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Ic 4 - 1-4 1 NT N. 7 ir-P 'it t r r- EVRMING EDITION. TO THE ELECTORS OF THE BOROUGH OF MBIRMINGHAM. Y name has b een so pu bli c l y propose d as that of a suitable person to represent you, 'n Parlia ment that it i s d ue to you, anti especially to tho s e who de sirous of promoting my return, to explain, first, the position in Which I have found myself placed, and secondly, my views on several of the leading political questions of the day. I was not aware of the precise circumstances of the Borough until my return, on the evening of the 21st instant, from a jour ney in the nort h o f England. The whole of the proceedings which have brought my name so prominently before you took place during my absence, and without my concurrence. In nominating me, my friends could, therefore, only have acted on my known opinion, that, under a Representative System, every man is bound, when called upon by his fellow citizens, to take his due share in its administration, unless prevented by para mount obligations, and that he who refuses to do so, has no right to claim the protection of Government. As to my political principles, 1 belong to no party; inas much as I consider that the Christian rule, of doing to others as we would that they should do unto us, is of universal appli cation. Keeping this principle in view, in the relations of our domestic and foreign policy, I hold the following opinions : That, as religion is a matter between man and his Maker, no human authority has any right to interfere with it, so long as the peace and welfare of society are not endangered ; that not only should all Ecclesiastical demands, in the nature of Church. rates or otherwise, be abolished, but there should be no connection between Church and State ; and that all support of religion should be voluntary. Whilst I consider the institution of one day in seven for rest and religious instruction a high privilege, and a great moral as well as physical advantage to the community, and that it is the duty of all persons, whether as individuals or as directors of public companies or otherwise, to do all in their power to afford their own servants and others au opportunity of enjoying it, I am opposed to any legislative enactments to enforce its obser vance. I consider that Commerce should be perfectly free, in all commodities and with all the world ; and that the necessaries of life should be exempt from taxation. This, of course, would involve a total abolition of the Corn and Provision Laws, which have already inflicted irreparable injury upon the coun try, and unless speedily repealed, will produce most fearful in roads upon our manufacturing interests, and upon the means of support to the working classes. I am in favour of a great extension of the Elective Franchise, and opposed to any Property Qualification. I conceive that the present legal duration of Parliament is much too long, and that it should be reduced to a period suffi ciently short to give the Constituents all reasonable control over their Representatives. I wish to see the Ballot subjected to the test of experiment, upon as complete a system as can be devised. In accordance with the great principle already stated, and ich my political creed is based, I hold that the punish th of death i n a ll cases ought to be abolished. I believe r war will nece ssar il y cease whenever the principles of free li lh trade are fully carried cut ; and I consider that it is as incon sistent with true national safety as it is in direct violation of the spirit and precepts of the New Testament. Without forgetting that, on all suitable occasions, it is my duty to assert the political and social rights of my fellow coun trymen, I deem it still incumbent upon me especially to advo cate the cause of those who are held in personal slavery in any part of the world ; and this I would do in accordance with the dictates of our religion, which teaches us that every country is our country and every man our brother. The position in which my friends have placed me has com piled me to make the present declaration of my sentiments. It only remains for me to state, that I believe, both amongst my fellow-townsmen and the country at large, there is an in- Greasing number who hold opinions similar to my own. At the same time, they probably do not so far accord with yours that it would be the decided wish of a majority of your body that I should represent you in the British House of Commons ; if so, 1 hope this can be ascertained long before the day of election, and my name withdrawn with satisfaction to all par ties. lam not insensible to the kindness and favourable opinion of those who are anxious to promote my election • but I most strongly deprecate a si ng l e wor d or expression that can justly excite any angry feeling towards those who may differ from them. I hope I shall be excused for giving this caution, be cause, on these occasions, the best of men sometimes forget that charity which they usually exercise towards each other. I am, very respectfully, J Birmingham, 12th month, 24th, 18390. SEPH STURGE. ----._.__ JATIONAL LOAN FUND LI FE AS SURANCE AND DEFERRED ANNUITY SOCIETY. 26, CORNHILL, LONDON. EASTERN BaANCH.-5, Castle-street, St. Mary Axe. Capital, 500,000/. EMPOWERED BY ACT OF PARLIAMENT. DIRECTORS. T. LAMIE MURRAY, Esq., Chairman. Col. Sir Burges Camac, K. C. S. Robert Ilollond, Esq. 'M.P. JohntElliotson, M.D. F.R. S. George Lungley, Esq. H. Gordon, Esq. John Rawson, Esq. /Joseph Thompson, Esq. • - . AUDITORS. Dr. Olir.thus Gregory, F. R. A. S.) Professor Wheatstone, F. R. S. ate'? trA a r—W. S. B. Woolhouse, Esq. ,F.R.A. S. By the new principles of Life Assurance and Deferred An nuities, founded by this Society, the moral obligation of all classes of making a provision for a family or for old age is largely enhanced, by the immediate advantages secured to the Assured themselves. The details of.the principles of the Society, its improvement in the system of Assurance, its economical arrangements in favour of the Assured, its extensive Tables, &c., will be found in its Prospectus, which may be obtained at the Offices of ti►e Society, 26, Cornhili, London, or at any of its Brauches throughout the Country. F. FERGUSON CAAIROUX, Secretary. TO CAPITALISTS. 111 e attention o f PARTIES d es i rous of making ADVAN TAGEOUSINVETMENTS in LANDED PROPERTY Vis Particularly directed t o th e f o ll ow i ng ALUABLE and EXTENSIVE ES TATES in SCOTL AND, belonging to the Sequestrated Estate of the Marquis of Huntly, which will be exposed to PUBLIC SALE at an early period, of which due intimation will he given :- Ist. ESTATE IN THE COUNTY OF FORFAR. The ESTATE of FINHAVEN, in the parish of Oathlavr. "—This Estate, which consists of above 4,000 ACRES im perial measure, is beautifully situated in a fine agricult ura l district, h av i ng t h e Ri ver South Esk yenning through a consi derable part of the Property, and is insersected by the Turn pike -read leading from the County -town of Forfar, to the Tevrn of Brechin. The greater part of the Estate is Arable Land of good qua lity, which is divided into Farms of convenient sizes, occupied by a substantial and industrious tenantry. The buildings and fences are suitable to the Farm, and in go o d repa i r. About 1,000 Acres a re un d er under thriving plantations, of different ages and of great value. There is no Mansion-house, but there are beautiful situations for forming a Proprietor's Resi aence upon the Estate. In particular, the site of the old Castle of Finhaven, the ancient Residence of the Crawford Pamily, on the banks of the South Esk, is admirably adapted fur that put pose. 2 d. ESTATES IN THE COUNTY OF INVERNESS. I. The ESTATE of INVERLOCHY, in Lochabar, as Purchased by the Marquis of Huntly from the Trustees of Alex ander, Duke of Gordon. This Estate is of great extent, and of highly improveable character. The Sal-non Fishings in the River Lochy are valuable, and the Estate abounds in game of all the varieties found in Highland districts. . Th e GLEN GARRY ESTATE, as recently acquired by the 2 Marquis, and which forms an extensive Highland District, is beautifully sit chiefly both sides of the Caledonian Canal. The Lands are occupied in sheepwalks by substantial tenants, whose rents are regularly paid. There arc extensive and valuable woods of birch, fir, and oak on the lands, chiefly (f natural growth, and the hills, which extend many miles in different directions, abound with deer, roe, grouse, ptarmigan, there black ga me , an d t h e l akes and rivers with salmon and trout. is a large and convenient Manor -house and suitable o ffices on the Estate, and the Caledonian Canal affords cheap fland ready access to the Low Country. In short, so va l ua bl e e d desirabl e propert i es, either for the capitali s t or sportsman, lßom appear in the market. 3d- PROPERTIES IN THE COUNTY OF ABER DEEN, °f The f o ll ow i ng SMALL ESTATES in the neighbourhood r'ent perio Aboyne, on viz. Deeside, a s p urc h ase d b y the Marquis at diffe- ds, :-- 1 . TILL YPRONIE, in the district of Cromar, and parish of 2. KINMINITY, in the parish of Birse. NVESTOTTN, in the district of Cromar, and parish of Tarland. 4. EASTER MORVEN, in the parish of Tullich. of Co CORRACHRIE, in the di str i ct of Cromar, and parish e Coldstone. 6. BALFOUR, in the parish of Birse. All of these Properties will form Desirable Investments. The Trustee upan the Sequestrated Estates is in the course °F Obtaining Surveys arol all other particulars for the informa tion of intending purchasers, the results of which will be pub lished in future advertisements. In the meantime communi eations may be addressed to Donald Lindsay, Accountant in M k dinburgh, the Truste e • W a l ter D uthie, W. S., Edinburgh ; essrs. Spottiswoode and Robertson, Solicitors, No. 27, Great George -street, Westminster ; or Messrs. Thomas and Newell Barnett, Advocates, Aberdeen. - - YARNETT'S Restorative Tonic Drops and Pills, an unfailing Remedy for Nervous, Local, and fleeeral Debility. 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Eagle 504 sh. 51. pd 52 1000/. sh. 2501. pd 406 Economic Lite 201. oh. all NI 22 520;7 ::: 0' n 01 I r 22a s n p sd. e p.23e: c r.l e cb n ; t. nit. Ditto,Eii rope N an ew Li to 20/. sh. 21. pd ji 1.000,0004 64 per et Globe Stock 122 i 20,000 3/* Guardian lOO/. sh. 2711 pd 1.'6 'O,OOO s. tid. Hope 504 sh. 5/. pd 5/ 2,400 5/. 7s. 64. Imperial Fire 5001. 'h. 50/. pd 1:371 7,500 9s. Imperial Lite 100/. sh. 10/. pd 101 113,459 4/. percept. Indemnity Marine.... ....... 1004 ch. 8/. pd .5 2,020 31 los Kent Fire 501. sh. all pd 1)2 31. Ditto Life 50/. pd 7U 10,000 16s. Law Life 100/. .1... h. 10/. pd 291 5,000 10s. London, Fire 251 sh. 12/. 10s. pd IF! 3,900 IN. London, Ship 25/. sh. 121. 10s. pd 111 4000,0001. ... ..... Minerva Life 1001. sh. 500,0004 30,000 5/. per cent. Palladium Life 50/. oh. 21. pd 2/ Fs 50,000 41. per cent. Protector Fire 2O/. sh. 2/. pd 19s Od 2,500 11. Provident Lite lOO/. sh. 10/. pd • 18 00,000 ss. Rock Life 20/. sh. 1/, pd ti 89,2.201 5/. per cent. Royal Exchange Stock... 210 - (3,000 5 per cent. University Life lOO/. sh. 5/. pd 51 50,000 4 per cent. United Kingdom Life 100/. sh. 51. pd 71 JOINT STOCK BANKS. 25,000 8 percent. Agric. and Cum. of Ireland 25/. sh. 10/. pd 5,000 Australasia 4Ol. sh. 40/. pd 54 10000 10 percent. Bank of Birmingham 5Ol. sh. 10/. pd 121 50,000 10 per cent. Birmingham Bank 504 sh. 10/, pd 231 31,000 5 percent. London and Westminsterloo/ sh. 20/. pd 231 80,000 5/. London Joint Stock 504 sh. 101. pd 131 4,000 4 per cent. Lancaster 25 ; 000 Liverpool 50,000 71 per sent M p a o n e c t h D es i4 t 4 e r r iz a t ild Liver.} 1104 50 11 1 . . : :: , ;. . 21:0:11: pd 3U '''' l 2o 2 20,000 7percent. Manchester 1001. sh. 25/. pd 27 20,000 Provincial Bank of I relandloo/. sh. 25/. p 4 431 50, , 00 National Bank of Ireland 5 0 4 sh. 17 1 /. pd 16 .., 10,000 5 per cent. National Provincial Eng. 1001. sh. 1354 pd 34; in,nola Ditto New lO/. sh. 101 pd 101 10,000 ...... ... Gloucestershire 5O/. sh. 10/. IA 25 6,000 10 per cent. Hampshire 50/. sh. 54 pd 9 GAS LIGHT AND COKE COMPANIES. . .- - 2,500 16 ' s Od Bath .. 201 stiTIA/. pd 22 5,000 British 4Ol. sh. 161. pd 21 5 . 000 [ s Zir i e l i c s. ll Ditto Provincial 20/. oh. 19 pd 25 928 51 105 Birmingham 5O/. sh. 93 4,250 21 Os Bristol 90, • sh. . ei 2,250 31105 Brighton :AL sh. II 20/. sh. all pd 9 750 31 10: Ditto, New 2 O!. sh. 18/. pd 9 4 2 :000 471 44 61 p . e i r4 . en t. C B o r 1,000 101. City of London lOO l. sh. all pd 195 i i i g ti h n W en n tal e C u o e n ra so l lidatal .... 751. 621/.13d 110 1,000 61, Ditto, New 4,000 3/.os. Equitable 50/. pd T 5 10,000 21 per cent. Imperial 800 51. per cent. Isle of Thanet 251. sh. 20/. pi 18 2,350 0/. per cent. Independent lOl. sh. all pal 50 9,0110 41. per chant. Phoenix 50/. sit. 39/. pd 31 1,01 K) 41, per cent. ltatcliff 1001. sh. HO/. pd CO 4,000 South Metropolitan 50/ eh. 19/ pd 17 8,200 41. per cent. United General 5O/. eh. 4(11. pd 37 240 5/. per cent. Warwick 50!. sh. 50 400 51. per cent Waxefield 2,000 31. Westminster Chartered ...... .....501. sh. 571 6,000 12s- Ditto New ........ 'll. sh. 10/. pd 11 780 5 h Per cent. Yarmouth 201. sh. 18/. pd WATER WartlCS. 4,800 10s. Birzeingham 251. sh. 25/. pd 20 4,434 0 !. East London lOOl. sh. 1631 5,500 1105 brand Junction Aver age 41/ Ms. 4d. sh. 67 2,000 2!. Kent 100 sh. 44 372 101. Liverpool Bootle 2201. sh. 327 1,500 2110 s Now Itiver London Bridge Water A nn.. .. 66i 6,486 2/ 108 Manchester and S a lf or d ..1001. ;h. 5 , 4 1,000 4 per cent. South London ... ............... . .... .. 100/. sh. 104 8,294 41. West Middlesex Average 631, 12s. 9d. sta. !;0i 1,360 11 142 York Building Co. Lessee Pr0p....100/. sh. 35 I IRON RAILWAYS. 6,300 Birmingham and Derby,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, SOL pd 60 9,5140 .... ..... Birmingham anti Gloucester 15,000 Bristol and Exeter MO/. sh. .10 pd 16 660 Calcutta and Saugur 50/. s h. 21. p d 0 7,500 Cheltenham and G. Western 100/. sh. 30/. 2j 3,000 Clarence lOO/. sh. 100/ pd 35! 12,000 8,000 Dublin and Kilkenny 100/..h. 5/. pd 60.000 Eastern Counties 25/. sh. 2:6 pd 94 Grand Junction ........ 100/. sh. 1001. pd 2024 Great North of England ill/. pd 20 5,080 Great Western lOOl. sh. 65/. pd 654 2,000 Hartlepool 100/. sh. 100/. pd 125 8,000 Holland Selby 501. sh. 35/. pd 23 10 ,0 04 ...... ... Leeds and Manchester 100/. sh. 5/. pd 194 2,100 3/. per cent. Leeds and Selby 100 sh. 15 1,500 11.55. Leicester and Swannington .501. sh all pd 754 5,100 10 percent. Liverpool and ItlanchesterlOU.sh. 100/. psi 195 10 percent. Ditto Quarter Shares 0 54 pd 64 36,000 . London and Brighton 5O/. sh. 301 pd 14 12,000 London and Blackwall 501. 5h.174/. pd 15' 20,000 3 per cent. London and Greenwich 2O/. sh. on!. pd 124 25,000 ... ...... London and Birmingham 1001. sh. Olt pd 150 Ditto Quarter Shares 5/. pd 03 36,090 London and Southampton Av. 38/, 17s. Vd. 434 14,000 • ......... London and Croydon Trull!" IS/. pd 101 6,000 Ditto New Scrip 4/. W pd 64 12,000 London Grand Junction '. sh M. Pd 2 4 13,000 Manchester and Leeds _lOO/. sh. 60/. lid 70 10,000 . Manchester and Birmingham 70/. sh 2a/. 13: Ilitto Extension 71 . pd 4 North Midland 100/. sh. 951 pd Pt Northern and Eastern 100/. sh. 051. pd 10 2,6013 Preston and Wyre 501. sh. 304 pd 36 :28,000 South Eastern and Dover l5/. pd 1 1,000 10/. per cent. Stockton and Darlington lOO/. sh. 240 i 0.000 1,400 0.000 York and North Midland 50 . sh. 30/, pd 38 MINES. 8,000 .Albion Copper 54 s'.. IV. pd Is 4 , 000 IL 5.5. Alten 151. sh. 121. Ii spd 10 m ow ......... Anglo Mexican, Iss. 54 pm.lool. sh. al 4 d 1 Ditto Subscription 9.5/. iHi II 2,000 10/. Bolanos , 1504 sh all p'l 7GI 10,000 IL 10a Brazilian Imp. iss. 5/. Pm 35/. & h . 001. pd 174 Macaubas & Cocaes United 2 5/.sh. 211. pd 11 6,000 11000 Ditto St. John Del Rey 2O/, 20/. sh. 14/ pd 2 10,000 .., ...... Bolivar Capper Company 204 I n 000 Ditto Scrip 5 1 .5 0 1 / . . s s s h h h .s l o l. / 1. . : 1 1 1,0 :: c l 3 l l •..., •.. ...... 20,000 British Iron ....« ............ NM. sh. 501 pd 51 6,000 British Copper 5l. sh. 44/. pd I cupt w,inca ....................... .. ........ 61. pd 8 Candonga ....... .......... .. .... ~. ....... 7/. pd 5 3 10,000 IS Copiapo ...... .. • . 201 . sh. 1, 1. pd 9 Columbian, iss. Dt. pm._ 8,500 .. 20,00 2 ' 850 .31. General Elgll 'h . 8 . 1 i . n . V t7g . . ' A - s.s-o Unregisteredc"i ' a . t . 1 o. n-120.0;0../..8.1..h4.h: .................. 8 : 0 ......... Mexican Company 6,155 Polberon Consols .. ............ 101. sh. lit. pd 4 3,000 British LondonA, London Upper 1 ; , d itrop a I, l A i c a t j 4ooai l r4y. g ci e i cspkn r r aNa i , c n i L ai.r. t e n Y s 01 centti MISCELLANEOUS. Landatc..: R00m5,,,,,, .. 1 0 c s l min.. i o ° °. ~,,,,,.. .0.:111... ).11....P a ... .. ... 8 .A.. .y... ht h. ..). : Y. .. ..... .... 1 ‘ . ' 7... C.- ... )5 ) 0.f.... 1 :11 : 1 .. ...... s.T.I PP 4 ...), c th..d d . .... 211 :1 1 / 4,93 94 1: co:ietiii:, Hudson's r:ssucot 1 accia:::::: nk ; 1 . 0 °. . 1 .. .. .. . s b. h . . 1 5 1, 5 2:I ' l l. : p p (I ) c d I 1 1 6 82 0 4 . 11,500 I U I e n la i i t i e tdt ; i B L l e loo x an i n c t se, Notes ss .. i ....... ... .41) / . ..0 1 1 1 . 51 a ) 1 1 1 . pcl 0 s 30.000 • Dan. Scrip .... ................................... . 41 Ditto New Scrip ........................ 5/ pd 7 1 West Cork 501 - sh 50/. pd 9,9 LITERARY INSTITUTIONs. London, with Bronze Ticket ...... 75gs. sh. 19 1,000 1,500 701) C . . 0 . 1 . 1 . e . g .. e . ....... T. ... ,. . 0. ...... n. ......................... 0. .... /.. ........... h. .....2 13 5 (10 5 :. .. , pd i di . 31279 10,000 s 1 , il s o i n , : (11 0 ( 0 1 )0 4 (5 1 11 ... per ipe) l er s r C ec e ve n n. t it . : City Boni.s, si • A. 1 • 1 /. pd 25 0 ,2 ° : 00 " : 101. 1 1 1 ; l e i 6 r:c . an t . 8.000 ... • 100/. sh. 00/. pd 114 Thames Tunnel d ...... 1001 50/. sh, all pd 9 : 2 : 7 3(33 5: 5 51 / . .. ......... cent. cent. i r w m e t r i t s l o i r : N I nary ns e l• . 10:4100 i a Gs. Van Die_ne________r.'s Lan GIST o f ,sCOT7'ISH COMPANIES' PRICES, JAN. 6, 1840. BANKS. 1,500006/. 61. p. ct. Bank 01 Scotland... B V. 68 . B d. sh. all pd 17 4/ 2,0000 1061. sip, ct. Itcyal of Scotland 1004 sh. all pd 500.1 1001. p. ct. British Linen Company-1004th . 4 , 1 _ 0 s 3,000,( 001. 61. p. ct. Commercial ............... 5001 sh. ixv . :; i l 5,000,( 110 t. sn. ct. National ............... ..10C4sh. 1 0/. pd 161 * 2,C10,( OP!. 6!. p. ct. Glasgow Union.... ........ :4 50 4 sh. 50/. pd psi . 4,0 , 10 S 004 4p. ct. Western of Scotland ....2 001. sh 40/. pd 6 • 04 INSURANCE COMPANIES. 21 O,flsish. 6} p. ct. Scottish Union 204 sh. 1/. pd `2.gs 7,500 61 p. ct. Hercules ..................... 100/ . sh. 10/. pd • If 0,000 sp. ct. Insurance Co. of Scotland .104 sh j . all • 5 0,000 r, p p.. ct. ct. North Ed ib British Edinburgh L, .. ............................ 2 10 00 0 / 1 .. : s il l:. 1 1 (1 0 1 1.. p :d p d 1 1 1: 8 ) I I „ o : 5. 1,000 sp. ct. Caledonian I. ............1001. sh. 10/. pd 201 100,000 p. ct. West of Scotland lO/. pd 71 0.•, MISCELLANEOU S. Eil in.-2nd-Olas. ITn. Canal , s o 3 l / . . sh. l all 1: ( 1 1 4 f 7 )/ 1 .. 4,81 '1 Ditto Allocated 5,481 1 5 per cent. Edinb. Joint Stock Water 25/. sh. all pd 351 Carron Iron Company -.2501. all. all pd 441. 9.,0035h 15 per cent. Shot ts Iron Founders, 501. sh 484 pd 54/, 10,000 3 per coat. Edinburgh & Leith Glass 201. sh. Ili/. pd 84 4,5110 10 per cent. Edinburgh Coal Gas 251. sh. all pd 501. 4,450 _:0 per cant. Glasgow Gas 251. sh , all pd 50/. 750 '7l per cant. Leith Coal Gas 20/. sh. all pd 504 ',200' - ... Edinburgh and Dalkeith Rai'mayso/ . s h 371. 511.000 s _.'S tier cant. Equitable Loan Company .35/. sh. pd 9.. II —.. ._ ~ ~... COURT CIRCULAR. Her Majesty gave audience yesterday at Buckingham Palace, to Viscount Melbourne. Her Majesty the Queen Dowager visited the Princess Augusta yesterday, at Clarence House, St. James's. Her Majesty attended by the Countess of Mayo, also paid a visit to the Duchess of Cambridge, at Cambridge House. The Duchess of Gloucester visited the Princess Augusta yesterday. - The Dowager Lady Lyttleton, Lady in Waiting on the Queen, arrived at Farrance's Hotel, Belgrave-street, yes terday, from Worcestershire. Mr. Handley and Mr. Brotherton had an into view with the Marquis of Normanby, yesterday, at the Home-office. Mr. Wood, Chairman of the Excise, and Mr. Delany, Solicitor of the Excise, bad an interview with the Chan cellor of the Exchequer, yesterday, in Downing -street. Chief Justice Robinson, of Upper Canada, had an inter view with Lord John Russell, yesterday, at the Colonial office. Mr. George W. Wood, Mr. Robert Hyde Greg, Mr. Thomas Thornely, Mr. J. A. Yates, Mr. Robert Hutton, Mr. S. Curry, and Mr. B. Smith, had interviews with the Marquis of Normanby, yesterday, at the Home-office. Despatches from Canada were received, )esterday, at the Colonial -office. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS. Viscount Sandon, M. P., in G rosvenor - square , f ro m Naples ; Mr. and M rs. Lippincott, at Mivart's Hotel, from their scat, near Bristol ; the Earl and Countess of Am herst, from Knowle Park ; Viscount Clements, from Ire land - Viscount and Viscountess Adai r , f rom W a l es; L or d Alfred Paget, at Uxbridge House, from a visit to Sir Thomas. Hare, at Stowe, Norfolk; Lord Eli o t, L or d Sal toun, the lion. W. and Lady Louisa Duncombc, Lady Ernest Bruce, from Middleton Park ; Sir J. P. Beres ford, from Yorkshire • Viscount Stormont, from S c o n e Palace; Lord Granville Somerset, from Monmouthshire ; Lord and Lady Bridport, from their seat, Cricket Lodge, Chard; the Right Hon. William Dundas, Earl Jermyn, the Marquis of Granby, Lord De Saumarez, Mr. Brooke Greville, Lady Ramsden and family, Captain Hamilton, M.P., the Earl of Fingal, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Jameson, and family, at the Sackville Hotel, ackville-street, from St. Helena; Mrs. Cox and daughters, at ditto, from Chel tenham; the Hon. Mr. O'Callaghan, from Ireland. DEPARTURES. Lord Henniker, M.P., from the Brunswick Hotel, Jer myn-street, for Suffolk ; G. S. Harcourt, Esq., M. P., and Mrs. Harcourt, from ditto, for Ankerwycke House ; Richard Gresley. Esq., and family, from ditto, for Port man-square ; W. Tollemache, Egg., and Lady Anna Maria Tollemache, from ditto, for Hampshire; the Marquis de Beurbel, from the Sackville Hotel, Sackville.street, for Paris: Mr. and Mrs. Oliphant and family, from ditto, for Bath; Captain Johnstone, from ditto, for Edinburgh; Mr. and Mrs. Nash, from ditto; Lord Clanmorris, for Brighton ; Count Altdorf, on a tour; Mr. Alcocke, M. P., for King's Warren, Surrey; the Hon. Berkeley Paget, for Berkhampstead ; the M arqu i s o f S a li s b ury, for Hat field House; the Dowager Lady de Clifford, for Rich mond ; the Earl of Lonsdale and Lady Frederick Ben tinck, for Cottesmore Lodge ; the Hon. William Middle ton Noel, for Rutlandshire ; the Earl of Denbigh, for Bushy ; the Hon. Mr. and Mrs. John Boyle, on a tour; Col. Maunsel;, for Piershill Barracks; Colonel Falconer, Sir Fred. Nicholson, Bart., to join the Blonde frigate; the Earl De Grey, for Wrest Park, Beds; Lord Mon tagu, for Ditton Park: Hon. Charles Forrester, for Brighton ; the Earl of Brecknock, from Bromley Palace, on a , visit to the Bishop of Rochester and Lady Sarah Murray; the Earl of Jersey, for Middleton Park. Lady Noel Byron subscribed 501. last week to wards the relief of the poor operatives of Leicester. DEATH OF SIR GEORGE TEESDALE.—We regret to state that this gallant officer died at Cheltenham, on Wednesday last, from the effects of a fall from his horse. LEAMINGTON, JAN. 12. s delightful re sort is now extremely f u ll , a ll the principal houses are taken, and the hotels are overflowing ; am ongst our recent arrivals are Sir George Wombwell and family, Colonel and Mrs. Vaughan, Sir E. eolbrook, Mr. Harrington, Mr. Pigot and Misses Pigot, Mr. Dalrymple, Hon. Mr. Leigh, Hon. Mr. Gordon, Colonel Mackinnon, Lord Dunally, &c. General Sir Ronald Ferguson, G.C.8., the gal lant Member for Nottingham, is suffering from extreme ill health, which prevents him from attending his Parliamentary duties. CHRISTENINGAT THE MARQUIS AND MAR CHIONESS OF DowNsHutes.—The infant son Of the Honoura ble Captain and Lady Mary Hoed, was christened at the family residence of the Marquis and Marchioness of .Downshire, in Hanover-square, on Saturday last. The ceremony was per formed by the Very Rev. the Dean of Carlisle. His Grace the Duke of Wellington, Marquis of Downshire, and Lady Bridport, were the spon sors , an d th e c hild received the names a Arthur, Wellington, Alexander Nelson. At the termina tion of the ceremony, the company partook of a splemiid dejeuner, the circle including the Duk e o f Wellington, Earl of Clare, Earl and Countess o(Hillsbornugh, Earl and Counters of Amherst, Lord and Lady Cowley , Lord and L a d y Marybo rough, Lard Hill, Lord and Lady arcus Hill, L a dy S ara h Amherst, Viscount Hood, Lord Sandys, Viscount Du ngannon , Lord and Lady Bridport, Hon. Miss Wellesley, Hon. Mr. and Miss Musgrave, Lord Edwin hill, the Dean of Carlisle, Lady Hammond, Captain G. Hood, Mr. E.'B. Clive, Mr. Culling Smith, Mr. E. Drummond, &c. BARNSLEY CHARTISTS.—Sinee the Delegate meeting held at Dewsbury last week, it has been generally expected that an outbreak would take place in Barnsley, as it is well known that preparations have been going on for some time amongst them in the event of Frost being convicted, and that grenades have been made in considerable numbers, and weapons. purchased for the purpose of carrying their de signs into effect. But on Saturday, when the Norther t Star came out with a recommendation to peace and quietness, many Chartists were at a discount to know the meaning of such ad vice, as they ex p ec t e d see i ng one p or ti on b e i ng printed on red, no doubt as a signal for blood; others were for hearing the re port of the Delegates, which, however, had not been allowed to creep out. A strong impression exists that an outbreak would have taken place in this town, bad it not been for the advice of those persons who are held to bail to appear at the next assizes. The authorities were on the alert in case of any disturbance, and are in possession of most of Ilia designs of the Chartists. —Leeds Mercury. QUAKERS AND CHURCfr RATES.—Great numbers of the Society of Friends have been for a long time very lax in mahitaining their principles on this subject ; the men of this generation have not maintained their Christian testimony against the Church tax, as their forefathers did, many of whom suffered the loss of all things, and died in prison, rather than violate their consciences by a forced contribution to the State Church. Now, one " Friend" will allow the same plate to be seized for many years, he always redeeming it; another will allow the constable to take patterns of goods to show and procure orders before a seizure is made; another will allow the rate to be set off in account ; another will allow the Church-rate to be mixed up with the Poor-rate ; another will hire his house Church-rate free, thus giving the amount in rent ; another will say you know we do not pay Church rate—pay it for me, it will then be borrowed money, and it will be repaid. Thus, ona way or other, they prove the truth of an observation made by the late Lord Mayor of London, to a Dissenter who was summoned for non-payment of Church rates—" Do as the Quakers—do.; they always manage these matters vory adroitly."—Correspondent of the Ipswich Ex press. - TURN-OUT OF FACTORY HANDS AT STOCK PORT. —The whole of the hands (to the number of between 500 and 600) employed in the extensive works of Thos. Mars land, Esq , the Conservative Member for this borough, abruptly left their work on Friday morning last, in consequence of some attempted abatement in prices. We learn that a vast amount ,of distress at prese n t p reva il s i n th e di str i ct i n consequence of the depressed state of the cotton trade, whereby hundreds of industrious artizans are thrown completely destitute upon the world, or at least upon the charity of their more fortunate fel low -creatures. CHURCH HATE DEFEATED.—On 'the Ist inst. a meeting was called at Hayes, to lay a rate, of which no notice had been given. An adjournment for twelve months was car ried by a large majority. The same course has been pursued for four years. TITHE-RENT CHARGES. —According to the average prices per bushel of wheat, barley, and oats, for the seven years ending at Christmas, 1839, published in the Lon don Gazette of the 3d January instant, and which govern the payment of tithe-rent charges for the current year, a rent of 1001. at the time of commutation, is worth 981. 15s. 9id. ANTI - ELECTRICAL.—The following story is related of your " half horse and half alligator" St. Lawrence boatmen. Said he, "Heis a hard head—for he stood under an oak in a thunder-storm, when the lightning struck the tree, and he dodged it seventeen times, when finding he could not dodge it any longer, he stood and took nine claps in suc cession on his head, and never flinched." The trigonometrical survey of Ireiand is now drawing to a close, and arrangements are in progress for be ginning that of 'S co tl an d, d uring t h e progress of which the head-quarters of the surveyors will be at Edinburgh. CORK.--On Thursday there was a meeting for the purpose of taking measures to promote the registration of electors for the representation of the City in Parliament, and thereby insuring its future independence. EXTENSIVE Fr RE.—On Sunday morning, about half-past four, a fire broke out in Hill-street, Finsbury-square, in the lower part of the premises of Mr. Newsom, abedstead maker. A policeman alarmed the inmates, who escaped over the roof with out sustaining any injury. Information of the circumstance being forwarded to the fire stations, several engines soon reached`tho spot ,but the firemen were unable to save any portion of Mr. New som's stock and building, and directed their efforts to save the adjoining houses, Nos. Sand 11, in tht occupation of Messrs. Ives .nd Barber, both of which have sustained slight damage. It is not known how the fire originated. Mr. Newsom is insured in the Sun Fire-office. The supply of water was plentiful on this occasion, and, by the strenuous exertions of the neigh bours and police present, a considerable quantity of timber was saved. RAILROADS.—The first idea of constructing railways was supposed to have been between 1620 and 1650, when they were constructed of wood, and roughly made ; nearly 100 years elapsed before any decided improvement W as introduced, which was at the Colebrook-dale iron -works, about 1776, when iron plates were put upon the wooden rails. Cast-iron rails appear to have been first intro duced at the Penryn works, about 1800, but until within the last few years only, the vast improvement of employing wrought-iron rails has been introduced, by which the serious risk of accidents to passengers, by the breaking of the rails, was entirely prevented. To the ingenious Trevi thick we appear to be indebted for the employment of steam upon railways, and although hosts of patentees afterwards ap peared for improvements, &c., in locomotive steam-engines, by far the greater number were, in general, copyi sts ._m irror. FUNERAL OF THE DOWAGER MARCHION rss or HASTINGS.—We understand that the interment of the Dowager I%larehioness of Hastings will take place at Lou don'', on the 21st inst.—Kilmarnock Journal. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF Q UEEN'S BENCH, Jex. I. STOCYDALE V. HANSARD. In answer to an application from Mr. RICHARDS, Lord DENMAN said, that as this was a case of such vast public importance, the •Court would take it out of its usual order, and that it should be brought on the first thing to-morrow (this) morning. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, JAN. 21. PRIVILEGES OF THE SEEJBANTS-JUDOMENT. Lord Chief Justice TINDAL delivered an elaborate judg ment on the question involving the exclusive right of Ser jeants-at-Law to practise in the Court of Common Pleas during term, the decision on which has excited the great est interest in the legal profession for some time past. His Lordship, after adverting to the different statutes con stituting the Court of Common Pleas and the privileges which the Serjeants-at-Law had, from time immemorial, exclusively enjoyed, said his Learned Brother and himself were of opinion that the warrant issued under the sign manual of his late Majesty was not a valid instrument, and ought not to be acted upon by the Court, and if the Serjeants had at the time protested against it, instead of acquiescing, it would not have been acted upon. They were of opinion that nothing short of an Act of Parlia ment could deprive the Serjeants of their ancient privi leges, and, therefore, in future (with the exception of briefs already in the hands of counsel), the Court in term time would only call on Serjeants-at-law to move. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. BOW-STREET. FINAL EXAMINATION OF THE TWELVE BETHNAL•GREEN CHARTlSTS.—Yesterday, Charles Hudson Neeso.n, Richard Spurr, Joseph Williams. Daniel Byrne, Thomas Clarke, Thomas Kennard, Thomas Hope, William Wilkins, David Williams, John Cherry, Thomas Evans, and George Livings, were placed at the bar, charged with having been found at an illegal meeting, some of them with arms in their possession. Mr. Hobler appeared on behalf of the Commissioners of Police, to arrange the evidence and conduct the inquiry. Mr. Prendergast, the barrister, appeared for Joseph Williams, Hope, and Wilkins, and Mr. H. Boyden Roberts, solicitor, of Child'e-place, Middle Temple, conducted the defence for the rest of the prisoners, except Spurr, who defended himself. The prisoners having been charged with different offences were classed separately at the bar; Neesom, Joseph Wil liams, Richard Spurr, David Williams, George Livings, Thomas Evans, and John Cherry, were ordered to remain at the bar, charged with having been present at an illegal meeting, where infiamatory and seditious language was spoken, and the other five prisoners charged with being in the possession of arms were ordered to be removed. Sergeant G. King, of the H division, examined by Mr. Nobler.—l know the prisoner Neesom, who was Chair man of the meeting, on Tuesday ni g ht, th e 14 t h i nstant . And I also know oseph Williams, the baker, of Brick lane, both at the bar. I was at the meeting on Tuesday, Mr. Neesom was in the chair. I went there between 8 and 9 in the evening, and I should consider that at that time there were between 600 and 700 persons present. Williams proposed the second Resolution, which was to the effect that the distresses of the working classes of Eng land were caused by clays legislation, and unequal laws. Mr. Williams spoke at great length, and said that if any man molested him, or any of his family, he would fell him to the earth. I shortly after left the Hall, and went to the station, and on my return I found a person addressing the meeting in a very inflamatory way. He asked them if they would have their freedom—if they would, they must buy it—they must pay the highest price for it—they must pay the price that other nations had paid for it, It was not thirty pieces of silver that would pay for it ; the price was blood—blood ; blood alone would buy it. He proceeded at great length in the same strain, and made the remark, "If I could obtain my freedom in four weeks I should be satisfied, though thousands of us might lose our lives at the point of the sword and bayonet." At the time that blood was mentioned there was reiterated cheering and also clapping of hands in the room. I have no knowledge of the speaker, and Ido not believe that any of the prisoners was the person. Mr. Hobler—After the last words were spoken did any other person address the meeting ? Witness—Yes ; Mr. Neesom got up and said that they had heard the noble and manly speech of the person who last addressed them, and said he had told them the way to purchase their freedom, and had told them the price of it. He agreed with all the last speaker said but one thing, and then said, the last speaker told you that he would be contended if he gained his freedom in four weeks, but I tell you we will wield the sword of freedom in four da3s. Mr. Neesom then proposed that the meeting should stand adjourned until the Thursday evening following. This witness was cross-examined, but nothing was eli cited to shake his evidence. Other policemen were ex amined, who in general gave little more than a repetition of the first deposition. They all agreed in stating that a foreigner addressed the meeting. On the part of the prisoners it was contended that there was no proof of the illegality of the meeting. The prisoner Spurr, at considerable length, contended that no case had been made out against him, or those who acted with him. Mr. HALL said that, after the best consideration he could bestow upon the cases of the several prisoners, be was disposed to conclude that bail to the same extent would not be required in the cases of Cherry, Evans, Livings, and David Williams, fort whom he would take their own recognizance in 1004 each, but as to the prisoners Neesom, Spurr, and Joseph Williams they should require bail themselves in 100/. each, and two sccu ries in 751. each, and that 24 hours' notice should be given of the parties put forward as bail, but as to the others he should require the same bail as the three first prisoners had given. Col. Angelo, Major Anderson, and Mr. Mallard were o n the bench during the proceeding's, and Mr. Feargus O Connor was present, but remained on the seat appro priated for witnesses, and took no part in the proceedings. The examination lasted from twelve o'clock until nearly seven in the evening, and as the several parties who had been liberated left the Court they were loudly cheered by the crowd in the streets. MRS. HALL'S " MARIAN ; OR A. YOUNG MAID'S FORTUNES.”-This is a work that no one but. a wo man of genius could have produced ; it is also one that no one but a kind, noble nature could have dictated, which is much more. The good daughter, the good wife, the fond mother, beam through every page; no sickly morality, no morbid se.`l - disfigure these beautiful pages. At the risk of using a . very homely phrase, we would designate this as one of the best books to be found in the small class of Wholesome modern lite rature. Man or woman must rise from the perusal of "Marian" better, if not wiser. We take our leave of Mrs. Hall, tender ing her our thanks for the many de:ighiful hours her talents have enabled us to enjoy, and in the fervent hope that she will very shorq resume a pen she knows so well how to employ. ..._ Sunday limes. Mr. Massey, of the Strand, the ingenious In ventor of the Perpetual Log, which has received such high en comiums for the last 30 years from the Officers of the Royal Navy, has succeeded in bringing to perfection a machine for taking soundings, of which Captain Basil Hall says,—" I have used it in 2 1 1 parts of the world, under an infinite variety of cir cumstances, and never found it to fail. It enables the navi gator to obtain an actual knowledge of the depth of water, without altering the ship's course, or retarding her progress for an instant;" and he further writes,—" No officer, nor even uneducated person, could witness the old method o f o b taining soundings tried side by side with Mr. Massey's machine, and have the slightest doubt remaining on his mind as to which de served the preference." MEETING.—A meeting was held, on the even ing of Wednesday last, in the Rev. Mr. Cullen's chapel, Leith, to hear an address by Mr. Douglas of Cavers, on the subject of a revival of religion. The whole of the dissenting clergy of the town were present, as also the Rev. Mr. Lewis of St. John's (Establishment), and all took part in the services of the evening. The church was crowded to the door by an audience cons i s ti ng o f peop l e connec ted with every denomina tion in the town.— Scottish Pilot. WORTHY OF IMITATION.—In consideration of the high price of provisions, Earl Fortescue has advanced the wages of all tlse labourers employed on his extensive domain, adding is. per week to the males and 6d. per week to the females.— Western Times. ~~~: 2 ...mitakref%, p - y • •, / • F./ATV, MORNING JOURNALS. -l/. `-- PRICE • sd. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOLTRNALN FROM THE DAILY PAPERS OF YESTERDAY. (From the Globe.) The assertors of the privilege for which the House of Commons is contending must carry the common sense of the public along with them, when they take their ground on the necessity of that privilege to the proper and effectual discharge of their functions. The Attorney-General and Sir R. Peel, in their very able arguments last night, did in fact main]; rely on that ground, especially the Right Hon. Baronet, who laid down, as the major proposition of his logical chain, that " whatever privilege is necessary for the pro per and effectual discharge of the functions of the House of .Commons, that privilege the House of Commons possesses." He then proceeded to prove very eonslusively that •this particular privilege was necessary to the proper performance of the duties in question. This we conceive to be a legitimate and unanswerable me thod of argument ; and whether or not it wera recog nized as good in law, it would be apt to get the better of any law which should be pitted against it. (From the Courier.) Our readers will find, from our report elsewhere, that the war between justice and privilege, hitherto confined to little more than Parliamentary flourishes and demon strations bas commenced in good earnest—has assumed a new aspect. The initiative of the first great blow has been taken in the resolution requiring the Sheriffs of the City and County to fly in the face of the Judges of the land and the verdict of a Jury, by payment of the damages awarded against an agent of the Commons' House for a publication of libel, not to the legal and entitled claimant but into the bands of the, House for the rc-imburse ment of • the convicted defendant. Not without diffi culty was a respite obtained until this day, for those high executive functionaries of the law, to decide be tween a violation of all law and a committal for con• tempt of privilege unknown to, and therefore unsanc tioned by, any law, or Cosirt of Law. (From the Standard.) Whoever wishes to read all that can be said against the privileges claimed by the House of Com mons, will find a thick octavo volume, published about 18 years ago by one of her Majesty's Cabinet Ministers, exceedingly copious upon the port —we allude to Sir John Hobhouse' s report of his owns seven or eight days' argument in the Court of King's Bench ; and we do so the more readily, because Sir John, who has bestowed so much attention on the subject, is mo destly silent just now. If Sir John Hobhouse's argu ments are not sufficient, than we b eg to re f er to all the Whig speeches and Whig newspapers of 1810, which will be found to have held a very different language from that which we at present hear from the same quarter. As to the speeches for the privilege last night, with the single exception of Sir Robert Peel's, they may be very safely neglected. POLITICAL SUMIVIA.RY OF THE The Morning Herald of this day, in a leading article on the subject of the commitment of the Sheriffs last night by order of the House of Commons, observos—" The House has now set the example of treating the laws of the land with scorn. We fear they may find imitators where they little desire to find such. We are very sure that the Judges of the Court of Queen's Bench will, at this crisis, comport themselves with that dignity which they have never fur a moment abandoned. We trust that the constituencies of England will not fail to call the majority of the Members to a stern account for the grossly unconstitutional act of which they have now been guilty. The Morning Chronicle thus refers to the Breach of Privilege question. which was resumed last night in the Commons :—" The Judges of the Court of Queen's Bench may yet avert the mischievous consequences which must follow their persisting in de stroyin.• the House of Commo ns . Th e strugg l e w hi c h must take place will go far to shake, if not destroy, the respect of the people for all authorities. We have no doubt that the House will come victorious out of the struggle, if the Court determine to force it on; for, pea sessing as it does, the power of the purse, and having at command all the resources of the Executive, it must prove an over-match for the Judges. But how lamentable to think that the Court should render a course indispensable which cannot fail to lower it iti the estimation of the country l"—The Morning Post, discussing the all -engrossing Breach of Privilege question, expresses itself in the following terms :—" It is urged that the Commons ought to have the power of communicating its proceedings to the world. No one denies that. It has the power of doing so, provided that it publishes no thing but what is lawful. It is not the right of "publica tion which any one denies to the House of Commons, but the right of empowering a person who is no Member of the House to publish and sell for money in Ilia shop that which the law of the land declares to be an isjury to one or more of the Queen's subjects, and awards damages ac cordingly."—The Morning Advertiser, speaking of Sir J. Y. Buller's notice of motion of a want of confidence in Ministers, says:—" The motion of Sir John Yarde Buller, which stands for Tuesday next, will, we understand, be defeated by a majority of twelve."—The Times confines itself to a summary of the Parliamentary proceedings last night, in which there is no declaration of Political opinion. THE GALE OF YESTERD AY. --Yesterday, the metropolitan and suburban districts were visited by as severe a gale of wind as we have experienced for some winters past. In the forepart of the day it blew tremendously hard from the south-west, accompanied by heavy showers of rain ; the wea ther, however, between the showers, was very fine, the sun shining cheerfully. As usual upon such occasions, we regret to say that many accidents have happened owing to the violence of the wind, particularly on the river, some of which have been attended with fatal results. Considerable loss and damage of property ha,ye alkio taken place amongst the numerous craft on the river. About mid-day several deeply-laden coal-barges were swamped off the south shore be tween Blackfriars and Waterloo Bridges. At Millbank similar loss of property took place as well as at Chelsea and other places up the river. Between ten anel eleven o'clock in the morning a barge, laden with grain , sa n k b e t ween Battersea bridge and Wandsworth, and it was with the utmost difficulty that the two men and a boy that were on board could save their lives, which was effected by a host reaching the spot just as the barge sunk, and picking them up. About three o'clock in the afternoon a boat, containing two watermen, was upset off Lambeth church, by coming in violent collision with a barge which was drifting with the tide in the centre of the river. Several boats put off instantly, and succeeded in picking up one • the other poor fello w , a young man about 20, was drowned ; the body was nofr found up to dark last night. Another fatal accident occurred near Putney-bridge to a lad named Holmes, who was on the river with his unite in a fishing-boat. While assisting in hauling in the net a vio lent gust of wind blew him overboard, and, owing to the boisterous state of the weather at the time, he unhappily perished. We fear that mcny other accidents have happened on the river owing to the gale. On shore much damage has been sustained; stacks of chimneys were blown down in differ ent parts of town, and in the parks considerable damage has been done, particularly amongst the young pl an t a ti ons near Grosvenor - gate, Hyde P ar k. No doubt accounts will be re ceived of much mischief having been done in the country from the violence of the gale. LIVERPOOL, TUESDAY, 10 O'CLOCK.—The storm, after a temporary lull during the afternoon of yester day, recommenced late in the evening, and has blown with great violence throughout the night. About nine o'clock the wind veered round to the south-east; shortly after the baro meter fell rapidly, the wind changing to the west. At two o'clock this morning the storm was at its height, and swept over the town and port with terrific violence, causing consider able damage in its progress. Happily, the vessels and craft in the river have not sustained material injury, and the ships in bay will, from every appearance. ride out the gale successfully. The Red Rover schooner, from Newfoundland, in attempting to run in during the night, got on shore near to Waterloo, where she now lies high and dry. The Dublin mail-boat has not arrived, owing to the violence of the gale. MARRIAGE OF THE QUEEN.—Welearn, from authority upon which we can rely, that her Majesty, with that beneficent consideration which has been so graciously evinced on all occasions for the promotion of British manufacture, ha s determined that none other should be adopted on the occasion of her approaching nuptials. The Queen's bridal dress will be of white s:qin, of the most costly description (manufactured in Spitalfields), with a broad flounce of the most exquisitely beau tiful lace ever produced, and made at Honiton, in Devonshire, at no less a cost than 1,000 guineas. The ornamental flowers, for trimming the dress are preparing by Mrs. Yates, the ar tificial florist ; and the ladies in her Majesty's train will all be attired in the Produce of British industry. We trust this il lustrious example of truly English feeling will be followed by every lady in the land, and that its permanent effect will be er tablished throughout the country in favour of home manufac ture, and to the exclusion of that unfortunate bias which has hitherto prevailed for foreign-innovation, to the no small injury of our manufacturing, population. We understand the jim portant ceremony, on the result of which the hopes of the nation so anxiously rest, will take place at the Chapel Royal, St. James's, about the second week in February.—Mor m Post. A Correspondent o f the Herald says, ng that a ratnour gains ground th at on the approaching marriage of the Queen, an important change will take . place in the Ministry, by Lor.l Melbourne's elevation in the peerage, and b re a ti p re r m im en e t from office.i‘iiniste Minister, and th L e or v d ac J a o n l e m y ß th n u s s se o l e l, cas it i i o s n s e a d ic i l n , then the o loaial office is to be filled by the Earl of Durham. THEATRICAL FUND ANNIVERSARIES.—The Duke of Cambridge has kindly condescended to take the chair at both the Theatrical Fund Festivals, and has appointed the Covent-garden anniversary to be held on the 18th of March, and the Drury -lane on the 18th of April. Government have acted with great humanity and care towards the convicts sent to the Bermudas. They are feu and clothed far better than prisoners at home; they have extra food for their labour, and a reserved fend upon their discharge. The climate is very fine, and there are few deaths. A perfectly white pheasant was shot on the Blathon estate, the property of the late Archibald Duncan, Esq., a few days since.— Worcester Herald. Many marriages are already fixed to take place on the day appointed for the Queen's nuptials, in the ensuing month. MR. Jo lIN THOROGOOD.—ECCLESIASTICAL COURTS.—We learn from the Essex Herald that at a public meeting, numerously and most repectably attended, which was held last Friday at Chelmsford, a petition to Parliament was adopted for the release of John Thorogood, and for the aboli tion of Ecclesiastical Courts. The press of Parliamentary matter necessarily precludes the publication of the report of the proceedings. _ _ _ Mr. Barry Baldwin has contradicted the state ment that he intends retiring from the field at Totnes. • • -411 MONEY MARKET and CITY N E WS. (TUESDAY EVENING.) TIMES.—By the advices from Ilamburgli of the 14th instant, the price of gold is 430 per mark, which, at the English Mint price of 3/. 17s. 10,0. the ounce for standard cold, gives an exchange of 13 7i, and the'exchange at Hamburgh on London at short being 13. 7, it follows that gold is 0,23 percent. dearer at Hamburgh than in London. The premium on gold at Paris is 7 per mille, which, at the English Mint price of 3/. 17. 10d. the ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 25. 32i, and the exchange at Paris on London at short being,2s. 271, it follows that gold is 0,20 per cent. dearer at Paris then is London. The Course of Exchange at New York on London is 108 per cont., and the par of exchange between England and America being 109 23-40 per cent., it follows that the exchange is 1.07 per cent. against England. A notion prevails in the city that some advance is to be made on the rate of interest in Exchequer Bills, tho premium on which has steitdily risen, and oontim:es to do so. That this belief supports the price is clearly shown by the price of India Bonds, which, though they produce a little more in interest, aro sold at par to 2 premium, and people would hardly select one in preference to the other unless they had some such expectation. The English stock-market has not been quite so firm to-day owing probably to a large sale of New Three and _a_ Half per Cents., amounting to nearly 100,000/., but it .is said to be entirely a money operation, and the stock sold in the execution of a will of a distant date, which has: been delayed .by various circumstances. It could have made no impression, but that th e small extent of business transacted otherwise gave it a tem porary importance. Consols are a mere shade lower, leaving off at 901 to 91 for Money, end 91 : 1 to 91:- for the Account. Money was very easy, and Exchequer Bills at 12s. to 14s. prem. CHRONICLE.- The English Stock Market has not preserved that firmness to day which we noticed yesterday ; bdt Exchequer Bals have realized further advance. Money, however, continues abundant on the Stock Ex change at rates se law as 3 per cent., but no improvement has taken place in the Foreign Exchanges, which, on the contrary, arc even flatter than they were last post. While this is the case, we cannot expect that the'Brink of Eng land will realize the hopes of those who still look forward to an early , reduction in - the rates of dis count.. We gave this as our opiniOn . some time since, although it-was.then 'confidently stated that the Bank par lour would " relax the screw" at their first weekly meet jug. Weeks hare, however, elapsed since then, hilt no visible change has taken place in the policy of the Direc tors ; and more weeks, we imagine, will still follow without the long-looked-for alteration. It cannot, in short, be rea3unably expected that those whO ha; e the charge of the cu rrency will depa r t f rom t h ose restrictive principles which they have of late necessarily pursued for self safety, until a demand for Our manufactures from abroad snail have produced a demand - 6'r' export , , and turned the balance of trade in our favour: If the Bank Pirectors should make money cheap just now, before their coffers are duly supplied wlth bullipn from the natural reflux of trade, and not from borrowed means, their conduct would be equally open to censure as it has been from their having kept money at a low value in Nc vember, 1838, after they saw a steady and exhausting drain set in against them •for gold. In the last-mentioned case they erred from being too tardy in applying the screw ; and, were they to reduce their rates of discount at present, they would be quite as much in error by taking it off too suon. SUN.—The Foreign Exchanges were again heavy thisafternoon at 'the following rates. Paris, 25f. 52c. ; Amsterdam, 12 2 ; Antwerp, 12 2 ; Hamburg, 1:3 9, and Frankfort, 1.59-1 1. These rates are all lower than on last post day. • The . West India, China, and East India produce markets were all brisk this afternoon. We must ex cept Indigo ;, the public sales of which commenced to day, and for which 6,700 chests have been declared ; but of 1,240 chests which passed the sales to-day only 260 were sold at prices from 3d. to 6d. per lb. lower than previously. Teas are held for advanced prices, as well as China Silks. The only bargain of importance in the Eaglish mar ket, after the middle of the day, was a sale of 40,000/. Naw Three-and-a-Half per Cents., which caused a f4ll in the quatation . from 994 •to 981. Bank Stock rent ised .178 to 179, and East Inuia Stock improved to 249 k. Consols closed rather heavily at 90 to 91 for Money, and 911 4 for February. The' Foreign Stocks were depressed. Colombian fell to 271 ; Mexican to 29 ; Portuguese New Five per Cents. to 33a . , and Spanish Consuls to 2.52; ; the re maining bonds did not vary from the quotations of the morning. The Railway Shares were not quite so firm as :in the morning. Toe Brighton were done at 1 1 discount the Great Western 3 t 1 premium, the new Shares at 1 discount ; and the North Midland at 13} discount. INCENDIARISM.—We regret to state, that some incendiary, on Thursday night last, set fire to a rick of hay, standing in a field on the west side of the tram - -road leading from Court-y-Bella machine to Pillgwenlly. As this felony is one against which the public in general should make common cause, it is hoped that unremitting exertions will be made to bring the miscreant to justice. 'The proptrty belonged to Thomas Prothero, Esq., of Malpas Court, who has offered one hundred pounds for such information as will lead to the conviction of the offender. We understand tint Sir Thomas Phillips has communicated the circumstance to the Home Se c ;ettry. —Monmouthshire Merlin. In compliance with a requisition to the Mayor signed by Messrs. Trestrail, Pring, Wilkins, and three other inhabitants of Newport, and pursuant to notice from a large bi I profusely placarded about the town, a public meeting of the inhabitants was convened at the Town Hall, to take into consideration the state of the poor, and form a committee and appoint persons to collect donations to relieve them during the winter. The meeting was very thinly attended, there being but eleven persons present, including two reporter;. Mier four or five of the individuals composing the meeting had rra posed each other to form a committee and act as collectors, the meeting broke up, and we have not yet heard of their success. CURIOUS AFFAIR.—On Thurday evening a gig, driven by a livery servant, stopped at the station-house in Afarylebone-lane, when a dashingly-dressed lady, about forty years of age, alighted, and requested a few minutes' interview with Inspector Tedman, who was then upon duty. She was accordingly introduced,to him. and, after some preliminary re marks from her as to the importance of her visit, she with a great deal of apparent sincerity acquainted him with the fact that she was in the possession of 3,0001. a year, and that she had fully made up her mind to select one of the police force as a partner for life; " but," added she, "you are not tall enough, and you will greatly oblige me by permitting roe to have a glance at one or two others." She was politely informed that her request could not be complied with. Having received this information the lady quitted the place, and, being handed into the vehicle, was driven off in the direction of Holborn, at the same time expressing her determination to visit the various station-houses daily until she could meet with a member of the Lrce to her mind. -- - The Brighton Herald says : " The spirit of Toryism manifested itself in its true character here last week. Fully aware that Church-rates for any purpose are distasteful to nearly the whole of the people—even to many of those who profess to be Tories—the leaders of that party, secure, as they conceive, in that system of intimidation which they exercise over a portion of the population, and in the votes they can always, through their influence, obtain under Sturges l3ourne's Act, which gives six votes to the rich and but one to the poor man —which enables women to vote, whilst the poor rate payer, unable to scrape his money together in time, is excluded from the poll—aware of all these apparent advantages in their favour, the Tory leaders demanded a poll ;,and the result was that 700 and upwards votes were „given in favour of the rate , and only sixty-two against it ! The fact is, that the popular party made no exertions in the matter, and few of them took the trouble to vote at all. " The day of election of a candidate for the repro' sentation of the boroughs of Pcnryn and Falmouth is fixed for Friday next. j i,! i .7, - k / . f ,.. .:.‘,,.,. / ..:/t. ~/.} . 2... ,:,..--- . 1..-•—f.4 yl," -"A i ~e-.---- 6 . / .4 ~,.- t i l E V If; N'tilkr(lr'4 - ::',E to ITT 04 \T , IA- KH: - CORN-LA Ws. 'ff ' t-=---= .. e ; ok , _.........:...._:_. i t,,;: t •_...1 ' TO TIIE EDl7'Ol? OF TIIE SUN. i,, -- 7 : -: Sift—Talc:og a deep interest in the- . abolitiou ot'tWo• Corn-laws, and being most anxious to put you in :po-... session, first of the. daily Lordort pastors,-of the racetNe(4( ~_ A -. I held n the '.("qtv6-4iall at S eirock i' - 'II ici.4 , - foltilk 9 ' . ~ . , -., ‘...), •f. repeal of, these obnoxious laws, f oroceed to give ye” a - shOrt detail. At 3 o'clock, or little after, the flail wits pretty near.full, and irons appearance,‘ a goodly : number 1 Of the Physical Force Chartists had in,astered to over- I turn the business of the meeting.. Baiiill Wilsz)" w as proposed and a:potted. to fill. the Chair Iry the Ant:- Corn-law repcalers. A Mr. John 131101am:in Far , then propo se d a n d seconded by the Chartists. Tl,'e mason given by them was, that lie was a worthy man. ..upon a show of bands Bailie Wilson was carried bv -) t., 1 1 . When the Chartists saw themselves thus defeated at the outset they g ave very little more opposition, except- . i ing one of their h ader s , w h o sa id , that some of the sig natures to the Requisitio n had been forged, and that ht, 1 held documents in his hand to prove it. Mr. D. It. i Andrews, writ er , an d P rocurator Fiscal, who imide a I powerful speech in favour of an alteration of the Corr- ' laws, said, that this was not the place to discuss it, but he would as Fiscal gave their all assistance in prpving their assertions if they called on him. Mr. Andrews I gave rather a severe castigati on to those persons who would not allow any petitions to be sent to Parliament complaining of their grievances, unless wha.. by sonic was called the Charter Crochet, was included in it ; anti that the right of public meetings called for specific pur poses should be put down by thosa who themselves claimed eqUal rights. He showed it in another form. If any persons were to go into their Charter meetings and stop their proceedings, they would be the first and loudest to complain. The petition was agreed to, Mr. J. C. Colquhoun, M.P. for the borough, was proposed to pre. sent it to the H o u se o f C ommons , an d Lord Fitz w illi am to the Lords ; the latter was carried without any oppo sition, but the meeting were not . sure that Mr. Colquhoun would support it. Latterly, it was agreed that he should be allowed to present it on the under standing of supporting it, and if he would ti,-;t do so it was to be given to R Wallace, Esq,, M.P. for Greenock. This .is the first petition from the town of Kilmarnock (as a town) that Mr. C. has been requested to present, and it was done, I think, by the meeting to encourage him, as the Member for the borough, in well doing. A vote of thanks was given to the Chairman, and the meeting broke up, peaceably, at a quarter be fore 4 o'clock. Considering all things, it was a most orderly meeting: Papers are to lie in the Town-ball for signature and to be sent through the town. P.S.—I may further state that Mr. J. Buchanan was the same person who last year was carried by the Chartists as Chairman, against the Anti-Corn-law meet ing, in the Relief Chapel. Kilmarnock, Jan. 18, 1840. :4341p } -` n ~~ ~ ~~: 1. , ' 1 FOGS AND 13 AHp AI 13ARCLAY'S R. 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