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Tag STN, LONDON-, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1840.

mon to mental as well as manual employment." But but some concession of no importance having been
I
that subdivision is indispensable to enable each in- made him, with a view to gain time, he thought
dividual to comprehend any given subject, and the proper to revoke the notice of blockade on the 17th.
more science is cultivated and extended the more We very much disapprove of these half measures
imperatively individuals are confined in their on the part of the Representatives of our Govert:-
studies to one particular subject, and the rent in the Chinese waters. Such a petty system
more difficult, not to say impossible, does of vindicating the national honour iv alien to the
it become for any individual to embrace in habits and unworthy of the greatness of England.
his contemplation the complicated structure of Since the arrival of Superintendent ELLIOT ill
society. Moreover, as individuals become more Canton, there has been nothing on our part but a
strictly limited, by the division of labour and the series of the most ridiculous and dangerous
increase of knowledge, to study only portions of it, blunders that ever were perpetrated. On the
society itself grows, augments, aggrandizes, and 2d of September the High Commissioner
becomes complex. On the one hand, therefore, LIN published two Decrees, the first commanding
the imperative limitation of the mind to some the Chinese neither to traffic with the English nor
small part, and, on the other, an extension of the , to allow them to land on any part of the coast to
mass, tend to explain the rareness, not to say ' obtain supplies of food or water. The inhabitants
non-existence, of that comprehensive genius are ordered to arm themselves and to kill such of
which embraces the mighty whole. The the " red-bristled barbarians" as dare to disobey'
facts cannot be denied ; the lesson they the Impel ial Edict. The next threatens with in-
inculcate is the very reverse of the practice of scant death all pilots who shall dare to conduct
the numerous schemers we have referred to, English vessels tosrards Canton, or to any harbour
each of whom has a conviction, strong in propor- on the Chinese coast. A great number of
i tion to his profound ignorance of the major parts of fire junks have been got in readiness to
1 society, that his own nostrum will bring about that burn all British ships found in the Chinese waters.
' wonderful improvement which all equally pant for. In the Canton Free Press of the 14th September,
Nor can we for one moment relieve from this we find an account of the burning of the Spanish
censure those Statesmen and those Churchmen brig Bilbraina, anchored in the Typha in ballast,
who conclude at once that an extension of their which the Chinese mistook for an English vessel.
own peculiar arts or nostrums will restore the They first attempted to burn the vessel and her
harmonious balance of parties, sects, and crew together, but not succeeding, they boarded her,
classes in the State. More police and more compelled several of the hands to leap overboard,
Church, on which they rely, may augra- where they perished, and led the Commander ashore
vale, but will not cure our social evils. In with a chain round his neck. Having ransacked the
the debate on Friday week Lord MELBOURNE vessel, they set her on fire, and she was to-
made a remark, from which may be elicited an im tally consumed. Having afterwards learned
portant conclusion on this subject. He said he that the crew were Spaniards, they sent them to
thought it " questionable whether the public would Macao ; but the account does not state ishat be-
bear much longer the misrepresentations and false- came of the unfortunate Commander. We trust
hoods of the press—its not saying one word of that by this time the British ships of war, which
truth, and its perversion of every fact and every sailed from Bombay have arrived at Hong-Kong, and
reascning." We understood his Lordship to that the authority of Superintendent ELLIOT has
imply that the public mind could not bear any con- been superseded in the waters of China. 'We cannot
tinned application of falsehood, without becoming doubt but that our Government is resolved, now
seriously diseased. Now, it is not for us to say the that hostilities have commenced, nobly to vindicate
doctrines of the Church of England are false, but the national honour, and extend the fame of our
we say that they are embraced by a very small por- power throughout the East.
tion of the human race, and though offered with
many advantages to other persons, such as the Dis-
senters, the Scotch, and the Irish, have not been re-
ceived mid adopted as truths. At the same time
the truths of science or art, discovered in either
England, Scotland, or Ireland, without any facti.
tious recommendation of the State, have speedily
diffused themselves over the land, and have become
common property. The presumption, therefore, is
that the doctrines of the Church of England are
not welcome truths to mankind ; at the same time
a large part of the national resources, say on the
whole 5,000,0001. per year, are devoted to bribing
men into professing and teaching those doctrines
whether true or not. Now, the consequence of this
is that those doctrines never are diligently, fear-
lessly, and impartially inquired into ; and it is
highly probable that the whole of this sum is given
to maintain the ascendancy of error which Lord
MELBOURNE justly held to be so pernicious to
society.

Letters and papers from Madrid of the 25th ult., and
from Mas de las Matas, ESPARTERO'S head-vartens, of
the same date, base reached us. The accomiti ffom
Madrid arc unimporc,n% save that the t.rrisai of the
French financier, M. OuvnAim, in that capita:l l.as
caused a great stir among the money' jobbers. Nor is
the news from ESPARTERO'S head-quarters of much in-
terest. On the night of the 24th twenty-three Chris-
tino prisoners confined in Cantavi,ja were led out of
their dungeon, for the purpose, as their conductors in-
formed them, of being exchanged fur some Carlist
soldiers. When led about midway between Cantavieja
and Mas de las Mats, a murderous fire was opened
upon them by the Carlists, and eighteen of the unfortu-
nate wretches killed on the spot. The rest escaped by
suddenly leaping down a precipice, one of them in the
very act receiving a shot in the arm. The next morn-
ing the Christincs found the eighteen bodes in the road.
And yet the murderers of these men find advocates in
the British Parliament !

The Paris Journals of Friday and Saturday have all
been received. Oa Friday the Court of Peers pro-
nounced sentence on the second batch of the prisoners
of the 12th of May. They were in all thirty-one, of
whom twenty-nine have been found guilty. The names
of the two acquitted are MOULINES and IluAar ; M.
BLANclut only was condemned to death, but his brother
who is a Member of the Institute, and his wife waited
on the KING on Friday night, and obtained from his
MAJESTY an assurance that his life would be spared.
The sentences pronounced by the Court upon the other
prisoners are as follows :—QUIGNOT and ELIE to fifteen
years' confinement, and to be under police surveillance
for life ; BONNEFONDS, HENDRICK, DUBORDIEU, HER-
LULET, VALLIERE, arid GODARD, ten years' imprison-
ment, and police surveillance for life ; ESPINASSE and
DUGROSPRE, seven years' confinement, and police sur-
veillence for life ; CHARLES, PIEFORT, FOCILLON,
LOMBARD, SIMON, HUBERT, PETREMANN, EVANNO,
DUPONG, DRUM, GERARD, BOUVRAUD, and BUISSON,
five years' imprisonment, and police surveillance for
life ; BEASSE, BORDON, and LEHERICV, five years' im-
prisonment, and five years'police surveillance ; QuAnnE
and PATISSIER, three years' imprisonment, and five
years' police surveillance.
The news of the reduction by Parliament of the
sum of 50,0001. proposed to be, granted to Prince
ALBERT has created a great aenbatiun in Paris. It
• was supposed that it would encourage the Chamber of
Deputies to reduce the 'appanage proposed to be
granted to the Du!to de NEMOURS.
The Buonapartist conspiracy turns out to have been
a mere concoction of M. CROUP CHANNELL, for the
dishonourable purpose of obtaining money from Prince
LOUIS NAPOLEON BUONAPARTE.

When we find Church extension, then, so strenu-
ously and earnestly recommended as a specific by
those who have got Church doctrines to sell, and
are as anxious to find markets for their wares as the
cotton or woollen manufacturer, we must consider
not merely what the more Church would do, but
what the Church we already have has done. For
ages it has enjoyed undisturbed—and almost unva-
ried by the failure of the seasons or the changes
in trade, which have ground to the dust generation
after generation of industrious agriculturist and
manufacturers—a large portion of the national reve-
nue ; and what is the result ? What has the
Church done for the people ? It has enriched
the parsons ; it has amply provided for the sons
and daughters, nephews and nieces of Bishops ; it
has left the souls of the poor cramped with igno-
rance and tainted with moral debasement, while it
has pinched and starved their bodies. The Church
has obstructed the growth of knowledge. It has
in later times promoted no useful art and encou-
raged no science. Let the country then inquire
whether, if the 5,000,0001. now given to the Church
be devoted to the maintenance of error, it be not
adequate to account for many of the evils and many
of the strange doctrines which overrun society.

In our paper of this day, will be found the Re-
' port of a meeting of the Common-road Steam-
Conveyance Company ; which, although ostensibly
convivial, appears to possess considerable interest,
and to be of more than ordinary importance. It
can scarcely be doubted, indeed it was fully proved
before a Committee of the House of Commons
in 1831, and distinctly affirmed by that Committee,
in their Report to the House, that steam-carriages
on common roads were practicable, and that they
would afford the only means of saving the ex-
isting highways from ruin, and of upholding
the internal traffic of the country against
railway monopoly. Although it is insisted that
the steam-carriage, which this Company has
adopted, is the best ever yet constructed, we
do not vouch for that fact, whilst we recommend,
to the attention of all persons connected with the
decaying interests of the public roads, the evidence
which is adduced to prove that this particular car-
riage has succeeded. Mr. MACKINNON, who was
Ciairman of the Committee of the House of Com-
mons, appointed in the course of last Session to in-
quire into the state of the Turnpike Trusts through-
out the kingdom, and especially upon those lines of
road which had already suffered from the competi-
tion of railways, stated in that Committee that the
evidence which had been there given respecting the
efficiency of Colonel MACERONI'S steam carriage
was " satisfactory and conclusive, and he was glad
that evidence had been received, as it pointed to a
means, whereby the various interests connected
with the public roads of the country, could be pre-
served from the ruin with which they were
threatened."

M. THIERS has been appointed President of the
Bank Committee. Against the present management
of this establishment, the complaints are very numerous.
It is computed that the limitation of its operations
causes sixty millions of francs in its coffers to remain
unemployed ; and among the. middle class of merchants
complaints are made that it refuses to discount their
bills, or otherwise to afford them the slightest assistance
in their difficulties. The want of branch discount
banks is mentioned as a serious inconvenience to pro-
vincial traders and manufacturers.

Letters from Cracow state that most important events
have taken place in Russia. No particulars have yet
reoehed us.

TO following projects,ol laws wore pi—genie(' to the
Ciiuni'o,2r of a_vities on Sat arch.), :-1. A hill demand-
ing a credit of 8;100,0001., for the sob,ititution of per-
cussion socks for flints in the muskets of the infantry ;
2d, a project of kw for the reorganization of the
Council of State ; and, 3dly, another authorizing the
levy of 80000 recruits of the class of 1839.
Tne remainder of the Sitting was occupied with the
presentation of petitions of no general interest.
B 0 UR E.--Pmas, SATURDAY, FEB. 1.

I irst

Highest ' Lowest

Price Price. Price Price
rench 5 per ('ents ll2 25 ... 112 50 ... 112 29 ... 1 2 20
4 per Cents lO4 . ,(4 10t . 104
3 per Cents BO 95 . 31 5 80 95 ... 81 S
Bank of trance 3147 50 ...0147 50 ...3147 LU —3147 50
Latlitte Bank I,ooof. Sh loio ...IWO ....lOW ...1.50

551001. Sli 51;5 ...5175 ...5171 ...5170
Belgian 5 per Cents 10214 ... 1021 ... 102% ... 1021
Bank 925 ... 925 ... 02? 50 ... 922 50
United States Bank Loan 01414 ... 93% ... 1-184 ... 9.SM,
Spaimh Active
Passive 6 ••• 6% ... 6:6 —6%
Neapolitan
Ronian lo2li ... 103 ...102X, ... IC23q
RAH-WAN SHARES.

Versailles. R. B 493 ... 493 ... 4)5 ... 493
L.B. 350 ... 353 25 ... 551 ... 553 25
Orleans . . 438 75 ... 458 75 ... 459 75 ... 458 73
Mu:ham:gen to Thann..
Strasburg to Bale ... 338 75 ... 345 ... 233 75 ... 342 50

We have long advocated the establishment of rail-
roads—we admire the wonders which they have ac-
complished; but we shall rejoice in the establishment
of another mode of internal steam communication, by
which our 35,000 miles of road, the finest in the world
—cur magnificent inns, and now perishing towns, may
be preserved from utter ruin. It should be borne
in mind that the bankruptcy of innkeepers and post-
masters, the desertion of the country towns, and
the beggary of those thousands of widows and or-
phans, whose whole property is invested in turn-
pike trusts, are not the only evils which the destruc-
tion of the public roads must immediately involve.
The whole internal communication of the country is
rapidly engrossed by a monopoly of unparalleled
power and wealth, which is invested with privi-
leges such as never before were granted by any
Government or Legislature to a private corporation.
Canal companies are not allowed to be carriers on
their own waters—a prohibition wisely enacted
to preserve the freedom of internal traffic. But
the Railway companies are fast acquiring a
monopoly of the whole carrying trade in those
districts through which they run.
Besides, if the existing lines of common road be
destroyed, the capital already sunk in them
will not be the only loss. We must have
somewhere, some kind of road of equivalent
length, and belonging to the public. The creation
of such road, in the direction into which the rail-
ways may turn the traffic, is indispensible. It is
impossible that all internal communication can be
carried on upon one level. The produce of the
country, manufacturing and affricultural, is
raised at different levels ; and the came amount of
labour, animal or mechanical, that is now em-
ployed in its transit, must still
be
some shape or other to raise it, or earryemitpdlooywed in
down, to
the level of the railroad.

ASP H A LTES AND 111 l'U NIENS:

iarn (Maberly',)

... 433 ... 4:13 ... 435

LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.)

DEAL, Fr.n. 2.—Wind W.S.W., moderate.—Arrived the
Larkins, from India; King Alfred, Azores.
CLynE, Jaw. 31.—Arrived the Clyde, Nicholson, from St.
John's, New Brunswick. Sailed the Monarch, Booth, for
Bombay; Sarah and Maria, Morrison, Barbadoes ; Aqueda,
M' Queen, Trinidad ; Paragon, Hardie, ditto; Mary, Crays,
Berbice; Cedeth, Ilancon, St. Thomas; Argylshire, Scott,
Savannah; Balclutha, Gregson, Trinidad; Gleaner, Gall,
Charleston; British Heroine, Carmichael, New Orleans;
Arra Malta, Bancerman, St. John's, New Brunswick ; Hebe,
Duncan, Newfoundland.
LEITH, JAN. 31.—Arrived the Forth, Baxter, frcm Cal-
cutta ; Camilla, Millman, Faro.

LivEitrooL, FEB. 2.—Wind S.W., fresh breezes.—Arriled
the Formosa, Adams, from Batavia • Jenny Jones, Mediter-
ranean. Off port, the Stephen Whitney, from New York—
sailed 13th ult. Sailed the Thalia, Ardham, for Calcutta;
Arica, Agar, Singapore; Mary Heartley, Webb, Calcutta;
Airey, Nicholson, Rio Janeiro; Anne Windsor, Monte Video;
Maria Smith, Henry Bliss, Smith, London, Patten, Wood-
stock, Simpson, and Byron, Pennington, St. Petersburg ;
Trask, Token, Chalmers, Sampson, and Minerva, Matthews,
New Orleans; Sheffield, Allen, and Independence, Worth-
man, New York ; Columbia, Margaret, Magester, Aber..
crombie, Hanibal, Nicholas Biddle, for Mobile. Entered,
the Liverpool, Waldemar, and Commando, from Charleston ;
America, Thistle, Ruby, and Mary Ann, Hatton' Savarnah;
Ocean Queen and Capricorn, Jamaica ; Diana and Palmyra,
Demerara ; Ilannah and Patriot Queen, Sarah, Berbice ;
Mersey, St, John's, New Brunswick ; Tomlinson, (steamer) of
Mexico; Carline Bahia; Lady Kinnaird, Rio Janeiro ; Ingle-
wood, Huddersfield, and Hankinson, Africa ; Newbury, Alaris,
Geneva; Lesboneuse do Seedoz, Oporto.

The Great Western was taken out of dock, at
Bristol, on Thursday morning, and passed into the outer or
Cumberland Basin, which she is intended to quit on the sth
for her moorings in the river, and to proceed thence on her
first voyage, as advertised en the 20th February. We have
heard that Mr. Bates, of the important firm of Baring, Bro-
thers, and Co., has determined to go to America in the Great
Western in May, which is a mark of the great confidence of
that firm in this noble vessel.
VIENNA, JAN. 22.--Prince Paul Esterhazy
will soon return to London to be present at the marriage of
Queen Victoria.
ODESSA, JAN. 12.--Admiral LazarotT hbs sud-
denly received orders to proceed to Constantinople. Reports
have been spread that Ibrahim means to advance at the com-
mencement of better weather, and it is affirmed that Russian
aid has become absolutely necessary in Asia Minor, in order
to keep the Viceroy of Egypt in check. The Northern Star
steam-boat is ordered to Constantinople to be at the disposal of
the Russian Ambassador. If the North Star has not been de-
tained by the ice it must be now on its way to Constantinople.
The Countess of Euston, and Lady Louisa
Fitzroy, have arrived in town from Castle Ashby, Northamp-
tonshire, where her Ladyship and daughter have been staying
several days with the Marquis of Northampton and Lady
Marianne Compton.
Baron Bourqucney, the French Charge d'Af-
faires, arrived at Manchester House, from Paris, with de-
spatches for Count Sebastiani.
The Earl and Countess of Jersey, and Lady
Sarah Villiers, have returned to Middleton Park, from a visit
to the Duke and Duchess of 13uckingharn.
Lo rlasd
t,Dfrto
eimnally arrived
eamingon Spa,at Nia
where
l vr
Le s
aayl
DR:it:l on Sa-
turday
11i
y".ow
staying.

The general and successful adoption of steam
conveyance, according to the project of the Com-
pany referred to, wiil not only put a wholesome and
much wanted check upon the monopoly of the
Railway companies, but it will preserve to the
public the roads which are public property, and fur
which, if they should be shut up, as now threat-
ened, other public roads, at a cost equal to the capi-
tal already sunk in them, must be substituted.

Advices direct from Canton to the 25th of Sep-
tember, reached London on Saturday. The rup-
ture between the British and Chinese Government
was then wider than ever. Not only were the
British Residents and ships at the island of Hong-
Kong, denied all supplies of food and water by
order of the Governor, but he had proceeded so far
as to seta price oil the heads of Superintendent
ELLIOT and Captain SMITH, Commander of the
Volage. Captain SMITH, in his turn, declared
Canton to be blockaded on the 11th of September,

DR. TURNBULL'S WONDERFUL

DISCOVERY.

There is no saving more true than that a pro-
phet has no honour in his own country. We have
repeatedly heard of great discoveries, and wonderful
achievements in art or science, and the frequency
of such apparent miracles has no doubt blunted
the sense of curiosity. The more beautiful or
excellent the discovery, is generally in proportion
to its simplicity—and every one who recognises
the fitness of the invention wonders that from
its very simplicity he had not himself had the
good fortune to make it. In fact the cbvious
utility of any improvement is one great cause of its
being undervalued, simply because other people
had not been clever or lucky enough to be the
authors of what all allow to be a happy achieve-
ment. On this principle we suppose it is that we,
among other envious people in the world, disbe-
lieved the reports so current about Dr. TURNBULL'S
extraordinary cure of deafness, and the resto-
ration of sight, when the infirmity of nature
had threatened the unhappy patient with total
blindness. Seeing, they say, is believing ; and
after many sage doubts and hesitations we went to
Russell-square in the true spirit of scepticism, and
left it—converted. The very simplicity of Dr.
TURNBULL'S operations, and the sudden success
of his art, appear to detract from his ability ; but a
moment's reflection fills the mind with astonishment,
and tears of gratitude bespeak his praise.

Nature often performs her greatest works by the
simplest means. There appears no great magic
in Dr. TURNBULL'S performance, because it is
so very simple. But pause—and judge of the
glorious result ! In a few minutes he makes
the DEAF to hear and the dumb to speak. He
opens those passages which Nature had hitlitrto
sealed with the impress of eternal silence, and
pours the light of day and of joy on•the benighted
spirit of the unfui tunate ! If this be not miraculous
in cur day, as it was in the olden time, we ask,
what is?

withdrew--and in about three minutes the mute 1
eloquence of the girl's eyes was brightened and
electrified by the charm of speech. Her very face
was quickened into • expressive being; and when
her mother returned and heard, for the first time,
the accents of her wondering and delighted child,
tears of coy and fearful doubt betokened the emotion
that struggled in her bosom. Nature will always
be true to herself, and the feeling which melted the
mother's heart drew tears of sympathy from the spec-
tators. But we have said enough, perhaps too much.
It was only our intention at first to have directed
the reader's mind to the tributes of praise, accorded
by our Contemporaries, to the merits of one who
has deserved so well of his country as a public
benefactor; but our enthusiasm has, so far, outrun
our prudence. On leaving Dr. TURNBULL we were
strongly reminded of the following beautiful lines of
the poet :
lie from thick films shall purge the visual ray,
And on the sightless ey-c-ball pour the day ;
'Tis he the obstructed piths of sound shall clear,
And bid new music charm the unfolding ear :
The dumb- shall sing, the lame his crutch forego,
And leap exulting, like the bounding roe.

THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY )

CORN EXCHANGE.

The Arrivals of Grain and Flour last week were] moderate,
and there has been a small fresh supply of Wheat and Oats,
but tolerably good of Barley, Beans and Peas. The best dry
samples of Wheat were selected by the Millers at ls. per qr.
advance on last Monday's terms, and the runs being all tender,
sold slowly at their former value. Barley, except very fine,
heavy in sale, and ls. per qr. cheaper. Beans and Boiling
Peas as last stated. Grey Peas Is. dearer. Oats met a fair
trade, at a trifling advance for Good Horse Corn. The Flour
trade heavy, at last quotations.

rlt ICES ON BOARD OF SIIP

Wheat, Red (old) 72s
-White (old) (ss:..
- Red 116:39)
-- Fine 625. 6.is.
Superfine CS.-;. .
to (W 9, (14s
------ Fine ti6:s-. 7tl,
-- Superfine 72s 755.
----foreign free 60i 52,5.
Rye- 4E4 465.
Barley 30s al,
- Grinding 30s, Nis.
-- Malting 98s.
Malt 565, €ss.
Fine tiew 6,15. 14s.
Pease, Grey, New 365. L3s.
-- Maple New 'Bs. 41s.
...-- White 18s. 40s.
- Boilers 405.42
ARRIVALS OF GRAIN IN LO
w heat. ft
English
Irish
Foreign

The number of people born deaf and dumb is
about ten thousand annually. What a mass of
helplessness and misery is thus thrown on secieq
Every crow thinks its own offspring the fairest,
and affection clings more intensely to the unfortunate
than to those who are able to take care of themselves.
This being the hue conservative principle in Nature,
how much more is the world indebted to Dr. TURN-
BULL for having touched the heart by ministering
to its weakness—by converting its deepest solicittrie
into a source of joy and gratulation—by enabling
.1 the tongue of affection to lisp in thankfulness the
tones of gratitude, which were formerly locked up
in secret, and only revealed by the tear of emotion
or the glance of ectacy
• That man is the greatest benefactor of his species
who does the greatest good. Heroes and warriors
achieve a name by the destruction of their fellow
men, but small is the meed of praise awarded to
him who does good by stealth, and blushes at his
own charity. Truth is said to lie at the bottom of
a well, and the deeper that well is the difficulty
greater to attain the end desired. How many men
have failed in their search after truth, or what they'
believed to be truth--the attainment of some long-
cherished idolatry—the more tantalising, because
temptingly within the grasp, but without the reach
of reality !

Beans, Small (new)....., 44s its
---- (old)
Tick (t)ew) 36. 38
.---- (old)
Harrow (new) 284.408
(old) 445.463.
Brunk
Oats, Feed
---- New 03,,.27s
Poland
-- New •)65.285.
-- Potato° 29..325.
..----. 2Bs. 325,
--- Scorn
-- Irish 255.27r„
Flour Town Mier sack).— 588.62 t.
Seconds 548.56 s
- IsT.rth Country 50s 52,,
Bran l2 .13
)NDON DURING LAST WEKN.
r r
,i4l) qrs. t,256 qrs. 6,111 sacks
1".:0 4,5.6 I
2,541

The greatest improvements beCome stale by fa-
miliarity with their obvious utility. The very
cthe
omm-places
indleorna-
tpal a enesf
by
-gone
agpesre:sae nntd
that(.lay mwae:tie
who
wastes a life of toil and anxiety in the endeavour
to make his fellow-men happier is only laughed at
for his pains, because his aim was universal—it
concerned no one in particular, and he had the
sympathy only of those who had failed before him !
Such is human gratitude.
It is said that the greatest discoveries have been
the result of chance, and therefore is the merit
abated. But who knows what days of labour and
nights of watchfulness have been consumed in the
ardent search after truth, or its equivalent—some-
thing never discovered before ? A man in search of
truth, or some object dear to his soul, may travel far
and long before he finds it ; he may evtii despair of
his aim, when at the moment he lies down to rest, in
the hopelessness of his pursuit, the very spot on
which he slumbers may contain—

SMITHFIELD.

We have a good supply and a i.risk trade. Prices cannot be
quoted higher than on last week. Beef, 3r. 4d. to 4s. 10d. ;
Mutton, 4s. 2d. to ss. ; Veal, ss. to Gs. ; Pork, 4s. to ss.
Beasts, 3,710 ; Sheep, 20,410 ; Pigs, 406 ; Calves, 96.

CRIMINAL COURi.-(THIS DAY.)

" The darling toy so dearly sought"—
and thus reward a life of anxiety by the spontaneous
bounty of Providence ! It is thus, we apprehend,
with Dr. TURNBULL. He has culled simples
unto the very verge of desperation, and found no
fruit ; but at the twelfth hour the sunshine dawned
upon his soul, and he shook hands with Nature
in the mystery of her doings. The dumb were en-
abled to speak, the deaf to hear, and the blind to
see—what more could the heart of man wish for
than the achievement of this great attribute of the
D,vinity I And yet there appears no great merit
in it. Its very simplicity detracts from its worth.
The envy of the world will only accord merit to
those who have it in their power to bestow favours.
If a man hit on some great discovery or useful in-
vention—and he be poor, he is termed lucky—if
tich, ingenious. Men cannot tolerate in others,
that which they ought to have compassed them-
selves—and hence the malice and uncharitableness
of the world. Self is at the bottom cf all our tno•
tivcs—it is the mainspring of our actions, and
takes its hue, for good or evil, as we are so minded.

The fourth Session of the Central Criminal Court corn-
menced this day before the Sight lion. the Lord Mayor,
the Recorder, and Mr. Alderman Lainson. The seats on
the bench, usually appropriated to the Sheriffs, were occu-
pied by the Under Sheriffs.

ThE; RECORDER briefly addressed the Grand Jury, when
the trials commenced, but none of them possessed any
public interest,

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS.

CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK.
LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, SATURDAY.—The sales
this day mount to 3,000 bags, at yesterday's prices.
The New York packet ship of the 13th ult., is off Li-
verpool, ( Stephen Whitney, new ship.)

We have received Cape of Good Hope papers to the Sth
of December; they contain no news.
We have received Rio Janeiro papers to the 24th No-
vember. Exchange on London reached to 32, fell to 31/
78,1- 79
We have received the Journal of Antwerp, of yester-
day'a date.

But our purpose is not to moralize. We shall
be brief. We have witnessed the extraordinary
cures effected by Dr. TURNBULL, both in hearing
and vision. If any doubt, we say—go--and believe.
People from all quarters of the globe have re-
cently sought the soothing balm of Dr. TURN..
BULL'S cure, and came away rejoicing. Members
of Parliament and Lords of the land have vi-
sited Russell-square in doubt, and retired in belief
and wonderment. Nav, it is only a few days
ago that a Member of Parliament, representing
one of the Staffordshire boroughs, brought up
what he termed a real deaf and dumb per-
son, possibly one of his constituents, and was
almost horrified at hearing his dumb companion
talk out, in obstreporous ejaculations, in three mi-
nutes after Dr. Tursinut.r. touched him with his
magic art. All this we know may appear very
idle to those who are constantly hearing of mi-
racles and cures perpetrated by quack doctors—but
we protest our honest conviction it, what we have
seen ; and, moreover, we stake our character on
the truth of what we assert.
In corroboration of our own belief we have in-
serted in another part of The Sun,
extracts from
various papers and periodicals which were more for-
tunate than ourselves in having earlier opportu-
nities of witnessing the happy efforts of Dr. TURN-
BULL in relieving the deaf and restoring the light
of day to those who wandered in darkness. It was
but the other day that we witnessed what we under-
stand is but a matter of ordinary occurrence. An
interesting young girl of 18 was brought by her
mother, who stated that her daughter was born
deaf and dumb, and had so continued to that pe-
riod. The mother had heard of Dr. TURNBULL'S
celebrity ; and, by the way, his fame is second only
to his charity, for he daily
dispenses relief to hun-
dreds of the poor gratuitously. We shall never
forget the circumstance. The young girl, who
was exceedingly interestinLY,
was brought into the
room—her case described by the mother, who then

Accounts from Berlin, of the 24th January, received
from Cracow, state as positive that Russia is making extra-
ordinary armaments.

The usual foreign mails have arrived, but they do not
bring any Continental news of importance. A Lisbon
mail has also arrived.

Both the British and Foreign Markets a: e rather hew:),
this triornipg.

The accounts brought by the Liston mail, of the 27th
Jai.uary, state that the Committee for drawing up the re-
ply to the Queen's speech, pr seated two repons to the
Chamber of Deputies.
On Saturday, 25th ult., the first was the echo of the
Royal Speech, the latter was more strongly worded in re-
spect to maintaining the dignity of the country on the
question at issue with our .iovcroment, talking of exact-
ing full and complete satisfaction for the insults offered to
their flag.
Tho most important project in the Chamber was for
making the arrangement with respect to the current debt.
It was proposed togive Bonds without interest for all sums
due here for pensions, &c., for the last three years, and
to appropriate forty contos a month from the tobacco or
other revenue to pay them up, the redemption being effected
by way of lottery, the Government to commence payment
in cash to its employers, &c., from March noxt ; this
measure was very unpopular among the money dealers,
and it was not thought likely to pass ; it was referred to
the Financial Committee.