The Sun. — London, England, 1840-12-16 00:00:00

NEVEN NG EDITION-7. A IiDRESS 'To THE PRINCFSS PO AI The following Address to the Princess Royal forms a Portion of the Westminster Prologue to the Anciria of Te ti"L", which we have been ietloc , d to translate, beenu , e it -suaPPily timed, and the sentiments arc such as we cor diall y , 7Prove, Who shall in verse replete with truthful power. Reveal the mysteries of a future hour ? When she, the daughter of a line of Now cradled, belpiesl, fanned by slumber's wings, Shall in the Senate issue just commands, And dictate P=ace or War to &static lands? Illustrious Baby l perchance in times to h,s, Thy mothe;'a lofty soul may shine in thee ; Or in thy teeming brain and eye of fire A new Elizabeth we may admire ! Babe of high promise ! glorious be thy state, Wide thy renown, and ever blest thy fate ! May ne'er an undue pride of birth or station arran g e thy heart from a confiding nation ! But Virtue, Wisdom, aid each best endeavour, And Truth and Modesty attend thee ever a f t • PETER'S COLLEGE, WEST- MINSTER. W, r k he " Westminster Bovs,' T as the scholars at this este ltent are most familiarly styled in the neighbour hood ti ` , 'eAbbey, have had their third, last, and laestsperformance I ; their T ere nce comedy. They had a very crowded at -4,!l4nce of friends, and in the critic', row of their pit we 1 10 t :ecl Lord Granville Somerset, Mr. Justice P . l tteson, we believe, his Lordship the Bishop of Durham. j4l e classic exercise was ctinpleted on this occasion with 4: 11 spirit, and an obvious advance in its gene ral s ta g e I tl et up on th a t o f the preceding preparative exhib itio n s. 14,.. e paves of H. T. Glyn and the Sirup of T. L. Wil k4;" attained, indeed, the eminence o f ver y natural, 1114 ted }feces of acting. t 4 Be fore the certain rose for the come d y the folic win g end appropriate prologue was delivered in g ood st y le t LQ captain of the year (Somerset) , and it was %cored . _ . _ PROLOGUS IN ANDRIAM. Hodie auspicato fas, Avete, dicere livere V os j u b e mus—et lvetamini— rind° solutus populus anxio meta ta rota fundit gratus, et Divinam opem atri precatur, atque proli regice. quis futuri arcana pandet temporis, Surtesque magnas ore veridico canct ? Ea ills, qua) nurse insole in cunabulis, Infans recumbit, milk regum filia, Ohm in senatu forsitan legcs debit, yel belle pacenive imperabit matrem potet it augustans sequi— Set) grande coiumen et decus nostraa domus, Elizebetham hie alteram nuirahimur. Infans heata! quiequid in terris boni P • (lust:c l ue pi wJicetur, iflud sit tuum I le :mita tangut mantis insalentia, ed cant decentes usque tecurn Gratire, ', - ,aaminea virtue, dignitas quo regia. tt rite Alumni, familisequc prineipis pars aliqua, herilem fiii am, uostramque Heram 4, pertiamus nos saltve plurirrta— N r ,ec muneris servilis 1 secoblatio, Quod tt unciatim" duriter " comparsimus," Zed sp on t e prodit libero de pectore. b rgo hic agutur foetus. ut decct, dies ; quam smug nunc Fabulam, spectate vos lk ut soletis, aninio, et indulgentia. Il4 t . t he fall of the curtain this scene, in flagellation of p hi.i i rtue of teetotalism and the profound philosophy of °•geologic pundits, was thrown off with success. EPILOGUS IN ANDRIAM, 1840. Sisio—Davus. P ro certo audivi, Simo—Tros venere Britanni ' Ferran) basic visuri—suntque Geoloyiei— Szta laeeresque laeant, in viscera ters e 4 elitant ire. (S.) Gene eat, eff,,dientur opes. ( N L : krbonci, here, pro thesauro; fossile quidd am, joristri quoadain prudigiosum animal r i .,erplex e l oqu c r is ; non hereto iutalligo, Dave, sit—sed Glvceri jam crepuere hires, Ails prodit? (D.) (S.) Quo tendit? ,(D.) Nescio, tor,an 'Overturn. ( S.) Ad portum ? (D.) Fortin!). (S.) •Hern, r( voca. Al (S.) (%J.) Quid ? (D.) Redeas. (M.) Nolo. o ( S-) Parere neceste est. Nlssis durum vincat itcr pietas ! Quid vis ? Cunctari t.olo, Simo—tots) in aqua aunt Leshia et Archylis. (S.) hui ! somnial Aquamnc 111 ccrepotrices ? Potant furialiti r arnta2 aquam. (.S.) Hem ! (M.) Quidni ? Fit mecbcina merlon. `-redo meruns est medicine. (D.) Acbeloia pocula forsan ;, i liscent imam zingiberi aut piperi. sed raro his opus est—furit inter aquas vis ~,,Lnrunt, et saltant, vixque videutur anus ! jj u e aveas, Mysis—mulier formosa superne osinat in piscem— (D.) Si bibat assidue. Simo, bate facias—quidvis? Cur sistis cuntem ? Q u o ? (M.) Quo ? (S.) Scire vclins. (M.) Perms rogare ; vale. t:aVus, adest presto, mirum est hunc posse tacere. . 5 13 " i " tacuit sane, nil tamen explicuit ( . baud Adipodis partes egit. M.) Estne ita, V er a RTC V: r a quidem dixi, n ee milli credit herus. ) , , , ra mihi patios cunt to2ri somnia—monstrs arrat. (M.) Oho! Lento—se fore quadrupedern "°caniat. At Crito adest—hic nostra arcana resolvet, "e duhitato—Geo—est ne mpe—logista—rale. [Exit. (Enter Crito with a marrowbone.) 'Ovum est, sed magni constat — m irabile 1 at hic aunt , ''ainque mina I—carum est—quinque mina) ! nimium e s t. At cent antiquum obtinui—est ant i q uius i p so l i ‘ i r be--at quinque mincel quinque mincenirnium cat. trlllern el-upturn, r.oliem ;at conabor vcndere p luris: narrant, stultum stultior insequitur. Dvideo—fur est nebulonue—tamba— t arum x Pedit hoc specimen contegi. (D.) Ad ibo, Crito, ~,, • . (C'.) Et to salve, Dave. Anne est Pana- Attu& tutus? D. (C. ) namque loabco quod volet ille e mere. ' I I tecoas ! Simo adest. (C.) Pereat ! quidnar n ie facit. ( D.) Emit C, Y li rarn Lemmata, semi-virumque bovem. "anium ! (D.) At hoc rerum est. ( C.) Jubeo • T alon Simone's,. 4 * N i ` l era homiaem docto lmtor inesse chem. e N n el quis hoc dixit tibi ? (C.) Davus. (S.) • aura cayeto, Cr it o , me noli stultitire aiguere. tkxltiti2e latioscas—studioi urn certior horum Q e volo, indoctuni me piget esse scam. A°g • I. lo e4 lta—nosti nihil, at telmulta docebo. c, quod nunc spectss os, erat ante Chaos. ante Chaos! (C.) Quidci? mocurucutum est ()ibis ali As. ; ) . 8 Prie-Adarnitiei Princiis.as Simo (S.) Sa p tis est—strums ipse A ',/,) avE ;et gene. •Lr e ..l - mate hac Luna dicitur case prier : DQ tend) ulterius. Pr teadarnos nulo—revello v. pulmone tibi tarn veteres :ivies. Curb narsus : quid fert tamen iste tumultus? ,ur t s pro rat Myti? (M.) Ohe perii I Q erne,fac ias ? d • • .1 re Britamni, (km ce.. e turn., et terrain, nos vinlasae putat. , trurn hic omnc solum est. Peregrinus es effuge. .""'.errs Qua•e. ""-Pr‘is os miser° surripuissa cogno. (4. iiiindclauteurmban. V L m). is c u ! (M rn .) Emptu neat in. uge, tie perces. (C.) Pi wcipitabo mores : " ih Qin ne s valeatis. (S.) Abit. Quid, Dave, tri l ' r nphas? 'l e d rides ? (D.) Veteres RMO quisquilias. curo quod adest. (S.) Quid si puerilia nobis Slut c urie? quid si fOIAiDi later avi? Si fl at,. indulg:_re velirn, teneroque nepoti? 11 1 Num vis ncalem concelebrare aim? Vellem. (S.) Age, nam jubco. (D.) 0 nostcr Simo, jure vocal is Vir bonus et sapiens,—sit tibi justus honos. 'Vire avus argue atavus,—vere gaudebimus omnes— Nos vere lanos efEcit haacce dies. HAMBURGH MAIL. kti"4ovEa, DEc. 6.—The Crown Prince has suffered th I,or some days from having caught cold, which affected Th i e 3 l on which the operation was lately performed. Alit event at fi rst e x c ited much uneasiness. but by the ap fir-4,.tk'n of proper remedies, his Royal Highness has so 'etovered, that he will be able to go out when the L t her ia railder. 5 5; 741.1 ' , , DEc.. 8 —Tne Marquis of Clanricarde has lied her e f rom London,. on his way to St. Petersburgh. 1 41 1 .,„ 4 , 141 3 , CR0H, DRC. 10.—Iii consequence of the frost. Ite t 4 has continued for some days, the Elbe wa so full of Itlli f , L i ce that the navigation is quite stopped. The ships l'ep t - ",lef'. this harbour'yesterday all got down safely, ex ttitl-,,tue Pomona of Hamburgh, boued to Gibraltar, which 1:1 , 1 1a"‘ ‘ , 00 the wreck of a Portuguese ship which was lost 4 1: `"e Licke last year ; it will, probably, not be got off. b 4v . greate r part of the cargo is saved and landed. The lik t i gati on of the steam-boats to and from Hamburgh, is ti ltile interrupted by the floating ioe. 4 144 4111 itikon, DEC. 11.—The arrival of the London Qf the Bth is pi cvented by the ice in the Elbe. tiAmtlt, BOICiENHALLE, Dkc,ll, - - Bills. Money 4 ' , ltr* , ~, lan a per Cents. - " A per , siiares '0 41 9-Russian Loan 10,54 locq Int i , 4ll sp ' er Cent. !st series, ci:rttticate Iption IctSe , ivs lO3 —4 'u,iaii a per Cent.. Hop.: and Co. 3,1 and 4th 1),, series .i.,',t? in Certificates 1),,t 1, A ( etnal Debt, 2!.4 1. ,pe ent 4J I'Ul. " b per Cent — - ~., WI nd s *;t Bo N ticket „,rXlu.nanisli Loan, 3 per Cet ' .Nw- el k Can Loan, 1t•34, 4 per Crii:... 441, h, New .5 per Cents. — . BEL MAN P UNDS—ClitUesliLd, DEC. i - Actual Lek, •J per Cent. Bothsch;ld's Lean, 5 per C-nt O7 Loan of Thirty Millions, 4 per Cunt By ,', ' ---_________(l4 , ) O7 -----. 3 per Cent. '"'"'---- Thirty.seven---- --- • , Loan of City, 11.1:3t - 1, 4 per Cent 9O Society ot Cornnwrce, .4 I ,..iper Cent.. ....... — Iln Bank of Belgium, 5 per Cent 1..73a Natior:alS4ciety . • Bzehange on London (short) . --Brussels Papers, Dec. 12. IN_ AUsTnIANT FuNDs.-..VIENNI, Dec. •/ t.peper Ccgts. M ,' etalliques • 1(11 Four per Cent'' th 100 —re v , tO g 11 Txr ....enti. 443 k Shares .63;6 ""`liiiemesne Zeicroq;, Dec. J. 13, 4, THE SUN,) LONDON, WE DECEMBER 16, 1840. MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS (TUESDAY EVENING.) T IME S.—By the advices from flamburgh, the price cf gold is 425 rr mark, which, at the English Mint price if St. 17s. 10}d. the ounce for standard gold, gives an ex. change of 13.5 ; and the exchange at Ila-mburgh on London at short being 13.4, it follows that gold is .47 per cent. dearer at Hamburgh than in London. The premium on gold at Paris is 4 per mile, which at the English Mint price of 3/. 17s. 10id. per ounce for standard gold. gives an exchange of 25.25 ; and the exchange at Paris on London at short being 25.271, it f o llows that gold is .10 per cent, dearer at Paris than in London. The course of exchange at New York on London is 1061 par cent., and the par of exchange between England and America being 109 23 40 per cent., it follows that the exchange is 1.07 per ce:•:t. against England. But the quo'ed exchange at New York being for hills at 60 days' sigh!, the discount on these 60 days must be dedue!nd from the aforesaid difference. The Consol Market opened with a flat tendency at 881 to 88 1 - ex. div., when a purchase by an influential broker of 60,000/. stock brought the value to 89, but at the close of business there were again symptoms of decline, and the final quotation was 1181, sellers. SUN.—We have had rather more business in the Funds to-day, but it has been too much one way, viz., on behalf of sellers, and this led to a further slight re duction in prices. Consols for the Opening and ex. dividend dropped from 88i and 89 to tiSt toi, and although a large purchase made them rally towards the middle of the day to 89, they retrograded again, and closed at the prices above given. For the Opening and with the dividend there was a bargain at 89i ; Bank Stock was 1 percent. better than yesterday, viz., 157 i, but India Stock for the opening was fat at 2381 ; EKcbequer Bills remained at Is. to Ss. premium, and the discount on India Bonds was 15s. The Reduced Three per Cent. Annuities were dealt in to some extant at 884; to 89k, and the Three-and-a-Half per Cents. brought 97* to the Foreign Market was dull again, and the quota ions were a trine lower. Spanish Active Bonds rea ..zed 231- to 23 ; Portuguese New Five per Cents. 331- to : 1., the Three per Cents. 21i ; Mexican Bonds of 1837 28k, Colombian of 1824 254- to I, and Brazi lian 71-11 ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. were at 514. anti the Five per Cents. at 97i- to 98. The Shares were only dealt_ in to a limited extent, and prices were about the same as yestesday - . Tile Foreign Exchanges ware again rather lower, v:z. Amsterdam 12 21 ; Paris 25f. 52ic. to .55c. ; Antwerp 12 ; Hamburgh 13 7to 6:i ; Frankfort 1485 ; and Trieste 10 3? 2 - to 4. The following is the official return of the exports of bullion from the port of London, for the week ending Thursday last : Silver coin to Mauritius 69,000 oz. Hatribtugh Ritterdam Gibraltar Bars to Haniburgb SFIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM TUE MORNING PAPERS OF TRIG DAY. ( From the Chronicle.) The despatches from Rear-Admiral Elliot and Commo dore Sir J. J. Gordon Bremer will be found in our extracts from the Giattle of last night. Great care seems to have been taken by the officers in command to avoid if possible the effusion of b'ood. Sir J. J. Gordon Bremer states that the operations at Chusan led to no greater a loss of life than twenty-five, .‘ This," he says, " may be ascribed to the fir eof the ships loeing directed solely to the junks and haueries." Already the style of communication has become more civil on the part of the Chinese. This change Admiral Elliot attributes to something of ;5 tough lesson they received at Amoy, detailed in Captain Bourchier's letter. "In the correspon dence which took place," says the Admiral, " they treated us perfectly as equals, no longer calling us barbarians, but honourable officers of the English na tion." We may, in passing, observe that the nations, who overran' the Roman empire, considered the word barbarian honourable, for in several of the loges barbarorum the in demnification for killing a Roman is much less than for killing a barbarian. The policy which has been pursued towards the Chinese seems, of all others, the beat adapted for bringing them quickly to their senses. Tney have a peculiar repugnance to such an occupation as that which has taken place. The conquest which placed the present dynasty on the throne was the result of an attempt to expel a tribe of Tartars who had ob tained, about 200 years age, a footing in a frontier province. But we arc in the vicinity o f some the iagest cities of the empire. " The stoppage of the enor mous trade," says Admiral Elliot, " which is usually pass ing on this coast cannot but create difficulties of a serious nature ; and from a few expressions relative to Lin having been the cause of all their present distresses, I trust a strong feeling may spring up against the policy pursued at Canton by that high officer." By ascending a large navigable river, we can inierrupt the immense traffic of the Great Canal, that main artery of the empire, To have destroyed the towns of the unoffending people and taken their lives, weuld have generated the worst feelings with out effecting the object in view ; but the interruption o► the enormous trade of the Chinese will soon bring thenr . to their senses. (From the Times.) The series of letters interchanged between Commodore Napier and Mehemet Ali, with a certain convention an nexed to them, as contained in the Times of yesterday morning, were described by some persons as possessing an impos Lance which did not really belong to them. The communication, taken altogether, was received and talked of us equivalent to a definitive treaty of peace, by which Syria was restored to the Porte and Egypt secured to the Pacha. It was, however, no such thing. The point at issue was, whether Commodore Napier should or should not forthwith attack Alexandria with the squadron then be fore the port. The immediate object of Commodore Napier was to get possession of the Turkish fleet, and to insure the prompt evacuation of Syria. The great point for Mehemet Ali was to save both fleet and capital from destruction. After considerable shuffling on the part of the old Bashaw, a Convention was agreed upon to the effect following. We must previously remark, however, that the Convention was a mere military suspension of arms on one side, viz., on that of the British Commander, which leas executed on the spot, and at the moment, no hostile movement whatever being made by the British men-of war, not a shot fired, nor a ship cleared for action. Where as, on the part of Mehemet Ali, nothing was offered but two promises; cne absolute, and one conditional—l, That he would at once send an order to Ibrahim to withdraw from Syria; 2, That he would give up the Turkish fleet, on condition of " having previously received an official notification that the Sublime Porte krants him the hereditary government of E g ypt, which eonces cession is, and remains, guarant ee d by the Powers." Now, the advantage here was co ns id er ably in favour of Mehemet Ali, who gave literally nothing but a promise that he would do what lay in him to procure for hrahirutroops, already s ui rounded, and tltieirelisle existence c a o n rn d p l r i o is ini,;td, a safe and unmolested re tut 0 home from Syria ! Whereas the Paella got a posi tive assurance from a British officer of high rank, that tl:e Allied Powers had actually "recommended the Sublime Porte" to reinstate him and his heirs in his Egyptian Pach alic. It may seem etrange, nor c an we e xplain the fact, that Commodore Napier does not affix to his name any title or authority to stipulate the conditions here stated, or to sign the published convention. He described him self as " commanding the naval forces of her Britannic Mejesty before Alexandria," but does not affirm that he wa, furaished with instructions or authority empowering hint to negociate such a convention, or to pledge the Queen's Government to the 1` gu aran tee" relied upon by tam Dacha; whereas Boghos Bey, the Egyptian Minster, ta kes care to represent himself as "authorized specially by his Highness." For the regularity, therefore, ur validity of such an instrument in point of form, there is little to be said, and as little or less for any practical advantage it may lead to, when we find t ha t not ma n y hours after th e conve ntion reached this country, there com es intelli gence from Constantinople, publishedin a Government paper, that the main and only political ben efit stipulated wi th Napier by Mehemet, and that on which the surren der of the Turkish fleet depended, has been quas hed and annihi lated by the Ottoman Porte. " After ten da y s ' delibera tion," says a Downing-street paper, ‘. the Sultan h as d e _ sided upon confirming the decheance of Mehemet Ali , " and in a line or two after there is expressed a fear th at toe above resolve has the force of a " determinati on. " Is this true or not? If true, the filet is of an alarm ing nature. There ia, of course, no doubt that the British Government (and we presume the majority of the three remaining Powers) will employ the most strenuous and earnest persuasions with the Porte to win from it a revisal and reversal of this most untoward determination. But the misfortune is, that such efforts of our diplomacy may now come too late. As France de clared that she would not coerce Mehemet Ali to restore , the Syrian territory to the Sultan, so Lord Palmerston followed her example, binding England and the Allied Posers against the use of any coercive or compulsory measure, or of aught but pure solicitation with the Porte, to obtain for its vassal the hereditary dominion over Egypt. Lord Palmerston cannot now recede from such a pledge. He is at the mercy of the Divan, acted upon as the Divan may possibly find itself, by influences less dis interested than that of any British Minister. The time to insure the acceptance by the Porte of any terms which it might suit the policy of England and promote the peace of Europe to enforce upon her, was p rior to the military and naval efforts which England made for h er d irect advantage , wh ile the result of the con test with the D a cha w revcts the s prest i ge yet n c o e f r t European, and i Turkey nsthe h a d i n many aga ( Then was th e time—nay, at even a late r p eriod of the campaign, at the a u i r. last moment beture tue decheance was pronounced, had Lord Poneonby private.y informed Reschid Pael la that Eegland would n ot suffer Mehemet Alt' to b e expe ll e d Dacha from Egypt," the dismiss al of the ache ne ver would hare beer: pronounced, and Lord Palmerston c culd not have been driven to the hum iliation of p uttin g a construction te/rie s h a et c eats rts When Ao uenr fah/fled upon the for mer d ecree of dclnF ran ca made that decre e t h e ground e e of declarations and threa ts more offensive towards Great pa Britain inier s t t l o ra n n t any she previously had had recou rse to, L or d transmitted an assurance through M. Guizet, that the decree against tl:e Pacha was not to be acted on, nor persisted in by the Porte. Was he then in the confidence of Turkey, or rather of Lord Ponsonby, and had he her or Lord Ponsouby's authority for such an assurance to the Government of Louis Philippe ? If so, the Porte has been guilty of a gross affront to Great Bri tain, and an u ngrateful outrage upon the friendly confi dence of its most powerful and genet ous benefactor. But for the pledge against resorting to coercive means with the Sultan, the Allies might now tied it easy enough to apply a screw that would speedily recal his Highness to some safer and more moderate course, (From the Morning Advertiser.) An extraordinary rumour—to the effect that the Sultan wasdetermined to persist in the deposition of Mehemet Ali, contrary to the recommendation of the Allied Powers— was rife in Constantinople, on the departure of the last in telligence, which dates to the 27th ult. We cannot be lieve that the slightest credence should attach to this rumour, or that the Sultan would prove so ungrateful to the Allies, and so unmindful of his own interests as to act in defiance of those who not only rescued him from im pending ruin, but re-established his authority to an extent beyond his most sanguine expectation. Or if gratitude failed of its proper influence, we cannot believe be would be so recklessly insane as to place himself in a position wherein he must inevitably provoke from oce side or other fresh encroachments on his dominions. The Allied Powers, if not bound to give active aid to Me,hernet Ali, should his deposition from the Pacbalic of Egypt be persisted in by the Sultan, must at least remain neuter, and in this case we imagine the now chastened rebel would feel no reluctance to stake Egypt against Syria, and play what in sporting phrase is called " double or quits" with the Sultan, as the chances of war to which Thiers recently abandoned Syria. But should the Sultan prove so far disregardful of the re commendation of the Four, or we may now, including France, say the Five Great Powers of Europe, as to con. tinue the war after the objects for which it was undertaken have been accomplished, then, we say, the same necessity of preserving the peace and balance of power in &mope which made it imperative on the Powets, contracted by the Treaty of London, to interfere to check Mehemet Ali's usurpations, would render it no less imperative on the same parties either to put an end to the war by their intervention, or to make arrangements for the preserva tion of European peace under all contingencies of the conflict, and let both parties fight it out at their own risk. Let the Sultan, if he insist upon the deposition, once know the risk and chances under which he acts, and we doubt much if he would not be as anxious to bring the matter to a conclusion on the terms proposed as any of the contracting parties. He has already bad too much experience of the prowess of Mehemet Ali's arms, under the direction of the gallant Ibrahim, in Sy via, to be unreasonably solicitous for another trial. But for the in terference of Great Britain and the Allies, the question in which the Saltan is now said to refuse acquiescence would never have been submitted to his decision. Mehe met Ali would have relieved him of all the difficulty of doubt on the subject. Well content would be have been at the beginning of the conflict to have been secured even in the possession of Constantinople, Syria being regarded wily so far as it was essential to that object. If, however, in defiance of all these circumstances and contingencies, 'the' Sultan have really determined to rush upon his fate, there can be no doubt of the in stigation under which be acts. It is well known that Russia, as Thiers recently did, secretly encouraged and incited Mehemet Ali in his rebellion against the Porte. The less discreet, but more candid of the war party in France have, in the Chambers, openly pro leased a desire for Russian alliance. The war party in France broadly avows what the more crafty machinations of Russia would conceal, the policy of aggression. Their objects being, therefore, the same, it is but natural that both parties should, until they come in collision about the division of spoil, coalesce to the same end—war a tout prix. [hying, therefore, failed to embroil Europe by in citing Mehemet Ali against the Sultan, it is now by no means improbable that they seek the semblance of a cases by inciting the Sultan against Mehemet Ali. Rus• sin, scarcely less than the brigand France, which Thiers represented, has cause to be discontented with the successful manner in which British diplomacy based the incendiary designs and machinations of both parties. France refused to unite with England to force the Dardanelles if Russia made demonstrations against Constantinople. When Rus sia subsequently agreed with Great Britain on the Eastern q uestion, France refused co-operation, and isolated herself. The policy of Great Britain alone was direct, candid, and energetic throughout, and has reaped the result, at which, from its policy as well as manner of execution, all well. constituted minds must rejoice. It has been triumphantly successful, and should Russia or the brigand portion of France continue the same game, we have no doubt, if need require, of Great Britain being again aisle to give hem another taste of her quality. (From the Morning Herald.) The Globe expended, last night, a fair portion of its " philosophy " on certain positions which we laid down a few days ago, in reference to the condition of the more helpless of the class of labourers. Thus saith the Globe : We agree with the Repaid, that there is much distress, and wa\ t in hopes that with his illustrations' we shall have the remedy. In the meantime, what says our Con temporary to an experiment in the way of cheap bread ! " Here we have the tad equivoque of " cheap bread I" What does the Globe mean by " cheap bread ?" Does our Contemporary mean bread, that shall be " cheap " to the owners of fixed money incomes, or " cheap " to the order of labourers ? If the writer in the Globe shall answer, that he means bread that may be "cheap " to the labourer, then we reply that the only way to render bread really cheap" to the labourer, is to render labour " dear." But labour in England will not be rendered " dear " by repeal ing our Corn-laws, inasmuch as the soil of England furnishes the largest market for English labour, and secures to that la bour the highest price. The object of the Corn-law repealer' is, however, to throw out of cultivation the poorer soils of England—those very soils which cause the greatest de mand for labour, and, which, consequently, impart to la bour its highest value. By repeating the Corn-laws, then, you may throw the poorer English soils out of culti vation—and by throwing these poorer soils out of cultiva tion, you may, for a time, " cheapen" bread ; but you will, in fact, have " cheapened" bread only to the rich man. Labour must, of necessity, be " cheapened," before bread can be " cheapened ;" and labour must, in the nature of things, be " cheapened" by a repeal of the Corn-laws, far more than bread, inasmuch as a repeal of the Corn-laws would cause no " glut" of food, while it would cause, as suredly, a " glut" of labour. By " cheap" bread, the Globe, like all the other advocates of free trade, means breed that shall be cheap" to the owners of fixed money incomes. To repeal the Coro-laws, would be to lower the value of British labour, by narrowing the widest and most prAtable of our national labour-markets. But to lower the value of labour, is to increase the value of money. To r epeal the Corn-laws would, therefore, be simply to en hance the power of money—to render, in other words, bread " cheaper" to men, to whom it is " cheap" enough lready. WOOLWICH -TU ESDAY. ROYAL ARTILLERY-GENRRAL ORDER, DEC. 2, 1840.. The Honourable Board of Ordnance having had their attention called to the travelling claim of an officer de tached on service, in which an extra charge is made on ac count of a deviation from his direct route, for the purpose of putting himself in communication with another officer agreeably to orders, the Board, by their letter, dated Nor. 18, 1840, s. 650, have directed that in all such cases i■ future the word personal should be expressed in the orders or instructions when a personal communication is intended, in order to prevent journeys when a written communica tion would answer the purpose. GENERAL ORDER, DEC. 4, 1840. Second Lieutenant G. Builel is transferred from Major Rawnsley's company, 4th battalion, to Captain Rowland's company, 9th battalion; and Second Lieutenant Cookbon from Captain Rowland's company, 9th battalion, to Major Rewnsley's company, 4th battalion. By order of the Master-General, (Signed) H. D. ROSS, Colonel, Dep. Adj.-Gen. Captain James'a company, 4th battalion, embarked at three o'clock this afternoon in the Numa transport-ship lying o ff the Royal Arsenal, Woolwich, and will sail nel. tide for Malta. This company is sent out to relieve Lieut.- Colonel Chesney's company, 4th battalion, who have now been upon that station twelve years, being double the usual period. The general lime occupied by companies of the Royal Artillery abroad is five years in the West Indies, six years at Gibraltar, Malta, and in North America, and tau years in Ceylon. ROYAL ARSENAL. --The Sir James Kemp, Ordnance sloop sailed yesterday from Woolwich, with a number of guns, two howitzers, with carriages and ammunition wag gons complete, 300 shot-boxes, and 160 cases of powder, for the purpose of being transhipped at Portsmouth for service. COURT CIRCULAR Yesi.erday at thice o'clock the ceremony of 7.Churcning the Queen, was performed in her Majesty's private apart ment, at Buckingham Palace, by his Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury. There were present only his Royal High ness Prince Albert, the Duchess of Kent, the Lady in Waiting, and the Deputy Clerk of the Closet. His Royal Highness Prince Albert, attended by Sir Edward Bowater, visited the Duchess of Kent yesterday, at Itigestre House, Belgreve-square. The Duchess of Kent visited her Mejesty and Prince Albert, on Monday evening, at Buckingham Palace. Among the inquirers yesterday at the Palace were—the Saxon Minister, the Duchess of Inverness, Earl of Pem broke, Viscountess Palmerston, Lady F. Cowper, Lord Glenelg, Lord Monteagle, Hon. Charles Gore, Hon. Mrs. Stapleton, Hon, Miss Eden, Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence. The Earl of Minto has arrived in town hem Scotland. Lord Adolphus Fitzclarence has left town, on a visit to the Marquis of Anglesea, at his seat, Beaudesert, Staffordshire. The Judicial Committee of her Majesty's Privy Council sat yesterday, and resumed the hearing of the appeal from the Cape of Good Hope, Alexander M'Donald and Mi chael Van Breda, v. the Hon. J. Bell, C. 8., Secretary to Government on behalf of the Colonial Government. The Solicitor-General concluded his address for the the respondent, and was followed on the same side by Mr. Wiehtman. Mr Martin was heard in reply. The Court broke up soon after four o'clock, without giving judgment. In the early part of the sitting a motion to wi , hdr•w was made in Menburn a. Loxdale, from Bri tish Guiana. FINE ARTS. - , THE WEATHER. —Yesterday evening the mer cury decended to 22 and this morning at slim: o'clock in the open air it stood at 24. There was again this morn ing a elieht fall of snow ; the wind still blows from the N. E. and the day is intensely cold. In some situations the ice is upwards of two inches in thickness, but on the Serpentine, where the Humane Societya men are busy in preparing for work, it is very thin. There can be no skating there fur some days to come. DESTRUCTIVE FIRE IN FINSBURY.—On Tuesday morning the house of Mr. Thomas Helme, carver and gilder, No. 28, Paul-street, was almost de stroyed by fire. It commenced about two o'clock, sad meseengers being sent to the fire stations, the arrival of engines quickly followed. Abundance of water was ob taieed, but it appeared to have very little effect 'aeon the flamme as, in a short time, the whole of a very valuable stock in the yard, together with several workshops, were consumed. It was feared that the house of Mr. Williem Rowland, No. 32, Mark-street, which adjoins Mr. Helene's, would be also destroyed, but through the intrepidity of the firemen and police it was saved, The first floor and the back of the house of Mr. Whittaker, cabinet-maker, suffered considerably ; and Mr. William Bedell's, No. 34, in the same street, was seriously dameged. The fo!- lowing is the official account of the damage done. lir. Kafure, Paul-street, dwelling-house saved, and stock of shop and timber-yard totally consumed—insured in the Pocenix for one third of his loss. Mark-street, Mr. Row land's, Ne. 32 ; furniture damaged by removal—not in sured. Mr. Whittaker, cabinet-maker, house damaged, and hack premises and stock partly destroyed—not in sured. Mr. Bedell, No. 34, house damaged, arid furni tuie by removal—not insured. The origin of the fire is at present unknown. Amongst the officers who served on board the Charlotte, Sir Robert Stopford'a flag ship, at the late siege of Acre, was one of the sons of Sir Robert Peel. The gallant youth, who ranks as " mid," is understood during the whole period of his short service to have for warded to his distinguished father a faithful diary of all the events which have fallen under his notice, sad his narra tive of the affair at Acre is said to be peculiarly graphic and interesting. A citizen of Konigsberg, lately deceased, has left 25,000 thalers (125,000 f.) to be placed out at interest, which is to accumulate for 250 years, and then to be em ployed in the founding of an homoeopathic establishment. He has named a physician for the proposed foundation, whose salary of 2,000 thalers is to begin at once. ;MURDER AT ASHTON-UNDERLINE.— On Friday evening at six o'clock a diabolical murder was corn. mitted at Ashton, on the premises of Mr. Whitfield, a joiner and builder, within a few hundred yards of the very heart of the town. The murdered man, Benjamin Cooper, was at work with his brother James when a most terrific shot took place against the side of the shed in which they were. Benjamin Cooper, who was just in the act of stepping upon a log of wood, exclaimed, " Oh, James, I'm done for l" and reeled to the side of the saw pit. On examination of the spot, it was at once seen that some piece of fire arms of extraordinary calibre and di mensions had been discharged through the crevices of the shed, and had scattered a number of large slugs in all di rections. On probing the poor man's wounds it was found that two or three slugs of large size had entered his loins, and that one had penetrated as far as the pelvis. On re examining the shed it was discovered that another large slug had passed through two boards, and lodged in the roof of the adjoining shed. The wounded man moaned piteously, and frequently exclaimed, " Oh I what will be come of my wife and family," at the same time appearing quite convinced that he had not lung to live. This fact the surgeons felt it their duty to communicate to him, and hls statement was then taken in writing. Four persons have been apprehended. The atrocious act is supposed to have arisen out of revengeful feelings from the Coopers being believed to have been working for Mi. Whitfield at lower wages than arc sanctioned by " the Sawyers' Club." The club box, since the murder, has been seized. On the following morning the infernal roachiee, with which the diabolical act was committed, was found about thirty yards from the place where it was discharged. It is a piece of iron piping, about twenty inches long, with one enii piuged up with wood and melted lead. A touchimie had been filed and drilled into it, so as to form an awkward piece of artillery. It had been placed on a sloping bank close to the shed, and Cooper having been seen through the joints of the planks it was tired point-blank at him. The bore of the pipe was two inches in diameter, and it had re coiled about thirty yards. DIFFICULTY IN OBTAINING COMMON COUNCILMEN. -Last evening a meeting of the inhabitants of the ward of Portsokcn ens culled for the purpose of selecting fit and proper persons to be put in nomination on St.Thutuas's Day to represent this extensive and populous ward in the Court of Common Council. This ward has always returned five representatives to the Court of Com mon Ccutacil, but, by the late regulation of apportioning the number of representatives to the extent of the ward and the number of its inhabitants, there have been three added to the number, so that instead of five the inhabitants will have to elect eight Common Councilmen to represent them. Of the five members who at present represent the ward, two, namely, Mr. Negus and Mr. Hoard, have ex p. ossed their determination to resign, so that there will be five vacancies at the ensuing election ; but such appears to be the apathy on the part of the inhabitants on the subject that not a single person has been yet named as likely to offer himself for the appointment. On the contrary, many respectable inhabitants who have been solicited to el:ow the mselvcs to be put in nomination for the honour have decline d, so that at present the office of Common Coun cilman, at least in this ward, appears at a discount. To many of the inhabitants of this ward who recollect the fierce contests that have invariably taken place, the large sums of money expended in such contests, and the efforts made to reject Mr. Michael Scales front the representation of the ward, though in a few months afterwards he obtained a considerable majority of the votes of the freemen for Alderman, the circumstance appears an extraordinary ano maly. At the hour appointed for meeting there were scarcely twenty persons in the room, and Mr. Deputy Tears having taken the chair, a resolution was proposed, seconded, and carried for adjourning the meeting to a fu ture day. DISTRESSING SUICIDE.—A young lady, the daughter of a rich proprietor at St. Morenvilliers, near Mont dither, in France, being crossed in love, and pressed to give her consent to a marriage repugnant to her inclinations, endeavoured to drown herself sonic time since in a deep marsh on her father's property. From this she was extri cated by some of the servants of the family, and became apparently reconciled to life. A few days after, however, she leaped into a well, and fell so perpendicularly that she did not sustain the slightest injury, her petticoats serving as a sort of parachute. Shortly afterwards she was heard to utter plaintive cries, and the domestics ran to save her a second time. It was a draw-well, and the rope was un fortunately so bad that no one liked to trust to it. While they went to procure another and a sounder rope, the un fortunately young lady's under-garments became saturated with the water, and ceased to present any further obstacle to hi r submersion. But the irresistib e instinctive tenacity of lite bud by this time succeeded to the suicidal resolution, and the poor girl cried out in her despair, " Save m e, save me I" It was unhappily too lute. When the fresh rope was obtained, and the descent effected, she was a corpse. On Tuesday evening the General Steam Navi gation Company's vessel the John Bull arrived from Ham burgh with Friday's mail, and papers of the same date. A FRIEND TO THE POOR.—On Tuesday, at the Mar 'cholla Pol i c e Court, the Sitting Magistrate, Mr. Raelins.oe, received from an unknown hand a sum of money, with a note , of which the following is a copy Th'c donor of the enclosed 10/. presents his compliments to Mr. Rawlinson, and begs he will favour him by distri buting the amount amongst such poor and destitute per sons as may from time to time a p pear before him, and whom lie may consider deserving of aid, and that he will add to the obligation by noticing, the receipt in some one of the public journals.—( Signed) "the ear ly psrt of last winter an enclosure was forwarded to the same Mapistrate for the a b o ve praiseworthy doubt, the gift of the same kind - he artcd individual, &eject, and war, no also on that occasion adopted the signature " P." PORTRAIT OP THE QUEEN. Hodgson "aid Graves, London, Is4o. Of all the portraits of her Majesty with which the public are familiar—and we need scarcely add that they are numerous as " autumnal leaves that strove the brooks of Vallambrosa"—decidedly the most striking is the celebrated one by llayter, which represents the Queen seated in the Imperial Dalmatie robes on the throne of homage in West minster Abbey, and is at present in the col lection at Windsor Castle. This fine portrait is now engraved by Ryall ; and as a spirited, highly finished work of art it deserves all the praise that can be bestowed on it. Nothing can surpass the rich and lustrous effects that Mr. Ryall has imparted to his draperies, which he has so adroitly disposed, that, ample and weighty as they are, fold within fold, they do not in the slightest degree in terrupt the view of her Majesty's figure, which is seen in all its symmetrical proportions. The countenance is so true to life that there cannot be a possibility of mistaking it ; but there is an air of royal, and perfectly unaffected, dig nity thrown into it, that we have missed in many of the portraits of the Queen. The clear, full, expressive eye, the slightly aquiline nose, the high and open forehead, which bespeaks such frankness and intelligence of character, the delicate and clearly defined shadings of the neck, the elegantly moulded arms, and figure just sufficiently plump and rounded to convey the idea of perfect har mony of proportion ; to all this, the artist has done every justice, and indeed has produced a like ness well worthy to appear in a Royal gallery of paintings. That the picture will be highly popu lar we have not the slightest doubt, for it pourtrays her Majesty while in the act of fulfilling one of the most solemn duties of a Queen ; and the look of reflection—indeed, we might almost say, of pen siveness—with which her countenance is gently shaded, adds greatly to the interest with which every loyal subject cannot fail to regard the portrait. PORTRAIT OF THE DUKE, OF WELLING TON BIS ROBES AS CHANCELLOR OF THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD. Hodgson and Graces, London, 1840. This is, w e believe, the first authentic portrait that has appeared of the Duke of Wellington as Chancellor of the University of Oxford. It is en , . graved by Pl4illips, from an original painting by Briggs ; is a full-length, and represents his Grace seated in his state chair on a slightly raised plat form, attired in his official robes, his left leg, which is encircled by the Order of the Garter, resting on a low foot-stool. Close beside him is a reading desk, covered with what seems to be black fringed velvet, on which lie some sheets of a Uni versity prize poem, of course, on the subject of Waterloo. The Duke's attitude is one remarkable for its ease and simplicity. The left hand, in par ticular, which rests on the knee, and just touches it with the slightest possible pressure—as is evident from the drawing of the fingers —has the rare merit of being wholly flee from that stiffness and formality which we so often see thrown into a position which is meant to be one of perfeet repose. The drawing of the leg, too, more especially of the foot, is managed with exceed ing skill ; and the engraver has given all the effect that could be desired to the bright, glossy, and transparent hues of the silk stocking. Its peculiar glossiness, indeed, catches the eye at once, and proves the close attention that has been paid to the minutim of the picture. The likeness of the Duke is about the best we have seen ; and his figure, which appears somewhat full, is necessarily so, by reason of the flowing and cumbrous robes in which he is attired. We should not omit to notice the un commonly skilful manner in which every line and feature of the stern, thoughtful coun tenance are brought out into vivid relief by the deep, black mass of shadow immediately behind. How true is the expression of the firm, close-shut mouth and thin lips, round which a sm ile would scarcely ever seem to have played The artist has caught, not merely the features, but the exact character, of the Duke's countenance, rivalling, in this respect, even the late lamented Lawrence. His Grace is certainly the sternest and most inexorable-looking Doctor of Civil Lams that ever wore the robes of a Chancellor of Oxford. We have often had him painted as a Doctor of Cannon Laws ; but this is the first really good likeness we have seen of him, as Arthur Wellesley, D.C.L. of the high Tory University of Oxford. As such, it is of no ordinary value ; and years hence, when nought remains of the illustrious Chancellor, but the memory of his mighty deeds arms, will be still more valuable than it now is. FIRE AT CHELSEA.—(FUKTHER PARTICU LABS.) —About nine o'clock the firemen succeeded in re moving the whole of the burning ruins, when amongst them they discovered what at first sight appeared to be a bundle of rags, but which, upon examination, turned out to be the remains of the unfortunate man, the brother of the landlord, who had been burnt to death. The only par- Lion which had escaped the flames was the chest. it was conveyed to the bonehiluse to await the Coroner's inquest. Nothing has as yet been ascertained as to the origin of the fire. Mr. Beale states that his wife and child were prov dentially on a visit at Islington. On Sunday night he closed the house about twelve o'clock, and went to brd, having first seen everything apparently safe, about one o'clock. He was awoke about two o'clock by Mrs. Winter, who slept in the adjoining room, knocking violently at the par. tition, and crying out " Fire," when ho effected his escape as has been described without saving a single ar ticle. James Hall, who was in bed with the unfortunate deceased, in one of the top rooms, states, that he went to bed about one o'clock, and had just dropped into his first sleep, when he was awoke by the deceased calling out. Being half asleep, be only caught the word " fire," and seeing the room dark, said, " Non. sense ;" but at that instant be smelt fire, when he jumped out of bed and ran down stairs. The smoke was, howevcia so dense that be was unable to proceed further than the landing of the first floor, where he ran against some person ; whom he then believed to be the deceased, but who afterwards groved to be Mr. Burchell, to whom he called out to get to the front of the house, and he re turned upstairs and got out of the front window on to the signboard, as has been described. He is not aware, from i the state of alarm in which he was, whether the deceased followed him from the room, or whether he even got out of bed. HAYMARKET THEATRE.—Mr. Archer, the box book-keeper of the above theatre, took his benefit on Monday, and mustered an audience only second in num bers to that which congregated on the first performance of Sir E. Bulwer's comedy of Money, which was on this oc casion chosen as the chief attraction. It was succeeded by the revived drama of The Children its the Wood, in which Mr. Wallack sustained his old character of 11' alter with a great deal of natural acting, and completely carried with hirt the feelings and sympathies of the audi ence. Miss P. Horton played th e part of Josephine with propriety. 0. Smith revelled in his ancient villainy as Oliver, and Oxberry took Baby Gabriel under his own particular patronage, making him more Oxberry than Ga• briol atter all. We must say a gond word in praise of the precocious cleverness with which Master George Webster and Miss France played the children in the wood. The iittle buy could not have been more than six years old, but he came on with the self-possession and courage of an old stager, and went through his part with determination and energy, retaining the natural innocance and simplicity of childhood at the same time. Bob Short concluded the performances. The house was crowded to the slips. NEW CODE OF SIGNALS ON THE GREAT WESTKRN RAILWAY. —The whole of the engine drivers, stokers, guards, conc!uctors, and other persons employed on the railway throughout the line, were assembled atthe engine-house of the Paddington station last week, when a new code of signals, prepared by Mr. Brunel, the engineer in-chiet to the Company, were fully explained to them by that gentleman, arid several of the signals were put into practical operation. A special train was sent from the Paddington to the Faringdon-road station, to convey the engineers, stokers, guards, &c., at that end of the line to town. By the adoption of the ne A' code, distinct and it'll madaate intimation will be given to the engine drivers and eters of the least obstruction along the line. THE ARMY.-11tELAND. The troop of the 6th Dragoons, from Athlone, marched on Saturday for Holtymount, where it will arrive on Tues day, and be stationed in aid of the civil power during the approaching election for Mayo. Lieut.-Colonel Smith having left Athlone on leave of absence, the duties of Assistant Adjutant-General of the Royal Artillery in the western district will be performed by Major England, R. A. in the Lieut.-Colonel's absence. The first division of the 22d Regiment embarked at the North Wall this day on board the Mersey steam-vessel, and sailed for Liverpool. The remainder of the regiment will embark as soon as arrangements can be made for its conveyance. The 22d will preceed by railroad, en route to Chatham, and will embark for Bombay early next month. DUNBAR.—At a meeting of the Magistrates and Council of this Burgh, held on the 25th ult., the Report of the Committee on the New Fishery Harbour was read, embracing a plan for enlarging - the present llarbour, and making it capable of containing 1,500 boats with about 700 feet of additional quays for vessels, which being duly considered received the unanimous approval of the Board, and the Committee were empowered to take proper and immediate steps for endeavouring to carry it into execution. The addition will not in any way in terfere with the Harbour of Refuge—a plan for which is, also, under consideration—but be of benefit to it. This Harbour has lately been visited by several scientific gentle men both of the naval and engineering departments, and all have given it as their opinions, that there is no place between this and the North Foreland which has more ca philtre for formiag a Harbour of Refuge than it has ; for even frigates or ships of the line might enter and lie afloat at all times of the tide, there being five fathoms at low water within the line of rocks or, which the pier or breakwater is proposed to be built. CIIEAP FLOUR V. A SMALL LOAF.—nour is now at a lower price at Bridgwater than it has been for man y years, and yet the bakers keep up the price of bread. They roust not, .therefore, be surprised that poor men are turning attention to the best mode of supplying themselves with a good loaf at a moderate price. We are informed that a preliminary meeting has already taken place, with a view of torming a company, to be called The Bread and Flour Company," i it E.111..ar to those which have beet, formed in other large towns. The capital to be raised in small shares by working men, for the sole object of having go od bread at a moderate price. We give the bakers this early intimation of the fact, a nd hope, for their sakes, that they will immediately, not only lower their prices, but do all in their power to improve the qu ility of the bread they sell, and thus prevent the establishment of such a formidable rival. Bt2tore the formation of such a Company a nongst the working men at Plymouth, for the supply of coals, they usually paid from lets. to 305. per ton : they now get as much as they require for 21s. per ton.—Somerset Gazette. CLERIC.A 1, INTELT,IGENCF,. - PREFERMENTS t Mer - t, v T o The Rev; H. - Middleton has been instituted by the Bishop of Winchester to the vicarage of Barton Stacey, vacant by the death of the late dean, Dr. Rennell, on the presentation of the. Dean and Chapter of Winchester Ca thedral. The Rev. Wm. Fitzwilliam Wharton, M.A., has been instituted by the Lord Bishop of Ripon, to the rectory of ng. Barningb4m. in the North Ridit, of the county of York. on the presentation of the Lord Chancellor. The Rev. John Wilson, M. A., vicar of Deeping Saint James, has bt en collated by the Lord Bishop of Lincoln to the living of Wigtoft-cum-Quadring, Lincolnshire. The Rev. Stafford Browne has been nominated incum bent of the new church at Studley, in the parish of Calne, by the Vicar, in whom the nomination is vested for the time being. The Hon. and Rev. G. T. Noel, to the vicarage of Romsev, Hants, vacant by the cession of the Rev. Wm. Vasa. B. D., late Fellow of Balliol College. Patrons, the Dorn and Chapter of Winchester. The Rev. Thomas Fogg, to the perpetu , l curacy of Her., by Chapel, in the p,..rish of Mellim.t. Lancashire, on the presentation of Punsey Dawson, Esq., of Hurnby Castle. The Rev. Wm. Barlow, Prebend of Chester, to the rectory of Northenden, Cheshire, on the presentation of the Dean and Chapter. The Rev. John Holbeche Short, to the perpetual curacy of Whittle-le. Woods, in the pariah of Leyland. The Rev. Walter Gibbs, to the perpetual curacy of St. Pcter's Church, Halliwell, in the parish of Dean, Lanca shire ; on the presentation of the Trustees. The Rev. Joseph Wood, to the perpetual curacy of All Saints Church, Clayton-le-Moors, Lancashire, on the pre sentation of the Trustees. The Rev. Henry Holmes, to the perpetual curacy of St. Catherine's, Upper Tanmere, in the county of Ches ter, en the rresentation of the Rev. Robert Mosley FieldLn, rector of Bebbington. The Rev. \V. M. Meyler, to the curacy of Present, Lancashire, on the nomination of the Rev. C. J. G. Dritlield, vicar. Tr - e Rev. Thomas Boydell, presented to the rectory of Coddington, by the Dean and Chapter of Chester. OBITUARY. The Rev. Robert Parry Sidney, 8.D., late fellow of Jesus College, and rector of Longworth, Berk. At Ilagley, of a fever, to which two of his children bad previously fallen victims, Rev. J. M. Kirby, B. D., second master of the Grammar School, Stourbridge, Worcester shire, and formerly of Boston. Aged 54, the Rev. C. L. Bermell, Curate of Fairford, late Lecturer of St. Mary's Redcliffe, Bristol, and son of the late Mr. Benwell, of Minster-street, R”ading - . At the advanced age of 82, the Rev. Wm. Leonard, Incumbent of Hardwick and Curate of Hethe, Ox fordshire. At Castlecomer, the Rev. William Henry Hughes, A.M., Curate of the late Dean of St. Patrick's, in the parish of Castlecomer. FROM LAST NIGHTS GAZETTE. WHITEHALL, DEC. 14, 1840. The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the Seal appointed by the Treaty of Union to be made use of in place of the Great Seal of Scotland, nominating and appointing John Hamilton Earl of Stair to be Keeper of the said Seal, in the room of George Duke orArgyll, deceased. The Lord Chancellor has appointed Francis Campion, •f Thorne, Yorkshire, Gent. ; John Hardcastle Mousley, Derby, Gent. ; Edward Hailstone, Bradford, Yorkshire, Gent. ; and T. Griffiths, Bishop's Castle, Shropshire, Gent., to be Masters Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. WAR-OFFICE, DEC. 1.5. Ist Regiment of Dragoon Guards—Ensign L. Little, from the 14th Foot, to be Cornet, by purchase, vice, Wilkinson, who retires, Dec. 15. 4th Regiment of Dragoon Guards—H. J. B. Tower, Gent. to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Simons, who retires Dec. 15. 2d Regiment of Dragoons—B. W. Ramsay, Gent. to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Craven, promoted, Dec. 15. 7th Regiment of Light Dragoons—Captain T. E. Campbell, to be Major, without purchase, vice Biggs, deceased • Lieu tenant T. Paterson to be Captain, vice Campbell, N ov. 4. 13th Regiment of Light Dragoons—Lieutenant E. R. Read, from the half-pay of the Regiment, to be Lieutement, vice Wint, deceased, Dee. 13. 14th Regiment of Light Dragoons—R. H. S.- Barry, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Dawson, promoted, Dec. 15. Ist or Grenadier Regiment of Foot Guards—Ensign and Lieut. J. A. Udny to be Lieutenant and Captain, by purchase, vice Viscount Cantilupe, who retires; M. Bruce, Gent. , to be Ensign and Lieutenant , purchase, vice Udney, Dec. 15. Scots' Fusilier Guards—.l. G. T. Sinclair, Esq., (Page of Honour to the Queen Dowager) to be Ensign and Lieutenant, without purchase, Dec. 15. Ist Regiment of Foot—Lieut. A. Gardiner, from half-pay of the ‘..).d Garrison Battalion, to be Lieutenant, vise Butt, pro moted ; Ensign T. J. Parker to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Gardiner, who retires ; Ensign C. E. Davenport, from the 94th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Edgecumbe, who retires; S. G. A. Thursby, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Parker, Dec. 15. _ _ W. Hodgson, sizer. Lanzashire, Jan. 6, at eleven, at the Commissioners'-rooms, Manchester —A. Smelt, woollen draper, Melton Mow bray, Leicestershire, Jan. 13, at one, at the George Hotel, Melton Mowbray—J. Smith, joiner, Leeds, Jan. 10, at ten, at the Commissioners'-rooms, Leeds—T. Hop kins, carpet-manufacturer, Kidderminster, 'Worcestershire, Jan. S, at nine, at the Black Horse Inn, Kidderminster--A. Birks, linen-draper, Manchester, Jan. 9, at ten, at the Commission ers'-rooms, Manchester. CERTIFICATES—JAN. 5. W. Wilkinson, ironmonger, Bolton-le-Moors, Laneashirc—J. Burr, baker, Wells, Semeraetshire—E. Rowell, ootton-manu facturer, Manchester—T. Fox, carman, Alfred-place, Old- Kent-road—J. and E. Cockerell, wool-brokers, Basinghall street—H. Nieholes, confectioner, Piccadilly —M. Marks, car ver, Blackman-street, Southwark—N. Vyse, farmer, Nuthurst, Warwickshire. 2d Foot—Ensign J. H. Grant, from the 10th Foot to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Ralph, promoted ; Ensign G. E. A. Tobin, from the 11th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Dickinson, appointed to the 7th Foot ; Ensign D. W. G. James to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Honey wood, who retires; F. Gilden, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase', vice James, Dec. 15. _ . PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. J. Moseley and A. Farr, brewers, Sandbach, Cheshire—J. Clayton and C. Hart, woollen-warehousemen, Miik-street, Cheapside—J. Ronalds, R. Bowman, and J. Vernon ' ship builders, Aberdeen—M. A. Wright and E. M. Davels, school mistresses, Devonshire-place, Wandsworth-road—R. Fleet wood and J. E. Gairdner, appraisers, Judd-streer, Brunswick square—T. R. Hutton, I. Solly, jun., F. F. Quin, and J. Cum ming, slate-merchants, Prescelly, Pembrokeshire (so far as re gards T. R. Hutton) —J. Greenwood, W. C. Greenwood, and J. Greenwood, wool-staplers, Keighley, Yorkshire—R. Ash croft and J. Ashcroft, agents, Manchester—M. Cockin, T. Seamer, and J. F. Cockin, silk-manufacturers, Milk-street, Cheapside (so far as regards M. Cockin)—W. Dunkin and W. Watson, linen-drapers, Canterbury—J. and W-Evans, grocers, Hereford—C. Marshall and J. M. Pierson, brewers, Hitchin, Hertfoidshire—J. W. and C. J. Cotterell, painters, Manches ter-street, Gray's Inn-road—T. and J. Hilder, farmers, Salines ton, Sussex—J. and D. H. Collier, cotton twist-dealers, Mau chester—R. Moss and J. Bradfield, braziers, Bartholomew square, Old-street, St. Luke's—J. Knowles, H. Rodwell, G. R. Parker, J. T. King, and H. W. Eaton, silk-brokers, Throg morton-street—J. Woad, M. Holden, J. Johnson, W. NVorth ington, R. P. Hadfield, T. Firth, W. Johnson, E. Harrison, and E. Brown, F alt-manu fa et urer., Winsford, Cheshire.. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. FRANCIS W RIG HT, merchant, Edinburgh, Dec. 18 and Jan. 8, at e:cven, at the Royal Exchange Coffee-house, Edin burgh. DAVID HERON, ship-chandler, Glasgow, Dee. 28 and Jan. "5, at twelve, at the Black Bull Hotel, Glasgow. 4th Foot—Lieutenant J. Snodgrass to be Captain, by pur chase, vice Hilton, who retires; Ensign F. P. Haines to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Snodgrass; T. P. Roberts, Gent. to be Ensign, vice Haines * Dec. 15. sth Foot—Captain C. Jones, from half-pay of the York Chasseurs, to be Captain, vice Clane, appointed Paymaster ; Lieut. F. R. Pyner to be Captain, by purchase, vice Jones, who retires; Second Lieutenant W. J. Campbell to be First Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Pyner; H. V. Stephen, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Campbell, Dec. 15. ith Foot—Lieut. D. J. Dickinson, from the 2d Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Keane. appointed to the 33d Foot, Dec. 15. 9th Foot—Lieut. J. U. Vigors, from the Ceylon Regiment, to be Lieutenant, vice Farraut, promoted in the 69th Foot, Dec. 15. 10th Foot—Gentleman Cadet M. G. Mansel, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Grant, promoted in the 2d Foot, Dec. 15. 11 th Foot—Gentleman Cadet H. E. Montresor, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign without purchase, vice Tobin, promoted in the 2d Foot, Dec. 15. 13th loot—Lieutenant .1. H. Fenwick, to be Captain, by purchase, vice Debnam, who retires ; Ensign W. Williams to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Fenwick ; I. Head, Gent. to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Williams, Dec. 15. 17th Foot—Surgeon R. D. Smyth, from the 76th Foot, to be Surgeon, vice Milligan, who exchanges, Dec. IS. 22d Foot—Assistant-Surgeon A. Campbell, from the Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Grant, appointed to the Staff, Dec. 15. _ _ _ LAW INTELLIGENCE. VICE.C.HANCELLOR'S COURT, DEC i:I. 25th Foot—Capt. P. Browne, from the half-pay Unat tached, to be Captain, vice J. H. Cooke, who exchanges. re ceiving the difference ; Lieutenant S. Bristow to be Captain, by purchase, vice Browne, who retires ; Ensign J. Ogilvy to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Bristow ; H. E. S. Rudyerd, Gent., to be Ensigo, by purchase, vice Ogilvy, Dec. 15. 26th Foot—Lieutenant H. D. Williams ' from the 54th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Margary, who exchanges ; Lieutenant B. O'Brien, from the 2d West India Regiment, to be Lieu tenant, vice Alaule, promoted, Dee. 16. 33d Foot—Lieut. the Hon. J. A. Keane, from the 7th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Erskine, appointed Adjutant, Dec. 15. THE ATTORNEY GENERAL V. THE EAST INDIA C .),MPANY. This case ',lire before the Court upon demurrer, put in be the East India Company to the information and bill filed by the relators, who asserted th .mselves to be the trustees of a charity school at Ratcliffe, founded iu the fourterrith erntury by a gentleman named Nicholas Gib. son. 'I he obj , et of the infoimation and bl I was to have set aside a lease of certain land and-premises at R4teliffe, granted by the Coopers' Company, in 1770, for 260 years to the East India Company, on the ground that that lease was a violation of tlie trust under which the property was held. To this information and bill the Best India Com pany put in a demurrer for want of equity, and that c:e murrer was argued at considerable len;th both yesterday and to- day. His HoNovs, at the conclusion of the arguments today, ordered the demurrer to be allowed. 35th Foot—Major B. F. D. Wilson, to be Lieutenant-Co lonel, by purchase, vice Butler, who retires ; Captain J. Gordon, to be Major, by purchase, vice Wilson ; Lieutenant F. English to be Captain, by purchase ; Ensign T. Teulon, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice English ; H. Skinner, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Teulon ; Sergeant- Major G. Gore to be Quartermaster, vice J. Connon, who retires upon half-pay, Dec. 15. 86th Foot—Captain C. Ashmore to be Major, by purchase, vice L'Estrange, who retires, Dec. lb. 38th Foot—Gentleman Cadet G. Wilson, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Max well, Dec. 15. 39th 3 Foot, Lieutenant R. N. Tinley to be Captain, by pur chase, vice Inner, who retires ; Ensign J. C. Harvey to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice 'Tinley; J. 11. Archer, Gent. to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Harvey, Dec. 15. 40th Foot—P. W. Miller, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Little, appointed to the Ist Dragoon Guards, Dec. 15. 54th Foot—Lieut. J. IL Wheeler to be Captain, by pur chase, vice Wells, whoretires ; Ensign T. Mostyn to be Lieu tenant, by purchase, vice Wheeler, Dec. 15 ; Lieut A. R. Margery, from the 26th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Williams, who exchanges, Dec. 16 ; De la Poer Trench Bookey, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Mostyn, Dee. 15 ; J. C. H. Jones, Gent., to be Ensiby purchase, vice Dau benv, appointed to the 55th Foot, Dec.lJ 55th Foot—Lieutenant H. 111‘Gtiskill .s to . be Captain, by, pur- chase, vice Barrell, who retires ; Ensign .1: G. (.:.havy to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice M'Caslsill ; E. F. S. Dau beney, from the 54th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Schaw, Dec. 5. 57tk Foot—Ensign W. Ahmuty to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Junor, deceased, Aug. 25 ; Ensign H. B. Croker to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Ahmuty, whose promotion, by purchase, has been cancelled; J. Morphett, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Raikes, promoted in the 62d Foot, Dec. 15; J. E. D. 111•Carthy, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Croker, Dec. 16. 60th Foot—Second Lieutenant W. Butler to be First Lieu tenant, by purchase, vice Maxwell, who retires; H. Robin son, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Butler, Dec. 15. 62d Foot—Ensign F. T. Raikes, from the 57th Foot, to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice English, appointed to the 72d Foot, Dec. 15. 63d Foot—Ensign W. Kenny to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Crompton, who retires ; F. C. Annesley, Gent. to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Kenny, Dec. 15. 66th Foot—Captain C. H. Darling, from the half-pay Un attached, to be Captain, vice W. J. Crompton, who exchanges; Lieut. Le M. Carey to be Captain, by purchase, vice Darling, who retires ; Ensign J. H. B. Birch to be Lieutenant, by pur chase, vice Carey ; A. Blount, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur chase, vice Birch; Gent. Cadet M. M. Hammond, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without purchase, Dee. 15. 68th Foot—Lieut. W. Cross to be Adjutant, vice Johston, who resins the Adjutantcy only, Dec. 15. 69th oot—Lieut. S. E. Rolland, from the 98th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Coates, who exchanges, Dec. 15. 72d Foot—Captain the Hon. G. W. Edwardes, from half pay 14th Foot, to be Captain, vice L. X. Leslie, who ex changes; Lieutenant C. Moylan to be Captain, by purchase, vice Edwardes, who retires; Lieutenant J. T. J. English, from the 62d Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice O'Brien, promoted; Ensign G. R. Perceval to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Nloylan ; W. Parke, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Perceval, Dec. 15. 76th Foot—Surgeon W. Alilligan, M.D., from the 17th Foot, to be Surgeon, vice Smyth, who exchanges, Dec. 15. 77th Foot—Sergeant-Major Patrick M'Carthy to be Adju tant (with the rank of Ensign), vice Bradshawe. promoted, Dee. 15. 79th Foot.—Captain R. M'Cleverty, from 94th Foot, to be Captain, vice J. W. Dalgetty, who retires upon half-pay Un attached ; Dec. 15. 831 Foot—Lieut. T. J. St. Aubyn, to be Captain, by pur chase, vice Grey, who retires; Ensign C. W. Austen, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice St. Aubyn ; J. Foster, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, rice Austen, Dec. 15. 88th Foot—Lieutenant W. Mackie to be Captain, without purchase, vice Ellison, deceased, Dec. 2. 93d Foot—Ensign F. H. Crawford to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Neilson, who retires ; R. L. Ross, Gent. to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Crawford, Dec. 15. 94th Foot—Capt. J. Stoddard, from half-pay Unattached, to be Captain, vice M'Cleverty, appointed to the 79th Foot; T. C. Poole, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Daven port, appointed to the Ist Foot, Dec. 15. 97th Foot—Lieut. W. Boyd to be Captain, by purchase, vice Stannus, who retires : Ensign A. Padley to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Boyd ; A. J. Loftus, Gent. to be Ensign, by purchase,_ vice Padley, Dec. lb. 93th Foot —Lieut. W. Coates, from the 69th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Rolland, who exchanges, Dec. 15. 2d West India Regiment—Quartermaster J. Harpur to be Adjutant (with the rank of Ensign) vice Potts, who resigns the Adjutantcy only ; Sergeant-Major E. W. Irwin (Quarter master-General's Department in the West Indies) to be Quar tet master, vice Harpur, Dec. 15. 3d West India Regiment—A. 0. Creighton, Gent., to be Ensign. without purchase, vice Young, promoted to the 70th Foot ; J. Stewart, Gent., to be Assistant-Surgeon, Dec. 15. Ceylon Rifle Regiment—Second Lieutenant C. Garstin to be First Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Vigors, appointed to the 9th Foot, Dec. 15 ; Ensign H. Skinner, from the 35th Foot to be Second Lieutenant, vie Garstein, Dec. 16. BREVET.—Captain C. Jones, of the sth Foot, to be Major in the Army, Jan. 10. Captain P. Browne, of the 25th Foot, to be Major in the Army, Jan. 10. Brevet Lieut.-Colonels J. N. Colqiihoun, of the Royal Ar tillery, and R. C. Alderson, of the Royal Engineers, to have the local rank of Lieutenant-Colonel, in a particular service, from Oct. 9. To have the local and temporarf rank of Major, on a par ticular Service—G. F. Herman, Esq. ;W. L. Freestun, Esq., Dec. 15. STAFF.—Staff Assistant Surgeon J. Stewart, to be Assis tant-Surgeon to the Royal Military College, vice Smyth, pro moted in the 76th Foot, Dec. 15. Moslem/a. ST) FF.—Assistant-Surgeon R. J. G. Grant from the 22d Foot, to be Assistant-Surgeon to the Forces, vice M‘Credie, deceased; H. O'Hara, Gent. to be Assistant, Surgeon to the Forces, vice F. W. Grant, deceased, Dec. 15. 111Emoitatinusr—The Christian names of Ensign Mills, of he 89th Regiment, are William Huntley. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH, DEC. 1.5. (Before Mr. Baron GOKNEY and a Common Jury.) BENHAM V HARDIER AND OTHERS.—LIBEL. This was an action for libel brought by the Rev. Spencer Benham, Baptist Minister. of Rickmansworth, against the proprietors of the Weekly Dispatch newspaper. The defendants pleaded a justification. The aileged libels which were published ie three several ninebeie of the Dis patch, charged the plaintiff with conduct unbecoming a clergyman—that he bad horsewhipped his slife, had sepa rated himself from her, and had committed adultery with a young female residing in his house, and that all the re. spectable part of his congregation had left him. Mr. Kelly and Mr. Humphreys appeared for the plain t fr, and Mr. Thesiger and Mr. Cook for the defendants. Mr. KELLY having eddie used the Jury at considerable length for the plaintiff, and expatiated upon the enormity of publishing such vile slanders upon a minister of the Gospel, then proved the publication of the paper and its application to the plaintiff. Mr. TIIESIGER then addressed the Jure for the defen dants, and in the course of his speech stated that the plaintiff hat: been originally a shoemaker, and his wife kept a grocer's shop. He then proceeded to state the facts which were afterwards given in evidence as a justifi cation of the statements contained in the paper. He also read several extracts from a pamphlet published by the plaintiff, intitled " The Pastor's Vindication from the aspersions of false bretinen and the fancies of weak bretl.ren," in which the plaintiff admitted having heree• whipped his wife and separated Irons her. Some of the passages the Learned Counsel designated as °filthy end disgusting," while others convulsed the Court with laughter. Jobe Hill proved the publication of the pamphlet by the plaintiff. Thomas Jolley—l was a deacon of plaintiff's congree gation at Rickmansworth. The plaintiff formerly worked as a shoemaker. I recollect Miss Dover being received into the Baptist congregation. That step displeased her friends, and she wen , 'e, live with the plaintiff. The shop was given up to Miss Dover's mabagement. I heard something of rough music having been played for the plaintiff, and went to ask him about it. I was present at the Chapel when Mr. Benham spoke about the rough music. hie then said he bad hit his wife a time or two with the whip. That she was not his wife in the eyes of God, bet only by the paltry laws of his country. I have left plaintiff's congregation since then, as I did not approve of his conduct. Mr. King, who bad been a geacon for nine years, publicly gave up his office before the congregation, for the same reasons. I knew the room Mrs. Benham lived in, and I thought it unfit for a female to live in. I never saw any se naptovas of derangement in Mrs. Benham. John Temple—l ten a shoemaker at Rickmansworth. I have attended the plaintiff's chapel, and was teacher at his Sunday school. I remember Miss Dover coming to live at plaintiff's house. Plaintiff and his wife always ap peared to live very comfortably. They bad, besides the Sunday school, a grocer's shop. I gave up attending the plaintiff's Sunday school, because I was ashamed to go any longer in consequence of the reports that were circu latcd. The i laintiff, in the course of his sermon on one occasion, referred to the " rough music," and the annoy ance it had given him during the week. He said it was through beating his wife—that he had given her a gentle stripe or two. lie said he was not married to Mrs. Bee ham by the laws of God, but only by the paltry laws of his country. He said he should put her away, and never live with her any more. That was all said in the course of his sermon. I have read " The Pastor's Vindication." On the following Sunday plaintiff said he should break up his 1 church, and form it anew on the following Sunday. As 1 so many of the members were leaving, he wished to know who were his real followers. The following Sunday he did break up the congregation, and formed a new one. I did not: join the new one, nor did I attend the chapel. Cross-examined—Mr. Jolley, the last witness, married my sinter; plaintiff' may have said something of his wife's violence, but I can't recollect. Mary Beesum—l am the wife of a gardener, and went to reside at Rickmansworth in 1836. 1 became a member of plaintiff's Baptist congregation. I went to live with Mrs. Slade, the aunt of Miss Dover. Plaintiff and his wife appeared to live very comfortably together. I lived for some time with plaintiff and his wife. I was living with Mrs. Fitch when Miss Dover went to live at plain. tiff's. I called on one occasion at plaintiff's on my way to chapel, and found Mrs. Benham crying. I had a conver sation with plaintiff in the course of the same defy, and begged of him above all things to behave well to his wife. He said something of his wife being deranged; he men tioned something of liypochondriasis. I dined with them that day, and Miss Dover took the head of the table. Mrs. Benham was treated by her husband as a mere cipher. I saw no symptoms whatever of insanity in Mrs. Benham. In consequence of whet I saw on that occasion, 1 wrote a letter to Miss -D. I /timecards went to live again with plaintiff and his wife. They slept in a double-bedded room. I slept with Fanny Do ver. I saw Mrs. B. prevented from entering the shop. Be sham read the pl S ai e n r t i i p fi tu a r n es d n F m a r n n n in y g D a o n v d e r evening Her daughter locked the door on her. I have heard Mr. Mrs. B. was sometimes obliged to leave the room in con toFnctfic;neant;ioenDr . Dover e s l a r :a a n v h d e irn A o t f r vi t . e i l t ß i ll , B. his n i it s sitting close n c r g l o o u s i n e n d t t t e l J e t seemence of the hugging a a loudly e. together. t e he r r o 0. neck. room, In haves ee cuen seen them with their legs crossed when we were all sit ting together at the fire. When Mrs. Benham saw this, - ------_ she cut up and left the room. Mr. Benham then said, D ECLARATION OF INSOLVENCY. " We have offended again," and they laughe d. I have EDWIN EDMONDS ROUSE , stationer , W o rcester. he a r d plaintiff say his wife was very fond, too fend of hint. BANKRUPTS. I siiiil,e to plaintiff about his freedom with Fanny Dover, THOMAS TREHERNE, upholsterer, Oxford-street, to surrender Dec. 22 and Ja n. 26, at twelve, at the Court of her, what difference was that. I r ecollect leaving plaintiff Bankruptay. Abbott , official assi g nee; Pain and Hatherly, and he said if hi s arms were round her neck , o r if he kissed and Fanny Dover sitting together when I went to bed be- Great Marlborough-street. tweeta s about two, and he said the Jan. 26, at eleven , at the Court of Bankru p tc y . Graham, Ba- t o bed. Plaintiff said it JOHN HALLWAY, block-maker , Wapping , Dec. 28 andw 10 and 11. It was ne ar three when the p laintiff went singhall-street, official assignee; Stevens and Co., Queen- reason they sat u p so late was, her coming to bed at all street, Cheapside. Scripture.: I cannot recollect that he was telling her tho man ury, am CHARLES CLUTTERBUCK , lice nsed victualler, Chan- 'that night. When the Charlewood chapel was given up, dos-street, Covent-garden, Dec. 22 ' at twelve, and Jan. 26, at the Market-house was fitted up as a chat a , and Mr. Ben eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Green, Alder h b and his official assignee • Ablett, Newcastle-street, Strand. • d frequently found plaintiff and Miss Dover 'acra there, an family removed there. 1 have called upon CHARLES ' HAWKINS, draper, Tottenham-court-road, t her. Mrs. Benham was seldom in the company of Dec 23, at one, and Jan. 26, at eleven, at the Court of Bank- "gethusband, and was very unhappy. I spoke to Miss ruptcy- Johnson, Basinghall-street, official ass i gnee ; Ashurst, he.- husband, a b ou t this. Mr. Benham's love to Miss Dover ap.. C he LEWIS JOSEPH SMI TH and PHILIP S U MMERS, apside. P eered to increase. I was at the anniversary dinner in and fancy stationers, Tabernacle- walk, Finsb ur y Dec. 30, at two , 1838. Fanny Dover wa i te d on the com p a ny and Jan. 26, at twelve, at the Court o f Bankruptcy. Lacking ton, Coleman-street-buildings, off ic i a l ass i gne e ; Th o mas and Yonge, Tokenheuse-yard. tjhuenne sat be , side plaintiff. Mrs. Benham sat Near the e; her husband paid her no attention whatever . foot o f the tab: Pl a i n tiff after that became somewhat reserved towards me, WILLIAM PORDEN KAY, Bedford s t r eet, Conamer- .end told me not to sit in his p ew. I had a letter from vial-road, Stepney, and EDWARD NICHOLAS - KEN- plaintiff relative to MiS3 Dover, and spoke to him about DALL, Greenwich, brewers, Jan. 2 and 26, at t welve, at the it ; I said I thought he held her in too high estimation. Court of Bankrupt c y. Edwards, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry, official assignee; Shoubridge, Southsquare, Gray's Inn. WILLIAM JONES, butter-dealer, Tregaren, Cardigan- Yu October, 1838, I called at plaintiff's, and Mrs. Ben. ham appeared then very uncomfortable. I went up stairs with her to her bed-room, and found plaintiff and Fanny EVENING EDlTlAvii4('' --- 4' ii).• shire, Dec. 21 and Jan. 26, at twelve, at the WY/matey Hotel, Aiachynlleth, Montgomeryshire. Cuvelii,,..`4ll4ieek t : and Hall. Southampton-buildings, Chancery-lane, Liiknitohr Kough and Saxton, Shrewsbury. HENRY FOOT, tailor, Horrabridge, Devonshi4l:44,l4lsAtu and Jan. at. ten, at Whiddon's Hotel, Plymouth. Little - and Woolcumbe, or Little, Devenport ; Sole, Aldermanbury, Lender!. JOHN COCKIIILL, shopkeeper, Almondbury, Yorkshire, Dee. 31 and Jan. 26, at ten, at the Pack Horse Inn, Hudders field. Battye, Fisher, and Sudlow, Chancery-lane, London ; Stephenson, Holmfirth, near Huddersfield.EDWAßD JONES, ironmonger, Wrexham, Denbighshire, Dec. 29 and Jan. 26, at ten, at the Wynn stay Arms Inn, Wrexham. Rickards and Walker, Lincoln's Inn-fields, Lon don ; Foster, Wolverhampton. WILLIAM GILLEY WILDE, tanner, Ross, Hereford shire, Dec. 28 and Jan. 26, at half-past nine, at the la,aufort Arms Inn, Monmouth. \Vansey and Tagart, Ely.place, Hol born, London ; Hassell, Bristol. JAMES HUNTER KELLETT. cabinet-maker, Myer ston, Lancashire, Jan. 2, at eleven, at tie King's Arms Inn, Westmorland, and Jan. 26, at twelve, at the Cross Keys Inn, Milnthorp; Westmorland. Makinson and Sandcrs, Elm-court, Temple, Londod ; Pestlethwaite, Ulverston. DIVIDENDS. At the Court of Bankruptcy, 13a,inghall-street. R. Brainley, bill-broker, Shorter's-court, City, Jan. 8, at twelve—T. Carter, tailor, Cheapside, Jan. 7, at twelve. In the Country. 5. \r