The Sun. — London, England, 1840-02-11 00:00:00

RENCH AND FLANDERS MAILS. i DISLOYALTY OF THE TORIES PARIS, FEB. B.—The .floniteur of this morning has no official part. The Council of Ministers met yesterday at the office of the Minister for Eoreign Affairs. The Univers of this morning says :—" A letter from London informs us that the departure of M. Brunow is fixed for the 14th of this month. Far from his having concluded the Russo-English treaty, the negotiations seem to-have taken a turn favourable to the maintenance of the alliance between England and France.—Le Cunsti!utionnel, Feb. S. SARAGOSSA, FEB. I.—There is nothing to communi cate to-day that is at all interesting, except that the operations against Segura are to commence on the Bth of this month. The heavy artillery will set out on the 4th. The vehicles for the conveyance of provisions to Alas d 4 las M a t es w ill b e sen t i n future to Muniesa, for the magazines at the head-quarters arc full.— Phan' des Pyrenees, Feb. 5. PARIS, Fay. 7.—The Ministerial Journal publishes this evening the folloWing news of the expedition to Khiva, which it Las received from Odessa : " This expedition takes the route between the Cas_ pian and Lake Ural ; it consists of 4,000 i n f an tr y , small park of light artillery, and some corps of regular cavalry, the force of which is not mentioned, and has with it 11,000 camels to carry the ammunition, provi sions, and doubtless also fuel, which is not mentioned. General Perowski writes that on the 4th of December, that is to say, 16 days after his departure from Orenburg, Le had accomplished the fifth part'of ~liiirharch. If he continues to proceed at the same rate, the expedition will have no less than 80 days' march before - it can reach its destination. General Perowsky says that the cold is 30 degrees (probably by the Lentegrade ther mometer), and that even in his own tent, notwilstand ing the fire that he kept up he cannot obtain less than 16 degrees ; nothing is said of the losses of men or cattle that the expedition has sustained, or of the hard ships which the poor soldiers must certainly endure.— Le Commerce, Feb. 8. BaussrEs, FEB. B.—Tho late shipwrecks on the coast of Holland have drawn the attention of the Underwriters at Amsterdam and Rotterdam to the abuses of the Dutch system of pilotage. Letters from Amsterdam say that the great merchants of that city had just addressed complaints to the Boards of Pilotage, at the Texal and Flushing, that the pilot boats are not at their respective stations assigned to them by the regulations. It is even in contemplation to require the establishment of a eew station in the Straits of Dover, in order to furnish pilots to vessels coming from the west before they ar rived on the dangerous coasts of Holland. The advan tages of this prudent me asure wou ld b e rea p e d, espe cialy in the winter time, when hurricanes are so fre quent. These observations have originated chiefly in the representations of several foreign captains, most cf whom take pilots either at Cowes or Dover, which bur dens them with heavy expenses, which they prefer to the risks of a dangerous navigation. CONSTANTINOPLE, JAN. 21.—The abolition of the Haradsch is a fourth step in the reform of the Admi nistration. How the Porte will make up for the dimi nution of the revenue which this will occasion does not appear ; we fear, however, that its hopes of the effects of this measure will not be wholly fulfilled, as the prin ciple which separates the Rayas from the Mussulmans is too deep to be affected by the Haradsch. The Haradsch is founded on the Kamm It is the card which attests that the Raya has pail his full tax for the current year, and was originally tha equivalent which subjects not Mussulmans paid to the State instead of military service to which they were ad mitted. Of late years the tax amounted to 60, 30, or 15 piastres per head, according to the cir cumstances of the Raya. No Raya was exempt from this tax, which was paid annually, and if he lost his curd, so that he could not find it when required, he had to pay again. Though the tax was not heavy it was rendered onerous by the manner in which it was levied by those to whom it was farmed. A Firman was issued in 1834 to check the rapacity of the farmers, but the Koran was opposed to total abolition. Redschid Pacha now declared that the sum ascribed is false, and the abolition of the Haradsch was decided on, and by a council held on the 9th the Rai a will henceforth be obliged to carry his card about with him, and consequently to give any Turk, in the midst of his business, an account of his nationality. But, as the State must not suffer for the sake of the Raya, the tax remains for the present—only it. is left to the municipal authorities themselves to collect it as thoy find best. This measure, therefore, increases the rights of the municipality. TIIE HAGUE, FEE. B.—Yesterday his Excellency Baron de Bois Le Count, the French Ambassador, de livered to the Burgomaster of the town the sum of 1,000 florins, for the widow of the pilot Kuyper, who unfortunately lost his life in saving the crew of the French ship Providence. We learn too that the Society of the province of Holland for the relief of Shipwrecke:l Persons, has granted an annuity of 100 florins so long as she shall remain a widow. Each child is to have 25 per annum till the ago of 18. We hear that haft' the body of 1839, on entering on the duty for 18-10, will be sent home with unlimited furloughs. _ _ THE HAGUE, FEB. 6.—Yesterday evening the fol lowing unfortunate accident happened here :—Count O'Kclly de Galeday, formerly member of the High Council of Nobility, had been to an evening party at the Swedish Minister's, on the Bezuidenhontschenweg. His eyesight being bad, and the night dark,• he fell into the water and was drowned, near the country house of General Van de Bosch. The road being very lonely where few people pass in the evening, nobody could go to his assistance. THE HAGUE, FEB. 7.—For some days past a general subject of conversation here is, a great retrenchment which the Government intends to make in the war department. Prince Jerome Bonaparte embarked yesterday on board the Giraffe steam-boat, Captain R. Stranach, for London. AMSTERDAM, FEB. 6.—The Handelablad contains a long article on the bad management of the pilotage on the coast of Holland : the regulationz arc, it says, de fective, and are tot carried into execution. It says that the shipwreck of the Margaretha Johanna, Captain &lion, with a rich cargo from Batavia, was caused by the want of a pilot and by the want of a buoy on a certain shoal, so that, misled by this negligence, he sailed directly upon the shoal from which the buoy ought to have warned him, SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERS ALL'S,-YESTERDAY. Our report of the Derby betting will be of short and of very slight interest to speculators, not a single change of importance having Arisen nut of the little business transacted between four and half-past six. Confederate must still be looked upon as first favourite, his party having offered to bet 11 to 10 on him against any other ; the text three, however, are even with him in the quotations, and so nearly so in actual favour that many gentlemen would have closed with 6to 5. Bockhara was not mentioned, and Aluley Ishmael and Ottoman were not in any demand. St. Andrew, after fluctuating between 23 and 20 to 1, closed at 22 to 1 (taken). Gambia was a shade better, 25 to 1 having been accepted in one quarter, and several at tempts made to get on at an advance of three points. Nothing else was dine worth notice; nor, except offers (the highest) of 3to 1 agst Crucifix, and the outlay of a little money on Black Bess at 14 to 1, was there anything novel in the Oaks betting. Several engagements were made or. the Two Thousand Guinea Stakes, to which we dre now enabled to append a complete quotation. The throe first favourites were in considerable re quest. The average prices at the close w ere as follows : TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS STAKES. 5 to 1 agst Confederate 6 to 1 agst Aug?liea—taken 15 to 2 agst Ottoman—taken 8 to I agst Muley Ishmael 10 to 1 agst Grey 31ilton THE DERBY. 15 to I agst Confederate—(taken) 15 to 1 agst Theon—taken 15 to 1 agst the Angelica colt 15 to 1 agst Launcelot—take 16 to 1 20 to 1 agst Muley Ishmael 22 to 1 agst St. Andrew—taken 22 to 1 agst Ottoman 25 to 1 agst Gambia—taken, and afterwards offt red 40 to 1 agst Grey Milt,sn 1000 to 22 agst Monops—taken 3000 to 15 agst Black Bess —taken 1000 to 5 agst Fmetic—taken 350 to LO agst Theon and the Angelica colt—taken 900 to 600 on Theon agst Aluley Ishmael—taken 1000 to 10 agst Confederate winning the Derby and St. Leger, and Crucifix the Oaks --taken (Mr. E. Peel's Prima Donna colt is namt d Drayton, not Drake.) (FROM A CORRESPONDENT.) EXETER, FEB. B.—A public meeti ng o f t h e inhabi tants was held at the Guildhall on Tuesday last, to adopt measures for celebrating her Majesty's nuptial d a y. It was determined to regale the poor ; a desire was expressed tbat a public dinner should also be held, presided over by. the Mayor, of all parties. A com mittee of both sides was named ; but all the Tories im mediately withdrew their names, and refused to join in any public dinner of . the inhabitants on the occasion. The consequence is, that as there was a strong feeling against having a sectional dinner, on this day of national rejoicing, Mayor, W. Esq., sail he would ra. ther see no dinner than a party one on such an occasion. The Tories have also very generally refrained from sub scribing to regale the poor. Our Very Rev. Dean, if he be a Dean yet (the election being disputed), was the first to withdraw. He used to be a great spouter at political meetinv. DINNER OF HER MAJESTY'S TRADESMEN. Last evening, the principal tradesmen of her Majesty, sat down to a splendid dinner at the Freemason's Tavern, in honour of the Royal Marriage. Their number was nearly 100, aad they did great credit to the tradesmen of this busy, enterprising-, and populous city. There was an order and propriAy observed, which showed that Englishmen, whether as tradesmen, or noblemen, or princes, are the same people ; and never forget the great distinguishing character of the country, decorum and loyalty. Mr. LESLIE, of Conduit•strcet, RO9-ent-street, was in the Chair, and filled it with great credit. The first toast he proposed was " The Queen," which was responded to tvith great enthusiasm. " God save the Queen " was then sung in excellent style by Messrs. Ransford, Pyre, Morgan, Willing, and others. This was done in excellent style, and elicited great applause. The next toast was " Queen Adelaide," which was received with loud.cheers. "The Duke of Sussex " was a!so drunk with much enthusiasm. On the toast of " Her Majesty's Ministers" being proposed, the applause was general at first, and increased to an extent which showed that her Majesty's trades men knew that respect due not only to bet, but to her advisers. . The CHAIRMAN then rose to propose the health of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert.—(Loud cheers.) They had assembled to commemorate a most important and interesting event in the annals of their country.— (Hear, hear.) The reigns of their femalc Sovereigns had been distinguished for pre-eminence in literature, the arts, and sciences. In the reign of 'Elizabeth they had a Bacon and a Shakspeare, that immortal bard who "exhausted worlds and then imagined new,"—in the reign of Queen Anne, they had a Locke, a Pope, and an Addison, and he trusted that the reign of their present Illustrious Sovereign would not be less distinguished than those of her Royal predecessors. After referring to the family of his R-,yal Highness Prince Albert, and the claims which he had upon the esteem and respect of the people of England, the Chairman concluded by pro posing the bealths of her Most Gracious Majesty Queen Victoria and her Royal Consort Prince Albert," long life and prosperity to them." The toast was drunk with , three times three, and all the honours. The following glee was then rung : Hail ! Royal Prince, to Freedom's Lle, Thv presence bids all hearts rejoice; May Love and Fame thy life beguile, Our fair Victoria's noble choice. Hail ! Royal Prince, to Freedom's Isle, May Love and Fame thy life beguile, Thy presence bids all hearts rejoice, Our fair Victoria's noble choice. Hail ! Royal Bride, of Freedom's Isle, Around thy Throne may blessings flow ; May Truth and Friendship o'er thee smile, And Love with all its magic glow. Hail I Royal Pair, of Freedom's Isle, May blissful joys around ye glide; Nor Time destroy Love's witching wile, But ever hail ye Albion's Pride. Hail 1 Royal Pair, to Freedom's Isle, May blissful joys around ye glide; Nur Time destroy Love's witching wile, But ever hail ye Albion's Pride. The Festivity of the evening was hept up to a Slate hour, and every thing was conducted in the best order and with the best feeling. The dinner and wines were excellent, and did great credit to the proprietor of the Freemasons' Tavern. Mr. Leslie, the Chairman, made an excellent speech on introducing the toast " Her Majesty and Prince Albert," and we regret that the great press of matter on account of the Royal wedding, prevents up from giving it at length. THE OAKS. 3 to 1 agst Crucifix 7 to 1 agst Lalla Rookh 14 to 1 agst Black Bess—taken 20 to 1 agst Teleta 7 to 1 agst Rowton's darn an .l Iliac': Bess taken 14 to 1 agst Diploma and Japonica—taken DERBY, 1841.. 10,000 to DO agst Mr. Ford's Metternich, by Plenipo, out of Shillelagh's dam —taken CLANDESTINE MARRIAGE. —O n Sunday a couple of paupers from Calverly workhouse, near Bradf or d, con trived to elude the wa'chfulness of the master, and eloped to the parish Church, Bradford, where they were married before the nature of their condition was discovered. We suppose that the banns had been regularly put up ; and yet there are those who urge that the putting up of banns in churches is a pre_ ventative of secret and improper marriages.—Halifax press. COURT CIRCULAR. The preparations at St. J_lrnes's Palave for the cere mony of Her Alljesty's nuptials commenced at an early hour yesterday morning. • At nine o'clock the - doors far admission of spectators were opened, and at halt past ten o'clock but few seats re• mained unoccupied either in Queen Anne's Room the Presence Clamber, the Gutrd Chamber, the Low Gal lery, or in the Colonnade ; the ladies and gentlemen who filled the seats all appearing in full dress, the ladies without plumes. Qacen Anne's Room was occupied principally by the Nobility and Gentry. Among•those present were the Marquis of Anglesey, the Countess of Jersey, Viscount Villiers, Countess of Verulem, Viscount and Vi countess Mahon, Lady and Mica Peel, Lady Fitzroy Somerset, Lady Georgiana Bathurst ; Earl Da la Warr, Earl of Sheffield, the Lords Lennox, Lady Dover and Lord Dover, Lady Theresa Lister, Hon. C. C. Cavendish, Lord Ossulton, Lord Edward Howard, Baron Lebzeltern, and several Attaches to the Foreign Embassies in their respective costumes. By means of the arrangement of different co loured tickets - the spectators were admitted to the different rooms with the greatest regularity. Her Majesty's Hon. Corps of G ntlemen at- Arms lined the side of Queen Anne's Room opposite the tem porary erection, end were also stationed in the Presence Chamber. The Corps were commanded by their Lieute nant, the Hem Edward Butler. The Yeomen of the Guard were on duty in their Coro nation coaturne in the Guard Chamber. Sir Edwin Pearson, Lieutenant of the Yeomen of the Guard, Mr. James Bunce Curling, Clelk of the Cheque of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen at Arms, Sir Benjamin Sm th, and the Exons of the Yeoman Guard xere also present. (For the remainder of the prceeedings see another part of The Sun ) PRINCE GEORGE OF CAMBRIDGE.—The lot h-awing most ridiculous paragraph is making the grand tour of the newspapers:—" Prince George of Cambridge has been appointed to a supernumerary Lieutenant-Colonelcy in the 12th or Prince of Wales's Royal Lancers, and is to take r,,nk between Lieutenant-Colonel Stawell and Major Barton. Two rooms over the officer's mess-room in Preston barracks have been fitted up for his Royal Highness, who is expected to join the regiment on Saturday sc'nnight. Should the brevet-rank of Major-General be conferred on Lieutenant-Colonel Stawell at the approaching Royal marriage, which, it is said, is not at all improbable, the command of this fine regiment will at once devolve upon the Prince."—Sussex Pap:T. Anything more utterly absurd or preposterous can hardly be conceived. In the firs) place, it is wholly impossible that any officer, haling the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in the army, should be promoted to the rank of Major-General without having previou4 obtained the intermediate step of full Colonel. In the second, it is a self evident absurdity to suppose that the command of the 12th Lancers would devolve upon Prince George of Cambridge should Colonel Stilwell be removed by brevet. In the event of the Gallant Colonel's promotion by such means, Brevet Lieutenant-Colone IBarton, who has been Major of the Regi ment for the last sixteen years, and who already holds superior army rank, would succeed to the vacancy, and net Prince George, who holds no commission whatever in the corps, but is at present attached to it with no other view than that Of' be coming acquainted with the drill and duties of a cavalry officer. There are few more estimable officers in the service than Colonel (not Lieutenant-Colonel) Stawell, whose merits fully entitle him to every mark of distinction which his Sovereign may please to confer upon him., But any one possessing the most superficial knowledge of military aftairs must be aw are that the Colonel, being almost the junior of his rank, stands no chance of being affected by the anticipants! brevet, or the next, or the next to that. It is to be lamented that journals so well informed on most other topics as the Tintes should glean their military information from prints that know so little of the affairs of which they prate as the Sussex Ilhiminatus, whose: betise has given occasion for these remarks.— United Service. Gazette. A TERRIBLE ROBBER•CIIIEF.—in the course of the fourteenth century robbery was the prevailing vice, not only in Britain, but in all_ the nations of Europe. These pests of society were often formed into comp:it-des under the protection of powerful barons, who hat boured them in their castles, and shared with them in their spoils. The choracter which one of their chiefs wore embroidered upon his coat in letters of silver, might, with justice, have been g'yen to many others—" I am Captain Warner, Commander of a troop of robbers ; an enemy to GA, without pity, and without mercy.' —Mirror. S U NDERLAND.—Intense interest prevails here, in relation to the Chartist cause. Lange meetings have been held on the evenings of Friday, Saturday, and Tuesday. On Symclov afternoon the largest meeting, on such an occasion we ever witnessed, assembled beside the Life Boat House, which was addressed in a most effective manner by 31r. Binns, who was then a pp o i n t e d a delegate to the Convention. The sincere earnestness which the working men 'of Sunderland have re cently evinced by their spontaneous gatherings, their handsome and surprising liberality, has completely astounded their Whig and Tory t..wn smen , who begin to cry out these Chartists are astonishing fellows !—Noriltern Liberator. The late landslip near Lyme offers some very curious phenomena to the geologist, both in land and out at sea, ridge has been where, a t a • • iihnrsonwienraobulet b d y ist t a h n is ce co f n ro v i u n ls t i h on e s o h f o n r a e t , u a ra. new solid HIGH CHURCH INTOLERANCE (From the Lancaster Guardian.) About a fortnight ago the wife of Thomas Sleter of Browcdge, near Backbarrow, came to the Rev. B. M'Hugh, the Roman Catholic priest of Uiverstone, re questing him to attend her husband, then on his death bed, and to administer to him the rites of his rePgion. This summons the Rev. Gentleman obeyed, Thomas Slater being a Catholic and one of his own congrega tion. The poor man died not many days after he received the consolations of religion, and, although his wife had been a Protestant, she ordered a. note to be written to the aforesaid Rev, Gentleman to infer m him of her hus band's death, and requesting him to attend on Sunday in the afternoon to perform the religious service for the burial of the dead, &e. As soon as Mr. IVY hluah ar rived at the house about three o'clock in the -- : -;fter noon of Sunday last, be found it surrounded by a crowd of persons, some of them of suspicious appearance, and the conduct of one or two showed soon after that they acted the part of savage barbarians, rather than that of Christian mourners. Having got the certificate of death he was proceeding to perform the funeral service, but a sudden rush was made into the house, calling on Mr. M'Hugh to give up the certificate,—that he had no right to it,—that it belonged to the parson, and that no other service but the parson's would do, &c. &c. Before he commenced the service he remonstrated with them, read the certificate, showing them that by law he had a right to it, and that he could not perform the service lie was required to do without it, else he must submit to a penalty of 101. He appealed to the wife of the de.. ceased to state to them, and decide whether he (Mr. Nl' Hugh) or the parson was required to perform the service. She answered openly before them all thit the Catholic priest, and none other was required. This had the effect of reducing them to more decency and order, with the exception of two individuals. The first is a fellow of the name of Fell, who is a sort of a servant or labourer to Parson Bigland of Finste td, where the body was to be interred. This Ned Fell, or rather this fell Ned, threatened that if the Popish priest would per severe in performing the service, and in not giving up the certificate for his master, the body should not be interred at all, for he would take back the bier and the pall, as be had orders so to do. He was as good as his word, for as soon as Mr. M'Hugh commenced the service, he ran away with the bier and pall to his master at Finsteld, . which is three miles distant from the place. Alter the service was finished, it was truly heart-rending to witness the distress of the afflicted widow, when informed that the undertaker refused to take the remains of her husband to the usual burying ground in consequence of what happened. And this man, if he deserves the name, had the ertsel barbarity to tell the poor woman to her face that he would not take him to the ground, but would screw him up, dig a hole in the garden, and put him in it, or, if she was not satisfied with that, he would throw him into the water. Such was the humanity with which a desolate female was treated by these brutal savages. One Protestant neighbour couhi bear the heart rending seene no longer. I Vies.° his name is Kirby. He retired from the house of mourning with lacerated feelings and swimming eyes, mounted his horse, and g loped off to the parson to supplicate his Reverence for theesake of humanity to send his man Ned back with the bier and pall. The prayer of the petition was granted, but on certain conditions, viz.—First, that the dead body should read his• recantation, and renounce the errors of the Church of Rome by having the Pro testant funeral service read over' it ; secondly, that he himself should receive the inanimate Popish convert into the bosom of the Church by la,v established ; and thirdly, that some living subjects should pay him for performing the service done to the dead convert. Before the petitioner returned with this gracious an swer, the night approaching, another plan was sug gasted ; viz., that the corpse might be removed with out the bier and pall, which had been taken away by the parson s man, by getting it put into a cart, and that, surely, if it were brought to the ground, his Reverence would not leave it unburied. A cart was accordingly procured, the coffin placed in it, in an in- • clined direction, with two men holding it in the cart, to prevent it from falling out. The funeral then at length set out, but with very indecent speed, as it' was getting dark at that time, with three or four miles to go. It was met about half-way by the man Ned, with the bier and pail, but it was then too late to be of any service. On their arrival at the ground, the Parson meets them, the wife and aunt of the deceased remind him that :bey had already sent him Word that the deceased had lived and died a Catholic, and that the funeral service had already been performed by his own pastor, that . they did not want his services, and hoped that he would not force it on them against their will, &c. He commenced some service, however, but as the afflicted widow repeated her expostulation, he at length gave over, omitting the remainder of the service, but there was one part of his duty that he did not omit or forget, viz., to demand from the poor widow the suns of four shillings and sixpence. This sum, she assured him, that she was Lot able to pay ; and that, although she had sold several articles in o r d er t o b ury h er hus band decently, she h a d then only three shillings left ; that he might have that if he insisted, but it would leave her without either money or a bit of anything for herself and children. He consented to take the three shillings as an instulment, with a promise to pay one shilling and sixpence more at the earliest possible moment, for the Church is a privileged creditor.. and takes precedence of all others. It is unnecessary to add a ,sinor,le word of comment upon the pree:ding statement of facts. THE NEW NOVEL " COUSIN GEOFFREY," ED/TED BY THEODORE HOW:, ESQ.—We are requested to state that the new novel under the title of " Cousin Geoffrey, the Old Bachelor," edited by Theodore Hook Esq., author of " Jack Brack,"&c. (in 3 v o l s ., w i t h a portrait of Mr. Hook), is published this day, by Mr. Bentley, 'New Burlington-street, and can now be had at all the libraries, and of all booksellers. It would appear by the following anecdote re lated by Russell, in his History of the Ancient Liberties and Privileges of the Cinque Ports, that Winchilsea has ever been notorious for containing within its walls one talented magis trate.—" A story is related of a Mayor of Winchilsea. who, having a letter delivered to him whilst thatching a hay stack, (he being a thatcher by profession) the letter being upon Cor poration business, and requiring an imme.liate answer, his Wor ship began to break the seal, a n d peruse the contents ; but, un fortunately, never having been to school, he mistook the bottom for the top of the letter. The bearer of the letter apprising him of this circumstance, his Worship retorted on the presemp tion that he should dictate to a Mayor in what manner he should please to read his letters." A ma, was brought before another Mayor o f th e same place, charg e d w i t h stealing a sadd'e. His Worship consulted Burn's Justice, and then addressed the pri soner in the following strain .—" It's a very , lucky thing for you, my man, that it was not a horse you stole instead of the saddle ; for Burn says, that stealing a horse renders a man liable to transportation for life ; but he says nothing about the 'addle, so you may go your way, and had better not let me see your face again."—Dover Chronicle. Two LUCKY DIS COVERIES--Not many days go the masters of an establishment. situated in a large inane acturing town not fifty miles west from Glasgow, gave a ball and :upper to their workmen, with their wives and sweethearts. As might have been expected, almost every man was present with his partner. There was one poor fellow, however. who e better half had taken a whim against bath balls and supper s that night, which his eloquence could no' overcome, and he went to the ball alone ; but, after a few hours hopelessly spent in an attempt to amuse himself like the rest, he resolved that since his wife would nit keep him company at the ball, he would go home and keep her company in bed. On arriving at his own door, and after a little knocking he gut admittance ; but there his presence was anything but welcome. His rib was in bed, but she had twenty faults to find at his early arrival ; he, how ever, resolved to go bed. There might be sleep in a storm, but there was no sleep for him. "Could he not have stayed away?" Could he not go back ?"—.." What had brought him home ?" were kept up in his ears in one continuei grumble, when, to his relief, and that of his discontented bedfellow, a p.irty of his shopmates came rapping to the door, requesting .him to join them in an adjournment, which being warmly seconded by his wife, up he got and went along with theni. After enjoying himself in a public-house with his companions for some time, the reckoning was called, and our hero put his hand in his poc ket -for his share, when to his astonishment he felt a parcel of papers; he pulled them out—it was a bundle of notes. He put his hand in the other pocket; he pulled out its contents, when, with still greater astonishment, he found there a quantity of sovereigns. The lucky fellow, as well as his companion=, were utterly amazed at the my s t er i ous appearance of so moc' lf tree sure. lie cast h himself a is eyes to hi s net h er man— h e f oun d im t % dressed in the in ex p ress ibl e , o f a stranger. This exp l a i ne d whole business, a n d u p h e got vow i ng vengeance. Ills friends however, advised him rather to pocket the money and the at front, which he did, and now he is on his way acro ss the Atlan tic, leaving his i m p ru d ent helpmate and her paramour bath to regret their lose. Thi s l ucky fellow rnay be said to have g ot damages witho u t th e verd i ct of a Jury Glasgow Chronicle. TIIE STATE PRISOSERS.— We have good reasons for pro nounc i ng the decision of her Majesty's Govern ment in favo ur o f mercy, to have been wise as well as benevo lent; and if some o f those fiery spirits, whose vindictive feel ings tow ar d s th e m i sguided Chartists can be quenched only: in blood, had b een permitted to have their own way, they would probably have wished, when too late that their prudence had mitigated the:r zeal. We forbear going into this subject to the extent of either our knowledge or surmises; but should the murmurings, and angry regrets, which are row uttered in com parative privacy, by men, who, we thank God, are not oar rulers, find vent in a more public manner. through the con , genialorgan of what is so grossly rais•named Conservatism, it will Lccome our duty to show up. the evil spirit of these pa, tics, at the same that we demonstrate to them the dependence of their own safety on the very act of mercy which they depre cate. The physical-force Chartists are more effectually dis armed by this suspension of the hangman's detestable office at Monmouth, than they could have been by a legion of Jack Ketches in frill action, or by a standing army of rural police, compassing them about with espionage and coercion.-- Welsh man. HORACE VERNET.--We learn from Bevruth that NI. Horace Vernet was stoppi ng, at the beginning of last month, with S o li man Pacha, at Seyde. Ile was afterwards to go to the field of Nezib, to make sketches of the battle. LAST DAYS OF LORD CHATHAM. Lord Chatham came Into' the House of Lords, leaning upon two friends wrapped up in flannel, pale and emaciated. Within his large wig little more was to b seen than his aquiline nose, and his penetrating eye. He looked like a dying man ; yet never vas seen a figure of more dig n ity : he ap2eared like a being of a superior species. When the Duke of Richmond had ceased speaking, C'eatha:n rose to reply ; his appearance is thus graphi cally described :- 11e. rose from his seat with slow:oss and difficulty, lcanih on his crutches, and supported under each arm by ,hip t , ko friends. He took one hand. from his crutc'i and raised it, casting his eyes towar•ls hearen, and said, " I thank God that I have been enabled to come here this day —to perform my duty, and to speak on a suhj'ct which has so deeply im pressed my mind. I am old and infirm—have one foot, more than one foot, in the grave—l am risen from my bed, to stand up in the cause of my country. —perhaps never again to speak in this House." The reverence the attention the stillness of the House was most affecting ; if any one had dropped a handkerchief, the noise would have been heard. At first he spoke io a very low and feeble tone ; but as be grew warm his voice rose, and was as harmo nious as ever : oratorical and affecting, perisaps more than at any former period, both from his - own situation and from the importance of the subject on which he spoke. Only an imperfect sketch of this great speech has been preserved to us. This is said to have been the tenour of the concluding portion : My Lords, I rejoice that the grave has not closed upon me ; th it I am still alive to lift up my voice against the dismemberment of this ancient and most noble monarchs ! Pressed down as lam by the hand of infirmity, I. am little able to assist my country in this most perilous conjuncture ; but my Lords, while I have sense and memory, I will never consent to deprive the royal off;pring of the House of Brunswick, the heirs of the Princess Sophia, of their fairest in heritance. Where is the man that will dare to advise such a measure ? My Lords, his Majesty succeeded to an empire as great in extent as its reputation was un sulliefd. Shall we tarnish the lustre of this, nation by an ignominious surrender of its rights and fairest pos sessons ? Shall this great kingdom, that has survived whole nod entire the Danish depredations, the Scottish inroads, and the Norman Conquest ; that has stood the threatened invasion of the Spanish Armada, nowfall pros trate before the House of Bourbon? Surely, my Lords, this nation is no longer what it was! Shall a people that fifteen years ago was the terror of the world, now stoop so low as to tell its ancient inveterate enemy, " Take all ws have, only give U 3 peacz ?" It is impossible! I wage war with no man, or set of men. I wish for none of their employments ; nor would I co-operate with men who still persist in unretracted error ; or who, instead of acting on a firm decisive line of con fillet, halt between two opinions, where there is no middle path. In God's name, if it is absolutely neces sary to declare either for peace _or war, and the former canclot be preserved with honour, why is not the latter commeuced without hesitation ? I am not, I confess, well informed of the resources of this king dom, but I trust it has still sufficient to maintain its just rights, though I know theM not. But, my Lords, any state is better than despair. Let us at least make one effort ; and, if we must fall, let us fall like men ! After the Duke of Richmond had been heard in reply, Chatham rose to answer him, but his strength failed him and he fell backwards He was instantly supported by those who were near him, and every one pressed round him with anxious soli citude. His youngest son, the Hon. Jimes Pitt, was particularly active and clever in assisting his venerable father, though the youth was not more than 17 or 18 years of age. Lord Chatham was carried to Mr. Sar gent's house, in Dawning-street, where he was accommo dated with every kind and friendly attention, both at this time and on a preceding day, when he. had attended the House of Lords, scene weeks before. From thence he was carried home to Hayes, and put to that bed from which he never again rose. His. death, therefore, may be truly said to have taken place in the House of Lords, in the discharge of a great public duty -ti duty which he came in a dying state to perform He died on the llth of May following, being within five months of completing his - seventieth year . ;— On the evening of that day, colonel Barre, with the strongest marks of the most profound concern and grief, communicated to the House of Commons the intelli gence of the death of Cie .Earl of Chatham, and moved an.addreas to the King, to give directions that the re m:.ins of that great statesman might be interred at the public expense. The Onpesition received the sugges tion with joy, and Mr:Dunning proposed that the fah lowing words should be tacked to the original motion " And that a monument be erected in the Collegiate Church of St. Peter's, Westminster, to the memory of that excellent statesman, with an inscription expressive of the public sense of so great and irreparable a ions ; and to assure his Maj?sty that, this House will rn:•ke good the rxp:mses attending the same." At this in stant Lord North, who ha l gone home, ent ere d th e House in great h as t e . H e declared his happiness in arriving time enough to dre hi‘ vote for the motion, which he hoped would pass unanimously ; and la- Mented that he had not breath enough, from the hurry in which he came down, to express himself with that degree -of res:yet which •he wished to show on so great an occasion. Tha amended motion was carried without a dissentient voice. On the 13th, Lord John Cavendish expressed a hope that the public gratitude would not stop at what it had done. The great statesman, he said, *hose loss the country would long have reason to deplore, had dis tinguished himself as much by his disinterestedness as by his zeal and ability in his country's service ; the con sequencd of this exemplary virtue was . , that with the greatest opportunities of acquifing. an ample fcrtune, he had left kis family destitute of all suitable provision : he trusted the House would take their case into its consi deration, and not suffer the descendants of that great man, to whom the country was indebted' for so much of its glory, to remain in such a situation. Lord North fell in with the sentiments of the Noble Lord, in a manner that did him honour ; and the whole House seemel to participate of a general pleasure in their ap probation of them. An address was accordingly moved by Mr. Thomas Townsend, beseeching the King to snake such a lasting provision for the family of the late Earl as his Majesty should think fit, as a mark of the sense, the nation entertained of the services done to the kingdom by that able statesman. Mr. Fox and Mr. Burke both paid their tribute to the memory of the man, who, they said, had raised his country's glory to an unrivalled pitch. Lord Nugent applied to the deceased patriot the liocs address-:d by Pope to the uncle of the Countess of Chatham— " And you, brave Cobham, to the latest breath, Shall feel your ruling passion strong in death; Such in those moments, as in all the past, Oh, sava ray country, Heaven l' shall be your last !" and instanced his dying advice to his son, Lord Pitt, who was about to join his regiment at Gioraltar : " Go, my son l go whither your country calls you ; let her engross all your attention ; spare not a moment, which is due - to her service, in weeping over an old man, who will soon be no more." The motion was unani mously :Ig:et d to ; and on the 20th, his Majesty hav ing complied with the prayer of the address, a Bill was brought in for settling an annuity of four thousand pounds upon the heirs of Lord Chatham to whom the title should descend. These marks of national gratitude were followed by a grant of twenty thousand pounds, for the payment of the debts incu•red by Lard Chat ham The Annuity Bill passed through all its atages, in the House of Commons, without opposition._ Correspondence qf Chatham. . SINECURE LIVINGS.—TIiere are twelve sine cure rectories in the diocese of St. Asaph returned to the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, the aggregate amount of the income is 3,863/. ; averaging 322/. per annum. If the holders of 'these livings would take the lien. William Cleaver, the sinecure Rector of Llanfair, Merioucthshire, as an example, they would render essential services to the community, and give srarcth,ng by way of " Quid prod quo." The Reverend Gentleman alluded to, has built a very commodious school, with a house for the master, in the village of Llanfair. In a hamlet, three miles frau' the parish church, 1 e has erected, entirely at his own expense, a very neat church, which will seat four hun dred and fifty people ; a very compact house for the minister, to whim he allows 100/. per annum, and it is unde rs t oo d t h at he has arranged with the commission( rs to perpetuate the grant. He has also at this place built a school, with a house for the master ; thus a sinecure rectory is turtle 1 into a good account, for out of the income of 304/. Mr. Cleaver pays the minister, and two schoolmasters 1801. a-year ; he gives to the poor of the parish at least 201. annually, besides the outlay of about 2,0001. in building. But the building of schools, al though strictly conducted on Church of England principles, is now considered as so much money laid out "not for ecclesiasti cal purposes;" and, consequently, as mi:applying the revenues or the establishment. Would to heaven ! there were more such .‘ Church-robbers" as the Rev. William Cleaves. " Read, mark, learn, and inwardly &gest," eleven remaining Sinecure Rectors ! Carr:tar:lien I:era.id. DIsCCUNTs.—We are enabled to state that the rate of discount at al the Belfast Banks on Irish paper has been reduced to live per cent. p er annum ; the some reduction en English bills having taken place some time since. SUITS OF LAW.—.No less than two hundred an d thirty-eight suit s h ave b een b rought against the grocers of Dublin by an individual who alleges ,that he has acted as: their agent for a considerable time, and who brings those "suits for compensation for alle4ed services rendered. The first of them is to be tried at Wicklow during the ensuing assizes. LIVEKVOO.L AND GRAND JUNCTION RAILWAYS. _ It is with pleasur_ we refer to the flourishing state of these two lines. Our last contains the It-port of the Liverpool and Manchester —th e first, we believe, that was published—and our present that of the Grand Junction. On the former, a dividend at the rate of 10 per cent. per annum, and on the latter a similar dividend at the rate of 14, was declared, besides large surpluses in both cases in hand. • In the Liverpool and Manchester Repart a subject has been broached, fur the first time, we believe, of the utmost importance to Railways, and such, therefore, as we might expect would occupy the attentkn of the able men who manage that concern. A comparison has been instituted between the receipts and disbursementi on the two lines when reduced to as nearly as possible the same circumstances, and it has been found that the disbursements, which amount to 43 per cent. of the receipts on the Birmingham line, amount to only 331 on the Liverpool and Manchester. The near approximation of these two numbers on lines of such unequal length, where all contingencies ought to operate in favour of the Birmingham, demonstrates the care and economy of the Liverpool and Manchester executive. But the real value oF these comparisons rises vastly hi,;,her in the scale of usefulness than merely proving economy. By pursuing it out in various fines, and observing their different plans of working, we shall, at length, arrive at what may be called the standard of maximum economy,Which will be a landmark for future Directors, and a test to the shareholders whether their executives are competent. and honest.- We receive the hint with pleasure, and hope to profit by it. For the first time we perceive a tolerably full and explicit publication of the accounts of the Grand Junction Company. We congratulate the Company upon it. Our readers will remember the repeated ob servations made in the former series of the Railway Magazine on the non-publication of the accounts of this Company. We are glad to find they have had their effect. No Company, in the hands of honourable and honest men, can for a moment ,refuse to lay open their accounts. Concealment always wears the impress of dishonesty ; and whether deserving it or not, men will denounce those who strive to hide or mystify their deeds. If a Company is prosperous, why hide anything, unless there are furtive:designs? If it is unprosperous, it is a stronger reason for showing the shareholders the state of the concern, that they may take proper measures for abandoning or benefiting it. It appears by the Report that the total expenditure is 47i per cent. of-•the gross receipts. We find, from the figures given; Iliat the locomotive power is 11 per cent, of the grogs -- receipts, excluding the three last items ; the coke, sii; the maintenance of way, 41 ; the office, direction; engineering, and salaries together, 1.8 per cent. of the said gross receipts. The toll paid to the Liverpool and Manchester Company for 31 miles is nearly 6 per cent. of the same receipts. Had the Company, therefore, had to run their whole length upon a foreign line, the toll would have been. about 19 per cent, of the gross receipts, which, added to 17 per cent. for locomotives and coke, about one for the direc tion, and 15 for the coaching and merchandise depart ments, would make about 52, or say, including all con tingencies, 54 per cent. of the gross receipts. Here is an extraordinary fact, highly to the credit of the Liverpool and Manchester Company for their moderate tolls, and most important to branch lines ; naraely, that without any other capital than that for locomotives, carriages, and staticns, the Company run ning upon another line than their own might have divided 43 per cent, of their enormous receipts for this one half-year. Now, it appears that the capital e►r.- ployed for the carrying establishment is 217,227/. Let us, then, suppose for stations and all it amounts to 500,0001., which is about one fourth of what the line has and will cost. Then it follows, that upon a half million of capital the Company-would realize every half year a profit of 104,500/. or near 21 per cent., or 42 per cent: per annum „ We present the C om p an i es with these corn putations which, though • made in a hurry, will, we hope, be found substantially corn ct --and the hints we have thrown out. If they do not apply them it is not our fault. For such lines as the Harwich, Thames Haven, and others which run upon foreign lines, they may be turned to good account, it the directors arc prudent and skilful. By the same Report we find that, exclusive of coke and locomotives, the coaching disbursements are 12.9 per cent. ; the live stock 21 per cent. ; and the mer ch mdize above 2.8 per cent. of their respective receipts. It might here be inferred that the carrying of live stock and merchandise is more profitable than that of the passengers ; but this would be an erroneous conclusion, inasmuch, as there is a large portion of the disburse ments under the head of coaching, which, if the line d:d not carry passengers. would be thrown on these items. All that can fai , ly be deduced is, that the extra expense of adding Eve stock and merchandise to light trains is execedin,ly small, and, of course, so far very p tab; e.—Rail way Magazine. Seeing the profits are so enormous,'would it not be better to lower the fares ? The proprietors can well afford to make tit , • charges less, and we believe in that case both they and the public would be benefited.___L En Sun.l CONSTAN TINA. - 4fi THE following is an account of the warlil e. tribes which infest the. French troops in Africa, and almost besiege A lg iers. The l an d o f M azu l a, wh i ch lies to the east of La Calle, (says a recent writer,) is inhabited by an independent Arab tribe. In the mountains' be yond Sephusa and Mafragg dwell the agricultural tribes . of Merdes and Beni Salah ; in this part of the country the Beys of Constantine possessed considerable pro- , perty, which they farmed to a number of Arabs, who had abandoned the neighbou , hood of Algiers, upon the French taking possession of Bana. To the west of the latter town, a number of Barbary tribes inhabit the mountains of Eduzh, and the districts bordering on Stora and Dshidshel or Gigel : one of these tribes speaks Arabic, and consists almost wholly of Marabouts. Budshia, which produces oil, honey, and wax, is in this province : the inhabitants are Barbers, a race of brave and deter mined warriors, whom Leo Africanus says cou'd in his time muster forty thousand foot, and four thousand horse. The Kabyles are located about the mountains of Deshordshora or Jurjura, and the Iron Gate, a defile leading from the valley of Muse to that of Abshebbi. The most powerful tribe among them, the Beni Abessi, can bring five thousand loot, nod three hundrhd horse into the field, and have a manufactory of ara.s in .Calle their capital. Ascending the valley of Aduse, we enter the country of the Beni Messaud tribe, which lies directly eastof Budshia : it is inhabited by several tribes of Kabylk.who can bring twenty thousand men under arms. 'Whenever one or more of these tribes (says P!',.'ssier); are about to begin a campaign, they ; , „411y elect a common leader ; for ail important ess among them is brought under tip decision(nf it General Assembly ; in fact, no form of government can be more completely republican than that which prevails among the Kabyles. They. are of the Mahometan faith, into which they have iu. troduced many fetish superstitions, and most of their villages are provided with mosques and schools. Among the numerous tribes that inhabit the country, between the Deshordshora mountains and Constantin 1, the most powerful and turbulent is that of Beni B 'Caleb, who dwell in the mountains south of Sifteh. sides a multitude of Kabyle tribes, who inhabit the highlands and low:ands south of Constantine, is the powerful tribe of Welleb Abnedor. To the south-east of Constantina are the Girfahs, the Henneishahs, and the Welled Brahams.—Mirror. W. G. C. The oats in the counties of Pembroke and Car. divan this year are very scarce, and a great many of the inn keepers are destitute of beans. The contrary winds having prevented their at rival from Bristol, those who have a supply are selling them at an immense profit—not less than 16s. the bushel as the retail price. _THE CA SE IS ALTERED !—Two years ago, thirteen cargoes of corn were exported from Solva to Bristol and Liverpool. This season the farmers in that neighbour. hood have no wheat or barley to sell, but are obliged to import foreign flour and corn. LIVERPOOL UNION BANK. Tne annual meeting of the proprietors of this concern was held on Wedne3- thy last, at the Clarendon-rooms, Thomas Redick, Esq. in the chair. The report stated the gratifying fact, that dur ing a period of unexampled difficulty the Bank has not only maintained its ground, but has continued steadily to increase its profits. The paid-up capital is 260,4501., held by 348 shareholders. On Dec. 31, 1833, the reserved surplus fund was 0,000/. The net profits for the year 1839, were 2 8,904/.145.3d. Two dividends of 5 per cent. each have been declared, amount ing to 26,045/. ; and the present reserved surplus fund is 61,500/. J. A. Turner and John Miller, Esqrs., the Direc tors who retired by rotation, were re-elected. The sum of 500/. was voted to the Bill Committee, as a testimonial of respect for the manner in which they have discharged their arduous duties. The sum of one hundred guineas was also voted to Mr. Lister, the manager, and Mr. Baird, the sub manager, for the purchase of two pieces of plate, as testi monials of the estimation in which their services are held. The report and proc 'edings appeared to give the highest satis faction to the shareholders present,—Liverpool Chronicle. BRISTOL SUGAR MARKET, FEB. 7.—Suars continue in good d eman d at very f i rm pricer. Our own market is still unusually bare of samples.—Mercury. A gentleman, named Mackay, vows his deter mination to prove that he has not used treasonable langua e towards the Queen, by prosecuting the Hampshi Id re n epe , dent, in which " T rut h" made the charge. _ , LzscultAL COURT. OLD COURT. Thomis Rees ShelArcl and C'harles RtekaFiy were indicted for obtaining, by false pretence; the sum of 501., from Willi Ana idT'Co ell. Messrs. Phillips and Bodkin conducted the prosecu tion, which was instituted by the London and Birming ham Railway Company. Messrs. Prendergast and Clarkson defended the prisoners. It will be recollected that the false pretence by which the prison trs obtained the maney was, that they would obtain for M'Cowe!l a situat'on upon the Company's railway. After the case had proceeded some length, the prisoners consented to withdraw their plea of Not Guilty, and to plead Guilty to the indictment. The RECORDER flea sentenced the defendants to t,selve months' imprisonment and har.l labour, and di rected that each of them should pay a fine of 501. to the Queen, and be further confined until the fines were paid. The Learned Recorder at the same time said that the prosecutor, M'Cowell, had been most shame fully duped, and he should recommend in the proper quarter that one of the flies of 501. should bc handed over to him when it was receis ed. lle also observed that the Company had acted very properly in carrying out the prosecution, and he should recommend that the other 50/. go towards the expense of that prosecution. William Lomeli. the Custom-house officer who was convicted on Tuesday under circumstances that did not admi of being detailed, was brought up to receive judg,- mcnt. The defendant, who is upwards of sixty years of age, and very respectably connected, implored the Court to pass a lenient sentence upon him, for the sake of his wife and family. The RECORDER said that while the Court could not help feeling for the sufferings of his innocent fam;l7,-yet it could not lose sight of the fact that the very cir cumstance was an aggravation of his offence. The charge which had been substantiated against him was of a character which it was impos sible for the Court to regard otherwise than as a most heinous offence, and his age and situation in life were a;gravations of the crime he had committed, and it wou;d be holdinc.r, out a most dangerous example to the world if such an offence were passed over without severe punishment. The Recorder then sentenced him to be imprisoned for twelve months in the Penitentiary at Mill bank. The jutigment upon Thomas Spicer, who was con- , victed last week of perjury, was respited until the next session. The Court then adjourned to March 2. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE, (LLOYD'S.) DOVER, FEB port, the Andes, China ; Isabel, Medh ura t, f rom S t. M ichael ' s, with loss of bulwarks, sails' &c. duri nga h eavy gale from S. to N. IV., on the 4th, sth, and 6th inst. BEACH V-HEAD, FEB. 7.—Off port, the King William; Thomas, from Ceylon. IlAsmros, FEB. 9.—Off port, the Waterwitch, Robert son. from B ircelona. COIK. FEB. 6.—Arrived the Triton, Scomae, from St. Domingo ; Eglintouo, Evans, from St. John's,:New Bruaswiek, both with loss of bulwarks, &c. DUBLIN, FEB. G.—Sailed the Lady Leitrim, Clements. for Antigua. CLYDE, FEB. 9.—Arrived the Henry, Hinny, from St] John's, New Brunswick. DEAL, FEB. B.—Wind SV-9—W, S. W.—Arrived the Beatrice, Young, from Demerara ; British Queen, Dud ney, St. Johtes; New Brunswick ; Vernon, Leddersdale, Madeira ; Pelons, China ; Apprentice, Rogers, Singa pore. Put back.—Superior, Downing, St. Jago de Cuba. LIVERPOOL, B—Wind W. S. W. -9—W. fresh breezes. —Arrived the Echo, Crawell, from New Orleans, with loss of sails ; Coriolanus, Wells, and Vandalie, Souli, Savannah ; Berwick, Harberg, ditto ; St. Lawrence, Charleston ; Elizaheth, Swan, ditto; Camilla, Franka, Si. Michael's; Venus, M•Danald, Valoa.raiso ; Hereford. Reulmm, Cuba ; Albree, Whitner, New Orleans ; John: Cumming, Stager, Savannah ; Brooklyn, Richardson, Charleston; El'za Warwick, Davies, ditto; Marion, Par sons, Apalarieholi ; Ruthalk, York; Lege!, St. John 'e, New Brunswick, with lois• of sp ire, stile, Sc ' e., and Mary Bibby, Walker, and Majestic, with loss of foretopmast„ &e and the Indefatigable Sister. SOUTHAIMPTON, FEB. 9 . —Arrived the Peace, Bloomfield, from St. Michael's. JERSEY, FEB 6 —Arrived Pearl, Earle, Ancona. / BRISTOL, FEE. 9 .—Arrived, the Alliance, Founder, from St. Michael's. MILFORD, FEB. 7.—Arrived. the Lady Wright, Wright; from St. Michael's, with loss of sails, &c. FLVMIUTII, FEB. 9 —Arrived, her Majesty's ship In- Constant, from Barbadoes. FALMOUTH, FE„ 9. Arrived, the Lyra packet, from the Brazils, with 10,000/. specie on freight on merchant's acc aunt. • - Office of Committee of Privy Council for Trade, Whitehall, Feb. 8, 1840. Sta—l am directed by the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade to acquaint you, for the information of the merchants engaged in the Baltic trade, that all veii•els bound from Great Britain to Danish ports, and conveying- certificatm from the superintendents of the quarantine establishments at Standgate Creek and Ali:ford Haven, will be treated on the sari c footing as ships proceeding from place to place; there are regular establishments for the performance of qu arant i ne, re cozncted to state th ized by the Sat anatory Laws of D enmark. lam further dire to a:riving from Great Britain in the Baltic parts of Russia with cargoes of cotton, or other enu merated or suspected articles on boar d producing a cer tifictte from the officers of the quarantinesat Standgt.te Creek or I%lWe:a Haven, that such goods have been purified at one of the above-mentioned stations, will also be required to procure a separate attestation to that effect, on the quarantine pass from. the Danish Quarantine Board. I am , Si r, your obedient servant, DENIS LE MARCHANT. The Chairman of Lloyd's. THE REPEAL OF TIIE CORN-LAWS.-A quisition to the Mayor, requesting him to call a Public Meeting, to consider the propriety of petitioning Parliament for a repeal of the Corn-laws is now in course of signature. We have good reason to balieve that the meeting will be held in the ccurse of the ensuing week, --Preston 0!)sel rer. LADY'S GOLD—NECK CHAINS may be sel ec t e d f rom of several patterns, price, w.ight of four sovereigns, Five Guineas ; weight of five sovereigns, Six Guineas : weight of six sovereigns, Seven Guin eas . T he weight is give n b y comparison with the ueight of s b..ing more easily ref er r e d to than if stated in ounces and dwts. The quality of the Gold is warranted equal to any that is workel into articles of this description. T. Cox SAVORY, Goldsmith, Silversmith, Watchmaker, &c., 47, (Seven D oors from Gracechurcb-street), London.Cornhil • N.B. Drawings will be forwarded post free, if application be made post paid. SILVER PLATE of LONDON AIANUFAC TURE.--A. B. SAVORY and SONS, Working Gold smiths, 14, Cornhill, London, opposite the Bank of England. The best wrought SILVER SPOONS and FORKS, Fiddle Pattern, 75. 2d. per ounce; the King's Pattern, 7e. 4d. per ounc. The following are the weights recommended, but the articles may be had lighter or heavier at the same price per ounce. oz. s. d. £. s. it. 12 Futile Pattern Silyer Table Spoons 30 at 7 2... le 15 8 12 ditto Dessert ditto.. ......... 2O 7 2... 73 4 1 d itto 1 able Forks 3O 7 2... 10 IA 8 12 ditto Dessert ditto ' 20 7 2... 73 4 2 ditto Gravy Spoons 1 ditto Soup Ladle lO 7 2... 311 8 4 Tito Sauce ditto lO 7 P... 310 tt. 4 ditto S alt Spoons (gilt •.stron. g) I 0 0 1 ditto Fish S'jcc ... 1 2 ditto T ea Spoons ................. 7 8 8 16 8 I pair ditto Sugar Tongs (strong)... ............... 12 12 King's Pattein Silver Table sp:,ons... ........... • , ,at 7 4 l4 13 4 ditto D,ss...rt ditt, ............... 26 74_0 I I 3 12 ditto Tal) e Forks .. ...... 40 7414 13 4 12 (I;tt i Dessert ditt0.... .... " ........... 23 i 4 2 ditto Gravy•Sirtons 'tt , 74 4 8 ti , 1 ditto S nip Ladle ............. ... 12 74 4 8 0 4 ditto Satre ditto ~....... ....... 12 7104 14 0 4 ditto Salt Spools (strong gilt) ............... 1 ditto Fish .Slice ........................... , 12 ditto Tea Spoons .............. 11710 5 V 8 1 p.ir ditto Sugar 'rungs N.B. A Price Current, Stamped as a Newspaper, contain ing drawings, and every information relative to the purchase of silver or SheJleld plate, may be had on application, or will be sent into the country, free of postage, in answer to a paid letter. B IR TI! .7. On the 2d inst., at Oriental-place, Brighton, the lady of Brewster Thomas Seabrook, Esq., of a danzhter, still born. On the 4th inst., in Montagu-square, the lady of William Smith, Esq., of a (laughter. On the Ray. Char 4t es h Hebert inst., , aof t a the son. Grove, Clapham, the l a d y of the l _._._..___________ On the 4th i ns t ., t h e lady of Abraham George Roberts, Esq., of a son. • On the 30th ult., s t y the Independent Chael, Nets-rt P.lgnell, Mr. J ames W . Sampson, of Great Cheste p rford, Essepox, to Caroline, youngest daughter of Mr. f irme.r pace. Charles Redden, of the On th e 29th u l t., at Bitton Church, William hart, Es. q. , or the Hon. East India Company's Civil Service, youngest son of the late General Hart, of R ilderry, Donegal, to Frances Anne, fourth daughter of Edward Frere, Esq., of Bitton, Glocester— shire. Diki). On the 30th ult. Alexander Cumming, Esq., of Logic, North Britain, Hon. East India. Company's Ber gal Civil Service. O n the 3d inst., at Bury St. Edmund's, Mrs. Anne Broom field, aged Sl. On the filst nit., in Clarges-street, Mayfair, Esther, the wife of Dr. Adolphus, I nspector-General of Army Hospitals, a g ed 46. - .On the 31 st ult., Philip q., of William Thomas, FsHigh burv-gr ove, aged 81. On the Ist inst., in Compton-street, Soho, Mrs. Mary Clap perton, aged 85. On the Ist inst., at New Broad-street, Martha Dyer, widow aged 54. On the 3d inst., at St. John's -wood. Charles Joseph Wilks, eldest son of the Rev. Samuel Charles Wilks, aged 19. ............—_, London: Printed and Published by AIURDO YOUNG No. 112, Strand, at. The Sun Office, No. 112, Strand in the cornty of Middlesex.— .Tuesday, February 11, 1840. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY Jl, le4o. -; .