The Sun.
London, England, 1845-01-01 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON W.gpisTESll3lAi _EVENING, JAN"UAlt.i_'` 1,
_lB4.

BANKRUPTCY.—(THIS DAY.)
(Before Mr. Commissioner FONBLANQUE.)
IN RR M. EDMONDS.
The insolvent, a bf er-shop keeper in Somers-town, ap-
plied for his interim order, but was opposed for Mr.
Thomas Harris, brewer, Hamrstead-read, the only cre-
ditor. The matter was, however disposed cf, by Mr.
Harris being appointed assignee.
IN RE HAMMOND UPTON.
The insolvent, a farmer, near Margate, was opposed
by Mr. Woodrufle, on the part of a Dr. Chambers, on a
judgment debt. After judgment had been obtained, a
deed of dissolution was entered into between the insol-
vent and his mother-in-law, with whom he had been in
partnership. The examination was rather amusing, as,
• amongst the list of creditors, no less than six or seven
tailors, four wine merchants, and sundry perfumers ap-
peared. The schedule disclosed no assets.
Mr. COOKE, for the insolvent, granted that the sche-
dule did not appear to disclose anything, and he craved
some short time to prepare a more satisfactory one.
1 he interim order was consequently deferred.
THE TALACRE COMPANY.—IN THE MATTER OF
JOHN DAVIS.
The insolvent, a director, in 18311 40, of the far-
famed Talacre Coal Company, petitioned the Court.
He was supported by Mr. Sturgeon, and opposed by
Mr. Cooke, for the Talacre Company, and by Mr. Wilde,
on the part of William Littlejohn, Secretary to the said
company.
Mr. STURGEON contended that his Learned Friend,
Mr. Cooke, had no locus standi in that Court.
The HON. COMMISSIONER would wish to know for
whom Mr. Cooke appeared ? If, as he said, for the
Talacre Company, he (the Commissioner) would wish to
See the deed or charter constituting that company. Per-
haps the Learned Counsel would mention names, as it
had bee• almost judicially determined that corporations
had no consciences.—(Laughter.)
Mr. CooKE—Then the principal member of the corpo-
ration could have no possible conscience, for he (Mr.
Cooke), if allowed, would be prepared to prove that a
sum of 30,0001., which ought to have appeared in his
schedule, was omitted. He (fir. Cooke) appeared for Mr.
Chappelow and Messrs. Handyside and Taylor. The
deed of the Company was, he believed, in Ireland; at
all events he had it not in Court.
Mr. Commissioner FoNBLANQUE—I shall always
strictly require companies of this nature is prove their
existence by deed or charrer. I know the mischief that
accrues to the public from them, and sitting here, I will
give them no sort of encouragement.
Mr. WILDE said that he appeared for a creditor, Mr.
Littlejohn, and the objection did not therefore apply
to him.
Mr. STURGEON objected to his Learned Friend re-
ceiving any instruction from Mr. Asharst's clerk, it hav-
ing been already decided that he had no standing in that
Court.
Mr. Commissioner FONDLANQUE would lay dowa no
rale upon the subject, but such oral instruction from a
foreign party would be certainly very inconvenient.
Mr. WILDE would, with all deference to his Honour's
opinion, where a seeming fraud had been committed by
some one, receive information from whatever quarter,
with the intention of laying the circumstances of that
fraud hefore his Honour and the public, and therefore in
the exercise of what he conceived a proper discretion,
and until obliged to desist by an order from his Honour,
be would go on as he had already done.
The insolvent was then examined with a view of
proving that he was a trader, and, therefore, (as an in-
solvent) out of the jurisdiction of the Court.
(The case was still proceeding when we went to press.)

MONEY AND COMMERCIAL NEW S
CITY, QUARTER TO THREE.

The Cotton Market at Liverpool yesterday was quiet;
sales 3,000 bales.—Shares were in good request. Bir-
mingham and Gloucester, 101 ex new ; Bristol and
Gloucester, 43i 4; Eastern Counties, 151; Glasgow
and Greenock, 111; Grand Junction, 228; Ditto, New,
Quarters, 434; Liverpool and Manchester, Quarters, 52;
London and York, 41 ; Churnet Valley, 34 ;
Manchester and Birmingham, 521 ; Manchester and
Leeds, Half, 531 ; Midland Counties, 1151 1161 ; Shef-
field and Manchester, 98 97i ; Lyons and Avignon,
2L 'l3s. 651.; Paris and Lyons, 31 ; Orleans, Tours, and
Bordeaux, ; Northern of France, 6i
The colonial and general produce markets re-open
to-day, but the public sales are as yet limited. Prices,
although stocks are large, are expected to rule firm.
The attempt of the Americans to extend their trade
with China cannot too much excite our vigilance. It
is observed in a communication from New York, that
" there is a very large trade carried on between
Russia and China on the North and West, besides traffic
to an immense extent between the British East India
possessions and China. Heretofore, the foreign trade
by sea has been very insignificant compared with the
total foreign trade of such an immense empire. Fire
ports are now open to the commerce of the United States
and Great Britain. Commercial treaties of a very fa
vourable nature have been perfected between these
Powers, and the industry of each have, in the perspec-
tive, full employment for many articles of manufacture
for the demand that must inevitably spring from the
wants of more than three hundred millions of people—
a mass of beings greater than all the rest
of the world in the aggregate. The table of
imports into Canton gives us an idea of the description
of goods they immediately require, while the table of
exports shows us their principal staples, and to what
extent they are at present used by the people of the two
nations referred to. We learn irom Washington that
the treaty recently made with the Chinese by Mr.
Cushing, was read to the Senate while is secret session,
and we may hope soon to have the pleasure of a perusal.
The ratifications of this treaty, if as favourable to our
interests as anticipated, will be one of the most import-
ant movements made for the extension of our com-
merce ever known during the settlement of the country.
There is not a section of the Union that will not be
benefited by the opening of this trade. The manufac-
turers of the north, the planters of the south, and the
leadminers of the west, are deeply interested in this
movement, and look for a speedy settlement of the
question."
The Funds have been again very quiet, but there is no
weakn as in the market. Consols have been looi
for the opening; Exchequer Bills have been 625. to
645. prem,; Bank Stock has realised 2111 to 210 f, being
higher again. New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents.
are 103} to 2.
The Foreign Market has not been active, but a fair
business is doing in Spanish Bonds. The Five per
Cents. have been 281, and upon a large sale made have
dropped again to 27k. The Three per Cents. have ob-
tained 36k to i; Mexican Bonds have been quoted 35i
and Colombian, 14k I, which is a slight rally. French
Scrip has been 18 premium; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per
Cents are 631 to 63i.
The Railway Shares are generally buoyant. Great
Western are higher, owing to Ole opinion of the Board
of Trade in favour of its projected branches; and South-
Western have declined, from the report against the con-
templated auxiliary lines.

BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
(From the Official List.)
Bank Stock 2lli 2104
3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities
New 4 per Cent. Annuties
Bank Stock for Account.
Consols for Opening
India Stock 286
Exchequer Bills. lid. 14d.
1,000/.
5001.
Ditto Small —
Ditto Advertised ..... ...
FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Mexican Bonds, 1837, 5 per Cent 354
Ditto for the Account 3sa
Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cent,

LAMBETH.--(THIS DAY.)
, THE PRISONERS' CELLS.—Mr. Cook, the gaoler, re-
ported to the Magistrate that the cells were extremely
damp, and in consequence of the length of time in which
-4; the prisoners had been confined, from ten o'clock in the
morning until seven in the evening, two of them com-
plained of being ill, which, on examination, he found to
be the case ; one of them, a female, became so unwell,
that she was taken with a shivering fit, and he was com-
pelled to take her out of the cell and place her before
the fire until she partially recovered. Mr. Cuok added,
it was a great many hours for, a prisoner to be confined
in the cells (from ten until seven) before the arrival of
• the vans to convey them to prison.
Mr. HENRY said steps must be immediately taken to
remedy this defect, and the clerk of the works must see
that the cells were properly warmed, so that no unne-
cessary punishment or serious consequences might be
inflictid on the prisoners who had the misfortune to be
locked up.
Mr. Cook said the Magistrate's desire should be im-
inediately communicated to the clerk of the works.

Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent., 1840... 27{ 28A 27i
Ditto for the Account.
Ditto Passive Bonds 6
Ditto Deferred
Ditto 3 per Cent 365,/
Ditto for the Account.
Dutch 2 per Cents
Ditto for the Account 63i
Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates
PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
RAILWAYS. PAID. PER SHARE.
Birmingham and Gloucester 100
Bristol and Exeter
Bristol and Gloucester

CLERKENWELL.—(THIS DAY.)
A young man of dissipated appearance was charged
'with creating a disturbance and annoying Mr. Barden, a
Impeetable coffee-house keeper, in St. Luke's.
Tim prisoner went into the coffee-shop between twelve
and one o'clock this merning, sat down, and began to
hoot and halloo, so as to disturb the sleeping inmates.
Re then used the most abominably obscene language ;
he asked for coffee, but the hindlord, who had previously
been repeatedly annoyed by him, refused to serve him,
and he became more noisy and indecent than before.
MM
Mr. CO said the landlord would have acted more
prudently if he had served the prisoner, as he had ten-
dered the money.
Police-constable, 145 G, said he knew the prisoner as
a thief.

Churnet Valley
Cornwall ... 3 ...... 344-- to
Direct Northern
Eastern Counties
Great Western
Ditto, Half Shares
Ditto Fifths
Lancaster and Carlisle
London and Blackwall
London and Brighton.— ..... 50
London and Greenwich ...... 124
London and South Western.. 414 ...... 74
Ditto,New — ..... 84
London and Croydon
London and York... ..... ...... 24 ... .. 5 . to 44
Manchester and Leeds 7O 125

The landlord said the prisoner was an utterer of base
coin, and an associate of the worst characters.
The prisoner was cautioned and discharged.

Midland 100 ll6 to
Newcastle &Darlington June. 24 ..... 62
Newcastle and Berwick
Norwich and Brandon 8 ...... 14 ...... to

SPORTING IN
BETTING AT MANI

'TELLIGENCE.
'RESTER.—TUESDAY.
L.P. CUP.
40 to 1 agst Valerian (t)
40 to 1 agst The Bashaw (t)
50 to 1 agat Foig a-ballagh

Richmond and West End June. 1
Rugby
South Eastern and Dover ... 33h
Ditto New
West Cornwall lk . 3f
York and North Midland ... 50 ......104

CRES

35 to 1 apt Winesour
40 to I agst Extempore
40 to 1 agst Portobello
40 to 1 agst Ratan

Ditto Selby Scrip 2O 69
Boulogne and Amiens,
Orleans and Bordeaux .. 2

11 to 1 agst Alarm—offered'
17 to 1 agst Idas
18 to 1 agst Pans
18 to 1 agst Kedger
20 to 1 agst Cobweb colt
30 to 1 agst Rebecca colt
33 to 1 agst c out of Calypso's
dam

tnT.
36 to 1 agst Pantasa
40 to 1 agst Old England(t)
66 to 1 agst Clear-the-way
6 to 1 agst Scott's lot
8 to 1 agst John Day's lot
13 to 1 agst Dawson's lot

HUNTING AP
Her Majesty's stag hounds
at Stoke Common, at 11.

'OINTMEINITS.
will meet on Friday next

MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.)

CORN-EXCHANGE—WEDNESDAY.
We had very little English Wheat on sale to day. yet
the demand for it was in a sluggish state, at previous
quotations. In Foreign Wheat very little was doing,
let prices were supported. The sale for Barley and
alt was very inactive, at late rates. Oats, Beans, and
rem, as on Alf,nday.

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The supply of Meat on sale to-day was only moderate,
yet the demand was heavy, at our quotations. Reef,
from 2s 8d to 33 Brl ; Mutton, 2s 10d to 3s Sd ; Veal,
314 d, to 4s 4d ; Pork, 2s 8d to 3s 10d, per Sibs.

LLOYD'S .41-11PPItiti—(THIS DAY.)
LONDON, JAN. I.—Wind northerly, fresh breeze and
Limy.
DEAL, DEC. 31.—Wind E.S.E. to E.,—Arrd. King
William, St. Andrew's; Patlifin,ler, Qu,bec. Sid. John
Weave', Sierra Leone ; Lledfurd, and Louisa, New
Orleans.
PORTSMOUTH, DEC. 31.—Arrd. Louisa and Emilie,
liiktienstem, Cape Hayti.
'BRISTOL, DEC. 31.—Arrd. Canning, Brown, Ichaboe;
nglishrnan, Dyer, Africa (left Cape Mozuerdo, Oct.
28) ; Sea Lion, Gros, New Orleans.
FALMOUTH, DEC. 31.—Wind E., fresh galvs.—A boat
&larked " Erin, of Graernsey, R. Sharpe," was washed
ashore on the Low Sands, between the Black Head and
the Manacles, 27th instant.
WEXFORD, DEC. 28.—The Royal Albert, from Liver
pool to Ichaboe, struck on Blackwater Bank this morn-
ing, arid was abandoned by the crew, but subsequently
got off by some fishermen, and towed ashore two miles
,outh of the Jaeger.
LtvisurooL, DEC. 31.—Wind S., moderate.—Arrd.
Sighalem, Dees, China ; Susan, Flood, Bromy, Vixen,
Tampico; Europe, Feuha, New York. Off, Theresa,
Jane, Maranham. Sld. Manilla, China; Charles Hamer-
lon, St. Domingo; Grampian, New Orleans; Leander,
Savannah; Sir Charles Napier, New Orleans. The
Friends, of St. Andrews, from Newport to Boston, was
abandoned in a sinking state, 20th inst.; crew saved.
SWANSEA, DEC. 30.—Arrd. Arab, How, Miramichi.
SMUWICK HARBOUR, DEC. 25.—The Cora, of Liver-
Pool, from Africa, out nineteen weeks, short of provisions,
and the crew disabled, was spoken, 21st inst., by the
Illanche, from Donegal to Ichaboe, put back here, having
• txprienced very severe weather.
DEc. 30.—Oclebrook, gaebee. Sld. William
and Ann, Ichaboe ; Cestus and Britannia, Monte Video.

PRESIDENT POLK.—We are informed from excel-
,.- lent authority, that the present President of the -United
States of America is the heir and descendant of our late
worthy and respected Provost Pollock, Polk, or Poke,
of our ancient burgh. Provost Polk discharged the
onerous duties of chief magistrate of this burgh during
the years of the Rebellion 1745 and 1746, with great
credit ; and received for his loyal and patriotic conduct
the thanks of the King's Government. The Provost was
a person of considerable property, and had the influence
to become chief magistrate in opposition to the powerful
faintly of Faa, or Fall, who, for a period of nearly one
hundred )ears, swayed the politics of the tows. Mr.
Polk died in the year 1752, and his property and effects
came into the possession of his brother Andrew, who
Settled in the State of Tennessee, or the southern part of
North Carolina. Although this star of the Western
Hemisphere may never have heard of the Provost of
-)unbar being classed among those who added to his
family influence, still, when he sways the sceptre of
the most powerful nation of the New World, we trust
be will endeavour to render more durable the good
understanding between the States and the mother
country, and ever mind Provost Polk's toast, " May
ne'er war be among us," one familiar -to many old inha-
bitants to this day, as Provost Poke's toast, and the
effects of his experience of " the '4s."—Kelso Chronicle.
The railroad from Hockerill to Cambridge is fast
progressing. The works are carried on with such dili-
gence as to afford reason for believing, that, with the ex-
ception of a tunnel through Lord Br,ybrooke's estate.
the whole line may be opened for traffic in the coming
z.n.,.• spring. His Lordship is building a spacious inn and
Yv hotel at the Wenden Ambo station, a distance of rather
Qkt
more than a mile from Saffron Walden.—Essex Herald.
BRITISH. MUSFlllH.—Yesterday the British Museum
was ttosed, and will remain so till the Bth inst.

Strasburg and Bale ..... 14........ 12i
MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, DEC. 31 —Our
market is buoyant, and we have had a good business
done, Bristol and Gloucester, 44 ; Eastern Counties,
51 ; South- Eastern, No. 2, 11* Blackburn,
Burnley, and Accrington, 31 *; Cambridge and Lincoln,
465., 455., 465., 455. 6d. ; London and York, 4.1 4 ; Man-
chester. Bury, and Rossendale, 81. 3s. 9d., #, 8L lls. 3(1.;
West Yorkshire, 6* ; Manchester Fire an Life, 11k * ;
Ditto and Leeds, Half Shares, 51; Ditto, Quarter Shares,
11 11-16; South-Eastern, 41; Ditto, New, No. 1, 13* ;
Bolton, Wigan, and Liverpool, 3i; Churnet Valley, 3
13-16 I; London and Worcester, Oxford and Rugby,
295. 6d.; Great Northern of France, 2 5-16 I * * prem.

THE FRENCH LEGISLATURE.
CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES.
The Chamber met on Monday to elect its fourth Vice-
President and the four Secretaries.
The ballot for the Vice-Presidency gave the following
results :
Number of voters
Absolute majority
M. de Belleyme, the Ministerial candi-
date, obtained 172
M. Billault, the candidate of the Oppsition 168
M. de Belleyme having had one vote more than the
required majority, was proclaimed the fourth Vice-Pre-
dent. This announcement appeared to produce a lively
impression on the assembly, and was evidently regarded
as a check for the Cabinet. The Ministers retired im-
mediately after the scrutiny.
The Secretaries subsequently appointed were the
same as last year, namely Messrs. Lacross, the Opposi-
tion candidate, who obtained 192 votes ; De l'Esl6.,
189 ; Boissy d'Anglas, 188 ; and Lascases, 176. The
last three were Ministerialists. The second Opposition
candidate, M. Havin, had 162 votes.

THE BISHOP OF NORWICH AND PUSETISM.—On
Sunday afternoon week the Lord Bishop of Norwich
preached a sermon at the parish church of St. George's
at Colegate, Norwich, to an overflow ing congregation,
amongst whom were many of the Dissenters, in aid
of a collection for the repairs of the fabric, the Dis-
senters having successfully resisted a compulsory: rate.
and the Church-people having at length consented to
adopt the voluntary principle. His Lordship, after the
afternoon service had been read by the officiating minis-
ter, ascended the pulpit, and preached a sermon
upon Ephesians, chap. v., ver. 32 : " I speak concern-
ing Christ and the Church." In treating the subject
his Lordship took a brief review of the Church from
the Apostolic age, noticing the gradual falling away of
the Church of Rome till its general corruption at the
time of the Reformation, acknowledging that the re-
mains of error were still to be found in the services and
rubric of the Church; and hoping that another genera-
tion would not pass away before it should be purged of
these Papistical remains. The deterioration of the
clergy of the English Church in the eighteenth century,
and the present improved state of the priesthood, were
passed under a review, his Lordship taking special no-
tice of the Tractarian principles and their prevalence in
some of the other dioceses in the kingdom, and openly
renounced them as being a step backwards to Po-
pery. They were the hay, straw, and stubble of
religion, and their introduction had a great ten-
dency to cause discord in the parishes where they were
introduced. He rejoiced that with a few exceptions
they had not been introduced into his own diocese ; and
he assured his hearers they would have no countenance
whatever from him. Their object was to exalt the
clergy, giving them all the power in the Church, and al-
most excluding the laity, and to destroy the principles
of free inquiry so nobly asserted at the period of the Re-
formation. With regard to church-rates, which had so
long and so unhappily been a subject of division in this
parish, he advisedly refused to enter on that question ;
he would not rake up old disputes and heartburnings.
He hoped these had now passed away, and that a better
spirit, a spirit of peace and union, would pervade all par-
ties in future. At the end of the service a collection was
made, which amounted to 181. 15s. 10d.—IpswichExpress.
TRIBUTE OF RESPECT TO THE RIGHT HON. FOX
MAULE, M.P.—lt has been resolved, we understand, to
pay the tribute of respect to Mr, Manic, by presenting him,
with a superb carpet of needlework. several ladies in
Perth, and in other parts of the country, have been per-
mitted to contribute to this work, although the ladies of
Aberdeen have the merit of originating the proposal.
The ingenuity and good taste of the ladies will be well
directed in producing a work which will, doubtless, do
credit to them, while it is intended to do honour to one of
Scotland's truest patriots, and most talented statesmen.,
—Dundcc Warder.

EXTRAORDINARY HIGH TIDE.—LnEt evening, at
high water, the banks of the river in many placts ',•ere
overflowed, especially in the low neighbourhoods of
Wapping and Tooley-street, where the tide rustled into
the cellars and kitchens, throwing the inhabitants into
Considerable 'alarm..

MAGAZINE DAY.
BLACKWOOD'S MAGAZINE.

tions of ladies, of whom he knew little enough, though
he loved their society. I well remember the deference
of his manner to them—how seldom he ventured toraise
his fine, dark, beaming eyes to gaze on any young
beauty. Yeti he wast though when I knew him inclin-
ing to the did bachela, by not:dew; tittautceptible. But
he lived in an ideal world. He lived with Grey, rope,
Addison. His intimate associates were Warton, and
Thompson ; the companions of his lighter hours, Lady
Mary Wortley, and Swift, or perhaps, Mrs. Centlivre, or
Mrs. Oldileld—no scandal ! I mean to say, he spoke in
their language—he almost thought their thoughts. He
was remarkably conversant with dramatic literatures
and I doubt hot *as otie or those who understood every
point of a good actor, from John Kemble down to
Blanchard. His quotations, in society, were infinite—
his manner gentle, but not devoid of pedantry. Pe-
dantry What an antiquated characteristic 1 Like the
stage coaches, it will soon be a mark of age to remember
that such a failing was ever known. With it, there
has passed away the race of close readers—the habit of
accuracy—the love and knowledge of the old writers.
" I was on the top of a Cambridge coach whenl
passed, one day, the lodgings where my poor friend Mills
lived. 1 saw him at the window, his face looked pale, I
thought—he was standing, too, unemployed. A faint
smile passed across his face as he saw me. I called to
the guard, and jumped off, carrying my carpet-bag with
me. Absolutely the dear fellow came down to the door
to meet me. I never saw a frame more shattered. He
had been ill, broken a blood-vessel, he told me, in his
weak accents (he stuttered a little), but was doing re-
markably well now. Alas ! He had wintered in Pisa
years before for that same melancholy symptom. I
never saw him more. He took me into his room, up
stairs, well lined with well-preserved books, neat as a
don's room, with a good fire, a disused desk, an easy
chair, and prints of one or two favourite authors over
the chimney-piece. I recollect, lad as I was, envying
all this comfort. Poor Mills ! it was an easy cheerful
decline, I heard ; he was never well enough to admit,
after that, such harum scarum fellows as myself. Ido
not believe he was more than thirty-six years old when
he died."

The opening article in Blackwood for this month is
an essay on the hackneyed theme of " Homer, Dante,
and Michael Angele 4" But hackneyed as is the sub-
ject, and hopeless as is the task of bringing anything
like novelty to bear on it, it is yet rendered enter-
taining by the mode in which it is treated. The
author commences his essay in a very spirited and pic-
turesque style, by showing the influences that Homer
has exercised over Europe for the last three thousand
years, observing, " Painting and statuary have been
employed in striving to pourtray his yet breathing
conceptions. Language and thought itself have been
moulded by the influence of his poetry. Images of
wrath are still taken from Achilles, of pride from
Agamemnon, of astuteness from Ulysses, of pa-
triotism from Hector, of tenderness from Andromache,
of age from Nestor." This is true, but though the
Homeric Ulysses is a synonyme for "astuteness," a
greater genius than even him of the " Iliad" and the
" Odyssey," has boldly grappled with the character of
the Istracan King, and endowed him with far more
lofty sagacity and keen worldly knowledge than
Homer had it in his power to bestow on him. In the
brilliant but strangely irregular play of Troilus and
Cressida, Ulysses display's in one single passage—we
mean that inimitable one commencing with "Time
hath, my lord, a wallet on his back," which is more
truly Shaksperian than any other to be found in the
whole range of Shakspeare s dramas—more profound
wisdom and more searching worldly truth than he
manifests throughout the entire " Iliad" and
" Odyssey." In the course of this clever essay the
author, alluding incidentally to the effects of criticism
on genius, says, " The dread of ridicule extin-
guishes originality in its birth." The power of the
critic is certainly great over mere talent, which it has
often succeeded in crushing; but first-rate genius,
deeply conscious of its superiority, anti earnest in ex-
hibiting it, bids defiance to the fiercest hostility of
criticism. "A Ramble in Montenegro" gives some
curious details respecting a sequestered European
province little known to English travellers. In the
present chapters of " Marston," the hero has just ac-
cepted the office of Irish Secretary, at the stormy pe-
riod of the rebellion of '9B, of which some stirring
sketches will, we suspect, be given in the next portion
of the narrative. In the " Red River Recollections"
we find the following graphic account of a stag-hunt
on the water :

" It was a long Indian canoe, made out of the hollowed
trunk of a cotton tree; a many-tined antler was stuck
in the prow, and (hied legs and haunches of venison lay
In the fore part of the boat; towards the stern sat a
young girl, partially enveloped in a striped blanket, but
naked from the waist upwards, impelling the boat in the
direction of the deer by long graceful sweeps of her oar;
in front of her was a squaw of maturer age, performing
a like labour. In the centre of the canoe were two
children, queer guinea-pig-looking little devils, and
near these lay a man in all the lazy apathy of a redskin
on his return from the hunting-ground; but towards the
stern stood a splendid Antinous-like young savage,
leaning in an attitude of graceful negligence on his rifle,
and evidently waiting an opportunity of getting a blow
or a shot at the stag. As soon as these children of the
forest caught sight of the steamer and of Doughby's
boat, they ceased rowing. only recommencing when en-
couraged by some loud hurras, and even then visibly
taking care to keep as far as possible from the fire-ship.
It was an interesting and picturesque sight to observe
the two boats describing a sort of circle on the broad
ruddy stream, while the steamer rounding to, formed in
a manner the base of the operation, and cut off the stag's
retreat. Presently a shot fired without effect from
Doughby's boat, drove the beast over towards the canoe.
The long slender barque darted across the animal's
track with the swiftness of an arrow, and as it did so, the
Indian who was standing up dealt the stag a blow that
caused it to reel and spin round in the water, and change
its course for the second time. When I again glanced at
the canoe, the young Indian had disappeared.
Here he comes!' shouted Doughby, pointing to the
deer, which was now swimming towards his boat.
' Give way, boys! the Indians must learn of a Kentucky
man how to strike a stag. Give way, I say!'
"The noble beast had recovered from the severe blow

it had received, and had now approached the steamer,
towards which it cast such a supplicating tearful look,
that the hearts of the ladies were touched with com-
passion.
" Mr. Doughby,' cried half a score feminine voices,
spare the poor beast! Pray, pray let it go!'
" spare a stag, ladies! Where did you ever hear of
such a thing? Ilurra, boys!' shouted he, as the boat
came up with the deer, and clubbing his rifle, he deli-
vered a blow with the but-end that split the stock in
two, and threw the stunned animal upon the gunwale of
the boat. Quick as thought, Doughby clutched the ant-
lers with one hand, while with the other he reached for
the knife which one of his companions held out to him.
At that moment the deer threw itself on one side with a
convulsive movement, the boat rocked, Doughby lost his
balance, the stag, which was now recovering its strength,
drew itself violently back, and in an instant the Ken-
tuckian was floundering in the water, struggling with
the deer, to whose horns he held on with the gripe of
a tiger.
" Hallo Mister Doughby in the Red River!'
" The Hallo,
ship was now in an uproar, the ladies
screaming, the men shouting directions and advice to
those in the boat. We began to be somewhat anxious as
to the, result; for although these water huntsiare by no
means uncommon occurrences, they are often dangerous
und.sometimes fatal to the- hunter. The deer had been
severely stunned and hurt, but not killed, by the blow it
had received, and it now strove fiercely against its power-
ful Opponent, throwing him from side to side by violent
tosses of its head. Doughby still held on like grim
death, but his eyes began to roll and stare wildly, his
strength was evidently diminishing, and he had each
moment more difficulty in partially controlling the stag's
movements, and preventing the furious beast from run-
ning its antlers into his body. It was in vain that the
four men in the boat endeavoured to render assistance.
Man and beast were rolling and twisting about in the
river like two water snakes. The scene that had at first
been interesting had now become painful to behold.
" Fire Parker I' Fire, Relby I' shouted several
voices from the steamer to the men in the boat.
" ' Knock the cussed redskin on the head!' was the
unintelligible rejoinder of one of the latter.
" The stag had now got Doughby close to a tree-trunk,
against which it was making violent efforts to crush him.
His life was in imminent peril, and a universal cry of
horror and alarm burst from the spectators. Just then
the head of the deer fell on its breast, the eyes glazing
and the legs flinging out convulsively in the agony of
death; at the same time, however, Doughby began to
sink, and a bright streak of blood that rose to the sur-
face of tho water, and spread in a circle round the com-
batants, gave reason to fear that the mad Kentuckian had
received some deadly hurt. At last the men in the boat
succeeded in getting hold of Doughby and the stag, the
former being seized by the hair of the head, while his
hands still clung to the deer's antlers with the desperate
grasp of a drowning man."

to the Shah; The windows of the room looked upon a LORD LIMERICK'S FUNERAL.
spacious court, ;there was assembled a vast concourse ! TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
of people. We remained hi this spot two hours ; the i SlR,—Although opposed to you on many of the party
time passed away very heavily ; for, on aeee.ent of its . questions of the hour, I cannot but admire the truly in-
being during the fast of Ramazan, no henries's ot it- dependent tone with which you approach those general
questions of polity that can be touched upon regardless
freshments were brought in, which circumstance marred
die actlistorded gaiety of our Persian friends. Meerza of the spirit of faction.
Abool gassah *as fiebited in a fine court dress, and The extraordinary scene that took place lately at
wore, as well as ourselves, red stockings and slippers, Limerick may be classed among the latter, and is not to
which is the usual costume for any otie who has the be passed over by calling the performers in it rabble or
honour of appearing before the ' Shadow of God,' eta the savages. I have reason to know this is not the first
Shah of Persia is termed by his subjects. circumstance of the sort that has happened in Ireland.
"At length the welcome intelligence arrived that his While travelling in that country during the autumn of
Majesty was ready to receive us, upon which Meerza 1 1843, I passed by the wooded and picturesque domain of
Abool Hassan arose, and requested us to follow him, and Ravendale, the residence of the late Sir llarry Good-
we all proceeded together to a spacious court, at the ricke. The untimely fate of this unfortunate gentleman.
upper end of which was the front of the royal palace, and the locality naturally turned my inquiries to the late
seated at an open window on the ground-floor was the Baronet ; with tears in his eyes did my narrator describe
Shah, of whom we then had a side view. When we his generosity, his high spirit, his noble conduct ; in
had arrived at about twenty yards from the palace, the fact, to sum up all, he was emphatically a " good land-
Meerza shook off his slippers, and directed us to do the lord." The whole country, for miles round, offered to
same. We then each made a low salaam, and began attend his funeral, and had this been encouraged, it
slowly to advance. We repeated the obeisances several would have been the largest one ever known, even in
times before we arrived before the entrance of the build- Ireland ; but the story did not finish with the death of
ing, when the Shah turning round, called to us to enter ; the late proprietor ; the good deeds of one landlord re-
the words he used being ' Beauyeed balau'—literally, called the evil ones of his predecessor, at whose funeral
' Come up.' We accordingly proceeded to ascend a broad the mob rushed upon the pall-bearers, dashed down the
flight of steps, and entered the apartment in which his coffin, and trampled upon the inanimate body.
Majesty was seated. It was a spacious chamber, the This story made a great impression upon me. It drew
walls and ceilings of which were covered with mirrors, the line of distinction between " a good landlord" and
in every part of it were ornaments of various descrip- " a bad landlord ;" for lam satisfied that all the feelings
tions, chiefly of European manufacture ; I could not, of the population of Ireland centre in these distinctions.
however, help remarking the strong resemblance the Free to follow their religion, when left alone by the agi-
spot bore to a large London china-shop. On our en- tators, all political questions are forgotten by the people.
trance, the Meerza conducted us to the corner most re- They only one question, aed that is emphaticall
mote to that occupied by the Shah, who was seated on the landlord question—the division between "the good'
his heels on a beautiful nummud, and very plainly habited and " the bad."
in a dress made of Cashmere shawl. In his girdle was a And now for the late outrage. Lord Limerick for
large dagger, ornamented with jewels, and on his head nearly thirty years never visited the property or the
he wore a black Bokhara lamb-skin cap, on which was country from which he gathered as many thousands per
a string of pearls ; but the most striking feature about annum. His residence was uninhabited, and falling irate
him was his beard, which exceeded by its length even decay. That late lamented traveller Inglis, in his " Tour
what I had expected. It conceals most of his face, and in Ireland in 1828," has, in more than one of his truth-
reaches to his knees ; during the whole of the audience telling pages, described him as the very worst landlord
he continued to twist the ends of it round his fingers. in Ireland ; and I can safely affirm that in 1843, from
When we had occupied the corner, his Majesty ex- Orangeman or Repealer, I never heard the contrary.
claimed,' Kbosh amedeed !' literally, ' You are welcome' Not only was he a perpetual absentee, but the charities
(well come). He then proceeded to ask us various ques- of Limerick and its neighbourhood will be vainly sought
tions concerning our travels, and showed by his obser-
for any response of the noble proprietor to the wants or
vations upon our answers, that he had, for a Persian, a
desires of his tenantry or the inhabitants. Lord Lime-
very fair knowledge of geography. He then proceeded rick, in fact, was, among absentee landlords, absentissi-
to question Mr. M'Neill upon the affairs of Khorasan,
(from which he, Mr. M'Neill, had just returned), and taus. I write this without any personal ill-will ; I never
had the slightest knowledge of the late Earl—less even
the late campaign ; he spoke at the same time much in than his tenants, for I never saw his bailiff:
approbation of the conduct in that quarter of the heir It is far more easy to commit an outrage on the feel-
apparent (Abbas Meerza). The audience lasted above ings of the living tlsan on the body of the dead. The
an hour, and I had ample opportunity of observing the outrage of thirty years was answered by the execration
illustrious personage before whom we were standing. of an hour ; but even this re-echo of the pent-up feelings
His Majesty is still a very- handsome man, and appears of years would, I have no doubt, never been heard, bad
much younger than he is in reality, on account of the the ill-advised friends of the late Earl been content wi t h
blackness of his beard, which is kept to that colour by the a private funeral.
application of the Persian dye ; his voice, however, and The present Earl is said to be in some distant land,
want of teeth, plainly indicate his very advanced age. perhaps unaware of the wealth and honours that have
He bears a great resemblance to portraits I have seen of rather unexpectedly fallen upon him. If the late pro-
him. OR his arm, above the elbow, his Majesty wore a ceedings are recalled to his memory, let him and all
large bracelet (in Persian, styled 4azubend) as a mark of other proprietors remembr that they are but the corn-
royalty. The bracelet consisted of stones set in gold. meat on the text which should ever be their rule of
This was the article of most value amongst the few orna- conduct—" Property has its duties as well as its rights."
ments he wore. An Englishman, bound to Ireland by no feeling but
" The manner in which the audience terminated, was that of sympathy, and grateful, too, for some pleasant
by the Shah giving a nod with his head, and saying, hours spent there during the last year—not so much
' You are dismissed.' We then made several low sa- among the hospitable halls of its gentry, but as a wan-
learns, and retired, keeping our faces towards his Ma- derer in many parts of the island, in its wildest and least
jesty, and bowing, at intervals, until we reached the visited districts, and at a time when the repeal agitation
spot where we had left our slippers, which we put on, was most rampant—l am induced to send you these few
and then backed out of the court. observations. I confidently protest against the late out-
" Thus ended the ceremony:of our presentation to the rage being mixed up with any political faction. It was
Kiblah-i Auleen, the Shahee Shahu, and the Zil Illah, but an outburst of feeling from a warm and excited
such being the titles by which Fath Ali Shah was ad- people. It could not be restrained. Some may call it
dressed ; meaning, ' Attraction of the Universe,' 'King savage ; but who can deny that it was not natural.
of Kings,' and ' Shadow of God.'" Your obedient servant, IL D.
Tuesday, Dec. 31, 1844.

MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS.

FROM TM TAFERS OF THIS DAY.
CITY, TUESDAY EVENING.
TIMES.—The premium on gold at Paris is 12 per mill*,
which, at the English Mint price of 31. 17s. 100 per
ounce for standard gold gives an exchange of 25
45 ; and the exchange at Paris on London at short
being 25 574, it follows that gold is 0.49 per cent.
dearer in London than in Paris.
By advices from Hamburgh the price of gold is 434}
per mark, which, at the English Mint price of 31.175. 104 d.
per ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 13 9i;
and the exchange at Hamburgh on London at short
being 13 10, it follows that gold is 0.11 per cent. dearer
in London than in Hamburgh.
The course of exchange at New York on London is
110/ per cent., and the par of exchange between Eng-
land and America being 109 23-40 per cent., it follows
that the exchange is 0.68 per cent. in favour of England.
But the quoted exchange at New York being for bills
at 60 days' sight, the interest must be added to the
above difference.
SUN.—There was a better market for the English
Securities this afternoon, and more business was done.
Consols for the Opening were 100/ to Bank Stock
touched 211. New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. were
1034 East India Stock, for Account, realised 2865.
The Foreign Investments were also firmer, the settle-
ment having gone off better than was expected. Spanish
Five per Cents. were 27; .7,-, the Three per Cents. 38i
and the Deferred 16i. Portuguese Converted were 61.
Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. brought 644 1.
The additional transactions in Railway Shares have
been these :—Birmingham and Gloucester were 2 to 4 ;
Churnet Valley, 1 ; Great Western, 764 to 75 ; Bir-
mingham, 129 ; Brighton, 24 ; South-Western, 33i to
341 ; Croydon, Guaranteed, ; Loudon and York, 2i
Midland, 16; Newcastle and Berwick, 5:1 ; South Devon,
24 ; South-Eastern, 74 to 8;71 ; Ditto, New, 104 ; York
and North Midland, Half Shares, 264 ; Boulogne and
Amiens, 24 ; Lyons and Avignon, a ; Orleans and Bor-
deaux, 54 ; Paris and Orleans, 24i ; and Paris and
Rouen, 214 premium. Caledonian have been 5; Eastern
Counties, 9.1 1 ; Blackwall, 9 ; Greenwich, 3 ; West
London, 13/ ; and Strasburg and Bale, 121 discount.
There was a rise in the Exchange on Hamburgh,
Trie,te, aid Amsterdam, and the rates on other cities
are generally firm.
The following is the official return of the exports of
Bullion from the port of London, for the week ending
Thursday last:—
Silver Coin to Calais . . 250,000 ounces.

PRIVILEGES OF ROYAL PALACES. WINDSOR,
TUESDAY.—It will be recollected that a gentleman, re-
siding within the precincts of Windsor Castle, was taken
in execution, by au officer of the Sheriff of Bucks, at the
suit of Mr. Lawrence, for a debt of between 2,0001. and
3,0001., and consigned to the county gaol at Reading,
where he now remains. If this were a breach of privi-
lege, it was not as against the party whose body was
taken and consigned to the county gaol, but a breach of
privilege against " the rightful power and dignity of the
Sovereign." But, in order to guard against the commis-
sion of such an offence, and the penalties which would
thereby be incurred, a communication was made on be-
half of the Sheriff to the Lord Steward, asking for per-
mission to execute the writ and take the body within
the royal precincts. A reply was immediately trans-
mitted by Sir Thomas Marrable, the Secretary to the
Board of Green Cloth, giving the required sanction of
the Lord Steward to take the defendant in execution,
provided the capture was made with a due and proper
" regard to decorum." From this it will be seen that,
without the permission of the Lord Steward, on the part
of the Sovereign, to execute a writ within the precincts
of a royal palace, such an act would still be a breach of
privilege. It is not, however, to be supposed, in the,
cases of persons in difficulties, who take refuge in " pri-
vileged" places, for the only purpose of using them as
" sanctuaries" to be " out of the way" of civil proces3,
that a similar permission would ever be withheld on the
part of the Crown. The Counsel, on the part of the de-
fendant, in arguing the question before the Learned
Baron of the Exchequer, chiefly relied upon the point
that the Lord Steward had no power to give his permis-
sion for the arrest to take place; this, however, was over-
ruled.
PRIZE FIGHT ON KENNINGTON-COMMON.—Yester-
day afternoon, at three o'clock, a fight for 3/. a side took
place on Kennington-common, between a Jew and a
Frenchman, which lasted for an hour and a halt' without
any interference from the police.
REVERSE OF CIRCUMSTANCES.— A DRUNKARD'S
FATE.—Yesterday afternoon an inquest was held before
Mr. Higgs, at the Red Lion, Hart-street, Covent-gar-
den, on the body of James Copling, aged forty-four.
The deceased was formerly a cab proprietor at the west-
end, but from habits of inebriation he had lost every-
thing he was formerly possessed of, and for some months
past had acted as a doorkeeper at the Red Lion public-
house, in the Strand. For some months he had been
troubled with a severe asthma, and on Saturday night
last ho was crossing the yard of the house, No. 4, Leg-
alley, Long-acre, where he was lodging, when he was
seized with a violent fit of coughing, NN hide ruptured
one of the blood-vessels of tile heart. He was conveyed
into the house, and a surgeon was sent for, but prior to
his arrival file had ceased to exist. Verdict—" Natural
death." _ .

THE SIAMESE TWINS MARRIED.—An American
paper asserts that the reported marriage of the Siamese
twins to two sisters, which was supposed to be a hoax,
is a literal fact, and that Mrs. Chang and Mrs. Eng have
presented their lords with heirs to the name and pro-
perty of Chang and Eng. It is further asserted that,
being now married men with families growing up, the
twins intend to resume their exhibition by way of in-
creasing their store and providing for their interesting
progeny.
ANOTHER NEW OPERA BY BALFE.—This popular
composer has returned to Paris, and is now busily en-
gaged in the composition of another new opera, the li-
bretto of which has been written by M. St. Georges, the
author of La Reine de Clippie, and forwarded to Mr.
Bunn, for translation into English. The principal part
is intended for Madame Thillon, whose engagement at
Drury-lane commences in May next. It is also said that
an Italian opera by Balfe, entitled Elfrida, will be
brought out at her Majesty's Theatre next season.
PrtowNING TO GAIN A LIVELIHOOD.—A young
man, named J. Devroe, agee 18, was taken out of the
canal on Monday last. It is supposed that he threw him-
self in on speculation, for, shortly after he was taken out,
four individuals presented themselves to receive the
usual recompense in such cases. Similar cases occur an-
nually. Some time back a man was known, who used
to attempt to drown himself every week, but there was
always four men by to save him.—Brussels Gazette.
THE ROYAL STAG HouNDs.—Notwithstanding the
strong indications of a fog, which prevailed during the
whole of Monday morning, her Majesty's stag hounds
met at Thorpe Green, agreeably to the announced ap-
pointment ; but from the circumstance of the fixture not
having been notified in the London papers, the field con-
sisted of not more than between eighty and ninety, in-
cluding several military Nimrods from Windsor. The
deer Wild Boy, upon being turned out, took away for
Colonel Scholefield's, where, after circling about for some
time in the plantations, made for Thorpe mill, doubling
back to Botley's, and thence to Egham waste, on towards
Chobham, where it was lost ; the hounds being called off
in consequence of the fog, which by this time had got so
exceedingly dense that it was impossible to see for a dis-
tance of fifty yards, rendering the following of the pack
a matter of great danger to both man and horse. The
hounds were taken back to the kennel at Ascot, and
Wild Boy left to roam at large for the night.
THE INCOME-TAX.—Three hundred pounds per
annum,
present moment worth 10,000/. The
income
of a clerk is unsa:cable ; it depends upon per-
sonal services, for which he rutty be incapacitated at any
moment ; and if he die, his family are beggars. Yet
e arising from capital invested in the Three per
Cents, at the
the clerk is called upon to contribute the same amount
to the revenue as a rich nian w;th 10,000/. in the
funds ! A sy,..ion of fiscal 1. •po ley more cruelly unjust
it would be difficult to conceive. one in which the Ild•
tice is more clear and self apparent ; but the majority
of the House of Commons, when the tax was thus un-
equally imposed, shut their eyes to its iniquity ; and
they will di, so again if the public let them. The prin-
ciple is the same if we compare the case of a tradesman
with an income of 1,000/. derived from the profits of his
business and a nobleman of 1,0001. per annum derived
from landed estates. The value of the latter a only 25
years' purchase is 25,000/. ; th goodwill of a business,
dependent upon the innumerable accidents of trade, will
rarely sell fYr more than live y.-ars' purchase. 'The re-
lative position, therefore, of the tradesman and the
nobleman, in the case supposed, is as one to five, and
the operation of the present income-tax is as five to one
in favour of the nobleman. At the end of three years,
each will have paid 90/. to the revenue—the one out of a
property worth 5,000/. at the time the tax was imposed,
the other out of a property worth 25,000/. at the same
period.— Westminster &vim.
INNOVATIONS IN THE CHURCH.—On Saturday, at
eleven o'clock, a deputation, consisting of more than
forty gentlemen of high respectability, waited upon the
Mayor at the Guildhall with a requisit:on to him, signed
by nearly 2,000 citizens, all members of the Church of
England, to call a public meeting of the inhabitants of
Exeter, to address and petition the Queen on the present
state and danger of the Protestant Church. Mr. J.
Bacon addressed the Mayor in most eloquent terms, and
his worship immediately conceded to the "wishes of his
fellow-citizens, and appointed Thursday next for that
purpose. An earlier day would have been fixed, but it
was feared it might interfere with the business of the
sessions.— Woolnier's Exeter Gazette,