The Sun.
London, England, 1846-11-26 00:00:00

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, Nov. 25.

JACKSON AND ANOTHER V. MAGNAY-HEREFORD AN]
MERTHYR TYDVIL RAILWAY.

This was an action brought against Sir Wm. Magnay,
as one of the board of management of this line of rail-
way, to recover for goods sold and delivered on its be-
half. Shortly after the action was brought a note was
sent from the company's attorney to the plaintiff's :at.
torney, intimating that if a fresh bill was made out, with
the costs incurred in bringing the action, the company
would discharge the same. With this understanding the
record was withdrawn, and now the defendant movtd
for a rule to enter a nonsuit,on his behalf. Mr. Lush
moved for the rule on a previous day, alleging that
plaintiff was no party to the arrangement with the com.-
pany, and that he denied his liability.
Mr. White was heard to-day against the rule, and KT.
Lush in reply.

The maiter was arranged that the rule should 'be
discharged on the plaintiff giving a peremptory under-
taking to proceed to trial in the next term, and ttte
Court so ordered.

CORK B ARK.—A vessel, from Tangier, has brong ht
an entire cargo, consisting of 128 tons weight of co rk
bark, or the bark of the cork tree. This article is
usually imported in large quantities from Spain, an d
other of the Southern States of Europe; but is, II e
think, unusual from the empire of Morocco, in whisk
the port mentioned is situated, and therefore may be
particularly noticed.

- A letter from Rouen says :—" Since August, 3,
forty-six vessels have entered this port, laden with nom,
from Brittany, and thirty-one from London with.
su-
miler cargoes. On an average, each had on board. 'me
hundred thousand kilogrammes. Advices have been
received from London of twenty other vessels with, corn
having left for the Seine."

4,
TimCOSTS" OF A FARTHING'S WORTH OF
DAMAGE.—John and William, sons of John Tyler, of
Wimeswould, were charged with damaging the door of
the workshop occupied by Enoch Crooks of ithe same
place, on the evening of Wednesday, the 4th instant.
Mr. Coope appeared with complainant;and Mr.. Hoskins
for the defence. The complainant and three or four
more witnesses were examined in support of the charge.
A boy named George Heathcote deposed that he saw
William Tyler throw a stone at the door, and then, with
his brother and a boy named Brooks, run away. On
cross-examination by Mr.Hoskins witness said he did not
know what was. thrown; and he did not see defendant
throw a stone.—John Brooks was called in support of
the charge, and said he was with William Tyler on
the evening in question, but did not see him throv r a
stone. He heard something hit Crooks's shop door, 8 aid
he ran away with William Tyler as soon as they he: ird
it. Enoch Crooks was asked what injury was done to
the door, and could not say. Mr. Acworth told hit aif
there was no damage done, the bench could not pro( peed
with the case. Mr. Cooper suggested sixpence as the
amount, but Crooks estimated it as a farthing ; on ci .oss-
examination by Mr. Hoskins, he said it was not the decor
that was injured, it was the door frame. The father of
the defendant was sworn, and deposed that Heath(' ote
had told him the boys were playing at " stag," that he
did not see William throw a stone, and that Heath( :ote
also said Mr. Goddard (Crooks's landlord) . had
" frightened him out of it." William Hickling, a jei juin',
deposed that he had examined Crooks's shop-dooc , and
found nothing the matter with it. There was a small
indentation in one side of the door frame, but it 'vas no
damage. In the course of the hearing of the case it was
stated that Crooks had been annoyed by having stones
thrownat the shop door last winter and the winter before,
and this winter offered the constable ss.for the first offender
he could catch. He did not summons Brooks:_b_ bee arse his
parents were sorry that he was " in the meshs " b
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should be decided on its merits. Mr.
formation, but waived. them, as he was willing the case
for out of the market, and denied threatening Reathcote
to compel him to come and say William Tyler 'threw the
stone. The magistrates convicted both defend ants, and
ordered them to pay one farthing damage, and a fine of
Is. each and costs [how much were they ?]• " How
much were they ?" was our query then as to the amount
of costs ; and what does the reader suppose they were ?
We have it in our power now to tell them, on e autho-
rity of the defendant's father. The fines were, it will
be perceived, the farthing damage and a shilling each
defendant ; the whole sum to pay came, howe, ier, with
" costs," to one pound fourteen shillings and a farthing.
—Leicestershire Mercury. .

GREAT RUNNING MATCH FOR 25/. ASIDE, —Yester-
day afternoon, the half mile running match, between
Harvey, of London, and Williams, of Wandsworth, was
decided on Wandsworth Common. At the.start Harvey
got the lead, which he kept to the half distance ; his
opponent, who had been lying behind, now came up, and
took the lead. Williams kept a head the remaining dis-
tance, and went in the winner by 25 yards. Tine half
mile of road was run over by the winner in two -minutes
and three seconds.

EXPEDITION OP GENERAL FLORES.—RefeI ling to
a paragraph which appeared in The Sun a lew days
since, as to the seizures of the ships Glenelg, Monarch,
and Neptune, we understand the Lords of the Treasury
have directed the legal condemnation of the vessels ,t o
be proceeded with, and that Mr. Forsyth has receiV€i I
the orders of the Board of Customs to bring the Glenels
from Gravesend to London as soon as the state of thy
tide will admit.

GRAND BANQUET to MR. COBDEN
AT CADIZ.
We have been favoured by a correspondent with a
copy of the Comercio of Cadiz of the 11th instant, which
contains the following account of a grand banquet given
the day before to Mr. Cobden, M.P., in that great com-
merciil city, by various merchants and proprietors of

the place::-J-
The banquet was prepared in one
the purpose of the beautif
by the
-
loons of the Casino, given up for
society of the establishment. The table was adorned
with fine flowers, and covered with rich dishes and a
great profusion of fruits and sweetmea.ts.
The saloon, lighted with three magnificent chandeliers,
and a number of other lights, which burnt in beautiful
candelabra, presented a magnificent coup d' cell to the
spectators.
At half-past five P.M. Mr. Cobden arrived, accompanied
by his friend and fellow-traveller, Mr. Salis Schwabe of
Manchester, and by. Don Jorge Urtetegui, a respectable
merchant, and a friend of the great English League
leader. The latter, we learn, was the first to conceive
the ides of giving to Mr. Cobden, in this fete, a proof
of the lively sympathies entertained for his doctrines in
Spain.
At six o'clock the festival commenced. Don Jorge
Urtetegui presided, supported by Mr. Cobden on his
right, and Don Jose Maria Elizalde on his left. There
were also present at different points of the table the
following gentlemen:—Mr. J. Duncan Shaw, Mr. C.
Haurie, Mr. D. Macpherson, Don Julian Lopez, Don
Juan de Dios Lasante, Don Juan Escribano, Don
Manuel Ruiz Tagle, Don Jose Lopez Bonal, Don
Manuel Docavo y Casal, Don Jose Nicolas de Oveido,
Don F. G. de Arboleya (the editor of the Comercio), the
Marquis de Urena, the English Consul, Dr. Bodman,
Don Manuel Quesada, Don Joaquim Urtetegui, Don
Jose Maria Aguirrevengoa, Don Manuel Marzan, Don
F. Mendez, the Count de Casa Brunet, Mr. Daniel
O'Ryan, Don' J. P. Gomez, &c. There were alto-
gether forty-four persons present, all gentlemen of high
standing in society, and for the most part interested in

UOLLIIIIIBI
The table was most luxuriantly spread, the dishes
numerous and exquisite, and the wines (both native and
foreign) of the very richest and raciest quality. The
Count de Casa Brunet, who was intrusted with the
chief duties of caterer, left nothing omitted that could
add either to the splendour of the scene or the pleasure
of the guests. After dinner, when the animation and
mirth of the guests were at their highest pitch, the
President, Don Jorge Urtetegui, rose, and proposed,
" The healths of the Queen of Spain and her Royal
Family."
Senor ELIZALDE then proposed " The health of Queen
Victoria of England." Both toasts were drunk with
enthusiasm.
The PRESIDENT then rose and said,—Gentlemen, I
am about to propose a toast which I am sure you will all
drink with much pleasure ; it is the health of the illus-
trious guest who this day honours this table by his pre-
sence,—" Mr. Richard Cobden,—may Heaven prolong
his life, so as to enable him to behold the complete
triumph of his sound doctrines throughout Europe as he
has already done in England !"Loud
—( applause from
all the guests, which lasted some minutes.)
Mr. COBDEN then rose, and the uproar immediately
subsided into a solemn silence, testifying at once the
curiosity and impatience of the audience. Mr. Cobden,
of course, spoke English, but the majority of his hearers
understood that language pretty well ; nor were the
beauties of his peroration unperceived ; it was fre-
quently interrupted by bravos and spontaneous acclama-
tions. The following copy of Mr. Cobden's speech is a
translation from the Castilian version rendered by Senor
Urtetegui :—" Gentlemen, I feel that I am unable to
testify my gratitnde for so cordial a reception in a
language understood by all present. lam not surpriAed
to see that the commercial principles which I have main-
tained in England meet with partisans in Cadiz. It is
to those principles, and not to their humble advocate,
that you are at this moment rendering honour. The
supporters of free trade in England have only had
one object in view, which may be summed up in a
single word—liberty !—(Loud applause.) We found
oar trade subject to a thousand restrictions. The
laws on all sides limitued individual operations. Our
mercbants and manufactures carried their spirit of
speculation to the utmost extremities of the globe ; but
on returning to their own country, laden with the pro-
duce of foreign climes, they found themselves repelled
from their own shores by absurd and restrictive duties.
It was iu order to put a period to this interference of the
law against the rights of individuals that the English
League was formed. We resolved to confine to its just
limits the interference of the laws, for ever resisting the
action of the Government in protecting or regulating
trade, and leaving to each individual the most complete
liberty of exercising his industry. Such was the object
of the League, which has bean at length attained after a
struggle of seven years. From now henceforward, no
merchant in England can see himself thwarted by the
Governtnnt in his o. t Tprises, under pretence of protect-
; the interests of certain classes, either at home or in
the colonies. All enjoy an equal right to op, ate with
entire liberty, but nobody holds any privilege over his
fellow-citizens. I deem it useless, gentleman, to say a
single word for the purpose of convincing you how
favourable freedom is to commerce. All history proves
it. Let the different nations of Europe compare notes,
and we shall find that in all of them commerce flourishes or
declines in proportion to the freedom or restriction it
encounters. Compare a seaport enjoying a freedom
of trade with another which is deprived of that blessing,
and the same difference will be minifested. All of you
will remember, gentlemen, that during one year Cadiz
enjoyed extraordinary prosperity; you will have present
to your minds the great number of ships that adorned
its ample bay—the vast traffic is h:ch animated its streets,
and filled its magazines with the products of all climes.
What was the cause of this magical change in Cadiz ?
Its climate—its port—its products, were the same as
ever; but there had been one alteration which explained
all this prosperity. For one year Cadiz was a free port!
—(lmmense applause.) In all countries there aro par-
ticular interests which are alarmed at liberty. In
England our agriculturists were frightened into fits at
the bare idea of a free trade in corn; yet now they
laugh at the groundlessness of their past fears. In
Spain, gentlemen, you know, perhaps, manufacturers in
Catalonia who turn pale at the name of free trade; yet,
nevertheless, they will live to laugh in the same way as
our old antagonists, the agriculturists of England.
Never have I known any trade which has been preju-
diced by liberty—(Applause)—but I have seen many
perish beneath the destructive shadow of protection;
none, on the contrary, fail to be invigorated by the salu-
brious breezes of freedom.—(Renewed applause.) If you
think, gentlemen, that Spain may prosper by adopting
the policy which now prevails in England, you ought to
employ the same means that were put in practice by us
in order to enlighten public opinion in favour of free
trade.—(Marks of acquiescence.) It is necessary that
you should promote discussion on the subject by every
possible means. He who may be convinced of the truth
of our principles ought to deem it a duty to convert his
fellow. citizens. Great truths, no matter whether reli-
gious, political, or philosophical, are only propagated by
individual exertions. It is useless, Gentlemen, to hope
from your Government for measures of free trade whilst
the people remain unvinced of its advantages. In
my opinion almost all the Governments of Europe are
more advanced than their subjects in the knowledge of
econoaaical questions ; they are only awaiting the re-
moval of the obstacles opposed by ignorance and preju-
dices, in order to walk in the path of commercial liberty.
I see, gentlemen, around this table many gentlemen who
I am certain, will zealously devote themselves in the pro-
pagation of those sound and economical doctrines, and I
assure them that, however far from them I may be re-
moved, I shall always take the greatest interest in their
labours. I will conclude by proposing as a toast,
`The ancient city of Cadiz.' "—(Loud cheering.)
A number of other and shorter speeches were after-
wards made in favour of free trade by Mr. Schwabe and
some of the Spanish gentlemen present.
At length, Mr. COBDEN rose and rendered his thanks,
is a friendly and festive style, to the President, Senor
Urtetegui, for the hospitable reception he had been fa-
leered with.
The guests then adjourned to an adjoining apartment,
%here, over coffee and liqueurs, more toasts were pro-
posed, all present testifying their zeal in the cause of
free trade. It was nearly eleven o'clock at night before
the meeting finally broke up.

DISCOVERY or A SRELISTON.—On Saturday morn-
lag a skeleton was found in the highest state of preserva-
tion by a young man of the name of Simon Ladbury,
who was digging in the chalk for flints at the back of
some cottages on Chatham-hill. It was discovered be-
neath some pieces of rotten boards about three feet below
the surface, and was lying in a twisted position with the
right arm over its body. The tibia of the right leg was
fractured, and it was considerably shorter than the other.
It was evidently the remains of a very large man, and,
in the opinion of a surgeon to whom it was shown, must
have been lying in the chalk between thirty and forty
years. A very old inhabitant recollects, about forty
years ago, that a man named Hooker, a notorious smug-
gler, who lived near the spot in a cottage, was missing,
and from certain circumstances that transpired, it was
considered that he was murdered, and that his body was
made away with, for he was never heard of. The coroner
considered an inquest unnecessary, as the body had evi-
dently been buried many years.
On Saturday, as the tug steam-boat, the Rouen,
of 160-horse power, was getting up her steam, at Quille-
beuf, to proceed to Havre, one of her boilers burst, and
the boiling water rushed with such violence against a
Custom-house officer, named Debusserol, who was stand-
ing near the boiler, that he was scalded to death almost
instantaneously. The engine-man and one of the stokers
were severely scalded.
EARTFIQUARE.—Wo learn from Ormes, in the
Vienne, hat on the 14th instant, from twelve till half-
pat, successive and sharp shocks of earthquake were
Telt in fiat commune, and within six or seven leagues
riand, each lasting about four seconds. The inhabi-
tants, in their alarm, fled out of their houses, and the
nabalt.‘...i_em_ployed_ on ie viaduct over the Crease, for the
—ll;u''''''Thirasulfairida Tours Railroad, fancied that the construe-
don. there
or falling down ; but, happily, no damage was
neare.—Galignani.
proUeurintisungolmeexnefiothe arile making at the seaports for
rendezvous
at
this
port
tships newly-commissioned. The
been re opened by Captain
Forrest, and the Broomietv is thickly placarded for able
and ordinary seamen, engineers, and boys, for the Royal
Navy.—Glasgow Herald.
PRESENTATION OE A SILVER CUP. The colour
sergeants of the provisional battalion at Rochester Gar-,
?bon, for the esteem they felt for an old an
respected non commissioned officer, Colour Sergeant
Hiram Reed, of her Majesty's 31st Foot, who haseomn-
pleted forty-four years service, united and presented a
:very superb silver cup, weighing twenty-four ounces,
richly embossed. On one side is the representation of
Harvest-home," and the other was inscribed with an
appropriate inscription.—Dover Telegraph,

•
THE CORN TRADE.
BRITISH.
Though no actual rise of consequence has hitherto
occurred in the value of wheat, the trade in the article
has since our last assumed a decid dly firm tone.
Whether this will or will not be followed by a rise in
prices is not very easily to be foreseen, but that holders
have manifested increased confidence within the last
few days cannot be questioned. Several causes have
combined to produce this state of affairs, the most
manifest of which have been the extreme shortness of
the supplies brought forward by the farmers, and the
belief that the stocks in the hands of the merchants
and millers have within the last few weeks undergone
a material decline. Other circumstances have assisted
to bring about the same end—a continued demand for
wheat for shipment to France large purchases made
in the English markets for Irish account, and last,
though not least, a growing conviction that the pro-
bable arrivals of bread-stuffs from America have been
greatly overrated. The advices received from the
United States since we adverted to this matter are
calculated to confirm the opinion we then expressed;
for though the shipments from the other side of the
Atlantic will unquestionably be large, they are not
likely to be nearly so great as was at one time sup-
posed. While on this subject, it may not be amiss to
take notice of a paragraph which appeared in the
Money Article of the Times of Friday. It is there
stated, on the authority of a New York correspondent,
that considerable uneasiness had been created in that
city in consequence of the exports of flour to Europe,
and that fears were entertained that after the close of
the inland navigation, by which supplies from the in-
terior would be cut off, the stocks on the spot might
prove inadequate for city use; and it was even deemed
possible that the inhabitants of New York might have
to re- import flour from Europe to satisfy their wants
till spring. In how far there may be any real grounds
" for this statement we are unable to determine; and as
he startling changes which the opinions of our co-
' temporary have lately undergone on matters relating to
the corn trade, has caused it to be regarded by all mer-
cantile men as a somewhat erratic and unsafe guide,
whatever emanates from that paper is now very naturally
looked upon with suspicion. The weather has through-
out the week been highly favourable for outdoor occu
pations, and the sowing of wheat has been steadily pace
ceeded with. This important work is now fast drawing
to a close in all the southern parts of the kingdom, and
even in the north great progress has been made. The
ureadth of land put under this crop is likely to be fully
as great as in ordinary seasons; but whatever effect this
may have upon prices next autumn, it can have no in-
fluence at present, except indeed by causing a larger
quantity of wheat to be used for seed, lessening the
stoeks in the hands of the growers.
At most of the leading provincial markets held during
the week, the trade in wheat has been decidedly firm ;
and at several of the principal consuming towns, as well
as at the large markets in the agricultural districts,
higher prices were realised towards the close than were
obtainable in the commencement of the week. The re-
ports from Liverpool of Friday are, however, of a rather
subdued tone ; and though several purchases of fine
wheat were made there by the millers from the west, the
demand for low qualities for shipment to Ireland, having
fallen off, the latter descriptions barely sold so well as
on the previous market day.
By advices from Ireland we learn that several cargoes
of Indian corn had arrived at the principal ports, which
had caused a material decline in the value of that ar-
ticle. Some increase appears also to have taken place in
the supplies of corn from the farmers ; which, with the
receipts of wheat, &c., from England, and the employ-
ment afforded by the Board of Public Works, had com-
bined to alleviate in some measure the misery and want
previously so prevalent. Whether we shall receive sup-
plies of oats from the sister isle we have no means of
ascertaining, but for some time past the arrivals have
been very scanty, and by the most recent accounts, ti
would appear that very little was being shipped either to
London or Liverpool.
Scarcely any increase has taken place in the arrivals
of Wheat into London, the quantity received coastwise
up to Saturday evening having amounted to only 2,833
qrs. The show at Mark-lane by land-carriage samples
from the neighbouring counties has been still more
trivial. On Weel.nesday the Essex, Kent, and Suffolk
stands were quite bare; and too little business was, con-
sequently, done to afford a just criterion respecting
prices. On Friday there was a few runs fresh up, which
were placed without much difficulty at the full currency
of Monday last; still there was not much activity in the
demand, and factors were unable to establsh any advance
on previous rates. The smallness of the English supply
has caused somewhat more attention to be directed to
free foreign wheat ; and in addition to what has been
taken for local consumption, several purchases have been
made by country buyers, besides which a purchase or
two have been made of low qualities for shipment to
Ireland. Under these circumstances somewhat increased
confidence has been manifested by holders; and so far
from any further depression having taken place, the
finer sorts have been held at slightly enhanced terms.
The stocks of free wheat at this port have been
considerably reduced of late, and we question whether
the quantity remaining in granary now exceeds 300,000
quarters. The advices received from France this week
are rather animated ; and there has been an inquiry for
bonded wheat to ship to that country: owing, however,
to the high terms generally demanded, few bargains have
been concluded. The arrivals of wheat from abroad
have been to a fair extent, 6,705 quarters having come to
hand during the week ; and a good many vessels" laden
with this grain, bound for this and other British ports,
having lately passed the Sound, further supplies are pro-
bably close at hand.
The sale of town-made flour has been dull throughout
the wt ek ; the prices at which the metropolitan bakers
are selling bread are relatively lower than those asked
for flour ; hence great unwillingness is manifested to
buy the latter except for immediate use. Ship samples
have moved off steadily at former terms ; and for Ame-
rican, whether free or under lock, the demand has re-
cently improved.
The market has been sparingly supplied with English
barley; and though the malstsrs have conducted their
operations with much caution, fine qualities were fully
as dear at the close as in the commencement of the
week. The value of distilling and grinding sorts has
also been tolerably well supported ; but the continued
receipts from the north of Europe, and the expectation
of further supplies from the same quarter, have rendered
the di,posal of all but the best somewhat difficult.
The business done in malt has been of a retail cha-
racter, sellers having in most instances insisted on
higher terms than buyers have been willing to pay.
The sales made have, however, been closed at similar
prices to those of Monday last.
We have again to report an extremely small arrival
of ,home grown oats. From our own coast only 313
quarters, from Scotland 1,600 quarters, and from Ire
land 894 quarters, having come to hand. Meanwhile the
foreign supplies have rather fallen off than increased,
9,689 quarters having come to hand this week, against
21,244 quarters the week preceding. The dealers, whose
stocks are not by any means large, appear to place their
dependence on receiving assistance from Ireland, calcu-
lating that in consequence of the long-continued easterly
winds, some quantity may have accumulated and been
kept back, which a westerly breeze may bring to hand.
Neither on Wednesday nor Friday was the demand by
any means lively ; but the greater part of the foreign
lately arrived having been either sold from on board
ship, or landed on account of the importers, factors
were not anxious sellers, and in partial instances a
trifling advance was realised on fine corn. The future
range of prices will depend almost wholly on what may
reach us from Ireland; for though a few foreign cargoes
are likely to drop in from time to time, the receipts from
abroad,iwill not, we think, be of sufficient magnitude to
keep down quotations if the sister isle should be unable
to send us the regular quantity.
Beans have excited very little attention since our last;
and though in some cases offered rather below Monday's
quotations, buyers have acted on the reserve.
The mildness of the weather has affected the sale of
peas, and both English and Foreign have receded about
is. per qr. in value.
Having hardly any Indian corn on the market, the
transactions on the spot have been of little moment ;
some business has, however, been done in cargoes to ar-
rive, generally at reduced terms, the quantity on offer
having been rather more than equal to the demand.
The advices from the Mediterranean are important
this week ; and from the character of the accounts:from
thence it would appear that there is in reality very little
chance of large supplies of wheat being received in Great
Britain from any of the countries lying east of the
Straits of Gibraltar.
The accounts from the Baltic ports are not of much
interest this week, and prices of wheat do not appear to
have undergone much alteration in that quarter.
At Stettin on the 26th of November, holders of
wheat were still very firm, the small supplies brought
forward by farmers having barely sufficed for the local
consumption.
sis7s.At Hamburg, on Tuessday last. there was a good
deal of activity in the wheat trade, upwards of 5,000
quartersce
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contracts for parcels to be shipped from Baltic ports had
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also been closed at from 51s. to 535. per quarter, free:on
board. The stocks of barley appear to have been nearly
exhausted at that port by previous shipments, and the
demand continuing, 38s. to 40s. per quarter had been
asked for Saale.—Mark Lane Express.

PROCEEDINGS AGAINST A CLERGYMAN UNDER THE
CHURCH DISCIPLINE ACT.—A commistion, issued by
the Lord Bishop of Bath and Wells, according to the
provisions of the Church Discipline Act, consisting of
the Venerable Archdeacon Brytner, the Rev. William
Proctor Thomas, Prebendary of Wells, Rural Dean, and
Hector of Urtheridge and Wellington, Somerset ; the
Rev. Frederick Berkeley Portman, M.A., Prebendary of
Wells, Rural Dean, and Rector of Staple Fitz•Patne,
Somerset; the Rfnr. J. Edwin Lance, M.A., Prebendar;,
of Wells, and Rector of St. Mary Buckland, Somerset;
and Ambrose Lethbridge, Esq., Barrister-at-Law, as-
sembled on Monday last, at the Grand Jury Room,
Taunton, against whom charges of a very grave charac-
ter are preferred. On the part of the Rev. defendant,
Mr. Sergeant Kinglake and Mr. Stone, who appeared
for him, applied to the Commissioners for permission to
conduct the inquiry with closed doors, a request with
which the Commissioners immediately and unhesitatingly
complied. Mr. Shillibeer intimated to the Commissioners
teat the Rev. defendant had threatened to indict some of
the witnesses, whose evidence was most material, for
conspiracy, in the event of their stating anything tend-
ing to damage his character; so that in behalf of those
persons he requested that they might remain in Court
during the inquiry. This was objected to, and the
lwit-
ceases, as well as Mr. Shillibeer, were ordered to with-
draw.e inquirythe
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PORTUGAL.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
SlR,—Any one acquainted with Portugal and the
character of the Portuguese, must read with surprise the
unfounded and exaggerated reports that are published of
the affairs of that interesting but unhappy country ; and
as your columns are ever open to the appeals of truth
and justice, I venture to address to you a few suggestions
which a knowledge of the country and recent information
supply.
Since the loss of her vast colonies Portugal has vainly,
struggled to maintain a system inconsistent with her re-
quirements and beyond her means to support.
The great and romantic struggle which destroyed the
heartless despotism of Dom Miguel, and established the
authority of the Queen and the charter, was succeeded
by a boundless enthusiasm, during which the victorious
party naturally sought to indemnify themselves for their
many sacrifices.
At the same time the sympathies of England were en-
listed in favour of the constitutional regime, and loans
were granted to an amount exceeding the credit and
means of an exhausted country to repay ; and the Go-
vernment, elated by a success beyond all expectation,
lavished honours and pecuniary rewards on the brave
but craving instruments of its triumph.
The premature death of the great and patriotic Dom
Pedro developed the ambition of rival parties, and Por-
tugal became again the prey of cupidity and intrigue.
Each successive Administration had to contend with in-
creased difficulties from the exhaustion and forestalment
of every resource, until the expedients of Agiotism failed
to afford the scanty supplies of even a temporary budget,
and there was no. longer any choice between a national
bankruptcy and a vigorous taxation. A talented but
unbending Minister attempted the latter, and presented a
system of finance whereby the exigencies of the State,
including the charge of the foreign debt, appeared, at
least on paper, to be amply provided for. But Portugal,
the former mistress of the resources of Brazil, had
never felt the pressure of direct taxation, and it was
soon found that the new system could be enforced only
in the towns under a well-organized authority, whilst
the rural districts opposed, as by common consent, the
measures of Costa Cabral, whose downfal was as sudden
as it was destructive of the prospects of the Govern-
ment.
The Ministry of the Duke de Palmella, was rendered
an impossibility by the total absence of money or
credit, and it became an urgent and unavoidable ne-
cessity that another change should be effected. Thus
it is altogether vain to ascribe the recent events at
Lisbon either to French intrigue or to any want of
faith on the part of the Queen, who has been unjustly
charged with the having betrayed her engagements to
the people, because she hesitated to satisfy the sense-
less demands of rebellion. But when Palmella totally
failed to obtain the resources necessary to carry on the
Government, no alternative was left to her Faithful
Majesty but to call other respectable men to her
counsels, and her present advisers, with the best
general in Portugal at their head, possess strong claims
to the confidence of the country.
It was the fate of Donna Maria to inherit a crown
encircled with thorns, the chief value of which con-
sisted in the proud recollections of a dazzling renown,
so gloriously won by the discoveries and conquests of
the Portuguese, who have never incurred any forfeiture
of their title to our admiration. They betrayed no
degeneracy when they baffled the pride and threw off
the yoke of Spain ; nor, still more recently, when they
emulated the high bearing of the British army, and
their courage and devotion were re-echoed by the
Aripeles and the Pyrenees.
Descending, however, from the proud titles of national
glory, it may be safely asserted that the Portuguese
have the strongest social claims to our respect and sym-
pathy, as in no country of the world have British resi-
dents been treated with more consideration and confi-
dence than in Portugal. We may lament the apparent
harshness of some temporary measures imposed upon the
Queen by a stern necessity, usually attendant on civil
war, and still despise the hypocrisy of those who affect
to whine over the pretended subversion of Portuguese
liberty, whilst they themselves seek by intimidation to
swell the ranks of insurrection with the victims of
anarchy. How do they chew their respect for constitu-
tional guarantees when they surround, and even forcibly
enter, the consular residences at Oporto, in search of
" suspected persons," as they call the respectable men
attached to the Queen and the charter. And when our
own venerable countryman, Mr. Noble, so well-known
for his benevolence and integrity, during a residence of a
length of years at Oporto, was lately savagely wounded
to the extent of endangering his life, they allowed the
assassin to escape on the pretext that he mistook the
sufferer for somebody else.
And this is the party we are now called upon to
espouse in opposition to those who in other and more
difficult times established the strongest claims to our
lasting gratitude. Are there no living testimonies of the
assistance and protection given to the English on the
disastrous occasion of the invasion of Portugal by the
French, in 1807 ?—no grateful witnesses of the cordial
aid afforded by Sebastiao Correa, Conde de Terena, when
he not only protected the persons of the English, but in
disregard of his own safety and of all existing regula-
tions, he allowed and facilitated the removal of their pro-
perty, to save it from French rapacity.
How are these facts to be reconciled with the syste-
matic abuse of the Portuguese, and how are we to ac-
count for the supineness of those who, having expe-
rienced the friendship, have neglected to vindicate the
character of our faithful allies. The Portuguese have
struggled to keep faith with the English bondholders by
the payment of such amount of dividend as they could
raise, and which could only have been raised by the in-
definite postpnement of the more ancient, and, by innu-
merable hypothecations, the more sacred claims of their
domrstic creditors, as the total abeyance of the paper
money of Portugal may testify. The revolutions of
time may have done much to diminish the political im-
portance of our alliance with Portugal ; but even now
we cannot be indifferent to her fate without disregarding
the claims of her constant good faith.
Nor can our interests fail to be deeply affected if we
abandon the Douro and the Tagus, and thus lose a con-
siderable commerce, which is still carried on with Por-
tugal upon terms of facility and advantage denied to us
by other countries of Europe, which are now engaged
in the spread of combinations, with the view to curtail
and ultimately to destroy the trade in our products and
manufactures. If due attention were given to these
really important considerations, the misinformed or un-
reflecting public would be less prone to view with indif •
ference the misfortunes of a people possessing so many
titles to our esteem.
London, Nov. 23, 184 G. PIIILO JUSTITI.X.
P.S. Since writing the foregoing letter, advices from
Lisbon announce the issuing of a decree, making the
notes of the Lisbon Bank a legal tender, and subjecting
to heavy fines all who refuse to receive them, or attempt
to make contracts payable in coin.
No doubt there will be losses inflicted on creditors and
on the holders of bills of exchange who have given equi-
valents for a payment in metal, which they will now only
realise in a depreciated paper money.
The same result followed the Bank Restriction Act in
this country, and parties so situated suffered a loss in
amount equal to the advance in the market price of
gold, which occurred in the interval of their reimburse-
ment. Yet no one ever heard of indemnities being
given in any shape to persons whose interests were so
injured.
But as to the fines imposed by the Lisbon decree they
are characterised alike by folly and violence, and from
their obnoxious character it may be expected that they
will be at once rescinded.
[The writer of the above is known to us as having
been long resident in Portugal. We insert his letter
upon the principle of audi alteram partem, although we
by no means coincide with him in the opinions which he
entertains. We have no faith in the honesty or patri-
otism of Costa Cabral or of Saldanha, or of any of the
Afrancesado or liberticide faction.—En. Sun.]

GREAT INFLUX OF SHIPPING.—The easterly winds
which prevailed for several days detained a large num-
ber of vessels in the Channel, and business in the docks
and river was for some time at a stand-still, and up.
wards of 5,000 labourers were out of employ. The late
change in the weather, and the westerly winds for the
last five days have brought up the homeward-bound fleet,
and on Monday and Tuesday upwards of 300 vessels
were hauled into the West India, London, St. Katha-
rine's, Grand Surrey Canal, and Commercial Docks.
They consisted of East and West Indiamen, ships from
Australia, Van Diemen's Land, the United States, and
the Continent. The St. Katharine's Dock is now un-
usually crowded ; thirty-nine ships were docked there
on Saturday and Monday, and ten yesterday. The
London Dock is also very full of shipping. All is bustle
and activity in the various docks and wharves along
shore, and the services of several thousand labourers
have been put in requisition in delivering and warehous-
ing cargoes of merchandise, the product of every quarter
of the globe.
The late Major-General Sir Thomas Valiant,
K.C.8., late of Calcutta, a Colonel in her Majesty's army,
has left all his landed estates in India, and personal pro-
perty there, to be invested in the names of trustees, the
interest and dividends to be paid to his wife, and to hold
the principal in trust for his sons and daughters, except
the eldest son. The acting executor at Bombay is M,
T. Kays, M.D. Dr. John M'Andrew and Captain John
Macduff, both of her Majesty's 40th Regiment, of which
Sir Thomas was Lieutenant-Colonel, are his executors
for his property in India lying on the south side of
Chumbal. He executed his codicil in 1843, in camp
Khoune and Aughenal. His freehold and personal
estate in Englaffd he also leaves to his wife for life, and
at her decease the freeholds to his eldest son, Captain
Thomas James Valiant, of the 40th Regiment, and to
his issue, and the personalty he leaves among his other
children ; also annuities to his brothers and sisters.
The acting executor in England is Dr. R. 11. Kennedy,
late physician to the Government of Bombay.
On Thursday the Senatus Academicus of the
University of Edinburgh met in the Senate Hall, and
inducted Cosmo Innes, Esq., A. 8., advocate, Professor
of Universal History, in the room of Professor Ferrier.
translated to the chair of Moral Philosophy and Politi-
cal Economy in the University of St. Andrew's. The
Senatus Academicus of the University of St. Andrew's,
on the 15th inst., unanimously conferred the degree of
LL.D. on the Right Mon. Lord Campbell, formerly an
alumnus of that university.
CORN RIOTS IN FRANCE.—Some curious corn riots
have taken place in the department of the Indre-et
Lnire. On the 17th, a miller of Mettray, en going to
bring away a quantity of corn he had purchased of the
mayor of Cerelles, was assaulted by a body of 200
people from Semblanqay, who insisted with threats that
it should be given up to them at their own price ; and
although the miller complied, he was ill-treated, and
obliged to fly for safi.ty. On the 19th, similar disorders
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