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London, England, 1841-09-04

F v ;INT
G SUN

left among the lonian Isles. Thy Lord high •Commis-
slfner hart gone on a tour of inspection of the different
islands,- and was not expected to return to Gnrfu for
several weeks.

BEYROUT,JULY 24.—There are at pre sent in the
roads here the Powerful and Cambridge, sl,•ips-of-the-
line ; the Inconstant frigate ; the Wasp brig - with the
French ships Creole and Bougainville, and tile Xnglish
stetunems Phoenix and Stromboli.
London, England, 1841-09-04

THE PUNJAUB.

The following important information othy, we be-
lieve, be confidently relied on ; it N tommunicated in
a letter, dated Lahore, the Btit of June, and is to the
effect, that the British Government have called upon
Shere Singh for a force of 10,000 men, with all tvd6ettitt'iy
supplies for service in the ensuing raid SeQson. It
is conjectured that the object of MN Utraordinary re-
quisitron is to test the fidelity of our Sikh allies 'who,
by the treaty entered into with Runjeet Sin b
previous to the restoration of Schah Sockjah, kAAN
to assist us with a body of men,
.if new.lerAtry tb tie tull
completion of that political moves Olt the other hand,
it is said that these troops are required for bona fide ser-
vice, and are to ferns part of a force to be sent against
Herat in the ensuing !sold season. This is perh*
most probable conjecture, for the Governek--tielleralss
politics are too stately for such a triek of state as testing
the fidelity of the Sikhs would be. The open and direct
refusal of Shere Singh to comply with the requisition
may indeed be assumed, rand on the contingency, ot.
tensive measures shaped out, still though stow to ba.
lieve that the call for these troops is made with 0,
l'i
view to test the sincerity of the Sikh allianctsw oh,.
not, bring ourselves to look upon it as a Imo de call,
originating in a belief that 10,000 troops would
prove of any substantive assistatlte to us
in our operations
against Herat. For dm !;resent? and for
resent,
whatever work there to 'te done Tears to come,
in All hanistan must
be performed by British troops ; nett er Sikhs trot
A ffmhan d
from" ..es will effect anything, Our communichtiohs
". '
. Lahore likewise inform us that PUMA) Singh,
son of the Shere, had proteeded to Cashmere to instal a.
successor to the lately murdered governor of that pro-.
vince, The Prince's presence was necessary, as the
Sikh troops quartered in the Happy Valley had declared
their determination not to recognize any authority but
that of Shere Singh or his son.—Delii Gazette.
London, England, 1841-09-04

AISCELLANEOUS

4,818 .... Edin. and G 1 as. Un. Canalso/. sh. all pd 11
Ditto Allocated 064 sh. all pd 43
45A0( S per cent. Edinb. Joint Stack Water c 251. sh. an pd 3114
i,POOsh :5 per cent. Shotts Iror F0unnerv......50/ sh 18/ ti
(1.500 3 per teat. Edinburgh St Leith Glass.'2o4sh. 164 pd 31%
4,500 10 per cent. Edinburgh Coal (las ...... :2s4sh. 411 pd 4N%
4,450 10 per cent. Clasgow Gas '54 sh. ail pd 52
750 7* per cunt. Leith Coal (las ... . .20/.*h. all pd 20
1.154 ... ...... Edinburgh a nil Dalleithilailway 50/. th 30

CAUTION TO THE PUBLIC.—On Thursday af-
ternoon a quantity of Lucifer-matches, in boxes, exposed
for sale in the window of a tobacconist's shop, in "Upper
Thames-street, were ignited by the heat of the sun, and
exploded one after the other, setting fire to various arti-
cles in the window. The flames at one time presented a
rather alarming appearance, but were extinguished before
the fire extended farther than the shop-window by the
police and others who came to the spot. Lucifer-matches
and Congreve-lights ought not on any account to be de-
posited in a warm place or exposed to the heat of the sun.

THE MARKETS.-YESTERDAY.
CORN EXCHANGE.

The arrivals of English grain this week have bren mode-
rate, but of Foreign Whet considerable. The Wheat trade
was heavy and hardly supported Monday's prices. In Barley,
Beans, and Peas, no variation. Oats met a slow sale at last
quotations. Very little done in Flour. London Avertges
Wheat, 9,176 qrs. at 775. 4d. ; Barley, 2,433 qrs. at 43e. Id. ;
Beans, 1,340 qrs. at 445. Bd.; Peas, 571 qrs. at 48s. 10d.
London, England, 1841-01-07

NATIONAL _DEBT.

(From Tuesday's Gazette.)
The Lords Commissioners of her Majesty's Treasury
having certified to the Commissioners for the Reduction of
the National Debt, in pursuance of the Act 10,h Geo. I V.,
c. 27, s. I, that the actual expenditure (Attic United King-
dom of Great Britain and Ireland exceeded the actual re-
venue thereof, for the year ended the 10th day of October,
1840, by the sum of 1,55i0,6401. 10s. By.
The Commissioners for the Reduction of the National
Debt hereby give notice, that no sum will be applied by
them on account of the Sinking Fund, under the provi-
sions of the said Act, between the 7th day of January, 1841,
and the sth day of April, 1841.
S. HIGIIAM, Comptroller-General,
National Debt-office, Jau. 5,1841.
London, England, 1841-01-07

EVEN

NG EDITION

TO CORRESPONDENTS.

is we do not mean to publish the letter from Dover, we
16111 make no remarks on its contents, further than to
say that we cordially agree with the twenty gentlemen
of that place who declare that honesty is the best policy.
Our exertions are all directed to enforce that homely
but admirable precept in high quarters.
London, England, 1841-01-07

SURREY SESSIONS.

Yesterday Thomas Webb was indicted for feloniously
stealing a sum of 161. 10i., the property of William Eades
and others. There were other counts in the indictment
laying the money as the property of other individuals.
Mr. Chambers conducted the case for the prosecutions
Mr. Wallinger the defence.
It appeared from the evidence that a club was esta-
blished at East Hasley by a number of labourers and
others in the nature of a benefit society. The members
were to subscribe a certain sum monthly, and the accumn'
lated fund was to be divided every five years. The prisoner
Webb was appointed clerk in 1838, and he undertook le t
lodge the money subscribed in the Guildford Savings' Bank
every three months, or oftener if necessary, being paid
2s. 6d. for each journey. When the five years ending June,
1840, had expired, it was ascertained that there was n°
money belonging to the Club in the Savings' Bank,
having been withdrawn by Webb. With respect to the
sums laid in the indictment (161. 10s.) the Actuary at the
Savings Bank deposed that it had never been paid in .
at all.
Mr. Wallinger took an objection to the indictment that
it had not been laid to be the property of the trustees is
whose name the money wa; lodged in tho Savings Bank,
but the Court overruled the objection.
The jury found the prisoner Guilty, and Mr. Chambers
then said there were other indictments against the prisoner
for stealing other sums amounting in all to nearly 1501.
the property of the same Society, but he would not go on
with them.
The COURT after consulting together sentenced the
soner to seven years' transportation.
It was stated in the course of the trial that some wealthl
individuals in the neighbourhood had subscribed a sum is •
reimburse the poor men who had been defrauded.
The other cases tried were of no public interest.
London, England, 1841-01-07

JONES'S BIBLICAL CYC LOP/EDIA

In One very large Volume, Octavo, printed double columns,
price 16s. cloth boards,
THE BIBLICAL CYCLORLEDIA ; or
DICTIONARY of the HOLY SCRIPTURES.

By WILLIAM JONES, M.A.
A new Edition, carefully revised by the Author, with nume.
rous Additions and Improvements.
' London : Printed for Thomas Tegg, 73, Cheapside ; and
George Wigbtman, Paternoster-row.

SIR WALTER SCOTT'S HISTORY OF SCOTLAND.
SCHOOL EDITIO/4.
In Two thick Vels. bound, together or separately,
THE HISTORY OF SCOTLAND, from
the Earliest Period to the close of the Rebellion,
1745-46—contained in " Tales of a Grandfather," by SIR
WALTER SCOTT, Bart.
Robert Cadell, Edinburgh ; Whittaker and Co., London.
Of whom may he had :
I. LIFE OF SIR WALTER SCOTT by MR. LOCK-
HART. W Vols.
11. WAVERLEY NOVELS. 48 Vols.
111. SIR WALTER SCOTT'S POETRY. 12 Vols.
IV. PROSE WRITINGS. 28 Vols.
London, England, 1841-01-07

PUBLICATIONS.

MRS. BRAY'S NEW WORK.

On Thursday, January 14th, will be published, 3 vols, post Bvo.
THE 'MOUNTAINS AND LAKES OF
SWITZERLAND; with Descriptive Sketches of
other Parts of the Continent.

By M. BRAY,
Authoress of " Warleigh, or the Fatal Oak," " Trelawny
of Trelawne," " The Banks of Tamar and Tavy," &e., &c.
London : Longman, Orme, and Co.

Now ready, in One Vol., post Bvo.,
THE SECOND EDITION OF

COCHRANE'S MOREA.
To which is added
MEDITATIONS of OTHER DAYS.
London, England, 1841-01-07

BO URSE.—PARIs, TUESDAY,JAN. 5.

I itst Highest Lowest Last
Price Price. Price, Price
Frettch 5 I,er Cents
3 per Cents 77 50 77 50 ... 77 e 5 ... 77 4U
/11,,t of ',lnner
L .ffitte Bank ,00 It. Shares 5135 ...5135 ...5135 ...5135
oe.giAll `,:ink
6 ~er Cents 9B ... s,B ... US ... !IS
New Loan ...
Spanish Active 25% ... 25% ... 25 ... 2514
Passive 6 .. 6 ... 6 ... 6
Neapo'it.tii
Ronan a) ... 09)4 —• IL) ... 99,,
PAIL WAY SHARES.

it. ~ermain
Ve•saillcs.l(. B 337 50 ... 292 50 ... 387 50 ... 392 50
L B . 305 ... 205 ... 302 50 ... 305
)deans .
3trasourg to Bale 247 50 ... 247 50 ... -- 45 ... 2V; 25

CRIMINAL COURT.-(THIS DAY.

OLD COURT.

(Before Mr. Justice MAULE and Mr. Baron RoLFE.I
CIIARGE OF RAPE.—John Ckrisham, aged 30, was.in-
dieted fur aiding and assisting Peter M'Donogbue, in the
commission of a rape on Bridget Lamb, on the 27th Dec.
last.

The prosecutrix was a servant out of place, and at the
period in question, was residing with some persons named
Carroll. On the evening of Sunday, the 27th of Die.,
the Cerrolls went out, leaving the prosccutrix in
the care of the house. They subsequently returned
accompanied by M'amoghue, with whom the prosecutrix
had had some slight previous acquaintance, and by the pri.
soner. The prisoner and the Carrot's then went down
stairs, leaving the prosecutrix and M'Donoghue alone in
toe room occupied (by the Carrot's up stairs. Whenithey
were gone, M'Donoghue seized the prosecutrix in his
arms, and she screamed out. Prisoner came up stairs,
saw what was going on, and said to APDonoghue, " The
Carrot's arc gone out—you will have plenty of opportunity,
and I will watch on the stairs." The prisoner then left
prosecutrix and M'Donoghue, who succeeded in effecting
his purpose. Her cries at length brought persons to he r
assistance, when M'Donoghue jumped out of the window
and effected his escape, and has not since been heard of.
The prisoner was given into custody on the following day.
Mr. PAYNE addressed the Jury for the prisoner.
Mr. Baron ROLFE having summed up the evidence the
Jury found the prisoner Guilty.
Mr. PAYNE took a technical objection to the indictment,
and contended that the law did not recognise the offence of
aiding in committina a rape. The offence was a rape at
common law, and ought to have been so described in the
indictment. It was the first tims such a point had ever
arisen. It was most important to have it decided, and be
trusted their Lordships would reserve it.
The Learned Judges, having consulted together,
Mr. Justice MAULS said they were of opinion that the
indictment had been properly drawn up.
Mr. Baron Roux ordered sentence of Death to be re-
corded against the prisoner, who was then reanoved.

VICTORIA THEATRE.—His. Serene Ilighness
Ow Duke of Brunswick, attended by his Aid-de. camp,
paid a visit to this Theatre last night to witness the• per-
tormances of the Forest of Bondy, and the very succe isful
new Grand Christmas Pantomime, entitled, Ilarlefuin
Jack of Newbury; or, Baa, Baa, Black Sheep, and ;She
Old Woman of Berkeley. The house was crowded in 'll,l
parti
London, England, 1841-01-07

MEMOIR OF DR. ADAM CLARKE.

In One large Volume Octavo, price 12s. bound in cloth,
AN ACCOUNT of the INFANCY, RELI-
GIOUS andLITERARY LIFE of ADAM CLARKE,
L.L.D., F. A,S., &c. &c., partly written by Himself, and con-
tinued by one of his Daughters. The Second Edition.
London : Printed for the Author. Published by Thomas
Tegg, Cheapside, where may be had, just publisher, Part 1,
price 25., of the Fourteenth Edition of Dr. Clarke's Commen-
tary.
London, England, 1841-01-07

GUILDHALL.

A Smithfield drover, named Streik, was charged before
Mr. Alderman Johnson with savagely assaulting Joseph
Ratcliff, a constable of the Animals' Friend Society,
Mark-lane.

The complainant stated that he was ordered by the
Society to attend the markets in Smithfield, and on Friday
last he observed the prisoner, who was without the usual
numbered badge required to be worn by drovers, cruelly
beating some sheep. Witness attempted to take him into
custody, but the prisoner knocked him down twice, and
whilst on the ground kicked him in the most savage many
tier ; and had it not been for the interference of the police,
he should have been seriously injured.
Mr. Alderman JonntsoN asked whether the prisoner
might not be ignorant of Ratcliff's capacity?
Mr. Roberts the Society's Secretary said such could
scarcely be the case, as the constable bad attended the
the market every Monday and Friday, for upwards of _ti!
twelvemonth. He would press for an exemplary punish-.
meat in this instance as the complainant had been veil
brutally treated, and amongst the class of persons like the
prisoner who frequented the market, if such assaults were
allowed to pass with impunity the constable's life would be
in danger.
Mr, Alderman JOHNSON ordered the prisoner to find bail
to answer the charge at the sessions.
London, England, 1841-01-07

To-morrow will be published,
BRITISH AND FOREIGN REVIEW,
NO. XXII .

. Poland—he,- National Dynasty.
2. ILliam's Introduction to the Literature of Europe.
3. The Education Question—Special Religious Instruction.
4. Prussia—her Manufacturing Prospects.
5. The Odes of Pindar.
6. The Court and Government of Russia.

7. Historical Publications of Italy.
8. The Porte and the Pacha—FOreign Policy of England.
London 11. and J. E. Taylor, Red Lion-court, Fleet-
street : Edinburgh, A. and C. Black : Dublin, J. Cumming.
London, England, 1841-01-07

INFIRMARY for the CURE of STRIC-
TURES of the URETHRA, SYPHILIS, GONOR-
RPICA, GLEETS, and'all DISEASES of the GENERA-
TIVE 23(1 URINARY CIRGANS.

Notwithstanding the above Institutic is closed, Patients tmay
continue tc receive the GRATUITOUS ADVICE of the Sur-
geon (IV r. Courtenay, 42, Great Nlarlhorough-street,) by ap-
plying at hit own hcase instead of the Charity.
Hours of Attendance, from Eight to Ten in the Mornings
and from S‘wen to Nino in the Evenings. On Sundays in the
Morning, but. not in the Evening.
London, England, 1841-01-07

ANNUAL DIVISION OF PROFITS.

. -
UNIVERSAL LIFE ASSURANCE SO-
CIETY, 1, KngWilliamlstreet, London.

Established
Empowered by Act of Parliament.
One-fifth of the ascertained profits of the fire preceding
years is divided between the policy-holders and shareholders;
three-fourths to the former, and one-fourth to the latter. The
remaining four-fifths are set apart to enter into the average of
the succeeding years, and thus to provide against unforeseen
contingencies.
The first division of Profits took place on the 13th of May,
1840, when a reduction of 60 per cent. was declared on the
annual premiums of ail those policies entitled to particii.ation.
The following table w;11 show the operation of the reduction
made by the Society :

v''‘h,geen Date of
Policy I Policy.
was
issued.
London, England, 1841-01-07

WOOLWICH-TUESDAY.

ROYAL ARTILLERY.
The difficulty of obtaining recruits for the regiment has
led to the exrthent of reducing the standard one inch—
viz , from 18 to 22 years of age, 5 feet S inches, end from
17 to 18 yeas of age, 5 feet 7 inches.
The corps by this arrangement will soon be completed,
but it is to be feared, not with the stout and robust a; til-
lerymen of which the regiment ought to be composed.
The number of weakly subjects unfit for the duties of the
profession they had adopted, and who weie on that ac-
count discharged last year, was in a gr, at measure the
result of a similar older, particularly with regard to those
enlisted in Ireland. It was formerly the pride of the hardy
sons of the Scottish peasantry to enter this distinguished
branch of the service, for which their healthy frames and
patriotic spirit rendered them well adapted ; bat since the
reduction of the pension allowance to 61. a day after 21
years' service, none, except those who have lost that cha-
racteristic of their countrymen, an anxious desire to pro-
vide for old age, can be induced to enter her Majcs'9's
set vice. When it is considered how few are pensioned
after 21
years' service, out of the number that enlist,
and the expense attending delicate persons who are sel-
dom out of the hospital, it is probable that a return 3 a
pension of one shilling a day would, in the end, prove most
economical.
London, England, 1841-01-07

NEWGATE AND LEADEN-HALL.

The supply was large, the quality generally good, :knd
prices experienced a decline of 4d per stone on nearly all
descriptions of meat, the demand being dull. Beef, 3s 2d
to 4s 21: Mutton, 3s 8d to 4s 8d; Veal, 4s 8d to 55 8d;
Pork, 3i 8d to 5s per stone of 81b. The trade bought
very moderately of Game and Poultry; prices are de-
clining, and the supplies large : Eggs dull of sale at pre•
vious rates.
London, England, 1841-01-07

SURREY SESSIONS.

Yesterday Thomas Webb was indiated for feloniously
stealing a sum of 161. 10i., the property of William Eades
and others. There were other counts in the indictment
laying the money as the property of other individuals.
Mr. Chambers conducted the case for the prosecution,
Mr. Wallinger the defence.
It appeared from the evidence that a club was esta-
blished at East Hasley by a number of labourers and
otners in the nature of a benefit society. The members
were to subscribe a certain sum monthly, and the accumu •
hoed fund was to be divided every five years. The prisoner
Waal) was appointed clerk in 1838, and he undertook to
lodge the money subscribed in the Gui Cord Savings' Bank
e' When the five years ending June,
s
every three months', or oftener if necessary, being paid
%.406,:l.h,fiodreexapcihredjo, iturn vitya ascertained that there was no
money belonging to the Club in the Savings' Bank, it
having Leen mitlidrawn by Webb. With respect to the
runs laid in the indictment (161. 10s.) the Actuary at the
Savings Bank deposed that it had never been paid in
at all.

Mr. Wallinger took an objectioa to the indictment that
it had not been laid to be the property of the trustees in
v‘hos.! name the money wa: lodged in the Savings B •uk,
but the Court overruled the objection.

The jury found the prisoner Guilty, and Mr. Chambers
then Fuld there were other indictments against the prisoner
for stealing other sums amounting in all to !teal ly 1501
the pr..p..rty of the scene Society, but he would not go on
with them. •

The COURT after consul•ing together inten3ed the pri-
soner to seven years' transratation.
I, was stated in the co. r c of the trial that some wealthy
individuals in the neighbourhood had subscribed a sum to
reimburse the poor men who had been defrauded.
'rho other cases tried were of no public interest.
London, England, 1841-01-07

No. 15,081.

0 SLED'S ANEMOMETER, at work at the
ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION, where
the most ingenious Novelties in Practical Science, and the
most: interesting Works of Art, are exhibited in the EVEN-
INGS as well as MORNINGS. The New Philosophical
Experiments are beautifully simplified. After the Chemical
Lecture, a Band of Music performs; also in the evenings.
Admission, is.
The Chemical Classes, the Laboratory for Assays and Ana,
lyses (under Mr. \laugham), and the School for Engine-
Drivers, are departments separated from the public exhibition.
London, England, 1841-01-07

THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 7, 1841.

IRELAND.

DUBLIN, JAN. 4.—There has been a deep fall of snow,
accompanied by heavy squalls, with sleet and rein. The
mails from London have been all from twelve to fourteen
hours later, the wind being from the west, the communi-
cation with the provinces was delayed only o❑ the north.
ern road, and that but for a few hours, from the heavy
fall of snow.
The Monitor of Saturday announces that the Duke of
Leinster has resigned his scat at the Board of Educa-
cation, and that his Grace is to be succeeded by the Mar-
quis of Kildare.
Major Sirr, one of the Magistrates of the Head-office
of Police, was seized on Saturday night with a severe
attack of bronchitis and slight fever, but he is much
better to-day. The rumour was that his ailment Wl3
apoplexy.
There can be little doubt that the fire at Mr. Fol,l'e
printing-office in this city was the work of incendiaries,
and the proprietor is about making his claim for compen.
sation. lie has offered 200/ reward for such information
as may lead to the discovery of the perpetrators.
His Excellency is dispensing his Christmas charities in
a practically benevolent manner. The Marshal of the
Four Courts received from his Excellency's Almoner, the
Very Rev. Dr. Vignolles, eighty-four pounds, to cont.
promso the ckbts of certain deserving persons, and thus
releasing them from prison, as also to enable others con-
fined for periods of from one to two years to avail them.
selves of the law fir the relief of insolvent debtors.

COUNCIL CHAMBER.

-
WHITEHALL.

(Before Lord BROUGHAM, the VICE-CHANCELLOR, Mr.
Justice ERSKINE, and Dr. LUSHINGTON.
KIELLEY V. CARSON AND OTHERS.

The arguments in support of the respondent's case were
resumed by Mr. Hill yesterday, the whole of which
WAS spent by him in defending the pleas of his clients.
The arguments were purely technical and uninteresting,.
Mr. FLETCHER followed on the same side, and
Mr. PEMBEItTON replied, and at a quarter past lour
o'clock their Lordships said they would consider of
their judgment and give it on a future day.
London, England, 1841-01-07

_MORN NG EDITION•

TO CORRESPONDENTS.
As we do not mean to publish the letter from Dover, we
shall make no remarks on its contents, further than to
soy that we cordially agree with the twenty gentlemen•
Of that place who declare that honesty is the policy.
Our exertions are all directed to enforce that homely
but admirable precept in high quarters.
London, England, 1841-01-07

which took place was a steady one, and was well main-
tained up to the close of business.
The return of the quarter's revenue has provoked very
little observation here, and it could not he said to have , ny
influence on prices one way or the other.
The accounts from Manchester, which describe a very
decided improvement in trade, advert at the same time to
the difficulty of obtaining money, especially among houses
of the second class, as having much increased within these
few days. In this respect the pressure for money is likely
to have an unfortunate effect, and to prevent our reaping
the full advantage of the foreign demand which has arisen.

SUN.—Everything in the City wore a cheerful appear-
ance to-day except in the Tea Market, where there was a
kind of panic, and a fall in price, though no bargains of any
magnitude were entered into. Company's Congou on
'Change this afternoon closed at Is. lid. per lb. It is
not unlikely but that many failures may occur among the
speculators.
The publication of the detailed accounts by the over-
land mail from India, sent up the price of Consols this
afternoon to 891 for Money ; and to 891 for Account,
making the advance to-day per cent. ; Exchequer Bilis
were is. to 93. premium ; and India
;Badonds touched 5s
discount ; India Stock '
rose to 243 n Bank Stock
to 1614.
At the meeting of Portuguese Bondholders to-day, the
last terms offered by the Lisbon Government were rejected,
and new propositions are to be submitted by the Bandhol-
ters. The New Five per Cents. were flat et 32 to 3
The Three per Cents. were not dealt in. Brazil Bonds
realised 714, Colombian 23k, and Mexican 2834.. Spanish
Stock was depressed at 24 to 4.
The Share Market was brisk, and prices moved upwards
a little.
London, England, 1841-01-07

BRIGHTON PETTY SESSIONS.

On Monday, William Bully, the proprietor of the Cir-
cus in this town, appeared :o an information preferred
against kim by tie agents of the lessee of the theatre.
The information charged him with having, on the 2Gzh of
December, at Brighton, without authority, or license, as
required by the statute, caused to be acted for gain or re-
ward, an entertainment of the stage, or pantomime, called
The Gnome King, or the Magic Eagle, by which he had
forfeited the ik um of 501.

The intormathn was supported by counsel, Mr. E. S
Cret vy appearing fur the agents of the theatre; and Mr.
Batty was attended by Mr. Dempster, a solicitor in
11,ighton.
The Court was crowded with theatrical and circus
people, and the case, which laded nearly two hours, ex-
cited great interest in the town.
The Learned Counsel said this information was not laid
from vindictive motives, but simply to claim that protection
which the law threw around theatrical representations, and
that if a conviction took place it was the intention of his
clients to devote that moiety
of the penalty which the law
granted to those laying the informations to some charitable
purpose. In support of his argument the Learned Bar-
rister cited the cpinion of Lord Tenterden in the King v.
Nevill, reported in the first volume of Barnwell and Adol-
phus, showing that sach representations as The Gnome
/tiny came within the meaning of the Act, and could not
be performed without a license.
The solicitor on the other side cited the case of the
King v. Harley, where Lord Kenyon
had decided that
tumbling was not an entertainment of the stage, and that
a pantomime was not an entertainment analogous to the
drama, and that it cuuid not be submitted to the Lord
Chamberlain for approval.
The Magistrates ware of o inion that a pantomime came
within the words of the. statupte, " or other entertainment
of the stage," and convicted the defendant in a penal.), of
50/., including costs. The solicitor for the defendant sig_
n find that his client would take stops to
remove the case.
into a higher Court to reverse the decision.

- -- - - - -- ,
MANCHESTER, JAN. 6. During tne night
of Saturday last, or rather at an early hour in the morning
of Sunday, between three and four o'clock,
of lightning, two of which were extremely
neighbourhood were visited by a tremendous storm of hail,
breeze, at times amounting to a
rain, sleet, and snow ; accompanied by a great many flashes
this town and
lowed by loud claps of thunder. There was a strong
vivid, and fol-
veering to the N. W. The time of one of the most vivid
flAshes of lightning, followed in six or eight seconds by a
loud peal of thunder, was about twenty minutes bcfore
four o'clock. During the •1 • the barometer
nig -1,,
fell as much as nine-tenths gale, from the N. and
of an inch, viz. from 29-80 to
29- 90. Here the weather continued stormy all day, the
wind blowing from the N. W. There was rather a heavy fall
of snow in the night. The temperature was not very low;
28 degs. being the lowest pointpon Sunday
night, and 33
degs, being the temperature during the storm.
London, England, 1841-01-07

THE; EARL OF CARDIGAN AND

THE ELEVENTH HUSSARS.

(From the Alligator.)
We regret that we should have occasion to call public
attention to the conduct of the Earl of Cardigan towards
Dr. Sandham,. a most meritorious officer of this regi-
ment, which conduct has, however, had the good effect of
producing a just, but tardy and unwilling reprimand of the
Earl by the:General Commanding-in- Chief, to whom com.
plaint was officially made.

The circumstances, we understand, were, that Lord
Cardigan had given orders that Dr. Sandham should at-
tend the troops to church and back ; on leaving, the doc-
tor passed through the little gate of the church-yard and
fell in with the men, who marched through the large gate.
When the troops reached the barracks the adjutant
said to Dr. Sandham, " It is his Lordship's order that
you fall in with the troops." " I don't understand you,"
replied the doctor. "It is his Lordship's order," re-
joined the adjutant, and went away. On the dismissal of
the troops Dr. Sandham went to the Earl of Cardigan
and said, " My Lord, I have been ordered to fall in with •
the troops ;" to which his, Lordship replied, " Those are
my orders, Sir." " But I don't understand them, my
Lori." " They are my orders, Sir ; " and then his Lord
ship, seeming to reflect, inquired, " Did you not come
out at the small gate ?" to which the doctor replied, " I
did." " Then," said his Lordship, " I order you in fu-
ture, Sir, to come out at the large gate."
Some one overhearing the above conversation asked Dr.
Sandham what the row was about, when he replied, " I
came out of the small gate instead of the large one." His
Lordship overheard, and sent for the doctor, and in the
presence of two cflicers he gave him a severe reprimand.
Dr. Sandh•tm sent in a written complaint to the General
Commanding-in-Chief, through Lord Cardigan, who
called for a counter statement from the two officers, as his
witnesses, of what passed, which exactly agreed with the
doctor's statement. The Earl of Cardigan came to town
to ace Lord Fitzioy Somerset, who was absent, but he had
an interview with Lord Hill, and shortly afterwards the
Earl received the following reprimand

" Horse Guards.
" Lord 11111 regrets to find that his recommendation to
the Earl of Cardigan, on a previous occasion, has not had
the effect of preventing, applications to the Ilurse Guards,
by way of complaint of the Earl's conduct."

We think that his Lordship would best consult his own
dignity—comply with the wishes of the army in general,
and more particularly of his own regiment, and would conci-
liate the feelings of the British public towards himself,
were he at once, by retiring from the army, to restore
that harmony and good fellowship again to the 11th hus-
sars, which until his Lordship joined the regiment previ-
ously existed.
We understand that the two officers, and Dr. Sandham,
expressed their intention of leaving the regiment in con-
sequence of this affair.
London, England, 1841-01-07

THE MARKETS-YESTERDAY

CORN EXCHANGE.
The arrivals this week have been tolerably good of
Wheat and Barley, with many fresh vessels from Ire and
with Oats. The Wheat trade was very dull, and Mon-
.lay's terms were hardly supported. Barley heavy; no
sale at last quotations. Oats met little demand at their
former terms. Flour did..not sell so freely as last weetr.
London, England, 1841-01-07

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

The Falmouth sailed on Saturday---fOrD;ptford.
The Lightning steam-vessel, Lieutenant Commander
John M. Waugh, arrivel at Woolwich on Suaduy from
Sheerness. In coming up the river she came in contact
with the Duke of Sussex steam-vessel, by which her lar-
board paddle-box and wheel were very much damaged,
and the figure-head and cutwater of the Duke of Sussex
carried away.

The cress cf the William and Mary, the Firebrand, the
Lightning, the Falmouth, and officers and men belonging
to the ordinary, were paid their wages yesterday at the
pay-office in the dockyard.
The Pluto s:earn•vessel.—Mr. Duffill has joined as Se.
cond Master, in the place of Mr. Pettigrew, sick.
The Lizard steam-vessel.—Mr. C. Walker has joined as
Clerk in Charge.

ROYAL ARSENAL.
The Leeds schooner arrived on Saturday, with a cargo
of shells from Messrs. Wood and Co.
The Eliza schooner arrived the same day, with a cargo
of grape-shot from Messrs. Graham and Co.
The Iriel schooner arrived at the same time, with a
cargo of shot from the same contractors.
The Ebenezer ordnance sloop arrived on Monday, with
old guns and other stores, from Portsmouth.
The Queen ordnance sloop arrived on Monday, with
gnus and other stores, from Devonport.
It appears that the Prince Regent transport ship could
not contain the whole of the 79th regiment (Cameron
Highlanders), and that the remainder were embarked in
No. 11 transport ship, which has towed down the river by
a steam-vessel, and passed Woolwich at 9 o'clock on Sa-
turday morning for Gibraltar.
London, England, 1841-01-07

This system of reduction in the premiums affords immediate
benefit to the Assured, or enables them to secure a considerable
bonus by effecting a new policy.
Policies are granted in London and by resident Committees
at Calcutta, Madras, and Bombay, on Indian risks, at very ad-
vantageous rates, calculated from extensive data and tables,
excluively in the possession of this Society; to show the true
risk of life during residence in India, and atter retirement from
foreign service.
By Order of the Board,
DAVID JONES, Actuary.
London, England, 1841-01-07

PAUL PERIWINKLE.

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Etchings by PHIZ. Price 21s. bound in fancy cl,th.
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NEW WORK ON STRICTURES OF THE URETHRA.
Just published, price ss.
APRACTICAL TREATISE on the
CAUSES, NATURE, and TREATMENT of
STRICTURES of the URETHRA, and their CONSE-
QUENCES.
By FRANCIS BURDETT COURTENAY, M.R.C.S.L.
And late Surgeon to the Metropolitan Infirmary for the Cure of
Strictures of the Urethra.
CONTENTS.
Symptoms resemble thoFc of
Stricture.
CHAPTER. It.
Of the Treatmesit of the Mala-
dies Consequent upon Stric-
ture.

CIIAPTEIL I.
Causes of Strictures.
Divisions of Strictures.

Consequences of Strictures.

CHAPTER
Of the Different Modes in
Practice for the Cure of
Strictures, by the Bougie,
Ow Catheter, the Lunar
Caustic, and Cutting In-
strutnent s. The Author's
Mode of Cure.

APPENDIX.

Cases Illustrative of the Su-
Mriority of the Author's
Mode of Cure over the Treat-
ment by the Bougie, Cathe-
ter, Lunar Caustic, and Cut-
ting Instruments.

CHAPTER M.

On the Diirases where the

Sold by Ilailliere, Medical F
Simpkin and Marshall, Statioi
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IN G EDITION.

ALSALL ELECTION.

The following address has been agreed to una-
nimously at a large meeting of the electors and
others of Bolton, the Mayor in the chair, and
transmitted to Mr. Dickson, the Chairman of the
Walsall Anti-Corn-law Association. We under-
stand that many other places in different parts of
the kingdom are in motion, in order to follow the
spirited example of Bolton :
London, England, 1841-01-07

MORNING EDITION
ov wr,(iTNTINs•TE,--,

PA RT oi'

MiDDL E SEX

A Court of Sewers for the City and Liberty of NVLs4-
roinster and part of the County of Middlesex, will be held
at the Sewers'-ofliee in Greek-street, Seho.!quare, on
Friday next, to transact the following business:—
PROCEEDINGS.
I. The orders of Ccurt on the 18:h of Deccinbec.
to ho ri•ad.

2 To order payrnentg.
Offi crs' salari,s erding atistnias, 1840—£693 lb 0
Collector's poundage, ditto ditto 283 2 4
G. Bird, jun., contrac•or, on account of bills
to Midsummer, 1840

500 0 q

£1,406 17 4

3. To bear rppeals.
4. To receive petitions and memorials.
5. Annual nomination of Chairman to take place be-
tween the heurs of two and three o'clock.
6 To consider the case of James Frisby, summoned to
appear fur irregular drainage.
7. To receive the reply of the solicitors to the follow-
ing question :—Have the Court of Sewers any !ez'al
authority to make any alteration in the presentment the.
Jury in respect of the names and rentals inserted
previous to its making its final decree ?

8. Surveyors to present reports, opinions, &c., 7.), •
lows:— On new gullies required ; on letter from
Fuller, of Rathbone-pace, respecting drainage (.1. Gr.,n,
ville.mews; on peirions of J. Newson for L. Dw. i to
build sewers in lloruton-street, and Holland.street, N... 11-
sington; on petitions of Dani,.l Sutton. Esq., for leave t'
cover over, or build a wall by side of, a portion :.,f thy ,
Edwards-square sewer.
9. To inspect the book of informations.
10. To receive Surveyors' reports of the several wz);ks.l;',l
done, or in hand, at the expense of the respective dist.r4;t3,,;j
Ditto, ditto, at the expense of individuals.
11. To inspect the sock book, and the day books Arid
weekly abstract books, kept by the clerks of the
13. To examine hills of contractors, tradesmen,
the vouchers for payments during the last quarter ; tat!'
entries in the j ,urnal and ledger during the 11r.
an account of the money deposited by pa:lies who o;:se,,ss
petitior.ed for leave to lay drain ; a return of sums
and paid during th. last quarter towards the expense Of
sewers built at the charge of the district, and fcr gully
drain flaps.

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lim> I,tl_l.

LONDON:
THURSDAY, JANUARY 7, 141.

The news received yesterday by the overland
mail frein India and China is most important to
the Government and people of this country. In
China the triumph of our arms has been most
complete. The presence of a victori)ui British
fleet in the Yellow Sea soon brought the EM-
PEROtt to his senses, as from the commencement
of our quarrel with China we constantly foretold
it would. When circumstances render it impala
live upon nations to have recourse to that dreadful
war, to punish injustice or to resent injuries
1-,,,,,manity requires that it should be made on the
most extensive scale possible, and by bearing down
all chances of resistance, spate the useless effusion
of innocent blood. But to defeat the Chinese in
the fieid is not to realize the main object of the
expedition against China. If the Celestial Go-
vernment, by a policy of fraudulent procrastina.ion
—by a profusion of compliments and promises,
equ'ally hollow and contemptible persuade the
English to abandon Chusan, and to await at Can-
ton the settlement of all differences between the
English and Chinese, the richest fruit of the expe.
dition will be completely lost. Having bsgun
negotiations sword in hand, it would be madness
Admiral ELLIOT to return it to
on the part of A
the scabbard before all the demands which he is
authorised by the British Government to
make are complied with. One thing ought
to be constantly kept in mind. Having acquired
a footing in China, it is essential to the maintenance
of our dominio3 in the East, that we retain it at
any cost. Complaints are made in several letters
of the insalubrity of Chusan, and we find it stated
that a regard for the health of our troops will oblige
us to abandon it. W
suspect these complaints
originate in evils not attributable to the climate of
this fine island. After so low,
b a voyage, it is to
be supposed that the men indulged in excesses de-
trimental to health in all parts of the world. The
last accounts from China informed us that on lam'
ing they drank to excess of an intoxicating beverage
which they had never before tasted, and which pro-
duced a terrible dysentery among them.
likely:the wells were poisoned, and deleterious drugs
mixed with the provisions which they found on
Whore. These are ways of inflicting injury upo:,
their enemies which the Chinese, from time
mortal, have not scrupled to employ as often as they
have had opportunities.

But if the island of Chusan be really insalubrious,
there are plenty of other islands on the coast upon

which the Engli*h could effect a permanent settle-
only requisite that the island occupied
4 arbour, and be not more distant from
vne already in posses,ion of our
With a British force constantly on
„-,

391 •.^t
vr• .
4t
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Catalogues of prices gratis.

o**e

BIRTHS. f'
On the 27th ult., at Frankfort-on-the-Maine, the lady 2)t.
D. Massy Dawson, Esq., of a son.
On the 31st ult., at Huddersfield, the lady of the Rev. JO
R. Oldham, of a son.
On the 4th inst., at Camberwell-grove, the lady of C/ Valk
Phillips, Esq., of a daughter.
i
On the 4th inst., at Bedford-place, Kensington,the 1 o°l o
J. D. Close, Esq., of a son.
On the 4th inst., at Campsbourne, Hornsey, the lull of R':te
jamin Laurence, Esq., of a daughter.

MARRIED.
On the 31st ult., at Petworth, Sussex, the Rev... 11. Ll° 31:1
Oswell, M, A., of Christchurch, Oxford, toCatheri. se. oung
daUghti.r of C. Murray, Esq., of New. grove, near Pe twolln
On the Ist inst., at the Collegiate Church, M.an chest en of
Walton, Esq., of London, to Anna Maria, youngest dat. '#;;so
of the late Captain W. Pickford, formerly of the Hon. .
India Company's service, London.

DIED.
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eldest son of E. Smith, Esq., of Kent-terrace, Regent's-pa' if,
On the 22d ult , at Bath, Mary Ann, eldest daughter of
Locock, aged 51.
On the 28th ult., I 61. at Hastings, J. Sawyers Cates, Esq., -
Captain in the 53d Regiment.
On the 29th ult., at Hampstead, Martha, relict of Lit ste'
cant. General Gammell, aged 70.
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BELGIUM.

BRUSSELS, JAN, 3.—lt is observed that the great house
of Hope and Company has for some time past caused an
immense quantity of Dutch ducats to he coined at the
Mint of Utrecht. The quantity is estimated at several
millions of florins, and it is supposed that they are intended
for St. Petersburg, in payment of part of the last loan
contracted by that house for the Russian Government.
Such, at least, is the current report.
(Official.)
London, England, 1841-01-07

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MARRIED. oar
On the sth inst., at St. Mary's, Reading, Mr. G. 13.,"
S
man, Old Kent-road, to Ann, youngest daughter of J.
of
man, Esq., of Reading, Berks.
On the 6th inst., Sarah, only daughter of S. Levy, Es(l.f
Wellclose-square, to Mons. D. Picard, of Paris.
At Ross, E. Townsend, Esq., Captain 83d Regt., to -5360
daughter of the late Rev. H. Townsend, of Rosscarberry,
At Rio, Lieut. A. Heseltine, R.N., to Georgina, deli&
of Lieut. J. R. O'Reilly, R.N.
London, England, 1841-01-07

AGGREGATE MEETISO OF IRISH REFORMERS.

Never, during any period of tho protracted snuggle
against the combined Tories and Orangemen, were the
friends of Reform and good Government more cordially
united, and more determined upon obtaining the full rights
of British citizenship for Irishmen, than at the present
moment. The requisition lists fur the meeting on the
15th are rapidly filling up, and now present a splendid
array of the distinguished friends of the good cause. The
following are the terms of the requisition :
" We the undersigned friends of Reform, request a meet-
ing on the 15th of January, 1841, in Dublin, of all per-
sons who arc desirous of establishing, by legal and con-
stitutional means, the rights of Irishmen to perfect equa-
lity of institutions and franchises with their fellow-subjects
of England and Scotland, and we pledge ourselves to our
countrymen generally to continue our united exertions for
the attainmerct of those great and essential objects.—F.
PONSONBY, Chairman of the Meeting."
Since Saturday hundreds of names have been received,
amongst which are the following :
The Earls of floslth and Huntingdon ; Lords Ger-
manstow•n, Guillamore, Stuart de Decies, Louth, Netter..
ville, Riversdale, Oranmore, Stuart (son of the Earl of
CastlesLewart), and Wallscourt : Sir Arthurt Blenner-
hassett, Bart., Sir Richard Keane, Bart., Sir P. Bel-
lew, Bart., Sir William Chatterton, Bart. ; Mr. Villiers
Stuart, M. P. ; Mr. Arthur Henry, of Straffin,
London, England, 1841-01-07

COLONIAL MARKET:

The Colonial Market was in a dull state ; the pubile
of little moment, and privately few transactions took

TEA MARKET.
The market was in a very dull state, and prices were
nominal for all kinds of Tea. Some vessels have arrived
off the coast from
TALLOW MARKET.
The demand for Russian was very limited, and prices
had downward t2ndency; on the spot P. Y. Candle, in
small pircels, was sold at 475. 3i. per cwt.
SPIRIT MARKET.
-
Rum has been in good request, and pikes fiAter.
Brandy in fair demand, and prices firm.
COAL MARKET.
Ships aniv,d since last market-day, 52.
s. d.,

Adair's
Iluddl...'s West Hartley 2O 0
Carr's Hartley
Llolyweil Main
LCAZ,'S Main . .
Ord's ltedhugh
West Hartley
. ........ ............... 9.0 3
,Valls E d liewie.se and C
Walls End Clennell
%Valls End Clarke and Co l9 1.
Walls End Josco,th
Walls r'nd Heaton ...... 23 3
Walls End Hilda
Walls End Killingworth 3 0
1 dtto reshipped
Walls End erey Ilenshain 22 0
Eden Main '22 0

W. E. Braddyll'sHetto:i.., 24 9
Walls End Helton S4 3
%,,alls End Lambton
Walls End Stewart's
Walls End Whitweh
Walls Ei.d Hattlei,ool . • 6
Walls End A pehide ...... 24 4'
Walls End Cornfoith 22 '
Wills End Coundon
Walls End Itichardson',Tet-w-2
Wall, End South Durban._ -23 0'
Walls End St.. Helen's Tees 23 6
Walk. End Seymour Tees Y..3 a.
Wal s End 'lces
cowp,n
No, ton Main le 3 •
Walls End Cliff