The Sun. — London, England, 1837-12-20 00:00:00

NATIONAL LOAN FUND. (From the Maidstone Gazette.) What can be done " by littles I" " Many a meikle makes a muckle."—Scotch Proverb. The human mind seems equal to any emergency in which the human animal can be placed. Man in sickness is as help less, physically speaking, as any other animal ; and quite as little able to escape death—the inevitable lot of all ; but the exercise of his reasoning faculty enables him wisely to anti cipate sickness, so as to alleviate its evils, and to make ar rangements, which deprive death of half its terrors, and em power him to exercise a beneficial influence, beyond the • grave, upon the destinies of those who form a good half of himself—namely, his family, his relations, his friends, and his neighbours. We believe the amount of human happiness secured by sick clubs, benefit societies, loan societies, savings' banks, and fire and life insurances, to be incalculable ; each and all of which have proved to demonstration the important axiom in poli tical economy, that the value of every man's exertions rises in a proportionate ratio with the number of men with whom he acts in concert. But in this age of railroads and " high pressure" improvement, when every source of human happi ness, moral, physical, social, and political, has been explored by the most gifted of our species, it was not to be expected that the principles upon which these important institutions have been founded should remain uninvestigated. The im provements to which these investigations have led, are, in their anticipated consequences, perhaps second to none of the age. Our readers are aware that the calculations of these so cieties were found upon inquiries into the average pressure of mortality at different ages, —or, in other words, on the average number of persons who died at given ages, out of a certain number. At first, men groped their way in the dart: ; the registers, upon which these calculations were mule, being ex tremely imperfect, and all persons connected with insurance offices grew rich, as they supp - ised, because they were lucky, —when, in fact, luck had as little to do with it as with the motions of the planets ; these enormous profits being taken out of the pockets of the assured upon fallacious calculations on the frequency of deaths. This has been proved to be the case by more recent and extensive inquiries, which (added to the benefit of experience, and) having been applied to a larger number of persons, have furnished data upon which the avi rage of mortllity, at given ages, can be estimated with nearly as much certainty as the recurrence of an eclipse. These remarks have been suggested by the establishment in Maidstone of a branch of the National Loan Fund Insurance Society, which appears to combine so many advantages, as to entitle it to be classed with the first-rate improvements of mo dern times; and of chick a very lucid explanation, by Mr. Limie Murray, will be found in the Report of a public meet- Lig in another column. This institution seems to be as great an improvement uron those most important projects, benefit soch ties. savings' banks, and life insurances, as they were upon the dark ages of irnsery and improvidence which they succeeded. The ho nest and provident mar., who contributes to a benefit society, pays seccnpence half-penny per a eel: to secure himself a weekly alowanee in sickness, and a superannuation allowance of about 16/. a-year after 65 years of age ; but is subject to the severest systeal ul espionage when sick, and if 'detected at work is struck olf the allowance list ! and perpetual efforts are made by many of the metropolitan societies to get rid of superionuated members who hive subscribed all their lives, on (lt.t assumed breach of the regu'ations. It has been ascer tairied that the average amount of sickness, between the ages of 20 and 70, is only one year and ton months, or about 10 days in each year; and also that the sevenpence halfpenny per week will secure an annuity at 63, from the National Loan Fund, of no less than 130/ per year ! allowing him, alter five years, to pro‘ide for sickness, or any ether contin gency, without disagreeable and vrying visits—by borrowing from the fund to the amount of two-thirds et' the money he has deposited ;—this loan to be deducted (tf not repaid) from his annuity when he b , :teerric a entitled to it. in most annuity societies, when the man dies before the age at which his an iwiry commences, all the money he has paid in is absolutely legit. In this Society, however, if he should die before 65, two-thirds of the amount which he has proid in will be returned to his family. 'rue same return oc two-tl-irs of his payments after five years will be male in :he can; of his not being aisle to con tinuo his payments for a life assurance. But what is lire assurance ? we liar will ask mane of our humbler readers ; fur t t the working classes the Len,lit - s of this vain ble and hu manising system arc unknown. ‘• Life assurance" is when a man Ludo: t ikes to pay a cc: tain seem ;.!'r ;car to an assurance office, to secure a certain payins - n*. at his dead: -For instance, if a man aged 20 pays 1/. 13s. 7d. per year for every year that he 1-.:s family or legatee will be entitled to 1001. from the society at his dratli. Fe-v l,ereor.s inswe their lives who have not certain incomes ; for if ihey miss one pay rn-nt after sub oserii,;ng, it may be, fifty ears, they lose ad claim upon the Insuraoce-offiee. Io the loan fend, however, as above stated, two-thirds of the &posits aie returned at death—even i the payments are not continuous, or a man ut ty borrow enough to keep up his payments. person never pays in as much as he is entitled to at his death, and it is the accumulating inte rest which makes up the daoinney. If he commenc an in surance of 500/ at 20, at ills longest expectation of life he will only bare paid in 2001. he payments may be made monthly if ths'red, and he tnay at any time convert his policy into an immediate pay rient of its p..esent value ; into en an- Laity of equivalent %able, or into a security for tic rasing of capital, to the amount of two thirds of the money pail ; thus combining all the advantages of a savings' bank, a sick club : a benefit society and a life asstranT, and placing these ad. vantages within the reach of all classes. We think our readers will agree with us that this is one of the most valuable projects of the day. GERRARD'S HALL, BASING-LANE. Nearly 300 gentlemen dined together last evening, at Ger rard's Hall, Basing-lane, Cheapside, to commemorate the opening of a new and splendid Room, which has just been added to that establishment. Alderman LaissoN presided, in the absence of Alderman Humphery, whose Parliamentary duties unexpectedly de tained him, and who transmitted a letter of apology. Similar letters were also received from Alderman Sir M. Wood, Mr. M. P., and Mr. Aglicnby, M. P. The duties of Croupier were ably performed by Mr. J. Lawrence ; and the dinr.er and wines were each in their way characterized by that excellence which has obtained for the spirited proprietor such extensive patronage from his fellow citizens. Non nobis Domino," having been given in capital style, and the cloth being withdrawn, The CIIAIRMAN said he knew the loyalty of those around him too well to deem it necessary to say ono word in prefixing the first toast— " The Health of our young and excellent Queen." Three times three. Air—" God gave the Queen." Wben silence had been obtained, the Chairman proceeded to say—The next toast, he was sure, would find a ready re sponse in the breasts of all present. It was the health of a Lady who had long filled the most dignified situation in this country, and who had succeeded in gaining the esteem of all ranks by her many estimable qualities. Without further pre face, he would give them " The Health of the Queen Dowager." Air—" Health to Queen Adelaide." " The Duke of Sussex and the rest of the Royal Family"_ Shouts of " in England" burst from every lip, and with this emenlation it was received with all the usual honours. The next toast, said the Cu AIRMAN, which I have to pro pose, is one on which some of us may differ in opinion ; but as this is a convivial meeting, we should endeavour, in as much as possible, to eschew politics and other matters which might by possibility mar the sociality of the festive board. I shall therefore, as briefly as possible, give you " Her Majesty's Ministers." _ The cheers - which followed the announcement of this toast were loud and Jong.continued. As soon as silence could be obtained, the Chairman gave— " The Army and Navy." ." Oh, merrily we live that soldiers be." Air-' " The Lord Mayor and prosperity to the City of London." Air—" The laes of the village." Mr. J. SHUTTLEWORTII begged leave to propose the health of a gentleman to whom they owed much of the pleasure and conviviality of the evening. He should not in this room at tempt to do justice to his character; his untiring zeal for the good of the Ward and the citizens generally, were too well known to require any eulogium of his; he should therefore at once give " The health of our worthy Chairman, Mr. Alder man Lainson." The CHAIRMAN at considerable length returned thanks. He regretted the absence of two of his brother Magistrates, and said that the duties of his office were neither few nor easy, but while he was cheered on in his endeavours by the approbation of his fellow-citizens, he was amply repaid for his toil and exertions ; and he trusted no man ever should say of him, " There's a man that neglects his duty." Several other toasts and speeches followed. Mr. Alderman Lainson, followed by some of his friends, left the room about eleven o'clock, but the greater part remained till a late hour, mutually delighted with their host and with each other. POOR-LAWS (IRELAND.) MR. O'CONN . F,LL'S LETTER. The Pilot publishes a letter acidt eased last Monday by Mr. O'Connell to his constituents. We regret that our present appropriated space precludes its trans!erence to our columns. The following remarks, however, which appsear simultaneously with the letter, and arc in concurrence with gr. O'Connell's views, must serve at once as a substitute (at lease for the pre sent) of the letter itself, and as indices of the eppojtion de clared by the lion. and Learned Member for Dublin to the Ministerial measure for the relief of the poor in Ireland. The erticle runs thus We publish a letter from Mr. O'Connell, which is, in fact, addressed to the advocates more particularly of Poor-laws, proving that upon their own showing, and for their own ob jects, the present Min'sterial Bill is not alone inefficient but mischievous. This conies of legislating upon the seports of flying Englishmen. The leading sentiments which at once, end at first view, en listed the sympathies of the people of this country for poor- 1 laws were. first the object—to feed the suffering poor which every one worthy of the name of man has at heart. The next the causing of them to be fed by the bigoted and exterminat ing landlords. The attaining these objects was at first view taken for granted, and there was a cry for poor-laws accord ingly, as if all the gocd desired were to be accomplished by willing the thing. But other considerations arose after the first excitement. T 4 `) question 3 growing out of ihese now pressed themselves. Who was tch legislate? Who was to pay ?—and many a THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1837 briary fence, and many a sinking bog, stood in the way after the first view holla. It was found that the men whom the community wished should pay were the men to legislate, and that those upon whom they would saddle the tax were not themselves—but the struggling industrious. The scent then cooled, and discus sion, detail, and difficulty followed the first burst of cheering and congratulation. The Bill has fulfilled the fears of the circumspect, and dis appointed the ardour of the enthusiastic. The occupier, by the proposed measure, has to pay half the tax. Half certain, whether he has an interest or not; and if he have an interest, his share, beside of that interest, as if he were a landlord. The inference is obvious. The tax being divided between oc cupiers, without any interest, but paying half out of nothing, occupiers having an interest, paying a share, and good land lords, the portion falling ou the oppressor becomes so trifling, that his passions as a tyrant will supersede his interest as a tax-payer. The tax on him will be too trivial to teach him humanity, and depopulation will proceed unabated, and that, too, at the expense of the industrious and humane. This is merely relating to the Bill as constructed. But part of this is inseparable from the nature of any compulsory impost. Recollect it must in its nature have provisions to draw a line between those to whom you will give and those to whom you will refuse relief—for, undoubtedly, in Ireland you will have two millions who will ask, and think they will have an equal right as those who will obtain ! Tlie difficulties arc intrinsically great ; but the MiniEtorial Bill only aggravates them all. It is taxation and tyranny without real relief, and multiplies paupers and placemen. All Irish Representatives should oppose the Bill. PRICES OF STOCKS THU Ban IStock 3 per Cent. ited. . 3 per Cont. Cons. 3!4 ........... 99% Ditto :feet 69 , ‘ ; New 3 per Cerit New 5 per Cent.. Bank Long A nnuitiestoeicrirP Jan. 5, WO 14 17-16; Oct. 10, i'Oq Jan. 5, IS.l;n Jan. 5, LO' April 5, Jan. N. 1+4741 S DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK India Stock — Ditto Bonds • South Sea Stock — Old knnnities — New Ditto — 3 pew Cent. Annuities, !W — Exch. Bills, £l,lol. 47 45 47 orn Ditto ....„........5t4......... 45 4i pm. 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A few copies of this work will be printed in Quarto, which will be embellished with a fine portrait, engraved by Cousins, from an Original Painting by Lawrence. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street, Publisher in Ordinary to Her Majesty. The publication of Tug SUN NEWSPAPER commenced this day at 30 minutes past Three o' Clock. • ZT),e 1111)1. LONDON: WEDNESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 20, 1837. In the IlcusE of Loans petitions were severally presented for the abolition of imprisonment for debt ; and for the intro duction of some mode of secret voting in order to put an end to bribery and intimidation. The Civil List Bill, the Houses of Parliament Bill, and the Slave Compensation Bill were severally brought up from the Commons, and read a first time. Lord MELBOURNE gave notice that he should more the second reading of the Civil List Bill this day. The Earl of SHAFTESBURY having brought up the Report of the Municipal Officers Declaration Bill, Lord BROUGHAM moved that the provisions of the Bill, which are confined to " Moravians, Quakers, and Separatists," should be extended to all other sects who felt religious scruples on the subject of tests. The amendment was negatived, and the Report agreed to. - The House of COMMONS met yesterday at twelre o'clock As may been seen by our special report in yesterday's Sun, they proceeded to the third reading of the Civil List Bill. Several proposed amendments were negatived, one of them only was carried : that was introduced by Sir ROBERT ' PEEL and acceded to by the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, who numbered 114 votes to the 26 who opposed the amend ` ment ; its object is to empower the Crown to grant Pensions to the amount of 1,200/. a-year; and providing, that if the whole sum were not granted in any one year, the remainder ' might be carried over to the next year, and then granted in ' addition to the 1,200/. allowed for that year. But Mr. Hums's motion for reducing the sum of 386,000/. to 335,000/. and the stilt more important one proposed by Mr. GROTTE, in an elaborate, clear, and able address, to omit " the clauses empowering her MAJESTY to grant a certain sum annually in new pensions," found no favour in the reformed House of Commons-126 of whose Members voted against the amend ment of the Honourable Member for London, whilst only 23 earnest Reformers recorded their votes in favour of Mr. ' GROTE'S proposition. The Bill was passed. • After some proceedings relating to various Election Pal : lions, Lord PALMERSTON, in reply to a question by Sir H. HARDINGE, said that he had been informed, but not yet officially, that in consequence of somedifference b e t ween _Brigadier-General O'C ONNELL , commanding the Legion, and Oceieral O'DONNELL, the Spanish General commanding at St. Sebastian, that the infantry of the Legion had given up their arms, and were no longer soldiers in the Spanish ser vice. If that were so, of course they must be brought home, and he could assure the Right Hon. and Gallant Officer 3p- Tosite that no time should be lost in taking steps to bring [ ;them home to this country. Mr. MACLEAN gave notice, that early after the recess ho . •aiiculd call the attention of the Hous e to th e i n f ract i on by th e • - Russian Government of existing treaties in relation to the com =scree of this country in the Black Sea and with Circassia. On the motion of the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, the Slave Compensation Bill was read a third time and passed. The SPEAKER then, at six o'clock, left the Chair. At eight o'clock the SPEAKER resumed the Chair. Mr. HUME then brought up the Report of the Select Corn mittee on Controverted Election Fees, which was laid on the table. The Hon. Member then moved that the resolutions of vele Committee be printed, and gave notice that he would call the attention of the House to the subject on Friday, the 2d of February. The remainder of the sitting, which was protracted till nearly three o'clock this morning, was occupied with discuss ing election petitions. An interesting discussion took place last night in the House of Commons on the subject of Mr. GROTE'S pro position for the entire removal of the sum allotted to Pen sions from the Civil List. The Honourable Member for London made an able speech on this question—so far as tact and skill go—but we do not think that he made out a case sufficiently strong to warrant Ministers in agreeing to his motion. " Suppose ourselves," he observed, " in the reign of CHARLES the Second. What are the payments which that Monarch would have been most anxious to make ?—and who are the persons whom he would have been most desirous to favour? Why, the Duchesses of CLEVELAND and PORTSMOUTH, and Mrs. ELEANOR GWYNN, would have stood at the head of the list, with pensions, on the largest scale, assigned to them ; of all payments, those granted to the above ladies would have been most certain to have been paid, while the SOVEREIGN remained in possession of his hereditary reve nues. I might make the same remark with regard to the royal mistresses in the days of GEORGE the First and Second." These remarks have no reference to the point in question, for the days of CHARLES the Second, bear not the slightest analogy to the present days ; then the English Monarch was absolute ; now, a salutary check has been placed on all attempts at arbitrary encroachment on the part of the Crown. In the times of the STUARTS and the two first GEORGES, there was nothing like the bold, vigorous, public opinion which now exists ; consequently Mr. GaorE's analogy has no foundation to rest upon. If a limited sum is from year to year to be set apart—and we think it highly desirable that it should be—for the purpose of pensioning those who may have deserved well of their country, and may stand in need of such pro vision, then we think that the privilege of granting these small pensions ought to exist in the Crown; for were it to be placed solely under the controul of Parliament, it would occasion heart-burnings and animosities, and be turned into a sort of battle-field for two parties to try their strength upon. We are of opinion, therefore, that Mr. GROTE'S motion, however well-meant, is an injudicious one, and feel disposed, in preference, to coincide with the CHANCELLOR Of the EXCHEQUER. The proceedings in the House of Commons upon the Pontefract Election Petition afford a specimen of Tory profligacy not often equalled. A gentleman, rejoicing in the name of GOMPERTZ, and over whom the Marshal of the Queen's Bench exercises a parental care, got himself proposed, at the last election for the Borough of Ponte fract, by a non-elector, a Parliamentary Tory tool—se conded by a thirsty brewer, and without, as we dis cover, having polled a singe vJte—presented on the last day for such a purpose, a petition against the return of the Liberal Member for that borough. Sureties, men of character, are by the same Tory agent proposed ; not in his own name, but in that of a man of respeetahility. Mr. BENBOW the Tory candidate for Wolverhampton, is dragged into the mire, and for the mere purpose of Tory petitioning, and to for ward the views of the SPOTTISWOODE gan;. tha most fri volous and vexatious petition es er presented to the Howe of Commons was brought to light. The sureties proposed were disallowed by the examiners, on the ground of irregu larity. The House of Commons is, by improper representa tions, induced to grant an indulgence, which was last night, after full investigation, witlidrawn,and the petition for Ponte- fract was finally quashed. Here was a sham candidate, a sham petition, and a sham agent ; and yet Tories—men oF character, in the usual sense of the work—were Loth in the House of Commons and out of it, to forward the views of the SPOTTISWOODE conspirators, and to do anything to serve their purpose. All that now remains, is to put HENRY GOMPERTZ, Esq., upon the Committee of the SrorriswooDE Fund, and let him sit side by side with the abettors of his petition. The Irish Orange faction detest the Earl of MULGRAVE as they have right good reason to do ; but their detestation of the patriotic Irish Viceroy is only equalled by tie, it hatred of Mr. DRUMMOND, the e‘ficient Under Secretary for Ireland, who has so acted by his impartial and upright conduct as to earn for himself the malignity of the entire Orangemen of that country. There is no oppresive Lind lord, no partial magistrate, no jobbing squirreen, no fire brand parson, that does not look upon Mr. DRUMMOND as one of those who act as a barrier between them and their prey, and who oppose their schemes of tyranny, peculation, and plunder, and are, therefore, objects marked out for the abuse and vituperation of the literary organs of the faction. The Dublin Evening Mail has opened a flood gate of falsehood and calumny against Mr. DRUMMOND in a late number of that publication, which has been trium phantly replied to by the strongest of all arguments, undo. niable facts—by the liberal portion of the Irish Press The Evening Mail asserted that Mr. DRUMMOND not only en j oyed a salary of 3,0001. per ann um , as U n d er S ecre t ar y of Ireland, but that he also received 3001. a year as a pen sion in addition to his pay as a Captain of Engineers. Now what are the facts of the case ? Why, just that Mr. DRUMMO4D hardly receives 2,0001. a-year for the arduous duties which he has to perform as Irish Secretary, a sum barely sufficient to support the dignity of his station ; and that this excellent gentleman, with a disinterestedness which it will be a long time until Conservatives learn to imitate, resigned the pension which had been granted to him for his exertions in the cause of science, when he became Under Secretary of Ireland - ; and that as regards his pay as an officer of Engineers, which any .private at Woolwich might have told the Orange Irish Journalist, the Board of Ordnance places any officer belonging to that department on the superannuated list, so long as he fills a civil situation. In our columns of this day will be found—copied from our respectable Contemporary the Maidstone Gazette—a report of the proceedings at a public meeting held in Maidstone, to deliberate upon the expediency of estsblisli ing a branch of the National Loan Fund Life Assurance Society in that neighbourhood. The rapid progress made by this Institution since its commencement is creditable to the intelligence of those classes for whose benefit it was intended ; and the manner in which the people of Maidstone received the exposition of its founder, Mr. LAMIE MURRAY, confirms us in the opinion which we first expressed on looking over the prospectus—namely, that the plan required only to be known to be sup ported by every man of limited income, economical habits, and prudent views in the kingdom. In address ing the Meeting, Mr. LAMIE MURRAY particularly dwelt upon the protection which this Institution would af ford to that class of prudent workmen who now club up a moiety of their weekly earnings to form Benefit Societies ; and he pointed out, with great perspicuity and force, how much bettor it would be for such workmen to place their earnings —however trifling—in the hands of this Society, than to leave them to be managed by the Com mittee of a Benefit Club. He instanced the system of espionage to which the sick members were subjected— the penalties attached to feigned illness—the obsta cles thrown in the way of granting superannuated allow ances ; and challenged the meeting to cite any advantage which a Benefit Society held out, which the Loan Fund Institution would not secure to the members, without trouble or inquiry. We certainly know of none. The Loan Fund Institution, by lending out two-thirds of all the money paid into it, secures to the assured a provision in sickness, without the meddling and annoying interference of any party ; while the permission to change the assurance into an annuity secures to the survivors of children, for whose benefit the assurance was first effected, the benefit derivable from their parental affection. It is no extraordinary thing for parents to survive their children, and in the event of their falling into distress in their old age, it is of the utmost importance to enable them to convert assurances effected for the benefit of such children into annuities for themselves. Some of the more obvious, but at the same time not less valuable objects of the Institution were thus pointed out in Mr. LAMIE MURRAY'S lucid expositio n : " This Society partook in this respect of the nature of a Savings' Bank and Life Assurance Society—the one to sup ply his temporary wants as a provision against casualties, the other for a nobler object to found the independence of his fa mily. There was no class of society to whom this system was more advantageous than to the farmer. A farmer wh o as sured his life for 1 , 0001 . , could, at one period of the year, when he wanted to stock his farm, borrow two-thirds of the amount of his paymen's. At another period of the year, h e could repay the loan, without losing in the mean time, in case of his death, the sum for which he had assured his life, as the loan would only in such event be deducted from the sum assured. The same advantages would be derived from this Society by the shopkeeper, when he wanted to supply his shop. As a mode of accumulation, independent of its other advantages, it was a superior one, as a man at twenty who as sured for 3001., living to his longest expectation, actually paid only 2901. Benefit Societies were originally clubs, merely to afford provision against sickness; they afterwards branched out into superannuation allowances, and subsequently into the granting annuities to persons of the ages of sixty-five or seventy years, and some have included funeral expenses. This was the scope of these institutions ; but, in his opinion, the new prin• ciples adopted in this Society rendered it no longer necessary to appropriate any portion of the saving towards a provision for sickness, so that the whole amount of the saving now paid in benefit societies for these insurances might be made to increase the amount of the superannuation. To enlarge further on the advantages of such an institu tion would be as useless as to write a treatise to prove that water slakes thirst. The scheme requires only to be known to be universally adopted. It is possible, however— in order to keep it more before the :public, not yet sufficiently alive to its importance—that we shall return to it more than once during the holi days. All we require is, that people would be brought to reflect upon the advantages which all classes would derive from an institution, eminently calculated to remove gloomy apprehensions of the future from the minds of the respectable portion of the middle and lower classes. Jamaica Journals to November Gth inclusive, have been received, from which extracts are given in our City article. The resignation of the Governor is mentioned, but we have information upon the subject which would warrant us in alluding to it otherwise than as a rumour. The following extract from a private letter addressed by a Clergyman resident in the Island to a friend here, relative to the condition of the Negroes, will be likely to attract a good deal of attention. We do not hold ourselves responsible for the correctness of the writer's facts and opinions : " I must now give you some account of Jamaica—you may fully depend upon the accuracy of my statements. We have had several visitors during the course of the year from Eng land and America to examine into the working of the ap prenticeship. A Mr. Thorne and another from America—of them we have hitherto received no tidings since their de parture ; but Mr. Sturge, the Quaker's, speeches at Birming ham, and i❑ Exeter-hall, have all been received and read in Jamaica by every moderate, neutral, and judicious individual, with da3station and disgust. He has related an immense mass of misrepresentations. I will not say wilfully and in , entionally, because I know the sources from which he obtainel them. I could myself fearlessly give flat contradic tions to a part of his slanders ; for I am exerci,ing my clerical functions in the very district to which he alludes in one por tion of his speech—where the Negroes are almost all of them happy and contented, beginning to work cheerfully for payment in money, and where the special magistrate is very seldom requested to exercise his power to punish for faults committed. Dr. Loyde and Mr. Harvey, the asso ciates of Mr. Sturge, came into this very district of Plantain Garden River, in the parish of St. Thomas in the East, one of the most fertile and beautiful valleys in the whole island. They visited the estate of Golden Grove, the property of Andrew Arcedeckne, Esq. They were allowed to have free access to go over any part of the property—to visit the houses of the Negroes—and to converse with them in private. Upon this estate there are several hundred Negroes. They remained there an hour, or perhaps a little more. I would ask any reasonable person how much they could accurately learn of the condition and treatment of the Negroes in so short a space of time ? Yet, such indi viduals having taken a cursory view of our affairs in Jamaica, will return to England, and at public meetings make assertions injurious to our interests, which are based neither upon truth nor facts. They obtained their information chiefly from the Baptists, who are a decidedly democratical political party in this Island." The Paris journals of Monday, the whole of which we have received, bring an account of the op ning of the Chambers by the KING, together with a copy of the Royal Speech on that occasion. The great length to which this account necessarily extends must prevent us to-day from offering any comment upon the topics referred to in the Speech from the Fhrone—which is as meagre and unmean ing a document as we ever met with. His MAJEsTy ac knowledges that the amnesty was productive of those effects which for two years previously we .maintained could only fox from the adoption of a clement policy. As a whole, the Speech has disappointed us, and must disappoint Spain still more : THE OPENING OF THE SESSION.—ROYAL Sl'l TING. The internal arrangements of the Chamber were nearly the z.tne as on former Royal sittings. His Majesty's.fautenil, and the seats reserved on each side for the Princes were'of rich crimson velvet, edged with gold, and raised as usual on an elevated estrade. The Royal fauteuil was surmounted by a canopy also of crimson velvet, fringed and ornamented with gold, and crowned with a round of tricoloured flags disposed en faisceau. Oa each side of the crimson canopy the walls of the Chamber were tastefully hung with green velvet, which extended to the public tribunes on each side, and on which a profusion of embossed gold ornaments stood out in bold relief. From an early hour the public galleries were completely filled, the front ranges being occupied by the fairer moiety of the auditory ; but till a few minutes before 12 o'clock the body of the house presented a cold and inanimate aspect, the huissiers of the Chamber alone slowly pacing backwards and forwards amidst the empty benches. At five minutes before 12 o'clock we counted not more than forty Members in the Chamber, amongst whom M. Salverte was one of the earliest arrivals. From that hour, however, the number rapidly in creased ; and at a quarter past twelve o'clock, amongst the Deputies present we noticed Messrs. Cuizot, Thiers, Berryer, Dupin, De Sade, &c. Sooa after twelve, at which hour the interior of the Chamber was nearly filled, a number of General and Staff Officers arrived. The members of the Council of State entered at twenty minutes past twelve o'clock, and took their seats under the Royal estrade. The Peers soon after wards made their appearance, seating themselves on the right of the Chamber. Their Majesties left the Palace about one o'clock, the Queen having preceded the King by a few minutes. At five minutes past one o'clock the Queen and suite entered the Chamber, and, amidst loud and enthusiastic shouts of Vive la Reine, seated themselves in the tribune reserved for her Majesty towards the centre of the House. All eyes were turned towards her Majesty on her entrance. At 20 minutes past 1, Baron Pasquier, Chancellor of France, entered the Charaber with several Peers, and in five minutes "the King I" was announced. His Majesty entered the Chamber by the passage on the left, with the Dukes d'Orleans, de Nemours, and d'Aumale, the Dukes d'Orleans and d'Aumale taking their seats on his right, and the Duke de Nemours on his left. The Duke de Nemours wore his left arm supported in a black sling. The King ascended the steps of the estrade with remarkable firmness, and was greeted with loud acclamations of Vive le Roi which lasted some minutes, in acknowledgment of which his Majesty repeatedly, and with evident feeling, boa ed to the assembled auditory. When the acclamations had subsided, his Majesty read the speech in a tone of much solemnity, and with remarkable firmness, ex cept in the passage which alludes to the Duke de Nemours. At this passage the King's voice assumed a tone of deep pathos, which was responded to by repeated cheering from all present. THE SPEECH. " Gentlemen of the Chambers of Peers and Deputies— " France is free and tranquil. Her prosperity rapidly in creases; her institutions are daily gaining strength, and she trusts more and more in their stability. " The restored empire of the laws has permitted me to fol low the impulse of my heart. A great act, the recollection of which will ever be dear to me—the amnesty, has proved the strength of my Government. It has calmed the minds, weakened the influence of bad passions, and discouraged each day, more and more, those who indulged in projects of disorder. " I was anxious for the convocation of the electoral col leges. My confidence in the country has not been deceived. I shall experience from you that frank support which my Government received during seven years from the Chambers, in order to secure to France the blessings of order and peace. " I have only to congraturate myself on my relations with all the Foreign Powers, and never did general peace appear to me more assured. " Civil war, nevertheless, is still desolating the Peninsula. The Queen Regent supports with courage and perseverance the rights of her august daughter, Queen Isabel 11. I con tinue to execute faithfully the stipulations of the treaty of the quadruple alliance, and I hope that a cause which has all our sympathies will ultimately succeed. " The marriage of the eldest of my sons has fulfilled my wishes. The recollection of this event, a source of so much happiness for my family, will always be inseparable from that of the marks of affection which France, the Chambers, and the inhabitants of this capital bestowed on a young Prin cess who became one of my children. " My second daughter, Princess Marie, has since contracted an alliance which will increase our relations of friendship with neighbouring states. " In Africa our expectations have been fulfilled. The French flag waves on the walls of Constantine. If victory has sometimes done more for the power of France, it has never raised to a higher pitch tl , e glory and honour of its arms. My son, the Duke do Nemours, took the part which belonged to him in the danger. His younger brother wished to join him, and to share that community o f l a b our and danger which for along time identified my sons with the army. Their blood belongs to France, the same as that of all her children. " In addressing to Heaven thanksgiving for protection af forded to our arms, I have to deplore with you the loss of so many brave men kited in the field of honour. The country surrounds their biers with its regrets,and its gratitude. It has ratified in advance all which I had ordered to satisfy the pub lic sorrow, and to discharge h er d e b t towards its heroic sup porters. A project of law will be presented to you to give to the widow and children of the brave General Damremont a testimonial of national gratitude. I have promoted to the first dignity of the army, the old warrior who has succeeded him, and who, to use his own language, has never in his long career seen anything which our young soldiers have not now equalled. " In the east of Algiers, as in the west, I desired peace, but the obstinacy of the Dey who commanded at Constan tine obliged us once more to prove to the natives of our African possessions that they must renouce resistance to us. In the west a convention has been concluded, of which the conditions are faithfully executed, and the results of which are already happy. " A complete description of our situation in Africa will be presented to you, and I shall have to ail: of you the means of providing for the wants of our establishments. " Everywhere our squadrons give to our commercial rela tions the support and protection which they have a right to expect. Envoys have sailed from our ports to smooth the difficulties so long opposed to the execution of the engage ments made by Hayti with France. At the same time a na val force is going to the coast of Mexico to secure for the French who trade in the interior of that country, the justice and safety which are due to them. " I have concluded with the Bolivians a treaty of commerce, and I hope that we shall in succession establish with all the States of South America connexions of which our commerce will feel the happy effects. " The situation of our finances continues prosperous, and the public revenue has increased since last session. " The projects of law announced by the 69th article of the Charter will be again presented to you. " For a long time our penitentiary system called for all the attention of my Government. You will have to examine the project of law for its improvement. Another project of law will have for its object the reform of our legislation with re spect to commercial companies. " Already considerable funds have been voted for public works. It remains with you to complete our great lines of communication, and to create new ones, in order to facilitate the conveyance of the continually increasing products of our agriculture and our industry. Collective views on this vast subject will be presented to you, as well as detailed plans of several important undertakings. " Never have I found myself surrounded by the Chambers under more unfavourable circumstances. Let us learn, Gen tlemen, to preserve by our union and our wisdom what we have acquired by our courage and our patriotism. Let us endea vour to efface the painful recollections of all our dissensions, and let there not remain any other trace of the agitations from which we have suffered so much, except a deeper feeling of the necessity of preventing their return. Let us persist in the regular and peaceable system to which we owe the increase of wealth and prosperity, which France now enjoys. " This is the dearest wish of my heart. My life is conse crated to the maintenance of all the securities of our peace and our liberties, and it is to accomplish this great work that I claim your concurrence." M. Barthe, Minister of Justice, then called over the names of the newly elected Peers, who took the oath in the usual form. The Minister of the Interior, Couat Mountalivet, went through the same ceremony with regard to the Deputies, the whole of whose names were called over. One of the De puties, whose name we could not distinctly hear, instead of the Constitutional formula Je le jure, answered to his name with the word present! This momentary fit of absence, if we may call it so without a misnomer, excited much merriment, in which the King himself joined. M. Barthe then, in the usual form, announced that the session of 1838 was duly opened, and his Majesty and the Princes having bowed to the Deputies and the auditory, withdrew by the passage on the left, amidst reiterated cheering. The Queen and her suite left her Majesty's tribune about the same time. The reading of the speech occupied scarcely ten minutes, and at the conclusion the acclamations of " Vive le Roi" were repeated as enthusiastically as at the moment of the King's entrance. The Sentinelle of Bayonne of the 12th, says :—" The Pretender is in want of money to pay for the contracts which he has entered into, as well in the provinces as in France, with various persons who have supplied cloth, shoes, arms, and other articles, which were de livered before the expedition. These persons have lately come to receive the amount o f thei r bill s . D on C ar l os has given them Royal Bonds fur the amount duo to them."—Journal des Debuts. PETERSBURGn, DEC. 2.—From the Private Correspond ence of the Constitutionnet —Ceuriers are continually crossing each other on the high road from Moscow to Berlin ; the cause is sup posed to be the affair of the Archbishop of Cologne. The Em peror Nicholas wishes the affair to be arranged amicably, that the the Pope may not be offended, he having shown so much com plaisance to the Czar at the time of th e revo l u ti on i n P o l an d . Th e preparations for the war in Circassia are proceeding with great ac tivity. It appears that the Circassians are t o b e attac k e d at t h e same time on the lines'of the Terek, of the Kouban, and in Abasia, supported by the forfresses on the Black Sea. It is even affirmed that the Grand Duke Alexander Nicolojcivitsh, the heir to the Threne, will take part in the expedition under the command of General Yermoleff, at the head of the Cossack cavalry, in the cha racter of Ataman. The Bulletins of Odessa say, that on the 13th November there were only five patients in the Plague Hospital, and that no more cases had occurred in the town or in the suburbs. It is believed that the danger is past, and that in a short time Odessa will be again open to trade. A letter from Bayonne of the 12th says, " the Pretender has summed Gomez to Amurres ; it is supposed that he intends to offer him to accompany him on his projected expedition beyond the Ebro, and perhaps offer him the command of it. Don Carlos, it is thought, would take up his abode at Villa Franca, in Guipuscoa ; some repairs doing to the House where he resided before, have made it supposed that he is going thither again, but it is doubtful wi:, - ther Gomez, irritated by long captivity, will choose to accept a mission which will be equally hazardous, whether Don Carlos puts himself at the head of the troops, or gives him the authority of his Lieutenant. The 12 battalions which are to compose the expedition, are almost wholly composed of deserters, prisoners, and sonic youths from 16 to 18 years old, and volunteers recently from their villages in Old Castile. The Navarese and the Biscayans, if we may believe the reports from their country, positively re fuse to pass the Ebro again, and insist that the Castilians shall carry the war on the other side of that river. If the Pretender resolves to march, it is because he cannot do otherwise, and there is no doubt that if he can avoid exposing himself without hazarding the respect in which he is still held, he will pass the winter on this side of the Ebro, awaiting for the course of events.—Moniteur. FRENCH FUNDS.. PARIS, Dm 18. Five per Cents., PM. ICE 95c. 108 f. F. nn. per Cents., 1011 S'lc. Three per Cents., 791 10c. 15c. Bank Actions, :2,575f. Itente de Naples, 951. 15c. Roman Five per Cents., 1004%%. Spanish Actives, 21 20% 21%. Spanish Passives, 4%. Belgian Loan, 1021. 74. Brussels Society, 1,79.0 f. Belgian Bank, 1,540 f. 1,545 f. Portugue,e Three per Cents., 19 3 4%. Dutch Two and a half per Cents., 54%. Haytian Loan, 370 f. EXCHANGE ON LONDON. One month, paper, 25f. 47 4c. ; money, 25f. 45c. Three months, paper, 25f. 30c.; money, 25f. 30c. —Coors Authentioue. LAST PRICES. Five per Cents. 10 - 4. Three per Cents., 79f. 2Uc. Bank Actions, 2,575 f. Romans, 1003. Belgian Loan, 102 X. Belgian Bank, 1,545 f. Brussels Society, 1,720 f. Portuguese Three per Cents., 193(. Spanish Actives, 21%. Spanish Passives, 5%. Haytian Loan, 370 f. Dutch Two and a Half per Cents. ; 543{. Madrid Papers of the 11Th inst. have come to hand A royal decree of the 9th appoints General ESPINOSA— an officer popular with no party—Minister of War. There was no business of importance before the Cortes. Reports were in circulation that the QUEEN intended to give the command of the army to CORDOVA—the hero of Arlaban— now on his way to Madrid. This indeed will be making bad worse. EAST INDIA HOUSE.-(THIS DAY. A Quarterly General Court of Proprietors of East India Stock was held this day at the East India House, Sir JAMES RIVETT CARNAC in the Chair. The CHAIRMAN acquainted the Court that her Majesty's Commissioners for the affairs of India had approved of the grant of 20,000/. voted to the Marquis Wellesley at the last General Court. The Chairman also acquainted the Court that the dividend warrants for the Bth January would be ready for delivery at the usual period. Several papers laid before Parliament since the last General Court were read. Mr. WEEDING then brought forward the motion of which lie had given notice relative to the Company's Fiancnial Agency at Canton. (LEFT SPZAKING.) CHANCERY COURT.-(THIS DAY.) The LORD CHANCELLOR sat in Lincoln's Inn Hall, to-day. GREEN V. WESTON. The Loan CHANCELLOR gate judgment, this day, in this case which was argued before his Lordship a few days since. The question in the case was whether the plaintiff as the offi cial Assignee of a person who was made a Bankrupt, as long since as 1797, could file his Bill against the defendant, whose father was the Assignee under that commission, for the purpose of obtaining an account of the sum of 9001. and upwards, which was alleged to be in his hands, on account of uncalled for Dividends. On behalf of the defendant, it was con tended, that he held the money in Trust for all the Creditors who had proved their debts, and that such being the ease, the plaintiff could not maintain his Bill. The Lord Chancellor thought it clear that the plaintiff was entitled to file his Bill, and decreed the account accordingly. VICE-CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.) The VICE-CHANCELLOR was occupied the whole morning with unopposed cause petitions. QUEEN'SBENCH-(THIS DAY.) THE QUEEN V. SLOEMAN. Mr. Jaavis (with whom was Mr. litimPlinEvs) stated the case. It was an indictment against the defendant Abraham Sloeman, a Sheriff's officer, for unlawfully and unjustly ex torting from William Rose and Thomas Blessly the sum of seven guineas, on account of three pretended or alleged fees. It appeared that on the 10th March 1837, the prosecutor, William Rose, had been arrested on a writ of capias for the SUM of 751., and Blessly (who was the prosecutor's brother in-law), had been also arrested for a sum of 96/., at the suit of one Lewis—they had been arrested by th e d e f en d ant, and conveyed by him to his offiee in Cursito r - s t reet, w h en h e de manded a sum of seven guineas as fees upon executing three bail-bonds. The prosecutor had only live pounds with him, which the defendant asked him to give on account, but he re fused, on the plea that he had no money to take him home, and on being released he sent the defendant a check fur the seven guineas. Witnesses baying been examined to prove these facts, Mr. MESSMER addressed the Jury fur the defendant, and Lord DENMAN having summed up, The Jury found the defendant Guilty, with leave to move the Court u apoint reserved. This being pon the case for trial to-day, the Court, at 12 o'clock, adjourned till to-morrow. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY. DEAL, DEC. 19.—Wind S. W., squally, with rain.—Ar rived the Meg Merrilies, Skinner, from the Cape of Good Hope ; Timbo, Courtland, from Africa ; Barbadian, Hut chinson, from Barbadoes ; Albion, Ball , from Terceira ;and Cape of Good Hope, Oliver, from Memel. C ame down from the River and sailed, the Isabella, Munro, for Calcutta; Canton, for South Australia • Elizabeth, for St. John' s ; 13e-, liver, for Berbice ; Isabella, 'Pert, for Algoa Bay ; and Reu Port, Gibbons, for Oporto. Eight o'Clock.—Wind blowing strong with rain, and every appearance of a squall! night.—Tho Isabella, for Calcutta, and others outward bound, have put back, and remain with the above. A 'd PORTSMOUTH, DEC. 19.—Wind S. W., squally.--1-011 fe the Reindeer, Watts, from Rio Janeiro. Sailed her Majesty s ship Hastings, for Chatham ; Hotspur transport, for Woolwich PLYMOUTH, DEC. 18.—Wind S. W.—Dec. 19, it is no v more moderate from S. S.W., but does not look settled.-:- The Post Boy sailed yesterday for London, and put back in consequence of the strong wind and heavy sea running. FALMOUTH, DEC. 18.—Wind S. W. to W., strong gales, with violent squalls.—Arrived the Eclipse packet , from the West Indies—sailed from St. Thomas's on the 22 d ult. Tb° Lord Melville packet, for Mexico, Pigeon packet, for tbd West Indies, and Tagus, for Vigo, Lisbon, &c., are still de tained by contrary winds. DOVER, DEC. 19.—Arrived off port the Aurora, Cooper, rom St. John's ; Aheona, from Messina. MARGATE, Dec. 19.—Arrived o ff port the Hibernia, Gilles, from Calcutta ; Hilda Catherina, Moberg, from Tairag dna , e . MILFORD, DEC. 19.--Arrived the Magnet, Thomas , Se vill HOLYHEAD, DEC. l B.—Arrived the ;Manchester (steamer), from likibraltar ; Diligent, Nicolas, from Cadiz. fro WATERFORD, DEC. 17.—Arrived the Fly, Lisbon ; Sheldrake, —, from Ferrol. BELFAST, Dsc . 17Arrived the Isabel, C assel, from Messina; the Rapid, from Catania. SLIGO, Dsc. 17.—Arrived the Andrew Nugent, Ugarte, froth BRISTOL, DEC. 19.—Arrived the Laurence, Rivadesella ; Union, Tarev, from Lisbon. Gall' HULL, DEC. 19.—The Enchantress, Cordraw, from ,_.,, ye steraiv poly, to this port, on shore at Salifleet, was got off after discharging about 25 casks of oil. , 1 ,.. froth ILFRACOMBE, DEC. 18.—Arrived the Echo, °Wu , St. Michael's. 0. Richebuct LIVERPOOL, DEC. 19.—Arrived the Albion, Loncloll. Off port, the United States, from Charleston. The Cherub, Logan, from Dublin, is on shore near Mtll port. bore The Margaret, Howes, f ro m L on d on t o B r id por t, is 0 05 near Bideford. THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.) CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCI(%, A Jamaica Mail has arrived by the Express, sailed on t f 16th of November ; and from St. Thom as ' s o n the 23a of Nov. By this conveyance we have received Jamaica Papers the 16th of November, from which we copy the following : l 3 . , " By the proceedings in the House last night, it will be o n. served that with a becoming spirit of independence, 11 .,? 04 Members refused to proceed in Committee with those 9 , 1 ; which formed the subject of Lord Glenelg's voluminous ' l ' s ; B patch, through which important measures before the House 1 , 8 delayed. We are of opinion that the House has adopted In g proper course. There must be no yielding to the will et Colonial Secretary—n o surren d er o f its privileges on the P. Brt ; of the House—not the s li g ht est i n f r i ngement o f t h es a Prt` leges must be permitted."—Jamaica Dispatch. SECOND MCSSAGE TO THE HOUSE. " MR. SPEAXER—I am commanCied by his Excellency „. 0 Governor to bring down to your Ho use t h e accompaur,i; copies of despatches from the Secreta r y o f S tate , contain in g several remarks :t the Acts passed by th e L eg i s l a ture of island in their last session, and to which his Excellency been directed to invite the attention of the House. From the date of the despatch, No. 134, y our H on. H ouse will percel,ove, that his Excellency did n o t rece i ve i t unt il t h e arr i va l o 1 f 1 .." last packet, cons e quently h e cou ld not h ave commun i ca ted it s contents to the Legislature on th e open i ng of the prese nt ses , , sion. In laying the same before your Honourable Hu nse ' hiy Excelb nu is actu a t e d so l e l y b y hi s anx i ety to afford tie earliest information ho may receive from her Majesty's Govef ment on the important subjects embraced by the despatch. The despatches then follow, which are of great length. 3 JAMAICA, O CT . 24.—Yesterday a f ternoon, a b out threw o'clock, the House of Assembly met. A Message was t l e sent down to the House, commanding the attendance of House in the Council Chamber, when his Excellency 'lc livorLd the following speech : " Gentlemen of the Council, Mr. Speaker, and Gentlemen of the House of Assembly, " The important events which have occurred in our Parc nt Country since I last met the Legislature induce me to 11 no time in appealin g t o th e const i tuency o f the i slan d , a nd have now g rea t pl easure i n meet i ng th i s General Assembly t , on the earliest day c o ns i s t en t w ith t h e pu bli c welfare an d }ro u e convenience. The people of Jamaica, yielding to no Oa: of subjects in l o y a lty, w ill mourn t h e l oss of a Sovereign ssb had attached hi mse lf to t h e co l ony from h i s ear li est yo uth' and who remained during his eventful reign warmly W e i mated by the mot anxious wishes fur its prosperity au welfare. You will, lam persuaded, participate in Ws * universal feelings of sorrow occasioned by his death, a nd in the severe affliction which has thus overtaken his amiab le consort." His Excellency then proceeded to state, that he should take the earliest opportunity to lay before the Huse the future views of Her Majesty respecting the present 5 1 9.. tem, and the future disposal of convicts ; that he should re sort with confidence to the House for supplies for the public service ; and he had witnessed the anxious desire of t he House with satisfaction, to improve the religious condition e. o t the Negro popul a ti on , an d h a d to propose them suggestio ns fur the improvement of the future interests of maste r and apprentices, so as to remove the causes o f CO lision which disturbed the well-working of the syster a, and by which di sa ff ect i on wou ld b e so f tened down, 50 $5 to secure the successful transition from apprenticeship t° unrestricted freedom. Notwithstanding the drought unde r which the island h a d su ff ere d f or so many months, an d tbe consequent scarcity of provisions among the labouring classe s ' his Excellency was happy to record his testimony o f the ar derly and pe acea bl e d emeanour o f the peasantry. His Excel lency anticipated with pleasure, that -the deliberaCc u a of the House would be directed to the general welfare, those objects of liberal policy which influence her Majce t Y., Ministers in f ur th erance o f t h e momentous changes n ow I progress. It is stated in other accounts from Jamaica, that the Gover: nor had tendered his resignation, in consequence of the ten°' of dispatches from the Home office, in which he did not conc ur ' It is mentioned th a t th ere were not l ess t h an than 14 0 case s of fever on B oar d h er M a j esty ' s vesse l s, and the Port KO Hospital, none of which however had proved fatal. TIIE BONDS. Consols closed rather heavy yesterday, at 931 for the oils, , ing; opened this morning at 93i buyers. Exchequer kn . ," 2d. 41 43 : Exchequer Bill s , 2 kd . 46 47 ; Bank Stock, 2u".6 In the Foreign M ar k et, S pan i sh which closed at 20 Olhe coupons, opened at ; Portuguese closed 29i • opened t o f same ; Dutch Two-and-half-per Cents. 54. The King - the French's speech has not had any effect on the Market. HALF-PAINT ONE O , CLOar of The King of the French's Speech, not being thoug 111 „ o c much conseq uence b y t h e specu l ators in the Funds, has „-ce had any effe c t on t h e C onso l M arket, and the only dificre.-31 in the price o f C onso l s d ur i ng the morning is from buyers in the early part of the day, to 938 at present. 43; chequer Bills, i115 2 , 05 2 1 d 2 . 0 , 45 47 premium ; Ditto lid., 41 c A pish In the F ore i gn M ar k et also very little doing. 'J - pe r Active, 20 wish Coupons ; P or t uguese N ew , 30 ; Cents., 198 20 ; D utc h T wo-an d -half per Cent Three 5.1 L• L 80; Mexican, 27i 281 ; Colombian, 24,1 9 51 ; Brazil, 797 Brighton and London Shares, 31 TJJREE O'CLO Cr Consols for the Account, Ma. • WORKSOP MANOR.—It is rumoured in the fashi°ll; cil s able circles that Mi ss A nge l a C outts i s arrang i ng the Pu i r d h bee of this princely pr o pe r ty, an d t h at s h e i nten d s to hni f . o r maiden court in Nottingh ams hi re , i n r i va l s hi p o f that ° as ey youthful Queen in Middlesex. There is a. certain Piqt„,irn in the contrast, which places the highest personage in th e in emulation with the richest commoner. Op NOTES ILLUSTRATIVE OF THE M . wo rk. GEORGE IY.—lf rumour speaks true of this forthcoming ( ' lite it will excite considerable sensation both in courtly a n o f the rary circles. It is said to give a very impartial accoun t was, unfortunate Lady of wh om i t pr i nc i pa ll y trea t s . lice,Tl' er r, in despite of all the n o t or i ety t h at atten d e d Queen ' l o r a the much mystery att ac h e d to h er con d uct an d f a te ; a nd oblivion into whi c h h er name h as been suffered to pass l on ger has been attrib u t e d b y some to hush - money ) w ill n o cover her memory with its dark pall. n A 1" --. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, YESTER derate The demand for Cotton to-day has been to a very W._ for extent, the transactions being confined to 2,000 bap, which, however, steady prices have been obtained. Lord Francis Egerton has recovered from an .a a t n t d a 9 c . k of gout, and returned to Bridgewater House, from Oat i l a , e . st We understand that preparations are being a t Oakley u k Park, sea n t oonf, who,E arl we Bathurst, bear for purposesth e receptionspenna n of few days there, on his way to a visit at Badminton, g" been in- Her Majesty's example in visiting the Many have and ing ton to these, our national houses. frequently has already produced a peat deal of at Drury-lan e duced, in consequence, to make parties dreamed of anY Covent-garden, who of late years seldom such thing. G•C•fr , as Cori" General Lord Hill, G.C.8., and • in Horse his office the mander-in- Chief, will hold a levee, at • guards, to-morrow. theatres g° ----------------------- , POWE R F U L MUSICAL—BOXES, in wood cases, 12 i n ch es long, by 5 inches wide, each playing Four Ais, with the mechanism finished in a very superior manner, are offered fur Five Guineas each. Also a few of the same description, with Six Airs, price Seven Guineas each, at T. COX SAVORY'S, Workiug Silversmith, Goldmiith, and Watchmaker 47, Cornhil, London ' N. B. Th e ma n mus i ca l boxes, 31 inches long, continue sellTg in ti n cases , p r i ce 19s. each, or in composition shell cases, at 2 4 ) 5 . each. at. a • London: ranted and Published b y MUIiDO YOUNG, _..",„ 112, Strand, at The Sun Office, No. 112, Strand, in the .0" of Middlesex. —Wednesday, December 20, 18.37. 1 II .. E l