The Sun.
London, England, 1841-01-15 00:00:00

COLONIAL MARKET.

There was not much business transacted either by pri.
vate treaty or public sale, but prices underwent little varia•
tion. Tho arrivals were to a fair extent from most parts
TEA MARKET.

The market was quiet, but prices were steady. Company's
Congou produced is bid cash per lb. Some public sales
have been declared.
TALLOW MARKET.

The demand for Russian Tallow was dull on the spot,
but prices were not lower. 46s 9d was the quotation of
fine quality.

LLO YD'S DAY

LONDON, JAN. 15.—1 t blew very hard during the night
n squalls from the Eastward, with snow at times. Wind
;his day at noon, moderate breezes, at N. N. W., with a
thaw.

DEAL, Jar. 14.—Wind E. N. E.—Sailed the outward
bound.

lluvEa, JAN. I3.—Arrived the J. C. Van Sp3l‘,
Banyma, from Rativia*; Sophia Elizabeth, Mehrens, Rio
Janeiro.

PoRT,MOUTII, JAN. 14.—Wind E.N. E , strong and
squally.—Arrived the Meldon, Hogg, Mauritius; Minerva,
Mills,,Calcutta. The Meldon, arrived here, passed on the
Bth instant lat. 47, lon. 16, a full-rigged ship of about 400
tons, with a billet head and round-house, painted yellow
sides, hatches washed off, fore-sail and top-sail blown out
of bolt-ropes, both anchors at the bows, rudder gone, and
supposed water-logged. Passed on the 11th a quantity of
wreck between the Land's End and Scilly.
KINGSTOWN, JAN. 13,—Arrived the Nor h imberland,
Spence, from Prince Edward's Island; Woodcock, Austen,
Demerara.

LIMERICK, JAN. the Robert Kerr, Agnew,
fur Jamaica.

LivEnrooL, JAN. 14.—Wind S. E., light breezes.—
Arrivcd the James Kay, Mann, from Monte Video;
Swanton, Heath, New Orleans ; St. Mark, Alexand.,r,
Savannah; Victoria, Prince Edward's Island ; Comet,
Newfoundland. Sailed the Hotspur, Wilson, for the
Cape of Good Hope; St. Lavrrence, Newland, Bombay;
Star, Clcmcntson, Monte Video ; Helen APCormack,
Barbadocs ; Pauline, Kelantan, St. Thomas; Queen of
the Ocean, Tilby, New Orleans; Roscius, Collins, New
Yolk ; Shenandoch, West, Philadelphia ; Ellen German,
Cumming, La Guayra. Off port the Mary Somerville,
for Calcutta; Colchester, Bombay ; Albatross, Africa;
Iluskieron, Bonny. -The Broad Oak, from Bahia, is on
shore on the main, near Muckbeggar, and is discharging.
CLYDE, JAN. 12.—Sailed the Rambler, M'Kenzie,
for Valparaiso ; and Hoyworth, Dunlop, Dsonerara.
lIDLL, JAN, 4. —Wind N.—Artivcd the Columbine,
Johnson, from Tatmagouche.
ScAsnosouGii, JAN. 14.—The Watetloo, Granger, on
shore on Filey Main, has been got off and brought in here.

THE CHEESE IN CHAINCERY.

Vide the Report of the Cheese trial in the Vice-Chanc(ry
Court, in 7714 Sun of this morning.

His Honour came enven to the Chancery Half,
In state with his criers, and ushers, and all;
The weather was cold, he was ready to freeze,
But he thawed at the sight of the Somerset Cheese

Each wig in the Cuurt, too, uncurled with delight
At so very uncommon and tempting a sight,
And tie crowd at the door they pressed on with a squeoze,
AU agog for a stare at the Somerset Cheese
'Twas a dignified sight to behold the whole Bar,
All ravenous as crocodiles usually arc,
And prepared, to a wig, to go down on their knees,
For a lawyer-like slice of the Somerset Cheese I

Knight Bruce looked unusually hungry, end Wright,
Who felt that his appetite mastered him quite,
Addressing his Honour, said, " Sir, if 3ou please,
I will fast take a cut et the Somerset Cheese."

Alas, for that Cheese ! Tbc profession, 'tis plain,
When they once make a "cut,' they of course "come Again;'
And eo, whether
.for or against, by degrees,
They diminish the weight of the Somerset CheeEe I

'Tis now out of Court, but its value is lost,
And nu'cr can it hope to repay what it cost,
For all has been wasted on barristers' fees—
What a terrible fate for a Somerset Cheese !

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NE WS

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CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK.

LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, THURSDAY—The sales
to.day are frem 5,000 to 6,000 bags, of which 1,000
Americans are taken on speculation, and 500 Surats.
Priers are rather steady, but the Market is mucir less aril-

LIVERPOOL SHARE MARKET, JAR. 14.—Chester and
13irkenhead, New Shares, 16t ; Grand Junction, 212 ;
Great Western, 93 ; Half Snares, 63.1 ; Lirerclool and
Manchester, Half Shares, 904 ; North Midland, 80i.
MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, JANUARY 14.
There has bees► a 'air inquiry for Railway Shares to day.
Prices may be quoted as follow I—London and Birming-
ham, 170 to 172 ; Great Western, 93 to 94; Do. Fifths,
10.1 to 104; South Western, 58 to 59; Eastern Coun-
ties, 9 to 9k ; London and 131 ighton, 44 to 44i ; Man-
chester and Birmingham, 254- to 26 ; Midland Counties,
Qa;rters, 151.

We have received the JournalofAntwerp of yeatcrday's
date :

BOURSE OF AMSTERDAM, JAN. 12.—The prices of the
National funds are very firm to.day, owing to the Foreign
Bourses having got up. The Actions of the Society of Com-
merce_ are lower, they were done at 159 1584, and for the
15111 of March, Account Day, 159 k to 1591; Ardoin's
Spanish, 22 1 IWh to 22-A-, after the close; Coupons,
17i to 17 9-16ths.
ANTWERP, JAN. 12.—A shocking accident happened
yesterday evening on the railroad ; the convoy with mer-
chandize which left Antwerp at four o'clock was met be-
tween Ma., and Malines;by the convoy of the passengers.
Several persons were scvely injured by the shock and the
guard was killed.

This being settling-day in the British Market, little is
doing, with the exception of the brokers and jobbers being
busy in settling their differences against to-morrow, which
is pay day. The extreme fluctuation during the Account
being about fi per cent. up to the present time, the set-
tlement is going off very easy.
We have no arrivals as yet from any quarter of conse-
quence, with the exception of a confirmation from Paris of
peace being concluded between France and Buenos Ayres,
which gives much satisfaction to the merchants in the City
eginected with that country.

EVEN iNG ED ITal

LITERATURE.

LONGBEARD. 3 dor.s.
Bull, London, 1840.
Longbeard, Lord of London, is an his torical
romance of the days of Richard the First, and ivens
impressively with a street-row, a conjuror, an a
tempest' The row is occasioned. by the excee J-
ingly rude behaviour of a young Norman Knigkt,
who meeting in broad day-light with a Saxon girl
in Smithfield market, erideavoum to tumble slid
touzle her in a way awful to thirik of; but is di-.
vertcd from his iniquitous purpose;. by the threats
of the mob to " slit his ears for iii4ll,' and the in-
terference of the conjur.or, who answerv.to the melo-
dious appellative of Abrs. Ben Acadabnip and who
escorts the young virgin home, where she' fells the
story of her wrongs to her father, a London
tanner, by name Jordan. We fear, however, that
Miss Jordan's story must have been rather a p. Cosy
one, for during its relation we are assured that kier
venerable parent's " eyes were closed, and an occ
eiunal snore indicated that he was dozing in them
heal;." whereupon the considerate young gentle.-
woman- began turning over the leaves of favourite
volume---g
.remarkable fact, when we bear in mind
that the art ~.f printing was not discoveied till
nearly two hunt2rcd and fifty years afterwards'!
While Miss Jorda," was thus read:ng her book=
possibly one of the ,Scotch novels—her younger
sister, Miss Marian', who sat Olf a low
stool near her, amused „herself by holdincr a
conversation with her dog Odin, who, being
one of those extraordinary animals rarely met
wish except in romances like Longbeard, " 10,oked
up tuzi wagged his tail, fully comprehending e\Tery
word slit said !" Suddenly, however, the sagacievis
brute set ur A loud bark, to the great discomfitutre
of old Jordan,
who forthwith pitched into him
" with a log of woid and while lie was doing so,
.
" the solemn figure of
and his daugh-
ters." tt-q conjuror walked into the
apartment, and saluted tiler „lath''
'.and
The first few fragments of i...hese gentlemen s
conversation blend instruction nith I:ntertainment
in so very uncommon a degree tli.'‘E cannot re-
sist the temptation of quoting them
\Vacs had' ! friend Acca Bacca Ben Dal Ta," said the

Saxon.
Waes hael I friend Jordan, the tanner, and a he.'ter
memory to you for people's names," replied the dulter. .
On the same night that this memorable.couver-
sation took place, an equally memorable temp est:
occurred in London, of which the younger Mess
Jordan expressed her opinion in these exact words
—" the wind bellows, as if it were enraged at the
city, and were determined to hurl its spires and
buildings to the
,ground at one blast."' W hen this;
desperate tempest, which terminates in page 47,,
vol. 1, was over, Miss J. and her sister fell fast.
asleep, after having had their fortunes told by the
conjuror ; and here the author leaves them
for awhile, in order to introduce his hero,
William Fitzosbert, alias Longbeard, an uncom-
promising Chartist, like Feargus O'Connor,
and who put not the' slightest
.faith an the
Nor Man Reform Bill. This furious mob-Leader
was, it seems,. the son of a London tradestnave---
perhaps•a tailor, but having a soul above cabbage,,
he " went to Palestine, •to distinguish himself
under the banners of the cross," where, noterith
standina that he formed only a ninth- fraction of
.0 •
humanity, he " performed prodia°ies-of valour, an d
' was knighted on the field of battle by Richard.
Cur de Lion !"—an incident in. the life of a
city tradesman's son, which we are induced to
mention, bemuse it passes the borders of thee
improbable, and trespasses on the miraculous. For'
this warlike Cockney, who to his other recommen-
dations, added that of a hump-back, Miss Jordan
had long entertained a sincere affection ; and doubt-
less they would have been married in the sixth chapter
of the first volume, had not Longbeard, one fine day,
got up a public Meeting of Saxons at Paul's Cross,.
which was attended by all the Chartists of the time,
and was ushered in by such a stunning chime.
of triple bob-majors, that " the bells pealed as if
each or.e had been endowed with life, and was rt.ady
to burst its iron sides in an agony of fear !" It
is satisfactory, however, to know that the people
were far less frightened than the bells, for they
kicked up a prodigious rumpus, and even Ll;s.
posed the city train-bands and beef-caters, leaving
several of these fat heroes dead --eel the field of:
battle, and offering the most unheard-of insults
to the awful person of the Lord Mayor hiins AI I
Immediately the skrimmage was at an end, the belts,.
recovering from their justifiable apprehensions,took a
sentimental turn, " and kept up their 111011010110118
tolling, as if wailing and groaning finr the deeds
slaughter that had been done"—an instance of
tintmnaluilary tenderness which we firmly believe to
be without a parallel I But not thus affected was
the moon, for she—cold hearted jade !—happenitoe
to look out a few hours afterwards, shone " as if
all unconscious of the dreg: fill events of the depart-
ing day!" Early next morning, tidings of this
appalling bobbery were brought to the Arehbishoir
of Canterbury—but not before his Grace bad read
the " latest particulars " in the second edition
of the Chronicle ; whereupon the yeller.
able Prelate " lose from his table, and proceeded
towards the window of the old Monastery of St.
Augustine, where he then resided." Here he
looked about him with much interest, and was
specially delighted with " the spork/isg• twitter of
numerous sparrows ;" and being " deeply alive to
the poetry of nature"—as most Bishops are—“ he
felt soothed and refreshed by the view !" When
his Grace had been sufficiently refreshed, he an-
nounced his intention of consulting with the Queen
and the Earl of Moreton on the sad state of
public affairs, and then coolly sate down and
played a game of chess with one Father Ambrose,
who, being a discreet dog, " struggled hard to all
appearance to win the game, but invariably allowed
himself to be beaten !" Meanwhile the Chartist
Longbeard made his escape from London ; and
soon afterwards the two Miss Jordans were walked
off with by the wicked Norman Knight whom we
have already spoken of, and • who incontinently
popped them into his castle in Kent, where, with
an effrontery that speaks no better for his mo•
rals than his good sense, the monster actually
asked the one sister to be obliging enough to assist
him in the seduction. of the other; and when she
refused to do so, he professed extreme surprise and
disgust at her want of ordinary politeness ! Ulti-
mately the sisters were liberated from their im-
prisonment, when the elder married Longbeard,
who went abroad ; and at the close of the
third .volume, we find all the virtuous personages
of the story made happy, and',all the vicious
miserable, which is just as it should be:
Such is Longbeard,. Lord of London, whose
absurdities of incident and language we have been
induced to expose, in the hope that we may thereby
be the means of stimulating Mr. Mackay to the
production of something far worthier of himself
than a romance concocted in haste, and without the
slightest attention to even the ordinary proprieties
of style.. The author of the " Hope of the 'W.orirei e
,iet.,
should not thus wantonly shipwreck the credit; he
That he has
has acquired by that beautiful poem •
some talent for prose fiction Is evident ; but if
shapes, he
:
in-
stead of diligently working out this talent, and
moulding it into graceful and consistent
contents himself—in order to avoid the labour of
themselves to his fancy ;
thong—with die first crude, imperfect ideas' and
probability in the eon-
incidents that
iisiguggaensdt
day.elopment of character ; and
disregards keep
us with slovenly,slip-shod diction,
,nbc
t.
instances, to Zite in a chaste, nervous, and
e has shown in one or
tc,l,:ul.llo)tetslitilli
sit t isa In his po% er, as
lucid style, he must expect to pay the penalty of
t
such
oufn
inherentwarr an a
anpeagel
tg;
laziness
ofilsilsieesirnlsaza
and hence is it that we have laid
on the lash, firmly
and benevolently persuaded
that it is for Mr.
Mackay's " own good," and not doubting that he
himself will ere long regard our wholesome chas-
tisement in that light, and number us among his
greatest benefactors.

JOIE SON'S FRENeII REVOLUTION, PART I.

Sherwood, London, 1841.
To pronounce a decided opinion on a work—
and that work a .history of importance—merely
from a first number, is about as absurd as to ex-
hibit, like the jester in Hieroeics, a brick as a
sample of a building; thus much, however, we can
say, that so far as he has yet proceeded in his his-
tory of the great French Revolution, Mr. Jobson
has shown a perfect acquaintance with his subject;
is laudably impartial in his tone ; and expresses
himself in perspicuous and animated language.

Slif4l
Lon9nwn,S London,AeCllllEs4Nhe E.
We have here a very creditable English grammar,
compiled with cvident care, and containing many
useitl directions respecting-prosody, which is but
too often neglected in our public and private schoo.s