The Sun. — London, England, 1846-12-22 00:00:00

CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. Cape of Good Hope papers to the 11th of October have been received. The following interesting state ment forms the " postscript" of the South Aft icon Com mercial Advertiser of the 10th of that month : POSTSCRIPT. The Frontier Post arrived last night, at ten o'clock, having been detained by heavy rains. The following, from the Graham's Town Journal of October 3d, is has tily extracted:— " The records of the past week, though they tell of the death of two more of our unfortunate fellow-colonists at the hand of the treacherous Kafir, are, upon the whole, encouraging. Colonel Somerset has been again doing good service in the field, and with results which may well convince the colony of the zeal, gallantry, and unceasing activity of this officer. " Overtures of peace have been made by the Gaika chiefs." The Governor's terms in substance were -Ist. That these tribes should lay down their arms. 2d. That they should give up all the colonial cattle. 3d. That the country as far as the Kei should be placed under British control—those whcrremain on this aide submitting to such regulations as may be made for their future government. " Giacomo, it is said, seemed disposed individually to agree to these conditions, but by the others they were entirely rejected. They stated they never heard of a conquered people being required to give up their arms— that most of the cattle were dead, and that they were tired of the war, and they were determined not to fight any more. They were under our feet, and our com mandos might go to their kraals without any resistance on their part, but that to give up their guns was out of the quertion. " Such is affirmed to be the substance of the reply given to his Excellency the Governor." Summary of Colonel Somerset's proceedings, extracted from his dispatches to his Excellency the Governor : " Sept. 22, 1846. " Shot 4 of the enemy, took 4 prisoners, 15 horses, 112 head of catte, and 3 guns, belonging to Seyolo's tribe. Sept. 24, 1846. " Captured 1,100 head of the Gaika cattle, and 30 horses, and shot 5 of the enemy. " Sept. 29, 1846. " Secured by mid-day on the 27th, 3,000 head of superior cattle, mostly colonial, and a few horses. " In these operations twenty-two of the enemy have fallen, but without casualty on the side of the troops." Commercial Advertiser•office, Saturday morning, Oct. 10. (From the same Journal.) Mr. Deputy Commissioner-General Palmer left Simon's Bay, on Thursday, in the Inflexible, not the Thunderbolt, as inadvertently stated in last Advertiser. Government is now procuring mules and waggons for service on the frontier. As it was reported in town a day or two ago, that one of the returned burgher force, Mr. Metcalf, of Swellandam, was landed from the Thunderbolt, in Simon's Bay, in a state of extreme suf fering and debility, and left to find his own way in a strange place, being refused admittance into the military hospital, &c., it is proper to state, on good authority, that before leaving the Thunderbolt, Mr. Metcalf, had an order for admittance into the Naval Hospital, but preferred the hospitality of a private family, where every attention and kindness was shown to him, though un happily i❑ vain, as he was in the last stage of an incur able complaint. It is difficult to come at the exact truth in such cases, and in the present state of the public mind, justly exasperated by many painful circumstances, the version that implies most blame is most readily re ceived. SOUTH AMERICA. ARRIVAL OF THE STEAMER ANTELOPE, LIVERPOOL, MONDAY EVENING.—ShortIy after3on to-day it was reported that the steamer Antelope will, entering the river from South America. Her passage up the river excited great interest. Her obliging agents, Messrs. M'Tear and Hadfield, favour us with the fol lowing:— " The auxiliary steam-ship Antelope, has just arrived here from the Brazils, having left Rio on the 2,1 ult., Bahia, the 13th, and Pernambuco, the 19th. She has been retarded on her passage by easezly winds, but on the whole her voyage is very satisfactory, occupying a period of three months and eight days out and home, calling at the ports both ways, and discharging and taking in full cargo. She brings fifteen passengers and voluminous correspondence. The Emperor of Brazils honoured the Antelope with a visit previous to her leaving Rio, and enjoyed a sail in her round the bay. Every facility and encouragement has been given by the autho rities in Brazil, who are most anxious to promote quick communication with this country, and it is to be hoped our own Government will be influenced by this successful experiment. The Antelope does not appear to bring any political news of importance, either from Brazils or the River Plate; but there has scarcely yet been time to analyze the papers receive)." THE ROT 1L STAG HOUNDS.—.I - ler Majesty's stag hounds, whit h have not been hunted since Wedaesday, t ie 9th inst., in consequence of the continuance of the late frost, met yesterday morning at the kennel at Ascot. About 100, including 11.1ajor Parker, Captain Seymour, Messrs. Ricardo, Cox, Wemyss, Willis, Wor ley, Mills, &c., were present. Earl Granville, who has not yet recovered from his late accident, attended the meet, in a carriage from the Royal Hotel, at Slough, and witnessed the uncaring. of the deer, which took place on the kennel piece at Ascot; the deer takinc , away across the road on to t h e race-course, making down' the New Mile course to Sunningbill-wells and Kingsbeach, where it doub'ed to the left to Mrs. Foster's plantations, on to Broomhill waste, and thence to Windleshana, doubling to the left for Chobhatn, and over the brooks and ditches which abound in that vicinity. Here, from the numerous spills and duckings which took place, in consequence o the rotten state or the ground, in taking off and lauding, several of the field gave in. The deer made from Chob ham for Knap-hill, on to Mill- brook Farm, and was there taken, at Mr. Stiles's, between Chobharn and Khap-hill, after a very fast run of an hour and a quarter, over a line of country heavy at all times, bul rendered particularly so from the rapid breaking up of the frost. The royal stag hounds will hunt three day, more during the week. The fixtures hare been ar ranged as follows:—This day at Kingsbeach; Thursday, at Salt-hill; and on Saturday at Bedfont-lane Gate. GUN TOW APPLIED TO BLASTING.—On Tuesday, through the kindness of Mr. M'Callum, of the Lady Mill Quarry, a gentleman who has been a manufacturer of gunpowder in the west of Scotland for the last twenty years, and who has of late turned his attention to the manufacture of gun tow and gun sawdust for blasting purposes, proceeded to blast some whinstone rocks of the most solid description, in the presence of Professor Penny and a number of other scientific gentlemen, who declared all the experiments quite exceeded their ex pectations ; and the rocks, instead of presenting rugged surfaces, as in blasting with gunpowder, produced a el. an split, which saved a great deal of time to the workmen in forming the stones of a proper shape for causewaying and other purpo,es. The first experiment was in a bore of three feet in length a,nd 2i inches in diameter, which was charged with nine ounces of gun tow (31b. of gun powder would be requisite to fill the bore necessary to blast) ; the effects were splendid, bringing down all the rocks adjacent, to the extent of about 10 tons. The second experiment was with a bore of 3 teet 4 inches, and 21- diameter, and was charged with 11 ounces of tow and co.:ton mixed (41b. of gunpowder would be required); the effects were fully more apparent of its strength than in the previous case, bringing down about 13 or 15 tons .weight.—Glusgwv Argus. DETENTION OF TIIE MAILS.—Our citizens, along wit's their brethren in all parts of the country, have been much put ahr , ut by the protracted detention of the mails. We 4o consider that the Post.:"Office." authorities might have done better by the public in this instance ; for example, the mail from London might have been sent via Carlisle, as the communication by this route is open. As examples of irregularity, we may state that the mail which leaves London on Saturday morning did not arrive till ten on Tuesday morning, being more than forty-eight hours beyond its usual time. On. Thursday might, at twelve, no fewer than five mails from London 'were due. The mails from the north have been exceed ingly irregular in arrival. In their case, however, there are difficulties and impediments, which we cannot take for granted in that of the London mails.—Edinburgh Evening Post. ROBBERY BY A SHAM COACH -OFFICE PORTER.-- Yesterday morning a fellow, having the appearance of a coach-office porter, succeeded in defrauding the servant of Hr. Vander, of Guildford -street, Russell-square, of as. 6d., being the amount due "for the conveyance of a hamper that he said had arrived by the Eastern Coun ties Railway. The family were from home at the time; and as the fellow threatened to take the hamper back, from one end of which there protruded the tail of a phea sant and the feet of a hare, the servant paid him the amount. Mr. Vander, on his return, proceeded to exa mine this unexpected Christmas present, which proved to be oyster shells and sand covered with hay, the fea thers and feet being fastened inside to give the package the appearance of containing game. SALISBURY AND BISHOPSTOKB accordance with our announcement last week, Mr. Locke and some other gentlemen surveyed the line on Wednesday last. A train consisting of two carriages left the Bishopstoice station and traversed the line as tar as Alderbury. We have reason to believe that the state of the works was considered satisfactory ; and that lug gage traffic will almost immediately be commenced. There is still much work to be done at the Salisbury terminus, but advantage has been taken of the present fine weather, and the works are rapidly progressing.-- .Poole Herald. ---- FRIGHTFUL A c CIDENT.-011 Tuesday afternoon , about four o ' c l oc k , a woman named Young, residing in Crown-street, wits going through the narrow lane lead ing from the King's -road to the river, in front of Mr. George Gosling's house, with her milk pail, when she 'net a heavily-laden corn-waggon having a blind horse in the shaltF, driven by a lad. It is presumed she attempted to g,t into the garden gate, but before she reached it the fore wheel of the waggon caught her, and crushed her between the iron pallisading and the tire of the wheel; the horizontal bar of the railing was pressed into her forehead, and the tire of the wheel was Posing the back part of her skull. So firmly was she axed, that no exertion could move her, and to move the waggon either backwards or forwards must inevitably have been instant death. Mr. Sumner, of Duke-street, ran to his iron yard, and produced a long crow-bar, and prised the railing Xrom the top of the wheel, and broke off so four or five feet of the pallisading. The poor woman immediately fell in a gore of blood, and she was conveyed to the laospitl, where she lies ' in a frightful condition, with a dreadfulcontusion of the head and a serious injury to the spine.—Reading Mercury. The Count d A . brantes, who was sent by the Go a treaty at Berlin with ?eminent of Brazil to conclude the German Customs Union, has embarked f or Ri o de the bee i n unable, t is said, to agree u p on Jaavig b neiro, ases h o f a n tr eaty. opinion as to the increased value which will result from the drainage, and report on the whole to the Commissioners But the " note " is on the whole a masterpiece of politeness. It insinuates its displeasure with the most apologetic tenderness. Its words of remon strance are sugared with leniency. From the tone of the note it is certain that France would infinitely prefer assailing its enemies with a shower of bonbons, as the ladies do in the Roman carnivals, to attacking them with the " leaden rain of bullets." Meanwhile the Austrians are treating France after the most supercilious fashion—they are speaking of Franc* with the utmost contempt ; they are treating her military and naval power with the greatest contumely. To this unenviable position the French Government have driven themselves by their own faithlessness. They have dug their own pitfall, they have forged the instrument of their own castigation. Th, _ue position which the Royal Agricultural Society of Ireland might have filled with so much credit to themselves and advantage to their country, upon the partial suspension of the 14th general rule, but which it was forced to abandon in consequence of the resig nation of many of its most influential members, will at length be occupied. The urgency of Irish affairs, the difficulties, and exigencies of the country; the certainty that measures of the most enlarged and comprehensive character, deeply affecting all those in any way interested in land, will speedily be submitted to Parliament for its sanction and approbation, and the vast importance of communicating to the Govern ment, through some efficient body, full information as to the state of the country, and offering such sugges tions as the measures about to be brought forward, may render advisable, has quieted the fears and mutual distrust, and appeased the petty disputes and differences that have so long unhappily prevailed, and which have hitherto prevented that cordial co-opera tion amongst Irishmen of all creeds and parties, that is so essential to the welfare of their fatherland. it now appears to be the wish of men of all shades of politics that a meeting of landlords should be held previous to the meeting of Parliament, in order to devise measures which shall, if possible, receive the unanimous support of the Irish Members ; and at a most influential assemblage of landed proprietors, at tended by representatives of every class of politica; feeling, it was resolved that a committee should bt formed for the purpose of collecting suggestions to be laid before the Irish Members of both Houses of Parliament, as to the measures that ought to be brought forward during the ensuing session. This is as it should be, and if the happy commencement should be followed up, as we hope and believe it will be, by a total abstinence from all such abstract poll tical questions as must necessarily lead to the expres sion of opposite views and feelings—if their discus sions are restricted to the points by which the des titute and famishing peasant may be fed, the distress removed, the vast quantity of labour now remaining idle and unproductive, turned to the most useful and beneficial purposes, and the agricultural capabilities of the island fully developed —it is impossible to over rate the national advantages that may be derived from the proceedings of such a committee. 1 here is now little time to be lost. Within a few weeks Parliament will be convened, and the first measures that will be laid before the Legislature will undoubtedly relate to Ireland. The circular of the Board of Works points out in some degree the nature of the Ministerial propositions ; it demonstrates that public works are to cease, and others of a reproductive character, --substituted f or th em; i t i nd i cates that works consi: With thorough draining and sub soiling with the - spade are chiefly to be resorted to, and that they are to be executed by task-work, eaci; individual labourer having a portion allotted to him sufficient for a fortnight or three weeks ; he is to be allowed to avail himself of the assistance of his chil dren, and if by their aid he is enabled to complete his task in a shorter period than that appointed, he will have earned a sufficiency to support his family, and will be enabled to devote the surplus time to farm labour, or to any other occupation that may prove most beneficial. This is a most admirable regulation ; it holds out an inducement to exertion and industry that must be turned to account. The Irish labourer may be la*, and inclined to skulk, as his detractors allege, but give him a motive for industry, and the opportunity of exerting:it, and neither tnglishmen nor Scotchmen will surpass him in close and patient toil, frugality, and providence! So says Mr. Nizasio, the eminent engineer, whose extensive atquaintance with the labourers of the three countries enables him to form an accurate judgment th the subject, and who appears to give a preference to the Irish labourer. Is it notconflrmed by our own experience P Who that has seen the amount of harvest work performed by them during their annual visits to this country, but will admit that, if adequately remunerated, no meri can toil harder or more efficiently P The Land Commis sionus say, "If you show to hini in what manner the application of that labour may be rendered most con ducive to his own comfort and permanent benefit ) and assist him w i t h money or materials which his labour cannot supply, y ou w ill generally find the Irish pea sant ready to ce-operate with you in effecting im provements beneficial alike to himself arid to the country." And again, "When we consider this state of things, and the large proportion of the poptilatioh that come under the head of agricultural labourers, we have to repeat that the patient endurance which they exhibit is deserving of high cOmmendation and entitl es th em to the best atten ment and of Pa r li ament. " The for in sisse6's tion of the Ci-oVern.'• will do under proper regulations, an d the paut speak the strongest inaniu.l.r o what the labourers r h o o p r o i t s i e e d s lan utm p we l . l l Calculated t o st i mulate them to app °:s ears t degree of i n d ustry. the Isiistrict inspectors of drainage are to be appointed, whose duty it will be in the first instance to examine the site of every work presented for, to determine the extent of land to be drained, and mark its boundaries on the Ordnance plans ; to lay out the works con nected with the main or open drains; to determine the depth a n d a ll t h e d eta i ls belonging to the covered drains ; to estimate the cost of the drainage per acre ; to value the land in its present state, and give his THEATBE ROYAL, ADELPHI. UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MADAME CELESTE. THIS EVENING Will be performed a grand Fairy Spectacle, founded on the Ballet of LA GISELLE, entitled TILE PHANTOM DANCERS; or, the Wills Bride. Principal characters by Mr. Wright, Mr. P. Bedford. Mr. 0. Smith, Mr. Collenford, Madame Celeste, Miss Marian Taylor, Miss Emma Harding, Miss Ellen Chaplin, and Mrs. Laws. After which, the Comic Drama of THE MAID WITH TIIE MILKING PAIL. Characters by Messrs. Wright, Selby, Boyce, and Mrs. Fltzwilliam. To conclude with a Terpsichorean Burletta, called POWDER AND BALL; or, St. Tibb s ' s E ve. Principal characters by Messrs. Lam bert, Worrell, Wright, Munyard, Mrs. Matthew, Miss Woolgar, and Miss Brooks. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. J. M. Maddox, sole Lessee and Manager. THIS EVENING Will be performed a new Comic Drama, entitled THE TWO RAINBOWS. Characters by Messrs. Compton, Granby, S. Cowell, Henry ; Mrs. 11. Hughes, and Miss E. Honner. After which, a new and original Musical Romance, entitled THE SEVEN MAIDS OF ; or, The Ghost's Tower. Col. Bertrand, Mr. C. Fisher ; Capt. d'Armincourt, Mr. Allen ; Capt. Bellejamtns, Mr. I.eflier ; Lieut. Adolphe, Mr. Wynn ; t:ornet Grosdos, Mr. compton ; Baron Bristle , aeh, Mr. Walton ; Bumps, Mr. Honner; Seren Maids of Munich, Misses Sara Flower, Rourke, F. Honner, I lineks, Millar, L. Marshall, Laporte ; Urlel, Miss Marshall ; Madame Grout., Mrs. Fosbroke. To conclude with Goldsmith's Comedy of SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER. Sir Charles Marlow, Mr. Wynn; Young Marlow, Mr. Vining; Ilardcastle, Mr. Granby ; Tony Ltunpkin, Mr. Compton ; Hastings, Mr. Roxhy ; Diggory, Mr. Cowell ; Miss Hardcastle, Mrs. Stirling; Miss Neville, Mrs. Hughes ; Mrs. Hardcastle, Mrs. Fosbroke. FRENCH PLATS.—ST. JAMES'S THEATR E. Lessee. Mr. John Mit c h e ll . THIS EVENING Will be performed a new Vaudeville, entitled LA DOT D'AITI VEIV;NE. Pierre, M. Dumery; Jerome, M. Pagenier ; Madeleine, Millie. Fouquet ; Felicite, Madame Dumery. To be followed by the Vaudeville of L'AMRASSADEUR. Cha racters by MM. l'erlet, Langeval, Berou ; Mdlle. Celina Fouquet and Mdlle. Brohan. After which a new Comedy, entitled LES TROIS CRISPINS ; on, La Familia Poisson. Ra) mood Poisson, M. l'erlet ; Marianne, Mdlle. Drotian. To conclude with the first act of Regnatd's Play of LES FOLIES A MOURECSEs. Albert, 31. Cartigny ; Eraste, M. Felix; Crispin, 31dlle. Vallee ; Lisette, Mdlle. Brohan. Boxes, Gs.; Pit, 3s. Gd. ; Stalls, 35.; Gallery, 2s. Doors opened at half-past Seven, and the performances commence at Eight. ETHIOPIAN SERENADERS, ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. The celebrated Ethiopian Serenaders, l'ell, Harrington, White, Stanwood, and Gennon, will have the honour of repeating their inimitable Entertainment at the above theatre THIS EVENING, December 21, and every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday evening, during the Christmas holidays. Due notice will be given of their first Morning Performance. The programme will include " Old Joe," " Lucy Neal," " The Coloured Fancy Ball." "My skiff is on the shore," and the cele brated Ra broad Overture. The public is respectfully cautioned that the Songs and Melodies, as :ging by the above party, are published only at Mr. Mitchell's. Doors open at eight, commence at half-past. Boxes, 45.; Pit, 2s. ; Amphitheatre, 'lg.—Private Boxes, Stalls, and places may be engaged at Michell's Library, 33, Old Bond-street, and at the Box-oftlee of the Theatre.—Open from 11 till 5. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. Pa'ronised by her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen, Ptince Albert, and Royal F am il y. Last Three Nights previous to the Christmas Holidays. EVENING Will be performed a gran THISd new Magical Equestrian Romance, en. titled THE DEMON lIORSE ; or, The Twelve Wishes and the Charmed Bit. In which Mrs. Batty and the Equestrian Ladies will appear on their trained steeds. New and entire change in the SCENES of the CIRCLE. To conclude with the popular romantic Drama of ROS ROi .MACGREGOR ; or, The Mountain Outlaw. On SATURDAY next (Boxing.N,ght) a doubl r on queS otita 4E trian and Gymnastic Novulties, and rust night of tl*. Grand Comic Fairy Pantomime, written by Nelson Lee, Esq., entitled TILE FonTY THIEVES ; or, Ilar7equin All Baba and the. Robbers' Cave, in addition to tile present successful Spectacle;'' • 1:0x-orrice open from eleven till five o'clock,'—Do6rs oven at six an c%rnmenee at half-past six o'clock.—Stage Manager, Mr. W. Broadfoot. I'llE WEATHER.—SuN OFFICE, DECEMBER 22. I /MANOMETER, Lowest, 34; Highest,.49 ; Noon, 40, BARO3IETER, 29.12.—W1ND W., fine. HIGH WATT;:; AT LONDON-li.IaDGE THIS DAY. Iforning .. 33 minutes after 3. Evening .. 5G minutes after 3. SECOND EDITION This is an extended and important sphere of duties, and will require the assistance of able and intelligent men ; but every one acquainted with the state of Ire land and the habits of Irishmen will at once concede the necessity of a strict surveillance being kept over the expenditure of the money and the due and proper execution of the work. The increased value of the lands, in consequence of the drainage and other works, in proportion to the cost thereof, will afford valuable data to the board to enable them to form sound conclusions as to the profitable nature of other works of a similar character. Thelrelief-inspecting officer of the Board of Works is to fix the number of, and nominate the labourers to be employed on each work,from the list of the destitute re siding within each electoral division or barony, as is now usual for the road works. The landed proprie tors, farmers, and stewards, connected with the works, are invited to scrutinise the list of the destitute, and to insure that none who have other means of support be employed. As the land is to be assessed for the works, it is the interest, as well as the duty, of the rate-payers, to prevent the admission of labourers who are not really fitting objects of bounty. Many other projects, by private persons, have been put for ward, some of considerable value, and others quite impracticable. It will be our duty to examine such of them as appear calculated to produce beneficial results. Some excellent suggestions have been offered in an anonymous pamphlet, entitled " Observations on the Evils resulting to Ireland from the insecurity of Title, and the existence of Real Property, with some Suggestions as to a Remedy," many of which are de serving of attentive consideration. The evils are boldly and well exposed, and the proposed remedies are, at least, steps in the right direction, on which useful legislation may be founded. The country is deeply interested in the pure administration of justice. There is no one thing the English regard with greater. pride or jealousy—pride, from the belief that the meanest of her MAJESTY'S subjects is not left without redress for any injury he may receive —jealousy, lest the laws, by which their sacred rights are guaranteed should not be strictly adhered to, or lest those intrusted with their due enforcement, and imp ar ti a l a d m i n i strat i on, should, by lenity of conduct, lo ss o f t emper, or from an over- levity over weening sense of their judicial excellences, weaken the confidence with which the people of this country have ever regarded our system of judicature. It was owing to this innate love of justice, by which the English are especially characterised, that there was spread such heartfelt satisfaction throughout the empire when GEORGE 'THE THIRD rendered the judges of the land independent for life. By rendering these grave functionaries, when once appointed, only removable from their high and I dignified offices by joint addresses, condemnatory of their conduct, from the Lords and Commons, a 1 step was taken by that Monarch which gained for him golden opinions from all ranks. The nation re joiced to think that the legal personages of the realm had herein had secured to them a position which placed them in the discharge of their important duties above the breath of suspicion, and in which they could fairly be presumed to be free from any bias of authority, how influential or supreme soever such authority might be. No English Sovereign ever commenced his reign with an act more dignified, more gracious, or more wise, or with one that was mire enthusiastically welcomed by his liberty-loving subjects, than did the grandfather of Queen VICTORIA, in freeing the judges from any sense of servile de pendence on the Crown. Good laws are of the first consideration ; the next is, that they be righteously administered. Roth of these are blessings of inestimable value ; but they must stand or fall together. It is almost just as futile to expect beneficial re sults to fi)SV from righteous laws, perversely exe cuted, as to anticipate ought but the worst possible results from the faithful administration of a vicious and tyrannical code of law. Looking to the nature And expense of the education which candidates for the English bar, for the most part, receive ; to the toilsome career which they must run for years, exhi biting talents of the highest order, before they can >Main pre-eminence as advocates; to the moral cha racter and independent spirit which gentlemen of the long robe maintain as a body, and to the responsi bility of Ministers whenever they recommend an in dividual to be raised to the bench—all these are points which, coupled with the knowledge that the judges are appointed for life, cause the people to repose im plicit confidence in their integrity and ability. It is rarely that their confidenc e is abused. Whenever a judge should, in an unguarded moment, disappoint public expectation, and display an unfitness for his office, public opinion has generally been found to be a sufficient corrective, and the intervention of Parlia ment is now-a-days never required. %V e hare been induced to offer these preliminary observations in consequenc e of a remarkable scene which took place last week, in the Court of Exche quer, between the Lord Chief Baron and Mr. COCKBURN, Queen's Counsel. We blush for the Chief Baron ; we admire Mr. COCKBURN. In the case of GOLDICUTT v. BEAGIN, which was an action for breach of promise of marriage, a verdict had been obtained last Hilary Term for 3001. The action was tried at Guildhall before the Chief Baron. A rule nisi for a new trial was granted on the ground of sur prise, and was subsequently made absolute. On Thursday afternoon, at half-past four o'clock, Mr. COCKBURN, engaged for the defendant, inquired of his Lordship, whether he would take the case up at that advanced hour, and intimated that he should have to examine witnesses at considerable length. The Chief Baron decided that he would not, expressed his surprise at the parties intendin g to try the question )ver again, and stated his recollection to be clear that, when the rule was granted, there was a distinct uffe derstanding that no second trial should be had, the object being to afford time to the parties to come to an amicable arrangement. M r . C ocxnunx informed the judge, betweengranting the rul e n i s i, and n the usu a l t erms (the defendant m de, i t a that bsol ute on paying all the expenses of the first trial), his client had offered to marry the plaintiff, which had, how ever, been refused. The Lord Chief Baron rejoined in _these words : " Taking all;the circumstances into ac count, it seems little short of insanity for the defendant to proceed with this second trial now, and exa mine witnesses after the verdict already given." Mr. Cockliuittf, feeling naturally that such observations falling from the Bench, would very much prejudice his client, hereupon observed, " With the most pro found respect, that he felt it his duty there publicly to protest against the practice of any judge prejudg ing a ease, especially In the pregefiCt and hearing of the jury *host duty it Was to try it." The Lord Chief Baron replied, that he felt sure the jury c h o a u d m r atbeoluyt to ü b p y o t n he t would not be prejudiced by his observations —th a t he d lid efen P d ftl a d n e t. n" Th o e f next the morning Mr. OocxnuaN pressed to have the trial postpened 4 in bonsequOite of the Chief Baron having used the term "insanity;; in the way a !reedy teentiofied. The judge refused the application. The foreman of the jury warmly reprehended Mr. Cl:Wiener( for suppos ing they would be influenced by what had fallen from the Chief liafdri ; aiid clbsitthateci siich d tdpposition as " discreditable." Mr. Cocxnuesx at once disposed of this shameful scene by stating, that he " best con sulted the ifiterdsta Of his client s the proper adminis tration qfjustiee s and his own feelings and judgment, by withdrawing ftom the conduct of the case." Having bo*ed to the Bench, he 1 -InmettafklY quitted the Court. The trial then went on in the absence of cottilsel for the defendant 1 the Chief Baron summed up etnphaticaliy itt ?Om. of the defendant. The jllry, notwithstanding, gave 400/. damages, being 1001. more than was given upon the first trial t. Such is the outline of this remarkable exhibition i n a British court of justice. It is almost needloss to comment upon it—the facts speak for themselves. The dignity of the bar was well upheld by Mr. COCKBURN. The rebuke he administered to the judge was richly merited. Technically speak ing, when a new trial was granted, the litigant Parties stood in court, just in the same position as though the merits of the case bad never been pre viously gone into; and the judge was bound to bring his mind to the judicial consideration of them with the like impartiality as if he had never known any thing of the ineliaenta of the case, excepting as they Madrid papers of the 14th have arrived. The last account of the elections gives, out of 171 elections, the results of which were known, 127 to the Moderados and 44 to the Opposition. Among the Moderados returned were M. Donoso Cortes, ex- Secretary to the Queen; M. Gonzales Bravo, ex- President of the Council, and now Spanish Envoy at Lisbon ; M. Mayans, ex-Minister of Justice ; M. Benavides, ex-Political Chief of Madrid ; and General Jose de la Concha, Captain-General of the Basque provinces. The Progressistas had returned at Seville their principal leader, M. Cortina; and M. Antonio Gonzales, who was President of the Council under Regent Espartero, had also secured a seat in the Cortes. M. Salamanca had been returned in the province of Alicante. The election of M. Olozaga, whose conduct towards the Queen in 1843 seemed to be most resentfully remembered by the Court, had given rise to the meeting of a Cabinet Council. According to the Espanol, no thing would be decided as to the admission of M. Olozaga into the Chamber of Deputies " until the dispositions of the new Moderado majority were better ascertained." It is rumoured that the Ministry, alarmed at the unexpected successes of the Progressistas in several districts, notwithstanding the persecutions and op pressions directed against them, is meditating a coup tr etat against MENDIZAIJAL, OLOZAGA, ANTONIO GONZALES, and several other P rogress i s t a leaders. The following, the only i n t e lligence from Portugal contained in these papers, appears in the Clamor Publico : " We have seen a Lisbon letter which records one of the most atrocious crimes that can be attempted, but one which is, fortunately, of rare occurrence in the annals of nations. It appears that the Cabralists, unable to con quer their enemies by the sword, have determined upon 'iommitting a fearful crime in order to get rid of them. Secret agents have been sent to Count Das Antas's head quarters, with the mission of blowing up the powder magazine and poisoning his troops. Count Das Antes happily detected their project in time to save the lives of his unfortunate soldiers, to whom 5,000 poisoned loaves had already been distributed. What a horrible deed !" We have received the Paris papers of Sunday. The Moniteur Parisien of Saturday evening, which has succeeded the defunct Messager as the autho rised and acknowledged Ministerial organ, has the following, respecting the circular note of M. GUIZOT on the subject of Cracow, a translation of which, from La France, we gave yesterday :—" The journal La France publishes, this morning, a note, entitled Circular Note of M. GUIZOT on the affairs of Cracow.' We are authorised to declare that this note is altogether inaccurate and incomplete." The National has a furious article against M. GtJIZoT, for having removed M. BARBET from the Mauritius, and accuses the Government of having cowered before " the insolent menace of Lord PALMERSTON." In commenting on the seizure of the National of Friday, by the Government, the Constitutionnel cha racterizes it as an attempt on the part of the Minister to excite a personal attack upon himself from the Opposition, under cover of which he may escape from the necessity of giving any explanations as to the state in which he has brought the affairs of the country: ",He agitates himself," says the Constitu tionnel— BUSINESS DONE IN RAILWAY SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCk RAILWAYS. PAID. Paz Suess. Aberdeen - ...... to Amber., Notting., Boston, &c. 2% - to Armagh, Coleraine, &Portrush 1% - to Belfast and County Down .. 4 3 / 4 .. .. - Birmingham and Dudley ..... 425. ... . 6% p to Birmingham and Gloucester..loo ......129 Do. New (iss. at 7 1 / 2 din.).. 17%...... 31 1 ' Birmingham & Oxford June... 2 Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction 2 3% - ..... to Boston, Statnf, , & Birming... 225. Bristol and Exeter - Do., New - Bristol and Gloucester Bristol and Liverpool June... 2% Buckinghamshire.. ......... ... 84s. Caledonian Ditto, Half Shares Ditto, Clydesdale Junction 25 - Chester and Holyhead... `27%..... - Churnet and Blythe 2 Chester and Manchester 42s. Cheltenham and Oxford - Clarence. - Do., let Class, 6 per Cent lO Do„ 2d Class, 5 per Cent... 10 - - Do., Gov. Loan, 4 per Cent. 10 - Cork and Killarney - Cork and Waterford l l ,a - - Cornwall Ditto, Half Shares - - Direct Lincoln, East ltetford, and Sheffield Junction- 2% - to - Direct Northern - to - Direct Norwich 1 - to - Dublin and Belfast Junction.. 12% - Dublin, Belfast, & Coleraine 2% - to - Dundalk and Enniskillen ... 10 ...... - - Eastern Counties 14/. 16s - .... . to - Do. New l2/. 16 s 7% p... to - Do. Perpet., 5 per ct. No. 1,61. 13s. 4d - - Do., do N 0.2,6/. 13s. 4d... V% pto - Do., York Extension - East Dereham and Norwich 1 - Eastern Union - ... .. .. 35 Ditto, Quarter Shares - - Do. Extension to Harwich 1% . ...... - - Do. Cambridge and Ely ... 2% - to - East Lancashire - Ditto, New - to - Do. (late Preston &Ormsk.) 5 ... - - Do., do.,:New Scrip - East Lincolnshire ... 1 1 A...... 2Wi... to - East and West of England... 1% - ...... to - Edinburgh and Glasgow 5O - Ditto, Half Shares - . to -. Edinburgh and Northern ... 12% - Edinburgh and Perth Ely and Huntingdon - - Enniskillen and Sligo ... 2 . 1 / 2 - •••-. to -. Exeter Yeovil, & Dorchester 5 1 / 4 - ...... t o Glasg., Dumfries, & Carlisle.. 6 Glasgow, Kilmarnock, & Ayr 50 - ...... to - Ditto, New - ..... to - t Do. 1 / 4 Shares (5 per ct.gua.) 1 2 % ..., - .. ... to Goole,Doncaster, Sheffid., &c. 2 ... Great Eastern and Western... 2% _ ..... to - Gt. South. & West. (Ireland) 27 % ...... o - Great Munster - ..... . to Great North o Scotland 2 lh- - ...... to - Great North of England 100 .... _ „ Ditto, New 5 - to - Ditto, New l5 Ditto, New.. - ..... to - Great Western - Ditto, Half Shares 5O ...... 75 - Ditto, Quarter Shares - Ditto, Fifths 2O ...... 29% to - Do. New - Huddersfield and Manchester 13 .. ..• - - Di ttc, Extension 3 - to - Hull and Selby 5O Ditto, Quarter Shares ..... - 12 1 - Ditto, Half Shares 25 - to - Ipswich & Bury St. Edmunds 11% 13% to Do. do. and Norwich •2% - to -- Lancaster and Carlisle 5O - to - Do. New 5 ...... - - Leeds and Bradfo r d - Leicester and Bedford l6s. - - Leeds, Dewsbury, & Manches. 22% 32 - Ditto, Branch (Blue) ...... 2% - to - Ditto, Extension (Green).. 2% - to - Leeds and Thirsk ........ 17% 15% to - Ditto, New - Do., do., Prefer., 6 per Cent. 3%..... - - Liverpool, Manchester, and Newcastle Junction 2 l/ 2%...... to - London & Blackwall...l6/. 13s. 4d - :to - Do. New . 3 - to - Do. Extension - to - Load., Bright., & South Coast 50 ...... - to - Do. Consolidated Fifths.. 40 - to - Do. Consolidated Eighths... 10 ...... - • to - Do. Guaranteed 5 per Cent. 9 ...... - - London and Greenwich... 12/.155. 4d... - - Ditto Preference lBll7s 2d... - ...... to - London,Hounslow,&Westem 2 ..... - - London and North Western..loo ......194% to 193% Do. Quarter Shares - 2 - Do. do. New ...... .... ...... 2 - Do. do. Fifths - Do. Quarters ... G. J. 5 Do. 40/. Shares L. &M. 8 ........ 7 - 5 "He declaims, he :ssumes an air of arrogance and of Do. 40/. Shares...M. and B. 40 - violence. He makes a ;eat noise to deceive his friends, Do. 104 ... M. and B. (A.) 5 •....... - ...- to o - to deceive himself, as tot thiS sravity of the situation in Do. 10/. .. M. and B. (B.) 5 - to which he has placed Frah ce. Unfortunately for him Do. 10/.... M. and B. (C.) 1 - to - facts speak plainly, and hard no need even of a corn London, Oxford, and Cheltm. - - to - mentary. France is isolated, ani) will, most probably, so London and S. Western.... 411.6 s 10d 63 - remain The Cabinet which Do. New consolidatedBths.. 40 - to - for a long period of time. represents France has quarrelled v..ith all . the . great Ditto New Do. New lB -e which is the2l% ...... to - Powers of Europe. The Liberal cam ' Ditto Tenths e check at - cause of France, bas experienced an jinni,: ns.,l3 ha ve Ditto Tenths ers 4 ...... -, ...... to - Cracow, and all the addresses of our Chat.. , Ditto Scrip been flagrantly and cruelly' belied. The polio, , Ditto ditto 4 to - Government,based upon the English alliance, has be, ' n 7 e- London and Y0rk...,...„ 2y 2 _ to - stroyed in 24 hours by a coup de tete. The system of peas. e, Ditto Extension Salisbury, & Yeovil 2/1 • _ .• •.• _ to - of the peace of minds, as M. Guizot defined it, ia,destroyed. London, ondonderry and Coleraine... 15 - The only hope of our Cabinet is, that at some future L _rrY Enniskillen 15 Lou 'donde and ' • • - - period, more or less distant, the .Absolutists may sonde- -- dDeieham ..„, arta Ely - to - 15 . 16%..... to scold to accept of its assistance to perpetrate inisoma , P.Y , -- 15 - - country or other, in switorland, for exaMple, some new I *l4 Lt.,. ' 4_,. 4 6 . ' i " (or iv ^.".• d q -... C. 0a•,• N 4 4. -.- 1 r ? < t . , ' ~. 9; ,, ' V : _4,41,4 z,v,...",,ift , • . 41 , ? ........ , .311 .:,,,,,r 4 ..., ii- 441. 1 \' .'' ' ,- AI% - `s•t‘t ' 4 .-": '1.51.°".' -.„ a 'IE 117 1 4,1 ,'. .• —l. - 7P 7 -' - ' • 4.-•5., iiflj nhi LONDON, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1846. nfortunate Cracow ! unfortunate Poland ! but most unfortunate France! If the late Ministerial proceedings of France may be regarded as an accurate indication of the political condition of that country, then have all the dearest aspirations of LAFATETTR been unfulfilled, then have the dismal and bloody ordeals of the Great Revolution been in a vast de gree ineffectual, then have the National Assembly, the Convention, the Directory, the Consulate, the Empire, the Restoration, and the Constitution of " thirty," been merely the forerunners of her more peculiar and unprecedented abase ment. After waging a war of liberalism against the despotism of the European continent, France now assumes to herself the character of a nation capable of truckling to that same despotism, of conniving at its iniquities, and of pandering to its pernicious ambi tion. In this respect France is the most inexplicable of all phenomena. The Sphinx was nothing to it. Comparing the position of France at the present mo ment with the acts of France during the last seventy years, we see in the national will nothing but monstrous anomaly, and in the French Goveket uen t I a continual antithesis. M. GUIZOT has, inthis recent note respecting Cracow, transmitted to the Foreign Ambassadors in Paris, and to the French Ambassadors at foreign Courts, f u ll y divulged the dege'.3erate nature of the policy of la grande nation. We are aware that the authen ticity of the dc4mment has been in a manner denied NOTICE OF A CHEAP HE-ISSUE OF THE NELSON LETTERS AND DISPATCHES, EDITED BY SIR HARRIS NICOLAS, G.C.M.G. In Fourteen Monthly Parts, Price only ss. each. The First of which (illustrated with a fine Portrait and fac-simile; will appear with the Magazines, on the Ist of Janaary. 1847. 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RAILWAY SHARES BY PUBLIC SALE. MESSRS. LAMOND and Co., RAILWAY SHARE AUCTIONEERS, beg to thank their Friends and the Public for their continued support and patronage, and to announce that their Public Sales of Railway Shares, &c. take place every TUESDAY and FRIDAY. at One o'clock, at the Hall of Commerce, Threadneedle -street, London, to which place, favours, containing instructions (with a reference), are respectiblly requested to be addressed. All Scrip and Share Certificates must be deposited, the day orevious to their being offered ; and advises of results will be forwarded by the first post after the sale, and the proceeds imme diately disposed of according to instructions. Offices, Hall of Commerce, Threadneedle-street. London. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. Last Night but One of Mademoiselle SOPHIE FUOCO. THIS EVENING Will be performed Balfe's celebrated Opera, entitled THE MAID OF ARTOIS. Marquis de Chateau Vieux, Mr. Borrani ; Jules de Montagnon, Mr. D, W. King; Sans Regret, Mr. Burdini ; Synnelet, Mr. Weiss; Niuka, Miss Isaacs; Isoline, Madame Anna Bishop. After the Opera, will be presented a new grand Ballet, called TIIE WAGS OF WAPPING (performed at the Academie Royale, Paris, under the title of " Betty.") In which will appear Mdlles. Sophie Fuoco, Louise, Benart, Madame Giubilei ; MM. Huguet, Adrien, Paul, Tell ; Messrs. Howell, Priorson, &c. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Under the Management of Mr. B. Webster, sole Lessee. THIS EVENING Will be performed a new and original Drama, called THE ROUND OF WRONG. Sir Arthur Foljambe, Mr. Stuart ; Lichen, Mr. Rogers ; Reuben Gwynne, Mr. Webster ; Ducks, Mr. Buck stone ; Harwood, Mr. Howe ; Lady Charlotte Willoughby, Mrs. Clifford ; Mary Ryland, Miss Fortescue ; Jenny, Miss Woulds. Atter which, an entirely new Comic Drama, entitled STORY FELLING ; or, Novel Effects. Dr. Hardenberg, Mr. W. Farren ; Frederick Vandervelt, Mr. Caulfield ; Raps, Mr. Buckstone; Grab, Mr. Rogers; Theresa, Miss 'l' elbin ; Rose, Mrs. Humby. During the evening the Band will perform the Overture, " Cheval de Bronze ;" " The Armen" (Polka) ; " Czarina" (Mazourka); " Douro " (Walzer); and a New Overture. To be followed by the admired Drama of GRANDFATHER WHITEHEAD. In which Messrs. W. Farren, Stuart, Tilbury, Rogers, Caulfield, &c. ; Mrs. E. Yarnold, and Mrs. Stanley will perform. To conclude with the Farce, called SPRING GARDENS. Lord Courtin ton, Mr. Holl ; Sir Arthur Lovel, Mr. Howe; S,2oreup, Mr. Buckstone ; Lady Clarissa, Mrs. Buckingham ; Mrs. Scoreup, Miss Julia Bennett. THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM. Under the Management of Mrs. Keeley. THIS EVENING Will be performed a Drama, founded on the New Christmas Annual of Charles Dickens, Esq., and adapted to the stage (by the exclusive permission of the author, from the proof sheets) by Albeit Smith, Esq., called THE BATTLE OF LIFE. Principal cha• racters by Messrs. Leigh Murray (his first appearance here), Turner, F. %latthews, F. Vining, Meadows, Kceley ; Mrs. Woollidge, Miss Daly, Miss May (her first api earauce here), Miss Grove, Miss Foster, and Mrs. Keeley. After which, the laughable Farce of MRS. WHITE. Characters by Mr. Turner, Mr. Oxberry (his first appearance in this company), Mr. H. Butler ; Miss Arden, Miss Villars, and Mrs. Wigan. To conclude with the successful Comedy of TO PARENTS AND GUARDIANS. by the Cabinet of the Tuileries, but this denial is ostensibly a very paltry prevarica tion. It is already notorious that the pro test forwarded from Paris to the Northern Courts, in allusion to the recent incorporation of the Cracovian Republic with the Austrian empire, has been remarkable for its courtesy, or, more strictly speaking, for its subserviency. It is well known that that protest has been nothing more than a most amiable remonstrance. Aware of their late shortcomings in regard to what is called the inviolability of treaties, the Ministers of his Majesty King LOUIS PHILIPPE have evinced their embarrassment in commenting upon the later crime of the three Governments, already odious by their partition of Poland. They have felt that in insisting upon the culpability of Austria, Russia, and Prussia, they have been thereby acknowledging their own criminality. In speaking of Galicia, they have unwillingly implied the Peninsula. In alluding to Cracow, they have virtually referred to Madrid. Their violation of the solemn engagements of PHILIP of Orleans, has been the counter-part of the violation of the compact of the Allied Sovereigns. In the remarks uttered by the Guizot Administration upon the Treaty of Vienna, the Treaty of Utrecht has been, what grammarians would define, the ablative absolute. According to the France, however, the note transmitted by M. Gutzon contains this preposterous observation :—After maintaining that " no power can enfranchise itself from treaties without enfranchising the other powers by the same act," it goes on seriously to assert—" France has not given any similar example of an attempt against the policy of conservation and peace ;" and again, " It is she (France), who, above all, is occupied in the maintenance of the rights required by others, and in respecting their independence !" We can scarcely credit the report that such sentences are literally contained in this official document. We can scarcely credit that any Prime Minister could have the moral impudence to propound such ridiculous arguments. What ! France has maintained the policy of conservation and peace ! Has she so, indeed ? With one of her Royal Highnesses tra velling through Spain, attended by a pacific retinue of chasseurs and artillery! With insurrections fomenting in the northern and eastern provinces of Portugal ! What ! France has continued to respect the independence of others ! Is it possible that any Minister of Louts PHILIPPE could utter this as sertion while MUSSON and DIETz are among the living, without a blush ? should be then and there developed to the Court and jury. What would be thought of Lord DENMAN, if, upon the opening of a trial to-morrow morning, of the merits of which he might have happened to hare become casually informed, he were to brow beat the counsel, telling him that both he and his client were mad for attempting to submit their case to a jury ? Such conduct could not be suffered for one moment without producing severe remonstrance ; and how childish would it not be thought for the Chief Justice to contend that such monstrous extra judicial remarks could not have any weight with the jury ! Men are but men ; and it is notorious what an influence is likely to be imparted to the minds of jurymen by judicial, or extra-judicial dicta. It was very honourable in the foreman to reject the belief that the verdict of himself and his colleagues would be in any degree swayed by what the Chief Baron had let drop. Still, the foreman could only answer for himself; and the very vehemence with which he expressed himself argues the probability that he was not in a frame of mind dispassionately to discharge the important duties the law had imposed upon him. The fault lay with the judge. That his Lordship meant well is not to be doubted; but that a greater legal indiscretion was ever manifested on the bench, it is almost impossible to surmise. What makes the matter worse is, that a letter has since been published by the solicitor to the defendant, alleging that, but for the extraordinary conduct of the judge, they meant to have called witnesses who had never appeared at the first trial, and whose testimony would have given a different complexion to the entire case. But, of course, they naturally enough considered that any evidence would be of no avail for the purposes of a fair trial when they had been stigmatised in the outset, in open court, by the presiding judge, as being little short of insane. Even without this evidence the report runs, that the judge summed up emphatically in favour of the insane parties. This, of itself, was a piece of judicial conduct highly inconsistent, to say the least of it. If it were meant as a sort of " anzende," it signally failed ; the mischief had been irreparably committed; the jury heeded not the judge, but im mediately gave increased damages. We resign this subject with feelings of deep regret that the Chief Baron should have suffered himself to lapse into so serious an error. Distinguished an advocate as Sir FREDERICK POLLOCK proved himself at the bar, it is much to be lamented that he has shown himself, at times, to be grievously deficient in the high qualifications indispensably necessary to con stitute an efficient judge, particularly where he is appointed to be the chief of his court. If Sir FREDERICK POLLOCK be desirous of standing well in public opinion, we recommend him to dispense largely with that dogmatical loquacity for which he has already acquired an unenviable distinction. A grave and dignified deportment is of no mean account in a judge; but the habit of fre quently interrupting the counsel, by bawling out in stentorian tones, will never conduce to the desired demeanour. If Sir FREDERICK POLLOCK be ambitious of improving himself, let him turn his eyes to the Chief Justice of the Queen's Bench, and he will be readily supplied with a model he would do well to imitate. It appears that the ambassadors from the Northern Powers to the Swiss Republic have determined to quit Berne for Zurich as soon as the Government of the former enters on its directive duties. This is re garded as a protest against the new Bernese constitu tion, and as a prelude to intervention in the internal affairs of Switzerland. The English Ambassador will, we are happy to say, remain at Berne, but the French Ambassador accompanies the northern diplo matists to Zurich. Under these circumstances, the following passage from a letter written by the Neuf chatel correspondent of the Journal des Debats, is somewhat suggestive :—"An entente of a somewhat grave character has recently broken out in the Ber nese Jura, on the occasion of the installation of a new prefit. The general desire of the inhabitants of this portion of the country, -particularly in the Catholic localities, and where French is the language spoken, is to be separated from the canton of Berne." Is Swit zeriznd to be treated like Poland, and partitioned among her more powerful neighbours ? Is France to take, as her share of the spoil, the Jura provinces, where French is the language spoken ? If so, we can understand why it is with only "bated breath and whispering humbleness " that M. GuizoT protests against the annexation of Cracow. crime against liberty. We may at any hour see revived against us a coalition, at all events a diplomatic coalition of all Europe. In the meantime our pecuniary resources are engaged for the next ten years, the financial crisis perpetuates itself like a slow fever, and we are so far from enjoying either glory or grandeur, that we have not even prosperity or security." The writer concl u d es b y recommen di ng the law authorities to impeach the real authors of these mis fortunes, the Ministers, instead of getting up legal proceedings against proprietors of newspapers. The severe frost which had prevailed for some days in the French capital had been succeeded by a rapid thaw. The Three per Cents. were done at TORTONI'S, on Sunday morning, at 80f. 80c., but, on the arrival of the London papers of Friday, announcing increasing firmness on our Stock-Exchanges, prices rose to 801. 9*. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, DECEMBER 21. Luxembourg, 3 4—Namur and Liege, 34—Northern of France Constituted, 10%—Orleans and Vierzon, Paris and Strasburg Constituted, 4%. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS, CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The Cotton -market at Liverpool yesterday was very quiet. Sales 3,000 bales, half of which was on specula tion. Prices were id. to id. per lb. lower than last Friday. The sales included 2,000 bales American at sd. to 7d. ,• 200 Pernam at Bd. to 81d. ; 100 Bahia, at 74d. to 84d. ; 100 Egyptian at Bid. ; and 400 Surat at 4d. to 44d. per lb. Shares were firm, but Birmingham and Oxford Junction did not advance quite so much as here, being 9 to 91. premium. It would appear from the accounts received yesterday from Portugal, that the financial affairs of that country are more favourable. The value of the Portuguese Stock has consequently rather improved At a meeting of the General Committee for the relief of the sufferers by the great fires at Quebec of 1845, the Treasurer laid before the Assembly the amounts received which were 160,313/. 9s. Bd.; the amount expended is stated at 150,240/. 3s. sd. The balance in the treasurer's hands is 10,073/. 6s. 3d. It was resolved—" That the president of this committee shall make a report to the General Committee on the petitions of the different public charitable institutions, informing them that, since the receipt of their petitions they are unable, in consequence of the various sums voted by the General Committee to the ministers of the different religious denominations in this city, to grant the assistance requested in their petitions, and that it is the opinion of this committee that a portion of the monies, so voted by the general committee, should be employed in restoring the efficiency of the said public charitable institution through the instrumentality of those who have been chosen by your committee to hold the said monies in trust and to distribute them at their discretion. The :Public Securities have been firm this morning. Consols for th e A ccoun t h ave j ust b een quoted at 93t, and the same for M oney, with the half year's interest taken off. The premium upon Exchequer-bills is some what heavy, at 8s 11s. Reduced Three per Cents. have been sold at 94i; India Stock for the Account at 2544; and Long Annuities at 9 15-16. A few sales have just been made in the Old Portu guese Five per Cents. at from 82 to 83. The Four per Cents. are at 38 to 384. For Spanish Consols the value is 261 ; for the Three per Cents., 37i 38 ; for Dutch Four per Cents, 93 ; and for the Two-and-a-Half per Cents , There have not been any alterations of importance in the Railway Shares or Scrip-market to-day. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) pj)er Cent. Reduced Annuities ... 94% 94 New 3 1 4 per Cent. Annuities Long Annuities, Jan. sth, Expire 1860 9% 15-16 India Bonds 1,0001 Ditto under 1.0001 Consols for Opening India Stock for Account 254% ex div Exchequer Bills. 1 1 / 2 d. 1,0004 500/. ......... Bll pm . Ditto Small ... 12 pm. I RICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Mexican Bonds, 1846, 5 per Cent 23% % Portuguese Bends, 5 per Cent B2 83 Ditto 4 Der Cent. Ditto for the Account 3 B l /2 Russian Bonds. 1822, 5 per Cent lll Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent, 1840 26% Ditto Passive Bonds 5% Ditto Deferred Ditto 3 per Cent Ditto for the Account Dividends on the above payable in London. Belgian 4% per Cent 95% Dutch 2 1 / 2 per Cents Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates 92% 93 Manchester and Leeds B2 ......1 53...... to --.. Ditto Half Shares ... 38 - Ditto Quarters - ...... to ..-- Ditto Fifths - ...... to -- Ditto Sixteenths ... ..... ... 6 1 / t - •••••• ._° -- Do. Extension Do. Liverpool and Bury 24 Do., do., Fifths Manch. Buxton, & Matlock 425. -1;p::: to t° -I P to Manchester and Southampton 2 - Midland 100 ......127% ...... to -- Ditto Fifths Ditto, New 24 Ditto, New 2 Midland, Birm., and Derby...loo 1 :0-364 . ... ................. trr -- o - : ---- Midld. Great Western (Irish) 15 Newcastle and Berwick - Do North Shields... 25 - ••• " t° - 100 - ...... t° -- Newcastle and Carlisle 5% ...... to -- Newmarket and Chesterford 5 - Newport and Aber,gavenny. . 2% - ..... tO -- Newry and Enniskillen ...... 7 - ...WI Newry, Warrenpoint, and 5 __ ... ~ to -- Rostrevor - N'orfolk - •••••• tO Do. Half Shares ... ...... 0 -- Ditto Extension - Northern Counties Union - .... .„ ...... North British Ditto Half Shares.. 1 1 14% ............ li s : 01 5 . 4.... twi t ! ...... 4 Do. Quarters Ditto, Extension Ditto Thirds ... .......... Northern and Eastern ° Ditto Scrip (iss. at 5 dis.) 545 ........... 7 .-- 9 ............ t to ...-.- Ditto Quarter Shares - ....... _ __ Ditto New - ... .. w ...... 8% .. ... to - North Staffordshire 5 to -- North Wales - ...... . to -- .(erth. & South. Connecting 2 4i• .... -- ..... to -- North Western 2%•••.•• - ...... Oxford, Worcester, and Wel- to --- verhampton - Oxfd., Witney, & Cheltnham 1%•••••• -- .... to --• ...... Portsmouth Direct 3 % ...... to "- Preston and Wyre - ..... . 0 ..... Ditto, Half Shares .. 6% ...... --- ''' dis: .... _ __Reading, .... Reading, Guildfd., & Reigate Si. 125.... -- .. to ...- Richmond l5 .-- ..... .. to Royston and Hitchen ... 1%..... - .... so - Scottish Central ... 15 ....... to ..... Scottish Midland ... ... 12%•••••• -- ...... to --- Sheffield and Manchester ...100 ...... -- ... Ditto Shares 8 . Do. and Lincolnshire Jun c t l l4 .. ......... 7- ............ r -- to ----- 4 Do. and Great Grimsby - ....... to --; Do. do. do. Extension 42s. ..... .-- ...... to o Shrewsbury and Birmingham 3 ..... / ..... to --- Ditto, ditto, Class B. 1 1 4 ...... .. -- " --- Shropshire Union . 425. .... ..., ...... w South Devon ... • . ...... - South Staffordshire Junction 2%•••••• __,-- ..... 50 .,. -- South Eastern and Dover - ' .. w --- Ditto, New, No. 1 Ditto, New, No. 2 Ditto, New, No. 3 Ditto New, 0.4 4. 21152 2 0%: .. .................... 1 562 i. .. . ,............. tO ttoo -2 ...... " it. Alban's, 'Hatfield, and to - Hertford Junction Staffordshire and Shropshire 2 %.••••• -- ..... • t o -- .• it south Wales . to ." Swans. and Loughor and Ca- ..... meron's Stm. C oal 2 .... -- to .. .. .. , Taw Vale Extension - . to .. .. Vale of Neath - Wakefield, Pontefract, and . .. ... to " Goole 22%...... -- . to ..., Warwick and Worcest e r 425.....•. --- *' , . to " Waterford and Kilkenny ll ...... -- ...... to - Waterford and Limerick ... - .... Waterford, Wexford, Wieklw, . to ' and Dublin - ".. Wexford, Waterford, and Valentia Waveney Valley .. . 2 1 1 ... ......... --- - •:: ''. . .' . . , r t o ° - --: Welsh Midland 2% ...... --.. to " West Riding Union 425.....•. -- •.. .to - West Cornwall 2 ...... -- ..... • to .. Wexford and Carlow - " .. to " Wisbeach and St. Ives 2 ...... -- .... to ' Wilts,Somerset,&Weymouth 15 .• •• -- ". to " York and Carlisle and Newcastle... ... 2 2 5 34. ; . •••• 3--81, t 4 - York W to "5 .. ... 12 ,it 75' . to 7 Ditto, New ...... 74 ..... _ Ditto, Preference ... 2 .. ••• / .to -- t ork and North Midland .. 50 . ..... -- .... to --- Ditto, Half Shares Ditto, Selby Ditto. Extension to Ditto, Preference )itto East and West Riding 420 :?...::: 3:i3 / 4 .......... t t : --.: Extension Anglo-Belgian Barbadoes FOREIGN RAILIVAT 3- ... ~ to -••• Belgian Eastern Junction.... 2 415 % ....................... 7118 ....................... to 1; 16 - .... ... -- . to --•• Boulogne and Amiens ..- ..... Bordeaux and Mediterranean 2 ..... to 3ordeaux, Toulouse, & Cette ..- ...... (Mackenzie's) 2 • •••-• to - Bordeaux, Toulouse, & Cette -- ...• 2 ...... W -- (Espelete's) - ...... Calais, Dunk, & W. Flanders 2 ...... __ ..... to Calcutta & Diamond Harbour 73. ••-• __ ...... to " Callao, Lima, & Pacific Coast I ..-- ...... to --- C C e e y n i t o r n al :a . f .: Spain ... ..... ~...... 53. 2 ............ __-- ........ ttoo ....-- 2 % ...... - ... to ' Demerara. Dendre Valley - ............ to ...... Direct Bombay and Madras 53. .. • "-- . to •'" 6 ••••.. — 1 ..... _ Dutch Rhenishto -- 58 4 ...... ..... East Indian ... . ..... Fampoux and Hazebrouk 4 --- . to Great Indian Peninsular 55....... ..... , Great Western Bengal ss. - ~ to Great Western Canada ttalian and Austrian - Jamaica S. Midland Junction 1 .Jersey Louvain a la Sambre 6 - to ' Luxembourg Lyons and Avignon 2 - ... .. to - Madras Madras, Nellore, and Arcot... % - .... to " Madrid and Valentia - ........ to to ' Mauritius 1 - . ..... Namur ant, Liege Nn. of France Constituted ... 5 3 ...... - ...... tt°° .----. to North Jamaica.. - ':::.... to - __ Orleans and Vierzon - Orleans and Bordeaux ... .. 6 - ...... to -- Over Yssel 413 s 4d..... -- " ....- Paris and Lyons Constituted 8 ...... 84 ...... t° to -- Paris and Orleans... 2O ...... - to - Paris and Rouen ..to ' Paris & Strasbg. Constituted 20 5 .. .. .. ..... 3-54......... .. .. ' Rouen and Havre 20 10 ............ ---- .. .. ... ...... t tto o o "" 1 Sambre and Meuse Strasburg and Bal e l4 ..... - ... to St. Laurence and Atl ant i c - ...... --- . r , .... :: to Tours & Nant es Constituted 5 ...... 174 •••• Tournay, Jurbise, Landen, to and Hasselt 8 ... .. . . to Trinidad.......... - . .... ... 2% ...... -- . to ' .. West Flanders - .. JOINT STOCK BAO S ' .. W ... 21% .... to Australasia --- ... to - - British North American ...... ..... Colonial - ' .. t° " Commercial of London ..... ..... - London Joint Stock - •.. 0 London and Westminster 2O .. -- ". to ' National Provinci a l o f E ng ld 35 ......... --- ..... to " National of Ireland 22 % . . • .... -- . to Provincial o f I re l an d ...... -- ..... to ' Union of Australi a ..... - .... to Union of L on d on .. 10 ...•.. -- ...... MINES. . to "*.,,,t Real del Monte, Unregistered P'• ..... ER.RATUM.—In yesterday's List, read East La ric°6l. Scrip 2% instead o f 3%. FIIND9.-13BIIi9ELlf. MC' 16. Actual ßL E Debt,Gl A 2 %/.., peru N Cent DS.—. . • • • • • • . . ..ti . s . s . E . L . S: . .......... Rothschild's Loan, Five per Cent • • •"• . --- Loan of Thirty Millions, Four per Cent.• •• -..- Ditto Threeper Cent.... • • ....... • Ditto Thirty-seven Millions, ditto •• " LOON Ditto, ditto,lB4o.. ........ • • • • ..... • •, Ditto, ditto, 1842.....• ......... • • 9771 Ditto, 1844..............• •• •• •• •• • • --, Ditto, 1836......... .• •• • • Ditto, 1838 ......... ...... ..• •• •• " .. .. 100,8 Ditto of the City, 1832 .....• •• •• .... 98% Ditto, 1843 •• •• Bank ofßelgium...... • • .• •• '• •Brassels Papers, Dec. 17. AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—lrtzsafA , P . W 1 • 0 7 1,1 5 per Cent. Metalliques.. 4 per Cent. ditt0........ 3 per Cent. ditt0............ ••• • • • •• 15734 Loan, 1834 •• " 1193' Ditto, 1839 ••••• •• ••• • " • /590 Bank Shares •• • • •.• .... •• • ...- Esterhazy's Loan ........ • • • .• •••• " •• RAILWAYS. 176% The Northern, or Ferdinand ••••• • '• • • 129 Gloggnitz • ... ..... ......•• ••••• • • • " 094 L V e le g n h n o a rn —Tlan ..................... 199 99 Perth 7/ Sienna •••• •• 94 Grosetto ...... . • • •• '• Oldenburg • •••••••••••••• •• •• • • •• --- Pestola •.• .. ...... ....... • • .... " -- Pesth Bridge .......... •• •••• • • • ..... Apenninen • • ••.• • • ..... • •••Allgemeine Zeitung. Dee. 10. „ c 15. 00 1,1 DUTCH FUNDS.—Amerz3DAX. Da • genel• 59 . ,7e Actual Debt, 2% per Cent 59., 71M, Ditto, 3 per Cent •• 7 1 ;4 92 7' Ditto, 4 per Cent • ..... .. 92 ••••., Amort Syndic, 3% per Cent.. .. •• 17 0 Commercial Company, 4% per Cent •• East India Loan, 4 per Cent •• • • •• •• •• 97 Exchange on London, at sight •• •••• •• ;; 0 Two months... .. •• • • ...... 1 6 9 ~ On Hambnrgh, at sight •• •• 2 5 Two months. ...... •• 75 On Paris ••••••••• • •• • • •• Twomontlui ........ •••• • •• •-• -Dutch Papers, Dec. 16.1 C o cle, „ ME C . OIiDE DE MONTEMOLIN —Tile Montemolin left town at ten o'clock . t 010 — Ol -11 ortil, ti o bi yes e ,__ ,art and proceeded to Ili hclere, on a visit to tn u I . oe Carnarvon. The Conde g is accompanied by hi s 1 poll lency the • Marquis de Villafranca and Geri' ll '..rofr• Juan Montenegro, and is expected to return to. fr u OP GUN-TOW APPLIED TO BLASTING. —On -e n s ( iste at the Lady Will Quarry, y, a gentleman, who ii s and turned his attenti on t o th e man ufacture of gun' tombiot gun sawdust for blasting purposes, proceeded t° ill the h ome whinstone rocks of the most solid descriptionjor presence of Professor Penny. and a number of 0 . 0 0 scientific gentlemen. The first experiment wog l o s bore of 3 feet length, and 2-i inches diameter, whic h der charged with nine ounces of gun-tow (31b. o f g ilDP° l ".so ' The effects be requisite to fill the bore necessary to h-s i c s effects were splendid, bringing down all th° rc)c na adjacent to the extent of about ton tons. The secd°94 experiment was with a bore of 3 feet 4 inches an _ p a diameter, and was charged with 11 ounces of tow ed.) cotton mixed (41b. of gunpowder would b e requir,hoo The effects were fully more apparent of its strength.; a in the previous case, p down about th irteeo fifteen tons weight.—Edinburgh Weekly g _ z press• G o ' ST. CLEMENT DANES' SAVINGS BAN/C A D " :) ,,ditpd VERNMENT ANNUITY INsTiTuTioN.—Froin the a ;o9r6 statement recently passed by the trustees and ratiribis at their annual general meeting, savings bank received during en ding the 2 `. 1 the year A Oli tS ' ult th ~ e sum of 37,897/. 3s. 4d. from 8,63 4 at 0 . it appears the N i l exclusive of interest from the Government on th ei r r d, of ital at the National Debt-office. And that 11PvfaInsti. 380,000/. has been paid to Government from La+ , "'"" tutiOU cni account of SaYiDge Bank stunuitio. E S N, LONDON, TUESDAY EV.ENENG, DECEMBI-int 22, 1846. ki s 114,, * a , kis ti l l b e , gt( till ref th, 4, Au Tt I at,