The Sun.
London, England, 1830-01-20 00:00:00

ST. KATHARINE DOCKS.

Yesterday the first meeting of the Company, for
the purpose of declaring a dividend, was held at the
Dock-House, St. Katharine's. J. TOOKE, Esq. in
the Chair.

Mr. Hsu., the Secretary, real the Report of the
Directors, from which we gathered that the total
cost of the site of the Docks, and of all the works
and buildings within the boundary wall, amounted
to 1,933,172/. 19s. 3d. The value of the freehold
property of the Compay not required for the im-
mediate purposes of the Act, consisting of buildings
public-houses, &c. and of wharfs lying between the
Tower and East Smithfield, one of which was fitting
up for the accommodation of steam vessels, so as to
afford to passengers the means of landing and em-
barking at all periods, without being subjected
to the risk of boat conveyance, is estimated
at 115,6661. Amount required to meet the
additional outlay which it is proposed to
raise by an issue of debentures, reserving the rights
of the holders of those already issued, 196,9951.—
Of such additional outlay the excess upon the
estimates is 45,321/. ls. 2d., the remaining sums
being required to defray the expense of addition-al
works, &c. and contingencies. The report further
stated, that the western dock and buildings- sur-
rounding the same have been open for business since
November, 1828 ; that in the interval (about four-
teen months) 816 vessels have entered the basin
and western dock, 80 of which were from 300 to
800 tons register, forming an aggregate of 133,578
register tons ; besides 1,300 lighters, with upwards
of 20,000 tons of merchandize for deposit in the
warehouses ; of those vessels 448 discharged their
cargoes in the Docks, amounting to 71,032 tons,
which, with the quantity lightered in, makes a total
landed of 91,032 tons of goods. The report went
on to state, that the capacity of water-room,
both in depth and surface, to admit and ac-
commodate, whether for discharging or load-
ing, the largest size and number of ships
that were ever calculated upon in the outset of the

undertaking has been established beyond controversy.
That the eastern dock was opened in November last
for the admission of ships, the buildings surrounding
the same are in so advanced a state as to justify an
expectation that the whole will be finished by the
third of May next, the anniversary of laying the first
stone ; so that the work will have been accomplished
in three years from the commencement, ►luring the
half of which interval the western dock and build-

ings have been rendered available to the purposes of
income. The earnings of the Western Docks, up to
the close of last year, amount to 32,034/. 11s. 4d.,
which, with 3,079/. Bs. 5d., accrued from rents, &c.,
from the outlying property, makes the revenue
amount to 35,1131. 19s. 9d. The Report then re-
commended a dividend of one and a half per cent.
upon the fixed capital, 1,352,800/. (the interest on
debeastures up to the sth of October last having
been paid), which will leave a balance of 14,926/.
19s. 9d. to be carried to the credit of the revenue ac-
count for the next half year.
The CHAIRMAN, after the Report was read.
shortly addressed the Meeting he stated, that as
the present was the first half-yearly meeting since
the Docks had been opened for business, and as the
books and accounts had been open to the inspection
of every Proprietor, the Directors had not deemed
it necessary to cause the present Report to be print-
ed. The Chairman then proffered further informa-
tion to the Meeting, should such be desirable, ob-
serving that the trade of the port of London was
"drawing upwards," if he might use the expression;
the advantages, too, of proximity to the seat of bu-
siness, were beginning to be appreciated. From the
Report which, had been read, it appeared that eighty
ships, between 300 and 800 tons register, had en-
tered the Docks in the past year. During the last
year an increase of such tonnage had taken place of
upwards of 31 per cent. The following facts, which
he should take the liberty of stating, would fully
prove what he had advanced regarding the gradually
" drawing upwards" of the trade. In the year
1828 the number of ships which discharged their
cargoes in Decks above the pool was 893; in the

year 1829 the number increased to 1,160. In the
year 1828, the number of ships which loaded\vholly
or partially in Docks above the Pool was 482; last
year they had increased to 984. During the last
fourteen months, upwards of 20,000 tons of mer-
chandise, part of the cargoes of vessels discharging
in other docks, had been lightered and deposited
in the warehouies of the Company ; all which
afforded conclusive evidence of the advantages which
really belonged to wet docks, with warehouses of
special security situated near to the seat of business.
The Chairman then entered into a statement of
the particular branches of trade in which the ships
were engaged which:had entered the St. Katharine 's
Docks with cargoes. The Chairman concluded by
paying a glowing panegyric to the merits of Mr.
11:11.—( Great applause.) One great advantage
was, that he resided on the premises, and was acces-
sible to all parties at all times.—(Hear.)
The Report was unanimously received.
A motion was then made, that it be printed and
circulated amongst the proprietors.
The question was, after some conversation, put
and carried. Report to be printed.
_ _ _

On the motion of Mr. SHEPHERD, a vote of
Clanks was passed to the Chairman and Directors,
and the Meeting dissolved.

FRENCH THEATRICAL BUDGET, 1829

The following is the amount of the receipts of the
Theatres in Paris during the last year, with the
number of new pieces produced at each Theatre in
that period :
Royal Academy of Music, produced one new Francs.
opera, and one new ballet 565,933
Theatre Francais—Six tragedies, and seven
dramas or comedies 506,695
Odeon, which was closed from April to Sep-
tember—Six comedies or vaudevilles, and
four tragedies 164,207
Opera Comique—Four pieces in three acts, and
four in one act
Italian, German, and English Theatre, under
the superintendence of Monsieur Laurent—
Fourteen pieces
Theatre de Madame—Ditto
Vaudeville—Twenty-six pieces
Varietes—Twenty-four pieces
Nouveautes—Twenty-two pieces
Porte-Saint-Martin—One tragedy, four melo-
drames, and six light comedies 519,482
Arnbign-Cornique—Eight melodrarnes, and ten
light comedies
Golte—Seven melo-dramas, and six light co-
medies
Cirque-Olympique, or Franconi—Twelve eques-
trian pieces

Total 167 new pieces Francs
.6,159,703

The subsidies granted annually to the Royal
Theatres by Government are not included in the
above receipts. The sums granted are as follow :

Opera v 1,000,000
Italian Theatre
Theatre Francais
Odeon

Opera•Cmilique

160,000

Total Francs 1,540,000

CIIEAP GIN SIMPS.—The alarming in-
crease of dram shops in the manufacturing districts is, wie
understand, to be tiken into consideration by the Magis-
trates at the ensuing Salford sessioup—Manclaster Alcr.

A report was in circulation, and a very fore:ble ire,-
! pression made thereby, that the deceased . came by
their deaths in ccnsequence of neglect during the
' present severe inclemency of the weather. How far
the truth of the report was borne out by ant in-
quiry, will be seen by the subjoined account.
The Governor, Mr. Chesterton, as soon as his eye
caught the only reporter in the room, of to 11;s
presence, and told him that the visiting Magistrates
had made an order, and inserted "it in the prison
book, that gentlemen of the press should be ex-
chided from the present inquiry, and politely re-
quested him to leave the room.
The reporter refused to comply with the Govet -
nor's request, and stated, that as a court of inquiry
was then opened in the room, he must protest
against being removed by any authority other than
that of the Court itself. He appealed on the point
to the coroner.

Mr. UNiviN said, that as the-court was opened he
conceived he had no power to oblige the reporter to
withdraw. The question was a nice and delicate
one, and he would decline to express a decisive opi-
nion upon it. The reporter then declared his deter-
mination to be present, and the Governor acquiesced.
Henry Webster sworn—l am acting clerk. Tit,
deceased, John Fox Power, was committed to this
prison, from the Old Bailey Sessions, in July, 1629,
and died in the infirmary on the 16th inst. He was
34 years of age. The deceased, Thomas Steele,
was committed as a vagrant on the 25th of Novem-
ber, 1829, and died on the 17th, Sunday last.
Henry Wakefield sworn—l act as surgeon to the
prison during the illness of Mr. Webb. The dr-
ceased, Power, had been nearly four months in the
infirmary affected with a bowel complaint. I visited
him daily, and prescribed medicines and extra diet
for him. His diet consisted of meet, milk, cheese,
tea, porter, wine, and whatever else he had a fancy
for. lie rallied for some time, but dropsical syrnp-
toms afterwards appeared, which carried him off.
consider general debility, occasioned by disease, to
be the cause of his death.

John Stevens, a prisoner, sworn—l nursed the
deceased from the 7th of October last, since which
time he had been in the infirmary. He was daily
visited by Mr. Wake Geld, surgeon. Had been al-
lowed extra diet, and never complained of want of
care and attention. The term of his imprisonment
expired the day previous to his death.
The Jury immediately returned a verdict that
ihe deceased died a natural death by the visitation
of God.

Mr. Wakefield was again sworn touching the
death of Thomas Steel. He was not an hour in
the infirmary before his death. He was taken there
on Sunday morning by nsy orders. lie had no spe-
cific complaint, but appeared to be much debilitated
by old age. I ordered him some hot brandy and
water, but it had no effect. I was present when
he died, and am of opiuion that the cause of his
death was a decay of nature. Arrangements had
been previously made to send him into the country
to his parish.
George L. Chesterton, the governor, sworn, in
consequence of a particular wish of his own—The
deceased had been committed to prison as a vagrant
for one month. The term of his imprisonment ex-
pired about a fortnight or three weeks ago. He ex-
pressed a wish to be passed to his parish in the coun-
try, but he was unable to walk in consequence of his
advanced age, and the visiting Magistrates made an
order on Thursday last to pass hint by a waggon.
The CORONER asked the governor if the deceased
had been detained in prison against his will
Mr. Chesterton—Certainly not. He had been
kept in the vagrant ward from a motive of humane
indulgence, and had the same allowance as the other
prisoners.
Juror—What does the allowance consist of ?

Mr. Chesterton—A pint of gnarl and 20 ounces
of bread a-day, and a pint of soup and six ounces of
meat tacit alternate day, or three times a week.
The CORONER observed that the Jury might
come to a conclusion upon the evidence of the sur-
geon respecting the cause of the deceased's death,
and return a verdict that he, too, died by the visita-
tion of God.

The Jury objected to do £O, and thought that it
would be necessary first to visit the vagrant ward
where the deceased lay previous to his death.
CORONER—I think you may give your verdict
first, and leave the vagtrut ward to be made a ques-
tion of subscqueatly.

The Jury still objected, and insisted upon seeing
the ward, when the Governor immediately con-
ducted them to it. It is a wooden shed erected on
one side of the prison-yard, and separate from the
test of the building. It is, perhaps, a hundred feet
in length and twenty in breadth, the beds being;
constructed as in a barrack-room. There are seve-
ral windows in it, but every one of them is more or
less broken, which at this season of the year ad-
mits a strong current of chilling air. The place is
exceedingly cold, althoughthere is a stove in or about
the centre, which is supplied with coals during the
day, but at night none are allowed.
After the Jury returned to the inquest-room, one
of them, Mr. Whitehall, observed, that he was sure
none of the gentlemen present who had a good horse
would stable him in such a place for one day and,
night, or even make a dog-kennel of it.

The Governor remarked that he could not help
it. The visiting Magistates were aware of the in-
convenience of the place, and had given orders for
the erection of a new building in another spot for
the reception of vagrants, which building was at
this moment in progress. He had himself never
heard any complaint of the shed, except it were of
its over-heat, and if he had he would have been the
first to remedy it.
Mr. Whitehall said, that as soon as he entered the
shed he asked one of the inmates—" Are you not
cold ?" " Exceedingly cold, Sir," was the reply ;
but at this moment the Governor, having made his
appearance, another of the vagrants exclaimed
aloud, " Oh ! Sir, we are very comfortable."
Mr. Wakefield said, that no doubt the weather
had an effect on the old man's constitution. He
likewise observed, that having viewed the shed, he
was under the impression that it was an improper
place for the reception and accommodation of human
beings.
CORONER-4 think, gentlemen,, it would be well
to leave these observations for the consideration of
the Visiting Magistrates, which no doubt will be
eonveyed to them by the governor.
The Governor declared his readiness to do so.,
Mr. Whitehall—But such considerations must
influence our verdict.

CORONER—I am of opinion that your verdict
might be founded upon the evidence of Mr. Wake-
field.

Mr. Whitehall—l believe it is the opinion of the
Jury that the deceased's death was accelerated by
the coldness of the place in which he abided.
CORONER—I don't think the evidence will Nrar-
rant that verdict.

Mr. Whitehall—But, sir, if the Jury agree to it,
you cannot refuse to record it.

CORONER—Certainly not.
The Jury instantly agreed to return a verdict,
" That the-deceased died of general debility, acce-
lerated by being put into too cold a place;" which
was accordingly recorded.

THE LATE LUNACY CASE.—WC understand
that Mr. DAVIES has determined to print Mr. Baonaliait's
speech in his case, from the short-hand writer's roues, to-
gether with the uniliblished repot is of the physicians,
Drs. SI'URGIN, Gooch, and others, its a complete vindi-
cation and answer to the charges exhibited in the data
attempt to prove his it-sanity. --111orniv Paper.

OWEN.

600 THE PROPRIETORS AND EDITORS OF THE
PRESS IN GREATIIRITAIN AND IRELAND.

Public opinion goierns the world ; and the
-public opinion of Great Britain influences to a
great extent, the public opinion of all civilized
nations.

You-, Gentlemen, form, or might form, the
public opinion of Great Britain ; and you thus
become agents in effecting the greatest amount
of mischief or benefit among mankind.
Such is the importance which the present cir-
cumstances of the world give to your position ;
and such the magnitude of the good or evil
which you may accomplish for the civilized world.
Were you intelligent, and at the same time
independent in your circumstances, it would be
unnecessary to add one sentence more ; for in
this case your direct and obvious interest would
lead you aright. But, under the vicious circum-
stances in which you have been trained, and are
compelled to act, it is impossible that you should
possess intelligence, or acquire an independence.
Under the circumstances which have existed,
you could not arrive at a knowledge of your na-
ture, without which knowledge no man can be in-
telligent. You could not, by the acquirement of
any amount sterling, obtain, at all times, a full
supply of the best of every thing for your nature,
and until arrangements shall be formed which
will secure these objects, no one can be thoroughly
independent in mind of circumstances.

It is now, however, in your, povrer, by creating
a right public opinion, mainly to assist in pro-
curing these advantages for yourselves and for all
your fellow-creatures; and to be the chief instru-
ments in effecting this important change in the
condition of the civilized world is, perhaps, the
highest privilege that can be conferred upon any
individuals.

But in order that you may be successful in
speedily giving a right direction to public opinion
it is necessary that you should cordially and ho•
nestly unite your efforts, and that you should aid
each other with as much zeal as is incumbent on
those who have the same interest and object in
view.

Before, however, that any general or perma-
nent union can be effected among you, it is in-
dispensable that each should acquire a know-
ledge of the great principle of union in human
nrture.

You have all been thoroughly trained in the
notion, and been subjected from infancy to the
mass of injurious consequences which follow
from the supposition of its truth, that you pos-
sess, by nature, the power to feel and think as
you please. And while your conviction in the
truth of this notion remains, you cannot avoid
being displeased or angry with those who can-
not, or, as you suppose, will not, feel or think
in accordance with your feelings and thoughts,
—never suspecting that your thoughts and feel-
ings, as well as theirs, are formed for each with-
out your being aware of the means by which they
we so formed.

It is this error alone which has hitherto pre-
vented, and which now prevents, the existence
of a cordial and sincere union among the human
race. Let but this error, by instilling into the
minds of men a correct knowledge of the laws
of human nature, be withdrawn from the world,
and universal union, peace, and kindness must,
and will, prevail among all nations, people, and
individuals.

The simple task, then, which you have to
perform, in order to create a right public opinion,
and one which would be invaluable in its effects,
is to stimulate all to examine the facts from
which the great truth, that " man does not
possess the power to feel and to think as he
pleases," has been deduced.
Make this fundamental law of our nature
familiar to all ; enable them to trace the bene-
ficial effects which a knowledge of it would pro-
duce among society in general, and the rising
generation in particular ; and a public opinion
would thereby be formed, which would speedily
remove the vicious circumstances which have
hitherto created all the irrationality, disunion,
an►l evil passions, now prevalent among mankind.
Do this with the industry and energy which
you have been accustomed to exercise in the cause
of party, of faction, and of sectarianism, or for
the acquirement of common commercial gain,
and you will become the instruments of remov-
ing for ever from the world the cause of igno-
rance and of poverty, of vice, and of misery.
Why should you, then, for the limited and
inferior advantages which you obtain, longer
lend yourselves to faction, sect, or party, when
the means of obtaining the most ample perma-
nent benefits that human nature can enjoy, are,
by a noble, straightforward course, so easy of
attainment ?

Abandon party—abandon faction—abandon
sectarLnism—and, above all, abandon that funda•
mental error which has engendered every human
ill ; and you will discover that science now offers
the most certain and the most delightful means
of creating unlimited wealth for all, and of giving
to the coming generations, physically, mentally,
and morally, a character greatly superior to any
that has hitherto been formed for man.

This is the race which is now set before you ;
and by a prompt and decisive conduct, you will
obtain the inestimable reward which is affixed to
its completion. The press will then no longer
be made instrumental in the creation of error,
disunion, or malignant feelings ; and, by becom-
ing under your hands a powerful engine ofgood,
will prove itself to be one of the greatest bless-
ings that knowledge has yet discovered for the
use of man.

Remember that man feels and thinks as he
has been compelled by his nature to feel and
think ; and that to be displeased or angry with
him for his thoughts and feelings, is a demon-
strative proof that the individual thus dis-
pleased or angry has not yet been made ra-
tional in his feelings, thoughts, or actions,
ROBERT OVEN,
Bedford-fiquare, Jan. IS,

DEATH Or LORD lIEDESDALE.—On Sa-
turday last, at three in the afternoon, Lord REDESDALE
died, at his seat in Gloocestershire, after a short illness.
This Nobleman was, we believe, always considered a very
high legal authority in Appeals and Committees of the
House of Lords, and his political opinions perfectly con-
scientious, though inflexible. The benevolent measure of
affording relief to men in a state of insolvency, originated
entirely with his Lordship, and, however much the privi-
lege may have been abused by fraudulent individuals, tha
Insolvent Debtors' Laws will be a lasting monument to
the philanthropy of Lord REDESDALE.
A curious story is going the rounds here
(Dublin), which states that a certain amorous govern-
ment clerk, lately riding in the Phaanix-park, observed
the lady of a noble and distinguished functionary walking
alone near the vice-regal lodge. He accosted her in
terms of curious familiarity—praised her beauty--inquired
her residence—regretted her expcsure to the cold—begged
to have the pleasure of seeing her home, &c., to all which
be received short Quakerish responses. She at length
told him she was waiting for a friend, "May I ask his
name, madam?" " Certainly," was tha reply. " Here
be is," pointing to her noble husband, who just then ap-
peared. On seeing his Lordship the affrighted scribe
clipped spurs to his horse, and SV44 liAtantly hors de vue.

THOMAS HARVEY, Esq., proprietor of the
greater portion of land in the parish of North wold,
shortly moved, and
WILLIA3I NURSE, Esq., of Feitham, seconded
the resolutions.

Mr. SALMON, for one, could not approve the re-
sclutions. From one bushel of malt could be pro-
duced 16 gallons of good beer, on which the Malt
Duty, if the beer were brewed at home, would only
amount to one farthing a pint; therefore, he con-
tended, the poor man would nut depart from his old
method of obtaining beer for so trifling a saving,—
The reduction in the Malt Duty would only benefit
the rich or more opulent class of farmers. The
gentlemen whom he then saw around him, such as
his friend Mr. Turner, would reap the advantage,
because they brewed their own beer; but the poor
man would be saddles with 100 per cent., by leav•
ing him to pay the present duty on beer. He
begged to assure that Meeting that he was not ad-
verse to the taking off the malt or any other duty.
What he wanted, if a reduction of taxation was to
be brought about, was the reduction that would
benefit the many. It was not his interest to oppose
the reduction, and if any increase was effected is
the consumption of malt, he, in common with all
other malt sters, would be benefitted accordingly.
Mr. HARVEY would ask Mr. Salmon one question
—When malt was cheap, most poor families
then brewed their own beer, therefore did not Mr.
Salmon think they would do so again were the Malt
Duties reduced ?

Mr. SALMON said, to a certain degree the reduc-
tion of the Malt Duty would cause families to
brew at home; still there was another thing to be
considered. A poor man now went to a public-
house and gave threepence for a pint of beer, which
by brewing at home he could obtain for one penny,
—was it, therefore, reasonable to expect that the
farthing reduction in the duty would cause the poor
man to alter his domestic arrangements ? Did the
Meeting expect a man would save a farthing who
thus wilfully spent twopence ?

Mr. POOLEY, sen., of Northwood, in reply to Mr.
Salmon's observations, stated that his agricultural
labourers, even in these times, brewed their own
beer. They purchased a peck of malt, to which
they added treacle and molasses, so as to make a
faint imitation of their natural beverage.
Mr. SALMON, in reply, further remarked, that
should the apparent object of the Meeting be accom-
plished, the agriculturists would immediately obtain
a rise of Is. in the price of barley, which would
completely do away with the benefit the poor man
was led to anticipate from the reduction. It was,
he contended, not to the repeal of the Malt or Beer
Duties that any benefit to the public or the agricul-
tural interests ought to be looked for. A revision
of the whole Corn Laws was sadly wanted.
Mr. GRIFFIN, a large farmer at Northwold,
asked how it was, that prior to the present duty on
malt, the poor man could obtain a bushel of malt
for a bushel of barley.
Mr. SALMON said, that all depended on the
quality. He did not know whether or not he should
be seconded, but he would move that the repeal of
Beer Duties be substituted for the Malt Duties, as
the ground-work of the resolutions.
Mr. TURNER, of Sturston, a farmer of 2,000
acres under Lord Walsingham, said the fate of the
petitions presented to Parliament some years ago,
praying for a repeal of the Malt and Beer Duties,
was still fresh in his memory. Mr. Coke, on that
occasion, said the agriculturists were defeated be-
cause they asked too much ; and the Hon. Member
still maintained the same opinion, as he considered
the monopoly of the brewers so great as to baffle all
the exertions of the people at large. He hoped to
live to see the day when the Malt Tax would be
repealed. He attributed all the present evils under
which the agriculturists laboured to the free-trade
system, and the withdrawing from circulation of
the 1/. notes, which broke the bond of amity
hitherto existing between the banker, the farmer,
the small tradesman, and the cattle-dealer. When
the latter was not in action, the farming interest was
sure not to be going on right. The farmers had al-
ways the Corn Bill hanging over their heads, which
caused rye to be at a vexatious low price. Wool
was also affected by free trade; thus the Norfolk
farmers were deprived of the profit of two of their
staple commodities, and which were best suited to
their light soils. At the present time there were
20,000 acres of land between Brandon and Swaff-
ham in the landlords' hands, and for which tenants
could not be found, though the soil was well
adapted for barley, and would produce good crops,
were the demands for that article increased by the
repeal of the duties.
Mr. SaLmoN said it would perhaps be a better
plan to draw up a petition to the landlords, calling
upon them to reduce the rents.—(A laugh.)
After some observations by Mr. POOLEY, jun.,
the Chairman put the resolutions, against which Mr.
Salmon was the only dissentient.
The company afterwards dined together. Mr.
Salmon filled the Chair, and Mr. Turner officiated as
Vice-President.

THE FOREIGN LITERARY GAZETTE,
No. 111., published this day, contains, among other highly
interesting matter—An Original Report on the various Sci-
entific Expeditions in Russia during the Reigns of ALEX-
ANDER and NICHOLAS-Petticoat Government, Heresy,
&c. in Turkey—An important Essay on the Mountains of
Europe, their Productions, &c.—The extraordinary Life
of a Nun turned Soldier—lnteresting Intelligence of Dis-
coveries of Etruscan Antiquities—Whimsical Anecdotes--
Reviews of Foreign Books—Notices in the Fine Arts, Sci-
ences, &c —Poetry and Ana—English Literary, Scien-
tific, and General Report for the Week—Works in the
Continental Press, &c. Published every Wednesday by
W. A. SCRIM, 7, Wellington-street, Strand, and to be
had of all Booksellers, Newsvendets, &c. Price Ten-
pence, or One Shilling stamped.
FALMOUTH PACKETS.—The only arrival in
the present week, up to last evening, is that of the packet-
brig Plover, from Halifax, yesterday (Thursday.) She
sailed from Bermuda on the 7th, and from Halifax on the
22d of December. She brought no passengers. On the
6th of December the Tropic arrived at Bermuda, with
artillery and soldiers from England ; on the 7th, immedi-
ately after the Plover sailed, she fell in with the transport
No. 2, with part of the 81st Regiment, for St. John's,
New Brunswick. The Calypso packet, which sailed from
Falmouth on the 7th of November, arrived at Halifax on
the 2d of December, and sailed for Bermuda the day fol-
lowing. The Plover experienced some severe weather on
her passage; on one occasion we learn she shipped a heavy
sea, under which she laboured for more than a minute, and
which she cleared with some difficulty.— West Briton.

THE SIAAIESE YouTus.—A correspondent
refers to the Postman of February 22, 1709, as contain-
ing, on the authority of a French journal of the November
preceding, an account of a more " wonderful wonder of
wondera" than any that has been adduced, is consequence
of the bicephalus exhibition that has lately excited public
curiosity. " The Governess of Chateaudeun (a place
about 30 leagues from Paris), aged between 48 and 50,
having grown excessively big, it was believed that the
swelling was occasioned by dropsy. It was resolved,
therefore, to make an incision on her side, upon which
perfirmance the operators were much surprised to see, in-
stead of water, seven children—namely, four boys and
three girls, each girl adhering to one of the boys in a
peculiar manner, each couple tied together with something
resembling a Franciscan's girdle, and the single boy
sitting by himself, holding in his hand a kind of little
stick, and having on his head a sort of cap resembling
mitre," To this statement is added, " the physicians'do
not know what to say on so extraordinary a vase."

LONDON,
WEDNESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 20, 1830.

The French Papers of Sunday confirm the
accounts we had previously received of the exer-
tions making at Toulon in fitting out several
men-of-war. Their destination is the Levant.
The following are extracts :

:From the Messager des Chambres of Sunday, Jan. 17.)
" YAMS, JAN. 17, AT NOON.

" The cold had not yet been so intense as it is
this morning: at seven o'clock the thermometer in-
dicated 13k degrees below zero.

" TOULON, JAN. 11.

(PRIVATE CORRESPONDENCE.)

" The Lamprore cor,ette, Lieutenant Dussault,
will set sail to-day for the Levant. This vessel has
on board 400,000 francs for the brigade in the
Morea, as well as provisions and stores for the ves-
sels of the division. It has been delayed some days,
waiting for the Government despatches, which ar-
rived this morning. It has on board two priests
going to the Holy Land, and some other passengers.
'You have been informed of the hasty fitting
out of the Breslaw and Provence, the destination of
which seemed to be uncertain. To-day orders have
been given to all the port officers to employ all pos-
sible means that the resources of the arsenal can
supply to get the following vessels ready to put to
sea again at the first order, viz. the Ville de Mar-
seilles, the Scipion of the line ; the Iphigenia,
Didon, Armide, and Sprenc frigates; the Oise and
Emulation corvettes, the Dragon, C.ygne, Aleste,
brigs; and to make all necessary repairs in all the
other men of war in this port. The destination of
these vessels is no longer doubtful—they are going
to return to the Levant. Those unhappy countries
are, it seems, going to be again the theatre of a
general conflagration. The classic land of heroes and
the arts is attain to be traversed in all directions, by
soldiers of all the nations of Europe, guided by in•
terest alone; and who, perhaps, will never agree,
till there is not a single ruin left standing.
" A report of the consular agent at Carthagena,
in Spain, announces that a French trading brig, of
300 tons burden, has been captured off Cape Palos,
on the Spanish coast, by a privateer, supposed to be
an Algerine. The crew escaped in the boats, which
arrived at Carthagena. The report of the captain
of the vessel has been sent to the Minister of Marine.

(From the Gazette de France of Sunday.)
" ODESSA, DEC. 23.

" Halil Pacha inhabits a house in this city, and
waits for his passports to set out for St. Peters-
burgh.
" The accounts from the army in Asia are very
satisfactory.
" It is still believed, here, that the fortress of
Kars will be ceded to Russia.

" We expect news from Constantinople, where
Count Orloff is supposed to have opened his ne-
gociations. Some journals have spoken of proposals
made to the Sultan for the cession of Palestine. It
is affirmed that there is some truth in those reports,
[Jut that the proposals were not made by a certai►►
cosmopolite house.

" JASSY, DEC. 26.

" Though the mission of Halil Pacha is not ac-
cording to the desire of the Emperor of Russia, or
:he calculations of his Ministers, passports have been
sent him, and he is expected at St. Petersburgh
about the 15th of January."

The Devon county Meeting to petition for
the Abolition of Tithes is an event of some im-1
portance, as indicating which way the wind blows
on this subject in the West of England. There
is, moreover, little doubt, that the sentiments of
the Devonshire petitioners are very generally
shared by the agriculturists throughout the
country ; and, therefore, though the fullness of
time is far from having arrived, for accomplishing
the objects sought for, it is fit that people in
general should begin to consider how far those
objects are desirable for the public good.
The Revenues of the Church of England,
amounting to between four and five millions
sterling per annum; are equivalent to a tax upon
the public to that amount, levied immediately on
agricultural produce, in favour of persons ap-
pointeda-to certain benefices, which persons, by
the Acts of Uniformity, are bound to profess a
certain faith, and to perform certain duties. Of
these benefices, 5,177 are rectories, of which 558
are in the gift of the Crown-782 in that of
Bishops, Deans, and Chapters-393 in that of
the Universities and Colleges—and 3,444 in
that of private individuals. The Vicarages are
5,516-490 of which are in the patronage of
the Crown-1,501 of Bishops, Deans, and
Chapters--350 of the Universities—and 3,175

of individuals. The total of these livings, to-
gether with 649 extra-parochial chapels, is
11,342 ; in addition to which are to be reckoned
the princely Revenues of the Lords Spiritual, the
successors of the Apostles—and of the Deans
and Chapters, which, of whatsoever primitive in-
stitutions they may be the descendants, have, at
all events, no reason to complain of the decay of
their inheritance. That the Bishops in general
are able to live in great luxury, and to accumu-
late very considerable wealth if they choose, is
too notorious to require instances to be men-
tioned. We do not stop to inquire whether the
Bishop of DURHAM has 50,0001., or only
45,0001. a-year ; it does not affect the merits of
the question. John Bull, upon the produce of
whose industry these Revenues are, for the most
part, levied, is, it appears, beginning to fancy that
a religious establishment can be maintained at a
much cheaper rate than he at present pays for it.
He looks at Scotland, the whole revenues of
whose clergy (according to returns laid before
Parliament in 1810), are 263,3401. per annum;
—at France, the Netherlands, Germany, and, in
fact, all Europe, with the exception of Spain
and Portugal, and sees that the Clergy are paid
by the Government, on a scale commensurate to
their national value, like the Army and Navy.
NECKER estimated the Revenues of the French
Clergy, immediately before the Revolution, at
130 million livres, or 5,687,5001. sterling,
which, for the' population of France, was less
than the income of our present establishment.
ARTHUR YOUNG, who had mixed very exten•
sively among them, tells us, that the French
Clergy were at that time far superior to our own
in moral worth, though neither Fox-hunters nor
Justices of the Peace. The Revolution, how-
ever, came and swept them away with the feudal
Nobility, and other old institutions ; and France
is now exempt from the burthen of tithes, as if
the name had never been known.

Nothing would be more practicable than an
arrangement whose object should be, first—
the more equal distribution of the ecclesias-
tical revenues, by making up to every small
incumbent a respectable income; and secondly
—the separation from the Church of such
part of its revenue as should, after making
a proper allowance to every incumbent, ap-
pear to be the surplus. This could, of course,
only be done by the Government becoming the
trustee, as it were, of the Church property—in
trust to allow reasonable salaries to working and
efficient clergymen, and to apply the surplus to
the consolidated fund. There are perhaps many
pious and worthy persons who would be horror.
struck at the very mention of such a scheme.
But let those persons remember that the strength
of a Church lies in the purity of its doctrines, and
the piety and active virtue of its Clergy—instead
of in the wealth of its hierarchy, or the political
influence of its spiritual heads. If jobbing for
profit bo no rare occurrence on the right reverend
Bench, it is not likely that such examples would
be very beneficial to the inferior Clergy. Never-
theless, we believe the standard of morality and
Christian purity is the highest among the lowest
ranks in the Church. The clerical education is
certainly bad enough ; but it is hoped the grow-
ing intelligence of men in general will eventually
shame our churchmen out of that ignorance, of
which the leisure and opportunities they enjoy
are a great aggravation. As to the tithes, the
public will take care of them ; the stream that
is running against them may be small at present,
but it gains strength as it flows, and will finally
wash down the stubborn ;mud-banks of abuse
and corruption.

Prince LIEVEN, the Russian Ambassador,
had a long interview with Lord ABERDEEN this morning
at the Foreign-office.

The Earl of ROSSLYN gives a grand dinner
to the Cabinet 111inisters, this evening.
The Earl of ABERDEEN had an interview
with the Duke of WELLINGTON yesterday, at the Trea-
sury. Sir HOWARD DOUGLA9, the Govern, New
Brunswick, visited his Grace in the after.. the
Treasury. ,rt t 1.•
The Spanish Minister had a long Cs
with the Earl of ABERDEEN yesterday, at the Foreign
Office.

Earl BATHURST visited the CHANCELLOR
of the EXCHEQUER yesterday, at his residence in Down-
iug-street.
The Duke of WELLINGTON received de-
spatches yesterday afternoon, while at the Treasury, from
his MAJESTY, at Windsor.

The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER
visited Mr. VESEY FITZGERALD yesterday, at his residence
in Somerset-place.
A Deputation of Merchants, from the city,
attended yesterday at the Office of the Board of Trade,
and had an interview with Mr. LACK, the chief clerk, in
the absence of Mr. VESEY FITZGERALD.

Despatches were received at the Foreign-
office, on Monday night, from Lord STUART DE ROTHSAY,
our Ambassador at Paris.

Mr. Secretary PEEL will give a grand Par-
liamentary Dinner on the 3d of next month, to a numer-
ous party of Members of the House of Commons, on the
opening of the session of Parliament.
The Chief Secretary of State and Lady F. L.
GOWER, accompanied by Lady CHARLOTTE GREVILLE,
and the lion. Mr. GREVILLE and suite, sailed for Eng-
land on Friday evening. Lord GOWER will not return
until after the meeting of Parliament.—Dublin Paper.

ANECDOTE OF HIS LATE MAJESTY.-011
the 9th of September, 1799, Captain DURHAM and his
lady gave a grand naval fete on board the Anson, which
was attended by their MAJESTIES, and all the royal and
noble personages then sojourning at Weymouth. In the
midst of the entertainment a courier came alongside, with
despatches for the Kpro, who, to the surprise of every
one, could not be found among the brilliant assembly.
Having dispensed with the usual court attendance on that
occasion, he had contrived to withdraw, unperceived, from
the scene of gaiety, and found his way to the fore p irt of
the lower-deck, where he was at length discovered by Mr.
TA-vr.oa, in the act of interrogating an old weather-beaten
tar, the ship's company surrounding him, with their bats
off, the foremost of them kneeling down, so as not to ob-
struct the view of those behind, the countenances of the
whole beaming with genuine devotion, and all so respect-
fully silent that a pin might have been heard to fall.—
Marshall's Royal Naval ,Biography.

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCR.--(THIS DAY.)

FROM LLOYD'S.

PORTSMOUTH, JAN. 19.—Wind S.E.—Arrived
the Nova, Dale, from St. Übe's.
PLYMOUTH, JAN. 18.—Wind E.N.E.—Arrived
the Judith and Esther, Payne, from Seville.
FALMOUTH, JAN. 18.—Wind E.—Arrived the
Henry, White, from Gibraltar.

The London packet Holends, from London to
Faro, was driven on shore near Margate, on Monday

night.

The Isabel, Dean, from Demerara, has arrived off
Cape Clear.
The Vine, from Perth to London, was wrecked
near Lynn the 12th inst.; crew saved.

Till MARKET6.-(THIS DAY).

CORN EXCHANGE.

The supplies of most descriptions of Grain and Flour
this week are short, except of Irish Oats, which are tole-
rably good. There is nothing doing here this morning, as
the navigation of the River is stopped ; but a thaw having
taken place, should it continue business will be resumed
here on Friday.

ARRIVALS.
Wheat. Harley.
English SOO qrs. 1,700 qrs.
Irish 330
Foreign

Oats. I Flour.
40 qrs. 600 sacks.
6,700

brls.

THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.)

CITY, T WEL rz 0' CL 0 CK.

The severity of the weather again prevents us
from any arrivals of consequence this morning, and
the Funds remain in much the same state as they
left off yesterday; Consols for the Account are at
95,i to I. This being: settling-day in the British
market, the speculators are chiefly occupied in
making up their accounts; at present all is going off
well, although it is a very heavy account. Nothing
of consequence is doing in the New French Scrip,
which may be quoted at to 11 premium ; but the
arrival of M. N. de Rothschild last night from Paris,
it is supposed will give an impulse to the new spe-
culation.

In the Foreign Market nothing of consequence
going forward; as yet prices uominal.

FUNDS.

Bank Steck, 218 19
India Stock, 2301 31k
3 per Cent. Cone. 931
Do., for Account, 94
Ditto Reduced, 941

Si per Cent. 1001 f
New 4 per Cent., 1011
4 per Cent 1826 1051
India Bonds, 78 74
Exchequer Bills, 77 78
I FUNDS.
Greek, 33fr
Mexican, 26k
Peruvian, 20 21
Portuguese, 59i 60
Prussian,
Russian, 110 1
Spanish, 111 I
TWO O'CLOCK.

FORZIO
Brazilian, 711 721
&terms Ayres, SO 32
Chilian, 27 28
Colombian, 25
Danish, 78i
French, 5 per Cont. 109 9
Ditto, S per Cent. 84k

We can now announce with some confidence that
it was settled yesterday that Prince Lcopold goes
to Greece, as King of that country.
There has been scarcely a9y fluctuation in
Consols up to the present time; in the early part of
the morning they were at 95i to I for the Ac-
count ; but it being after one o'clock, the present
Account has terminated, and Consols must now
be quoted for the February Account at 94. Ex-
dividend, and for Money 93} The market was
looking very heavy, but a purchase of about
100,0001. Consols, by our great City Capitalist,
prevented the market going down. It is an
immense Bull account, there being a great num-
ber of little Bulls, whose accounts' are of a trifling
nature, and which having' left to the last day to
settle, caused a great bustle in the market; but at
present we do not hear of any failures.
In the Foreign Market scarcely any thing doing,
as the whole attention of the speculators is turned
to the British Market.

TIMEX O'CLOCK.
Coos*ls for Almost, L.

The Duke of Cffoisßur, lately brought an
action against the KING'S Household, claiming the right to
a private box in the Theatre Feydeau. During the pro-
gress of the suit 111. Aanr, the President of the Court, wa■
seen at one of the Royal Theatres, in a box reserved for the
Civil servants of the Crown, and the Duke de CHOISEUL
challenged him as unfit to judge the case ; his presence
at the Theatre, it being contended, coming within the
meaning of the law, which declared that a judge who has
eaten or drunk with either p arty to a suit, or received any
present, ought to absent himself from the trial. The
Court disallowed the challenge in consequence of the
neglect of a point of form, and decided against the Duke's
claim to a box.

A fine young girl, a servant to a gentleman
in the south side of the town, had the misfortune on Sa-
turday last to quarrel with her sweetheart, when she went
off with a phial, purchased and swallowed an ounce, or
480 drops, of laudanum. She was found in the streets
in strong convulsions, and carried to the Police-office,
where the stomach pump was applied with its usual good
effect. In the space of half an hour she was restored to
her senses, and expressed regret for her rash conduct.
Her master, however, refusing to take her back to his
service, the poor girl was taken home by her grandmother.
Caledonian Mercury.

THE SERPENTINE.—Yesterday, for the first
time, the eastern portion was opened to the skaiters, all
parts being now considered perfectly safe. The ice pre-
sented along the whole of the north side a transparent
body, above one hundred yards wide and many hundred-
in length, extending even beyond the Boat-house. The
skaiters were numerous, and a few more than usually dex-
terous in the performance of the spread eagle, which con-
sists in taking a run and then Winging heel to heel, and
running in this position in nearly a straight line for a vast
distance. This feat cannot be performed except by those
possessed of great flexibility of limb.
THE WEATHER.—The passengers who have
arrived by the morning coaches from different parts of the
country, state that the snow storm exceeded any that has
occurred for many years past. In Surrey and Kent, in
particular, the drifts of snow were so numerous and so
deep, that the coaches were obliged to have extra horses
attached to them. On the Dover road a private coach
was overturned, but the passengers escaped unhurt, and
little damage done to the vehicle. The state of the river
this morning presented a remarkable appearance, the
shipping below bridge being encased in snow. The
masses of ice and snow had accumulated to such an ex-
tent, that but for the rapid thaw this morning, the river
at London-bridge would have been completely covered,
and from these upwards above bridge. In many places
below bridge the ice extends a quarter of the way across
the river. St. Paul's Cathedral presented a novel appear-
ance at day bleak, appearing one solid body of snow. The
thaw is going on so fast that the streets are nearly under
water. The weather-wise, however, say that the frost
will again return, the wind not having shifted to the pro-
per quarter for a permanent thaw.
A Minister and Churchwarden, of a parish
near the metropolis, were talking of the dissoluteness of
the sexton. " I know of but one way of making him
think of his latter end," said the Minister, " and that is
to make him toll the funeral bell." " Aye, sure enough,"
replied the Churchwarden, " he would constantly have
a rope before his eyes, then !"

A subject of general conversation in the higher
circles at this moment in Paris is a duel between an offi..er
of his Mak sty's body guards and a young officer, recently
one of the King's Pages, in consequence of some words that
passed bettveen them in a Versailles stage. One of them,
M. DE T-, was slightly wounded ; the other, M. DE
B-, received his adversary's ball in his throat, had a
part of his tongue carried away, and is since dead. It is
a melancholy fact that at London and Paris we should be
occupied at the same moment with considerations arising
from the fatal effects of duelling. It was proposed last
year in France to pass a law to restrain it, but nothing has
yet been attempted.