The Sun.
London, England, 1844-01-12 00:00:00

The political principles of the new Government w

probably coincide with those entertained by the late
members.
By the arrival, at New Orleans, of the brig Del-
find, intelligence had been received that the Congress
at Merida, adjourned on the 17th November, and
that on the 19th Governor Mendez assumed the
reins of government. The acting Governor, D. Miguel
Barbachano, issued a valedictory address, in which he
urged the people to accept the proposals male by the
Mexican Government, for a re -establishment of peace.
The French brig of war GrifFon was detained at the
port of Campeachy, and it was thought the Yucatan
Commissioners would probably go in her on her way
to Vera Cruz. It was believ ed. that a treaty would
soon be ratified on terms similar to those offered last
August, by Tornel, the .Mexictan Minister of War.
Captain Coleman, of the schooner Manson, at
Holmes' Hole, from Savanilla, informs the corres-
pondent of the Merchants' Exchange, Boston, that
five days before he sailed the Go vernor was assassi-
nated at Santa Martha, by a gang of ruffians, supposed
to have landed from some vessel ft 'om South America,

In Congress, at Washington, on the 18th inst., a
movement was made simultanec,usly in the Senate
and the House of Representatives on the present
Tariff Act. A resolution was introduced, calling on
the Committee of Ways and AtE ,ans to report as to
the expediency of bringing in z. Bill to repeal the
existing tariff, and to bring in a Bill establishing r.
twenty per cent. 'ad valorem ditty -, with discrimina-
tions only for the purpose of rev( nue. It was nega-
tived, the votes being 77 to 111.
The New York papers annoulici) the death of Smith
Thompson, Judge of the Stnrceme Court of the
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COMMERCIAL NE WS.—STATE OF TRADE.
NEW Yonx, DEC. 20, P.it.—Tht T e is very little doing in
any article of trade. Cotton is more tc.tive than anything else.
AslsEs.—We quote Pots at $4 56i,. and Pearls at $5 06i a
$5 121. Both kinds very dull.
HAY.—Sales of North River bale it 43 a 45 cents. The re-
ceipts are small, and a fair demand exists. Country sells as
wanted at 65 a 75 cents.

PROVISIONS.—Our quotation; and' 'remarks of yesterday will
still apply to the present state of the market—not the slightest
change perceptihle.
WHISKEY.—Drudge is still held tat 23 cents. Barrels are
very dull at 24} cents.
Fr.oua AND Gitarx.—Articles in. this line are without any
actual change, although prices ha sr.! an inclination down-
ward. Genesee cannot be quoted at 'over 4 dole. 62i cents. a
4 dole. 6M cents.
COTTON.—The transactions to-ilmy amount to about 1,500
bales. In some cases a small adva ac e has been paid on the
rates of yesterday. Holders are quite stiff, and the amount on
sale is small. Both buyers and seller s are anxiously awaiting
the arival of the steamer Hibernia.
SALES AT THE NEW YORK STOOK EXCHANGE, DEC. 20.
/115,000 U. S. s's, 1862...
5,000 N. Y. City s's, '7O
14,090 Ohio 6's, '6O ..••• opg 103

20.000 Kentucky 6's ...........
5,000 Penn's s's..

'..107i,
~. 69;

5,000 spcl bds...
5,000 Indiana Bonds ...
1,000 Alabama s's
5,000 Tenn. s's
_ _ •

45

30 Atlantic Bank, Brook'n
50 Me and Tra's Bank, N
25 Illinois Bank ..
7 Kentucky Bank
25 N Am Trust Company....•
25 Vicksbing Bank
25 Manhattan Gas Company'
100 Farmers' Trust Company

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COWES, ISLE OF WIGHT.
(FROM Of a COMM STONDENT.)
THE OLD2UNS OUT.---110w Alen have we been told
by old gentlemen and elderly Is dies, that a long and se-
vere winter always followed a quantity of wild berries—
that a large crop of haws was a bitter sight for the poor,
yet who ever saw them so plentiCal as this season, one of
the mildest ever. known. Our vv,,ods and lawns are em
bellished wits white thorn trees ; our hedges are com-
posed of them and privet, and new, in the middle of Ja-
nuary, they are covered with haws and privet-berries.
The meado s are as green as in May, and wild and
garden flowers are as plentiful. To see an apple tree
bloom out of season is unnatural, a freak of nature on a
s mall scale, but it is of too trifling a nature to require a
remark, when compared with a whole country. Were
all the trees in only one orchard to break blossom at
C hristmas it would be worth mentioning, but it would
tl ten not be equal to the unusual appearance of the fields
nd gardens at present. The thermometer is at 57, and
tile barometer, 30.10.

The Marquis and Marchioness of Sligo and family are
expected to leave Cowes about the 16th inst., for No. 2,
lansfield-street. His Lordship's health has been much
'benefited by his residence in the Isle of Wight. He
*rides oat now twice every day. Ills Lordship proposes
Ireturning to Cowes for the summer in May next.

A middle-aged woman, named Charlotte Scott, was
charged at Bow-street, with forging the name of Anne
Lee, alias Brien, a depositor in- the Savings'-bank,
Charing-cross, with intent to defraud the managers and
directors of the institution. She was remanded.
John Mullins, butler to the Hon. Mr. Murray, of Rut-
land-gate, -was charged, at Marlborough-street, eith
having robbed his former master, Mr. Keate, surgeon, of
Albemarle-street, of a considerable quantity of property.
He was remanded for a week.
Eliza Mary Jones was committed for trial, from Union-
hall, for stealing a child four months old, belonging to a
man named Hellers, Walserley-street, Hackney-road.
This being the first_ day of Term, the Courts were
opened in the usual manner.
coURT—FASHIONABLE.
The Duke of Bordeaux and suite left town on Wed-
nesday at seven in the morning.
_His Royal Highness,
it is said, is about to make a tour in Wales, but probably
he has some other object in view.
Her Majesty the Queen Dowager continues in the en-
joyment of good health, and is expected shortly to return
to Marlborough House for the season.
The Earl and Countess of Ducie, and Lord Moreton
arrived at Farrance's Hotel, Belgrave-street, on Tuesday'
evening, from Rufford Hall.
Brighton is very full of fashionable company, and will
be enlivened during the month with no less than four
grand halls, under the patronage of the Duchess of So-
merset, the Marchioness of Aileslatry, the Marchioness
of Thornond, Countess of Abingdon, the Countess of
Airlie, the Ddwager Countess of posse, the Countess of
Grenville, Lady Hotham, Lady Rabett, Lady Petre,
Lady Falknrr, Lady
Lady Twysden, Lady Lawlev,
Lady Easthope,
-Sue UNLOVED ONE. —We are requested to state eats, Lady twit), Lady Westphal,
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,e,a.t the new novel, entitled " The Unloved One," by Lady Strange, &e. The Turkish Ambassador and suite
M rs. Hofland, is published this day by Mr. Colburn, of
are The amongi the latest arrivals of distinction.
Gveat Marlborough-street, and may now be had at all
inchess of Cambridge, it is said, will visit
the, Libraries. Mr. Colburn has also just published the
Brighton a few days.
follceving new works of fiction:-1. Whitefriars ; or,
The Days of Charles the Second, an historical romance,MICTLL.EINEOU.S.
3 rcl Is. 2. The Brothers, by the author of " Oliver A correspond ent of the Post, in reference to the elec-
Cruhnwell," &c., 3 vols. 3. The Perils of Beauty, by tiot) of Grand Master of the Society of Freemasons,
Captain Chamier, 3 vols. 4. Jessie Phillipe by Mrs. says,—" Lord Salisbury not retired from Masonry.
TAillope, 3 vols. 5. The Lost Ship, a Ronance of the Nu brother can cease to he a Mason. The Noble Mar-
Oetean, by the author of " Cavendish ' &c., 3 vols. I clmis has solely resigned the offices in Masonry he held
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6. :Handley Cross, a sporting novel, by the author of under the present Pro-Grand. Master, the Earl of Zet-
4. ,Torrock 's Jaunts and Jollities," 3 voh; and 7. Windsor land." This does not look like brotherly conduct.
Grille, an historical romance, by W. H. Ainsworth, A convict named Cowle, sentenced to transportation
Esq. ; new edition, complete in vol., with 110 illus-
in the spring of last year, and transf rred to Pentonville,
:
has lately be!eme insane, and has been sent by an t.rder
from the Horne -office
trebtions by Gt orge Cruikshank, ec.. price 14s. bound.
to the Government department of
Torts.—The first toll we cad of in England for •
Bedlam.
=tailing the highways, was Lowed in the reign of Edward
the Third, and was for repairig the road betwixt Sc. Giles's
üblished their re Tho Council of the Pharmaceutical Society have just
and Temple-bar. , pgulations for the examination and re• I

THE REPEAL OF THE UNION.

TO WILLIAM DUDLEY, ESQ., ALEXANDRIA, WEXFOED.
Dear Sir,— I quite differ from you in opinion respecting
TRepeal, which I do not believe is worth one rush to Ireland.
'The only change of that nature which would be useful, would
be four subordinate Parliaments in Ireland, seven in England,
and two in Scotland, for the purpose of relieving the Imperial
P arliament from the trumpery masses of subordinate legisla-
tion, with which Parliament is overwhelmed. Ireland is,
I know, grievously oppressed, but certainly not one jot more
th ;n England. The fault, I fear, lies more in the people
the mselves than in their governors. What Ireland really
we; uts, is to have her currency trebled in amount, and issuing
fro n ss thousand centres, in loans and accommodations, to
inch astrious families, having the will to borrow it, in sums of
frog a 2/. or 1/. to sums of 1,0001. or 2,0001. each. The em-
plc); ment of such sums would be found safe and profitable, in
all branches of industry, as soon as such increased issues
should have had time to produce what are called " remune.
rating prices."
:rif I were Minister, I would not only open the flood-gates
of paper money from a thousand centres in Ireland, but I
wot ld at once literally give away five millions sterling in food,
clot, ping, and furniture, to a million of the poorest families in
Irel and. This gift alone would of itself produce an extra con-
sum Mien and production, of perhaps 20 or 40 millions of the
fleet !ssaries of life in Ireland in the first year.
I am, dear Sir, your's truly,
Birmingham, 20th Nov., 1843. T. ATTWOOD.