The Sun. — London, England, 1840-11-24 00:00:00

44V FINING _Q T) UTION •---- - 3tanCes, the voice of truth, the demands of the Peopl e , " the progress of public opinion," and, em- Ploy all the power which they possess from station, talents, rank, and office, in preventing, the ir.stitutions of the country from being adap ted to the age. But while the Times thus convicts its friends of being the impediments to social pro gress, which they nevertheless cannot stay, it cl aims office for them, and labours most dili gentiY, most energetically, we admit, to enable the Torie s to do mischief. Some men do wrong from ignorance —the writers in the Times do it from de liberate design. The following is an extract from a leading article in the Chronicle of this morning : THIERS' plan of defiance did not bring (4. 'e good result. It excited sedition at home, dis trust abroad ; nay, the hatred of even democratic Parties in foreign countries. •It was time to change t his policy fot another. It was what M. GUIZOT e4 b t ne to do. H e courageo us ly announce d it. B ut he h a d no more courage t h an M T RIERS had when he announced that France 4 ght. to abandon the idea of rivalling England on. ! ea t and content herself with Continental su- Pretnacy.” We wonder wh a t h a s happened on the N oc k Exchange since yesterday to make the C h ronicle so suspicious of M. GurzoT's 111441 courage. Why, it was only yest er d a y . that the Chronicle sounded his praises as the most morally courageous statesman in Europe. ) 11 ‘ clle, come," said we, when we had rea d • e Chronicle's rhapsody of yesterday, " this fine 4411• Shiny halcyon calm portends a storm some !here. Before it is ended the Pigeons on 'Change 41 1 have lost some plumage." We may have been t r4 , 4 titken but the altered lone of the Chr o nicle of • i ris morning is very suspicious. We should pass th'er these freaks of the Chronicle, however unjus t% it , n Ll might e b e th e p r i va t e o bj ect o f them, did t h ey not tend to impede the wise and truly patriotic ' t t hey of the peace party in France. If they . .? e Continued, we must turn up our file of •the - i Phronic/ e , an d pr i nt i ts contra di ctory l ucu b rat i ons , tt . alternate columns. A Journal pursuing the ' e4 lrtse which it has recently done upon the Eastern l(lestion, i n j ures t h e G overnment , an d di scre di ts Principles which it pretends to support. The Paris journals of Sunday, and several pri ate letters of the same date from the French ca- Petal, broad!y intimate that revelations have been l 'latie resp ec ti ng t h e con d uct o f M. THIERS in t °f the which d o no t a t a ll re d oun d t o t h e cre dit h the ex-P res id en t o f th e C ounc il. lit t h e fi rst ri4 ee• it a p pears t h at w h en M . G UIZOT assume d i i 13 Mini s t er i a l f unct i ons at t h e Foreign Office he 4 Isc orered a great number of important official t 4 Perg were missing. During eight months of the li tis iest time of diplomatists on the Eastern ques .or) GUIZOT could discover no other proofs M. TRIERS' industry than three unimportant .44Patches. Of the missions of MM. PERIER W ALEWSKI to Alexandria and Constanti .no trace was to be found in the Cabinet to 'hives, although they were known to the Powers In have been the bearers of instructions of the ut .4t moment to all Europe. .To its unspeakable I r Prise an d aston i s h ment, t h e new Ca b inet f oun d el f in office, without so much as a rushlight to it to a knowledge of the acts of its predeces . 4 1 ' This was vexatious. But events have since 11 .1 _ 44 place,' which; throw a curious light upon e Concealed police of M. THIERS. Before the flews of his resignation reached Alexandria, M. I; 4l .Ewskr had forwarded despatches to him as Oreign Minister, which were communicated, of Nrse, to his successor. In these, rumour asserts . 1114 M. WALEWSKI, among other things, has , ` . 44 144 7---" The PACHA b eg i ns t o be afraid. I have h ill eo / I could t o urge hi m t o cross th e T aurus , b ut kai le ilo without success." The s ame au th or i t y inti ,ll e s that M. THIERS had encouraged IBRAHIM 1 g e 1 4%. to make a dash upon Constantinople, and 11 Provoking the appearance of Russia on the P h °rus to kindle the flames of a general war f ore tia ltAmm was disabled by the Allies, and be • TRIERS could move a finger in defence .1014 the VICEROY he found it imperative upon him a bandon the ship of state to the fury of g ll i d st e °4ll which he could no longer either Or control. His last struggle was to con _ns 411 the lo g -b oo k, that no proofs of his presumptu tve i ncapacity aright be found after him ; bu 'ei rl l i n this h e h a s been foiled, and in the politica pia h es of Paris it is believed that M. GUIZOT has in tj e ands the means of impeaching his official pre- AV er e it not that the premature convocation of the else of Commons would create alarm in the not ~c mind, we should regret that Parliament is 11( be - iing to aff or d G overnmen t an opportunity of 414 in g by a more than corresponding frtendli . th e s ' words a n d o f d ee ds the amicable policy of e ~g~ S "LT-GutzoT Cabinet. That her MA - Ift , ' l 's Minist ers d e sire nothing more sincerely 41) 4 dellk astiog, honourable peace with France we n °w ; and that M. GUIZOT is no stranger to ° Pini nq °--- O f Lords D ALMERSTON and MEL z upon that head is equally indubitable ; tt would greatly strengthen the hands of the Minister of Foreign Affairs if the send petiva of th e i r L or d s hi ps were en d orse d b y t h e ap -411°g ch eers o f b oth Houses of Parl i ament—as 4 r edly th e y wou l d b e were Parl i ament now s i tt i ng, t i 4... ki . trizo r is the Minister of peace. His posi ir__ Is the pr ou d est ever occup i ed by a F renc h e man. When summoned to power the waves Popular fury had risen so high as to dash their 4 0 ,.. r!y over t h e Th rone itself ' , the foundations of arch seemed l oosene d b y the constant beating of a 14 rge which hoarsely and inarticulately murmured 14t us, r:' His very appearance assuaged the fury of ,F,! tempest, terrible to France and to Europe. lit _ n e waves ebbed, and the dry soil of France again -m i li tnried a Throne, whose existence is the monu i2t of the omnipotence of a people engaged in a i' t. Rruggl e aga i nst tyranny. M . G UIZOT i s a k nii iat ian philos o ph er , an d f rom a reg i on o f t h oug h t -reflecion too exalted for the respiration of the &ler 114 feet, li Passions, casts his eyes upon the world beneath ia t and mar k s w i t h d ue h orror t h e d evastat - Progres s of wars among mankind. Not in vain t % L conned with a ching brow and searching oa u ts the wide age of war-recording history 144 hurl th p e past is as familiar as the present. He e arned that sad lesson, that a nation's progress, tri tnk it _ i wounded thief's flight, has hitherto been h it:, with blood ; the difference having been the flying thief guided his pursuers by ea re own blood, the nation more guilty, indi tri te i t t s course by the blo o d o f some wea ker ha g ' w uom it chose to call an enemy. H( frigh t r ui l 'efully noted, and d ee ply d ep l ore d, t h e Consequences of th ose p ass i ons w hi c h tt,etni:ferted the c hild ren o f A DAM i nto h or d es o f t Pro* es_ 3 fratricides glorying in the murderous of their hands, as if blood innocently ha thglY not a voice which ceaselessly an d accus - N d Zeended even to th e ear o f th e M OST H IGH. BoPh~ r • GUIZOT been a mere speculative philo- Plilio a ' °l' had he been a professing - Christian 11 4, 1 - pile'', in the sense that kings and priests 14 4 fi u f t 9 i der etoed and professed Christianity for the 44 e n hundred years, he would have joined ar. Conks! Party in France, and compounded with hip l khOti f lc e by recording his pacific theories in a the benefit of future generations. But being a Christian in the Gospel sense of that term, which includes the whole scheme of Chris tian duty in the love of GOD and our fellow-crea tures, he felt it to be his duty to find some other way of testifying his love for mankind than by setting them together to cut each other's throats. Not withstanding the extent to which a knowledge of the true principles of civilisation are beginning to be known in France, it required courage of a higher order than was possessed by NAPOLEON, to pro• claim peace as the policy of the Government in the eloquent and unequivocal language employed by M. -71 UIZOT in the Chamber of Peers on the 18th inst. ; and therefore it is that we almost regret Parliament is not sitting to render him that moral support, not more requisite to sustain him in his high position, than due to his enlightened Christian policy, and rare moral courage. It has been whispered in various iinarters, that after the settlement of the Eastern Question a great Congress of nations will be held in London, Paris, or Vienna, .o devise some plan for settling future international disputes without appeals to the sword. This would be a mighty step in the way of promot ing human happiness ; and if we reflect for a mo ment, we shall only feel surprised that it was not adopted long ago. 'Wars between nations are as senseless and as barbarous as were the wars be tween Barons, before the establishment of a strong controlling civil polity. The armies of Kings are but baronial retainers on a large scale. There is nothing to prevent the European States from making their international code of law as binding upon each other, as is the criminal law of England within the jurisdiction of the British Crown. The Paris papers of Friday and Saturday, delayed by the inclement state of the weather, together with the whole of Sunday's journals have been received. They bring little news, but the little they contain.is of great importance. From the official columns of the Monitcut of Saturday and Sunday we extract the following telegraphic despatches : TELEGRAPHIC DESPATCHES. " BAYONNE, NOV. 20. " THE SUB•PREFECT TO THE MINISTER OF THE INTERIOR. " The Regency published on the 16th inst. a manifesto, dated Marseilles, in which Queen Christina renews her farewell to the Spanish nation, and again recommends her children to its protection." "LIONS, Nov. 13. " THE PREFECT CF THE RHONE TO THE MINISTER OF THE INTERIOR. The floods in the rivers R.hone and Saone have again risen to an extraordinary height. Les Brotteaux and La Guillotiere have been covered last evening, and con. tis,ued so all night. This morning only the waters ap- peared to remain stationary. There will be considerable injury again caused by these floods." " THE GENERAL COMMANDING THE 7TH DIVISION TO THE MINISTER OF WAR. " I announced to you by yesterday's mail that the Rhone had again overflowed its banks. The flood has since in creased about 70 centimetres. The Saone has risen about 30 centimetres. All the quays are flooded, and our communications with the forts on the left bank of the Rhone are maintained by boats. " Several streets and squares are ag ain under water. This situation, which has lasted so long, has produced the most disastrous consequences. " At present tke sun is very hot ; the flood has ceased. Let us hope for better times." _ " LYONS, Nov. 20, 1840. " THE PREFECT OF THE RHONE TO THE MINISTER OF TILE INTERIOR. " The rise in the Rhone is drawing to a close. The Saone rose 20 centimetres since yesterday. " The waters have reappeared in the Grande Rue de Vaise, the population of which is again becoming alarn - .ed. A storm, accompanied with thunder and lightning, broke yesterday over the city, and probably over the .Upper Saone. The rain confirmed a long while, but as it was not heavy, I trust that this new flood will be merely temporary." " NIShiEB. Nov. 19. " THE PREFECT OF THE GARD TO THE MINISTER OF COMMERCE. " During the last four hours the Rhone again rose up wards of 60 eentimetrcs. _ _ _ ......._ _. __ _ " At Roquemaure the waters were more than three feet deep in the streets. The inhabitants have again abandoned the ground floors of their houses. " A similar swell has occurred on different points of the coast." " The losses in consequence of the inundations," says one Journal, " would have been much greater had all the cattle descended, as is their custom at the beginning of winter, from the mountains to the low grounds. The herds are still on the declivity of the mountains, 100,000 head of cattle, it is said, between Montelimart and Valence, but there is scarcely wherewith to support them. At the Ar 'mayeaux, near Mont Blanc, 190 persons are said to have been surprised and covered by the inunda tion. The mountain of Wache, at the Fort de l'Ecluse, near Geneva, is split, and menaces to fall into the Rhone. We have given in another part of The Sun, among our extracts from the French Journals, the KING'S answer to the address of the Chamber of Peers. We have likewise quoted fiorn the Morn ing Herald, some news under the title " The Four Powers and MEHEMET ALT," which is given somewhat more at length than in the Monileur Parisien of Friday night and the Courrier Fran cais of Saturday. The address of the Chamber of Deputies begins to awaken public interest. The Journal des Debats has the annexed article on the subject : " The commission on the address of the Chamber of Devuties assembled on Saturday for the last time. The itting lasted from eleven o'clock till four o'clock. " After having heard the explanations of the Minister for Foreign Affairs, which had only a reference to facts re lating to the Eastern question, it accepted, with some slight modifications, the project of address compiled by M. Dupin. The paragraph on the Eastern question was adopted by a majority of eight votes to two; the other paragraphs were unanimously voted. The project con tains a special paragraph in favour of Poland. It is, it is said, compiled in firm and suitable language. " The reading of the project of address by the Com mission will take place on Monday, in a public sitting. The debate thereon apparently will not come on before Wednesday, the 25th, for twenty.four hours must be given for the prit.ting and distributiee of the project of address to the Members of the Chamber. _ _ _ " The debate will probably not end this month ; that of last year took up six long sittings. " At no period has the commission on the address be stowed more attention, in order to have an insight into the situation of affairs, nor has it remained for a longer time in deliberation. B e ing named on the 11th November, it has held ten sittings, and it has remained forty-four hours in delibera tion. It has heard the Minister of Foreign Affairs three times, the Minister of Interior and Finance twice, and the Ministers of War and Marine once. " The Bureau of the Chamber caused fourteen docu ments and official communications on the Eastern question co be distributed at the residences of the Members on Sa turday ; they are mostly known. The Ministry intends, it is said, to deposit the originals in the archives of the Chamber of seven documents of a more confidential na ture, and which will be communicated to the Members of the Chamber." Among our extracts from the French Journals will be found an account of the reception of the ex-Regent of SPAIN by the Royal Family of France. We reserve for a separate article the re marks which we deem it necessary to make upon the Eastern question, the mal-administration of THIERS, and the policy of his illustrious successor in the department of Foreign Affairs. What little else there is of general news in these Papers may be gathered from the subjoined ex tracts : The Moniteur Parisien, which defends the Government as a friend since the Messager das become the only:official evening journal, publishes this evening a piece of news of which the Messager does not say a word. It says— We believe we may affirm that the Government has received a new note from Lord Palmerston, more conci liatory than that of November 2. It we are well informed the English Minister gives the assurance that Great Britain is still ready to unite its efforts to those of France, to in duce the Sultan to revoke the decree pronouncing the de position of Mehemet Ali. There is reason to believe that the news which is ex pected from the East will be of great importance." We do not know what credit is due to the assertion of the Moniteur Parisien, but we will merely remark, that, according to reports which have been circulated within these few days, and which we have not repeated, because they did net appear to us to be sufficiently confirmed, . a new note has, in f ac t, been addressed to M. Gu izot, by Lord Palmerston, but those who stated this fact, de c lared also that this note was couched in still more offensive ter ms than the note of November 2. The Mo niteur Par i s i en says precisely the contrary. What appears most clearly from the articles in that Journal is, tbat the Ministry and their friends seem to acknowledge that the note of November 2 was offensive to France, and that they expected from Lord Palmerston more civility.— Censlitutionnel. Baron Moonier, Peer of France, set out for London yesterday afternoon at five o'clock. A rather severe indisposition of Darmes gave rise to a E It, LONDONt trtYPSDA NOTEME.EIt 24 JB4O. report of his death. His health, however, is now better than it was.—Le Constilutionnel. TOULON, Nov. 15.—The Sentinelle des la Marine of the above date contains the following paragraph : " The Cameleon steam-boat has at le:gth put to sea. It was believed at first that it was gone to carry despatches which had come from Paris addressed to Admiral Hugon, but we have since learnt that it is gone direct to Alexan dria. An Estafette, which arrived the evening befor yesterday at Toulon with despatches of great importance tar M. Cochelet, our Consul- General, hastened the dee parturc of the Camelcon. M. Leblanc, a staff ofil,er took his passage in this vessel, being entrusted with a, secret mission. 'Mils officer had been sent to Toulon by the ex-President of the Council of Ministers with instruc tions of M. Thiers for Mehemet Ali. But the Cabinet being overthrown, M. Leblanc waited for fresh instruc tions to fulfil his mission in Egypt. Having received them he immediately embarked. The following account has been received at Havre:— " Letters from Bahia to Sept 29 announce that the 13d1 Poole and its companion sailed from that port on Sept. 1 4 for St. Helena ; the passengers, whose ill health ;tad obliged it to put into Bahia, had recovered." " The Prince de Joinville took the opportunity to re• victual the ships at Bahia ; his expenses for this and fur his own wants are 50,000 f, fur which he has drawn bills on the treasury. According to our calculations the expedition which left Bahia on Septemhcr 14, might arrive at lima be tween the sth and 10th of October, and unless some extra ordinary circumstance should delay it, might leave it be tween the 20th and 25th, arid be back at Cherbourg in the first fortnight of December.—. Commerce. STORM IN PARIS.-- Paris also has had its hurricanes. Yesterday afternoon a violent storm passed over the capi tal, women were thrown down on the boulevards and the bridges; chimneys were knocked down; hats, bonnets, and umbrellas were flying in all directions. In the even ing the rain continued to pour down in torrents. If the case has been the same on the Upper Seine and the Marne, the Seine must soon overflow, and inundate the plains above and below Paris. A painful accident, but which might have been attended with more fatal consequences, marked this storm. M. Arago (the distinguished philo sopher), was on the terrace of the observatory, and the wind threw him down with so much violence as to cause him several severe contusions. It is even stated that he was sliding down the terrace, which has a trfling inclin• tion, when arrested by a workman, otherwise his fall might have proved mortal. The most severe contusion was on his leg, but it is hoped that this accident will have no fatal results.— Commerce of Sunday. THE SLAVERY OF THE TORY MEMBERS.—Mr. Shaw, the Tory Member for the University of Dublin, was seen walking ore day last week arm in arm with Lord Morpeth. They attended at a meeting of Father Matthew's teetotal friends, and " walked together to the Customhouse as familiar friends." Saunders's News Letter, some other Irish paper, not mentioned, and the London Standard, all notice this momentary friends Lip as an insult to one or other of the political parties to which the two gentlemen belong, and as indi cative of treachery to the principles one or other pro fesses. We can allow Lord Morpeth to be arm in arm with Mr. Shaw, without calling out treachery, or fear ing any evil to the Reform cause, but the Tory news papers cannot so far indulge Mr. Shaw. Such is their intolerable jealousy and tyranny over their servants, or rather slaves, that those poor wretches must not speak to a Whig acquaintance. Nobody can say their service is one of perfect freedom, or their ways paths of plea santness and peace. Poor Mr. Shaw ; he will obtain from their jealousy a notoriety which his abilities could never secure him. Weak minds like his, may, per chance, think the slavery a cheap method of gratifying a grovelling ambition. The Learned Recorder of Dublin, who has slighted nobler duties to do the dirty , work of the Dublin Turies, and the Journalists who now claim to be his masters, are worthy of each other. ERRATA IN THE GLOBE.—We seldom notice the faults of our Evening Contemporaries except for the purpose of doing them a service. We praise them when..- ever we can, and regularly every lawful evening, as the Scotch say, give the essence of their leading articles in order that the public, and chiefly our readers, may know what excellent colleagues we have in the great and pa triotic work of reforming, and enlightening our fellow creatures. In the same spirit we quote from, the Globe of last evening three paragraphs, the two first of which were evidently intended for The Sun by some traitor in the pay of our respectable Contemporary, and the third was written by a traitor still more wicked, whose ob ject was to deceive the readers of the Globe respecting the most important event that has occurred in this country for a quarter of a century,. The two first para graphs are these, " Considerably in advance of every other journal, we were enabled on Saturday to announce to the public the interesting intelligence that her Majesty had given birth to a Princess." And " not withstanding the inclemency of the evening, our office was literally besieged with applicants for papers, to send to their friends in the country, through the post." The third paragraph is "no official bulletin was issued on Saturday evering." The two first were both intended for The Sun, which was in the city a quarter of an hour before the Globe, and contained also the precise time evhen the Queen was delivered (which the traitor omitted), and the third, no doubt, from some misgivings, wits inserted, in order to screen, by a falsehood, the Government paper for not giving the official bul letin, the Gazette Extraordinary, with all the par ticulars, which was published in The Sun, and sent . off to every corner of the United Kingdom on the same evening. It was this _Extraordinary Ga zette which caused the crowd, and we are glad to find that our Contemporary consoles himself with the idea that it assembled a little farther east than it actu ally did. We have had praise enough for early intelli gence, and we allude to the subject only in order to guard the Globe against certain impostors who wish to bring the Paper into disgrace. COURT CIRCULAR. THE QUEEN. The following 13111etin of her Majesty's health was issued this morning : " Buckingham Palace, N0v.24, 1840. " Half-past Nine o'C!ock, A.M. " The Queen has slept perfectly %yell. Her INl , jest) his nut had n single unfavourable s)w:ow. 'rim ',dont Princess continues well. (Signed) " JAMES CLARK, M.D. CHARLES LOCOCK, M.D. ROBERT FERGUSON, M.D RICHARD BLAGDEN." Sun-office, Quarter to Three o'Clock. The answer to inquiries at the Palace up to half past two this afternoon, was that her Majesty and the Princess Royal were (loin", exceedingly well. The Duke of Cambridge arrived at the Palace ye erday, and had an intervie w with his Royal Highness PriLee Albert. The Duchess of Gloucester and the Princess Sophia arrived together at the Palace to make their inquir;es after the health of her Majesty and the infant Princess. The Duchess of Kent arrived in the forenoon, and lunched with his Royal Highness Prince Albert. Her Royal Highness remained at the Palace until the evening. Tue Marquis of Lansdowne, Viscount Melbourne. the Earl of Uxbridge, Lord Chamberlain, the Earl of Albemarle, Master of the Horse, and the Earl of Surrey, Treasurer of the Household, attended at the Palace. The Marchioness of Normanby and Lady Barham, Ladies of the Bedchamber, the Countess of Erroll, Lady Ida Hay, and the Countess of Albemarle also attended yesterday at the Palace to make, personally, their in quiries alter the state of the Queen and the iofaut Princess. lier Majesty and the infant Princess were going on last evening as well as could be expected. A number of the Nobility and Gentry arrived in town yesterday from their different country residences and came to Buckingham Palace to learn the state of the Queen ; the Ladies entered their names on her Majesty's list, and the Gentlemen in Prince Albert's book. Among the Ladies were the Countess Bine Brahe, Lady of the Danish Charge d'Affaires ; Madame Mur phy, Lady of the Mexican Charge d'Affaires ; the Duchess of Inverness ; Marchionesses of Clanricarck Bute, and Westmeath ; Countesses—Dowager Dun more. Carnarron, Dowager Morton, Norburv, Dowager Sandwich, and Mountnorris ; Viscountess Gage ; •La dies—Harriet Paget, Frances Paget, Grey, R.. Gro svenor, Cowley, Alice Peel, Burnett (a), Gore, Georgi ana Toler, Foley, Shelley, Antrobus, Trotter, Mary Hoare, and Adelaide Paget ; Hon. Mrs. Charles Ash burnham ; Mistresses—Farrer, John Round ; Misses— Spring Rice, Harriet Paget, Charlotte Paget, Welles ley, Foley, Shelley, Antrobus, and Trotter. Among the gentlemen were the Austrian Ambassa dor, the Prussian, American, Belgian, Netherlands, Swedish, Portuguese, Bavarian, Neapolitan, Grecian, Russian, and Saxon Ministers, the Austrian Special Minister, the French, Danish, and Mexican Charge d'Affaires, the Lord Chancellor, the Bishop of London, the Lord Chief Justice Tindal, the Vice-Chancellor ; the Dukes of Rutland and Dorset ; Marquises Head tort, Normanby, and Bute ; Earls Charlevillc, Fein. broke, Carnarvon, and Fingal! ; Viscounts Ebringtou and Strangford ; Lords Ellenborough, Denman, Mont. eagle, John Russell, Lilford, Trimleston, Cowley, and Langdale ; Mr. Baron Parke, Mr. Jus tice Littledale, Mr. Justice Bosanquet, Mr. Justice Maule ; Major the Hon. George Keppel ; Sirs Benjainin Brodie, Robert Gardiner, Robert Chester, and Wal ter Riddell ; Me.jor-General Sir C. Thornton ; Colonels Fox, Bouverie, Captain Seymour, Dr. Richard Bright. Messicurs—Macaulay, George Hayter, Selwyn, Q. C., Balguy, Q. C., W. Erle, Q. C., Newman Rogers, Q. C., Andrews, Q. C., Rush, John Round, U. "- len, W. L. Bathurst, Nicholas Carlisle, K. H. W. F. Farrer, Wilbraham Taylor, Fox Maule, Rich, and Vernon Smith. During yesterday and on Sunday the greater part of the nobility in town called Ingestre House, Bel grave-square, and entered their names inr her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent. We understand that Lord Normanby's health is quite restored, but he is still unable to write or make any use of his hand. Viscount aringten and Sir T. Wilshire had inter views with Lord John Russell yesterday at the Colonial office. Despatches from the Governor of Gibraltar were re ceived yesterday at the Colonial•offic e . Mr. W. C. Ross, A.K.A., returned to town on Sun day evening from Brussels, where he had been by com mand,. to paint portraits of their Belgian Majesties and their infant daughters. On leaving Brussels Mr. Ross had the honour of receiving from their Majesties an elegant pair of diamond studs. His Excellency the Russian Minister and Ba roness Brunow left Ashburnham House yesterday afternoo„ for S!rathfieldsaye, on a visit to the Duke of Wellington. Earl Fitzvvilliam and the Ladies Wentworth Fitzwilliam joined Viscount and Viscountess Milton, at Mi:ton House, near Peterborough, on Saturday last, from Wentworth House, Yorkshire. Count Alexis Stroganoff left the Russian Em bassy, yesterday evening, with despatches for his Excel lency Count Pahlen, at P ar i s. Th e S ecr etary to his Ex cellency Baron Brunow also left with despatches for the Russian Minister at the Hague. PEACE MEETING,--WC have much pleasure in being able to state that arrangements are now making for having a public meeting o f th e c iti zens o f Aberdeen, to remonstrate aga inst any policy which would have the effect of involving Britain in a war with France. There is no doubt but the meeting will be well attended.—Aber deen Herald. The Duke of Wellington has invited a distin guished party to Stratfieldsaye for the present week. The Earl and Countess of Wilton leave the Duke and Duchess of Beaufort's, Badminton, Gloucestershire, to-day, to join the circle. Viscount Burghersh arrived in town, on Satur day last, from a •isit to the Earl and Countess of Jarsay, a t Middleton Park, Ox en , Lord Henley arrived in town on Saturday from Raeliampton, accompanied by Lady Henley. His Lord ship, we are happy to learn, has improved in health since his residence at Rochampton, where a villa has been taken for several months. BOULOGNE.— Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Ca pua arrived hero on Friday last, from Dover, where their R oya l Highnesses arrived the previous day from Richmond. The Duke of Devonshire left Dublin on Friday last, after a visit for a few days to Viscount Morpeth, for Chatsworth. On the happy occasion of the birth of England's hope, the united service naturally expect that a brevet will be granted on a most liberal scale, especially as when her Most Gracious Majesty ascended the Throne the promo tion was extremely limited. The last brevet of his Ma jesty William IV. included the Lieutenant-Colonel s , Majors, and Captains whose commissions were dated in and between the years 1813 and 1822. We do not ask that the forthcoming promotion should be equally exten. se tru 9 4 that it may not halt with out veteran s who obtained thei r l ast iv including w e d o the ho gallantpc and step by the brevet of 1830. The promotion to Major. G. will most probably extended to Colonel Aitchison, of the Scots Fusileer Guards. —Naval and Military Guz. POETICAL PROPHECY...---When the P r i nce of g _ land in 1677, Waller inscribed to him a copy of verses, Oran, afterwards our William the Third, vi sited I,'fi ge from which we select the following stanza, ral account of a curious coincidence between it and the Prince's future rant crwn ." for tur.c G o on, brave Priem with like success, Still to increase ,your high renown success, ue owe nn Till to your conduct and address, It is our painful duty to record the death of the your n b d ir i : h is : y Hon. Mrs. N H u e t n t r o y ness of two months. The melancholy event distressingtook place i ill on Monday morning at eight o'clock. For p.ace t some time it bad been very evident to Mrs. Cavendish's me d i m ea e l p a l viser, and to those about her, that her disorder was draw ing to a close. It had latterly assum e d a dropsical form, under which this amiable and excellent lady sunk without a struggle. EXTIRPATION OF THE TENANTRy. m uc h benefit is likely to accrue to . the Irish tenantry from the proceedings adopted by the Loyal National Repeal Asso ciation ; public opinion, waea properly brought to bear, will prove too powerful for sa the inhuman and heartless. Those who would, for the sake of following some wild theory—some Will-o' -the -Wis p —oppress their tenants, and render them hOusciess aanderers 0' , %v.,. not be quite so reckless, when their a . s _, will be recorded, and ready to be brought up in J.‘nagment against them, and their remotest posterity-- . we with his they can't. That a " man can do as he pleases ust f that the landed proprietor 1 ril l du eel that, to their tel they owe a high and a rnors ty which will compel them asylum , ere the t them to provide an y urn them on the - and world houselcss, homelesspennyless. The Loyal National Association will e throw its shield over the op pressed and expose the oppressor, ssor. The Catholic clergy are fast enrolling themselves as members. —and let the w h o sneer Pea, Engiish press, at rie l k now that the enrol ment of the Catholic clergymen is the enrolment of the intelligence and respect of the country. - -Dublin Pilot. FRENCH FOSSEsSiON IN I NDIA,--By an __ Oct ordonnance of the King.. dated 31, the s a l ar ie s rtnd emoluments of the principal functionaries of t h e F renc h establishments in In dia are fixed as follow :—The G 0 „,..n nor of the colony is to have 40,000 f. a year, without any other emoluments th an a free residence in the Govern , ment-house at Pondicherry ; the furniture being provided at the expense of the colony. Chefs du service of the dif ferent establishments are to be paid as follow :_...Fcr Chan ! dernagor, 16,090 f. a year; Karikal, 10,000 f. ; Yanann, 8,0001. ; Mahe, 8.0001. . The Commissary of Marine, ho is chief of the administrative department, 12,000 f. ; the Procureur-General, 12,000 f. ; the Colonial In B,ooof. ; the Scretary Archivists, 4,000 f. A ll the L e functionaries are; to have furnished houses, f ree o f rent, without ocher eemoluments. The Governor is allowed 12,000 f. for his outfit, THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.) COLONIAL MARKET. There was little business done by private treaty, and the public sales went off heavily, with the excepticn of tea. The arrivals were again small from all parts. TEA MARKET. The transactions by private contract were smal, and prices are much the same as previously quoted. About 10,000 packages were offered for public sale, but the trade were nut desirous to purchase beyond their wants; a small part only was sold, but prices were firm. The Company's Coingou sales were made at_2s..3l i. to 2,31 d. per lb. cash. ROLLS' COURT.-('THIS DAY.) The Court heard petitions, and took the unopposed first, among which was one, in a very old cause of THE MARQUIS OF BUCKINGHAM V. FEYCE. It was the petition of the Rev. George Arthur Evors, the heir -at-law of Sir John Powell Pryce, Bart. The estates of Sir John, in 1771, were made subject to a mort gage of 20,0001., in favour of the great-grandfather of the present Duke of Buckingham, and the bill was filed for a foreclosure. In 1780 the estates were sold, and ,he mortgage and costs paid out of the proceeds. The stir plug 2,800/., had remained in the Court from that time to the present, accumulating, and it now amounted to up wards of 20,0001 ! The present petition prayed for a reference to the Master, to ascertain whether there were bay charges on the fund. Mr. PEMBERTON, who appeared for the petitioner, stated that all the parties to the suit, and all their clerks in Court were dead, so that there was nobody on whom thr petition could be served. He had an affidavit verify ing the title of the petitioner, and stating the pedigree of the family. The MASTER of the Rot.r.s—Your petition only asks that the Master may inquire whether there are any ineun i _ trances, but you assume that you are the heir. You must prove now that 3ou are the heir, otherwfte that must be inquired into. Mr. PEMBERTUN did not think the proof of the heirship was such a% the Court would hold to be sufficient for establishing a title to the fund. Nothing, however, would come to the heir, because the incumbrances, subsequent to the mortgage, would absorb the whole of the fund in Court. There were judgments against Sir John Powell Pryce to the amount of 40,0001. ! The MASTER of the Rou,s—So that the heir has no in terest. Mr. PRMBERTON—None whatever. The only question is, whether it is necessary to have the inquiry previous to the fund being paid out. There will be advertisements for creditors to come in. The MASTER of the ROLLS directed an inquiry whether there were any, and what, incumbrances, and who was the heir of Sir John Powell Pry ce. If it was found the in cumbrances would exhaust the whole fund, then the in quiry as to the heir need not be prosecuted. QUEEN'S BENCH.--(THIS DAY.) (Sittings in Banco.) THE QUEEN V. THE OVERSF.ERS OF THE PARISH CF ST. GEORGE, HANOVER-SQUARE. Lord DENMAN gave judgment in this case at the sitting of the Court. This was an application for a mandamus, directed to the overseers of the parish of St. George, Hanover-square, commanding them to remove the dead body of a female pauper who had died in the hospital, and to cause the same to be buried. The application had been made on behalf of the hospital, on the ground that the parish authorities were the parties upon wham the burden ought legally to fall; and although it was an argument of extreme difficulty to place on a legal foundation the right of the hospital or the obligation of the parish, still the Court was unwilling to 'grant the rule, considering how long the practice had prevailed of burying such persons. In the arguments used in support of the rule, the necessity of the case, the larger construction of the words of the 43:1 of Elizabeth, and the inference to be drawn from the 48th George the Third, for the burial of the wrecked persons cast ashore, were relied on, but the Court thought these were insufficient. In the last men tioned Statute there were words from which it might be inferred that the framers recognized the right of burial of paupers at the expense of the parish. The present case, however, turned upon the construction of the statute of Elizabeth,—that the overseer was a statutable officer, dealing :with statutable funds for statutable purposes there could be no doubt, from the language of the Act. The relief and employment of the poor were the objects of these funds—they were founded and raised for these pur poses, and the poor could not be deprived of them. No usage, however proper or uninterrupted, could prevail against the plain construction of the Statute. • The Court, after a careful consideration of the terms of the Act could not accede to the argument that the case of a pauper receiving relief but not dying in the workhouse could be brought within the terms of the statute. •In passing to the ground of necessity, the Court distinctly re cognised its application in the present case. Every per son dying in that country, except where the contrary was expressly directed by statute, bad a right to Christian burial, and that implied a right to be carried to the parish cemetery. Lord Stowell had laid it down that to Carry a dead body naked was an offence to the living. No doubt the common law cast upon some one the duty of carrying to the grave decently the dead body of every person not having the private means of burial, but the Court bad found no good grounds, and had heard no argument which would induce it to charge the overseers of the parish with that duty, which must in such case be done out of the rate. The rule far a mandamus must therefore be discharged. THE QUEEN V. THE COMMISSIONERS OF CHELTENHAM. In this case a rule had been obtained for a mandaraus, calling upon the defendants to make a rate for the pay ment of certain arrears due to a Gas-light and Coke Corn pans, by whom the town of Cheltenham was lighted. The defendants had refused to make a rate for that pur pose, on the ground that a former rate had been appealed against, and was then sub judice. ►Sir W. FOLLETT and Mr. KELLY were now beard against the rule, the arguments of the Learned Cowls,' being directed to show that the exigency which the rule contemplated, namely, the refusal of the Company to con tinue to light the town, had not )(A arisen, and that they had sufficient means of recovering from the Commissioners whatever arrears were due to them. LLO YD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, Nov. 24.—Wind this day at noon, light northerly airs and hazy. LIVERPOOL, Nov. 23,—Wind W. fresh.—Arrived the Santon, Huxtable, from Calcutta. Sailed the Catherine, Coffey, Santa Martha. TORBAY, Nov. 22.—Arrived the Dart, from London to Liverpool, with foremast sprung, and other damage, having been ashore off Folkstone, and in contact with a brig in the Downs. HARTLAND QUAY, Nov. 22.—The Grecian, Buckley, of Waterford, struck on a reef of rocks to the eastward yesterday, during a severe gale, and went to pieces. Crew drowned. Part of cargo saved. ST. IVES, Nov. 22.—The Emily, Welsh, from Youghal to Portsmouth, has been assisted in here with loss of both anchors and cables. MILFORD, Nov. 22.—Guns of distress were heard about 7 yesterday evening. A vessel appeared in the offing with two masts, and very deep in the water. A gale blowing at N. W. at the time prevented any assistance being sent. CORK, Nov. 21.—The Vesper, Harper, arrived here from London tc-day, with loss of topmasts. and mainmast sprung. Cargo supposed to be damaged, will discharge— bound for Trieste. Sailed, Fortune, Halsell, Jamaica. MUNDESLEV, Nov. 23.—The following vessels are on shore between this and Sherringham, viz., Diadem, Leslie—a total wreck, crew supposed to be saved ; Jason, of Whitley—master and three of the crew drowned ; Sup ply, Edmonds, from Newcastle to France—crew saved ; Leander, of Whitby, coal laden ; and two or three others, names unknown, belonging to Whitby and Scarborough. RAMSGATE, Nov. 23.—The Traveller, Russell, from Limerick for London, has been towed in here with loss of fore-mast, &c., having been in contact ; Harrington, Mer cer, London for New Zealand, towed in totally dismasted, having been in contact also with a vessel ; Lancer, Parkins, Wyburg for Cardiff, leaky, with cargo shifted and loss of anchor and cable;_ Equivalent of Sunderland is on shore near Klugsgate ; Galway Lass is sunk on Sandwich Flats, dismasted. A quantity of loose tallow has been picked up and landed here. MARGATE, Nov. 23.—The Claudine, Brewer, frcm Madras, on shore near here, is dischargiag her cargo in good order; Westminster, Malinson, also on shore, is dis charging her cargo into steamers to proceed to London ; Catherine, from Trieste, has been forced further into the Bay, and is in a better situation ; Catherine, Nixon, from Sunderland, was driven from her moorings in the harbour yesterday, and bilged in the Bay. DEAL, Nov. 23. Wind W. S. W. Arrived the Augustus Caesar, Lacey, from Sydney. Put back, the Tropic, Slader, for Jamaica ; Amy, for St. John's, New Brunswick ; John, Glover, for Valparaiso. Sailed the Rapid, Armstrong, for Demerara. PORTSMOUTH, Nov. 23. —Wind W. N. \V.—Arrived the Ave, Smith, from Quebec ; William Metcalfe, Phillipson, Lomboek, sailed 26th July, with loss of boats, bulwarks, sails, &e., having experienced a hurricane 17th inst., in lat. 9, long. 9. , SCUTHAMPTON, Nov. 22.—Sailed the Numa, Tullock, for Sierra Leone. DARTMOUTH, Nov.22.—Sailed Johan Christopher, Bahia. VESSELS SPOKEN WITH. - Schooners Wave, Alpha. and Margaret, from Malaga, Bth inst., in Frangcabl? Bay, by the Mary Ann Bilton, Faulkner, arrived at Gib raltar. Shakspeare, Liverpool to Bombay, 3d ult, lat. 15, lon. 26 ; Elizabeth, Rio Grande to Hamburgh, sth, lat. 11 S., lon. 27 ; Dumfries, bound to South Australia, 9th, lat. 2, lon. 27 ; William Metcalfe, Lomboek to Cowes ; and China, Calcutta to Liverpool, 17th, lat. 9 N., lon 24; Emma and Louise, Rio Janeiro to Hamburgh, 21st, lat. 14, lon. 27, by the Maria, arrived in the Downs. Barque Bolivar, 7th ult., off Bahia ; Robert Watt, Rio Janeiro to London, 14th inst., hat. 41, lon. 22, by the Alert packet, arrived at Falmouth. NARROW ESCAPE..—On Friday evening last, a man of the name of John Bennett was employed in driving a cart out from the bottom of a coalpit, and having to cut through a strong rock, he had t o em pl o y p ow d er i n the in way usually adopted blasting rocks. Whe.n he Lad charged, and was standing in the cart ready to give notice to the men in attendance at the top of the pit to be drawn up out of danger until after the explosion had taken place, he applied the watch to the fusee, when it almo s t install: taneously exploded; and . notwithstanding that be was on l y a few feet distant, being immediately in the bottom of the pit or shaft, which is not more than ten feet in diameter, when the explosion took place , he remained co m p arat i vely speaking unhurt, only sustaining a severe shock from the concussion of the air. The poor fellow, dreadfully alarmed, and with the exploding mass full in his face, gave the usual signal to be drawn to the top, when it was discovered that be had been drawn from a depth 01160 yards, clinging to the chain attached to the rop e, which he had grasp e d w i t h his hands, the cart in which he witstanding being blown to atoms from under his feet. —Hereford Tunes. TALLOW MARKET. The market was dull, and the limited business dune in P. Y.C. was at lower rates, viz. 475. to 475. 3d. on the spot. WHITECHAPEL HAY MARKET. The supply of flay was moderate, which met a fair de mand. Clover, 31. 103. to 5/. 124. ; Meadow Hay, 31. to 41. 10s. ; and Straw sold steadily at 1/. Bs. to 1/. 10s. HONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS, CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. LIVERPOOL COTTON AIAhKET, MONDAY.--The sales to day are 3,000 bags t) the trade without change in prices. LIVERPOOL SHARE LIST. Nov. 23.—Grand Junction, 211; Quarter-shares, 511; Great Western, 844; Fifth-shares , 81 ; Manchester and Leeds, 82i ; North Midland, 703 ; South Eastern, 911; Bank Royal of Liverpool, 7331. No news of the President or Oxford. We have received Sydney papers to the 4th Gf August. A French man-of.war, L'Aube, 56 guns, had arrived at the bay, and reported that the French ships with emigrants might be daily expected at New Zealand, and were to take up their residence at Middle Island. Fro . rn Port Philip it is stated that the crops are looking better than they have ever done. In the neighbourhood of Muswellbrook the settlers have no tear of a scarcity. HOBART TowN, JULY 16.—Our market returns of this morning exhibit a decline in wheat from is. to 2i. per bushal. Fine flour 361. to 381. ; seconds 321. to 34/. At Sydney flour has advanced 5i per ton ; not owing to the present scarcity, but to an apprehended deficiency be fors-, next harvest. LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL-FINANCIAL MINUTE SYDNEY, JULY 31.—The statement prepared by the Auditor-General, and already laid before the Council, shows the gross expenditure for the year 1839 to have been 567,9661. I7s. 91. ; and as the gross revenue for the year was only 427,3681. Bs. 10d„ the apparent excess of expen diture over finance was only 102,365/. 93. 6d. We have received the Journal of Antwerp of Sunday's date, Nov: 22. Bocasa OF AMSTERDAM, Nov. 20.—The improvement at Paris the day before yesterday caused some orders to purchase, which led to a slight advance in the prices, but the transactions are not of importance. The Actions of the Society of Commerce only were sought after, and got up 1 per cent. Ardoin'a Spanish fell to 211, on the fall at Paris and Antwerp. THE FUNDS. CoT.sols opened this morning at 891 for the Account, both fur Time and Money, with little doing as yet; Ex chequer Bills, 2 dis., par; Bank Stock, 159 16J; India Stock, 239 241. In the Foreign Market Spanish Active, is a shade lower than they left off, 231 Deferred, 11:1 12 ' • Pas.. sive, 6i i; Portuguese same a s th e y closed, 35} 36 ; Three per Cents., 221 23 ; Brazilian, 741 751 ; Colomsian , 2.5 i 26; Mexican, 302; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. 511 -; Five per Cents. 952. SHARES—Great Western Railway, 19 20 prem. ; Lon don and Brighton, 121 dis. ; BUckwall, 541 dis. ; Birmingham, 73 75 premium ; Southampton, 53 54 per share; Croydon, 111 per share; Greenwich, 61 7 per share; Manchester and Birmingham. 13 11 dis. PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE. RAILWAYS.- Paid. Per Share. Great Western Ditto Fifths London and South Western 3Bli to -- North Midland HALF-PAST ONE. We hare no accounts as yet of the arrival of the Presi dent from New York, and the arrival of the Oxford does not appear to be correct. Consols have been buoyant during the course of the morning. and ,were done at 90 for the Account ; the brokers and jabbers are preparing their accounts against the 26th instant, which is settling day in the British market. It appears that the Belgian Loan is not in de mand, nothing doing in it : it bears a nominal price of about one-half per cent. Consols may be quoted at present 90 for the Account the 26th inst. Exchequer Bills, 3 1 dis. ; Bank Stock, 159 160 ; India Bond., If dis. ; India Stock, 2411 242 2401. In the Foreign Market Spanish Active, 23i; Deferred, 1 0 ; Portuguese, 351 ; Three per Cents. , 224; Brazilian nothing done ; Colombian, 254 ; Mexican, 304; Dutch Two-and. a-Half per Cents., 512 ; Five per Cents., 98q In Shares little doing. Great Western, Fifths, 84 ; South Western, '531; North Midland, 704. Dutch Mail arrived of the 21st inst. -Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 50 3 16tlis ; Five per Cents., 981 I. 11TH (PRINCE ALBERT'S) HUSSARS.--A squadron expects daily to march for Wales, in consequence of which a detachment of the Foot Guards from London are to proceed to Brighton, and take up the Pavilion duty. Captain Jones is in command during the absence of Lord Cardigan, but it is expected that Major Rutton will be called in from Chichester, as it is likely Captain Jones's troop will be one for out-quarters. A correspondent writes—" Major Cooper's letter, published this week, has caused a sensation, and it is supposed will lead to seriuus consequences. "—United Service Gazelle. MARGATE; NOV. 22.—This part of the coast was last night visited by a severe gale, which has occa sioned an immense loss of property. At five o'clock this morning the Westminster, from Singapore, laden with 900 tons of tea, completely filled with water, by which the cargo will be considerably damaged, but the Captain, crew, and passengers were saved. About seven o'clock the Claudine, Captain Brewer, from Madras, laden with cotton, indigo, and silk, and having on board a detachment of troops and 20 passengers, having lost both anchors, was in extreme peril, but from which they were relieved by the extraordinary gallantry and promptitude of the Margate boatmen, who succeeded in running the ship on shore in au excellent position for unloading, in which 200 carts were immediately employed, so that it is hoped that the cargo will be saved, and but little damaged. Captain Brewer, crew, and passengers, have all been sheltered at the York Hotel, where they have received every attention from the host and hostess. . SHIPWRECKS.—The Armorwatn of Brest states that the schooner Mary of Greenock, with coal in ballast, from Newcastle to Bordeaux, was caught in a severe squall off Cape Finisterre, on the 6th inst., by which she lost her mainmast and sprung a leak. After five days beating about, the crew were forced to abandon her off the Glenans, and taking to their boat, succeeded in running into the river at Quimperle, not without great danger. AFt ench vessel from Bordeaux, with a cargo of wine and fruit, was entirely lost off Quelern on the 13th. lt USSI A AND PItUSSIA.—The Constitutionnel gives the following from Russia :—" An order has been sent to General P.itowski, Governor of Russian Armenia, to sign a Treaty with the Shah of Persia, of which the following are the principal conditions—lat, The free and mutual exchange of the natural productions of the two countries without duty. 2d. Mutual protection for the subjects of the two countries, the organisation of Russo - Persian troops charged with the protection of commerce and the caravans. 3d. The protection of the Russian fleet for Persian vessels navigating in the Caspian Sea. 4tb. The reciprocal expulsion of persons who pass from one country to the other without permission from their Govern- ments." On Monday an inquest was held on the bodies of the drowned men who belonged to the Syria, when the Jury, after a short deliberation, returned a verdict of Accidentally Drowned, at the same time expressing their opinion, that the life-boat was not in an e fficient condi tion at the time of the unfortunate accident. They re commended that she should be supplied with a rope and grapnel', and also with two sets of oars ; being convinced that if the boat had been so fitted out on this occasion, there was every probability that the men's lives might have been saved.—Sunderland Herald. BODY FOUND IN TIIE RIVER.—On Monday Mr. Baker held an inquest at the Town of Ramsgate, Wappit:,, ,, , on the body of a man, name unknown. It ap peared that Henry Grey, a waterman. found the body off King Henry's Stairs, Wapping, on Thursday afternoon. It was quite dead, and appeared as if it had been in the water for several days. Deceased must have been about nineteen years old. He was of dark complexion, had dark hair, was dressed in dark drab trousers, dark waistc , )at and jacket, and striped shirt. lie was about five feet five inches in height, and there were no marks of violence on the body. Verdict—" Found dead." PRICE OF ENGLISH NEWSPAPER' IN INDIA. —Newspapers are sent free to all the colonies, but the ex panse incurred for postage from the time they are received in Bombay to the period of their delivery in the interior of India, i~ so enormous, that the evil ought to he taken into consideration, and the charge should at any rate be re dueLd, and " Indian Officers" be per mitted to share in the advantage of receiving news from England without pay ing so dearly for it. Twenty-two newspapers mare charged 30e. postage from Bombay to Calcutta, while from En land to Bombay they came free. - -Corrtspohdent th g e Herald. HER MAJESTY'S BUCK HOUNDS.—The sport during the past week has been first rate. Five deer have been turned out during the three days' running—cutting out plenty of wcrk for " man and beast." On Monday the meet was at Wexhani, and the deer was turned out close to Stoke-park. After winding about through Farnham, Burnharnheeches, on to Farnham-common, it was taken, after upwards of an belies sharp running, at Brocas-wood. The first deer, on Wednesday, was turned out near New digate's-hill ; after taking to near Harefield, it liare made for Denham-wood , then ce to Chalfont, back to field, where it was run into. The second deer was uncarted Hillingdon-park , an d starte d off at a sharp pace towards the hounds met with f i ft e en minutes' check at iver-park. The deer was a fterwards pursue d t o Huntsmoor-park, to the mill at Drayton ; but, night coming on, the hounds were whipped off till the next morning, se hen they were laid on, and got scent towards Colnbrouk. Thence they went over flor ton-moor, and crossed the Thames near Old Windsor Church to Bears' Rails. The deer, after about an hour's hard running, was taken close to the double gates in the Great-park. A novice was turned out on Friday near the new lodge, and it was taken after a short run at Charidge Furze cover. A second deer, was turned out at Sainle y , w hi c h afforded excellent sport ' fer n early two hours. It ' first made for Whitmore bog, thence to Bracknell, on for to East Hampstead Church ; and after svinding about nearly half an hour, it was at last run into at East Hamp stead-park. Mr. D. Pouocx was heard in support of:the rule. Tho COURT, in pronouncing it; * judgment, obierved that it should be distinctly understood when a rule was moved for, stating that. the refusal of the Commissioners to do any duty imposed on them by law, arose from the circumstance of a judgment of a Court of Quarter Ses sions undergoing revision, that no judgment of the Court of Quarter Sessions, or any other Court, could justify a public officer in refusing to perform a duty which the Court of Queen's 13.nch thought was legally imposed upon him by law. It was of the highest importance that that should be distinctly understood. The Court was of opinion that there was no sufficient foundation for the ap plication, and the rule therefore must be discharged. THE QUEEN V. JAMES OAKLEY. The defendant in this case had been indicted and found I guilty of a nuisance in February 1839, by throwing mud, sand, and stones into the river Thames, at Battersea. The prosecution had been instituted by the Corporation of the City of London, as Conservators of the river Thames The defendant now appetred upon the floor of the Court to receive its judgment, and several affidavits having been put in and read, Counsel for the prosecution stated that it was not the wish of the Corporation of London to press for any severe punishment upon the defendant, their only object in instituting the prosecution was to protect the lives of her Majesty's subjects, which were endangered by the obstruction of the river. The defendant was .then called upon to enter into his own recognizances to appear and receive judgment when ever required, and it was intimated that if the offence was repeated be would be severely punished. BAIL COURT.-(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Justice PATTESON.) THE QUEEN V. THE TRUSTEES Or THE CHURCH OF THE PARISH OF BISHOP'S STORTFORD. Mr. COCKBURN applied for a rule calling upon the Trustees of the Church of the parish of Bishop's Stort. ford, to show cause why a mandamus should not issue cam. mending them to pay Mr. John Theed certain moneys lent by him to them. It appeared, that some years since, the parish church of Bishop's Stortford was out of repair, and a local Act of Parliament was procured, enabling cer-, tain Trustees therein named to borrow money for the pur pose of repairing the church. Mr. Theed advanced money to the Trustees for that purpose. The church was now repaired, and the only thing remaining to be done was to repay the money borrowed, but the Trustees had neglected to hold meetings, and Mr. Theed had not received either principal or interest for some time past. Application had been made to the Trustees, but no answer had been returned to it. Applica tion was made to the Churchwardens, but although they had levied a rate, and had upwards of 2001. in hand, they stated they could not pay Mr. Theed unless they were ordered to do so by the Trustees. Mr. Justice PATTRSON—You may take a rule. During the course of the reornini, Mr. Justice PATTSsoN left the Court for the purpose of attending the City, and shortly afterwards Mr. Justice CCLERIDGE took his seat upon the Bench. - - FEES OF SHERIFFS' OFFICERS-PATTERSON V. NEWTON. - - - - • • - • In this case a writ of fieri facias had been issued against the defendant, and an execution levied by Richard Cox, an officer of the Sheriff of Surrey. The Act only entitled the officer to a fee of a guinea over and above which Cox had taken 21. 10s. under the denomination of fees, among which was what he called an accommodation fee. A rule was applied fur calling upon Cox to show cause why he should not refund the 21. lOs —Rule granted. -- THE QUEEN V. THE MAYOR OF LICHFIELD. Mr. WIGHTMAN applied for a rule calling upon the Mayor of Lichfield to show cause why a mandamus should not issue, commanding him to insert in the Burgess Roll of that Borough the name of John Mott. It appeared that the applicant had resided for more than three years in a part of the Borough calle" the Close, and that he had given in his claim to the Town Clerk in proper time. At the revision of the lists, various objections were taken to the notice. The Mayor, Mr. Thomas Adey, was of opinion the notice was invalid, but the two Assessors, being the majority of the Court, being of opinion it was valid, they proceeded to hear the case. The Mayor was of opinion that the claim was not made out, the Assessors being the majority of the Court, were of opinion that it was made out, and desired the Mayor to insert it in the burgess roll, which he refused to do, and application was now made to the Court for a mandamus.—Rule nisi granted. COMMON PLEAS_(THIS Day.) (Sittings in Banco.) FELL V. ROSSLIN. In this case the plaintiff first employed Mr. Cornwall B. Wilson as his attorney, but in the course of the pro ceedings took the matter out of that gentleman' s h ands, and placed it in those of Mr. Govatt, tho latter having g i v en Mr. Wilson an undertaking to pay him his costs in the action up to that time. The ver dict was for the plaintiff, and Mr. Govatt having recovered from the defendant, applied on the first day of this term for a rule to tax Wilson's bill, in order to enable hi m (Govatt) to get rid of his undertaking to pay the costs. The Sor.icieron-GENERAt, to-day oppc.sed the rule on behalf of Fell, who has withdrawn his business from Go vats, and again transferred it to Wilson. The Learned Gentleman contended that Govatt had no right to inter fere between him and the other, who was now his attorney. Mr. Serg ean t B omPas supported the rule, but Mr. Ray , the master in the cause, interposed, and said there necessity fur th e ru l e, as W ilson ' s port i on o f i h d e costa amount easi morely be tha appn about 15/.ortioned. T Upon the statehe sum in disputnie nt of this fact— wastoco nould 1)11.1014. The Loso Carer Jocrtek observed to Mr. Sergeant Bompas—And you came hero at an expense of 304, when tte whole matter could he settled w i t h out expense, by the reason summ onshave tthe call Judge, for Wilson's bill to b e taxed, and which i s a l rea d y out ? hat make him pay the costs ? Why should Govatt, who has received the whole of Wilson's costs, now seek to lower the amount, and put the difference in his own pocket ? Rule refused with costs, on condition that Wilson should go before the Master on taxation of Govatt's costs, and agrce to abide by that taxation for his own costs. R VE.KING FRELiVIASONRY. -4.-- - TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—The courteous and immediate attention paid to my last letter demands not only my individual thanks, but also the thanks of your numerous masonic readers. Although a very humble member of the craft(one of " the people" thereof), that letter has created a sensa tion. The principal party alluded to has taken such serious alarm thereat, as to condescend to allow a trick to be pl.tved off which it is to be hoped, for the honour of Masonry, will be scouted indignantly by the free brethren, however it may succeed among the toadies and recusants. The craft at large will hesitate to be lieve the following facts :—Several red-apron lodges, where toady masons prevail, have received copies of a petition, which has been handed round after dinner, " when they have well drunk," for signatures, without any comment, and many have signed without reading the contents ! Masonry will recoil at this " begeng letter" business. It is to request a certain " big wig" to allow himself to be put again in nomination on the important 2d December, because he has behaved himself well during a late unfortunate investigation. Really, as the publicans say, the sinners have drawn it very mild. But the disgusting farce is playing every night in certain lodges. Solicitation and intimidation have united to get up a demonstration of strength, arising out of palpable weakness. Canvassers arc roaming the streets, button-holing the unwary, entrapping the timid, and tyrannically coercing those on whom certain views as to " business" may take wicked effect I can scarcely give you an outline of this deplorable and des picable shift to mislead the honest-minded, to degrade the obligated brother. But, with permission, I will again address you. Meantime, it is fervently hoped that the success which resulted from the memorable struggle for Free-masonry on the 30th of October, will not, be lost in inglorious oblivion. YOUR CONSTANT READER, AND AN Nov. •_'>t. AFFLICTED AIASON. LWe have published this.letter, as it may perhaps be intelligible to the craft. To the uuinitiated, certainly, it h a mystery.] SPONTANEOUS COMBUSTION OF COALS AT SEA. —Tire bark Amazon, of this port, Clarke Campbell master, sailed from Pombrey (near Llanelly) on the 9th of May last, bound for Bombay, with a cargo of coals. On the 4th of June, in lat. 9. 29. N., long. 25. 20. W., a large mass of coals ignited from spontaneous combustion. The Captain writes, that " they broke out in a solid body of fire." He immediately got the hatches well battened down, and every place well stopped up by which air could enter, in order, if possible, to smother the burning,. On the tith he opened the hatches, but the heat and sulphurous smell prevented the possibilitj of going below, lle then closed them again, stopped up the scuppers, and through holes bored in the deck poured from th e h ea d pump and with buckets so much water mem the coals, that by next day there were five and a half feet of water in the kohl. and the coals, as Captain Campbell writes, " well cooled down." The same evening they commenced diseliarginK the heated coal and cinders, and threw overboard about 250 tons, before the Captain could consider the ship safe. He had been running for Demerara the two days priced. ing, having had his boats in tow from the commencement of the lire. He now bore away again for Bombay. But the misfortunes of the voyage did not end here. Oa the 4th of July, in very heavy weather, the ship sprung her mainmast, and, whilst they were ge!ting it secured, the boatswain, carpenter, end three of the seamen d.clared that they would not work unless the Captain would run the ship for sonic port in Br.z 1. Captain Campbell called them into Lis cabin, and did his utmost to persuade them to return to their work He gave them, also, till the afternoon of the same day to consider of what he bad said to them, but finding then that they still refused to work, he put them in irons, and kept them in confinement during the remainder of the voyage. One of the crew was sick, - besides the five who were refractory. To the Captain. therefore, and the remainder of the crew, who, under God, with great labour and perseverance, and in much exhaus. tion, carried the ship safely to Bombay through such inarni nent perils, great praise is justly due.—Liverpo o l Albi on. Letters have been received this day from Port Phillip to the 18th July. The ships Andromache, Coro, mandel, and Theresa. with numerous passengers from London and Plymouth, bad all arrived out safely ; and the passengers landed in perfect health. GIGANTIC SKELETON.—As the workmen of Messrs. Barry and Jones were digging a new paint..pit at Llanlinna, near Almlwch, they discovered, within three feet of the surface, a stone urn, on opening which they found a human skeleton in a high state of preservation, measuring the extraordinary length of seven feet six inches. The skeleton throughout was quite proportional to its length, and in very perfect condition. The urn appears to have been made from the Aberdovey limestone, and had the appearance of being much corroded by time. It bears no inscription to throw on its history any rays of in. formation to gratify the inquiries of the curious respecting this gigantic " remnant of departed years." From the rude nature of this urn, or coffin, it seems probable that the body had been first laid in the grave, aed limestones placed round its sides and on the top only, which, from the length of time they had lain under ground, had become cemented together.-- Welsh Paper. VOYAGE OF DISCOVERY.-The Monuleur publishes a report from Captain Delmont d'Urrille, corn. tnandant of the Astrolabe, who, as we have already no gipaZenci e aedd% l isttn e ihu , ogelf a ini f vv Hobart visited i dti e s 4eTt l .di o ejoee n vcdh g anAtv v ouoe o c : trk ' a ietil g peha oeneerdoat2esfsitdsCtellirlfariniCoiodllimpsmo F ebruarynti and t y d g ft a llo t N i et o li7a n m:v , et i t .G h et the Heed, has just returned to Toulon with his ship and the pro.. misled by The captain has ascertained that no strait exists beahutleAwiannfeeetdezaen:: Louisiana and New Guinea, and, therefore, that the great island of D'Entrecasteaux is, in reality, the eastern end of New Guinea. In Torres' Strait, having b een Bligli's survey, the two ships entered a false channel, and ' got on some coral reefs, where they were in great danger, but ultimately got off without springing leaks, and they after. wards completely surveyed these ean g crous coasts. He was at Timor or, the 20th of June, and at Hour ben the 22d o f July. On the 9th of September the captain left St. He. lena, and proceeded direct to Toulon. lie strongly re. commends future navigators to explore the districts ad joining Cape Rodney, in New Guinea, which, he says, are some of the most beautiful s pots in the world. THE LATE ACCIDENT ON THE YORK AND NORTH MIDLAND RAILWAY. --Ou Tuesday the inquest on Sarah Cousens was resumed in the Town-hall at Selby. The proceedings occupied that day and part of Thursday, when, at the close if the evidence, the Coroner summed up, and the room was cleared for the jury to consider " how and by what means Sarah Couacns came to her death." At first the discussion was in a low and concilia tory tone, and hopes were entertained that they would soon agree upon a verdict. But about three o'clock " the battle of sent words"increased, onertin and soon thaoonat there wasfterwardsa n request hope questwas to of their coming shortly to a decision, and desiring to be pro vided with some refreshments. The Coroner declined to coreplc with the request. They then resumed the " con sideration of their verdict," and at six o'clock, they being then as far from agreeing as ever, a second and more urgent request was sent to the Coroner, who or dered them " reasonable refreshments." After partak ing of these, the contest (which, we understand, was as to the amount of the deodand) was continued until twelve. As midnight approached some of the jurors became very violent to each other, and there being no probability of a decision being come to, the Coroner discharged the jury, binding them over in their own recognizances . to appear b,t!oovyrentolitenJhuadtgwill be esatthc thencretl result esihAgsusitasret break.We k l ug up" of a jury, but an opinion is con fi dently expressed chati colo cutueonafnutr_therpnreol Sir cee F rederic idirg proceedings will Smith, sbett, the taken in the matter.) LGovernment Commissioner, was this day engaged in investigating the circumstances attending the accident. The Marquis and Marchioness of Normanby passed along the line during the forenoon on their way from Mulgrave Castle, near Whitby, to London. The Noble Marquis alighted at the junction, and entered freely into conversation with Sir F. Smith and George Hudson, Esq„ the Chairman of the Directors, on the subject.—York Herald of Saturday. sgrtesai survey,sptalnbc 'FILE WINDOW DUTIES.— L ms i a en s acs t eu e rte : s e e :: lie meeting of the householders of the borough of M a r ) l e . bone took place at Chesney 's Rooms, Foley -place, Oxf o rd . street, et l :f l i o fpno r oc s rsr e set e hiabesl T eepd al dtr r olp u l to m oisab , est a aolfni v .l e aw s ad t i tnotypdomott al adopting cl repe a lNl a ro)fl thaton ewa s i mpost.a t six o'clock called to the chair, at which period there could not have been fewer than one thousand persons present. The chairman having explained the object of the meeting, a resolu t ion condemnatory of the measure and of tire pre sent Government was carried, with an amendment moved and seconded by Chartists, a large body of which class was present in the room, to the effect that to petition the House of Corm-m.les as at eresent constituted was useless. Another Chartist, named Farrow, moved a resolution cea suring the conduct of the entire of the metropolitan Mem bers, and in doing so, Mr. Walley came in for no small e si o ra n r t e et o ld f e a d bu th s n e t at m t r h . e \ h ‘ a ra n k cl i s e o y f his late friends. The speaker_ all the rest, f or he ha d p rom i s e w d a m a u t e h h e than fellow amongst and perf orme d t h e l east . Th e only decent promised the least them w as Tom buncombe , for he h more greate s t humbug the others, o 1 was carried, and and performed the most. letter from one NAPOLEON'S REMAialbe, written on September the resolution an d h o is theraddressed the meeting, of the o ffi cers of the Astro labe, tvovinithboaust t r e i still at St. Helena, says :—" An w M h e i s e s h rs ; a S s a n v o a t ge ; C er n y nke quiet descr i p ti on. ssA 7th, while that ship war has been been sent here with commission. English brig of in f n or o d f el t i i v r e e ri r n e g ma th in c s m o u f up to Emperor. ready. We saw near the tomb a tent, the French arc tus for raising them wasplaced. withdrawn r t a h w e • n which all the appara tus under b p e res: ' ors to be pre A se l n i t • t he Immense block of granite which covers the the preparation s h eexiium at hope • thata t h at Englishthe e de b s : e 'd r isy t h e m d taoy sepulehre may still attract, me wing e oa n ps u es m dr erous pilgrims, at least some persons desirous the spot where lay the man of inch universal to convoy the body s. from the tomb to James Town. It is oblong, and covered ofiaff:rmhanvievesoiyee. no t numerous i vie w i n g the the funeral car which is with a dome, supported on tour columns, surmounted by a i funeral plume. It is entirely covered wiLh black cloth, ornamented horsesdressed in wititdrapery in crap e. I t w i' d b e. drawn by four funeral housings." lee )1 0 Net