The Sun.
London, England, 1841-12-28 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON.,; TUESDAY, DECEMBER, 28, 1841.

r It is the creature of law, and exists only at the pleasure
of the Legislature. It is made to rest on an actual specie
basis, in order to redeem the notes at the pineeF of issue.
produces no dangerous redundancy of circulation, af-
fords no temptation to speculation, is attended by no in
dation of prices, is equitable in its operation, makes the
Treasury notes, which it may use along with the certi-
ficates of deposit, and the notes of specie paying banks,
convertible at the place where collected, receivable in
payment of Government dues—and, without violating
any principle of the Constitution, affords the Govern•
ment and the people such facilities as are called for by
the wants of both. Such, it has appeared to me, are its
recommendations, and in view of them it will be sub-
mitted, whenever you may require it, to your consi-
deration.
I am not able to perceive that any fair and candid ob-
jection can be urged against the plan, the principal out-
lines of which I have thus presented. I cannot doubt
but that the notes which it proposes to furnish at the vo-
luntary option of the public creditor, issued in lieu of the
revenue and its certificates of deposit, will be maintained
at an equality with gold and silver everywhere. The)
are redeemable in gold and silver on demand, at the
places of issue. They are receivable everywhere in
payment of Government dues. The Treasury notes are
limited to an amount of one-fourth less than the esti-
mated annual receipts of the Treasury, and in addition
they rest upon the faith of the Government for their re-
demption. If all these assurances are not sufficient to
make them available, then the idea, as it seems to me, of
furnishing a sound paper medium of exchanges may be
entirely abandoned.
If a fear be indulged that the Government may be
tempted to run into excess in its issues at any future
day, it seems to me that no such apprehension can rea-
sonably be entertained until all confidence in the repre-
sentatives of the States and of the people, as well as of
the people themselves, shall be lost. The weightiest
considerations of policy require that the constraints now
proposed to be thrown around the measure should not,
for light causes, be removed. To argue against any pro-
posed plan its liability to possible abuse, is to reject every
expedient, since every thing dependent on human ac-
tion is liable to abuse. Fifteen millions of Treasury,notes
may be issued as the maximum, but a discretionary
power is to be given to the Board of Control, under that
sum, and every consideration will unite in leading them
to feel their way with caution. For the eight first years
of the existence of the late Bank of. the United States,
its circulation barely exceeded 4,000,000 dol. ; and for
five of its most prosperous years, it was about equal to
16,000,000 dol. ; furthermore, the authority given to re-
ceive private deposits to a limited amount, and to issue cer-
tificates in such sums as may be called for by the depositors,
may so far fill up the channels of circulation as greatly
to diminish the necessity of any considerable issue of
Treasury notes. A restraint upon the amount of
private deposits has seemed to be indispensably neces-
sary, from an apprehension, thought to be well-founded,
that in any emergency of trade confidence might be so
far shaken in the Banks as to induce a withdrawal from
them of private deposits, with a view to ensure their un-
questionable safety when deposited with the Govern-
ment, which might prove eminently disastrous to the
State Banks. Is it objected that it is proposed to authorise
the agencies to deal in bills of .exchange? It is answered
that such dealings are to be carried Oh at the lowest pos-
sible premium—are ix ade to rest on an unquestionably
sound basis—are designed to re-imburse merely the ex•
penses which would otherwise devolve on the Treasury,
and are in strict subordination to the decision of the Su-
me Court, in the case of the Bank of Augusta against
Vele and other reported cases, and thereby avoids all
conflict with State jurisdiction, which I hold to be indispen-
sably requisite. It leaves the banking privileges of the
States without interference—looks to the Treasury and
the Union—and, while furnishing every facility to the
first, is careful of the interests o the last. But, above
all, it is created by law, is amendable by law, and is
repealable by law; and, wedded as I am to no theory,
but looking solely to the advancement of the public good,
I shall be amongst the very first to urge its repeal, if it be
found not to subserve the purposes and objects for which
it may be created. Nor will the plan be submitted in
any overweening confidence in the sufficiency of my
own judgment, but with much greater reliance on the
wisdom and patriotism of Congress. I cannot abandon
this subject, without urging upon you, in the most em-
phatic manner, whatever may be your action on the sug-
gestions which I have felt it to be my duty to submit, to
relieve the Chief Executive Magistrate by any and all
constitutional means, from a controlling power over the
public Treasury. If, in the plan proposed, should you
deem it worthy of your consideration, that separation is
not as complete as you may desire, you will, doubtless,
amend it in that particular. For myself, I disclaim all
desire to have any control over the public mone) s, other
than what is indispensably necessary to execute the laws
which you may pass.
Nor can I fail to advert, in this connection, to the
debts which many of the States of the Union have con-
tracted abroad, and under which they continue to labour.
That indebtedness amounts to a sum not less than
$200,000,000 and which has been retributed to them, for
the most part, in works of internal improvement, which are
destined to prove of vast importance in ultimately advanc-
ing their prosperity and wealth. For the debts thus con-
tracted the States are alone responsible. I can do no
more than express the belief, that each State will feel
itself bound, by every consideration of honour, as well as
of interest, to meet its engagements with punctuality.
The failure, however, of any one State to do so, should
in no degree affect the credit of the rest; and the foreign
capitalist will have no just cause to experience alarm as
to all other State stocks, because any one or more of the
States may neglect to provide with punctuality the
means of redeeming their engagements. Even such
States, should there be any, considering the great ra-
pidity with which their resources are developing them-
selves, will not fail to have the means, at no very distant
day, to redeem their obligations to the uttermost far-
thing ; nor will I doubt but that in view of that
honourable conduct which has heretofore governed the
States, and the People of this Union, they will each and
all resort to every legitimate expedient, before they will
forego a faithful compliance with their obligations.
From the Report of the Secretary of Was', and other
Reports accompanying it, you will be informed of the
progress which has been made in the fortifications de-
signed for the protection of our principal cities, road-
steads, and inland frontier, during the present year ;
\together with their true state and condition. They will
be prosecuted to completion with all the expedition which
the means placed by Congress at the disposal of the
Executive will allow.

I recommend particularly to your consideration, that
portion of the Secretary's Report which proposes the
establishment of a chain of military posts, from Coun-
cil Bluffs to some point on the Pacific Ocean, within
our limits. The benefit thereby destined to accrue
to our citizens engaged in the fur trade, over that wilder-
ness region, added to the importance of cultivating
friendly relations with savage tribes inhabiting it, and
at the same time of giving protection to our frontier set-
tlements, and of establishing the means of safe inter-
course between the American settlements at the mouth
of the Columbia River, and those on this side of the
Rocky Mountains, would seem to suggest the importance
of carrying into effect the recommendations upon this
head with as little delay as may be practicable.
The Report of the Secretary of the Navy, will place
youin possession of the present condition of that import-
ant arm of the national defence. Every effort will be
made to add to its efficiency, and I cannot too strongly
urge upon you, liberal appropriations to that branch of
the public service. Inducements of the weightiest cha-
ractor exist for the adoption of this course of policy. Our
extended and otherwise exposed maritime frontier, calls
for protection, to the furnishing of which an efficient
naval force is indispensable. We look to no foreign con-
quests, nor do we propose to enter into competition with
any other nation for supremacy on the ocean ; but it is
due not only to the honour, but to the security of the peo-
ple of the United States, that no nation should be per-
mitted to invade our waters at pleasure, and subject our
towns and villages to conflagration or pillage. Economy
in all branches of the public service, is due from all the
public agents of the people—but parsimony alone would
suggest the withholoing of the necessary means, for the
protection of our domestic firesides from invasion, and
our national honour from disgrace. I would most earnestly
recommend to Congress, to abstain from all appropria-
tions, for objects not absolutely necessary ; but I take
upon myself, without a moment of hesitancy, all the re-
sponsibility of recommending the increase and prompt
equipment of that gallant navy which has lighted up
every sea with its victories, and spread an imperishable
glory over the country.
The Report of the postmaster-General will claim your
particular attention, not only because of the valuable
suggestions which it contains, but because of the great
importance which, at all times, attaches to that interest-
ing branch of the public service. The increased expense
of transporting the mail along the principal routes, neces-
sarily claims the public attention, and has awakened a
corresponding solicitude on the part of the Govern-
ment. The transmission of the mail must keep pace with
those facilities of inter-communication which are every
day becoming greater through the building of railroads,
and the application of steam-power—but it cannot be dis-
guised that, in order to do so, the Post-office Department
is subjected to heavy exactions. The lines of communi-
cation between distant parts of the Union are, to a great
extent, occupied by railroads, which, in the nature of
things, possess a complete monopoly, and the Depart-
ment is therefore liable to heavy and unreasonable
charges. This evil is destined to great increase in fu-
ture, and some timely measure may become necessary to
guard against it.
I feel it my duty to bring under your consideration a
practice which has grown upl in the administration of
the Government, and which, I am deeply convinced,
ought to be corrected. I allude to the exercise of the
power, which usage, rather than reason, has vested in
removingm o incumbentsre i.
in
.favour
withfrom
the office, i
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Tv own conduct, in this respect, has been
order the Presidents,
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nant party. IV . iss eo ther re-
moving f others
power, only
governed by a consciienn.teioauses.spuoripuonsefa.it,tohfeuxlenrees
and suppress that spirit
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lity, or in those in which its exercise appeared neces-
sary, in order to discountenance
ti~hich not only withdraws them from
impartial active partisanship on the part fofmhooldeerssteoafdyoffiacned,
impartial discharge of their official duties, but exerts an
undue and injurious influence over elections, and de-
grades the character of the Government itself, inas-
much as it exhibits the Chief Magistrate, as being a
party, through his agents, in the secret plots or opon
workings of political parties.
In respect to the exercise of this power, nothing
should be left to discretion which may safely be regulated
by law ; and it is of high importance to restrain as far
RS possible, the stimulus of personal interests in pub-
lic elections. Considering the great increase which
has been made in public offices, in the last quarter of a
century, and the probability of farther increase, we incur
the hazard of witnessing violent political contests, di-
rected too often to the single object of retaining office,
by those who are in, or obtaining it, by those who are
out. Under the influence of these convictions I shall

ordially concur in any constitutional measures for reou-
ating, and by regulating, restraining, the power, otPre-
moval.

I suggest for your consideration, the propriety of
making, without further delay, some specific applica-
tion of the funds derived under the will of Mr. Smith-
son, of England, for the diffusion of knowledge ; and
which have, heretofore, been vested in public stocks,
until such time as Congress should think proper to give
them a specific direction. Nor will you, I feel confident,
permit any abatement of the principal of the legacy to
be made, should it turn out that the stocks, in which
the investments have been made, have undergone a
depreciation.
In conclusion, I commend to your care the interests of
this district, for which you are the exclusive legislators.
Considering that this city is the residence of the Govern-
ment,
and, for a large part of the year, of Congress, and
considering, also, the great cost of the public buildings,
and the propriety of affording them at all times careful
protection, it seems not unreasonable that Congress should
contribute towards the expense of an efficient police.
Washington, Dec. 7, 1841. JOHN TYLER.

STATUE OF WASHINGTON.

WASHINGTON, DEC. 1, 1841.

The colossal statue of Washington was placed to-day
upon the pedestal eroctedifor it in the Rotunda of the
Capitol, in presence of a large number of persons. It is
a magnificent piece of statuary, and the front view is
particularly imposing. It is all hewn from one piece of
marble. Washington is represented as sitting in his
chair of state, with his right hand pointing upwards,
and his left grasping the hilt of a sword inversed. The
statue (after the model of Jupiter Tonal's) is eleven feet
in height. On one side of the chair is a carving repre-
senting Phaeton in his fiery car, and on the other a young
Hercules strangling a serpent. On the base of the chair
is this inscription : .

Simulacrum istud
ad magnum libertatis exemplum
nec sina, nec sape duraturum,
Horatio Grenough
Faciebat.

The pidestal on which it stands is thirteen feet in
height, making 25 feet from the surface of the Rotunda
to the top of the figure. The likeness is recognized by
every one, as taken from the best pictures of Washing-
ton, with which all are so familiar—the profile has a
striking resemblance to General George Washington, of
George Town, the nearest living male relative, who was
present to-day. Some think the style of the statue too
Roman to suit American tastes, preferring him in 1-egi-
mentals ; but these crude notions will wear away in time
It weighed thirty thousand pounds, and cost in all as
many dollars. Mr. Easby is the modern Archimedes
who raised it to its destined elevation. He was assisted
by a large force of seamen from the navy yard. There
is one objection—it takes too much space in the Rotunda;
and the light strikes it from above, instead of from the
side. The black bronze figure of Jefferson has been re-
moved, and Capt. Levy can take it himself.
PHILADELPHIA, DEC. 2._

Yesterday the city was thrown into no little confusion
on ascertaining that several forgeries had been com-
mitted on our banks by a youth, a clerk with the firm
of Messrs. Massey and Co., whose place of business is
27, South Wharves. This clerk, whose name is Maurice
Pitcher, left the city on Tuesday in a mysterious manner,
when, for the first time, a suspicion was excited in refe-
rence to the manner in which he had kept his accounts.
The bank books of the firm were inspected, and a visit
made to each of the banks in which they kept ac-
counts, when it was ascertained that forgeries to
the amount of several thousand dollars had been
perpetrated. On the Farmers' and Mechanics' Bank
the forgeries amounted
,to $5,000 ; on the Bank
of North America they amounted to $4,000 ; on
the Bafik of Pennsylvania to $2,500 ; on the Phila-
delphia Bank to $1,500 ; and on the Mechanics'
Bank to $5OO. The forgeries on the Bank of North
America were committed in the name of Mr. Emanuel
Eyre alone ; the others were in the name of the firm.
On an inspection of the checks, it appears that the sig.
natures have been carefully traced, by holding genuine
checks between them and a strong light, as they are ex-
ecuted in a style calculated to deceive almost 'any unsus-
pecting person. Pitcher, it is believed, has gone to New
York with the proceeds of this transaction, but from the
efforts now being made for his capture, he will no doubt,
be taken in a few days. He is the same individual who,
with a brother, figured in the extensive speculations
of the distinguished master Brooks, who, you may
remember something over a year since, then not ten
days out of the Penitentiary, proposed to enter into
the transportation business, married " the pretty
bar-maid" of Franklin-place, and by his address
imposed upon car builders, holders of depot property,
merchants, and, -by plausible and seductive pro-
mises, inveigled the two young Pitchers, both under
t wenty years of age, with others, to leave their situations,
with the view of serving with him in his new business.
These young lads were with him for three or four weeks,
until he was discovered to be a swindler, and were with
him indicted for a conspiracy to defraud; but it being
the general opinion that the lads were " more sinned
against than sinning," they were both acquitted. It is
now feared that the virus of the villain Brooks took
deeper root than the public hoped for, and that at least
one of them is thoroughly innoculated with crime, if
indeed there was no disposition to take it in the natural
way. The present supposed criminal is about nineteen
years of age, five feet six or seven inches high, with red-
dish hair and a florid complexion.
Reinhart, the convict for murder in the Reading gaol,
yesterday morning, having previously by some means
freed himself of his irons, rushed past the female who had
taken him his breakfast, and made his escape. He was
shortly after captured, not, however, until he had re-
ceived a gun shot wound in the arm.

The biisiness in Stocks to-day was again light at prices
much as yesterday. Sales ere almost wholly confined
to State Fives at 60. They closed at 59:1 bid. Exchange
on New York has again advanced to 54,
OFFICIAL—TREASURY NOTES.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT, DEC. 2, 1841.—Amount of
Treasury Notes issued under the provisions of the Acts of
Congress of 1837, 1838, 1839, 1840 :

$26,681,337 53
Redeemed of that amount 25,103,571 30

Leaving outstanding :1,577,766 21
Issued under Act of Feb. 15, 1841, viz.:—
Prior to the 4th of March... 673,681 32
Since the 4th of March... 5,423,300 97

Making 6,096,982 29
Returned to the Treasury
of that amount 415,890 68

5,651,091 61

Making the aggregate outstanding on
the Ist instant 57,228,857 84
W. FORWARD, Secretary of the Treasury.
MONEY AND COMMERCIAL NEWS.
NEW YORK MONEY MARKET, DEC. 2.—The sales at
the Stock Board to-day were to a fair extent, but prices
varied materially. Delaware and Hudson improved
Stonington 4, Paterson 1, Mohawk 1, Bank of America
; Long Island declined *, Illinois 6's ?J. per cent., Indi-
ana s's I ; sales of Bills on Philadelphia 5 a se, Balti-
more 4, obile 10, New Orleans 6 a 6i.
The ship Baltimore, for Havre, carries out 53,000
Mexican dollars.
A nother sale of the State credit was made to-day at
auction, being 100,000 dollars six per cent. stock, no-
minally at par. The actual price was much less
than that.
RATE OF SALES AT THE STOCK EXCHANGE.
813,000 Illinois 6's, 1870, s 3 33
3,800 N. Y. State s's 1658 BBi
1,000 Kentucky Bonds
5,000 Indiana Stlg
2,000 Indiana Dol. Bonds ••• 3si
120 Ditto Delaware and Hudson...
25 Ditto Manhattan Bank
10 Ditto State Bank
13 Ditto Bank of America ..
50 Ditto Patterson R
50 Ditto Boston and Prov
100 Ditto Harlem R b 3 16i
250 Ditto Long Island Railroad
10 Ditto Ohio Trust Co
25 Ditto Farmers' Loan
25 Ditto Canton Co
100 Ditto Vicksburgh Bank .....
10 Ditto Mohawk R
25 Ditto N. Jersey R
75 Ditto Stonington R
$6,000 Exchange on Philadelphia

s 3 52

22/
941

SECOND BOARD.
60 shares Long Island R..
50 Ditto Harlem R
$l,OOO Indiana
STATE OF TRADE.----The following sale of real estate
was made at auction to-day. Twenty-one years lease of
two-story house No. 194, Canal-street, free of ground
rent, sold for 5,0 0 0 .
Ashes.—Since our last, about 100 bbls of Pots have
been sold at $6. No transactions in Pearls worth re-
porting. Cotton—The market remains dull. Flour—
The market is rather unsettled. The large receivers
refuse to sell common brands Canal short of $6.50. Sales
however have been made by some holders at $6.25.
NEW YORK MONEY MARKET, DEc. 7.
There has been a small business done in Stocks to-
day, and prices show but little variation. Delaware and
Hudson declined I ; Harlem -A- ; Canton ; Long Island
; Paterson rose ; sales of Indiana Bonds at a decline
of ; bills on Ph' adelphia 5a 5 ; Baltimore 3k a 4.
The Clinton County Bank failed yesterday at Albany,
as we long since predicted. The following is a list of the
safety fund banks which have failed lately :
BROKEN SAFETY FUND BANKS.
Banks. Capital. Circulation.
Wayne County Bank sloo,ooo $144,392
Bank of Buffalo 200,000 195,000
Commercial Bank of N. York 500,000 121,370
Commercial Bank of Buffido 400,000 246,000
City Bank of Buffalo
Commercial Bank Oswego
Clinton Co. Bank . 200,000 193,616

Total 52,250,000 $1,385,396
Against each and all of these banks have we cau-
tioned the public, and sounded the alarm in season to
prevent loss. There are mai iy others on the brink of an
explosion ; among them the) Yates County, Chatacque,
Bank of Lyons, and the Genesee County Banks in par-
ticular. The weakness of these last-mentioned banks,
arises immediately from the. disastrous speculations in
flour. There is now in this city over 200,000 barrels of
flour, which cost the miller over 7 dol. 25 c. per barrel,
and which cannot now be sold for 6 dol. 25 c.; the con-
sequence is, that the drafts go back upon the Rochester
banks, and, added to their other difficulties, will bring
them down.

We understand th at the Rev. John Cruick-
shank, the father of the P resbytery of Strathbogie, one of
the seven ministers nomir.ally deposed by the last General
Assembly, died at the /ianse of Glasse on the morning
of Monday last, the 20th. inst.

SPEECH OF THE
KING OF THE FRENC R

(From a Second Lion of the Times.)

We have received by Extraordinary Express
from Paris the King's Speech on the opening of
the Session of the Chambers, which took place
yesterday, at one o'clock.

The King passed the Bridge de la Concorde at
five minutes before one o'clock, on his way to
the Chamber of Deputies, in a close carriage
drawn by four horses, and attended by four other
carriages. Precautions had been taken to pre-
vent the approach of any person within musket-
shdt of the line of march, except the military on
duty ; even the terraces of the Tuilleries gardens
were closed.

The King opened the Session of the Chambers
with the usual formalities, and with tl# following
Speech from the Throne :

" Gentlemen, Peers, and Deputies—Since the
close of your last session the questions which ex
cited in the East our just solicitude have reache
their term. I have concluded with the Emperor
of Austria, the Queen of Great Britain, the
King of Prussia, the Emperor of Russia, and the
Sultan, a Convention which consecrates the com-
mon intention of the Powers to maintain the
peace of Europe, and consolidate the repose of
the Ottoman Empire.

"The great burdens imposed upon the country
have already experienced considerable reduc-
tions. It would have been my lively wish that
a balance should have been immediately re-es-
tablished between the expenditure and revenue of
the State. This is the result which we must now
prepare, and which you will achieve without
weakening our military organization, and with-
out deferring the execution of those works which
are to increase the national prosperity.
" A project of law will be presented to you
for constructing the principal lines of a great sys-
tem of railroads, calculated to ensure those rapid
and easy communications with all parts of our
territory, which will prove a source of force and
riches to the nation.

" I am endeavouring, at the same time, by
negotiations prudently conducted, to extend our
commercial relations, and to open new markets
for the productions of our soil, and of our arts.
" Such labours honour peace, and render it
stable and fruitful at the same time. I have
reason to believe that it will not be disturbed, re-
ceiving from all the Powers the most amicable
assurances.

" I have taken measures to prevent any exter-
nal complication from disturbing the security of
our African possessions. Our brave soldiers are
pursuing on that laud, henceforth and for ever
French, the course of their noble labours, in
which I am happy that my sons have had the
honour of concurring. Our perseverance shall
complete the work undertaken by our courageous
army, and France will introduce into Algeria her
civilisation as the consequence of her glory.

"The financial laws and others, having for
their object to introduce useful improvements in
the public administration, will be presented to
you immediately.
" Whatever may be the burdens of our situa-
tion, France would support them without difficulty
if faction did not unceasingly obstruct the course
of her powerful activity. I will not dwell
upon the intrigues and crimes of the factious, but
let us not forget, Gentlemen, that it is that which
debars our country from fully enjoying all the bles-
sings which Providence has conferred upon it,
and which retards the development of that
legal and pacific liberty which France has at last
achieved, and of which I make it my glory to
ensure her the possession.
"We shall follow up this task, Gentlemen.
My Government will do its duty. It will main-
tain everywhere and constantly the authority of
the laws, and cause them to be respected, as it
will respect them itself. Your loyal support
will aid me. In enlightening the country
with persevering sincerity with regard to its
true interest, we shall strengthen by its sup-
port, and by our union keep entire, the sacred
deposit of order and public liberties which the
charter has confided to us. Future generations
will reap the fruit of our endeavours, and the
gratitude of our country will be our recompense."
The journals of this day contain two important
documents—the declaration of the major part of
the newspaper press of Paris, and that of the Com_
mittee of the Literary Society (Societe des Gens de
Lettres), on the late conviction of M. Dupoty,
the editor of the Journal du Peuple, by the
Court of Peers.

The address of the journalists is cool and mo-
derate up to the last paragraph, which
contains in italics,
an appeal to the patriotism,
and the courage of the National Guards and of
all French Citizens.

" Take it for granted," says our Correspondent,
" that all will pass off quietly."
PROBABLE SCHISMS BETWEEN THE
FRENCH AND SPANISH GOVERN-
MENTS.

We have by this express received letters from
our Madrid Correspondent to the 21st inst. inclu-
sive. Their contents are important.
Our Correspondent writes :
" Serious difficulties, which will necessitate the
sending of several couriers to Paris, have arisen
between the Spanish Ministry and the French
Ambassador, on the subject of the presentation
by the latter of his credentials.

" The 'Spanish Government pretend to the
right of exacting that M. de Salvandy (the
French Ambassador), shall present his cre-
dentials to the Regent only, and the instruc-
tions of M. de Salvandy are positive to present
them only to the Queen, but leaving to her
Majesty the discretion of communicating them
to the Regent (Espartero), who will be present.
This proposition (our Correspondent observes) is
in strict conformity with the usages, ancient and
modern."

" It is not possible,"con tinues our correspondent
'that this difficulty can be got over betbre there-
turn of the couriers who have been sent to Paris
by M. de Salvandy, and which will be about
the 2Sth inst. It is said here that if the Spanish
Government persist in its pretensions, M. de
Salvandy has orders to quit Madrid without pre-
senting his letters of credit. This would be a
deplorable result, and which would impart vast
gravity to that difficulty which at first might have
only appeared a matter of etiquette."
" The Eco del Comercio announces, under date
Gibraltar, December 10, that the English Levant
packet had arrived in that harbour in so damaged
a condition that she was unable to proceed
on her voyage. There were upwards of
one hundred passengers on board, and
the Fenicio steamer was to be freighted
for the purpose of conveying them and the mail
to Malta. There were then four ships of the
line in Gibraltar, another had sailed for Lisbon,
and two more were expected."

" The Madrid funds (Actives) on the 21st were
at 33 cash ; and 34, 60 days."
By this express we have also received our
correspondence from Egypt and Turkey, brought
by the Levant Mail. It announces that a total
change has taken place in the Turkish Ministry.

FATHERS AND SONS, A NOVEL BY THEO-
DORE HOOK, ESQ.—While every body will agree that
this new work of our late unrivalled humourist, is at least
equal to any one of his previous works, few of its readers
but will feel that it derives an adventitious, but, neverthe-
less, a real and deep additional value, from the knowledge
that it is the last offering he will ever contribute to ," the
gaiety of a nation." In that admirable and inimitable
truth of character and force of humour which'are the
leading features of Hook's works no one of those works
surpasses " Fathers and Sons ;" and in at least three of
its leading characters, we do not call to mind one that
equals it. The two " Fathers," Bruff and Grindle, snd
one of the " Sons," George Grindle, are, in their were
equal to any thing of the kind that our literature can
boast. With the force of Smollett, and the general truth
of Fielding, they unite an off-hand ease and naturalness,
that no other writer ever attained. Mrs. Smylar, too,
is an admirable picture, representing at once an entire
class, and a perfectly individualized portrait. But the
merit of " Fathers and Sons " is not confined to its cha-
racters ; it boasts a plot of extreme ingenuity which
keeps the curiosity perpetually on the stretch, up to the
very last chapter of the work.—Nava l and Military Gaz

MEXICO.

FALMOUTH, DEC. 26.—The Star packet, Lieutenant
Smith. arrived this morning from Mexico, having sailed
from Tampico ou the ith, Vera Cruz on the 16th,' and
Havannah the 26th of November. She brings 153,000
dollars on freight, all on merchant's account.

In politics we have little news from this quarter ; and
as regards commercial matters, the reduction of the
consu►no duty to the old scale lied given a new impulse
to the trade of the country, and considerable quantities
of manufactured goods of all descriptions had within
six weeks been sent into the interior, and in some plea-
sure relieved the heavy stocks on the coast. Neverthe-
less the market still continued ii► a state of great depres-
sion, and sales had not improved ; consequently prices
in general were very low. A new law had been pub-
lished in Mexico, according to which all ordinary cotton
goods imported, and which came under the Act of pro-
hibitions, were henceforward to be burnt by the Custom
House, the importers being liable not only to the duties,
but also to a fine equal to the value of the goods at ti►e
places where they were imported. It is not expressed in
the law whether it is to take effect immediately, or whe-
ther its application only begins aster the expiration of
the six months usually granted for any alterations in the
tariff. On the other hand some reforms in the tariff
beneficial to foreign trade are spoken of ; but no one can
yet say how far they may be carried out.
The Montrose steamer, due the rith inst., with the
Peninsula mails, has not yet made her appearance. It is
generally supposed an accident has occurred to the ma-
chinery, and in consequence of the Braganza breaking
down on her outward voyage and putting back, there is
no steamer due from abroad this week.

The weather is now a little more settled, with the
wind from the northward, which will give the outward-
bound an opportunity of clearing the Channel.

MEETING OF THE FRIENDS OF

A REPEAL OF THE CORN-LAWS.

An important meeting composed of those friends of a
' total and immediate Repeal of the Corn-laws, resident
in the various metropolitan districts, was held yesterday
nt the Office of the Metropolitan Anti-Corn-law Asso-
ciation, No. 448, West Strand, for the purpose of report-
ing the progress which the question has made in their
respective localities within the last fortnight; George
Beacon, Esq., was called to the chair.
Mr. MURRAY, of Bethnal-green, apprised the meeting
that in his canvassing for signatures to the Repeal of the
Bread-tax petition, he discovered that in New York-
street, Bethnal-green, there was not a single bed, a
frightful indication of the state of suffering to which the
iniquitous Corn-laws had reduced the people in that
populous and industrious district. The petition as a con-
sequence was most numerously signed in that district.
Mr. ANDERSON, of Bishopsgate, stated that out of
fourteen Common Councilmen whom his ward returned
at the late election, thirteen of them had declared in fa-
vour of a " total and immediate repeal of the Corn-laws,"
and were, on that ground, returned.
A letter was read from Mr. H. Cove, representing the
growing state of the Tottenham Association ; and, that
while the clergymen of the Established Church, in their
district, declined to sign the petition, those of the Bap-
tist and Roman Catholic congregations, a►►d also some of
the members of the Society of Friends, had signed it, and
pledged themselves to do all in their power to further the
objects of the Association. The letter suggested the
getting up of ' Congregational Petitions," of which 31r.
Smith very highly approved, and for that purpose, the
waiting o❑ the various district clergymen. A letter was
read from Mr. Jeffrey, of Maidstone, stating that a sum
of 100/. had been raised by the Methodist chapel con-
gregation of that town, by a penny subscription, collected
by means of cards, having 240 squares marked out on
each, one of which was perforated with a pin by each
person paying a penny, the perforation answering as a
receipt. Letters were also read by Mr. George Taylor,
of Uxbridge, from the Rev. Mr. Newland, of Chalfont,
and from a correspondent at Beaconsfield, stating the
frightful amount of distress in their districts
and that the people were so much " under the
iron heel of the bread-tax," as to be afraid in
many instances, to sign the petition. " Bread-tax
receipts," originated by Mr. Cormac, of Hammer-
smith, were strongly recommended to be brought under
the notice of all bodies and persons dispensing charity at
the present season. By an arrangement with a baker,
the party who receives such tax-ticket is to receive the
41b. loaf; price 8-d., for sd. ; the charitably disposed
persons (who can procure the tickets from the Anti-
Corn-law Association), paying the additional &Id.,
which is the landlord's tax on the loaf. The effect will
be to show the people the amount for which they would
obtain the 41b. loaf at all times but for the landlord's
tax. Mr. Herne proposed a plan the reverse of this,
namely, that the people should only pay the tax, and
that the charitably disposed should pay the value of the
bread.

A discussion followed, which ended in leaving the ques-
tion open, both plans having the merit of exposing the
landlord's tax on the poor man's loaf.
Mr. SYDNEY SMITH reported the rapid progress which
the question of repeal has made within the last fortnight,
and the meeting then separated, elate with the fact that
the working-classes are rapidly uniting in all quarters in
the just and desirable objects of the Association.

TRANSMISSION OF LETTERS.
WEEKLY STATE:eiENT, DEc. 27.
THROUGH TIIE CENERAL POST.
Four Weeks, ending Dec. 25, 1841 5,335,639
Corresponding period of 1840 4,318,790
Ditto, as nearly as can be given, of 1839 1,682,912
Increase since 1840, on the Four Weeks' Letters 1,019,849
Ditto, 1839, ditto
THROUGH THE DISTRICT POST.
Four Weeks, ending Dec. 25, 1841 1,785,125
Corresponding period of 1840 1,567,837
Ditto, before the reduction of postage, as nearly
as can be given, of 1839 1,021,386
_ _ . _ .

Increase since 1840, on the Four Weeks' Letters 217,290
Ditto, 1839, ditto 763,739

COURT CIRCULAR.

WINDSOR, MONDAY.—The Queen and Prince Albert
took their accustomed walk on the Terrace of the Castle
this morning.
His Royal Highness Prince Albert afterwards went
to Virginia Water, attended by the Earl of Liverpool,
Viscount Sydney, Major-General Sir E. Bowater, Col.
Bouverie, and Mr. George E. Anson, and enjoyed
several hours' shooting.
The Belgian Minister and Madame Van de Weyer,
the Earl of Sandwich, and the Dean of Hereford hare
taken their departure from the Castle.
The Chevalier Bunsen, the Prussian Minister, the
Earl of Aberdeen, and Lord and Lady Stanley, arrived
at the Castle to-day on a visit to her Majesty.
Her Majesty honoured Mr. Partridge with a sitting
for a full length portrait to-day.

The Earl of Aberdeen left town yesterday afternoon,
on a visit to her Majesty at Windsor Castle.
Sir James Graham left town yesterday for Dorchester.
Lord and Lady Stanley left their residence in St.
James's-square, at four o'clock yesterday afternoon, on a
visit to her Majesty at Windsor Castle.
Despatches from the Governor of Barbadoes were re-
ceived) esterday at the Colonial-office. Despatches were
received from the Governors of the other West India
Colonies.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
TATTERSALL'S—YESTERDAY.
A thin attendance and very little doing, too little, in-
deed, to require more than a list of the prices :
THE DERBY.
7 to 2 agst Scott's lot
S to 1 agst Colonel Anson's Attila—taken and off.
9 to 1 agst Colonel Peel's Chatham—take 10 to 1
25 to 1 agst Mr. Dixon's Ballinkeele—taken and off.
33 to 1 agst Mr. Wreford's Wiseacre—taken
50 to 1 agst Duke of Grafton's Canadian
50 to 1 agst Mr. Ramshay's Moss Trooper—taken
50 to 1 agst Mr. Goodman's The Rover—taken
1000 to 15 agst Mr. Herbert's Nessus—taken and off.
660 to 10 each agst Duke of Grafton's Canadian and
Lord Jersey's Brother to Phoenix in one bet—taken
THE OARS.
14 to 1 agst Mr. Bowes's Lass of Linton—taken
30 to 1 agst Mr. Vansittart's Raffle—taken

HUNTING APPOINTMENTS.
The Middleton harriers will meet on Friday, at Bess
Bottom-11.

The N. F. H. on Thursday, at Roche Court; Saturday,
at Ashley Lodge-10i.
The Hambledon hds. Fri., at Owselbury
The Brecon hounds, Friday, at Talwen-10.
The Carmarthen hounds, Saturday, at Foxhole-10.
The Hursley hounds on Friday, at Tanner's Pond.
The H. H. Thurs. Lannard Farm; Sat. Herriard-10i,
Mr. Morgan's (Ruprra) hounds on Thursday, at
PiecOrner ; Saturday, at Castletown-101.
The Cowbridge harriers on Thursday, at the Three
Ashes; Saturday, at Clementine Gate-10i.
Tickharualiouncis, Thursday, Tong Mills-10k.
Cambridgeshire hounds, Fri., Downing Arms-10A.
Puckeridge hounds, Saturday, Great Minden.
Mr. Watson's lids., Sat., Morpeth Quarry Bank-111.
Allendale hounds, Saturday, Park Gates-9
Staley hounds, Saturday, Bog Hall Plantation-9.
Haydon hounds, Saturday, Kennel-9.
Berkshire hounds, Friday, Foxcomb Hill-101.
Prudhoe and Derwent hounds, Saturday, Kennel-10
Whitefield harriers, Thursday, Troy Mill-10.
Odiham liar., Thur., Clay Hatch Clump of Firs-104.
Duke of Grafton's hounds, Friday, Wappenham-104.
Sir W. Carew's hounds Saturday, Stover Lodge.
The F. B. hds., Sat., Punch Bowl Inn, near Trelis-
sick-10.
Sir John Cope's hds. Friday, at Mortimer ; Saturday,
at Lodden-bridge-10i.
The Pembrokeshire lids. Thurs., Blackpool Mill-10i.
The Tivyside hds. Thurs., Pontersally Bridge-10.
Tae Torquay harriers, Thurs., Lumitor Berry.
The Boroughbridge harrs. Fri., Clot House-10.
The Marquis of Hastings's lids. Sat., Draycott-101
The Duke of Beaufort's lids. Thurs., Dyrham Park.'
Lord Portman's hounds Friday, Milton Park.
The Vine lids. Thurs., Manydown Park ; Sat., Pine
Appk. _
The Tytherley hars. Friday, Sutton Seotney Road.

FATAL ACCIDENT.—This morning a young
man of the name of Wilkes, a painter, who resided in
Princzs-street, Leicester-square, was drowned in the
river near Battersea-bridge. The deceased and three
companions had been on a visit to a friend at Put-
ney, and were on their return a little before eight o'clock,
when one of the party let his oar fall out of the rowlock
into the water. Wilkes, who was rather the worse for
drink at the time, leaned over the side of the boat- to
endeavour to reach the oar, and unfortunately was dross m-
ed. One of his companions laid hold of his foot as
sank, but his shoe came oft' in his hand, otherwise Ire
might have been saved.

GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY
ACCIDENT.

We have waited, before pronouncing an opinion upon
this dreadful event, for the result of the inquest held
upon the bodies of the sufferers ; and this we wish we
could say, tbat after perusing the evidence, it was pos-
sible to exculpate the Directors of the Great Western
Railway Company from responsibility for what has hap.
pened. It may be true that no regulations which can
be devised would provide absolutely against such oc-
currences as the sudden slipping of an embankment ;
but in this instance it is only too clear that the proba-
bility of such an event might have been foresee, and
ought to have led to precautions, which were not
adopted. The verdict, therefore, of the jury, which
imposed upon the engine and tender a deodand of
1,0001., was a most proper one ; and we trust it may
have a salutary effect in checking similar negligence
for the future.

That the embankment in the Sonning-hill cutting,
et or near the place where it fell, had been observed
for some time previous to be in a dangerous state, so
as to attract the observation of persons living in the
neighbourhood—that some of those persons had ex-
pressed their apprehensions to servants of the Rail-
way Company—that partial slips had taken place, and
had been recently patched up under the direction of
one of the assistant engineers, were facts fully esta-
blished by the evidence upon the inquest. So much
as this was admitted by Mr. Berthram, the assistant
engineer, himself ; and although this witness and
his foreman deposed " that everything was done
which was thought necessary," and were " quite
sure" that the particular slip which led to the
fatal catastrophe was " new, and without any pre-
vious indication of danger," we have to oppose to
this testimony that of Mr. Gosling, jun., who perceived
the ground bulging, where it afterwards fell in, on the
very day before the accident happened. Under these
circumstances, it is impossible for a reasonable man to
doubt, that the spot was known to be unsafe, and that
the Company's servants had warning amply sufficient
to put them upon their guard against the impending
evil. The very least which they should have done
was to keep a watchman constantly stationed in the
immediate neighbourhood, ready to exhibit the cus-
tomary signal of danger upon a moment's notice.
Instead of which, the watchman who had been
placed there while the first slip continued, was re-
moved as soon as it was patched up, without the
least regard to the probability that the same causes
might, in the existing state of the weather, produce
another. At the fatal moment, this watchman was
stationed half a mile off from the critical point, and,
instead of being of service, held up the signal of
safety, and unconsciously lured on the unhappy travel-
lers to their destruction.

We may observe here, that although some evidence
(of an unsatisfactory nature) was adduced by the Rail-
way Company, with a view to show that the fall of the
embankment took place at the moment when the train
was passing, and under circumstances against which
the presence of a watchman could have afforded no
security, the contrary was distinctly proved by the per-
son who, of all others, must have had the best oppor-
tunities of judging. We refer to the statement of the
engine-driver, Thomas Reynolds, who deposed that
" the engine ran into some loose earth which had
slipped from the side of the cutting on to the rails."
The accident, therefore, being itself mainly owing to
the negligence of the Company's servants in not setting
and keeping a proper watch, or in not paying proper
attention to the warnings which they received of the
dangerous state of the cutting, we must add to this,
that if any regard bad been shown to the safety of the
passengers in the mode of arranging the position of the
trucks oy which they were conveyed, the lives which
have been sacrificed would probably have been saved.
These trucks were placed in the front of the train,
next to the tender, with all the luggage-trucks behind
them--a pcsition at once the most uncomfortable,
being directly exposed to the sparks and cinders
thrown out by the engine, and the most dan-
gerous. If an engine come into collision with any
object in front of it, or run over an embankment
or he brought to a sudden check, in all these cases
the first carriages are certain to be destroyed, as at
once participating in the immediate shock, and having
the rest of the train violently forced up upon them.
This has been the history of almost every serious acci-
dent which has yet taken place ; insomuch that it is
now a matter of experience that the risk of fatal con-
sequences by railway is almost entirely confined to the
carriages next to the engine ; nod suggestions have
been made (with which we hope the Legislature will
compel the Railway Companies to comply) to the effect
that passengers should in no instance travel without,
at least one empty carriage between themselves and
the tender. The Great Western Railway Company,
however, consider that no post is so fit for the humble
hard-working class who travel by their luggage trains as
the post of danger, thinking (it would almost seem)
that the safety of the luggage is of more importance
than the lives of stone-masons and waggoners.—Times.

BANKRUPTCY-(THIS DAY.)
HILL AND BROOK'S BANKRUPTCY.

The final examination of these bankrupts, whose case
is regarded with the greatest curiosity and interest in the
city, was to have taken place this day before Mr. Com-
missioner Evans ; but, in consequence of the absence of
the official assignee, it was postponed to the 26th Jan.

BENTLEY'S MISCELLANY FOR JANUARY,
1842.—This mirth-dispensing periodical begins the new
year in great force. Its literary, as well as picolrial,
contents, are indeed more than usually attractive. The
illustrations, which are by George Cruikshank, Leech,
Alfred Crowquill, and Cruikshank the younger, are no
less than seventeen I Some of them exquisitely droll.
Among the contributors we have Tom Ingoldsby, with a
Legend ; Father Prout, with " The Mistletoe, a Dithy-
ramb," a composition of which any poet might be justly
proud. " The Razed House," a story of great power
and pathos; with a fine illustration from a design by
Mr. Rippingille. Everybody must read this story ; it
places before our eyes brigand life in Italy in a manner
the most graphic we ever recollect to have read. " Save
me from my Friends" would make an admirable farce.
" Welsh Rabbits," by Dr. Maginn, is a very well-told
story, which we commend to the .consideration of all
lovers of what are called " good things" at this festive
season. Whitehead's capital story, " Richard Savage,"
deepens in interest as it proceeds Poor Ludlow's death,
and the last scene of Savage with his mother, are very
powerfully written. Alfred Crowquill presents us with
a very droll paper on smoking, called " Twelve Vo-
lumes of Smoke, with most laughable " heads and tails."
Our Wiltshire friends will be much delighted with the
account of " Dick Defter." " The' Comicalities of th&
Feelings" are very comically illustrated. The number
containr many more able articles ; but we can only find
space to draw attention to the " Country Squire," by
Grig ; " The Poet at Home," :by Old Scratch ; " Ad-
ventures in India ;" " French Cookery," &c. &c. This
is undoubtedly one of the best numbers of " Bentley's
Miscellany" which has yet appeared.
STEAM v. SAILS.—The Toulonnais of the
2lsti last publishes a long article, in which it proves the
supertterity of a steam navy over a fleet of sailing vessels,
and calls on the Government to lose no time in arming a
considerable number of steamers of 450-horse power and
upwards. " This," it says, "is a question of life or
death for our maritime power, and we cannot but deplore
every instant lost in realizing that object. The superio-
rity of steam is so incontestable, and it is so clear for us
that a float of 30 steamers of 500-horse power, and 20 of a
lesser force, carrying an army of 20,000 u:en, would com-
mand the coasts of the Mediterranean, in spite of all the
fleets of Europe, that we scarcely conceive it to be neces-
sary to adduce reasons to prove it." The Toulonnais
then contends that the expedition of Bonaparte against
Egypt would have produced a very different result, if
the expeditionary army had been seconded by a naval
army of steamers. " France," it says, " would be still in
possession of Egypt, and the East would not beat present
on the eve of a revolution." The Toulon Journal after-
wards proceeds to 'demonstrate with what ease the trade
of Great Britain could be destroyed in the Mediterra-
nean, were the Government to adopt the plan it proposed;
and concludes by showing the immense advantages
afforded by steam, in making an invasion on the enemy's
shores, or in defending one's own coasts.
THE ESCAPE OF RAPALLO.--WC understand
that this individual was originally under the impression
that after his release from Newgate no other steps
ld
t
b,e taken against him with regard to the forg ed.
Focc
bins. Having, however, some doubt of his
from the risk of further molestation, and feeling desirous
'
to be upon the safe side7h
e hastened, on the very even-
ing of his discharge, to the private residence of a certain
eminent counsel ; and, after a consultation, he lost no
time in getting on board a Boulogne steam-boat. lied
he been tried and acquitted be could not, of course,
have been again indicted for the same offence ; but
as the proceedings went no further than an examination
before the Police Magistrates, the opportunity
of clear
ing his character (if he can) by a trial at the Old Bailey
is still open to him, should he feel disposed to return to
take advantage of it.
Tsehuemnyuemstbeerrdao,flpraesrsons who visited the British
Museum
teic
Museumlarger
number than on na) •y " Boxl4in7g6-3dayb'e'insgineae
has been open to the public on those days. On the same
day last. year, Christmas-day falling on Friday, and the
the number of visitors
it was 9,031. In
,3,ll,ausse2l:sm3lb,eing closed onwShaindiaoyn,day
n hour aftero'clock •
ten yes-
terday of seven Hint red persons were
increased during the day. The
file first three-quarters of a
teTday morning
radon
the 3 Museum were under the di-
rectiont who graoduoafli
polfee arrangeni
rolicbeeyn-caonstable Reason, A 131, who was yes •
sergeant and ten constables, of the
odfinhgotlhidisaylargelkcso, nbcooturuslerooof
t o r day assistedo of
consis
persons,
•,r refused admission on the grounds of intoxication ;
tiNneo-twcliitiheflstyan
a";:d-q, may be added, that not a single robbery was corn-
same division:
; t d on account of the vigilance of the police, who
timely discovered three of the swell mob, who were im-
mediately removed. Not a single instance of damage
occurred during the day

ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION.--Up-
wards of three thousand five hundred persons visited
this popular place of amusement yesterday, one of the
principal attractions being the new dissolving views,
which were exhibited nine or ten times during the morn-
ing and evening. The illuminated clock in front of the
institution, which is worked by electricity, went yester-
day for the first time.

EVENING SUN

AN OLD SMUGGLER.

Yesterday a man, who gave the name of John Smith,
was brought before Mr. Ballantyne, at the Thames Po-
lice Court, charged on a Custom-house information.
It appeared that on Friday morning last a Custom-
house efficer,": named William Taylor, was stationed on
board the City of Edinburgh steam-ship, lying off St.
Katherine's, which arrived from Harnburgh on the pre-
ceding night, when the prisoner came to the gangway
and was about to pass out. He was interrogated by
Taylor, who asked him if he had anything liable to
duty about him. The prisoner replied that he bad not,
and passed down the ladder into a boat alongside. The
officer then observed that he appeared very bulky, and
called him back. The prisoner returned to the vessel with
much reluctance, and on being overhauled in the cabin
51bs. of foreign-inenufactured tobacco and 41bs. of
cigars were taken from his person. The whole was very
ingeniously concealed round his legs and waist. He en
treated of the revenue officer not to take any notice o
the discovery, as he had a sick wife and dying child at
home. Taylor said he must do his duty, and conveyed
the prisoner to this Court. He had scarcely entered it
when, taking advantage of the officer speaking to a
person, he started off at full speed down the passage
into the street, passing several policemen and others in
waiting. He was immediately pursued by Taylor, who
called out " Stop thief," but on reaching the end of the
alley, in descending the steps he stumbled and fell head
foremost into the street. He received a severe wound
on the forehead, and was quite disabled by the fall. A
Thames-police constable, named Harry Hambrook, took
up the pursuit, and gave chase to the prisoner along High-
street, Wapping, for some distance. Several persons tried
to stop him, but without success. He knocked down one
man and kicked two others. Hambrook, who is an active
young fellow, chased him over wharfs and barges for'some
time, and ultimate ly gained upon him, when the fellow
darted into the warehouse of Mr. Kimm, a mast and
block maker, and ran up stairs into a parlour, where
several females were seated, who were greatly alarmed
at the sudden appearance of the intruder, and screamed
aloud. Their screams guided Hambrook to the apart-
ment, and he fell apt) the prisoner, secured him, and
brought him back to the office.
The prisoner, in defence, said he was not off the
vessel when the officer called him back, indeed he was
only two stairs down the gangway-ladder, and had there-
fore net unshipped the tobacco.
Mr. BALLANTINE believed tho defendant was an old
smuggler, and he sentenced him to pay a fine of 1001.
to the Queen, and be imprisoned till it was paid.

EXTENSIVE FORGERIES AT BRISTOL.--
\' ithin the last fortnight forgeries to a large amoua
have been committed in the city of Bristol. One of them
was upon the Custom-house, and although every effort
has been used to capture the delinquent he has not yet
been taken into custody. In another ease, it appears that
on or about the ;th inst., Edward Charles Clarke, ship-
chandler, late in the employ of Messrs. Filter, and Co.
Bristol, absconded from the city in question, and it was then
ascertained that he had by means of forged signatures ne-
gotiated bills purporting to be of the value of several
hundred pounds. A warrant having been issued for his
apprehension, Mr. Bosworth, inspector of the Bristol
police, with Inspector Tedman, have exerted themselves
to the utmost with the view of finding the forger, who is
described as being a well-dressed lima, about 26 years of
age. They ascertained that on Friday last a man, an
swering exactly his description, dined at a public-house
at Harrow, and there is reason to believe that. he is about
to make hil; way to sonic foreign port.—Bath Herald.
PUSEYISM AT ABERYSTWITH.—On Thurs-
day, the Bishop of St. David's consecrated the New
Church at Cwzri. Mr. Williams, one of the candidates
f'or the .I.kitly Professorship at Oxford, preached in the
morning, and Mr. Hughes, the vicar of Llanbadarn-
tan•r, is the evening. A large party, including the Earl
and Countess of Lisburne, Sir J. Edwards, &c., dined
at Cwm. Dissatisfaction is felt by several of the sub-
scribers as to the doctrines intended to he advanced in
this church ; but we are informed that those subscribers
whose apprehension of the introduction of Pusevisin ren-
ders them dissatisfied, are offered to have their money
returned, if demanded.--Carnarvon
ENORMOUS FIG TREE.—The grand lion of
Roscoff, which we were told we must visit before we
walked back to St. Pol, is an enormous fig tree. It
is situated in the gardens of the ci-devunt con-
vent of Cordeliers, and is, in truth, worth seeing.
The trunk is not particularly large, but the circum-
rerence of the circle overshadowed by its boughs
is sixty-seven paces ! There are sixty stout pieces of
timber to prop up the immense mass of intertwined
branches. The yearly produce is very large: ; and every
year it is cut, to prevent it spreading over the whule
garden.— Trollope's Summer in Brittany.
REMARKABLE STORM OF HAIL AND
LIGHTNING.—An esteemed correspondent wishes us to
put on record some particulars of a storm of thunder and
lightning, accompanied by hail, that passed over the
peninsula of Lleyn, on the morning of the I;th inst.
in its passage over the park at Madryn it was of a
most awful and alarming character, and did immense
damage to a long range of glass-houses, pits and frames,
that are used for forcing, besides putting in imminent
danger a large collection of valuable plants. Some of
the hailstones, we are assured, measured no less than
three inches, and one-eighth round the base—all of them
being of a conical shape. Hail of the same magnitude
and quantity has not fallen in that part of the country
within the memory of the present age.—Carnarvon
Herald.

EMIGRATION TO GUIANA.—The Venezuela
has returned, after a six weeks' cruise among the islands,
bringing with her only, twenty-five immigrants ! This
small success was not occasioned by any indisposition to
emigrate on the part of 'labourers ; that disposition pre-
vails to a very great extent among the inhabitants of the
Leeward Islands, and many first-rate hands readily put
down their names for Demerara. But the Island plan-
ters stuck at no means to defeat their intentions, princi-
pally availing themselves of a law which seems pretty
general in ahe islands, by which captains of vessels are
obliged to give bonds that they will take away no persons
in debt.—Guiana Gazette, Nov. 9.
UNION AND COMPULSION.—It is, indeed,
high time to. force the men, whoever they are, who are
at the head of affairs, to abandon that selfish legislation
which studies only for class interests, and enact laws
which shall have for their object the common good of all
orders of society. This will soon be effected, if the
middle classes will repair the error to which we have
been alluding, and, retracing their steps, once more form
that compact and firm alliance with the working-classes
whence sprung the resistless strength which carried the
Reform Bill by acclamation. " The worthy dealers in
cotton and woollen hosen," and also the importers of
sugar, rum, timber, sumach, and logwood, may depend upon
one thing, namely, that they will never obtain anything
from the /oec of the Tory aristocracy. They are of that
"kind of cattle" that will (r nothingive except what they
cannot withhold. With the Morning Post they believe,
that they have a monopoly of "the business of legisla-
tion," and their idea is, that this business is to be carried
on entirely on their own account. This idea can only be
disturbed by a little gentle comp ulsion.--Liverpool Agien.
" Alas, we have got perhaps a still harder thing to
settle than the Divine Right of Kings, the Divine Hight
of Squires. Did a God make this land of Britain, and
give it to us all, that we might live there by honest. a-
hour ; or did the Squires make it, and,—shut to the voice
of any God, open only to a DeVil's voice in this matter,
—decide on giving it to themselves alone ? This is now
the sad question and ' divine right' we, in this unfortu-
nate century, have gut. to settle! For there is no end of
settlements ; there never will be an end ;
the best
settlement is but a temporary, partial -one. Truly,
all manner of rights, and adjustments of work and
wages, here beloW, do verge gradually into error,
into unbearable error, as the time-flood bears us
many a right,
of the time-vovage to have
onward ; and
a duty done and divine enough, which used to be
turns out, in a new lati-
tudegrown now altogether un-
divine ! Turns ()Zit,- to
the fatal hour and necessity
for overhauling for some con-
siderable while past, an inanity, a conventionality, hol-
which, if it will still
hol-
low simulacrum -of use-and•want ;
it arrives,—to have been,
assert itself as a divine right,' having now no divine duty
to do, becomes a diabolic wrong ; and, by soft means or
' '
by sharp; has to he sent travelling out of this world !
Alas, intolerabilines do now again in this new cen-
turyery to
Heaven; —or wtrse, do not cry, but in low
was no ear for them, and in earth no ear. ' Eleven-
wide-spread moan, lie as perishing, as if in heaven there
pence in this world ; and in the next
t•
.11:0 halfpenny a week And • sliding scales,' and endless wrigglings
a"n-odrii wrestlings over mere Corn-laws:' a governing class,
‘hired
(it appears) at the rate of some fifty millions a
year, which not only makes no attempt at governing, but
will not, by any consideration, passionate entreaty, or
.1.
even menace as yet, be persuaded to eat its victuals,
shoot its partridges, and not strangle out the general life
by nils-governing ! It cannot and it will not come to
good."—Mr. Carlyk.
FATAL ACCIDENT.—An alarming and fatal
accident occurred at Edgbaston-pool on Sunday morn-
ing. A number of- boys had assembled for the purpose
of skating. Owing to the sudden thaw which took place
on Friday and Saturday, the greater part of the ice
was covered with water. It was again frozen over, but
when the boys ventured upon it, owing to the rotten
state of the ice, it separated, and eight or nine of them
were instantly immersed in the water. All except one
succeeded in getting upon certain portions of the ice,
and eventually reached the shore ; but we arverry to
say that one unfortunate fellow was unavoidably drowned
in sight of thirty or forty persons, who stood near the
spot without the means of rescuing him.

Interest of money was twopence per week for
205., in 1260, and 46 per cent. in 13U7, and reduced from
ten to eight per cent. in 1624 ; it was reduced by the
Rump Parliament to six per cent., and was confirmed at
the Restoration at five per cent. in 1714, It has since
then undergone other changes, and a few years ago gave
rise to many debates in the House of Commons, the late
Serjeant Onstow, and other members, contending that
money, like every other commodity, should be suffered to
find its own level as the best means of preventing usury;
this principle to a certain extent is recognised and legal
at present

ERRATUM.—In the sixth paiftgraph of the
first leader yesterday, towards the end, the words "as
compared to the present scheme," should be "as com-
pared to Mr. Christopher's delusive pretences."
EAST INDIA ROUSE.--We understand the
Chairman and Deputy-Chairman of the East India Com-
pany have selected Weelies to execute the statue of the
Marquis Wellesley, which was voted by the Court some
time since to be placed in their Court-room.