The Sun.
London, England, 1841-12-14 00:00:00

chester Paper, that the Anti-Corn-law League
had completely ruined itself by entering into an
alliance with the Conventicle; which would in-
dicate that the design is actually entertained of
extinguishing dissent, as well as checking the
growth of manufactures, by the Corn-law.

A Cabinet Council was held this afternoon
the Foreign-office, Downing-street. All the
Ministers in town attended.
It is understood that the ratifications of the
Treaty of last July, were exchanged by the Am-
bassadors of the Five Powers yesterday after-
noon, at the Foreign-office.
EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY..--AR accident
occurred on the works of this line on Saturday
last, as Kelvedon, which might have been at-
tended with fatal consequences. A viaduct of
three arches is being erected over the Black-
water river, in that quarter, and as the weather
has been so unpropitious of late for carrying on
the work, the contractor has seized every oppor-
tunity to hurry up the brick-work; but, un-
luckily for himself and others, he has made more
haste than speed. He persisted in running the
rings out of one of the arches, although forbid-
den so to do; whilst keying the last ring, the
centerings gave way, the brickwork followed,
and with it all engaged upon the arch, miracu-
lously without loss of life or broken limb. Eleven
of the men were more or less bruised, but not
serieuly injured.
STIPENDIARY MAGISTRATES.—A very nume;
rously-attended public meeting was held on
Wednesday evening last at the Town-hall, at
Devonport, according to a respectably-signed re-
quisition, for the purpose of considering the pro-
priety of memorialising her Majesty's Govern-
ment on the contemplated appointment of new
Borough Magistrates, and praying the Legisla-
ture to take into consideration the whole present
system of magisterial appointments, with the
view of substituting for them Stipendiary Magis-
trates, to be paid by the State. Mr. Little, after
animadverting
j with severity on the strange man-
ner in which justice is administered by the un-
paid, moved a petition to the House of Commons
for an inquiry and with a view to the appoint-
ment of Stipendiary Magistrates to be paid by
the State. An amendment was moved repu-
diating the proposal on account of the expense,
and carried by an overwhelming majority.—De-
vonport Independent.

We have copied from the Globe a paragraph
setting forth the plan of Sir Robert Peel re-
specting the alterations which he intends to pro-
pose at the meeting of Parliament in the Corn-
laws. We place little confidence in the state-
ment, and regard it as an idle rumour in the City,
put forth by the Tories or by certain Whigs who
are all but Tories. A miserable scheme of this
kind, without any reference to other great na-
tional interests, is a mockery. Any plan which
includes a sliding scale can only be put forth to
deceive the public, and till we have some better
authority on the subject we shall refrain from
making any observations on it.
MR. SERGEANT ARABIN.—It was announced
last night that this Learned Gentleman yet re-
mains in a very debilitated state, at his villa, at
High Beach. For some time past he has been
attended by Dr. Copeland, Dr. Hume, and other
eminent professional persons. On Saturday last
they performed an operation upon the patient,
and extracted a stone of considerable magnitude.
Some time will elapse before the Learned Ser-
geant will be able to resume his judicial duties,
but sanguine hopes are entertained of his re-
covery.

CORN-LAW COMPENSATION.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
SlR,—The leader in the Times of this morning
on the subject of the claims for compensation ad-
vanced at the Conference at Derby, induces me
to endeavour to point out the experimental
proof furnished by the leader aforesaid, that a
bounty on foreign corn, in duration and magni-
tude equal to the past duty, is the form in
which the demand for compensation is most ef-
fective, and least easily opposed.
A tax of tsventy millions a-year upon the
land may be easily represented (as it is the ten-
dency of the Times' article to do), as a mere
effort to take because there is the power. But
a bounty carries with it its own explanation. If
a landowner exclaims against the horror of so
depressing the value of his 'land, the reply is
ready, " Why is it more horrible, than your
in-
flicting a similar depression on the value of our
manutheturing capital by a duty?" If the bounty
is represented as amounting to " the overthrow
of the whole landed proprietary of England," this
is promptly met by the cquest►on, why it should
be any worse than "hallooing upon the premises
of Mr. Strutt and Mr. Evans, and half a hundred
other millocrat millionaires" with a duty.
On one point the landowners are very • dense,
and they can hardly be blamed for it. They will
not see, that the demand for a bounty rests on
the ground of a judicial punishment; the
same ground, in fact, which justifies the
judge in decreeing the deprivation of property
against the vulgar depredator on the property of
his neighbours. If they plead the suffering—the
very thing intended is that they should suffer.
The object, whether they comprehend it or not,
is to leave an example which shall deter future
parties from acquiring legislative power, to turn
it to the pecuniary robbery of their country.
Yours very sincerely,
T. PERRONET THOMPSON.
Blackheath, Dec. 14, 1841.

LLO ID'S SHIPPING—(THIS DAY.)
LONDON, DEC. 14.—Wind this day at noon N.W.
RAaISCATE, DEC. 13.—The Proven, from Altona to
Swansea, which put into this harbour on the 7th instant,
did not strike on the Brake, as reported. Arrd. Mary
Dicks, London, for Rio Janeiro, with loss of anchor and
chain ; British Queen, Shields, for Mauritius ; Argo,
London, for Trieste, with loss of anchor and chain, anti
Windlass upset.

DEAL, DEC. 13.—Wind S.W.—Arrd. from the River,
Ellen, for Berbice. Put back, Dovecot, China.
LIVERPOOL, DEC. 13.—Arrd. Lady East, Carless,
Bombay, sailed from St. Helena Oct. 28 ; Champion,
Brown, New Orleans; Shenandoah, Philadelphia; Queen
of the Ocean and the Duke, Quebec.
PORTSMOUTH,-:DEC. 13.—Wind W.S.W. to W.N.W.
strong. Put back, Wellington for New York.
FALMOUTH, DEC. 12.—Wind W.S W. to W., strong
gales.L-Arrd. Margaret steamer, Gibraltar, left 4th inst.
Cadiz 5, Lisbon 7, Vigo 9.
OFF MARGATE, DEC. 12.—Massachusetts, Virginia.
STRANREAR, DEC. 11.—Acrd. Chevalier, Clyde, for
Trinidad. The Theodore (with herrings), in entering
the harbour to-day, took the ground, but is not expected
to suffer any damage.
OFF CORK, DEC. 11.--,kimwell, Hesse, Calcutta, and
sailed for Liverpool ; Margaret, Christie, Richebueto.
HULL, DEC. 13.—Wind, S.W. by S.—Arrd. Hercules,
Ames, New Orleans; Bon Accord, Cape Breton.
The Euclid, from Port Dundas to Dunkirk,
sprung a leak off the Goodwin Sands, and sank;
crew saved. The Royal William, from St. Petersburgh,
off this port got in contact with a vessel belonging to
Sunderland, the former lost bowsprit, &e., the latter
mainmast, &c., and both have put into East Ries to
repair.

OFF ROMNEY, DEC. 13. Janet, Wilbridge, Quebec ;
Johan Christopher, Altona, for Bahia.
BIDEFORD, DEC. 13.—The Agatha, from Havannah,
which put in here 11th inst., with rudder damaged, &c.,
is very much strained, and must discharge.
PORT FLEETWOOD, DEC. 13.—The Hazard, from
Strongford to Maryport, parted her anchors, and drove
on Bernard's Wharf, but without damage.
SCARBOROUGH, DEc. 13.—The Betsy and Anne, from
Maldon to Newcastle, has been brought in here with
loss of mainmast, and other damage, having been in con-
tact with the Jemima, of North Shields, last night.
HARWICH, DEC. 13.—The Beulah, Dodds, bound to
Woodbridge, which was ashore on the Bar of that place,
has been got off and carried

THE IVIARKETS.-,(THIS DAY.)
COLONIAL MARKET.

There was little business done, and prices suffered
little alteration. B. P. Sugar in slow demand. Low to
fine yellow, 635. to 735., and brown, 545. to 625. 6d. per
cwt. In Mauritius and Bengal few sales made privately,
and the public aution of the latter went off quietly, at
previous rates. Coffee very dull, and prices on the de-
cline. Cocoa in very limited request, and prices in-
clined to give way. Prices of Rice a shade lower.
Spices almost without demand, except Cassia, which
being scarce is held for high prices.

THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1841.

county in England where such an offence would be com-
mitted.

At Marylebone Police Court, yesterday, John Light-
foot, a stoker on the Birmingham Railway, was fined
40s. under Lord Seymour's Act, for being drunk while
on duty.
Richard Light, a respectable-looking man, was charged
with bigamy at Union-hall. Three marriage certificates
were produced, and it was stated that the prisoner had
three wives all living. Mr. Light stood crying at the
bar, and said he had made .a full confession on promises
of forgivenness being held out to him. The Magistrate
remanded him for further evidence.

=TEL./lA.IM AND SCIENTIFIC.
The Council of the Royal Society on lately awarding
the Royal medal to Sir John Herschel for his catalogue
of Nebulm and Clusters of Stars, observed that `•. this was
the second time a Royal medal had been adjudged to Sir
John for researches in a department of astronomy, which
has descended to him •as an hereditary possession. The
catalogue contains a list of 2,500 nebulm, and forms a
noble basis for ascertaining all celestial changes, pe •
riodical or not, which the heavens are likely to undergo.
There exists throughout China but a single News-
paper, which is published at Peking, and bears the title
of King-Paou, or " Messenger of the Imperial Resi-
dence." It consists of extracts of what the Emperor has
examined or ordered in Council. It is published daily,
and the price is Bs. 4d. per annum.