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London, England, 1842-02-16 00:00:00

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Sir Robert Peel's Corn-F IOREIGNaw nostrum begins to excite attention
in France. The Courrier Francais thus writes of it :—" The
proposition of Sir Robert Peel is a derision.- It efflices the aspe-
rities of the law, but it does not change it. The results will re-
main the same, a duty of twenty shillings being as prohibitory as
one of thirty-five shillings. It is too evident that the Minister
not daring to grapple boldly with the question, hopes to get rid
of it by sleight of hand ; and that, whilst he makes himself the
instrument of the aristocracy, he attempts to give himself the air
of a man making a concession to public opinion. The speech with
which he prefaced his proposition is a chef d•ceuro, e of charlatanism,
and nothing more. This strange episode decides the fate of the
Tory Ministry. If it had been wise enough to make a conces-
sion, it might have held on for some time longer, thanks to the
atony of the public mind. He attempts to struggle against neces.
sity, and on that rock he will split."
The National takes the same view of the Premier's policy:—
" Everybody expected, after it had been solemnly acknowledged in
the Speech from the Crown that the manufacturing classes were
suffering horrible, frightful misery, that the Prime Minister would
have attempted to relieve such poignant distress. The course re.
commended by him, however, is a bitter derision. The existing
Corn.laws are prohibitory; what will the new law be? Does Sir
Robert Peel think he will give any material relief to the people by
putting a tax of 50 per cent. upon the bread which they eat ? It
is not surprising that the people of London should be excited, that
the delegates of the industrious classes should have gone, in person
to the House of Commons to protest against the proposed Bill, and
that this shameful crockery should haye caused extreme agitation in
the public mind."

The French printers have assumed the functions of Censors, so
that never was the press of France more restricted. The printer
of the Haro of Caen has refused to print part of an article for that
Journal, on account of the responsibility he was likely to incur. In
consequence of this, the article has been kept back, and the paper
complains loudly of the circumstance.—The Echo de Tarn et Ga-
ronne is in a similar predicament; only in this case the article
which the printer objected to had been already published by the
Gazette du Dauphine.

The Federal of Geneva mentions the death at Malagnon, on the
Bth inst., of M. Ferriere, Protestant Minister, who was appointed
pastor in 1803, and had for 14 years been Principal at the College at
Geneva. He was the only member of the Church of Geneva or-
dained by an English Bishop, having received his orders at Lon.
don from Bishop Porteus. He was much known and respected by
the English residents at Geneva, great numbers of whom attended
his funeral.

A letter from Washington of the 29th ult says—" Mr. Dixon,
one of the Senators from Rhode Island, died this morning. He was
a man of sound sense, and great personal worth. It is understood
that he is to be buried on Monday, and in that case, nothing will be
done in either House of Congress, but meet and hear the announce.
went of his death.

The following account of the proceedings at Cabool Is extracted
from a private letter which came with the official despatches, and Is,
we are informed, the only report at all in detail which has been
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received :

"By ten o'clock, Lieutenant Street got all in order, and at
twelve a good breach (in a fort at Cabool, which tho rebels had con-
trived to obtain possession of), and in a few minutes it was carried.
Hobhouse, and twelve of the 13th, volunteered for the assault."

PUBLIC OPINION.
The Post has a lengthy article—which it threatens to continue—
oil the subject of Lord Ashburton's mission to the United States ;
in which it observes, " while we willingly record our entire ap-
proval of the policy which dictated his Lordship's selection, we can-
not conceal from ourselves that the present aspect of affairs forbids
the formation of too sanguine hopes."
The T►'mes remarks, in an article suggested by Mr. Ferrand's
speech on Monday, that if the manufacturers " stood clear with the
working classes they might be formidable; but it is a rash thing for
persons who have acquired the reputation of oppressors in their
own neighbourhood, to bluster loudly against oppression; ir is un.
wise for those who have supported the New Poor-law, and amassed
boundless wealth by the factory system, to accuse others of enrich-
ing themselves by the distresses of the poor."
The Herold says, "any scale of duties in which any figure ex-
cludes regular importations is, according to Lord John Russell,
unnecessary protection; constant and easy importations are the
Whig test of sufficient protection. This is the vital error of the
late Cabinet ; it is this which effectually prevents any compromise
between the Noble Lord and Sir Robert Peel."

The Chronicle, returning to Sir Robert Peel's Corn-law scheme,
observes that " the great objection to the scheme is, that it gives
to the countries of the Baltic the monopoly of supplying our oc-
casional demands, and thus entails on us the evils of the present
system with little mitigation."

PL PARLIAMENTARY.
In the Lords last AR
night, after the Royal Assent had been given
to the Appropriation Bill, there was a little sharp skirmish on the
Corn.laws, on the presentation of petitions. Lord Radnor showed
(and this is a general opinion) that the addition made by Sir R.
Peel to the towns whence the averages are collected will lower
them, some say ss. per quarter, and consequently raise the price
at which wheat is now imported, paying Is. duty, from 735. to 78a.
In the Commons, Sir William Rae endeavoured to exculpate
himself from a charge made against his veracity, by quoting a letter
from the Lord Justice Clerk in Edinburgh, but it was observed
that the return originally moved for, and which the colleagues of
the Learned Lord had refused, would have been his best excul.
pation.

The debate an the Corn-laws was renewed by Sir William Clay,
and terminated by an adjournment, after Captain Hamilton, Mr.
Ward, Mr. Labouchere, and several other Members had spoken, by
Sir James Graham at One o'Clock. The debate was heavy, but
many useful facts were brought forward. It will. be renewed this
evening.

COMMERCIAL REFORM.
Two mock figures of Sir Robert Peel were carried through the
streets of Leicester on Monday last; one of whiz!) was committed
to the flames. At Rochdale his effigy was publicly burned by
torch-light, among the execrations of thousands of people.
The petitions presented to Parliament for the Repeal of the
Corn.laws, from the 4th to the 9th of February, amount to 1,033,
with 259,939 signatures.
PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT.
The citizens of Waterford have drawn up a memorial requesting
that a daily mall may be established between that port and Bristol,
the present post communication with Milford Haven being found
inadequate.

NAVAL AND MILITARY.
The reduction of the Russian army, ordered on the 4th of this
mouth, amounts to 60,000 men.
LAW AND POLICE.
Mr. George Delianson Clarke, the manager of the Inventors'
Advocate newspaper, carried on at 198, Strand, was brought up
for final examination at the Baukruptcy Court yesterday, but fur.
Cher adjournment of the case was made for hearing on the audit-day.
Henry Fownes, a wholesale glover in Tavistock.street, Covent_
garden, was yesterday charged at Union-hall with furiously riding
on horseback, and causing the death of Ellen Gunter, the wife of
a tradesman in Whitechapel. In defence of Mr. Fownes it was
stated that the horse shied, and thereby caused the accident, and
had afterwards thrown himself, He was finally adjudged to enter
into recognizance and sureties to reappear on Friday next.

FINE ARTS.
A triumphal arch is about to be erected at Munich, by order of
the King, on which a colossal statue of Bavaria is to be placed.
M. Gartner is to be the architect, and M. Wagner the sculptor.

LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC.
It is affirmed that the Leipsic Allgemeine Zeitung is likely to be
prohibited in Austria, as it is in Bavaria.
On this day, which commences Ember week, Pamphilus, Pres.
by ter of Cresarea, died in 309. At this place he erected a library,
which contained 30,000 volumes, and was formed by him pur-
posely to lend out to religiously disposed persons. "This," says
Dr. Clarke, "is, if I mistake not, the first notice we have of a cir.
culating library."

When Gustavus 111. of Sweden died of the wound he received
from Ankerstrom, at the masked ball during Eeaster in 1792, he
left a left a large coffer and a small one to be placed in the hall of
the University of Upsal, the town in which the coronation of the
Kings of Sweden is performed, with injunctions that they should
not be opened until the expiration of fifty years from the day of
his death. The fatal blow was given to him April 15, and he ex-
pired on the 29th, consequently the stipulated period will have
lapsed on the 30th of April next, when the mysterious depositories
will be opened and inspected with all due solemnity.

THEATRICAL.
A new comedy in five acts, to be called " The Bubbles of the
Day," is in rehearsal at Covent-garden Theatre. The author is
Mr. Douglas Jerrold.

SPORTING.
The lawn " meet" at Badminton, on Saturday last, was one of
the most brilliant fields ever witnessed in the county,. There
were upwards of 1,000 equestrians present, among whom were
Prince George, the Duke of Beaufort, Marquis of Worcester, the
Earl of Chesterfield, Lords Alfred and George Paget, and other
distinguished visitors.

COURT-F.A.STIXONABLE.
The Earl of Westmoreland has left town for Apethorpe, North-
amptonshire.

The Duke of Cambridge arrived on a visit to the Duke of Rut-
land, at Belvoir, on Monday last.
The Duke of Dorset, we are happy to hear, is recovering from
his late indisposition.
The Duke and Duchess of Sutherland left Stafford House on
Saturday last for Trentham Hall.
The Earl of Brownlow left Belgrave-square yesterday for Belton
House, Lancashire.
The Countess of Jersey left Orimsthorpe on Monday for Belvoir
Castle.

ELLS.
Of the present Peers o MIS
fC the United Kingdom:-one, Lord Lyne-
doch, is above 90 years of age ; sixteen are above 80; and forty-
one are more than 70 years old.

- - SPORTJN G INTELLIGENCE.
(RECEIVED THIS DAY.)
BETTING AT MANCHESTER—TUESDAY.
CHESTER CUT.--8 to 1 agst Lanercost—taken ;12to 1 agst
Alice Hawthorn ; 13 to 1 agst Vulcan ; 13 to 1 agst Marshal
Sault; 16 to 1 agst The Squire ; 18 to 1 agst Jolly Tat ; 20
to 1 agst Bellona; 23 to 1 aget Cruiskeen ; 25 to 1 agst Rho-
danthe ; 30 to 1 agst Billingham Lass—taken ; 30 to 1 agst
Disclosure—taken; 30 to 1 agst Johnny—taken; 30 to 1 agst
Ermengardis—taken ; 30 to 1 east Retriever ; 30 to 1 apt
Young'un.
DaltaY.-7 to 1 agst Attila; 12 to 1 apt Chatham—taken;
23 to 1 apt Wiseacre; 25 to 1 apt Auckland • 40 to 1 agst
Barrier; 40 to 1 apt Defier ; 45 to 1 apt Meteor; 45 to 1
apt Joanna c—taken.
oAxs.-8 to 1 agst Passion—offered; 12 to 1 agst Sister
to Yorkshire Lad; 13 to 1 agst Adela filly ; 20 to 1 agst Bella
Dame; 25 to 1 agst the Ladye of Silverkeld Well.

THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.)
CORN EXCHANGE.
The arrivals of Grain since Monday have been small, and
the trade very slack for every article at Monday's prices.
Flour met little demand.

N MARKT.
Prices were sustained forIAL most kinds E
of produce, but little
business was transacted. Raw Sugar heavy of sale, and prices
on the decline; 61s. to 695. for middling to fine yellow Mauri-
tius, and 625; to 703. for Bengal. Coffee and Spices firm, and
in fair request. Cassia Lignea 755. to 85s. per cwt.
TALLOW MARKET.
A fair demand for parcels on'' spot, at 48s. 3d. per cwt.
For P. Y. Candle, for delivery, little done at 48s. 6d.
TEA MARKET.
A fair business done in Free Trade, at full rates. Com-
pany's Congou Is. lOid., cash.
OIL MARKET.
Prices firm, with a fair demand. Cod Oil, 29/. 10s. per
tun, and Linseed Oil, 345. 9d. per cwt.

ENORMOUS TURBOT.—On Friday there arrived
in Edinburgh, from one of the boats at present engaged fishing
turbot at the island of May, one of the largest of that species of
fish ever seen in this city or on the coast; it measured upwards of
three feet in length, two feet three inches in breadth, and more
than four inches thick, and weighed upwards of 401135. In quality
(as declared by one of the first judges in town) it is one of the finest
ever seen. It was caught with about thirty more in one net.—
Caledonian Mercury.
On Wednesday last the 9th inst., Hananel
Decastro, Esq., was elected Deputy Chairman of the United
Kingdom Life Assurance Company, in place of William Has-
ket, Esq., lately deceased, and William Railton, the eminent
architect, was elected a Director of the said Company.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.
CHANCERY COURT--1:(THIS DAY.)

SWANN V. BOLTON.-JUDGMENT,

The LORD CHANCELLOR gave judgment to-day in this case,
which was argued before the Court a short time since. The ques-
tion in the case arose upon the will of Conquest Jones, who was
possessed of certain leasehold houses, the rents of which by his
will he bequeathed to a lady named Martha Rooke, for her life,
not subject to the control of her husband, and after her death
the Trustees were to stand possessed ih trust of all the houses, for
Mary Clark, the daughter of Martha Rooke, not subject also to
the control of her husband, and after her death the rents and
profits were to go to her children, or her heirs, to be divided
equally between them. The Trustees afterwards made a codicil to
his will, interposing another estate for life, namely, that of George
Rooke, the husband of Mary Rooke. Mrs. Clarke married, and
had ten child ren, eight. of whom died in her lifetime; and the
question for the decision of the Court was, what interest those
children took under the will? The general rule was, that where
there was property of this description, and it was given to trus-
tees in trust, to pay the rents and profits to the tenant for
life, and after the death of the tenant for life, the testator
gives over the fund to be divided among children; those chil-
dren, acsording to the general rule take vested interests, and
in the event of the death of any during the life of the tenant for
life, their interest passed to the personal representative. There was
nothing in the face of the present will that showed it was not the
intention of the testator that the children should take vested inter-
ests. The Court, therefore, must declare that the children took
vested interests, and the shares of the children who died during the
lifetime of their mother, passed to their personal representatives.
IN THE MATTER OF TAIORP---A LUNATIC.

This case also stood on the paper for judgment, and upon its
being called on, his Lordship said he must have some further state.
merit from the Committee, as to the circumstances connected with
the case. He thought the case should go back again to the Master
to review the Committee's accounts, that Committee being the tenant
for life of the lunatic's freehold property, and his interest, therefore,
was opposed to that of the next of kin.

Mr. BARLOW suggested that the next of kin should present a
short petition.

Mr. CALVERT, on the part of the Committee, courted inquiry into
all that he had done.

The LORD CHANCELLOR thought the'Coinmittee should bring the
matter before the Court in a more satisfactory shape, and thus the
case rests at present.
SITTINGS IN THE HOES'E OF LORDS.

It is generally understood to be the intention of the Lord Chan.
cellor to sit in the House of Lords, to hear Appeals, on Tuesdays,
Thursdays, and Fridays.

It is also rumoured that Lord Cottenham will sit on Mondays in
the House of Lords, to hear Appeals.

VIOE-CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.)
(Before the VICE-CHANCELLOR Of ENGLAND.)
BRANFIL V. BRVDGES.
The arguments in this cause, the question in which relates to
the construction of an agreement, occupied his Honour the Vice.
Chancellor of England the whole day. The arguments will pro-
bably not be finished for several days, the case being an extremely
heavy one.

(Before Vice-Chancellor WIOR A M.)
MONK V. Till NY ERVILLE.

His HONOUR was occupied during the day with the further hearing
of this part-heard cause. The object of the suit was to recover the
sum of 7,0001., which theplaintiff claimed in right of his wife, under
the will of Mrs. Skinner, and which had been made the only act of
marriage settlement between himself and his wife, Lady Mary
Monk.

Mr. Girdlestone and Mr. Sutton Sharpe appeared for the plain.
tiW, and the Solicitor-Generallfor the defendant.
(Before Vice-Chancellor BRUCE.)
COLBY V. SCOTCUMERE.

The hearing of this cause was resumed this morning, and Cou
sel were proceeding with the arguments, when
. His HONOUR ordered it to stand over for want of parties.

QUEEN'S BENCH,-(THIS DAY

(Sittings at Guildhall.)
FLEETWOOD V. CLARKE AND OTHERS.

This was an action brought for the recovery of 20/. lOs for the
services of plaintiff, as clerk to Wilson's Patent Lock Company,
from tho 29th March to the 7th of July, 1841.

Mr. Tribe, the late secretary of the-Company, said the Directors
were a fluctuating body, in-goings and out.goings being very
frequent. The qualifications of a Director, were to have paid
shares, and then they had W. each for attending meetings. He en-
gaged the plaintiff in December, but the claim began only in March,
as the present directory were not simultaneously in office before
that time. He had a salary of 2501., the plaintiff 30s. a week.--
neither to be paid until funds came in. Witness got into difficul.
tics through bills on account of the Company, but they got him out
in part, and he hoped to extricate himself through the rest; but
the plaintiff had got nothing up to the time he left.

Mr. Bramah, the manager, proved the services of the plaintiff.
Another witness in reply to Mr. Platt, said, the locks of the Coin.
pany were so good, that you could open them in the dark, if you
had the right key—(Laughter)—but he added, that even in the
strongest light, you could not open them with the wrong key.
The defence was, that the defendants had, not engaged the plain-
tiff, but that if employed in the office at all, it was as
Mr. Tribe's assistant, to be paid by him out of his salary; otherwise
the ex-secretary, in sending in a list of liabilities in April, to meet
which he asked and got money, would not have omitted, as he did,
the claim of the plaintiff. To this Mr. Tribe's answer was that he
had left out other liabilities also, but- that he asked money for the
plaintiff from the Chairman, who said let it stand over.
Verdict for the plaintiff to the amount claimed, 201. 108.