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MR. O'CONNELL. (From the Dublin Morning Register.) We publish a very remarkable letter of Mr. O'Connell's (copied from the Pilot), on the Beresfords and the Waterford election. Docu ments are alluded to in this letter, with a call upon the opposite side to publish them, and as it is likely they will come forth, we think it right to withhold our opinion on the entire case, as far as it regards Mr. O'Connell, until they are before the public. For the present we will only express the deep regret with which we have read the passages in the letter that im , peach the motives of certain journalists who have published paragraphs regarding this elec tion. If those paragraphs have evinced the least wish for the success of Lord George Beresford, all we can say is that we do not sympathise with them. If they tended to impress the belief that the Noble Lord would be a suitable or useful representative for Waterford, or that many more candidates could not be found preferable to any Beresford, or that Lord George possesses any claim upon Waterford, unless what may be founded upon a hearty repudiation of his former politics, and such a thorough and unqualified oblivion of the past and reconciliation for the future, as would restore every being of the ob jected tenantry to their lost possessions—if this was the tendency of the paragraphs, or any of them, they convey no opinion or sentiment of ours. Yet far be it from us to believe that one of them was published from sinister or corrupt motives, or that " bribery" could have had the least instrumentality, direct or indirect, in pro curing their insertion. The cha'racter of pub lic men is public property, and we know not what character should be held more sacred than that of the individual who endea vours to serve the public, through God knows what toils and perils at the press. To deal ri gidly and unceremoniously with the journalist may undoubtedly deprive some persons of their power of doing mischief, but it may deprive many more of their opportunities of doing good. We are by no means prepared to stand up for the impeccability of the press, but the rank and flagrant injustice, and positive mischief, in a public sense, of assailing it by giddy or conjec tural imputations, must, we think, be manifest to all. Who could " bribe" the Times with its tens of thousands of annual revenue, who can purchase the opinions of any decent journalist, who has the animal sagacity to see that " ho nesty, is the best policy," and that the public are, in the short as well as the long run, the best paymasters ? Can men be bribed or even wheedled into the expression of an opi nion not sanctioned . by their own judgment, some of whom would have courage and virtue enough to assert their principles at the hazard of their professional existence. To talk indeed of " bribery" with reference to this miserable little trar.saction about the Beresfords is pre posterous. We hope we will never hear of it again from the pen or the lips of Mr. O'Con nell. If he writes or speaks merely for effect, let him recollect that he uses weapons which may be used against himself, and to the preju dice of these efforts for the country, which he is so capable of making, and from which so much of benefit to his generation, and glory to himself is anticipated. His quarrels with the press can only give pleasure to the common enemy, and militate against the interests of Ire land. The popular journalists, as far as we know them, are his personal well wishers and friends ; and it will, we are sure, be his own fault if they not always disposed to give him cordial and perfectly disinterested support in every public endeavour of his at all compatible with their sense of what is useful or attainable. YOUNG NAPOLEON. " The eyes of the enlightened people on the Continent are bent on Vienna, but not on Prince Metternich." So said the Constitutionnel a few months ago ; and much more is contained in that asser tion than the upholders of legitimacy, and the mad crew of Ultras, who do tag, at least, the German Press, will allow Europe to learn. There is, nevertheless, a wild and glowing spirit in the young Duke of Reichstadt, which I greatly doubt either Austrian state prisons, or Mctternich's state lessons, will do aught but increase and inflame. I must question—and my opinion is founded on very dose and very recent personal observation, aided by the best information to be obtained—l much ques tion but that youth causes more trouble to those now trimming the balance of established Powers, than ever they need fear from the mighty Au tocrat of all the Russias. Nicholas may have an overwhelming horde of barbarian troops, but be can have no hold on, nor can he look for any aid from the Liberals of the Continent—a body daily growing in strength and extent, and em bracing, I may venture to say, the enlightened of every class. But who among them, in the event of that final struggle between the two great warring opinions of the day, which the events of Europe are fast ripening to a crisis, would not receive with joy, and aid with united power (merging as they already do all distinctions of class of country, i❑ the one common continental cause), a man whose inherited name, if not in herited spirit, would be as a key-stone to unite, and as a mighty talisman wherewith to direct and guide the elements of the storm ! His name alone would be a host. The people know it. There has been lately published a little poem, the reception of which in France is alone proof of what I have advanced, entitled Le Fils de Homme, the notes of which contain much new information on the subject of this deeply interesting person ; though 1 have been led to adopt a different view of his general disposition ofcharacter, which gives no sign of that sombre, melancholy turn of mind, which M. Bar thelemy therein assigns him. It is impossible to watch the quick transition of marked expres sion which his countenance continually presents, without perceiving as plainly as though it were there written, that he was never formed in " na ture's coarser mould." It is the one desire of h is heart to be a soldier. On being remonstrated with on this perfectly impermissible desire, and taunted with want of spirit in wishing to be an inferior officer, and to command a dependent body of troops, he replied, " Let me enter the army only as a common soldier—l ask no more." He is kept a close state prisoner, as his pre ceptor allowed to M. B. He is very fond of field sport, in which he is occasionally i dulged. Once he was permitted to attend a review, but the effect was such that the trial was never re peated. He is much beloved throughout the country. The state of deep-seated feeling pervading all ranks on the Continent is little known, or to be guessed at by the passing excitements of party feeling to which we are accustomed in England. The sprit of Liberty and Light is widely gone forth, more strongly evinced, because more clearly contrasted, against the blacker ground work of foreign despotism and bigotry ; it has settled deeply on the souls of the people ; I could say much, too, of the energetic efforts employed to stay, its progress and smother its force by those holding yet the magni nominis umbra of established power ; the life and the spirit, and with them all lasting might, have, however, departed, from their hands. GERMAN PAPERS. (From the Ilamburg Reporter of Dec. 4.) COPENHAGEN, Nov. 28.—The Commissioners appointed in April last year to examine the Light houses on the Norwegian coast, have concluded their labours, and presented a detailed report. The result is, that in the period of nineteen or twenty years sixteen new light-houses must be built, and others repaired and improved. The expences are estimated at 113,90 n specie dollars (about 28,0001. sterling), once for all as the first cost, and the an nual expence of keeping them in order at 10,706 dollars. His Majesty the King of Sweden and Norway has, in consequence, given orders that some of the proposed light-houses, the first cost of which is estimated at 14,700 dollars, and the an nual expence 1,620 dollars, shall be immediately erected. It is well known that Commissioners hare been appointed, as well in Norway as in Sweden, to draw up a new penal code. Some Members of both Commissions are to meet in Stockholm, and to confer together in order to draw up the new codes for both kingdoms, as nearly as possible on the same principles. In the course of last month 1376 ships passed the Sound; among them were— English ... 506 Prussian Swedish Norwegian Dutch 64 Mecklenburg Danish 66 Russian Hanoverian 47 1 Total 1376 STERNBERG, OR MECKLENBURG, SEPT. 30.—1 t is many years since so many Members of the Diet were present as to-day, the number of those who at tended being above one hundred. Very little has yet transpired of the result of the deliberations. But we are glad to hear, not only that the extraordinary expenditure will be met with out 'increasing the taxes, but that there is a con siderable surplus, which will be employed in paying off debts. Bremen 9 Lubeck 9 American French Oldenburg 4 Hamburg Spanish 1 HAMBURG, DEC. 4.—BORSEN HALL; FOUR O'CLOCK.—In Wheat there has, during the last few days, been little doing, the continuance of the frost rendering it alike impossible to receive supplies from the Upper Elbe, or to receive orders for expor tation. Our own consumers were, accordingly, the only buyers.—There were trifling supplies from Mecklenburg and Holstein, of inferior quality, and not very easily disposed of. In Rye little doing. Oats are arm, our own consumers appearing dir posed to bug; and the supply not very large. For Rapesevd there are no buyers. From 21st to 25th, inclusive, 28 cargoes of corn passed through the Sound—seven bound to British, six to Dutch, nine to French, and six to Norwegian and Swedish ports. Weight. Rix dollars. Dantzic Wheat 122 to 126 120 to 130 Pomeranian 124 to 128 109 to 115 Anhalt. white - red 122 to 128 116 to 124 Danish 120 to 128 BO to 90 ___ . __ ___ ___ Petersburgh and Riga 120 to 129 100 to 106 Dantzic Rye llB to 122 63 to 70 Upland 116 to 123 64 to 70 Magdeburgh Barley 9B to 104 52 to 55 Anhalt 9B to 104 52 to 57 Mecklenburgh Oats 66 to 74 4O to 44 The absence of all intelligence respecting the Em peror of Russia's health here, as well as in Berlip, is looked upon as a favourable sign, and has tended in conjunction with the higher prices brought us from England and Holland, to occasion a correspond ing rise here. Funds closed at the quotations be low, and tolerably in demand. Bills on London arc in great demand. End of December. A nglo- Dan ish ,Loan, 3 per cent Anglo-Russian Loan 1035 Hamburg-Russian Loan 9B Polish Bonds 109% Austrian Bank Shares 1230 Austrian Metalliques lO2 New Austrian 4 per Cents. HAMBURG, Nov. 25.—Next year, besides the two steam-boats belonging to the Company at London, there is to be a third in opposition to them, to ply constantly between London and Hamburg. To prevent the unwelcome visit of 500 Portu guese emigrants, who were said to intend to come hither, the Magistrates have published an ancient Ordinance, by which strangers who travel in com panies are prohibited from entering our territory.— Allgenzeine Zeitung, Dec. 4. PRICES OF STOCKS THU Bank stock 3 per Cent. Red. 9314 % 3 per Cent. Cons. shut 334 per Cent. 10054 Litt) Red. ICO 99N I per Cent. Ann Ditto, 120 Ditto Scrip R , nk 1.. Ann. 19% 9-16 % Ditto 30 years .........19 5-1 G 14 India stock shut Ditto Bends — PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS Austrian Bonds .... ........ ... Brazilian Bonds THIS DAY AT °Nit O'CLOCK. (Neapolitan Peruvian Bonds Buenos Ayres Bonds — Portuguese Bonds Chilian Bonds — !Prussian, Old Colombian Bonds -Ditto, New -- Ditto, 1824 Danish Greek Bonds 25 1823.•••••••••••• ........ Ditto, 1825 24% 54 5% French Rentes, sp. c. —l. —c. Guatimala Mexican Bonds — 3 per cent. —t. —r, Ditto, 1825 Exchange —f. PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AY ONE O'CLOCK. Paid. Per Share. Anglo Mex. Min. Co. (iss. at 5/. pm.) £loo Brazilian Imp. Mm. Co. (iss. at 51. pm.) £2O 73% 74% Ditto National lO 15 1 ,43 Real del Monte Mining Co. £4oo Ditto Scrip lO IS% PRICES OF IRISH STOI Bank Stock KS, DUBLIN, DEC. 8. St. Patrick insur. (per sh.) Consols, 3 per cent. 9 li;sh Ditto Gov. Stock, 3% per cent. 99 1 4 National Ditto Ditto, New Pati:otic Ditto. 4 per Cent 10 1 1,6 I Hibernian Bank -- Gov. I)eb. 3% percent.... 99 1 4 !Provincial Ditto — Royal Canal StocK , Royal Irish Mine Grand Canal Stock —lmperlal Mine — City Deb. 4 per cent Ballast Office I)eb. 4p. c. --(Commercial Buildings — MAILS. Arrived. Due. Arrives Due. O America 0 1 Hamburg 0 O Brazil O Buenos Ayres 0 ti Jamaica 0 O Cart hagena 0 1 Leeward islands ... 0 1 Dublin 0 0 Lisbon 2 1 Flanders 0 0 Mexico I France 0 0 Sweden O Guernsey &Jersey.. 0 1 Waterford 0 EXCHANGES ON LONDON. HAMBURG, DEC. 4.-13 12 ; two months, 13 11k. LEUSIC, Nov. 30.—Three months, 6 18i. BERLIN, DEC. I.—Three months, 6 29f. BREMEN, DEC. I.—Two months, 6 22. VIENNA, Nov. 25.—Three months, 10. TALES OF THE CLASSICS.-The Christmas and New Year's gift, advertised under this title, promises to become not only a most useful manual for the purposes of education in schools and families, but also a compen dium suited to the cabinet or study of the amateur of the fine arts, and an interesting vale-mecum to every traveller in his tour through Italy and other countries of classic interest. It has been compiled by a lady of great talents, for the amusement and instruction of her own daughters with a view to their acquiring, in the most unexcep tionable manner, a competent knowledge of the fables, legend, and allegories that have been the themes of the most celebrated poets, painters, and sculptors, from the earliest ages to the present day; a branch of instruction indispensably requisite in a polite and liberal education. A gentleman's coachman not long since, as he washed his master's carriage during divine service on Sun day morning, was heard to say that " he hoped his master and mistress prayed for him, as he had no time to pray for himself." He brought his lady home from the opera at one in the morning; then went to fetch his master from the " Hell," in St. James's-street; and by the time he had littered and rubbed down his horses, and got to his own bed, it was four o'clock ; he thought after that he could not do less than sleep till nine; by h:df-past ten he had got his breakfast, and at twelve his carriage was ready; at one he took his dinner; at two he was ordered to be at the dooc to take his lady and the young ladies to the Park ; at five he returned, and was ordered out at six to carry the family to dinner ; after setting them down, he was directed to come at half-past eleven ; and by two o'clock on Monday morning the poor man was once more in bed. Now, per mit me to ask you, whether this man, or his master, or any of the family, can, or dare, " profess and call them selves Christians ?"—Record. GLOBE INSURANCE CONIPANY.—A spe cial Meeting of the Proprietors of this Company Was held yesterday, at their office, in Cornhill, to take into consi der atom the propriety of reducing the salaries of the Chair man and Directors. The subject created a great sensation among the Shareholders. Mr. COLES was in the Chair. :Ur. HUNTER, by whom the subject was introduced to the meeting, disclaimed all motives of personal feeling towards the Directors. The East India Company's affairs, which were very extensive, we: e (he observed) conducted by a smaller Board of Directors than the Globe. He concluded by moving a Resolution to the effect, that the salary of the Chairman be reduced from 5001. to 2001. per annum, and that of the Directors from 1501. to 1001.—The Resolution was seconded. Several Proprietors opposed the motion on the ground that it would lessen the confidence of the public in the Company.--Mr. CHAPMAN observed that many persons crrald be found to undertake the duty of Di. rector for 751. a year, but confidence could not he reposed in them. Under the management of their present Direc tors, their capital of one million had increased to one mil !ion five hundred thousand pouds. This proved that their affairs prospered in their hands. It the Meeting agreed to the motion, it would not only create a prejudice in the eyes of the public, but would cast a most undeserved re flection on the Dirtcto-s.—The question was then put from the Chair, when there appeared for the motion, 24 ; against it, 54—majority against the motion, 30, AIM • ip-„,,,„„ LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, DECEMBER I 1 , 1829. The French Papers of Wednesday have been received this morning by Express. The account by them from New Orleans of the 10th October, of General BARRADAS having blown his brains out, does not appear to be correct, as we have information from the above quarter to the 28th October, stating that he was still there : (From the Messager des Charnbres of Wednesday.) (SECOND EDITION.) PARIS, DEC. 9. A letter from New Orleans, dated the 10th of October, which has arrived this morning by way of New York, announces that General Barradas blew out his brains on the second day after his landing in the United States. It was affirmed at New Or leans that another expedition, which had sailed from Manilla and other ports in the Phillippine Islands, had landed on the west coast of Mexico, in the South Sea, and invaded the province of Oajaca.— This news is confirmed by a Journal of Vera Cruz, but it is not probable that an expedition from the Phillippines could be sufficiently numerous or for midable to excite much alarm in the Mexican States. However, we must soon receive information re specting these important facts, which we shall im mediately lay before our readers. A ship from Alexandria, in Egypt, which has ar rived at Marseilles, has brought the following news, dated the 20th of October. " That a great inundation of the Nile had taken place on the 25th of October; that two villages, with their inhabitants, had been swept away, that 250,000 ardebs of provisions, and a quantity of in digo and cotton had been carried away by the waters, which would have inundated Alexandria, if the engineers had not turned them into another channel. _ _ " That the squadron of the Pacha united with some ships belonging to the Sultan which were at Alexandria, was to sail about the 4th of November for Constantinople, in consequence of orders from the Sultan." The illoniteur of to-day contains two Royal Or dinances, countersigned by M. Montbel, concerning bounties for the encouragement of the cod and whale fisheries. These two documents, each preceded by a very detailed report, addressed to his Majesty, promise us that two projects of law for the final re gulation of the bounties for the encouragement of these fisheries shall be prepared to be laid before the Chambers, in order that the laws on the subject may be promulgated before the Ist of March, 1832. The opposition of the Gazette to M. Chabrol, much more than the reflections of the Constitutionnel on the loan of 80 millions, has caused a long article in its defence in the Moniteur of to-day. The departure of the King for Compiegne took place yesterday morning. The list of the persons that accompany his Majesty on this journey does not seem indifferent. Some admissions and some rx elusions are more or less directly connected with the ideas of the immediate dissolution of the Ministry, and the necessity of forming a new one. During this journey there will be fewer people about the King—his ear will be more accessible ; and, in the little Court of Compiegne, the true friends of the Monarch will doubtless be the majority. One of the persons who was the most seriously consulted before his Majesty's departure for Con piegne, respecting the present crisis, and the indis pensible necessity of recomposing the Cabinet, was Count Roy. M. de Chabrol was afterwards com missioned to draw up various lists, according to the proposals of the noble peer. This accounts for the attacks of the Journal of M. Polignac against the present Minister of Finance. It is affirmed that the name of M. de Belleyme is on all these lists. (From the Gazette de France.) PARIS, DEC. 8. We can affirm, that there is no foundation for the reports which have been spread for these two days past respecting a change in the Ministry, and con sequently that none of the negotiations with which the Journals have been filled merits the smallest at tention. PARIS STocx ExcltaNcx, Disc. 9.—Fire per Cents. Io9f. 15c. 20c. 25c. 30c. 25c. ; Four-and-a-Half per Cents. 1051. 50e. ; Three per Cents. 84f. 35c. 45f. 40c. 45c. 40c. 841. 45c. 5111 c. ; Bsnk stock, 1,9151. ; Ttentee de Naples, 92f. 90c. 60c. ; Rente d'Espagne, 7i; Royal Spanish Loan, ; Rente Perp. d'Espagne, 60ii 60 ; Haytian Loan, 4101. Exchange on London—One month, 25f. 65e. ; three Months, 25f. 50e. (From the .Allgenzeine Zeitung of Dee. 5.) VIINNA, Nor. 30.—Metalliques, 1021 ; Four per Cents. 911; Bank Shares, 12351. The following are extracts from Dutch and German Papers received this morning:— FROM THE FRONTIERS OF RUSSIA, NOV. 20. It is worthy of remark, that in the interior of the Russian empire the peace does not excite soy great enthusiasm, since the conditions of the treaty of Adrianople have become known. Even the caution with which officers coming from the army express themselves respecting the result of the glorious war, gives some reason to conjecture that they endeavour to conceal a certain dissatisfaction. On one point, however, they are ► l uite explicit, ascribing every ob stacle that hindered the communication of their vic tory to the influence of foreigners, which they had no reason to fear; they even insinuate that foreigners have endeavoured to counteract the interest of Rus sia even in the Cabinet itself. If this indication of dissatisfaction may be chiefly ascribed to the circumstances, that after the excite ment and animation of war, the sudden tiresome stagnation awakens the passion of an ambition that is not yet satiated, it is not to be denied that the difficulties . which appear to oppose the fulfil ment of the conditions of the treaty in some degree justify the apprehension that Russia has, without sufficient security for the future, been too hasty in sheaving itself generous to an impla cable enemy, and thereby left him time to insure for a future occasion that foreign aid which in the pre sent would have come too late. Thence a certain discontent and regret that the opportunity was not taken full advantage of, may be accounted for, and perhaps even excused ; but it may be expected from the wisdom of the Cabinets, that they will prosecute with judgment and energy the real inte rests of Europe. THE HAGUE, DEC. 6. Accounts have been received from Batavia to the 30th July. They bring a report of Lieut.-Colonel Le Bron de Vexela, Commander of the troops in Pajang, respecting an expedition undertaken by him in pursuit of the rebels, who assembled in force in the southern mountains. This expedition was successful, the Lieut.-Colonel having made himself master of a strong dessa of the enemy's, called Giger, situated on an almost inaccessible rock, after having made six attempts to carry it by storm. On this occasion the notorious Jomogolo, and a priest, With a number of the insurgents were killed. Three cannons, with a quantity of arms and ammunition were taken. The Commander was of opinion that this victory would entirely restore tranquillity to this part of the country. AMSTERDAM, DEC B.—Exchange on London.- 12f. 22 5-10ths; two months, 12f. 17 5-10ths. ST. PETERSBURGH, NOV. 24. The Journals now notice the Emperor's illness in the following terms : His Majesty the Emperor having been indisposed for several days with a fever caused by a cold, we are happy to say that his Majesty is now infinitely better, and that the disorder, which takes its regular course, does not give the smallest ground for unea- einess. They add the bulletin of 23d November. We have received the following this morning from our Paris Correspondent:— " PARIS, DEC. 9. " Since my letter of yesterday was despatched, I do not find that any thing to be relied on ha transpired on the subject of further changes in the French Ministry, although it does not seem to be seriously doubted in any quarter that some early and important change is in contemplation. Rumours indeed are rife ; but when traced to their source, they are generally found to originate in something analagous to the Duke of Wel lington's late visit to Woburn or the shooting party at Stowe, such as that Count Roy and se veral deputies of the right centre were yesterday present at a diplomatic dinner given by the Prince de Polignac, and that Messrs. Courvoisier and de Ctlabrel were not present at the dinner, but just showed themselves at the soiree, and immediately disappeared. The A/knife:lr of this morning, however, contains a long and laboured article in defence of the new financial measure of M. de Chabrol, in answer to *he somewhat severe strictures of the Gazette, and the belief is certainly gaining ground that before the King set out on the visit which he is now making to Compiegne, he authorised M. de Chabrol to re construct the Cabinet on the principle of a co alition. The more, however, that I reflect on this subject, the more am I convinced that a coalition Ministry, in which either of the two extremes was to form a part, if in combination with those more than a single shade removed from their own sentiments, would prove so hete rogeneous in its composition as to make it ut terly inefficient as an organ of government. " I turn with pleasure from that fear of change,' which is perhaps equally distracting to monarchs and their ministers, to open again the instructive volumes lately published by the Pre fect of the department of the Seine, on certain statistical subjects connected with Paris and its immediate neighbourhood. I shall for the present apply myself to the report prepared by a Com mission of Inquiry, which had been appointed by the Minister of the Interior, on the 7th of July, 1828, to examine into the causes which had produced the stagnation and discredit which had become notorious in those speculations, having for their object the opening of new streets, the construction of new quarters, and, in ge neral, the details of building operations in Paris. This report appears to have been prepared by M. Daubanton, one of the Inspectors-General of the streets and sewers of Paris, who has cer tainly collected a number of curious statistical facts, and has raised upon them a variety of inge nious conjectures and hypotheses. " The symptoms of the building mania in Paris are said to have been perceptible so long ago as the year 1817. The years 1825 and 1826, the famous prosperity years as they were named in England, in compliment no doubt to the then Chancellor of the Exchequer, were in Paris also the period of the paroxysm. In 182?, the frenzy ceased by mere ex haustion of strength; and weakness and debility have since succeeded to the extreme heat of the fever under the consequences of which it appears that the patient is still labouring. During the years 1825 and 1826, the number of masons and other labourers engaged in building operations, who come annually from the provinces to Paris during the building season, had encreased from 30,000 the number in 1817 to 45,000 the numbers in 1825 and 1826. In spite of this great increase in the number of labourers, the supply does not appear to have been equal to the demand, as during the same period the wages of such labourers had risen thirty per cent. or in the proportion of ten to thirteen ; the increase in the price of build ing materials, according to the same mode of cal culation was from twenty to twenty-five per cent., while the rise in the price of building-ground was beyond all bounds. " It appears from the Report, that during the ten years and a half, from the end of 1817 till after the first six months of 1828, there was an increase of 1979, in the number of the houses in Paris. During the same period, in consequence of the increased value of building-ground, a great number of old houses had been raised or renewed, and the addi tional accommodation produced by the operations is stated to have been equivalent to 692 new houses. The total increase is, therefore, estimated at 2,671 Hew houses, and it is on this number that M. Dau banton has founded his calculations. The mean dimensions of the houses in Paris are stated to be 14 yards in front, 12 in depth, and 18 in height ; leaving, after the necessary deductions for the thickness of the walls, and for staircases, &c., about 2,400 cubic yards of habitable space. — For the medium or average size of a house, these dimensions would be much too great for London ; but they are easily accounted for from the manner of living in Paris, where, with very few exceptions, a considerable number of families live under the same roof. This, indeed, is taken for granted in these calculations; for, in order to arrive at the nu►n ber of individuals who would be accommodated by the 2,671 new . houses, M. Daubanton refers to Tredgold's work on the economy of buildings, in which it is stated that seventeen cubic yards of space are necessary to the accommodation of a prisoner, from which it is inferred that some times that amount, or 68 cubic yards, are required for an individual in a state of liberty. According to the calculation, 2,671 houses would lodge 94,270 individuals, at the rate of 35 to each house ; but as the author admits that the theory he has raised on the ascertained number of new houses is contradicted by various facts, he allows that 40 individuals may be accommodated in each house, which makes the new buildings applicable to the wants of 106,840 inhabitants. I am persuaded, however, that 40 individuals or eight families, is too small a number for the average of each house in Paris, and this is proved by the fact of the increase in the population of the French capital during the period in question. " It may in fact be very desirable, that every in dividual in a crowded capital should enjoy sixty• eight cubic yards of free space, which is scarcely more than the cubic contents of a chamber twelve feet square, but the fact is undeniable, that in Paris as in other great towns, the large numerical ma jority are forced to content themselves with flinch more limited accommodation ; whole families being crowded together in narrow and low-roofed abodes, affording less free space than oven the moderate al lowance which is given by Tredgold to the inhabi tants of a prison. Assuming however, that the facts founded on are correct, and that Paris has in creased its population to the extent of 340,000 souls in the last twenty-five years, it follows that the inhabitants in general are not so well lodged as they formerly were, since it is ascertained, and in - - deed is obvious to every observer, that the number of houses at present to let in Paris is excessive, whereas, according to M. Daubanton's theory, the demand for new houseS should have all along ex ceeded the supply, and there should at this mo ment be a positive want of 3,243 houses, with a corresponding unaccommodated population. "'While on the subject of building, I may mention it as an extraordinary circumstance that machinery, which is so much more generally employed in other arts in England than in France, should in Paris be more extensively applied to the purposes of the ma son and the builder than even in those towns of Great Britain where free-stone is the chief material employed. The saw in cutting, and the screw in rais ing are much more generally used, and indeed the whole of the tools and implements employed by this class of labourers infer a much higher degree of in genuity in their application. This seems to be a subject well worthy of the attention of the Lecturers in the numerous Mechanics' Institutions in England. In this country, I assure you, there is no want of that kind of stimulus arising from international emula tion, to induce the people of France to borrow all they can from their neighbours. At the lectures on practical chemistry in the Conservatoire des Arts et Metieres, which are with great liberality thrown open to the public, and which I occasionally attend, I often hear the strongest appeals made to the necessity which exists that in all the useful arts France should not allow itself to fall below the level of England. The late experiments at Liverpool in the speed of locomotive carriages on railways, are evidently regarded with great apprehension ; and when a learned professor, of considerable power as an orator, alluded to the advantages which Great Britain would possess by means of her steam•vessels in the event of another war, it is not easy to convey to you the strong sen sation which was perceptible throughout an audience consisting of all classes of society." ' Despatches were received last night at the Foreign Office from St. Petersburgh, dated the 25th of November. At that time the Emperor NICHOLAS was considered in a convalescent state, and free from danger. The Duke of WELLINGTON arrived in Town last night from the seat of the Duke of BUCKINGHAM, at Stowe. Lord ABERDEEN yesterday paid a visit to his MAJESTY at Windsor Castle. THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.) CITY, TWELVE 0' CL 0 CK. They write from the borders of the Danube, of the 26th of November, that a report prevailed of an exchange of territory between two great Powers, Russia and Austria. A serious accident was nearly taking place OR board the Conquerant, at Smyrna, owing to a fire having been discovered on board, which was- soon extinguished. All the gunpowder was thrown Into the sea. Letters from Gibraltar, of the sth of November, say, that not only the lines of St. Roch are going to be re-established, but the fortifications of Tarifa are to be repaired, and the Green Island and Alge siras ; also the batteries all along the coast of Cadiz. DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. 'South Sea Stock shut Old Annuities... New Ditto shut Ex. Bills, £I,UJt 2d. 73 74 pm. Ditto lid. 73 74 pm. Ditto 400 2d. 73 74 pm. Ditto ....... 1:d. 73 74 pm. Diu, ;ma il 2.1. 73 74 pm. Ditto lid. 73 74 pm. Bank for Account 219 India for Account ...... ,Cons. for January ...94% 5 4% TO CORRESPONDENTS. If R. Y.'s friend in Bath will send his address to 112, Strand, the letters received in answer to an advertise ment shall be forwarded to him. TIIE FUNDS. The favourable Bulletins of the health of the Em peror of Russia have had the effect this morning of improving the Funds ; Consols, which left off yes terday at 94a, opened this morning at 94i, and were soon after done at :at present they may be quoted at 9-1 i buyers. In the Foreign Market at present very little busi ness is going forward, and most of the prices are as per yest erdby. The neighbourhood of Cornhill, about a little after eight o'clock this morning, was thrown into great consternation in consequence of a fire having broke out at a trunk-maker's shop, which in a short time consumed the premises, although five engines were paying against the house with wonder ful skill. FUNDS. 3i per Cent. 99i New 4 per Cent., shut 4 per Cent. 1826 1054 India Bonds, 69 70 Exchequer Bills, 73 74 FUNDS. Greek, 26 27 Mexican, 24 Peruvian, 16 17 Portuguese, 50 51 Prnssian, Bus.sian, 108 k 109 Spanish, 10i I TWO O'CLOCK. ENGLISH Bank Stock, 217 18 India Stock, S per Cent. Cons. shut Do., for Account, 94i Ditto Reduced, 933 FOREIG Brazilian, 66! 7 Buenos Ayres, 26 28 Chiiian, 25 27 Colombian, 21 Danish, 731 4 Freneh, 5 per Cent 100 10 Ditto, 8 per Cent. 85 I Up to the present hour the Funds continue steady at 94ii for the Account. In the early part of the morning a good deal of business was doing, since which the market has rather been inactive, and the speculators are determined in future to look before they leap, and not be deceived by fake accounts, propagated for the purposes of self-interest. We have not a feature in the British Market worth observation. The Foreign Market is also void of the least in terest. Greek has rather improved. In other Fo reign Securities little doing. On the Corn Exchange this morning the Barley trade was brisk, and Oats, from the little quantity at market, obtained Monday's prices. In the Wheat Trade little business doing. It is said the French Three per Cents. came, after 'Change hours, 851. sc. ex. div. THREZ 0 1 CL 0 C.K. Consols for Account, 941- A few days ago, a young woman named HARRIET ALDERSON, of Sicklesmere, Suffolk, was crossing some pasture-ground on her return from Rougham, when she observed a furious bull making his way towards her. In great fear she took rapidly to flight, but unhappily the alarm produced so powerful an effect on her naiad that she became delirious, and died on Saturday last.—Cain. bridge Chronicle. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.--(T11100.) FROM LLOYD'S. ;yed DEAL, DEC. 10.—Wind W.N.W.—Arn' s od Apprentice, Cadenham, from the Havannahi Spike, Cromartie, from Quebec. A 11 PORTSMOUTH, DEC. 10.—Wind the Tamworth, Eastbrook, from the Havannab' d the Wight the Henry, Clay, from the P'l )3 Good Hope. '" FALMOUTH, DEC. 9.—Sailed the BinaldO from the Brazils; arid Leira, from St. Michael_ DOVER, DEC. W.—Arrived' the Juno, 11„. lach, from New York. Off port the Vride,l b i, from Demerara ; Bremen packet, Forster, foto 4 ladelphia; Industry, Ledge, from Miramicht; Livonia, Olsen, from St. Übe's. sr• The Charles Law, Smith, from Leghorn, bit,. rived at Dublin, leaky, and with loss of rudder'''. ing struck on the Ariclow Bank. The following vessels have arrived in the Cree k r. Robert Scourfield, Thompson, from Alexandr.ols' Harbinger, Champion, from Zante ; and Mal e Brooks, from Palermo. t The William and Agnes, Leader, from Sligo Bristol, sunk off Magee Island the sth instant. , The Promise, Shearer, from Quebec to Wit pool, was on shore near the Traverse the 10th tt and it was feared would be wrecked. to e The Delight, from Dundalk to Purton, d, down off the Sherries the sth instant; crew tol LAW INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DASD COURT OF CHANCERY. IN RE JERTIS, • LUNATIC. bider The application in this matter, which stood par' t he at the head of the paper, Mr. KNIGHT said was that mother of the lunatic, and next friend of his nata n t, should be at liberty to attend before the Master,,,aion P enquiry as to who i s th e ne xt of kin , and go'aPPginS:l Committee of the person of the lunatic. The Masteeb refused to permit th e m to attend uuder the order of refe rence sent to hint. The LORD CHANCELL OR said that as the order of re' ference here h a d b e en d rawn up and filed , to make the, direction irregtl w p irregularity yoin the t:ay p e r d oc u e pon eding zotio n n e w w o o u u l l d d i n u o tr t o h du ei ce ita r te ei r to make the order, upon a short petition being presence' the purpose. Mr. HORNS opposed the prayer, unless the parto o. , °dek a ; ing to go in, agreed to go before the Master at OW expense. e t After some discussion, it was arranged, that the 9 .„ 1 1 should be made as of course, upon a short petition b7 O , presented, and that the lunatic's estate should ouirfLol thing in point of costs by it ; that was, that no ado" - expense should he incurred thereby. MI S UNDERSTANDINa AT THE BAR. po jof Some time after the above ,matter had been dig as stated, Sir C. WETHERELL took his place at the bar, and. bellejto he might not be interrupted in what he was gongior state; he was Counsel for the Hon. Maria Jervi'l ; 4 00 to the Hon. William Jervis Jervis ; and he had bee° Se by surprise. The matter stood in the paper yesterdoPt o n . (Sir Charles) was present at the sitting of the, C° ll r e lit pared to go into it ; but in consequence of sornetblitrd, having come on, the bearing of this matter %ras a % ibt no s t T i b i : ee CHARLESS b L g T h o t ß wo - G nE T E 7I N R E I R i b eg i g b e d e g to th state i t° and t it on this morning in his absence. tha t it ha d may not be The Sor.lciron-GENERAL—I only interrupted. that there has been no want of courtesy on my , Sir ' Sir CHARLES WETHERELL-1 shall be hear., insist on being heard. h tie The SoLICITOR-GENERAL—Mr." Knight o roug- t tte case on, and very properly so ; I was not in Court 5e time ; I came in afterwards ; Mr. Horne folloview - ip wished to have the case opened; I said I had net t slightest objection, but on the contrary, that - 1. di" mean to take any advantage of what had passed. be Sir C. WETHERELL—I say again, that I l'" heard, Sir, and I beg not to be interrupted. The Soucrroa-GENERAL—You shall not be inte",; - 0 1 again by me, Sir.—(Sitting down. )—I shall no&b 0 °l — jo y to in such a manner by Sir Charles Wetherell, ° I ., , • man living. Sir C. WETIIE tbe Se RELL-(Turning round to have General, and rather in a lower tone.)---I ben v j ; kW : your remedy—then you have your remedy. '' l , - av yetar we cannot settle that here ; but you know you "- e - wish to owe you remedy. to " think I am _ , The SOLICITOR -GENERAL—If you to tmill fin taken.r e e a r te e d a d, If n i n u s h u a c y li a a n m y a thing e n r g , t y n o u say w fi En n e d , y y o n u n r swe B' 3 y. Sir C. WETHE RELL. —Sir, you have your minedris v He then contended, that the parties who so u g ht to ,aor, before the Master ought, if at all, to be allowed to go ' agreeing to pay their own expenses. The LORD CHANCELLOR considered the order that been made tantamount to this. c r Sir CHARLES WETHERELL After reading the tet.'l,4o, it, which the Court directed the Registrar to band W, t he did not feel at all satisfied that the terms would 1 05 , 5 ; 00 intention of the Court. The usual terms of an tlr, ue. o 0 1 such an occas 7 on were, that such parties should go 10 1 , la their own expense." There was certainly a looP'ho,ald the order, and if he had been in Court he certainly ,°'" have objected to it. Wh o The Loan CHANCELLOR observed that Mr. 1 -I ° s-4 .ote' appeared for Lord St. Vincent, and was in the carne I rest, did not object to it. Mr. HOItNE would rather have had the order abort Charles Wetherell sought to have it, but finding the t sir was against him, he gave way. He did not know thA Charles Wetherell was in the matter. ld el ' The SOLICITOR-GENERAL hoped the Court 015u boe low him to explain how he could nut be considered t°t,tioo done wrong, nor have subjected himself to any ilre t ; Sot of having been wanting in courtesy, although h e ke „ e eit o ; why he should show more courtesy than was ehil vc o liev The Loan CHANCELLOR wished to relieve the otste tor-General from any such task, because he rf.'ro do that the Solicitor-General had in fact had no th c. rj joPe se" with bad passed. Mr. Knight (with the Solic it°: dener e, ' the matter, and in the absence of the Solicitor' ter re' Mr. Horne subsequently desired to have the ro t opened ; the Solicitor-General acquiesced in th e " o ther' at once, and rather wished every opportunity th e ; wise to be afforded to the other side of being hear;,, part.,- Sir C. WETHERELL had not blamed any o ne " -- „;t cular ; all he had said, which he was ready to rel3' bet° times over was, that the matter ought not to h°l brought on in his absence. der g rill The Lona) CHANCELLOR—WeII, I think th e of-e re do as it is; and I beg leave, in conclusioo, tetfera quest, with respect to what has passed be , t that Sir Charles Wetherell and the Solicitor-Genera's etre, both these gentlemen will consider that the whole ha a misrepresentation entirely. The Solicitor - G e°er4 o nothing whatever to do in bringing the ma tter el t ee your absence, Sir Charles; and your complaint °Test Solicitor-General was founded on misrepresentat ioo ' , 3o os you must be aware of, the Solicitor-General not g tbi / been in Court. Mr. HONE expressed his satisfaction on hea r ts 0 : statement from the Bench, for he felt bound to saY' tb' Solicitor-General had been in no respect to blame; eptieg contrary, that he had acted in the most accoo l°l° • manner. , ° e ; Sir C. WETHERELL cared not who had brought . it ought not to have been brought on in his abseace;oolll still he should not have complained, had he no t Pe leader told the Solicitor-General yesterday that be WA 6 0. in the matter, and wished to be heard when i t ea°.4 °o„itlef The LORD CHANCELLOR again hoped all would certiohif that there had been a misrepresentation, and that 1 ,0 notice would be taken of what had transpired. ROLLS COURT. t' BAILT V. TAYLOR. q- The Court proceeded with this case, involving gforwe tion of piracy, the facts of which we gave 0 0 day. The case had not concluded when we left. VICE , CHANCELLOR'S COURT. ToML E INS V. PALE. . O r " This case stood over for the purpose of enabilloolJ Pepys to consult with his clients as to the decree be;., take, the judgment of the Court having left hiol or l i co ed' alternatives, either to have the rule dismissed or reue At the sitting of the Court, red Mr. Pares stated that his clients had elec ted to re bo t ' and a decree was therefore to be made accor dinglli ail i } upon the understanding that that decree was pret . . , te r ; e it ° the opinion entertained by the Court as to the tote Lady Young. h Jr IN RE A BANKRUPT. This petition praying for JONES, the superseding' of , i t " minion, was hoard by the Court some I ° Y ')