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London, England, 1844-11-09 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, SATURn
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SUMMARY OF mr1251/1"

Wl!limn; rntnAt.—'the Queen held a Privy
Council shortly befOre threC o'clock this afternoon; at
ttli Castle; It *as iiitetidtd his Royal Highness
rfibee Albert, Sir Robert Peel, First Lord of the
TreasuriT; Sir James Graham, Secretary of State
for thc) ...Lome Department; the Right Hon. Henry
Goulburn, Chancellor of the Exchequer; the Right
Hon: W. E. Gladstone, President of the floard of
Trade; Lord Granville Somerset, Chancellor of the
Duchy of Lancaster; the Earl of Liverpool Lord
Steward; and the Earl DelaWarr, Lord Chamberlain.
At the Council her Majesty was pleased to confirm
the report of the Judicial Committee on Lord Dun-
donald's Patent.

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Vubitt Optuton.

" Who runs may read."

TORWEIX4XN.
The Prefect of the department of the Manche, M.
Ribouet (the Deputy of the department), and M. Noel-
Agnes (the Mayor of Cherbourg), had an audience of
the King of the French on Wednesday, to present an
address from the Municipal Council of Cherbourg, ex-
pressive of their regret at not having had the honour of
receiving his Majesty, as they had hoped to do, on his
return from England.
A letter from Marshal Bugeaud has been reeeived at
Perigucux (says the Constitrtionnel), stating that the
affairs of the East would force him to postpone his re-
turn to France for upwards of a mouth. It is probable
that it will be only temporary, if it be true that the
Duke d'Aurnale has refused the Viceroyalty, or even
the Government-General of Algeria.
The Reform observes, that the news from Spain may
be summed up in two lines. " Blood has been shed at
Barcelona. AI. Bresson is giving dinners at Madrid."
The Municipality of the City of Paris, says one of the
journals, has for some time been engagedin the improve-
ment of the public market- places. It has repaired those
of La Valle, St. Germain, Blanes Manteaux, St. An-
toine, La Matea, Sze., and is building an oyster-market in
the Rue Montorgeuil. This is not all. Tho Mardi)
des Innocenti and its hideous adjuncts are to give way to
a magnificeut halle-g4n6alle, and in a few days a con-
tract will bo entered into for improvements in the Mar--
cb6 St. Martin.
According to the statistics of Paris (says the Quotidi
enne) this city contains only. one baker for every 1,664
inhabittlats, and but one wine-dealer for every 83. If
this statement be correct, Father Mathew would be a
very useful person amongst us.
The number of Protestants at present in Bavaria is
1,226,753. In the last four years there has been an in-
crease of 25,531 ; in that period 8,805 Protestants emi-
grated from the kingdom, 281 turned Catholics, and 179
Catholics became Protestants.
A letter from Frankfort states that the mother of the
Rothschilds, who is 93 years of age, is seriously ill.
The Eco del Comercio of Madrid, of the 31st ult.,
states that suicides in that capital aro of daily occur-
rence. Three persons, one of them a Frenchman, de-
stroyed themselves en the 29th.

Mr. C. Greville was the Clerk of the Council. in
Waiting,
tler Majesty was attended by Lady Portman, Lady
in Waiting ; the Earl of Morton, Lord in Waiting;
and Captain Meynell, Groom in Waiting. The
Prince was attended by Colonel Wylde, Equerry in
Waiting.
Sir R. Peel, Sir J. Graham, the Chancellor of the
Exchequer, Lord G. Somerset, and Mr. Gladstone,
arrived at the Castle from town to attend the Council.
After the Privy Council, Sir J. Graham, the Chan-
cellor of the Exchequer, Mr. Gladstone, Lord G.
Somerset, and Mr. C. Greville, took their departure
from the Castle for the Slough station of the Great
Western Railway, travelling to town by a special
train.

Sir Robert Peel remains at the Castle, on a visit to
her Majesty.
This morning the Queen and Prince Albert went
to the riding-school for equestrian exercise, attended
by Colonel Wylde. Her Majesty left the Castle with
Prince Albert in a pony carriage, and returned on
horsebacli.

The showery and uncertain state of the weather
prevented the Royal Family from taking their accus-
tomed airings to-day.
Colonel Arthbuthnot left the Castle for town this
morning, and is expected to return to dinner.
Vice-Admiral Sir William Parker, G.C.8., arrived
this evening on a visit, on his return from the Chinese
Seas. _

Captain Francis Seymour had the honour of join-
ing the royal circle at the Castle at dinner this
evening.

His Serene Highness Prince Ernest of Hesse Phi-
lippstabl left Fenton's Hotel, St. James's-street, on a
visit to her Majesty the Queen Dowager, at Whitley
Court, Worcestershire.
Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge
and the Hereditary Grand Duchess of Mecklenburgh
Strelitz visited the Duchess of Gloucester yesterday,
at Gloucester house. _ _

The same journal announces that General Prim and
his co-accused had asked to be tried by the ordinary tri-
bunals. The following are the names of the accomplices
of Prim :—Ventura Otlega, Ramon Sanz, Miguel Ferrer,
Manuel Marin, Calisto Fernandez, Nicholas de la Bar-
rera Montenegro, Rafael Garcia, and Miguel Molin.

LAW AND POLICIA.
The Master of the Rolls yesterday, in giving judg-
ment in cases for the reduction of bills of costs, many of
which were of small amount, said that he was surprised
at gentlemen entering into such expensive litigation on
such small matters. He could impute it to nothing else
than an angry feeling on either side. Such things could
be arranged very agreeably otherwise.
In the Court of Queen's Bench a rule for a new trial
was granted in the case of Edgely v. Tassull, on the
ground of excessive damages, and of misconduct on the
part of the jury. It appeared that after the jury had
been locked up some hours, they sent in a message stat-
ing that they were completely exhausted, and request-
ing to be allowed some refreshment. The request was
allowed by the attorneys on both sides. The result was
rather an extraordinary ono. The " exhausted" jury
contrived to drink three gallons of stout in about the
same number of minutes, which they had no sooner done
than they ordered two gallons more, which was refused,
and they then almost immediately brought in the verdict
in question.
Mr. Justice Erie took his seat yesterday as one of the
Judges of the Court of Common Pleas.
A little girl named Theresa Lewis, was committed to
Bridewell for one month as an imposter from the Man-
sion House. She was in the habit of dropping eggs in
the street, and then crying. lustily to attract the atten-
tion of the passengers, and in this manner she collected
a great deal of money.
Charles Hunt, of Little Wild-street, engraver, ap-
peared at the Guildhall, to answer a complaint made by
Mr. Follett, a publisher, 63, Fleet-street, for obtaining
41, from him on Saturday last, by the false and fraudu-
lent pretence that a certain engraved copper-plate pre-
sented an original and accurate representation of the
winning and the second horse that ran for the Doncas-
ter St. Leger stakes, in 1844, the same being the view of
the race of 1841, published at the head of the Eclipse
Sporting Almanac for 1842. The defendant admitted
that it was the plate of 1841 " with alterations," and
offered to return the money if time were allowed. The
case was accordingly adjourned.
At Clerkenwell, Jeremiah Murphy was charged with
using violent language, and threatening the life of Mor-
gan the task-master of the Holborn Union, and was
committed for fourteen days.
Joseph Waite and William Leonard were brought be-
fore Mr. Hardwick, at Marlborough-street, charged with
having burglariously entered the Angel and Crown
public-house, in Warwick-street, Regent-street, with in-
tent to rob the premises. Tho policeman on duty ob-
served that the cellar of the public-house had been opened
by a crow-bar, and on entering he found the prisoners
secreted behind a barrel. They were remanded.

The Queen's Advocate and the Solicitor-General
had an interview with Mr. Gladstone yesterday, at
the office of the Board of Trade.
Sir R. Peel arrived at his residence in Whitehall-
gardens yesterday morning from Brighton, and after-
wards proceeded to Windsor Castle.
Sir David Davies arrived in town yesterday even-
ing from Witley Court, Worcestershire, the residence
of her Majesty the Queen Dowager.
Dispatches for the Governor of New Zealand were
sent off yesterday evening from the Colonial-office.
The Chancellor of the Exchequer arrived in town
yesterday, from Beechworth House.

HER MAJESTY'S VISIT TO BUR-
LEIGH HOUSE.
NORTHAMPTON, FRIDAY.—Preparations are being
made in every town in Northamptonshire through
which the Queen will pass en route to Burleigh
House, to give her Majesty a welcome and loyal re-

ception.
On Wednesday last it was officially announced to
the Mayor of this borough, that her Majesty would
pass through the town on Tuesday next.
A public meeting of the inhabitants was held at
the Town-hall this morning at eleven o'clock, for the
purpose of adopting measures for establishing a dis-
pensary as a permanent memorial of the visit of her
most gracious Majesty the Queen to this town. A
spirited subscription was entered into to carry out the
object. Upwards of 3001. was collected at the meet-
ing, and a committee was formed to collect further
subscriptions. The dispensary will be called the
Victoria Dispensary.
There will be a public dinner on Tuesday, at the
Angel, the Mayor in the chair, and on Wednesday
evening there will be a ball at the George Assembly-
rooms.

Her Majesty will be met at Weedon by the Lord-
Lieutenant of the county, the Marquis of Exeter,
and the High Sheriff, Sir Henry Dryden, and will
be received by a guard of honour formed by the
troops at present quartered there. The Lord-Lieu-
tenant and the High Sheriff will accompany her
Majesty to Northampton, where the Mayor and cor-
poration will meet her Majesty, and escort her
through the town in the procession, accompanied by
the clergy and gentry of the borough and neigh-
bourhood.
A county meeting has been convened by the High
Sheriff, and is to be held to• morrow at the County-
hall in this town, for the purpose of adopting such
measures as may be agreed upon to demonstrate the
loyal feelings of the inhabitants of the county generally
on the occasion of her Majesty's visit.
At a meeting of the Town Council of Stamford on
Tuesday last it was resolved that the council should
in procession meet the Queen at the borough boun-
dary on the road to Wothorpe, in which direction she
will enter the town, and passing round the corner of
Dr. Arnold's house in St. Martin's, will after proceed-
ing a few yards enter at the gates of the Marquis of
Exeter's park ; so that the royal cavalcade will
scarcely at all be seen in Stamford, and not pass ten
houses in the towu. A hope is felt that her Majesty
may on a subsequent day honour the inhabitants by
showing herself in the borough.—A public meeting
was held at the Town-hall on Wednesday, and was
attended by upwards of 200 respectable persons, by
whom it was resolved to unite with the council in the
procession to meet the Queen and the Prince on the
Wothorpe-road, and in dutiful addresses to the royal
pair. A subscription for enabling the poor to rejoice
on the occasion of the Sovereign's presence was en-.
tered into, towards which the Rev. Nicholas Walters
was empowered:to contribute 501. in the name of the
Marquis of Exeter, " for entertaining the school chil-
dren and the poor of the several parishes of Stamford
and St. Martin's."
Great preparations are making by the Marquis of
Exeter for the reception of the Queen. All the
tenantry, amounting to 400, have received orders to
meet at Wakerleyford-bridge, at three o'clock in the
afternoon of the 12th, to escort her Majesty to Bur-
leigh, and the tenantry will afterwards dine at the
different public-houses in Stamford, at his Lordship's
expense. Triumphal arches will be erected on
different parts of the Marquis'slproperty ; one of them,
from a very elegant design by Mr. Charles Richard-
son, is to span the west entrance to the hamlet of
Wothorpe. The christening at Burleigh is to take
place on Wednesday ; the cake, made by Mr. Oswin,
of Stamford, is about four feet in circumference, and
weighs nearly 601b5., without the silver ornaments
whith which it is tastefully decorated.—Stamford
Mercury.
It is generally understood that Earl Fitzwilliam's
hounds will meet at Burleigh on one of the days on
which Prince Albert will be there, in order to afford
his Royal Highness an opportunity of hunting with
one of the best packs in the kingdom.—lbid.
PETERBOROUGH.—We understand that our ines-
timable Bishop (Dr.Davys) has been requested by the
Marquis of Exeter to administer the rite of baptism
to his infant daughter at Burleigh next week, on the
occasion of the Queen's visit.—lbid.
ted I

A young man, named Caleb Basan, was charged at
Marylcbone with having stolen a clock from a house
which he had hired furnished. Tho prisoner said that
the house was let to him for two yoars, and that any
time within that period he was to have the liberty of
purchasing the lease, fixtures, and all the rest of the
property upon the premises. He was remanded.
At Hammersmith, Mr. Charles Hartley, floorcloth-
manufacturer, of Greville-street, Hatton-garden, was
fined 20s. and costs for ill-using a horso.

adopted throughout the French army, for the traininbr
of the horses. Mdlle. Caroline, who appeared in Eng-
lttnd dome time since, was a pupil of M. I3aucher, and
rode a horse trained by him ; but her performance
was less classical, and had in it more of the arts of the
arena, and less of the severity of the school, than that
of Mr. Davis.

TRIAL OF GENERAL PRIM.
(From the Castellano.)
After a general preamble, in which the dangers of
conspiracy ate laid down and the necessity of punish-
ing accomplices enforced, the Procurator-Fiscal thus
states the charges against the accused :
" Don Joaquin' Albenea, one of the consi,::atcrs, with
the view of tranquillising his conscience, and without
having b en urged to do so by any one, and of his own
proper will, revealed spontaneously to his Excellency
Don Ramon Maria Narvaez, in the two communications
which have just been read to the Council of War, the
horrible conspiracy which was prepared, and which was
ready to break out at Madrid and in the other capital
cities of the kingdom. The assassination of the first
authorities was to be the commencement and signal of
the bloody drama which these monsters sent from hell
were about to execute in sacrificing innumerable victims.
The discovery of arms and ammunition, the declarations,
and everything else, have come to confirm the truth of
the above-mentioned communications. The persons
in arrest at this moment, in consequence of
this accusation, are to the number of nine, to
wit, General Don Juan Prim, Don Ventura
Ortega., Don Ramon Sans, and MM. Ferrier,
Maria Fernandez, Montenegro, Garcia, and Molia. It
aesults from the insurrections that the first, the Count of
Kees, is the chief who directed the whole conspiracy.
Albenez acknowledged this frankly. Tomas says in his
declaration that he was solicited by Prim to gain over the
soldiers of his regiment in order to aid the plan. The
witnesses Felice and Don Miguel Huguet confirm this.
Theresexists, besides, a proof against the accused that he
i gave his two carabines in order to execute the assassi-
nation, and to arm the revolutionists. The proof of this
is complete. It appears from the declarations of Simon
Gomez, of Manuel Araguas, and of Don Pascal Rous-
sonlieres, that the carabines belonged to the Count do
Reus, but for greater certainty we have the declaration
of the Count himself, who recognised them as belonging
to him. This conduct on the part of the Count
do Reus has nothing astonishing in it, for when
the judge of the first instance at Reus gave him
notice that placards had beetii posted in that town
which excited the people to revolt against the Govern-
ment, the accused answered that the writers of the
placards were in the right. It is proved by the declara-
tion of Huguet, Felice, and Albenez, that Don Ventura Ortega, Don Ramon Sans, co-operated in the plan, of
which the Count de Rens was the chief. Don 141leol
Ferrer, another of the conspirators, denies everything.
He says that ho knows neither Montenegro nor Media.
Yet the son of this last declares, that Ferrer came to
their house twice on the 24th of ctober. Carlos Mar-
tinez, Ferrer's servant, affirms, that he saw Manuel
Marin entering his master's house. Manuel Marin also
says, that he does know Ferrer, Molia, Fernandez, and
Montenegro ; and, according to the declaration of this
last, they served together in the Municipal Guard. Pen-
salve declares that Marin was at Molia's house on the
night of the 24th, which confirms the statement of this
latter person's son. According to the declarations of Al-
benez Callisti, Fernandez also was in the plot. Nicolas
de la Barrero Montenegro; another conspirator, waited
for Albenez in the place fixed for their meeting. The
Inspector of the Corps of Inspection and Public) Secu-
rity heard him make use of a very significant expression
relative to the carabines. Raphael Garcia says that he
does not know Montenegro, and that he did not go on
the 24th to the house of Molia. Lastly; Miguel Molia,
in his declaration, affirms that he does not know any of
the conspirators, and according to the deposition of his
son, Ferrer, Marin, and others came to his house on the
night of the 24th. The first was also there in the fore-
noon. Joaquim Pensalva, who lives at the house of
Molia, saw Marin and Garcia there-on tho evening of
the 24th. Upon being confronted with Molia,
the latter acknowledged the truth. Besides this,
Molia threw the carabines into the well, as had been
previously arranged in case of danger, which is
proved also by the declarations of those employed
in the armouries, that the arms in question were only a
short time in the water. The fiscal declares that he
considers it useless to endeavour to convince the council
of war of a fact of which the proofs are evident ; espe-
cially as in military processes it is sufficient that the
members of the council of war be persuaded, by certain
appearances, of the reality of the offence in order to
inflict capital punishment. The offence in the case before
us is that of sedition. The ordinance on this subject is
explicit, and pronounces the punishment of death, ac-
cording to article 10. Consequently, and in conformity
with that article, with the proofs which result from the
instruction, and with the advice of the jurisconsult, Don
Felix Colon, in his work on military tribunals, says that
even on probable and presumptive evidence, capital
punishment may be applied, the fiscal demands that Don
Juan Prim, &c., be condemned to be shot, as being evi-
dently comprised in the above cited article of the ordi-
nances. (Signed) " TOMAS AZNAR.
" Madrid, Nov. 1, 1844."
(From the National.)
The following account of the manner in which
Prim was entrapped, and of the interrogatories he
underwent before the Procurator-Fiscal, as furnished
by the Madrid correspondent of the National. It
may be necessary to state that this correspondent is
not very scrupulous as to matters of fact, and in
general gives a colouring to statements which does not
add to their credibility :
" MADRID, OCT. 31.—Prim's trial will begin to-morrow
or the day after, and I cannot describe the interest at-
tached to it. Ho has chosen for defender General
Schelly, who has joined with himself two distinguished
lawyers ; one of them, Don Eugenio Moreno Lopez, is
a young man of rare talent, an eloquent speaker, and
one of the ablest jurisconsults in Spain. He distin-
guished himself as deputy to the Cortes in 1843, and he
has accepted this case with great warmth. Prim was
denounced and sold by a certain Albenez, not the colonel
of that name, but a simple commandant, very intimate
with Avarineta, the head of the police. This Albenez
had figured with some ardour amongst the Progressists,
and his opinions, well known, caused him the loss of his
employment. He was then without resources, and his
intimacy with Aviraneta let him to hope that Narvaez
would restore him his command. The superintendent
of the police took care not to lose se good an opportunity.
Prim, since his arrival, did not conceal the thorough
disgust with which the conduct of the Moderados, to
whom he and his friends had opened the doors of
Spain, inspired him. He expressed himself on this
point with an energetic indignation. Narvaez heard of
it, and was exceedingly angry with the young general.
Aviraneta undertook to ruin him. The Commandant.
Albenez was sent to him ; ho spoke of conspiracy, an-
nounced that many old officers were ready to take up
arms at the first signal ; lie gave names, and offered his
services ; he soon obtained confidence in return for jhose
which he gave, and when Aviraneta thought the proper
moment had arrived, he invented the famous trap. The
arrest of Prim, without any external fact having war-
ranted it, would have caused even in the Cortes an un-
favourable impression, but connected with assassination,
it threw over the prisoner a varnish of shame, and, with
the aid of that horror which is always called forth by the
act of an assassin, every excess might be proceeded to.
That is what they expected and what they executed.
At present, in the opinion of every man of sense, this
dark affair is fully exposed ; nobody believes any longer
in the lying in wait and the carabines thrown into a
well ; but Prim is in custody, and the judges who are to
try him declare beforehand that he is guilty. It appears
certain, besides, that the accused has disdained all sub-
terfuge. If I can believe a person whose word can scarcely
be suspected, the following were in substance his re-
plies to the examination which he has undergone :
'Q. You are accused of conspiring to overthrow
the throne and the laws P--A. Leave aside the
the throne which I would defend, and the laws which I
respect. I wanted to overturn nothing but a shameless
faction, which is compromising the Queen and violating
the Constitution.—Q. You allow that you wanted to
overthrow the Government?—A. Yes, without doubt ;
as long as I have a drop of blood in my veins I shall feel
myself entitled to conspire against the enemies of my
country, against those persons who want to destroy its
Constitution, ruin its liberty, and prepare the most
dreadful disasters. Q. You must be aware that it is not
allowable for a man to rise against an established
Government ?—A. The Moderados told me the same
thing when I took up arms, to my great regret, against
the Duke of Victoria. I then feared that the Constitu-
tion would be set aside and violated, and I did not hesitate
to wage war on the Regent. My conduct is more con-
sistent at present, for what I then feared the Moderados
have realised. They do not allow a trace of that liberty
to remain for which we fought. Yes, I was decided to
conspire against them ; and, had I succeeded in over-
turning them, I should at least have repaired a part of
the mischief I effected in aiding them to return to this
country, which they are ruining and dishonouring.'
Prim did not once contradict this language, and you may
conceive the rage which it excited amongst those who
accuse him. The ultras of the party do not hesitate to
say, 'He must be shot ; an example is necessary ; and,
if Narvaez hesitated, we would go to the Palace, and ask
for Prim's head.' And who are they who raise the
cries of death? The very persons who represented the
condemnation of Diego Leon as a work of blood and
vengeance."

ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHI-
THEATRE (BATTY'S).
A performance of a novel and ingenious character
took place at this theatre on Wednesday evening, for
the second time in this country, it being modestly
announced in the list of the acts of horsemanship as
" the appearance of Toby, the horse of the Manige."
A rider, dressed in the costume of the day, enters the
arena on horseback in the ordinary manner, and takes
the horse through a variety of evolutions, of which it
would be extremely difficult to give a just description.
The horse commences by trotting slowly, and with a
pause between each action of the legs, preserving the
most perfect equilibrium, and appearing scarcely to
touch the ground. The delicacy of this action (the
French call it le piaffe) is perfect—the repose of
horse and rider is marvellously complete. There
is no blundering, no false step, no disregard of
time, no violent contortions. Above all, there
is not that lavish outlay of whip or spur which
too frequently accomvanies exhibitions of the
kind. The obedience of the horse is so complete,
that he and his rider seem to be one machine,
and to possess but one will. This movement is suc- Tun BAIL—It appears by an examination of the
ceeded by another, equally graceful and extraordinary, records_ of admission to the bar by the four inns of court
'l
but which, to be appreciated, requires more critical
_ Lincolne, the Middle Temple,
equestrian knowledge than is, we fear, usually to be and Gray's Inn—that at the s Ins, the Inner
presenttemple,
time there are no
met, even in an A.stle 's audience. We think that a less than 2,243 members of the bar. Of this number 7
y were called above fifty years since, 17 between forty-five
short description of the chief merits of the movement
and fifty years since, 28 from forty to forty-five years
—the gallop forwards, sideways, in fact in every con- ago, 122 from 1814 up to 1804 ; from 1824 up to 1814
ceivable direction—the change of the legs in the gal- the number is 308. Of those who were called ten to
lop at the direction of the rider—(that ne plus ultra of twenty years since there are now 701 members of the
equitation)--all done with the strictest observance of bar ; and of those called during the last ten years there
the musical accent—might be given either viva voce are no less than 1,100 who appear as members of the bar
during the performance, or in the bills, and would
at the present time.
materially enlighten the unintiated. The Duke of Bedford has ordered his tenants to
Too much praise cannot be given to the rider, Mr.
deal with rabbits as rats, and clear their farms of these
Davis. destructive animals, which only go to gamekeepers, who
At the Cirque Olympique, in Paris, M. Baucher, take care to pursue rabbit poachers, to preserve -their
the originator of' this new school, has been the chief privileges at the cost of the farmer.—Bedford Mercury.
attraction for some years by a similar exhibition
RESTORATION AND OPENING or ST. °L
There, however, it wear • -
s a more philosophical aspect CHURCH —This sacred edifice, which was destroyAVE'Sed by
inquiry of
than might be supposed, and the result of many years, fire at the burning of
nopping's Wharf; in the autumn of
ly restored, and will be opened
anxious study, which at first served onito amuse, at fao last r year,ivi has been
n o
serviceoen
there Sabbath morning of the 17th
length attracted the attention and official T
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instant, on which occasion the Rev. Archdeacon Wilber-
the French Government, and we believe that the sys- force will preach a sermon in behalf of the fund for de-
tern of M. Baucher is now, or very shortly will be, fraying the expenses incurred in the repairs. -

WEST INDIA MAILS.
SOUTHAMPTON, Nov. 8.

The Royal mail steamer Trent, C.Aptain Boxer,
arrived here to-day, at four r.az., from Mexico,
Havannah, and Bermuda, Winging thirty-two pas-
sengers. She has on freight 343,177 80-100 silver
dollars, 81,415 75-100 gold dollars, pearls value
2,0001., 28 five franc pieces, 801 b. 11 oz. plata brula,
12 oz. plata labrada, 1161 b. 13 oz. silver bullion,
541'0. 691 Castellanos platina, 576 oz. gold, 591 oz.
gold dust. The following are the dates :—Tampico,
Sept. 25; Vera Cruz, Oct. 2; Havannah, Oct. 11;
Honduras, Sept. 19 ; Jamaica, Oct. 9 ; Carthagena,
Sept. 29 ; Demerara, Oct. 5 ; Trinidad, Oct. 7 ;
Bari) 9es, Oct. 9 ; Grenada, Oct. 11 ; St. Thomas's,
Oct. 16 ; 'Lap; ;Fa, Sept. 30 ; Bermuda, Oct. 31,
where she met the Itoyai ti:2ll steamer Medway, with
the mails from St. Thomas's and 7.*:;.? West Indies.
During her stay in the Gulf of Mexico the Trent
experienced very severe weather, and was obligeo
leave Tampico without being ableto ship the treasure,
amounting to 1,721,567 dolls., 80,000 dolls. of which
was on account of the Mexican dividends, which
was all brought to the Bar. The Trent remained off
the Bar till the 29th of
.September, in the hope of
the Bar becoming passable, but as the weather
continued bad, she was obliged to leave, and continue
her route. At Vera Cruz all the treasure was ship-
ped on the 2d of October, during a heavy norther,
with the exception of 130,000 dolls, oa account of the
Mexican dividends, which the Administration would
not run the risk of embarking under such circum-
stances.
Santa Anna was at his farm near Vera Cruz, and
was increasing the number of his troops, with a view
to compel the Senate to comply with his views, He
was about to marry again into a family at Vera
Cruz, his first wife having been dead about a month.
The trial of Mr. Bagot, at Demerara, had termi-
nated by his being found guilt.
HURRICANE AT lIAVANNAH.
The island of Cuba was, on the 2d of October,
visited with a most terrific hurricane, which conti-
nued, however, only a few hours, passing over without
doing much damage from that time until the morning
of the 4th.
On the morning of the 4th it commenced raining,
and continued so during the day. The wind at first
blew right from N.E., veering afterwards to E. ; and
at dusk it became a calm. At this time the thermo-
meter was at 19 of Ranmnr. It began to blow at
eight r.m., and also rained. At nine and ten P.m.
the wind bl©w a hurricane, and increased during the
whole night, with occasional flashes of lightning, ac-
companied with gi;...at destruction of property in the
city of llavannah.
The principal damage to the houses was sustained
in the suburbs, but scarcely a house escaped without
injury.

POLITICAL ECONOMY.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

Sia,—l was surprised yesterday to see your de-
precatory remarks on the science of political economy.
It is just now the fashion (and obviously for the in-
terest of many) to run down that science, and I am
sorry that any remarks of yours should seem to sanc-
tion an erroneous prejudice. It is my strong convic-
tion that a due regard to the maxims of enlightened
political economy would be infinitely more beneficial
than the best-intentioned philanthropy, if misguided,
and the violation of them proportionally injurious. It
seemed to me particularly unfair in you to say that
the maxims of political economy ilegla been acted on
since Mr. Huskisson's time, and then V; psk what
good they had done. They have been only very gas r
tially acted on during that period. What is our whole
system of protective duties, for example, but one con-
tinued and flagrant violation of the plainest principles
of political economy f Political economy must be
tried before it can fairly be pronounced wanting. If
your meaning is, that the enunciation of scientific
principles has of itself no power to move men, and
that their sympathies and emotions must be appealed
to before they will actively exert themselves, I can
understand your position ; though surely, with all
rational and reflecting men, the clear demonstration
of principles should be sufficient to decide their con-
duct. Let the higher motive, and the pure and
generous affections by all means be cultivated as the
impulse both of private and of public conduct; but to
throw aside political economy, because it only pointe
out how to do good and avoid evil, without more
directly appealing to the sympathies, is simply to
substitute blind impulse for enlightened benevolence.
Nor does it appear in practice that the study and ad-
vocacy of political economy imply wantof good feeling
in its promoters. Where shall we look for better
feeling, a more generous and earnest desire for the
good of the oppressed classes, than in the leading
members of that great school and ally of political eco-
nomy—the Anti-Corn-law League ? My own belief
is, that the agitation of the great cause which the
League has taken up has given the impulse to all the
benevolent feeling and expression which happily cha-
racterise the present age. Why should a just and
clear perception of the means of doing good be unfa•
vourable to the existence and operation of a benevo-
lent intent ? Combine the maxims of political eco-
nomy with as much Christian feeling as you please,
but, in matters of legislation, do not deprive the latter
of the inestimable guidance of the former. Ignorant
legislation, even with the best intentions, has done, is
doing, and may db enormous mischief, such as to
mock, perplex, and paralyse the most zealous coun-
teracting exertions of private charity and generosity.
There are always those, too, who have interests of
their own to serve in had legislation, and who are
ready enough to throw Christian benevolence on a
wrong scent by directing it to fruitless fields, and
deprecating the "cold, heartless maxims," in the vio•
lation of which they find their own wasteful gain,. to
the injury and misery of millions. Political economy
condemns war, slavery, monopoly, excessive and insi-
dious taxation. What an immense amount of
bloodshed, wickedness, wretchedness, poverty,
scarcity of employment, with all their incidental and
concomitant evils, would have been spared, had poli-
tical economy been sooner understood and really acted
upon! We are taught to believe that by a higher
power all evils are in some way made subservient to
good,' but we are taught also to "overcome evil with
good." The evils arising from the neglect of political
economy are among the mysteries of Providence, and
one good result of them should surely be to teach us
impressively those truths of practical wisdom from the
ignorance or transgression of which they have arisen.
I am, Sir, yours respectfully, J. R.
Liverpool, Nov. 8, 1844.

THE EFFECTS OF CHEAP FOOD
UPON THE WORKING CLASSES.
(From the Struggle.)
When a family is poor, all the females are obliged
to work to secure food, before they think of anything
else ; some to the winding frames, some to shoe-bind-
ing, or any other employment. But when they be-
come well off; that is, when they have sufficient to
pay for food, rent, fire, and their every day necessa-
ries, how do you find the females then employed?
In " needle work," which means something connected
with fine clothing and fashionable array, or in draw-
ing, music, &c.; so that when it is not requisite to
work for necessaries, they employ their time in pro-
curing luxuries. It is just the same with a nation.
In proportion to the amount of labour requisite for
procuring requisites, is that which remains for luxu-
ries. The fewer hands that can find the country
with food, and the more remain to provide luxuries.
Hence we see what an advantage it would be
to get our food by exchanging as far as possible the
proceeds of our machinery for it. In this country,
with industry and sobriety, there ought to be no lack
of food; the only strife should be as to the extent of
enjoyments in the shape of comforts and luxuries.
Suppose, for instance, all our food for the next year
came without ploughing, or sowing, or reaping, some
would think it would be a sad affair for all the la-
bourers. But the effect would be, that being secured
of the first necessary of life, all the labour in the
country would then be turned to building better
houses, making better roads, cutting railways, making
parks, providing superior clothing, and richer furni-
ture. Some would be employed in one way, some in
another, and each exchanging the productions of his
labour with others, every class would get a greater
proportion. One thing is certain to a country which
has plenty of food, that the people need not be ex-
posed to excessive labour ; but if, like Englishmen,
they will work, they are thee sure, with cheap food,
to get a greater amount of luxuries. Continued cheap
food would soon lead to short time; and it would soon
give the working classes better houses, and better
furniture, and a greater command over all the enjoy-
ments of life. It is the pivot upon which all other
enjoyments turn.

DROGHEDA AND KEELS RAILWAY.—At a most in-
fluential public meeting held last week at Kells, a unani-
mous vote of support was passed to the proposed Drog-
heda and Kells line, in connexion with the Dublin and
Drogheda Railway. Mr. Eckersley, the able manager
of the latter Company, explained that the capital had all
been subscribed, and expressed an opinion that the Act
would be obtained without difficulty, in which case the
works could be completed within two years.—Railway
Record.
DEATH OP THE DEAN OF LIMERICK.—This vene-
rable ecclesiastic, who has been long in a declining state
of health, died on Sunday last, in the 65th year of his
age, at his residence near Rathangan, county of Kildare.
The Very Rev. Arthur John Preston, when Dean of
Kildare, was promoted to the deanery of Limerick, and
instituted at the Cathedral on the 17th of August, 1809,
in room of the lion. and Very Rev. Maurice Crosbie,
his predecessor.
the Duke of Portland, who, we are glad to find,
is improving in health, has granted about thirty acres of
land in the parish of irucknall for cottage-garden allot-
ments. More than 300 applications have been made for
these allotments, and it is expected that the majority of
the applicants will be accommodated with a garden next
tipmag.