poor woman.—Cambrian, C ORN -L A Priest-ridden, M erchant ws,--(Extractof a letter f rom liris tol,) In this Tory-ridden , and Banker-ridden City, there is not one to , soul his own—to stir in the Corn-laws. .CIA THE PENNY P p OST. - 7.ciS a instance o f t h e e, ', enormous increase, t eiterb - under the penny scale of postar, we way mention that on Friday last the re", speotahle house of Messrs. J. and R. Raimes prepaid upwards of 1,000 letters at the Post.oflice here.— Correspondent of the Edinburgh _post. LIFE IN A STEAMER. The following is an extract from " The Letter-Bag of the Great Western, or Life in a Steamer." By the Author of the " Sayings and Doings of SAMUEL " LETTER FROM AN OLD HAND. "MY DEAR JAMES,--Just as I was embarking, I received your letter requesting me to give you a full account of my voyage, and such hints as might be useful to you when you shall make the passage your self'. The first is unnecessary, for there is nothing to tell. Every man is alike, every woman is alike (they are more alike than the men, too much of the devil in them), every ship is alike, especially steam-ships, and the incidents of one voyage arc common to all—' Facies non omnibus una, nee tainen diverse. " The company usually consists of young Officers joining regiments ; talk, Gibraltar, Cape, Halifax, Horse Guards, promotion and sporting—of naval men ; talk, insults to flag, foreign stations, crack frigates, round sterns, old admiral—of speculators ; talk, cotton, to l'acco, flour—of provincials ; talk, Durham, Head, Col borne, Poulett Thomson—of travellers ; talk Nlississipi, Niagara, Mahone Bay—of women ; talk, headache, amusements, and nonsense about Byron—of - Yankees ; talk, Loco Focos go a-head, dollars—of manufacturers ; talk, steam, factors and machinery—of blockheads ; who chatter like monkeys about everything. The in cidents are common to all ; fall on the deck—wet through —very sick—bad wine—cold dinner—rough weather—shipt a sea, and a tureen of soup—spoke to a ship, but couldn't hear—saw a whale, but so far off, only a black line—feel sulky. There is nothing, how ever, to tell you but what has been told a thousand times, and never was worth telling once ; but there are a few maxims worth knowing. " Ist. Call steward, inquire the number of your cabin ; he will tell you it is No. 1, perhaps. Ah, very true, steward ; here is half-a-sovereign to begin with ; don't forget it is No. 1. This is the beginning of the voyage, I shall not forget the end of it. He never does lose sight of No. 1, and you continue to be No. 1 ever after ;—best dish at dinner, by accident, is always placed before you, best attendance behind you, and so on. You can never say with the poor devil that was henpecked, The first of the tea and the last of the coffee for poor Jerry. 9 —l always do this. " 2d. If you are to have a chum, take a young one, and you can have your own way by breaking him in your self.—l always do. "3d. If the berths are over each other, let the young fellow climb, and do you take the lowest one ; it is better he should break his neck than you,—/ always do. "4th. All the luggage not required for immediate use is marked below.' Don't mark yours at all, and you have it all in your own cabin, where you know where to find it when you want it. It is not then squeezed to death by a hundred tons of trunks. If you have not room in your cabin for it all, hint to your young chum he has too much baggage, and some of it must go' below.'—l always do. " sth. Don't talk French, it brings all those chat tering, grimacing fellows about you.—l never do. " 6th. Make no acquaintance with women, on many accounts ; first, they have no business on board ; and, secondly, they are too troublesome.—l never do. " 7th. Never speak to a child, or you can't get clear of the nasty little lapdog-thing ever afterwards.— / never do. " Bth. Always judge your fellow-passengers to be the opposite of what they appear to be. For in stance, a military man is not quarrelsome, for no man doubts his courage ; a snob is. A clergyman is not over straitlaced, for his piety is not questioned—but a cheat is. A lawyer is not apt to be argumentative ; but an actor is. A woman that is all smiles and graces is a vixen at heart; snakes fascinate. A stranger that is obsequious, and over civil without apparent cause, is treacherous ; cats that pur arc apt to bite and scratch like the devil. Pride is one thing, as sumption is another ; the latter must always get the cold shoulder, for whoever shows it is no gentleman ; men never affect to be what they are, but what they are not. The only man who really is what he appears to be, is—a gentleman.—l always judge thus. " 9th. Keep no money in your pockets ; when your clothes are brushed in the morning, it is apt—ahem—to fall out.—l never do. " 10th. At table see what wine the Captain drinks it is not the worst.—l always do. " 11th. Never be at home ' on any subject to stu pid fellows, they won't again.'—/ never ant. " 12th. Never discuss religion or politics with those who hold opinions opposite to yours ; they are subjects that heat in handling until they burn your fingers. Never talk learnedly on topics you know, it :nakes peo ple afraid of you. Never talk on subjects you don't know, it makes people despise you. Never argue, no man is worth the trouble of convincing ; and the better you reason, the more obstinate people become. Never pun on a man's words, it is as bad as spitting in his face ; in short, whenever practicable, let others per form, and do you look on. A seat in the dress circle is preFerable to a part in the play.—This is my mit. "I3th. Be always civil, and no one will wish t o in rude to you ; be ceremonious, and people can_-,, 0 t if th e y would. y Impertinence seldom honours eau with a visit without an invitation ;at least-4 rilwoysfind it so. " 14th. Never sit opposite a carving -dish ; there is not time for doing pretty.—./ never do. " 15th.—Nevr take a place opposite a newly-mar ried couple. It is a great many things—tiresome, tan talising, disgusting, and so on.—./ never do. " IGth.—Never sit near a subordinate officer of the ship ; they are always the worst served, and are too much at home to be agreeable .—I never do. " 17th.—Never play at cards. Some people know too little for your temper, and others too much for your pocket.—/ never du. " 18th.—There is one person to whom you should be the most attentive and obliging, and even anticipate his wants. His comfort should be made paramount to every other consideration, namely, yourself.—l alzeop do. " There are many other corollariefrom these maxims, which a little reflection will suggest to you ; but it is a rule never to write a long leiter.—/ never do. " Your's always, " JOHN STAGER." The Duk D- to of .evonshire is expected at Devon shire House this afternoon, from Chatsworth. LIBERALITY OF lIER MAJESTY.—Her Ma jesty, who is ever alive to the wants and necessities of the distressed and unfortunate, and who loses no op portunity of evincing her charitable and bene , :i' ne i lt feelings, was no sooner apprised of the deatl-, of Lieu tenant-Colonel Steel, one of the. M ili fr ary Knights of Windsor, and of the painful situati`in to which his poor widow was consequently redue:,d, than she caused the necessary inquiries as to state of Mrs. Steel to b e made in the proper tltr.. - tter ; and the result of those in quiries confirmin: the previous accou its which had reached the aoyal car, her Majesty, witho u t an y appli catio.: having been made at the Castle, hearing that a subscription was about to be opened for the bereaved widow, immediately gave instruc tions to have her name placed on the list for the amount of ten pounds. Such an example, so spon taneously set by her Majesty, was speedily followed by the affluent and humane in the neighbourhood of Wi:ad sor, and the subscription list now makes a most 'respec table appearance in the names and amounts - .v'hich have since been added to it. A day or two previously to her Majesty's departure from Windsor, on Friday last, the Queen contributed the sum of forty pounds, to be given away to the poor of the parish in articles of warm clothing—the objects of her Majesty's bounty to be selected by the Rev. IsP.ao Gosset, the vicar of New Windsor, and the tvr:, churchwardens, Messrs. Adams and Cobden. ECONIJ EDITION. THE FUNDS-(CLOSING PRICES.) BkUTISII FUN DS Bank Stock 178j,,, India Stack — 3 per Cent. Bed (11! ; ',, Ditto Bonds • 3 per Cent Crais. 9'J Ditto Old Anniutie , — 3y4 per Cent. Red 90.3i Ditto Sew Annuities ...... ... - New 3y;', per Cent 98% Ex. Bills, 1,000/.......2d New 5 tier Cent • Ditto 5001 8 pm. Long Annuities to expire Ditto Small Jan. 1860 '4 Bank Stock for Opg 118 Oct. 1851) Jan 1860 f l3 13-1:1 ,Consols for Opg FOREIGN FUNDS Austrian, 5 per cent — , Portuguese Bonds, sper cent. Balgian, 3 per cent — , Ditto, New Ditto Brazilian Bonds 74% Prussian, 5 per cent — Buenos Ayres, 6 per cent — ' Russian Bonds, 5 per cent....ll 3 }i Chilian, 6 per cent — Ditto, Metallic.. — 2 - ' Coloinb.an, 6 per cent Ditto, 1524 25 Ditto, Deferred Danish, 3 per cent 7 5 4! .4 'French, 5 per cent. f. —c,, Greek Bands, 1525, 5 per ct — ' Exchange - Mexican, 5 per cent — ' French, 3 per cent l'. -C. Ditto, 6 per cent., 15 . 25 2Y t)titch,•', 2 per c,...t.. Peravian,lsl2s.6 per coit — Ditto, 5 per cent. SHARES. Birmingham and Derby Railway Eastern Cowan., liailway Great Western Ranway I )itto New Sh ar e s ...... RAN London and Brighton Railway London and liminingham Railway 151 i)itto New Share, Linidon and South Western Railway 43 k2 London and Croydon Railway (Trun..) lO. North Nildiland Rziilway Ditto ditto Extension Ell I)ttto New Shares il iy SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM THE EVENING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. (From the Globe.) Mr. Villiers predicted to the landowner, some years ago, that they would East Ret/ordise tne Corn-laws ; and it is impossible to read the proceedings of the great meeting which we report in an o th er p l ace , without being apt to think they have gone far already towards that consummation. We would ap peal to all of that body who can see farther than the next rent day, and ask them whether they really l ima _ gine demonstrations of this magnitude , becoming yearly more and more numerous, indignant, and r eso l ute, are matters to pass over like a summer cloud, and leave their interest basking in unclouded sunshine ! We will tell the landed body that no preponderance they possess in the Legislature can, in the long run, maintain their cause, by mere force of voting, against a " pressure from without . ' backed by intelligence, wealth, numbers, and justice. It is true that the Re form Act has enabled the landed interest to oppose * g more extended front, and a stiffer resistance, '‘o a change in the Corn-laws than probably they co., i ia h ave done before that enactment, when Monopo', y more di reedy represented its own brecebes-;,ocket. Mr. Cobden observed-- The Reform Bill has altered the tactics of agitation. It was all very well to storm the citadel of corruption, which formerly existed by a sudden onslaught. When the aristocracy could only rely on Gatton Old Sarum,tbey ielded to the strong demands. for Catholic Emao_ cipation, for the repeal of the Test Acts, and for the Reform Bill. If, hitr.vever, we now rise up, and de_ mand the repeal ot . the Corn-laws, the aristocracy fold their arms while we make our complaints, and retort upon us that Winchester, Chichester, St. Albans, and Salisbury send men pledged to vote in favour of ther, laws. This is the breakwater to the current of ptiolic opinion, and until we can convince the farmer that Lis in terest is identified with ours in getting released from a wretched servility, and the peasant that he is reduced to want and suffering by the present system, our efforts w,tlj be in vain." e would wise nd safe to drive calmly askthe land s r:o e r a n practical wh N ewhether it is wie a men into these " tactics of agitatte, o ?" We ask them to look in time whether the nation . 4l interest, and therefore the national rip !it, is on the side of change ; and to consii!, er whe'..ner, if this be so, they are not staking far snore than the Corn-laws on the issue of this struggle with determined and en lightened assailants, They are straining the landed power of the Legislature against the leagued trade of the empire. Victorious in such a struggle, they may in tho end, rue the effects of victory—vanquished. legislative authority is dragged down in their class defeatl (From the Courier.) ) In the work we recently noticed of .M. Sarrans, it will be remembered that his leading disruption or a b an d onment by P m argument f or th e - ace of the alliance with England, was the falling str..t e and perilous pros pects of the latter, described to b".; in the thr oes o f rc • volution, by w hi c h its 1 3 °, 1 ",r and resou rces were so prostrated, th a t un i on ae, 1 ct close communion with this realm could impart weakness on ly, an.. l not strength. He held that for ter own safety A cease to cling to a sinking ship, lest ar.,. aggrandiserneot, France should "..'id be irresistibly drawn into the vortex of she too sho the enl: l 7;ifiing wa t ers o f con f usion. It is not singule., the. even well-informed foreigners, like that wii ter, should arrive at such conclusions after no ine: itent i ve survey of the troublous aspect of our politir:al horizoi„ 1 for here, on the immediate scene of ace and with crisis extent of the , meal s more assured of measuring dr crisis by contact and acquaintance intriguers, men not less intellir 'with the actors and vent, although more deeply interested, have avowed t'ae same convictions after investigations not less patir a t than r ? ainful. Although we do not partake in a lik e degree the apprehensions of the one, or concur in th,e highly-coloured descriptions of the other, it is impor.sible to deny that signs and pre- sages are abroad, auspkious to all appearance of any thing but goocl. Take, for example, our paper of th: is day, pregPlant as it is, of ominous matter. Here we ' nave State trials recor(!ied of men taken in the act cif overt rebellion and high treason in one part of the kingdom ! Supplementary to these, we find simultaneo,us risings, and premeditated treason organising in e t h er p arts, and even in this grea t me t ropo li s i tself, l'..nder the very eyes of the Government. Accessory to Chartir.n we see Anti-Corn-law demonstrations elsewhere, fiercely threatening r evo l u ti on , an d COD'Agning mercil ess ly t o wholesale destruction the greate_!st of interests —the vital interests of the masses—of this mighty empire. (From the. Standard.,) THREATENED CHARTIST INSURRECTION.—Th e 1 country is now reaping th e sa d aftermath of the sede tion by whiel:. the Whig office. 7: i . ie Chartist. Radicals fixed th emse l ves i n e. have made some serioe . s move ment; ( menfr. n the West. Riding, and if we may trust to this 'reparations made by the Executive for proof., ( the metropolis, itself was last night threateued with an insurrection. This is all the natural, aad in(!,e e d the necessary result of the Whig-Radical • lesson of 1831. The more ignorant part of the populace have been expressly told that they may innociently embrue their hands in the blood of their feriow-subjects to effect what they in their wisdom may regard as salutary political chang , A. The, doctrine was preached to carry the Reform rsill, but its ready t disciples apply it to carry the Charter, now that they i find that the Refcerm Bill heAs produced to them no bene fit, but rather 'injury. 'Pais is all in the course of na ture. At Sheffield five person s h ave b een comm itt e d I for I‘,:,gh treason, upon apparently strong prim_a fo' vie evidence. At that town a mur d erous assa ult was committed on Sunday morning upon a poor man, 1 hastening to bring assistance to his wife in child-bed— a sharp skirmish also occurred between the troops an.d another armed body near the town much r.‘bout the same time—Dewsbury, Heckmondwike, and other towns, were also attacked. The appre:nensions en tertained for the safety of London, appear from the preparations made—all the r.nilitary in the neighbourhood of London were,, we are in formed, held under arms all .light—the different bodies of firemen received orders to be at their several stations , and or A the alert. Like instructions were given to the pol,fce force, and the Lord Mayor was a dvised to t done by of the City. :4 o thin g , how e v e r, was - ,,e all precautions for the safety the Chartists 1- ,eyond the assembling of 700 or 800 A t the Trades.:nall in Abbey-street, Bethnal Galen. We know nothing of the details of information sug gesting these measures of defence ; but malt:oar, col lecting probably from the particular inr,tructions to the fire b r i ga d e , an d f rom the. moving up of the floating engines on the river, as well as from the magazines of fireballs, grens.des, &c., seized in Shef field and elsewhere, and from the o'ovious policy of such a mode of commencing a n'ight insurrection, states that many houses were to hav e been set on fire in the hope of distracting the attent:ion of the military and police, dividing these forces, and throwing the city into con fusion. Burr i paNGs.—Ey a paragraph inserted in our paper, of last week from the _Mark Lane Express, it will be seen that a new description of manufacture is offered. }or public choice, as a substitute for thatch, slate, tiles, &0., a specimen of which having been placed in tho board room of the Agricultural Society in London, we infer that it has merited the attention of the Committee. A model, we are 'in formed, is preparing for the Polytechnic Institutir.in, as a curiosity in manufactures, which it certainly is ; but having minutely examined a specimen in I.4ossession of the agent for Reading, we de rot hesitate to call public attention to it as an artieie of merit for its utility, as well as its novelty. Ira il k ghtness will effect gre a t economy in the genera\ practice of budding, and a)so facilitate the erections of many tasteful specimens of archi tUture in wood, where bricks are not easily acces sible. It is interesting to trace the ingenuity and art of man from his earliest and rudest to his more DISCHAR GED orn the City P RlSONERS ferthe — pu A rpo e s o e m ef mit ea te r e .ry la i t n a g s polished state, sometimes embracing his native pro- been formed i d noe ,--at others competing with natur e ' s g if ts, i n the into, object of attaining the most effectual coeritowooeudr e ff ec t a pl an f or prov idi ng a h ouse o f refuge f or o ..2scharged prisoners. The p re s en t Sheriffs, M essrs . buildings. The natural local productions—turf, flat stones, and straw, were impr ove d on by the maw]: number oafndhoEmvaannse, persons k — ing am a o n nz ac o ti t y n e e . rs p , ar t t h , e an p d as a t facture of tiles, and these again, by . talking advantage of . Sheriffs and Under-sheriffs, and. several Magistrates,have the bounties of nature, in a itll P t r ii n e pa t ration of the modern subscribed ten guineas each, in aid of a fund of about slate, the neatest covering ro . applied. Now art £B,OOO, the income of which is at the disposal of the takes the field again : A an ingen d ious invenitioat called Sheriffs for the time beir,g, With this money and the " Flexible Asphalte Roofing," co)o - uies and new merit the pail trues chat- subscriptions that will be raised, they intend to provide leege inAtkiry into its . l a ,e lt ,i w is e h ad ea a r pt it ed is for the a place of refuge, in the first instance, for females of in considerable requestsettlements . , .already that class of disclJarged prisoners most likely to profit mistake not, it l by such an insti'iution. w ill occasion web an increased taste afon additionornamenttao end ()they buildings, as will render NATION.AL PROVISION FOR THE ROYI.L rho stock and es t a bli s h ments o f b u ild ers and carpenters Huse/int.—Royal matrimony com e s to be an awfully . indispensable ; f or , if on l y h a lf t h e quant i ty of t i m b er real m , :itter-of•money to the tax paying. The "Bill he requir e d, i t i s f a i r to i n f er t h at very many more roofs providing for:Prince Albert" t l :ireatens to be a ver yheavy la ill be built, an d l a b our more i n d eman d . St ill more bill indeml ; and John Bull,, ever the prey df true purse milkers, begins to fe a r the approaching &Aims upon him will thi s b e t h e case if t h e new material be used as an ,to come " down w ith hi s d ust. " I t i s a ll very we ll t o outside cove r i ng t o th e wa ll s o f structares in woad, or look on and a ppl au d t hi s R oyal game of billi ng an d coo any ether m a t er i a l w hi c h t li is app li cat i on w ill ren d er im ow and then, ie h it pen ious to the maisAkie. of a hu m id a tmosphere. As a ta g ; it does eve rt old hearts good to see a pantomime non-en;:'ittelee ~,f heat, it is equa lly efficaeious in a tro- nit' it wr.:re only for the roar of hearty O 1 W c,lialate, and therefore d ese rves the notice of emi- laughter which ~end'..ienlg round the hat," why then—it'a dom fails to provoke. But when I grants. In reply to the apprehensions we have ex- it comes !4:. " pressed in regard to tho effect of the excessive heat of a quite a d :frerent thing. The amusement may coarse to tropical suu.,,,a specimen was placed in our hands that cost more than it is worth ; for there is such a thing'as has been exposed to a heat of 9.20 degrees, and it havine• i . paying too dear for one's whistle," even in the matter been formed into vessels containing water for weeks, q4 j: ' of Royal match-making.—Leeds Times. oessively, without injury to the compound matoo o l have no hesitation in recommending it to tilt . w e A new writ will be moved for to-morrow for the • 1 at our reader s .—Reading ilierewt. A contest is likely to take place for the va c a nt seat. atten ' ti,i m borough of Beverley, in the room of Mr. L aue Fob / 61 ~/% -4 4. ENING EDITION. TR F SUN, LOXDON, WEr3NI4',SDAY, JANUARY 15, 1840. EVENING 14.1,D1T10.N.