The Sun.
London, England, 1841-02-25 00:00:00

STATE OF TRADE.

(From the Jilanchester Guardian.)
MANCHESTER. —There was a tolerably firm and steady
maiLt yesterday both for goods and yarn; and in some
eases prices w 4 re given which could not be obtained
last v eel{, especially in yarn. Still the market ex-
hibited nothing of the activity which is usual at this sea-
son of the yet*, and which was fully expected on the re-
turn cf m;11 and seasonable weL titer.
RocticALE FLANNEL MAItEF,T, MONDAY, FEB. 22.
The flannel market tc-day has been more than usually
dull ; few buyers have attended, and those few have pur-
chased very sparingly : the. prices remain the same as
they have been fur these few weeks past. In the vio:1
rn!tke., there has been hut little doing, but prices re-
ma'n firm.
HUDDERSFIELD MARKET, FEB. 23. Our market
to-eay has again presented a lively and animated ap-
p: arance, and a considerable quantity of goods has
charged hands. The demand was principa'ly for the
miduling and lower qualities of both 'loin and fancy
xcoll ro, and all new patterns were entirely bought
up. Stocks rem: in comparatively low, the operatives
are more fully employed, and the grand desideratum cf
an imi rovement in prices begins to he ix.vially real:zed.
The warehouses, whose trade is not dependent upon the
market-days, arc also more actively engaged, especially
in the foregoing department ; vast quanta:coot goods hi.ve
lately been sent off, and the packers arc now actively em-
pl.,yed. The wool market was an average ore, and prices
retrai firm.

NOBLE EXAMPLE.—Tuesday the 16th, the
large: portion of the creditors of the late Sir T. S.
Mostyn Champneys, resident in Frome and neighbour-
hood, and whose claims have arisen since 1835, were
paid in full by the munificence of the Lady Mostyn
Cbarnpneys, relict of the deceased Baronet. The sum
pid on that day was in addition to a larger SUM lately
paid in London to creditors having claims equally re-
cent, and also to about 20,C00 guineas paid recently by
her to the assignees of the creditors under the schedule
of 1335. What further debts contracted by the B wonet
since 1835 still remain unliquidated will be discharged by
her in the course of the ensuing month. The whole sum
thus paid by her Ladyship will amount to about 30,0001.
When it is considered that this large sum, the raising of
which involved a great sacrifi:e of property on her part,
has been paid by this I idy to those who had no legal
claim on her, it must appear to be an instance of noble
munificence, and of high principle, such as is seldom wit-
nessed.—Derizes Gazette.
The Rev. T. Dale, M.A., late Professor of
English Literature and Modern History in King's Ccl-
lege, London, has been presented with a silver waiter by
the students who formed his class.

FETE AT NAPLES.—Extract of a letter from
Naples, sth instant :—" Yesterday the Marquis and
Ma. o.iionoss of Sligo opened their splendid palace
with a ball, to celebrate the coming of age
of t car eldest son, the Earl cf Altamont. The
hall-room, which is of a great size, and the rest of
the spacious apartments, were brilliantly li4hted. Tho
Kirg and Queen arrived at a little before nine, fillowed
by th, it Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Sa-
lome, and their daughter, the Count of Syracuse, and the
Infante of Spain, Don Sebastian. Dancing commenced
INieinajetslatei''Ks'inagna's csounptpienruewdaswainlli-
soon after the arrival'bf theirw
bitr:vited Lord and Lady Sligo, and
gnroeuantes!di.rit urinitsil.Ani.ai
jdensitgy
11r. Temple, the British Minister, to accompany the Royal
Family to their supper-room. While the Royal party were
thus employed, the largaensdupapscriernodoimd wasopenedtu the re-
mainder of the gueits, p
companyflocked to the supper-room till
discovered.
The royal
Ile thendi d
,Ifieotuesse thatby
nearly three 01:c illoce k , t o partakearty
w iothf
dtrheew d ealti ':haaclife-sp a
st providedtwo,
for them.companyp
four. Thus Upwards of 500
time in Naples.
and the rest ofte
has been given for somei hfadthaellm most t step
persons were present at t.
rtmheinated one o
se which a very large
mode of travelling involves an expenen„unter,
and which,
EXPENSE 01? POSTING IN, ENGLAND.—This
number of invalid's would rather
madenut
for everything at the
Spas, raises the tovil amount
with the much higher charg:,s
ot.
expenditure for the one
singlo object of trying mineral
the majority of per
high for, or beyond the reaca of,wateerst as a means of cure,
in the
having- for some weeks sojourned,
any one, after ~
sons requiring such a mode of treatment. It, for instance,
de,i:cd to
character of a quiet bachelor at St. Leonard's, for the
sake of sea-bathing and excellent house-room,
rur'b id ,
try the effect of the vaunted steel-water of '_ r 'Tunbridge,
and proceeded thither in a posting-carriage, be would find
that a sum of money sufficient to have enabled him to con-
tinuo where he was ,a
fortnight longer would pass from his
pocket into those of three postmasters and posthoys, and
not fewer than twelve turnpike men, upon his line of dis-
tance, nominally of thirty, but in reality only of twenty-
seven and a half miles. This is only one of the many ex-
amples of this class I could cite from experience.— Gran-
ville's Spas cl England.
KING OF TILE BELGIANS.—DOVER, FEB.
23.—Last night, at nine o'clock the King of the Belgians
before eleven o'clock this morning arrived. At a little
his Majesty embarked fur Calais, on board the Widgeon,
Commander Hamilton, attended by Commander Smithey,
1 and proceeded to his destination,

UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, LONDON

Yesterday a meeting of the Proprietors of this Institu-
tion was held in tl:e Tbc Are of the University, to receive
the Rep' rt of the Council, and to elect a President, Vice-
President, Treasurer, six members of the Council, and
one Auditor. Ia consequence of the notoriety which Mr.
Tooke lately gairei in a correspondence relative to the
borough of Finsbury, the attendance of Shareholders was
unusually numerous. In the absence of Lord Brougham,
President, who was to have presided, El. Warburton,
Esq., M. P., was oaVed to the Chair.
A very long and angry discussion ensued upon the ap-
pointment of Ecratincers, which was of no public importance
beyond that of exhibiting strong dissatisfaction on the part
cf the Shareholders as to_ the way in which the officers
of tho Collpga were nominated. Colonel Leicester Stan-
hope, M. P., J. T. Leader, M. P., Mr. flume, M. P.,
Mr. Rainsford, and Mr. J. L. Robinson, took a part in the
discussion, which terminated in the appointment of Major
Naylor, and Messrs. Leader, Browne, and Copo as
scrutineers. _ _

~„.
The Report having been read and adopted, the ballot
fa the officers was returned, when the following were an-
nounced:—Lord Brougham, President; Duke of Somer-
set, Vice-President. For Treasurer, Mr. Tooke, 91 votes;
Mr. Taylor, 89 votes. Mr. Tooke was thercfo; e declared
the successful candidate

Messrs. Wood, Easthopc, Tincombe, jun. and other
gentlemen addressed the meeting in reference to the ap-
pointment cf Treasurer. The addresses of the several
speakers alluded to the late charges preferred ageinst
Mr. Tooke, of which the public hive already heard so
much.

Thinks Laving been voted to the Chairman, the meet-
ing te?arated.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

ROUSE OF COMMONS, Fin. 24.
The SPEAKER took the Chair at five minutes before
Four o'Clock. _ _

Mr. GEORGE EVANS presented a number of
petitions from Stillorgan, Butterstown, and other places
in the county of Dublin, in favour of Lord Morpeth's
and against Lord Stanley's Registration Bill for Ireland.
An How. MEMBER presented a petition from the
King's County in favour of Lord Stanley's Bill.
Lord GEORGE BENTINCK presented several
petitions against the new Poor-law Bill.
Colonel RAWDON presented petitions from Mo-
naghan in favour of Lord Morpeth's Bill.
Lord WORSLEY presented petitions from places
In Lincoln, against the new Poor-law Bill.
Mr. ELLIOT presented petitions from kdburgh
and other places in Roxburghshire, praying for the abo-
lition of patronage in the Church of Scotland.
IRISH REGISTRATION.
Mr. CORBALLY presented several petitions from
places in Meath in favour of the Government measure
for the Registration of Voters in Ireland, and against

the Bill of Lord Stanley.
Major BRYAN presented a petition from a place in
Kilkenny to the same effect.
Dr. STOCK presented a similar petition from the
city of Cashel.
Mr. REDINGTON presented similar petitions
from two places in Galway.
Sir W. SOMERVILLE presented a similar peti-
tion from a parish in Drogheda.
Lord BRABAZON presentd a similar petition
from a parish in Dublin.
Mr. V. STUART presented a similar petition
from Waterford. _

Mr. SOMERS presented similar petitions from two
parishes in Sligo.
Mr. GRANTLEY BERKELEY presented a pe-
tition from the members and friends of the Society of
Universal Rational Religionists, formerly called So-
cinlists, in Cheltenham, praying for an inquiry into
their doctrines, and for a remedy for the grievances and
discontent which prevailed is the country.
Major MACNAMARA preFeated a petition from
the Board of Guardians in Ernie, praying that the
number of the Assistant Poor-law Commissioners
might be reduced.
Mr. M. PHILLIPS presented a petition from the
Leeds and Manchester Railway Company, praying fur
the reduction of the tolls upon passengers on railways.
The O'CONNOR DON presented petitions from
Roscommon in favour of Lord Morpcth's Bill for the
Registration of Voters in Ireland.
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL presented a peti-
tion from Edinburgh, signed by 25,003 persons, pray-
ing for the abolition of Church patronage in Scot-
land. The Honourable and Learned Member pre-
sented a petition from a person named Hugh Frase-,
a tailor in Glasgow, praying for Universal Suffrage.
Lord AC El ES 0 N presented petitions from Armagh
in favour of Lord Morpeth's Bill for the Registra.ion
of Voters in Ireland, and against the 81l introduced
by the Noth., Lord, the Member for North Lancashire.
Mr. It. STEUART presented a petition from Had-
dington against Church Patronage in Scotland.
Mr. 0 CONNELL presented 94 petitions from va-
rious parts of Ireland in favour of Lord Morpcth's
Bill for the Registration of Voters in Ireland, and against
the is.troduzed by the Noble Lord the Member
I for North Lancashire.

Mr. BELLEW presstolel 14 petifons to the same
effe;:t from places is Louth and Down.
Mr. PAKINGTON presented a petition from the
Binningtam Canal Company against the Stamford and

Rugby Railway Company.
Mr. M. J. O'CONNELL presented several peti-
tions from places in the couay of Kerry against Lord
Stanley's B-11, and in favour of Lord Morpcth'e.
Lord CLEMENTS presented several retitions from
places in the county of Leitrim against Lord Stanley's
Bill, and in favour of Lord Morpeth's.
Mr. F. MAULE presented petitions from Dundee,
Erskine, and various other places, praying for the abo-
lition of p4tronage in Scotland.