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nd perused it. With respect to the charge, regarding Mr. Keely, Mr. Daniel in his plea re-stated the charge— nd, in an aggravated form, he affirmed that Mr. Dun combe " swindled Mr. Keely out' of 2001;." whereas the fact was, that every shilling had been honourably paid. As to the proceedings in Chancery, the Learned Attorney- General said he would call before the Jury his Honour the Vice-Chancellor, and Mr. K. Bruce, who would state the Mature of the proceedings. With regard to the charge relat ing to Mr. Keely, he would leave his Learned Friend, Sir W. Follett, to make it out as he could—( A laugh)--and let Lim call the witness whom Mr. Daniel had stated he could produce ' •to sbustantiate that charge. He (the Attorney - General) was not reasonably to be expected to call that wit ness. If his Learned Friend did, be (the Attorney-General) pledged himself, upon the documents and the evidence which would be submitted to the Jury, to prove that the 2001. had been honourably paid by Mr. Duncombe to Mr. Keely, in the manner which he had before stated. But he conjectured that Mr. Daniels would not venture to call any such witness—that Le would discreetly trust to the ingenious eloquence of his Learned and able Counsel. If so—if he (the Attorney- General) were thus deprived of an opportunity of proving the falsehood of these charges—be must call upon the Jury to consider seriously what damages the y would give to Mr. Duncombe. Of course that gentleman did not wish to turn this action to profit—but it was of the last importance to him that a Jury of his countrymen should, by the amount of the damages which they awarded in his favour, manifest their opinion of the falsehood of these charges. Gentlemen," (concluded the learned Attorney- General,) "in your hands I most confidently leave this case. I know not the political sentiments of a single individual among you: what is more, I care not. It would not give me one mement's uneasiness to know that all of you had voted for Mr. Perceval at the last Finsbury election. I address gentlemen ; I address Englishmen. Happily pillitical feeling is unknown here. Juries—without any regard to their political opinions, or the p‘litical opinions of the parties—look to the evidence as laid before them, and upon that evidence give a verdict on which they can satisfactorily reflect. It is for you, gentlemen, to nay what damages shall be given to an English gentleman who has been thus most infamously calumniated—who has been denounced as a convicted swindler' and a baffled " The letter of the 22d July, from Mr. Daniels to Mr. Dun cembe, was then put in. The letter containing the alleged libel was then put in and read. Mr. THESSIGER said these letters were admitted by the de f to have been published by him in the Morning Post of tie 24th and 25th July. Joseph Haynes, clerk to the petitioner's attorney, produced trace copies of the bill and affidavits in the suit in Chancery, .3une,onbe v. Sort. He heard Mr. Knight Bruce make the notion, and after stating who the defendant was, and without mentioning the name of the plaintiff, he handed up the brief to Lis Honour the Vice-Chancellor, who appeared to read the affidavit, and the injunction was granted on the payment of 5501. into Court. Witness paid the money into Court that The injunction was dissolved on the 21st July, and on t at day lie received from Mr. Duncombe 7001., making alto- Le her 1,0701. which he paid over. Cross-examined by Sir Wss. FOLLETT.—Had been in the mA.yment of Mr. Carland two or three years; all that time he 4 Mr. C.) bad acted as Solicitor for Mr. Duncombe. Had trot been crq,a4ed in the action brought by Mr. Surr against Duneonibe. Witness believed that he had given instruc tions for the drawing of the in Chancery—it was drawn up by Counsel. The affidavit was prepared by Mr. Carland. lie si to Mr. Kni2ht respecting t'.e motion, but he did not desire him to abstain from mentioning the name of Mr. Dun c The bill was p:epared in order to prevent Mr. D. f.om being an ested. When he paid the money into Court, lie get the minutes, and he belie red notice was served upon Nr. Sun's Solicitor, but he did rot s rye it himself. When toe injunction was diss.lved, he rave notice of it to Mr. Dun combe, and he than got the money from him at his Chambers i.l Albany. Edwin Harris, examined by Mr. THESSIGER—He was a clerk to Mr. Carland, and made the affidavit, v.ll;elh ii filed in tipa prol:cr office, very she: by after One o'clock, on Wednes 19th July. Could Dot swear that it was before Two o'clock, bat it was before the office shut. Mr. Haynes recalled—Said tt,:o affidavit office shut at Two c'e:oek. The affidavit of Mr. Duncombe, trade in the Court of Chancery in the cause " Duncornkt v. Surr," was pia in and read. M. John Garland, attorney to the pi had acted in that capacity about four ;ears. Witness took out s , summons on the 13th July for a stay of proceedings, upon payment of 3-161., which was seven shillings in the pound upon the two bids-. That was the whole r‘mount which Mr. Surr had advanced upon the biiis. Mr. :Murray, solicitor fur Mr. Surr's trustees, waited upon him, and said he would oppoa the summons. Witness told him that he took out the summons with a view to ulterior pro ceedings. After the injinction was dissolved. he took out :another summons for a stay cf proccedii.gs upon the payment cf 1,000/ , which was paid. The bill was drawn by Mr. Thomas Chaudless, the Chancery-barrister, upon an affi davit of Mr. Duthie, which contained the fact. Witness ave instriictions that the motion for the injunction should iye made at the rising of the Court, as that was considered - I ,e best and most convenient time L-that was the usual course. When. the injunction was granted he caused notices' to be served un the Shezitf of Middlesex, and upon Mr. Murray. Witness vas ii court on the Friday when Mr. Jacob moved to dissolve the injunction, on the ground that at the moment the injunc tion was moved for, the affidavit was act on the file.., Witness aidmitted the fact, and the injunction was dissolved on that g and. Cross-examined by Sir W. FCT.I.RTT—First knew of the :action brought by Surr on the 13th July, when Mr. Duthie Balled upon him with an affidavit of the facts. He knew that Suer hod compounded with his creditors, but he was not .ware that he was not at all beneficially interested in the Bill. - Witness sent to Mr. Duncombc the affidavit to be filed without liaving previously sent him any draught, because the bill was prepared on an affidavit of which Mr. Duncombe was aware. At the bottom of the bill now put into witness's hand, the ~.cords " I do not think this bill can stand," is in the writing olf Mr. C'nandless. When Mr. Knight made the motion in -the Vice-Chancellor's Court, his Honour did not make any remark upon the difference between the bill and the affidavit. Witness swears that he (as a solicitor and attorney) did not think the allegation struck out of the affidavit, and re tained in the bill was material to the case. Witness .lid not hear the Vice-Chancellor ask if the allegations n the bill were supported by similar allegations in the &davit. Mr. Jacob did say in the course of his address 1 the Vice-Chancellor that a passage which appeared in the Ili/ was omitted in the affidavit. Witness did not know that •• be passage omitted was the one upon which he had just now een questioned. Other passages were omitted.—[ On re lerring to the affidavit witness found that there was no wither passage omitted, but that in places particular - a , /or& were omitted or altered.] —Had now no doubt hat the passage alluded to by Mr. Jacob was the passage on - tchich he (witness) had before been questioned. The Vice -4#7.lancellor remarked that the passage omitted in the affidavit , was in the document which had been handed up to the Court. "Witness said that Mr. Knight had handed to his Honour the b Hof he held. His Honour did not seem to be indignant at w hat occurred. He was not more excited than usual ; but Ire did say that if he had known that the affidavit had not been Wed he would not have granted the injunction. Mr. Richards r cad an affidavit made by Mr. Murray, stating that the latter vas by accident in Court when the affidavit was read, and that wun going afterwards to the Six Clerks Office he found that the affi 41avit had not been filed. Witness did not know at that time that the statement of Mr. Murray was true ; but he found the fact to be that the injunction was granted before the affidavit was tiled. The Vice-Chancellor said that after hearing that fact, he would hear no more of the case. His Honour did not say, - that to mark his sense of the impropriety of the conduct pur aed, he would discharge the injunction, with costs, of course. On the application of Mr. Richards, the money paid in Court -was detained as security for costs. Witness had had inter views with Keely and Bentley—had examined them, but did :mot take their depositions in writing. Had inserted these ribtf tements in his brief. Had heard something of the destruc ttion of a check by Mr. Duncombe. Had directed that Surr :should be subpcened, as well as Keely and Bentley. Had not rtaken Serle's examination in writing, except so far as his ;admission that he had voted for Mr. Duncombe. Re-examined by the ATTORNEY-GENERAL.—The witness :had offered to:Murray (Surr's solicitor) to pay down 3501. on -the part of Mr. Duncombe. Witness had the money at his ...command at the time. Murray refused to accept it. Front the factsistated in Mr. Duncombe's affidavit, witness be hoved that the latter was entitled to the relief which he asked of the Court of Chancery. Witness stated that opinion to Mr. Duneombe and Mr. Duthie. Mr. Duncombe never saw the Bill which had been filed in the Vice-Chancellor's Court. . [We shall give the Conclusion in a Second Edition.) The Dowager Duchess of Beaufort will return to town on Saturday from a visit to the Hon. Mr. Ryder, at Westbrook. Sir Walter and Lady Mary Farquhar will return rto town the same day from Lord Calthorpe's seat in Bucks, where they have been passing the honeymooon. _ _ Lord and Lady Granville Somerset left town yester day for Badminton, on a visit to the Duke and Duchess of Ecaufort. Lord and Lady Fitzroy Somerset left the previous clay for the same destination. The Duke of Wellington, Lord Ellenborough, and a large party are expected in the course of next week, when their Graces will give a most splendid ball to their guests and the nobility and gentry of Gloucestershire. Mr. Hope, M.P., is entertaining a family circle, and other friends, at the Doepdene. Lord and Lady Beres ford, the Bavarian Minister, and the Baroness de Cetto, have ;eft town to join the party. Mr. and Mrs. Adrian Hope will .heave Fulham to pass the recess at the splendid seat of the _Hon. Member. Lord Henry Russell, we regret to state, continues snclis t , osed at Haslar Hospital, from the effects of his recent Lac:cider, t. 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In the HOUSE of LORDS yesterday the Prisoners in Ireland Conveyance Bill, and also the Houses of Parliament Biil, wee severally athanced a stage. Among the petitions presented was one for better medical attendance in workhouses; and another complaining of the in jus:ice and inexpediency of Imprisonment for Debt. Lord BROUGIIANI did not persist uselessly in pressing for the production of the accounts of the revenues received by the Crown from the Duchies of Cornwall and Lancaster. He was sath,fied that the Government would not produce them, and he did not desire to waste the evening in a debate that would be unattended with any result. The Noble and Learned Lord vindicated himself, with much felicity of manner, from the idle charge whieli some soi-disaht dibblers in Court jargon had brought against his loyalty. The crime he had committed, and to which he pleaded guilty, was in thinking and declaring that " the infznenation ought to have been produced before their Lordships had been called upon to vote so many hundred thousands a year for the Civil List, without knowing what the actual revenue of the Crown was. He ( Lot d Brougham) had imagincd that the papers possessing infermation, as they would, might prove useful before the consideration of the Civil List Bill was gone into, but it was thought far better, it would appear, to vote the money first, and then state the facts afterwards." an income equal in amount to that enjoyed by GEORGE IV. and WILLIAM IV. We showed that it had been the uniform practice of this country to provide munifi cently for the maintenance of the Royal dignity—Parlia ment being ever ready to augment its grants, whenever Ministerswere prepared to state that such augmentation was required for the comfort of the Sovereign and the splendour of the Crown; and we respectfully submitted to Ministers that the virgin state, and consequently limited personal expenditure of the QUEEN ought to have had more weight with the framers of the Civil List ; especially as they were not pre pared to pledge the Royal word that in the event of her Majesty's marriage, and the consequent happy increase of the Royal Family, no additional grant would be required to be voted by her MAJESTY'S faithful Commons. We have further to observe—and we do so with great respect-- that if anything be calculated to counteract the salutary influence of that excellent education which our young and amiable QUEEN has received under the direction of her re vered and exemplary mother, the Duches;of KENT—if any thing can have a tendency to divert for a moment the thoughts of a Sovereign of such happy promise, from the true inte rests of the people—if anything can add to the dangers that lurk within the precincts of a court where the Sovereign is young, artless, interesting, and confiding ; it is the granting of a Civil List by Ministers which invites the extravagance of Court Parasites, and exposes the generous feelings of her MAJESTY to solicitations and councils unworthy of the ear of a Queen of ENGLAND. Lord BROUGHAM, in his protest, complains that full in formation on the subject of the actual revenues derived by the Crown from the Duchies of Lancaster and Cornwall was not laid before Parliament previous to the bringing in of the Civil List Bill. The country will participate in his' Lordship's indignant feelings upon the question of these Duchies ; and Ministers will yet learn that in refusing to place these branches of Royal income under the control of Parliament they sowed the first seeds of a suspicion which is taking root in the public mind—namely, that her MAJESTY has been too strongly imbued with the Elizabethan principle of attachment to the full stretch of Royal prerogative. It was surely not the way to place the SOVEREIGN in the most amiable light before the_ country, for Lord JOHN RUSSEI.L to state in the House of Com mons, and Lord MELBOURNE in the House of Peers, that the question of giving up the revenue' of the Duchies of Cornwall and Lancaster had been mooted in the Council, and that the QUEEN had herself refused to part with them. Her MAJESTY is not to be supposed to have taken such a step of her own mere motion ; and the conduct of Ministers in closing the mouths of their opponents, by leaving the contrary to be inferred, is proof positive that they were unable to defend the longer retension of these revenues by the Crown. The voting of the Civil List, under such cir cumstances, is a voting away in the dark of the taxes of the country. This is so well put in the following extract from Lord BROUGHAM'S speech on Wednesday evening, when praying the Government to delay the second reading of the Civil List Bill, that our readers will thank us for directing their attention to it : " He prayed their Lordships to remember how entirely i n the dark they were as to the present revenue they were about t:, give to the Sovereign. The question was, how. much it would be fit to confer on the Sovereign by way of revenue for the expense of maintaining the dignity of the Crown ? Could any thing be more unknown? They must, before answering it, know how much the Crown already possessed. The question was, what is necessary, not to give a niggardly, but an amply sufficient provision, yet not wholly beyond the necessity of the case ? All he knew, all ,he had a right to know, was this —that his Noble Friend said, not that 395,0001.. a-year was necessary for the present Sovereign, 385,000/. having been found all that was necessary for William IV. and George IV. —not merely that an addition of 10,0001. must be made fur maintaining the dignity of her present Majesty, but that in addition to v . ,hat her Majesty had without Parliament—with out the interference of Parliament at least—it was ne cessary to vote this 395,0001.: that was the proposition The Crown was already possessed of certain revenues with which Parliament did not intermeddl-, and they were called on to sly how much in addition to those foods was ne cessary in order that a sum total might be obtained suffi cient for maintaining the dignity of the Crown. How could that question be answered without first knowing the amount of those funds which at present, without this grant, were in possession of the Crown ? He might sly that without any other funds 395,000/. would be enough, but that was not the proposition. Besides the unkown amcunt, which might perhaps be estimated at from 10.000/. to 20,000/. or 30,000/. ps r annum, they were called on to say that the dignity of the Crown required 395,0001. additional. 'navy were doubly in the dark as to the future necessities of the Crown, and as to the present resources of the Crown. He should like to see any man come forward and show the confi dence to argue a proposition so monstrous as that those reve nues were private funds and not public property enjoyed by the Sovereign in right of the Crown. They were totally in the dark respecting them. The debate on the production of the returns did not come on till to-morrow, and yet they were now called on, in the dark, to vote this large sum." Parliament has not only voted the Civil List Bill in the dark ,as regards both the wants and the resources of the Crown, but it has voted a Civil List higher than was ever granted— all the circumstances considered—at any former period. By reference to a Table of the comparative amount of the Civil List in 1786 and 1837-8, published in another co lumn, it will be seen that the sum expended in tradesmens , bills alone in the former period, would have been adequate to the maintenance of 10,064 agricultural labourers' fami lies ; whereas the sum granted to the QUEEN for a like purpose would support, at the present rate of wages in agricultural districts, 14,600 agricultural labourers' families ! Now this disproportion—when we look to the hundreds of thousands of families in this country in a state of the most deplorable destitution—is really shameful. With thousands of hand-loom weavers crying out for bread, and in the face of the repeated declarations of Ministers that no relief can be extended to them — that the country cannot afford them assistance—it does strike us as shameful to hold out the strongest inducement than can ,be offered to encourage the extravagance of , a Court never noted for its frugality, or even its disposition to live within its resources, however ample. But though Ministers have succeeded in taking an advantage of the people, of which we must be allowed to complain, we have the fullest confidence that when the facts are known—as they must soon be—to her MAJESTY, that such concessions will be made to Parliament as shall consist with the dignity of the Crown, and the welfare of a loyal and confiding people. Whatever course Ministers may adopt—whatever screen they may seek to throw over the secret resources of the Crown, in order to blind the House of Commons—we feel assured that Queen VICTORIA will not hesitate to depend for the maintenance of her Royal state and dignity upon the generous liberality of her loyal subjects. The Civil List Bill went through a Committee, and was ordered to be read a third time this day. The Earl of RanNoa then brought forward, in a speech of considerable ability, the motion of which he had given notice, for an inquiry into, with a view to reform. the Universities of Oxford and CambriOgc. The Noble Earl, in moving for copies of the protests mach by Dr. HAMPDEN to the Vice- Chancellor of Oxford University, argued that the authority of the Crown itself had been trampled under feet by the col legiate proceedings taken against that learned and pious divine. After some discussion, for the report of which we refer to the debate, the motion was withdrawn. Lord BROUGHAM said he should like to know when the West India returns would be placed on the table ? Lord GLENELG—Here they are.—( A laugh.) The returns were then laid upon the table, and the House adjourned. The HousE of CostmoNs was engaged a great part of the sitting with Election Petitions. Colonel SIBTHORP having broadly enough insinuated that her Majesty's Ministers did not make a House yesterday only because they wished to evade the discussiou of the Duchess of Kent's allowance, and to get rid of the motion of the Hon. Member for Lincoln, Lord JOHN RUSSELL assured hint that whenever he thought proper to bring forward his motion, her Majesty's Ministers, Members of that House, were quite ready to meet it, adding, , 6 I was down here yesterday before four o'clock ; the Chancellor of the Exchequer' was with me, and we were disappointed to find that a House could not be made." The Gallant Colonel rejoined, "If you wished to make a House you would have been down here at three o'clock." _ _ FEILDEN brought before the House the long-continued privation and dreadful distress suffered by the hand-loom weavers. The Hon. Gentleman concluded his arguments, and the heart-rending narrative which elicited them, by moving a resolution, the conclusions of which were, " that it was the interest as well as the duty of the representatives of the people in' that House to inquire into, and to establish laws, either to raise the amount of the wages of the hand-loom weavers to a scale adequate to maintain them in comfort, or to cause a re duction of the taxes on the necessaries of life, and that no portion of their wages should be abstracted from them either by direct or indirect taxation." For the words of the motion, and the debate which ensued, we refer to our report; it can not fail to arrest attention. The motion was of course lost -11 only voting for, and 62 against it. On the motion for the House going into Committee on the Duchess of Kent's Annuity Bill, Colonel SIIITHORP declared, amidst reiterated ironical cheers, that "he was not to be pre vented by a packed crew on the opposite side from discharging his duty to the public. That crew wanted to purchase her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent ; but she was not to be purchased." The House then went into Committee on the Bill. Colonel SIBTITORP again protested against the course which her Nlajesty's Government had adopted with regard to this grant, and moved that the sum of 22,000/. be inserted instead of 30,000/. in the clause. On a division the Gallant Colonel's motion was negatived, and the original clause carried. He afterwards gave notice that he should, shortly after the recess,!move to repeal so much of the 26th of Geo. 111., chap. 24, as granted an annuity of 50,0001. to Prince Leopold of Saxe-Coburg. The House adjourned at twelve o'clock. We quote in our First Page—from a Second Edition of the Times—very important news from Lower Canada, to which we direct the attention of our readers. Lord RADNOR brought forward the question of the Uni versity statutes last night in the House of Lords, in a calm, lucid, and convincing speech, in which he exposed the utter inutility of many of these statutes, which, however suitable they may have been at the time when they were passed , are ill-calculated for days like the present. Nowhere, in. deed, is Reform so necessary as at our two Universities, Oxford and Cambridge. They are places of refuge for bigotry and intolerance, which, driven from every other quarter by the increased intelligence of the age, are there glare to find shelter, a place at the Fellows table, and the snuggest seat in the Combination-room. The Noble Lord commenced his speech by observing, that " some time back when he brought forward the question of the statutes and bye-laws of the Universities, he was as sured that they were about to undergo a thorough revision by the authorities ; and as he was now informed, these authorities had, in point of fact, made some enquiry into the matter, but hitherto with the most trifling and un important results, though they had the whole of the long vacation to work in. The sum total of the improve ments made by the heads of houses hitherto was most paltry and ridiculous. In fact, the only alteration worthy of mention, rb was ed a bywhich th e oat h t a k en at matricu lation w ith. The o th er ones h a d b een apt l y dc better th an an a ff ectat i on o f es i done s was s a that wa y nothing doing something, while in reality no thi ng was d one, or intended to be done." This is an a d m i ra bl e samp l e of the way in which the Tories set about the task of Reform. They promise prodigious improvements ; they effect few or none. If you estimate them by their sayings, they are the most disinterested of patriots ; if you test them by their doings, they are the most inve terate of bigots. They are the aptest possible disciples of the great-cry-and-little-wool-school ; and are reflected, as in a mirror, by the authorities of Oxford with the most' striking fidelity. We hope that the Earl of RADNOR, despite the opposition of the Duke of WELLINGTON and the other Tories in the House of Peers, will follow up the question of University Reform, and " not allow it to slumber, for it is one of great importance and involves momentous results. Lord BROUGHAM has entered upon the Lords' Journals a most able and unanswerable protest against the passing, in its present form, of the Civil List Bill. Of this pro test a copy will be found in another column, to which the attention of every honest Reformer—of every British sub ject, whose political conduct is influenced by a love for his country—is especially directed. The precipitation of Ministers in hurrying on this Bill—their anxiety, .as it were, to take advantage of the tide of popular loyalty, now flowing so strongly in their favour—cannot escape the ob servation of the more sober-minded among the people of England, and, we are confident, will be remembered here after to their detriment, both as guardians of the public purse, and leaders of the liberal party in Parliament. We quite agree with Lord BROUGHAM—and we have prece dents in abundance to verify the fact—that the " Civil List arrangement is only held binding upon one of the parties to it, namely, the country being always de parted from as often as it is found inconvenient for the Crown, and uniformly employed to preclude all revision of its principles or details as often as these are found disadvantageous for the country." If the Civil List be too large the country will never hear a syllable about it—not a penny of the surplus will ever find its way into the coffers of the State, with a view to enable the Government to re duce the taxes ; but should it be found insufficient for the maintenance of any system of prodigality encouraged by the Court, Ministers will not hesitate to call upon Parlia ment for a grant adequate to the deficiency. The coun try is only certain of one thing, namely, that it must suffer by every subsequent revision of the Civil List. The bar gain is a one-sided—or rather all the advantages are secured to the Crown, and all the penalties thrown upon the people. It was for this reason that we repudiated, on Monday last, the doctrine of Lord JOHN RUSSELL, that it would be un fair towards her MAJESTY not to place at her Royal disposal One of the greatest advantages arising from the conti nuance in office of a Liberal Government is the gradual VIE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1837 DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK, inclia Stock. Ditto Bonds South Sea Stock Old Annnities ..... - New Oitto ....... ....... ...... 3 per Cent. Annuities, 1751... Exch. Bills, £l,OOO 47 45 pm. Ditto ..... ..........500 45 4.8 pm. Ditto Small Ditto C0mmercia1......... Ditto Advertised — pm Bank Stock for Account 20614 indla Stock for Account Consols for Account ...... 93% THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Peruvian Bonds Ditto Account 7 3 Portuguese Bonds Ditto Account • Ditto New 80nd5...... Ditto Account 3.1 Ditto, 3 per cent. 2O Prussian Bonds. ? ..... Rusaian Bongs, 1822 Ditto Account — Ditto Metallic Spanish Bonds Ditto Account ........... Ditto Bonds, 1&;$ . 193 i% Ditto Account French, 5 per cent —f. —c. 4 per cent ---- 3 per cent. ...... —f• —c. -- Exchange —f. —c. Dutch, Z.', per cent Ditto Account ....... ........ 54% 4 Ditto. 5 per cent. Ditto Account ......... .5 DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK . Paid. Per Share 1 , 4 3"% Hs. 12.5. 13s. :ompany 9O 5 but certain destruction of that universal monopoly which the Tories have enjoyed for so many years. In every de partment of Church and State they reigned masters, and no change for the benefit of the people had the slightest chance of success till it was forced on the Government by the impulse of public opinion. But while the public voice has been of the greatest service in forcing on im provement in almost every department of our civil institu tions, it has been almost inoperative in ecclesiastical concerns. There is indeed little-hope of any beneficial change in this quarter, except from the gradual infusion into the clerical body of men of liberal and enlightened minds ; and it affords consolation to those who wish well to the Church, to find that the appointments which have been made within the last six years, begin already to show their good fruits. The favourable answers from most of the Deans and Chapters in the sees of the new Bishops to Lord JOHN RUSSELL'S letter, may be attributed to his circumstance ; and as " a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump," may' we not be justified in attributing the very opposite course pursued by the Dean and Chapter of St. Paul's, as compared with the conduct of the Westminster conclave, to the influence of an ecclesiastical functionary in that cathedral, who has long been a prominent advocate of a liberal and enlightened policy ? Probably, but for his exertions, St. Paul's would like Westminster, have closed its doors upon the public. How long they shall•remain closed will depend much on the people and the Government, and if they act with vi gour and perseverance they may not have to wait till the old bigotted functionaries are replaced by men more suited to the spirit of the age. The Committee, we know, will act with vigour. The fillip which Lord JOHN RUSSELL has received from Dr. IRELAND will make him cordially co-operate with them, and if the exclusion continues the people alone will be to blame. The Paris Papers of Tuesday have been received to day, together with advises from Madrid of the 12th, and Bvyonne of the 16th instant. Their contents are unim portant. They merely state, in addition to the accounts given in the annexed extracts, that TORENO arrived on the 11th in the Spanish capital, and that Don CARLOS is still at Amurrio. The Journal of Toulon of the 17th has the following ar• ticle : ".A correspondent on the frontier writes to ug on the 9th of December. " If we may believe information just received, the raising of the siege of Puycerda is not the only event favourable to the cause of the Christinos in Upper Catalonia It is affirmed that the Carlists under the command of Renct have been at tacked in the valley of Ribas by a column of the Queen's troops, and were completely routed, leaving on the field of battle a great number of killed and wounded. " This success," adds our correspondent, " has spread dis may among the ranks of the Carlists. Ros d'Erolles, who occupies Cersa with one thousand two hundred men, has not ventured to engage the victorious Christinos to support his defeated colleague. He has suddenly quitted that post, and a: rived by forced marches at Rialp on the 6th, in the evening. " The number of Carlist recruits decreases daily." A second letter, dated the 12th, says that the . arlist are in the valley of Aeran, and that on the 10th. they were engaged in a ioa with the garrison of the fort of Viella. A continued tire of musketry and artillory was heard the whole day. A Morning Journal published a private letter from Barce lona of the 13th, which is the following passage :—" The violent administration of Baron de Meer, bears its fruits; more than 300 fathers of families have been arrested or have concealed themselves. Qn the 10th, a child nine years of age, which was going out the Port de Mar, was killed by a musket shot fired at it by the sentinel. Some workmen, who witnessed this barbaa ous deed, would have torn the soldier to pieces as well as all the others who came from the guard house to his assistance. A battalion of National Militia was required to prevent the consequences of the popular indig nation." The Phare of Bayonne, of the 16th, says :—" It is reported that the Pretender is going to resume the career of his ill fortune, for he seems to be in danger among his own parti sans. The provinces long for peace, and would accept it from the first that offered, since it is now demonstrated that it is im possible to obtain it with the triumph of Don Carlos." Lieutenant-General Viscount Pelleport is appointed to the command of the Corps of Observation of the Eastern Pyrenees at Perpigni:n.. A letter from Perpignan says that General Bugeaud has re turned on account of the affair of General Biossard : he is accompanied by 15 persons, men and women, French and Afri cans, in consequence of the same affair. FRENCH FUNDS. - PAats, DEC. 19. Five par Cents., ii SC 107 f. 9.5 c. 85c. 9Cc. Feu' tier Cents., 101 f. 5 , c. '1 hree per Cen s., 79f. 10e. sc. Bank Actions, 2,575 f. Bente de Naples, 97f. I;sc. 90z. nom.. Pi,. per cents., 100%. Spanish Actives, 21. Brussels Society, 1,7::Of. Belgian Bank, 1,5j51. 1,547 f. 5Cc. 1,515 f. Dutch Two and a half per Cents., 54y, Haytian Loan, 370 f. EXCHANGE ON LONDON. One month, paper, 25f. ; money, 251. 45c. Three months, paper, 25f. 30c.; money, 25f. 30e. -Cours .4uthentieue. FRENCH FUNDS.-Paais, Nor. 20. Five per Cents.. 107 f. 65c. 70c. 60c. Four and a Ilalf per Cents. 11 , 51. Four per Cents., 1011. 25e. rine, per Cents., 791: 79f. sc. 79f. Rente de Naples, 971. 85c. SOc. Roman Five imr Cents., 100%. Spanish Actives, 20%. Spanish Differes, 7. Belgian I.oan, Five per Cents, 103%. Brussels Society, 1,719 f. Belgian Bank, 1,5:5f. Portuguese Loan, Three per Cents. 19%. Haytian Loan, 375 f. EXCHANOR on LONDON. One month, paper, 25f. 47%e.; money, 25f. 45c Dace months, paper, 25f. 30e. ; money, 2.5 f 30e. LAST PRICES. Five per Cents. 107 f. 70c. Three per Cents., 7Sf. 1,5 c. Bank Actions, 2,585 f. Romans, 100'.. Belgian Loan, 103%. Belgian Bank, 1,545 f. Brussels Society, 1,710 f. Portuguese Three per Cents., 19Ii. Spanish Actives, 204. New Differess 7. Haytlan Loan, 37if. Brussels Papers have been received. The following brief extracts from them show that there is no likelihood of an immediate settlement of the differences between Belgium and Holland ANTWERP, Dec. 19.—The 7th regiment of the line has left our city this morning to proceed to the province of Luxemburg. Letters from Ghent say that other troops have likewise set out for the same destination. It is said that we are going to surround the forest of Grunenwald with a cordon of 30,000 men. The die is cast—we are going to act a comedy. The budget of the War Department, swelled till it is ready to burst, will pay for the seats.—Journal du Com merce d'Anvers. BRUSSELS, Dec. 19.—A letter from Ghent says that the 12th Regiment of the line in garrison in that city is ordered to the province of Luxemburg. It is said that not only the 7th regiment of the line, but the Bth also, which is likewise in garrison at Antwerp, will proceed to the same destination, as soon as the troops which are to take its place have arrived. HANOVER, Dec. 10.—His Majesty has been pleased to yield to the repeated wishes of General Count Von Alten, Minister of War and of Foreign Affairs, and to release him from the duties of Foreign Affairs, which he has entrusted to the Minister, Von Schele. His Majesty's rescript to Count Von Alten is conceived in the most gracious terms, and ex presses the hope that being relieved from part of his duties, he will be able to perform the remainder with the zeal which he has always manifested.—Frankfort Paper, Dec. 18. - BELGIAN I. UNDS—Baussari, Dac. 20. Actual Debt, 2% per Cent. Rothschild's Loan, 5 per Cent. lOl% Loan of Thirty Millions 94q Loan *1 City, 18.32, 4 per Cent lOl% Society of Commerce, 4 % per Cent 144% Bank of Belgium, 5 per Cent l4B National Society . DUTCH VUNDS.—AMSTERDAM, Dec. 18. Actual Debt, 2% per Cent. Do do. 5 per Cent. . , lOl Amort Syndic 4% per Cent., Do. do. 3% per Cent. Commercial Company, 4% per Cent 172% New ditto - -Brussels Peepers, Dee. 20. AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—Viastria, Dee. 12. Five per Cents. Metalliques Four per Cents. Three per Cents Bank Shares I4ON —4llgenzeine Zeitung, Dee 17. The Russian Ambassador will recommence his splendid dinner parties at Ashburnham House, immediately after the arrival of Count Charles and Countess Pozzo di Borgo.from Paris, from whence they are expected to leave for own on the 11th of next month. Many families of distinction are expected at Brighton during the recess of Parliament. To-day, thirty five bachelors give a splendid fancy ball and supper, at the Old Ship Rooms, to the elite of the place. The annual dinner of Scottish Members of Parlia ment, which is usually given at the commencement of every Srssion, took place at the Clarendon Hotel, Bond -street, on Wednesday. There were present, the Attorney-General, the Lord Advocate ' Lord James Stu ar t, R ear- Ad m i ra l S i r Charles Adam, Mr. Ellice, jun., Sir Andrew Leith Hay, Sir James Colquhoun, Mr. Chalmers, Mr. Dennistoun, Lord Duncan. Mr. Hume, M. P. for Kilkenny, also W2S of the party. On Wednesday night the metropolis was visited with a gale of wind much more severe than any that has taken place during the season. In many of the streets almost all the public lamps were extinguished. Several houses in the western and north-western suburbs were partially unroofed, and in two in stances large portions of buildings in the course of erection were blown down. The gale was highest about one o'clock on Thursday morning, after which it abated very considerably, but continued rough till daylight. There were occasionally smart showers of rain. From the direction in which the Wind came it is thought that considerable damage has been done on the coast. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.) DEAL, DEC. 21.—Wind N. E. moderate ; during last night and this morning it blew strong from N.N. W. to E.—Arrived, the Janet Willis, Willis, from Demerara; the Toronto, Kent, from Quebec. The John Woodfall, for Bombay, lost two an chors and cables near the Brada Sand, has been assisted into the Downs and supplied with an anchor and cable. The Sirius, for Sierra Leone, upset her windlass and slipped from an anchor and cable, and gone to leeward. The Isabella, for Algoa Bay, lost anchor and cable, has been supplied, and pro ceeded. Came down from the River, and proceeded with loss of anchors and cables, the Logan, for Batavia ; the Va liant, for St. Kitts; the Isabella Samson, for Hobart Town; the Elizabeth Summers, for Vera Cruz. The Transit (steamer), Wrightson, for Lisbon, passed, and the Water witch, for Corfu. The Bristol, from the Northward, passed to the Westward. PORTSMOUTH, DEC. 21.—Wind E., fine.—Sailed her Ma jesty's ship President, for Rio Janeiro; Ophelia, Wood, and White, Wood, for Syra ; Justinia, Young, for Calcutta; and Sophia, and Pasta, for London. PLYMOUTH, DEC. 21.—Wind W. N. W.—Arrived the Trusty, Moss, from Newfoundland, deck swept and leaky. FALMOUTH, DEC. 20.—Wind S. W. to W. N. W., a gale.— Arrived the Horn, Garrett, from Catania. TENBY, Dnc. 20.—Arrived off port the Adventure, Tucker, from Tarceira, leaky, bound to London. CLYDE, DEC. 19.—Arrived the Arethusa, Lyon, Demerara. STANGATE CREEK, DEC. 21.—Arrived the Mary Ann, Kemp, from Zante ; Elbe, Robson, fram Trieste ; and Davis, Piton, from Messina. RAMSGATE, DEC. 21.—Arrived off port the Bromleys, Knox, from Berbice. FAIRLIE, DEC. 21.—Arrived off port the Ganges, Ford, from Boston. HOLYHEAD, DEC. 20.—Arrived the Jane, Sanderson, from Seville. ___. . . ._ .... ... DUBLIN, DEC. 19.—Arrived the Astrea, Whitehill, Seville. CORK, DEC. 19. Arrived the Dominica, Proctor, from Honduras ; Mary, Al' Mahon, from Richcbucto ; Hillsborough, Dodd, from Prince Edward's Island ; and Joseph Wheeler, from Trieste. _ _ - - TORBAY, DEC. 20.—Arrived the Iris, Rowe, from Fayal. MILFORD, DEC. 20. Arrived Idon, Wood, from Savannah. YARMOUTH ROADS, DEC. 20.—Arrived the Betsey, Cas tles, from Riga. SALCOMBE, DEC. 19.—Arrived the Dart, —, from St. Übes ; and Mayflower, —, from St. Mtchael's. BRISTOL, DEC. 20.—Arrived Candidate, from Cephalonia. SHEERNESS, DEC. 21.—Arrived the Providence, Hill, from London, towed in with masts cut away, &c., having been on shore—bound to Stockton. The Athehasha, of Whitby, Nes field, was on shore at Richebucto on the 18th ult. The William and Anne, Athindon, from Yarmouth to Leeds, was on shore near Winterton yesterday. The Pandora, from -- to Liverpool, was driven on shore at Westport on the 14uh inst. TRINITY HOUSE, LONDON. " SlR—Adverting to your letter of the 27th ult , I have now to acquaint you for the information of the Committee for ma naging the affairs of Lloyd's, that the wreck buoys to the westward of Dungeness in the extract from the letter from the Committee's Agent at Dover herewith enclosed have been replaced at their stations, with the exception of that which had been dragged from its position near the wreck of a barge, it appearing on examination that the said wreck is no longer dangerous to navigation. " I am, Sir, your obedient servant, " J. HERBERT. " To W. Dobson, Esq., Secretary at Lloyd's." THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.) CITY. TWELVE 0' CL 0 CIC. The two French mails which were due, with the expresses from Paris, arrived this morning. The delivery of the letters took place at a late hour in the City. The contents of the French papers arc void of interest. In the French funds great dulness prevailed, owing to the meagre nature of the French King's Speech. THE FUNDS. Business in the City yesterday was very inanimate in most of the funds. Consuls closed at 93i a for the opening ; opened this morning at 93/ buyers; Exchequer Bills, 21d. per day, 45 47 ; ditto, 2d. per day, 41 43 ; Bank Stock, 2063, In the Foreign Market, there was a slight 'improvement in the Portuguese Five per Cents. ; they closed at 30i 4 ; opened at 29 71 - 34. Spanish Active remained steady at 19i 20i- with Coupons ; opened 191 Brazil Stock improved, and closed at 81 811. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 541; Mexi can, 271; Colombian, 24i-. Tile Share Market was very heavy. HALF-PAST ONE O'CLOCK. New York Papers hare just been received to the 31st of November with important accounts from Canada. It appears there Las been an action between the Royalists and Patriots. The Montreal Herald of the 23i inst. states that Papineau and O'Callagan, the leaders of the Movement party of Pa u iots, were at St. Charles on the 21st, where they have taken possession of an old fort, which they are preparing, and pro visioning. From letters of an officer in the British army, it appears that the Patriots hare succeeded in getting six thousand men under arms in that vicinity. Extract of another account from Canada :—" In an en gagarnent between the Loyalies and Patriots, sixteen were kilted and wounded." By the steamer Franklin, which arrived at nine o'clock this morning„ we learn that an engagement had taken place be tween 200 of the British regulars and the Canadians at St. Dennis, in which the latter were successful. The Loyalists lust sixteen killed and wounded, and two brass pieces. Cap. tale Markham is reported as mortally wounded. The Patriot loss was not known. It appears that the Patriots have made a stand at St. Charles, about thirty miles below Montreal, and are repairing an old French fort. Their number is stated at 2,000, or more, well armed and furnished, and they have eight brass pieces. On Wednesday a detachment of 800 re gulars and 300 volunteers left Montreal, with the intention of breaking up this post. They landed on Thursday, and had taken up their lino of march for St. Charles. On Thursday night a steam-boat arrived at Montreal, bringing the bodies of the slain. TWO O'CLOCK. The most importaat news received this morning, is an ex press from New Yolk, received at the North and South Ameri can Coffee House, of the 30th November, with the American papers, bringing an account of an engagement between the loyalists, and patriots, in which the former have been defeated. This has cauae.l a great sensation in the city, amongst the Canada merchants. Bank Shares, 122 ; Exchange not quoted. Consols experienced a slight depression of about per Cent., and may be quoted at 934 ; Exchequer Bills, 21d. 47 45 premium ; Exchequer Bills, 2d. 41 43 prem. ; Bank Stock, 2061 prem. In the Foreign Market little doing. Spanish Active, 791 i frith Coupons; Portuguese, 30 ; Three per Cents., 20; Dutch Two-and-a. Half' per Cents., 54 ; Brazilian, 814-; Mexican, 27i ; Colombian, 241 25; Spanish Passive, 4k Deferred, Shares are heavy and receding. Brighton and London, 2 tot. THREE 0' CL 0C K. Consols for the Account, 93%. LIVERPOOL, DEC. 20.—During the whole of this day the wind has blown a hurricane. Torrents of rain fell without intermission. The violence of the gale hurled the leads, chimney, and slates, from the roofs of houses. The river was one sheet of foam. The disasters with which the gale has visited the shipping, we fear, will prove extensive. The landing boat, which was moored during the last summer eff St. George's Pier, has foundered. Fortunately the watch, an expert swimmer, succeeded in reaching the shore. The Palmyra, which sailed on Thursday last for Demerara, has put back. The vessel was anchored off Frenmere, Cheshire. Unfortunately her cable parted, and, although a second anchor was l©t go, the Palmyra grounded off the Potteries. Should the wind moderate the ship may escape with slight damage. The United States ship, from New York, was seen in Bootle Bay, attempting to tack out. She missed stays, and from accounts last received of her it seems that she is at anchor in no very safe position. A brig, from Cork, ran foul of the gates of the Victoria Dock, and it will be necessary to cut away her anchors and cables to release her. The Unicorn steamer, from Glasgow, arrived safely in the river ; but as the heavy sea running rendered it especially dangerous either to attempt the packet docking, or to send her passengers on shore, the captain is compelled to remain at anchor on the Cheshire side until the gale shall abate. The Corsair steamer, from Belfast, has adopted the like precaution. It is said that the Manchester steamer, from Lisbon, which pat into Holy head last night, has arrived in the Mersey this evening. The darkness of the night, and the state of the weather, forbid the confirmation of the report. Much anxiety is expressed as to the fate and "whereabouts" of the New York packet ships the S'hahspeare and the England, which sailed from this port on Sunday. The Captain of the Palmyra, which left two days prcvionsly to their departure, states that. he was unable to make the Irish coast, and was compelled to return. He did not hail the New York liners. The fury of the wind whirled the spray into the yard of the St. Nicholas Church, which was crowded with shivering spectators. Last night, at eight o'clock, an inquest was held in in Carpenter's Coffee House, Covent-garden, before Mr. Higgs and a respectable jury, touching the death of Diana Twig, who kept a fruit shop in the market, and was found by her sister on Wednesday morning, about a quarter past four o'clock, suspended from the railing of the cellar stairs. It appeared from the evidence that the deceased had been very low spirited for some time past, in consequence of having let her shop. She had been occupant of it for a considerable number of years, and regretted leaving it. Her mind had been greatly disturbed of late, and at times she seemed quite deranged. When found she was quite dead, and appeared to have been hanging for some hours. Her feet were about two feet and a half from the ground. She was nearly e'e years of ago.—Verdict, " Suicide, in a fit of temporary ins an i ty. " Intelligence from Dominica states that the general election had commenced there. That island was cansidered all but free from the small-pox. The weather, though favour able to the planter, had been productive of much sickness, having caused an epidemic resembling- the influnza. By the opening of a portion of the Great London and Birmingham Railway the beginning of January next the communication between London and the great mercantile em poriums of the north (Manchester, Liverpool, and Glasgow) will be still further shortened to the extent of two or three hours. When the railway is finished, the journey between London and Glasg ow w ill not occupy much above thirty hours. The new Bishop of Madras, the brother-in-law of Sir John Hobhouse, is prevented from proceeding to India for I the present by the indisposition of Mrs. Spencer. COUR AR. The Queen gave audiences yesterday to Viscount Melbourne and the Right Hon. R. Cutlar Fergusson, Judge Advocate- General. Lady Howard de Walden had an audience of her Majesty yesterday. Her Majesty had a dinner party last evening, at the new Palace. Among the company were Viscount Palmerston, Viscount Melbourne, Lord and Lady John Russell, Lord Hol land, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Duke and Duchess of Sutherland, Mr. Rogers, lion. Col. and Miss Cavendish, the Treasurer of the Household, lion. Col. and Mrs. Grey. The dinner party at Cambridge House, on Wednesday, in cluded her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester, Count Pozzo di Borgo, the Russian Ambassador, the Duke of Wel lington, Marques of Douro, Earl and Countess of Dunmore, Lady Cowley, Lord Claude Hamilton, Mr. and Mrs. AshleY, Hon. Col. Ashburnham, and Col. Wedderburn. The Duchess of Cambridge had afterwards an evening party ; amongst the company were Baron Gersdorff, the Saxon Minister, Prince J. Gagarini, Lord at.d Lady Stuart de Rothsay and the Hon. Miss Stuart, Lady Georgina Bathurst, Mademoiselle D'Este, Mlss W lrving had M. Ki,seleff, and Mrs. Wellesley. Mr. au interview with Lord Glenelg yesterdaY at the Colonial office. Count Sebastiani, the French Ambassador, transacted busi ness yesterday at the Foreign Office. IRON STEAM BOAT. f o T m h t e h Si man u f r a o c n t o steam o e a s t s , r which r h h a a s i r b ri e en lately launched and.,M. Works, made an experimental drip down the River yes terda y , fur the purpose of ascertaining her speed and other sailing qualifications. This vessel is, we believe, the first iro n steam boat that has been launched on the Thames, and fr om her peculiar form and appearance she has for the last few day s at tracted much observation, and given rise to various conje ctures miwai among persons conversant with the subject of steam naviga tion. She has been built for a French Steam Boat Compaq , and is destined to ply on the Rhone, the current of which 2g in some parts very shallow, and at the same time so extremely rapid, that it frequently requires thirty or forty horses to tug the passage boats at ordinary speed. To obviate in some de gree these difficulties in the navigation of the river, the Sift? is almost flat-bottomed, and extremely sharp in the bows. Sb measures 178 feet from stern to stern (being 5 feet longer thp the City of Canterbury, the largest river steam-boat on t a e. Thames), and is only 17 feet in the beam. Her register 15 about 220 tons, and she drew, when launched only 15 in cites water, and now, with her engines, boilers, water, fuel, Sce•P her draught is but 29k inches. She is fitted up with three boilers, and two high pressure locomotive engines, of 45 hor s° power each, the pistons of which work diagonally, for the Pr pose of saving room. The boilers, which, together with the engines, &c., have all been manufactured by Messrs. Fair bairn, have been tested by a pressure of 150 lbs. to t he square inch, but the average pressure does not exceed 45 lbs. The fore and after cabins are lofty and unusually roomy--th a l will not be fitted up until the vessel arrives in France. Among the party yesterday were several scientific gentle men, masters of steam-vessels, and some French gentlemen vibe accompanied M. Rosier, the agent for the company for whet: the vessel has been built. The Sirius left her moorings " Deptford at 5 minutes past 12, with the tide at half ebb, VW ning about two miles an hour. The first 5i miles were ac complished in 321- minutes, and she arrived abreast of Graves end Church at 24 minutes to 2 o'clock. The distance run at the lowest calculation was 24 miles in 1 hour and 31 minutes, giving the extraordinary speed of 16 miles an hour. We may here observe that the starting pcint from whence the time was computed, was the four mile post below London Bridge, and the above calculation it founded upon the assun l P; tion that the distance by water from London Bridge to Gravesend is 28 miles ; it is but fair, however, to add that some experienced Captains of steam-boats who have been plying on the river for many years, stated that the distance was thirty miles, or upwards. Some interesting experiments were made dur ing the day with Massey's patent log, to which we have not at present space to advert. Notwithstanding her great length and narrow beam, the Sirius is very " stiff" in the water, and answers her helm with great quickness and precision. There is no vibration, owing probably to the material of which she is constructed, and much less noise than in steam-boats fitted with the ordinary engines ; the fuel is coke, and that subjeet of universal complaint with steam-boat travellers, smoke, an d its attendant filth, are •entirely avoided. We have been in formed that the speed of this vessel is little, if at all, affected by the current, but from the state of the tide no opportunity was afforded during the excursion of testing her powers is that way. All parties appeared highly gratified with the result of the experiment ; and there is no doubt, notwithstanding the pre judices which were some time since entertained against this description of boats, that the enterprising manufacturers of the Sirius have commenced a new era in steam navigation, of which we trust they will reap the benefit. The Genera l Steam Navigation Company, and other parties, who at the outset decried the employmeet of wrought iron for such purpose, have already made arrangements for building iron steam boats, and ero long we should not be surprised to fi nd them superseding the old vessels, the cost being much less, and their superiority, in many particulars, so well ascertaine d. The Messrs. Fairbairn have another iron steamer, of some what smaller dimensions than the Sirius, nearly ready for launching—she has been built for the Humber; and a third is in progress, which has been ordered by the Emperor of Russia, for his own use. Mr. Burford's new panorama represents the B a y of Islands in New Zealand, and is certainly calculated to Wi ll many a weary sojourner amid the beaten ways of civilization into the wi!ds of savage lift. The point of sight selected for the panorama seems to command the most remarkable p o ints of this splendid scene. The spectator looks down over the bay, on whose bosom a considerable number of vessels, trad ers, whalers, and of men-of-war quietly repose, and from tilt sandy shallows of which the long, high-prowed war canoes 01 the Zealanders are being launched. Inward the bay seems 1 ° retire amongst the hills : outward, it gradually expands to 1 16 entrance, which is guarded by Alpine promontories. T he holidays will bring many an ardent admirer to this land of 0 ° antipodes. LADIES' BEST GOLD CHAINS' The weight is given by comparison with the weight of Sovereigns, being more easily referred to than if stated in ounces and dvits,j The quality of the gold is wa rran t e d equa l t o any t h at i s w orked into articles of this description. Price of the Cable Pattern, £ s. d. Same weight as 3 sovs. 4 4 0 Ditto • as 4 sovs. 5 5 0 Ditto as 5 sovs. 6 6 0 Price of the above Patterns, wit every , £ s. d. X 9 - j ' Q 0 Same weight as 3 sovs. 55 0 Same we i g ht as 6 sovs . 8 0 Ditto as 4 sovs. 6 6 0 Ditto as 7 s o vs. 9 9 Ditto as 5 sovs. 7 7 0 Ditto as 8 sovs.lo 10 THE NEW FLAT GOLD WATCHES. 7 0 The price in gold cases, with vertical moveme n t s ...£7 Ditto, with well-finished horizontal movements, in double bottomed engine-turned case, jewelled, silver dial, 0 warranted or Matted Ring Pattern. £ s• d. • Same weight as 6 sovs. 7 7 0 0 Ditto as 7 sovs. 8 S Ditto as 8 sovs. 9 9 h bright star ornaments cut on link. . - T. COX SAVORY'S, Working Silversmith and Jeweller, 47, Cornhill, London. de a N.B. The Horizont a l C ons t ruct i on i s part i cularly recom men d for its superior accuracy. BIRTHS. 14 On the 21st in s t., a t T or C ast l e, D evons hi re, Mrs. AYs--"° Wise, of Clayton, of a daughter. s, On the 18th inst., at Leamington, Lady Townsend Farqub of a son. On the 18th inst., at Sutton Montis, Somerset, the lady of th e Rev. Morden Bennett, of a son. On the 10th inst., at Lausanne, the lady of T. C. Parr, Esq . ' of a daughter. On the 18th inst., in Hinde-street, Manchester-square, the l ad/ of A. Akers, Esq., of a son. (in the 18th inst., in Finsbury-place, the lady of Mr. A. Salo mons, of a daughter. On the Bth inst., at Col n eyh a t c h, Muswell-hill, Mrs. Aty le°4 Risley, of a daughter. On the 18th inst., in New Broad- s t r e e t, th e lady of F• Ramsbotham, of a son. . o ha , On the 21st inst., at St. MARRIED Pancras N w A d e Church, Mr. j P gr. Balls, of Vale Cottage, Woolwich, to Matilda, only daughter 0 George Jackson, of Charlotte -street, Fitzroy-square.► On the 19th inst., at Lewisha m Ch urc h, Samuel Travers, n: to Elizabeth, youngest daught er o f th e l a te L. R. Mac kiPtc Esq., of Dalmunzie, Perthshire. 1 , ve t ' On the 19th inst., Lewis C. Hertslet, Esq., of Gree."'Ejt , Soho square, to Mary Anne, eldest daughter of G. Finchasn' of Spring-gardens. ; JO" On the 18th inst., at St. John's, HoXton, Mr. Edo.- 11 ec ond Bennett, of the Commercial -road, surgeon, to Emily Julia' city' daughter of P. I. T. Pearse, Esq., of Westmoreland-pl acet road. Kerr, On the 19th inst., at St. James's Church, William Scott se at Esq., of Chatto, Roxburghshire, to Hannah Charlotte La d y Douglas, of Belford.l lq" On the 24th ult., at St. Petersburgh, Captain de Ba-c-k te'late to Annabella C ope , secon d daughter of his Excellency Vice-Admiral Sir Thomas Candler, K.S.A., of the RussinuL_""i- LytheneaA A nrel t :s t frtor h hhifu e iiessn r so e sda s utga i;e : nee of his bropthlerE,Ddeneral Post-office, Dublifit,.o.l.o b t his son:'s, Colonel C. H. Godby, Royal Artillery, in the 5 61 ' On s h in p l9 a t r h ad i e n , st c ., b lll s a c t a il . da, the eldest daughter of Charl es in Warvvickshire, W. Z. L. Ward, Esq., of 6'l°l - Northamptonshire. On the 7th inst., at Headley Hants, Christiana Matilda, eldest daughter of the late Rev. John ' Purdon, aged 27. - r; of On the 20th inst., in Brompton-row, Michael Bent le Y , the Middle Temple, aged 82. sq..• Miss At Sevenoaks, at her brother-in-law's, A. Peat, 4 Sophia Sanders, aged 63. Theo; On the 11th ult., at Constantina , of his wounds, Captain dorc Le B l ftnc, Knight of the Order of the Saviour of G re ece . re cces of the Legion of Honour. Henry Field, Esq. , late of Christ's Hospital. of O th n e tßheev9.th.f.inusstb.o,rantethe Rectory, A n gmering, Sussex , the wife th e . death of th her• eli bba l thusiisotd.,):itchßaerdlofotrted: a g e d 56, u(s.ixc.woeeillesbaraft,eErsi_ of Crawley House, Bedfordshire. On the 10th inst., at Uxbridge, Mrs. Jane Lewis, w ide°, in her 78th year. quiOsndethTeaulb6atthe,iangsto.d 3 in 6 the Rue St. Florentine, pars, On the Mar- London: Printed an d Published by M O URD YOUNG , •f 112, Strand, at The Sun Office, 837. No. 112, Strand, in the or'uatl of Middlesex.—F rida y , December, 22, 1 tt in th at do by tat Esi Pit r be; rai ~a