The Sun. — London, England, 1840-12-03 00:00:00

; -vT i`4 I ,\ 6- ED d'l'l()N -Pi.INCIPLI , ',S OF NON-CON-' CQNFORMITY. We copy the following extracts from a published lee tre delivered at Abingdon, in September last, by Mr. ef Leicester, on the ordination of the Rev. The laosuags is not merely eloquent, at is porearfnis and convincing, and exhibits a mind con ire independence, and imbued with the true ereitet Lasesttanity. It paints the Puseedtes and ShO Chalmere'les: in their true colour, and concludes with a powerful appeal to tlaose misguided Dissenters who assist the EstablAted Church in working out their humiliation and oppression. Here is his description of the new Popery evhich is now eating into the vitals of what is callei the Protestant Church . Yet here we have before us a system which proposes to enforce belief and practice by the pressure of legislative authority. Thu design, in the very abstract, is obviously absurd. The human mind must form its opinions from evidence. arid from evidence alone. Precedents may, in deed, oval in law ; but in the formation of its opinions, the mind holds them nugatory and null. It disdains such vulgar and material restraints, and only professedly sub mits to th.ery, when the conscience is vitiated and dead. Such a system may indeed produce extended hypocrisy, it may swell the ranks of a nominal church, it may suit the purposes of a hireling profession ; but its tendency must necessarily be, to interfere with the most sacred privileges 'of the human mind, and to stifle the growth of the Christian religion. The argument that it is calculated to secure ituiformity of religious belief is too futile to deserve a confitation. So far from securing that uniformity in the Established Church, there is not a denomination of Dis senters which has not its representatives in that community. We base Baptists among the most learned of their scholars, and Independents among the most liberal of their bench. We have known Arians and Sociniane amongst their bishops, and Arnainiens and Antinomians amongst their clergy. 'The restrictive influence of articles, and tests, and tethe, has been abundantly proved to be impotent and void. :rue sole uniformity that the Church of England has secured, is a uniformity of profession. amidst the utmost variety of conviction and opinion. Indeed, if we needed a close and convincing argument on this subject, that argument would be suggested by the very neighbonr hooil in which we are assembled. We meet beneath the sha, the frown of the University of Oxford, known for ages as the joint nurse of learning and of bigotry, of Intel - ligence and intolerance,—thci very metropolis of the Established Church. If riches and power, if, inassocia tion established reli g ion, learning and rank, im posing structures and hallowed associations, generations of the noble and crowds of the learned, fortified in their in fluence by exclusive laws and penal statutes, could enforce a form of religion upon the people, we should not have met in this place, and for this purpose. But how much more have they effected in that great seat of learning ? A large b:;dy there are retracing the steps of the great Re formers. Learned and eminent votaries of the Protestant religion are virtually aiming to repeal the Reformation it. self. The most noxious doctrines of the Catholic reli gion, fur their hostility to which our pious ancestors learned and bied, are at this instant propagated with the most fa natical zeal in the highest seats of this Protestant [Jai vhersity. This is, indeed, in accordance with the natural tendency of things. There is a law of accelerated motion impressed upon the declension of Christianity, as upon all falling bodies, which draws it to indefinite depths of error and corruption. For once, it is well said, that extremes meet in morals; and the extreme of Protestant bigotry ap pears, by a natural law, to blend with the extremes of Catholic heresy and mischief. Disguise it as they may, the pretensions of the Established Church either go to the infallibility of that Church (a doctrine now happily despised and trampled under foot by all who think) or they mean nothing at all. The contrast between pure Christianity and that professed by our Bishops and Priests, is drawn with great truth and vigour But a second principle which we deduce from the New Testament is the perfect spirituality of the Christian reli gion, and, consequently, the manifest unfitness of any merely secular and political mechanism to promote it. The Christian religion, at its origin, existed amidst cir cumstances very similar to those which embarrass the pro gress of true and vital Christianity at the present time. The business of its great Founder, and of his immediate and inspired disciples, was to subvert a previously existing po litical system of ceremony and of form. It matters not that that system was of Divine appointment ; and the shal low arguments of Dr. Milner, and of the minor host of humble imitators who have succeeded him, which go to deduce the Divine ordination of the system established in the Church of England from the theocracy of the Jews, are worth but little attention ; it is sufficient to know that the avowed design of the great Author of Christianity was to abolish the temporary and decaying structures of the ancient economy, and to clear away the scaffolding of that great temple which lie oame to complete and to inhabit for ever. It is true that this ceremonial mechanism typi fied the great system to which it was introductory ; but it was the mere shadow of that system, wisely adapted to the gaze of half-enlightened eyes, suited to the infancy of the world, and only intended as a preparation for the develop ment of that order of things for whose sake alone it was instituted. To return to that ancient and abolished sys tem—to re-enact the restraints under which, as under a schoolmaster, we were shut up to the faith—this, surely, is to judge ourselves unworthy of the privileges of the Christian dispensation, to disfranchise our souls, and volun tarily to place 'ourselves again under that yoke which our fathers were unable to bear, and from which Christ himself came to earth to redeem us. The intention of the Foun der of the Christian religion to work out this great object, was not only distinctly stated in principle by himself, but folky carried out in his practice, and in that of his in spired followers. Thenceforth men were neither to wor ship the Father in Mount Gerizim, nor in Jerusalem— the kingdom of heaven was to consist, not in meats and &inks, but in righteousness and peace, and joy in the Holy And we, too, like, the great Master an 3 model of our faith, have a formal and ceremonial system of religion to oppose—a system but half disenthralled from the corruptest form of Christianity—a system encumbered with riches and defaced with errors. We, like those whom we seek to imitate and obey, have ranged against us all those pre judices which spring out of the antiquity, the splendour, and the exclusiveness of a half sensual form of religion. With these prejudices the minds of the people at large are deeply infected : they form a part of their inmost religion, and are identified, in their minds, with the glory of a Christian country, and with the dignity of a powerful nation. But, in addition to these more public considera fiores, a host of more private and personal feelings are asso ciated. The system of the Protestant Established Church is, like that of its Rornish parent, most ingeniously devised to enthral the minds of the people, by showing that all their dearest privileges are involved in the sacredness of its po erers. It professes to take the children of a country from their birth, and, by a ceremonial rite which it claims the exclusive power to perform, to make them the children of God and the heirs of the kingdom of heaven ; it re adopts them promisculouly at an early stage of youth, and pralesses to incorporate them with the visible Church of Christ ; it holds them indebted to it alone for the legiti macy of the most sacred connections of be ; it follows them to eicknesa and to death with the pretence of an ex clusive power to forgive their sins, and to prepare them for the rewards of tiie just ; and, finally commits them to the earth, en the presumption of their having suie.nitted them selve.s to its past pretenaions, with a declaration, of a " sure and certain hope of their joyful resurrection." Against this mischievous miss of error and priestcraft we have to oppose the authority cf Christ and the principle which dare; to obey it. For any such pretensions we find no warrant in the Bible. By that testimony, from which we :tarts Let appeal, we learn that religion, if it is anything, is at purely personal thing ; that is a mater, not between a; tnan and his priest, but between a man and his GA ; that it is a thing, not transacted in synods, and parlia ments, and councils, and retitled by the signatures and ;I ppoinlients of anointed mooarelig, but conducted in the meditations of the claset, and ratified by the prayers of the penitent. This, in my humble but decided conviction, is the religion of Christ, and this, I am equally convinced. is ;iie religion which must ultimately prevail ; aristocracy se es , withdraw, and royalty may shrink, but this, it is my deep conviction, must be the religion of a regenerate j v o rid—it must and it will triumph. " Penal statutes to rlrcss it (arid I am proud to use the words of Roh:rt Italli.ison) resemble penal statutes to cleanse the world of violets; fashion may banish them front the burgomaster's garden, but the heavens will conspire to no urish them in the shade of a nettle, or at the feet of an oak." Mr. Alursell thus estimates the character of Chalmers who, in claiming alliance with the English Protestant Church, disdainfully rejected by the Bishops, and in ..-!ailitrz out for more of the public money for the priest inomi, is a greater renegade than even Pusey from the true principles of that faith which he professes. Toe clinclusion of the lecture we recommend to the attee tats of those Wesleyans who hacked the conclave of li—•:ops in resisting the nbolition cf Church rates : We are concerned to see Dr. Chalmers throwing the lustre and reputation of his nanie over these impolitic and tyratanical schemes of Church aggreaeion—a lustre which, However, I must ba permitted to say, is rather glaring than eteady ; a reputation rather attenuated than solid. Rest. isig much more on wildness of imagination than on sound. nees of judgment, and but ill sustained by shallow and esephistical habits of thinking, and by a barren, verbose, and tasteless oratory. Against this vaunted name, associated as it is with the championship of exclusive doctrines and Hi g h Church assumptions, we are happy to be able to ,enumerate such men as Wardlaw, and Beattie, and Ileueh, wed Harper. Without tarrying to commend at length the c onduct of our brethren in the northern drbeievsiswaicoheiiteeho,fhltahlv,eee t ,, p i te , it is only just and conclusive c . on s e c l r u y s 7 ve th le at ctu t have entitled erful the candid, an, po , Wardlaw's pen, recently emanated from Dr, that geetleman to the respect have admiration fn rof im the if i Dis. i neuters of these realms, an, ave . earned imperishable , deed it it had remained to be earned, a title to fame. further vindication of the I will not detain yo u b" a y f nonconf orm grounds on which the gret cnause oourprinciplesity rests, with all but rather exhort you to carry ouht.cy. their intrinsic value that earnestness and fidelity w. i h it was impera ;Then demands. If ever there was a period tive oa the friends of enlightened and dent 6hris tianity to collect all their energies in of adherents, the iitnsddepefeennee, this in xny opinion is the time, The supinenessnli and the Strange activity of foes, of 3 b'd the followers the spread prevalence of merely nominal religion, all i rn , g.hty. of C . r.rist to the help of the Lord against the / P-v.:ry indi cat i an t h at presen t s itself conitnands us to a rlaC , and sh a k e ourselves from the d ust. Th e angel of the co venant hims e lf stan d s rea d y to descend to help us. The same public and universal agitation which ushered in the advent of the Son of God, now calla us to a similar but subordinate renovation. The world is waiting for the efforts of the Church. Society is quick and expectant. All the roc.,svements of Providence seem of late only to have been arrangements for the overthrow of the great cardinal im pediments , to the progres s o f t h e k i ng d om o f grace . ti o - thinz remains to us but an apprehension of the position to which the ages have conducted us, coupled with a simple .and devout dependence on that Omnipotent Agent who can turn the nations as the rivers of the south. Be not baulked in your course, I beseech , :on, by the boisterous airs or the threatening attitude of the advocates of the State Church, nor be held back from you duty by the timid scruples of cold and calculating men. You are not surn rnonr,d to this great enterprise from merely secular and political views, but from considerations deeply founded in the constitution and the destinies of the Christian churo-* I invoke you by the memory of your ancestors (and I e more Etly in this place) , and by th e p ros p ects of y our children ; I entreat yoa, by the Spir;t of prophecy, and by your allegiance to the great Son of God, to comprehend your duty, and to do it. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS FROM THE DAILY PAPERS OF YESTERDAY. (From th a Globe.) We are hippy to find that the friends of the late Lord Holland have determined on opening a public subscription, for the purpose of erecting a monument to his memory. They have token the right course. The memory of one who for half a century filled a conspicu ous station in the political world—of one whose name is inseparably connected with this progress and triumph of those great principles of civil and religious liberty, of. which he was from first to last the intrepid and consis tent advocate—is, indeed, public property, and cannot he monopolised by any circle of personal friends, however numerous and however vvarmor and sincerely attached. The appeal thus made will, we have no doubt, be promptly responded to. As a politician, and as a man, Lord Holland possessed in an eminent degree the quali ties which should command from his countrymen a tri bute of affection and respect. As a man, no one ever made warmer friends or fewer enemies. As a politician, he was straight-forward, honest, and sincere ; he never deserted a friend or sacrificed a principle ; in the worst of times, as in the best, he stood forward the uncomr:o. mising, yet moderate and enlightened, champion of the people's cause ;—and in the decline of life he advocated the same views and maxims of Liberal policy which, in the outset of his career, he had learned in the school of the illustrious relation whose principles as well as name he inherited. As the last representa tive of the old Whigs of the Fox School—of the in trepid band who bore the brunt of the battle, and amidst the panic caused by the French Revolution, the triumph of arbitrary principles, and the defection of all that was timid and wavering, never deserted their colours, and never despaired of the cause of liberty, • Lord Holland has carried with him to the grave the regrets of many whose hearts are still warm at the re collection of that period, as well as the grateful vene ration of those who knew the days of terrsrism and proscription, of penal laws and disabilities, by report only, and who now enjoy, in peace, the benefit of the religious toleration and civil privileges, for which he so long and earnestly contended. (From the Courier.) Some of our Parisian Contemporaries are laboriously engaged in the Sisyphean task of depreciating the glory of the invincible victors of Acre, aad crying down the importance of its capture. Thus the Courrier Francais is pleased to express itself in the following mild and gentlemanly language. " The English Journals now boast, because they know that France, as long as she is governed by M. Guizot, will always yield ; but that a day will arrive when the French nation will become tired of cowardice at home and of impertinence abroad, and that then the audacious pirates who give this brutal character of aggression to the English policy will have to account to France, which will not be so easy a matter as to enter into St. Jean d'Acre without danger, after it had been completely dismantled by an explosion." The con temptible coxcomb who penned this terrible trash should have been careful lest in flinging his dirt so fluently around him he should unwittingly souse his own more valiant naval countrymen head over heels in the boue. The brave Baudin might reasonably remonstrate with him that the triumph of the French fleet in the storm of San Juan de Ulloa, after a bombardment of nine hours, was successfully consummated at last only by the accidental explo sion of its powder magazine, into which bombs or rockets chanced to penetrate. As to the day of " account," whenever that may arrive, and far distant be the day, we rather think the account itself may come to be rendered, and the balance struck—in that case a real finiquito de todas cuentas—in Paris as heretofore. We would remind these ridiculous gasco naders that Acre was not defended by a timid troop of Mexican Indians, such as those of San Juan de Ulloa, of whom the Anglo-Saxon Texans make so small ac count as fearlessly to engage and surely to rout, with odds against them of twenty to one in number, but by the best and most practised men of Ibrahim's veteran army, commanded by a courageous Pole, and the for midable artillery of the fortress—once impregnable when manned by Turks only against Bonaparte—directed by skilful French engineers. (From the Standard.) Some of the provincial papers emulate the folly of the Paris press ; ex gr., the Courrier de la Moselle has the follow profund observations ; , " The Ministry of peace on any terms has just made nu merous promotions in the army. It has appointed three Lieutenant- Generals and twelve Major-Generals. The army, which is condemned to a shameful state of inactivity, appears destined to receive all the advantages of war ex cept honour. Rank was formerly obtained at the expense of the enemy—at present it is at the expense of the tax -11 payers. We are much deceived or this anti-military and anti-French policy will be badly understood and but little relished by our regiments, which, notwithstanding the de moralising efforts of the friends of the foreign Powers, have always continued to remain tile sanctuary of the national honour." Nothing can be more certain than that soldiers are in time of peace condemned to inactivity, and that if promoted at such a time they must be promoted other wise than at the expense of the enemy. But here comes the question :—are nations to go to war for no better object than to direct and to accelerate the current of military promotion ? We fear that too many in France think so. It is plain that the Courrier de la Moselle is of this opinion. So much for the speculations of the French Press, which are valuable by reason of their very absurdity. When men are clearly in the wrong, it is the most desirable thing in the world that they be impelled to speak out fully and freely, and we ought to forgive even the fury and ill-manners which some times afford the stamp of freedom. The Press has been called by short•sightcd persons an incendiary. It is exactly the opposite ; it is, in a free country, the best guarantee of internal peace : between free countries it is no less a guarantee of friendship. By the press peo ple negotiate witn people, in a much purer and more honourable spirit than negotiations can ever be carried on by interested individuals ; and the results of the 'negotiations of the press are more permanent than any other, because they are founded on the con victious and feelings of the men who are ultimately to govern all (if' we are not too democratical in saying s n). The people will not long give confidence to a corruptor interested pre”,s, therefore the press of Paris is as much despised by Frenchmen as by all others, but, the people will give confidence to a press at once honest and tetn perate, therefore the people of England are proud of their press, which undoubtedly stands at this moment on the highest ground in the opinion of Europe. All this result. from no disparity of talent, but from the inevitable convictio❑ that in fair and temperate reason ing the English - Cress has won the fight, and placed the French Press, and the policy which that Press cor rup',ly defends, unequivocally in the wrong. LAW INTELLIGENCE. ROLLS' COURT, DEC. 2. WALKER V. GUNTON. (Continued from our Paper of yesterday.) After a lengthened ar4uilient the Mister of the Rou,s directed a reference to the Master to t,ppoint a Receiver, but refused permission to either of the parties to propose himself as such Receiver, and also directed a sale of the stock in trade. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, DEC. 2. SHREWSBURY V. TILE DIRECTOR, OF THE WHEAL BROTHERS MINING COMPANY. (Continued from our Paper of yesterday.) This ?mpertant case was resumed yesterday, and occu pied the time of the Court till half-past eleven o'clock las , nig‘Lt, when the Jury, after five minute; deliberation, re. turred a verdict for the defendants. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, DEC. 0 . IN RE WILLIAM SHCCKFIELD. Yesterday was appointed for the choice of assignees to the estate of the bankrupt, who was a horse dealer in the Great Western road, Paddington. Mr. CHADWICK JosEs applied to the Court to cause the postponement of the choice of assignees, as up to the present time there had been debts proved against the estate only to the amount of about 700/. or 8001., whereas the liabilities amounted to several thousands. Mr. Commissioner MERRIVALE, after a similar ap plication from the solicitor to the fiat, postponed the further hearing till Tuesday next, and a summons was issued for the attendance of the bankrupt on that day. On Monday, one of the charity children of Bishopsgate sehOol, named Elizt Harred, aged twelve years, fell into the river at the steps adjoining FislimEm gere hall, down which she had run to look at a steamer. Policeman 552, Robert Sutton, saw the accident, and ran into the river, and with the assistance of Northcote (517) sod Pavitt (536), succeeded in getting the poor child out, but all the efforts of Dr. Croft, of Fish-street hill, who at. tended in an instant, to re , tore animation, foe an hour and a half, proved unavailing. The policemen acted extremely i well on this occasion. DEATII OF DAVI D BRIDGES, ESQ.—We an not,nce to-d ty the death o f burgh, Mr. David Brni,, a wrll-known citizen of Edin • n e bi s i During some years back be appeared very little in ii , sur vey of the last forty yearsc w , ii b i ut those who can take a not tail to remember the d ee p, prominent, and unceasing interest which he took in all matters connected with litarat nre and th e fi ne ar t s . I n the Annual Register and in the newspaper time largely wrote ; but it is unnecessary press he at one to hi s productio ns, and we shall therefor e only particularise that his wr itings were chiefl y devoted to those subieery be was, by universal a cknowledgement, well' qualifi ed which g i v e informatio n and i ns t r uction—the tine arts and t he to the drama—on which he prelected with tile ability of a mas ter.—Caledonian Mercury, THE SUN, LON DON, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 3 1 1840. CHELMSFORD QUARTER. SES- SION S JEDNESDAY. NIPORTANT CONVICTION BY THE EAST ERN COUNTIES' RAILWAY COMPANY. ( Before the Cupaammst and a full Bench of Magistrates.) Josiah Thorrologood, a p'rson described as an auc tioneer, was indicted for having or the night of the .22d of Septeruh2r last, wantonly and mischievously entered upon the Eastern Counties' Railvay at Brantwood, iu the county of Essex, and there having twned on and ap plied the steam to a certain engine of the Company, and put it into motion, without any control or guidance, and caused it to proceed along the line of the Railway, whereby the lives of her Majesty's subjects were endan gered. There were several other counts stating the offence in different ways. The defendant pleaded not Mr. James, who came down specially for the Eastern Counties' Railway Company, stated, that this indict ment, though of a novel description, was one which he thought the Company would have neglected their duty to the public had they not instituted. The offence was one which there could be no doubt amounted to a mis demeanor at common law ; any act done by a party caleu:ated to endanger the lives of her Majesty's sub jects amounted to such an offence, and the Learned Counsel then cited various cases and authorities from which it appeared the keeping of gunpowder mills, from the mere liability of danger to the neighbourhood, was a nuisance, and indictable as a misdemeanour and another case arose from Ist Russell on Crimes, in which it appeared that a man had been indicted for al lowing a mastiff, which was known to be of a ferocious disposition, to be at large in the public streets ; and upon the principle to be derived from this and various other authorities, into which Mr. James went at some ►ength, it appeared that this offence, if proved, was in dictable. The facts of the case, as stated by the Learned Counsel, appeared to be these :—That be tween twelve and one o'clock on the morning of the 22d of September, one of the engines which had during the evening come down from London with the train, was "scotched," as it was termed, and made stationary at the terminus at Brentwood, but sufficient steam was lett in the machine to propel it if turned on. The men in the night were alarmed by a whistle proceeding from the engine, and on going to the spot found it proceeding, very fortunately, in the contrary direction to Londo❑ ; but it had come into collision, and had dashed to pieces a horse carriage and a coal truck, and these had impeded its course. The prisoner, who had evidently been thrown from the engine by the collision, was found upon his hands and knees upon the line of railway, and upon being questioned as to the right he had to be there, and what he had been doing, he said " that he had tried to raverse the engine ;" the effect of which would have been that it would have proceeded at a frightful rapi dity towards London, and must have caused, as the Learned Counsel stated, most serious loss of lives ; for at that time between 20 or 30 men were at work at the very spot that it must have passed. Mr. James went on to state that the Company were at a loss to imagine what motive, besides the most mischievous and wicked one, could have induced this act upon the part of the prisoner. The Railway Companies had quite sufficient to do by the exercise of the greatest skill and foresight to prevent accidents, which are to a certain extent, where so vast a power as steam is applied, inevitable, but it was too bad they should also bear the odium of every wicked attempt to increase the dangers which are attendant upon such acts as these. It appeared by the evidence that at the distance of two miles-and-a-half from the spot where the engine was set in motion by the prisoner there were a gang of from thirty to forty men at work, and the witnesses, whose duty it is to attend the engines, deposed that after the prisoner had turned the valve of the engine and applied the steam, it would have, had it not been impeded by the collision, proceeded to that spot at the rate of fifty miles an hour, and must have killed many of the workmen, the night being a very dark one, and the men being engaged on the rail on which the engiae would have run. When the prisoner was apprehended he appeared, as the witnesses described it, either to have been stunned by his fall from the carriage, or to have been intoxicated ; but he must, at all events, have had a most narrow escape from being killed. The case was summed up by the Chairman, and the Jury, after a very little hesitation, returned a verdict of Guilty. Mr. James wished the Court to be informed that it was not the desire of the Company to press for a severe punishment upon the prisoner, but that they must have their property protected from wanton acts of this kind, and that some punishment must, for the sake of ex ample, be inflicted for such an offence. The COURT then intimated that they had intended to pass a much more severe sentence, but that, in con sequence of the intercession of counsel, they should award that the prisoner be imprisoned in the :public gaol of the county for six calendar months, and at the ex piration of that period pay a fine of 5/. to the Queen. This case appeared to excite considerable interest in the county. The prisoner was apparently a respectable man, and it was said by persons in the Court that he must have been intoxicated at the time be committed the act. KINGSTON PETTY SESSIONS (Before Sir R. FREDERICK, Bart., Captain ROBERTS, R. SIIARPE, ESQ., and Colonel SPICER.) Mr. Edward Sheffield attended before the •Bench to answer an information laid against hint under the Game Act, charging him with trespassing upon land in the oc cupation of his Royal Highness Adolphus Frederick Duke of Cambridge, in pursuit of game, contrary to the statute, &c. The defendant pleaded not guilty. Arthur Dunford, gamekeeper to his Royal Highness, deposed, that about four o'clock in the afternoon of the sth November, he was in a wood, called Coombe Wood, belonging to the Duke of Cambridge, when he met the defendant and another person. They had a gun each, and three setters accompanied them. He had heard the report of a gun a short time before, and he had no doubt one of the parties shot it off, but he did not see either of them shoot. He asked the defendant and his companion if they were aware that they were trespassing upon his Royal Highness's land, and they said they were not. He had, however, seen them there before, and he thought they must knew it. The Bench asked the defendant what explanation he had to give upon the subject ? He replied that he was not in the wood at all, but was in the path when the K-eper came up. The fact was, he said, that his friend had brought a young dog out to try, and a gun was fired and the dog ran into the wood, and fearing they should lose him, his friend went to the side of the wood and whistled hint out, and the Keeper came up at the same moment. He denied that they were looking for game, or that they were it, the wood. The Keeper, in answer to questions from the Attgi strate, explained the position of the defendant, and said he had no doubt that he and his companion were both beating for game in the wood. A friend of the defendant here stepped forward, and said that be accompanied hint to Wimbledon Common to shoot snipes, and was quite sure he did not go into the wood. Captain ROBERTS told the witness that he was not perhaps aware that the whole of the common was the estate of the Noble Duke, and it had been called Coombe Wood for hundreds of years. His Royal Highnesi was much annoyed by trespassers, and the keepers had great difficulty in detecting them, and the) had done very right in bringing the present case before the Bench. The Bench then consulted together, and Sir Richard Frederick expressed the opinion of the Magistrates to be that the offence was proved. The defendant said he had erred through inadvert ance, and he hoped the Magistrates would only itifixt light penalty. He was then fined twenty shillings and costs. A person named Molly, who accompanied the former defendant upon the occasion in question. was then charged upon another infornition with the same offence. Arthur Dunford, the gamekeeper, was again sum• m end. He repeated the testimony he give in the for mer case, and identified the defendant as being also present in the wood. The Bench inflicted the same fine as in the farmer instances, and both flues and costs were immediately paid, and the parties retired. worth of watch glasses, and he desired him to tell Cleveley to be sure to wait for him. He then went away, and Clevelay, upon being inform2d of his intention to return, expressed regret at it, as he wanted to go on with his work. Barrett called two or three times after wards at the house, but witness never had the curiosity to look at the contents of the bag Charlotte Wilkin3on, of Wood's-buildings, White chapel-road, stated, that in cons-quence of a few words with her husband she went to Sarah Hihbert's hote:e and remained there a day and a night. She saw Barrett give some money and a ring to Hibbert ; and heard him desire her to make a little money of the ring, and the latter pawned it for 3s. A pawnbroker produced a ring which had been pledged at his shop for 3s. on the 24th of September by a woman. Mr. Massey identified the ring as one which had been stolen from his shop on the night of the robbery. It was a chrysolite stone. Wm. Clay (278 K division) stated that about six weeks ago he was in search of Barrett and Hilbert for two other robberies. After a week he succeeded in apprehending Hibbert. She went to a drawer, took out some duplicates, and was about to throw them in the fire, when he seized and prevented hcr. One of the duplicates was for the ring which had been stolen from Mr. Massey. Sergeant Power stated that, having been informed that a robbery had been committed at Mr. Massey's, by Barrett, and that Cleveley knew of it, he went to the latter, and spoke to him on the subject. Cleveley said it was further hard conversation,to t urn round acc ompanied upo witness in search of upon pall, a n d a ft er s ome Barrett all over London, but without success. Cleveley wa s subsequently charged before the Lord Mayor, and witness learned that Hibbert was in the House of Cor rection, and that Barrett was at Bath, and he took the necessary steps relative to both. Barrett, although as sured that anything he should say might be used against him, confessed the robbery to witness and Mr. Massey. He said that he concealed himself on the stairs, and when the house was shut, he got into the shop by break ing a square of glass. He then took a chronometer and two small time-pieces, several silver watches, gold and sil ver pencil cases, brooches, and ladies and gentlemen's rings. Athought struck him that he would not take them, but he determined otherwise. He then found that hecould not get out. He however found a file, and he con trived to get away three screws from the lock, but even then he could not get out, upon which he broke the lock, and succeeded in escaping with the property, which he took to his lodging at the corner of Mitre•square, in the Minories, and afterwards to the lodgings of Cleveley, who he declared was innocent of all knowledge of the transaction. He then confessed that he had disposed of the property in the following manner : He took the silver watches into Petticoat-lane, and sold them to a Jew for 2/. He afterwards sold to the same person the pencil cases and much more of the jewellery for ten shillings, and he finally put the chronometer, which cost thirty-five guineas, and other articles into the hands of a Jew, who told him that they were stopped, and that nothing could be got for them. With respect to Hibbert, witness learned from that prisoner, in the House of Correction, that Bar rett had brought her into the business, and that be had threatened to thrust a knife into her, if she said a word about it. Alderman WILSON said Sergeant Power had acted with a great dual of judgment and activity in the case, which he perceived by the details required much cau tion and perseverance. He ssked Barrett whether he wished to make any statement ? Barrett—lt is all correct, my Lord, only that I never threatened the woman ; and Cleveley is completely inno cent of the robbery. He knew nothing at all about it. Sarah Hibbert said that she did not wish to make any observation at all. Cleveley solemnly asserted his innocence. Alderman WILSON said he believed Cleveley to be in nocent of the robbery, but not of the receiving. The case was a most flagrant one, and he was determined that the three prisoners should go for trial. Barrett, Sarah Hibbert, and Cleveley were removed. John Yates, drayman to Messrs. Bass and Co., w harfingers, Great Tower -street, was on Tuesday charged with having most dangerously assaulted several of the first company of Grenadier Guards. The Sergeant stated that on going along the end of All Hallows Barking with his company towards Tower hill, the defendant, who was driving a dray, whipped his horses from the middle of the street to the side where several of the men were in single file. The men called out to him not to crush them, but he disregarded their entreaty, drove on the horses, and crushed some of the men with the wheels against the wall. What made the outrage worse was that the defendant, and another drayman, who was sitting upon the dray, laughed at the dangerous mischief they had been com mitting. The LORD MATOR,-.IS the other drayman here? The Sergeant.—dsle, my Lord. The LORD MAYOR.—I am sorry for it. He deserves to be broughut up too. John Herbert, one of the privates, stated that he was one of the Bank guard under the sergeant. The pri soner drove on his horses, and witness was pinned between the wheel and the wall. His watch was broken in his pocket, and his coat and trowsers were torn, stained, and completely spoiled. He was much bruised. There was plenty of room for the dray to pass on with out coming near them at all, and instead of expressing regret, both of the men who were with the dray, laughed at the condition in which they had placed the soldiers. Although entreated earnestly to stop the horses, they did not attempt to do anything of the kind, and the sergeant was obliged to stop them. M' Donnell, another private, who was also crushed - , gave similar testimony. The men could not, he said, get out of the way, they were so completely hemmed in by the cart. The expense of the damage amounted to upwards of 6/. The defendant said that the occurrence was quite ac cidental, and he called out to the soldiers to take care lest they should be scratched by the wheels, and stopped his horses as soon as he could. Mr. Hobler stated that the Guards were remarkable for making as little impediment as possible in the streets of the City, and exercised upon all occasions remarkable forbearance. The LORD MAYOR—I am sorry that we have such a ruffian to come in contact with them. He shall find bail to appear and take his trial at the Sessions. A person in the employment of Messrs. Bass gave the defendant an excellent character, and subsequently Mr. Bass went to the Justice-room to say that he was wil ling to have the affair compromised. The Lord Mayor, however, said that such a fellow must be prosecuted. Yesterday the Sergeant of the Guards appeared be fore Alderman Wilson, and stated that his commanding officer directed him to state to the Lord Mayor that in consequence of an application on behalf of the dray man there was no disposition to proceed further in the matter, upon the defendant's payment of half of the da. (nage done to the men's clothes, and some remuneration to those who had been hurt. Alderman WILSON said that the soldiers had mani fested very great kindness on an occasion where heavy punishment was certainly due, and ordered that the drayman should be liberated upon his own recognizances after full satisfaction was made to the complainants. GUILDHALL. Two ruffianly-looking fellows, named William Wea ver and Timothy .Barnes. were charged, before Mr. Alderman White, with the following daring assault and attempt at robbery : Elizabeth Moore, a respectable married fem ale, stated that she was passing down Long - la ne, Smith field, on t h e prev i ous even i ng , w h en s he found the pri honer W eaver ' s h an d i n her pocket, and on turning round, an d tax i ng him with attempting to rob her, he struck h er a v i o l ent bl ow on the head, which brought tier to the ground. Another person was along with him , whom she thought was the prisoner Barnes, but of his identity she could not speak positively. Both parties ran awaY and the witness having informed her husband,info rmat i on of the outrage was given to the police, When tii , l prisoners were soon after taken in to custody in S m i thfield. City Policeman, '''34, said that having received infor oration fro m t h e last witness ' s h us b a nd, he took the pri soners into c usto d y. On W eave r he found a Macintosh cloak, one sid e of whi c h was white and the ot her dar k. Immediately a f ter comm i tt i ng a robbery be would change the out s id e of t h e c l oa k, and thus make it the more difficult to identify him- lie knew both the pri soners to be bad characters. Mr. Ald. WHITE sentenced Weaver to three months' imprisonment in the House of Correction and discharged 1 Barnes. THE BRIGANI) 6F THE PYRENEES. candles had just .1=4,-- - --- (From the Gazette des Tribunaux.) Foix Nov. 20. Eight P. +t. The Court of Assize was sitting, the lamps and wax heard to exclaim the utmost serenity, when, all of a sudden, a noise is heard from without, Occasioned by the rumbling of a carriage, been lighted, and a trial was going on with escorted by a detachment of cavalry, and the murmurs of the crowd. In the midst of this tumult son'e voices are " It is Tragin e 1 it is Tragine ! , Court becomes almo s t deserted, t h e staircales invaded b y the public, the Witnesses lei r leave the waitiang-rm, llethd e counsel fly to the wi n d ow s, and th e Judges re compe" The to suspend the sitting for half an hou r. The Court of the P a lais de Justice, at Foix , is situa t e d at the foot of the famous roc d e Fouich (rock of Foix), upon which is constr u cted the t reble castle of the ' ancieet nobles and counts of Foix, w hich is now transformed into a Hall of Justice. The r oad wh ich winds around that en ormous rock ends at that poin t, and it is there that the car riage which conveyed Tragin e must hav p e t sthopped. agms. it is necessary to ascend on foot by a rugged a : . frae was bound with irons to the carriage. During the whole time that was required in order to loosen his fetters and to take the necessary precautions in order to conduct him to the prison, the dense crowd which had gained access tot he Court-yard compelled the gendarmerie to fall lack upon the carriage. The population of Foix, being seized with a sort of respect at the s i g ht of Tragine, who f o r the last t h ree years had escaped the hands of justice a nd spread terror throughout the country, preserved a d e corous sdence. Tragine slowly ascended the rock, and he was soon out of the gaze of the crowd. The carriage disappeared, and in a fees minutes order having been restored, the Court pro ceeded with the business of the day. The following is the information which we have been enabled to gather on this important capture. For some days orders had been given to the troops that were spe cially charged with the arrest of Tragine to spread the rumour that they were to fire upon him as soo❑ as he was perceived. This means of intimidation produced its effect Tragine's c onfederates having given him notice of what was to be done, he was on his guard, and left the country However, his retrea: continued to be ignored. What the agents of the public force could not do openly was attempted by stratagem. It was thought at the Pre fecture that it was necessary to lay a trap for the brigand, and overtures for that purpese were made to different Mayors of the arrondissement. In short, the Mayor I Larcat, in the Canton of Cabannes, yielded and consented to assist the superior authorities by every means in his power, but before he accepted the mission to arrest the brigand he refused the reward of 1,000 francs which the Prefect had placed at his disposal. The Mayor of the commune of Larcat, M. Joule, is a man about thirty-five years of age, powerful, intelligent. and tall ; be is capable of being personally pitted against Tragine, if he could find him unarmed ; which is a difficult matter. M. Joule goes ahaut into public places, speaks o Tragine as a man of courage and remarkable for his skill. He says that his misfortunes have made him go mad ; that he must either return to Spain or the Andorras ; and that he is wrong not to accede to his advice. Oa these words being uttered a bystander observes that he must have a passport, and that no Mayor would deliver him one. The Mayor of Larcat replies, that among the number of Mayors one might be found ; and that it was only neces sary to give oneself a little trouble to find him out. On the 17th of November a man who was known to the Mayor of Larcat came to his house, and informs; him that an in dividual on the part of Tragine has come to ask him (the Mayor) for a passport for Spain, and that he has at the same time to make him a present of 300 francs. M. Joule at first refuses; but, as the individual has been requested to press the matter, M. Joule accedes, on condition of the payment of 500 francs, and that he is to have an interview with Tragine, in order to be enabled the better to take down a description of his person. The interview having been accepted, a country house was named, in the environs of Foix. At the appointed hour the Mayor is at his post, not so Tragine. However, in a few minutes Tragine's wife arrives with her son ; she apologises for her husband, who has requested her to re ceive the passport, and to give every information respect ing the description of his person. Sho only brings 400 francs. M. Joule promises to be satisfied with the 400 francs, and remits the drawing up of the passport to Thursday, the 19th of November, at his own residence. " Between this and then," said he, " I shall obtain the necessary document. I shall have the passport quite ready, and shall have only to complete the description cf the person." Tragine's wife withdraws, and in two days afterwards her husband was at a private house in the commune of Larcat. He sends for the ) , layor, but M. Joule refuses to draw out the passport in presence of witnesses who might compromise him ; besides, the seal of office is requisite, which is at his own house. Tragine, it must be admitted, though of a coarse but penetrating disposition, appeared to have some doubts that a trap was laid; he hesitated at first, and then refused. The Mayor of Larcat was extremely embarrassed to know in what way he could cempletely win over the confidence of Tragine. "If you have confidence in me come to my house," said he to him ; " if not, take your money and withdraw." Tragine made no reply ; he was at a window,leaning with both hands on his double-barrelled carbine, and he had his other arms in his waistband. M. Joule approached him, and tapping him on the shoulder, he renewed the request for him to come to his house. Tragine whose features are slightly contracted, replies by a nod in the affirmative. M. Joule leaves, closely followed by Tragine. Having reached his cabinet, M. Joule sets himself at his desk, and Tragine is placed opposite to him. The affair commences, and Tragine assumes confidence. " What height are you? Lay down your carbine, and hold yourself upright." Tragine obeys, draws himself up, and stands like a soldier without arms. The mayor places himself at his side, and measuring himself with Tragine, he settles the height of the latter. Having done this, he places himself opposite the brigand, and steadfastly looking at him, says, " What colour are your eyes ?" Tragine retains the same attitude, and opens his large eyes. " Very well ! " adds the mayor of Larcat; at the same monier.t be seizes Tragine and encircles both his arms and body by his powerful arms, exclaiming, " You are arrested 1 help, my friends I " On these words Tragine is furious, and wishes to resort to Isis carbine, but he has to do with a man who is as pow erful as himself. Both the Mayor and the brigand fall down. Tragine wishes to get hold of his pistols, which are in his waistband, but M. Joule holds him with such ex traordinary strength that Tragine is paralyzed. From the first moment of the contest two men who were placed by the Mayor in an adjoining apartment came to his assistance; one had taken possession of the carbine, and the other was prepared with cords to bind the pri soner. A few minutes afterwards several persons arrived in order to insure the arrest and watch over the custody of the brigand. Whilst one estafette was despatched to com municate the intelligence to the Prefect and to the Pro cureur du Roi of Foix, and then gave notice to the brigade of Gendarmerie of the canton of Cabannes. Tra gine, having been deprived of the possibility of making the slightest resistance was sent to Foix in a carriage, escorted by two brigades of gendarmerie. Two gendarmes were seated on each side of him in the carriage. No doubt it was the formality of this cortege passing through the streets of Foix that caused Tragine's arrest to be disco , vered, and which brought the people en masse to the Palais de Justice. Tragine, on reaching the prison, was incarcerated in a cell, and his feet were fettered. Tragine's countenance is pale and regular. His eyes are large, quick, and even with his head ; and his aims and legs display strong muscle. From Larcat to Foix he spoke little. He appeared as much fatigued from the con test he had undergone as from the position which he was constrained to maintain in the carriage. POLICE IN TELLIGENCE MAN S I 0 N- H 0 USE. Charles Barrett, Sarah Ilibbert, and Robert Cleveley, were charged before Alderman Wilson, under the fol• lowing circumstances : Mr. Massey, of B►rchin-lone, watchmaker, stated that on the 19th September, between the hours of eight in the evening and six the next morning, his shop was broken into, or rather broken out of, and robbed of pro perty to the amount of 801. The prisoner Barrett, who had been witness's apprentice, and afterwards had been articled to him, lately confessed the robbery, and stated that he had sold all the plunder for 51, to a Jew in Pet ticoat-lane. The case was aggravated by the fact that Barrett had robbed him before, and been but slightly punished in consequence of his intercession with the Judge after the trial. Sergeant Power, of the Metropolitan Police, who very cleverly got together the evidence, called the to'- lowing witnesses : Elizabeth Hawes, of Mile-end New Town, stated that on the day after the robbery of Mr. Massey, Bar rett called at her house at hall-past six o'clock in the morning, upon Cleveley, who lodged there, and with whom he was on terms of intimacy. Next day Barrett and Sarah Hibbert, who was supposed to be his wife, called at the house, and Barrett came down stairs with a bag, which appeared to be full and heavy, and went out, and Cleveley followed them in a short time. At three o'clock Barret re turned alone, and brought the bag with him, and told 1 witness he wanted to leave it up stairs. On coming down stairs he said ho had broken five or seven shillings STATE OF TRADE. (From the Manchester Guardian.) We are glad to be enabled to state, that, since yes terday week, there has been a very palpable improve ment in our market, both as regards yarn and goods, and an extensive business has been done,—in some few cases, at a trifling advance, especially in fine 27-inch printing cloth, and in yarns suitable for the East India market, but generally at the prices of yesterday week. The purchases for the East Indies, which have been to a considerable extent, arc, we presume, chiefly specu lative, in anticipation of favourable advices by the over land mail, now nearly due ; and the improvement in goods may be ascribed, in a great degree, to the ac counts brought by the President of the improving state of business in America. On the whole, though prices continue miserably low, there was a more cheerful and buoyant feeling in the market yesterday than has been experienced for some months past ; and a gradual and steady improvement appeared to be confidently anti cipated. ROCHDALE FLANNEL MARKET, Nov. 30. We have had a rather brisk demand for goods to-day, cspe eially for the coarser kinds of flannels ; but there is no improvement in prices. In the wool market there is no change, either in demand or price. HUDDERSFIELD MARKET, DEC. .—Contrary to ex pectation, we have to report a somewhat animated mar ket to-day. Some heavy sales were made in woollens for shipping, and the demand for the home trade was tolerable. The news brought by the President, and other arrivals fram America, has had a favourable effect. Prices are firmer, both in the raw material and manufactured go,ds. Little change for the better has taken place in the warehouses, which are generally slack of business ; and while some mills are full of work, I others are doing very little. - SALE OF THE LATE MR. BARON BOLLAND'S LIBRARY. The ninth day's sale, on Friday, at Evans's of the extensive, curious, and valuable library of the late Hon. Baron Boliand, again attracted considerable attention, and called forth flinch competition among the collec tors of curious or rare editions of works. Many of the books brought remarkably high prices, in some in stances two and three times over the large amounts given for them by Baron Bolland, showing that the bi blionzania, which was rather checked by the supplies af forded by the tremendous sales of the late Mr. Heber's almost e ndless libraries, is quite as animated as ever. The following account of the sale of two productions of Shakspeare on Saturday will be found amusing Lot 1,722 [Shakspeare. 1—" Melbanke's Philoti tnus, Warre betwixt Nature and Fortune," interspersed with poetry ; rare, very fine copy, in green morocco gilt leaves. 1583. This curious work is dedicated to Philip, Earl of Arundel. In it mention is made of 110111C0 and Juliet, an a dditional proof of the popularity 01 the story in England long before the appearance of Shakspeare's play, which is supposed to have been writ ten in 1596. Haslewood gives a very interesting ac count of " this uncommonly rare work," in the " Bri tish Bibliographer," vol. ii. page 438 to 447-8/. l2s. Lot 2,138, Shakspeare's " Venus and Adonis." Third edition. Excessively rare. Imprinted at London, by R. F. (Richard Field.) For John Harrison. 1596. The poem of " Venus and Adonis" was the first com position of our immortal bard, as we learn from his de dication to Lord Southampton. Ho calls it" the first heire of my invention." The poem acquires an addi tional interest from the circumstance of Shakspeare having published only two of his compositions—namely, " Venus aad Adonis," and " The Rape of Lucrece." There is a motto from Ovid prefixed to it : " Villa miretur vulgus, mihi flavus Apollo, Pocula Castalia plena minstret aqua." Dr. Farmer has not adverted to this circumstance in his admirable essay on the learning of Shakspeare ; hut his selecting this motto seems to confirm Ben Johnson's as s,!rtion of his having nt least " sm all Latin," as there was no English translation of Ovid's " Amores" at that period. The lot appeared to have aroused extraordinary in terest. It called forth singula rl y animated and perse vering biddings, and a price that must gladden the heart of ev e ry old book-collector, while it could not fail to be most consoling and tranquillising even to the manes of Heber, As this small book, there, being only 26 or ::7 leaves, of the width of our columns, fetched such a prodigious price , i t may be grateful to the eyes of all those affected therein to note the progress of the biddings ; there were about six leading bidders, irdependently of commissions held by the auctioneers. They were nearly as follow f--(Mr, Rodd put it up at) 15 guineas. There were guinea biddings till 30 guineas. The next bidding was 35 guineas, followed by guinea biddings till 421. was named. Then 1/. biddings till 47/., which was followed by the bidding of 50 guineas. Next 54/. and on, by IL at a time, to 63/. That was succeeded by the bidding of 651., followed by 11. ad vances till the sum reached 91/. (ninely-one pounds sterling i) for 26 or 27 small printed leaves, being, as was stated, 3/. 103 for each leaf of the size of a playing card. The name of the real purchaser did not trans , pire. It was knocked down to Mr. Tho:pe. GREAT FOOT RACE. (From the Paisley 4dverliser of Saturday.) The great foot race which has occupied th attention of the sporting circles for these several weeks past, came off here yesterday. The match was, that an Englishman, from the vicinity of Manchester, named Wylde, (not Merrylegs, as he is usually called, this being merely an alias,) who has ben a runner from his boyhood, would bet any Scotchman that could be pitted against him for a race of three miles, the Scotchman to be allowed one quarter of a mile of start. The amount of the bet has been variously stated ; the most accurate statement seems to be, that 1001. was staked by each party, the winner, to pocket the whole. How the race-course of Paisley came to be selected for the trial we cannot tell, but it was selected without application to the Race Committee. Several of the members of Council talked of putting a stop to the race, because the terms of the lease do not admit of promiscuous running. The race, however, was not stopped, but the parties were required by the Race Committee to lodge, and did lodge 101. to meet any damages that might be done. A Scotsman of the name of Hamilton, a ploughman, was selected to represent the Scottish party. The race was generally expected to be nun at one o'clock, but there seemed to be a total want of arrange ment, and it was not till about nineteen minutes to three that the signal was given. Wylde, the Englishman, is a light made man, of low stature, but very sinewy. His only dress was a pair of striped drawers, reaching half way down his thighs, his body and legs being wholly bare. His head was wrapped in a black napkin. Hamilton is a man of 5 feet 10 or 11, and will weigh at least two stones more than Wylde. He had on a white stocking slip dress, from shoulders to ancle, with a white night-cap of the same material, and he was, like Wylde, barefooted He has often run at weddings, and on other occasions, and was never beaten. On one oc casion he ran round the course twice, and another thrice, but he had no other training. He has been holding the plough since he came here, and was employed two hours in thrashing on the day of the race. The time taken by Hamilton was as follows : Minutes. Seconds. 10 22 20 First round - Second round - Third round - The time taken from the start to the arrival at the winning post was 14 minutes 42 seconds; but he did not stop at the winning-post ;he ran on to his own sorting point ; that quarter of a mile occupied 1 minute and 10 seconds, making the whole time by run ning thrice round the course 15 minutes and 52 seconds. We have not the time taken each round of Wylde, but his three rounds took 14 minutes and 55 seconds; con sequently he run the three miles in 57 seconds less than was taken by Hamilton. The day was very unfavourable ; a close frosty fog settled down the night before, which never cleared off all day, and objects could scarcely be distinguished at the distance of fifty paces. Work of almost all kinds was suspended in town, and the crowded trains, and crowded canal boats, gave proof of a very large gathering of strangers. DUTY ON GLOVES. The question of the reduction of duty on gloves im ported is producing a lively excitement in that exten• sive and important trade. According to a Correspondent who advocates the continuance of the present rate, the only evidence before the Committee on Import Duty which supports in a►ny degree the policy of reduction, is that of Mr. M'Gregor, who has stated that the exist ing duty is constantly evaded, that he can purchase French gloves as cheap in London as in Paris, and that he was assured personally by the head of the Customs Department in France, that an extensive contraband trade in gloves was constantly going on with the English outports. This evidence is im pugned by the trade as wholly inconclusive, since a little difference in the quality, not evident to a person ignorant of the trade, might easily account for the identity of price in both capitals, and the information of the Paris functionary is at least declared to be suspicious, since he must have a direct interest in the reduction of duty which is under consideration, and be desirous of extracting all the advantages pos sible for Franc-2 out of the trade with England, without any concession in the shape of reciprocity. Thay com plain that no examination has yet taken place either of the English manufacturers or importers of the foreign article, and they adduce the fact, which, if true, would almost serve to settle the question, that there are numerous descriptions of French gloves which have ceased to be imported within the last four or five years on account of the protecting duty, these sorts having been driven from the mar ket by English kinds answering to them. This fact is used as an argument that smuggling is not so prevalent as those who would lower the duty would cause to be believed, since, if the contraband trade were so general, these kinds would find their way into the market. A reduction of the duty to one-half would, on the other hand, it is contended, at once glut the market with such articles as are at present ex• eluded, and seriously damage the English manufac turer. Even if the statements as to the great extent of contraband be in some measure true, which is not admitted by the trade, still it is argued there had better be some occasional sacrifices to such a state of things than a destruction, under cover of a legal enact ment, of a most important branch of English manu facture. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. MANCHESTER, TUESDAY EVENIN6. There was nothing done to-day requiring any particular remark. From 33 to 40 to 1 was laid against Van Am burgh, and something like similar odds pencilled down against the colt out of Rattle's dam : both seem gaining popularity. The London quotations were considered this forenoon as " made up," and no cot fidence placed upon the figures attached. 500 to 30 twice over was offered v. Marshal Soult at noon. The Oaks, &c., were only named, but not betted upon. CLERICAL INTELLIGENCE. PREFERMENTS AND APPOINTMENTS. On Monday last the Rev. James Coyte, M.A., rector of Boyton, was instituted, by the Lord Bishop of Ely, to the rectory of Po'stead, Suffolk, on the presentation of F. R. Reynolds, Esq., of Great Yarmouth. The Lord Bishop of Exeter has conferred the precentor ship on the Rey. Wrn. John Philpotts, M.A., late of Oriel College, Oxford. The Rev. R. Martin, B. A., to the perpetual curacy of Dore, Derbyshire, vacant by the, death of the Rev. F. Parker. The Rev. J. C. Harper, to the vicarage of Stratford Mortimer, Berks. vacant by the death of the Rev. H. Craven ad. Patrons, the Provost and Fellows of Eton College. The Rev. T. Williams, of Trostrey, to the New Church of Abergavenny. The Right Hon. Lord Rolle has appointed the Rev. Thos. Grylls, rector of Cardynham, Cornwall, one of his Lordship's domestic Chaplains. The vicarage of St. Anne' s, Dublin, va cant by the pro. motion of the ev. Dr. Dickens to the sec of Meath, has been conferred upon the Re on, v. John West, formerly curate of St. Anne's. OLivErt CROMWELL, an Historical Romance, Edited by Horace Smith, Esq . Author of " Brambletye House." 3 vols. Colburn.—The author of this work has chosen a stirring period, and the most daring and suc cessful of regicides for the subject and hero of his histo rical romance—a period when fierce passions, Lnd the most adverse principles, political and reli , cious, were roused into bitter collision—a hero, whose hypocrisy, fanaticism, ob durate courage, and ambition, not unaccompanied at times by a certain magnanimity of spirit, combined to form a character which it is almost impossible to analyse, but which, in its strangely blended qualities, seems of all histo rical personages the most fitted for the purposes of modern romance. History supplies the author with turbulent and daring spirits, clashing in a hurricane of passions, a wide kingdom for his scene, its throne the prize of contest—and well has he availed himself of these advantages. All the distinguished actors in the great rebellion, its contests and its intrigues, arc recalled to life ; the gallant but often li centious cavalier—the obdurate and fanatic roundhead — their respective leaders, the unfortunate Charles and his conqueror, contrasted in almost every personal and menta Thu l quality, fight their fierce contest u p on his pages. work is vividly interesting, and must afford the reader a high degree of pleasure.—Argus. HOLLOWAY'S OINTMENT AND PILLS.— Wonderful Cure of a Bad Le g .-- Mr. Hutchings, of No. 20, Merrow-street, Walwortb, had af'cen ulcers on his leg ; he was discharged from two hospital; as incur able, and for more than five years he could scarcely bear his foot to the ground. He, for the:first time, used Hol loway's ointment in August last ; every night he took four of Holloway's Pills, by whic h means alone his leg was perfectly cured. These pills, in cases of wounds and ul cers, must always be used with the ointment. These me dicines arc always to be obtained at 244, Strand, the Proprietor's Nevi Establishment, an d of every respectable chemist throughout the kingdom. Alderman Thompson has purchased the whole of Underley in Westmorciana, wince . consists of 3,000 acres of land, with a splendid mansion, and was the pro. perty of Mr. Noel. V. Ni EDIT/ON, CORN AVERAGES. GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN For tne Week ended Nov. 27, 1840, made up from the Retur ns o the Inspector, in the different Cities and Twivii, in England am, Wales, per Imperial Quarter. Wheat tins. nci. Oats Barley 6l. I Itycs AVERAGES OF TIIE LAST SIX WEEKS. Week ending WiIEAT. RAR1.1,%! OAT, I RVF. BEANS. ! PEASk --, - -- - Oct. 23 ,C2 t 5 36 1 23 1 36 1a 43 6: 43 3 30 6l '7 35 :3 22 5 37 1 44 10 143 0 Nov. 6 O2 1 31 1) 3.2 8 33 7 43 7 4:3 4 3 O2 2 34 8 , 2 0 35 9 44 0 42 0 :A.) 27 .CO 0 '.'3 6 22 2 33 16 43 0, 43 7 IMPERIAL AGGREGATE AVERAGES OF THE SIX WE Whval (1, 82. i Oats Itarley :43. 102. I Ilye `3t3A. VLI. 1 Peas" ..433 3 2 --- -------- ----- DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORN. Wheat Carley los. lid. ; rts'e THE MA RK COAL M A lINET • s market- clay 11 hips arrived since s. 1. Adair's /tell, 11010011 & Co. Hartley 00 , • Cr arAtte Main ... 2 i 3 ' Chester Carr's Hartley Hebburn Main Ol ei ' Leazei Main: l6 t;\' Moo t Moor . Original Windsor's 1'0,,t0, 13 t Pointy Windsor :South Hartley ll 6 Willington 20 : : 5 ; Wylao, Walls E d Itetvie e andC Walls End Clarke and. Co... 19 0, iii,slls End .),?isco , th ... W,lls r'nd Heaton Walls End Hilda ..., ... 21 6 Wall. End Hotspur lO 1 , %vans End Killingworth .. '2 Wails End -- rnu berla..d Ili 3 22 Richmond Man !Wads End Beltmnd ........ s• . : 3 3 NV. E. BraddvlrsHettott .. '2.4 0 Walls End Haswell. ...... A 0 Walls End Hetton .Valls End Lam Mon Walls End Stewart's Pennant's Hartlepool l3 i ' 4 l W a lls End Adclide Walls End Clarence lletton 21 -, \ W'Alls End Gordon ... ........ '. l 9 I, Walls End Fees .. ....... ' 23 ,*4 ll Walls End Tees . . Hetton .. . ... 21 " n•• 14 , illoward's Nethert‘m Main-. ' 21 d i ; Hartley' COUNTRY CORN MARKETS. Wheat. Barley. Oats. I Beans. I I' l,3ce ' .-- -- ---- -----, . , 8 Per (h tarter, s , to s. s. to W. 8. to s. a , to s. b• •" . 4 , 4 Boston Braintree lit ighton 55 66 20 39 24 '1) 40 50 3' 1 i Cambridge — 57 23 ..- .. 22 { 38 —' ' 41 Chichester.-- 61 22 23 ' 4t2 Du nmow Grantham —.— Grimsby Hailsham Hitchin 56 64 32 42 24 32 28 35 --- 4 1 Ipswich (l2 '7O 36 32 24 28 38 40 3' „,; Lewes Lynn 57 63 26 20 5(8 31 4ti '37 1 - 0 64 68 36 39 21 28 49 44 •-• __„ Maidstone 69 76 36 39 '26 32 40 50 —. , 4A Norwich Petworth ..„.„ 63 '74 33 311 '9B 33 4£ 48 44 ri Rom ford 52 6 , 4 34 3! 23 39 38 44 40 , 0 S a ndwich 56 67 \ 34 43 27 34 33 45 38 - 4= Tnetfotd ,556034 37 \263435 40 41 Wished) ...._ 1 61 60 136 42 :24 20 44 45 -- 0 Witham 53 (i 3 22 :79 29 22 45 4a 43 44 Yarmouth 52 61 ,33 35 28 39 138 40 40 Li VERPOOL CORN 141 VIA.ET.—D c. I f'; 9/ WirEAT, English, White, per 701 b. .., IR O 9 . 48 C 2 e 5 '7U 58 '7O 71 7S 56 61 28 31 (12 70 38 40 57 63 31 4ti 64 68 42 44 69 76 40 50 66 '76 42 44 13 '74 46 48 52 64 3B 44 56 67 ' 33 45 55 60 35 40 1 61 66 44 45 151 63,. 45 4,'J 152 6; I 38 40 , ,iVERPOO .13 c. 1 , , 01 ish, White, S, (53, to ID; . 9 4 Red 5 0 s 0 - Scotch, Welch, and Manx Irish, White 8 0 , 0 Red 9 10 Foreign 0 O A TS, English, Welsh, and Scotch, per 45th 3 a 1 Irish 40 0 Foreign riARLEY, English, Matting, per Imp. quarter ••• •3 36 0 4 g Scotch and Irish, pet 6611i 5. ---- Feeding 3 6 g 0 0 B EAN S, English, per Imperial quarter 4B 0 0 A 44 ---- Irish, &c. Fore i gn PEASE, English, per Imperial quarter --- Foreign ilouit, English, per 28015. 4B -- Irish OATMEAL, English and Irish, per , tillbs . . :2 38 6 o . o ' ‘2 :5 5 417° 60 47 9 INDIAN CORN, per 480th. ..,... RYE, per linperial quarter 39 ~ 0 0 M A LT, per Imperial quarter HULL COR OA. White (per Quarter)N' MARKET. 58s. - -a; 4 : f .,D Bed 400. o'" F o s . Foreign 4 6,. (.;(),. , Malting 3os. 3 ‘ 2 '' 4 ‘i! . Grinding Oats, British Foreign (in bond) Beans 4os 41s. 45s Pease, Grey Blue and White Linseed 445. 50 Flour (per sack) Rapeseed (per 10 quarters) CH E LTEN li A M N. AItI: ET S 4 . --2:1:: ‘244f- 344 ; v.. ...;. Per Bushel. s. d. to s. d. lb. Wheat 4 0 4 6 Mutton ........................ t; g' Barley Oats 4 6 5 0 Veal ........................ 4 g Beans . .... " Pease Ha y 4 l. la,. to 51. Os. ... P CANTEB BURIMA R K ET. s — to ".. 1 . Wheat, white----- f4s. to 765. 01d.......... ....s -- red..............—. 545. to 01e...... 01d..........-• -. t° 4. Barley, Malting ...—... 30s. to Ws. Orn ding.• - --" s • , to n Z . , Oats -.—....—....—.... 255. to 275....» 01.1., ~s 2 475., Beans .------ - Sit to —s. 01d......-*.-- 4 w , to Pease ~......—.----- 425. to .....s. Grey........... 31s. to —g. CHELMSFORD M. , ...RKET. 2.2 to 517 613 to 67 Oats ..................... , .... 49 4 5 53 60 Pease, Gray ................ ',I 31 35 White ............. 4. 4.g 1 2' 75 31 B e ans, Tiiieskaia.... ......•• .... 4 , ,,, 0 41 Wheat, Barley, Wheat, White Red Barley Cheralier Grinding - ---- Major-General Sir Howard Elphinetone, pd to say that the Spectacles he has now had some time r use, have fully redeemed the assurance of the Messrsnu fo. rd and B. Solomons as to their excellence, and having so much comfort and advantag e from their use far prefe; able to every other kind of Glasses which he has been I , the constant habit of making use of for a great number et years ; he, therefore , feels a p l eas ure in recommending them to his friends. 13, Norfolk-street, Park-lane, the 6th November,lB4o.—Messrs. Solomons, 39, Albemarle-streT Piccadilly, opposite the York Hotel, and 76, King, W e i, - liarn-street, Bank of England, state that inarneatai s. br s i lot state.iathn a t t those newly. invented Spectacles are placed before imPer; a iet r rs t f iocycloteustiihgs youthful, natural, ennaitv becomesuitrhal distinctness, t ng i d n h et originalt andn es feet vision, every object becomes clear and distinct, and the t a h n e d mostmi s cit brought agedminu ti em t o pP Their Invisible Operative Voice Conductor, for deaf per sons, is not the least perceptible nor more uncomfortable than having a piece of wool in its place; they give imme diate relief to old standing extreme cases of deafness. These valuable inventions have also gained the patronag e of the Royal Family, and the unqualified approbation of above four hundred of the principa l members of the mdi cal profession, and numerous individuals of high distinc tion, who have been greatly benefited by their use. No conn ection with persons of the s ame name. 39, Al lb opposite the York Hotel, and 76, King Wil" Liam-street, Bank of England. SHOOTING WITH INTENT TO MURDER UPON THE HIGHWAY.—There having recently occurred in th e ,. cou nty of Leicester several darin g cases of shooting a'. persons on the highway, with intent to murder them, viz.; of Mr. John Pratt, oil the Loughboroug h -road, hat; 29th of October last, the b all p assing through hoisn Mr. T. Oldacres, on the Hineldcy-road, on th have de 23d e u :t ts r ... the ball lodging in his shoulder—Governrnent mined, backed by the executive of the county,to offer_la r _r_, rewards, in the hope that by these:means the,offen_d.e..°: offenders may be brought to justice. A reward _f . !ri, is accordingly offered by Government. and an ad di a s 0 ,7,, 100/. bv the Magistratea of the county. Lord Norm o _ l ',/ , will also advise her Majesty's gracious pardon to any p e er son who did not actuallyly fihreetvhidetgaun a o s r p shailltolleaind to L" case, provided he giv t c the principal offender, detection and punishreen of N —Her Royal High." PRESENT TO THE QUEE .• .. . e has given directions to have Its Hess the Duchess of K e nt . r princessßoyal, be for the iniant to splendid coverlet made s christened, to her Majesty. It p resen ted, on the d a y she i _ , en satin lined wit h the richest gm. is to be comp osed of dwith fl ower s and embro idered white silk, and orn atnente w The decoratio ns are to be in a manner perfectly uniqne. females are superb in the extre me, and several. . ingenious it will be wanted. employed finishing it against the time tish manufacture, and. The whole is to be comp osed of Bri ' d their itants. the work completed by English artis n ts a .. The pattern drawing coloured for the co verletssis Ye ry b e autiful. MYSTERIOUS C I RCUMSTANCE. — oi: On ti' , e eautt ing of Saturday a box ar rived b y the Self-Defence,Ml ' L," don and Bedford coach , a t Am p thill, directed to " . ~ Morris, Ampthill." There bein g no one residing there 01 t h a t name, the box remained at the Cross Keys till the laud eve ning cf Wednesday last , when Mr. Webb, the lord, decided upon o p ening it. To the hot ror and dismaY of the searcher s was p resented to their view the body .f 1 male child, apparently about sixteen months old.--Bedf or Mercury. -- ._ ...le!" le SPOONS, FORKS, &c., superior to Silver for (3"- ra bility, equal in appearance . Table Spoons or Forks , 12 . Dessert, 10s. ; Tea Spoons , s s . p er dozen; 'fable Cand'Astt'i..ki, 8 inches high, is. pe r p air ; the p articular metal of wio told these articles are made is so like silver, that it oak only be from it by the stamp ; every article made in silver is suanufag tured in this material by RIPPON and BURTON, Wells-street, 'Oxford-stre et, Who, to prevent imposition, confine the sal‘i of it to theiuselvei; Catalogues of prices gratis. - - BIRTHS. On the lit inst., at Drakeloe Lodge, Woburn, Lady Charles Russell, of a daughter. On the 30th ult., at Shobben Court, Herefordshire. the Right lion. Lady Bateman, of a daughter. On the 24th ult.. at Farmington Lodge, the lady of Waller, Esq., of a daughter. MARRIED. On the 15th of September last, at Calcutta, Frederick Bel lair, Esq., of the firm of Messrs Peel. Bellairs, an d C o. , to Sarah J ane, eldest daughter of N. Oborough, countant in the Accountant-General's office. On the Ist init., at St. George's, Hanover-sox:l.lre John Grover, Esq., of Lower Ilelgrave-place, Pi m li co, , Mar ' y An"' only daughter of T. Pickstock, Esq., of Trinity-',Ptua.re, South wark. On the 2d inst., at Trinity, Church, M.arylebone, B. 17. Amplilett, Esq., of Lincoln s-inn, Fellow GI St. Peter's Col lege, Cambridge, eldest son of the Rev. 11.. H. Amplilett, for° inerly of Iladsor, and now of New Han, W orcesters hire, Frances, only child of the late E. Ferrand, Esq., of St. Pe', Yorkshire. z7l,i On the 29th ult., at Colebrnoke, Devon, S. Norrish, E s q . ' aged 99. On the 31st of October last, at the University of Charlo tte !' ville, Virginia, United St a t es , P i o f essor Ch arles Bonnyclot le ' many years Professor of that. Institution, aged 44. On the 21st ult., at the Grammar-school, Andover, F. Ref nard, Esq., of Brunswick House, Reading, aged 63. G. On the Ist inst., at Speisbury, Oxfordshire, the I Turner, aged 82. of On the Ist rust., in Hinde-street, E. Greathed , E s q . * Udtlings Ilouse, Dorset, aged 64. On the Ist inst., Mary, the wife of Mr. W. Phillipss Minories, a‘.d 33. n iece On the Ist inst., Mrs. Tate, widow of Major Tate, and to the late, Colonel James Lawrie. . On the Ist inst., Elizabeth, the wife of 11% Twol , e" 3 ' of Rochester. Esq' On the Ist inst., at Surrey-street, Strand, J. Carter, On the `.?,d inst., at Tyssen-terraee, Dalston, Irs. S. !!!; . _' . ' .. ` e .i s, On the 2d inst., at Navarino-terrace, Ralston, J. ci " Esq., aged 72. gonnas t he On the 2d inst., at Lower Clapton, Fanny, t daughter of Mr. T. Brown, aged 8. Of till! London : Printed and PubliFbed by MURDO ,YOUNG, No. 112. Strand, at The Sun Office, No. 112, Shan'' the county of Iliddlei.ex.—Tliuraday, December 3, 18 • e'A-' -ANNA (1 I ar vl Ras dro i tile Kati 4:ua4 a n has, Ing p hi ~ iet.l Peo to t . C aud bre; I)e i on kr, ro c to, hi; th, at Ca! pit re] (t 1 (ii s sal k et Su per for Y --__ ( axl 4 g i 'lies of t ver, Ani (if t eau *,`