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USEFUL PRESENT FOR A LADY. Now ready, in small svo., 71. Gil. bound, T IIE ENGLISH. MATRON• By the Authoress of " THE ENGLIsIi GENTLEWOMAN." In her former work, intended tor the prepar lion of young ladies for society, the author enforced in the moat strenuous manner, the imperative necessity of cultivating the mind, and of forming the habits. The. present volume is calculated to show in whiit way the peva:ins efforts are likely to bear upon the happiness of a a arried life Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street NEW WORK BY G. W. FrATHEItSTONIINUOII, Now ready, in 2 vols. Bvo., with Map and Plate Y s, 28s. hotpot, E . . CANOE TO THE MINNAY SOTOR. V o AG 'With an Account of some Lead and Copper Deposits in Wisconsin ; and of the Gold Region in the Cherokee Country. By G. W. FEATHERSTONHAUGH, F.R.S., &c. Author of 4 ` Excursions in the Slave States." Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. (Publisher in Ordinary to her Majesty.) RAILWAY SHAUF.S 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. t place every TIIEdDAT and FRIDAY, at One o'clock, at the Hall of Commerce, Threadneedle-street, London, to which place, favours, containing instructions (with a reference), are respectfully requested to be addressed. All Scrip and Share Certificates must be deposited, the day orevious to their being offered; and advices or results will be forwarded by the first post after the sale, tual the proceeds imme triately disposed of according to instri:ctions. Oflces. Hall of Commerce, Threadneedle-street. London. TfIEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. THIS EVENING Will be performed a new Opera, entitled THE BONDMAN. Marquis de Vernon, Mr. Weiss ; Floreville, Mr. Rafter ; Morliere, Mr. Horncastle ; La Valliere, Mr. Galli ; Ardenford, Mr. Harrison ; Mal-a-Propos, Mr. Harley; Madame Corinne, Miss Romer; Grisette, 3liss Rebecca Isaacs ; Frivole, Mrs. Hughes. After the Opera, will be presented a new grand Ballet, called THE WAGS OF WAPPING (performed at the Aca , lemie 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 the comeay ESIIO HET i-,' WORRTII KNOWING. The characters will be supported by Messrs. Howe, Rogers, Stuart, Lester, Buckstone, Tilbury, Farren; Mrs. E. Yarnole, Miss Julia Bennett, Mrs. Glover, &c. After which, an entirely new Comic Drama, entitled STORY TELLING ; or, Novel Effects. Dr. Hardenberg, Mr. W. Farren ; Frederick Vandervelt, Mr. Caulfield ; Raps, Mr. Buckstene ; Grab, 31r: Rogers ; Theresa, Miss Telbin ; Rose, Mrs. Humby. During the evening the Band will perform the Overture, " Cheval do Bronze ;" " The Armen" (Polka); " Czarina" (Mazourka) ; " Douro " (Walzer) ; and a New Overture. To be followed by the petite Comedy of PERFECTION. In which Messrs. Tilbury, Holl, Clark ; Miss Reynolds, and Mrs. Ifumby will perform. To conclude with Buckstone's Farce, entitled THE IRISH LION Principal characters by Messrs. lltids4n, Brindal, Mary ; Miss P, Horton, Mrs. Stanley, Mrs. Buckin.ham, Miss IVoitl,ls, &c. Box-office open from Twelve till Four ; under the direction 01 Mr. T. Archer, Box Book-keeper. THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM. Under the Munagetnent of Mrs. Keeley, On MONDAY, DecQnther 210 Will be performed a Drama, 'founded on the New Christmas Annual of Churles 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. Matthews, F. Vining, Meadows, Keeley ; Mrs. iVoollidge, Mist Daly, Miss May (her first apucarance here). Miss Grove, Miss Foster, and Mrs. Keeley. After which, the laughable Farce of MRS. WHITE. Characters by Mr. Turner, Mr. Oxherry (his first appearance i❑ this company), Mr. H. Butler ; Miss Arden, Miss Villars, and Mrs. Wigan. To conclude with the successful Comedy of TO PARENTS AND GUARDIANS. TfIEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHL UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MADAME CELESTE THIS EVENING Will be performed a grand Fairy Spectacle, founded on the Ballet of LA. GISELLE, entitled TfIE PHANTOM DANCERS ; or, the Wills Bride. Principal characters by Mr. Wright, Mr. I'. Bedford. Mr. 0. Smith, Mr:CJllenford,Madame Celeste, \l ice Marian Taylor, Miss Emma Harding, Miss Ellen Chaplin, and Mrs. Laws. Alter which, the Drama of THE CABIN BOY. Monsieur Henri, Mr. Worrell; Monsieur Vincent, Mr. 0. Smith; Coquin Ballandier. Mr. Munyard ; Largarcette, 31z. Bedford ; Julien, Madame Celeste; Clara, Mrs. Emsley. . . To conclude with a Terpsichorean Burletta, call d POWDER AND RAL ; or, St. Tibbs's Eve. Principal characters by Messrs. Lam bert, Worrell, Wright, 31unyard, Mrs. Matthew, Miss Woolgar, and Miss Brooks. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STIttET. J. M. Maddox, sole Lessee and Manager. THIS EVENING Will be performed an original romantic Opera, in three parts, entitled Tlll , , NIGHT DANCERS ; founded on the Story of " The principal characters personified by Miss Georglana Smithson, Mfss Rourke, Miss Sara Flower, Miss Somers, Misses Marshall; Messrs. 'Leffler, Allen, Bodda, Walton, T. 11111, Bonner, &c. After which an entirely new Comic Drama, entitled THE TWO JZAINLIOWS. To conclude with Goldsmith's Comedy of SITE STOOPS TO CONQUER. Sir Charles Marlow, Mr. Wynn; Young Marlow, Mr. Vining; Hardcastle, Mr. Granby ; Tony Lumpkin. Mr. Compton ; Hastings, Mr. Roxby ; Diggory, Mr. Cewell ; Miss Hardeastle, Mrs. Stirling; Miss Neville, Mrs. Hughes ; Mrs. Ilardcastic, Mrs. Fosbroke. FRENCH PLAYS.—ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. Lessee, Mr. John Mitchell. TIIIS EVENING Will be performed Scribe's favourite Vaudeville, entitled LES GRISETTES. In which MM. Tourillon, David, Lucien, Sola ; Madame Deluc, Mdlles. Vallee, Khin, Pascal, Fouqw-t, Leyder, and Cordely will appear. After which will be produced the celebrated Comedy, entitled BERT RAND ET RATON ; ou, L'Art de Con , pirer. Le Curate Bertrand de Rantzau, M. Perlet. The other characters I.y Wiles. Brohan, Vallee, Madame Grassau ; MM. Langeval, Pascal, Felix, Cartigny, Rhozevil, Pa;enier, Dorgebret, and Masquilller. Boxes, 6s. ; Pit, 3s. 6d. ; Stalls, 35.; Gallery, 2s. Doors opened at half-past Seven, and the performances commence at Eight. ETHIOPIAN SERENADERS, ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. Be-appearance of the celebrated Ethiopian Serenaders, Pell, Tlarrinr;ton, White, Stanwood, and Hermon, who, will have the honour of repeating their inimitable Entertainment at the above theatre THIS EVENING, December 19. and of continuing the same every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday evening, during the Christmas holidays. The programme will Include " Old Joe," " Lucy Neal," " The Cotoured Fancy " My skiff is on the shore," and the cele brated Rairoad Overture. Various novelties are in rehearsal. The public is respectfully cautioned that the Songs and Melodies, as sung by the above party, are published only at Mr. Mitchell's. Doors open at eight, commence at half-past. Boxes, 43.; Pit, 2s. ; Amphitheatre, 2s.—Private Boxes, Stalls, and Places may he engaged at Michell's Library, 33, Old Bond-street, and at the Box-office of the Theatre.—Open from II till 5. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor. Mr. W. Batty. Ptlronfsed by her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen, Prince Albert, and Royal Family. Splendid Equestrian and Dramatic Novelties. Coutinued success of " The Demon horse and the Twelve Wishes." The celebrated Dutch Bottle Equilibrist, &c. THIS EVENING Will be performed a grand new Magical Equestrian Romance, en titled THE DEMON HORSE ; 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 ROB ROY MACGREGOR ; or, The Mountain Outlaw. In active preparation, a variety of novelties for the Christmas holidays ; among the rest, will be brought forward a Grand Comic Equestrian Pantomime, produced oil a lavish scale of splendour, entitled TIIE FORTY THIEVES ; or, Hatequin and the Rob ber's Cave. mix-office open from eleven till five o'clock.—Doors open at six eat commence at half-past six o'clock.—Stage Manager, Mr. W. Ilroadfoot. SHE WEATHER.—Strw OFFICE, DECEMBER 17. TdERNOMETER, Lowest, 28; Highest. 34 ; Noon, 35, BAROMETER, 29.67.—W1ND N.E., fine. HIGH AT uu.NHUN-Kith))Ge raiz% HA I. I.Corn'ng .. 23 minutes after 1. I Evening .. 45 minutes after 1. '•••• ' VAI >a 4 p.A411'4 ". 411416 rig \lt - •,4 -1 LA ‘'''(.7TlF 11, invrtrin t c*rAllt4 LONDON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1846. _ Despotism, in grasping at the last fragment of Po land, has endangered the retention of all its previous spoil. By their outrageous violation of all laws, both 'lnman and divine, the laws of honour, of humanity, of justice, and of Christianity, Russia, Prussia, and Austria, have aroused in the western states of Europe :an indignation which cannot easily be allayed. They have thrown aside the flimsy mask by which their hypocrisy had been hitherto but slightly aided. They have even cast to the winds the supposititious sanctity (f their own compacts, and have shown in a strik lag manner that the most solemn stipulations of tyrants are as false as dicers' oaths. According to a respectable adage, we may discover " honour amongst thieves," but not all the proverbs of %cox, nor all the maxims of ROCHEFOUCAULT could persuade us that any such redeeming quality is discernable amongst despots. History has proved the contrary during successive generations. The rupture of trea ties from the earliest to the latest times may be de fined as the immediate cause of international hos tilities—from the Punic wars to the Napoleon wars, from the days of NIMRoD down to those of MASSENA. The recent proceed ings in Iberia and Galicia cannot therefore be to us matters of astonishment. They are as explicable as the effects produced by the simplest chemical expe riments. We cannot feel in any degree amazed that the brother of the imperial egoist, ALEXANDER, and the descendant of the ruthless CATHERINE, should connive at the final robbery of Poland. We cannot feel in any degree surprised that his accomplices are a son of the false-hearted FRANCIS, and a descendant from that great FREDERICK who tarnished his mili tary glory by forcing upon Rolland a Stadtholder althorred by the population. NICHOLAS has a por tionof that blood in his veins which flowed in those of his predecessor, when the latter held communion with the murderers of PAUL. That intensity of selfish ness v'hich prompted the late Kaiser of Austria to ezoploy his daughter as an instrument for the destruc of his son-in-law, the Emperor NAPOLEON, appears to VI a hereditary vice. King FREDERICK WILLIAM has profited by the insidious examples of falsity and obe dience which were afforded i n such abun dance by the G ove rnment of Berlin during the last Euro pe a n As some of th e subtlest and cruelest m aladiespenetZe r. the muscular structure of the heart, the marrow of the bones, and the very ganglions of the brain, an d are ineradicable by human art, so do the depravities of despotism cling to its heirs, from generation to THE SUN, generation, through the whole deplorable catalogue of a tyrannical dynasty. The great poet of the nineteenth century, when the stipulations were being entered into by the allied Sovereigns in Germany, immediately after the battles of Ligny and Waterloo, remonstrated even then with the enfranchised people of the west. " Have nations,'' he exclaimed, "Conquered to make one submit, Or lragued to teach &I 1 kings true sovereignty?" He recognised the fallacy of those hopes, and the credulity of those anticipations which were based upon the possible amelioration of the sorrows of that portion of mankind already under the domi nion or within the reach of the northern *con federates. In the rapture of his poetical improvisa tion he foresaw the future miseries which would result from this delusion. He prophesied the in trigues of the Galician insurrection by a hint, and the seizure of Cracow by an inuendo. " Shall we," he cried— " Shall we who struck the Lion down, shall we Pay the Wolf homage. proffering lowly gaze And servile knees to thrones ?" Never was so dismal a vaticination so mournfully realised. The Duchy of Warsaw has disappeared, even the Cracovians have lost their miniature inde pendence. From Carpathia to the Baltic, from the Oder to the Borysthenes, the land of CASIMIR has been portioned out to the surrounding tyrants. Twenty millions of people—of an enlightened, generous, noble-hearted, virtuous, and warlike race — have degenerated into the serfs of Austria, of Russia, and of Prussia. The rapacity of one horrible century has been consummated by a lying proclamaion and an imperial theft. We are rejoiced to observe the depth of indignation with which the annexation of Cracow is regarded by the people of England. It is a solace, while the tem porising Cabinet of France is insinuating her dis pleasure to Prir.ce ETTESNICH, instead of commissioning M. DE FLAHAUT to give ex pression to a bold and manly wrath, it is a pleasure to behold something like a loyalty to freedom in:England. The meeting which was held on Wt dnesdav in the National Hall, Holborn, is only, we believe, a preliminary expression of sympathy to the Poles. In the chairman, Dr. BOWRING, M.P., there was an enthusiasm which could not but prove contagious among the most phlegmatic auditory ; but this enthusiasm was nevertheless cor rected by his judgment. The meeting over which he presided was not convened, as one of the speakers observed, for the purpose of instigating the Poles " to engage In any rash attempt to regain their nation ality." It was convened for the purpose of en abling the lovers of liberty and civilization to express their execration for the spirit of northern despotism. In the crusade which must inevitably arise out of the avarice of that baleful despotism, the free millions of Western Europe will not so much aspire after the restoration of two hundred thousand souls to independence as the re storation of nationality to twenty millions. The sympathy of the west extends beyond the boundaries of Cracow, it embraces the whole territories of Poland. " Yet," said Dr. Bowaisc, " I cannot but feel that liberty and civilisation owe some debts to Cracow. I cannot forget that Cracow was the seat of the first university founded in northern continental Europe. I cannot forget that Cracow was the place where the first Polish press was established. I cannot forget that from Cracow emanated one of the noblest declarations ever made in favour of universal religious liberty. I cannot forget that Cracow was the place where the ancient monarchs of Poland were crowned, and where theirremains still repose. I cannot forget that with Cracow is asso ciated the name of CorEamcus ; and that in that city are deposited the remains of CASIMIR, of SOBIESKI, of PONIATOWSKI, and of KOSCIUSKO." While these things are remembered the abused Poles cannot want sympathy. The doom of Poland can only be sealed when they are forgotten. In another column will be found a letter from Dr. MILLINGEN, dated December 12, commenting on an article which appeared in our columns on the 20th of November, on the subject of the law of lunacy, in which we adverted to the cases of Mrs. CUMMING and Mrs. SLIUTTLEWORTH, as illustrative of the necessity of such an alteration in that law as should make a coroner's warrant, founded upon the verdict of a jury, necessary to authorise the incarceration by the keeper of any lunatic asylum of any person alleged to be of insane mind. In connexion with these cases we mentioned, incidentally, the name of Dr. MILLIN GEN, the proprietor of the asylum in which Mrs. CUNNING and Mrs. SHUTTLEWORTH were confined, and this incidental mention of his name, Dr. MILLEN GEN stigmatises as an "unjustifiable attack upon him." The readers of The Sun will be surprised to hear such an accusation brought against us, because in attacking abuses it has always been our rule to cautiously ab stain from attacking the private character of those interested in upholding such abuses. But the public conduct of public men is, it is ur.iversally admitted, a fair subject for comment. In the year 1826 the late Mr. ABERNETHY applied to Lord Chancellor ELDON to grant an injunction to restrain Mr. WAKLEY from publishing reports of the surgical lectures which Mr. ABERNETHY was in the habit of delivering at St. Bartholomew's Ilospital. Mr. `VARLET, in moving to dissolve the injunction, showed that the College of Surgeons refused to receive certificates of attendance on sur gical lectures, except such lectures were delivered by surgeons to hospitals, and contended that as Mr. ABERNETHY was a surgeon to an hospital, and had thus conferred upon him the privilege from which others were excluded, of delivering lectures, certificates of which were received by the College of Surgeons, the public, which had conferred upon him that privilege, had a right to know exactly how he had performed his duties. Lord ELDON admitted the force of the argument, and dissolved the injunction, and in giving judgment in that case he laid down :the broad prin ciple, which has never since been controverted, that, wherever the law confers certain exclu sive privileges upon certain classes of per sons, the public has a right to inquire into the manner into which such privileged persons per form their duties. Now, the law gives to certain persons licensed by the Commissioners of Lunacy the power of keeping lunatic asylums, to the exclu sion of the rest of her MAJESTY'S subjects ; and, taking our stand upon the judgment of Lord ELDON, in the case of " ABERNETHY v. WAKLEY,” we claim for the public the right of inquiring into the manner in which every licensed keeper of a lunatic asylum per forms his duties. We will now proceed. to "the unjustifiable attack," and we will quote every sen- ' tence in which the name of Dr. MILLINGEN is men tioned, or in which any allusion is made to him, and we will call Dr. MILLINGEN himself as our witness to the truth of everything therein stated. The following is the only passage in which the name of Dr. MILLINGEN is mentioned : " There was the case of Mrs. Cumming. The skil ful persons ' certified to her lunacy • D. Millingen re ceived and incarcerated her. The Commissioners, during their visits, never dreamed that she was not insane, a commission de lunatico was issued against her, and yet so soon as she consented to make a disposition of her pro perty in favour of those who h a d set t h e skilful per sons ' in motion, the certificate of the skilful persons" was thrown to the winds. Dr. Millingen was content to accept the guarantee of Master Barlow, and Mrs. Cum ming, who, according to the skilful persons ' was labouring under delusions', was at once set at liberty, How comes it that the visitors did not discover th e error into which the 'skilful persons had fallen? How was it that Dr. Millingen, one of the 'skilful persons' in Mrs. Shuttleworth's case, became so suddenly en lightened ?" In Dr. ITILLINGEN'S version of this " attack," as given in his letter, the passage is somewhat distorted but let that pass. Now for :Dr. MILLINGEN'S own eviden - ce in corroboration of our statement, in IN liich, according to Dr. MILLINGEN'S assertion, there is not one syllable of truth. We imagine that Dr. MILLIN GEN will not deny that he received, and incarcerated, or put under restraint, if he likes the phrase better— at all events, deprived of her personal liberty, a certain Mrs. CUMMING, and that he was authorised to do this by the certificate of certain " skilful persons." Our next assertion is, " The Commissioners, during their visits, never dreamed that she was not insane." Our witness, Dr. MILLINGEN, says that Dr. PRITCHARD (one of the Commissioners) was convinced that the lady was of unsound mind, and, therefore, it is clear that we were perfectly justified in stating that the Commissioners, during their visits, never dreamed that she was not insane. "A commission de lunatico," the article proceeds, " was issued against her, and yet so soon as she consented to make a dis position of her property in favour of those who had set the skilful persons' in motion, the certificate of the ' skilful persons' was thrown to the winds." What says Dr. MILLINGEN— " Now, Sir, in the case of Mrs. Cutnming, a proposal was made by her counsel to the family, who, having ac ceded to it, directed me to discharge her • and, althou_ h convlnced, as well as Sir Alexander Thomson, the ex perienced physician of Bedlam Hospital, the Surrey Asylum, and consulting physician of the County Asylum of Hanwell, and Dr. Pritchard, a physician of European celebrity, that the lady was most decidedly of unsound mind, as I could not declare that she was a dangerous lunatic, she was accordingly discharged by her family." We imputed to Dr. MILLINGEN no want of skill, but we are not sorry that he mis understood our meaning, because it has drawn from him an opinion which greatly strengthens our case against the present law of lunacy, and it is against the law, and the law only, that we war. We have no desire to hurt the feelings of Dr. MILLING EN, or of any other honourable man, who, as a keeper of a lunatic asylum, is unfortunately placed in such a position as to be coerced by the present state of the law into doing that of which he does not approve. We have here, then, the opinion of Dr. MILLINGEN, that at the time Mrs. CUMMING executed that deed of settlement she was of unsound mind. Is that deed valid, if Mrs. CUMMING at the time it was executed was really of unsound mind ? If Master BARLOW really agreed with Dr. MILLINGEN in opinion, if he felt convinced "that if the jury had not been discharged by the arrange ment made on the proposal of the unfortunate lady's own counsel, little doubt could be enter tained as to what would have been their verdict," surely an inquiry ought to be instituted to ascertain what were the circumstances which induced Master BARLOW to sanction that arrangement. Surely Dr. MILLINGEN himself must admit that a state of the law which gives a family power to place a person in a lunatic asylum, and to withdraw such person from such lunatic asylum at their own mere will and plea sure, is so open to abuse as to require alteration ! Our only knowledge of the case of Mrs. CUMMING is derived from the report of the proceedings before Master BAunow, and from Dr. MILLINGEN'S letter. We admit that everything was done in this case strictly according to law. She was shut up as insane according to law—she was discharged on executing a deed disposing of her property, and discharged according to law. She is either sane or insane if sane, she ought never to have been shut up ; if insane, she ought never to have been per mitted to execute a deed disposing of her property, as the condition of her discharge ; in fact, she ought not to have been discharged at all. Yet she was shut up according to law, she was discharged according to law, her mind having undergone no alteration. Therefore the law is bad, and requires amend ment. As to the passage about the guarantee of Master BARLOW (if Dr. MILLING EN will read it again he will see that nothing was said about the guarantee of Mrs. CUMMING), it is the mere state tnent of a fact alleged in the report to have occurred at the moment that Mrs. CUMMING was set at liberty. It is there writ down, that on the counsel for " the family" declaring, in announcing the compromise, that Mrs. CUMMING was at liberty to join her friends, Dr. MILLING EN demurred to the release of the lady be fore certain formalities should have been gone through, whereupon Master BARLOW interfered, and ordered her immediate release on his own responsibility, guaran teeing Dr. MILLINGEN against all consequences, should such release turn out to have been improperly granted. This expression of opinion which we have elicited from Dr. MILLINGEN, that at the time Mrs. CUMMING was discharged she was of unsound mind, is most important in another point of view. Dr. Mtn- LINGER and Dr. PRITCHARD, " skilful persons," are of opinion she was of unsound mind. Other equally " skilful persons" were in attendance before the com mission to testify that in their opinion she was not of unsound mind. The Master, BARLOW, the lawyers on both sides, and the family must also have been of opinion that she was not of " unsound mind, and incapable of managing her own affairs," or they would not have accepted from her, or permitted her to execute any deed or document dis posing of her property. We have, therefore, on the one side, the opinion of " skilful persons " that she is of unsound mind, .and on the other the opinion of persons equally " skilful " that she is not of un sound mind. Now, how is it possible to ascertain which set of " skilful persons " is right, except by calling upon each of the " skilful persons" to state that which Lord DENMAN says it is monstrous to expect a " skilful person " should be called upon to state, viz.—" all the particulars upon which such skilful person grounds his opinion," and this brings us to Dr. MILLINGEN'S exposition of the law of lunacy, as laid down by Lord DENMAN. We find, however, that our observations on this case of Mrs. CUMMING have extended to such a length, that we must defer our review of " MILLINGEN upon DENMAN" until to-morrow. We stated yesterday, in reference to our grand jury system, that it would be most unadvisable to countenance, in any degree, the proposition for abolishing this ancient institution till other adminis trative improvements in the law had been first effected. We have shown, on more than one occa sion, how the subject may be harassed and injured, both in his reputation and liberty, by being committed to take his trial, which frequently would never befal him, were the magistrate, who first hears and de cides upon the case, fitted for his functions by pro , fessional acquirements. If the accused, conscious of his innocence, should experience the bitter disappoint ment of finding that the magistrate has taken an erroneous, or prejudiced view of the complaint pre ferred against him, to what tribunal does he next bend his anxious thoughts, to save him from the de gradation which his feelings naturally engender at the idea of appearing in a criminal dock in open court ? To a grand jury of his countrymen. It is very well to observe, that every man is considered inno cent till he is found guilty. So says the law ; but so thinks not always the world, which is not over nice, nor over charitable, in its opinions or conclusions. It is against human nature to suppose that any innocent person, unhappily committed by the magistrate, does not inwardly bless his coil . :ntry for the hope it affords him that, by the intervenifik institution "id the grand jury, he may be rescued from the lowering position of being seen in a dock, where the worst felons are placed, and frequently only leave it to expiate their crimes on the neighbouring gallows. That this hope has not illumined in vain the breast of many an honourable being, may be presumed from the number of bills that are ignored. It may very well be that, in this way, from a variety of causes—collusion, tampering with witnesses, &c.—many guilty escape, at the same time that the innocent are freed from further persecution. It is in this latter respect that we set a peculiar value upon the continuance of the grand jury system. It still operates as a shield to guard the ho nour and reputation of our fellow-men. Our ances tors highly prized this institution from the very ear liest times, for the protection it afforded them against the dread power of the Crown on the one side, and the malicious persecution of powerful enemies on the other, who sought to warp the machinery of the law to the gratification of their avarice, animosity, or any other dominant passion. The judges of old knew well enough the popular check which grand juries could interpose between the Sovereign and his minions, and weak and oppressed subjects, when, from the very seat of justice itself they endeavoured by the use of the King's name, to awe the grand jury into finding true bills. It is true that the judges are not no w as th e y were them servile creatures, and dependent upon the pleasure of the Crown for the tenure of their high offices. But the magistrates, who first commit prisoners hold their commissions only at the will of the Sovereign, and at every demise of the Crown there is a fresh commission of the peace made out, when the former magistrates may be included or not, as the advisers of the King may deem best. Law officers, of every description, should be so chosen and appointed, that the public may have the best guarantee which human wisdom can suggest against any malversation of power in troublous as well as in peaceable times. Looking, then, to the mode in which 'ma gistrates are appointed, to their frequent wayward ness, their notorious incompetency as a_ body, the necessary consequence of their legal ignoiance, to their great power, to the futility of attempting to obtain any redress for the injuries that arise out of LON DON, FRIDAY M . ORN , I NG, DECEMBER, lB, 18-16 their grievous errors—we should deeply lament to witness the abolition of the venerable and venerated institution of the grand jury. That this system has its imperfections, like other human inventions, we do not conceal ; but it is one thing to amend, and another to destroy. The former, and not the latter, is the spirit in which we should seek to free the grand jury institution from the slender objections to which time has laid it open ; but certainly we would guard it, in every way, as it is, till our magisterial system shall have been first thoroughly remodelled. We have received the Paris papers of Tuesday. On the morning of that day the Bey of TUNIS left Paris for Toulon, on his return to Tunis. These papers state that the Ministy have determined to adopt a totally new plan for the Government of Algeria, the object of which is to provide more effec tually for the safety of colonists, so as to induce them to settle in the country. All the great military estab lishments are to be removed into the interior, instead of being located on the coast, as at present. The Governor-General, with his staff and the whole of the military administration, will be removed from Algiers to Medeah., which is to be their station for the future. The Governor of Oran, together with his staff and military establishment, will henceforth be stationed at Mascarah. The Governor of Constantina will also be removed into the interior, but no town has as yet been fixed upon as his location. The mai►s from Germany and Spain had not ar rived in Paris on Tuesday. BOURSE-I'mm, TUESDAY. THREE o'CLocz.—The firmness manifested for some days back has continued to-day, and the French Rentes are again higher. The Three per Crnts. opened at 81f. 30c., and after same variations, during which they touched 81f. 10c., they closed at the opening price. After the Bourse they' were they at 81f 35c. Railway Shares were exceedingly firm, and are somewhat better. This being the reponse des primes for the half-monthly settlement for the railway market, almost all the primes were taken up. The continuations are moderate, .though decidedly higher than for some settlements past. With the exception of Paris and Orleans at 2f. 25c. to If. 75c., Rouen at If. 75c. to If. 50c., and Avignon to Marseilles at If. 50c. to if. 25c., the continuations for the other lines are below lf. Nothing was done in Spanish. Kr the Account, the French Three per Cents. have risen sc. Five per Cents. 20c. Loan not quoted. For Money the Three per Cents. are unchanged. Five per Cents. have fallen 25c. Loan net quoted. Gouin Bank I,ooof. Shares, Belgian Bank Shares, Roman, and Rothschild's Receipts, are all unchanged, the latter being 102 f; 55c. Neapolitan Bonds and Portuguese Five per Cents. not quoted. Exchange on London (thirty days), 25f. 45c.; ditto (driety days), 25f. 30c. Railway Shares for the Ac count, settling of Dec. 16 :—St. Germain, Avignon to Mar seilles, Rouen to Havre, and Orleans to Vierzon, having risen sf. each; Rouen,3t 75c., Paris to Orleans, Versailles (Right Bank), Strasburg, Northern, and Orleans to Bordeaux, 2f. 50c. each ; Boulogne, lf. 25c.; Nantes, Lyons, and Ver sailles (Left Bank), are unaltered. For Money, Rouen have risen 10f.; Northern, 7fiosk.-; Versailles (Left Bank), 3f. 75c.., Orleans to Bordeav, Strasboilig, and Nantes, 2f. 50c. each. Lyons are untraed. Paria to - Orleans have fallen 2f. 50c. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, DECEMBER 16. _ Luxembourg, :ii—Northern of France Constituted, 1058 —Paris and Lyons Constituted. 5 1 / s ex d.—Rouen and Havre, 23N—Tournay, Jurbise, Landen, and Hassell, 5!/4. DUTCH, GERMAN, and BRUSSELS PAPERS. CRACOW, DEC. 2.—lt is stated that the Pace De partment, where they expected to arrest John Schubert, at the barrier of Zwierzynice, were in the hopes of disco vering thereby an important secret. Ilia disappearance has, however, frustrated their expectation. Report points out the said John Schubert as one of the ringleaders of the new conspiracy, which is said to be brooding against the Austrian Government. It might have been inferred that in the present state of affairs, every thought of a conspiracy would have been given up as utterly futile. The report, however, is so often repeated, and frt quently with such certainty, that apparently there must be some foundation for it. VIENNA, DEC. 3.—Two days after, we received the intelligence that the well-known Polish insurgent Chief, Dembinski, who appeared after the defeat of the Gali cian Nobles at Lisa Goroe, and had not been heard of since, has been arrested in Cilli. He had been kept in concealment on the estates of an Hungarian nobleman, but had latterly obtained a passport for himself and a female, and, under a false name, had succeded in getting as far as Cilli, where he was arrested. BERLIN, DEC. 5 —The King of Hanover is said to be on the point of expending a pretty considerable sum (re port says five to six million dollars) in the purchase of tandect estates within the Prussian dominicns, and that several negotiations have already been commenced with large estate owners. It is, however, added, that there is danger that the entire plan may fall to the ground, as a difference has hitherto subsisted in regard to the forma lities which the King of Hanover, as soon as he shall ob tain estates in Prussia, will be obliged to observe towards our King, as landowner, and which have been observed by other sovereigns who have possessions in Prussia; for instance, the King of the Netherlands, the Duke of Bruns wick, the Duke of Dessau, &c., &c. . . VIENNA, DEC. 6.—The day before yesterday, the im perial Russian Lieutenant, General Von Bibikoff, ar rived from St. Petersburgh, with a numerous retinue. He is charged with the commission to accompany the earthly remains of her Imperial Highness the late Grand Duchess Maria, to St. Petersburgh. Her Imperial Highness the Grand Duchess Helen has recovered from her indisposition. Our mails from Constantinople have for some time arrived very irregularly ; the mail of the 25th November arrived here two days after date. BRESLAU, DEC. 6.—Letters from the Polish frontier state that the time in which the kingdom of Poland is to cease, is approaching, and that it is no secret that Prince Paskewitsch has orders, on the slightest revolutionary movement, to fire on Warsaw from the citadel, and utterly destroy it. KONIa6BURG, DEC. 1. - With respect to the marriage contracted by Dr. Falkson with his wife in England, the Procurator-General has instituted proceedings for de claringthis marriage between a Jew and a Christian lad yto be null and void. The tribunal has resolved to require the opinions of the Cunsistory and of the Rabbis, how far a Jew could comply with the Christian laws of marriage. BERLIN, DEC. 3.—The Crown Prince of Sweden is gone to Hamburg, having first obtained from Prince Charles and Princess Louisa the final promise of grant ing him the hand of the Princess. His Riyal Highness went to the King from Weimar a week ago, and immediately received his Majesty's ap probation of his intended marriage. The bride, however, is so far from having recovered from her illness at Genoa, that the King has lately sent his own physician, Privy Councillor Grisma, to that city to take part in the consultations of the physicians in attendance on her Royal Highness. The affairs of Cracow seems to very much occupy the attention of our Minister for Foreign Affairs, and while we can only confirm our former statement that Russia very reluctantly agreed to the incorporation of the Republic, it appears now that our Cabinet is ready to approximate on certain terms to the Western Powers. The protest of Lord Palmerston has already been received here, and is expressed in unlooked for mild terms with respect to the Prussian Cabinet, whereas the reply to the Russian Government is said to be very severe. We have now a contradiction of the report which was purposely spread, that the Western Governments, or at least one of them, had been secretly informed before hand of the intended incorporations. BERLIN, DEC. 2.—Though earnest representations and wishes for a favourable decision, respecting our commercial interests at Cracow, ha-I been sent from here to Vienna, doubts are entertained of their being complied with, because it is foreseen that they will be opposed by the Russian Government. The free trade of Cracow has hitherto been offensive to that Govern ment, and Russia considered Cracow not only as the focus of revolutionary ideas, but also as a great depot for a contraband trade in Poland. The commercial se clusion of that kingdom, whose complete incorporation with the empire is near at hand, as the first consequence of the new convention at Vienna, is one of the results of the system which has latterly obtained so great a vic tory, of which we will hope, that it may not be found diametrically opposed to the German interests. HANOVER, DEC. 9.—Their Royal Highnesses the Crown Prince and Princess, and the Hereditary Prince, arrived here to-day from Celle by an express train, and alighted at the Royal Ernest Palace, which is assigned to their Royal Highnesses for their future residence. BERLIN, DEC. 9.—The bankruptcy of the house of Schiller and Muller, which was made known yesterday, has excited a great sensation on 'Change. Their debts amount to 800,000 dollars, of which, as far as is just known, 80,000 dollars fall upon a house in this city. The alarm is increased by the apprehension that the blow will not th b ia e t th it e o h n a l a y o s n om e, e si c n o c a e ne it xi w on as w s i u th pp t o h s e ed a , ff o a n ir on a e t hand, t C h r a a t c o e; a h n a d h , k o r n a p t t h e h o a t a h s e e r , w i a t s was fund o extraordinary assistance fr om t h e other influential houses of Breslau. German pap ers . BRUSSELS, DEC. 13.—Their Majesties the King and Queen will leave Brussels, as we hear, on Tuesday next, for Paris. Their absence will not be prolonged above a week. It is said that after the promulgation of the law on the promotion of the Princes of the Royal Family in the army, the Duke of Brabant will enter the Regiment (Mite, and the Count of Flanders the Regiment des Guides, both with the rank of sub-lieutenant.—Brussels Pxpe•-s, Dec. 14. • . . have now retur ne d , God be English coast, praist d, in safety, from the THE HAG", DEC. 9.—A1l the boats, except one, hat they have b roug h t i s near l y f ou r and a half mil to Sche ven i nge n. The number of herring s lions, which is more, by half a million, than last year. The fishery has been very successful, only two of the owners are said to have barely c overed their expenses, the rest have all amp l e reason to be satisfied. The prices have lately then. AMSTERDAM, DEC. 9.—This morning there was a general meeting of the shareholders of the Dutch Com mercial Company, i n w hi c h it w as resolved, with the up . probation of his M a j esty t h e Ki n g, to prolong the grant to the Company, of t h e 31st o f December, 1849 , for a second period of 25 years, t h a t is, till the 31st of De cember, 1874. We shall revert in the seq uel to the re solutions taken by th e A ssem bly, and communicate it at length. THE HAGUE, D EC . 8.--qp Excellencythe Minister of the Interior, has gives notice to those persons inter ested, that conf orma bl y w ith the public advertisement, the public lottery, for drawing ten shares in the loan of 950,000 florins, for the construction of a causeway from Maestrieht to the frontiers of Guidersland, took place on the 7th of this month. The ten series drawn, were Nos. 6, 152, 165, 198, 198, 203, 418, 636, 735, and 804. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. (From The Sun of last Night.) The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were not so large, being 10,000 bales, 5,000 of which were on specu lation. The market was firm. There were 7,000 bales of American t:kun at sd. to 71d; 500 of Pernambuco and Maranham at 7id to Bd.; 200 of Bahia at Bd.; 600 of Egyptian at 7id. to 9d.; and 1,400 of Surat at 41d. to 5Ad. per pound. Shares were rather heavy. The intelligence received relative to the surrender of Tampico to the United States forces has caused much anxiety among the merchants, the bondholders, and others connected with the trade with that republic. Should, however, any treasure, the property of British capitalists and others, be taken possession of by the invaders, a full and satisfactory account must undoubtedly be rendered to our Government. Upon this score, therefore, very little apprehension ought to exist, although serious delays may occur in making remittances. The Cotton and Corn markets of the United States appear to have been active, and money was easy. No doubt we shall do a good spring trade with brother Jonathan in our principal manufactures for part pay ment of his staples. It is stated that—" The Atlantic and St. Lawrence Railroad is fast progressing, and will, when completed, be one of the most important and profitable roads in the country-280 miles; and Portland is in connexion with the lakes, grasping the whole western trade. It will go ahead, with rapid strides, of Boston, and will be the principal depot of the Atlantic steamers in a year or two. No city in the union has the same natural advantages. New York is 475 miles from the lakes ; Boston, 525 ; Portland has a noble harbour, but three milts from the broad Atlantic. No pilots are required to enter or leave her port, and she will undoubtedly become one of the most important commercial cities in the Union. The Bostonians are not willing to believe that this road will be made, it is so dead against the city of Boston, which must keep wide awake or be beaten. , ' The weather in the United States and Canada was de cidedly wintry, and most of the shipping which intended to leave the latter country for England had left before the close of November. We have received, in common with our contemporaries, the following extract relative to Customs' frauds from the London Mercantile Journal : " We have this week to expose a fraud of a most ex tensive character, committed in one of the largest ware houses belonging to the St. Katherine's Dock Company, by the connivance of the Custom's officer in charge of that warehouse. We understand the amount of which the revenue has been defrauded in this single instance, to be between twenty and thiry thousand pounds. " Sugar is the article by which this fraud has been effected, and the way it has been done is simply this: —Upon the presentation of warrants for the delivery of goods, to the Company's clerks, it is the practice to present the document to the locker on the premises, for him to certify that he has received the - necessary order from the Custom House that the 'duty has been paid. before the de livery is allowed to take place. In this instance the locker asserted that he was in receipt of the order' when such was not the case, no duty having been paid. The Dock Company delivered the sugar, and, we presume, stands exonerated. The locker has decamped with, we suppose, half the amount in his pocket, which may be considered not a bad exchange for a poor fellow whose duty commences at seven o'clock in the morning, who is the lickspittle of the landing waiters and surveyors, with a salary of ninety pounds a year, without the chance of preferment. " Of course it will be supposed that this very simple method of plundering wholesale, was at once discovered by the fat, well-paid functionaries in Lower Thames street ; but oh ! no ! for them it would have rt-mained —as we unhesitatingly say, many quite as gross are at present—undiscovered. It was a SPLIT among the actors which brought this affair to light, and it is to similar differences that the public are mainly indebted for all they know of the frauds upon the Customs, and the Chancellor of the Ex chequer, for all he may have received, in the shape of verdicts, from fraudulent traders." There was not a syllable said at the Bank meeting held this morning, relative to any monetary matters. However, it is still the opinion of some people, that the rate of interest on discounts, will shortly be increased. The profits of the Bank of England would be probably increased thereby, though a less extensive business were done than at present. The English securities have been without alteration. Consols are 93i for the January account. Exchequer bills realise 103. to 13s. premium, being a shade lower. The New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. bring 951 and the Three per Cents. 94 to *. Bank Stock is 207. The effect of one or two considerable purchases of Mexican stock made yesterday has been partially counterbalanced by the intelligence of the fall of Tampico. The Bonds are now 231 to 24. Portugu‘ se Four per Cents. have been quoted at 37 to 4. Spanish have not been dealt in. Dutch Two- and-a-half per Cents. are 601 1. Railway Shares are steady, although there is not much doing in them. ONK PRICES OF BRITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK. Bank Stock .207 3 per Cent. Reduced Anns 94 1 / B 94 New 3 1 4 per Cent. Annuities 95% 3 /i India Bonds, 1,000/ Ditto under I,OOW. . ....... 22 p South Sea Stock CLOSES FRICES. 207 Ditto New Annuities Consols for Opening 93 1 / 2% 93% Exchequer Bills, 10001. 1 1 ,4 d.... 10 13 p 13 p Dit;o, 5001 Ditto. Small CLOSING PRICES 23% 24 ONE itICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1846 2 3 34 Ditto; Account . Portuguese Bonds, 4 per Cent D,tto, Account 3 7 14 37 37 1 37 1 ,4 Venezuela Bonds, 2 per Cent 4O 40 Dividends on the above payable in London. _ Dutcb, 24 per Cent . i•RIcEs OE PAID. BUSINESS DONE CLOSING II t ILWAY SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES. Aberdeen Amber.. Nott., Boston, _ . and Eastern Junction 2 5 4..... Armagh, Coleraine, and Portrush ...... 1% Belfast & County Down 4 3 / 4 Birmingham and Dudley 413. ... .. .... . ..... Birmin. and Gleucester..100 Ditto New 17% ••• ••• ...... Birmingham and Ox ford Junction Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire June.... 2 3 / 4 Boston, Stamfd, & Birm. 223. Bristol and Exeter Ditto, New . 5 ...... 7 ... . 7 Bristol and,Gloucester... 30 ...... Bristol and Liver. Junc.. 2%...... Buckinghamshire Caledonian ... _ . _., Ditto Half Shares.— Ditto, Clydesdale Junc 25 Chester and Holyhead... 27 1 ,E — ... Claurnet and Blythe .. 2 Chester and Manchester 425. Cheltenham and Oxford 2 Clarence lOO Do. Ist Class, 6 per Ct. 10 Do. 2d Class, 5 per Ct. 10 Do. Government Loan, 4 per Cent. Cork and Killarney 2 1 ,1 2 — Cerk and Waterford ... Cornwall Ditto, Half Shares ... 2% — Direct Lincoln, East Ret , ford, and Sheffd. June. 2% --. Direct Northern Direct Norwich Dublin and BelfastJunc. 12% Dublin, Belfast, and Coleraine Dublin and Galway... -. 4 Dundalk & Enniskillen 10 Eastern Counties 14/. 16s. ..... 22 3 / 4 2 2 3/ Ditto New l2l. 16s 7% p 7% p Ditto Perpetual, 5 per Cent, No. 1—..... 61.135. 4d... Ditto ditto. No. 2 .. 6/. 13s. 4d... Do., York Extension.. 2 ...... 3% EastDereh'm andNoech 1 :astern Union 35 .. .•., .., ........ .. Ditto, Quarter Shares 83 / 4 •••••• ............... Do. Exten.(Harwich) 1 7 4 i • ..... --* ......... ..... Do., Camb, and Ely 2%.•—• East Lancashire . Ditto. New Do., do. (late Preston and Ormskirk)... Do., do., New Scrip... 1 1 4 ..... —_, East Lincolnshire ... - • 14— --- 2s /4 East & West of England 1% 3 -- Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 ...... ......... ... Ditto Half Shares ... 10 Ditto, Quarter Shares 12% ..... Edinburgh & Northern.. 12% —. __ Edinburgh and Perth... 3 1.,, _ Elyand Huntingdon ... 12 , 2 ...... ..... ......... 13A Enn i s killen and Sligo ... 2% _ .............. _ Exeter,Yeovil,& Dorset 5 1 4 — . Gaslgow, Dumfries, - and Carlisle . .... _ Glasgow,Kilmar.,&Ayr 50 ...... _ Ditto, New .. 15 Do., 1 4 Shares (5 per cent. guar.) ... ...... 12%_,... Goole, Doncaster, &c. .. 2 ...... 2 % Grand Union (Notting and Lynn Great Eastern &Western 2%.... .. •.•••• ..... •• —. Great South. and West ••• •• (Ireland) 27% ...... •••• Great Munster Great North of Scotland . I X I I / 2 ...... -- Great Northof England..loo 237 Ditto New 5 Ditto, New . 54" Ditto, New Great Western B5 Ditto % Shares 5O Ditto 1 4 Shares lO Ditto Fifths Ditto, New ... 2 Huddersfield & Mulches. 13 ...... ..... 3% 2% 3 - 4 / Ditto, Extension 3 Hull and Selby Do. Half Shares 25 Ditto 1 4 Shares Ipswich & Bury St. Edm. 11% lO% Do., do., and Norwich 2% Lancaster and Carlisle... 50 Do. New ' 5 - •••• •••• •• •• Leeds and Bradford 3O Leicester and Bedfard... 16s. Leeds, Dewsbury, tic.. 32% .... .... -% 75 Do., Branch (Blue) ... 2% — Do. Ex tension( Green ) 2 I/ 2 .. ... Leeds and Thirsk 17%...... Ditto, New 1)o., Prefer., 6 per Ut. 3% ........ ...... Do., MtAchstr & New castle Juntion L - indon and Blackwall. 16/. 135.4 d Do. New Ditto Extension ~ 7%...... .. London, Brighton, and South Coast Ditto, Fifths Do. Consol. Eighths Do. Guarant. 5 per et. 9 • LondonandGreenwich 12/ 15s4d — Do. Preference ...18/17s 2d - London, Hounslow, and Western London and N. Westernloo 195 194% 194% Do. Quarters D0., do.. New Ditto Fifths Do. q Shares (G. J.) 5 — Do 40/. Shares (L.M. ) 8 _ _ Do. 40/. (M. BL - 11.) ... 40 Do. 10/. (MI. & B.) A. 5 Do. 10'. (AL & B.) B. 5 — , Do. 10/. (M. & B.) C. 1 'London, Uxford, and Cheltenham - •• ••• .... ••• ******** •• Lora. & S.Western 411 6a 10d — Do. New Consol. Bths 40 Do. New Do. New Ditto Tenths ..... .. 5 Ditto Tenths ... ..... 4 Ditto Scrip Ditto ditto ........... 4 L , ndon and York 2 14 2% •••• Do. Extension London, Salisbury, and Yeovil ..... .... ........ 2 1 ,4...... Londonderry& Colerain 15 — «,........•.•• LonJonderry and Ennis killen l5 Lynn and Ely _ Lynn and Dereham Ddranchester and Leeds... 82 Ditto 1 ,4_ Shares Do. Quarters Do. Fifths 5 . .... 10% Do. Sixteenths 6 1% 7% Do. Extension 42s. Do. Liverp. and Bury 21 Do. do. Fifths - Man;thester • Buxton,and Matlock 42s. ...... p ... Manchest. & Southampt. 2 ...... ... ... Midland lOO 127 Do. Fifths 2 Do. New Ditto, New ' 2 Do. Birm., and Derbyloo Midland Great Western Irish New c Astle and Berwick 20 Do North Shields ... 25 ...... •• •• NewcastleandCarlisle...loo Newnirket &Chesterfrd 5 Newport& Abergavenny 2 1 4...... Newry and Enniskillen 7 W Newry, arrenpoint, and Rostrevor Norfolk ... IOO Ditto half Shares .. 9 Do. Extension . 6 Northern Counties Union 2 1 4 Ni l ift North British .. ... 25 Do. Half Shuts ll ...... 16 1574 ... ..... Do. Quarters Do: Extension _is •••••• ? L AS _., Ditto Thirds Northern and Eastern 5O Do. Scrip (issd. 5 dis.) 45 Do. Quarter Shares... 12% — Do. New North Staffordshire 5 ...... 814% North Wales Northern and Southern Connecting worth Western. 2% Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Oxford, W itney, and Cheltenham.... Portsmouth Direct 3 3/ — Preston and Wyre 25 Do. 1 4 Shares Reading, Guildford, and Reigate 3!. 12s. Richmond Royston and Ilitchen ... 1% 1 54, Scottish Central ScOttish Midland l 2 l /2 l5 .... Sheffield & Manchester 100 Do. Quarter Shares... 8 Do. Lincolnshire June. 1 1 4. — Do. & Great Grimsby. 10 Do. do. Extension 428. Shrewsbury and Birm... 3 .... . 5% 4Y B Ditto ditto, Class B. PA 2% Shropshire Union South Devon South Staffordshire June 2 % Mouth Eastern & Dover. 33 1 A — Do., No. 1 2O Do., Nc . 2. Do., No 3 Do.. No. 4 St.Alban's, Hatfield,and Hertford Junction ... 425. Staffordsh. & Shropshire 2 3 / 4 South Wales 5 Swans. & Loughor &Ca meron's Stm. Coal. ... 2 ••• ..••• •• Taw Vale Extension ... 2 ••• •• •. ...... Vale of Neath 2 Wakefield, Pontefract. & 22% aoole ..... _ Waterford and Kilkenny 11 . .... Waterford and Limerick 27% — .•• Waterfd,Wxfrd,Wicklw, and Dublin Wexford, ►b aterford, and V alentia Waveney Valley 2 %Vele , Midland West Riding Union 42s. West Cornwall ...... 2 . Wexford and Carlow Wilts, Somerset,& Wey mouth York and Newcastle. . .. 25 Ditto New Do. Preference ...... 2 Port: and North Midland 50 Ditto 1/2 5hare5........ 25 - ••. Do. Selby Dn. Extension Ditto, Preference ...... 2 Do. East and West Rid ing Extension FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Anglo-Belgian 4 Barbadoes 1 Belgian Eastern Julian. 2% Boulogne and A miens... 16 ...... Bordeaux & Mediterran. 2 Bordeaux, Toulouse, and Cette (Mackenzie's)... 2 .. - Do. (Espelete's) ..... 2 .... . Calais, Dunkrk, and West Flanders Calcutta and Diamond Harbour Callao, Linia, and Pacific Coast • 1 ••• •.......... Central of Spain ... ... 2 Ceylon Demerara Dendre Valley Direct Bonibay and Madras Dutch Rhenish 6 East Indian ... ss. Fampoux & Hazebrouk 4 Great Indian Peninsular ss. Great Western Bengal... ss. Great West ern Canada... VA ............... Italian anti Austrian.... 4 ... ............ Jamaica S.Mid. Junction 1 Jersey ...... . ..... 1 .. ...... ..... Louvain ala Sambre ... 6 Luxembourg ..... 4 •• . ... . ..... Lyons and Avignon 2 Madras .............. 1 Madras, Nellore, and Arcot %••..•. Madrid and Valentin 2 1 AlRuntius 8 ` ... N N r a i n o a f u t r 'r a a n n ( c l eC L o ie nTtituted 5 ...... 10% North Jamaica............ 1 Orleans and Vierzon ... 10 Orleans and Bordeaux... 6 ...... 8 4....... Over Yssel 4/ 3s 4d Paris &Lyons Constituted 5 Paris and Orleans 2O Pans and Rouen ...... .. 20 Paris and Strasbourg Constituted Rouen and Havre Sambre and Meuse lO .... Strasbourg and Bale ... 14 St. Laurence Sc Atlantic — — ['ours and Nantes Con stituted .... ..... ...... 5 - ~. — Tournay, Jurbise, Lan den, and Hasselt. 8 Trinidad West Flanders ...... .... 6 JOINT STOCK BANKS. Australasia - . British North American 50 Commercial of London 20 Colonial 25 London & Westminster. 20 London Joint Stock lO National of Ireland 22% — ... . National Prov. England. 35 Provincial of Ireland ... 25 Union of London lO Union of Australia MINES Real del Monte Unregd. Despatches were received yesterday at the Colonial office from the Governors of the• North American pro vinces. The premises in Fleet-street, lately occupied by the League, have passed into the hands of the New Parcel Delivery Company. who are about to open them as their head •quarter 3. The plan adopted by the Post office of pre-paymeut will be resorted to by the London Parcel Pust, which will issue penny labels for the pre payment of parcels of eighteen ounces weight, and the Company promises special attention to small parcels, which they are to preserve from damage and injury by having their carts arranged for this purpcse. The Com pany is shortly to start with three deliveries a-day, which will be finally extended to the same number as are furnished by the Post-office. THE WEATIIER.—We have had most intense frost since Friday last ; and every loch, dam, and pond, is coated over with a thick sheet of ice, so strong that skating and curling are the order of the day every where. We have not as yet heard, however, of any im portant matches having been played. The various clubs and parish rinks are only training, as it were, for the 1119i9 OVii4lll 9f thc Mervcr. 95. i 22 p 60% 1% COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen and Prince Albert walked both o n wed- The nesday afternoon, and also yesterday morning eirrlY , the pleasure ogrourn's of Osborne House. Their Royal Ilighnesses the Prince of W ales, Prtfl Alfred, the Prine , ss Royal, and the Princess' Alice. took walking and equestrian exercise yesterday- for e ' noon. The Hon. Mks Napier, Maid of Honou r in 'Waiting, left Osborne Holt: e yesterday. view His Royal Highness Prince George h ad an inter with Sir George Grey yesterday at the Home-office. A deputation on the subject of the Australian wino, consisting of M.-. Masterman, M.P. Mr..JamesTafr. Chairma, Mr. Hagen, Deputy Chairman, Mr. man Co n peland, M.P., Mr. H. de C a stro, gr-i •A ' Peile, and Mr. G. Hodgkinson, had an interview Earl Grey yesterday at the Colonial-office. Major-General Sir James Reynett• had an. int,.erviell yesterday with Sir George Grey. Mr•organ, Mr. Charles Williams, of Liverpool , ,a nd m secretary of the General Association of Steam-. 3 0T Owners, had an interview with the Earl of Cleferenoateni yesterday at the office of the Board of Tiede, in r to the Steam Navigation Act. • : 111'1 Mr. James Allen had an interview yest erda y wili• Grey. Mr. Charles Grenfell had an intervie w with Sir PeO r e Gre , ,esterda- :__._._,------- SPORTING INTELLIGENCZ TATTERSALL'S.--YESTERDAY. 1 I VA The only Derby bets laid yesterday:. were Bto ° g Van Tromp, to 100/., 15 to 1 agst Epirote, 33 tO 1 ag s „ L sm u t i t i l e l d s a r n l o e ni m , s a p . nd 40 to 1 agst Red Hart, the . - - not CHESTER Cup.-50 to 1 offered on the field, but a bet ' laid, perinitting, a The Leamington Steeple Chases, weather re understood to be fixed for the 20th Ofjanuary. last three - THE CONDE DE MONTV" l 'vv i ed N: n The Conde de Montemolin left his residence on ... a esday, at half: past two o'clock, and proceede d ° thaY ve l d Bailey, h where, according to invitation, he isfe ee c e o l gide y Mr. Sheriff Kennard and his attendants. I.°°„„x,- o at was and d conducted over the two prisons, in the n 3111116- te regt. arrangements of which he expressed gl a .,, a . fo b i te n gool ifl Returning to the Old Bailey, the Conde de nii i 3 code was invited to take his seat on the bench.. '' ad' observed the proceedings with minute a4 , e : t _ i :hi ° 'e a h na i llef mired the mode of administering jusi l " • exhibited. five o'clock the Lord Mayor, the At j u dge% se l te d erai i: the aldermen, and other gentlemen, were Olin; irs° the a ante-room to the Conde de Montemolin; who ccompanied by his Excellency the INlarqpis v", f , pro' franca and Colonel Merry. The whole Partifileoget ceeded to the dining room, where a stunptuoUs brghs was served up. The cloth being . rt g l i t e ' Ott toast of " Church and Queen" was dru n ' til WI -- applause. " Prince Albert and the rest of th e Family," and other loyal and patriotic toasts , i ghe propos e ~,„og, been duly honoured, the. Lord Maya health of the Prince who was their r To this toast the Conde de Montemo in replied 111 following terms:— :_My Lord Mayor, my Lords, and Gentlemen,7o 0. I pray you to pardon me if, when I attaraPf .ble press my thanks in y l I findt irapossl our anguage, l speak all that I feel. ireff ra. " F. ', and in my Actual c with ar from my . country illustrious b-the stances, my heart is touched by the kind hospitalcitYroe. which a magnanimous people softens rOY b a ud t hat Thankful to that people, and to the gracious utinigiag rules them, I have heartily joined with you ie."' ri- drink the health of her Mokiestv - the Queen Vie t°lll4 may God long preserve ! . — Ore l i the ~ In a country whose institutions guaranterelsesortys, the observance of the laws, the rights Of ' 1 -• (aud io , SI protection of arts, of industry, and of COthisnaruerce p such I admire and respect it), 'I hope I waY , in e' ropo sence at least, afford myself the gratification 0. P.... , the ing the ' Health of the Lord Mayor, the S her A lß2 OA Aldermen, and Corporation of thecifY °f 14°11-°°' _A of the Learned Judges of the realm.' onartu" A - , the conclusion of this speech the Part,' 5- 5 with every expression of mutual good feelng.' ------------'-"--------- I <LD S PONTOP AND SOU'l'hl SilA"- aSthields RAILWAYRaiIway ncl So ° A meeting of the proprietors of the PontoP 9.- , . 4 ,001 1 the offices, Guildhall CO NIPANY . bu ldinffs for the parpose of the: siderin th 1 - ' f the'-sale of g e terms oi an agreement or• ES q „ line to the York 1 d castle (late Nov' v is atty was held yesterday OP. Darlington) R a il wa ‘ 3 n , Company' 31. B. Rennie , - I.4s q'' the chair. The CHAIRMAN said .considered 0 that for property was some time their sold to the York and Newcastle Con3l33nY' 'The % re. ment had never assumed a speci 6e f°r°l 1 1 1 'T ee cently, and the sum offered and accepted by tli .dt so the proprietors must be aware tors was 450,0001., which would nearly cmPr'saso. the liabilities an,l share . property of the coMP o l i The o agreement the directors had entercd -liW) prof st o t _ the following effect :—Subject to the 6 P-„,py, the w r oul proprietors. the York and Newcastle Coter-toi next; together t take possession of the line on the Ist of Ja Pu t hs latterhalf-9yetoaorgbleyethienrstawiintihenatsll i f ts ip debts .dlind Ali.abili:couies--- is gain for all parties, andbegge paid by the purchasers within tvto Yes!, jor be authorised to do a dconsi-ereu it a g tot of leave to move directors 11 . that was neces carry the agreement into effect. • A PROPRIETOR seconded the proposition. • g A biab A long conversation followed, in the course P P it appeared, from the statements of the secreplrPthett the cap:tal and mortgage debt were limit6d Ole! Acts of Parliiiinent, and that the 450,0001. wow 'O r satisfying the liabilities, pay about 75 1 .. per Psr e 'disse r . mately the resolution was passed, with only 01 lbw tient, Rad, after a vote of thanks was p asse Chairman, the meeting separated. -----__, AsOC ii SPANISH FREE-TRADE A"— ATION. 21.) • 1 (From El Comereio, Cadiz Paper, of No i f. ~, eye The other day, on the occasion of Mr. p ou r of tbet to Cadiz, and of the banquet given in wadedboceu illila distinguished chief of the English League, wLeeifhe pd so u 7 p e o : e om of m p e r r o c m ia , l )t g il e lg ntlemen of this city had •?;iefe r s e e . • desire to form a mercantile league, or assoeie t _ l e atia D trinesefficientr• . ' •g to nomical and commercial legislation. „ eunc l° s p ou At present we have the satisfaction or al i o] in r i o the discussion of such ! d ot cc °. may y st hseauteiesfiaocrttohriy.mlencualatpep-1 upon s,,,, f_rie e- " ,. f . '6_o ae:: 11 , this in i : a nner. The „entre °f uni o n the/f y•clea s h; c b a ce , : : : : 00 .. ;f , : i e s e s..,A _ extending na pes . , ~f. per opinions. An assoc . • melon for tha t r composeu - ' o ss bushed • Cadiz) is , an d n 3 . in sons of respectability animated Y' vvith ardent wishes to consecrate their ec er g ie d s isPes al ea gre i umph of those doctrines, and has gad 4 ee to " - togs rea ad sesrsushpotphuoalrdtt form t t o h r e c es' commencement, both moral and material, g a"i e ,41, " obstacles which so • • e nter P ris •. I , port the hapvaetrtoioctinecoaLaut Jorget one in the afternoon, a meeting, ;10,•e1 1 2, 1 '..,. ° d ui! encounter. t etloc i w i n g d no _ Urtetegui presided, took place. _The IRI A jOIO del and gentlemen were presentt•—,oa fere.roiea Pedroso, the Count de Casa Bruliet, ' V DO :: be eo• Abarzuza, Don Juan de DiOs Lagse t e e " e n P c 74. - a t ,e '' Lopez, Don Pedro Pascual Vela, Don Juan L.,-aseal, Don Miguel Ruiz Table, Don Francisco At l i' s - 0 Y v" - itir Don Jort Lopez Bondi, Don Ignite° P e p ec e i o 1)° ; 11 a 0 0 1 Don Rafael Lobo, Don Jos4 Antonio de " -1 3 0 ;(1 0— ,1eP tonio Gareollo, Doe Fre • Paul, Dons' Peeeen' Don Juan'Urtete ,u.i Donncisco _ e , ,__ eye e„..,... o Die;. Nicolas de 0• d ' vio o, Doni Jose d ! 1 °".,,` see , .1/v v ie P Juan I3autisto x AlltO $OO. deg° Terry, Don Manuel Marian, D °rl . 65 0 do Don r,; l lerl ii°l Zulueta, Don Manuel Velez Rubio, chez del Arco, editor of the Nacional, a n 'lO. , 0 0. Garcia de Arboleya, editor of the Comerceoijrteteeeed: The meeting being opened, Don. Jorg e f • t he rz b ieo nounced in the following terms the object en g as e ggs ings :—The object for which you have been besto t he on the present occasion is cl" cuss the W l° • solely to is toe of Q • • stablishing a spa„ish association to preps hce nt bi o doctrines of fiee trade. In the 17th and, ITrines obi' Spain was the first to propose those very ce ° We . 00 other nations have since carried into practice'oeseic o rei it is true, held the highest place in tin still pee world ; but the liberation of America A IW' bil l 1110 , t een 0 , te our civil and political discords, have since Send Di neglect and ruin upon these sacred interests; sec is peace is established, and the present dYnii, st f .J e it ° t hose the union of our Queen with a Spanish Pri e s' o 'diag t the that we occupy ourselves seriously i n eete_eng 0 a it principles on which depends the develoPlutry ; Ot t o wealth, happiness, and prosperity of our coll e t e eell e ee 0 is also time that our country should know tl at e rblii t ie is the best promoter of civilisation, and et 0 01°1 flourishes there are ale ays guarantees oi t o order, and the security of our institutions• o r sli e .o. Senor Don Feinando Abarzuia (wil e ' r - art e ' • ,,,eio . were present, with the exception of Sen e ebe 10 5 0 0 contributed most to the establishment ef " 00 0 1 p eg of tie n) next addressed the meeting, ami dst gedontog OP of approbation. After expatiating on the ! lo de tf ialo free trade to society, he said—Eternal grio.. in ciei, le' Cobden, who has carried this glorions Pi o wit,._i e es practice, presenting those admirable doctLa la u lt iel, dornitable perseverance, until they triuroPrcii l ofte d of Britain ! That tribute of gratitude wi1„1,060_,,e1:10% owes him, we now rejoice in having this err o ffoul e fes• paying, assembled as we are for the pirrPese T wine" a an association for the diffusion of his•salutaryidaressrto be Senor Abarsuza concluded an etOqueet o re eitne t o/ calling on the meeting not to suffer anY In. tv 00 lost, but to constitute immediately the socie"). , ~,,vino A 0 0 so much desired. en ha ving f Senor Zulueta, and some other gentleo2,__ p r o t ' 4 o dressed the meeting to the same effect, t:riv,r, effc! a ats for forming a junta, or committee, to di'rea r; t he J.,0 the association was rrceived with enthusiasionL„t, eTea *ce-Pre Sia-v . r re Pi t to be composed of a president, vi , n ,, Pie setic; member, and a secretary. The followlefsldent, ..,,oS unanimously elected to those offices :-- - r c , r o r go l 'fir Don Jorge Urte . egui ; Vice-President, De de -0 09 1 30 del Pedroso. Members, Senore von juw l ., velayee sous. 1 , _ sante, Don Rafael Lobo, Don Pedro Pa ..„, Jost.' tc li lU Francisco Paul, Don Jo é Lopez Banal, Pu ilon. A', las de Oviedo, Don Francisco A. Conte , ( Al e z e leeF re es Gargollo. Secretary, S.eior Don AntOni: e a o tatie e e et4 The Comer cio concludes its article by a ,q e . hot D e fro the speech delivered by Mr. Cobden at t.i' he :Cosc Aill n which • t° ,110 meeting in Covent-garden Theatre, i ~ , Anti - II .: the apparently insignificant origin ot.tue hr si ee _ O l League ; and exp:eised a hope, that how i e t lee association now founded in Spain, it " achieve similar success. t to h n ec been t a o s f s t o h c e i a f t o e r d ni ( r r i with n t the s n i PORTUGAL 00, AND HER o+, the staPor • ° the latter. Now that the Portuguese are in st to tu bankruptcY, the location of. they ngolvent 1,00. gal-streci ;ppm:, sipgularly ppropri4lo, t-aurnatee:f.i::°Pstrocev.ori, 58% 14 10% 14% 1834 51 4 16 3 / 4 6 t 1 0 % 77 7 / 8 P 'K P 31 1 ,i 34% 1 1 ,4 37% 15% 334 1% 4 84§ 4:% 30 - % 3j 1 1/2 p 38 12% 174 3% IC),i 1314 8% o t , hu • %I th, tb