The Sun.
London, England, 1842-01-18 00:00:00

iROYAL MAIL STEAM PACKET COM-
„ PANY.—The COURT of DIRECTORS of this
"'IPANY hereby give Notice, that they have this day made
icIURTHEit CALL of FIVE POUNDS prr Share on the
itiire the 20th claY
pital Steck of th;s Corporation, and the Shareholders are
requestedf to pay the same on their relective Shares on or be-
of January next, to Messrs. Robarts, Curtis,
9,barts Curtis, and Co.
dare Paying the above Call, the Receipts for the 451. per
!,4,l3are already paid must be given up in exchange for other
I%eeeipts, including the present payment.
HENRY LONGLANDS, Secretary.
3, Winchester-buildings, Dec. 9, 1841.

04.

RAND EVENING CONCERT.
THIS EVENING (TUESDAY) at the PHILOSO-
i"CAL INSTITUTION, BEAUMONT - SQUARE,
YAILE-END, THE INFANT SAPPHO'S first appearance
tothe East, assisted by first-rate Vocal and Instrumental Per-
"'ere. Conducted by Mr. VINNING, concluding with
bll'sGrand Dissolving Views, in 24 Brilliant Tableaux, pgaled by the Hydro-Oxygen Lime Light.
inlission, Is. 6d. ; Reserved Seats, 2s. 6d. ; Family Tickets,
63. and 10s.

PUBLICATIONS

THE LEVANT MAIL

PRINCE ALBERT LAYING THE FIRST STONE OF
THE NEW ROYAL EXCHANGE.
MESSRS. FISHER, SON, and CO.,
have the honour to announce having received instruc-
tions from the Committee to prepare a handsome LITHO-
GRAPHIC PRINT of this interesting and splendid cere-
mony ; and that they have, for this purpose, engaged the
well-known talents of Thomas Allom, Esq., who will be the
only: Artist specially admitted on the occasion. The Print
will contain Portraits of the Prince Albert and the personages
most immediately connected with the ceremonial ; and as it
will be the only official and authorised representation, persons
desirous of possess ng it are requested to forward their nanies
early, either to the Publishers or to their usual Printsellers.
The impressions will be appropriated strictly in the order sub-
scribed t-0r.7-7Price, Half a Guinea.

tered into by the
.Government according to the decree of
the 31st of December.
This scheme of " capitalisation," so complex in its
nature, continues to occupy whole columns of the diffe-
rentjournals, but the subject has been so completely
mystified, that it is almost impracticable to reduce it to a
simplicity suited to the study of any one anxious to be-
come au fait of this arithmetical logogriphe.
A vote of thanks to the Ministry has been going the
round of the public departments, for the purpose of ob-
taining signatures, which having been refused by the
majority of -the different e►nployes, of course fell into dis-
repute, and it is said that the Board of Public Credit has
caused a representation to be made to the Government
against the issue of the inscripcoes (scrip authorised by
the decree of the above date).
• On the 6th instant the Queen and King, accompanied
by the Court and Ministers, went in state to the Ca-
thedral of the Se to attend the religious rites annually
offered up for the celebration of Twelfth-day; and in
the evening a most sumptuous dinner was given by their
Majesties at the Palace of the Necessidades to the Gene-
rals and Commanding Officers of the troops present at
the Parade, given in honour of Prince de Joinville. Every
effort appears to have been used to render the banquet as
magnificent as possible, and the extreme urbanity of the
Queen and her Consort diffused among the guests a gene-
ral feeling of esteem and satisfaction.
Commerce is in a most depressed state; and to add to
this the merchants are left in a state of uncertainty re-
specting the differential duties. The Custom-house
Authorities say, that all goods left in bond after the 18th
inst., although imported in Portuguese vessels, will not
be allowed the 15 per cent., and strange to say that, not-
withstanding a petition has been made by the merchants
' to the Government, no notice appears to be taken of this
important subject.
The brig Triumfo de Lima, from Rio Janeiro, bound
to Vienna do Minho, with a cargo of hides, rice, and
sugar, put in here in distress on the sth inst., and in con-
sequence of her having on board a large quantity of un-
manifested tobacco and soap, the vessel has been seized,
and the captain thrown into prison.
The only vessels of war in the Tagus are the Indus
and Revenge (British).

TURKEY.

CONSTANTINOPLE, DEC. 27.—The unremitting assi-
duity with which the Porte pushes its starlike prepara-
tions, marching, even in the depth of winter, battalion
after battalion into Ronnaelia, and carrying its pugnacity
to the extent of bending the sails Orsix ships of the line,
all ready for a start, in the arsenal form, together with
the perplexity of the CorpsDlAnnatique, is a burlesque
which,abut for the inconvenience it is likely to entail,
would rival any other-Christmas pantomime in absurdity.
When, however, as a consequence of these motements,
fleets are -ordered into the
.Archifielago, and rush simul-
taneously to the arena of apprehended hostilities from
Toulon and the British Channel, the question undoubtedly
becomes more serious, and it seems really to he true 'that
• the Porte vouchsafes no explanation of all this superflu-
ous bravado and these gratuitous demonstrations.
I have just Ifeen put in possession of a most important
piece of intelligence, to the effect that the Porte has re-
ceived despatches from Reschid Pacha, at Paris, inform-
ing it that he had positive assurances from M. Guizot on
the suhlect Of° the Turco-Hellenic differences ; and that
the French Government had already intimated to King
Otho its determination of enforcing a speedy and equita-
ble adjustment of the just demands of the Porte.
An Imperial finnan is about to appear, directing an in-
quiry into the salaries and remuneration now received by
the functionaries and employes of the Sublime Porte, with
a view to necessary retrenchment and the abolition of
sinecure places.
The Porte has communicated to Mr. Bankhead its in-
tention of immediately conferring on the -officers and
seamen of the British fleet the medals and decorations
which had been proMised to them
,for. their services in
the Syrian campaign.
I have got some -detailS abtiut '''Cirettssia at Mast. A
great battle was in reality fought' between the moun-
taineers and the Russians in the middle of .Petber.
commenced in the pass of llamish,. only about six miles
from the castle of Sotcha. The Russians had. about
8,000 Georgian and Mingrelian cavalry, with 10,000 Or
12,000 of their infantry. The former led the van, and
were attacked in the pass so vigorously that they were
put completely to the route. They fell back upon the
infantry, to whom their own panic was communicated,
and the whole fled en masse to the coast, hotly pursued
by the victors. The slaughter was dreadful, no less
than 3,500 of the Russian party being left dead upon the
field. Some escaped to the ships which, 49 in number, were
lying within gunshot of the shore ; others were drowned
in an attempt to swim off, and the rest of the survivors
made good their retreat in dreadful confusion to Sotcha,
where they collected and entrenched themselves. Few
risoners were made, for the Circassians, being less than
5,300 in number, could not embarrass themselves with
such an ineumbrance, and put to the sword nearly all
such of the enemy as fell into their hands. All the
horses, and an immense quantity of arms and baggage
were the booty of the heroic mountaineers, whose loss
did not, according to their own account. exceed 450
men hors de combat. After this defeat the Russians
sued for peace, and got for answer that the Circas-
sians would make peace if the Russians would first
evacuate the fortresses on the coast. But they would
not treat without intervention. They proposed that after
the evacuation, a delegate from the Russian-General,
and another from the Circassians should be sent to Con-
stantinople, where a treaty should be made with the con-
currence and under the guarantee of the Porte and the
Great European Powers. This proposal not meeting
with the approbation of the Russians, they, after remain-
ing before Sotcha about 20 days, embarked in their
ships, sailed away, leaving the accustomed garrison in
that place. The Circassians intend to attack all the
castles on the coast (Anafa excepted) during the winter.
The harvest having been fine, they have abundance of
food for man and beast, and expect to be very successful;
since last winter, though suffering severely from the
dearth of provisions, they managed to sack five castles.
The Russians, therefore, in Circassia, do not recline on
beds of roses. The European Powers ought by all means
to interfere to stop the useless and demoralising effusion
of blood.

clirtisTENING OF HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE
PRINCE OF WALES.
GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.
si Persons wishing to send Carriages and Horses to
c:agh on the 2. the instant, for the purpose of witnessing the
renlc>ny should make early application at. the Paddington
Stat.
,L", to secure Trucks and Horse Boxes for that purpose,
"ey will not be conveyed by the Passenger Trains.
to'lSPecial Trains for Carriages and Horses will be provided
p "re Paddington early in the morning, not later than half-
the 8 o'clock, so that they may be in readiness at, Slough on
° arrival of the Passengers, and Special Trains will also be
provided for them the Evening.
pethassenger Trains will leave Paddington for Slough, ant
I', as under t—
tiow),,
riOM ?ADDINGTON. I
6 o'Clock, Morning.

Fiber, Snn, and Co., 38, NeArgate.street.

This day is published, in 3 vols. post Bvo , price 11. I Is. 6d.,
closely and beautifully printed,
TIEN THOUSAND A-YEAR.
Carefully revised by the Author.
Wm. Blackwood and Sons, Edinburg!.; and 22, Pall Mall,
UP FROM SLOUGH. I London.
3 o'Clock, Afternoon,

. d.
At the last meeting 115.475 Isl
1
Ditto on the 4th instant 7,171 410

1-put g "
}-past
4-put 10

i-past 4 /1 11
4-past 4 ~
4-past 5 „ Evening,
4-past 6 „
-past 7 ~

Il . T Fl E It,
L A POI % by. the REV. R. MONTGOMERY,
M.k., Author of " The Omnipresence of the Deity," " The
"Messiah," &c. &c., is in the Press. and will be published on
the FtitsT of FEBRUARY.
London : F. Baisler , Hamilton, Adams and Co.: Tilt and
Rog,le ; nd may .be ha 4 of ail books:ellers throughout the
United Kingdom.

71 77
11 „ 7,
• 12
4:Farther Particulars way b,
41„ application to secure Trucl
DlO " Line, for that occasion
'oPday, the 24th instant.
all,
" 18,1842.

INSTRUCTIONS FOR ATTENDANTS ON SICK
PERSONS.
Published this day, in post Bvo., price 10s. 6d. bound in cloth,
111 HE DOMESTIC. MANAGEMENT of
the SICK-ROOM, necessary, in aid of 3leciical Treat-
ment, for the Cure of Disease.

By A. T. TI-1031SON, B;.c.
" There is no iniceerence with the duties of the medical
attendant, but sound, sensible, and clear advice what to do,
and how to act, so as to meet unforeseen emergencies, and co-
operate with professional skill."—Literary Gazette.
London • Longman, Brow, and Co.

FRANCE.
CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES.-JAN. 14.

The President, M. Sauzet, took the Chair at a Quar•
ter past Two.
The Order of the Day was the reading of the draft of
the Address in.answer to the Speech from the Throne.
The President read it as follows :
" SIRE,—The events in which the East has been the
theatre hare excited your just solicitude. The questions
to which they had given rise have reached their term,
and your Majesty has concluded with; the Emperor of
Austria, the Queen of Great Britain, the King of Prus-
sia. the Emperor of Russia, and the Sultan, a convention
which consecrates the common intention of the Powers
to maintain the peace of Europe, and consolidate the re-
pose of the Ottoman Empire.
" Armaments of precaution had imposed, great bur-
thens upon the country ; your Government has already
effected large reductions. As the faithful guardians of
the payers of taxes, the Chamber of Deputies is rejoiced
at this first diminution of the expenditure ; but it regrets
to learn that the equilibrium between receipt and expen-
diture cannot be at once re-established. When her honour
and interest require it, France does not hesitate to en-
gage her credit and confide in the future; but this future
can only be ensured by prudent reserve. Order in the
finances is as important to the power as to the wealth of
States.- All our efforts will be employed to re-establish
it without compromising the public service, and without
weakening the defence of the country, and we doubt not
that, in order to arrive at this result, a wise economy and
the increase of national prosperity will suffice without the
necessity of new taxation.
" Amongst the services for which the Chamber must
provide, there is none more worthy of its interest than
the execution of the different modes of communication.
The expenditure which such works necessitate are ad-
vances which return to the treasury, and augment the
sources of public revenue. The bill, which is to be pre-
sented to us for the establishment of the principal lines
of a grand system of railways, will be the object of our
most attentive examination.
" Whilst-your Majesty's Government is creating in the
interior for our agriculture and manufactures rapid and
easy means of exchange, it contemplates the extension
of our commercial relations, and opening new markets to
the productions of our soil and our arts ; the prudence
with which it will conduct the negotiations that have
been opened must be a guarantee that the national pro-
ductions will retain the protection that is due to them.
" Such labours are honourable to peace, and cause its
value to be felt. It is stable because it is fruitful, and
its benefits guarantee its duration. You have reason to
believe that it will not be disturbed ; it is with satis-
faction that the Chamber receives this assurance. Faith-
ful to the promises which she has made, France de-
_mands -with perseverance the accomplishment of the pro-
mises which- she has received. The Chamber reminds
Europe of the rights of the Polish nation, so positively
stipulated by treaty. •
" The vigilance of your Government applies itself to
preserve -from all external difficulty the security of our
African possessions. The hopes and wishes of the
Chamber accompany our brave soldiers in the course of
those noble labours, the glory and dangers of which
your sons love to partake of: We desire that the per-
severance of a skilful and wise administration may
achieve what our arms have commenced, and that our
dominion in that land, for the future and for ever French,
may augment our power. as well as. do honour to the
courage of our army.
" We will examine with care the bills of finance, and
the various bills which have for object the introduction
of useful amelioration into the public administration.
" Why, when the voice of the country calls us to
these peaceable labours, must the attempts of faction re-
vive in us grave and sad reflections? Condemned by pub-
lic indignation, and punished by the laws, factibns have
not submitted ; we have witnessed their attempts, and
their plots are revealed. Their insensate projects me-
nace not only our institutions, but attack society itself.
We may disdain their impotency, but we must watch
over their audacity. Your Government, Sire, will, we
are sure, do its duty. It will in all things, and con-
stantly, maintain the authority of the laws, and cause
them to be respected, as it will itself respect them. You
may rely upon our loyal co-operation. May the zeal of
good citizens assist the public authorities of the State,
and the whole country, enlightened as to its true in-
terests, lend its support. Thus strong in union, we shall
preserve intact the trust. which the Charter has con-
fided-to us.

Can you state what the amount of the liabilities of
the firm was on the 30th of April, Is3o 2—l. cannot.
Is there no account-book existing, made up to the
30th of April, 1830, which contains a distinct item,
stating the amount of the liabilities of the firm then ?
Does not the private profit and loss book, folio 10, show
it ? (Book produced.) Is not 208,0021. entered there,
as the liabilities of the firm at that date ?—lt is not.
What is it meant to represent ?—Totals taken from
the general balance-book, with draughts in circulation,
acceptances unpaid, and private accounts.
Are not all the items which form that total liabilities?
—Yes, except two, one of 36,7001., and the other
20,000/. ; these are note accounts ; and two others
marked " sundry persons.'
What are note accounts ?—The amount of notes
made.

Do you class creditors on the estate, the two note
accounts you mentioned, and the two called " sundry
persons," under the head of liabilities ?—They are not.
Do the entries " note accounts" represent notes made
for circulation, including those actually in circulation, as
well as those in the hands of the firm ?—Yes.
Then can you state the amount of notes in circula-
tion on the 30th April, 1830, merely by looking on the
right hand side of that account ?—I cannot.
Can you by refe►ring to any other entries P—l think
not.

Will not folio 10, of book 3, show the amount of
liabilities of the firm on the 30th April, 1830, and it
not, why not ?—I do not think it will, because many of
the liabilities are in off-set.

Am I to understand that in making up the accounts
on that day the liabilities were not ascertained ?—They
were not.

Were there any means taken to determine whether the
firm were then solvent or insolvent ?—I am not aware.
The examination had not proceeded further than this,
being confined to the state of the firm on making up
the accounts in the April subsequent to the death of
the senior Mr. Ridge, when Mr. Chambers stated it
was his intention to trace the state of the accounts from
that period up to the present time.
The COMMISSIONER adjourned the examination until
the 16th of February.
Two whole days were thus consumed merely to ascer-
tAin if the bank was solvent when the rider Mr. Ridge
died ; but not a question was asked as to whether the
bank was solvent 83 months before, when the present
Mr. NV. Ridge joined it, which was only two days after
the death of Mr. Richard Murray. The fact to be
ascertained, if such be useful, is what presumed balance
of property was handed over to the executors of Mr.
R. Murray, a'sd what to the representatives of the elder
Mr. Ridge. None other could be useful, for that would
be a better presumptiou of the then real state of the case.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
TATTERSALL'S-YESTERDAY.

There was a better attendance yesterday than we
have .seen at the corner for some time, and business,
if not brisk, certainly exhibited symptoms of improve-
ment. The only bets laid against the favourites were
200 to 50 agst the first two, and 500 to 50 twice agst
Chatham, with offers to lay 8 to 1 agst each in one bet.
Robert de Gorham found favour for a pony, and 2,000
to 60 was taken so eagerly about Wiseacre, that his
advance to a more prominent station may be looked
upon as certain. Joanna colt and the Artful Dodger
were also in demand, the first at 50 and afterwards 45
to 1, and the other at 50 to 1 ; the lion of the day,
however, was Auckland, whose supporters were so
numerous, and at the same time so fond, that the layers
shut up, and although 33 and 35 to 1 were laid to a
small amount, we very much question if 30 to 1 could
have been obtained when the room closed. The finishing
prices were as follow :

THE DERBY.
4 to 1 on the field agst two—taken
100 to 10 agst Sir G. Yeathcote's lot
10 to 1 agst Col. Peel's Chatham;
25 to 1 agst Lord Vernlam's Robert de Gorham—t.
33 to 1 agst Lord Westminster's Auckland—taken
2,000 to 60 agStlfr. Wreford's Wiseacre— taken.
4,000 to 110 agst Mr. Ramshay's Moss Trooper—t.
40 to 1 agst Mr. Bowes's Meteor
45 to 1 agst Lord Jersey's Joanna colt—taken
50 to 1 agst Mr. W. Scott's The Artful Dodger—t-
-500 to 10 agst Mr. Treen's Defier—taken
60 to 1 agst Mr. Cooke's Palinurus
1,000 to 15 agst Duke of Grafton's Canadian—taken
HUNTING APPOINTMENTS.
Mr. Villebois's stag-hounds will meet the the first open
day, at the kennel.
Essex and Suffolk hounds, Friday, Ikutlesham-park-•
gate-10i.
Duke of Grafton's hounds, Wed., Shoseley -ground ;
Friday, Maidford village--104.
Hambledon hounds, Wed., Barn-green ; Friday, Ste-
phens Castledown-101,
Mr. Tudway's hounds, Thursday, Ilardington-pillars;
Saturday, Leighton-gate.
Somerset Subscription hounds, Fri, Raleigh's-cross.
W Sir . Carew's hounds, Thursday, Barkeswa 1-house,
kingerswell-11.
F. B. IL, Thursday, Roskeymer-wood —lO.
rowlescombe harriers, Wednesday, Gara-bridge; Sat-
urday, Madriagc-gate-10.
Torquay harriers, Thursday, Solomon's-post.
Badsworth hounds, Thursday, Grove-hall ; Sat., Ack- ,
worth 7moor-top —1 01.
Shropshire lids. Friday, Cloverly-101.
United Pack, Saturday, Wittingslow-gate--10.
Wheatland hounds, Wednesday, Barwarton-9.
Oakley hounds 9 Thursday, the London entrance to
'
Woburn-park • Saturday, Cranfield.
Mr. Drax's hounds, Wednesday, Spetisbury Down ;
Friday, Stockhouse--11.
Pytchley Hunt, Wednesda, Fox-hall; Friday, Crick;
Saturday, Weeiqey-hall7-10i. .
Mr. Russell's hounds, Wednesday, Witton Gilbert ;
Friday, Butcher Race-11.
Mr. Robertson's hounds, Wednesday, Cold Marton ;
Friday, Etal ; Saturday, Milfield-hill—ioi.
Thanet harriers, Wednesday; •Alland-court-10.
Baron Rothschild's stag hds., Thur., Denham-hill-14
Whitecross harriers, Thursday, Terrick-10i.
York and Ainsty hounds, Thursday, Pill Moor ; Sa-
turday, Elvington-101.
Eddlethorpe hounds, Wednesday, Lobster-house ; Fri-
day, Birdsall-10f.
Mr. Long's harriers, Thursday, Trowley Common-11.
Earl of Harewood's hounds, Wednesday, Stockfield ;
Friday, Thorp Arch--101.
Bedale hounds, Wednesday, Sowler-hill ; Friday,
Scotton village-10t.
Cleveland hounds Thursday, Guisborough Spa-10.
Cambridgeshire hounds, Wednesday, Bleak-hall; Fri-
day, Caxton Gibbet-10i.
Heythrop hounds, Wednesday, Bradwell-grove ; Fri-
day, Gawcombe-10i.
Earl Ducie's bounds, Thurs., Coleshill ; Sat., Stanton.

" In the midst of public security, the powerful activity
of France will develop itself without shackle, and the
equal and pacific liberty which the nation has obtained,
and of which it is your Majesty's glory to ensure the
poSsession, will realise all its blessings.
" To attain this object of our common efforts, you have,
Sire, devoted your whole life. 'You have not in vain
reckoned on the gratitude of the country. The Cham-
ber of Deputies offer you a solemn testimonial of it."
Tile President then announced that the Address would
be printed and distributed among the Deputies, and stated
that those whO wished to set down their names to speak
on the diseussion could do so to-morrow morning.
M. Guizot said, that he now placed upon the Bureau
of the Chamber a collection of diplomatic documents
relative to the Convention of -July 13-. - They would be
placed in the archives of the Chamber to be consulted by
the Members.

M. Billault asked if these documents included every
thing relative to the negotiations ? Tie also applied for
the documents relative to the treaty for the suppression
of the slaVe-trade, which M. Guizot had refused to com-
municate to the Committee.

M. Guizot said that as the treaty alluded to was not
ratified, it was impossible for him to lay it before the
Chamber. lie did not say this to avoid a discussion—
for, when the time should come, he would not shrink
from it—but from a sense of official ditty.: .4s to the
negotiations relative to the question of the East, he had
brought to the Chamber all the documents-that could
be communicated. - For the present there were some
which he could not Jay before the Chamber.
M. Billault desired that the documents, which were to
be placed in the archives of the Chamber, should be
printed and distributed.

- M. Guizot said this was a proposition to which he
could not consent.

Several Deputies at the left of the Chamber exclaimed,
"This is done in England."
M. Guizot said—l am told of the example of England.
We know what is printed in England, but we do not
know what is not printed. The English Ministry gives
publicity to documents, the publication of which appears
to be withoutdanger, but I know of many documents in
England, which have not been printed. The Chamber
will see that there is a great difference between placing
the documents in the archives of the Chamber and having
them printed for the public. I willingly consent to com-
municate them to the Chamber, but, as the publication
of them would be improper, I formally oppose it.
M. l'Herbette—l ask the Minister formally whether he
will consent to the publication or not.
Guizot—l have just said that I would not.
The President consulted the Chamber as to fixing the
day for discussing the Address. Monday was decided upon.
The Chamber adjourned at a quarter to five.

DEATH OF VISCOUNTESS DEEHUURST.—
Her Ladyship expired at Pau, on Friday week, the 7th
instant. The deceased Viscountess had only a few weeks
back left this country for the Continent, for the benefit
of her health. Her Ladyship, who was the daughter of
the late Sir Charles Cockerell, Bart., by his second mar-
riage with the Hon. Harriet Rushout, sister of Lord
Northwich, married, 15th of March, 1836, the late
Viscount Deerhurst, eldest son of the Earl of Coventry,
who died sth of November, 1838, leaving issue a son and
daughter, the latter being born 13th December, 1836,
and George William Viscount Deerhurst, born 9th o
May, 1838, survive their estimable mother. By her
Ladyship's demise the families of the Earl and Count '<f), s
of Coventry,, Lord and Lady Holland, Lord Nothwiche
Dowager Lady Cockerell, Sir Charles and Lady Co
rell, &c., are placed in mourning.
In the Times of Saturday last there appeared
a paragraph calling on the public for benevolence towards
the widow and children of the late Mr. Howard—the
money to be paid to a certain individual. We are au-
thorised. to state that the application is totally without
the.sanCtion of the widow or her father, who feel it their
duty to warn the public,

FABRICATION.—The' northern parts of the
Metropolis were astonished, and, to some extent, swin-
dled, on Saturday evening, by six or eight fellows bawl-
ing out most lustily the " Death of Louis Philippe"—
" Louis Philippe shot." They sold a small fly-leaf, con-
taining about 30 lines, for a penny, setting forth that an
express had just arrived that Louis Philippe had been
shot, and probably killed ; but it wound up the tale by
stating that the information was not quite decisive, and
further news was anxiously expected. The fellows, we
believe, made a larger sum of the fabrication than is
generally made by any true intelligence.
The election of Coroner for the county of West-
moreland took place on the 6th instant, when George
Thortipson, Esq., solicitor, Appleby,-was appointed to
that office,--Carlisle Journal.

. _
2/ C•c_...4
%,.4e//' -2
itl,l %(__,.e,t,4--- / G(--e--e---t-2- •• / ~1-47-"l'ee )-- _,O"-Z-e-,--i—e9C; . "
•
. ,
• - Is.' 11...1....5_ •# • ..x -
, . ,„
::. ''4::l7'''; .''
rr; '-,-'•_ . •%,;.I'r ' - -..
, __ .
...,...„.,,,,_,,,, „ .....
_o
._ Pi Ilif • i• 10, roanoL
......
, ~- • , . , -
...., , , 1.,: ,-...,./. , r7r..Yyt•• ` ATING SUN.
-------„
.....____
tiffloll
t ~.„..
„..!,.., -.......,,
\ 1°
-__!,,,,,,..i , . \ ----- ' 4;;,, 0 iir-AP-; li 1 , :I'4, / ~-•
I'l
t. ' ''''`,.... . - ..„ :,.- •In 17. ' AN
-.-3,-,... ;'i ' ' f' • ig . ....,' .!1.1/1;21-T!,,0 e '`.:1011..-.' - ''• r• . •:'..r7.4, • , :....
.. ;'",:!,
' in,,,' ',l D.. • - - ^,-- ~ , , ,-,, -; •••• 4., '''- patOIT t •ctillib
:::;:17.. •7,:, , -,,,
~s, '.
..N. 1.
1 SPI
RI T of the PUBLIC JOURNALS.
........--
..,1. LAI •
'....--

entire conviction
_FRoAf TUE EVENING PAPERS OF YESTERDAY.
b
Stishtaetr,
ityoeuenc,tanw'tribtee plrikeett y
etter be' odd"— —yu hadi
n
said a beauty to her homely relative.
The ?Imes would seem to have come to the
or a gentleman, and had better be as • black-
guard as possible. Without dealing in mere com-
pliment, we must really congratulate our Con-
aCohrista
temporary on the complete success with which
he had ately realised his beau ideal of blackguardism.
One would have thought the approaching baptism
of the Prince of Wales was not an occasion which
the soi-disant " leading journal" of a Christian and
civilised country would exactly choose for extra out-
pourings of utterly unprovoked scurrility on Christian
brethren, and civilised neighbours. Dis alder visum.
The river-gods of the neighbouring Fleet ditch cer-
tainly spare some portion of the" deeper sable" where-
with they delight to " blot the silver flood" of Thames
—as contributions to the late baptismal effusions from
Prin•ing House-square. The Times has been run-
ning a muck at everybody, in Malay or Mobock style
—from the humble sect, which could nevertheless
boast such a member as Robert Hall, to the proud
Sate whose European rank was fixed -by Frederick
the Great of Prussia. The Times has made itself rather
remarkable lately for its Puseyite tendencies, and its
recommendations of " aggressive policy'' to the Gov ern-
ment on the side of the Church militant. We sup-
pose those recent articles are a sample of the sort
of aggressions which the Times thinks decent in High
Church politicians against all other Christians. His
M.,jesty of Prussia has fallen out of the Tinics'
good graces already, by his impertinence in presuming
to subscribe for an Anglican Bishop in parlibus. Lu-
theran aid was utterly inconsistent with Puseyite pre-
latical purity. We should not wonder if Lutheran
presence were a desecration of Church rites ! What
next ? It is satisfactory to find the constant assailants
of the late Government, for their alleged want of sin-
cerity in the cause of Protestantism " all over the
world," throwing off the mask in this extravagant
manner, on the eve of the arrival of the great re-
presentative of Continental Protestantism, to do
hocour to a solemn and Royal ceremony of the An-
glican Protestant Church ! It is tolerably evident
what sort of Protestantism was that of the petitions
who who were hallooed on against Liberal administra:ion
by the cry of " Down with O'Connell!" They were Pro--
testants only after the pattern of the ex-Grand Master
of Orangeism—Protestants only while Protestantism
ljbund them some party to injure or insult. The Pro-
testantism of the King of Hanover was the sole form of
it congenial to these worthies. The Protestantism of
the King of Prussia is Anathema Maranatha—a hissing
and a curse.

CHICHESTER.
(From the Hampshire Telegraph.)
RIDGE'S BANKRUPTCY.
A second meeting of the creditors of Messrs. Ridge,
bankers, was held yesterday at Chichester, when several
debts were proved, principally of small amount, and the
Commissioner, Mr. R. W. MISSING, adjourned the
meeting till this morning at 10 o'clock, when the bank-
rupts presented themselves, and Mr. C. Ridge was
subjected to an examination by Mr. Montagu Cham-
bers, a barrister retained by the assignees, and Mr. W.
Ridge and Mr. Newland were requested to retire. The
Commissioners present were, Mr. R. Missing, Mr. W.
Douglas, and Mr. E. Paddon ; the three assignees
were also present. Mr. Newland, solicitor, attended
on behalf of the bankrupts. The amount of debts
proved is as follows :

Total 122,646 15 11
Mr. Charles Ridge was called, and examined by Mr.
CHAMBERS. Atter stating that he joined the firm in
1813, and that on the death of his lather, in 1829, be
believed the bank was solvent, he proceeded to say he
knew that some of the debtors to the firm had become
insolvent and bankrupt, but did not treat them as bad
debts. All the debts due to the firm from insolvents
and bankrupts, and other persons, and the debts hope-
less of collection, were introduced into the accounts
made up in April, 1830, so as to form part of the
assets of the firm.
Mr. CHAMBERS proceeded to interrogate him on his
statement of the solvency of the firm at that period.
Will you refer to the account made up at that date,
and state from it the amount of the assets of the firm
then ?—The debtors' side exhibits a total of 208,0021.
124.; but there are two items which should be set off
from that-2,8111. for notes that Glyn and Co. had
paid for us, notes of the firm being paid by them, and
23,107/. 7s. 4d.
What item is that ?—lt is what is in bankers' lan-
guage called " the rest."
Deducting the notes paid by Glyn and Co., and what
you call " the rest," will the residue give the amount
due at that time from persons indebted to the firm ?
It would represent the debts actually due to the firm,
upon securities or otherwise.

COURlER.—Supposing the claim of the United
States in behalf of the legitimacy of such property
to be allowed, and that under the peculiar circum-
st lines it is taken out of the special category of British
constitutional or common law, which decrees instant
liberty, and refuses the recognition of bondage, we
may next have to deal with the question in another
shape. The Virginian planter may voluntarily bring
his household slaves into our land, and . claim in like
manner to have them identified in the light of property
sacred and intangible in this very capital of the emprre ;
so that should the unfortunate beings assert their free-
dom, and quit their master, the British Government, as
on the present occasion, might be held responsible for
their evasion and in like manner menacingly appealed
to for indemnification of the loss. In the case of
vessel, with other destination, laden with goods pro-
hibited by law in the country on whose shores
driven by stress of weather, we know that the fact of
such distress and compulsory deviation from her course
would, as it ought, protect both vessel and cargo frotn
the fiscal penalties to which otherwise liable, and
to such extent the analogy of circumstances would seem
to plead in favour of the claims set up by the United
Stater. But in such a case there is, and there can be,
no international misunderstanding as to what should
constitute property. A cargo of tobacco or of cotton
cloths counts for property anywhere and everywhere by
common consent. But no such common consent can
be pleaded in regard of human beings. So far as the
British isles are concerned, the notion of property as
attaching to them has ever been utterly repudiated,
just the same when Great Britain had slave-holding
and slave-dealing colonies as now, when slavery is not a
word to be breathed, or a slave to be found within her
dominions. Had the Creole, with her 150 slaves, been
driven on the coasts of the British isles, it is quite

aeledmarit tetdhatof thaemogmueesnttio,so
'heiritatfiaorn, o79dueldbatneo. T
not have
e
slaves on kissing the soil would have started up free-
men, as the Titan of old was refreshed by the touch
of mother earth, and no human power would have
been suffered to re-impose their fetters and carry them
eff to bondage.

MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS.
FROM THR MORNING PAPERS OF YESTERDAY.'
TIMES.—It is now stated that the balance or
stock which it was supposed the Government broker
would bring into the market has been taken by the
Dank, but of course nothing is known of the price
at which the bargain was made. The jobbers are
much displeased at the negotiation; as it is stated to
have been concluded without the intervention of any
member of that body, who invariably act as the " mid-
dle men" between the brokers.
A Manchester circular, reviewing the state of trade
in that district for the past year, observes that it
will be long remembered for its losses and embar-
rassments both to the spinner and manufacturer:
The year's business, it appears, commenced with
heavy stocks, which went on accumulating in con-
sequence of the small demand for goods, which
in-
duced several of the owners of factories to put their
works on short time in March, and this course wag
adopted until the month of May, when " short
time" became nearly general, it being supposed that
things had reached their lowest point. In June
there was more business, and it was hoped matters
bad taken a better turn. But in July depression
returned, failures increased, and business continued in
the same unsatisfactory and languishing state through-
out the remainder of the year. In September an exten-
sive business was done for the Turkish and Mediterra-
nean markets, chiefly in coarse long cloths and domestics,
which relieved the markets of these descriptions ; and
in Oetober a demand was experienced for twist for
Russia and the Continent, but these had little or no
effect in reviving business generally. The expecta-
tion of improvement entertained at the commencement
of the year was not without considerable influence
on the twist market, for prices advanced materially
by the middle of February, although they were not
long maintained, but were on the contrary forced
to a low point by the close of the year. Notwith-
standing this, the exports as compared with the previous
year showed an increase of 8,000,0001 b., being esti-
mated at 1 15,000,0001 b. against '07,000,0001b. The
principal increase was in the shipments to Germany,
and to China, India, Sweden and Norway, Italy, and
Turkey and Egyr. From the low prices current it is
stated the chief attention of the owners of mills and
factories had been directed to the working of them
as cheaply as possible, and caused the employment of
fewer hands than formerly. However, much distress
had been avoided among the operatives, for ahßiough
they were working at wages poor enough, they would
have been planed in a much worse position had the
owners stopped altogether, which it is said would
have been the moat prudent course for them to have
adoerasp
thuste d to
heavily
bearingtt the torrent
to
isn
their ofdeprpesrsoipoenrtywhaineldi
v
profits. Among the effects produced by the work-
s t e
work-
ing of short time, and the total stoppage of soma
of the factories, was the falling off of 2,670 bales in
the weekly deliveries of cotton during the year, which
reduced the consumption to nearly the same as i t
was in l 39. There had been a considerable falling
off in the home trade, which could only be ascribed to
the diminution in the means which the operatives have
had at their disposal for clothing. On the other hand,
the exports had increased to almost every quarter, ex-
cept the British West Indies and the western coast of
South America, and altogether the increase in exports
had been great. Upon the general state' of trade it is
remarked that Manchester must not overlook the fact,
that the causes which have paralysed her trade, have
also worked as strongly in the major pat t of the other
departments of the trade of the country, and must not,
therefore, imagine that her trade has been more hea-
vily pressed on than others, and must bear in mind that
the symptoms of improvement which now appear evident
from the plentiful influx of bullion, the easy condition
of the Babk, and the better results likely to arise from
our more amicable position with our foreign relations,
will as fully benefit her particular department as any
other in the trade of the United Kingdom.

THE ACCIDENT ON THE LEEDS AND MAN-
CHESTER RAILWAY.—The Leeds Intelligencer of Satur-
day gives the following account of the accident which
occurred on the above railway on Monday, respecting
the reality of which some doubts had been expressed :
Early on Monday morning, as one of the luggage trains
of the Manchester and Leeds Company was passing be-
tween the Sowerby-bridge and Elland stations, a spark
fell upon and set fire to a portion of the goods,•when the
engine-driver, in order to extinguish the same, exhausted
the whole of the water which he had to supply the
boiler, and by that means put,,,out the fire ; but when he
attempted to proceed the steam was quite
course the train could proceed no further. At that ,
mo-
ment another.luggage train came up at a rapidpenentid
when a collision took- place, and one of the enginestit• of the
gone, and of
tender was much damaged, as was also a tput:!,
goods. We are glad to say no lives were lost, although
one man had his thigh severely fractured. Th
is supposed.to be near 1,000/. '
The police officers of Paris, two nights aao,
thought themselves fortunate in arresting one of the most
desperate housebreakers in the caaprdit-ahlo,
Intsaemedf Mthermer,
and they lodged him in the gu o e Rue
Mauconseil. Next morning, when they went to conduct
him to the Prefecture, they found tie lock-up room
vacant, Mercier having defeated all their vigilance, and
by some unknown means effected his escape. His re-
trea t has not yet been discovered,