The Sun. — London, England, 1840-12-19 00:00:00

ti 14; I n lON. c, !4 1:54 ‘CI A:, COURT CIRCULAR. er Majesty and Prince Albert took a carriage drive Jrday afternoon in a close carriage. tic,. ale Judicial Committee of her Majest's Most Ho c Arable Privy Council sat yesterday in the. Council number. The Lords pr: sent were Lord Brougham, - Ir. Baron Parke, Mr. Justice Bosanquet, and Mr. Justice Ersk;ric. The appeal from the Prerot.rative Court " Louin Goddard, widow, and tlr. Rev. Henry Wellesley, cler / ;t, v. James Joikoh Hope Ver, Es• 4 ," was rcsulPA, and occupied their Lord':nips the whop; of the day. Mr. Fitzroy Ken ,, , Cu'linsel, concluded his address tor the appellant s, and rlas followed by Dr. Addains. Mr. Tbes4cer Queer's Counsel, appeared for the re spy ndent. Dr.uAsidaolsl.l',d not concluded when the Court r ose 114 - 11- ' ast leer o'clock. THE NEW POPERY. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SU\'. SlR,—Allow me to offer some remarks or, the letter of • An Anglo-Catholic" in your Paper of yesterday. He writes in defence of Poses ism, and like the majorily of those who abet that pernicious system, is exceedingly ill furnished with information as to tho opiniohs of the sect in question, as well as of other bodies of religionists. He charges the Baptist Lody (vulgarly and falsely called " Anabaptists" by him), with refusing to acknow ledge as sincere Christians unbaptized persons; or at least he says they would tatclude such from participating in the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper. Now, Sir, it lc., altogether false that the Baptists do wet consider and reedily acknowledge, that all who oelieve ' i n the Lord and S , zoiour Jesus (Joist, without excentwn, arc really Chri , ,ttans, whether connected with air. Established Churches of knaiand or Scotland, Dissenting bodies, or the Chur ch of Rome itself. Nrit'eer do the majority of Baptist Churches exclude fr era'lsarticipating v:ith them in the Lord's Supper other Co:miens, though in their view uobaptiled. And even akth such churches as are governed upon the plan of bruit ing the communion to baptized indivie uais, they only fol. how in the steps of the Churches of r t;ngland or Scotland, .or the Independent or Methodist r iissenters, who will re ceive none at the table of the 7 -..ord but these whom they imagine to have been previous .y baptized. An .‘ Anglo-Catholic's" assertion that the doctrine of Apostolical succession ir. . held by many in the Church who in other respects dr ffer from Dr. Pusey and the Oxford tract writers, is cor;.?, t —and most terribly were the Evan gelical haters of 7, Y ssent annoyed with Dr. Chalmers when they berrowed s eloquent tongue a year or two ago, to prop up the 47;11ing cause of Establishments, in a course of lectures those lee e.t the Hanover-square Rooms, when i n one o f xeres he pointedly denounced the doctrine of AporettiF Asa succession. circumstance, however, of the Clergy of the Angli. 484 jhurch being attached to a sentiment so well calm latr dto inspire the ignorant with reverence and submis si .an to their Bishops, Priests, and Deae•ms, doos not ten `ler it one whit the less impious or pernicious; and you *will do good service to the cause of Scriptural religion, by lbolding it up to the contempt it so richly aeserres, in which you eery the enure: Church of Scotland, and all Protestant Dissent:rs ith you. An " Anglo- Cat)' oii c " tells you that the Puseyites " are not politico- r elig i nus agitators, " and, therefore, not "fair marks for v i our hostility." He ad v i ses you to ex p ose the M‘Gehees e itn d Staeells. But, Sir, these last are toe hot and indier reet to du much mischief. Th e form' .r are infinite ,y their superiors in cunning— " q ui et , re' ared students—men of peteonal piety and self denial" ( 7. s an Anglo Catholic describes them) at Oxford -- who e inoculating all the under-graduates with then pestiletst heresies. These you must consider sacred_ your ho stility must not be directed against them. Really, see .• Anglo-Catholic" is like his frienrs, not a little cunnie g. He is evidently alarmed at the expose you have gives from time to time of the Oxford theologians. He w " 0 I cajol e y ou i nto s il ence. Du not listen to hi m. We all uederstand the Rev. Messrs. M'Ghee and Corn _,P" y ; but v er y f ew are as yet aware o f t h e i ns idi ous de lat ns of the " Anglo-Catholic" party, as they love to be ta . tied. More shall be told of them anon. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, A FRIEND TO CIVIL AND RELIGIOUS Dec. 18. LIBERTY, ROYAL MUNIFICENCE.—Her Majesty the • Queen 'Dowager, wit 4 that liberality and ktuduess of heart which ellaractorise all btr Actions, lias, in the most benemteut spirit, uivim dir,:etions to her •fre.asurPr to for . wzird the sum of Mi. to the Secretary of the Mendicity Society, in sit of the additional assistance which it distri. but, vs at this 'season of the year to the suffering poor. Gra t°' tics of s l ats nature, arising from the spontatwous feeling of lber l k :tajesty, afford proofs of the strongest kind of the /Wrathy which the Queen Dowager has ever entertained .trivards the indigent, and must necessarily endear her to the hearts of the people. Ihe Duke of Wellington's party, at Strathfield 'aye, has broken utv.. His Grace will receive a large circle next week at that xpleoo.ld scat. The Duke and Duchess of Buckingham have entertained a s',lect party atAvington House, Hants, during the present v iee k, Lord aA i t L a dy Crofton have arrived at Mote Park, !war Roscommon, after an absence of several months in Scoftvid. Tl ., e Duke and Duchess of Cleveland are daily P te d i n town , f rom Rat, y Castle, Durham. The o .ote Duk e an d Duchess lett that seat some days since, a'4c) intended making sevo: a l visits en route to town. The Duke of Beaufort left Beaufort House on JFriday to join the Duchess and family at Badminton. The Countess of Clare is making a tour in Italy. Her Ladyship returns to this country in the spring of next year. The Marquis and Marchioness of Lansdowne and Lady Louisa Fitzmaurice left Bowood Park, on Monday • lae'r, for Bath, but have since returned. Mr. Norman Macdonald, the Under-Secretary for Ireland, left town on Tuesday last for Dublin. (FROM A CORRESPONDENT.)—It iS ELM un derstood that a French company, among whom are aeveral of the principal Parisian performers, have engaged the Princess's Theatre, and that the performances will cont inence ererly next year. HA7ZMARKET THEATRE.—Amongst the many distingrashed fashionables whom Sir E. Bulwer's new Vat , of. Money has nightly attracted to the little theatre in uhe rfavmarket have been the following :---Lord Anson, the Ea;l of Pembroke, the Earl of Lichfield. Lord Ward, -'4v rd Maidstone, Lord Adolphus Fitzclarcnce, the Baron ,d Baroness de Cetto, the Earl and Countess of Har rington, Lord Saye and Sele, Colonel Maberly, Mr. Ma . iierly, Miss Burdett Coutts, Lady Joddrall, Sir John Leighton, Hon. Twisselton Fieno s, Captain Cholmeley, Captain Buckley, J. R. Ives, Esq., -- Hay, Esq., A. Perkins, Esq., Sic. BYRON IN GREECE.—TO those who did not personally know Bvren, it will appear extraordinary that be could thus mix himself up with the politics of a country where his sojourn had been but brief, and its continuance th e still uncertain ; b u t those who were acquainted with Ike extraord , .nary mobility of his mind, can easily imagine quo kla he part'cipated is the feelings of three around n to.peuset"..i their cause, though his coalition with 1 21ef h be attended with PO little risk to himself. kiut eVf., a while thus actin g , Byron could laugh at and ttel'telal's his own quixotism with more wit and humour than coo, • • 'ne called into play against it by others. With a 'e mpe rament that peculiarly exposed him to acts of chival • .4-1 rashness, Byron possessed so qeick a perception of the r idiculous, that he could nut disguise flow himself the in 'diet:tenon of many of his own proceedings; and white Pursuing conduct that his sober judgment disapproved, he Would, as if in atonement, indulge in a mockery of it, sarcastic than that of those who wished to attack Blessington's idler in Italy, Vol. 111. THE couNlEss OF LEICESTER.—We are lorry to hear v ery ady ' a health,, mituvourable accounts of the state of this arising out of the accident she lately met with. , Mx Stevenson, wh o married a daughter of the 4 °C Albem ar l e , left town on ‘Vednesday for Holkbam a' accompanied by a surgeon of eminence. Lord Normanby, whilst riding on horseback on ''llursday last, on the cliffs at Brighton , was thrown, but fortunately with out sustaining any ' notice. His Lordship would have remounted ihnajud7iewnoortthb„n( loaded against it by Mr. George Robin; who happened to be Nair a: the time. The accident occurred in eonse queneF of his horse having been touched by the wheels of a carriage ; and, being a spirited one, and his Lordship baring the use only of one hand (the consequence of a former accident), he lost all control over the animal, and so was thrown. ' The Earl and Countess of Lunn were to leave Casticbar, county Mayo, on Tuesday last, and, after stay • ing a few days in Dublin, intended to come to Lalehain for the remainder of the winter. Admiral Tchitehakoff, who commanded a divi , limn of the Russian Army when Napoleon invaded Russia, a bas recently taken up his residence at Brighton. Viscount St. Vincent is passing the winter at 14 geordstore, Staffordshire. POST-OFFICE.—AS no labelled letter destined for abroad, of course, can pass through the:post-office, but Must be paid for when posted, the crowds both at Lom bard-street and Charing-cross • are great. It is notorious ' that there is too frequently quite a disturbance at the bom bard -street office, in consequence of their being so few Windows where letters are taken in that require to be paid, and very many persons arc obliged, a f ter wa iting a long Cl ine, to proceed to St. Martin's le- Grand. Some altera tion must be made in this particular. MELTON MOWBRAY.—This sporting metro- Polls is now becoming something worse—more even than Was anticipated ; so large a muster of sporting noblemen Cad gentlemen was never witnessed before Christmas. A PLUMPER.—The Siamese twins Chang and Rag, who live on an (state of their own in Wilks county, • North Carolina, voted two votes the other day at the elec tion. They both voted Whig. —American Paper. THE LATE OUTRAGE AND ATTEMPTED IN - cEattumusai TO KENSINGTON .GARDENS.—Notn ithstanding the police as well as the officers of the Commissioners of Woods and Forests have been indefatigable in their endea ennrs to trace out the perpetrator of the gross outrage coin ' Milted in Kennington-gardens on the night of Tuesday last, when nearly a hundred of the young trees were cut and mutilated so as to render them quite useless, and an attempt was made to set fire to the thatched roof of the • lodge at Buckhill gate, up to last evening no clue whatever likely to lead to a discovery had been obtained. A man who had been recently removed from the gardens by the order of the Commiasioners and sent to the Grner. Park, at first suspented, but from the ioqui ice which have been made it app sr lii' is innocent. Tho C ,, fmnb7onors i of Weeds and Forests have otircd a reward of 251. fur the discovery - of the perpetrator of the outrage: 1 - EDUCATION OF TIM POOR. 7'o THE EDITOR OF Tai :E , F 5 r TN. Sia,_Without attempting the defetteta of the party so uti justly attacked by the bittliot) Llandaff, and so ably defended by you , t W^l... ) td suggest to his Lordship the necessity there for a person ent er i ng a contro versy, as Jute at least, to appe ar w ith c l ean h an d s , and reply /:,), asking himself the simple question, whether l /. ..0re are not others, more immediately under his juris diction, still more open to the graver charge of neglect ing the religious education of the poor? In looking through the " Clerical Guide," it is impossible not to be struck with the number of vicars, rectors, prebends, and deans, receiving 1,000/. a year and upwards, delegating their religious du , .ies to others, to whom they allow a miserable pittance of about 100/. a year, and sptoding the rest of their munificent incetees in the indolent en joyment of luxurious ease, or disturbing the peace of society with harangues more ieflsermatory and unchris tianlike than cny delivered by the Chartists ; as it the property of the Chereb had been granted to it for the purpose of nutter-trig luxury, hieutry, intolerance, and pride, rather than the ?teepagation of the Christian virtues. I wish rise would tell the Archbishops and Bishops —and can do it pretty forcibly if you will —:hat it is their duty to viSit regularly every part of their dioe.eses, anti to ire that no part is wanting spi rituel superintendence ; or fOr what purpose were th e y appointed,, esna their incomes assigned them ? With what feelings of reproach to himself and Isis clerical cotor j utor.: roust the Bishop have admitted the spiritual ',lestitution of the Welsh people ! It is a fact well known to the Bishop, and perhaps to you, through the medium of a small memoir, that a poor schoolmaster in the Forest of Dean, by a strict economy of his time and resources, and with a trifling assistance from the neigh bouring laity, did more to improve the condition of the pople of that district in a few years than hod been done by the Bishop and clergy of Heretned since the Refor mation.. The success of his plan at length brought it under the notice of the Bishop of Hereford (the prede cessor of Dr. Grey), who promised him some assistance, but, most tthfoilunattly, the Bishop was translated to Winchester, and so forgot the poor schoolmaster and all his promises. I am, Sir, A DISCIPLE OF " THE SUN." Bath, Dec. 17. THE CHARTISTS. NonTrtAmrroN, DEC. B.—A Town Meeting, called by requisition was held this day in the Guildhall, to congra tulate her Majesty and Prince Albert on the birth of an heiress presumptive to lbe throne of these realms. The meeting was called for eleven, but in consequence of some delay unexplained, the chair was not taken until neatly twelve, when W. Williams, Esq., the Mayor, pre sided. The Address to her Majesty, which was one very simi lar to the one adopted at the County Meeting, was moved by S. Percival, Esq., and seconded by Mr. Cooke, surgeon; to which an addenda, praying that her Makety would be graciously pleased to extend her Royal pardon to Messrs. Frost, Williams, arid Jones, and all such other of her Ma ksty's subjects as might be suffering on account of their religious and political opinions, was moved by Mr. G. Lightwood, and seconded by Mr. C. Rawson, both working men. Here a scene of confusion ensued, which beggars all description, the Mayor declaring that the address was car ,ied, and the Chartists. on their part, affirming that it was not ; which end, c 1 in the Chartist!: demanding a poll and which, strange to say, the Mayor refused, althc.ugh at tic same time he expressed himself perfectly satisfied that the result would be against than and its favour of the address I The Address to Prince Albert vves carded in e similar way—the Chartists all the time protesting against the ille gally of the proceedings. A vote of thanks, anything but unanimeus, wet then given to the Chairman, folk% ed by three cheers for Frost, Williams, pnd Jones. three cheers for the Charter, and three groans for the Whigs, after which the meeting broke up. UNIVERSITY AND CLERICAL INTELLIGENCE. OXFORD, DEC. 17.—This day, being the last dsy of Mi chaelmas Term, the following Cegrees were conferred : Masters of Arts.—Dawson William Turner, Demy of Magdalen; Rev. Osborn John Tancock, Wadham ; Francis William Cresswril, i'..cholar, Pembroke. Bachelors of Arts.— Henry Anthony Littledale, 13rasen nose, Grand Compounder; Nathaniel Woodard, Magdalen Hall ; George Gresley Perry, Scholar of Corpus. The tender of Messrs. George Baker and Son for the execution of the Taylor and Randolph galleries, after de signs by Mr. Cockerel!, has been acce pied by the dele gates, subject to the approval of C o nvocat►on. The amount we believe to be somewhat under 50,000/. LLO YD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY ) LONDON, DFC. 19.—Wind this thly at noon light N. E. brecze, with a slight thaw. PORTSMOUTH, DEC. 18.—Wind E. to N.N.E.—Ar_ rived the Danzic, from liavannah. Cowes, DEC. 18.—Sailed the Sarah, Irwin, Demarera. MATaIATE, DEC. 18.—The Flora, Hunter, of Dundee, from Ramsgate, got on shore on the Sedge to the westward of this place this morning. LOWESTOFFE, DEC. 15.—1 t blew a violent gale at E. S. E. the whole of last night. The Sarah and Martha, Drenbarre, and Lark, Proud, wcre driven en the beach, and .the former received damage. Several vessels are riding in the Roads with their anchors down. It is still blowing a gale from the eastward. HARWICH, DEC. 18.—It has blown a heavy gale from E. to E. S.E. throughout the day, and continues. A large fleet of vessels have put in for shelter. The Sylvanus, Storey, from Seaham to London, has been towed in with considerable damage, having been in contact with the Queen of the Isles, Madgcwick, of Sunderland. YARMOUTH, DEC. 18.—The Fame, White, of Rye, has been assisted into the harbour, having been on the cross sand. The Oak, Free, from London to Hull, was driven onshore at New Cotton last night, during a gale at E. S. E., but is expected off without discharging should the weather moderate. WIVENHOE, DEC. 18.—Three brigs were wrecked on the Gunfleet•sand last night—particulars unknown. LIVERPOOL, DEC. 18.—Wind E., frost.—The Conso lation, Blake, from Tralec to this port, was wrecked on the coast of Galway, during the late gales. Crew drowned. The Aspray, Kirk, hence to Bombay, has put into Beaumaris, from Belfast Lough, where she anchored after striking on the South Rock, and will return to this port. Hutt., DEC. 18.—The Cecilia, Hagen, from Stettin to Lynn, has put into Grimsby, leaky, and wi.h cargo much damaged. A schooner, name unknown, was on shore on Cleeness yesterday, which was observed this morning to awing to her anchor. She is reported to be from Hamburg h LYNN, DEc. 18.—The Industry, Minsor. from Seabatr, to this port, was wrecked on the► Roaring Middle, Middle Sand, yesterday. Crew saved. The Unity, Shuter, from Goole to this poit, was wrecked en the same sand the same evening. One of the crew saved. DISPUTES WITH THE ARGENTINE REPUBLIC. The following is an extract of a letter received at Llocl's from their agent at Liverpool. dated Dec. 18:. " Admiral Bracken arrived at Monte Video the latter end of September, aod left for Buenos Ayres the 10th of October. It was understood at Monte Video that be was the bearer of instructions from the French Government. for the adjustment of the dispute with the Argentine Republic, on terms which it was believed Rotas had agreed to ; and the packet that was due at Monte Video from Buenos Area soon after the 13th October, was expect'..d to convey the final settlement et the differences." THE WEATHER._TIIE PARKS. ACCI DENTS 0N TILE IcE.—The weather remains intensely cold. At noon yesterday there was a thaw, the thermomeer standing at 34 degrees, being two above the freezirig point, w i t h t he wind nearly full north, but in the afternoon the wind shifted back to the N. E., the quarter in which it has been for several days with but little variation, and where it is to-day. On Richmond-hill. at one o'clock yesterday morn i n g, the thermometer stood as low as fifteen degrees, being seventeen degrees below freezing point. The ice i,, s till unsafe, but that does not deter many persons from skating. In the Regent's park yesterday, upward of forty 11C11501tS, men and boys, were immersed in the water, end, but for the prompt assistance rendered by the Humane Society's men, doubtless many would have paid the forfeit of their lives for their rashness. 'The exertions of the police, who were in strong force, cannot be too highly lauded. One gentlemen had a narrow escape ; he was taken into the marquee in an exhauted state, and it was not until after nearly three hours of unremitting endeavours that animation was restored ; he was then sent home in a cab. A great number of skaters were present on the pond in Kensington-gardens, and it was owing solely to the judicious efforts of the icemen that the occurrence of a casualty similar to that which happened in the Regent's Park was prevented. In the centre of the peed a space of about ten feet square of the ice gave way, a circumstance which was foretold by the icemen. Fortu- Irately their warnings were listened to, and none were near the spot when the ice gave way. On the Serpentiee the concourse of persons was very great. there, too, were to be seen many of the haut ton disporting themselves in the invigorating amusement of skating. The Duke of Bruns wick, the Viscount Powerscourt, and numerous other noblemen and gentlemen were recognised. A great num ber of carriages crowded the carriage-drive. Owing to the intense frost which has prevailed during the last few d a ys largo masses of floating were to be met with in various parts of the river. Yesterday, in some places, it greatly obstruced the navigation, pecially below bridge. As the tide receded yesterday a va st quantity of ice floated down from the direction of Richmond, Twickenham, and other places above the bridges, and lodged among the colliers and other craft moored off Rotherhithe, Limehnuse, Deptford, &c., and considerable damage was doaa to the sides of the vessels by the sharp edges of the of ice being forcibly driven against them by the tides indeed such was the w i t h which the floating masses came down the m that several lighter s and co al barges were dri v en forcefroms tst r eam , their moorings by the wedges of ice snapping the chains of the kedges by which they were secured. Seve ral small boats were stove in, and during the whole cf yc ,,,,, 1ay the wat , ; m,n or; to'h the rivcr ,-,,: , cerieg their Ga!t from further ril i s ri t .f hatili.,; them h: ;1 brd dry ee here. The river2,".stercisy breaks and small agnates tributary to the Thames, by the OWN' THE SUN. LONDON, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1840. niE EDIT 01? OF TIIE SUN. SlR—Allow me to correct an error in The SII7Z of last evening, relative to the Congress of the United States. You observe that, after the 4th of March next, the present Congress ceases to exist. It is not so : the only alteration to be made in it, is, that some of the Members of both Houses retire, on account of the ex piration of their time ; and it is already known those who replace them in 1841 are Whigs, and that the riqjority in the Senate, as well as House of Representatives, will he enough to carry all General Harrison's measures, and it is certain that the currency of the whole country will return to the same footing as it was when the real United State s Btrik was in existence ; at which time there was no such thing as derangement of domestic exchange. A merchant could then make his remit tances from one end of the Union to the other in the post notes to order, issued by that bank, at par. The whole measures which have cursed the country, from the inauguration of General Jackson to the present incumbent, will be ent're!y changed ; and under the guidance of such men as Webster and Clay, the goo.l old iz - nes of ihe great Washington v.ili return. Dec. 18, 1840. A CONSTANT READER. ;~~~ MLLTING OF oisr.3ENTERS. DEC. 17. A rublie meeting of Dissenters was held lust night in the South College-s:reet lZkirof Che.rl, called by adver tisement from the Central Board, to consider what step they ought to take in the present circumstances r f the Church and the country. The meeting was called for six o'clock, when the chaps 1. was only partially filled; but, in the course of the evening, it became crowded in every part. On the platform there were several Dissenting clergymen and Town Councillors of the city ; clergymen from Glasgow, Dunfermline, &c. ; the Provosts of Paisley and Dunfermline ; and several members of the various Dissenting bodies in the city and neighbourhood. On the motion of Mr. Archib.dd Thomson, Bailie Grieve was called to the Chair ; and the Rev. Mr. Johnston, of Nicolien-sfreet Chapel, opened the meeting with prayer. Braille GRIEVE shortly explained the objects of the meeting._ Mr. PEDDLE, Secretary to the Central Board for vin dicating the rights of Dissenters, read a lengthened state ment, prepared by the Board for circulation among Dis senters. regarding their grievances, and their duties at the present crisis. Rev. M. HARVEY, of Glasgow. moved the first reso lution, that the meeting were fully persuaded that petro nage, intrusion of ministers, and civil interference with the Church, were inconsistent with the constitution of a Christian Church, and were inferior evils only to the State support from which they spring. Ile said the Church of Scotland was now divided into two parties. who were more opposed to each other than the Voiontaries were to either of them ; they tugged the Church difbrent ways ; and it vas not at all unlikely that in the struggle they would pull her in pieces. He trusted that the time was not far distant when the Church would throw away all her Parliamentary parchments, and trust entirely to the good old parchment of the Word of God and the promises of Christ.—( Cheers. ) M. M‘Lenee, tea-dealer, seconded the motion. Mr. Mensneet, of Kirkintulloch moved the second re solution, that Dissenters could not co-operate with Non- Iltrusioniste, because, their avowed object was to strengthen what they believed to be an unseriptural institution ; and because, though their labours would probably have the contrary effect of destroying the Church, still they cculd not for such a covert purpose join those who thought otherwise—because another avowed object wae to weaken or extinguish Dissenters—because the Dissenters regarded every institution supported by public money to be rightly placed under public control—and because the Established Church had no right to complain of patronage, as she might free herself at any time by resigning her endow ments. There were two questions which he proposed to consider, as demanding the attention of Scotch Dissent.. ers—how they should conduct themselves towards the Non- Intrusionists, and how they should conduct themselves towards the Whig Administration, he meant in the exer cDisiessoenf t t e h rs e o f u r g an h c t le t i o se s . upi l )o t rt m t ig h h e t N s o e n e . m bit t r o us s io o i m lis e ts t , h a a s t o t u h y e were contending for popular election, which was one of the principles of Dissent. But the answer to this was ex tremely easy. Popular election was neither their only principle, nor their must important one. They maintained the right of popular support as well as of popular election. They held that the privilege and the duty ought to go tes eel her; they were joined by the principles of equity; they were joined by the express authority of Christ; and s o joined, where was the man who would put them asunder? —(Cheers.) Non- Intrusion was a thing of which no enlightened Dissenter, and no loyal suLject, could Possibly approve ; it was en attempt to set up an in stitution in the name of Christ, which Christ utterly dis owned, calling itself a nationel institution, supported by national property, and yet at the same time refusing to be controlled by national property, and setting at defiance ail laws but its own. Was that a Christien institution— was that an institution to ho tolerated in any free State ?—( Cheers.) Their example was replete with mis chief—discreditable to them as Christian men and mi nisters; is open insubordination and avowed contempt, for lawful authority. How much were they not doing to demoralize the Scottish population—to demoralize berth those who approved of them, and the far greater number of those who despised them ?—( Cheers, with hisses.) Was it not wonderful that these men should receive countenance from a Whig Administration-- that their wild prof cts should nut only be en dured but encouraged by more than one Member of the present Government? Yet it was understood that Mr. Fox Maule—( Hisses)—and the Lord Advocate— ( Repeated hisses)—had caballed, and were caballing with the Non-bitrusiunieta. More astonishing still, it was %%this. pored that a far different m.n, their own Babington cauley, was doing die same thing.—( Hear, hear.) It Right not be true; but if it were true, it was mattsr fur great surprise. Had these men no regard for fame— hed they no regard for their characters with the exist ing generation, and still more with posterity? Certain it was that the Non-Intrusionists were attempting to revive the scenes of the dark ages when the Church of Rome reigned supreme over the kings of the earth. If history were faithful to her trust, the name of Thomas Chalmers would go down to future ages, associated with the name of Thomas a'Becket.—( Loud cheers, mingled with hisses.) 1 should like to know how such a man as Mr. Macaulay, with his richly endowed mind,—fully acquainted with every precedent of history, and not insensible to posthumous fano, and yet at the same time refusing to be controlled by national property,—l wou d give something to knoA how he relishes the icea that in future ages be may be regarded as a truckling pusillanimous Minister, who, front no higher motive than the love of place, suffered the laws or his country to be trampled upon, and the honour of his Sove reign's Crown to be insulted—by whom? By a band of clerg)man who, under the name of ecclesiastical inde pendence, were labouring to establish a system of clerical supremacy. The speaker then added, hehad long been of opinion that a political Christianity, endowed by the State, was the Antichrist of the Bible—(Hear) —by whatever name it might be called—whether Popish, Piclatical, or Presbyterian.—(Cheers.) The other subject to which he meant to refer was the exercise of the franchise. Ho con ceived that the Whig Administration had no claims upon the Dissenters; but he did not mean to say that Dissen ters ought never to support Whigs. Ile held that each particular case ought to be judged of by its own merits. He maintained farther, that at elections, Dissenters ought to act in concert throughout the kingdom, by committees established in every town. After alluding to the Chartists, he concluded thus :—He did not speak of the Chartist leaders, who had so justly rendered themselves odious, and who had done so much injury to the public cause—be did not speak of those savages who disturbed the public meetings—(Cheers and hissed--he spoke of the people who were misled by them; and, taking them as a body, he had yet to learn that they were less qualified ler the suff rage than the superior classes.--(Cheers.) Mr. GRANT, one of the Chartist leaders, here presented himself; and for a few minutes there was a great coutu sion and excitement. The general wish of the meeting appearing to be to hear Mr. Grant, though much disap probation was expressed, be mounted the platform, and said he only wished to thank Mr. Marshall for the senti ments he had expressed in favour of the people; and from this movement in advance of the Dissenters, he trusted that the Chartists and they would yet become united. Bailie H AUILTON, of Glasgow, then seconded the motion, which was carried. Councillor GIBBS, of Leith, after a fcw words, moved that the meeting viewed with alarm the mit:chief which the agitation of the Church was threatening to the cause of civil and religious liberty, by men professing Liberal prin ciples making the support of Nan- Intrusion and Church in dependence the test for Parliamentary and civic represen tation. Mr. TAYLOR, of St. Andrews, seconded the motion. Mr. HARPER of LEIIII, in a speech of some length, moved that the Non-Intrusion party have not only excluded a citizen from the civic chair because ho was a Dissenter, but through their restless intrigues, and the timid policy of the Government Dissenters, were excluded from the High land Schools lately endowed by Government, they were excluded from the 'Bible Board, from being prison chap lains, and from being inspectors of schools. Provost DRUMMOND, of Paisley, seconded this motion. Provost MORRIS, of Dunfermline, moved that in all future elections, Dissenters should require from candidates an assent to the preposition that a perfect equality of civil rights ought to be' maintained, independent of religious opinion or profession ; and that while the Church was main tained by the State, it ought to be under public control, and subject to the law of the land, as interpreted by the Civil Courts, and to rt fuse their support to any candidate who cannot assent to these propositions. And likewise to oppose all new grants of public money to the Established Church, and other religious sects. Mr. IaNTON, of Kehl°, in a speech of great length, se condedi. i se t t h t e s moLion . i‘ r n proposed the appointment of a Com mittee to attend to the Parliamentary registration of Dis senting electors.—(Cheers.) the mg w e h r i s ci ofl the t the i e nieecon gregation Bailie Beveatoos, of Dunf erm li ne, moved a vote of :i o n af:ttenra thanks to for the the Chairman, use o f thea n (I C Vg separated. The Earl of Mint° was called to town from Roxburghshire by the urgent business connected with his department in the State. The Countess and Ladies El liot return to the Admiralty in the second or third week of the ensuing month, for the season. WAGES OF LABOURERS.—Just as the setting in of an inclement season makes the wants of the poor gr , ;ater, the friends of the farm labourer, his employers, have had the ,Tl: , :ltv reduce wagc.e. In t wo tiear this town the h ighest zninunt is p ee ; ,„ ( k . onn shilling flaying with - it the last fortnight been cl e d u r 2te a tbe tioso wl,O tilling their cutlers by taxing the poor man's Wile. shire Independent. . LITERATURE. THE VICEIWY, 3 "rum. Murray. London, 1840. The scene of this tale is laid for tke most part in Ireland, and the period referred to is that of the Viceroyalty of the Marquis of Anglesea, who is brought helot e us under the name of Lord Alderney. The story is of the slightest possible construction, containing indeed nothing worthy to be called a plot. and is full of personalities, against which we must enter our protest, especially when, as in the instance of the sketch of the Hon. Anthony Earwig, they are marked by acrimony. We had hoped that this spirit was extinct in our fictitious literature, for it is un worthy of any one who aspires to the character of a clever novelist, requiring little talent, but much ill nature. The most commendable portions of the " Viceroy" are those which describe the tour of Randolph and Harvey through the southern pro vinces of Ireland, and their visit to Derinane Abbey, in which there is considerable graphic skill, unal loyed with spleen;or party rarcour. The author, Mr. Murray, is a writer of some talent, but lie too often affects smartness in his dialogues, in which he is not at all calculated to excel. Of his principal male personages the less said the better. His forte is decidedly the descriptive. SELECTIONS FROM ROBERT HALL. Ball, London, 1840. The name of Robert Hall is one never to be mentioned without reverence. Whether regarded as a divine, a philosopher, or a scholar, he stands in the foremost rank of the great men whom the last century produced. In clear and vigorous under standing he was fully equal, if not superior to, his old friend Sir James Mackintosh ; his rare scho lastic attainments extorted the admiration of Dr. Parr ; and his powers of imagination were so exu berant, so ever obedient to his summons, as to bear a comparison even with those of Burke. But, not withstanding Hall possessed this high faculty in such perfection, he was liever its slave —never carried away by it—but always kept it under the wholesome control of his reason. In his fl'ghts of fancy Burke often lost sight of his theme alto gether : but not so Hall, who always kept it steadily ii► view, resisting every temptation 'to '"digress from his main object, with a fixedness of purpose which we but seldom meet with in authors so yariously and abundantly gifted as he was. Having said that Hall was a great man, it remains to accord him the more valuable praise of having been a good one. His religious principles were fervent, yet unalloyed with the slightest leaven of fanaticism ; and they exercised that cheerful and mellowing influence on his manly, unaffected nature which we see deve loped in every page of his writings. The present judicious selection from his works, for which we are indebted to Mr. Badham, arc calculated to he of great benefit to the more reflecting portion of the community, to whose attention, therefore, we cor dially and earnestly recommend them. THE GENIUS OF SHELLEY. Ball, London 1-840. In this elegant little duodecimo, we have a series of extracts from the poems of Shelley, carefully di vested of every thing in the shape of opinion that may be likely to offend the most orthodox or fasti dious reader. DEATH OF LIEUT. LE MESURIER. Her Majesty's ship Talbot, off Acre, Nov. 5. DEAR SIR-IL is with the sincerest regret that I have to inform you of the death of your young relation, Lieut. G. B. Le Mcsurier, late Third Lieutenant of this ship. As no examination of hiS papers has ytit taken place I know not who are his nearest' relations; but in order to save time and to insure that the true ac count may reach his home as soon as possible by the means of the steam boat which leaves in a few hours, I send this in the hope that you rrill- forward it itninedi ately to his borne. On the 3d, the day before yesterday. the squadron bore ur and ran in' to attack the batteries of Acre. The Talbot had an inshore berth, and getting into it one of the earliest Was necessarily much exposed. The Talbot's first gun was fired about half-past two p.m., and the firing in her neighbourhood had ceased about five o'clock. It was as near as I can judge an hour after the commencement, and in the very heat of the action, that Lieutenant Lc Illesurier perceived his wound. He was quartered at the foremast main deck guns, and was superintending them Zealously and with great effect, when a double-headed shot fro:n one of the batteries came in, and splitting against some obstacles, one of the pieces struck him with considerable force on the stomach ; he was carried be low fainting front the blow, but was considerably re covered by the surgeon's treatment. I saw him after the action ; he complained of a good deal of inter nal pain from the effects of the blow, which had left. a dark c ontusion of two or three inches square on the outer akin, but without cuttin g it. His watch was ' quite dented in and flattened. The night was on the whole favourable, though he had a good deal of internal. pain at times. I saw bins again twice in the morning and afternoon of yesterday, the 4th ; there was no sign of inflammation, the surgeon's proceedings hail been suc cessful, and all the symptoms being favourable, and the pain subsiding, we tho ug h t h e wo uld soon be out of dan ger, when on my retu rn on b oar d at fi ve, p.m., I beard he had expired very sudd en l y . The surgeon had been before ; with him very shortly be bad just taken sonic arrow -root, and expressed himself as being more com fortable to the servant who saw him within the last five ~ minutes, what on the surgeon .again looking .into hii cabin, he saw him gettin g out of his bed, and apparently in a fainting fit, and he had just time to receive him in his arms and lay him on his bed, when his spirit bad passed away. Th ere i s no way of conveying such bad news without giving the greatest pain, and indeed I hate in the p ressure o f t hi s hurried day ne ith er language no time to express - it.. lqy -less has been groat in him, and froni-what I can judge of it, - must aiso . be to his friends. lie has' belonged to the Talbot only two months and a half, a n d yet in that short time he has won the esteem and a ff ec ti o n of all his shipmates. The vacancy in the shi p may b e fill e d up ; but be his successor who he may, I d ou b t h e w ill so rea dily fill up the void left among us by the loss of our young friend. It enly remains for me to say, as his Captain, that in the character of his life, and the manner in which he coded it, there is every consolation to his family for the untimeliness of his death. May I request you to take care that the substance of this letter may reach his friends in England as soon as possible. Believe me, deer Sir, your's truly, (Signed) H. C. CODRINGTON. Rev. J. I. H. Le Mesurier, Malta. [A secot:d letter has since been received from Cap tain Codrington, in which he says that the funeral of Lieutenant Le Mesurier took place on the Bth ult. ; his remains being deposited in a retired hollow on the sonth side of Richard Coeur de Lion's Mount, outside the town ; a fit resting-place for a gallant British officer.] LE DOCTEUR DE ST. BIUCE, ACTED AT THE PORT T. MARTIN. (Vroni Charivari.) D . Davenay loves his wife an:lb:is. profession, though not with equal affection ; one has the ridtarrtage—we mean his wifa. This model of doctors is any thing but a quack-3a fact which might induce some persons to suspect that he has not been received into the faculty of Paris, and his entire happiness consists in giving advice gratis to the poor, and overwhelming his ctife with every delicate attention ho can imagine or command, Unfortunately Madame Cecile Davenay', is far from participating her husband's tastes. Bort: of a noble, though not a wealthy family, Madame Davenay Molds in sovereign' contempt, firstly, the medical profession I secondly, the family of Dr. Davenay. And so, to drive away ennui, my lady thinks she cannot do better than give a series of magnificent fetes. The Doctor uses every argument to bring his wife to a more reasonable opinion on the little points we have mentioned ; but no ; Madame Daveney will not bear a word on the subject. On which the husband talks to her professionally, and orders her to take a post-chaise and set out for his country-house at St. Brice—a fine seat, in faith, and one that would lead us to believe that the father of •young• Davenay, a member of the same profession, had in his time invented some pectoral paste. Once fairly installed at St. Brie; Madame Davenay, instead of hailing with poetical rapture the appearance Of Aurora, and tasting all the pleasures so abundantly afforded by murmuring brooks, warbling birds, and frisking lambkins, continues to play old Harry, and plastic every one about her, not excepting her husband. The Doctor has brought down to the country with him a young female cousin, whom he wishes to unite in holy bonds with a yonng artist of enormous beard and txpectatiiliis to matelt I\To.,i, though Mme. Davenay's affection for her husband is not excessive, her jealousy is extreme, and she imagines that the Doctor is in love with his fair cousin. Thereupon she conceives the pro ject of running away,' and thus 'effecting an immediate separation from her husband, though not' from her jewels, for these she takes with her. The Doctor surprises his wife in the act of taking flight, and reproaches her for the levity of her conduct ; but Madame Pavel-lay, in - lieu of repenting, forms a new project while casting a sinister glance at the small pharmaceutic colleCtioa placed in the room. ' Seizing a little phial, labelled " poison," she withdraws to her :ipartment there to discuss its contents. At the moment when the company, who have just returned from a walk, are inquiring on all sides for Ala• dame Davenay, she presents herself, in the intention of . 4firdino- her husband and supposed rival the gratifying spectacle of her dying agonies. She informs them with .duo solemnity of the dreadful deed she had committed, and immediately every one starts off to seek for as ,iitance, with .one exception—namely, her husband,' who, with a.yery proper feeling, remains near his wife. He commen ces by - declaring that her case is hopeless, beyond human aid and having made this satisfactory, though uncOnsolatory; remark, he goes on to reproach wife with her past coduct, when, seeing the salutary , symptoms of sincere repentance, he deems it unneces sary to continue the trial any longer, and tells 'her that the supposed poison she has taken is a harmlesi drug. The young artist marries the young cousin—the whole 14mily embrace one another—and all appearances tend to foretell. that boit'couples will' be' blessed with long life and lots of children. CASE OF POISONING AT HEY FORD, NORTHAMPTONSHIRE. (FROM .A CORRESPONDENT.) A serious and extensive case of poisoning occurred last week in Lower Heyford, a village situated about six miles from Northampton, by which nearly twelve persons had fallen a sacrifice ; and, as might be ex pected, has caused a considerable sensation in the neigh bourhood, the particulars of which arc as follow : Martha West, aged 70 years, who had on several occasions - partaken of cakes . and puddings made from flour, which she kept in her house, died on the 21st of November, and was buried on the 26th. In cense (pence of several other persons falling ill at the same time, and who have not as yet entirely recovered, suspi cions arose that the old lady could not have come hy her death by natural means; information of the circumstance was immediately given to the Coroner, and a warrant was instantly isbued for the, disinterment of the body. On the sth instant an inquest was held at the Sun public-house, Lower Heyford, and as it was considered requisite to give further time for the medical gentlemen who attended to give an opinion upon the state of the stomach of the deceased, it was taken out far the purpose of having it analyzed by them ; and,.tbc,,Coroner adjourned the further in vestigation of the subject-until the 10.11 inst., when it was ascertained that it contained a quantity of arsenic, and portions of the flour which were found in the house at the time were also diicovered to he strongly impreg nated with the same poison. The circumstance having been communicated to Mr. Goddard, chief constable of the County Constabulary, he sent cohstables,Hassett and: Young to make further inquiries ; and it was ascertained thia the deCeased had left property amounting tO - about WM., which, should she have survived, would eventually have been divided amongit the members of her family, consis:ing of two sons and three daughters. George West, the younger son, - kept a shop at ford, in the grocery and general line, doing an excellent bushiess, and Occupying a cellar of the house in which the deceased resided, situated about two hundred yards from the shop in which he carried on business, and kept as a siore-i-oom for his goods. The flour, which was. proved at the inquisition to hare been p&soned, was ' kept in a stone jar at the house of the deceased, and was usually placed in a recess near to the top of the stairs. The officers having satisfied themsetycs that West had it ily ree'nufte to cella;;sustiected•that he must have been enticerned in - ea . usirig the death of the thcc:..,sed, and having gone to his house on the 9th instant, they apprehended him, and kept him in custody until Toe,- d3v, the lsth, the day appointed by the Coroner to Lold the adjourned inquest. The proceedings commenced at ten o'clock in the morning, and there being nineteen wit •nessdi exatnirio,4liey d4:n'Of,terrninate.,until half-past tite evening. :.wh:en ;the'Groner' commenced tht eiidence, whiCh laSted two hours. The Jury without 'hesitation returned a verdict of " Wilful murder" against George West, and he was accordingly fully committed on the Coroner's warrant for trial at the next assizes. Among other circumstances brought before the Jury, that went to criminate the prisoner, it was stated by a witness that on Sunday, 22d November, the day atter the deceased's death occurred, a person connected with the family being about to make a pudding at the de ceased's house, with some of the flour which was after wards found to have been poisoned, the prisoner, who was invited to join the family at dinner, said, " Don't use that flour, as poor mother was so set against it, but take it home and give it to your pigs, or do something else with it ; for if we should use any of it, and be afterwards taken bad, I should never forgive myself." He then directed that some flour should be sent for from a neighbouring baker's shop, and he would have no ob jection to dine with the family. It was also proved by a constable, that the prisoner had a quantity of poison in his possession before the oc currence took place ; and when he was questioned about it, he acknowledged having had one pound weight of it, two ounces of which he had sold, at the same time producing a packet, and putting it into his scales, he said, " There is the remainder, see, it weighs exactly fourteen ounces." And when the constables called the next day, for the purpose of making further inquiries, he first told them they had taken it all away with them on the previous day ; and in a few minutes after he said, " If you 'nave not taken the remainder, it must have been taken by some person who put his arm through the window, which 1 happened to break accidentally a few days back, for it could never be found since the last time you were here," Lord and Lady Stanley leave Knowsley, the seat of the Earl of Derby, the week after next, for their mansion, in St. James's-square, her Ladyship intending to come to town fur her accolichement. Lord Northwick intends to erect a small but elegant church in the vicinity of Thirlestaine House, Gloucestershire. THE LAME JAMES SMITH'S COMIC MISCEL LANIES.— A new edition of this work has just appeared, with numerous additions. Its popularity is easily accounted for when we consider the extraordinary variety of amusing reading offered by its pages, which may be gathered from a glance of the table of contents, divided into the follow ing heads :-I."Miseellancous Sketches," a collection of the most humourous contributions . of the author to various periodicals, interspersed with much new matter. 2. The amusing series of illustrations of cockney lite and manners, called " Kit Cat Sketches." 3. " Miscellaneous Pieces in Prose," containing the " Annus Milabilis," " Civic Sports," and other similar icux d'esprit. 4. " Miscella neous Pieces in Verse," consisting of those numerous odes and pieces dc circvnscance, in which James Smith so much excelled. 5. " The Essays of Endynion the Exile.' 6. .‘ London Lyrics," a famous collectiOn of songs, ludi crously t xhibising the peculiarities of the great metro polis. 7. " Martial in London," half a hundred epigrams emulating the force of sarcasm of the Latin poet himself. 8. The many comic songs which, from the lips of the late Charles Matthews, have so often made " our lungs to crow like chanticleer," and 9. last, though not least in point of attraction, a selection from the author's correspondence, principally with a lady of great wit and beauty, ( Mrs. 'Form Holma), affording most delightful specimens of epistolary writing. Add to these an interesting memoir of James Smith's life, by his brother, the author of " Bram bletye house," and no one need be surprised at the popu larity of this work, which ought to go through at least as many editions as the Rejected Addresses themselves. THE HOLTSELES S POOR.—The Committee for managing the Asylum for the Houseless Poor, met on Tuesday lust, and, on account of the severity of the weather, determined to open the doors immediately. On that night 31 poor creatures were admitted. On Wednes day night 81 were admitted; and on Thursday night the number of unfortunate guests anigtuite4 to 101. WALLACHIAN CONSPIRACY. By letters from Bucht, of the 12th inst., we learn that. a dangerous conspiracy has been discovered, to overturn the existing Government of the Moidavo- Wallachian provinces, and to massacre Princ e Glnka, the princial family, and all the present Ministers. The feci of the conspiracy were at Bucharest and in Little Wallachia, from whence the influential Boyars, on a day fixed, were to march upon the c apital at the head of all the Pandours of that district they could rais e , The day of St. Demetrius, or the 70) of November, N.S., was fixed upon for the gra nd blow, when a simult aneous ris ing was to h a v e t a k en place in the capi ta l and Little i \ v V er a e lla t e h h w ia a thinefio on received from rrmati Plans to th e Govern ment, hut, luckily, the timely treason of one o f t h e i r the designs of th e conspirators m number, C o nstantine Bellio , w ho denounced hi s com radeseilt. and'through discovered Bellio, thi rteen persons were immedi a t e l y arreste d , among whom were Demetr ius Phillipesco, erroneous ly stated to b e the nephew of the Prince, b u t i n rea li ty the in no way related to him ; Valliant, a French teacher and a certain Margo or Transylvanian advocate' The number of conspirators is said to amours' to six hu n d re d, among whom are ma n y o f t h e r i c h es ' boyars of the province, and not a fe w of the officers o f the militia. After having overturned the presentf Government, the design of the conspirators was to establish a provisionary one, at the head of which was to be placed Colonel Camniniano, at present a prisoner in the monastery of P = anagar;to, about two hours' distance from Bucharest. 'this provisionary Government were to call upon the rounzotini of the above mentioned provinces to assert their i ndependence, and to appeal to the powers of Europe for their assistance to recover their rights, an d to establish an independent kingdom under a prince to be chosen from among the sovereign houses of Europe. After the aforesaid arrestments in the capital, Capitan Costaki, with six gendarmes, was sent to Little Wal lachia to effect the arrest of those already implicated, am ong whom Otto Tillishano, brother-in-law of Campi niano, is mentioned. The Prince named a commis sion, composed of his brother, the General of the Troops, and three other boyars, to examine the prisoners, and Demetrius Phillipesco was brought before them ; but be refused to answer any of the questions pet to him, denying the competency of the commission, and alleging that, as a boyar, he was only amenable to the jurisdiction of the Grand Divan. This ple ,, was respected by the Government, and a Grand Divan was accordingly ordered to be summoned ; for the purreie of pursuine the in‘,(3:g4tion. Campi niano Ea.. , been remot ed from his present place of co „. finement to a more distant monastery, c a ll e d Margiani, where.be. is clossly. guarded. MONEY MAItKET and Cir.E E 1 S. (FRIDAY EVENING.) CHEONICL.E.—As compared with the rates of last post, we tto not feel ourselves warrant `•ed in say, ing that this day's exchange exhibits any in. tprovemea we cannot, therefore, look for any relaxa lion of tile pressure on the Money Market, but during the winter months must rather expect to find the pinch of further measures of restriction in the circulation. The Directors of the Ban/r, we believe, have been giving , 7iit within this day or two tbat their stock of bullion ha t been on the increase lately, and that they int:re four n antis in their coffers. At this ['forind of the year there is gener ally an Increased supply of gold, after the open a tions of the harvest, sent from the country, but we bei leve the amount has been less this year than usual. l 'here is ao trade going on at present with the conti lent of Europe adequate to turn the balance, and the rn, tritime intercou:le with the more northern parts is ; c deed stopped by iN ice. If the winter months wr:re over. there ore, howec,er, good prospects for the spritv our relations with :be Celestial Empire were pi. 'ta upon a satisfactory foo!ink, and that immense 1 1 field :.thrown open to oar enerchante, it is impossible to cal, Itt , late the stimulus which such art era in the history oft civilisation would place within the reach of British en ; terprise ; but these results cannot benefit the Bank 0) England in its present need ; and however encouraging: the future may be, it must not be relied upon as the: means of getting over existing difficulties. • TI'MES...--The commercial condition of the Spanist port Almeria is described 'in a pric•ate letter dated du: Gt h inst. Lead is said to be the staple article of ex port from Almeria, Roqueta, and Adra, and it' is supposed that no less than 30,000 tons have bet' shipped from these ports during the present year, besides about 2, 0 00 tons from Mala,ga, at prices averaging from 151.55. to 16/. per ton. The inhabitants of the Alpujarras (so is the lead district 'called) arc in consequence in a prosperous state, but their miserli , habits prevent their prosperity being of any real benefit to the nation, since, instead of employing the monety they get by the lead in any useful undertaking, theb hoard up nearly the whole of it. The large profits realised by the lead mines have induced several e.f the capitalists of 'Granada . t 6 etnsark with gre4t eagerness in mining speculation, many e,!* these netv speculators rather searching for silver an. 4 coppjr than lead. The proprietor of a lead mire ne.Ar 13 (+I has discovered that about five per cent. is mixed up' w'lh the lead, and has, therebre, exerted himself to fit.'da vein exclpsively silver. The annual exportation ."if lead and cotton is estimated at a value of abot4t 538,000/., in addition to ishich Almeria ships about 1,000 tons of barilla, at an average price of 9/, The discovery of a cheap substitute in . Great Britain has diminished the consumption. Raw silk of fine qua lity (somewhat inferior to that of Valencia) is exported to the value of about 25,000/. A kind of rush, known in England as " wreught bass," which is the peculiar growth of the • diStriet 'as far as Aguilas, and .is used for coarse matting and cables, is ex ported, it is said, to the value of not less than 50,000/. The quantity . of grapes exported yearly is valued at nearly 8,000/., and altogether the exports from Almeria, Adra, and Motril, are estimated at 630,000/. Tue parsimonious habits of the lead proprietors and other consumers prevent the value of the imports from being great. Besides, the smuggler's' carry on a brisk trade s from Gibraltar in British manufactured goods and fo reign salt fish. The salt fish legally imported into Al meria within the last year haS not exceeded 14,000 quintals, part of which has been brought under Spanish colours to save the third of the duty, according to the provisions of the decree passed during the Ministry of M. Mendizabal, by which cotton, salt fish, and a few other articles may be imported from Gibraltar in Spanish vessels at only two-thirds of the duty levied when they come from other ports. POST.—The subject in which the mercantile classes are just now taking a deeper interest than almost any other that could be named is the state of the Continental ex changes. This was again a foreign post-day, and the progress of the bill market was watched with the utmost attention. The result of the afternoon's transactions was, we are sorry to say, not one upon which we can congratulate our commercial readers. Bills were passed by a leading firm on Hamburgh, hut, with this excep tion, there was little or no paper offering on any point. . . The termination of the funeral ceremonies at Paris was such as to afford - satisfaction, and, if any distinct cause could be assigned for the improved tone of the stock markets, it is probably this. The news of some British officers having been seen in the streets of Pekin, as communicated by the way of St. Petersburgh, is thought to need confirmation. It does not appear, however, that there would have been any difficulty in getting later China intelligence through the channel mentioned. There is no reason to suppose that any British troops had made their• appearance in the Chinese capital, as has been publicly announced. It is judged that ; if some of the 'officers were there, it must have been in consequence of an invitation given them by the Emperor to come • and treat, on the part of their Government, for a suspension of hostilities. _ . SUN.—The Funds closed steadily this afternoon, but with very. little doing. Consols were 89 for thl open ing ; Exchequer Bills its. premium ; Bank Stock 156! ; the Reduced Three-and-a-Haq . per Cents. realzed 97 ; and the Three per Cents. 89. The Foreign Exchanges were dcpreased again. Paper on Paris at three months' date was not negotiated higher than 25f. 50e. to. 55z. ,; on Hamburgh the rate was 13 G 4 to i ; on Frankfort 1484- ; and on Amsterdam `2:- to ;,, Foreign Stocks have been much neglected, being under the influence of certain causes particularly Mg each. With respect to the affairs of Mexico it may not be irrelevant to observe that at the period of our last advices, and when the Mexicans- proposed to rat-e more, money in order to prosecute the war against Texas, the tact of the independence of the latter having been recognised by England could not have beta known in South America, and it is therefore net too much to assert, considering the great addition of moral force which the infant State rsill thereby acquire in the eyes of the world, that Mexico will seek an early occasion to effect anamicabie arrange ment, ,rather than hazard the chances of a war. 'lnc .quotations of the Peninsular Bonds have been heavy to-day—Spanish Actives at 233 to 234 ; Portuguese New Five per Cents. at 32k, and the Three per Cents. at 21 s. Brazil Stock was rather higher—viz., 714 ; Colombian Bands of 1824 declined again to 24 ; Mexi• can were dull, at 28 a Russian were firm, at. 1124 to ; Dutch Two-and-a-Halt per Cents. dropped to 51 and 50k, and the Five per Cents, to 974 to 1. There was not much business done in Shares, and the quotations, except is one or two instances, were barely supported. Great Westcrn Railway Shares were -at 23, the New at 9,t to I() ; the London and Birming ham at 79 ; the Manchester an'? Leeds at 6 to 6:1 ; the York and North Midland at 161 ; the South- Western at 14a; and the Eastern Counties Debentures at 2} premium. On the Brighton Shares there was quoted a further payment of 101. each, making 50/., or the full amount of capital ; the quotation rallied to 8i to 74 .discount. Blackwall Shares were sto 51; and Croydon 1 k discount. London.Joint-:•::tock Bank Shares were at 3 premium. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. (From the Morning Chronicle.) Our readers cannot have rorgotten du; case of the widow Sarah Young, a prisoner in the county gaol of Monmouth for contempt, in not appearing to a citation for tithes before the Ecclesiastical Court of Llandaff. A correspondent in the Chronicle of the 15th instant, in a clear and conclusive communication, showed that the proceedings in the case of \Vidow Young were in the teeth of the Act 5 and 6 William IV., cap. 54, which enacts that all tithe causes under 101. shall be heard • and determined only under the powers and provisions contained in the Acts 7 and S William 111., c. 6, and 53 Geo. 111., cap. 127. Our correspondent, who fur nished us with his address, declared his readiness, in order to carry out that statute for her benefit, to contri bute two guineas. We received last night a communica tion from another gentlensan, who says—" I enclose you a check for Si. for the widow Sarah Young, whose case has been so feelingly alluded to by you in your papers of the II th and 15th instant. There is no doubt of the illegality of her imprisonment for tithes, the Act of - sth and 6th William IV. having taken away the right of instituting a suit in any Court in England for tithes under the yearly value of 101." 1 The enclosure we hold for the benefit of Mrs. Sarah Young ; but, as we do not know whether our corre spondent would wish his , name to appear, we merely give his initials, " D.L." The notice which has been taken of this case will have the effect, no doubt, of ren dering Ecclesiastical Courts somewhat more cautious than they have been. If it be true, as Mr. Richards, the gentleman who supplied us with the particulars of the case, states, that it is a common practice in remote parts of England to cite the occupiers of cottages , to the Ecclesiastical Courts for sma l l sums for tithes, ie. order to take advantage of thei r i gnorance , any Eccle siastical Court which is caught sinning in this way o ught not to be suffered to escape with impunity. Th e the p oo r and the ignorant ought to be protected f rom t t h h o e ugt i t o fu ri l li p n e g rso P n o s st.) 'There andrewho regard , with fear legal harpies who seek to make prey of than, (From many thoughtful the present S t ate of society in this e marked population a n dt h e betweensup er i o r ranks, and the ncoruthnetr great masses country. rr labouring he avowed determination of these masses to contend for the f principle of mastery according to , the preponderance no. numbers, arc considered very indicative of some great s.oc:al.a.arrn i alarming symp We to n ni nk s, n e ow d . ledge that in certain parts Ifni,' theUnited u,sion. . Kingdom these symptoms are fli • o • attention of statesmen, i su ciently serious to demand the estuen, and indeed of all men who inte rest themselves in the peace and welt -being of the king dom.; but we do not apprehend any general con vultua of the existing order and classification of IT_ society from the circumstances to whittli ee,e hare alluded, nor from their , furthe. progress. W e expect that natural feeling . and common Tuts will prevail in the end, and withot drstur bance. This we expect, because truth. 44 nd iustice'and reasonableness point to such a conclusion, 'anti t4eY eerie rally prevail in England, neterithstandin, z the efforts e s ;siela selfisfe demagogues and exegget tiog fools are irr Pf making in order to connte,`elet the m, But that the pccsent elemtsits of disorder. Vra, ;the threatening symptoit ' 8 may siet,side, without any vinli nt crisis or frightful ex plo.‘ion of the existing struclurti of society, it is undoubtedly Very expedient that Inca of power and influence should be eipen their guard both to resist the machinations of ;Ivor& who hope to arc more likely to profit by disturbance, and to testify, b v p rec ep t . and by example, that liberty and happinem e arise from order, obedience, and se:le -command, than from riotous dis c ont en t a nd rebellious to eterprise. We have fallen into the s t a t e o f d ang er, if sue. it be, which the state of mind of the labouring mazsesi . " c i°nls " through neglect of that superinte n dence whice 11l masses: of people require. In most countries this sets etrinten donee is provided by some kind of police, miiit . ttrY. or civil. Ent this is the source of much individual op. :Ires sion, and rerugnant to the sentiments of liberty whien Bri tons so justly end so greatly value. The euperintend, Nice which suits us bc.tter is that of proprietorship ate 0 of kindness. It is such as we may see everywhere in the Vitntry parte of Era g ,'end, where all the people of the p ee seali feel -that they we under the eye of some eine whom they are b oun d i n d u ty ana l in graCtuct,t nogt to offenu . e The chief propriotor, acui those wl. o k old office metier him—th e e l erc y man o f the pa, isle— the gentry of more or less consegmnee ab, nit --all these have some personal k now l e d ge o f the fah touring people, and have interfered as their protectors or be no factors on some occasion or another ; and the laboteritlg steeple cannot but feel towards them as persons :el wiL •om they are bound to look up, not as masters mho have an euthority over their liberties, but nit powerful friends who have a reasonable title to. their respect. In suci' neighbourhoods • all goes well, ter com paratively well;' • but where masses of the po . uulation arc gathered toother, for manufacturing purposes, this superintendence of vrotection, and kindly . 'aces, ceases to exist. Irr those unfortunate unfortunate as regards the production of happiness„ however prolific in the production of wealth, thei 'la— bouring people scarcely know what kiseiness is. They • hear of it perhaps, but they have no orectical experi ence of it from those of superior station to then-selves. The rule of the master manufacturers. we quo 'ee the declaration of those who are the recognised mere! ns of ' the manerfactieving interest, is to get their work do se at the lowest posse Isle rate. Their duly, we are tolkh in t he jargon of wt, et is considered the a philosopinv of trade," is to ohtalrt the labour they require " at the minimesm rate of ivegca which the state of the fat our market will allow." Thus - the policy of trade establit hes at once a system of enne'ty between the labouring people and their sUperLas. _lnstead of a systems 0"; co-operation, and a kindly ult.' erstanding bet ween different ranks, the upper is consieee thy trying to : c rew down the lower, and the lower to extte - t from the tamper a measure of remuneration more suite 'hie to the con flicting interests of each. Here is thee eurce of co n -. rivalry, .discord, and unkindly feelin g ' ._ TAU is not the system in country parts. The rate ox wage's is oot determined by the smallest amount that ne'eest , itY aceopt, but by a eensidcration of what it is just to S et oetimes the poorer sort of employers 'canna t,. a to ffo t r h d e inu je lielsurer ; but they give at least their y . poor do not pretend that it is no affair of thet. - e, and that their business is to have o their work (logo at the Minbil um araount of wages. They know what a l a b,l'urser ought to Lave, end, if they; cannot afford him so meee.2 l, they share in Ns regret and are not too proud to say ko• The labouriitg popu lation of the manufacturing distieets are soothed in their hardships by no such sympathies. By way of making them amends their pretended friends, 'who advocate that system of trade which consists in sacrit:eing aver. tthing else to cheapness of production, continually rttmind them of their political rights. They are not. to hope for rusything in the way of kindness and favour, but they ere to insist upon everything which they e ley claim in the shape of political right. Here ,we have another grand source of public . disturbance, and the maw foundation of those combined efforts for political c h e w which have giVen so much alarm. They who oug ht to exercise the superintending in fluence of kindness' over the labouring masses better to neglect this' duty, and to throw the poi )pTe entirely upon the asseriA'n of their rights. This is the fatal mistake. We do no.` want that any class should be denied their rights, but tese3' who habitually ?insist upon them cannot be at peace.. If everyone was con tinully insisting upon his right the e..11,,de v.orld wOurirl be a scene of perpetual contention. IN s e throw out am hints for the purpose of giving simpler vi"ws to *nue of our readers than they may at present e are of the origiu of that disunion between different classes' of so ciety in this country which is now so often ailvees"en . to with anxiety. We think some kiew plan of mow imm. iliate superintendence among the labouring poolatiot.' of manufacturing districts is required. We do not think that either Police or Poor-law Commisioners Will suflieo. The people want friz.ndly superiLteocionec , and something of this kind, ac think,r he Leozislaiturizt ought to try to provide. (From the .:Tforniiigfit raid.) The history of the procession of Nvoteoh's rot. r to what we may presume to be their last resting-pi sc es. is sug,gest lye of trains of rdiection, that wit!, of cour so, valy iu their character with the temperament and trat tt iog of each individual who indulges in them. Tae a, rangcments connected with the process of depositing thc4 ox-Emperm"3 body in the capital of his dominions, aould appear to have been of the most splendid kind. Velva, lad lace, and leathers were vis , ble in all direc tions. Military uniforms of every description met the eye. Nor were there wanting shouts, and the other external demonstrations of love and reverence for the mighty dead. Yet to us, it appear.; exceed ingly doubtful, whether amongst the m an y d ee p., feelings which this remark:lb:o solemnity called activity, a feeling of devo!ton to the memory .of Napoleon had (excepting to a very slight tent) any place. The old soldiers who had Tough►:: under bun, and shared his glories and his reverses,, might, no doubt, feel rekindled in their bosoms tome portion of that enthusiasm which had sustained then► Amidst tl►e dangers of Marengo, Austerl►t'z, and Jena. Some of the older it babitants of Paris, too—the men. who remember the days when N a pol on enriched the of their residence with the spoils of Europe might experience emotions of so:row, as the mournful cavalcade passed before them. But the great tnajorkty of the attendants, of the men who shouted most loodiv in honour of the oniy Emperor of France, were under the influence of feelings akin to those with which they would have regarded a theatrical procession. Na- poleon is to them, not an object of veneration, but a fund from which they collo-Ivo to draw aliment for their self-love. They regard the glory of Napoleon us a national inheritance, .to be divided (in accordance with the spirit of their law of succes,:ion) in Equal proportions amongst all Frenchmen. In shouting for Napoleon, these distinguished gentlemen shouted for themselves. It is a somewhat curious subject of re flection, that this imposing spectacle, ostenzihly in honour of Bonaparte, was " got up" chiefly by certain classes of men at whose hands Bonaparte, when alive, would have been especially unwilling to .accept of public honours in any form. Bonaparte had no sympathy with Republicans and Levellers. . He crushed the Re publican party, and he scattered to the winds the frag ments of the Robespierrian faction. Between the Re publicans and the Itobespierrians of the French Revo lution there existed the same difference that obtains in England bct►;een the Radicals and the Socialists. The Republicans of the French Revolution confined their schemes to political changes. The followers of Robes pierre made war on the institutions of property. Bona parte reduced both th.,separtics. to a state of .insignifi- _ . cance. The great military dictator hated and despised these plotters against what he deemed the true order of so ciety. They in turn hated and feared the man before whern their pretensions were rebuked, and by whom their machinations were baffled. At the funeral pro cession of Napoleon, the Republicans and anti -property men " assisted" with all their numerical pewer_not from any reverence for Napoleon's memory, but because, by the semblance of homage to a dynasty that has passed away, they Sound the occasion of expressing their hatred of the state of things by which they arc surrounded. These arc not the men by whom Bonaparte would, willingly, have been borne to the tomb. But the National Guard, with its combination of mili tary and civic dignity, was conspicuous in the great procession ! Such was undoubtedly, the fact ; and no less undoubted was the dislike which Bonaparte entertained towards the class of which the Nation v a e l r :i we, Guard of Pa r i s i s t h e represen tative. Bona parte entertained very strong, and, as many persons be lieve,oo p n is. il n ohs one assigned tiie s ubject o a f g t r h ic e u i i n tfu d r u e str t i h a e highest place amongst the useful arts. Manufactures economy of na ti and tr a d e h e d eeme d a l toge ther subordinate.. He held, distributors of' the the benefit of protlacers. idleloll2-r' consumers of it, he was i that all legislation ought to r r , egar o d, , in the first instance, national svcalth, and to the ion disposed to must be told plainly, classes, and the class .Nay, if the truth rte . hated the moneyed of distributors, nP whom he re gardedhands of the owners as the mere tools r in . the pay but little ß a o tt a en . t of money capital. lhe bitterest reproach which * h were a nation of shopkeepers." England The reproach English he could direct against England was, that " the at the time, concerned—is, undoubtedly, true at the --whether true or false, so far as w as , present moment, as regards France herself. Prance, or Paris—which is France—is ruled by shonkeep.:rs and moneyed speculators—by the very classes towards which Bonaparte entertained the most unconquerable antipathy. The law of succession to land has prevented i the re-formation of a landed aristocracy in France; but the unlimited power of accumulation which has been accorded to the speculators in towns, has led to ' Ithe1 the establishment of an aristocracy of the Bourse and of the counter. The paper-money mot the "Itrac.