The Sun. — London, England, 1840-12-07 00:00:00

VF N INC I -4i I) T 10N ,ll N A. I n against their Governtneuts,— ., vhile sedition, ' cruel revolution, and bloody executions lave dishonoured and devastated Europe,—while it lißions of men have been mowed down by the . ` l. ° l ' ,l , or by some other of the iugcnious means of twrurihg or murdering mankind which were prac tised in Europe, the United States have gone °n steadily prospering, without any great or signall, int erru pti ons , and the mass of the in "shitants, because they elect and control the P resident an d a ll t h e i r o ffi cer s, and there fare conduct their own affairs, are as con tented at this day with their Constitution as at its commencement. They amend its defects as fey are ascertained. To amend the defects of a Co nstitution in Europe requires a revolution , and th at is rarely successful. Opening their arms to 4HI receiving immiarants of all religions ( 1 4414. 1 all the nations of Europe, the United States Present a most remarkable spectacle of tranquillity l r e served in conjunction with the most complete bt rtY yet known in the world, which, instead of letting in active operation the rival passions of the la tious E uropeans w h o go t hither, and who in Eu rope are deadly enemies, have bound them all in] pea ce by a common interest, and rallied them around th e standard of the general liberty. Never before 14 the world was there such a noble spec -lacie of opponents and rivals forgetting nationa I t a tiPathi es , f orego i ng national habits, and all 'coming the equal and prosperous citizens Et free community. What monarchy in Europe I tr e open its arms to all corners ? The nasty jea laY of monarchical ministers, their stupid and ab surd° systems of passports, licenses, douaniers, and ' ens darmerie, their vast and onerous taxation, wci tthl not allow of free ingress en d egress, and their syst ems of government are wholly incompatible -411 that wonderful prosperity, wonderful amalga 41ation of strangers, and wonderful tranquillity which hav e sprung from the elective system of the Unite d s tllt es• Such a government may not be suitable to , t , t tir° l 3 e, because governments. grow from and are l ot t o t h e manners o f a people ; but it both the theoretical and practical purposes of a go ieriltnent as much superior to them as railways and 4° lnotive engines are superior to the cumbrous eh icies which a century ago were the only public conv eyances in the country. The Times com mended its observations to our attention, and we ho pe our readers will think we have made good use °1 then,. We must say one word about the extracts vit l i ch the Times makes from the IT'whington w °6 e. They are full of fire and fury, and, 4 te th e y true to t h e l e t ter , the Union might be in heth4ger• Wc, however, place no more reliance on t e ttt than on the threats of the Northern Stai, or lh the rhodomontadc of the Standard about th ° • 0 00 armed Orangemen being able to put down Irish Catholics. The Times has occasionally ' llu tliged so much in newspaper bavardage, that it 41 Il st well know its value, and we are surprised that s ~ e h an old, not bird, but bird•catcher, should him 'lf be caught by a brother's chaff. The breaking up of the alliance between France I " England has made it manifest that the popu iiiti c iu of the latter country is much more inclined to Peace than the former. Till Al. GurzoT pro tiNneed- that noble sentence from the Tribune, P e ace everywhere," scarcely a single voice was rais ed in France its favour : on the contrary, nearly th e press, from which we infer the wishes of a • `ne people, demanded war. In England, how ;vet, we believ e the whole press was steadily in tvour of peace ; the only difference was in the in 4iisity of the regrer which different journals ex pressed at the possibility of its being interrupted. ev •eral meetin gs were held to declare in favour of 41a ce, and more would have been held, but from opinion of some persons that such meetings aiglu be injurious, by encouraging the warlike fer clur of the French, and the opinions of others , t h a t 4 War between France and England , for any rea (lb4 contemptible as whether MEHEMET ALL s " ik cs uld or should not hold Syria, was quite impos be• This difference is characteris tic of the two poC;•eciPle, and it is a striking illustration of th e supe r civili zat i on of our countrymen. When suc h re it era ted efforts are made by . "To r y p ress an d the Tory parsons to bla cken the character of our manufacturing 'il t l l4 commercial population, and to enhance il t virtu es o f a rural population, it is due to t he former to observe that the bulk of the Eng at belon g to the former, and the bulk of the to the latter. It was not from our rural f:tPulation but from the dense manufacturing popu '" of Manchester and Leeds that the declara -I:4a agai nst war wen t forth, and the journals of the a , ti. uracturing districts were the foremost in depre -o:l''a war. The love of peace, therefore, is the 4r4 cteristic of a commercial and manufactur ing co ai mmunity, and the love of war of a Cai ; Population. Yet there are not want writers in this Christian country, and if ' ltt 4 ' n 'cln report may be relied on those writer e Christian ministers, who have advocated th 4 " i al destruction of our manufacturing towns, and the restorati on o f t h e peo pl e to rural ignorance and t il ru t ferocity. Th ey w i s h to recal the good times the n the soun d o f a b ug l e or a d rum summone d th e inhabitants of our vallies together to revenge to supposed in su lt t o th e ir Lords—they wish to e ' v e in England the principle of serfdom, and 11rr Y back our civilizati on t o th e con dition of that , tile war-loving, agricultural French. Such a pro ject, though entertained by a Christian priest, and pro- Pagated by a journal which speaks the sentiments of the English clergy, is, as we see by this example, Its hostile to humanity in its results as it is brutal in „auception. Notwithstanding the multiplied proofs which ‘ 4l ode rn soc i ety a ff or d s t h a t towns are extremely favourabl e to civilization—for hr them has origi nated all i m p r ovements —the landowners and the cler gy, the two leading legislative classes in this count ry, have long evinced a decided hostility to the gro wth and ex t ens i on o f towns. The obvious reason °r t heir conduct is, that the increase of a town popu ist'" is unfavourable, not to the increase of their ~, ettit h--for it has enhanced the amount both of ; I s and ti t h es —b u t t o the continuance of their all • °we t. They have been willing and ready to check • Iltpro vetnent , to i mpe d e c i v ilization, to stop the 11r:gre's of humanity, to continue the love and the fetice of war, by such enactments as Corn-laws, t he preservation of their own sinister interests. Joyin g great wealth, which the progress of so tY would no t dimi n ish—protected from all the evils of toil, a ll th e ir wants being supplied with out t any exertion of their own—honoured and re ii ete d by society—placed in the highest rank, 111 3e ems impossib:e to conceive a happer lot k ", was that of the landowner and Ike hbene -11 that (1 clergyman of our opulent community. All was asked of them was to allow others to toil eel . v I Y for their benefit. They were not asked to up a single sixpence of their property, nor t, ths : l iMinish its security by a single hair. They w ere the asked t o perm i t o th er men to grow ri c h b y prig s m e e O fr iVZ and exertions, to leave industry and enter permit the capitalist and the la vitirer to make the most of their possessions and theirta talents ; b u t thi s p o o r boon they refused,.' with an over-reaching selfishness, air intense fit ness which has we believe no example in l'ls4r Y, they hays placedtrammels on industry, which thcv do not exercise—the) have taxed the labour er's bread, they never labouring, and they have sought to keep down and keg) back those who in “riving to attain their level would have carried them to a greater height. The result of this excessive selfishness is a manifest vindication of the ways of GOD to man. They have forfeited the respect of society, and their rank, their property, their influ ence, are all endangered. We publish this day a few names of noblemen and genticmen who are desirous of erecting some monument in honour of the late Lord HOLLA ND. The list will rapidly increase, if learning, political consistency, and the most amiable affections of the human heart arc considered deserving of reward. No public character ever was so much beloved by all parties as Lord HOLLAND. Men of every shade in politics, those skilled in the arts, and re markable for their literature or genius, whether fo reigners or natives of this country, were welcome guests at his hospitable mansion ; and during the last forty years, when so many good critics, good wri ters, and poets of no ordinary description, appeared, few, if any, surpassed him in general knowledge, refined taste, elegant accomplishments, and ready wit. Sir WALTER SCOTT, though a thorough bred Tory, and abominating the very name of Whig, had the generosity to pay him the highest compliment for his amiable qualities and high at tainments. But there is only one opinion on the subject, and, if we judge correctly of human nature, the monument to the memory of the nephew of Fox will be erected by the subscriptions of men of all parties. While lie was the best friend of the Dissenters and Catholics, be never forgot what was due to the members of the Established Church, or to any class opposed to them in politics or religion. - The Scotsman of Saturday remains of opinion that the cases of Mr. HARMER and Mr. BLACK were dissimilar. Without professing to know much of the Dispatch, the Scotsman affirms that it was " charged with teaching doctrines subversive of mo rality and social order," and it maintains that this charge was " valid to exclude Mr. HARMER, if it were true." The Scotsman knows that this charge of teaching immorality and subverting social order is the mad-dog cry with which the bigots of all descrip tions assail all their opponents, and we regret to see it countenanced for a single moment by such an enlightened journal. The charge was made against the Dispatch, because it inculcated certain opinions which the priest and the Tory party dis like, and Mr. HARMER was proscribed on account of those opinions. Now, we contend against the principle of punishing opinions, be they what they may. The Scotsman advocates it, and on ac count of Mr. BLACK'S opinions, he was excluded from the Lord Provostship. If he, like the Scotsman, advocates that principle, he was paid in his own coin. If be admitted, there is no opinion disliked by the bigots and the Tories which they will not consider a proper test of exclusion from office, and we shall never feel any regret to see it applied for the discomfiture and punishment of those who maintain it. Opinion should not be punished, but refuted. The Liverpool Anti-Slavery Society has decided to withhold its support from Sir F. Buxton's new scheme, a new Society, for the Suppression of the Slave-trade, by civilizing Africa ; though it stedfastly adheres to its prin ciple, that until slavery be abolished the Slave-trade will never cease to exist, THE LATE ROBER,T FERGUS() OF RAITIL Robert Ferguson, Esq., M.P., of Raith, whose lamented death it was our painful task to announce in our Friday's Paper, was one of those steady friends of liberty who, like the late Lord Holland, directing his political: course by the principles of Mr. Fox, has pursued it with undeviating consist ency during a long public life and parliamentary career. The death of such a man as Mr. Ferguson is truly a' national loss, for although he seldom spoke in the House of Commons, he was—what can at any time be ill-spared, and'at the present will be greatly missed—a long-tried and highly estimated example of undeviating consistency, blended with indefatigable industry in his attention to his parlia mentary duties, the effect of which was extensively 'beneficial in its influence on those just entering the arena of public life. In private society Mr. Ferguson's death will have caused a vacancy which will be long before it can be adequately supplied. Many will long look to the now empty place he was wont to occupy, and will remember how it was once filled. To kind, unaffected, but Polished manners, Mr. F. united a heart which could respond to every generous emo tion, reciprocate every warm affection, while it could sympathise with the distresses of his poorer fellow-men, and prompted him to relieve their dis tresses and assist their exertions. Mr. Ferguson possessed a highly cultivated taste in the arts, and science was proud to recognise him as a not unworthy son. By those who were his more intimate friends and associates his memory will be cherished in connec tion with the recollection of many acts of kindness. To his tenantry he was attached by the strongest ties of grateful esteem. This generous, open-hearted, and highly honour able man has descended to the tomb, honoured by all, and attended by the tears and blessings of his family, his friends, and his numerous tenantry and dependents.___.. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—Such a man as the late Robert Ferguson of Raith should not pans from among us with the mere simple statement of regret for his death. Possessed of the most endearing qualities which attract affection and respect') continually prompted by an active and useful benevolence, under the most generous influence of contributing to the happiness of all around him ; endued with clear and compre hensive powers of mind, highly cultivated ; rich in various knowledge ; and deeply impressed with a sense of the great duties which his position as a member of the Legislature imposed upon him—he maintained and supported the sacred principles of civil and religious liberty, of sound and practicable reforms in all the institutions of his country, and fought by the side of a Liberal Government, as well against the slavish and corrupt doctrines of the Tories as against the wild and impracticable pro mulgations of the Chartists. Every act of his use ful life was the result of a noble honesty of thought for the common good of all. Few men have died . snore deeply regretted, and whose memory will be cherished, by all who knew him, with the sincerest t respect and affection. Dec. 4, 1840. A FRIEND. F. H. S. The Duke of Rutland left town, on Saturday last, for Belvoir Castle, Leiceilershire, where a large party will shortly assemble. The Countess of Chesterfield left Chesterfield House, yesterday, for Bretby, Derbyshire. The Noble Earl, who left early in the week for Leicestershire, was to join the Countess at the above seat to-day. Sir Francis and Lady Burdett and family have arrived in St. James's -place, from Ember Court, near Moulsey Hurst. Sir Charles Lemon, Bart., M.P., has been en tertaining a select party at Carclew, Cornwall. Sir W. Molcsworth, Bart., M. P., and Mr. Grote, M.P., have been among the Hon. Baronet's guests. Mrs. Edmunds, sister of the late, and aunt of the present Earl of Lindsey, and Lady Charlotte Guest, died on Sunday at the advanced age of 88 years. T E LONOON, MONfliAlr, DECEMBER 7, 1840. CHANCERY COURT-(THIS DAY.) LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) ORD V. LYONS. Mr. K. ErtrcE's reply in this case—the arguments in which have already tbl:Ln up three eay3—cccupied the whole morning. The LCRD CHANCELLOR po3tl.onei giving judgment. , LONDON, DEc. this day at nOOO, moderate breeze from the scuthlvarti, ;old fine. DEAL, DEc. s.—Wind N. W., moderate. 6.ll.—Wind E.—Arrived the Urania; Metcalf from Sierra Leone. Sailed . the Chriitina, Bl a i r , f or s, dnev, New South Wales; Fortitude, Hutton, Port Philip ; Persia, Stevens., Ceylon ; Chieftain, Pattisou, Madras ; Corcyra, Cort land, Cape Palmas ; Anne, Burgess, Tobago ; Charles, Dallen, ditto ; Buckinghamshire, Moore, Bombay. LIVERPOOL, DEC. 6.—Wind S., light.—Arrived the Frankfield, Mitchell, from New Oilcan-; Victoria, Bahia ; Irish Lass, GrardySavanilla ; Congress, Mat shall, Charleston ; Algonquin, Turley, PhilatitA i thia; Franklin, New Orleans ; Bombay packet, Bonny—sailed September 12th, and Fernando Po 19th. Sailed the Judith, Harvey, for Arica, &c. ; Cambria, Robert;on, Calcutta ; Hope, Robert, Rio Janeiro ; Traveller, Armstrong, Pernam buco ; Curryman, Longford, Demerara ; Laurel, M' Bride, Savannah ; Frances, Browne, and Hodder-field, Jones, Af r ica ; Jelin Dugdale, Milibard, Singapore ; William Sharpies, Jones, Bombajt . ; Irt, Ludlow, Bahia ; Rose anna, Read, Rio Jaitetrt , . ; Ann Ilail, Tucker, Mobile ; Coek , rmouth Ca-tie, Bell, Jamaica ; Sarah, Cousens,' Savann..ll; Maddison, Wood, Virginia ; Sterling, Cooper, Charleston; Robert Fulton, Bros son, New York. Off port, tile Jupiter, from Charleston. BRISTOL, DEC. s. —Arrived Harvey, Simpson, from Quebec; Stanza, Da la Gallo, Fayal. SwANsEA, DEC. 4.—Arrived Alexander Harvey, Alex ander, from Cuba. MILFORD, DEc 5 .—A boat marked outside " S M Ann, of Newport," and inside, " Williams, Master," win; washed on shore yesterday in Freshwater Bay. FALMOUTH, DEC 4 and s.—Wind variable.—Arrived Tagus steamer, M . Leod, Gibraltar ; sailed 26th ult. Off port, Hercules, Renal's, Quebec; Howard, Bartlett, Nit ratnichi ; Java, Duthill, Batavia ; Victoria, Denia; Belle Alliance, Doxford, Calcutta, Off port, Sampson, Stur gis, New York. YARMOUTH, ISLE C F WIGHT, DEC. 4._A quantity of wreck, apparently a spar, yards, sails, &c. was passed un the 21 instant off the Eddystone, by the Confidence, arrived at Southampton. PLY NIOUTII, DEC. 6, —Wind N. N. W,—The Henrique. Savarusa, which put into this port leaky, and was laid on shore, is so much strained that the fills with the tide ; cargo discharged. DUMFRIES, DEc. s.—The Vernon, from Liverpool to Glasgow., which was on shore, has been got off without much damage after discharging, and gone to Carscthorn to re-load. - - - CLYDE, DEC. 4.—Arrived the Terranova, Denniston, from Newfoundland; James Lyon, Hamilton, ditto ; Clutha, Colman, Quebec. Sailed the Maria, Miller, fur Hobart Town ; Amphitrite, Kerr, Calcutta ; S.2ve;n Lass, Wright, Honduras. KINGSTOWN, DEC. s.—Arrived the Camerton, Shield , from Demerara. LIMERICK, DEC. 4.—Arrived the John and Mary, Wright, from Quebec. CORK, Drc. 4. —Off port, the Henry Clay, Schriver, from New Orleans ; Pavisborough, Ilsthorington, Mar. tinique. GALWAY, Dec. 3.—Arrived the Midas, Moore, Quebec ILFKAcomBE, DEC. s.—Parts of a wreck, tictli as masts, yards, sails, &c., have washed on shore on the westerr point of Sandy Island. rr.i tee entertain sentiments of most sincere gratitude ICHARTISM, ANI) THE WORKING to God far his kindness in the hte abundant harvest. CLASSES. atd ;ra willing at all times to co-operate with Christian , of every denomination for the promotion of this or any ether good object, they cannot agree with the dictum of the Established Church Presbytery of Edinburgh in appointing the whole of the 15th instant to be observed es a day of thankseiving, on . the following grounds : Because several Dissenting congregations have already given thanks on a Sabbath appointed by them for that purpose, white, to God, who " lives mercy rather than sacrifice," must be equally acceptable. Because the Established Church might have followed the example of their Dissenting brethren, and thus spared the industrious classes a sacrifice which they are little able to make in the present depressed state of trade and high price of pro vision;—and because the members of the Established Church, forming but a minority of the church-going pipu- Idtion of the city, have no right exclusively to pass any ecclesiastical enactment affecting the whole of the inha bitaats, and therefore the Committee can regard the adop tion, at their late meeting, of the following resolution, as reported in the Newspapers, as nothing has than an insult to Disaeutera :--` That the whole of the 15th December shOuld Ira set apart as a day of thanksgiving for the late abundant harvest, and that the different religious bodies in Edinburgh and the authoriti►s should be invited to join with them on this occasion—and that the invitation should be given by a public intimation of the fact, without corn. municating personally with any of the Dissenting bodies.' The Committee, theta fore, earnestly recommend their (FROM A CORRESPONDENT.) We have recently adverted in the The Sun to the fact, that, notwithstanding the present apparent lull of popular commotion, Chartism is actually advanc;ng instead of retrograding, and this espe cially among the industrious classes of the commu nity. The intrinsic state of these classes, and Dis,enting brethren to follow their usual employment on the day referred to, without payieg any attention to the fiat of the state Church."—Edinburgh, Dec. 4,1840. MAP OF CHINA. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR—Please to send two copies of " The China Sun," having the Map. The chart of Canton River, .is surveyed by the late Captain Huddart, of the Hon. Co.'s Service and afterwards of the Trinity House, would form a most desirable companion to your Map of China. The writer of this, when many years ago in Canton, in conversation with a Chinese merchant, was told by him that, as a mark of their subjugation by the Tartars, who were horsemen, they were obliged to have the cuffs of their exterior garment cut in the form of a horse's hoof ; and to confirm his assertion, he pulled down one of his cuffs, put his closed hand on the table, and, standing up, showed it really was so. With this feeling of degradation, had the Chinese a knowledge of the British Constitution, they would no doubt - he.glad of an opportunity to throw of the Tartar dynasty. Edinburgh, Dec. 4, 1840. V. their relative position to the other departments of the population, are egregiously misunderstood by our statesmen, although in our opinion, they ate ominously important, and indicative of inevitable organic changes in the political institutions of the empire. We shall state a few of the most im portant facts upon this subject, which amply sus tain the preceding representation. The first fact is, the rrogres6ive self-separation of the operative classes from the other classes cf the county. We do not now inquire into the causes of this separation ; it has, however, been in process for many years, and it is now too palpable and too portentous to be denied. From the aristocracy this separation is complete ; and from he middle classes, we regret to say, it has been ra pidly increasing ; so that now a preponderating pro portion of our more influential and intelligent working men, zealously maintain that ',using Lard Brougham's new word) the " capitalocracy," the millocracy, and the shopocracy, are virtually combined, not only to exclude them from the elective franchise, but also to crush the rights of popular industry, which they affirm to be founded upon this princi ple—the labourer has a right to receive an adequate remuneration for his toil, before the landowner, whose soil he cultivates, or the master, whose goods he manufactures, is entitled to receive rent or profit. The second fact we mention is, that this self se paration of the working classes is connected with growing union among themselves, from the north to the south, from the east to the west, through every province, and to every extremity of the land. Hi therto, it is true, that every attempt to induce all the operative classes in the empire to enter into or ganised and active union, has failed ; but for this there have been twa reasons—first, the operativet themselves have not been prepared for such a union ; and, in the next place, the projects which have been promulgated, and the associations which have been formed, have drawn the bonds of union too tight for them long to be preserved from snapping asunder. Silently, however, but certainly, our readers may be assured, a mighty revolution is proceeding ; and when at some future period the popular voice speaks forth, its demands will simultaneously resound from the Clyde to the Thames, and from the Irish Sea to the German Ocean. This is no exaggeration of unfounded alarm, it is an accurate description of the necessary results of the influences which are now working with accumulating force, and which are all tending to the same ultimate and speedy ,aws. consum►nat!on. The third fact to which we refer is, the rapi advance of the operative classes in moral and inte' lectual dignity and power. The two great curses of these classes have hitherto been ignorance and intemperance. Their ignorance is disappearing be fore the diffusion of knowledge—but let our readers remember that it is knowledge adapted to their cir cumstances, and that it is diffused in a manner sig nally calculated to subserve the sepa►ation in the first instance, and the union in the second, of which we have been writing, The publications which are circulated among them are not merely the vehi cles of knowledge, but of knowledge combined with those peculiar views and prin cip`es they cherish so that while they become enlightened, their yell intelligence is subordinated to the dissemina• tion of their popular principles, and the ac complishment of their ulterior objects. Ani with respect to their intemperance, although this is au evil which deplorably prevails, we are convinced that it is rapidly diminishing. Not only have many thousands of working men formed them selves into Teetotal Societies, but even . the Chartist leaders, to promote the political interests of the operatives, are among the most strenuous and eloquent advocates of total abstinence principles. The change which has taken place among them, both as to knowledge and temperance, is wonderful, and must be incredible to those who are not per sonally aware of its extent. One demonstration of their advance in intelligence is, that though tens of thousands of them are now unemployed, the apveal to physical, and not moral force, is generally depre cated, and their motto now almost universally is, Argument and not arms." Other facts of similar character and equal im portance we have in reserve, which we may perhaps adduce at a future period. If the question be proposed, what causes are to be assigned for this inauspicious state of things ? we are at r.o loss for an answer to the inquiry. First and foremost we place the infatuation which enacted, and has perpetuated, the iniquitous Corn- Next, the unequal distribution of the elective franchise. Then, the irritating negligence with which popu lar appeals have been so often treated by the Le gislature, who have " made the promise to the ear, but broke it to the heart." We must not forget, also, the profligate Govern ment expenditure, which has been instigated and sustained by selfish aristocratical influence—and the consequent enormous burden of taxation, which has been so unequally imposed, that its produce has been mainly extracted from the very life-blood of the industrious poor. The last cause we can now mention is, the grasp , ing avarice, the flagrant abuses, the would-be tyranny of a State Church, the richest, and one of the most corrupt on the surface of the earth. Well would it have been for this country, had its rulers fifty years ago, instead of engaging in ruin ous and sanguinary wars, remembered, in the lan guage of an excellent author, that our national se curity mainly depends on the improvement of the mass of the people, in the neglect of which the politeness, the refinement, and the wealth accumu lated by the higher orders, weak and unprotected, will be exposed to imminent danger, and perish like a geland, in the grasp of popular fury. For, if there be any truth i❑ the figure by which society is compared to a pyramid, it is on the people that its sta bility principally depends ; the elaborate orna ment at the summit, will be a wretched compensa tion for the want of solidity in the lower parts of the structure. C An Low ELECTION.—CoIoneI Bruen has b ee n returned for Carlow b y a ma j ori ty of 161. Mr. Pon sonby resigned o n Friday. This defeat is acribed to dif p educed by an e rror of the Liberals, who were pacific f eren t causes. The D u blin 1. - 'vening Post say s i t was andr m oderate, while the Bruenites breathed nothin g b ut ven geance and extermination. The Repeal Papers, on ti.e other hand, contend that a Repealer ought to have been put up. THE DERBY AND OAKS. -- Bell's Lif e i n London of Sunday next, Dec. 13, will contain a full and accurate list of all the nominations for these stakes, with the names of the horses in training the names of their tiainers—the number of races won or lost by each—and a variety of other information highly interesting to all per sons connected with the turf..,...'] he price of Bell's Life in London, fivpence. The " Gallery of Comicalities," No. VIII., is published, and may be had separately, for three pence ; or the whole eight, being a matchless oollection of graphic and literary humour, for two shillings. at the Office of Bcll's Life in London, 170, Strand. The India Mail is hourly expected at Dover, The " Britannia" and Wellington" s team-pacicet 3 3W, i t To be had are engaded to transort it across the chaitnFi. bare lying off ' Boulogne harbour fur the Dover ' PiNific(c. last two clays. BOLLS' COURT..--(THIS DAY ) WILSON V. LF:ONAIW. This case was partly heard on Saturday, and reported in our evening edition. The arguments of Counsel were resumed this nixrning, and at their conclusion, The MASTER of the ROLLS said be was elearl•; of Opi nion the loss incurred by the non-performance of the co venants by Surtees, the assignees of Dr. Chadwick, was a loss with which the assets of the Doctor must be charged. With resueet to the amount, his Lrldship had some doubt, and upon that point would look through the evidence, and mention it on Wednrsday morning. STEPHENSON V. DAWSON. This case came Lefore the Court upon exceptions to the Maser's Report, which Mr. Pembertcn was opening %%hen %Se went to prcp.s. VICE-CHANUERY-(THIS DAY.) ELLIS V. GOODSON. The bill idthis case was filed for the purpose of having the accounts taken of certain plantations and estates in the i►land of Grenada, belonging to the representatives of a gentleman named Law. To that bill a demurrer bad been filed, on the ground of multifariousness and want of equity. Mr. WIGRANI opened the demurrer on Saturday, and to-day the arguments were resumed, and occupied the whole day. QU EEN'S BENCH•-(`i'HlS DAY.). ( Before Mr. Justice COLERIDGE and a Special Jury.) GUY V. GREGORY—LIBEL. This was an action against the proprietor of the Satirist nerspsper, for publishing a series of libels upon the plain tiff, who was repiesented as a gentleman of property . , and who had in the beginning of the present year taken a house in St. James's -street, called the Cocoa 'free, for the pur pose of establishing a club house. The alleged libels were published in three succeeding numbers of the Satirist, namely the 22d and 29ili March. and the sth April, They were headed " Pandemonium," and charged the plaintiff with having established a gaming-house, where loaded dice were used, and the most disreputable practices resorted to, and recommending the parish authorities and police to in stitute proceedings against the house. Mr. Thesiger conducted the case for the prosecution, and Mr. C. Junes and Mr. Huggins for the defence. For the plaintiff two or three servants, who had been employed at the plaintiff's house in St. James's-street, were examined. Their evidence generally was to the effect that the house was merely used as a club-house, where refreshments were supplied to gertlemen. There was a billiard and bagatelle table, but very little playing. None of the witnesses saw any dice used. Mr. C. JONES addressed the Jury at some length for the defendant, contending that it was the duty of a newspaper editor, when he had good grounds for supposing that such practises existed, to hold them up to public reprobation. The LEARNED JUDGE having summed up, the Jury re turns d a verdict for the plaintiff—Damages 1001. COMNION PLEAS.-(THIS DAY.) WALTON V. POTTER. This action for the infringement of a patent, excites much interest amongst the cotton and woollen manufac turers of the north and south of England, a number of whom filled the galleries of the Court before the trial cattle on this morning. The plaintiff and defendant are both extensive cotton manufacturers at Manchester, and the former claims to be the inventor of an im provement in the carding of wool and cotton by introduction of elastic India rubber backs to the cards. For this improvement he several years ago obtained a patent, which he now charges the defendant with infring ing. The latter pleaded that the invention was not that of Waltons, but of Hancock, prior to Waltons' patent ; sccosdly, that the card-backs used by the defendant are not of the same construction as those made according to the plaintiff's specification ; and lastly, after several other pleas, that the . specificat ion itself is not sufficiently cor rect to give force to the patent. The evidence for the plaintiff (which is exceedingly de tailed, and merely technical) was proceeding when we went to press. EXCHEQUER COURT-THIS DAY. JACKSON V. HODGSON AND ANOTHER. This was an action to recover the sum of 100/. for two years' service given by the plaintiff to his deceased father. It appeared that the deceased had been a cowkeeper in London, who bad bought a farm at Chcshunt. His titst wife died, leaving a family of eight children ; he married again, and had two other children. In 1835 the plaintiff, the eldest son, returned from a voyage to America ; after residing with his father for a short time be proposed to go upon another voyage, but his father said he was getting old, and if he (the plaintiff) would remain at home and manage the farm he would allow him 50/. a year. This was agreed to, and two years' service was due upon the death of the father. The first family were not well pleased with the settlement of the property. The action depended upon letters written to the plaintiff by the desire of the father, and was only defended because the executor had not found any evidence of the contract among the papers of the deceased. The Jury found for the plaintiff. COATS V. FRANKS. This was an action upon two Bills of Exchange amount ing to 96/. odd. The defendant had pleaded a set of, but his Lordship decided that under the pleas upon the record he was precluded from entering into it. A verdict was accordingly taken fur the plaintiff. This was the last cause in the paper. The Court rose at half-past twelve o'clock. THE MAKkETS.-(THIS DAY. , ICORN EXCHANGE. Last week's arrivals were good of Barley, moderate o other Grain, and considerable of Flour. There were only moderate fresh supplies of Corn. Fine Wheat Is. per quarter dearer ; other kinds, including Foreign, as last re ported. Barley is firm at its former value. Beans dull sale, but not lower. Peas as last quoted. Oats obtained ,heir previous currency. Flour extremely dull. 'PRICES 014 BOARD OF SFIF.. Wheat,Bed (old) . -5 -s. Beans, Sun]) fleiv) ...... 4 3. 45s (new) 37. ------ White (old) -I. -s. ---- (old) ...... .. 45 3') . 4-, ---- Red(15,40) .504. 54'. -. Tick -.-----.- Fine 555. 575. -------- (old) .......... 443.445. Superfine ...... 58s. 525. - hat row (new) ..... 40.. 41s --Mite (1641 )....5%5. 575. - --- (01d)....... 14s. 45•„ - 1 .- s tine (Os 03s Brank ..................... --. -s.-s. ----. Superfine 6355. Geis. Oats, Feed ..................... -------Foreien free 51s. 683. ---- New . ............ :20, .23 F. Ryt ,iSs. 403. - Poland .................. -s. -5, Barley 2 6 s 35s -------- New .......... 25 .. 2.8 .. -- Grinding •6s. tl3s -- POOILOC ... .............. -3.-s. -- -Malting 12 s 3 5 . ----------- "Sew ......... 263. 30s, Malt s6s. COs. - Scotch .................. 275. 305. -- Fine New 0.25. (13i. - Irish ............ 18i. -. 21-.25. Pease, Grey, New 3 ' s. 38s. Flour Town T er s ack) .... fOs. 5, 5 . --- -- S ec onds ............... 463..485. M a ple New 4 0 3, 41 s. -- White 345. 3.15. -...-.... Ns,rtli Country.- 453 VI. - Boilers 9 - 7 s. :;85. Bran ............................ 11- 12 . ARRIVALS OF GRAIN 114 LONDON DURING LAST WEEK Wheat. Barley. i oars. , Flou• English Irish - 1 12,157 i Fureign SMITHFIELD MARKET. The supply of Beasts was short, end the trade rather heavy ; the best Scots with difficulty sold as high as ss. per stone. The trade for Mutton was also heavy, the best Downs making only 4s. 80. The supply of Veal was short, and trade very brisk. In Pork little doing, and prices lower. Beasts, 3,062 ; Sheep, 24,030; Pigs, 666 ; Calves, 66. Beef, 3s. 81 to ss. ; Mutton, 3s. 61 to 4s. Si. ; Veal, 4s. Bd. to Os. ; Pork, 3s. tid. to 4 s. TEA MARKET. The transactions were extremely limited, but prices were steady. Company's Congeal 2s. 3d. per lb. cash. The forthcoming sales co m p rise a good assortment of ail kinds, but it is expected that not above one half will be allowed to go at present rates. TALLOW MARKET. The demand for Russia Tallow was dull, in'eed the market was in a perfectly nominal state, the buyers not being inclined to give anything like the prices asked. P. Y. C. held at 475. per cwt. POTATOE MARKET." The supplies during last week were ;mall, and have not produced any improvement in the Market. Trade dull, the purchases being almost confined to the best de scriptions at former ices. Guernsey and Jersey Blues, 58s to 60s ; Wisbeach pr , 56s to 60s ; York, red, 78s to 80s per ton. HOP MARKET. Tlic prices of the low aod mouldy descriptions continue depressed, and few transactions have taken place; while for the better kinds there is still a strong sale, and at extreme rates ; fine nid choice Hops realize 15/ 15g. to 21s. per cwt. •••••••=.l WINDSOR, SUNDAY EvENINO.--The nurser) and three adjoining rooms at the Castle, for the use of the Infant Princess and her Royal Highness's atteoantst arc nearly completed. They are plainly furnished. 'flier,: is now not the least doubt that her Majesty will spend Christ mas at the Castle. Prince Albert is expected at the Castle during the ensuing week. In the event of the Prince pay ing a visit to Windsor, his Royal Highness will return to town the same afternoon. His hunting stud, which is now at the stables attached to Cumberland Lodge, in the Great Park, consists of fur h Ise; only. THE LAMENTABLE DEATH OF A CHIMNEY SWEEP IN TIM FLUE OF A STEAM-ENOINE. —On Wed nesday the inquiry was resumed at Manchester. From the o%tittliel the ce deceased,of Nl r. alia Dyson, ot a e witnesses,surgeon, m was xa ainpepda r the n t the poor lad had died in consequence of the flue being filled with hot air. The Jury returned a verdict that " The deceased died of suffocation, and of manslaug; te against tile ptiioner, James Teale, for putting the deceased up the chimney ;" but they did not seem to think that the owners or occupiers of the property were free from blame, and we believe it was ultimately determined that tlity should meet again, to consider whether they should or should not impose a deodand upon them. OFFICE OF BRIDGE-MASTER.--There is a vacancy in the Ctty in the offie t of bridge-master, which will be filled up by the livery. There is generally a vet y severe contest for the office, notwithstanding, that it is act in any respect a political appointment, The candidates at present are—Mr. Hoard, one of the members of the C o rr_ mon Council ; Mr. George Ledger, who was for several years an active member of that Court ; and Mr. Gibbs, one of the unsuccessful candidates at a former election. The Marquis and Marchioness of Aylesbury leave town this day, for Paris, in which capital it is the inten tion of the Noble Marquis and Marchioness to reside until the first week in March, MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEW S CITY, TIVELVE O'CLOCK. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, SATURDAY.--The tran sactions in cotton to-day were 4,000 bags, chiefly Ameri can, to the trade, at full prices. LlN , :arum, SHARE LIST, DEC. s.—Eastern Counties, 81; Grand Junction, 212 ; Great Western half shares, •li - 1; London and Birmingham, 167. We have had a fair amount of business doing this week in Great Western, S J u:l!Western, and Junction Shares ; London and Brighton, London and Birmingham, and North Uunion, have also been in request. The market is not so good this morning : we have fewer buyers, and more stock offering. We have to note a call of la per share on Western half shares, payable on the 29:11 inst., and m ,king the whole 50/. paid. The announcement of this call has had a slight effect on the noaket for this stock, which can be purchased at e asier rates this morning. Half-past Four o'clock—The market closes without much business doing, --- Arrivals this morning—Lisbon mail, by the Tagus, sailed on the 3011 of November, Malta, 19th November. Gib raltar, 26th November. Cad iz, 27th November, Oporto, Ist December, Vigo, Ist Dec. BOURSE OF AMSTERDAM, DEC. 4.—Having been placed under the influence of a fall at Paris, our prices have again lowered ; but our National Funds were sought after at the low prices, which gave a firmness to the market. Ar duin's fell to 211, and remained at to 15 16ths ; Cou pons, It is understood that the Goverment is in treaty with Mr. Colden, merchant, of New York, to establish a regu lar service of steamers between the United States and Belgium. After the conclusion of the contract Mr. .Colden left for New York. At this moment there is constructing at New York four steam frigates, one of which, is of 2,000 tons, for Russia, one fur the Union s . and tke,t,y`o others, of less size, • fur Spain. THE FUNDS The Consol Market is rather heavy this morning, ov%ing 1 to ho official intelligence having been received as yet that Mehemet Ali has submitted to the Allied Powers. Consols which left off on Saturday at iS9i for the open ing, may he quoted at present at 851 1 ex. div. ; Re duced, 841 ; Exchequer Bills, 3 5 prem. ; Bank Stock, 1561 1571 ; India Stock, 236 228. In the Foreign 24k , t SiJan;sh Active, which left (,ir on Saturday at 23 4at present rather lower, • and may be quoted at 23i 24 ; Deferred, 11-i 12i.; Passive, 51 1,-; Portuguese closed on Saturday at 34A- i ; at p-c -sent 341 ; Three per Cents. 214 221 ; Colombian, s,ine as they left off, 2.V• 26 ; Mexican, sante, 29 ) s 30 ; Brazilian, 70 72 ; Chili "' 55 60 ; Dutch Two. - and-a• Half per Cents., lower, left cff at 51 i, at present 511; Five per Cents. also receded, closed at 9.91 1, at present 971 98. Shares—Great Western, 21i- 2 9 1 premium ; London and Brighton Railway, 10f 10 dis. ; Blackwall, 41 4 dis ; Birmingham, 77 per slime ; Manchester and Birmingham, 13 11 dis. PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ON E . R AILWAYS. Paid. 171911 12 per utGharitil'ePnt‘°vniChs,37is4 per share; Croy don, 5 Eastern Counties .................. ' ) 3 ..• .. tzi ...... to Ditto Debentures 65 Great Western ....... ) .. ... Per z .. Share... Ditto Fifths ... London and Brighton . • Manchester and Leeds ......... ... 70 Ditto New Shares. ....... . ..... 2.5 S Provincialia ic ) JOINTte r a " ol ss r l T e l l O3 a ci t r i K d i Ti . i . nr . ' Agl . . 2' : .1.41 ...40 . 3 . .. .... 25 ... .. ... 44i PRICES OF IRISH STOCKS, DUBLIN, DEC. 5. Three and Half Stock 971 Grand Canal Stock ••• - Ditto Reduced 3 per Cent. Cons o ls --- -1 Ditto Debs. G per cent... - Ditto New, 1830 ....„ tn.' ' ... •-•Ditto 4 per cent - 31- per Cent. Debs. - - HALF-PAST ONE. Both the British and Foreign Markets, which had a heavy aplerrance in the early part o f th e mo rning, Lave taken a i t u rn with a decided mprovenient. Since our first quota tions the Bank broker has been purchasing Reduced, and other eminent brokers have appeared in the market as purchasers of stock. Consols, which were in the morning BSi for the Opening, have since been done at 89i- for Account ; Re duced 88 89; Exchequer Bills, 3 5 prem. ; Bank Stock, 156. ) 2• In the Foreign Market some purchases have been mad, in Spanish A.;tive, which caused it to improve to 24i; D - fcrred, 12A-; Pa;sive, 5 4 ; Portuguese, 34 : 4; Three per Cents., 22 , ,i; Colombian, 24i; Danish, ; Mexi can, ; Dutch Two-and.a.Half per Cents., 51i1 ; Five per Cents., 971. In Shares very little doing. Great Western, 87 ; Fifths, 9 8 ; London and Brighton 30; Manchester and Leeds, 79 ; New Shares, 29 ; Manchester and Miming, ham, 261 27. THANKSGIVING DAY AT EDIN We undertand that at a g eneral meeting of the Centra. Board of Dissenters, held on Wednesday, the conduct of the Presbytery of Edinburgh, in setting apart a thankieiv ing day, in which it was expected that business of ever' kind would be wholly suspended, without consulting the Dissenters, L w...,0, as appears from the repo r t of the a much the city, was justly reprobated. It Dissenting strongly urged, Church Commissioners, form one-half of the and with great truth, that as the uissenting coner,ga tions consist to a much greater er.tent than those of the Establishment of the poor and working c l asses, g p r o e p a u te la r ti: ju t r it y , and, being an unw ar. and as the Established clergy proposed to deprive each of then. wages,in a w g b r i e c a h t , proper of one day's wages, it would be rights, should be stir r.u• o a f r no tl u ie n i t r to in a co fi m n e e s o a b f t ) .s , O t t l i ; i . e : r to an D ta i b s that, tion of the Dissenting churches, there would be at least 500 averate rate of 2i. rusty persons resisted.oten interference Dissenters hepa deprived itv t ecwith Churchmen, calculated f a u I r t ca c l u s h e l m a i rtecnrdi day's inflicted on each congregation of Dissenters, by the au. tbority of the Established clergy, not one of whom would propofed cessation of labour.. It. was calculated that it one-fourth 1)1'71, of tbo, population of the county, or 65,000 be deprived of to the working classes, persons belongiug a : in e g r i d e ay fa , r w th o in u g ld were each de prived of one day's wages, at the average rate of 2s. per ilo the fine inflicted by the Established clergy on the oor , by this act, would. amount to the enormous sun) n r o f 6,5001. The meet in g , we und erstand, resolved to re present to the different Dissenting Presbyteries and minis ters the propriety of meeting on an early day to consider the matter ; and the Board sugge.ited that a recommenda tion should be issued by the Dissenting Presbyteries and to the effect, that those congregations of Dissen ters d had a thank • • who have not airea y , . spying meeting for the abundant harvest, Established liuet apart the evening of the day filed o n by the ,Clergy for that purpose, or soCne other evening which might be found more come 9 at, and that intimation should be made that the different con . were rt commended and expected to meet in gi °pawns —pose. but tha the evening for this Fru. , . t they were not re quested or expected to , abstain tcom labotir during the other par's of the day. The Dissenters deserve credit for having acted with go much spirit, after the contemptuous ind.fference with w hi c h they have been treated by the , cler g y , and it is highly probable the great body - of Church clergy. and their he Dissentiog people will follow the ad !ice which has been given by the Central Board,—,Scots -9,; In, Dee. 5 ' The ste ps taken by the Edinburgh Association for pro moting Voluntary Church Principles, show a ;.ti I more de cided opposition to the rescript of the Edinburgh clergy : ___,‘ At a meeting of tle_. Committee of the Edinburgh Association for premoting Voluntary Church Principles, held on the 4th instant, the following resoluppn v ia; unanimously adopted :—That while this • Com- TORY INVENTIONS. By tte following correspondence, it will be seen tha th Duke of Wellington administers a very just rebuke to the Standard for its hardy assertion that it was " well known" that he had professed himself " to have been deceived" throughout the whole affair of the Irish Cor poration Bill. The Duke, with his usual manliness, de clues, and his word never yet was doubted, that he views such misrepresentations with the utmost indiffer ence, and that his sole object in addressing the Stan dard was " to trace a calumny" most injurious to an other person. He complains, justly too, of the same Jour nal giving garbled . extraats of his letter, and in order that the public may judge between his Grace and the Journalist, we give from the Evening Mail, the letter entire, together with another on the subject, addressed to Mr. Shaw. It is a curious fact, and shows the rabidness of the Tory fac tion, that the Duke of Wellington and Sir Robert Peel, the long-admitted leaders of the party, have never suf fered half so much from the attacks of their open enemies as from those of their professed friends. The following are the letters referred to : TO THE EDITOR OF THE EVENING MAIL. _K : rnmage House, Dec. 3, 1840. Sir,—l have been honoured with a letter from the Duke of Wellington, enclosing one which his Grace had written to the editor of the Standard nespaper, in reference to the Irish Municipal Bill. Iu his letter to me his Grace observes : My only reason for addressing the editor of the Standard was to enable you to trace to its source a ca lumny respecting yourself. " I could not doubt that the editor would not hesitate to make known the name of the person who conveyed to him a report for which I informed him there was no foundation ; more particularly as I stated that my only motive for applying to hi.n was to do you justice. This is the obvious object of my letter to the editor. The editor refused to comply with my request, which he had certainly a right to do, if he thought proper. Upon this course I shall make no comment. He likewise omitted to pub lish my whole letter, and leaves the public to believe that I cared one pin about the report that I had professed that I had been deceived, on any ground whatever, excering that the report was connected with your name. I have there fete thought it best to send you a copy of my letter to die Editor of the Standard, of the 21st instant, and I leave it to you to do what you may think proper with it; as my sole object in writing it was to obtain infer :nation for you which would enable you to discover the person who had been your slanderer." Under these circumstances I think that I pursue the course most respectful to the Duke of Wellington, and best evince my del) sense of obligation for the trouble his Grace has taken on my account, by giving his Grace's let ter to the editor of the Standard for publication. I, there fore, send you a copy of it, and beg that you will do me the favour to publish it in the Duties Evening Mail. I have the honour to be, Sir, Your most obedient humble servant, 4,4.5.te FREDERICK SHAW. -tsb 0:1101..1 8114 0• • . • (Copy) TO THE EDITOR OP THE STANDARD NEWSPAPER. • Strathfielthaye, Nov. 21. 1840. 4 4 Sir—l observe that in the leading article of the Standard newspaper of the 20th instant, it is stated— It is, however, well known, that the Duke of Welling ton professed himself to have been deceived.' 1 should not have considered it' necessary to notice this statement ;f I had not been aware of an attempt made to connect the fact of my having been deceived with a gentleman residing in Ireland, and to attribute to him the deception of which it is supposed that I complained. " In the paper of which you are editor it is stated po. sitively— "' It is well known that the Duke of Wellington had professed himself to have been deceived throughout the whole affair.' If this is well known, it must be known to somebody who can be named. I request you to name the persons or person who ever heard tue profess or say that I had been deceived by anybody, or at all. " I am convinced that you will admit that there is no thing unreasonable in asking the name of one individual who ever heard that which it is said is well known.' " The same leading article of your newspaper contains several misrepresentations—l conclude unintentional—re garding what passed in Parliament upon the subject of the Irish Municipal Corporation Act. " I notice this part of it solely because I am engaged in drawing your attention to another part of the same, while upon the same subject. I consider these misrepre sentations —as Ido all such which appear in the news papers, and can affect my own character alone—with the utmost indifference. —I am, &c. (Signed) " WELLINGTON." COURT CIRCULAR. The Duchess of Kent visited her Majesty and Prince Albert yesterday afternoon, at Buckingham Palace. His Royal Highness Prince Albert, attended Di vine Service yesterday morning in the Chapel Royal, St. James's. The prayers were read by the Rev. J. Horsley Dakins, the lessons by the Dr. Wesley, and the communion-serNice by the Rev. Dr. Sleath. The iermon was preached by the Rev. Mr. Banks, from John, ch. xvi. verse 7. The chaunt was the Earl of Mornington's ; the 're Deum and Jubilate in C (Boyce). The Sanctus and Responses (Arnold), the Anthem. tt Sing 0 heavens," (Kent), was sung by Messrs. Hawkins, Vaughan. and J. B. Sale. Sir George Smart presided _at the organ. The Rev. Dr. Short was the Deputy Clerk of the Closet in Waiting. Prince Albert was attended by Lord Robert Grosvenor, Major-General Sir Edward Bowater, Captain Seymour, Major the Hon. George Keppel, and Col. Wernyss. The Marquis of Normanby had an audience of Prince Albert on Saturday, at Buckingham Palace-. Among the inquirers yesterday and on Saturday at Buckingham Palace, were the Belgian Minister and Madame Van de Weyer, the American Minister and Mrs. Stevenson, the Netherlands Minister and Ma dame Dedel, the Bavarian Minister and Baroness de Ce.to, the Grecian Minister and Madame Mavrocor date, the French Charge d'Affaires, M. de Van deul, Marquis and Marchioness of Bate ; Lords Southampton, Fitzroy Somerset, Monteagle, Wen lock, Rivers, Walpole, Leveson, Carring ton, F. Manners ; - Ladies Macdonald, Rivers, Southampton, Carrington, R. Grosvenor, Wenlokk, Leveson, E. Lowther, C. Somerset, and F. Somerset ; the Attorney-General, Sir Robert Chester ; Lieute nant-Generals Sir John Macdonald and Sir Cohn Campbell ; Colonel and the Hon. Mrs. Leicester Stan hope, Lieutenant-Colonel and Mrs. E. Bouverie ; Messrs. Walter Long, M.P. ; Macaulay, Norman Mac donald, and Wilbraham Taylor ; Mrs. Long, an d M r . Sergeant Heath. The Marquis of Bute, Lord F. Somerset, Dr. Glad stoi.e, Colonel Anson, and Cobuel Rowan, had inter views with the Marquis of Normanby on Saturday at the Home-office, Despatches from the Lord High Commissioner of the lonian Islands, and also from the Governors of Malta and Gibraltar, were received yesterday at the 701onial-office, A Cabinet Council is summoned to assemble at the Foreign Office this afternoon. It is understood that Ministers are to meet for the purpose of deciding u p on 1 the day to which Parliament shall be further prorogued. It is also understood that to-morrow a Privy Council will b! held at BuckinQlsam Palace, at which her most gracious Majesty will preside, Sir Edward Lytton Bulwer's play of Money will certa inly be produced to-morrow evening. Mr. Macready m4:ing his re - appearance to-night f or the llrst time since hi; domestic calamity. The attraction of the Midsummer Night's Dream, at Covent-garden Theatre, continues unabated, and Madame Vestris announces it for four evenings this week, followed on Wednesday by a; new one-act farce, en. titled Brother Ben, by young Morton, the author oF two fir l,brce successtul trifles, and an eff-shOot of the author of Spod the Plough. .. EVENING EDITION. FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE BIR mtv3IIAQ AND DERBY RAILWAY. BIRMINGHAM, SATURDAY EVENINO.—The Coroner's in quest on the body of the unfortunate man, Richard Black, who met his death on the Birmingham and Gloucester Railway on Wedneaday evening last, commenced yester day, and terminated this morning, as will be seen by the following abridged report, in the committal of two men for manslaughter. But subsequently Mr. Marson, one of the under-contractors for the repairs of the line, was also committed by a Magistrate to take his trial for negligence in allowing an obstruction on the line, contrary to the pro visions of Lord Seymour's Act. The proceedings were opened at the Swan Inn, Nether Whitacre, near Coleshill, where the body of Black now lies. Mr. G. C. Grecnway, of Warwick, in the absence of Mr. Whateley, presided as Coroner. The Earl of Ayles ford, who resides in the neighbourhood, wa - , , present and took great interest in the proceedings. The first witness was William Pouliot., guard on the line, who deposed that he was with the down-train which left Birmingham at half-pest live o'clock on Wednesday evening. They arrived at Celcsiiill station at twelve mi nutes past six o'clock, being five minutes Lehind time, and on reaching Orgrel's-end Bridge, near Whitacre, they came in contact, as he subsequently ascertained, with a small truck on the rails. The concussion detached the engine and tender, which went off the line of the railway, and two of the first carriages, which were of the third class, were turned over upon their sides. The remainder of the train consisted of second class carriages and one of the first class. These kept on the line and ran on about thirty yards. The deceased, who was riding in ono of the third class carriages, was pulled from under the engine quite dead. . The stoker, whose name was Atkins, had one et his legs broken, but the engineer was not hurt. An other man, named Naylor, was much bruised, and was lying at a farmhouse in the neighbourhood, It et as moonlight. There was nothing in the way that they could see. There were no luggage waggons attached to the train. The truck was used by the plate-layers for the purpose of carrying materials along the line. By the CORONER—T'ue truck wa; certainly not in its proper lace when the train came up, for the train was due and behind time. If the men bad seen any way quick .hey might have turned the truck over, and got it out of We way before the arrival of the train. It was usual to keep trucks - on the rails for the purpose of repair, and when the train arrived to throw them off. But be did not ace that there was any necessity for having a truck on the line at all at the time the accident occurred. The men were not required to work on the railway longer than dayl;glit. He never sow any men at week on the Rue after dark before that night. Men were stationed along the nine at every part which was considered in any way to be dangerous. Whenever there was any thing vviong, a norm was placed with a signal lamp. There were a's) inspectors, whose duty it was to take care of certain lengths of the line. Helcould not tell whether there were any inspectors be' tweet: Colealnll and Whitacre the night the ace:dent re curred, but he knew there was one stationed at Coleshill: The deposition of Somers ille, the erginc-driver, was to the same effect as Poulton's. Mr. John Burkinshaw was then called, and deposed that he was resident engineer and manager of the Birming ham and Derby Railway, and stated that the men were only required to work on the line during daylight, except in cases of real necessity, when proper signals would be placed at equal distances along the line, one at each side where the party was at work. The truck which caused the accident had no right to be on the line, nor web there any necessity for it. Mr. Stevenson, the contractor, was examined at great length, with a view to corroin rate the statements made by Mr. Burkieshaw, and exonerate the Company fram all blame. It appeared that on Wednesday morning Mr. Stevenson directed Mr. Marscn, who was in his employ, to send a letter for him to Tamworth : and that for the purpeve of doing the journey quickly, Mr. Marson, without any order from Mr. S7evenson, sent two man in a truck eith the let ter in question. Lord Aykstord—l wish to ask Mr. Stevenson whether he knew there was to be a truck taken up last \Vcdnesday night from here to Tamworth? Witness—l di.!, my Lard. Lord Aylestord—Who . went with it? Witness—Mr. Marson, my Lord, will explain that bet ter than I can. I wished to have a message seat to my clerk at Tarnwotth on Wednesday morning, and intrusted it to Mr. Marson to have it forwarded with' all dispatch in the hope of catching the train, and a note was forwarded by one of the trucks. I did not know the men who took it, but Mr. Marson does. In answer to questions from Mr. Carter, witness said that if trucks were used for other purposes than the work of the Company it would be a breach of the regulations, and that the note he sent was not connected with the work of the Company. CORONER—Did you direct bow the note should be sent ? Witness—l did not. I was not aware that it would be sent in this way. The note was sent at twelve at noon, and I understood they did the distance in about half an hour. A great deal of evidence was then given, from which it appeared that Mr. M trson ordered the two men named Barber and King to take the truck to Tamworth, and that he accompanied them six miles on the road, when after giving them the letter to carry forward, he left them dime. tions to be very careful as to the trains. They remained at Tamworth a considerable time, and on their return they were warned by a policeman at Kingsbury, at 2A miles from where the accident occurred, as to the probable arrival of the trains, when they replied to the effect that all was right, and were fully prepared to remove the truck upon the approach of danger. It so happened, however, asea cording to their own statement, that when in the act of at tempting to remove the truck the train came in 'clean them, and the accident occurred, by which Black lost his life, The inquest adjourned at balf.past seven o'clock, Saturday morning elle Jury met at 11, en] Coroner proceeded to hear the evidence. Ile observed that after hearing a great quantity of evidence, no blame appeared to Attach to the Company, but rested entirely upon the con tractors' department and the two men in charge of the truck. As it regarded Mr. 'Matson, the. evidence he thought was not sufficiently strong to justify a verdict o manslaughter, but he had little doubt if acquitted by tb , the case as it affected him would be met in another avay. The Jury then, after some conside rat i on , returned a ver dict of manslaughter against Barber and King, the two men with the truck, and the Cor oner committed them e take their trial for that offence at the neat asie . zas f or the y c'Cfar\t‘e.arr,wick Mr. addressing Lord Ayl ca f or d , then said that beo u was instructed on the part of the Rail way Dire c s tate that they were determined to prosecut e Mr. Directors s so t i o t under Lord Seymout's Act for negligently placing an ob. struction on the trams of the railway. Lori Aylesford said that, as a County Magiateesae, he was prepared to hear the charge. The evidence, as it affected Mr. 'Maraca, and already summarily stated, was then gone into, and at its conclusion Lord Aylesford said he felt bound to commit the prisoner to take his trial at Warwick. lie accordingly conintitted him, but Mr. Matson subsequently procured bail to answer the indictment to be preferred against him, and he was die, chargi d out of eustot2y. Black was not a horsekeeper intliriningham, but was brought up as a braisfounder. Owing, however, to the badness of trade, he had obtained a situation as assistunt to Mr. Wilcock, one of the Company's engineers, now em ployed in surveying the new line from Tamworth to I3ir mingham. Naylor, who, it is greatly feared, will not re cover, ids in tile same service. Both of the unfortunate men had been employed driving upon the survey of the new line near Coleshill, and were on their return home to their families at Tamworth. Mr. Wilcock, their employer, was in the first class carriage, and escaped unhurt, He was the first to identify Black, whom he found lying under a carriage, with hi; head dreadfully crushed. Naylor was lying under him saturated with blood from the head of his unfortunate companion. CORONER'S INQUEST. An irquest was Lid on \VTdriesday last at the Queen's Bench prison, before Peter Le Pepe, E. 41 , Coroner for the Crown, on view of the body of Ctiarics More Ulli thorn, Elq., solicitor, of Red Llon-squarc., a gentleman highly connected and much respected, sho died in that prison on the day preceding. Mr. Hooper, a surger - _,,,, on being examined, said—l was called in yesterday fortnight, and found the deceased in a very excited rt.ie of mind, and he complained of a pain in the right side. His mind was in a very wandering state. I should say chronic disease hating existed so many months, had so brok, n down his physical powers, that any excitement of the mind (particularly imprison. n.ent) would tend to aggravate the disease, so as to cause d ath. I never saw him take any spiii:s or stimulants be. yc nd what I prescribed. lie had symptoms of dcliriuta trtmsns, which is produced by mental excitement• This wi.s one of the causes of his death, and this can be pro &lced without the aid of spirits on a week and impaired mind, In reply to questions from the Jurors, Mr. 1100 l c: s a id h e had some experience as a surgeon in that I"i 'un ' and found that going through the Insolvent Dc.btorst C ourt c. u al g cat excitement, and produced, ill ma ny i nstances, what was called within the walls, the " schedule fever." I n the present instance, he believed the cause of death to have been a diseased liver, occanioned by imprisonment. Francis Howlett deposed that he had been clerk to the deceased for eighteen years. The deceased had been im prisoned about two months, and for some time previous to his being taken in execution, and since, he had expressed much anxiety oil account of his liflairs. Mrs. Searle said she attended the deceased during Ids imprisonment. Ile was often much excited, more at one time than another. He often complained of :he noise and singing of Boatswain Smith over his head, and s he thought this aggravated his symptoms verb much. On the Sunday et (the day before his death), he was pal ticularly annfoiy, d an l the noise, and jumped out of bed in eons equ i e i n s e s e hu o it. t paced the room, in a very excited state, in prison, deposed James Clegg, an under turnkey went up to Boatswain Smith's room, by desire of to sing or make a that on the evening of Sunday, Noov.f0:3110:1-rh. he went th head turnkey, and requested noise in consequence of the he ( Smith) replied, I state underneath hint, up on which that would not have mails, have left off for the n ight, but any difference if I deceased hir being in a dying bad directions from the Marshal Juror —Had rrtieular night ? I , told so when I was sent to him. Nvi n ss -- --.asSmith • any more than you Did Mr. to request Mr. S l‘ l i n r ith not to sing or make a noise Oil this j,,:or-- have state I ? wit „, s3 ..._l 7 es ; he said what does it signify if a titan i s dying: s being the whole of the evidence, the Jury, after a fo%l:ihillinutes' deliberation, aasc returned the following verdict : _,, That t h e ct d Charles More Ullithorn died a na tural deatfi, which was accelerated by very great menta anx i e ty, produced by incarceration in the Qu een ' s B e nch prison for debt, upon a constitution already impaired by diseased liver and chronic inflammation of the kidneys, and that the noisy and fanatical singing of Boatswain Sinill, a prisoner in the same staircase with deceased, em bittered his last moments, and the Jury cannot separate without expressing their deep regret at the unchristian and 11,)pocritical c(iZatiet of the said Boatswain Smith."