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

--qVENING ED ITION . , 00ti re ago, that found in the Guardian a more : I"° , 4 "' d a , rd hitter onnorient than in any of Chi. j r--.:, rY ,P et nals. The middle class Whigs of the ,H', l ' ll 'acturin g districts generally took the same and were vehement in demanding severe - 1111 sur ts to put down the talking Chartists. In ~,P ll4llc e with their retnonstrances, such measures t r ak en, noisy Chartism was suppressed, and though c omparatively silent, discontent hatr e d h ave supp li e d i ts p l ace . is Plain front these, and several similar facts el are matt er o f every day observation, that the 4f , 11 : 411 Act, which gratified the middle classes , has qd Irl uch to reconcile them to the aristocrat), • au gment, if it have not caused, enmity between , a 'al th e working classes. The sharing the i ln 4 ,g e s of r e p rese ntation, giving Members to Birmineham, etc., and admitting all V ci householders to the franchise, which tr t hoil • opposed by the Toties, have in pr t ot ed the present safety of the aristocracy. 4 ' 4 the Reform Act the middle and lowe r es wouid have continued firmly united, and Church-rates, with every other {{ or ' t ell both classes feel to be a grievance, would 4 1 , t e note have been abrogated, or the govern "evolutionized. 't lt "u rY abounds with proofs that the very re of what statesmen expected from their law s m ine to nass, and neither Whigs nor To ries t i a ted from the Reform Act that it would at ' it 4rid the same time preserve and strengthen the er 'ey for a sea son, and hasten on a revolution— l(ls that w hi c h threatens the empire at no dis a Y" - --growing wholly from the lower classes, Ou t any aristocratic leaders. Whether they \ iltle ceed, or w h e ther the union of the middle t and the aristocracy, caused by the Reform tigill end in a regulated Austrian despotism, ttfe 'ld not to say, but the avowed separation t 4 I OWer from the middle classes, the course , ';,° of the Reform Act, undoubtedly carries the s,etis of a great revolution, while it has meantime fortified the ruling powers. tr ace something like this separation of the r'tr ,44 from the lower classes in the Journals of '" k ttr opolis. The Whig Newspapers, we regret longer join us in contending for popular a nd are either silent when the best of our 4 e , 'the liberty of free printing and free dis ik'l'sare exposed to persecution, or they make Itclitions of the lower classes appear justi lik b Y mocking at their meetings, and their Pt 'ill ongenteel and uncouth attempts to l emselves. Some part of the press, Used to be the warmest advocates 411 e rights of the people, now prides 11 treading in the footsteps of the 'Tory 1 11;: i e : and the Tory Post, in the palmy days of otti Toryism. The Tory Journals have not e t, A t he friends of popular rights, but the Re "lttill et seems to have converted some Whig to b e their enemies, affording proofs (4-t k6 in the instances we, have quoted in the .t , fl ° f that i nc reasing and fatal alienation of the _ oght With the middle classes, which we consider so danger. t o hp' a comparatively modern period the people c ountry considered themselves free. They ,;(1t 3 4 ( If th e i r lib ert i es . E n gland was the land of tr ( i t° ' True or false this faith was the safe 'the of t he throne, the guardian of the privileges Y lh e ar istocracy, and the security of the property 1 1 4 mi ddleclasses. It made the task of ru lin g the tl l : c ° 4 lparatively easy. The people paid taxes t ht, i ; goad grace, L owe d their necks cheerfully to , Ir al yoke, and worked gaily in the harness of I wt lstocra c y and th e Ch urc h. Th a t f a ith has xtlt\tally disappeared. It has been supplanted `cl e he hold r, which every d ay acqu i res a fi rmer an d e Per • h ey of the mi n d s of the working classes. (101- iger glory in their liberties, no longer 'kl o4 'ugland as a land of freedom, but proclaim l 'tlp at their meetings, and whisper it secretly 4 't 1 . 1 4t themselves, that they are the slaves, the tt t , thr alls, the hewers of wood and drawers of °f the rest of the community. th ef e kn ow not that any proof can be required of a ct ' Which se e ms to us apparent in every Char tkl)tib!eti"g and in every Chartist speech. At the sa me 'Ae may state that in a recent nu Cher of "• ' Patriot we find an article entitle d fat 't th is to be free," the writer of which enter is( n ew political faith, and sets it out for his t 3 by te t enemy instances. We quote one passage ot : ii er..l hing that. true freedom consists in free i3ught, speech, and action, lie says— h-,`"l a r ty no genuine freedom in a country which upholds laws for the very purpose of 4 *Ok tl4 l; ? (1 maintaining unnatural and invidious dis klt4. 4 -410 0 g the inhabitants of that country. Free ilz°4l "loch holier thing than to consist is working o f de ath, and that upon the scantiest possible tyll,lty„. necessaries of life, nine-tenths of the corn .;l4viir,l order that the other fractional part may a 5 t h l t rlcl o i e ; v 'ealth, flaunt in all the trappings of pride, 101 l i !l zia ,, te and ease, and enjoy every gratification that 4 or caprice. may desire. ~ p ~} a ~ re ater number of the hapless beings that , make IR 4O call th e B r iti s h population, enjoy no political N l.4 l:t e , ate ver, except in so far as their tyrannic Ot 4 f, s il asters may deem fit to accord them for their 4Ylo r ; t l . ll nd advantage. Class legislation bas accord ueed its legitimate fruits. It has beggared the q ,: re tt '_ l34 Y, four•fif t h s o f th e co mmunity, and overloaded cc,tt:ith enormou s wealth. It is for this reason that ve,o l 4a llinner, the weavdr, the common !about er, and Y ttor itoe Irish puaant,ninst toil incessantly from Mon piropt4l4tillSaturday night, without ever enjoying one il lll o4 e T., le meal, without enjoying almost a single one °l 4 4 'essings and privile g es, bodily and mental, front ~,.rj4teo a tl !al'onal b e in g s h ou ld never b e di s joined. In °lee of this, the great mess of the people are 'th ro , that they can glvt: their c hild ren no e d uc ation ~btiwhat barely enables them t o p i c k up a scan ty Op4t l ehPe like themselves, and thu s an e ff ectua l b arr i er vtl 41,,_ to their farther advancement. i n lif e. A phy-ical ti l ° Doly, imposed by b a d l a ws and vi c i ous sy , stems of Nrnment, has stripp e d the people of these countr i es a,rational and moral freedom of mind. Their limbs fettered with chains ; but Acts of Parliament ta t ' strip them of their earnings, and sink them to ° ltof be a st s o f burden, take from them all freedom ‘te', tll , l i libt and action ; and, while apparently free , they I ,hiti i ' ll eed to the most abject of all bondage, that created by their own wants and necessities. f reedo m is like that of a man upon a rock of the : S i; „Ile is at liberty to depart from his desolate „f 44 ) without the weans of transport ; he must 0 1 'Ut tl the rock to perish among the waves. th e tb it 'act is, then, from whatever cause produced, aid the P. lti • cal faith of the people has undergone is h qt yet undergoing a great change. To ex ktk t° govern them as easily, and by the same ' now that they declare themselves slaves th ar e resolved to struggle for freedom, as when t° lk e fl 'lleved themselves free, is as unwise as aid a resolute and a determined enemy armed It 've ikiwe rful' with the same confidence as a be - Aoli trusted friend. Faith is all-powerful in t i t as Well as religion. One faith built up 1) y gaol s gre a t ness , b ut i t h a s now been supplanted 41 t1 41 °L4 r, which threatens to splinter it into 4 for t ,' 4 t i ki in its destruction, as in its rearing, T i,,, ng ill ustrat i on o f t h e p owe r of politic i al faith. %ti i ,,;',l l eople now b e lieve themselves to be slaves : 'Pp; 6 must be done to restore them to the 1 4 1 Or faith of their fathers. As the Reform Act 0 14 '. ..' t) , l "ll isted the middle classes on the side of the I ,`llt e o : 2l , t i titi uni a similar Act, incorporating in it the 41 2 - ' as sesi would have a similar effect. Believ _ th e .;104(iv k ; 4 tr ill selves to be slaves, they cannot be quietly 111 8 Hei l ; and that they so now believe is an all , nt and undoubted fact, which should be the -- of . 1 future legislation. Royal Agricultural Society of England we are .told, " a prize of ten so v er ei g ns, f lop st e of plate of that vale, for the best direc ° "able labourers. to u prepare wholesome, autrition.f, and palatable food, in the most econo• ' mical and ea 9 manner." So the Agricultural Society thii;k it advantageous to have nutritious crud palatable food provided in the most economical and easy manner. It offers a reward for the in• vention. We claim it. Repeal the Corn-laws, which will make nutritious and palatable food cheap and easy to procure. The landowners o bject to the repeal that it will make nutritious and palat able food cheap, and they at the same time offer, most inconsistently, a reward to attain the same ob ject. We have always contended against the Corn-laws that they were opposed to the course of society, the object of all the struggles of inven tive genius—all of which tend to supply food at a cheaper rate ; and now we have the Royal Agricultural Society—composed of landlords who maintain the Corn-laws to make nutritious and palatable food dear—justifying our view, by offering a reward for the discovery of a means of making it cheap. What a mockery is this of themselves, of their partizans, and ti..e whole community ! How shall a house stand which is thus divided against itself'? How shall the landlords escape contempt, as well as hatred, who thus brand their own con duct ? How will the Legislature be respected, after this condemnation of the odious and unjust plan for making food dear by those for whose in terest, the price is enhanced ? The French Journals of Thursday contain no interesting news save details of the removal of the remains of NAPOLEON, an ample account of which will be found in another part of The Sun. The Coarrier Francais, following in the wake of the National, makes this ceremony a handle for the most foul and rancorous abuse of this country ; but having already pointed out that such malignant calumnies reflect disgrace upon their authors, not upon England, we shall here pass them over un noticcd. The note purporting to be addressed by the Spanish Government to that of France, of which a copy appeared in the London Journals of Tues day last, turns out to be a forgery. The Eastern question, or rather the war-at-any price question, continues to engage the attention of the French Journals. There is nothing in their remarks, however, which calls for any immediate notice_ The Moniteur of the 10th of December has no offs' cial part. It is affirmed that the Ministry has received today detailed accounts of the circumstances which induced the Paella of Egypt to make his submission. Tile Ministry has also received positive information respecting the advantage gained by the English in their expedition against China.— Univers. If we may give credit to some letters from the Levant, it should seem that Ibrahim Pacha is inclined not to obey the orders to retreat sent to him from Alexandria. But this information is dated at a time when he could not faresce the complete submission of Mehemet Ali ; yet it cannot be denied that the events which have just passed, in consequence of the intervention of the Euro pean Powers, ma; create serious discontent among the old Mussulmans. Ibrahim, by placinghimself at the head of the discontented, might cause unexpected. embarrass ment, for the English power can do nothing beyond the coast, and the Turks behold with grief what is passing. A letter from Constantinople. of the 17th November, sa)s, that the population of that city, and of all Turkey, are in a state of fermentation, and look with displeasure on the events in Syria. It is even said that four regi ments have mutinied in Asia Minor, one of them can toned at Kutagah, assassinated all its efficers on receiv ing orders to march.—Le Commerce. Great difficulty is experienced at the present moment in getting the electors of Paris to come and vote for the mayors and deputy mayors in the several arrondisse mens. It appears by a circular from the Prefect that though the bureaux for issuing the electoral cards have been open more than a week, only 1,800 electors, out of 22,200 have conic forward to exercise their privilege. The Prefect of Police has addressed a circular letter to the mayors, deputy mayors, commissaries of police, and inspectors of weights and measures, whereby, after referring them to the provisions of the Royal ordonnance of the 17th of April, 18'39, as to their t:roceeding against all persons who may contravene the law for establishing the new metrical and decimal system, states that the pre scribed denominations are frequently used in the jour nals, and public advertisements, and other notices, and he therefore calls on them to take means for preventing public criers, auctioneers, &e., from employing any de nominations of weights and measures except those authorised by the laws. The Prefect also warns edi tors of journals that they will expose themselves to fines if they suffer any advertisements to be inserted in their papers containing any of the denominations which have be . en prohibited. The collection ordered by the Archbishop of Paris to be made by the clergy within his diocese for the relief of tlie sufferers from the inundations amounts to forty thousand francs. The Pepin steamer has sailed from Toulon for the Levant. The Minister of War has appointed a Commission of Goneral Officers, under the presidency of Marshal the Duke of Reggio, to consider of the claims for in sertion of names hitherto omitted in the lists of officers, victories, &c., inscribed on the Arc de l'Etoile. Licut.-Colonel Firffe dc Lievreville, of the 59th Re giment of the line, has been promoted to be Colonel of the 4th cf the line, and Lieut.-Colonel Lebreton, of the 05th, to be Colonel of the 22d. BO URSE.—Paras, THURsDAY, DEC. 10. f irst Highest Lowest Last Price Price. Price. Price French f, per Cents lll 90 111 90 ... 111 Se .... 11 9 1 8 50 4, per Len t 3 per cents 7B %8 77 65 ... 77 65 &to. of ranee Laffitte Lank 1,00(11. Sh lO6O 601060 _IMO 50.601. Sr arcs 5160 ... 5,60 -.5160 Belgian Bank 51,,er 98 ... ... 58 New Loan Active. uuh Passive 5.% ... Portuguese 3 per Cents Neapolitan 11,,rnari O9X, ... 99 RAILWAY SHARES, St. Uerrnain Ye It, IS s. 295 300 295 ... 21• C Orlans 4; . ,8 75 483 75 338 75 488 75 B:rashurg to Bale 2 4 .5 145 .. 245 Madrid Papers of the 3d instant hare reached us. The Regency had decided that the request of the Infante Don FRANCISCO DE PAULA to be declared guardian of Queen ISABELLA 11, was in admissible. A new journal has appeared under a title bor rowed from our Contemporary the Times. It is called the Thunderer. It has published a carica ture representing EsPARTERO having swallowed the contents of two goblets, termed the throne and constitution, and then exclaims, " There is nothing left !" The Five per Cents. were 261,- for cash. KNAVISH TRICKS.—A Tory paper, called the Glas gow Courier, published, without acknowledgment some days ago, an article which appeared in the Sun on the Ist of December, with the heading " Naval Command ers at Acre." This has been copied into the Times, the Standard, the Morning Advertiser, as originally fur nished by the provincial paper, and a portion of it into the Chronicle, without any acknowledgment whatever. We should not have noticed the Glasgow theft, but we cann ot pass over without remark the unfairness of re spectable London papers giving that journal credit for an original article to which it has no claim. We trust our northern Contemporary, who occasionally makes great noise about religion and morality, will confess, crave pardon, and apply to us for absolution. 'FRB TIMES AND THE NAVY.—The Thunderer can no longer hurl a bolt by his own hand at the " Minto Board," Every one of his late attempts have been fir more harmless than boys' crackers. They have burnt n obody but himself or his own friends, and the mighty god is now laughed at as a powerless, but would-be -mischievous urchin, who cries at his own im potence, while he is smarting under deserved punish ment. Yesterday the Thundcrer employed a journey man ; but the sub-Thunderer, as he grinned with ma. lice, instead of a bolt flung forth a paltry squib. " 'lucre is much crowing," said the scribe, who, tired of writing about the ports, has now taken to write about the garriions of France," amongst the Ministerial Prcs3 about the affair of Acre, and a sneer at the French navy." He tries to stop the crowing, by quoting Cii,trnock, to prove the in the year 1690, the French could fit out a fleet a lmost as fast as the English. He is a wonderfully clever man. To throw discredit on the English navy at present, he proves that the French were as far advanced in naval skill as the English la 1690. He forgets what has happened since. Till the commencement of the revolutionary war, France con tended stoutly against England on the sea, and though the victory was generally on our side, it was not de cisive, complete, and effectual, till after the Ist of June. Since the battle of Trafalgar the French have had plenty of time to practise fitting out ships without much experience at sea. Even admitting their present skill ~~`=l VIE SUN, LO at fitting out, because they were skilful 150 years ago that will give them no advantage at sea, but it may enable them more speedily to equip ships for our fleet to conquer, if we must again have war, which we hope, in spite of incendiary boasters on both sides the water, will be averted. WITCHCRAFT AND BLASPHEMY.—" To deny the possibility, nay, actual existence of witchcraft and sor cery, is at once flatly to contradict the revealed word o/ God, in various passages both of the Old kind New Tes tament."—Blackstone. Hence witchcraft was punished by our wise ancestors as felony, without benefit of clergy. We are now, however, all allowed to mock and scoff at the old belief in witchcraft, or are allowed to scoff at some part of the Bible, but not to commit what the law, for its own purposes, still classes as blasphemy. Considering how positively the existence of witchcraft is assertel in the Bible. there is a better warrant for be lieving in it and punishing it, than for punishing men for blasphemy, which is very properly classed by Blackstone with offences committed by Nonconformists and Papists against our national religion. In fact the law against blasphemy has the same origin in passion and injustice as the penal laws against the Papists. 'FfiE BELLICOSE TORIES.—The Post and Standard, the Herald and the Times, Mr. Butt and Mr. Shaw, the ultra and the moderate Tories, the Puseyites and the Evangelical Churchmen, are all in a state of incan descence, fizzing and sparkling with strife. To this we must now add that the Editor of the Dubin Evening Mail, with true Orange spunk, has had a personal tiff with a Mr. Lorenzo Nixon Nunn, a member of the Metropolitan (Dublin) Conservative Society, which ended by Mr. Nixon Nunn retracting his expressions, after he had handsomely abused his dear coadjutor in mischief, the Editor of the Tory print. We desire no thing better than to sec these gentlemen worrying each other, which is very natural, since they can no longer worry the people. If they he not interrupted in their congenial occupations, which Heaven forbid' we have little doubt that, like Kilkenny cats—for most of these gentlemen belong to the sister kingdom—they will in the end devour each other. So be it. The world will be happily rid of much rubbish. THE CHINA SUN. " THE SUN'S" Mae OF CHINA.—The spirited and enter prising proprietors of The Sun newspaper published in their last Saturday's paper, an excellent Map of China, together with a very accurate and ably written account of that most in teresting country. At the present time, when all eyes arc directed to the proceedings of the British forces in China, every in formation of this kind will be sought after with avidity. The Sun Map cannot fail to prove of great assistance to those who are now watching the progress of events in that far.off region. We trust that the enter. prise of the proprietors will meet with its due reward. One of the striking features remarked upon by The Sun is the vast population of China. " Each province," says our Contemporary. " contains more inhabitants than an European kingdom of the average size, and a couple of them are more populous than the two powerful king doms that sway the destiny of the world, France and England. Pe tchc-li, the metropolitan province for instance, contains 97,990,871 inhabitants, while the United Kingdom has only 25,000,000, and Kiang-tsu maintains within its comparatively small boundaries more people than the whole of France. On looking at this province on the map, one is astonished how the people find room to move past each other ; yet with these many millions, a handful of men from a small island, some fifteen thousand miles distant, are about to con. tend, or are now engaged in combat."—Leeds Times. " Tue CIIINAISuN."—We have received a number of this beau. tiful and interesting paper. A Map of China, correctly and mi nutely traced, covers one page (the third) of the publication. It is really a chef d'teuvre. On the second page, and on part of the third, we have an epitome of the history, country, language, reli gion, Government, population, habits, customs, manners, &c., of the Chinese. It is impossible to give too much praise to the enter prise, spirit, and taste that were brought into play in producing this delightful novelty. Here we have a volume of useful and interest ing matter—the history of an immense nation —together with a magnificent map—produced with great exactness and skill—all for sixpence ! The Proprietor of The Sun deserves much credit for this as well as other highly prized engravings which preceded it : we mean the portraits of her Majesty on ascending the Throne and at her marriage with Prince Albert. Any person enclosing sixpence to The Sun office, Strand, London, will get the paper by return of post. —Limerick Reporter. COURT CIRCULAR. The Duchess of Kent visited her Majesty and Prince Albert on Thursday evening, at Buckingham Palace. Viscount Melbourne had an audience of her Majesty yesterday. His Lordship had also an audience of his Royal Highness Prince Albert. Among the visitors at the Palace yesterday, were the Swedish Minister, and Countess Bjornstjerna ; the Lord Chancellor, nod the Hon. Miss Pepys ; the Duchess of Somerset ; Marquis and Marchioness of Winchester, and Lady Cecilia Paulet ; Earl Spencer ; Earl and Countess Cadogan ; the Ladies Cadogan ; the Countess of Erroll, and Lady Ida Hay ; Lord and Lady Cowley, and the Hon. Miss Wellesley ; Hon. Lloyd and Mrs. Kenyon ; Hon. J. F. Strangwayes ; Major-Gene ral the Hon. Henry Murray ; Sir Francis and Lady Burdett, the Misses Burdett. Miss Burdett Coutts ; Sir T. Fowell Buxton ; Sir W. and Lady Gosset, Rev. Isaac Gosset ; Mr. S. M. Phillips, and Mr. Wilbra ham Taylor. The Duke of Cambridge visited the Smithfield Cattle Show yesterday, in King-street, Portman-square. The Marquis of Normanby left town yesterday morn ing for Brighton. D,!spatches from the Governor of Sierra Leone were received yesterday at the Colonial-office. The Judicial Committee of her Majesty's Most Ho nourable Privy Council sat yesterday in the Council Chamber. The Lords present were Lord Brougham, Mr. Justice Bosanquet, Mr. Justice Erskine, and the Judge of the Admiralty Court. Sir E. East also sat as a Privy Councillor. The Hon. W. Bathurst was the Clerk of the Council in Waiting. Mr. Edmund Moore, for the appellant, resumed the appeal, Clarke v. Mullich, from Bengal, which was heard at a former meeting. Mr. Sergeant Spankie and Mr. V. Williams were heard for the respondent. Mr. Moore replied. Judgment was deferred. Dr. Addams was then heard on an appeal from the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, Harwood v. Baker. Mr. Baron Parke sat in the latter appeal, in the room of the Judge of the Admiralty Court, who left at the conclusion of the first case. IRELAND. DUBLIN, DEC. 10. ARRIVAL OP THE LORD-LIEUTENANT.-1-iiS Excellency the Lord-Lieutenant arrived in Dublin yesterday at eleven o'clock, accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. M. Fortescue, jun., family and suite, from Liverpool, by the Merlin, steamer, Captain Townly, R.N. DEATII OF A POLICE MAGISTRATE.—Nr. Arthur Ha milton, the barrister, Magistrate of the Head Office, died last night of a dropsical affection. TILE ARMY IN IRELAND.—The day after the 42d sailed for Malta, an order arrived in Cork from the Quarter master-General's department, to countermand their des tination, but the regiment had fortunately sailed, else we have little doubt the brave Highlanders would have been sent on direct to India, in place of the 22d, now destined for that region. The destination of the 97 th Regiment, i n Limerick garrison, is now reported to be India, and not the Medi terranean. This corps has recruiting parties in Ennis, Nenagh, Birr, Cork, and Kilkenny. MR. O'CONNELL'S REPEAL MOVEMENT.—There are three letters from Mr. O'Connell in the provincial papers, regarding dinners and meetings in Limerick, Cork, and Belfast. He has fixed the Cork dinner for Wednesday, the 16th instant, the Limerick meeting for the following day, but in regard to Belfast no specific day is named. KEEPER OF THE GREAT SEAL.—We under stand that the Earl of Stair has been appointed Keeper of the Great Seal for Scotland, formerly held by the late Duke of Argyll.—Edinburgh Witness. Lady and Misses Fitz-Wygram have arrived from a tour at Haldon House, on a visit to Sir Lawrence and Lady Palk. Capta►n Lewis Brown, who so gallantly defend ed the British post at Beloochistan, is the youngest son of the late Wm. Brown. Esq., formerly of the firm of Blown and Harley, of this city.—Bristol Gazelle. It is reported i❑ the theatrical world, that Mr. Macready• at the expiration of his engagement at the flay market Theatre, is to open the Princess's Theatre for a limited period. Miss KELLY'S THEATRE.—We learn by a certificate from Miss Kelly's medical attendant, that her indisposition has been of so serious a nature as to have rendered it impossible for her to open hor new theatre in Dan-street, Soho, last Thursday night. In a few days, it is hoped she will be able to commence her arduous un- dartaking. rsi several l ladies letter f o r o f I t n h e A ß u o g y s a burg Fam i i l A a y t aDat LADY r s i v S t e h l \ d at ° i o n K n tEthhialetB2.cs7tt city A f u r l o t p m . Munich by railway , and that after dinner they called fur cigars , a nd even entered the Town•hall smoking. VISIT OF THEDUKE OF CAMBRIDGE TO THE SMITHFIELD CLUB CATTLE Snow.—About two o'clock yesterday, his Royal Highneas the Duke of Cambridge, attended by Colonel Challoner, C. 8., visited the Smith field Club Cattle Show, at the Horse Bazaar, in King street, Portman-square. His Royal Highness, who was escorted by Earl Spencer, President of the Club, ex pressed himself highly pleased with the general arrange. merit, and particularly admired the many singular spcci• mens of reots, &c., and although the exhibition was very numerously attended at the time, the Duke entered into the merits of the various animals with great interest. OLD ENGLISH FARE.—The usual fare of our ancestors, relates Harrison, who wrote in the age of Eliza beth, was " foure, five, or six dishes, when they have hat small resort," and accordingly, we find that Justice Shal low, when be invites Falateff to dinner, issues the follow. ing orders :—" Sonic pigeons, Davy; a couple of short legged hens ; a joint of mutton; and any pretty littl e ti n y kick-shawl, toll Willi am Cook." But on feast days, and particularly on festivals, the profusion and cost of the table were astonishing. Harrison observes, that the country gentlemen and merchants contemned butcher's meat on such occasions, and vied with the Nullitynobilit in the production of rare and delicate viands; and g say" Men ma) talk of country Christmasses, Their thirty-pound butter'd eggs, their pies of carp's tongues, Their pheasants drencied with ambergris, the carcases Of three fat wallet s bruised for gravy, to Make sauce for a single peaco ck ; yet their feasts Were fasts, compared with the City's." The Court Journal states that Mr. Barry, the celebrated architect, is to receive for his professional re muneration the sum of 25,0001. from the Lords of the Treasury, for designing, superintending, and completing t ile Houses of Parliament. DON, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 12 1 1840. LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, DEC. 12.—Wind E., moderate. DEAL, DEC. 11.—Wind E. S. E., strong breeze.—Ar rived from the River and sailed, the George, Donaldson, for Cape of Good Hope ; Gratitude, Harvey, ditto. Sailed the whole of the outward bound. DOVER, DEC. 11.—Arrived off port, the Stadt Amster cam, Blocksiel, from Batavia for Amsterdam. DursoEsEss.—Arrived off port, the Stephen Phillips, Thomas, from Rotterdam, M.:ry Frances, Johnstone, ditto, both fur New Orleans ; Rob Roy packet, Rotter dam, for Mobile, CORK.—Arrived the Volumna, Foy, from St. John's, New Brunswick, bound to Greenock. Poiersmourti, Dkc. 11. —Wind E. S. E., strong and very squally.—Arrived the United Kingdom, Allen, from Que bec, with loss of boats, bulwarks, and jib-boom; Earl Grey, Clarke, Taganrog; Syren, Burgess, Palermo; Ruby, Jermyn, Shoreham for Waterford, with loss of main boom. Sailed the Ann, Burgess, for Tobago. PLYMOUTH, DEC. 11.—Wind S. S. E.—Arrived the Phcenix, Evans, from Mirainiohi, with loss of bulwarks. It has blown a strong gale from E. S. E. all night. The Plice.iix, arrived at this port from Miramichi, passed, 9th instant, a great quantity of wreek.l FALMOUTH, DEC. 10.—Wind S. to S.E., strong gales. —Arrived, Sir --, late Perrygara, with loss of boat, bulwarks, main boom, &c., and the master and three of the crew dead ; Lord Charles Spencer, Brown, Cadiz ; Adolphus Yates, Hughes, London, for St. Michael's. BarsTeL, DEC. 10.—Arrived the British Queen, Yeo, Prince Edward's Island. Sailed, St. Vincent, Greene, for Jamaica ; Theseus, Harrison, Trinidad ; Granby, Allen, Barbadoes ; Nleroarius, St. Uhes. CARDIFF, Dix. 9.—Arrived the Mary and Harriet, Rees, from Quebec. CLYDE, DEC. 10.—Arrived the Lutitania, Stewart, from Oporto; Hunters, Callendar, St. John's, New Bruns wick. Sailed Roger Steward, Gordon, Demerara; Glide, Townsend, ditto ; William, M‘Dogard, Trinidad. Put back, Mount St. Elphinstone, Stewart, Calcutta, with loss of bulwarks, starichcona, &c. LEur 11, DEC. 10.—Arrived the Glasgow, Morrison, from Hamburgh ; Johan, Altona. HULL, DEC. 10.—Arrived the Mary Lea, from Ham burgh ; William Darley (s), Draper, ditto. Sailed Eliza Kirkbude, Bookwood, New York. HUMBER, Dkc. 10.—Arrived, Bee, Best, Haffiburg,h. BUDS, DEC. B.—lt is feared the Lydia , Davis , o f St. Ices, is lost, her boat having been picked up. TEIGNMOUTH, DEC. 11.—The Howard, Bartlett, from Miramichi, which was stranded on the beach, has hecome a total wreck. Cowes.—Arrived the Adolphe, Walters, from Havan nah; Harriet Louisa, from St. Domingo for Hamburgh ; Leopold, Gaveline, from Alexandria for Antwerp. YARMOUTH (ISLE OF WlCMlTO—Sailed.the Avenger, for Gibraltar. TORBAY.—Arrived the Sir John Falstaff, Gordon, from London, for Sidney. BRIXIIAM, DEC. 11.—The Europe, Wilburn, from Lon don to Lines, parted with her three anchors this morning, during a dreadful gale at S.E., and drove on shore ; crew saved. The Desire, Martin, from Boulogne to Marseilles, was driven on shore and totally wrecked, about a mile from the Europe ; the master, mate, and five men saved ; tin ce men drowned. DARTMOUTH, DEC. 10.—Arrived the Cheshire Witch, Davison, from St. Petersburgh ; William, Johnstone, Bal ling, lost cabose, bulwarks, &c., having been struck by a sea. CORE., DEC. 9.—A vessel, barque rigged, with green counter, apparently abandoned, or in great distress, was pissed 19th ult., in lat. 17, lon. 34, by the Voluna, arrived at Cork, which observed a sea break into her maintop, when she made a ley-surge, and immediately after another sea struck she made a lurch the other way and upset. DUBLIN, DEC. 10.—The Perthshire, Jones, from Li verpool to Havannah, struck on the Codling Bank this morning, and had nine feet water in her hold shortly after wards, when the master and crew took to their long-boat, and landed at Howth ; from the exposed position of the vessel and condition when left, it is feared nothing will be saved. LIVERPOOL, DEC. IL—Wind E. S. E., fresh. A rrived ti,c Majestic, Larder, from Quebec ; Catherine, Cepha lonia; Adrian, New Orleans; Mount Charles, Good, Tarragona ; Eliza, Palermo ; and Charlotte, Ulrica, la eobstadt. Sailed the Phamix. for Port Leghorn ; James Nlattliewson, Branscombe, New South Wales : Sham rock, Dalby, Launcctston ; Belvidere, Stevenson, Bombay; Isabella, Rymer, Pernambuco ; Isabel, Wenroth, Anti gua ; Alex. Leddle, Henderson, St. Thomas's ; Robert Burns, Messenger, Apalachicola ; Planter, M'Mabon, ditto ; Asia, listen, Mobile ; Fame, Winroth, Virginia ; Thetis, Brown, Charleston ; and Augusta, Hamburgh. Arrived off port the Phoebe, from Quebec ; Souter JAnny, ditto ; Asia, ditto ; and Sofei, Palermo. The Hanover, from Baltimore to this port is on shore near Bere haven—cargo expected to be saved. The Ilaidee, hence to New South Wales, was spoken with on the 3d ult., in lst. 8 N., long. 23: on the 25th October got a shore on Quail Island (Cape de Verds), but was got off with little damage. The Isla, Pivonclall, bound to Hamburgh, is off the port, putting back with loss of sails, &c. VIISSELS SPOKES WITIL—The Voluna, of Greenock, from St. John's, N. 8., Ist instant, lat. 48, lon. 20, by the Otame, late Hunter, arrived at Falmouth ; Victor, M•Do nald, Miramiehi to St. Ives, 23d ult., lat. 45, lon. 47; Aurelia, Quebec to Portsmouth, 2d instant, lat. 50, lon. 17, by the Jasper, Muir, arrived off Paheli ; Jean Hastie` Smith, Liverpool to Sierra Leone, sth instant, lat. 50, lon. 9, by the Antigua, Fisher, arrived in the Clyde ; Dispatch, Newcastle to Gibralter, 28th ult., off the Rock of Lisbon, by the Neptune, Stephens, arrived at Falmouth. MONEY and COMMERCIAL SEWS. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, FRIDAY.—We have ex . perienec d a regular and steady demand throughout the week, and the sales, which embrace the transact , ons of seven days (including those of Friday last) are large ; prices have been fully supported, and for qualities of Ame rican ranging at fair and under almost id. advance may be quoted: Egyptian had been offered more fully at rather easier rates, but in other long stapled s o rts no change, nor in Surat ; the latter ate now attracting the atten tion of s peculators, who have taken 1 ,000 bales, and 2,0 00 bale s of American. The sales to-day were 5,000 bales of all kinds, of which about 1,500 bales were Surat, the market closing with a healthy appearance. 350 bales Sea Island are declared for auction. LIVF,RTOOL SIIARE LIST, DEC. I v - Counties, 8-4 ; Debentures 4i ; Grand Junction 213 ; Half Shares ; Great Western Half Shares 50-; Fifths, 9:4 ; Quarter Shares, 27 ; B ri g ht on United Company, ; London and Birming ham, 172 2 ; 321. Shares, -18:1- ; South Western, ; North Midland, 75; Half Shares, CHANCERY COURT-(THIS DAY.) THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL V. WILSON. TLe arguments in this part-heard information were re sumed this morning, and occupied the whole day. ROLLS' COURT.-(THIS DAY.) WITLEY V. MANGLES. The Court was occupied up to the time of our going to press, with the arguments of Counsel in this part-heard case. COMMON PLEAS.-(THIS DAY.) (Sittings at Nisi Prius in London before the LORD CHIEF JUSTICE and a Special Jury.) BORROWDALE V. PHILLIPS. The plaintiff is Lord of the Manor of Tooting . , and brings this action ugainst the defendant, a copyhold tenant, to determine in which is the right, by the law of copybold and the custom of the Manor, to cut down and carry away timber. The purpose being only to try the right, the da mages were laid at the nominal amount of la His LORDSHIP thought the question at issue merely one of law, and matter for judgment of the full Court rather than of a jury. At his suggestion, therefore, the SOLICITOR- GENERAL for the plaintiff, and Mr. MANNING for the defendant, con sewed to take a verdict for plaintiff, with 31. damages, and leave to defendant to move for a nonsuit. THE FUbiHs. The British Fnnds are rather lower this morning. Cols°ls, which left off yesterday 894 3 fur the opening, may be quoted at p resent 89 i afraid to act while the forei g n l oans are on the tapis , t his causes a dampness in the ma rket. little doing to the present t 0 Reduced 891 - 1; Ex chequer Bank time,4l t f h o e r s t p h e e c A u l c a c t o o u r s n t , b with i n t h g Bills, 1 3 prem. ; Stock, 1561 1575; India Stock, for the opening, 237 239. In the Foreign Market Spanish Active is a shade lower, left off 2411, at present 24k ; Deferred, 121 ; Passive 5:4- 6 ; Portuguese, same as they closed at, 341; Three per Cents. 21i q2k ; Colombian, at the leaving off price, 251 - 26; Mexican, same, 291 ; Brazili an , 71 72 ; 56 - 58 ; Dutch Two.and-a. Half per Cents., no alteration, 511 1 ; Five per Cents. 98. SHAKES.—Great Western, 23 24 prem. ; London and Brighton, 91 9 discount; Blackwall, 44 3/ discount ; Birmingham, 80 82 prem. ; Southampton, 531 541 per share ; Croydon, 114 121 per share. PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE. aalLwAys. Paid. Per Share. 65 40 o -2 2 4 0 " • .... .. .. t t Great 'Western Ditto New Ditto Fifths London and Grecuwich ..... Ditto Scrip ,G bpaerrs, ell:. 8476 i MINES. United Mexican (issued at 2/. pm) 40 Ditto New Scrip ............... .. 5 COURSE OF EXCHANGE--(YESTER DAY). Amsterdam CF.I2 6 I Gibraltar .................. 48 Ditto, at sight '2 U. 12 Q. Genoa .................... 30 05 11,,tterdatu Antwerp Hamburg... M.ll l3 11 Venice 47 Altona Paris, 3 days' sight Ditto, 3 months '2s 65 Lisbon ..................... 5 ,- q MarFeilles ... 25 70 Oporto ..................... 5 - 3 Bourdeaux Frankfurt on Maine 1491 Bahia ..................... 'l7 Petersburg, 3Us 37 Buenos Ayres ............ __ Berlin Vienna, etfee. 11. 3 M.- 1 7 0 0 4 . E. C . .... l i t! : ,-, ... 1 . 1t 2 4 5 6 9 1. 0 N Philadelphiae w Y ork, 2 I . day5' . ......... 41i4 Trieste, ditto lO 6 PRICE OF BULLION, PER Madrid 35?. Port?galGuldeoin.Eo 4: 1 0 . Cadiz Bilboa Barcelona 351 New Dollars ......... 0 4 10,,c Ditto 4 per cent ... ••• Seville ... ........ ... .. 3.; - ) Silver in Bars ........ .0 5 O t i ......... low: . 3 i)le'rßl Cent.CE IRISHSCOLI Consols 5 89 1 9 ; 7 BG K ariai S nk , DUBLlN, dsctoaciika.l. s. .t.0..c.k. D .. 971I yest l !r A da L y F ul 7 t P er A no S on 7 C v T b pi ; e ii ttettaoonNd Reduced e H Ns a , , lf l S S3 t o o e . I . c . . . ....... F° D re i l t g to n D G eb ol s d . f li o a r r t t h o e f A t e h c e ou n n e° t with little r o in n oi s ns o g : % per Cent. Debs. 440 i Royal Canal Stock ..... ••• ...... ONE. The Foreign Exchanges and heavy. ow i n g to the intelligence from Mad_ The British Funds still continue to decline, and may be quoted at 89 89i for the Opening, doing to the present time ; Reduced so! , ' --4 ; Exchequer a re a shade lowerothanakn : to e , early io,l, In the Foreign Market, Mad rid that the Regency Spanish Active 24, it has rather continues to be a prey to internal 30,000 men into Portugal. Portuguese rather lower, 33,4 ; Five i2r Cents., 211,-; Mexican Six per Cents. a Bill s, liea I v heavy r appearance ,e 1 dissensions, as well as the Spaniards threatening to marc h 041', ; Bonds of 1824, 254 ; Mexican, 2 9 ; Brzzilian, 71 : Dutch Two-and-a. Half per Cents., nothing done; Five per Cents., 984 f',- i• The Share Market is inactive; Great Western, 89 ; New 50 ; Fifths, 91. We have very few arrivals, and no ship-l e tt ers, conse. qumtly a great dearth of intelligence prevails to the pre• sent hour. ---- - . CAUTION TO PA RENTS. —At an Inquest held last night at the Stag in the Wandsworth -road, on the body of a little boy named Herbert, whose p inafore c aug ht lire, and caused h is death, the Coroner, \1 r. Carter, said that during the last weck he had held no fewer than nine inquests of bur nt children. It was to be lamented that c p l a a r s e s n e t s s , ( 1, 1 id h o n o cc t e p r e r o v i i i d e e c ( 6 , s r s e a - r g il u y a r d compelleds Ere-guards, partieul atro leave their ly the poorer homes to pursue their employment. The sacrifice of children was truly lamentable. EXCHEQUER COURT-THIS DAY. ( Sittings at Nisi Prius, Guildhall, before Lord ARINGER and a London Common Jury.) MORTON V. MOSS. Mr. PLATT stated that the plaintiff in this case was the keeper of one of the largest dining-rooms in the metro polis, and as such he was a frequent and large purchaser in Leadenhall-market, where of course a good name was as good as money, and anything affecting that good name, in a commercial point of view, would very naturally very much damage his credit. A few months back he was kformed that some one had been making free with his name, and that ualess he took some steps to trace and ' punish the slanderer, his credit in the market would be hurt. Upon inquiry he found that the defendant, who was a wholesale butcher in Leadenhall Market, was the guilty party, and that without any reason or authority had told other dealers in the Market " that he (the plaintiff) was going to come it." That might be an ambi guous phrase to the Jury, but in the Market its meaning was perfectly clear. But in order that there might be no doubt of the defendant's meaning, be fol lowed it up by saying, He will scarcely stand over Sa turday." This was the slander complained of, and he need not impress upon a London Jury, the very serious damage such a rumour was sure to inflict upon any person in busi ness. He would leave the question of damages to their judgment. Mr. BUTT, who appeared for the defendant, said he was ins:meted by his client to express his regret at having made such an unfounded charge or insinuation against the plain tiff. He was perfectly aware that it was false, but he had been misled by others. The plaintiff's character was too well known to allow the slander to have any effect. How ever, the defendant now expressed his sorrow for having been so misled, and with that apology (which had been of fered before) he hoped the plaintiff would be content with a nominal verdict, which would carry costs. Mr. PLATT said it was not his client's object to ob tain costs—he only wanted to defend his character, and if his Learned Friend gave an unqualified apology, and distinctly stated that there was no foundation for the slander he would consent to a verdict for forty shillings. Mr. BUTT had no hesitation in saying that the de fendant had been wide& and that there was no foun dation whatever for the report. Lord Asir:GER directed a verdict for forty shillings, and said the words were most improper_ The defend ant had tuken•the only proper course open to him.— Verdict forty shillings. THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.) NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. The market was well supplied. The demand was good, and prices as follow :—Beef, 2s. 6d to 4s. ; Mutton, 3s. to 4s. 4d. ;:Veal, 3s. 6d. to ss. 101 ; Pork, 3s. 4d. to 4s. Bd. per stone of Sibs. Game and Poultry was in large supply. Trade very dull, and prices the same Rs last quoted. Eggs dull of sale, at 6s. to Bs. per 120 for English. WHITECHAPEL MARKET. There was a good demand, and the supply being smal rather higher prices were paid. Prices, Beef, 3s. to 4s. 2d. Mutton, 2s. 4d. to 3s. 2d. ; Veal, 4s. to ss. ; Perks, 3s, 4d. to st. TEA MARKET. Prices had a downward tendency for free trade Tea, and tha market was in a dull state ; for Company's Congou no demand, and sellers at 2s. per lb. TALLOW MARKET. There was a fair demand for Russh:n Tallow on the spot, and prices were firm at 47s 3d to 47s 6d for P. Y. Candle. Fur delivery in spring months 48s. per cwt. SPIRIT MARKET. • Prices still on the decline for Rum, and with scarcel) any demar.d ; Brandy was not cheaper, but the marks' was heavy. HAY MARKET. The supply having been large this week, and the demand limited, former rates have been barely supported. Clover, 31. 10W. to 51. 15s ; Hay, 31. to 41. 15s. ; Straw, 11.8 s. to P li 12s . We have received several letters on the stthjec of the late Anti-Corn-law lectures at Lavington. One or our correspondents, speaking of the interference of the clergyman, says—" The Rev. Parish Priest called on one of his tradesmen in the eve i the waster Was at the meeting, only the mistress at home ; she was asked what bills were in the window ? He was answered ' Corn-law bills.' She was told ' that if any hills of that kind were again put into the window, he should order his bill. Thus a trad..sman must consult the parish priest at Market Lavington what bills he must put in his windows. The parish must not only give him 400/. a-year to be lord over their consciences to make themselves and their children Christians by bap tism, to hear him absolve them from it in his visitations; and when he buries them sends them all to heaven; but he must be lord of the shop too; he must be consulted before a bill be placed there. In the language of the Church we should say—' Good Lord deliver us from such priest craft and tytanny.'"— Wiltshire Independent. The present Game-laws hold out a pre mium to poachers; for any man (it matters not how low his station, or how desperate and infamous his known character) may destroy, take, and sell game—first pur chasing a game certificate. Having obtained the certifi cate he runs over the preserves and lands of every man in the neighbourhood, destroys and robs the owners of the game so preserved at an enormous cost, and then sells it to another person " licensed to sell game." But the evil does not end here. This man, with his certificate to kill ga me, employs twenty or thirty, or probably more, of the most idle, dissolute, and desperate characters in the county to destroy and take game in the night by every unlawful means ; and the game thus obtained is conveyed to the leader of the gang—the man " licensed to kill game," by his purchased certificate, who openly and legally (by our present absurd law) carries it to the poulterer, or person licensed to sell game.—Evening paper. In the course of the present week, the Marquis and Marchioness of Douro have visited nearly all the pub lie buildings and most of the manufactories of this city,— Norwich Chronicle. SINGULAR PHENOMENON.--RUTLAND , DEC. 4.—On the 25th af November, at half-past nine a.m., the s'ngular phenomenon of a solar arc of frost-bow was ob served in that part of the sky where a rainbow would na turally appear, but no rain was falling at the time, and the arch was much broader and fainter than the rainbow, of a whitish hue, and more distinct towards the horizon than the vertex. The morning was foggy, and the tempera ture 31 degrees. Such phenomena arc not frequent, and when they have been observed have usually preceded very frosty weather. One was noticed a few days before the commencement of the great frost of 1739.40, which frost was exceedingly severe, lasting 54 days, killing many birds, and destroying or damaging ninny trees. Another of these phenomena was seen during the frost, both in this country as well as in Russia, as appears from an account of them i‘a the 19th volume of the Gentleman's Magazine ; and they are said to be certain signs of very severe weather. Another bow of the same kind was observed in Rutland, January 5, 1757, about neon, and which was also a very rosty season. —Stamford ltlemu: g. Thomas Dodson, the gamewatcher, in the employ of J. W. Childers, Esq., M. P., of Cantlev, near Don caster, who was dreadfully wounded in the face and head by a poacher, on the 24th ult.. as detailed in our last, is out of danger. Mr. Childers has offered a reward of 501., and the Government another 501, and a free pardon, to any accomplice for such evidence as will lead to the eon victims of the party who fired the gun. A man named William Turner, a joiner, residing at Awklcy, has been apprehended, and remanded for further examination ; and warrants have been issued against George Lindley and Thomas Hartley, the former a blacksmith, residing at Fin niuglev. and the latter a labourer, living at Rossington. —Nottingham Review. UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGII.—The Album of the University closed for the present session on the 31st ultimo, and we arc glad to learn that the number who have matriculated this year is nearly equal to that of last. So full is the attendance in the more advanced classes in the Medical Faculty this year in Edinburgh, that the recently appointed Professor of Midwifery has had to add consider. ably to the accommodation of his class-room. In the Junior Medical Classes there is also a perceptible increase. —Edinburgh Courant. l 'ii;S JEW E L L E R'S GOLD.--:- . is , .. li .y no means, so definite a term as is g enerally supposed : it may eithara me-an gold of half-standard purity ; an alloy of copper, gilt ; or a fine yellow composition metal, consisting of cop per and zinc in about equal proportions. One or more of these alloys is named .' Birmingham gold." Nor must the dark colour of gold articles be taken as a standard of for this appearance is obtained by dipping the ar purity ; ticles in a solution of copper. Foreigners are astonished, and with good reason, that the English Government per mits the sale of that nondescript substitute for gold, called " Jeweller's Gold," which does not even stand the ordeal of aquafortis. It will rarely be taken, 'even in exchange for similar articles, abroad. w here it is called " English compound." Mosaic Gold is an alloy which does not contain a particle of gold, as its name implies ; it being merely tin and sulphur. The imitation of gold sold with the taking name of Petit-Or, is nothing ntore than the alloy formerly called Pinch-back, which is made by melt ing zinc in a certain proportion with copper and brass, sO as its colour to approach that of gold.—Po]ider Errors, by John Timbs. The joint-stock banks beyond the 65 miles frosts , London must register their partners at t he Statu p -offiea, and take out a licence. The London joint-stock banks a fford 119 such protection to the public. IMPRISONMENT of MR. VINCENT. The following memorial on behalf of Mr. Vincent was agreed to at a meeting in Bath on Monday : To the Most Noble the Marquis of Normanby, Her Majesty's Secretary of State. The Memorial of numerous Inhabitants of Bath, in public meeting assen.bled. Respectfully showeth,—That Henry Vincent is at present confined in Oakham Gaol, Rutlandshire. That the said Henry Vincent was first tried charged with and found guilty of sedition at the Summer Assizes for the county of Monmouth, and sentenced to twelvemonths' imprisonment in Monmouth gaol. At a subsequent assize in the same county, then having four months of this sentence unexpired. Henry Vincent was again tried for a similar offence, and sentenced to eight months' additional imprisonment ; the Jury by which he was tried recommending him to mercy. That in consequence of the spotless character and manifest intelligence of the said Henry Vincent, instructions were given that during his imprisonment he should receive better treatment than the usual regulations of Mon mouth gaol would afford ; he was not subjected to wear ing the prison dress, or having his hair cut, and he was allowed the use of pens, ink, and paper. That subsequently it pleased her Majesty's Go vernment to remove him from Monmouth Gaol to the Penitentiary at Milbank, where he became sub ject to a severe treatment—a treatment which Mr. Sergeant Talfourd, the prosecuting counsel on the part of the Crown, afterwards declared in the House of Commons was never contemplated by the Judge who passed sentence upon him, and was wholly disproportioned to the offence committed. That a representation of these facts was made by Mr. Sergeant Talfourd, in the House of Coin moos, on Tuesday, the 2d of June, 1840, and the Ho nourable Member moved that, " considering the pri rations that had already been endured by Mr. Vincent, an humble address be presented to her Majesty, praying that her Majesty would be graciously pleased to abridge the remainder of Henry Vincent's imprionment." That in commenting upon the motion, the Hon. Fox Manic observed, " He did not think the time had yet arrived to advise her Majesty to remit the retnaining portion of Vincent's sentence." And Lord John Russell, in continuation, said " With regard to the present motion, he did not say that towards the end of the imprisonment, when the advisers of the Crown considered the whole of the imprisonment which had been undergone, and the part of it which had taken place in the Penitentiary, that that might not be a rea. son for advising the Crown to remit some part of the duration of the punishment," an announcement which the newspapers report to have been received with loud cheers by the Honourable Members of the House of Commons. Your memorialists, therefore, beg respectfully to draw your Lordship's attention to the fact that the term of Henry Vincent's imprisonment is drawing to a close, and will expire in March next. And your memo rialists respectfully solicit your Lordship to advise her Majesty to mitigate the remaining portion of his pu nishment, upon the grounds already set forth ; but more particularly upon the intimation conveyed to the House of Commons by Lord John Russell, in consequence of which the motion of Mr. Sergeant Talfourd, for an abridgement of Vincent's imprisonment, was withdrawn. MIDDLESEX COURT OF RE. QUESTS. THE BOTTLE " RAcK. ; —Mr. Richardson, a clerk to Messrs. Cox and Greenwood, the army agents, was I summoned by Mr. Rhode, a bottled-ale merchant, for six dozen ale bottles. The bottled-ale merchant stated that he had sup plied the defendant with the above quantity of bottled ale, and that the bottles, which should have been re turned, were not forthcoming. The bottled-ale mer chant stated his case with the equanimity or " flatness" of " ditch water." Not so the defendant who, with some warmth, de clared that the bottles had placed him on the rack for some months past. Tile facts were simply these : He purchased three dozen bottles of ale of the plaintiff, and when they were emptied three dozen more were sent in, and the bottles of the former returned. Shortly utter this the plaintiff called upon him, not at his residence in Chelsea, but at his place of busi ness (Messrs. Cox and Greenwood's), and asked him when he could have the bottles? "At any time ; they are always ready for you," was the reply. The bottled ale merchant, however, did not call, but after the lapse of a month or so, called again at Cox and Greenwood's, and made the same inquiry. The same answer was returned, but no application for the bottles was meek. The plaintiff's father then called upon the same errand, and a similar answer was a third time returned. "In tact," said Mr. Richardson, " I have been placed com pletely on the rack about these bottles. They have called upon me four or five times, at my place of busi ness, for bottles which it was their duty to have sent for to my private residence, where the ale was supplied, and the last time Mr. Rhode called, I was S 3 annoyed and irritated that I threatened to kick him down stairs. Ile has had the impudence to charge me a guinea for six dozen bottles; 'out my servant is here to prove the first three dozen were returned. I've been pestered to death about the bottles. The Commissioner (to the plaintiff)—How comes it that you abargu fur ■ix doze. lair. Rhode said that he found out that he was in er ror as to three dozen. Mr. Richardson—But why didn't you send for the other bottles? Mr. Rhode—Why you live so far off—at Chelsea ; and besides, I didn't know whether it might be conve nient for you that I should send for them, and you might have had the key of the cellar in your pocket. Mr. Richardson—But I told you I was ready to re turn the bottles at any time. Mr. Rhode—Yes, but on the last occasion you said they were sold. The Commissioner said this altered the case. After such a declaration the plaintiff could only summon him for the value of the bottles. Mr. Richardson said they were sold by his servant for 2s. a dozen among other bottles. He would replace them. Mr. Rhode observed he would not consent to this, as his were patent bottles, worth 4s. a dozen. The Jury appeared to be of opinion that Mr. Rhode ought to be content with other bottles. Then there are the costs of the suit. The Jury further appeared to think these should fall on the plaintiff. The Commissioner thought not. Having sold the bottles, Mr. Richardson was bound to make a tender of their value as old bottles. Ultimately the defendant was ordered to gay 2s. 9d. per dozen, and the costs of the suit, in addition to hav ing been " placed on the rack." On Tuesday afternoon, between the hours of three 00d four o'clock, three collier captains, named Storm., Todd, and Ireland, in steering their course from Waßaing to the Commercial-road, were tempted to get on to a new station on the Blackwell Railway. While there Mr. Storm leaned forward a little to see the rope, and while gazing with wonderment at the rapid motion, the Stepney train whisked past, and the outside of the lamp, having caught him on the cheek, gave him the smartest pat he ever had in his life. Had his head pro jected the eighth part of an inch further, the injury must have beets of the most serious, if nut fatal, character. Yesterday afternoon an inquest was held before Mr. Carter, Coroner fur Surrey, at the York Hotel, Wa terloo-road, on view of the body of a female unknown ' ap parently about twenty-rive years of age, who was found on Wednesday morning last in the river, near Waterloo bridge. There is every reason to suppose the deceased is the person who threw herself from Waterloo-bridge on the night of Tuesday last, and who left her cloak and bonnet in the recess, but no person having seen the act committed, the Coroner said he thought, in the absence of proof that the deceased was the person who throw herself from the bridge, the better way would be to return a verdict of " hound Drowned." The Jury acquiesced, and returned. a verdict accordingly. The deceased was about five feet four inches in height, and had a mole on the chest about the size of a foulpenny piece. The whole of her front ttsclis were knocked out, and the right thigh fractured. On Wednesday, in the neighbourhood of Maid stone, Mr. Hubble, in getting over a hurdle, whilst our. shooting, accidentally caused the gun to 'go off. The muzzle being towards him, the contents entered his back on the left side, just above the hip bone, and passed. through his stomach, and came out on the right side just , below the lower rib. He remained sensible for four hours afterwards, and breathed his last in great suffering. BAYNARDS PARK, NEAR GUILDFORD. TI interesting old mansion (formerly the residence of Chancellor Sir Thomas More), be property of the Rev. Ts Thurlow, is completed. The style of the building is • Tudor. In the Gothic-ball, which contains the ancient. armour and arms, may be seen the curiously-wrought iron chest of Sir Thomas More ; also his portrait, finely painted. by Il&bein. The state-rooms are enriched with a profu sion of tine old china, carvings, bronzes, and a superb dis play of valuable pictures. PRESERVATION ot"rilE EYE.—TIIC foilowing rules have been given to enable persons to detect the fail-. ure in the vigour of the eye, and seem to be well worthy of attention. In order that persons may be able to judge• for themselves when their sight may be assisted or pre served by the use of spectacles, an attentive consideration of the following rules will be sufficient When we are obliged to remove small objects to a considerable dis tance from the eye, in order to see them distinctly, we find it necessary to get more light than lrterly2:slsi for instance, to place the candle between thoeonesyiedea4Le: object. 3. If looking at and attentively pi and a e the ar double l'eptet earrss to have a kind of mist before it. near object, it becomes co4n.fu\s‘eld,eof abook run s. l i f n t t b o o o n o y e o a s n oa arc e s r o , a ta , . a nd g h u e e n d c e b a y a little exercis n e d t t h r a e t b ss le '; are obliged to shut them from time to timer , separately them by looking at other objects. glasses, hats all these circutn stances occur, or when a n y of tliem ."7 it will be necessary to seek assistance from do due time, t o gtrboow flatness flatter ; will ease the eyes, and i n some d e gree check their ten dency and take which, relieve will whereas,be theybe not assisted i n considerably the eyes w e akened, by the e fforts they are comp elled to exert. i ncre ased, and EVENING EDITION. PRO-CO EtN -LAW lOTERS. On Friday last Mr. Smith having been invited to deliver a lecture at Market Lavington, was accommo dated with the Independent Chapel for that purpose. Lavington is a small market town, entirely dependent on agriculture. The intention of lecturing here of course gave great offence to the bread taxers, who, having been routed at Chirton, determined to endeavour to recover their lost laurels at Lavington. A council was therefore called, and a regular plan was laid, by which it was determined that Mr. Smith should be " pulled from his seat," and ducked in a horse-pond. In consequence of this, it was thought right that the police should he in attendance, and accordingly three of the new county constabulary were present. At six o'clock, Mr. A. E. Saunders, a highly respectable inha bitant of Lavington, himself a farmer, a landowner, and a miller in very extensive business, having been unanimously called to the chair, the lecture was commenced be fore a crowded audience—not fewer than 500 persons being present. Mr. Smith had not proceeded far ere he was interrupted by the loud talking of a party who had placed themselves in a pew on his left ; iu this pew were Mr. A. Newman of Littleton, Mr. Burge of La vington, Mr. Grant of Easterton, Mr. Dowse of East cott, and some others. The interruption caused by this party was sa great, that the Chairman was obliged, having first repeatedly called them to order, to inform them that unless they desisted from the system of an noyance they were practising., he should be compelled to place them in the hands of the police. Upon this they left the chapel in a body, and their depar ture ices hailed with loud cheering. They very shortly returned, and having been joined by Mr. Jacob Newman, Mr. Stobbert, and saveral . other persons, they recommenced their plan of operations by again talking loudly one to another, and by using the usual arguments of ,the Pro-Corn-law men towards the Lecturer, such as calling him a " d—d guard—scoundrel—and Revolutioner "—and saying, "the d—d scamp ought to be put in the pond, and the Chairman with him !" Ste., &v.. Many were the cries of " Shame," " &knee," " Order," iSte., from the audi ence. At last their conduct became unbearable, and the Chairman having requested the police to remove them, and it needed, to call in the aid of any who were present, a number of labouring men instantly jumped up, went to their assistance, and, in less time than it takes to describe it, thrust these disturbers of the peace out of the chapel. Here, then, we sec again the fruits of the physical force doctrines cf the Devizes Gozelte.—Wiltshire In dependent. • There was a run on Mr. O'Connell's NatiOpal Bank at Sligo last week, which, however, ceased after same days. The effect has been to bring down the mar kets in that neighbourhood. The Sligo Champion asserts that the Tory landlords and agents refused the notes of the bank belote the run become general, and urged the people to hasten to the bank and get gold for their notes. This, it is seid, they did from spite to O'Connell. BERLIN, DEC. "2.—Our illusttious visitor King William Frederick, Count of Nassau, (rives occasion to many reports. They say that he has withdrassn the whole of his immense titivate property (stated to be above inn hundred millions of fl iris;) from the Dutch funds, and intends to employ it in large purchases in lands and iu the Prussian funds, being disposed to fix hi; permanent abode here for the winter ; and it is said, that his ow u unlace will be got ready for hint. At present he reseies with his daughter Princess Albert, and will pass the summer at Carnenz, the beautiful country seat of the Princess. HANOVER, Nov. 30.—An extract from %(1c protocol of the tee enty-flith sitting of the Diet of the Ger man Confederation, Nov. 1:2, 1840, relative to several re presentations made to the Diet by various Ilanove-fags cor porations, has b. en communicated to Dr. Bieding, the agent for those corporations. It informs hint that the Diet has resolved that those and similar projects of indie viduitl eorporatiotis and subjects are not matters qualified for the consideration of the Diet, and it expects that similar useless rep resentatiuns will not he again made. An astronomer at It(nues observed a few morn ings since ten spots in the sun's disk, seven of which were sueroutided by ucbulusities. Of the three which were on the southern side, the diameter of the largest was twice that of tile earth. 01 three to the cast, one bore the shape of u cone reversed, end among four which ware to the west, one hail the same forum. The fourth resembled the seg ment of a circle. CAMPBELL THE POET.—It having been re solved by the members of the Western Eclectic Debating Society to invite Thomas Campbell, Esq., LL D., author of the " Ploasures of Hope," &c., to become Honorary Patron of the Seciety, the following reply has been re ceived by the Secretary from that dietitiguished poet : " I request you to convey to the members of the Western Eclectic Debating Society my best thanks for the honour they have conferred upon me, and to express to them that 1 shall accept it with pride and satisfaction. I feel this honour to be the more flattering that it comes unexpected, and front gentlemen to nhorn 1 am unknown but by name. I hold such institutions in high estimation. They are especially beneficial to young men ; they tend to train them to argue without impatience or personality ; they communicate itifostuation from more acute to more olnuse minds they break in on the friendless solitude of uncul tivated intellects ; they are calculated to check dogmatism, prejm'ices, and superstition, and to impress freedom of thought on the rising generation." DESERTION OF A DWELLING WIJPII NEARLY FivE Lit:sin:Lb Pousos WORTII OF FLIIINITUIcE IN On Monday last a policen:an.belonging to the K division, finding the door of one of the large houses in Traeger square, open, lie knocked several times, and r ot receiving an answer, he entered, and Lund that though furnished with every appearance of domestic comfort, there was not a soul to be found in it, and that it had been cons pletely deserted. latormation of the circualetance was forwarded to the Bow station-house, and, by the direction of Mr. Young. the Superintendent of the K division of police, it has been since safely guarded by his constables, who relieve one entailer. The house, it appears, bad been occupied by a Captain W— and his fsmi!y, and there are various reports in the neighbourhood as to the cause of • their deserting it in so hurried a manner that even a mas sive writing-desk, with sundry papers and private memo randums, together with some wine its decanters, and glasses, were left upon the parlour-table, and even the wearing apparel does not appear to have beee disturbed, The rumour is that Captain has been concerned with the parties who have been recently examined at the Mansion-house, on a charge of having defrauded various Insurance Companies by sinking a vessel, and that, fearful of the consequences, he, with his family, made his escape from the neighbourhood, without removing a single article of furniture from the house. Mr. Hernmock, of Mile-end, who is agent to the landlord of the house, and who states that no rent witl be due until after Cnristmas, has given directions to the pollee to remain in it, and take every care of the furniture until some arrangement is muds about it. STATUE OF GEORGE INT.—Of the few eques trian statues of which this country has to boast, none will exceed in grandeur and importance that of George IV., which has been upwards of ten years in Sir Francis Chan trey's hands, and is not yet completed. This statue is of bronzy, and was contracted for at the liberal price of nine thousand guineas Had the Monarch been alive for whom this elegant and expensive flattery was dt signed, we suspect the work would not have slumbered so long in the artist's studio. It was intended for the summit of the marble arch before Buckingham Palace, and we trust that the or7ginal idea will not be abandoned. There is a squareness and bolducas about the arch which requires sonic such finish to csowu and relieve it, nor could a more imposing situation for an equestrian statue be selected. 'When this statue and that of the Duke of Wellington, in tended for the triumphal arch at Hyde Park Corner, shall be placed on their respective pedestals, they wiliconstitute, pek imps the greatest triumphs of the sculptor's art exist ing in this country. —Court Circular. 15.APTISM BY IMMERSION.—A numerous as sernbl.zge of the parishioners was attracted to St. Mary's Church, Reading. a few days since, to witness the novel end (in that town) unprecedented ceremony of a youag lady of the Baptist denomination, being received within the pale of the Church of England by public immersion. The ceremony was performed by the Vicar. The immer sion took place in the coley dietary of the church, where a large vessel was placed filled with water partially warmed. The ceremony, which took place at three o'clock in the afternoon, occupied nearly an hour. When adults are thus admitted withal the pale of the Established Church, total itnniersion is not absolutely necessary, the rubric run ning thus: —" 'rhea shall the priest take each person to be baptised by the right hand, and placing him conve niently by the font, according to his discretion, shall a4k the godfathers and godmothers the name; and then dip him in the water, er pour water upon him," See. The im niersion in this case was at the especial desire of the young lady in quastion. OF WRECKS.—The sovereign, by the c i l n i con L n law, l‘ has an undoubted right to wrecks; ;anCl that p (usre e aiy r l o isg g ß a n t al i oc v oi e ott. i r, s i:s t i le ani t t) t erni t l t reh d esti e uacs el ino,ssr o a, ob n wfr andh t ipd h org e epe d virnn o col trett:lntsiciittlitti:iog.po,rnholerse is has over the seas. ships entitled an mariners t o the d ere lict goods of the merchant ; which is the more rea- IN t . l i t T e c k s barbarous approach of so na d b e l s e tr a o s y i i t h shore by remising the temptations to inhumanity. Thera are four sort of shipwrecked goods. The first, flotsana is when the ship is split and the goods float upon the water b .tween the high and low-water mark ; tife second, jet saand,forissa‘viltitegil the ship is danger to be dro wned, the ship the goods are cast into the mariner may the sea the third, ligam, l agan , o r //van, is when t he heav y goods are east int o th e se a with a buoy, that er ; may know where to r e take them ; and t he fourth wrecka is where goods shipwrecked arc cast up on the land. Goods marks or signs of their Of the methods of trading arc said lac wrecked at common law w , h : r h e e b t y i t t h o er p e ro a v r e e no owner ; which anciently, and diffi b cult to du unless some living were well known, wa s very The statute . estmin. er, tokens of a property. 'des that if a dog or cat escape alive Ed ward 1., c• 4, provides Ives taken to be ehe most certain animal e s caped to the shore, wherebywjhey ne • ig t ht t 3 ak d e E th d e . (which in these t t. ) tha t t h t e h m en . th an e d s , h i e f r t iff be , c o o w r s o e n r er c , a o m r e l a o n rd d of the isle, might claim within a year and a day, he should have his remained to the king; but if the im )r a n d o c is goods be bona peritura (or perishable articles) the king or lord may sell them before the year and the day be past. A new Journal is about to be established in ca ll e d the Valuate de 1840, founded by th e c hi e f bas 'f e P i r . ° Ai P m "Y. Paris, goods, othereise they , c apitalists, and having for its aim to propag a t e t h e pr i n . se iple of peace, in contradistinction to the pritieple of the to:pre:d the authority , be war. aority upo n which \ se l l Te said a rd, it fi'le statement is made justifies us in saying, that we believe 3.1. Thiers is a richer man by 15,1001. a-year, than he vi as six months ago.—Kentish Observer.