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LONDON: THURSDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1840. Por a considerable .number of years MEHEMET Was looked on as a friend to England, which, by the loan of capital, engineers, and vessels, fox- Ills power. There was a continual interchange of civilities between him and our Government, and ~,ere was one time a rep or t th a t it meant to recog ' se him as Sovereign of Egypt. Nor has he Sho wn hitr se if i n any way t h at we are aware of ho~tile to the interests of England. He has for arded our mails and our passengers through his do ' il iinions.to India. He has not ceased to this day to show kindness to our people. He has welcomed our vessels both at Alexandiia and Suez ; he has bdtly received our travellers, and promoted their , Pets ; and if h e h ave b y that aggrandized himself, . has also contributed to the welfare of England. ..' 'Till a ve r y recent per i o d a l so, l i ttle or not hi ng ha s been h ear d b ut pra i se o f t h e e ff orts h e h as ma d e t? civiliz e th e E g ypti ans . I t i s un f a i r to comp a re " i 8 conduct to that of European Governments. It tl it , l l4 t o he compared to that of the neighbouring 'l 3 ' j . a h . ontedan.. G o vernments in Asia and Africa, and t hat comparison he appears to great advantage. h. he have b een ambitious, and sought to extend -4rrito r y, if h e have, to attain his personal oh ie:t4,,Crushed his subjects, he has done no worse 'lops t he Sultans, Shahs, Deys, and Pachas of all inn he has introduced several European arts, 'f ii : 4(li ng the steam-engine, into his dominions, he W enc ouraged cultivation and commerce, which few : 1114z Pedan rulers ev e r before did, he has given ' coo ntrY a navy, and has raised a debased and '.. 4395 t forgotten province into considerable emi erice amongst the Powers and States of Europe. ~,e o444 re not quite sure e v e n when we compare his . 400 . 11 " to that o f B ONAPARTE , or to t h ato f our o wn at trade- stifling, labourer-killing Legislature, w e ' he . will not s hi ne out a h ero an d a sage ; b ut } l, :re sur e t h at amongst t h e mo d ern rulers o f M a e( lan States he is eminent for sagacity and fill Ve make these remarks because we wish care. Joule to sep arate ourse l ves f rom t h ose M i n i ster i a b nal s whi c h h ave o f l ate ma d e i t t h e i r espec i a. , nsiness, after so long praising *MEHEMET ALI, him down as a monster of cruelty, perfidy, li t; t y r anny. In our opinion, that i s equa ll y it - 11p°- 4 e and unjust. England has no quarrel with s,""tEr ALI. Th e justification---and, let us ~, the only justification— o f th e bl oo d s h e h a s shed S Yria, is to be fo tha d i n h er having no personal Nest s i n view. She appears as the ally of the SULTA N. Her Ministers hare declared that the balance of power and the repose of Europe Will be endangered unless Turkey be main tained entire, unless Syria be restored to the Sur.- TAN ; and if MEHEMET ALI were the most liu- Itiane and virtuous ruler that ever existed, she w ould be equally bound, on the principles our stat esmen have avowed, to wrest Syria from 1, " in '. For the Ministerial journals to abuse - 4 1 ENt ET ALI, converts the contest which n " waged on a political principle into a per :l,4l attack f or p ersona l o bj ec ts, and supplies, -"at certainly never before was in existence, p ti a _Pparant j us tification for the outcry in I f 4n ee agai nst our p e rfidy and our ambition. ' in stead of acting as an ally of the SULTAN, we th re ni t our own account attacking an ally of France, e French will not want a pretext fur hostility to Uniting th e l angua ge of the Ministerial ,ttrnals to the T or y p ro j ect o f re t a i n i n g St. Jean per k e re, the French may see in our conduct a I, ll o nal and unprovoked attack on Egypt. v etl e Y may insist th a t it i s as necessary to pre -441: our encroachments as we say it is neces 4pry t° prevent those of Russia, and a wide oilc!" gener a l con fl agrat i on may ensue. T o guar d Er e s aainst participati ng i n t h e sma ll est de . ~e i against t otit the enorm ous f o lly an d enormous gu il t o f tl4 th ti buting t o provo k e a war , we f ee l i t our duty p ert 's point, w illi ng an d rea d y as we are to sup 4eive Mi niSterS on most occas i ons , to separate our \\ frorn all incendiary journals. e have all a l ong conten d e d t h at t h e Mi n i sters 'auld t.tp 'We felt sure they would—do all in their power p, n 'ustain M. G UIZOT aga i nst t h e war f act i on i n and, s h ort o f sacr ifi c i ng h onour an d grin ' would make him every reasonable and A k r era, e ! c oncession. For our parts, we think still tg it is fo r t h e i nterest o f E ng l an d to preserve 1 143 3. r tinder the power of MEHE M ET ALI, wh o wn how to preserve obedience and order in -THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY. DECEMBER 3. 1840. that country. Who will answer, even with the whole power of the SULTAN, for the peace of Egypt, if MEHEMET ALI be removed? and who then will secure the free and safe passage of our mails to India ? We felt great surprise, therefore, yesterday, to read in the Morning Chronicle an article, the tendency of which was to degrade MEHEMET ALI, who is virtually indepen dent of the SULTAN, unless by our arms, into a dependent Pacha, who is to have no power in Egypt but what the SULTAN, who has none, chooses to bestow. We ate not aware whether M. GUIZOT used the phrase hereditary sovereignty or not ; but our impression, and we believe the pub impression, throughout the contest has been, that if the PACHA retire from Syria an here ditary power, call it sovereignty or not, over Egypt is to be secured to him. It never has been contemplated by the public that MEHEMET ALI was to be reduced to the same state of dependence, liable to be bowstringed, as one of the ordinary Pachas. If such is now the object, let it be declared, that both the English and Fiencli may know what to expect. For many years Egypt has been really independent of the SULTAN. That independence has been found consistent with the integrity and preservation of the Tuikish Empire, and the public are not prepared to wage war against MEHEMET ALI to restore Egypt to the condition of a Pa chalic of the Empire. Because, however, ac cording to the Chronicle, there is some chance of Fiance erecting a protectorate over Egypt, should the PACH A be independent, England is to deny him the sovereignty he has so well-earned. Syria, a usurpation of his from the SULTAN, we have taken from him ; so well : but Egypt he has law fully acquired and long possessed. By its language yesterday the Chronicle makes the condition of the PACHA. a personal question between France and England. We hope our Contemporary, we believe the Ministers, have no intention of fostering and provoking a quarrel between these two great and en lightened countries ; but seeing, we think, some in dication of such an intention in the language of our Contemporary, we at once declare against it. We are not surprised that the late proceedings at the revision of the Registration Lists for the boroughs, has excited much attention, and called forth many remarks. Amongst other articles on the subject, we notice one in the " Eclectic Re view," which is brief and much to the purpose. The writer treats the subject under the following heads :—The qualification of Municipal Electors, t he System of Registration, and the Revision of the Voters' Lists, the Practices obtaining during the Canvass and Election, and the Mode of Voting. To the qualification of municipal electors, which con sists in being of full age, having occupied premises within the borough for three continuous years, being rated, and having paid all borough-rates during the occupation, there is not much to object, except to the last restriction. That "is the source of frauds without number. The parish books having, during that interval, pas sed through the hands of six different overseers, and, perhaps, as many assistants, the most extraordinary facilities are afforded for the erasure of names and items, and the foisting in of charges of 'arrears." This provision is purely mischievous, and merely.enahles those who may be so inclined to give trouble to the electors or to thin down the con stituency. It does not secure the payment of rates, because that is otherwise provided for, but it places so many difficulties in the way of securing the fran chise that it exposes the majority of the electors to vexatious opposition, and perhaps disfranchisement. It looks as if those who framed the Municipal Act grudged their own bounty, and covertly sought, while their professions were large, to make it as narrow as possible. The registration of voters, of which the princi ple ought to be to save the elector the trouble of proving his qualification when he comes forward to vote, has become, by the above restriction and similar conditions, a means of disfranchising him. "Besides the hostility of objectors" the franchise is placed in peril by various acts of the overseer, such as omit ting the name of the elector, writing it in pencil, not giving credit for the payment of rates, informa lity, and erasures. Every year the registration is opened, with all these conditions to be fulfilled, objections may be renewed, and every year must be rebutted. This is annoying and vexatious. It is also erroneous. When a qualification is once stablished there can be no reason—except the necessity growing out of the vicious enact ment requiring proof that the taxes have been paid for three years—why that qualifi cation should be liable to question as long as the man occupies the premises which first conferred it. Such a system is delightful to all the enemies of popular rights, whether they be avowed Tories or not. They set their agents to work, they get hold of the books, they raise objections, and disfranchise the electors almost by wholesale. " It is now an established plan," says the writer, in cases where a landlord pays the rates of a number of houses to give a receipt for A, B, and others, thus destroying the proof of the rating in the case of the others." This is most mischievous, because it ,ends to disfranchise the poorer classes. A similar trick is played as to the Parliamentary electors which operates to prevent those from paying the rates, who are willing to pay them in order to have a vote. The result of this Tory mode of working the law, is to exasperate the disfranchised against both the Parliamenta r y an d Municipal Reform Acts, and make the poorer classes believe that all legislation, even that which nominally confers a privilege on them, is intended to juggle them out of their rights. The author supplies several cases in which the carelessness or the fiaud of overseers was allowed to operate against individuals, in one of which by good luck the overseer's receipts had been pre served and were produced. If by any accident one of them had been lost, the elector would have been disfranchised, so that many a vote may depend on every receipt for three years being carefully pre served. That makes a man's rights, and the Go vernment of a country which may be affected by his vote, depend on chance. It is plain that by making the conditions so nu merous, the chances are that they will rarely be all fulfilled, and a needy set of attorneys and political partizans are always ready, for the sake of the fees they can levy from their patrons, to take objections on the chance that they will be sustained. By acting on this principle the number of voters objected to on the burgess roll of Liverpool, at the late autumnal revision, was 7,303 ; and after the Court had sat from the Ist to the 15th of October, the full period allowed by the law, above 5,000 objections remained 'in disposed of. It was impossible to revise the list ; and the consequence was, after the opinion of Counsel bad been taken on the subject, that the Court was shut up, the new burgess-roll was cast aside, and the burgess-roll for the last year was used for the late election, and will continue in force till the next revision. It is clear, how ever, unless the Legislature interfere in the mean time and alter the law, that the same circumstances will prevent the revisal of the list next year, and the present burgess-roll will remain till the end of time the only record of legal municipal voters for the borough of Liverpool. Several hundred quali fied electors whose names wete added to the list this year have thus been disqualified, and the num bers will be still greater next year, thus the law will secure, if it be unaltered, in the halals of an ever decreasing number, the whole powers of the Corpc ration. A precisely similar case occurred at Leeds. The revision there could not be completed in time, and no less than thirtee❑ hundred new voters, who had been placed on the list, in five wards (for so far the revision had taken place), were actually disfran chised because the revision could not be com pleted; and the elections were made on the roll of last year. On breaking up the Court, the Mayor of Leeds declared, notwithstanding the unparalleled number of objections, that not one hundred had been made good. It is quite clear, therefore, that artful hire ngs take advantage of the imperfectio►►s of the law, to evade its provisions, and torture them into a means of annoying and injuring their fellow-men. A smuggler only causes a little loss to the revenue ; a hired Tory lawyer, who prostitutes the law to the purposes of his employer, disfranchises half a town, and carrier.' grief and vexation into the hearts of many thousand persons. Surely he is a greater criminal than a smuggler, and ought to be put down like the smuggler. All these evils grow from the law, and the Legis lature therefore is bound to remedy them. They are not, like the evils of poverty and superabundant population, or like a bad season, beyond its power. As the law is now framed, it is a positive bounty on chicanery, fraud, and strife. The source of the evils :s the perversion of the principle of regis tration. The idea which lies at the foundation of that, is to secure the ease and the right of the voter ; but the Legislature in its jealousy of popular rightF, has perverted it into a security for the legality of his vote, according to the restrictions, sometimes ab surd, which it has thought proper to prescribe. We shall not now follow the writer through his observations on the practices which obtain at muni cipal elections, nor shall we now enforce his recom mendation- of the Ballot as a cure for these evils. The two cases of Liverpool and Leeds, with the notorious and avowedly corrupt practices which have taken place in other boroughs, ought to be sufficient to induce the Legislature to rectify the evils it has unwittingly inflicted on the burgesses of the empire. The Ministers must be anxious, we think, to complete their own inten tions, and secure to all the inhabitants of the towns that control over their affairs which was the proposed object of the Municipal Reform Act, The extension, as well as the securing, of popular rights, recommends itself to every liberal politician. But if the Ministers and the Radical members need any stimulus to undertake the revision of the Municipal Act, they will find it in the fact, that the immoral restrictions we have adverted to, which nourish only chicanery and strife, are the means by which the Tories have recovered part of their lost ground in the Corporations, and arc able to boast that in some, by the command of plenty of money and skilful agents, they have secured a victory. They threaten still more ; and that alte ration of the law which would put an end to the harrassing practices of low • attorneys, would check the progress of the corrupt Tories. The whole of the Paris Journals of Tuesday lave been received, with the continuation of the debate upon the Address in answer to the Speech from the Throne. The speakers on Monday were MM. DE CARNE, DE TOCQUEVILLE, Jour. FROY, Dueos, and General BUGEAUD, The debate on Tuesday was opened by M. CONALLY, who was succeeded by M. BERRYER, and when post hour arrived M. DE LANIARTINE was as cending the tribune. Of M. BERRYER'S speech we can only to-day give a mere outline ; but by to-morrow we shall be in possession of a full report, which, if interesting, shall be submitted to our readers. The best speech delivered on Monday was M. JOUFFROY'S. This gentleman, who was Reporter to the Commission appointed . by the Chamber to inquire into the state of tl,e navy in 1839, demonstrated that the policy of M. TRIERS was not the policy of his predecessors in office—that it was as novel as it was rash, inexpe. dient, and dangerous to France and to Europe. Ni THIERS' predecessors sought to establish the in fluence of France at Constantinople, and so coun erhalance the intrigues of Russia ; but M. THIERS abandoned Constantinople, to eaablis a French influence at Alexandria. He au proved both of the principle and the execu tion of the Treaty of July, and only com plained that France was not treated with the re spect due to her. He also observed, with more truth than the trammelled supporters of the policy of the Four Powers will dare to admit, that Rus- sia is not less surprised and disappointed than France at the little share she has had in executing the Treaty of July. For our own part, we never entertained the least doubt upon this point. Had the Cabinet of St. Petersburgh foreseen that Eng land, almost unaided, would have restored Syria to the Porte, and at the same time avoided a war wi Russia, it would never have been a party to ai treat) for such a purpose ; and but for the folly of France, or rather of the late French Ministry, the humiliation of Russia would be indeed complete. In Monday's sitting the peace-policy of the SouLT-G utzoT Cabinet was supported by Gene tai BuGEAUD, but as that honourable and gallant Deputy is somewhat addle-headed and eccentric, his silEnt vote would have served his friends better than his speech. He has a trick of speaking to• plainly, and never addresses the Chamber without putting it out of humour. The following extracts from the Cannrier Fran cais of Tuesday will be read with lively interest : The Journal des Debuts announces that Mehemet Ali has communicated his resolution to accept purely Emil simply the Pachalic of Egypt, and to restore the Turkish fleet. The submission of the Pacha is official ; the Mi.. nisters have affirmed it, it is said, to several Deputies in the Salk des Conferences. The yielding of Mehemet Ali might have been foreseen, when it was seen that he bad issued orders to Ibrahim to concentrate his troops in Egypt. The capture of St. Jean d'Acre left him without defence, and the discouragement of his troops no longer permitted him to resist. The Allies have thus regulated the East as England wished ; the voice only of France has not been able to be heard, nor her flag to be displayed. Peace is insured for some months. Russia still governs in Constantinople; the flag of England floats on all the fortified points of Syria; the Pacha of Egypt is, in despite of himself, the vassal of Lord Palmerston. These are the first consequences of the Treaty of July lb." The Moniteur Parisien says— " The rumour was current on Monday afternoon, in the charged i to ta ry offer possession t o in to t p h f e o rds, m weh o o f , as he Chamber, that th e G overnmen t h a d rece i ve d news o f t i. e S n t i t F i o s u k r n o p w o adhosion of M e h emet Ali to t h e p ro p os i t i ons o f Adm i ra l nw'erwsas h a , t he h r e g r e of Egypt. We have seen ourselves a letter seilles, announcing that this news had been brought by the Euphrates." Gall/planes Messenger confirms this news, and a private letter from Paris assures us that the mis sion of M. MouNiEn to London has for its ob ject to obtain some concession from the Four Powers, which will enable France to escape with some show of dignity from the painful position 'of in which her rejection the Treaty of July has placed her. If such be the case, we implore L or d PALMERSTON to make every concession in his power capable of soothing the wounded f eelings of France. He has shown sufficient fi rmness to concede any reasonable favour with a good grace. It was never the wish of E n g l and to place France in a humbled position, and it would de light us to see Lord PALMERSTON seize the first opportunity that may yet offer to re-assure the no ble-minded statesman now at the head of the French Government, that France has not a more sincere friend, even at this moment, in the world, than honest John hull. Respecting the new French loan—another of THIERS' precious legacies to his war-loving cout.tiymen, we find the following details i❑ the Commerce : " The amount to be contracted fur is said to be 61. J) millions, either against the Five per Cont: or the Three per Cents. If the loan is made in Three per Cents. the 100 millions must be paid in eff..,ctive, and the subscriber , will receive in exchange for their payment 3f. of Three p r Cents Itehtes for each 100 f. paid with a certain number of Annuities, which will snake up the difference betty een par and the rate at which the loan shall be contracted for ; that to to say, that it the loan striscribod for at 76f., the subscriber will receive for 100.0001. paid into the tieasurY a title for P,ooor. of Rentes :via 24 Annuities of I,ooof. each, or 12 Annuities of 2,0001." The following intelligenze from Alexandria is from the Temps el Tuesday. Though the date is the same as the accounts received ye“erday it is not the less interesting as characteristic of the policy of the VICEROY : ALEX,:NDRIA, Nov. 1 I.—Three small vessels from the Tiber have arrived to take on board the three alabaster cc lumns which the Chevalier A. de Reseal has obtained from Mehemet Ali for the Church of St. Paul, at Rome. On the day after their arrival the Consuls-General of Rome and Tuscany presented the officers to the Pacha. It was nine ;n the evening, and the Viceroy was surrounded, in his larffe illumirated hall of audience, by the Capitan Pacha and all the officers of the Palace. The reception was very gra cious, and the Pack. commenced c series of compliments I y inquiring as to the health of the Pope. The means of trans porting the columns was then talked of, and the Pacha ad vised that the three vessels should go up the Nile and take them on board at Tours, half a league beyond Chisa, where he would send everything necessary.. The conver sation then turned on politics. The Pacha, speaktng of Syria, said that, whatever might be the result of events, that country was destined to be for a long tune to come unfortunate. Not concealing from himself Lhe critical position of St. Jean d'Acre, the attack upon which had just been announced, he said, after a _short silence, and addressing himself ;in - a strong tone of voice to the French Consul, " Yes, you are the cause of all that ras happened to me ; it is your couns.l which has brought me where I am, mad fettered all my movements. • I have followed your way long enough ; it is now time that I should have my own. The fleet shall go out and remove from us the disgrace of being blockaded by a few enemy's ships and my son Ibrahim will then be free to act." M. Coebelet replied, " I persist in observing to your Highness, that to send the fleet out of port would be rash and impolitic. As your Highness has waited so long you can wait a few days longer. The question in France will then be pos►tively decided." Some per- sons thought Mehemet Ali was serious in hie hasty manifestation of feeling towards France. This, however, was not the fact ; he merely wished to deceive public opinion by causing it to be believed that he bad acted under French counsels. It had, on the contrary, always been believed that he consulted nabody. Despatches from Candia announce that Mustapha Paella has not com plied with the desire of the Porte, and declined receiving from it his confirmation of the post which he holds under Mehemet Ali. The Viceroy has been much effected at this proof of fidelity, and would be very sorry to. see anything unfortunate happen to his representative in that island. CHANCERY COURT-(THIS DAY.) JUDGMENT.-CLARKE AND OTHERS V. CORT AND OTHERS The LORD CHANCELLOR gave judgment to-day in this case, which was argued before him yesterday in appeal from the decision of the Vice-Chancellor, who on the previous day bad ordered an injunction to be dissolved which restrained the defendants from entering up judg. ment on a verdict which they had obtained in an action against the plaintiffs. From the statements of the Learned Counsel who opened the case yesterday, it appeared that the plaintiffs were bankers at Leicester, and in that character took an assignment from the late bsnkrng firm of Mansfield and Co. of several debts and mort gages, among which was a mortgage debt from a builder, nag), d Cr,gan, to Mansfield and Co. Crogan was a bankrupt, and• the defendants were his assignees. C.arke and Co. bad been indebted to Cregan for work done for them by hi►rt, z.nd his assignees had brought an action against them fur that amount, and obtained a ver dict, Clarke and Co. not. being allowed at law to set off the debt of Crogan assigned to them by MansfiAd and Co. Upon this the Meavrs. Clarke and Co. filed their bill for the purpose of having the accounts taken between them and Crogan, and obtained the common injunction, restraining further firictieedings in the action. This injunction the Vice-Chancellor ordered to be dissolved yesterday, and from that decision the case came, by way of appeal, before this branch of the Court. The Lord Chanctllor ordered the injunction to be continued, thereby reversing the decision of the Vice-Chancellor. THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL V. THE MAYOR AND CORPORATION OF BOSTON. The information in this case was filed for the purpose of obtaining the opinion of the Court as to whether the Corporation of Boston had the power, under the Acts of George 111., George IV.. and William IV., to apply the surplus fund derived from the navigation of the rivers Welland and Witham to the improvements of the harbour of Boston. Upon the case coming on before the Vice- Chancellor, his Honour was of opinion they had such power under the Acts of George 111. and Geoige IV., but be gave no opinion as to the effect of the Act of William IV. upon the previous Acts. Upon the case coming on before his Lordship, he was of opinion that' they bad the power independent of the Act of William IV., but at the same time his Lordship expressed a wish to have that question argued by one counsel on each side. That argument was appointed for this morning, Mr. K. Bruce appearing for one side, and Sir William Follett on the other. The case was procteding when our reporter left. BOLLS' COURT.-(THIS DAY ) His Lordship the IVlssrea of the ROLLS, after disposing of the consent petitions, beard motions. HOPE P. HOPE. Mr. TURNER moved to discharge an order which had been obtained in this case on the 7th of September last, for the examination, de bene esse, of Mr. Bram Hertz, a person whom it was stated was well skilled in the know ledge of precious stones, jewels, and diamonds, and who had under the direction of the testator, Mr. Henry Phillip Hope, arranged a catalogue descriptive of the jewels and diamonds in the cabinet, with respect to which it was alleged the testator had executed a deed of gift on the 9,11 of April, 1839, in favour of Mr. Abraham Hope, and that he knew what jewels were in the cabinet on that day. Mr. Hertz was the only person who could speak to these facts. The case was proceeding when we went to press. VICE-CHANVERY-(THIS DAY.) LITTLE V. BAKER.-JUDGMENT. The VICE. CHANCELLOR gave judment to-day in this case, which came before his Honour a short time since, upon mo tion for a receiver, and also for an order for payment of 6,000/. into Court. His Honour refused the motion. EXCHEQUER COURT-THIS DAY (Sittings at Nisi Prius before Lord ABINGER and Special Juries ) GILLETT V. MOORE, GILLETT V. ASHLEY. Mr. KELLV, Mr. WHATELEY, and Mr. PEACOCK ap. peared as Counsel for the plaintiff. No one appeared for the defendants. It was an action for an infringement of Hansom's pa_ tent for the safety cab. The cabs used by the defendants wero proved to be an infringement of the patent of which the plaintiff was assignee, and a verdict was token for him accordingly. SNEEZuM V. mARVIALL. This was an action brought for the purpose of recovering the expenses incurred in making a contract for the pur chase of the lease of the Rising Sun, in Somers Town. After a lcng negotiation and examination of the defendant's title, it was found to be bad, and the contract went off. Mr. KELLY, on the part of the defendant, took several objections, which his Lordship thought good; however, he would leave the case in the hands of the Jury, and re. serve leave to the Learned Gentleman to move the Cot.rt. The Jury found for the plaintiff, with 1461. 135., which covered the plaintiff's expellees, and gave 1001. as liqui dating damages. FEG V. STEAD. In this case the defendant had entered into a contract to purchase 20 tons of the best Dutch lead at 5/. 55., to be paid for by Prussian potash at Is. 3d. per lb. The lead was delivered, but the defendant had only delivered 1571b5., in place of 1,7001b5., which the contract bound him to do. The plaintiff, therefore, brought his action to recover the balance. Mr. ERLE, for the defendant, said he was instructed to state that the lead was of the best quality on the top of the barrel, but was of an inferior quality in the interior. Mr. KELLY denied the fact wholly. A cross action was the proper manner of trying such a question. His LolSDStttt• said the action was brought upon a spew cific contract, and, according to the pleadings in the case, they could not enter into anything out of the contract.-- Verdict for the plaintiff, damages 691. I s. COMMON Pi . EAS.-(THIS DAY.) FRANK V. FRANK. This was an issue directed by the MASTER of the Rom.s, to try whether a &ceased gentleman (a relation of the parties), whom a Commission de lunatic inquirendo had found insane, was without lucid intervals, at the time of the execution of certain deeds. The Jury, on the inquiry, returned a verdict that Mr. Frank was of unsound mind Irons June, 1816. Mr. Jarvis, for the plaintiff in this issue (being defendant in Chancery), now produced a a number of letters written by the alleged lunatic in the years 1916, 1817, 1818, and 1819, relating to domestic and pecuniary affairs, the letting of his mansion, Campshall, in Yorkshire, and other matters Of business, addressed to his sons and daughters at school, to various members of his family, and to his agents, in which there was no trace of an unsound mind or of incapacity to manage his own affairs. His cash. book, banker's, and other accounts, were also put in, and they appeared to have been kept with a clearness and regularity, much beyond what might be expected from an opulent country gentleman. From the letters it could not fail to be inferred that lie was a man of considerable intelligence, exceedingly attached to his children, and perfectly sane ; although there ran a plea sant vein of eccentricity through the whole of his corres pondence. In 1819, as Mr. Jarvis admitted, Mr. Frank being separated from his wife, of whose conduct he disapproved, he considered it improper to yield to the wishes of her • children to be permitted to see her, and being on this ac count, and through the lonesomness of his own situation, in an unhappy state of mind, he formed an improper eon xion with a Mrs. Barry, under whose allurements he deviated from the habits of prudence, and incurred an ex penditure which his circumstances did not warrant. In 1820 he went to travel on the Continent, when in conscquenc of ca taract in his eyes, he was obliged to hive an amanuensis. In 18 . 21, being comfortable with his family, and away from all improper influence, he executed a deed of one of his man sions, and some other deeds in the presence of his family, his lawyer, and opulent and most respectable neighbours, who had no hesitation to enter into contracts with and to accept conveyances from him. It was on the Bth of March, in that year, the deed which is the chief subject-matter of the present suit in Chancery was executed. The case was not finished when we went to press. BOW-STREET.---(THIS DAY.) steamer. George Buchanan, a botcher, was brought up in the custody of a constable of the A division, charged with furiously driving a cart through Regent-street and Cock spur-street, and violently assaulting Joseph Callis, a cal;- driver. The complainant stated that shortly after dark last night he was proceeding at a moderate pace by the corner of Regent-street , and before he had time to get out of the oav the defendant came up in a state of intoxication, driving a horse and cart at the rate of 12 or 14 miles an and catching the wheel of his vehicle with that of the cart, ho broke both the springs and the body of the cab. A crowd immediately collected, and as the defendant refused to wait and give his name or address, witness clung to the hind part of the cart, while the defendant con tinued whipping the horse in a violent manner until he was stopped by a policeman at Scotland-yard, and before he could be taken into custody he struck the complainant re peatedly on the fingers, as he laid hold of the tail-board to call for assistance. The damage done amounted to 71. and upwards, and there were several ready to corroborate his testimony. Mr. JARDINE said he had no jurisdiction in the matter, as the defendant's vehicle was not a hackney carriage, and the proper course would be, unless some arrangement were come to in the mean time, to bring an action for the damage done. A Boy CONCEALED IN BUCKINGHAM PALACE --It will be remembered that about a year back a boy contrived to gain an entrance to the Palace by following the work men, and, having concealed himself in the chim neys, he stole from his hiding-place and regaled him self with the best things the kitchen and pantry could afford. On being examined in order to ascertain how he got in, or what his motive could be for such extra ordinary conduct, he appeared to be a pert but harmless youth, the son of a poor tradesman, and not a sweep, as was at first supposed from his sooty appearance, and that he had no particular motive except to be able to boast at a future day that he had been the invisible companion of the Lords and Ladies of the Bedchamber, at the expense of her Majesty, in whose larder he fared sumptuously every night. The same youth is again in custody for being found concealed in one of the dressing-rooms, where it appears ho had an opportunity of hearing for several days past every thing that transpired , a nd bein g by some means or other discovered, he waslharided over to the safe keeping of the police, to await an investigation into the circumstance before Mr. Hall, the Magistrate, at the Horne-oifiee, the particulars of which are strictly private. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. - (T HIS DAY.) „ Jana Hudson, a middle -aged female o f respectable and prepo . ssesing appe arance , w ith an infant at her b rea st , end four ether children, the eldest between nine and ten years of age, clinging to her gown, were placed at the bar qefore Mr. Long, tha presidine. Magistrate, having been taken into custody u n d er th e following' circumstances:— Police-constable No. 162, of the C division, stated that about eight o'clock last ev, nine he found the defendant with her children sitting on the step of a door in Piccadilly. She was crying bitterly, as were also the children, when the mother stated that herself and family were in a state of niter destitution, and she entreated to be taken into cce,- tody. She and the children were accordingly taken to the station-house, and some food was procured for them, of which the children ate ravenously. Mrs Hudson stated that she was a native of Little York, in Upper Canada, near to the Falls of Niagara, and with her husband and family came to England about six weeks ago, in consequence of having been informed that some property had been left to them by a deceased relatisi. However on reaching here they find the morti fication and disappointment of finding that their information was incorrect, and that in fact they were not entitled to a farthing. As her husband could not obtain any employ ment their money soon became exhausted, and in a few days they were without food. When the polici man found her the children were crying for bread, anal her own heart was breaking to witness their misery. Mr. LONG said her case was truly a most distressing one. The parish where she was found must relieve her. Mrs. Hudson, alter expressing her thanks for the Ma gistrate's kindness, was conducted by the policeman with her children to St. George's workhouse. LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, Dec. 3.—Wind this day at noon, light airs from the northward, and fine clear weather. DEAL, DEC. 2.—Wind N \V.—Arrived the Jane Ward, from St Lucia; Mary, Newfoundland. Sailed the out ward.bound except the Alderman Thompson, far Jamaica. LIVERPOOL, DEC. 2.—Wind N.N.E —Arrived the Severn, Williams, from Aricati; Scotland, Robinsor, New York; Margaret and Jane, Roach, Newfoundland ; Prince Albert, do. Sailed the Barbara, Webb, fcr New Orleans; United States, Briton, New York. The Glorat, Metcalfe, from this port was totally destroyed by fire at Ceara, 13th October, two days after her arrival, crew and small part of cargo saved. The Vernon, hence to Glasgow, is on shore near the water of Urr. The Mary, Hawkins, bound to Demerara, has put back, having been on shore on Arklow Banks. PORrSNIOUTH, Dec. 2.—Wind N.—Arrived Her Ma jesty's ship the Athol, from Quebec, left Brandy Potts Ist ult., passed about twenty sail coming down the river, frem 4th to 19th ult ; experienced heavy gales at East. Sailed the Lady Raffles. Hight, Hobart Town. Off port, the George Canning. Bynon, from Denia. WEYMOUTH, Dile. I.—Arr.ved off, the Victor, Ridley, from Calcutta. FALMOVTH, DEC. 1.-Wind W. to N. N. W.--Arrived the Lady Wright, Wright, from Xabia. Off port, the Thomas Blyth, Hay, from Mauritius. sailed sth Sept. ; Spinster, Colulit uu, lla3ti. The Marina, Cock, from Odessa, which arrived here on the 19th ult., with damage, commenced discharging to-day. TETONMOUTH, DEC. I.—Arrived the Rover, Mills, from Newfoundlard. DARTMOUTH, DEC. I.—Arrived the Fearnot, Cox, from Pat•as; Wave, David, Denia. BRISTOL, llac 2.—The Sprightly, Marshall, from London, arrived here to-day, with damage, having been run into, whilst lying to in the Channel, by the Star SWANSEA, DEC. I.—Arrived Britannia, Bruce, Cuba. MILFORD, DEC. 1. Arrived Rey nard, Wethei all, Xabia. KiNsaLu, Nov. 29.—Arrived the Madonna, Smith, from Porto Rico. PETERHEAD, NOV. 30. —The Eliza, of Alloa, which was on shore at Rattray head, has bcen got off, and into Prase' burg. INUNDATIONS IN FRANCE. (From the Boulogne Gazette, Nov 30.) The slight sketches we have given of the fearful in undations and the havoc occasioned by them in the south and east of France, have, we are happy to say, raised the sympathy and moved the hearts of our coun trymen, who have called upon the Consul to eJnvene a pablic meeting of the British residents to consider the propriety of raising a subscription in their behalf. We cannot dismiss this soul-stirring subject without a few additional words to our countrymen. Euglishmen, at all times have you been the admiration of the world for your generosity, when calamity or misery appealed to you, but there never was a moment when hb:- rality will be more creditable, when charity will be store to your honour than at this hour. The Chamber of Deputies still echoes the voice of the man who has declared that Englishmen would have insalted France ; that man would have raised burning hate be tween two nations—would have cart a firebrand among the people, which rivers of blood could alone have ex tinguished. Let us give the lie to his declarations by proving to his insensate believers that we look upon Frenchmen as our brothors—that so far from wishing to insult or dishonour them or their country, we feel for their losses, we grieve for their distresses—that, though unable to prevent the blow that has wounded, we are most anxious to staunch' it, to heal it, and, as far as iu us lies, to prove that we teel for their losses. Let us not say it, but do it, and let our liberal contributions o❑ this occasion convince the French nation they have not a more sincere friend than John Bull. PASSENGERS' LUGGAGE ON RAILWAYS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,---1 beg to call attention, through the medium of your Journal, to the great inequality of weight allowed to be carried as " passengers' luggage" on the different rail wa3s—some allowing 112, sonic 100, and some only (Allis. weight, which latter is much less than has been usually allowed to stage coach passengers under the old system. In going, on Wednesday last, from Birmingham to Bromsgrovc, a distance of thirteen miles, on the Birming ham and Gloucester Railway, a charge was made for lug gage over weight amounting to 2s. 6J. (the entire weight being 1501b5.). Now a few days previous, I had the same weight taken from Blisworth to Coventry, on the London and Birmingham line, a distance of about forty miles, fur 2s.—travelling in both instances in the same description of carriage, viz. second class. The London and Birming ham Company allowing 100Ibs. weight of luggage to that class of passengers—the Birmingham and Gloucester Company only 60Ibs. ; the result was, that the fare to Bromsgrove, Irons 3irmingham, including omnibus at the terminus, amounted to 6s. for a distance of thirteen miles only, while by coach it would have been exactly half that sum, showing pretty clearly, I imagine, that economy can , not be included in the advantages of railway travelling. This illiberality of the Birmingham and Gloucester Railway Company (the result of the monopoly of railroad companies) will be severely felt by the public, and by none more than the class to which I belong. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, A COMMERCIAL TRAVELLER. Trowbridge, Dec. 3. DEATH OF A CHIMNEY-SWEEP IN THE FLUE . OF A STEAM-ENGINE.—An inquest was held at Man chester on Monday, on the body of William Ward, a little chimney-sweep, aged ten years, who was either suffocated or burnt to death, it does no: appear distinctly which, on Sunday morning la't, in one of the flues connected with the boiler of the steam-engine at the factory of Mr. John Clayton, Hilton-street. The body of the deceased child presented a most melancholy spectacle. Both sides of his face were much bruised, particularly the left side. The skin was completely burned off from both legs, and the feet were much injured, the large toe and heel of one foot being burned to the bone. The master and a boy are in custody, and the Jury deeming the evidence of the latter desirable, requested an adjournment, which the Coroner granted. _ _ MIRACULOUS ESCAPE.—Yesterdav the passers by in Goodge-street, Tottenham-court-road, were greatly alarmed by observing a boy out of the window of the second floor of the house of Mr. Hemmings, shoemaker, hanging by his hands to an iron bar which crossed the front of the window just above the sill. The poor little fellow tried his utmost to get in again, but was unable. lie was called upon to drop. This he did, when appa rently much exhausted, and was caught by a journeyman baker without touching the ground. lie, however, sus tained a very severe shock. It appeared that the little fellow, who is about five years of age, had been locked in by his mother, and was looking out of window, when he overbalanced himself, but catching to the bar, was thus placed in the perilous situation described. Yesterday, at the vestry-room of St. Pancras, a large vestry meeting was held, Mr. Houghton in the chair. Mr. Ilorspool said, that he was now called upon to move a resolution smilar to those he had moved on two former occasions. Applications had been made to the Vicar and to the Dean and Chapter of St. Paul's, who held the appointment of the living, for the gratuitous ser vices of the chaplain to the workhouse, which application was declined by those Rev. individuals on the ground that they did not possess funds of the purpose. Several Dis senting clergymen then proffered their assistance, which was accepted ; but of the established clergy one only, the Rev. Mr. Stebbing, offered his assistance, which was cheerfully received, and, during . the space of six theref months, efficiently performed. —( H) Ile would ore move a vote of thanks to that Rev.! Gentleman, and also a cheek for 501 Air. Newberry seconded the motion. Mr. Waller objected to the check for 501., as the funds of the vestry were not ample, and, as Mr. Stebbing had re cently received 7,0001., he would support the motion for the vote of thanks, but would move as an amendment that the vote of 50/. be omitted. The amendment having been seconded, a division took place, and the motion was car. ried by a majority of 27 to 7. The first division of the 42d Highlanders em barked on Friday at Cove, for service in the Nlediterra c nean. The Admiralty have decided on havi .n n % a u l l ofthe naval yards in the kin g dom li g h ted with gas, Her Majesty , we understand, is now able to leave her room. The answer to inquiries at B uc ki ng h am Palace this morning w as , that the Queen and the Princess Royal were going on most satisfa c torily, place lt t during he c hristening of the Princess will take mthoent names o f o f January, Adelaide Victoriathat tlt the Royal d i r n in fa a nt will receive IThe Rev. Robert Drummond, son of Admiral I Sir Adam Drumn g to r t a id,. and of the late Lady Charlotte Drummond, and turdiLionnl en o e f ai th a e lui l r a T he p H uk o e n. of c h A ar th lo o t l t l e , will soon lead to Oi s e Olivia Elizabeth daughter of James Duke place Strutt, second daughter of Colonelh Strutt, of Terlin g - Emily Lennox, oefx,Lbayitoisieteßr,aartoidneisrsisßpaoyolchiegs: Lady Duke of niciumanci. daughter of Charles, the second lOrders have been received at Chatham to have all the men belonging to the regiments in the East Indies got ready to embark for their respective regiments in three weekv. EVENING - EDITI q l .ll LONDON A IND G- KEN 11' IotiACAIL-12 WAY COMPANY. A meeting of Shareholders in the aVarril - ;GemPany; was held this day at twelve o'clock, at tlils*Geoi* stud Vulture, for the purpose of receiving tae potation, appointed at a former nit eting to cOmoruniitaio with the Directors relative to certain abuses, alleged to exist in the management of the Company. Mr. Tyr rell having been called to the chair the proceed ings and correspondence of the Deputation were laid Mote the meeting, and it was prcposed that a requisition should be presented to the Directors requesting them to call a special general meeting for the purpose of appointing a Committee to inquire into the state of the affairs of the Company, and to adopt measures for the improvement of their condition, and to inquire into the aLuses Aleged to exist, and to report to the next general met tip g. After a long and rather personal discussion, the roio lution was put, when four hands were held up in itti favour, and three against it. It was thetefore declared to be carried, and the meeting adjmirned. THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.) COLONIAL MARKET. The transactions were on a small scale privately, both for home use and export, and the small public sates went off without animation. The arrivals keep small. TEA MARKET. Prices underwent no variation for Free Trade Tea, but there was little demand for either Black or Green sorts, the trade generally waiting the result of the auctions declared. TALLOW MARKET. The demand was dull for P. Y. C., both on the spot and to arrive, but prices were firm at 465. 6d. to 463. 9d. per cwt. Sound Tallow is in fair requelt at late rates. SPIRIT MARKET. Rum still dull of sale, and prices on the decline. In Brandy a fair business has been done. HAY MARKET. The supply middling, and the demand good. Clover, from 3/. 10s. to 51. 12s. ; INlealow Mitt, 31. to 41. 103.; Straw, 1/. 6s. to 1/. Bs. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK, LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, WIDNESDAY.—We have had a good demand for Cottonto-day ; the sales were 5 000 bags, at an advance on American descriptions of id. per lb. LIVERPOOL SHARE LIST, DEC. 2.—Eastern Counties Debentures. 41 I Is. 3d. to 41. Its 6d..; Edinburgh and Glasgow, 291; Grand Junction Quarter Shares, 521 ; New, 284-; Great Western Fifths, 9; London and Bir mingham, 167 ; Brighton United Company, 291 304 ; South Western, 52+. We extract the following from the Mauritius papers of the sth September : It being proposed by the commercial body to contri bute to the expense of the construction of a proper build ing to serve as an exchange instead of that which was burnt in 1816, with an udditiunal tax on the patents of certain classes,—there shall also be in the same building a public library,— " His Excellency the Governor in Council orders as follows : Art. L. There shall be advanced from the Colonial Trea.ury, by order of Government, a sum which shall not exceed 10,000/ , to be employed fur the construc tion of a Bourse, and the establishment of a public libi iry, with a Chamber for lectures." The Dutch mail has arrived, of the date of the 2J De cember, with papers, bringing the Amsterdam prices of the Ist inst. Two-and-a- Halt per Cents, 50 11.16 ; Five per Cents, 94 ; Ardoin's Spanish, 221. The inauguration of the King of Holland took place on the 28th November. It was of a very brilliant description. We have received the Journal of Antwerp of )esterday's date. . . They write from Emmerick of the 21st, that the late King (Count de Nassau) arrived there, accompanied by his cnite, and after having dined, continued his journey to Berlin. BOURSE OP AMSTERDAM, Nov. 30.—The rise of the funds at Paris caused our National Funds to be firm, ne vertheless the liquidation stopped the impulse, as well as the sales, and damped the market. The Actives of the Society of Commerce went up to 170. There was little variation in the Foreign Funds. Ar doin's, although they fell at Paris, were firm. Coupons were sought after, and got up two per cent. after change. Ardoin's were done at 22 1-16 to A ; Coupons 181. Accounts from Odessa state that the Russian troops there ha. e been sent to. Sybastopol ond otht rs sent tow: rds Caucasus. The fleet is t &ng dismantled. They are augmenting the Corps d'Armee,which occupies Poland. THE FUNDS• Consols opened at 89: t 1 1, es. div. for the Account. being shut. Reduced, 89,E r i l ; Exchequer Bills, 2 4 prem. ; Bank Stock, 1581 1591; India Stock, 2414 2424. In the Foreign Market Spanish Active, which left off at 231 241, at present a shade lower, 23-, 7 4 - 24 ; De ferred, Ili 124; Passive 54 1 ; Portuguese same as they left uff, 3411, ex-div. ; Three per Cents. 224 ; Mexi can, 29 301 ; Brazilian, 7") 73 ; Southampton,Be l gian, 97 5 1) 3 8. : : Russian, 1121 1131; Dutch Twc..And-a. H al f pe r Cen ts. 521 ; Five per Cents. 991; Colombian, 264. Shares—Great Western, 21 22 premium ; London and Brighton Railway, 101 10 dis. ; Blackwall, 43. dis. ; Birmingham, 77 79 premium; per share ; Croydon, nothing done ; Gree l tr 'iclt,7S per discount. shale; Manchester,and Birmingham, 13 PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE, RAILWAYS. Paid. Per Share. Great Western - 4 Ditto New Ditto Fifths ... 4 *"• hi to London and Brighton ............ 40 •• ••• 30 Loudon and Greenwich ..... ....- 20 ' 8 North Midland JOINT STOCK B%NKS. London and Westminster PRICES OF IRISH Union of London DUBLIN, DEC ' '3 per Cent. Consols Three and Half Stock ,7,i, Grand Canal Stock ...... Ditto Reduced ...... •— 1 D!tto Debs. 6 per cent Ditto New, IMO ....•• m orning, although the intelligence cent' to 1-1. 3i per Cent. Debs. in the course of the HALF , PAST ONE. There has been very little doing m the British Market from Egypt is of a favourable nature. According to iarious accounts there is every appearance that Mehemet Ali has submitted to the conditions of the Allied Powers. Should this be confirmed the peace of Europe will not be disturbed. Consols have fluctuated during the morning from 89/ A to 891 ex.-div., at the latter , , prices they ate at present. Three per cent. Reduced. 89 4 'q - i ; Exchequer Bills, 2 4; Bank Stock, 158 159 ; lads stock, 241. In tire Foreign Market the only operation worthy of notice is in Spanish Active,. which improved to 2 , q - ; c orres.pondence between this country in consequence o f a and Spain, relating to the Treaty of Commerce, also to the report made to the Regency by the new Minister of Finances, Gamboa, on the o Fubjec , t of . finances, since which Spanish has receded. to . - . 4 ; 1 assiye, 53 ; a- Portuguese, 34} *. ex. half dividend t ,Colombian, 26 i ; Nlexican, 30 ; Dutch Two-and -a- Half per Cents., 511,- 51- 511. In Shares some businiss has been doing, but they are a shade lower, Great N . S. estern, sht --? ; New, 491 ; "Fifths, and Brighton, 30 293 _ 8i ; London z; North Midllntl, S.81,:817:11.).1C:BliD;kil;)Sit .04.,:)2e:r3. ... 74 72. The Batavier has arrived, but the Dutch mail this morn ing is of a later date. ,-- LlNCOLN.—Govertiment has terminated the imprisonment of Mr. H itchins. The order for his dis but the state o f hi s h ea l th prevente d this gratef u l, t h ough on h i s part , eiaq. e was received on Sunday mornin g la st , and was immediately until the f o ll ow i ng day. H e i s so much reduced in stren g th, an d has suffered so much h s totallya availing communi catedl n in so g li anxiety and torture , b o t h of mi nd and body, from the late ci himself't t e o d him,boon 0 i , diabolical attempt upon his life, that his medical advisers recommend a total withdrawal for a short time from all business and excitement, as the most likely metls, in con nexion with air and exercise, of enabling him once more to resume with effect his wonted private and official duties. —Lincoln Gazette. '[Mr. Liston was elected last week on the Council of the College of Surgeons, a vacancy having been occa sioned by the death of Sir A. Carlisle. COURT CIRCULAR. The Duchess of Kent and the D uchess of Glouces ter visited he• Majesty yesterday at Buckingham Palace. His Royal Highness Priace Albert, attended by Major-General Sir Edward Bowater and Captain Sey mour, rode out on horseback yesterday between one and two o'clock. His Royal Highness called at Marl borough-house, Pall-mall, the residence of her Majesty the Queen Dowager. Among the inquiries yesterday at Buckingham PA. lace after tie state of the Queen and the Infant Princess Royal were the Swedish Minister and Countess Bjorns j rna, the American Minister and Mrs. Steven son, the Bavarian Minister and Baroness Cetto, the Belgian Minister and Madame Van d 4 W,;yer ; the Lord Chancellor ; Earls of Lichfield and Warwick ; Countesses of Lichfield, Warwick, and B dfast ; Vis count and Viscountess Boyle ; Lord Bloomfield ; Ladies Elizabeth Smyth, Anne Anson, Rae Reid ; Honourable Mrs. Sanderson ; Sirs Charles M. Clarke, J. Rae Reid, and !Robert F. h iglis ; Mr. Commissioner Hol royd ; Colonel IVylde ; Major Shadwell Clerke ; iles sieurs Hawke, M.P., Rich, M.P., Freskaield, M.P., Daniel Q. C., Stewart, Lawrence, and G. R. Robingm ; Mistresses Lawrence and Stewart ; Misses Smyth, Stewart, and Burdett Coutts. The Duchess of Gloucester visited her Maj3sty the Queen Dowager yesterday. His Excellency Mr. Stevenson, the American Minis ter, transacted business with the Chancellor of the Ex chequer and had an interview with Lord Normanby at the Home-office. The Earl of Devon and William Allen had interviews with Lord J. Russell yesterday, at the Colmial-office. Viscount Melbourne left town yesterday morning for his seat, Brocket-hall, Ilerts. The Military Secretary to the Commander of the Forces, and Colonel F'ox had interviews with the Mar quis of Nurtnanby yesterday at the Home-office. The Marquis of Lansdowne left town yesterday for his seat, Bowond-park, Wilts. Viscount Ebrington had an interview with Viscount Melbourne on Tuesday' in Downing -street. Devateles from the Governor of C,:ylon were re. ceived yesterday at the Colonial-office. WAR OR PLACE. TO THE EDITOR OF TILE SUN. Sir,-1 cannot deny myself the gratification of ex pressing the delight it has given me, as a lover of liberty and peace, to witness the generous spirit iii which you have appreciated M. Guizot's noble stand kr those es sential conditions of a nation's happiness. You have well depicted the moral heroism which he has displayed, and the example he has set to statesmen, by declaring his adherence to the great principles of morality and truth. Alas ! how little are the evils of war—even to the conquerors—estimated. What untold tales of mi sery, desolation, and woe, can the eye of a lover of his. kind detect in the glorious and exciting accounts of triumphant army. How many thousands of unoffead. ing beings, each the centre of his own little world, and possessed of the same feelings and desires as ourselves, are swept off the face of the earth, to satisfy the tortu ous policy of some pragmatical Minister or self-willed despot? To you, Sir, in common with s one other conductors of the public press, every philanthropist and every Christian are indebted for the firm support you have given to the policy of peace. To waste a nation's blood and treasure may seem a light thing to those who in one way or other strictly serve their own selfish ends, but to all who know the sources of a nation's greatness, must be as hateful as virtue to t be Devil. There may not be many among so-called politicians who can appreciate the high dignity and worth of the manly course which, the new French Minister has pursued, but the voices of religion and enlightened reason unite to echo back his noble declaration, " Peace for ever ; peace every. where." I am, Sir, your obedient servant, Nov. 29, tB.lO. Z. CARLOW ELECTION. On Monday the nomination at the Carlow Election took pl..cc in the Court• Louse of that town. At au early hour in the morning a largo body of military and police apoaared in the town. The military force con sisted of the depot of the 42d Highlanders, a company of the •?4th regiment of toot, and two troops of the Inniskilling Dragoons. There were _'•1:t) it lantry po lice, and • _>s mounted constables. Throughout the day this force, under the dir, ction cf Green, Esq.„ Stipot:dary Magistrate, Major Brownrigg, Inspect( r of Constabulary, together with their own officers, pre served peace and order. Col. Bruce entered the Court accompanied by Sir Thomas Butler, Bart., Ho race Rochforts, &c., the Hon. Frederick Ponsonby, accompanied by Lord Milton and his brother the lion. George Fitzwilliarn, \Vi barn F. Tighe, of Wood stock, D.L., &c. and a numerous body of friends, took their stations in the gallery opposite to the bench which was occupied by Colonel Bruen. The rival candidates courteously saluted each other, amidst the applause of the assemblage. Colonel Bruen was proposed by Sir T. Butler, and seconded by Colonel Rochfort. The lion. Mr. Pon sonby's nomination was proposed by Mr. Tighe, and seconded by the Rev. Mr. Tyrell, P.P. The respec tive candidates, with their supporters, having addressed the meeting, the Sheriff declared the shox of hands to be in favour of Mr. Pousonby. The discussion was somewhat stormy, and Col. Brucn's speech is not free from violent recrimination and furious personal attacks. 'l'hs polling commenced on Tuesday morning. The contest will be severe, but it is thought Mr. Pousouby wil► be returned- An Irishman, giving evidence at the last Quarter Sessions in Dublin, in a case of assault, declared that the prisoner was not in liquor, though credible witnesses swore be was drunk. [laving been repruved by the Bench, bein g contradicted by credible witnesses, he persisted that he was tight, " because," said the wituesss, "ho was nut in the liquor—the liquor Tons in him." The race of dogs called in Scotland deer hounds, and in Ireland wolf dogs, is ❑early extinct, but it seems that some gentlemen in Scotlaud are resolved to multiply and preserve the breed. In shape they are like the grey hound, but are much stronger, and more courageous, and have long,et hair. CONCERTS D'III VER, DRURY-LA NE.—TheSe concerts continue to attract all the Nobility in town. The performances of the different pieces of music are nightly received with great applause. We have lately cacti the following :—Earl and Countess of Charleville. Earl and. Countess of Cadogan, Earl and Countess of Errol, Via_ count Rilaierston, Countess of Essex, Turkish Ambas sador, Ladies Cadogan, Gage, Paulet ; Lord F. Beau clerk, Lord Clarence Paget, Sir W. Symonds, General Cartwright, Captain Macdonald, &c. . . The Briglaon Gazette has the folloshvaiisighadex; tract of a letter from Rome :—" The ' eternal City,' as i is self enl c df a u l ri l se e df,ubi.te seriouslyh s e i d r e s s or a iriol f a ;, : . a aa l nn e dd p i l d ioz e sos n m i t i i c el i:of)es withamr a . lall-lproiiiixec,r Pope ki ienatro.: osg former of p l u i a c d hst r r e a a n c g h reached guests, is still mourning i t i l de m iseed r . ceaefltrelriet a short illne e s g s g , T l o ie r- r loss a'°nni aa%(viavinialdn advanced i n l ac o ig r ‘ . se' g , deplored, Ba°lldg as of the interruptionthe it mill cause amiable qualities, e a cl oi i a i t 3 r : ,c and benevolence o s l e e l ne of to the social pleasures of place. The death of the latter, the daughter an English Peer, beloved by all classes herfor isation. She wa4 f gr d e ' atly to Rome, to enliven the I s ' i a tion c , re a a ff t presence. A grand dinner sweetnes , she had , lately returned gaieties was ot soontlie \ afterrlla B g o i r y g e h n e i s n e t by e her - Casino, while there was rnudc on the lake and balloons its the circus f or t h e amusement of the people, who are ad mitted at a ll t i mes i nto th i s magnif i cent an d del i ghtful villa, but whi c h o f l ate rears has become a favourite resort dur ing the festivities of October. The day before her illness the Princess was seen in great beauty, health, and spirits, playing and laughing with her children in the villa. The three following days she was so unwell as to be confined to her Led, but without any suspicion of danger. On the fourth the Prince breakfasted by her bedside, and two hours after she expired, not being quite 23 years of age. On Monday last a meeting of the trustees of the Middlesex and Essex turnpike-roads was held at the Bird-in. !land, Stratford, for the purpose of letting the tolls from the lit January next ; Sir John Henry Pelly, Deputy Governor of the Bank , in the chair. The cit.. cums t a nce of the opening of the Eastern Counties Rail road from Shoreditch to Brentwood caus ed a lar ge assem_ blade of persons at the auction, as it was expected a great di min ution would take place. This was not the case, f or t h e tolls were finally knocked down to Mr. Levy a t t h e s um of 13.6301., the rent of the tolls for the preceding year being 14,7601. We understand the necessary preliminaries to the marriage of Viscount Alford, M. P., and Lady Marianne Compton, daughter of the Marquis of Northampton, have been arranged. Viscount Alford Lrrived in town on Tues day from Castle Ashby. It OY A L COLLEGE OF SW-10 EONS.-I%fr Lawrence has been elected into the Court of Exarainentia. place of Sir A. Carlisle ; and the vacancy which that gen- Oman's decease caused in the Council of the Colleget now filled by Mr. Liston, N i ...- I,IA 1 '' 5. eet,,' ---- j; $o [4 ; S. ~.' .fo' ; 0 1; r ro A P e ,, IL' --" tht 1,4° ,RD' 3. ) 3tbs P e" . tiV ' i" re , (1,,L Or ijs tel li°4 OW" d el t A lal e ' e ;tb e ,L3st ip iplif re pre' al Cl' s. Or "