The Sun. — London, England, 1840-12-22 00:00:00

EVENING EDITION. MONEY MARKET and CITY NEW S. (MONDAY EVENING.) CidliONlCLE.—Wit le the belliou in tie Bank of Engleed is :tit rrajenere than one-half of what it ought to br: to piece. thrrfflitution in a soutrd position, according to the principles cf mantgemect declared by Mr. Horsley Peliner ; on the other band, the securities held by the Bank, according to the lest quarterly average, are nearly one-third more than the rule of proportion prescribed by that gectlernen would require. The bullion is 3.500,000!. under the proper amount, and the securities about 6 8.39.0 1 00/. above it. The surplus securities are the result of the contracted state of the circulation, and s'iow the! the Directors have ample mear.s of u.ing a Lather restrictive action on the currency, if the state of the ex changes should require it, or obteinine" bullion by pledg ing securities as they did with iha deed weight last year irt their transaction with the Bank of France. They could, no doutet, sell securitie, for notes, and thus operate further on prices. with a view of giving a favourable turn so the exchauges ; but by doieg so they would increase the e xivieg pressure oe trade. We eheull liepo thet the ii4ire• tore would rather employ their surplus securities for the purpose of etnleavouring, to open sonic credit acceuete abreed to 1.).! drewn irg inst, it order to produce an it it ea of g old. Al t eteesien et the cii-culetioe, in order to m .ke the securities to, sere stn the rule of arm:eget:tent expounded be Mr. Pafoter, is out of the qesestion et present. It wriuli have e tendency to in eseese.: the eve by pa ices, and wouil piece Lie, pre rioe el still mere belaw. the rat o ft to, Itewever, in the peer f,i the u:rectors to reeenatwee pee of their seeuritii s fur stet k, in:tead 1 .4 selling them for :tote:, or of pledging them as a tuesu of procuring bullion ; but that would not alter the amount of :ecuritie s heli , , it would merely change their character and if such a step were re sorted to we should view it nyr.. , iy as a preparatory move tea the appearare of their broker as a seller of Consols. We do trot go into the opiaiel eivee by Mr. Jne-s Loyd, 1144 the blueder of the Directors le regard to the manage anent of their secul'ltie: has been " the felly of suggesting iitue-h a rule as that of keeping them,at a fixed amount, aed *ex the deperture from it ;" bet rAile no one, we presume to say,. - will assert that the prepor.len of bullion and coin in the -Bank should be le e •.t r :e -third cf the circula tion aird deposits, and Li , t!i e AO,OOO/. now supposed to be la die cotfas aro tree. t•-,,tesv what it ought to be, there are certainly many who will say that it ie fully" to keep se lergt an amount of securities in proportion to it. 11, thee, they could Wilt a part of these securities to ac -ceoirt is order Co obtain a supply of bullion, it would be a judieioue teartsection; arid, if net, we suspect they must ,truer to the chapter of accidents to ereible thl'in to keep what they have until the exchangee assume a more favour able aspact• 13esieess has been brisk to-day in Spanish Boyd:, which b a se realise d an advance of t per cent. on the price of Saturday. Th,, improvement was produced by the finan •eial decrees Which appeared in the Madrid Gazette of the Ith instant, directing the daspocal of national and church ieopertiee. The Madrid Gazette of the above date contains an ex position frosts M Gamboa to the Council of Ltegency, de claratory of his intention, to do justice both to the home and foreign creditors, through the sale of these properties, which is followed by four decrees for carrying his plan into .effect, and whereby the Regency, in aecerdai.ce with Ipoaers formerly conferred upon the Clown by former , Cottes, ordain :--- lat. 'that the purchasers of national property be allowed to pay their instalments by one-third in bonds of the active foreign and home debt, Five per Cents. ; oiie-third in home sod foreign debt, without interest, and the payments to extend over a period of year. 2d. That to parties who choose to pay up in full within a s,tated time, discooct to be allowed uuou a scale from 5 to 24 per cent. upon the purchase price. 3d. Certain Government annuities arc ordered to be redc.eraed withio ninety days from the publication of the 'decrees ; and, in default thereof, their capital to be sold, .according toe project of law which the Minister proposes to lay before the Cortes. By the sale of these annuities M. GAmboa expects to be able to cancel all the passive and deferred debt, both external and internal. 4th. Sixty days are allowed the various municipalities of Spain to make application to the Government, showing what convent ed,fiees situated within their bounds they may require for objects of public utility, and then the whole .remaining convent and monastic edifices and lands agached throughout Spain are directed to be sold by public auc tion, the payments to be taken exclusively in coupons of the home and foreign debt at par. The carrying out of these decrees cannot fail to be fa vtiurabla to the Spanish bondholders; and it is important te observe that they place their borne and foreign credi tless, with one exception, upon an equal looting. By per severance in the same line of upright and enlightened conduct, M. Gamboa will do much to improve the c‘mdi tion of his country, and be enabled, at no distant period, to usdertake further measures to restore the national credit. We stated some tisse since that the Chilien Minister had reed to recognize 3 per cent. as a basis of sealement f the arrears of interest due on the foreign debt ; but tliao we had not heard when the interest was to commence rf)bo paid, nor whether is was to be payable at the rate of 3 pee cent. at first or not. Letters now in London state that die Minister of Chili has proposed that stow for the arrears should remain without inter est f o r tee years. and then commence in an active 3 per cent. rate ofinterest. It is not likely that these proposals Will be accepted by the bondholders, or that they will be maintained on Alba part of Chili. is now understood with respect to the Walsall, South j raid Bank, that all the claims upon it will be paid in full, some of the more wealthy .shatelsolders having prudently interfered, to save them sabres from worse en.Qequencts. The subject of its diffi cowl; is only worth recurring to for the purpose of men tioning the peculiar features of a "balance sheet" which his 'been produced to the shareholders in consequence of those einharrassinents. Though on a small scale, it is -exceedingly instinctive as to the actual condition of some tot these undertakings, more especially in the country, and and the singularly shall means upon which they have corn vaaecod and continued to carry on their business. We find, for eaimple, returned as the " capital" of the Walsall batik, the 'important sum of 35,000/., a sum so small that pro belay no decent private banking-Luse with two or three partners ever ventuved to begin business with it. But ehe employment of this capital is as curious, if not :quite so novel, as its small amount. since it i 3 shown by :the document just referred to, that in the assets a sum of W,OOOl-, or half as much again as the capital, is repro /gated by "overdrawn accounts." If these accounts could he submitted to any strict analysis, the probability is, that the flank could not be said in fact to possess any capital at .ali, nor any resources beyond the liability of its share- Lholilers. The passing of the I,:w for settling the estimates of the lea r 1838 by the French Legislature has been discussed in Le Commerce. According to the projected law, the ac counts for 1838 would be liquidated in a manner favour able to the Treasury. The ordinary and extraordinary expenses would have been 1,133,000.000 f , and the re sow cea 1,149,000,000 f. so that the excess of the latter above ithe former would be 14,000,000 r. At the sane time it is ob tas'vcd, that the account for 1838. considered by itself, far frora.exhibiting a surplus, presents a deficit of 22,000,000 f , Since the surplus of 14,000,000 f. :s only obtained by carrying' into the account for 1838 a surplus of .30,000,000 f. arising from the accounts of 1836 and 1837, csubtracting , the deficit of 22,000,000 f. will appear as the result legitimately obtained from the &Uteri:cots real uclonging to 1839. It is further remarked, that this atarphis et the receipts arising from the :ccounts of 163 d &kJ 1837 proceeds in a great measure from the ex tranroistary resources ' , ranted for the armaments of the flrt.t tire years of the Government ' of 1930 It is o`-.jetted that :Ire discussion of the law has been mush too shunt for the information which the Chamber might otherwise have paltered trout it. and further, that the great volume con taining the naval and military accounts which is annually presented to the Chamber does not aceot-npli:ili its pur wcse, but is undigested ma,+s, while the parties who wive employe.' to draw it up ticeeive very large Ealaries. re abe Mei:deur the statements for the year 1838 are riven detail. In the. section headed " Public Debt" ilia Viva per Cent. fixate,: arc set down (in round num ar 1.47,800.000 f. ; the Four-and-a-Half per Cents., at 1,00 ),000f ; the Four per Cents., at 12,000,000 f. ; the Three per Cents. at 36,000,0001, ; and the eitikitT Fand,, a t .0,000 000 f. Po3l' —The meeting of Fri.:nisi] and Portuguese 'X: oaswry bondholders held to-day at the London Tavern *nu tacrously and most respectably attended, The fan gee employed upon the occasion, in characterising the eSiteuet of the Government; of she Peninsula towards tinek foreign creditors, was strong and energetic, though mere'so than that conduct warranted, which was de tOred,.and admitted on all hands, to have been disgrace ftslibeyond all parallel. If there were, in one or two an approach to intemperance, sod even tihe rerigeb,. on the part of the speak. Is, in alluding to the cool ir,cilltilraee exhibited by the contractors of the loans thane' which they have so grievously suffered, this too, in oar . .311trlient, was perfectly natural, and no more :ti %a thips‘t have been expected by that class of long , , ago. M en are not to be entrapped lat• ti ,dosetilatians that prov i e ruinrus to themselves nitie3, and see those by whom they have been *Ong :ate fresh " cperations," as they are anotriter class o f d upes are to be simi .l747-tiad, without complaint. It is impossible, and 'ffelefertly uireasonable, to imagine that the indignation o f th e persons so circumstanced is to bo confined to their own batoms. Although the meeting was convened for the pnipose more particularly of taking into consideration the chime arising upon _ th e Treasury Bill i ssues of the two Governments, the discussion soon diverged into the gene . .ral breach of credit committed by Spain and. Portugal, t h e distinct, separate, and especially binding cuaracte r of th e is question being, however, first unanimously as seated to. It were, perhaps, 59nerfluous, therefor e . on onr. part to dwell up o n this . ylor tion of the subj ec t. We rennet re f ra i n f rom hotscin;.f_ au ob;•erbation made 11 the Chai iman (Mr. Joseph 'rstt`L',r)► the force of' • which w.s fully recognised by the that, now that he saw the new Spanish M i li c i i :t l !' nrC , o o f .e l4 .. o. ig n ' a a n n e d e (Gamboa) directing his attention to the claims, 1 conceive(!, the domestic, oil his country, this was, time of all others to insist upon a line of distinction bei ng as he conce i i drawn between tho two classes of creditors, inasmuch as the capital of the external debt was pared down to two thirds o f its original amount, and the eleven years' ac =cumulation of interest conver t e d i n t o a d e f erre d stock, Ito be mains in twelfths by something of a contempti ble IOU?y scheme contrived by Toreno, the latter being, was added, and most truly, by far the most sacred part of the debt, and all this while the borne claims were left wholly untouched. Mr. I himself of th e o pp or t un ity a ff or d e d Tairn a dec vai laring in public th e sense h e enter tained of the oblig a tion which the Spanish bond holders, particularly the holders of the Treasury Bonds, are under to General Alava, his Excellency having ex erted hi mse lf to obtain a settlement for them with a zeal ousness worthy of his exalted character a character which has secured for him the esteem of Englishmen as well as Spaniards. The meeting had tho countenanr.L. of several gentlemen of consequence, such as General Alexander, who exprcs3ed himself with much eloqtienc , 7 aid deeil .n ; Sir Henry Pym, Colonel Cochrane, Capt. Britten, and Messrs. Richard and Thomas Thornton, v. t:e were else most effective. The ds.y's proceedings concluded with she understanding that the Committee of Portuguese bondholders should meet on Saturday next, for the pur poseof taking such measures as may appear to them best calculated to extract from the Portuguese Government terms of conversion of a less objectionable description, the arrangement of that part of it which relates to the arrears of interest, or unpaid coupons (not already turned into Treasury bonds or dehemures), the bondholders feeling tioat, when it is recollected the home creditor is, and has all along, been punctually paid his dividends in full, the proposition made to them is not only unjust, but perfeeVy insulting. The scheme promulgated by Senor Gamboa, for the sale cf national properties, may be supposed to have been made a tut ject of conversatien among the individuals as. senibled at the above meeting ; it is, however, considered too confused and unintelligible a mansr to enter upon with out explanation. It looks to some as if the boron creditor L%:l , (tl;e , : more the ebj.:ct of the Minister's solicitude reti,er than the foreign creditor, while to others the chief pip . po€e it is intended to answer seems to be that Gl pushing up the :Locks to as to admit of a little more ma neeevring. Alvices have reached us from the country of a very serious roleheey having been committed at the Manches ter P..)st- office'. Since the new system of pinny postage came into play many errors of importance have occur red, hut we are not aware of any other case of such magnitude as the one now alluded to. The bankers, who have been the sufferers, are by no means in fault, the usual precautions against fraud having been taken by thsm ; neither can the blame be fairly cast upon the em ub,yes of the Post-office. They are 50 overburdened wt.l: labour that much allowance ought to be made for them. Upon this occasion a new clerk was placed at the win dow, sad being asked in the usual manner by a yeutb, oho came there for the letters of the Bank of M-ineliester, they were given out to him without suspicion, and nothing irregular was discovered during the day except the presentation by a young man at the bank ing-house of Nlesrs. \V. Jones Loyd and Co., at Manches ter, of a cruised check, -Alien they refused to pay. neglect ing, Is svasver, to detain the person. No further light has y• t been V,rown upon the matter, but the absolute neces ity mo , t now force itself upon the Post-office authorities of devising some means or other of having letters of value containing, as in the present instance, some thousand pounds' worth of accered bills, distinguished from the common circulars which are of no value at all. Fortu nately one packet containing cash notes was not delivered in this case, owing to the accidental circumstance of its having been too large to be admitted into the Post. office box. ELECTION OF COMNION COUN CILMEN. Yesterday being St. Thomas's Day, the annual elec tion of members to serve in the Court of Common Council for the different City wards took place. COLEMAN STREET WARD. By the late municipal changes in the Corporation of London, this ward receives an addition of two repre sentatives, and a great deal of interest has been excited by the report of political exertions to return two of four new candidates who yesterday made their appearance. It appeared that until yesterday there were six new candidates. The accession of Caner rvative voters, created by the new population of Moorgate-street, and other parts of the ward, in which splendid buildings hare been recently erected, had put the friends of the old re presentatives on their mettle, and it did not appear that any one of them bad extended his labours beyond the exertion to secure his own position. The four new can didates, whose names we give in the order in which they appeared, according to the decision of the Alderman (Sir William Heygate), on the show of hands, were Mr. Bracher, Mr. Griffith, Mr. Cousins, and Mr. Phil lips. Mr. Bracher and Mr. Phillips are said to be Ra dicals ; and Mr. Griffith and Mr. Cousins were recog nised in the assembly as Conservetive. The four gen• tlemen are highly respected in the ward. Mr. CARTER (the former Deputy of the ward (pro posed the six old members—Mr. Allan, Mr. Hunter, Mr. Hale, Mr. Hall, Mr. Davies, and Mr. Johnson, to disturb any one of whom the constituency seemed not to have the slightest inclination. Mr. ROBERTS seconded the nomination, which was received in such a manner as showed that no change was contemplated as regarded them. Mr. CONST proposed Mr. Bracher, whose character was, he said, well known. to the ward, all the offices of which had been served by that gentleman perfectly to the satisfaction of the constituency, and who would, with integrity and ability, execute the duties of a Com mon Councilman, without allowing political bias to in ' terfere with the functions of an office sof a municipal nature.—( Hear, hear.) He regretted to perceive that certain members in the Conservative interest had inter fered in the election—(Hear, bear, and a loud cry of " Toni Jones's Gang," and loud laughter)—he re gretted to find that in the press encouragement was given to the disposition to destroy the kindly feelieg in the ward by exciting political animosities.--(Hear, heal.) There was, he should have thought, quite enough of political hostility existing in other matters without introducing it amongst neighbours and friends, in the eeercise of their municipal rights. He always condemned any tendency to blend matters connected with the Corporation with politics, and if such exer tions as he ascribed to the Conservatives upon this oc casion were to be sanctioned, the ward must become in fact a political arena to the total ruin of the comfort. and tranquillity w h ich bad so long predominated. They would be all one against the other in the fury of political cedliet,--(Hear, htar, and a loud cry from a queer voice in a ecener, " It's all Mr. Jones's gang, the mushroom I") He wait sure that the Government were auffesiently ready and inclined to take advantage of any cii,pre.e in which the citiAens of London might be solved. 'rhe disposition which had manilpsted itself to interfere with civic privileges in the affair of the police, was a strong testimony of the views of Government in j that respect.—(Cheers.) He called upon the ward j to abandon any course calculated to lead to further interference, such as they all condemned, and he depre cated and detested the idea of mixing up political feelings in the election which they assembled to carry into effect. Mr. W. H. TAYLOR Seconded the nomination. Mr. ROBERTS said that he felt great pleasure in no►ninating a gentlemen of high excellence, of unde viating integrity, and whose public and private attain tnents were, he knew, duty estimated in the ward— Mr. G riffith.—( Hear, hear.) Mr. CARTER seconded the nomination. Mr. PERKINS nominated Mr. Cousins, and Mr, OKEY seconded the nomination. Mr L. CREN proposed, and Mr. GARDNER scconded the nemination of Mr. Phillips. Sir WILLIAM HEYGATE, upon the show of hands, declared thMt the election fell upon the six old candi. datc2, and Mr. Bracher and Mr. Griffith. PHILLIPS said it was quite evident that there was a Conservative conspiracy against the interests of the ward, and be hoped that the good sense of the old inhabitants would defeat it. He wished to know wbc.- titer the electors were aware of the evil of band ing together to make tbe election to a muni cipal office political ? If they any doubt of the evil let thain look at the Kovincial towns where the franctiisu was considered by the bitanta as a curse. He saw plainly that a political feel ing was operating in the wards, awl he R.bnald on all oc casions stand fofward to oppose anything e: t he kind. He was the admirer ofliberal institutions, and he con deuir;€4l the attempts titer* made to defeat men of liberal viesis. As the question fJerame a party ques tion, ha sboutti tntse it up in that light He cared not for the result of the election, but be saw and ;,,nosed the principle of being at tte mercy of Conservative A.s,, sociatierig.—(Hear, bear ; and a cry of " Blame Tout Jones, 'tis his gang," and great laughte?.) Mr. TA N NEIL, rieezdidate until very lately. here rose, and ssid that he had withdrawn in consequence of !1- ing in ill,' canvass strong political feelinc , s opposed to him ; and that a man must go bound hand and foot to the Cou-t of Corn= Council. He would not stoop to that condition. The queer voice in the earner, "Ah ! its all that Tout Jones and his gang."—(Letul laughter.) " It's them that's doing till the mischief." Mr. BRACHEII—I do assureyou that I shan't ge bound haul and toot into the Court. Mr. TANNER—You are not there yet, Mr. Bracher. —(Great laughter.) Mr. GRIFFITH said that it was false to state that he would go bound hand and foot into the Court. He had not asked for a single vote, nor was it his intention to ask far one. The support he had the honour of re ceiving was completely unsolicited ; and if he was elected, hands, and feet, and tongue would be as much at liberty as they were at that moment.—( Hear, and laughter.) Mr. PERKINS said that the observations of those who defended political feeling on the occasion, deserved one comment. At the same time that they condemned all exertion upon the part of the Conservatives, they never hinted at the anxious and indefatigable labours of those who were opposed to the Conservatives.—(Hear.) A poli was then demanded, and at three o'clock tl e polling commenced. At five o'clock the polling was declared to be as folioAs :- 041 Members. I New Candiddies. Allen .................... ...... 61,Gritlith (Conservative) 53 Hunter. .................... 60' Cousins (ditto) 42 Hale ........................ 58 Bracher (Rsdical) Hall ........................ 57,Phillips (ditto) l2 atvies .................... 56 , Jolinßon 53 Adjourned till to-morrow (this day). BROAD-STREET WARD. In this ward there gas no opposition to the former r4resentat i ves , The wardmote was held at the Crown and Cusl.ion in London-wall; th e h ouse where it has been held for so many years, in Sweeting's-alley, having been pulled down to make room for the new Royal Ex change. WARD OF CRIPPLEGATE In consequence of the indisposition of Sir Matthew HE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY, DECEMI3I4IIt 22, 1840. Wood, Alderman of this ward, the Lord Mayor pro- 1 sided. to-day at the wardrnote, held in the Boys' School room, Philip-lane. Hii Lordship arrived at 11 o'clock, :end the business immediately commenced. This ward returns eight members to Clic Court of Common Ciun All the old members again cam,: forward, and there were two new candidates for civic honours, viz., Mr. John Edn:onds (Conservative), kind Mr. Samuel Jones (Radical). The candidates having been duly proposed and se conded, the Lord Mayor called for a show of hands. when it appeared the old members had a majority, and a poll was demanded by the new candidates. linson; Howird, Saniuel Unwin, tFloat, Dunn, f Abra hams, Gude, t Dotidney, Nicholson. The worthy Alderman then declared the election to f:t!icn nr, t^e firQt 771: . 11 was dt mar.&d o.) the rirt of Messrs. Nieli(,!son, I) , z, , inted to open (3 , ..1,1 r. e, and Un , :n; which . Insing en spp an, - 1 to fizlaly close d.ty front t.T.velve to three o'clock, t;-:-morrow, the inquest and oti,e r ward officers were chosen, and the wardmoto adjourned. Those marked f are new candidates. crUe4 neglected corps, would have been more accept able bad they been b.lstowed simulta4nou4 with those nave b-en war,h , (l t enrvpininr 44:111j , :i; LA W I 2 TELLII3ENCE. ROLLS' COURT, DEC. 2!. ATTORNEY-GENERAL V. DULWICII COLLEGE. This was on information filed by the Attorney-Gene ral, on the cert;ficAto of the Charity Commissioners, aoinst th Master and Warden of Dulwich College, tl.c Arcl,hiihop of Canteibury, the Visitor, and the Churchwardens of c,rtain parishes, the poor of which. it was intended by the founder, should benefit by the charity. The cha:ity !rag founded by. Edward Meyer, who procured letters patent from the Crown, dated the 21st June, 1619, by which power was given to him to. :establish a corporation, for the purpose of working out object. By it deed dated the It3th September, 1619, E iward Alini n pur,uanee of the lic,;_ , nce, founded ; and !v . a decd of endowment, dated the 24th S•ipteatber, 1620, he granted certain estates tc die cc;p:-.rat;on. Inc object of the founder it wat ted by Counsel in support of the information, was— Intat Circe shouid he twelve poor scholars in the founda tion, that the children of Dulwich should be admitted -rataitously, and that other child ea should. be admit ;‘) :ILA the number of scholars did not exced ei g hty ie number. 'hhe:• were to be taught all these oietters that were taught at the peblic schools at West minster and St. linurs ; and those who wore tit were to be to the University, with certain exhibitions, and those who were not were to ha apprenticed to trades. It was alleged that at present the only children in the school were twelve poor scholars, who were taught scarcely anything beyond read lee, writing, and arithmetic ; and that for the last seventy years not a single boy had been sent to the University, there 'being. as it was said, no candidate, but in truth the education bestowed upon the scholars did not qualify them for that distinction. Ia fact, only 18 boys for the year 1626 had been sent to the Uni versity. The funds, it was said, - were not ten times greater than they were at the time of the foundation ; and the present Mister stated that when he was elected in the year 1804, he felt the importance of putting the school upon an efficient footing so strongly, that he ap plied to the Archbishop of Canterbury, as visitor, to see if anything could be done. The Archbishop sail he had considered the matter a long while, but he felt there were such obstacles in the way of interfering, that he thought it would he better to let the matter go on as it had. But the Clrity Commissioners having re ported the ease to the Attorney-General, he had thought it his duty to bring the case before the Court. The information prayed for a declaration, that the course at present pursued was not consistent with the object of the founder, and that the charity ought to be extended to a greater number of persons ; that such di rections might be given with respect to the school, and to the course of education to be pursued therein, as might best secure for the scholars the benefit intended and provided for them at the University and the Col lege, and for a reference to the Master to approve of a scheme. Mr. KINDERSLET and Mr. BLUNT addressed the Court in support of the information. Mr. Blunt had not concluded when the Court rose. The case will be resumed to-morrow (this day after the consent petitions and short causes. BIRLEY V. THE CONSTABLES AND BURGESSES OF THE TOWNSHIP OF CHORTON-UPON-MEDLOCK. Mr. PEMBERTON (at the rising of the Court) moved for an ex parte injunction to restrain the defendants from committino , trespass or waste upon the plaintiff's land. Tile def:ndant's were incorporated by Act of Parliament with certain powers of paving, draining, lighting, &e. the township of Chorton-upon-Medlock, near Manchester, so far as portions of the township should be laid out into streets, lanes, and so on, for the purposes of building. The plaintiffs .were the owners of land within the township, and the defendants were proceeding to pull down the fences and to level and dig the land under the allegation that it was laid out within the terms of the Act as a street or lane, and subj7et therefore to the :r jurisdiction. Tile plaintiffs alleged that it was not withi❑ the Act, and that the Commissioners had no authority to interfere with the property. Tile MASTER of the ROLLS granted the injunction giving leave to the defendants t..; move to dissolve the injunction at his Lordship's house, in South -street, on Monday morning next, provided they gxvc notice of their intention so to do on or Moro Thursday. COURT OF QUELN'S BENCH, DEC. 21. (Sittings: at Nisi Nils at Guildhall before Mr. Justice COLERIDGE and a London Special Jury.) SILLS V. DROWN. This was an action brought by the proprietor of a stone barge against the owner of a brig, to recover damages for the barge having been run down by the brig off Greenbithe. The case, which occupied the whole day, presented no features of public interest. Shortly after five o'clock the jury found a verdict for the defendant. Mr. Thesiger and Mr. 07,1 e appeared for the plain tiff,—and Mr. Creswell, Mr. V. Richards, and Mr. Lines, conducted the delAce. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, Dsc. 21 (Sittings in London at Nisi Prius.) DE VEAUX V. HILL. Tise plaintiff, a London merchant, is the correspond• cot of Durin and Co., of Bordsiaux, in whose behalf he effected, in 1836, a policy of insurance, of which the defendant was under-writer at Lloyd's, upon the ship Beogalee, French E ist Indiaman, on her %oy age from Bordeaux to the Mauritius and back. The voy age, on the pl:,iintifrs showing, was most unprosperous, and the ship, on her return to make her way to Bar deiJlx, up the Gironde, put in to La Rochelle, at the mouth of that river, only forty miles distant from Bourdeaux. She was then seized for certain debts incurred upon her repair, &c., and was by the authorized suneyors condemned and broken up. The defendant denies the allegation of injury at sea, and several important and curious questions of fact and of commercial law arise upon the record. The reading of documentary evidence for the plaintiff (from which, as they were read by the clerk, we could with the utmost attention collect no satisfactory account of the ease) occupied the whole day, and the trial was adjourned to-morrow (this day). The So licitor-General, Mr. Serjeant Halcomb, and Mr. B sten. appeared for the plaintiff,—the Attorney-General, Mr. Serjeant Shea, and Mr. Busby, for the defendant. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, DEc. 21. OPERATION OF THE POLICE ACT ON PUBLIC HOUSES.—A number of licensed victuallers have for some time past appeared before the Court in the cha racter of insolvents, and there are many others about to pass the ordeal. Scarcely a day passes but one is beard, and to-day two appeared. They have represented the b iciness of trade as the cause of their appearance, and the Police Act has been mentioned as the source of the depreciation in their houses. To-day an i sot vent declared that the. Police Act had, by compelling him to close on S turday nights, and not to open on Sunday mornings, completely ruined him. William Young was opposed by Mr. Nichols on the part of Messrs. Broadwood, the brewers, and was de fended by Mr. Cooke, with whom was Mr. Woodrofle. The insolvent had kept a public-house, and stated that the Police Act had, by making him close on S.,tur day night, and not allowing him to open on Sunday trio:nines, completely ruined him in his business. It appeared, in the course of a lengthened exami nation, that the insolvent had borrowed money of a Mr. Frederick Milburn, and had given him a bill of sale, auil tbo creditor had allowed the insolvent's family to carry on business. Tire opposing creditors had sued the insolvent, and obtained judgment. _ The principal question in the CA:',C was the disposi tion of the insolvent's brother io. Mr. Milburn. Tae case was eventually adjourned for further infor- !nation. The Hon. Fox Maule is staying at Edinburgh on his way to Perthshire. AWFULLY SUDDEN DEATH OF A CLERGY MAN __On Saturday evening ad inquest was held at the Rose and Crown Tavern, Bromley. Middlesex, before Mr. Baker, on the body of the Rev. Joseph Bradley, Rector of St. Leonard's, Bromley. From the evidence it appeared that on the preceding night the deceased gentleman had been sent for to his residence in Tredegar-square, to bap_ tise an infant. He commenced the cremony in a firm, audible voice; but, on getting about half through it, his voice slightly faltered, he instantly dropped to the floor, and expired, apparently without a struggle. The deceased died of apoplexy. WALSALL ELECTION.—We are glad to an nounce that the vacant seat for the borough of Walsall, consequent on the acceptance of the Chiltern Hundreds by Mr. Francis Finch, will be contested by the Hon. Spencer Lyttleton, a nephew of Lord Spencer. Mr. Lyttelton commenced his canvass of the Walsall Liberals yesterday , with a fair prospect of success, notwithstanding the untOn. . ar d cirennistanees under whiet the borough has b c en plsecd by the sudden resignation of the late sitting :,icrob;tr• RAILROAD PROM PARIS TO BELGIUM. Late accounts from Valenciennes state that the portion t,tul iron railroad from Valenciennes to the frontier of fielgival is 1 , id down as far as guiverain, the point of June, flea, The ferrous of a ploughshare mark out the line ' as well as the land on each side to be appropriated. Ne engineering difficulties have oecurred on this p Ali= of the road. The embankments the marshes will not te . roore than two metres hi g h. There is only one bridge to be thrown over the Scheldt, and some pontoons over the dried-up streams of the marshes, Rhould nothing acenr to preyept the progress of the works, they ma be finished with case during the next season. They itre at present engaged in lay ing nnt the entrance into the to wn, by the fortifi cation of the pert of Lille, and are placing scaffolding to taken deed, r e ta_ those houses on the Esplanade which ern ""s From this it is evident that government does not lose any time, it is stated that the engineers are also oc cupied in reviewing the ciiff , rcut plans of road for the junction from Brussels to Paris, in order that the whole may ;00n be completed.r—lnVentors' Advocate, STATE OF BRITISH GUIANA. 41,0 novrtj -.! < • lid' is at present heard among cur Liadedproprietors, . . . - it is satisfactory to find flint there are still some who nave no cause of complaint, and who, by their own ac knowledgment, never made sugar more rapidly sac: cheaply than they have done this year. Experience has I), too, that frt.e, labour, provided it could be had a c;) - annand, wiil raise the staples at less expense than ,iave I:1hour. Tno Governor has been often roundly ,0.1 directly accus:Al cf repre: , :enting the tifrairs of the Cohiny 1213 re prosperou3 and iburishing than they f,•aily are. But will our readers be surprised when we Aoral them that, on t 1) subject of the decline of the Colony, there is a differ, nee of opinion even , ruong goet!ernen connected with the landed interest. some of these bell. e that our con lition was never yet so odd as it was sai3 to 121? Two man residing in tiw same district, and both concerned in estates, have .:ften given an'6wers respecting the state of the country I:i•ectly oponsite the ono to the otitcr. Ask one hew 4ze Cie labourers working ? arc yon making sugar quicidy ? can you comnrlnd a sufryliecoy of lahoui ? t't ad answer uciii he, " The labourers are not doing tall* work ; they area lazy set of vagaboods ; they sit down 11 - 1 , 1 nio:it of the in their houses ; we won't make half a crop this year." To similar questions, o her will rr.•t:;:❑ directly contrary answers ; ne v,, , !1 tell that his estate was never doing better— that the people are working well—that they are making three or four hogsheads of sugar CI cry .11y—and that he has never any difficulty in procur- ' ing as much labour as he requires. Now, it is quite possible, and very probable, that both these statements may be true, because every roan will speak of things as Le finds them. But how is it that out the same materials one man gets himself better served than another? The man who complains of the want of labour, has the same peasantry to select from that he who can command it at will has. It is not to be supposed that the labourers, who faithfully perform their task on one man's property, will refuse to do the same when employed upon another's, without some rea son for their neglect ; neither can we think that their preference of one employer to another arises from innate caprice or whim, but that it must spring from some more deeply-rooted c.iuse ; and if there be proprietors, attorneys, or managers, who are conscious of even an ungracious manner towards the humbler classes, the sconer they endeavour to get rid of it the better, be cause there are few peasantries on which the suaviter in mode would produce more salutary effects than upon ours. Those who have tried it have found it. to suc ceed well ; and it might be worth inquiring how lar the practice of persuasive conciliation may have been instrumental in inducing that plentiful and continuous labour which some can have, and bow an opposite line of conduct may have affected those who complain of a deficiency. It was current among some of our most respectable in.rcintile houses io this town, for some time previous to the official- publication of the produce return for the third quarter of the present year, that it had fallen far short of that of the corresponding quarter of 1839. This tale, like a snow-ball, gathered as it went, until on Monday last it was confidently stated that the sugar of the quarter, ending 30th September last, was less by 1,500 hogsheads thin that produced in the third quarter of last year. The Governor, sensible that such un founded falsehoods were eminently calculated to seri ously injure the colony, 1)3, preventing immigrants, both with and without capital, from coming hither, and ever anxious to prevent anything that might obstruct our prosperity, ordered the publication of the produce re turn that appeared on Tuesday last, as an overpower ing refutation of the evil report. This return shows dist the excess of sugar produced in July, August, and September, of 1840. above that of the same months of 1839 is 1,642 hhds. and 184 tierces, and of coffee, 181,650 lbs. The only produce that has decreased is cotton. But when we take into account the price of sugar and coffee, which is at the enormous height of 35/. per bbd., and 60 shillings per bag, we cin scarcely see the c..usc of complaint. MORTALITY in the METROPOLIS The following are the results of " A Table of Mortality it. the Mltropolis, showing the Number of Deaths from ail Cau=es Registered, in the week ending Saturday, the 126 IXcember, 1840." The Table is issued from the Office of the Registrar- General : Weekly Total. Average CAUSES OF DEATn. e3s: Epidemic, Endemic, and Contagious Diseases 221 265 Diseases of the Brain, Nerves, and Senses 152 155 Diseases of the Lungs, and other Organs of Respiration Diseases of the Ilea-t and Bloodvessels Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs of Digestion 55 57 Diseases of the Kidn.rys, &e. Chi Wired, Diseases of the Uterus, &c. Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Museles Diseases of the Skin, &c 0 1 Diseases of Uncertain Seat Old Age, or Natural Decay 7l 79 D'eaths by Violence, Privation, or Intemperance 41 26 Causes not specified Deaths from all causes 1059 - Average Weekly Deaths ... 1,013 Deaths in the Average Weekly Week. Deaths, 1838. Western Districts ..... ... 174 ...... 156 North Districts Central. Districts 220 ..... 208 East Districts 235 ...... 239 South Districts .. Total 1059 1,013 It is stated that under the terns Metropolis are com prised the 32 districts herein mentioned, which include the City of London within and without the walls, the City and Liberties of Westminster, the out parishes within the bills of mortality—an I the parishes of St. Marylebone ; St. Pancras ; Kensington; Fulham ; Hammersmith (Chapelry) ; St. Luke, Chelsea; Paddington; St. Mary, Stoke Newington ; St. Leonard, Bromley ; St. Mary-le how ; Camberwell ; Greenwich ; St. Nicholas and St. Paul, Deptford; and Woolwich. The population as enu merated in 1831 was 1,494,890. The weekly average for 1833 was obtained by dividing the deaths registered in that year by 52. In comparing it with the weekly deaths in 1840, it must be borne in mind that the metropolis in creases nearly two per cent. annually ; and that, if the popul .lion had been the same in 1E32 as in 1840, the deaths would have been 1-27th part more numerous. General Register-office, Dec. 17, 1840. RESOURCES AND PRODUCTS OF HUNGARY. —That the internal resources of the country are immense must be at once conceded by all who are conversant with the subject; and when it is remembered that Hungary equals in extent the whole of the remaining German em pire, the possible amount of her productions, were she urged to put forth all her energy, cannot to-day be com puted. It must be borne in mind that the paucity of her population and the want of exterior &mai], have para lysed her great proprietors; and that consequently her present products cannot by any means bs taken as a cri ttrion of her acluaal capabilities. Nature has done every -1.11;•,g for her ; .her mountains are rich in ore, and her soil in grain—hcr forests are almost exhaastless—and the Danube provides her with a great highway to every part of Europe. Her climate admits of every species of produce, and her hill sides are clothed with vineyards. Even now, when she may truly be said without metaphor to be eating away her own heart, and feeding upon herself (for her foreign commercial relatit,ns, compared with her internal resources, are almost too insignificant to merit mention) and fettered and trammelled by heavy and vexatious ho posts on her frontiers, her supply is so great that the very peasant leaves his grapes uncut, and his corn ungarnered, for want of room to house then' ; and suffers halt his land to run to waste because he cannot dispose of the crop that it 'aotild hear.—Miss Pardoe's City of the Magyar. THE GUICCIOLI.—OiI showing us the suite of apartments formerly occupied by the Contema Guic. cioli, he pointed to a very ill-executed portrait, repre seating her playing on the pianoforte ; and assured us that it by no means rendered her justice, she being fairer, he aversed, than even the dames of northern lands, and with golden hair. We were all proud and glad, Sig nora, when the Count Gu'ccioli brought home his beau. tiful young bride. Oime we thought not that either would have cause to regret the nuptials. The Count longs to one of the mast ancient bunnies in Italy. . and the lady descends from a long line of illustrioue , a ti n m c e es , to w r a s s . Ike grandmother, a celebrated beauty it her - of Mantua; and her daughter to the Marquis di Bagno. , mother, who died in childbirth ( " Ij ,f a year or SO after the young Countess's marr ia lP', was a very handsome lady, and daughter of the Cor. cessa Macherilli, one of whose sisters married the Count Cob en tz e l o f Vi enna, an d b y another sister the, family became allied to the noble houses of Erdeddi. Nadasti, and Esterhazy."—Lady Blessinglon's Idler in _ltaly, Vol. 111. THE POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION.—It iS not so generally known as it ought to be, that this instruc tive place of amusement is open for evening exhibition as well as in the morning, the object being to afford those who have no other opportunity the means of increasing their stock of knowledge, in combination with the enjoy ment of an evening's rational entertainment. Notwith standing the late inclement weather many hundreds have teken advantage of this new arrangement during the last few evenings. The institution is brilliantly illuminated, and admirably warmed and ventilated. The exhibition of the microscope, and . some of the lectures on chemistry arid experimental philosophy derive advantage rather than otherwise from their taking place in the evening, (2E peeially those in which complete darkness is desirable. The many hundred new oh;,ects of attraction which have been introduced since the recent close of the institution appear to give general satisfaction to the visitors, among %Illovn we constane.y observe many distinguished persons. A fine baud plays two hours during the evening as well as in the rooming. An apothecary residing in a village not a hop dred miles from Leeds went out the other day shootmg , and took his errand buy to carry the game bag. Entering. a field of turnips, th e d eg p o i n t e d, an d the boy ove.ve r d , at the prospect of hi s master ' s success exclaimed , ",t you Lo r', master, there's a cov e y ! if you g e t near 'em' Pk i lsje ?" " Physic them I you young. rascal , won what do you mean ?" said the doctor. Why, kill 'en: to be s arc, reel ed th e l a d. An eagle was shot on the sands, near Iladstone On Monday last, which measured from tip to tip eight feet ; in height three feet two inches, and weighed nineteen pounds.—Newcastle Journal. EVEN ING ED ITION NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. Frtom 15. - • - : saikd for P,lnoroke t 11,1Tilina •T,G;t' , ea SaturJay. The shipwright commencz.,d break up the remains of the Imogene, 28, destroyed by the late fire, on Monday. Ir:cotistanl, 36. C.iptain Pr:rig, arriv:sd Tbursday evening, r.ith volunteer scttmen fur the ILl:pregnable and Belleisle. stearr A, on, Lieut. Pritchard, arrived Ot Mond.y, from Rilmouth. packet Skylark, Lent. Lai, arrived or S itur d,sy, firm Falmouth, to be pAid o. 11,M.5. Imprugnable, 104, C ff ,lpt. Forrest, C. 8., 1 1,1 ' 1 11:.:i. , 72, Gir.J, T. Niet, 1 - Firi,oi.:r on Thursday by the Carron steamer. Yesterday deloatches arrived i'.oat the A,lrniraltv and Foreign-offke, with which the Loce,t ste4tncr, was ordered to nroc:1;2:1 to ti e Mediterranean. Lucust sailed a t'r., - hours afr,r. A force of from sevco to nine line of battle ,hips .t9rric , fri;:itcs, is Bald to be preparimz f,r service in tbe and etG 130 completed for tl:at tmrpow a S ' si. , on as possibli.. The foilowing ships are already n:) , " - ntssitiactl for, it is the above .s: , rvice :—B 72, Im , :regnabl,, 101, C.,lledonia, 120, Canipetdowo. 104, gieen. 110, Bombay, 84, Mom arch, 84, aid 'li dos, 78. Slips in 11 , tmoazo.—Caledonia, 120, Captain Eden &In I,sef, 110, Captain Tavkr, ; Endytnion, 53,- 1 C ap t a i n t h e Ilcn. F. W. 'Grey; Comet, and Car ron, steamers ; Abercrombie, troop-ship ; aod von, cutter. he Sourol.—lmpregnable, 104, Captain T. Fez— rest, C.B. ; Beileisht, 72, Captain Toup Nicolas constant, 36, Captain D. Pr:ng. PROMOTIONS.—Commander George Manse], of the Wasp, to the rank of Captain. Mate J. P. Thumbnut, to be acting Lieutenant of tho Wolverine. APPOINTMENTS.—Lieutenants—E. H. Kenny, to the Excellent ; W. S. Blount, to command the Pluto ; Marcus Knox, to the Pliceaix, vice Norway, sick ; C- 1 * Estcourt, to the Lizard. Master—John Roberts, to the; Stromboli. Second Master—W. C. Pettigrew, to the Pluto. Master's Assistants—William Diaper, and Jam" Milton, to the Victory. Clerks-in-Charge—J. S. Millie; Liam, to the Lizard ; James Haddock, to the Pluto. Mate—A. Paget, to the Indus. Gunner—John Stevens, to the Royal George, for ser.. vice in the Rapid. Second Engineer—John Cawley, to the Avon , vic e Horne, to the William and Mary, as first Engineer. Carpenter—George Jones (shipwright of 'Ports mouth Yard) to be Acting Carpenter, and borne rn the Victory. Messrs. B. G. Rowles, a n d J. C. N. Taylor , of the Excellent, passed for Lieutenants on Tue sda y . Mr. F. D. Rich, midshipman, of the Serpent, has passed his examination in seamanship. ty's The following officers a re a ppointed to her Maj es brig Nightingale, Lieutenant Southey. Commander. now lying in the Leith R o ads :—Mr. O'Neil Fa r g uson. surgeon ; Mr. F. W. Cote, clerk-in-charge ; Mr. Hicks, acting-mate. Mates, Admiral Sir R. Stopford has accepted the Gov"; norship of Greenwich Hospital, vacant by the death al Admiral Fleming. ASSISTANT-SURGEON,—WiIIiam M‘Dermot, (additional) to th e Caledonia; J. K. Beatty, to the j ; ~,J r na e r s n eA s u P g e u t s e t r u s s , fFroymmntohree,Sskoynlaorfk ctoaptht Fluytno. . Mr. more, the inventor of the best tubes now in use) wiii! qualified, on Tuesday, for a Commission in the Royal Mariaes. ic Captain Davies, of her Majesty's ship Dido, %Thll left Alexandria on the 28th. with despatches for tu . o Admiral, has had the misfortune to loose three of ht! fingers in letting go with his own han ds the topsail haulyards. THE MARKETS-YESTERD) PRICE OF BREAD. l The h - ghes' • rlq eof Bre: , i .he Leaf Gu..d Bread flay be had at MO. PRL.E3 OF SEEDS. Per Quarter. rop'is is tNtl for the Inst. Per Cwt. N,:w ifel sh It, C10ve , ...50s aQs St. Fein ...... . ..... ....... a si7s ICS li: Oldi it... Dino —5 —s —s Rye G ass ................. ....—s /`.. 3 ' l / 1 1 ' New Foreign Ditto —s 50s 75s P AC ey Grass ........... '. ... —9 ''''S `i 01 i Di!to Ditto ... —s --s —s Linseeal, for fit,_di,g ...--* 4S* siii ew White Clover Os 501 COS Ditto , fo.. sowing ......—s t.O 7" Old Dirt. Ditto —s —s —a Ditto, for crushing .....—s 25 4611 sew Tre - oil ... —s -.Ss 42a Hera, ..................... ~___* 36i 4%s Old I%itto- c 0... OJS —a 9.0 s 3 , s Canary . ..................... —. --,-. 'Jr fuliuin E. - rglish Carrawav —s 50s s'!s White thist.:rti....:4s Od to 14s Or. Foreign i.ttto its 041 Cd Coriander ... —s Hs 16sTares ... ........ 75 61.1 t o P:(10E JF OIL. Rape Oil, brown, per ton ............................. ....XV 10 Ditto, refined Linseed Oil 26CI Lins_ed Oil Cake at the Mill (per 1000) l4 10 0 Ita i e • ake, per tort PIME OF TALLOW, SOAP, &C. per 112th. Town Tallow ..£2 11 (':Melting Stuff .El. FL , 0 Yellow Russia White i. 0 C Graves 0 H! 0 Soap Ditto 0 0 11 Good Dregs 0 3. 41 - - -- - PRICE OF RAW FAT, per stone •f sibs, Price of Tallow (as stated by the Tallow Melters) Ste. 11141„ COAL MARKET :_hips arrived since las. market.aay, 102.1 0. d. a, -4. Adair's Buddle's West Hartley 2O I Wails End Whitwel; ...,.. '.3 S 14 lywell Ma n 22 r Walls End Carad0Q,,,,.....:._ fs, 6 Leaze's Main Pontop Windsor CO 0 Walls End Kelloe V ussell's High Main West Hartley 2l U Walls End West Hartle/ meal N Wylam ... -.. ............. ,;.,...., 24 u Walls End Dudn's l3 6 Walls End Clarence 1-',ctton 22 9 „ Walls End dosforth Richmond Main " fl Wail:. End Seymour Ta t e._ W. E. Braddyll'sßetton Walls End Hetton t.'4, SCowpen ...............:.:......». 2 " w Walls End Lasibton Wells End Lyons. 23 0 S:aniey A1ain...b..... or. SI ' Walls End Pemberton 22 Illi Mr. BUCKINGHAM. —Yesterday evening the different Temperance Societies of the metropolis 233, 03- bled io the large room, Exeter Hall, for the pIW poile of presenting congratulatory eddesses to J. S. Buckingham , Esq., on his return to England, Ranson, Esq., in the chair. A temperance hymn being sung, the C,bairmah briefly explained the object of the meeting, ar.d haveg eulogized Mr. Buckingham for his exerti or, s in their cause, Mr. Gregg moved a resolution, expressive of their pleasure on again seeing Mr. Bucking i eum arriongst them, which was carried amidst great cheering. Nlr. Bucking ham returned thanks and said, it Was his original intention to have remained three years ir J the United States, one ye ar in China, and one in Mexico, but war and civil distur bances induced him to abar,don the idea of visiting the latter places. He was received most kindly ea his landing in America in 1837, where be found the cause of tem perance rapidly progressing, and clergymen eif all religious persuasions, i:s most zealous supporters. .After reviewing his successful exertions in the United States daring the past three years, he concluded by stating, that three fourths of the population had embraced the principles of the Society, and that it had been aseeertained that the , prison and lunatic asylums were principally filled by per sons addicted to intemperance. Several other persons. having addressed the meeting, thanks were voted to thee Chairman, and a hymn being sung, the_ meeting separate-1. ANECDOTE OF DANTE.—A. proof of his plain speaking, which does more honour to, tis frankness than to his prudence, is related s—When, one day in the presence of a large circle of courtiers, one of the Scaligeri asked and stupid buffoon D m a e n re te agreeable replied, him " Why it was that many people found a foolish , closer "that thanh tli m er ' e w w h a o s nwoasthisnogweir traordi nit ry in the preference, as shuilarity of character• and sympathy of tastes, always engender liking." Lady Blessigyton's idler in Italy, Vol. 111. We regret to state that cousiderable distress is: at present experienced by the poor of Braintree and its no'igh' hourboA, in consequence of the proprietors of the two 4,14 tutEivo silk mills situate there: haring discharged upu aids of NO of their werkpeople. A gentleman who has vi cited the town has related to us instances 'of destitution %a Web, at this inclement season. are truly argalliag• SUPERIOR LONDON TABLE KNIVES, with Ivory Handles handles, Carvers, Or. S' • Ta ble Knives, with white be n, per pair ~ 14s. per dozen ; D essert Knives, 1 Is. ; W. per dozen , Dessert, 6s. 15d. ; Carver s, 3s. I)t Y ; Globe-shape Tea-urns, 4 quarts, 275.; new shapes, Papier Macke Tea-trays, gothic shape, bOs ; date sot of full sizes. Catalogues, containing the price of every article ni furnish- , ing ironmongery and cutlery, gratis. RIPPON and BURTON, NVells-street, Oxford-street. Established 1820. BIRTHS. On the 19th inst., in Caroline-place, Mecklenburgh-squarer Mrs. Henry Alanisty, of a eon. On the 19th inst., at Claptou, Mrs. W. C. Yenning, of a son. On the 20th inst., Airs. F. A ger, of Trinity-square. Tower, of a daughter. MARRIED. eja2mlsetsinnsat.,,riast, G E r s e q a . t , B o e f il A wi i n to , n W F il a t r s m , , hy vezr the Rev. On N John ln Ward, th Amesbury, to Hester , only dau g hte r of Moses Pope , E s q ., oda West Grafton. On the 21st inst., at St. Luke's, Chelsea, Charles Thomas s ansom , Esq., to Georgina Deane Kingdom, s• smd daughter of the late George Kingdom, Esq., of S eerness. On the 21at inst., at St. George's, Bloomsbury, the Rev. mr, S. Birch, Rector of Easton-Gray, Wilts, to Laura, youngest daughter of J. Neale, Esq., of Woburn. place. On the 17th inst, Mr. G. Francombe, of Newgate-street . On the 18th inst., Elizabeth, the wife of H. Pinkney, of Bedford-street. Covent-garden. On the 11th inst , Mrs. Itauer, of Clapham, Surrey. On the 19th inst., at Overseal, Leicestershire, Miss Eliza beth Pyeroft. aged 83. On the 19th inst., at St. Peter's-square, Haintnennit b, Mr. W. Hudson. On the 19th inst., W. Diwson, of Albemarle-street , E 44• DFiyn O osr n i:u t rEsq the e s. l ,.l 9 ua t a h greed i . n 9 st 2 .., J. Stephenton, Da., of Artillery - p lace, On the 20 t h i nst., i n B ernar d -street , A nne , relict of G- On the 20th iust., J. Holl, second son of J. Holl, Esq., Sent is Lambeth, aged 21. On the 20'h inst., E. Randall, Esq., of Cambridge, aged 50. On the 20th inst., at Ventnor, Isle of Wight, J. Ferber Esq., eldest son of Sir C. Forbes, Bart:, aged 39. On the 21st inst., in Chester terrace, Begent's-park, James Abernethy, Esq., aged 32. On the 21st inst., J. Winshaws, Esq., at Wilton-crescent. Len , l , in Printed And Published ..) it OL N? 1 3 4 .0. 112, Strand at The Sun i:►dfice. No. 112. Str " dfr I a the county of Middlesex.—Tuesday, December 22, leA°. ALDERSGATE WARD. There were nine candidates for this ward : the eight old ropresentatives, and Mr. 'Lines, a new candidate. The show of hands was declared by the Alderman ( Sir P. Laurie) to be as follows :—Wood, 58 ; Burton, 52; Lorkin, 47; Stacy, 47 ; Godson, 44; Norris, 44; Mot. tram, 32 ; Rolls, 30; Baines:, 24. The latter gentleman not having demanded a poll, the first eight were declared duly elected. BILLINGSGATE WARD. A w:r!lmoto was held at Fe.lowship 11,11, St. Mavy. at. Hill, Biliiogsgate, for the purpose of electing Common Councilmen and other officers for the year ensuing. Samuel Brown, Esq , the Alderman, presided. The Ward Cleik having read the precept, which. amorgst other th'ngs, direct: d hat tight Common Coun cilmen should Lc elected instdad of ten, pursuant to the new regulat;on, the following gentlemen were re-elected, viz. Messrs. Potter, Old, jun., Curling (deputy), Kaill, Johnson, Bower, Hossack, and Francis—Sir James Duke and George Child, Esq , resigning. BISHOPSGATE WARD. Tile whole cf the officers, including the Common Coun cilmen, were chosen without any opposition. The follow ing are the names of the Common CounCilmen :—Messrs. W. Stevens (deputy), W. Peacock (deputy). W. Day, Thos. Dagg, Henry Patten, Thos. Welsh, Wm. Jones, R. Thomas, Cb. Gibson, Solomon Bennett, Wm. P. Pil• cher, W. Barks, M. Wilkinson, and R. Carr. BRIDGE WARD. Yesterday, at one o'clock, a Wardmote was held at the Vestry-room of Sr. Magnus Church, London-bridge, for electing Common Councilmen and ether officers for the year ensuing. Sir Chapman Marshall, Knt., presided. The Ward Clerk having real the precept, which di rected that eight Common Councilmen should be elected instead of fifteen, pursuant to the nex regulation. The Alderman exp►eaed his regret that any alteration in the number of the Common Councilmen had taken place. Several other gentlemen spoke at some length, when the following persons were proposed and seconded for the oft►ce, viz., Messrs. PewtreA, Locke, Knott, Sharp, Low, Cope, Matthew, Davidson, Cooper, and Ponder ; and, on a show of hands, the first eight were declared to be duly elected. A poll was demanded on behalf of the other three, and at the Owe of the poll at four o'clock, the numbers stood as follows :—Pewtress 24, Locke 24, Knott 25, Sharp 25, Hill 19, Cooper 2, Low 14, Ponder 7, Cope 23, Matthew 23, Davidson 19. The poll opened tu• day, - and will finally close tomorrow. CHEAP WARD. Yesterday, at one o'clock, a wardrnote took place in the vestry-rooms of St. Lawrence, Old Jewry. for the elec tion of Common Councilmen. Mr. W. Thompson, M.P., in the choir. A poll was demanded, and at four o'clock, the numbers were :—Mr. Deputy Brooke, 18; Mr. Fenaing, 12; Mr. Ganthony, 14; Mr. Watson, 10; Mr. Barwick, 16; Mr. Newton, 11 ; Mr. Moy, 14; Mr. Hickson, 14; Mr. Oliver, 15. WARD OF CORDWAINERS. Yesterday, at one o'clock, a wardmote, at which Nlr. T. Wood, the Alderman and late Sheriff, presided, was held in the Vestry-rooms of St. Mary.le.l33w, Cheapside, to elect six representatives to the Court of Common Coun cil, and other ward officers. The number of representa tives returned to the Court of Common Council trom this ward, prior to the recent regulations, were eight. This number has been reduced to six, for which the following gentlemen were proposed :—Mr. Jolliff, Mr. Deputy Mar dell, Mr. Lott, Mr. Joyce, Mr. Croucher, Mr. Williams, Mr. Jones, and Mr. Henman. The show of hands de cided on the first six named gentlemen. A poll was de manded by Mr. Henman and Mr. Jones. The numbers at the close of the poll, st four o'clock, wer . e as follows: Mr. Jolliff, 10; Mr. Deputy Mardell, 11 ; Mr. Croucher, 11;•Mr. Williams, 8; Mr. Lott, 6; Mr. Joyce, 9; Mr. Jones, 5; and t Mr. Herman, 3. t New candidate. CORNHILL. The Wardmote was held at the Vestry-room of St. Michael's Church, Cornhill. Alderman Pirie presided, cud there being no opposition, the old members of the Common• Council were re-elected. The following are their names :—Mr. Angell, Deputy, Messrs. Eaton, Gold smith, Harrison, Thomas, and Alluutt CRIPPLEGATF. WITHOUT. This ward, like its neighbour, elects eight freemen an nually to serve as members of the Court of Common Coun cil. There were three new candidates and two vacacies —one created by the resignation of Mr. David Gibb, to render him eligible to contest the office of Bridge-master, and the other by Mr. Samuel Bayliss, for many years a re presentative of the ward. The new candidates were Mr. George Medway, Mr. John Johnson, and Mr. William King. Upon a show of hands the latter gentleman was declared in the minority. A poll was then demanded, and at the close yesterday it stood as follows :—Mr. Richd. 1 Lambert Jones, 21 ; Mr. John Atkinson, 23 ; Mr. Samuel Massey Gilbert, 20; Mr. Thomas Eldred, 18 ; Mr. George Midway, 23 ; Mr. Richard Dixon, 21 ; Mr. Francis S:dier, 19 ; Mr. William King, 18 ; Mr. John Johnson, 9. The Lord Mayor adjourned the polling until ten o'clock this day. FARRINGDON WITHOUT. A tneeting of the inhabitants of this ward was hell at the New Court, Old B.iley, fur the purpose of electing 16 common councilmen for the ensuing year, and also of ap pointing the beadles and other ward officers At twelve o'ciock Alderman Sir James Duke, M. P. (the newly-elected alderman of the ward) entered the Court, followed by the Deputy Mr. B;ackott, and the other COW.. mon Councilmen fur the past year. _ _ Mr. JOHN PONTIFEX rose for the purpose of submitting a resolution previous to the meeting proceeding to the nomination of Common Councilmen. He said he was ap prehensive of being considered troublesome in dilating upon a subject which, on more than one occasion, he had submitted for the consideration of his fellow-citizeus. He would wish to ask the candidates whether they were satis fied with the state of the corporation as it at present existed ; or whether they thought that reform bad been carried to the extent required by the abuses that had been so loudly complained of ?—( Cries of " Hear, hear.") If this was not their opinion, or the opinion of the ward generally, then this was the proper time for forcing the subject on the attention of their representatives, and to urge them to the adoption of those measures in the assem bly to which they were sent, as might appear best ealcu lated to give effect to the wishes of their constituents.— ( Hear ) He concluded by proposing a resolution to the effect, that the inhabitants of the ward would never be satisfied with any measure of municipal reform that did not make population and representation co-extensive, and give the right of suffrage to every inhabitant householder. Mr. Woon second: ethe resolution. They bad an in stance not long since or the conduct of voters of the Livery, when they went up to prevent their late excellent alder man from becoming chief magistrate of the city. It was contended that Mr. Harmer was unfit to be Lord Mayor, because, forsooth, lie was a proprietor of the Dispatch, which rivalled and was nearly equal to the Times in its circulation --(Cheers and hisses.) He ( Mr. Wood) him self knew two gentlemen who came from Canterbury for the purpose of voting on that occasion, ani thus it was that the resident inhabitants of the ward were cheated out of their ancient right and privilege that the locality should govern itself. Mr. R. Ti.vt.ou said a few words in support of the mo. tion. He regretted the complexity which existed in the City franchises, but lie was met in love with the Parlia mentary franchise, which was productive annually of much chicanery and iniquity. Whigs, Radicals, and Reformers, were all lipoid as to the necessity of reform, but it could not be obtained without going to Parliament, for many of the corruptions were fixed on them by Acts of Parlia fe4, and it could only be by a repeal of those Acts that the evil ci.',o4 be got rid of. The city of Lgulon was not a close corporet;ce that refused Its freedom to the house holders. They gave it to eery one who applied for it, on payment of a sum which was Meet) lees than formerly, but 'wk.:eh, he thought, was still too much. Thu At.DpRIMAN put the resolution, and declared it to be carried. Sir JAMES Mut then read the list of names which had b ee :: sent up by the various districts. The p.l l then commenced, and at five o'clock the numbers wag follows Charles, 34 ; # Harding, 34; t Wnollat, 32; iiirnshaw, 30; Taylor, 30; Obbard 9 9 ; Blackett, 26 ; # Hodgson, 25 ; Wells, 25; Edkin? 24; Galloway, 22; Bedford, 21 ; Burn, ; Marriott 17 ; Atderton, 17 ; Beckworth, 16 ; Price, 16 ; # Barnard 15; Sweet, Those leearlee4 thus # are new candidates. FARM Ate WITH( N. • 4 A wardmote a the wai t • a V ` arsing , Withi n was P n -s-xsrgi te..5 t t, held at the school-house I,4id, Warwick-. 4 crt;gilzg for the purpose of el ec ti ng ward officers tot :1`:1 year. An unusual degree of interest was manifest,. the numerous freemen who were present in consequence of the effect of a recent Act of Parliament being to ro duce the number of the representatives of this ward in the Common Council from seventeen to fourteen. At one o'clock the chair was taken by Alderman T. Kelly. The following names were read, as those of the can didates to serve the office of Common Councilmen : William Henry Ashurst, Valentine Rutter, Joseph Thomp son, Henry Pritchard, John Pearson Heyward, Samuel Ridley, Thomas ainsor, Edward Eagleton, Juhn Wheel ton, Robert Westwood, Thomas Emerson, Thomas Jeffer son Holt, James Hartley, David James M'Laughlin, and Josrph Morris. A'show of hands having been called for on each, the Worthy Alderman declared the election to have been made to the exclusion of Mr. Joseph Thompson. Mr. Brace then demanded a poll on behalf of Mr. Thompson, which will be carried on to-morrow (this day) and Wednesday. LANGBOURNE WARD. A wardmote of the inhabitants of this ward took place at the King's Arms Chambers, 'Change -alley, Cornhill, for the purpose of electing Common Councilmen and other civic officers for the year ensuing. Alderman Sir JOHN KEY, Alderman of the ward, having taken the Chair, The following list of candidates for Common Council men, were severally put to a show of hands, viz. : _ Mr. Stubbings, Deputy, John Dixon, John Adamson, William Frodshair, Charles Sully, Thomas Snelling, Col- PORTSOKEN WARD. At the termination of the proceedings at Cr'pplegate Ward, the Lord Mayor presided at a wardtdote held in Aldgate Church, for the purpose of electing ekht Com mon Councilmen for the above district. The rneetin ! : was numerously attended, and this being what was termed his Lordship's " own ward," from his having represented it in the Court of Aldermen , his reception was of a hi T illy flattering nature. Up to the moment of hominivion it ass a matter of uncertainty whether there would be any contest; and when those present were called upon to 1 ,,,,p 1 :e candidates, no less than eight were nuaicii, namely : trAir. William Powell Tyarl, red , . John P.tclter, aMr. Christie, aMr. Samuel IlaAkini Jutsum, a Mr. ihn Danford, aMr. George M . K , n:zie, aMr. Georg, Wright, a r. Tmas Carlisl M hr , e ii..r.veod, Mr. John Amos, Mr. George Le Witt. Mr. George Wright, Mr. Phiiiips. Me. John Rielcaby tiousfield, Mr. Abraham +: 7 tl, Mr. Edward S;r.ith, Mr. John Hoard, Mr. William Chandler, Mr. George Barker, Mr, Richard Spur;;::. Mr. Saul Saul. Oat of the above only the first three served the t iii , last year, and upon the show of hands Mr. Abraham Saul, Aho formerly represented the ward, was chosen, but hr declined to serve, and thereby' prevented the necessity of a contested election, a poll having been demanded by Mr. M'Kenzic. Norte of the candidates demanded a poll, and consequently those with an a placed against their name v;cre sieciared duly elected, and lock the oaths of alle giance, &c. QUEENHITHE WARD. The election of Common Councilawn for this Ward took place in the church of St. Michael, Queen:lithe, oc fx-c Mr. Alderman Hooper, when the whole of the pre vious reprevntatives wet e returned, there being no altera• tion in point of number. The inquest men and other .ard (Accra having been appointed, a vote of thanks wit passed to the Alderman, and the warchnote broke up. TOWER WARD. A Wardmote was held at Baker's 11411, Harp lane, Tower -street, for electing Common Councilmen and other cflicers for the year ensuing. MATTHIAS PRIME LUCAS, Egq , the Alderman, pre. The Ward Clerk having read the precept, the follow ing gentlemen were proposed and seconded for the of of Common Councilmen for the year ensuing, viz , Messrs. Finnas (deputy), Robinson, Edward, Briggs, Selson, Redhead, Oakley, Brain, Young, Gaodridge, and M,iit• land, the whole being members last year, Mr. Drinks) resigning from old age. Oa a show of hands being taken, the election was declared to have fallen on the first eight gentlemen, and a poll was demanded on the part of the other three. The poll was opened at two o'clock and closed at four, when the numbers stood as follows :—Finnes, 12 ; Robin son, 8; Edwards, 7; Briggs, 11; Selson, 8 ; Redhead, ; 04kley, 7 ; Brain, 11 ; Young, 8 ; Goodridge, 2 ; And Maitland, 9. Ti:c poll opened to-day and hill finally close te-motrow. WALBROOK WARD. Thilbeing one of the wards which suffered a reduction of the number of representatives in the recent reform of the COIIIIIIOII Council, much interest was excited as to which two of the old members would be excluded. The sliow of hands was declared by Alderman Gibbs t.) be in favour of Messrs. Richisrdson, Watkins, Wire, Amos, Corder, and Ford Hale; on which Messrs. Williams find Dawson demanded a poll, which at the close of the dny, stood thus :—Hale, 23 ; Watkins, 21 ; Amos, 20 ; Richardson, 19 ; Wire, 18; Conder, 16; Williams, 13; Dawson, 11. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS FROM TIIR DAILY PAPERS OF YESTERDAY. (From the Globe.) The Chartists, not to be outdone by their betters, have published an almansck ; and considering how large a mass of absurdity by far the greater number of a!ms 'lacks contain, the Chartists could not, perhaps, have hi) on a more appropriate medium for the exposition of their principles. Some almanacks profess to dive into futurity, while others, soaring into the clouds, undertake to chronicle the comings and goings of " thunder, light ning, hail, and rain," with all the accuracy and so:etn- nity which are so conspicuous in the tashionable arrival and departure articles of the illorning Post; but: the Chartist almanack goes beyond all others in boldness of design, for it purports to provide a plan for turn g that farrago of absurdity and impossibility—nick named the People's Charter—into a downright real law in an early session of Parliament. Though the season for pantomincs is at hand, such a change as tile one alluded to is far too extravagant to be regarded as coming- within the widest range of practicability, how ever energetic the patched and parti-coloured harlequin of Chartism may be in the use of the bat, or however great may be the force employed in working the machi. nery. The plan suggested for accomplishing the success of Chartist views is the immetliateorganizstion of all the members of the party into a body—on joining .01icls each individual is to pay twopence ; and this being done —as far as we can understand the plan—no further duty de% elves upon him. He may go about his busi ness as soon as he likes ; for the money being once paid, there is an executive council charged with the onerous, but certainly not honorary, office of disposing of it. The members of the executive council are each to have 30s. a week, and there arc to be executive councils wherever they arc required—which means, of course wherever the twopences come in to a sufficient extent to pay an xecutive council for the trouble of dividing them. Then there are to be missionaries, who are to go about the said object belies n to los f t urther undeniably these missionaries are to have salaries, with an allowance the gtebneenra collection onbtjinenct ; more twopences,—and for travelling expenses, to a certain extent ; the extent of course depending most materially on the amount they are able to extract from the pockets of those whom they are sent to edify. It 15 not likely that this new scheme for the organization of the Chartists will pro duce, what it professes to have in view, the union of those who seek for the establishment of Chartist prin ciples. Such a contract as the one proposed will fail for want of mutuality : the consideration is all on one side, and there mast be want of consideration indeed on the part of the intended dupes if they should allow themselves to be drawn into it. (From the Courser.) The Journal des Debats, the organ of Court inspi rations, has said it—that "Spain enters naturally within tie sphere of French policy." There can be no rds take about the phrase, shrouded as it may be in diplo matic ambiguity, and capable of b e i ng rendered into an unmeaning generality, as into th e fi xed id ea of w hi ch i t is the expression. Individually it is the Bourbon in terest which Louis Philippe will uphold in Spain ; nub hely it is the same view of national interest and aggran disement which caused Louis XIV., as Bonaparte after him, to declare that the Pyrenees of defence and separation between France and Spain could not and ought not to exist. It is impossible that Louis Philippe, as a Bourbon, ca n view the recent revo lution in Spain with complacency, and as little that the French nation can regard it with other than deep seated aversion if, as alleged and believed, a revolution operated by a party patronised by British diplomacy, and affected towards the ascendancy of British inte rests. An intervention by arms, therefore, for the re construction of a Bourboa dominion and of French su premacy in Spain would meet with no obstruction, nor be regarded with other than favour, from the King to the peasant. Undertaken avowedly for the maintenance and assertion of the principle of legitimate monarchy, the opposition of Austria and Prussia would be dis• armed, or even if averse, there is Russia in the back ground to hold them in check and forbid hostile inter ference s--Russia, even now the favoured alliance pro jected by statesmen known to be most deeply in the con fi.ience, and sharing most largely the sympathies of the French monarch. W e shall have occasion to return to this subject. (From the Standard.) We rejoice to fi n d t h at t h e p ra ctice hithert o t oo common of rewarding only the higher grades of British officers of fleets or battalions which have been success fully engaged in warlike operations, has heen abandoned, so far ne the naval officers who have taken part in the late brilliant successes on the coast of Syria are con cerninl. All the captains of Admiral Sir Robert Stop ford's fleet have received the minor decoration of the Bath ; and all the cormmanders and first-lieutenants and 41 of the mates have been promoted. Such as were fortunate enough to have been present at the siege of Acre will, however, have the precedence, their corn- RI! ions being d ate d November 4. Th e N o bl e Com --.4c01_11:01,41' ' l Ol, it is said, be offered the Inc.. pf Oreefiwtch Hospital ; but as he post of -moiled to its refesa, tie will, we affair of Acre never " 1.._ iew ira as he mu be , . . would Lava been trust, receive in addition Pile" Napier has been queath to his children. Cominodoi , - .r,, but dc: created a Knight Cornmarnier of the 11 ' 6 — hstantial series, and will no doubt receive, A ffilii, 8" , • t st,co" . recompenee his services on this occasion stridutro greatly to lathented that this v vhoiesalo di of eaval honours and rewards has not been tieentni panied by a similar act of justice to the gallant t! r a i rl s i o g n who formed part of this fbet, and whose achievem not to shore have redounded se; highly to the honour . 3 board their respective ship s your mention those who were on at the capture of Acre, and oi..heif,2!•ts along t il l!yo b e ev t; Of the 14 Companionships of tit,' w t I .ileo hail to a marine officer, Lieutenant-Colo at tib_g been conferred on this occasion, orny :t." %a end alth ,ugh we cannot doubt that the favours best i :` °44 with so unusually liberal a hand on nav'O'l c ' e , e . h rs for their services in this campaign, will not i-se o t held from their gallant associates, we have not heard of a single promotion among them. Wklinut,, prof,ssiiig for a moment to doubt the intentions (31 Waixer ; I the Board of Admiralty on the subject, we may v enture to affirm, that whatever reward they may proiaose to bestow upon the officers of this gallant, brat hitaberto I i_. It 01 d 4