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r EVENING EDITION. rrti-TE QUART F, I? T, Y REVIEW tie. C XXX] Will be published on I\ EXT Maxim Y. CONTENTS. T. AMERICAN ORATORS. 11. MEDICAL REFORM. 111. LORD DUDLEY'S LETTERS. IV. ROMANISM Iv IRELAN V. I , .FANT LABOUR, VI. ANGLING. VII. CHURCH OF SCOTLANO. FOREGN POLICY. John Murray, Albemarle-street. In 3 volt.. post Bvo., with numerous Engravings on Wood, Mx.ROBY'S TRADITIONS OF EN G LAND. FIRST SERIES—LANCASHIRE, \\'Ll be ready on Tl.ursdav next. ....henry Colburn, Publi,her, 13, Great filarlboropgh-street. 13, Great IMarlborough-street. NOTICE.-AGNES STRICKLAND'S " LIVES of the QUEENS of ENGLAND." THE FIRST VOLUME OF THE NEW and REVISED EDITION 9f th; s Work, with NUMEROUS ADDITIONS, will be Vuleti with the Magazines on the 19t of January, price 10s. 6d. u°und. Vol. 2 will appear on February Ist. Vol. 3 will appear on March Ist. Orders received by all Booksellers. Hen r y Coiburn, Publisher, I:1, Great Marlborough-street. Jug ready, in 3 Vols., deftly 0., with a Portrait, from an Original, MEMOIRS OF THE Rig!: Hon. WARREN HASTINGS LATE GOVERNOR-GENERAL OF INDIA. INCLUDING his JOURNALS and LETTERS. NOW FIRST PIAIf.ISIIED, from the ORIGINALS in POS SESSION of the FAMILY. By the REV. G. R. GLEIG. Author of " The Life of Sir Thomas Munro," " Traditions of Chelset College," &c. Richard Bentley, Neo Burlington-street, Publisher in Ordinary to her Majesty. Now ready, in 2 vols., Svo., with a Portrait from an Original Picture, THE LIFE, JOURNALS, AND CORRE SPONDENCE of SAMUEL PEPYS, Esq., F.R.S. Secretary to the Admiralty in the Reigns of Charlea 11., and James II Includin g a NARRATIVE of his VOYAGE to TANGIER ry, and JOURNAL of his RESIDENCE there , `hE WHOLE NOW FIRST PUBLISHED FROM THE ORIGINALS. " We have here an interesting and welcome addition to the I ljilque Diary heretofore published, rendering the picture of thy Te wf Secretary at once more complete and more wor admiration."—A:thenreum. " Thi s work contains an abundance of historical and literary I,atte r t o rewar d t h e rea d er f or th e care f u l perusal. Few good ibrarians will not covet the immediate possession of it. Pepys's o urnal of his Residence at Tangier contains many curious tid interesting anecdotes, and the Letters of Evelyn to him ill be read with great gratification by all the literary world." Literary Gazette. Richard Bentley, New Burlington street. Publisher in Ordinary to her Alajeaty. u,„ THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT GARDEN. 4 DER the MANAGEMENT of MADAME YESTRF. THIS EVENING, DEC. 14. Will be repeated Shakspere's MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM. Theseus, M r . Cooper; Quince, Mr. Bartley • Bottom, Mr. Irey ; Flute, Mr. Keeley ; Snout, Mr. Meadows ; Snug, dent F. Matthews • Hermia, Mrs. Nisbett ; Oberon, Madame ris ; Titania, ' Airs. W. Lacy ; l'uszlc, Miss Marshall; First 14 'Y, Miss Rainforth. After whico, the New Farce. in One Act, entitled BROTHER BEN. i., C otamodore Cutlass, Mr. 13artiey ; Benjamin Bowles, Mr. i arle s Mathews; Mr. Shuffleton, Mr. Harley ; Dorothy, Jones. A To conclude with COJIIC SCENE netween Mr. CHARLES MATHEWS and Mr. KEELEY, entitled TWO IN THE MORNING. TO -morrow, The Merry Wives of Windsor, with The Critic. 11 1 'n Wednesday, The Midsummer Night's Dream, with Bro-. Ben, and Two in the Morning. 1 4 1 e NEW GRAND CHRISTMAS PANTOMIME will TlP , vhiccd on Saturday Dec. 26, entitled `IE CASTLE OF 01 ANTO; OR, HARLEQUIN AND THE GIANT HELMET. 44 -ors to l i e openrn at Lail-past perfottnanees tc , p'"nee at Seven &Clock. t ket-s and platss for the Box, I , to be taken of Mr. G . Grogan Ise: box-office, from I en . till Four, where Season hcLets tY )I e had upon application.. 11 'B5 Boxes, ; Second Price, 3s. 6d.; First and Second ss. ; Second Price, is. 6d. ; Pit, 3s. ; Second Price. Is. kr THEATRE av ROYAL os DRURY-LANE. ELIASON begs lee mt respectfully to announce that ,„7 athbove- Theatre is now OPEN EVERY EVENING . "th e Grand Alu'ical Entertainments, entitled -- YHE CONCERTS D'HIVER. t Last Week of Mons. Musard's Engagement. Alons. NADAUD—Conductor , Mons. MUSARD `IIOGRAMMV FOR THIS EVENING, DEC. 14. Oy er , PART FIRST. V . , lure— r'oethe's Faust—Lindpaintner. Huld'gungs. O v .. di t !!7---La lluette de Portici—Auber. 111 .--Poli c hi nel—Musard. ro rtur e — Sernirarnide—R oss ini. iZ e %arie—Oboe. M ons. Barret. 4's celelzated Music in Macbeth. rand PACT SECOND. Scene Satanique, selected from Robert le Diable, ar- Vqed by M usar d Carabo. ti c ' trie_Violin, Aloni. De Loffre. 1 3 % 41 --A urora—Labitzky. Cheval de Bronze--Auber. Reine d'un Jour—Musard. - 12 ,'1.--Camille—Trumret Solo, Herr , Muller—Musard. tr,,, r i 'res of Admission :—Te the I romenade, Is.; Dress Z. 6d. ; Upper Boxes, Is. 6d tt t i sitors to the Foxes have the privilege of passing to and .1.4,1.1 re Promenade. tT Mr. Eliason, in compliance with numerous applications, ts 1 Nr. b ea. " to announce that the Lower Gallery will for the fu ,,l),e 6 1ened at the admission of Is. to each person. iti / C.'rt' open at half-part Seven o'Clock, to commence at I itiaINCESS"cHEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. splendid Theatre is OPEN EVERY EVENING with PROMENADE CONCERTS, Ip r the Direction of Mr. WILLY. Ilea,..,ddition to the Solo Performers who h ave a l rea dy ap r4,l4l;`! at th ese C oncer t s , M r . W i lly ha s grea t p l easure i n an (o4,;°,t( that he has wade arrangements with M. Delabarre, %L a )), of the Academie Royale, Paris; M. de Folly, (Pic- M. B ( B F. assook. (Pic- T HIS EVENlNG, aumasan, DC. 14. ) —PROGRAMME. d t PART FIRST. I lti k i r l i c' ile ty in D, No. 2, First Movement. Ns, !—le Carillonneur. .v5,,.," - Der Feen 'Welt—Strauss. ,1 4 4L r0--La D ame Bl anc h e —B o ildi e u. '`el t : t the Ob oe , by M ons . D e l a b arre . tvi tr ! n o from Meyerbeer's Opera, Robert le Diable, arranged l+y()los for Bassoon, Harp, Corno-Inglese, and Clarinet, 'lessrs. Baumann, Ireland, Delabarre, and Herr Itjen. ' 4 4 PART SECOND. tit '`" - Guy Yannering—Bishop. gt, 3roen Fier Kiang. qt ' from Oberon—Tutton. t tt °o certante—Flute by;Mr. Carte, Clarinet by Herr Itjen. Q4 quet des Dames, or 'Musical Wreath—Strauss. ~t' ken ade,ls.—Dress Circle, 2s.—Upper Boxes, Is. 6d. G ‘A.,: t e Loxes, 11. Is. and 10s. 6d. each, may be had at the and of Mr. Mitchell, Old Bond-street. 4- N ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. —l l. THE BENEFIT OF MR. R. LAWRENCE, TREASURER. THIS EVENING, DEC. Will he acted, DA:Is HI RTY YEARS OF A GAMBLER'S LIFE. -411 lessrs. Saville, Hughes, Neville. Heslop, and John- Alrs. Daly and Mrs. Vining, wilt perform. After which, 'r THE WET RSE. 0 ° Wet Nurse, M r . W. S m i th ; Kitty, Miss Martin. "" followed by JIM ALONG JOSE, and the Squash HoLow Hornpipe. To continde with THE MILLER'S MAID. , Giles, Mr. Buckin g h am ; Phoebe, Mrs. Henry i t Sortie idea et the prosperous state of Malaga i t iven by lett ers rece i ve d f rom t h at place this morning, q dated the 30:h uit. The commerce is said to be but steadily, progr e ssing, a n d t h e value and ti .t y of the exports to he such as to prove that the ti til e rs of the di s trict must be in comparatively th,-'tit circumstances. Of the proluce t er t :', l be shipped during the present season,. p both k ls (I " . eien and native ports, the wine is estinared at "t l3-0 burs, which at Cu ~veragc pr.cc of 325 would l k a ° 2 ll ' $375,000. !Liking are set down at the value of , ok - ,e ) .000, almonds at $lOO 000, grapes in jars, now on 41. ". at above $50,000, figs at $56,000. Oil is consider, d 1 ° ! A Z . 05 t important exriort, on accou n t o f th e extent tki iit 'eh the tra d e i s a l rea d y carr i ed, b ecause it is sus s.% et further increase. and lastly be, cause it is ino,t 81,14ute to the grower. Of this, it is calculated about 4 °M ° o worth will be sent in the course of the sea th s v4t)i '/ 1 bears (Garhatizos) Ire shipping, mostly. A • ports, it is supposed to the value 1,4,--'4°,000" Tbrll rnelle r f the land yearly ex -1 i ! (l ), l ,s ,d ool i ront Malaga is above $3 641,000, or nearly Lar,i l , and this exclo , .ively of the lead which oFea t4 eemes to the port for shipment. A: the same time, I °Prtl 4 ,. cf this prosperity, no attenrpt is made, by the k l 'a pf ic ' t 4 h of roads, &c., to improve the internal condi. talkit e country. The iron foundry, which is above e „ fr om the city, is described as a meat profit tt 0 4 well conducted establishment, nearly 2,700 . 1 ' A ' n . ,g wrought there. This finds a ready sale in 4'4ooeualusian provinces at good prices, say about t 'tv t , for the whole quantity. These works are, 11 4 1 1 114 r, not so profitable as they might be, from the cir v • 4 e. that altnough the iron ore is very good, and tOe, tv Ss abundant, fuel is exceedingly scarce. A coal th il et 'eh is situated about ten leagues from the foundry, se wvatkble on account of the d,fficulty an d expense C ll 4 ll l "Id be in making a railroad through the mountains, k tl f,e,e651 which i s use d i s b roug h t f rom Greast Britain ilkl;R:It Gijon i n t h e A stor i a .. The import tr a d e o f tb t ae t 8 considerabl e , t h oug h it b ears no proportion it irel,nrt trade, owi ng t o th e f r ug a l di spos i tion 01 t,"ttl At ‘.4uittnts. It is, bovre;er, extremely difficult to p t ll ,tab", t he imp orts on account o f t h e extent of the ttj,, lt t.r: t i d trade. The French seem to be the chief coml.. the t ra d e o f t h e p l ace, an d i t i s sa id t h ere are pit, :it than twelve or fourteen travelling agents at ne Vine from different French manufacturers. )t o k rt Irmingham houses Malaga is thought to be the 4 t ly • uctt to Barcelona and Seville. The average 10()9144..0rt of Newroundl.ind and other salt fish is about I lk: .t hi 4 : 44 t'is, chiefly , brought in Spanish ships, to save N l ' I)L n c the duty. The extinction of monastic orders ts, krti„", ev er, done mu c h t o di m i n i s h t h e consumpt i on o f tb:redT. The cultiv a ti on o f t h e cochineal Want is per -140 s ed a new plantation is be , "7 made. The ex , " London at three months is 38d per current The Publication of w Evening Edition of Ti IC SUN COM. coerced at 10 minutes after Three. TO COf?RgSPONDRNTS, S." sh,i4;d haw., v.at.fl 2..7 , i'L3t catty h. 7 .eFu,1,,,1 by the Committee of the Mechanics' Institution. His letter contains no information whatever on the subject. The note of a " Constant Reader, Liverpool, Dec. 4," had been mislaid. We have no doubt that A. is liable to an action in the same way as the printer, publisher, or seller, of a libellous publication is liable. Like them he gives circulation to the calumny ; and igno rance, in the case of Hetherington, is , not admitted by the law as a plea. Captain Drury's letter has been received. It shall be at tended to to-morrow. ORDERS FOR " THE CHiNA SUN," NOW PUBLISHING, (AND WHICH WILL BE KEPT ON SALE FOR SOME TIME,) May he given to al! News-agents, or sent direct to the Sun Office, 112, Strand, London, where prompt attention will be paid to each communi cation in !lite order it iR received, and the Paper duly forwarded. Panics sending Orders should write their Ad, dresses distinctly, to prevent mistake. On former occasions several letters had been received with out either Name or Address. The Price of the CHINA SUN is only SIXPENCE, which can be sent by post FREE. N.B.—No EXTRA Charge to Regular Sub scribers, who will receive their Papers in the usual course. THE GOLDEN SUN Was published to commemorate her most Gracious MAJESTY'S CORONATION ; but the Penny Postage, which now facilitates the seed ing of letters, was not then in existence. Look ing forward to an event of great national in terest, which Queen VICTORIA has now HAPPILY realised, we reserved a few copies of THE GOLDEN CORONATION SUN, Which can be sent by post free to all parts of the Empire. Price SIXPENCE. Sun Office, 112, Strand, London, Nov. 28, 1840. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO.MORROW. Morning 39 minutes after 6 Evening 3 minutes after 7. .. 4. ..,,, 4 -0 :;;; , -..›). Lsc ..... „, •.. ~,, , it, c , „ : „..... c. „, t 5: 7 -4, 4 . ri:,:r , t4: - ..- ..0A , ,, ."--< _.' ''''- i-1:4 -- .) z' , . ~.., - , e , ,‘ ). ---: -'7., .:-., J, -,,, ..,-- ---4e.,... t lA+ LONDON MONDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1840. By extraordinary express from Paris the French Journals of Sunday, together with Friday and Sa turday's papers, have been all received. They bring the correspondence between Commodore Sir C. NAPIER and his Excellency BOGHOS BEY, re lative to the submission of MEHEMET ALI T a copy of which will be found in anothcr part of The Sun. The Mohiteur of Sunday likewise published the annexed copy of the convention, signed at Alexandria the 27th of November, be tween Commodore NAPIER and his Excellency BOGHOS BEY, Egyptian Minister for Foreign Affairs, which amounts to a virtual settlement of the Eastern question. We cannot express in sufficiently strong terms how much we ap prove of the admirable tone of our gallant countryman NAPIER'S correspondence with the Egyptian Government. Nothing could be better timed, or in better taste than the amicable, cordial frankness with which he modestly pointed out to the VICEROY the danger of longer resisting the will of the Four Powers. Were diplomatists like NAPIEP. more plentiful, we should have fewer wars ; for in the long run honesty will ever be found the most humane and the best policy. The following are the articles of this Convention : Art. I, Commodore Napier, in his above-named qua lity, having communicated to his Highness Mehemet Ali that the Allied Powers bad recommended the Sublime Porte to reinstate him in the hereditary government of Egypt, and his Highness seeing in this communication a favourable circumstance to put an end to the calamities of war, his Highness engages himself to order his son Ibra him Paeha to proceed to the immediate evacuation of Sy ria ; his Highness engages himself besides to restore the Ottoman fleet as soon as he shall have received the official notification that the Sublime Porte grants to him the he reditary government of Egypt, which concession is and re ma;ns guaranteed by the Powers. Art. — . Commodore Napier will place at the disposal of the Egyptian Government a steamer to conduct to Syria the officer designated by his Highness to bear to the Commander-in-Chief of the Egyptian army the order to evacuate Syria. The Commander-in- Chief of the Britannic torce, Sir Robert Stopford, wiil, on his side, name an officer to watch the execution of this measure. Art. 3. In consideration of what precedes, Com modore Napier engages himself to suspend on the part of the Britannic forces hostilities against Alexandria, or any other port of the iEgyptian country. He will authorise, at the same time, the free navigation of the vessels destined for the transport of the wounded, of the sick, or otherwise, from every other portion of the Egyp tian army which the Government of Egypt might desire to have to return to this country by sea. Art. 4. It is well understood that the Egyptian army shall have the facility to retire from Syria with its artillery, a rms, horses, munitions, b. , kgage, and esptcially with all that constitutes the materiel of the army. This Convention, and the success obtained by the English on the coast of China, have ex cited a good deal of ill-natured jealousy in France. The journals insist upon the humiliation of their country, and persist, with self-mortifying pertinacity, in parading the indignities to which they contend France has been exposed. No effort is wanting on their part to keep green the wounds inflicted upon the national vanity. The remains of NAPOLEON arrived at Poissy on Saturday. On the same day the Court of Cassa tion rejected the appeal of Madame LAFFAItGE for a new trial, and confirmed the sentence of the Inferior Court. The KING, the Royal family, and the Chambers, were to assist at the ceremony of depositing the remains of NAPOL EON in the tomb provided for him by France. The Journal des Debals, of Sunday, expresses a hope that the peace of the capital may not be disturbed on so memorable an occasion• Copious extracts from the French journals, with a summary of all the naws they contain, will be found in another part of The Sun. We are glad to see that the economical condition of France, and the misgovernment of that country for several years, as causes of war, and as in fluencing the happiness of her neighbours, are be ginning, a month after we first directed attention to the subject, to occupy the attention of our Con temporaries. Thus the Spectator of Saturday has an article entitled Frauce, in which it traces back the comparative want of a staid manufacturing and commercial population to the abominable conduct of Lours XIV., in trying to extirpate Protestant ism. After some sensible, but brief observations, on the Revolution, NAPOLEON, and the elder Boußnorrs, " who were criminal for pandering to the wish for foreigireopquest, and contemptible in their puny aping o r: is; fl PO LEON," it says— The Revol ut i on of July 1830 furnished a clear stage for tru e s t a t esmen ; b ut the opportun i ty has been thrown away. Louis Philippe. who seeks to restrain the head long precipitancy with which some French statesmen seem to seek war, more from selfish fear of its conse quences to himself than any more elevated considera- THE'SUN,, LONDON, MONDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1840. tion. is hut experiencing a just retribution. " Even justice commends the poisoned chalice to hir own lips." He has converted what might have been the precursor cf unprecedented national greatness in the truest sense, into a mere source of personal aggran dizement. He has maintained and sought-tb strengthen the system of centralized government,tin order that all power might remain in his own hands. So jealous of his personal authority has be been, that, with a morbid anxiety, he has shrunk even from that participation of power which is necessarily attendant upon the calling of high•minded men of ability to his councils. His ego tistical, insincere, manceuvering nature, has rendered it impossible for any high-mi n d e d s t a t es ma n to to-operate permanently with him. He has persecuted the press as bitterly as his predecessors. He too has sought to flatter the besetting weakness of the French character —the ill-regulated thirst for military distinction—by playing out the farce of African conquest. He has done what in him lay to enervate and pervert public opinion in France, in order to serve his own selfish ends. To this it is mainly owing, that the history of the French Government since 1830 has been little better than a narrative of as paltry intrigues for place as disgraced the history of our Second Charles ; and that public opinion in France has, if anything, retrograded since the placing of the present dynasty on the throne. The Spectator, then, agrees in the main with the opinions we expressed on November 12, when we condemned Louis PHILIPPE for " neglecting to set free French commerce, and for fostering NA POLEON'S ! , ,iilitary system." It is clearly set forth by our Contemporary that the Governments of the elder BOURBONS and of NAPOLEON were injurious to France, and lie condemns, as we condemned, LOUIS PHILIPPE for having trodden in their steps. He does not, however, go the length of blaming the surrounding Governments of Europe for not having set the French a better example, and not having done what was in their power to encourage French trade, and so produce a superior economical condition in France, and ensure the other States of Europe against the calamities of To this omission by our Contemporary, trusting that he may, with five days to look before him, resume the subject, and treat it with that de liberation and research which cannot be commanded by writers for the daily press, we shall now direct our attention. war. The description which out Contemporary has given of the Government of Louts PHILIPPE is applicable, with slight variations, to most of the Governments of Europe. We do not say this as a matter of blame—we look on it as a necessity of their condition. Like Louis PHILIPPE, they have maintained and sought to strengthen the system of centralized government, in order that all power might remain in their own hands. They have per secuted the press more or loss, and have sought to make public opinion subserve their own selfish ends. This seems to us according to human nature, and to be the necessary consequence of the general no tion entertained of government. The Tories are right in regarding government as implying a system of rule superior to the people and controlling their will. It is essential, there fore, to government, whenever a popular power is likely to oppose or thwart it, or have a will of its own, in opposition to the Government, that the latter should use all the covert and open means it can command to strengthen itself, and be able, whenever the necessity for a contest arises, to se cure power in its own hands. In Prussia this spi rit has operated by controlling education, putting down as much as possible the power of any priest hood independent of the Government whether Catholic or Protestant, by organizing a commercial league which extended as it were the boundaries of Prussia, and centered power in Berlin, and by keeping a complete and tight hold of the army, and making it embrace in turn every man in the kingdom. In Austria the same system has long been established, and is most sedulously followed up, subduing the somewhat restive Hungarians by intrigues, bribery, and violence, and beating down in Italy, by an iron hand, all opposition to its will. In neither country is freedom of the press known. In Spain the same spirit has taken the direction of a civil rsar, which was mainly caused by a foolish and even wicked attempt to put down the local privileges of the Basque provinces. We repeat, therefore, that the description which the Spectator• gives of LOUIS PHILIPPE'S Government, applies with sonie variations, to most of the Governments of Europe. We wish we could exempt our own Government, but we cannot. The new Poor-law, however bene ficial—the little attempts made to place a small por tion of education under Ministerial control—nu merous Commissions, and various assumptions of power, not always by the Executive but by the Le gislature--have all tended to centralize power in the hands of the Government. A prescrip tive privilege of discussion, of some stand ing, has secured the press from persecu tion, till it was recently revived at Bir mingham, Manchester, and London, at the in stance of the bigots ; while the only symptom of opposition to the Government, which it was able to put down, for Toryism has thwarted it in many in stances triumphantly—the opposition of the Char tists—was suppressed with as much severity, accord ing to our manners, as Louis PHILIPPE has crushed the emeutes at Paris. Nor are the cases or Municipal Reform in England and Ireland, which might seem to be exceptions to the rule, such in reality. The municipalities had local government before, and municipal reform . , only substituted an improved local administration, while, in both cases, it was thought to strengthen the hands of the men in power. We need not add that the govern. went of England under the Tories was administered on the same principles, and continually tended to engross power, of which the establishment of a metropolitan police, placed under the Home De partment, may be quoted as the illustration. Neither before the accession of the Whigs, nor since, has the Government of England, any more than the Governments of the Continent, bee❑ able to sur mount the necessities of its condition, and abstain from grasping at power, and from assuming a wider and a wider control. The Spectator speaks of the paltry intrigues for place which have disgraced the history of Louis PHILLIPE, but surely those in France may be matched in England. If there have been less mere petty intrigues to get hold of the ear of the Sovereign here than there, it is because here the Sovereign has much less power than in France; but the scandalous bribery and cor ruption of the Tories, their wicked coer cion of the voters, surpasse s in our estimation all that has occurred in Paris. The intrigues have taken a different form in the two countries, and while in France they have only disgraced the class of statesmen, here they have tended to degrade great masses of the comr aunity. Look to the conduct c if our Legislature. What contests about nothing I 'What squabbling about that Reform Act, which has answered the expecta tions of neither party I V that wretched and pitia ble disputes, session after • session, and year after year, about those two un principled compromises, the Irish Tithe Act and th e Irish Municipal Cor porations Act I Withot it entering into further par ticulars, what, let us ; isk, has the mass of the debates in both Houses been for the last ten years but factious disputes, which have ended in laws founded, not on principle, s of equity or justice, but on the momentary int efei t, or momentary power, of one or other conteatkinz parties ? It is melan choly to think that to laves so originating, and of such a nature, our postex, :ty will be fast bound, like ourselves, and that it. will most probably be held to be of the highest o f .der of criminality in them to pervert, evade, or; reais► such laws, as it is now held to be in us in relation to laws which had in former times a similar origin in the compromises or victories of factions contending for personal objects. What have our statesmen and our legis lators, in fact, done for the real good of the country, more than has been done in France ? The Corn law still blights the enterprise and crushes the honest energies of the people. The just descrip tion of the Spectator is as applicable to the other Governments of Europe as to that of Louis PHILIPPE, and not one amongst them all can be selected as an example which he ought to have followed. But all these Governments have meddled very much occasionally with other States. The inter ference with Belgium, the occupation of Ancoea, the auxiliaries .vent to Spain, the irruption into Cracow, the cruel measures taken by Prussia and Austria against the Poles, are all justified on the ground that such an interference was necessary for the welfare of the interfering State. On the same principle, they might and ought to have interfered with France to guard against the warlike disposition and that economical condition which are so threat ening to Europe—not indeed by arms, nor even by recommendations, but by setting an example of establishing commercial freedom, and by allowing their respective subjects to trade . with one another to the utmost extent of their liking and their means. They have done no such thing ; they have kept up odious restrictions, narrow monopolies, and plundering duties ; and have fostered in the French the antisocial dispositio❑ of which all Europe is now in some measure the victim. The truth, however, is that statesmen who pre tend to provide for everything, are most ignorant of many parts of society, and of the principles which regulate them. We doubt whether the eco nomical condition of France, in relation to the rest of Europe, was ever considered by them as worthy of attention ; and we doubt whether they have ever thought of commerce as a means of securing the peace of the world. They regard it only as con tributing to their customs duties. Its mighty power to soften down national animosities, and fuse into one common humanity all the notions of the earth, seems to have escaped their notice, and they have taken no steps to promote peace and good will by extending commerce among people politi• tally separated. They have confined their inter ference to protocols and treaties, when they ought to have opened their ports, put down their cus tom houses, and allowed the free exportation and importation of goods by merchants. They can interfere to make war, interfere with ships and armies, with bayonets and cannon balls ; btit the better, interference by bales of cotton and silk, the sailiNipd gentle wooing of nations to peace and frietifilineas—by the inter change of their mutual natural advantages—they have disdained. But ignoritiCor wilfully mischie vous as many of them have been and arc, it is con sidered an injury to society to throw doubts on their wisdom and their utility ; and we must, therefore, leave the further elucidation cf the subject to the calm and searching inquiries of our Weekly Con temporary. We have great satisfaction in referring our read ers to a letter from Mr. BOTCH, the Middlesex Magistrate, published in The Sun this day. It re lates to a subject of vital importan ce to the commu nity travelling by railroad, and from the simplicity of the invention proposed by Mr. ROTCII, and his well. known scientific skill, we have little doubt that the plan he proposes for giving the alarm of danger will be ultimately successful. The expense of the whole apparatus will be very small, and if it is properly adapted to the signil whistle (barring the negligence of the officer on duty) it cannot pos sibly fail. Mr. ROTCH deserves great credit for the active part he took in the inquiry at Harrow , and we confidently trust that he will yet wake the public still more largely his debtor, by carrying into effect au improvement which will effectually pit:vent all such fatal accidents for the future. Madrid Journals, of the sth instant, have been received, but their contents are of comparatively little interest. ESPARTERO was greatly incensed against the press, whose attacks on the army were making a great impression on the populace. "It is reported," says one account,*" that the Regency is about to suppress several journals in consequence of their opposition. It is said that the Duke of V ITTO RIA is dissatisfied w i t h MM . DE C ORTINA and Gom ES DE BECER RA, wh om h esu spects of hav ing secret interviews with M. DE CALA TRA VA. There have been lately some strange converts from Liberal principles to Conservatism, amongst others General VALDEZ and M. D 'A RGUELL ES . 7 1 ‘1. OLOZAGA had not left M a d r id f or P ar i s . M. ANTONIO GONZALES, the friend of Mr. ASTON, the British A.eabassador, Was to go to London as Ambassador to the British Court. M. CORRADI will fill the same position in Portugal." FIRE AND LOSS OF LlFE.—Between two and three this morning a fire broke out in the White Horse public house near the old church, Chelsea, which, with the stock, was totally consumed. The fire was first discovered by Police constable, No. 115, N division, who immediately alarmed the inmates, ten in number : by the time they were made conscious of their perilous situation, all communica tion with the lower part of the house was cut of, when the cries of the children, and the shrieks of the females were most heartrending, there being no other alternative for them to effect their escape than by dropping into th e street. They were advised to do so, and we regret to state, several of them were injured by the bruises th ey re ceived, but from the confusion which existed it was im possible to ascertain to what extent. The brother of M r. Beale, the landlord, is missing, and no doubt remains that ha has perished in the times. The firemen , upon bei ng informed of this melancholy fact, beg an to dig up the ruins, but in consequence of the heat th e y coul d only pro ceed slowly, and up to half-past eight o'clock tbe ;r search had been unsuccessful. 111 r. Beale is insured i n the British Fire Office, but we understand not to the amount of his loss. TEETOTALISM IN 'MONTGOMERYSHIR E ., i n the parish of Llanbrynmair, and the adjoinin g di stricts, nearly all the inhabitants arc (or rather were) discipl es o f Father Mathew, and for some two or thr ee year , rigidly observed the pledge. Juat previous to the lamented death of the late Sir Watkin Will i ams Wynn, arrange ments were commenced and su bs equently co nt i nued for ( quelising the rents upon his extensive estate s i n North of the estates trifling, and the pec Wales. Notices were, of course , served upon t h e whole of the tenantry, in order that a renew al of the t enantcv should take place subject to t he alter ed rental ; an d w e are informed that the old occ u p iers, w ith scarcely an ex _ a ppened, how ever, that in the e s c. i p r ti N o v n a , tk a i g o a . i , n , be l c t am so e willing tenants to the " Y our . g pariah of Llanbrynmair, and its conti guous distri c t s t h e rents heretofore t agent had forthat been comparatively (who al so valued the other portions) was reluct antly .comp e ll e d h a f ur therance of the principle of e q u alization to i ncrease in s ome instances considerably , the old re nts. respected About a wee k or a fortnight ago,the ren t-da y (the firs t since the in crease d portion rental) was fixed to be held at Llanbrynmair where the agent attended, and where the tenantry repaired to pay. Each accepted the customary invitation to dinn condi ti, be allowed • Cr, ienally that they should teetotal drink, and not to be urged to take any intoxicating beverage ; but pre vious to the hour for dinner, the agent c ommunicated the gran information tha t he was dire cted to repay th em 4 ) ~ the several amounts w i t h which they h a d been charged upon ~ • their former rents , an instruction which he t h en an d Reader, they all broke the pledge I there complied wish. d and • All ware soon " good humoured fairly tipsy !" and continued, to the no small amusement of " mine host" of Arms Inn, to acknowledge the kindness of the Wynnstay "Glorious" sever their landlord by getting al days succes 'ivelY.—Carnarcon Herald. The rehearsal, or repet i t i on, of Mozart's Requiem, preparatory to its performance at the Chapel of the Invalides, on the sepulture of Napoleon's remains, took place at the French Opera-house, on Saturday, and was attended by all the fashion of the French capital. The Duchess of Orleans was sufficiently recovered from her late confinement to attend. The singers were Lablache, Tamburini, Duprez, Grisi, Mesdames Niadot, Eugene Garni, Damoresu, &c. ; but the church was wanting for effect, and the organ for accompaniment. No quantity of horns and trumpets, nor yet the voice of Lablache himself could compensate for the absence of an organ. At the In valides, however, this will not be wanting. BRENCHLEY.—On the night of Sunday last, the 6111 inst., seine dogs entered a field on Bullen-farts, East Peckham, in the occupation of Mrs. Cheesman, in ' a hick was a flock of fifty lambs, and actually killed the whole of them.--Sussex Express. LLO YD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, DEC. 14. —lt blew very fresh last night at d part of this morning front the eastward, with violent squalls at times. Wind, this day at noon, fresh breezes from the eastward, with fine clear weather and hard frost. DEAL, DEC. 12. —Wind E, S.E., moderate; 13th, E., fresh breeze.—Sailed the Alexandr Baring, Hall, for Bombay; General Evans, Madeira; Wilberforce steamer, Macdougal, Gibralter; Duke of Bronte, Payne, Bom bay ; General Brock, Saskbrook, Cape Coast Castle; Ealing Grove, Falconer, Dominica ; British Merchant, Park, Jamaica ; Quebec, Hebard, New York ; Victory, Brooks, Bermuda. DOVER, Dac. 10..—Off port Maria, Nay, Havannab. Onas, Dec. 10.—The Henry, 11I'Callam, of Glasgow, bound to Easdale, has put in here with considerable da mage, having struck on the rocks. WHIT6TABLE, DEC. 13.—The Felize, Istuloh, frcm Bremen, bound to Tampico, has been assisted in here with damage, having been on the Kentish Knock last night. DUBLIN, DEC. 11.—Ar:ived the Perseverance, Scott, from Quebec ; Carleton, Summers, ditto ; Recovery, Conway, ditto; Margaret, Balfour, ditto; Mary Reid, Llanelly, with loss of boat, bulwarks, and two of the crew, having been struck by a sea. WATERFORD, DEC. 9. Arrived the Cornwallis, DaviF, from Newfoundland. CORK, Disc. W.--Arrived the Trinidad, Sardon, from Honduras ; Welcome, Jackson, Newfoundland—sailed 22d ult. ; St. George, Stewart, Cuba; Queen Victoria, Connor, Bombay. Sailed tho Jane, *Combs, for Africa; Kinguloch, Stanton, Newfoundland. DEC. 11.—Sailed Georgiana, Watson, Tobago. LIVERPOOL, DEC. 12.—Wind S.E.—Arrived Mary Ann, Hutton. from Quebec, with loss of sails, bulwarks, &c. 13.—Oriental steamer, Say, Alexandria, left 26th ult., Malta, lst inst., and Gibraltar, 6th. Sailed Cam bridge, Dickinson, for Demerara; Isabella, Thorpe, ditto; Lord Glenelg, Simpson, Trinidad ; Ganges, Henderson, Charleston ; Hermes, Oliphant, Lima ; Garrow, Ling ham, Africa. The Dinah, Dick, from hence to Palermo, put into Douglas, Isle of Man, with loss of boats, bul warks, &c., having been struck by a sea. The Earl of Harewood, from Cuba and Nassau, to Swansea, was spoken, 3d inst., ton. 23, very leaky, with loss of boats, sails, bulwarks, &c., part of crew laid up, and 200 tons of copper thrown overboard, having ex. perienced very severe weather, by the Souter Johnny, ar rived here. The Emerald, Dempsey, from Liverpool to Bordeaux, was driven on shore at Sanday, near Campbel town, Bth inst. and was expected to become a wreck. PORTSMOUTH, Dec. 12 AND 13.—Wind E.N.E.—Ar rived the Courier, Havigborst, from Rio Janeiro. Sailed the Persia, Stevens, for Ceylon. Off port, the Euxine, Nichol, from Miramichi. Cowl/8, Duo. 13. .—Arrived the Lynher, Browse, from the Mauritius. PLYMOUTH, DEC. 13.--Wind N. E.—Sailed the Susan, Neatley, Sydney, New South Wales ; Neptune, Ferris, ditto ; Bussorah Merchant, ditto ; Siam, Smith, Port Adelaide. Sailed the Reward, Hogg, for Jamaica ; Kers well, Gower, Demerara. FALMOUTH, DEC. 11.—Wind E., fresh gale.-12. Wind N. E. to E. N. E.—Arrived the Vigilant, Leggett, from Dalhousie, with decks swept and loss of boats, Sic. ; Iberia steamer, Cooper, Gibraltar. Sailed the Ide, Mauritius; Superb, Hamilton, Adelaide; Dryden, Launceston. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. LIVILIIPOOL COTTON MARKET, SATUIDAY.—We have hada fair Litmand for Cotton and , yesterday's quo tations have been fully maintained. The sales were from 4,000 to 5,000 bags, chiefly Americans. A Lisbon mail has arrived by the Iberia, which sailed from Gibraltar Dec. 3, Cadiz Dec. 4, Lisbon Dec, 5; Oporto, no communication ; and Vigo Dec. 9. The Oriental left Alexandria on the 26th Nov., Dec. 1, and Gibraltar Dec. 6. By the overland mail from India we have received paperF. Accounts from Manila of the 4th June state that the market for British goods was very dull, and very little doing in produce. Opium Ind improved, chiefly in conse quence of the demand for the junks then about leaving , Patna had been sold at 360 380 drs. and Nlalwa was %anted at 500 drs., per chest. There was not any kind left in the market. COTTON Gcons.—The demand for all sorts of Cotton goods is very small, as is usual in this season of the year. WOOLLENS. —Such as are proper for the junks continue in demand, but without any improvement in price, on ac count of the heavy stock. :MARINE STORES.--TlO market continues well supplied with every article, except European rope, which is still in great demand. Heavy stock of canvas on hand. WINES, &c.—Good English bottled beer, gin, English brandy, and French claret are inquired after, and the first arrivals will do well. SUGAR.—There is no demand whatever for clayed sugars. Inferior qualities continue in demand. INDIOO.—No transactions, and very little in the market. HEMP.—Some small lots have been sold at 31. 55., un screwed. EXCHANGE —l,OOOl. Treasury Bills have been done at ss. id. Private bills on London, six months' sight, have been negotiated during the week at 4s. 7d. SIAM _By the arrival of the Fairy during the week from Siam, we have letters from Bankok, which contain very unfavourable accounts of the state of affairs in that quarter. Business was altogether at a stand, produce scarce and high priced. The King had prohibit ed the exportation of rice, the grand staple of the county, by everybody but himself. The cause assigned for this prohibition is the condition of the upper provinces of the country. ‘Vo have received the Journal of Antwerp of yester day's date. Bovhsis OF AMSTERDAM, Dxc. 11.—The rise in the Funds at Paris and London has sustained the prices in our National Funds, which have in general improved. The business in the Integrales were greatly animated ; Al doin'A Spanish, owing to some purchases, are better. THE FUNDS. Consols opened this morning at the leaving off price of Satarday,.B9i opening ex div. ; Reduced 89i ; Exchequer Bills, 1 3 prem. ; Bank Stock, 1561 157 k ; India Stock, for opening, 237 239. In the Foreign Market little doing as yet. Spanish Active left off on Saturday 2.3 q 24k, at present may be quoted a shade lower, 23, 1 -, '24 ; Deferred, 11i, 12i ; Pas sive fri 6 ; Portuguese, lower, left off 341, now 331- 34 ; Three per Cents. 21k 22 ; Colombian, same as they closed, 251 26 ; Mexican, same, 281- 29k ; Chilian, 56 58; Brazilian, 71 72 ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 51i ; Five per Cents. 931. SHARES.—Great Western, 22 23 prem. ; London and Brighton, 9i- 9 discount; Blackwall, 44 34 discount; Birmingham, 81 83 prem. ; Southampton, 53 54 per share ; Croydon, no quotation; Greenwich, 7i 8.1- per share ; Manchester and Birmingham, 14 12 discount. PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE. RAILWAYS. Paid. Per Share. Bristol and Exeter 6O ...... 361-..... to Eastein Counties Ditto Debentures - to Great Western Ditto New London and Brighton London and Blackwall London and South Western 3Bif, 5.. .4 ...... to 53 70 Manchester and Leeds . North Midland Ditto New - JOINT STOCK lANKS. Australasia Union of Australia. Ditto New Shares 5 . 10i to PRICES OF IRISH STOCKS, DUBLIN, DEC. 12. 3 per Cent. Consols Three and Half Stock 9B ! Grand Canal 5t0ck......... Ditto Reduced ...... ... Ditto Debs. 6 per cent... Ditto New, 1830 ...... 98i Ditto 4 per cent — her Cent. Debs. 90-?„ I Royal Canal Stock HALF-PAST ONE. Private letters received this morning from Macao of the 3d August, state that the Chinese affairs are not likely to be settled for a long period, and there is no chant::: of coming to terms at least for a year. The people of Macao are very anxious for news from Chusan, not having received any for a month past. Consols are a shade lower than in the early part of the morning, and may be quoted 89 for the 15th January, with little doing. Reduced, 89 ; Exchequer Bills, 1 3 prem. ; India Bonds, 13 discount ; Bank Stock 1661, In the Foreign Market, Spanish Active is rather heavy, at 931 ; -; Deferred, 11, 3 ,-; Portuguese a shade higher 321 ; Three per Cents., 214 ; Mexican, 29i; Brazilian, 72: Dutch Two.and.a. Halt per Cents., 51i 4 ; Five per 98i lit Shares some business has been done, but the prices are lower. Bristol and Exeter 361, Eastern Counties 8 ; , Great Western 87, ditto New 491, London and Brighton 301, London and Blackwall ISt. South. Western Manchester and Leeds 78, North Midland 77, ditto New 38. GREAT NORTH OF ENGLAND RAILWAY.— We understand that the Great North of England Railway will be ready for the conveyance of coals on the 4th of January next.—Railway Times. EXTRAORDINARY EVENT.—On Saturday morn ing week, about a quarter past eight o'clock, the inhabi tants in the neighbourhood of Hoinscroft • Brewery, Greenock, were alarmed by a strange noise, followed by the falling of the brewhouse. On investigation, it was found that the boiler, which was on the ground floor, had exploded and gone right through the roof of the house, a height of four stories, and alighted in a field about 120 feet distant. When the explosion took place, Mr. Wallace, the brewer, and his assistant, were standing immediately under the mash-tun in the third flat, and h ow t h ey esca p e d with their lives is a miracle to every one, and to none more than to themselves. When the steam and dust cleared away, Mr. Wallace was seen walking up the field in which the boiler lay, but how he got there he has not the most distant idea. The under-brewer, who was talk ing with him when the explosion took place, was dragged out from under the ruins. Ile was very severely scalded. A man was working in a drain within ten feet of the boiler when it blew up, and the stones of the buildings, fell around him, but without hurting him. Another man was slightly injured by some of the stones. It happened fottu natoly that nearly all the workmen were engaged in the yard, at a considerable distance from the brewhouse, other wise many lives would in all likelihood have been lost. Several of them had been engaged about the mash-tun only a few minutes before. What is not a little singular. Mr. Wallace's shoes were forced off his fact by some means, and have not since been seen ; his bat, too, which was on his head at . the tim e , was f oun d on the following day among the rums very much cut, and a thermometer which he held in his hand was got at a considerable dis tance from the spot. A more remarkable escape than Mr. Wallace made has rarely if ever cccurred. The mash-tun under which he stood is now buried in the ruins, and a large copper in a higher flat, containing thirty or forty barrels of boiling water, was torn to pieces. In short, the house, and the whole brewing utensils, are destroyed. -- 4 Carlisle Journal. CHANCERY COURT-(THIS DAY). TYRRELL V. MATTHEWS. The arguments in this case, which were part-heard on Thursday, were resumed to-day, and occupied the Court the whole morning. TICE-CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.) Demurrers, exceptions, and further directions of no interest, occupied his Honour the Vice-Chancellor the whole day. ROLLS' COURT.-(THIS DAY.) STEPHENSON V, DOWSON. This case came before the Court upon exceptions, some !of which were argued and disposed of last week. The re maining exceptions were heard to-day; but the only point worth mentioning was one which arose under the following circum'tances :—lt appeared that the testator, Mr. John Rowe, had been a large shipowner, and that some time before his death, he sent a vessel called the Borodino, on a voyage to St. John's, New Brunswick. By his will he bequeathed all his ships, shares of ships, and monies due to him at the time of his decease, to his son. Shortly after his death the Borodino returned, and the question argued upon one of the exceptions was whether the freight earned by that vessel, amounting to 8271., had been specifically bequeathed by the testator to his son, or whether it formed part of the residuary estate. The MASTER of the ROLLS was of opinion that as the voyage had not been completed during the testator's; life time, he could not be considered as entitled to the freight, and therefore that it did not pass under the bequest con tained in his will. BYDE V. MASTERMAN. This case also came on upon exceptions to the Master's Report. The points urged were purely technical, the question beiug whether the answer of the defendant and the schedule thereto were impertinent. The Master found they were impertinent, but had not separated the pertinent from the impertinent matter. The COURT allowed the exceptions. The cases of " Barton v. Bicknell," and the " Attor ney-General v. Whiteman," were struck out of the paper. LANGBORNE V. W4INE. The COURT then proceeded with this case, the object of the Bill being to have the rights and interests of the parties entitled under the will of the testator, Mr. John Waine, ascertained. THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. The past week's arrivals were considerable of Oats from Ireland, good of English Barley, and moderate of other Grain. There was a limited fresh supply of every article. Wheat came in better condition, and the millers readily took off the best runs at a further advance of Is. to 2s. per quarter, and in good foreign a similar improve ment was realized. Malting Barley Is. per quarter dearer than last Monday. Beans met a slack demand at former prices. Boiling, Peas Is. per quarter higher. Grey Peas dull. Oats maintained their last quotations, with plenty to sell. There was some improvement in the Flour trade at last week's currency. • :CRICES ON BOARD OF £YIP. Wheat,Red (old) —s. —s. Beans, Small (new) 43i 455. -- White (old) —s. —B. (old) .11.ed;,18,40) s2s. 545. Tick (new) 37. 39. ----- Fine 555. 575. (old) 42s. 445. Supertine......sBs. 635. Harrow (new) 40s. 41s .----. White (184b)....545. 595. "inc 6os. GJs.lßrank -- Superfine 655. 706.! Oats, Feed --Foreien free 545. 70s. -- New "0. .3s. Rye. 3Ss. 40s. Poland .—, —.., Barley 265. 355. --New 25.23•. Grinding :Zs. 2Ss. Potatoe Malting 3.25. 3es. Malt s6s. 60s. !Scotch t'7s.3os, ,--- Fine New 625. 635. Irish 185.... 21s. 245. Pease, Grey, New `Vs 35s Flour Town (per ,c&).... 5Us. a',l4. Maple New .......40s. 41s. Seconds 465.455. White .345. 3Gs. --- N. , rtii Country .... 455. 461. Boiler. 37s. 38s„, Bran lls 12. SMITHFIELD MARKET. The supply of cattle was remarkably short fur the great Christmas market; there has not been so few beasts at market for many years on this particular day. There was 1,546 short of what there was last year. The best Scots, of which there was a large quantity, made from SE. 6d. to ss. Bd., and large Lincolnshire oxen 5E., with a good trade ; for other descriptions the demand great, and the whole were sold. In Mutton there was good trade, the best Downs making ss. 6d. There were but few Calves at market, and those sold well. Pork sold briskly, the best qualities making ss. 6d. Beasts, 3.528 ; 21,520; Pigs, 684; Calves, 73. Beef, 4s. 4d. to SE. Bd.; Mutton, 4s. 4d. to ss. 6d. ; Veal, 4s. to 4s. 6d. to ss. 6d.; Pork, 4s. 6d. to ss. 6d. TEA MARKET. The transactions in this market were trivial, and con fined to the mere necessity of the trade ; prices were, in consequence, depressed, and Company's Congou may he bought at 2s. lid. per lb., cash. TALLOW MARKET. Rather more inquiry after fine Russian Tallow, and the market is somewhat firmer, with a little advance in price. P. Y. C. 475. to 475. 3d. per cwt. The stock is now very large, and will, probably, lead to a further reduction in the value of the article in the year closing. HOP "MARKET. The sales were confined to a few small parcels of the choice kinds of Kent Hops, at from 111. Ifs. to 201. per cwt., while other sorts were unsaleable on town terns. WATERSIDE POTATOE MARKET. 'I he supply was larger, and the cold weather creazed a good demand, and prices were well sustained. York red, 803. to. 883. ; Scotch red, 60s. to 70s. ; Jer3ey and Guernsey, 575. to 60s.per ton. THE EMPRESS MARIE LOUISE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUZv. Slll,—lt has been repeated in your Paper, what had been lately proclaimed by the ultra-Liberal press of Paris, that on the day of the funeral of Napoleon, a million of Frenchmen assembled will cry out for vengeance against the English. Yourself, as well as your Contemporaries, have very properly protested against this invidious asser tion of part of the French press, justly observing that the captivity of Napoleon was but an object of expense and annoyance to the English. If we consider the real cause of the downfal of Napoleon, and of a prostration greater even than his unprejudiced enemies might have wished for, we shall find that it was not England, although his open and proclaimed foe, which brought about this catastrophe, but rather his own blood. It was the family with which be had united himself by ties most intimate ; it was Austria, which, deserting him alter the battle of Culm, leaving no rocm for any subsequent reconciliation whatever—it was that Power. 1 say, at whose door the final miseries and misfortunes of that great man must be laid. In having thus exposed the real authors of Napoleon's catastrophe, we are borne out in our asser tion by the fact that the only relict of Napoleon, whom it should seem impossible to absent. herself from the fu neral, will not be present on that occasion. Our pen drops ! thinking that we have to mention Napoleon's wif e as the party guilty of such undutiful ' and heartless con duct 1 It is the Empress Marie Louise to whom we allude ; the wife united to Napoleon by the tics of re ligion, and to whom he bore, up to his latest hour, a most sincere affection ! Mark it well, ye conscientious readers, the wife will nut, she never endeavoured or wished to assist at the last honours paid to the memory of her late husband ! We have not heard either that any preparations are making at Parma, to offer sonic religious ovation to the home-brought ashes of the husband of its monarch. I shall not intrude further on your valuable columns, although I could not forbear unburthening my mind in a Journal which has always done justice to the memory of that extraordinary man. I remain, Sir, your's respectfully, A GERMAN LIBERAL. No. 3, Dean -street, Soho-square, Dec. 13. [W e give this letter as we have received it, and thank our German Correspondent for adverting to a fact which has not hitherto been noticed. He cannot fail, however, on reflection, to see that he requires of Mar;e Louise what not one woman in a million could perform.] This morning, before daylight, the numerous purchasers of the grand prize oxen, sheep, pigs, and other cattle, that during the last week were exhibited at the Horse Bazaar, King William-street, Portman-square, commenced removing them from the Bazaar. The num ber of visitors has been vary great, probably twice as many as that of last year, and the receipts, it is said, amounted to upwards of 2,0001. DESTRUCTIVE FIRE.-I\IELANCIIOLY Loss OF LIFE.—On Wednesday night, between eleven and twelve o'clock, a destructive fire, attended with the loss of five lives, took place in the house called the " Victoria Tavern," in York-place, Aberdeen, occupied by Mr. Howie and his family. The fire was at first discovered by so me seamen on board the Robert M‘Willam. Most for tunately was it that the wind was in the S. S. \V., as, if it had been in the opposite direction, the damage to property must have been immense. The fire, however, was confined to the ground and two upper floors of the house, and a small spirit-shop to the back of it, and its progress compa ratively arrested before getting to the cellar under ground, which contained a small stock of whisky, and up wards of a hundred barrels of tar. Shortly after two o'clock, the fire was got under, when search was made for the unfortunate inmates, and their melancholy fate was soon too clearly revealed. The bodies of the whole who had been in the house, consisting of five persons— James Howie and his wife, and their two children, the one twelve and the other nine years of age, and a man of the name of Thomas Marshall, a sawyer, who had lodged in the house—were found, burned black, amongst the smouldering ashes. Front the circumstance that no answer was given to the firtt alarm made by the people who gathered about the house, it is evident that all the unhappy inmates had been suffocated in their beds, before the fire was discovered ; and from the attitude .bod A ies ille of some of the bodies, and the expression of feature in • re presented,melancholyl' corpse of Howie, as seen when discovered, it wou l d ' Lit : and that distressingt he yha d d sighti d in than the g fi o v n e y. laid in the dead-house on Thursday, could not c onceived. How the fire origin a t e d i s still possibly be Aberdeen Herald. a mystery.— EXTRAORDINARY DAY'S SHOOTING.—UII Thursday, the 3d instant, the Marquis of Anglesea ac companied by the Earl of Lichfi e ld , Lord Uxbridge, 'Lord Alfred Paget, and Lord George Paget, enjoyed a day's sport over a part of the Burton Manor, belonging to th . e Noble Marquis. The sport vas extraordinary. The ground shot over was only Lur small coverts, averaging it i r n e g only about ten acr es enc l , an d the shooting occup i e d hours and a h a lf . T he following list a killed w ill t prove the diligence an d care o f the keeper i—Hares,-); _ Santa, 73 ; ra bbi ts, 11 ; tota l , 71 9.—Statford ,, iTe ,_ miner. We are sorry to say that Captain Robert Peel, of Bonehill, adest ~ c n of Edmund Peel, Esq., broke his leg whilst hul Ating wifq the:Atherstone hounds, on Wedi,es day last.—Stafford Gazette. _ tit • . • EVENING EDiTION - . COURT CIRCULAR. 4 ^ 1 : Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Kent , the s;At k • Duchess of Gloucester, and the Princess Sophia, visited her Majesty on Saturday, at Buckingham Palace. His Royal Highness Prince Albert, attended by Ma jor -General Sir Edward Bowater, Equerry in Waiting, and Captain Seymour, Groom in Waiting, attended Divine Service yesterday morning in the Military Chapel, near the Wellington Barracks, in St. James's Park. His Royal Highness and the Gentlemen in Waiting were in military uniforms. Among the Nobility and Gentry who called at Buckingham Palace yesterday and on Saturday to make inquiry after her Majesty and the Princess Royal, were, Prince Castelcicala, the Danish and Saxon Mi nisters, the Russian Minister, and Baroness Brunow, the French Charge d'Affaires, M. de Vandeul, the Marchioness of Westmeath, Earl aed Countess Beau champ, Earl and Coentcss Denbigh, Lady Mary Field.. log, E , ,rl and Countess of Lichfield. Lady Anna An son, Viscountess Torrington, Lord Stuart, the Speaker of the HOUSC of Commons, and Mrs. Shaw Lofevre, Lord W. Fitzgerald, Lady and the Misses Foley, Lady Robert Grosvenor, Sir John Sidney, Rear- Admiral Sir W. and Lady Parker, Colonel Sir J. M. and Lady Wilson, Lieutenant-Colonel \Vylde, Mr. E. Turner, M.P., Mr. Sanford, Mr. J. Childers, Mr. and Mrs. Shelley. The Duchess of gent attended Divine Service yester day morning, at the Chapel at Kensington Palace, Lady Fanny Howard was in waiting on her Royal Highness. _ His Excellency Shekib Effendi, Turkish Ambassador at this Court, left the Embassy, in Bryanston-square, last Friday evening, for Dover, on a short visit to Paris. During his Excellency's temporary absence, Mr. Zolirab, Consul-General in London, will act as Charge d'Affaires at the Embassy,. Viscount Melbourne left town on Saturday morning, for his seat Brocket Hall, Herts. The Speaker of the House of Commons had an in terview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer, on Satur day, in Downing -street. Despatches were received yesterday at the Colonial office, from the Governor of the Cape of Good Hope, and also% from the Governors of Malta and Gibraltar. The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council sat t on Saturday.. Dr. Addams resumed his address on an appeal from the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, which was part heard at a former sitting, " li,,arwood v. Baker," relative to the will of the late Mr. Baker .of Kensington. Mr. Pemberton , Queen's C ounse l, was h ear d f or t h e respondent, but had not concluded when the Court rose at half-past four o'clock. ,:i';. WINDSOR, SUNDAY EVENING. • Instructions have have been received at the Castle for the private :apartments to be prepared for the reception of her Majesty by to-morrow week, the 21st instant, on which d.ay, should her Majesty's health and strength still continue improving, the Court will leave Bucking ham Palace for Windsor. The whole of the arrangements connected with the nurzery department, in the Victoria Tow..T, will be finally completed i❑ the course of Tuesday next. It is expected that the sojourn of the Court at Wind sorwill be prolonged until May. Since thL: dermiture of Prince Albert the game in the Great and Home Parks have been most carefully preserved. In consequence of the great number of deer which have of late been missing from the Great Park, and the success which has attended the efforts of the poachers, with which the neighbourhood on all sides abounds, several extra under-keepers have just been appointed to watch their movements night and day. A short time since her Majesty presented a donation towards the establishment of a national school at Upton-cum-Cbalvey, about two miles from this town. During the past week his lloyai Highness Prince: Al bert has caused to be forwarded, in aid of the same be nevolent object, the sum of 10/. The Prince has like wise just become one of the patrons of the Reading Mechanics' Institute. PROSECUTIONS for BLASP HEM TO THE E,Dll'Oll OF THE SUN. Sill ,-1 am a sincere believer in Divine Revelation, as recorded in the Holy &1./ pities, but in reading your account of the trial of Mr. Hetherington before Lord Denman, I was forcibly reminded of the astounding sentiments of Lord Denman (when Attorney-General) and of Sir Robert Peel on prosecutions for ulawhetny, and on the principles of C;vil Government, as referred to in tha Right lion. IlAronces speceb made by him in the Huus..!4:i Commoas ie May 1632. Those Lci.trktions I learn from a relig,inuo pamphlet published hr Sues wood and Co., in the year 1833, and entitled " Man nail, to govern mall." Tire fol lowing extract may prove interestir,g at this time, when the good and amiable Lord Denman is again placed (by bi, Civii Government office) in tbe painful situa- Lon of doing ti.at which his better feelings, higher principles, and his sound judgment pronounce to be " moral injustice." I am, Sir, yours, Cheltenham, December 12, 1840. DA LETH. " A little reflection would show the impossibility of car rying ou human Governments consistently with Chri tiaa principles—the impossibility of acting front the moral, en nobling, and refined precepts of Jesus iii I:unian lino; iu short, the impossibility of enacting and enforcing the laws of man without transgressing the laws of God. "That such is the case I am almost relieved from the necessity of proving, by the ac k now l e d gments of politicians and even statesmen themselves; but I submit, that with such an admission, is it nut monstrous, is it not iniquitous, that moo who make such acknowledgmeets should tkem selves as:uine tile two-fold character of both !talesman and Christian. With such admission, is not my position esta blished—. Mar unfit to govern man?' " U.. a late discussion in the legislative assembly of this country, an eminent statesman and politician, Sir Robert Peel, Bart., in answer to the Attorney-General, is reported (in the Times of May 22, [832) to have said, The Attor ney-General Denman, in the course of his speech, had said, I have myself acted as a criminal judge. I had to pass sentence on a person charged with hay ing published a most scandalous work, revo: Ong - to the feelings of every man of common decency, not merely on account of its calling in question the most sacred truths of religion, but also or. account of the ribaldry and profaneness vy ith which it treated therm' Now, he ( S:r Robert Peel) could undeistand an Attorney-General saying, I doubt the policy of instituting a prosecution against such a man ;' but that was not what the present Attorney -Ge neral had said. He had said, ' I sentenced that man to eighteen months' imprisonment ; but so certain was I of the moral injustice—l speak not of lq;a1 ii justice —which I committed in sentencing a men whe) sin cerely entertained such opinions to such an imprisonment, that it was a relict to my mind and conscience, and I again felt happy when these eighteen ninnthis were expired.' Well, then, if the question were to be considered not as a question regarding the policy of insti.uting prosecutions in such cases, but a question iegarding the moral justice of visit ing the offences which caused them with punishment, he ( Sir R. Peel) doubted whether it would be possible long; to maintain the existence of Government under ti,e prac tical execution of such principles." Here we hese ac knowledgments front two persons, at that time holding high nflicial sit uatio e, in the Government or this country, openly declared, of the impossibility of maintaining the ex istence of human government, and at the same time of preserving moral justice.. Here is a direct and a correct admission, th a t legal justice and civil policy have no corn. reunion with, but arc in opposition to, moral justice and moral dul." Her Majesty the Queen Dowag s er of Spain leaves Paris this day at twelve o'clock for Route. It is reported that the intention of her Majesty is soon to return to Paris, where she means to reside. The Royal Family and all the coys diplomatique took leave of her Majesty on Wednes day. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Capua remained with Queen Christina until ekt , eu on Wednesday eight.— Galiptatti. The Duke and I)ueliess of Somerset gave a din ner on Wednesday, at Wimble4pn Park, to the Duke of Sussex, Duchess of Inverness, Lady Shane Stewart, &c. Western Times. The Duke and Duchess of Leeds are entertain inf.,: a select party of friends at their mnsnificent castle in Yorkshire. Th e .tipeetator, we sec, can sympathise with the virulent Tory press in casting sneers on Mr. Baines. We shuuld have looked for better things trout such a quarter. We have been accustomed to hold the opinions of the 'Spectator in esteem, and so, we believe, have thousands of those v.ho are disposed to treat the rights of conscience with respect; but it its attachment to the great cause of religious liberty is 50 slight that it can throw its jeers at a man who is torn front his home for his consistent adherence to his priticipict, the character of the Spectator must suffer in public esteem. —Leicestershire Mercury. night with a not th-easterly wind. The mercury, w.t t fire, in -doers to-day, is down to 36. Tii E WiittinAco.ri:.,,litou merchants strained sharp frost set in i i l i a en st gar': tlli l u o uo L v S er u y v t e n o l t stock of Museevadocs litiys ialconsiderable. Tn . ! present against 58,500 last in the kitindom is oily the decline D o n E th e lower il.--- q s u ll a -- i tt ,O, I d IAR7T, - Docehther, 1839: en tirely counteracted , nut the failing off in the consumption, by the work, from the impossibility m e a x t o k r e b t i tamnatteprriiaciel materially weary atrA of M,iurs 3 3:0;:i! c b t ag o s f less this than on t b h e e e l u s . t and by to which the . it appears highly probable r t : g ir e ie ' d the market kith bu-iness, and feel the impoliey of their conduct.--.B r i g t o , t hey will now .itterelliy. Pe'itions c • BRUSSELS, DEC. 12.—_ .. ontinue tiro and dealers in liquors. The Govern- .1 b be received by the Chamber of Representatives against the augmentation of cerctin taxes. Most of them are from 46 brewer., nrfetertrerrr.Y.et,l4:lcg distillers, ment has authorised a deputation of the wounded of Sep- ~.1 6, tember to he present at the funeral of the Emperor Na- : ...,. po-,,,„• 1 W e learn with pl easure t h at the deputation, ! consisting of six persons, has received from the French Government a very friendly answer to its application, and that a place is ass'gned to it in the procession, Sir Charles Lemon, Bart., 'M.P., has been en \tertaining a select party at Carclew, Cornwall. Sir W. Molcswo , th, Bart. M. P., and Mr. Grote, M. P„ have lamong the Hun. Baronet's; guests.--- Western Times.