The Sun. — London, England, 1840-12-18 00:00:00

EVEN ING EDITION.' "II procession a failure, we by no means stand 1 40ae. The following arc the remarks of the Morning Chronicle upon this subject : It seems ungracious for an Englishman to pronounce the funeral ceremonies and procession of Napoleon's se cond bu r i a l a f a il ure ; and yet, decidedly it was so. There was no enthusiasm sh6wn by the mob, by the o. ilitary, or even by the better classes who filled the in terior of the Invalides. The crowd every where was le ttuense, and never was greater curiosity displayed, but e °,riosity was the strongest sentiment. Nor was t he ad :aration for the hero, who carried the glory of Fr ench of go fa r , a t a ll able to compete with a temperatu re i tea deg rees below freezing. There was nothing in the Pageant to excite or compensate for a lack of spon -7 er eous enthusiasm. The funeral car was certainl y in Y fine, an d v er y much begilded ; the accompany dg troops were brilliant, and both art and nature had ire mu c h f or the avenues through which it pas sed. modern processions are poor things ; and that of NflPoleon's funeral much poorer than a modern : proces e„roieht be made. The Church , especially the Ca -4 Church, might add much to the grandeur o f a cecessio n . I n the procession of the 15 th, the Church tiitt merely represented by the almoner in one poor ttl e two-horsed coach. Perhaps the vases which urged on eac h s id e m i g ht be considered as appertain jl))3"° the religious part of the ceremony ; but th e ir ap ,4lrance was as poor as the fl a mes which rose from them, t '4 to short, religion was not represented. The Morning Post likewise observes : This, great affair was a signal failure , whethe r re t4 tel in a political point of view, or as a mere spec ,e'e. It is evident that the Parisian population look ed tee revolutionary p rocess i on w ith th e u t mos t indifference, and that e rev o l ut i onary l ea d ers , who had abandoned the in tetittiou some days before of resorting to an e»zeu te, had tt ea an acc urate view of the public apathy. W hen t Court organs urge that Tuesday's feeling was not 4 4 4 of Imperialism or Bonapartism they state the truth, kir the Opposition papers in turn exaggera te the ma ..eatations against the existing order of things. On a comparison of all the accounts, public and pri 4e, we come to the conclusion that it was a very dull stupied exhibition. Constitutionnel publishes several copies of ar seS celebrating the entombment of the Emperor. W' I , l tii the exception of some lines by V ICTOR tilt - 0 0, they are below mediocrity. The Moniteur of Wednesday publishes the fol °wing telegraphic despatch from Africa:— " TOULON, DEC. 13, 4 o'Ceocic, " ALGIERS, 8. t ` MARSHAL VALLEE TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL. Th e province of Algiers is tranquil. L I ; In th e province of Oran General Lamoriciere has '"de another razia, with complete success. " Th e mail from Bona has not arrived." In a letter from Toulon, of the 11th, it is stated % tt Admiral HUGON was preparing to sail with ship s of the line, to demand reparation for an If alt offered to the French Consul at Tangiers. r eparation be refused, the ADMIRAL will born rd the town. pThere i s no other news of any interest in the te nch Journals save the little contained in the Italy Joined extracts :- 12 h e Memorial des Pyrenees of the 12th, begins to the 4 out th e good effects of the amnesty g ranted by il et Spanish Government. Fifty refugees fro m the t ° t at Montauban have passed through Pau. They t e : the oath of allegiance to Queen Isabella , and pro i,led to Canfranc. Akis, D EC . 16.—We gave yesterday news from l eo e4 odria of the 28th Nov., brought by the Came o. To-day we give from Constantinople to the th Nov. d • Am os ov., contained in the Journal de Sznyrne, by t ,. 4 °ow appears again, and which we have received c ue ordinary Levant nail. ° NsTANTINopLE, Nov 28.—The following changes A r e b ordered at the Porte on the night of the 23d : tim ed Zekeria, Pacha Roumeli Valcssi, is appointed 14 0 of St. Jean d'Acre, Commander-in-Chief and ekh-lonal Governer of Egypt, in the room of Izzet S: j " er net Pacha, who is to be Governor of Adrianople. G o ' : Paella Muscher of Janani, succeeds Zekeria as 4 :rnor of Roumelia, and is himself succeeded at by Outrank Pacha, Muscher of Adrianople. cot:11,III:loch, General of Division , going to take the -Pacha. I.and of the army till the arrival of Zekeria 11 ,11 e Crescent steamer is to go on Monda y with 7Ps for Syria. aly `t s letter from Madrid of the 9th of December, The M a d rid i l . e Gazelle declares that the note said k t i rlu Memorial Bordelais to have been addressed b y errOr to t h e F renc h Government is apocryphal. " , It f is affirmed that the Government have already 4 ~;td the aff a i r o f t h e f ueros o f N avarre . of th e Olozaga l e ft Madrid for Paris on the night Bth."—Le Commerce. 14, 1 41 141 A, Dm 7.--:11. Von Katakapi, the Russian jo op uttssador to the Greek Court, has proceeded on his lo th , tle ,Y to St. Petersburgh. Notwithstandi n g the fa % ' 44 le stAte of political affairs, we see various mea tp74 taken Lo place the army on a respectable footing, Ft It - reso lution caused by the great armam ents of ellee, but which will most likely not be carried into gZt unless F ra nce persevere iu its armaments.—All- eine Zeittitig. 80URSE.—PARIS, WEDNESDAY, DEC. 16. fit st Highest Lowest I.ast P t , Price Price. Pric.. Price t'h 'r'er Cents ''36 per Cents lO3 15 ... 11'3 15 ... 103 15 ... 103 15 i_ ti ;Der cents 93 ... 99 ... 98 .. 9‘ Z: 1 411 1, , of Per Lents 77 75 - 77 75 ... 77 40 ... 7 7 45 :t350 —3360 k i te ' S tnkl,ooos. 81,— lOOO ...1"90 ... 10 8 0 ...Ih9o litity . 50001. Spares 5195 ...5.20.) ... 5' 95 ...520 0 1_ . Per Cent. 9-• ... 8 'alliZatt 44 petive i'4 ... 24 ... 24 ... 24 it, tt i Llh a"ive....... • ''''''''''' 10;115 ...... 1n 5 1 34 35 7... 10 5 120 ..... ' 0 5 1 2 ( ) et- ''''' • 1,,,te I{AILW A s SHARES, 4, 11 ain B at Orh, ~..„ 20' ) 50 .. 292 50 ... 399 50. 392 50 lith a bt -4.)..... ..... • • Bale 485 ... 487 50 ... 455 ... 48 7 5 C , by t ilt° o ne ldet ters from Constantinople of the 28 th ult. — A o d aY later than the last arrivals—state that Lord li k 44° NßY had received orders from Lord PA L -41,;31014 to employ all his influence with the t eti " l.4l sr in obtaining the revocation of the sen tte r'f dep os iti on p ron ounced against MEHEMEIT N I ; Lord PALMERSTON'S despatch was corn the%seated to the Divan, and it was understood on 1110 ugh that the sentence would be revoked, al to at first the Divan evinced a determination ;I tt t44 Y it into effect. One letter states that the 14 0 : 1. revocation was drawn up and ready to be ti t -Itl igated. This intelligence is, under existing 11111 stances, exceetlingly important. 1, 1 IC le was some talk about the recal of Count tr, w _oNTois, Louis PHILIPPE'S " perfect 41 atist," f rom C onstant i nop l e . 1 : 1 a dy LONDONDERRY was a b ou t t o b e p re sented , t he SULTAN. The SULTAN had ordered the Egypti a n pri 411ers carried to Constantinople to be newly clothed k hil well taken ewe of. Several of the Officers are tt lllfirmed in their ranks. This treatment of men ;11 ° expected to lose their heads excited general , i We h ave rece i ve d Madrid Journals of the 9 e st• ESPARTERO was fast recovering from his :isPosition, although still confined to his apart- N e ti th t • Senor OLANA, the Commissioner sent by deputation of Guipuzcoa to protest against the lD i ntment of General ALCALA to the gover - Th: ll 'P of that province, had arrived in Madrid. I , b foll ow i ng account o f his interview with Es for`crElto is so graphic that we make no apology quotin g it at length co Ati 4 Partero w a s a l one i n th e apartment, and his re -414 "of the Commi ss i oner was polite. He reques ter titly4ll to enter on the subject of his mission withou t Iti tii rlitY. The Commissioner read a lengthened docu trot e xplanatory of the reasons of the deputation for hod et egnizing the authority of the new political chief, k ev "otaining a strong protest against the acts of the Ititii en tY in that respect. After having read the paper hi ttpl ° 4 k t the slight es t i n terruption, or the slightest re tihiolcueing made by Espartero, he made sonic remarks, the l4 B they wou ld e ith er be contested or replied to tit h Person whom he was addressing. In the pauses tititiis, discourse, Espartero requested him to proceed tti o k 4 ° should have entirely finished. When he had ON" for the space of an hour and a half, he then A r 4t ed that he had no further observation to make. kith. t You sure," said Espartero, " that you forget v 'its " I have explained all to your Excellency,' and - ,"e answer. " You have nothing further ,to say 44,1 1 ° 11 have completely finished your discourse t kt. d tne Duke. " I have nothing more to add,' Es °Lana. Then, Senor Commissioner,' said Ol att ero, rising from his chair, and advancing towards 1 11: - ;. 4 ) " you will be so good as to pay attention to llot' a t w words I have to say to you in reply, and I shall I llttC et aio you many minutes. I have been some . time 4 , 4 t 11 :„., 0f the attempts made in the Basque Provinces, grily„'""e particularly in Guipuzcoa, to excite the in. tit t ents to revolt. I am acquainted with every par tvh i • Zr thing th a t occurs there. I know the places in -tu secret meetings are held. I know the parties sowi ng dissension at those meetings, and I am perfectly , ware of their intentions, as well as of their I 4et„1,i,1 acquultit,(l their ap_•tiN. I There are thirteen individuals in Guipuzcoa, who are ex. citing the population to revolt, and you, Sir, are amongst them. I now warn you for the last time ; if you do not at once lay aside your schemes I shall proceed to the provinces, and if you force me to go there I shall act so as, in less than 24 hours after my arrival, the entire 13, including you, Senor Olana, will be shot by your own countrymen. Remember what I am now saying, and report it faithfully. This is my answer, you may now retire." So saying, he bowed Olana to the door, and ordered an Aide-de-camp to conduct the Commissioner to the gate of the Palace. Olana was scarcely recognised by his friends, who were waiting for him, so pale, so terrified, and so haggard was his appearance. His friends were obliged to support him to the nearest cafe, where he was obliged to remain some time to recover his presence of mind. He left Madrid by post the same day, and travelfed without stopping until he reached Tolosa. He there communicated the result of his interview to the Depu tetion, and the next morning set out for Bayonne, where be is now staying, not feeling himself safe on Spanish soil.—The Five per Cents. were at 26a for cash. THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. The arrivals of English Grain this week have been mo derate, and of Flour fair. In consequence of the conti 'mance of the frost more money wa, asked for all kinds of Grain, but the buyers showed reluctance to purchase, yet the prices of Monday were firmly maintained. Flour is in better demand than of late. SMITHFIELD MARKET. The supply of Cattle was pretty good, the quality mostly of a superior description, the trade brisk. Good fat Beasts fully realized last Monday's prices. The supply of Mut ton was short and trade dull. In Veal there was a ten dency to a rise in price, the qualities consisted generally of time best descriptions. Tho supply of Pigs was moderate and trade hardly so good as Monday last, there being but few gooo:porkers at market. Beasts, 1,118 ; Sheep, 2,840; Pigs. 555 ; Calves, 165. Beef, 44. to ss. Bd. ; Mutton, 3s. 81 to ss. ; Veal, 4s. Bd. to 64. ; Pork, 33. Bd. to ss. 4d. Hay. 41. 104. to 41 15s. ; Clover, 41- to 5/. 15s. ; Straw, 1/. 10s. to 11. 16s. COLONIAL MARKET. The demand for produce was dull, by private treaty, both for home use and export. The public sales were of little moment, prices still looking down for most articles. TEA MARKET. The market was in a very dull state for all kinds of Tea, and prices had a downward tendency. East India Com pan)'s C%igou offered atl2l.oi-d. per lb. for cash. TALLOW MARKET. The demand was steady for Russian Tallow ; sales on the spot were made at 475. 91 to 4Si. 6d. per cwt., for delivery in the Spring months. Some arrivals are near at hand. LLO YD'S SHIPPING-(T HIS DAY LONDON, DEC. 18.—It blew very hard last night and great part of this morning from the eastward, with occa sional heavy squalls, with a sharp frost and light falls of snow. Wind this day at noon, moderate north-easterly breeze, with a slight thaw. LivErteooL, DEC. 17.—Wind N. E., moderate. —Sailed the Persian, Edington, for Calcutta; Europe, Bridle, Monte Video ; Diana, Strickland, New Or leans ; Ann, Johnson, Savannah. BELFAST, DEC. 15.—Sailed Roseanna, Rio Janeiro. CORK, DEC. 15.—Sailed the Joseph Anderson, Hot:an, for Jamaica. HULL, DEC. 17.—Wind N., moderate.—The Margaret and James, Jamiescn, from Shields to London, has been as sisted in here with loss of main-mast, &c , by the Gazelle steamer. MILFORD, Dec. 16.—The sloop Trader got on shore at Freshwater Bay 13th inst., but floated off with little damage, after discharging her cargo. DEAL, DEC. 17.—Wind S. S.E.—Sailed the outward bound. 6 p.m.—Wind N. E. strong. CROOKHAVEN, DEC. 13.—Arrived the Sir F. B. Head, Allen, from Quebec, sailed 17th ult. VESSKLS SPOKEN WITH,—The Susan, bound to Syd ney, 9.h October, lat. 17, lon. 19 ; Pink, from Glasgow, 6th ult., lat. 4 N., lon. 22, by the William, Houston, ar rived in the Clyde. Jonah, of New York, Ist instant, and Coronation, cf St. John's, 2d, lat. 49, lon. 32, by the Hec tor, Anderson, arrived at Cork. Halcedonia, Demerara to I3oston, with loss of foremast , and short of provisions, lat. 38, lon. 32, and supplied by the Abstract, Spaulding, ar rived at Boston. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, THUILSDAY.—The sales to-day were 5,000 bags, at firm prices. The mar ket closed with steadiness. - We have no Share List. The delivery of the letters and papers are late this morning, owing to the roads being slippery, The following account has been received from Vienna, dated December 6 : We have received the news, by an extraordinaty courier, of the occupation of Aleppo by the Ottoman troops. At the same time it is announced that they have taken Bir Nesib and Aintab. The Paella of Diarbekir sent the garrison of Orfor beyond the Eu phrates. They did not find any resistance anywhere. He made about 2,000 prisoners, whom he treated with the greatest humanity, after which he formed a junc tion with the Expeditionary Army, which was operating on the coast." We have received the Journal of Antwerp of yester day's date. BOURSE OF AMSTERDAM, DEC. 15.—We had a weak market to-day, and the prices were generally lower. The Actions of the Society of Commerce fell to 1651. Inquietude prevailed for the result of the funeral of Na poleon. Ardoin's Spanish maintained the price of 22i 1.16 th ; Coupons, 18 7.l6ths. THE FUNDS. There still continues an inactivity in the various funds to the present time. Consols opened this morning at the leaving off prices of yesterday, 88i 89 for Account. The speculators are shy of operating, owing to the ar maments going forward in Germany as well as in France, which intends to maintain an armed peace ; no doubt the Allied Powers will make remonstrances to the Court of France on the subject. This, as well as the loans spoken of, affects the British Market. Re duced rather better, 89k ; Exchequer Bills, 1 dis. 1 prem. ; Bank Stock, 1561 1571 ; India Stock for Opening, 237 239. In the Foreign Market, the prices may be quoted nominal as they left off. Spanish Active, 23/1 4 ; De ferred, 11 12 ; Passive, 5- j ; Portuguese, 321 331 ; Three per Cents.. 211 ; Colombian, 241 k; Mexican, 281 ; Chilian, 55 57 ; Brazilian, 71 72 ; Belgian, 97 99 ; Data' Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 50i 51i ; Five per Cents., 974 981. SHARES.—Great Western Railway, 221 23i prem. ; New, 91 10 prem.; London and Brighton, 9 81 dis. ; Blackwell, 51 6 dis. ; Birmingham, 79 81 prem. ; Greenwich, 71 8 per share ; Southampton, 53 54 per share ; Croydon, nothing done ; Manchester and Bit.- miegham , 14 12 discount. PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE. RAILWAYS. Paid. Per Share. Eastern Counties Ditto Debentures London and Brighton Loudon and Blaawall - London and Birmingham 9O 169 - London and South Western Manchester and Leeds HALF-PAST ONE. Both the British and Foreign Markets continue in the snme state as in the early part. of the morning, very inactive, and there is not a feature worth notice to the ' present period. Every thing appears dull in the City, these being no arrivals of consequence, with the excep tion of the usual foreign mails, and ship letters from Demerara, of an old date. Consols have been doing this morning at 89 to 894, at present 89 ; Reduced the same ; Exchequer Bills, par, 2 prem., rather better. The Foreign Market is quite idle, scarce a ',bargain doing. Spanish Active, 234 ; Portuguese Three per Cents., 214 ; Colombian, 24/ ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 51 ; Five per Cents., 971. In Shares very little doing ; Eastern Counties De bentures,4l ; London and Brighton, 41/ 1 ; Black wall, 171 4 ; Birmingham, 169 ; South Western,s3l ; Manchester and Leeds, 761. A correspondent of the John o'Groat Journal, mentioning the loss of a Prussian galliot on one of the Orkney Islands, naively says, " The natives will derive little benefit from the disaster." It must have been an ill wind, indeed, that blew nobody good ; and the Orkney men seem to think themselves very scurvily used by the elements. Our northern friends long derived plentiful harvests from the sea. Wrecks frequently furnished the plenishing of their houses, and the means of keeping up a cheerful blaze during the long nights of their stormy win ter. But the law, which forty years ago had reached Tale, has now, we hope, advanced still further northward, and taught the people of Ultima Thule the propriety and the justice of respecting the property which the sea has washed upon their coast.—lnverness Courier. LARKS. —During yesterday prodigious flocks of these birds were to be observed throughout the day flying over the villages of Totteredge and Hendon, in a south erly direction, wending their flight, no doubt, to the sea coasts, where they can find both food and a resting-place for their feet, for sky-larks roost upcn the ground, never settling on trees; and when the ,snow lies deep on the earth they are unable to find a roosting-place in the fields. The migration of these birds is a certain and sure prog nostic of ♦ery Siberian weather, for they are never known to leave their accustomed stubblts for a remote latitude, unless thoy were instinctively conscious of the absolute ne- cessity of migrating. A WONDERFUL SERPENT.—M. de Pechery, merchant, father of a numerous family, was met with on a party of chase by an enormous serpent, i which he attacked, and which wounded him several times n his leg. M. Pechery defended himself with great courage; and al. though timely remedies were administered to him, he died four hours after. This unfortunate event caused great consternation at St. Pierre. The serpent was nearly seven feet in length, and when opened there was found in its belly let young ones. Journal of Guadeloupe. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1840. CHANCERY COURT-(THIS DAY,) 13EALEY V. CURLING The Loan CHANCELLOR gave judgment to-day in this case, which was argued yesterday. His Lordship said, after looking into the merits of the case, he found that it was impossible to come to any satisfactory con clusion upon the facts ; there must, therefore, be an issue to try whether Thomas Lee was duly authorised to sign the agreement of 1824 on behalf of Bence Curling. ELECTORS OF SCOTLAND A very detailed return has just been printed, giving the number of electors in each county and burgh, clas sified according to their titles. It includes England, Wales, and Scotland, and exhibits the results of the last registrations for 1839-40, contrasted with those for 1835-36, thus showing the change which has taken place in four years. At present we shall confine our atten tion to Scotland. The number of county electors in Scotland, by the registrations of 1836, was 41,315 ; by the registrations for 1840, the number was 47,302, showing an increase in the tour years of 5,987. The number of the old freeholders on the roll seems to have decreased about fifteen per cent. on the four years, and is still ,2,260. There has been an increase in every county without ex ception ; but in Kincardine, Kinross, Elgin, Nairn, Argyll, Sutherland, and Shetland, it has been trifling, while it has been great in Edinburgh ; and next in the descending order is Perth, Dumfries, Ayr, and Peebles. The table as a whole is too large and too minute in its details for our columns, but we select a few of the re turns, as a specimen of the composition of the electoral body, and of the changes it is undergoing. Owing to some oversight, the county of Linlithgow has been omitted, and the total number of electors is of course deficient so far : COUNTIES. Edinburgh. Ayr. Dumfries. 1840. 1836. 1840. 1836. 1840.1836. Proprietors,sole or joint 807 581 1811 1621 534 414 Liferenters, do. d 0.... 530 74 61 18 11 6 Leaseholders, do. d 0.... 749 634 2128 1898 1242 903 Husband In wife's right 10 5 106 83 7 4 Ministers, schoolutas ters,and other officers 17 11 46 40 49 38 Peebles. Perth. Selkirk. 1840. 1836. 1840. 1836. 1840.1836 Proprietors, sole or joint 225 145 1401 1295 196 174 Liferenters, do. do. 261 10 119 52 176 21 Leaseholders, do. do 304 230 2118 1943 175 208 Husband in wife's right 4 2 58 46 5 3 Ministers, &c. With a single exception, there is an increase in each of the classes in every county, and in some its astound ing amount shows how rapidly the fabrication of votes has proceeded ; for nine-tenths of the whole increase belongs to this category. The " leasehold " titles, though politically bad, as in cluding a class of persons much under influence, are probably the most genuine in the list ; but even among these there are many sham titles got up by pretended joint-leases. In Dumfries, we find that this class in creased 35 per cent. in the four years. In Peebles, the increase was 27 per cent. ; in Perth and Ayr, about 12 per cent. In Selkirk alone there was a diminution. The class of " proprietors " includes a vast propor tion of fictitious voters. In Edinburgh county it in creased 50 per cent. in the four years, a sure proof that many of the new freeholders were imaginary. In Peebles it increased 50 per cent.; in Dumfries, 30 per cent. ; in Perth, 14 per cent. ; in Selkirk and Ayr, about 12. But the liferenters are the real men of straw ! In Ayr this class increased in the four years from 18 to 61 ; in Dumfries from 6 to 11 ; in Perth from 52 to 119 ; in Selkirk from 21 to 176, or 850 per cent. ; in Edin burgh from 74 to 530, or 700 per cent. ; in Peebles from 10 to 261, or 2,600 per cent.! In all Scotland (exclusive of the omitted county, Linlithgow) the num ber of liferent county votes seems to be 2,360, of which 19 out of every 20 may be set down as pure fabrications. As yet, we see only the germs of this monstrous abuse ; for if all the counties were liferented on the scale of Pceblesshire, Scotland would be covered with a brood of twenty or thirty thousand of these vermin, who would swamp the proprietors, and the soil of the country might come to be represented by men who had not a foot of land in it ! The number of husbands voting in right of their wives in the counties of Scotland is about 600, and of these, also, probably a considerable proportion have titles vamped up by legal frauds. The area object of the Reform Bill was to destroy fictitious votes, and vest the representation in the pro perty and intelligence of the country. We fondly thought that the hydra of corruption was vanquished ; nut here we find it springing up in an altered shape, and eating like a cancer into the vitals of our new charter. This reflects no discredit on the authors of that great measure. Human skill cannot frame any law so perfect that it may not be perverted ; and hence the necessity of what we yet want- . --a Legislature whose spirit is in harmony with the new institutions —to watch over their progress, amend what is faulty, supply what is deficient, and guard against abuses tending to destroy them, At the hands of a Liberal House of Lords, the 1 1 Reform Bill would have received justice.—Scotsman. ECCLESIASTICAL REFORM. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR—With reference to the " Letter to the People of England," recently published in The Sun, I beg to enclose the draft of a petition to the substance of which any well-meaning man, whether Dissenter or Church man, might affix his name. It should be presented to her Majesty the Queen in Council, and, when signed, should he respectfully sent to the Secretary of State, or to the First Lord of the Treasury for that purpose. I remain, Sir, your most obedient servant, HENRY ERSKINE HEAD. To Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen, &c. &c. &c. the humble Petition of your Majesty's loyal and de voted subjects ; Most humbly sheweth,—That an approximation, in sen timent and doctrine, between many of the divines of the Church of England and those of the Church of Rome, has lately increased so steadily and effectually as to threaten the re-establishment of the Papal dominion within your Majesty's realms. That the main principle of a Protestant Church (the sufficiency of Scripture as a rule of faith) has been, and is in danger of being, still more obscured by certain inconsis tencies in the laws of clerical subscription, occasioned, and therefore remediable, by Parliament. That the clergymen of the Church of England declare at their ordination that "they arc persuaded that Holy Scripture containeth all things necessary to salvation, and that they are determined OUT CF THE SAID SCRIPTURES to instruct, &c., and to teach NOTHING as necessary to salva tion but what THEY SHALL BE PERSUADED may be proved by Scripture ;" they promise to " be diligent in the study of SCRIPTURE :" and they moreover subscribe to the 6th Ar ticle, which nullifies all authority except Scripture in mat ters of faith. That the declaration of conformity required of clergv men by the fourteenth Act of Ki ng Charles the Second directly militates against these Protestant principles, by f or cing (as far as human authority can do so) upon the consciences of men certain dogmas in the book of Com. mon Prayer, which c a nnot be proved by Scripture, but which are contrary to it. That this declaration, which is to be classed among the "OFFENCES OF OUR FOREFATHERS," was framed by them from an evil motive, was directed to an evil end, and pro duces to this day evil results. That, according to the historian Hume (who was far from being favourable to men who suffered for conscience sake) this declaration was inserted in the Act of Parlia ment, on purpose to grieve the conscientious ministers of the Church of England, in the days of King Charles the Second, and that it actually constrained two thousand con scientious clergymen to relinquish the national ministry— a clear and decided proof that this declaration was a mea sure which grieved the Holy Spirit of God. That to this day the operation of this declaration is equally pernicious, by shutting out from tke national Church men, who humanly speaking, would support and adorn it, and by exalting the book of Common Pi ayer (to every practical intent and purpose) above the Bible. That one of the Acts passed in the reign of King Henry the Seventh has been now repealed (by the recent Church Discipline Act) with a view to the preservation of the ecclesiastical laws, and the power of the Bishops; but that nothing has been done in Parliament concerning the repeal of. King Charles the Second's parliamentary enactments, which " make the word of God of none effect." That your Majesty's humble petitioners, in all reveren tial loyalty arid submission, most humbly implore your Ma jesty to take into your Majesty's royal and gracious consi deration the very great necessity of commanding a revision of the Act XIV. Caroli IL, and that a general promise of conformity to the Liturgy be substituted for the declaration now in use according to the above mentioned Act, by which clergymen are required to " declare their unfeigned assent and consent to all and everything contained in the book of Common Prayer. And your Majesty's humble petitioners, as in duty bound, will ever pray. THE NEW ROMANCE BY THE AUTHOR OF " THE PILOT, " " THE PATHFINDER , " &C.—." MERCEDES OF CASTILE; A ROMANCE OF THE DAYS OF COLUMBUS." By J. FENIMORE CoorEa, Esq.—ln regard to Mr. Cooper, who has acquired a European reputation, it would seem almost impertinence to speak in the language of cri ticism. The public owes to him some of the most excit ing and admired novels of the present day. His new work is one of great merit. In selecting Columbus as a subject for his pen, Mr. Cooper had to cope in the onset with a great difficulty. His own countryman, Washington Ir ving, had already employed his masterly pen upon it. Mr. Cooper, however, has successfully accomplished the pur pose he prescribed to himself. The progress of Co lumbus forms the chief subject of the work ; but not the least part of its interest will pro bably attach to the loves of a young Spanish nobleman, Don Luis de Bobadilla, and the fair 6 Mer cedes de Valverde, a favourite of Isabella of Spain. They are true lovers, but need we say that their affection is checked and thwarted by innumerable " moviag acci. dents" literally "by flood and field," which, however, have a happy termination. Mr. Cooper's beautiful de lineations of all that appertains to the sea are fresh in the recollection of every reader. These volumes show that he has not lost any of his vigour or nautical accuracy. Upon the whole, " Mercedes of Castile" has that about it which stamps it as the production of a powerful and highly imaginative writer.—Courier. We understand that the determination of present French Cabinet to maintain the " Paix arrne!," gives great offence to Great Britain, Austria, and Prussia. Representations of a decided character on this subject are being made, and unless France lowers her tone, the set tlement of the Egyptian question will not produce the beneficial effect in Europe that was expectol—Morning Herald. COURT CIRCULAR The Queen, accompanied by Prince Albert took an airing in a carriage yesterday for the first time since her Majesty's confinement. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness left Buckingham Palace shortly before two o'clock, and returned to the Palace in the course of half an hour. _ . The Princess SJphia Matilda visited her Majesty yesterday afternoon. His Royal Highness Prince Albert inspected yester day one of the magnificent sideboard dishes lately pre pared by Messrs. Rundell and Bridge for the Gold smith's Company. The subject described is Richard the Second granting the charter of incorporation to the Company ; the lo 3 er part is occupied with festoons of fruit in high relief, ex quisitely finished. His Royal Highness was graciously pleased to express his admiration of the performance to Mr. Bridge, and afterwards had the piece of plate re moved to an adjoining apartment for her Majesty's in spection, who was also graciously pleased to express her high approbation. The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council sat yesterday. Sir William Follett concluded his ad iros in " Harwood v. Baker," from the Prerogative Court of Canterbury. Judgment was not given. Mr. Fitzroy Kelly, Queen's Counsel, then opened an appeal from the Prerogative Court in the goods of Ed ward Hope, Esq., deceased ; the parties being Louisa Goddard, widow, and the Rev. Henry Wellesley, clerk, exec utors named in the last w ill an d tes t a ment of Ed ward Hope, Esq., late of F ranc i s - s t re et, Tottenham Court-road, St. Pancras, deceased, bearing date the 27th July, 1835, appellants ; and James Joseph Hope Vere, Esq., the natural and lawful brother, and one of the next of kin, of the said deceased, respondent. POST-OFFICE REGISTRATION OF LETTERS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sea—A public notice having been issued by the Post-office, announcing that on and after the 6th of January next a new system of registration is to be adopted, whereby the safe conveyance of any letter ,or packet containing money, or other articles of value is to be insured, it becomes important that the public should he informed whether such insurance is to have reference merely to the packages themselves or to the value of their contents, as it appears no account of the letter is to be taken at the time of registration. If this be the case the public will be but little benefited by the ar rangement, as under the present system instances arc repeatedly occurring of letters being received through the post, the contents of which have been carefully abstracted. Should the same thing occur under the new system, of course the Post-office cannot be deemed responsible, as being unacquainted with the nature and value of the property abstracted. My object in soliciting a space for this in your co lumns is that should what Piave suggested be incorrect, this notice may come under the observation of those whose duty, as well as interest it is to remove anything like misconception on a point so important to the public. Hoping you will excuse the liberty I have taken, I re main, Sir, your obedient servant, Bath, Dec. 12, 1840. AN OBSERVER THE HOLY BISHOPS AND THE HALF-STARVED CURATES. MR. EDITOR..-In the Ecclesiastical Gazette for the pre sent month the following monstrous paragraph occurs : " It has been determined to proceed, without further delay, with the plan proposed in the Bishop of London's letter to the Archbishop of Canterbury, for providing a fund for the endowment of bishoprics in our colonies and foreign possessions, and we hope that our next number may contain more particular details respecting it. Her Majesty the Queen Dowager has announced her intention of contributing the munificent sum of 2,0001. ; the Archbishop of Canterbury, 1,000/. ; the Bishop of London, 1,000/. ; the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge has voted a grant of 10,000/. ; the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts, 5,0001. ; the Church Mis sionary society has declared its intention of contributing liberally to the same object; the Colonial Church Society has subscribed 4001. . _ 46 We have reason to believe that the first objects to which the fund will be applied will be the endowment, or part endowment, of biahoprics in Malta and in New Zea land." And thus Are the claims of the starving curates of the Church passed over I His Grace of Canterbury, and my Lord of London, conceive that they may safely allow ,‘ the herd of curates" to pine on their pittance of seventy-five and eighty pounds per annum, while they, the dignitaries, struggle to bolster up the Church by lavishing thousands on the erection of colonial bishoprics. Ten thousand pounds, it appears, is the contribution of the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. Indeed !To a plain man it appears that the object of that Society, as expressed in its foundation deed, is to circulate the Scriptures, and diffuse works containing sound religious information—not to furnish funds for the endowment of distant bishoprics. Look to this a little, Mr. Ruchfort Clarke and Mr. Hull. --- When shall we find Bishop Blomfield or his aged supe rior instituting or giving a thousand pence towards a fund for increasing the stipends of the hard-worked curates? Yet which cause lies nearest home? . - - Now my curacy—and it is no sinecure—is FAR short of 1001., and yet I have no doubt that the Bishop of London would deem me amply paid t " A poor clergy," he con tends, •' are a pious clergy," and this at least is one tenet which his Right Reverend brethren all share with him. That overloaded pluralist, the Bishop of Rochester, doubt less lauds it to the skies. I remember some years ago soliciting a small piece of preferment, then vacaxt, from my wealthy diocesan. " I cannot entertain your request," was his reply. " You are no relation of mine, have no sort of claim on me ; and if I wore to listen to you, I should be pestered wiih fifty curates, running on in the same strain about their long standing in the diocese, poverty, and services. lam busy. Good morning." Poor man !he has since gone to his account. His last exclamation was characteristic of his career : " Well 1 I have one great satisfaction—l believe I have fully provided for all my family." " A bishop of Malta !" and " a bishop of New Zea land 1" Oh, by all means. Support the project with all your energies and eloquence, ye mitred prelates ! And especially do thou give it thy warm concurrence, my Lord of Rochester Dear art thou to the people of England, as the King of Hanover's bishop ; t and dear enough, heaven knows, art thou to the Ch urc h I Let me reckon thy many and valuable preferment s: —Bi s hop of Roches ter ), Dean of Worcester (2), Vi car o f Bromsgrove (3), Rector of Bishopsbourne (4), and Prebend—but I have no heart to pursue the siekeniri. subject. December 12,1840. ONE OF "THE HERD." * A favourite expression of the gentle Bishop Blomfield. + His Lordship and Ernest are sworn cronies. Ile visited Hanover not long since, where he was cordially received. He was the prelate specially selected by his Majesty to administer the right of confirmation to Prince George. His principles recom - nended him ! Those about him affirm that he has been for years employed in writing the life of his Hanoverian Majesty, / give him joy of his materials. LORD AUKLAND S RESIGNATION OF THE GOVERNOR-GENERALSHIP OF INDIA. °Ur readers (Cal. cotta Courier) may not perhaps be aware that Lord Auck land tendered his resignation of the Governor-General ship of India to the Court of Directors some months back. We now understand, and we have no doubt of the fact, that his Lordship's resignation has been accepted; the intelli gence having reached Madras by the last overland mail. The Hon. T. C. Robertson, Member of the Supreme Council and Deputy - Governor of Bengal, has been ap_ pointed to succeed provisionally to the G o vernor- General ship, which high situation it is expected b e will continue to fill till September, 1843, the date of the ex p irations of the Service a Member s o f the a s t Supreme Indian 7eie gr Council ap i‘z and . B De a p y et N y i Governor of B e n g a 1 ._E • DEATH OF ADMIRAL SIR H• a T b u o N v , e G g . al C lan . tßA.—dmWireal,htahveeinttoeuriegceonrcde o the whedoesme thisdeeab the f Was received yesterday morning at the, Admira lt y . Si r , Henry expired or, Wednesday morning at Bath , where he h a d resided some years past. His death was rather sudden, having been present with his aon at the first winter ball in that city on Thursday night. The deceased Admiral en tered the navy at an catty age, f or his commission as Lieutenant is dat e d th e 15th of Apri 1783, and was pro moted in th e f o ll ow i ng order i—Commander, 10th of March, 1794; Captain, 4th of May, 1794; Rear-Ad miral, 12th of August, 1812 ; Vice-Admiral, 19th of July, 1821 ; and full Admiral, 10th of January, 1437. When Lieutenant be was actively engagely at the reduc tion of Martinique, and was Commander of the Nautilus, at Guadeloupe, in 1794. Th e deceased also eminently distinguished himself under Nelson, at Trafalgar, where he commanded the Leviathan, and subsequently, in 1807, took part in the expedition against Buenos Ayres. In October, 1839, in consideration of his distinguished ser vices, he was nominated a Knight Grand Cross of the most honourable Order of the Bath, in addition to which he had received a medal, and a pension of 3001. per annum for good service, as also an honorary reward from the Patriotic Fund. He was in his 75th year. NI. de la 13ourdonnais, the celebrated chess players has just died in London. He had been for some time ailing. PLYMOUTH, DEC. 16.—A meeting, convened by a requisition to the Mayor, and awned by many re spectable inhabitants, was this day held at the Guildhall, of for the pug pose Plymouth, vot i ng congratulatory ad dresses to the Queen, Prince Albert, and the Duchess of Kent, on the birth of the P rincess Ro y al. some Chart ists attended, and moved an adjournment of toe meeting till half-past seven in the evening, in order that all classes might have an opportunity of attending, the hour fixed on for the meeting, one o'clock, not allowing all the working classes being present, which was lost by a small majority, and addresses w ere subsequently voted, to be presented by the Worshipful the Mayor. At the next election for this borough, it is very cturently reported that it will be con tested on the Conservative interest by Alderman Johnson of the City. Earl and Countess Cadogan and the Ladies Au gus,a and Honoria Cadogan, leave town early in the ensu ing week, on a tour of visits during the holidays. Their Highnesses the Count and Countess de Vismes, Prince and Princess de Ponthieu, are on a visit with the Miss Bellews, at their residence, Colston -crescent, Exeter.— Western Luminary. Lerd and Lady Delamere will give their usual fetes at Vale Royal, after Christmas. The festivities at that splendid seat were marred, last year, by the lament. able demise of Sir Watkin Williams Wynn, Bart. ROLLS' COURT.-(THIS DAY.) The MASTER of the ROLLS continued the hearing of motions to-day, but no case to justify a report came before his Lordship during the morning. VICE-CHANCERY.-'PHIS (DAY ) Unopposed petitions and short causes occupied the Court the whole morning-. CRIMINAL COURT.-(THIS DAY.). OLD COURT. (Before Mr. Justice PATTESON.) THE FORGERY ON THE RUSSIAN BANK.—Jules Rault, who was last evening acquitted on the charge of having a copper-plate on which was engraved, in the Russian language, a note for the payment of money of the country called Russia, was this morning again placed at the bir, on a charge of feloniously having in his pos session two several papers, on which were printed in the Russian language part of a note for the payment of money of the country called Russia. The prisoner had yesterday pleaded not guitly ; on being placed at the bar this morning, his Counsel, Mr. CHAMBERS, requested that the Court would al low him to retract his plea of not guilty, and to plead guilty. The:Col:nu granted the application, and the prisoner pleaded guilty accordingly. Judgment was respited, it being uuderstood that the prisoner had promised to furnish information as to other parties concerned in the transaction. Paul Mazeauz, and George Ramuz, who had last night been tried with the prisoner Rault, and convicted of feloniously having in their possession a copper-plate, on which was engraven in the Russian language a note for the payment of money of the country called Rus sia, were then placed at the bar to receive sentence. Mr. Justice PATTESON said that the case had been clearly proved against them, and that no one who had heard the evidence could entertain a doubt but that they were perfectly aware of the nature of the plate in their possession. It was their duty as respectable trades men to have ascertained that the person employing them had proper authority to cause the plate to be en graved. Had they done so, they would easily have as certained that they were dcing wrong. Any one who was at all acquainted with the law would have informed them that they were committing an offence in causing such a note to be engraved without the authority of the Emperor of Russia. The Court, however, believed they were not fully aware of the offence which they were committing. They were not the persons who were to be benefited by the forgery—they were paid for what they did. They had, it appeared borne a good character up to the period of this transaction. The Court had caused inquiries to be made about them, and it ap peared that the one had a mother depending upon him for support, and the other had a family. He trusted that the lenient course which it was intended to adopt towards them would be fully carrying out the recommendation of the Jury. By law the Court might, in their discretion, transport them for fourteen years or sentence them to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three years, nor less than one. He believed the purposes of justice would be fully answered by adopting the more lenient course. The sentence of the Court therefore was, that they be severally impri soned for one year without hard labour. Summerhaiss, convicted of house-breaking was sentenced to 10 years transportation. HORSE STEALlNG.—ll'illianz Glen and Richard Hale were indicted for stealing a mare, the property of S. Cox. The mare in question was stolen from the prosecutor on the 28th of November last, and was clearly traced to the possession of the prisoners. The Jury found them Guilty, and they were severally sentenced to ten years' transportation. COINING. .Henry Hughes and John 111‘Guire, convicted of coining shillings, were placed at the bar to receive sentence. Mr. Justice PATTESON said that it appeared that Hughes had before been concerned in various offences, and that he was altogether a person of bad character; he must be sent out of the country. The sentence of the Court upon him was, that he be transported beyond the seas for a term of ten years. With regard to M'Guire, he had received a good character, and al though it was by no means uncommon for persons to come forward and give prisoners a good character who were undeserving of it,—yet in this instance he believed that up to the last three months, the prisoner had been de serving of it,—since that period however he had fallen into bad company. With a view however of giving him an opportunity of reforming, and bearing in mind the recommendation of the Jury, the Court would pass a lenient sentence upon him, which was that he be im pri.oned for 12 months and kept to hard labour. BOW-STREET.-(THIS DAY) An elderly man, named Charles Molineux, by trade a patten maker, residing in Strutton-place, Strutton-ground, Westminster, was brought up by constable Cuthbert, charged with having a silver tea-pot and a gold diamond pin in his possession, without giving a staistactory account of them. Thomas Dunne], assistant to Mrs. Gerret, pawnbroker, Long-acre, stated that on Saturday last the prisoner pawned a watch, of no great value, and on Monday, lie came again, offering a diamond ring, upon which he wanted to raise 41., but it was refused. On the following day he returned, having the silver tea-pot produced with him, of fering to pledge it, and a suspicion being raised that he had come by it dishonestly, it was detained, when he said he would go and fetch the gentleman to whom it belonged. The next day a )ouis , man, who said he was a solicitor, occupying chambers in the Temple, came to say that he was sent by the person to whom the property belonged, and that it was not stolen ; but it was found afterwards that no such person lived in the Temple. Subsequently, the pri soner came to demand it, but he contrived to effect his escape before he could be apprehended, and he wa s dis covered at his lodgings and taken into custody. The tea pot weighs 25 ounces, and the prisoner asked five guineas upon it. The ring was worth upwards of ten guineas, an ar d the prisoner said h e was in the habit of pled g ing such ticles for an officer of the Guards. The prisoner said he could send for the person to whom the property belonged. The constable had every reason to think it bad been stolen, from the different accounts the prisoner had given. Mr. JARDINE ordered him to be remanded until Wed nesday next. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. (THIS DAY.) THE " SLIDING" NUISANCE.—A young man between 18 and 19 years of age, of very fashionable and gentle manly appearance, who gave his name as John Jones, was charged with sliding on the foot pavement. Police Constable No. 142 of the C division, stated that between nine and ten o'clock last night, while on duty in Marylebone-street, Regent-street, he saw the defendant take a slide along the footway pavement, and accordingly, acting on the orders issued by the Police Commissioners, he took him into custody. Mr. DYER asked the defendant what he had to say in answer to the charge ? The defendant said the charge made was perfectly true ; but he could assure the Magis trate, upon his word and honour as a gentleman, that he was not aware that be was acting contrary to law. Mr. DYER-That was rather improbable. The law had been in existence for a twelvemonth, and ho should inflict the full penalty of 40s. In answer to a question from the Magistrate, Inspector Beresford said he had been locked up all night, as he refused to send for bail. Defendant—l did not wish my family to know that I had been guilty of such a piece of folly ; but I must say, in repetition, that I did not know 1 was offending against the law. Mr. DYER—The very sensible and proper manner in which you conduct yourself here induces me to believe you, and I shall therefore mitigate the fine to 10s. I The defendant immediately paid it. VISIT TO A CONVENT.—Nothing can be more admirable, either in principle or arrangement, than the convent of the Brothers of Mercy. We requested ad mittance from the community, which was granted without a moment's hesitation ; and the door once passed, we were left wholly to the guidance of our valet-de-place ; nor did we encounter a single monk during our circuit of the building. One side of a noble covered cloister, stretching round a quadrangular space, well planted with trees, extends from the entrance of the house to the foot of the great stair ; opening in one direction upon the convent garden, where the convalescents wander at will to enjoy the cool shade, or the invigorating sunshine; and on the other, upon the principal ward of the hospital. A covered bier, for the transport of the sick, stands in this cloister; and the laboratory is situated at its extremity. "rhe ward contains sixty beds, all cleanly and comfortable-looking (about one-third of which were occupied) and here and there, btside an open window, were grouped two or three of the patients occupied in reading or conversation. Among them we remarked a young priest, so wan and meagre that his heavy draperies appeared as though folded about a skeleton ; and so intent upon his breviary, which lay open upon his knee, that he scarcely heeded our entrance. The laboratory was very neatly and carefully fitted up, and scrupulously clean ; and from thence we ascended to the upper cloister, whence the cells of the monks diverge to the right and left. We had an oppor tunity of seeing the interior of only one of these, but it chanced to be that of the superior, of which the door stood wide open ; and if it gave even a tolerable idea of those of the community ae a have in s good gene general, I can only say that the Brothers of Mercy an idea of comfort as any set of monks I ever visited; for the accessories of the pretty little apartment into which we looked bordered upon the elegant ; all was clean and fresh, and almost glittering the French clock and gilt picture-frames on the one hand, and the wax fruit and porcelain cups on the other, being arranged with a care and taste not usually apparent in monastic arrangements.—Miss Pardoe's City of th e Magyar. THE H NION.- ADJOURNED INQUEST. Yesterday forenoon, at ten o'clock, Mr. Wakley, Coroner for the western division of Middlesex, and the jury empanelled on the 24th ult., on the body of James Lisney, the unfortunate pauper who is alleged to have died from the effects of imprisonment and low diet in the workhouse of the Hendon Union, reassembled for the fourth time, in the board-room of that workhouse at Edgeware, further to prosecute their investigation. The evidence adduced was voluminous. At its con clusion the Coroner, after some remarks in his summing up, proceeded to say that he bad been anxious to have a jury at least partially unconnected with Hendon, be cause he did not wish to disguise the fact which he had heard from more than one quarter, that it was by the act of Mr. Williams that the man was imprisoned, and that, in consequence of that imprisonment, he lost his life ; and it was therefore most desirable to have a jury whose opinions would be unbiassed ; but any precaution on that score was rendered unnecessary by its being now unequivocally proved that the imprisonment was not the act of Mr. Williams, but of the Board of Guardians, and that the responsibility of it rested with them, and not with him individually. He had felt it his duty to go into the inquiry ; first, as to the legality of the impri sonment, because, if it were found that the man had I, lost his life through an imprisonment that was illegal, the character of the verdict would of course be materi ally influenced lay that fact. But he was bound unhesi tatingly to declare, that beating in mind that it had been inflicted by the Board, and not by an individual, the imprisonment was legal, as the Poor-law Amendment Act conferred upon Boards of Guardians the power of inflicting such punishment for disobedience of orders. Lisney was proved by some, who could have no un friendly feeling towards him, to having said that he had refused to do as he was ordered, and the power of punish ing his disobedience was exercised, and unfortunately the man was no more. Whether it was discreet or humane to have exercised that power under the circumstances the Jury was not now to inquire. Certainly when he saw that of the guardians who had coma to that resolve, four were clergymen of the Established Church, whose duty it was to teach forbearance, humility, for giveness, and moderation, he was startled, and thought they might regret if occasion arose for their being re minded of the text which runs thus—" If a person of fend me shall I forgive him seven times ?" the answer to which is, " I say to you not unto seven times, but unto seventy times seven." If there was a place in the world in which mildness, forbearance, temper, and hu manity, were called for, it was a workhouse, on account of the misery which drove men into it, and the hope• lessness of all alleviation of their misery after they had entered it. When Lisney's repeated applications for leave to go out were refused, he might have thought— labouring, as he was, under disease which had been pro nounced likely to be fatal—that be was imprisoned for life, and if he did make a disrespectful reply in the heat of the moment, he ( Mr. \V.) should have turned away his head, in order not to hear it repeated ; or, if it was necessary to notice it, he should have gone and had some sober conversation with the man about it. The Coroner also expressed his satisfaction that one of the first results of this investigation had been to produce a determination on the Guardians that in future refrac ' tory paupers should not punished by them, but taken before a Magistrate and proceeded against in open Court. The Jury returned into Court at half-past nine o'clock, when the foreman read the following verdict : —" We find that the deaths of James Lisney was caused by imprisonment in the gaol-room of the Hendon union workhouse on the 4th and sth days of the inclement month of November, by the sentence of the Board of L Guardians. The Jury have also to express an opinion that it was not humane to imprison without fine and upon low diet the said James Lisncy, he being in au infirm state of health, in consequence of the disease called diabetes." The Rev. Mr. Williams said he was glad that this investigation had taken place, as he was satisfied that good would result from it as regarded the impanelling of juries and otherwise, but he would distinctly tell the Jury that the verdict would be brought before the Queen's Bench. The Court then adjourned at a quarter to ten o'clock STATE OF TRADE. (From the Nottingham Review of this day.) Most of the branches of the lace trade are extremely dull, there being little' or no demand. Last week the tatting lace hands were abated 2.5 per cent. in their wages, not more than one in ten have full employment. The warp blond lace workmen, after being generally stinted for some weeks, have many of them got their warps stopped, with fears that they shall be whoily dis charged. Fancy bobbin lace is very slack in demand, as none but the best of patterns will sell. Those that are very extensively gimped on the machine fetch high prices. Power nets, both quillings and plain, have a tolerable good mark at in Germany, ornamental nets being placed under heavy restrictions in many of the States. Never was the fancy hosiery trade, both silk and cotton, in such a depressed state as at the present time. The silk glove trade is in a very precarious state, many of the hands having only partial employment. The plain silk hose trade is becoming half extinct. Was it not for the silk glove trade, half the silk framework knaters in Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire would be unemployed. The drawer, pantaloon, and shirt branch, a very im portant part of the Nottingham manufacture, keeps gradually improving. This branch suffered more than any other during the late panic. The men employed in the cotton hose trade in the villages, though somewhat depressed, are not in the la mentable state for want of employment as those in the silk branches. The cut-up trade, hose, half-hose, and gloves, since their late turn-outs seem to rest in peace ; few complaints are heard, except as to low wages. The turn-out of the female runners is at an end. The number that actually turned out was 440. HORSES IN TRAINING FOR THE DERBY. There are actually 117 horses and mares in training for the Derby, and two or three more ready to undergo this wholesome precess on the Ist of January. There is, no doubt, some good reason why a horse should go into train ing on one particular day, and, as we often hear of horses being trained to the day, we strongly advise the calcula tion to be made, to facilitate which we have searched the almanack, and discover that the Derby will be run for on the 26th day of May, about one week earlier than last sea son. According to Cocker,..then, and the last new work teaching you to find cut a horse's exact speed by examining the muscles in his tail, a horse should take his first gallop on the Ist of January, at 25 minutes before 7 a.m. The Monimia colt is dead since my last, and Sir R. Bulkelcy's Blueskin is reported to be also in that happy state. This unusual number of horses being alive and well, we are nevertheless surprised that 15 to 1 is offered on the field. To the of T roxxc,i it may seem strange that such odds should find takers, this promiscuous portion of the public not remembering that at least 25 of the lot have been so respectably beaten that they are merely kept in training to fulfil their smaller engagements or win plates, and without the remotest idea being entertained by the owners of starting them for the great race. Again, Scott has so strong a stable, so many well bred horses, that those who fancy they know the best are very glad to take as little as 20 to I about him ; and the same reason applies to John Day's and other stables. Again, what matters it if there are 500 horses in training, when there are not twenty jockies in the world who could (admitting they were inclined ,that way) win upon the best horse ? If we look at the horses as they stand in the betting, we can, without much trouble, dispose of John Day, W. Scott, Nat, Chilney, Chapple, Edwards, and J. Robinson. Barring three or four more and a good jockey—good, meaning one whose character stands unble mished, ono with a cool bead and a strong arm—an expe rienced rider is scarce indeed. How many great races do we remember where a clodpole has been put up because no one else could be found ? Has there not been a case in point within these three months? Can it be de nied that there are dozens of races where Jem Ro binson would win on any one of the first three ? The jockey is so important a part of the horse, that, in any opinion, there ought to be a jockey stud-book. Great ex pectations might be entertained of the produce of a sister to Sam by James the First. Sam won the Derby. A fine yearling might be born by Nat, Miss W. Ed wards (a filly by Dr. Syntax). I read the other day a very clever article on this subject. I shall forward it probably when I have an opportunity of referring to it. Our reasons for thinking 15 to 1 on the field liberal odds are briefly explained. The public two-year old running is bad. Wahab trained by John Day, has run twice with Cameleon ; Thistle Whipper, also trained by John Day, has run twice with Cameleon; and the Rosalie colt (first favourite) is also trained by John Day. It is fair to suppose, therefore, that said John Day is pretty well aware of the length of Cameleon, and we may without much extending our imagination infer from the betting that a very substantial saddle-cloth would be requisite to bring these two together, viz., the Rosalie colt and Ca meleon. As little as Bto 1 has been taken about the latter; but 12 and 11 to 1 were taken to sums of money by good men and true, which is the foundation of this conclu sion, that, in spite of his last tipsy performance, Came leon is much the best two-years-old by public running. In giving the preference to Coronation as our winter ta• vourite, we certes did not do so from either of his public exhibitions, it not being our opinion that a horse can be given over for dead in July and be fit to tun a race on the 2d of September. If it were not that the public are obliged not to believe what they hear until they see it, the Rosalie colt has far more right to be at 8 to 1 taken than ever Cameleon had, havingth s e e on t e htheeDd ei srabsyt n r no engage ment until the day, the other having two ; and wehe unfortunately, those gallops too across uften the l flat ived to e on That the public are not forgetful of this is foreib fo l au y vsoueffi‘iatt.vectss: demon strated by the fact that the three favourites for the Derby, the Rosalie colt, Marshal Soult, and Coronation,. have no engagement until the day.—Correspo n d ent of the Morning Post. he THE LATE A rtLEs THROCKMOR- ToN, BART.—The funeral of the late Sir Charles Throck morton took place on Saturdsy last, when his m ortal re mains were deposited in the family vault of Congleton Church. Sir Rubert Throekmorton, Bart., chief mourn er , and a large body of the tenant r y of the dc ceased Baronet assisted at the obsequies. w as the EVENING ED IT ALL SORTS OF PARAG Under this bead a Boston paper inl eetim tind other characteristie Iragmen trate the American newspapers. A ONE-SIDED FENCE.—The New scribes a fence made of such crooked ,latvrta time a pig crawled through it came out on thVkirme side. A PARBOILED ACTOR.—The Charleston S. C. Mer cury, in speaking of a player at the theatre there, says —" He does not wear his characters like a garment but they run in his blood, and he is steeped in them from the topmost hair to the extremest toe." MODESTY.—A gentleman bathing in the Mississippi river drowned himself to avoid being discovered by some ladies who were approaching near where be was. " GETTING A DRIVE OUT OF A BULL."—Everybody has heard this phrase, but we never knew it so literally illustrated as it recently has been, not a thousand miles from Albion, Orleans county, A Whig in that vicinity had an ugly unmanageable bull, which he sold to a loco-foco neighbour for thirty dollars, payable when General Harrison is elected President, the purchaser to drive the bull hone , . The loco, after a few days' ownership, finding the brute a troublesome piece of property, drove him to a Whig neighbour's, and then sold him for a note of thirty dollars, payable when Van Buren was re-elected President. The upshot of the matter is, that our loco-faco friend is under obligations to pay thirty dollars, without any thing to show for it, except two drives out of the hull.—Buffalo Commercial. The New Orleans Crescent, in alluding to the prac tice of training there on Sundays, says—" Nothing strikes more harshly upon the strings of the soul than the clangor of martial notes." MODEST.—We find the following in the New Orleans Crescent—" The gentleman who left his penkeife upon our table is requested to call and sharpen it." THE WORLD COMING TO AN END.—Yesterday two brothers were seen shaking hands together in the street. A. LAWYER'S SIMILE.—" The witness, my Lord, stood plump opposite the defendant—plump, my Lord— plump as a partridge." _ UNLAwFin. MARRIAGL.—A. man named James Eueu, aged 84 years, was married, in Philadelphia, on Monday last, by Alderman Campbell, to a young uornan named Emma Haines, aged about twenty. A few hours atter the ceremony was performed, a gentle ma❑ called on Alderman C. and informed him that he had married a grandfather to hisgrand-daughter. This turned out to be true ; for shortly the old man made his appearance, requesting the Alderman to take back the certificate, and stating that he had not been aware, until he was just informed, that both the law of the land and of the church of which he was a member pro hibited such marriages. He must be a knowing child of his age. APROPOS OF ELECTIONS.—Said a clergyman to a bride, " What do you think of the connubial stale r " I think it will go for Harrison," was the reply. ADVICE.—In entering a printing-office in cold wea- ther, always walk in boldly, and shut the door after you. EXPERIENCE.—No man is ever satisfied with another man's reading a newspaper to him ; but the moment it is laid down lie takes it up and reads it over again. " Recollect, Sir," said a tavern-keeper to a gentle man who was about leaving his house without paying, the reckoning, "recollect, Sir, if you lose your purse, you did'nt pull it out here." ROMANTIC.—Miss Mary Ann Prettyman, quite a pretty-looking girl too, was arrested in Philadelphia a few days sincQ, and committed to prison, for stealing five sucking pigs., ELECTION JOKIi..—At the late election in this city, an old and well-known gentleman presented himself at the windwo where he had voted for 20 years. His vote was challenged by a young whipper-snapper, who offi ciate 3, and who knew that the old gentleman differed in polities with him. "It is necessary for you to swear that you have lived in this ward more tha❑ ten days," said the challenger. " Why . you know that I have," re plied the voter, " for more than a year ago you came to my shop and purchased that hat you have on, and have never paid for it yet !"—Saturday Courier. CI •NN I'l - t i k R , is trr , ; •pIIM- : 4, 0 . v,.. i- , - . ,it, • 4 idu ,-, •%• 200 . 1,, If 1 ;, f 4, nis 1, ~ ' i N . ".). York 0:: k __. 4 0,.11, rails th a k T eek AN g‘• .I'w POST-OFFICE. (From the Bombay Times.) We are sorry to learn that the London Ng-office has refused to furnish stamped covers for pre-paid India letters ; and we confess we feel both astonished and disap pointed that any obstruction or delay should, of all quarters in the world, have come from the authorities at head-quarters at home. At present letters of half an ounce and under, sent to or from England via South ampton, bear a postage of is., and letters sent, via Marseilles of , sluarter of an ounce and under, 2s. Gd. the postages, in all cases, whether of transmission or re ceipt, being payable in England. This is in all cases of letters sent from India a very irksome and annoying bu siness, from which no earthly advantage to any one but to the lovers of antiquated form is derived ; and which not only occasions numerous complaints from those at home receiving letters, in whose contents they hardly feel themselves interested to the extent of the postage charge incurred, but cause numberless others to be kept back altogether for fear of this ; while others are smuggled by private parties, or sent round the Cape to the injury of the Post Office to the extent of the revenue witheld for them. In fact, the very same arguments used at home for the pre-paid Stamp Cover System holds, but holds with ten-told effect, in India. And all that we desire is to have some half dozen of our leading Post Offices, and of these only, supplied with Is. and 2s. Gd, Stamps for the Southampton and Mar seilles routes to satisfy all our requirements. The Post Masters here arc entitled to no requital or remuneration for the distribution of Stamp Covers, as this would occasion scarcely any additional trouble to them. In India there is no chance of forgery, and a few ehousands could be scut out by the London Post-dice from time to time, and the sales ac counted for and paid over half-yearly or quarterly. W e repeat, as stated above, that there must have been some misapprehension on this subject, and an antiquated form substituted for a reason, as a ground for the refusal of our application for pre-payment Stamp Covers. This is a matter of too much importance to the public of Eng land, as well as of India, to be overlooked, and as it is not here that we can look for a remedy to so irrational and useless au annoyance as that which the present sys tem entails upon us, we trust to have the matter agi tated before the community at home. The chronometer which was in the Bounty at the time of the mutiny, has at length been discovered, and given up to Captain Herbert of her Mejesty'sship Calliope. A few particulars relative thereto will, we are assured, be not without its interest to our nautical friends. The chro nometer, marked Sarcum Keudal, London, A D. 1771, fell into the hands of a Captain of an American, who touched at Pitcairn's Wand, shortly after the mutiueers had settled themselves there. It was stolen from the American Captain on the ship's passage from Juan Fer nandez to Valparaiso ; and next made its appearance at Conception, where it was purchased for three doubloons by an old Spaniard of the name of Castillo, who kept it in his possession till his death, which happened lately at Santi ago, when his family sent it to Captain Herbert to be con veyed to the British Museum : it appears, on being taken to be repelled by Mr. Monet, of Valparaiso, that it was in a complete state of preservation without the least mark of wear in any part of it. The escapement palates are rubies fixed to the verge of the balance by screw collets —Mr. Monet speaks in high terms of the beauty of the workmanship. The chronometer is five inches in diameter, with three dials on its face, ono for hours, one for minutes, and one for seconds; with an outer silver case, made as the outer cases of pocket watches were sixty or seventy years ago, so that its appearance is of a gigantic watch. In winding it up, it was usual to pass the left arm through the opening for the face in the upper valve of the outer case, in the manner of placing the outer case of a pocket watch on the left thumb when winding. A Chilian gentleman coming in one day, and seeing the case thus suspended, exclaimed" Que cosa para freer Huevos." It is now on board the Calliope, and will, in all probability, return to the place of its construction after an absence of so many years, and, that too, without having circumnavigated the earth by only the very small quantity of longitude beteen the most meri dian, reached by the Bounty in endeavouring to double Cape Horn, and that of Santiago, the most eastern meridian the chronometer reached in Cbili.—Dcvonport Telegraph. FESTIVITIES AT MIDDLETON PAIIK.—The e scat oJersey gavepast Earl and Countess of Jersey have entertained L or d an d Lady Lyndhurst and the lion. Miss C o pl e y, Si r Robert and Lady Wilson, Hon. Henry and Miss Pi crrcpo i nt, and a we d e is k. attingouinsheFdrdeairyelnei,glit last the Countessv during the above a splendid soiree dansante to above 150 of the leading no billty and gentry of the neighbourhood. THE WEATHER.—The thaw to which we al luded yesterday was, towards the afternoon, succeeded by frost. At two o'clock the mercury bad gone down to 22 degrees, and at three o'clock it stood at 12 degrees below the freezing point. The Serpentine does not bear yet, and here, as w e ll as i n S t. James ' s Park, the H uman e So ciety's men a re use f u ll y employed in prevent i ng the fool hardy from venturing on the ice. The pond in Kensing ton-gardens b ears , b ut t h e snow ren d e rs skaiting there but a sorry a musement. More snow f e ll last night in the me tropolis. Th e f a ll i n t h e eastern districts, and particularly in the high er parts of Essex, h a s been very considerable , in !nasty pl a c e s having entirely p ut a sto p to travelling. The accum u l a ti on o f snow-drifts has be en g reat in the hi g h Forest, and betwixt Chelms roads leadin g through Epping ford and Colchester. Nearer town there have been indi cations of a very sevete winter, and large flocks of wood cocks, with sums wild ducks, and a few wild geese, were seen on Wednesday in the Hackney-marshes, and on the Ezsex boundary of the river Lea. The sudden setting in of the severe weather produced a great alteration in the sup ply of the vegetable markets yesterday. Every de_ seript ion of g reens • d was :mite in supply, and increased i n price, and there was a general rise in potatoes of 10 s. per too, The weather has been favourable to the cattle markets. and ' most of the prize beasts of the late show are now orna• ' meeting the fronts of the butchers shops, in the different districts of the metropolis. FRENCH CRIME.—We stated at the time that on the 7th ult., a man, named Virioa, had barbarously murdered an aged lady, named Touraille, and her servant, I at Mirecourt, in the Vosges, because she would net lot him off the payment of a small sum for which he was her - debtor. The criminal has just been tried by the Cottrt of Assizes at Epinal, and condemned to death.