The Sun. — London, England, 1846-12-15 00:00:00

LITERATURE. STANDARD NOVELS. No. CIIIL—MY Cousin Nicholas. By Thomas Ingoldsby. The Standard Novels maintain the high character which has long since been awarded to them, and most assuredly there is no falling off in the present number. Poor Barham, who wrote under the soubriquet of " Ingoldsby," was a genius of no common order. A light and playful vein of hnmour ran through all his productions—fun and comicality were his essential attributes. Like Hood, he possessed the power of ex tracting merriment from any subject to which he turned his attention, although he did not equal him in the deep pathos which Hood occasionally infusedanto his writings. " My Cousin Nicholas" first appeared, some twelve years since, in Blackwood, and, like many of its as sociates, was subsequently brought out as a separate publication. It is, indeed, a "laughter compelling" volume, and we defy the most moody son of care to rise from its perusal without in some degree shaking off the acidity of his disposition and having more of the milk of human kindness about him than on ordinary occasions. Every page possesses something to excite the risible faculties from the avis au lecteur in which the author details his reasons for preserving a strict incognito—" how his maiden aunt," who pos sessed a redundancy of virtues, and 13,0001. in the Three per Cents. Reduced, had not then shuffled off the mortal coil—how she loved green tea, and hated an author—and hew he could not find the heart to commit auntycide, or take upon himself the responsi bility of massaereing a maiden possessed of so much property in the funds. All the characters are in admirable keeping, and perfectly sustained throughout. The kind, warm hearted, and irascible Sir Oliver, the beau ideal of the country gentleman of the olden time—eccentric, hot tempered, "with a bad habit of anathematizing," and the most inordinate pride of ancestry, and of his descent from the famed Sir Roger de Bolevainele, the Conqueror's standard-bearer at the battle of Hastings ; but coupled therewith is the most genuine simplicity and kindliness of disposition, that makes him the easy butt of his mischievous son, but gains for him the cordial goodwill and regard of the reader. Then we have that most patient of all possible auditors, Cap tain Pyefinch, a proficient in the noble science of backgammon ; and, moreover, very excellent com pany, seldom interrupting the most long-winded story by any remarks of his own, which of Spartan brevity, " few and far between," just served to convince his entertainer that his narratives were not thrown away on the listless ear of an unobservant or somnolent auditor." And his sister, Miss Kitty, a poetess — her soul all tenderness, sentiment, sympathy, and feeling—is at first wholly devoted to the services of the Muses. After she has become acquainted with the celebrated " Dr. Olinthus Broadback, of the Grand National Institute of Intellectual Chimney Sweepers," although not aba ndonin g Polyhymnia, she coquets much with her severer sister. The latter presides over political economy, becomes a decided Malthusia, speaks with horror of " thought less procreation," and looks forward with alarm to " no very distant period when the world shall be destroyed by its human vermin, as a ripe Stilton is devoured by its own mites." After discarding her flaxen ringlets, laughing at fashion, and learning to smoke cigars, he lays down as an axiom, that those parts of the world, where polygamy prevails, are the most thinly inhabited, and that the only way to prevent ex cess of population is for young men to have half a dozen wives. She at last attains such eminence in the science " that she is grievously suspected by the Bishop of Exeter to have had a hand in framing sundry questionable clauses in the New Poor-law Bill, which are thought to press hard on the comforts of th . ose who love not wisely but too wsll." The Rev. Josiah Pozzlethwayte is " happy in the possession of a comfortable income, a snug par smage, and a housekeeper, who delights in cherry coloured ribbons." Then there is Dr. Drench, and the gloomy, mysterious, and eccentric Fortescue, dsvoted to the memory of his dead love. There is also the amiable A.lrs. Stafford, Lord Manningham, and his beautiful daughter, Lady Bullwinkle, "by nature of a social disposition, and sighing in secret for the less dignified bat more enlivening entertainments of the ser vants' hall, which she had so rashly abandoned." She " prefers a game of hunt the slipper,'-' or "the mystic rites of the Christmas mistletoe," to all the more refined methods of killing time practised by ladies of the rank to which she had been elevated, are all admirable in their way. But the character of the book "My Cousin " himself is superlative. Although a liar, a hypocrite, wholly unprincipled and heartless, with scarcely a redeeming point about him, and every way vicious, you cannot help feeling a regard for him on account of "his wit and humour, and cannot but feel regret at his untimely end. The playing off practical jokes, no matter bow severely they may affect others, appears to be the sole end and object of his existence, so that from the time he was eight years old, when " the superiority of his talents had evinced itself in a variety of ways, having put cow-itch into the maids' beds, and brimstone into his father's punch bowl, crackers into the kitchen fire, and gun-powder into the parlour snuffers," he never ceases the exer cise of his ruling passion. We find him on the cele bration of his own birth-day " contriving to fix a large bonnet pin so perpendicularly erect in the cushion about to be occupied by the Rev. Dr. Situ& fins, as to occasion much inconvenience and detriMent to that learned gentleman, whose agility on the occa sion would not have disgraced Mr. Ellar or the Flying Phenomenon." And, on the same eventful day, " subtracting the chain from the deciduous body of his papa's legal adviser, amputating the apothecary's pigtail, and by the ingenious application of a fishing hook and line, previously passed through the pulley of a chandelier elevation, thesflaxen, flowing, and redundant tresses there before the dulce decus ofMiss Kitty Pye finch to a situation, emulating that of Mahomet's coffin." His after achievements, both at home and at Oxford, are deserving of the early promise he exhibi bited. Whether hoaxing Sir Oliver and taking his me dicine before him—a couple of table-spoonsfull of " Huxham's tincture of bark," a dark coloured fluid, bearing a most suspicious resemblance to cherry brandy—or when his expulsion was certain, appearing before the board at Oxford between Sir Lawrence Thu- Wises and Mr. St. John Gomenity, the very counter feit presentment of Dr. Pozzlethwayte arranged in his snuff embrowned suit of sables, wig, green gog gles, and pointed toe, perfect in his individuality. The work is rug without its moral, as it seeks to inculcate the truths tied "impudence is not humour, nor mischief wit; that keit, if unchecked by principle, may de generate into vice and terminate in crime. The frontispiece is also admirable. It exhibits Sir Oliver falling in love with Eleanor Skillet—the round, plump, and rosy cook—the attentions of the middle-aged and wearied fox-hunter, divided between the attractions of the delicious rump steak and the buxom maid. We heartily commend the work to the perusal of any one who can enjoy a real hearty laugh, and we can assure him that if he takes up the work with the intention of indulging himself therein that he will not be disappointed. *" The Tiame," a wild mystic tale of diablerie is added, to make up the volume. We trust that few of our readers will be satisfied with the slight sketch we have given, but that they will take the earliest opportunity of judging for themselves how far we are justified in our commen dations. NOVEL EXPORT TO ALGERIA.—A decided, novelty, RS au export from this country to a foreign possession, Is that of the article of hay, w hich is now taking place to a considerable extent from London to Oran, a port in the French territory of Algeria. Several vessels have already been loaded and sailed for Oran, and four other British vessels are at present loading entire cargoes of this article for that port, say three in the St. Katherine's Do:ks, named the Albion, the Maltass, and the Panta loon, and one at Cox's Quay, narnk d the Jane Maria. In Ord3r to make as good stowage as possible, the hay is compressed by machinery previous to shipment, besides which the trusses are tightly stowed on board the vessel by means of screws. The rate of freight paid is liberal, and answers the purpose of vessels which are proceed ing to the Mediterranean to bring home return cargoes. It is understood that these shipments are making for ac count of the French Government, and the mere fact shows not only the great want of fodder for the French cavalry in Algeria, but also that it is not procurable from France. As it is, the total cost of the article, de livered at Oran, must be very high. THE WOOD PAVEMENT 1N THE ClTY.—Yester day, by order of the Commiss;oners of Severs, the wood pavement in Queen-street, Cheapside, was taken up, for the purpose of having the thoroughfare paved with stones. It has been latterly the practice of the City au thorities to issue an order that the poor of the neigh. bourhood should be allowed to take the blocks of wo.)d away for their own use. This order, however, has been taken advantage of by dealers in wood in Spitalfields ar d Bethnal-green, who, after cutting the blocks into fire wood, mix the pieces with others in the bundles they sell. ASYLUM FOR FEMALE ORPHANS.—Yesterday, a general meeting of the court and governors of this cor poration was held at the institution for the purpose of electing ten children out of a list of thirty-four candi dates. William Shadbolt, Esq., chairman. The report statal that, irrespective of yesterday's election, there were 11,5 children on the establishment, who are in structed in reli g i on , rea di ng , ne edlework, and household bn slnesi , until they are apprenticed as servants in re aparecentahbalvee been families. Since its establishment, 2,412 ehil by the charitn recipient s o f th e grea t b ene fit s con ferred Bell's 'eLP i n London, Sunday, 20th December. Boxing-day before Chri stmas between Johnny Walker and Grand " Battle Show " • Ch am pion s hip o f the Light Weights Sam Simmon s for the fully and graphi cally described. Price of Bell's Lye, Sixpence. Average sale, 25,000. T Hz wouralloTos STATUE.—Yesterday workmen commenced preparing footing for the scaffold-poles in the open space wait of the Horse Guards, for the pur pose of Impetigo a pedestal for the Wellington statue' which is to be ta ken down forthaith, and subse q ue ntly placed upon AR appropriate resting-place in the above beality. MRS. TROLLOPE'S NEW WORK. Now ready, at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., F A THER EUSTACE. A TALE OF THE JESUITS. By Mrs. TROLLOPE. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. 1 tion which, notwithstanding , their familiarity with , suffering, has been hitherto unkm: an to its inhabi tants. Famine and winter, disease .and want of employment to millions, combine to render' the desti tution insufferable. The perennial barrenness of protection in the landlords is accompanied by an extra ordinary barrenness in the vegetation. A ban appears to pervade the land. Ireland is in a state of national bankruptcy. At this moment of tribulation, when that strength which is the consequence of unity is more than ever requisite, the ranks of Ireland's avowed leaders are thinned by the defection of certain hair brained dissentients. All the world knows upon what cause this division occurred ; all the world knows that Mr. O'CONNELL maintained the neces sity of striving for repeal only by moral agency and loyal agitation, and that Mr. WILLIAM SMITH 013alux insisted upon the Association infusing treasonous principles into its code, and proclaiming the rectitude of physical force. Since the first se paration of these parties, by a contrariety of views somewhat more striking than that of the Big and Little-endians, immortalised by SWIFT, the public have heard scarcely anything, and, what is more, have cared scarcely anythingabout the redoubtable personages 'yclept Young Irelanders. A casual display of oratorical pyrotechnics in the Rotunda at Dublin has, at intervals, amused the more sober members of the popu lation. John Bull, however, is blase in regard to those spurious specimens of patriotic enthusiasm. He looks at the dissemblers with the scornful nonchalance of a POCOCURANTE. Meanwhile the condition of Ireland has been gradually becoming more terrible and appalling. Want of employment and dearness of provisions are greater afflictions than hitherto from the severity with which the season has commenced. Murders and outrages are of more frequent recurrence in consequence. Each successive week affords a frightful catalogue of deaths by starvation. Contagious maladies are begin ning to affect those constitutions, the rigour of which has been already undermined by inanition. entertained, if at all, till other preliminary reforms have been accomplished. By the Levant Mail intelligence has been received from Constantinople and Smyrna of the 27th, and from Athens of the 30th ult. The following is from the Constantinople paper of the 27th : " The Government bas just received satisfactory intel ligence from Diarbekir and Mossul. 'layer Pacha, governor of the last-named province, has put to file t and dispersed the rebels of Kurdistan, the major part of whom have made their submission. The imperial troops have suffered much from the advanced season, but their constancy bas been rewarded by a success which insures the tranquillity of this distant country until the Porte shall adopt broader measures for settling it upon a durable basis. The cholera.has, unfortunately, attacked Mossul, but the mortality is not great, and it is hoped that the severity of the weather will entirely deprive it of its malignancy." "On Friday last his Highness the Cheik ul Islam, Mustapha Assim Effendi, died of an attack of apoplexy. He was upwards of eighty years of age. The Cheik ul Islam and the Grand Vizier are the two first personages of the empire, be ing the vicars and representatives of the Sovereign, one in spiritual, the other in temporal, affairs. By an im perial ordonnance, dated the same day, Arif Effendi, Grand Judge of Roumelio, was called to replace Aszim. This eminent man is distinguished for his profound and varied knowledge. All his opinions tend towards reform, which consequently finds in him a powerful support." On the 17th ult. 800 houses were burned down at Salonica. _ Just ready, In 3 vols. post Bro., 11E3IOIRS OF r r HE LIFE OF GENERAL PE PE. Comprising THE PRINCIPAL MILITARY AND POLITICAL EVENTS OF MODERN ITALY. WRITTEN BY HIMSELF. Richard Bentley, New Burlington street. (Publisher in Ordinary to her Majesty.) RAILWAY SHARES BY PUBLIC SALE ESSRS. LAMND and Co., RAILIVAY I.V LAM( )ND SHARE AUCTIONEERS, beg to thank their Friends and the Public for their continued support and patronage, and to anno•ince that their Public Sales of Railway Shares, &c. take place every TUESDAY and FRIDAY. at One o'clock, at the Hall of Commerce, Threadneedle-street, London, to which place, favours, containing instructions (with a reference), are respectfully equested to be addressed. All -crap and Share Certificates must be deposited, the day orevous to their being offered ; and ed vices of re sults will be - )rwarde - A by the first post after the sale, and the proceeds lame 'lively disposed of according to instructions. s, (Sall of Commerce. Threadneedle-street. London. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. THIS EVENING Will be performed a new Opera. entitled THE BONDMAN. Marquis de Vernon, Mr. Weiss ; Floreville, Mr. Rafter ; Morliere, Mr. Ilorncastle ; La Valllere, Mr. Galli ; Ardenford, Mr. Harrison ; Mal-a-Propos, Mr. Harley; Madame Corinne, Miss Romer; Grisette, Miss 35 ebecca Isaacs ; Frivole, Mrs. Hughes. After the Opera, will be presented a new grand Ballet, called THE WAGS OF WAPPING (performed at the Academie Royale' Paris, under the title of " Betty. ') In which will appear Mdlles. Sophie Fuoce, 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 an original Comedy, entitled LOOK BEFORE YOU LEAP; or, Wooings and Weddings. Mr. Oddington, Mr. W. Farren ; Mr. Rashleigh, Mr. Hudson ; Mr. De Vere, Mr. Roll ; Mr. Brandon, Mr. Howe; 3lr.llardnian, Mr. Rogers; Jack Spriggs, Mr. Webster ; Tom Tilley, Mr. Buckstone ; Miss Brown, Mrs Glover; Claribel Oddington, Miss Fortescue ; Mary Oddlngton, Miss P. Horton ; Elinor Mortimer, Mrs. Yamold ; Fanny Hardman, Miss Julia Bennett. After which the petite Comedy of PERFECTION. In which Messrs. Tilbury, Holl, Clark ; Miss Reynolds (her firs: appearance), and Mrs. Humby will perform. During the evening the Band will perform the Overture, " Cheval de Bronze ;" " The lumen" (Volka) ; " Czarina" (Mazourka) ; " Douro " (Walzer); and a New Overture. To conclude with the Farce of HIS LAST LEGS. Characters by Messrs. Hudson, Holl, Tilbury, Mrs. Clifford, &c. Box-orrice open from Twelve till Four ; under the direction of Mr. T. Archer, Box Book-keeper. The Moniteur Grec of the 29th publishes an official bulletin, signed by six physicians, which states that COLETTI, the Prime Minister, is convalescent. system : The Prussian Gazette of the 4th states, that nobody in Berlin supposes that a war in Europe will arise out of the Cracow affair. " England," says this jour nal, " will not be so weak as to allow herself to be again duped by France." Curiously enough, whilst an English journal pretends that the KING of the FRENCH has demanded a congress on the affair of the marriage, the Berlin journal talks of a congress as probable for the termination of the Cracow affair by means of a convention, which will calm all excite ment ; and adds, " If the Cabinet of the Tuileries re fuses to join, it may return to the isolation in which it has already found itself." At this moment Mr. O'CONNELL makes a fins: effort to conciliate those who insulted him by their vituperations. He swallows all the selfish instigations of pride, and renders himself liable to every species of obloquy, because of the existing emergency, and because he is more than ever persuaded that the per petuation of such a quarrel, and its consequent heart burnings, can only prove injurious to the national interests. To us, there is something admirable in this forgetfulness of personal considerations for the sake of a famishing people. There is something noble in this sacrifice of private sentiment to public conviction. One gap was still open in the forum for the salvation of Rome, and CURTIUS immolated himself for the good of the state by plunging into the chasm. Mr. O'CONNELL has dared the jeers and ribaldry of venal tongues and hireling pens because, by his proposition for a con ference with the leaders of the Young Ireland party, he felt he could alone hope to heal all existing dif ferences, and to battle against the troubles of the country with one unbroken phalanx. Among the many sacrifices which O'CONNELL has made for Ireland, this sacrifice of feeling in proposing a con ference with his traducers is not the least. The result of this proposition is what might have been readily anticipated. The Young Ireland brag garts have rejected all offers of a conciliatory cha racter. Their wonderful captain—the hero of the coal-cellar—the victor of the tea•and-dry-toast—Mr. WILLIAM SMITH O'BRIEN, has emphatically refused the conference. He has virtually spat upon the offer of his more noble. minded adversary. It is rumoured in some quarters that the co-operation of this honour able malcontent may be ensured on certain conditions. Conditions—pshaw !—the Irish don't care twopence for his co-operation. Mr. WILLIAM SMITH O'BRIEN is not the ATLAS upon whose shoul ders the fate of Ireland is dependent. He has shown the obverse side of his character. He has proved that as he is without sterling patriotism, so is he without magnanimity. CORIOLANUS in the hall of AUFIDIUS, and THEMISTOCLES asking protection from ARTAX ERXES, must be incomprehensible spectacles to Mr. WILLIAM SMITH O'BRIEN. We trust that Mr , O'CONNELL may be more successful in his generous negotiations with those whose reconciliation is of some importance. The change of Ministry, which had been for some time expected in Baden, has taken place. The Mi nister of the Interior is appointed President of the Council of State, and is replaced by M. BEEK. The Frankfurter Journal, in a letter from Schles wig of the 4th instant, states, that in the sitting of the Diet of the 30th, the KING'S Commissioner rose and attacked, in ironical language, the Deputies of Galert, Fredeman, and Hansee, who had defended the proposition concerning the suppression of the present mode of levying taxes without the con sent of the States. The three Deputies replied warmly to the attack, and their indignation was shared by the whole assembly. The President then communicated to the assembly a letter from the KING'S Commissioner against the petitions sent in on the subject, and came to the conclusion that the Government had struck the blow with which the Diet was menaced ; that, in fact, the right of petition was set aside, and the institutions of the country attacked. "We are not any longer," said he, "either representatives of the people, or indepen dent witnesses of public opinion—we have sunk to the position of a subaltern Government authority ! He concluded by declaring that the threats of the Commissioner did not cause them any apprehension, and that the Government would find it to be two different things to show a ferula to children and to beard men ! The Duke D'AUGUSTENDURG declared that, considering the course which the Government was pursuing, he found himself under the necessity of withdrawing his note from the Council of Represen tatives of the people.. A letter from Frankfort, of the 6th, states that there is no longer a scarcity of money at the Bourse of that place, and it is difficult to obtain good paper for discount at four per cent. A letter from Vienna, of Dec. 10, says that the payments of the end of the month having been made with facility, it was hoped that the banking-house, about which such unpleasant rumours had prevailed, would continue to maintain its credit. Madrid papers of the 7th have arrived. The elections are going on most favourably for the Progressistas. The return of three of that party, viz., SAN 21IIGUEL, MENDIZABEL, and LUGAN for Madrid, is considered as certain. The other three representatives of the capital are Ministerialists, viz., Moy, PIDAL, and the Marquis DEL POVAR. Rumours of a change in the Ministry continued to be rife in Madrid. The Infante Don ENRIQUE arrived in Madrid on the 6th, and was visited by his brother, the King- Consort. We adverted last week to the paramount im portance, to every civilised country, of a sound body of criminal law ; to the reasons that constituted this importance, and to the duty which men owe to them selves to scrutinise, with the utmost jealousy, the ad ministration of this branch of their legal code. We alluded to the vast quantum of ministerial power that is lodged with the magistracy, who admit or reject the probability of the criminal charges brought be fore them, by either committing or releasing the ac cused parties; we urged the consequent indispensa bleness of having the magisterial bench, metropolitan and provincial, filled with men duly qualified to dis charge such grave functions ; and we, at the same time, took occasion to notice the notorious incom petency of the subordinate justices with which the country is afflicted throughout. The evils arising to the State from magisterial incapacityare not to be measured, and cannot, therefore, be lightly disposed of. It is impossible to say how much the feelings of the inno cent have been unnecessarily rankled, by their having been committed for trial, owing to the crassa ignorantia, conceited perversion of facts, caprice, or inattention of the magistrates before whom it was their unhappy fate to be first taken. Where men have not fitted themselves, by education, for the judicial vocation, in the subordinate, yet most im portant and extensive sphere of magisterial action, they are without due self-reliance, and are like !hips without ballast, rolling with every wave. Fre quently, these sage justices of ours are but mere automata in the hands of their salaried clerks, who compel them to move, and go through the mock ex hibition of criminal inquiry in its preliminary stages, just as the fancy hits them. Others consider them selves too high-bred to condescend to play the part of " dummies ;" and, like young colts, before they have had the least training, are bent upon showing a pace of their own, when, if their mettle be only well put up, there is no fence of the law they will not clear at a bound. The responsibility of magistrates is, practically, a fiction. There is no redress against any wrongs suffered as the conse quences of any errors they commit, unless such errors can be proved to have been wilful, so that, in effect, the injured party has no remedy. Where ignorant justices will manifest an independence, and not stoop to be counselled by their official clerks, they are prone to fall into opposite extremes, the effects of which are most pernicious to society. Some are so nervous, that, where there is only a shade of a possi bility of guilt, speciously presented, and, it may be, maliciously wrought up, on the one side, whilst, on the other, the evidence preponderates, almost to a certainty, in favour of innocence, they will, never theless, because they have no confidence in their own judgment, and have unfortunately assumed an office for which they are wholly unfit, send the accused before a jury. Others, again, pursue a reckless course in the opposite direction : by imagining themselves to be Solons, before they have read through the pr eface to "Burn's Justice," they coolly discharge many a cri minal from custody who ought to have been compelled to stand his trial. In this way justice is indirectly con verted into an instrument of oppression to the inno cent, and of protection to the guilty. Such per versities will continue to stain our administration of justice until a radical change be effected in the magisterial body. The Government must dispense with gratuitous services altogether. As it is, every squireen aspires to be cock-lofted on to the bench, not because he considers himself in the least qualified for the duties, but because he wishes to be more on a par with his betters in the country. If he happen to be a busybody in polities identical with those of the Lord-Lieutenant of his district, with a little patience and perseverance, his ambition is pretty sure of being realised. Thus, the machinery of justice is prosti tuted to political purposes, and patronage is loosely dispensed in a service which, of all others under the Crown, should be kept free from the slightest taint or corruption. The Government contract with the' Bank of San Fernando hp been renewed by the Minister of Finance. MADRID BoLsA, DEC. 7.—The Three per Cents. closed at 34; cash, 34, paper offered; the Four per Cents., 21; the Five per Cents, 21; Debt without In terest, q; and Coupons, 19i, We have received the Paris papers of Saturday and Sunday. The weekly reception of M. GUIZOT was attended on Friday evening by the Marquis of NORMANDY, Count D'APPONY, and all the other Ambassadors, for the purpose of showing that their absence from the fete given to the Bey of TUNIS did not arise from any coolness to M. GUIZOT. vV We find the following in the Presse, on the subject of the resolution of the BEY not to visit England : " The presence of the Bey of Tunis in Paris appears to have seriously occupied the attention of Lord Pal merston, even in the midst of the cares demanded from this Minister by the marriage of the Duke de Montpen 3ier and the Cracow affair. England is very touchy about all that relates to the Mediterranean ; and the Bey of Tunis, the neighbour of Algeria and the ally of France, ould have been seen with great pleasure at the court of Queen Victoria, where everything would have been done to snatch him from the exclusive patronage of the French nation. But an obstacle occurred. Scarcely had the Bey arrived on the French soil, when he was treated as a sovereign prince, and England , which has not yet re was not inclined to vassal of the Porte. c( L 'no o gn r ns d iids N eerd or hh rn iis a m n ri b og y thhte w ri as wo it,sheathttehlraeunfaolariset3;a, charged to negotiate this grave affair with M. Raffo, and to prove to him that his master had a great interest in showing consideration to Great Britain ; that hitherto the Bey had been animated with intentions equally favourable to all nations, but that he appeared at present inclined to change his policy, and give himself up entirely to France, which fact would be completely evident if he did not con sent to go to England on the conditions proposed to him. The Bey, not being convinced that he ought to give up the prerogatives of reigning princes, M. Raffo informed Lord Norman by of the refusal expressed by his master. Lord Palmerston, considering that he ought not to rest satisfied with his first effort, a few days back sent a dispatch in tended to be read to M. Raffo, declaring that if the Bey proceeded to London he should be received with great cordiality, but that the British Cabinet had duties to perform, and obligations to observe, which would prevent it from admitting this Prince to the Queen, unless pre sented by the Turkish Ambassador. The Bey, it said, ought to bear in mind that be has other countries near him besides Algeria, and that he ought not to conduct himself solely with this latter consideration in view. This new advance was not attended with any greater success than the former, as the Bey persists in his reso lution. It is even announced that he leaves Paris on Tuesday for Tuni', whither M. de Lagau, the Consul- General, is to accompany him." The Presse is wrong in saying that the English Government invited the BET. The BEY expressed a wish to visit England, and was given to understand at once that, in the event of his doing so, he would be received as a vassal of the SULTAN, and not as an in dependent Prince. The following is the conclusion of the article in the Debuts on the subject of tariff reform : " By a decree bearing date the Ist of March, 1793, all treaties of commerce were annulled, and British produce of every description% was prohibited. The law of the 10th Brumaire, year 5 , was conceived in the s ame s p irit, with the hope o f inflictin a mortal wound o n Pitt and Coburg. For the same reason the Natiomal is at pre sent opposed to th e app li cat i on o f the principles of com mercial liberty. Napoleon, having been created Empe ror, wishing to prepare the public mind for a continental blockade, and yielding to the suggestion of unenlight ened fiical authorities, instituted by a decree of the 17th Pluviose, year 13, a new tariff. By this measure the duties on coffee, sugar, cocoa, and tea, imposed by the tariff of 1791, wer e i ncrease d fivefold. Some dut ies on articles of luxury were i ncrease d tenfold, and even me dicines were highly taxed. The decr ee of the y ear 13 was about to be converte d i n t o a law in 1806, when the Emperor, in a fit of f ur y against England , without con suiting the legislative body, prohibited every article composed, in any part, of cotton. At a later period, i n 1810, Napoleon, when his hatred against Great Britain arrived at its paroxysm, endeavoured to exclude colonial produce altogether by raising the duties. He fixed the duty on raw cotton at 880 francs for 200 pounds weight. The Levant cottons, by favour, paid 440 E, and if they arrived by laud 120 f, i raw sugar was taxed 330 f, ; tea, We have been led to these remarks on account of a desire that has been expressed in some quarters for the abolition of the grand jury. We shall return to this subject to show that such an idea ought not to be • THE SUN, _CON DON, TUESDAY EVEN NG, DIOEMBI - 4;li. 15. 18th 990 f. ; coffee, 4401. ; cocoa, I,loof. ; cochineal, 2,2001., the same quantity of 200 pounds. This was real in sanity. The consequence of such a tariff was to or organise a prodigious baud of smugglers. The year 1814 arrived,France was invaded, the Imperial throne was levelled, and peace succeeded to war. In that year the tariff was revised. All duties were removed from cot ton and wool, as under the Constituent and the Re public at the same time the duty on iron was fixed at 1611. for 200 pounds weight. This was four times the amount fixed by the Constituent. Butcher's meat was suffered to enjoy the immunity granted by the Em pire. In the year 1815 France suffered new disas ters, and in 1816 the financial system of the country was completely remodelled. A duty of 22f. par 200 pourels weight was imposed on cotton wool, and 3f. a head was imposed on oxen. The prohibitionists were modest, they only demanded prohibitive duties for a few years, in order, as they said, to compete with foreign manufacturers. It was thus that during a long peace the severities practised during war were continued against the pockets of the consumer, to the detriment of the manufacturer ; and, if we examine the customs laws of 1817, 1818, 1820, 1822, and 1826, we find a series of uninterrupted aggravations. This system was pursued after 1830. Thus machinery pays heavier duties since the Bill of 1845. The year 1836 alone produced some reduction, and it abolished the prohibition existing on above twenty articles. Thus the general tendency of our commercial legislation since 1791 has been to prohibit, and that in the midst of as certained progress, whilst our manufactures are every day acquiring new strength and even compete with the English in the London market. Is not the moment arrived to suspend this prohibitive movement, and to demand a temperate liberty, which must produce ame liorations not to be procured by prohibition, even ad mitting that it ever was indispensable ?" The following article from the Siecle shows the beautiful working of the protective and prohibitory "The Northern Railway Company, after having at tempted in vain to procure rails in France, has applied to the Government for leave to import 25,000 tons of foreign ails. To avoid appearing to decide a question of general interest by a private one, the company did not propose to have the iron which it requires admitted tree. It merely showed that the Northern Railway wanted 25,000 tons of rails for June, 1847, at latest ; that the French establishments could not furnish them ; and that in such a case of necessity it was only equitable that it should be permitted to introduce these rails at a duty which, joined to the prime cost and carriage, would raise the whole price to 350 f. a ton deliverable on the line, that being the price of the first contracts the com patty has made. The rails are at present worth in England from 240 f. to 250 f. ; the transport is from 40f. to 50f. per ton ; so that it was consequently a duty of 50f. or 60f. which the company offered the state, in place of the absurd and impossible tariff of 206 f. now imposed. The Go vernment publishes each year an account of the produc tion of mines and forges. It knows what quantity of raili these establishments can furnish, and it is aware of the engagements which the iron-masters have contracted. Nothing, therefore, was more easy than to pronounce on the demand of the Northern Company, and to decide on its own information. But the present :Ministry has no more the sentiment of its dignity than of its duties. The iron -masters, brothers-in-law, sons-in-law, or relatives of the Ministers, hold the Government in ward. Could it take any decision without consulting its high and powerful guardians? The demand of the Northern Company has, therefore, been sent to the superior council of forge-masters. They, for the purpose of avoiding the introduction of foreign rails, have not given national rails; for if they undertook the contract, they could not fulfil it. But they have sent in a reply, and the Ministry, in order to give itself airs of impartiallity in its slavery, has thought fit to communicate this answer, not to the company itself, but to a member of it, with a recommendation to be discreet. Should the company persist, the forge masters will reply by another state ment, so that the Government will thus become a sort of journal, not public, in which the arguments of the two parties are to come together. Thus discussion will be the order of the day, in the place of action. The Ministry will gain time, and the monopoly will drag on some days additional, which is all that is wanted. We ought to add, that the Northern Company, having treated with the Fampoux Company for the cession of 6,000 tons of rails, hastened to reduce to 19,000 tons the demand which it had addressed to the Ministers. It is said that all the forge• ma,ters are busied in making a subscription amongst themselves to furnish this quantity, at the exor bitant price of 350 f. a ton, which they hope to impose on the Northern Company. Unless the rails are fabricated with Belgian or English pig iron, we should like to know ' how they are to proceed. We may also mention that the Northern Company is still waiting for the crossings and platforms which our forge-masters had engaged to deliver. But why should they put themselves out of the way? When one has the Government in one's favour, public censure may be treated with indifference." It is said that the Chambers will not meet until the .11th of January. According to the Constitutionnel, ABD-EL-KADER has written to the KING of the FRENCH, making overtures for peace. Algiers papers, to the sth, have been received in Paris ; but their contents ar• unimportant. The Paris papers of Sunday contain no news. They are wholly taken up by reports of the proceed ings at meetings of electors of the different arrondis sements of Paris, preparatory to the municipal elec tions, which take place on Sunday. The price of corn continues to rise in all the markets of France. The Three per Cents. closed on the Paris Bourse on Saturday at 81f. sc. ; the Five per Cents., 118 f. 45c. • the Orleans Railroad Shares, 1,267 f. 50c. ; Rouen, 8 95 f.; Havre, 652 f. 50c.; Great Northern, 6461. 25c. ' • Avignon, 8821: 50c. ; Vierzon, 593 f. 75c.; Bordeaux, 562 f. 50c. ; Basle, 2201. ; Dieppe, 352 f. 50c. ; Paris and Strasburg, 481 t. 25c. ; Tours and Nantes, 4911. 25c. ; Paris and Lyons, 510 E; Lyons and Avignon, 485 E; Spanish Three per Cents., 38 1 ,4 ; Ditto Do mestic Debt, 32 1 / 2 ; Ditto Passives, 6. The Three per Cents. were done at Tortoni's on Sunday at 80f. 90c. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, DECEMBER 14. Bordeaux, Toulouse and Cette (Espelete), —Central of Spain, %—Demerara, 41,4—Dutch Rhenish, 4% —Italian and Austrian, VA—Jamaica South Midland Junction, 1 1 4 Louvain ila Sambre, 1 3 4 —Luxembourg, %—Madras, Nel lore, and Arcot, 1 4 —Namur and Liege, 3%—Northern of France Constituted, 10%—Orleans and Bordeaux, 81i— Paris and Lyons Constituted, 5 1 4,—Sambre and Meuse, 4%. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MADAME CELESTE. THIS EVENING Will be performed a grand Fairy Spectacle, founded on the Ballet of LA GISELLE, entitled THE PHANTOM DANCERS ; or, the Wills Bride. Principal characters by Mr. Wright, Mr. P. Bedford. Mr. 0. Smith, Mr. Cullenford, Madame Celeste, Miss Marian Taylor, Miss Emma Harding, Miss Ellen Chaplin, and Mrs. Laws. After which, the Drama of THE CABIN BOY. Monsieur Henri, Mr. Worrell; Monsieur Vincent, Mr. 0. Smith; Coquio Ballandier. Mr. Munyard ; Largarcette, Ms . Bedford ; Julien, Madame Celeste ; Clara, Mrs. Emsley. To conclude with a Terpsichorean Btirletta, called POWDER AND BALL; or, St. Tibbs's Eve. Principal characters by Messrs. Lam bert, Worrell, Wright, Munyard, Mrs. Matthew, Miss Woolgar, and Miss Brooks. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. J. M. Maddox, sole Lessee and Manager. THIS EVENING Will be performed an original romantic Opera, in three parts, entitled THE NIGHT DANCERS ; founded on the Story of " Giselle." The principal characters personified by Miss eeorgiana Smithson, M!ss Rourke, Miss Sara Flower. Miss Somers, Misses Marshall ; Messrs. Leffler, Allen, Raids, Walton, T. Hill, Honner, l'eren, &c. After which an entirely new Comic Drama, entitled TILE TWO RAINBOWS. In the course of the Evening the Band will perform " The Perlen Waltzes." To conclude with the Comedy of THE HEIR-AT-LAW. FRENCH PLAYS.— ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. Lessee, Mr. John Mitchell. TO-MORROW EVENING Will be performed LA MAAR AIRE. M. do Jordy, M, Mas quiilier Edouard, M. Berou ; Madame de Neris, Mdlls. Vallee ; Cecile, 3fdlle. Leyden After whieh will be produced the celebrated Comedy, entitled BERTRAND ET RATON • ou, L'Art de Conspirer. Le Comte Bertrand de Rantzau, M. Perlet. The other characters i.y Mdlles. Brohan, Vallee, Madame Grassau ; MM. Langeval, Pascal, Felix, Cartig,ny, llhozevil, Patenier, Dorgebret, and Masquillier. Boxes, Gs. ; Pit, 3s. 6d. ; Stalls, 35.; Gallery, 2s. Doors opened at nalf-past Seven, and the performances commence at Eight. ETHIOPIAN SERENADERS, ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. The celebrated Ethiopian Serenaders, Pell, Harrington, White, Stanwood, and Germon, whose entertainments last season at the St. James's Theatre were so eminently successful, and whose recent performances in the Provinces have been attended with unexampled success, wilt have the honour of resuming their entertainments at the above theatre THIS EVENING, Dec. 15. and of continuing the same every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday evenings, during the Christmas holidays. The public is respectffilly cautioned that the Songs and Melodies, as sung by the above party at the St. James's Theatre, are published only at Mr. Mitchell's Library, 33, Old Bond-street. None others are authentic. DAVLOGE'S ROYAL. SURREY THEATRE. Lessee, Mrs. Frances Davidge. FOR THE BENEFIT OF MR. J. R. SCOTT, AND HIS LAST APPEAR INCE. THIS EVENING Will be performed the Tragedy of BRUTUS. Lucius Junius Brutus, Mr. J. R. Scott; the other characters will be supported by the acknowledgedial ent of the Company. After which the Infant Sable Wonders and Negro Melodlsts will sing their favourite Songs. A grand Pas de Deux by Herr Detain and Mdlle. Theodore. To conclude with the Play of PIZA.RRO. Rolla, Mr. J. R. Scott ; Pizarro, Mr. Fredericks ; Alonzo, Mr. Johnson ; Elvira, Miss Richardson ; Cora, Mrs. Saville. ASTLEY'St ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. Patronised by her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen, Prince Albert, and Royal Family. Splendid Equestrian and Dramatic Novelties. Continued 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 11013 ROY M ACGREGOR ; 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 on a lavish scale of splendour, entitled THE FORTY THIEVES ; or, Harlequin and the Rob ber's Cave. I;ox.ottice open from eleven till five o'clock.—Doors open at six an C )mmence at half-past six o'clock.—Stage Manager, Mr. W. Rroadfoot. UllE WEATHER.—Sin OFFICE, DECEMBER 13. T RRMOMETER, Lowest, 21; Highest. 29 ; Noon. 28, BAROWETER, 29.45.—W1ND N.E., fine frosty weather. utvll WATr,t, AT LON DON- kit, DAI Sforning .. 24 minutei after 11. I Evening .. 53 minutes after 11. • , 1•:.., - --.;:2,37 . • 4 - 1 4 ' ' . - -4 rf : f - :. s . : : - 1 , . j . „• 4 74; :. _ . . t. 4 -, 4' ..1.6 ~- -, -, - ......k.,- - YY,., : exiiiieioc, ; !..;, . ., ,- .:i. . .. ..,,.,.-„,..,.*,.. ~ ~ „ :, -: 4,_.. SECOND EDITION. ettenin( gint LONDON, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1846, A mutiny when the ship is sinking is not a more pitiable spectacle than the recent secession of the Young Ireland party from the ranks of the Patriot , and Liberator of Ireland. However much we may be opposed to Mr O'CONNELL in his agitation for the repeal of the legislative union, we cannot but recognise in that Honourable Gentleman the truest friend of Ireland ; we cannot but recognise in his long and earnest career the toil of one anxious to benefit his fatherland; we cannot but recognise throughout his professional and Parliamentary life the solicitude of a man, devoted heart and soul, body and mind, to the moral, physical, and political re demption of his afflicted country. Whatever may be our difference of opinion as to the mode best calcu lated to effect the advancement of the Irish popula lation, we are satisfied that the Honourable Member for Cork exhibits this pertinacity in his favourite project solely from his convic tion that the attainment of his object would ensure the regeneration of the community. He is struggling for the possession of a phantom, but in those struggles he is riving the chains of Ireland asunder. He has already emancipated his fellow countrymen from many grievous disabilities ; he has dissipated many of their sorrows ; he has avenged many of those wrongs which they had suffered during successive generations. Through the instrumentality of O'CONNELL the character of Ireland has already, to a considerable extent, been vindicated. By his assi duous exertions she has emerged fr o m a misgovern mentinfinitely more onerous and repressive than the misgovernment of the Muscovite or the Lithuanian—a misgovernment not so much of a corporeal character as of a spiritual, not so much of body as of soul, not so much of municipalities as of religion. Much, of course, has remained unreformed, which, with due attention, might have been effected. These oversights, however, are more attributable to the unpropitious nature of circumstances than; to the lack of any individual sagacity. The power exercised by Mr. O'CONNELL in the advocacy of his native land has been erected upon—what ?—upon the enthusiasm of his countrymen. But how was that enthusiasm gained ? Was it gained by the tactics of a Mohawk ? Was it gained as DANTON gained his victories, by exciting the passions of the mob, by goading the people to acts of insubordination, by a plentiful distribution of pikes and bludgeons ? Was Catholic Emancipation wrung from the Legislature by intimidation, or by the dispassionate weapons of logic ? Was it wrung from Parliament as the fana tical followers of Lord GEORGE GORDON endeavoured to:elicit a " No-Popery" enactment from those august Chambers ? Has not O'CoNNELL's influence been based upon the solid granite of peace, instead of upon the capricious quicksands of insurrection? Has he not throughout his agitation sheltered himself behind the adamant of the law, and has not that course already obtained for Ireland an inestimable boon ? A dreadful visitation;ffl afflicts the island—a visits- CIVIL WAR IN PORTUGAL We have been favoured with a copy of a bulletin received by way of Vigo, of which the following is a translation:— " VALENCA DO MINHO, DEC. 3, " To-day, between five and six o'clock in the evening, the legitimate Government of her Majesty _the Queen was re-established here. " The enthusiasm with which the liberating force was received here is indescribable. It has saved this pro vince from the destructive grasp of the Septembrists and of the Miguelite bands, who, though few in number, would spread wide their desolation. " The words Queen' and Charter' have been every where triumphant. No untoward occurrence has inter vened. The Governor, Jose Maria de . Souza, has eon- , ducted himself gloriously, giving one more proof that he knows well how to combine the duties of the soldier with the loyalty he owes to his Queen. " The important conquest of the fortress of Valenca must shorten the life of the rebel faction, already strug gling in agony. It is worthy of remark that the Queen's loyal troops have not been guilty of a single excess. The worthless fellows who formed the majority of the garrison of this fortress have been disarmed and ordered to their homes. There was not one of them who did not excite commiseration by his ragged and miserable condition. "By a decree of the 28th of November, Antonia Pereira dos Reis was appointed Royal Commissioner in the provinces of the Minho and Tras-os-blontes. He this day accompanied the liberating force, and took possession of the fortress in the name of her Majesty the Queen. " The gallant division of Tras os-Montes marched from Chaves on the 30th. In the course of a few days the city of Oporto will be cleared of the infamous fac tion which has harassed and dishonoured it. " We have intelligence from Lisbon to the 30th of November. Some officers and soldiers have deserted from the rebel Xavier, weary of the severity which they experienced from him. The fatal existence of the fac tion is drawing to a close. " DEC. 4. This day there has arrived at the fortress upwards of 500 individuals from the neighbouring coun into, to be supplied with arms to cil jurisdictions, begg defend the cause of the Queen and the charter. A movable battalion is about to be formed. It is destined to liberate Upper Minh° from the iron yoke which has oppressed it for several months past. " 'I he fortress of Valenca may now defy the two bands which have dared to wage war against the best of soverel gns. N . B. (I n MS.) The town of Villa Nova de Cervei ra d ec l are d a l so f o r the Queen's Government on th e 4th o f December." DARING AND DEXTEROUS ROBBERY OF NEARLY 1,0001. WORTH OF WATCHES FROM MESSRS. SAvORY AND Cos.—This morning, about eight o'clock, the fol lowing daring and extensive robbery was committed at Messrs. Cox, Savory, and Co.'s, the extensive silver smiths and watchmakers, of Cornhill. The robbery was effected at the branf...ll warehouse, 54, Cornhill. Ic ap pears that the shopman, according to custom, opened the shop shortly before eight o'clock, and then locking up the door, went to breakfast. It was during his absence that some expert thief or thieves, who had evidently been watching his movements, contrived either to pick the lock, or enter the shop by means of a false key, and swept off trays containing no less than 149 gold and silver watches, of the value of nearly 1,000/. About the time in question a cab was observed to drive away rapidly from the opposite side of the street ; it is sup• posed .that it conveyed away the plunder. Messrs. Savory :aid Co. are about to offer a large reward for the detection of the thieves and the recovery of the property. LORD THURLOW ON HIS FAMILY.—He had a just contempt for the ♦anity of new men pretending that they are of ancient blood ; and some one attempt ing to flatter him by trying to make out that he was de scended from Thurloe, Cromwell's secretary, who was a Suffblk man, " Sir," said he, " there were two Thurlows in that part of the country, who flourished about the same time, Thurloe the Secretary, and Thurlow the carrier. lam descended (rem the last."—Lord Campbell. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The Cotton Market at Liverpool yesterday was in a most excited state, the business being larger than was ever before known in the same space of time. The sales were 45,000 bales, of which about 26,000 were American on speculation, end 2,500 Surat. There were about 38,000 bales of American sold altogether. Prices ruled at sid. to 71d. for American, at 4d. to sid. for Surat, and at lid. to Bd. for Pernam, being id. to id. per lb. advance on last Friday's rates. Shares were firm, but quiet. It is with very considerable. and increased regret, that the mercantile community find, by the advices received from Liverpool this morning, that the rage for " Time" bargains rapidly—nay, very seriously— increases. The unprecedented quantity of 45,000 bales of Cotton was sold yesterday at the port stated, and the prices of the staple are. again higher. Now, it is quite impossible, if matters pro ceed in this way, that the spinners and ma nufacturers can take cottons with any prospect of deriving profit from their own operations. Lacking, therefore, a legitimate demand for consumption, the Bulls of cotton will soon discover their error, and, as referred to yesterday, in the re sult, they must have the satisfaction of knowing that they have been too fast, or, in plain terms, " they will burn their fingers." Othermarkets, for staple articles, of produce, colonial as well as foreign, exhibit a really healthy aspect. Bona fide purchases were made for consumption, and scarcely a symptom of agitation is necessary to keep prices up to full and remunerative values. A very neat robbery was committed this morning at the premises of Messrs. A. and B. Savory in Corn hill. The shopman left the premises to buy some thing (leaving the property to take care of itself), a cab is handy, and one of the light-fingered gentry, or a swell-mobsman, enters, and sweeps off watches of the value of 1,0001., or may be 2,0001. The subject has been a matter of much conversation in the City this morning. Consols have bees rather flat to-day. The price for the Account has just receded from 931 to 931 ex div. There have not been any transactions on special order in Consols for money to-day. The premium upon Ex chequer-bills remains at about 11s.; the Three-and-a- Quarter per Cents. are at 954; the Three per Cents., Reduced are at 944; and Bank Stock is at 2064.. The changes in the Foreign Stocks have been very light this morning. Mexican Bonds have been done at 234; the Portuguese Fourrents. at 36k; the Spanish Ac tives at 264; the Three per Cents.:at 374- I; the Dutch Two-and a-Half per Cents. at 60i, and the Four per Cent. Certificates at 924. The only movement of interest in the Railway Share Market is the adjustment of the account. All, as yet, has passed off well. With a very few exceptions, prices are steady, as the rates given in the official list will best show. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) Bank Stock 206% 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 94% New 3 1 4 per Cent. Annuities South Sea Stock Ditto Old Annuities 93 3 4 Consols for Opening Exchequer Bills. 1 1 ,40. 1,0001. 5001. Ditto Small ll 14 pm. I RICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Mexican Bonds, 1846, 5 per Cent 2 3 1% Portuguese 4 per Cents 36% Ditto for the Account 37 Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent, 1840 2 6 14 Ditto Passive Bonds Ditto 3 per Cent 3 7 14% Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch 2% per Cents Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates ... 92 1 4 BUSINESS DONE IN RAILWAY SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK RAILWAYS. PAID. PEN. Slum. Aberdeen Amber., Notting., Boston, &c. 2% — to Armagh, Coleraine, &Portrush 13' — to Belfast and County Down .. 4% .. .. Birmingham and budley ..... 425. ... . Birmingham and Gloucester..loo ...... Do. New (iss.at 71: 2 dis.).. 17%...... . Birmingnam & Oxford June... 2' 13irkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction 2 3 /4 — ..... to Boston, Stara, & Birming... 225. Bristol and Exeter Do., New Bristol and Gloucester 3O Bristol and Liverpool June... 2 1 / 2 Buckinghamshire Caledonian Ditto, Half Shares Ditto, Clydesdale Junction 25 Chester and Holyhead... `27%..... Churnet and Blythe.. ...... .. 2 Chester and Manchester 425. Cheltenham and Oxford Clarence. lOO Do., Ist Class, 6 per Cent... 10 _ _ Do„ 2d Class, 5 per Cent... 10 Do., Gov. Loan, 4 per Cent. 10 Clydesdale Junction 2O ...... - Cork, Blackrock, & Passages 225. Cork and Killarney 2%...... Cork and Waterford Cornwall - ..... to Ditto, Half Shares Direct Lincoln, East Retford, and Sheffield Junction 2% to Direct Northern ...... 2%...... ...... to Direct Norwich 1 Dublin and Belf..uit Junction.. 12% — to Dublin, Belfast, & Coleraine 2 1 h — a Win and Galway Dundalk and Enniskillen ... 10 Eastern Counties 14/. 16s 2 2 5,E%.. to Do. New l2/. 16s 7A% p to llo.Perpet.,sperct.No. 1,6/. 13s. 4d — . . .. to Do., d 0.... N 0.2,6/. 13s. 4d % p... to Do., York Extension....... 2 East Dereham and Norwich 1 Eastern Union 35 Ditto, Quarter Shares 6 3 /4 to Do. Extension to Harwich 13 Do. Cambridge and Ely ... DA —. to East Lancashire Ditto, New Do. ( late Preston & Ormsk.) 5 ... —8% to Do., do., New Scrip East Lincolnshire 1 1 74 — East and West of England... 1% — ...... to Edinburgh and Glasgow Ditto, Half Shares Ditto, Quarter Shares 1 2% — . to Edinburgh and Northern ... 121 / 2 Edir.burit! and Perth ...... te -- Ely and Huntingdon Enniskillen and Sligo 2% — ...... to Exeter Yeovil, & Dorchester 5 1 A — ...... to Glasg., Dumfries, & Carlisle.. 5 - .. ... to Glasgow, Kilmarnock, & Ayr 50 Ditto, New Do. IA Shares (5 per ct. gua.) 12% Goole, Doncaster, Sheffid., &c. 2 Grand Union (Nett. & Lynn) 1% — ... Great Eastern and Western... 2% — ....•. to Gt. South. & West. (Ireland) 27% — ...... to Great Munster Great North o Scotland 2t ...... Great North of England 100 ...... Ditto, New...... 5 ...... --. Ditto, New ... 15 ... ... to Ditto, New .. .... ...... IVs --- .. ••• to Great Western Ditto, Half 5hare5............ 50 Ditto, Quarter Shares ...... 10 Ditto, Fifths ............... ... 20 2 Do. New ................... -. ... to _. Huddersfield and Manchester 13 Dittc, Extension ............ 3 -...... to -- Hull and Selby .................. 50 Ditto, Q uar t er Shares .. 121/4 _ Qto - to Edmunds 11% ...... Ipswich ' & Bury St. to Do. do. and Norwich _ 2% Ditto Half Shares .......... 25 .- — to Lancaster and Car lisle 50 Do. New 6 ...... L ee ds and B r adford 3O , ..... 75% t o Le i ces t e r and Bedford Blanches. 22 1 / 2 ...... ...„, 22s Dewsbury, & Leeds, to D i tto , Branch (Blue) ...... 2% — to Ditto, Extension (Green).. 2 1 / 2 ...... Leeds and Thirsk l e)w ref . e . r .. ., - 6 per "... C .. e - n . i. — 175% , ... --15% to to to Liverpool, DDoitot, o d , N. Manchester, and Newcastle Junction 2% VA..... to London & Blackwall...l6/. 13s. 4d B% to Do. New ......... .. . 3 Do. Extensio n ........ ....... 71/2 to Load., Bright., & South Coast 50 ...... 58% to Do. Consolidated Millis.. 40 Do. Consolidated Eighths... 10 ...... 14 1 / 2 .-- to Do. Guaranteed 5 per Cent. 9 ... LondoL and Greenwich... 12/.155. 4d... 9 1 A to Ditto Preference ....181 17s 2d... ...... to London,Hounslow.&Western 2 . .... London and North Western..loo ......195 Do. Quarter Shares Do. do. New ...... .... ...... 2 Do. do. Fifths Do. Quarters ......... G. J. 5 Do. 40/. Shares.....L. &M. 8 Do. 40/. Shares...M. and B. 40 ...... Do. 10/.... M. and B. (A.) 5 . .... Do. 10/. .. M. and B. (B.) 5 Do 101.... M. and B. (C.) 1 .u.. .. m. and B. (C London, Oxford, and Cheltm. ...... London and S. Western.... 411. 6s 10d 63 Do. New consolidated Bths.. 40 Ditto New Do. New lB Ditto Tenths 5 ...... 5% %... to Ditto Tenths Ditto Scrip.. Ditto ditto London and Y0rk........ ...... 2th — to Ditto Extension London and Windsor ..... .... IN__ to London, Salisbury, & Yeovil 2% 1%%... to Londonderry and Coleraine... 15 Londonderr7 and Enniskillen 15 Lynn end Ely Lynn and Dereham Manchester and Leeds Ditto Half Shares Ditto Quarters Ditto Fifths Ditto Sixteenths ... ..... ... 6 1 4 — ..... to Do. Extension Do. Liverpool and Bury... 24 . ... to Do., do., Fifths . . Manch, Buxton, & Matlock 425. Manchester and Southampton 2 Midland 100 127 Ditto Fifths Ditto, New Ditto, New Midland, Birm., and Derby...loo ..... Midland and Eastern Counties 2% — to Midld. Great Western (Irish) 15 Newcastle and Berwick Do North Shields 25 ...... ... .. to Newcastle and Carlisle lOO .•—• Newnaulitt and Clatteard 3 .................: __ _ _______ _ Newport and Abergavenny. . 2 1 / 2 - ...... to --- Newry and Enniskillen ...... 7 — . ..... to -- Newry, Warrenpoint, and R 5 , -.- --, ... .• to - NTorfoikostrevor _ . 100 I3 O IA ....- t ° Do. Half Shares - ...... to Ditto Extension - •••••• t ° --- Northern Counties Union North British Ditto Half Shares, - ...... •-• t -- Ditto Fifths 5 ...... __ ...... to Do. Quarters ll4 ...... 3% 3 A .. to --- Ditto, Extension - Ditto Thirds Northern 1 ...... 3%%% t 2, Northern and Eastern 5O ...... .. .... "' Ditto Scrip (iss. at 5 die.)... 45 ..... ...- ...... to •••-• to Ditto Quarter Shares •••• ..... ••-• Ditto New.... I ...... —_—• •• to -- North Staffordshire...... 5 ...... 8A %••• N N to -'' orth Wales 3% ••••• ...... --- It'ort h. & South. Connecting 2 %..... -. ...... North Western 2% ...... ...... to --* Oxford, Worcester, and Wol verhampton ... . ...... Oxfd., Witney, & Cheltnham 1% -- to Portsmouth Direct .......... .. t t o o .....-' 3:4 ...... - ...... 0 32 Preston and Wyre Ditto, Half Shares ...... __ ...... to Reading, Guildfd., & Reigate 31. 125.... -- dis• ••• to -- Richmond ••• • . l5 -- ...... to .-- ....... ,_ ...., . Royston and Hitchen 1N...-. ...... to ... Scottish Central - ..... to ..... Scottish Midland ... ......... - •••••• -..- ...... to Sheffield and Manchester lOO ...... -- .to •-• Ditto 1 -A Shares 8 ...... --- .... Do. and LincolnshireJunct ll4 ..... -- ...... t o ...... Do. and Great Grimsby .... ...... to Do. do. do. Extension 425....••. -- Shrewsbury and Birmingham 3 ...... 4%3/1." to ...---. Shropshire Union - ...... to Shrewsbury, Wolverhampton, to ' and S. Staftordsh. Junction 2%..... --- ; to --' South Devon ....... ...... - ..... to .... --••• VA South Staffordshire Junction 2 1 ,x ...... -- i , .....•. is St l % South Eastern and Dover 33%...... 87 7 4 ..... te - -- v Ditto, New, No. 1 Ditto, New, N 0.2 l2 ....• 1 3 7* •••• ".. to ..-- Ditto, New, No. 3 l5 ...... -- ••••. to ..,•• Ditto New, 21. x. Alban's, Hatfield, and •, to "" Hertford Junction - •• to - Staffordshire and Shropshire 2 3 / ...... --- ...... to •"' 4 South Wales - ...... Swans. and Loughor and Ca- to - meron's Stm. Coal ...... ... .. 2 ...... -- ..... ;to ••• 'raw Vale Extension Vale of Neath . - " Wakefield, Pontefract, and ... to Goole - . to Warwick and Worcester 425......• --- *".. .. to •"" W aterford and Kilkenny ll ...... -- .• . tO Waterford and Limerick ... Waterford,Wexford,‘Vicklw, and Dublin Wexford, Waterford, and ..„ tO "" ...- ..... Valentia Waveney Valley - .... to Welsh Midland 2% ...... -•*" ... to •••• West Riding Union 425....... -- ...... te •"'. West Cornwall 2 ...... -- ...... to m Wexford and Carlow - ...., to •". Wisbeach and St. Ives 2 ...... -- .... .te •"'' Wilts,Somerset,&NVeymouth 15 ...... -- ''.. .tO York and Carlisle - .... to York and Newcastle 25 ... .. -- " .. to li Ditto, New 5 •• ... -- .... .to Ditto, Preference 6 2 .. ... 7 ..... to York and North Midland Ditto, Half Shares ...... 40•,4••''' . to •••• Ditto, Selby 4O -- ..... .... •-• ..... :to - Ditto. Extension Ditto, Preference Ditto East and West Riding Extension - •" FOREIGN RAILWAYS- to ' •'" A ng l o -B e l g i an 4 ...... -- .. to '... Barbadoes - ...... to Belgian Eastern Junction 2 1,4 ...... •-' ...... to --- ....• ..... Boulogne and Amiens l 6 Bordeaux and Mediterranean 2 - . ..... Bordeaux, Toulouse, & Cette ...... to (Mackenzie's) 2 ..... -- Bordeaux, Toulouse, & Cette to s (Espelete's) .. 2 ...... --• .. ... .. . to Calais, Dunk, & W. Flanders 2 ...... -- ..... to ....,'"- Calcutta & Diamond Harbour 7s. ..... --- ... t° , Callao, Lima, & Pacific Coast I •• ••' --' .... t° - 2 ...... --- .... .t ° Central of Spain - Ceylon - ..... t° .... Demerara. - ... to 4 ...... -• • ... to Dendre.Valley Direct Bombay and Madras ss. ..- • . ""oz .. .... to •••• Dutch Rhenish 6 ..... • East Indian Fampoux and Hazebrouk 4ss. ............ ....,-- ............... to ......--- Great Indian Peninsular 55. ...... 4 ..... _ - Great Western Bengal 55. ...... .„.. . .... I; ...... Great Western Canada - ...... t .... A t 0 Italian and Austrian ....., Jamaica S. Midland Junction 1 ...... ..- ••••" t° to - Jersey ....., , .... ..., Louvain ala Sambre 6 ..... Luxembourg Lyons and Avignon Madras • .... .... Madras, Nellore, and Arcot 42 1% ....................... :V' .... .. .... twt : : : ....." Madrid and Valentia - ... 0 1. ...... -- ..... - ~.... Mauritius Namur and Liege......... I AN"' •'' Nn. of France Constituted ... 2 North Jamaica 1 .....• to Orleans and Vierzon ...... - •''' to S Orleans and Bordeaux ... Over Yssel ............ -- 10 . ..... t t i .... 4/3s 4d.... - --- ..... to .... Paris and Lyons Constituted 5 Paris and Orleans 2O Paris and Rouen . .• . to ..., Paris & Strasbg. Constituted 5 Rouen and Ilavre - .... to / Sambre and Meuse .... ,„ Strasburg and Bale ..... ...... 14 - .••.'to to St. Laurence and Atlantic.... - - ...... /to Tours & Nantes Constituted 5 - .•...• Tournay, Jurbise, Landen, to "" and Hasselt ••• .. 8 ..... - """ to Trinidad.. ........ - ...... to -. / West Flanders JOINT STOCK BANKS. to ''' 40 . ...• •--- ..... t• Australasia British North American - ....... to Colonial Commercial of London - . :to ~,•"' London Joint Stock ... lO ...... --,,,•"", London and Westminster. ..„, National Provincial of Engld 35 ...... -- : ... 1. , National of Ireland - •', ... t ,„.. Provincial of Ireland Union of Australia Union of Loudon Real del Monte, Unregister l‘ e i d iN22 - 11C5 S. .................. ---114.' .............. tfnv. ...' t o . - to °. to ' ' 3 % ''''' f) pA ai ii I P ,sll P .- LLOYD'S SHIPPING. ----( A A Th i te br'' - LONDON, DEC. 15.—Wind W.N.W. , r °° " er ,d, fine, clear, frosty weather. DEAL, Dec. 14.—Wind N.W. to W•N' W - L i t it ni th ° e cilverit6te'r eise et liiiiir Charlotte, Drury, Quebec. Sld. Robert ' Launceston. Arrd' • Orb -7 COll O FALMOUTH, DEC. 14.—Wind E. inode, ri m te sll o o - 414. Stoddart, Quebec, for Stockton • Edwataih— ,e,...'0r for Dublin, leaky, and pumps Choked. . p .., r ooder t iedilcr LIVERPOOL, DEC. 14.—Wind l'• 15- 41110 , " Slier 13th, Speed, Grundell, Savannah, and na 4 - bilei; Manilla, as reported. Margaret, llfortonz i . .. Po r t _ii Turley, Philadelphia; Garrick, Trask, IN e" tte' ' $ O4l Ai * rick, Gower, St. John's, New Brunswick. 000 0 0 WHITSTABLE, DEC. 14.—The Friend'', App 0 6 came off the main this morning without Or f eci of and proceeded for London. to , l e 01,4 NEWHAVEN, DEC. 14.—The °ace , n,i, a/3 . °,," 00 from Rotterdam, was in contact 10th il bow „„ r it Castle, with a schooner, name unknown , an br,U, witli 5 damage. A , o 4 ir FALMOUTH, Dec. 14.—A brig. waterlogge i' 3O 70, gone, and stripped, was passed 25th ult. in Oe n " 17 W., by the Carron, arrived here. r MO' fife r ST IVES, DEC. 12.—The Marquis 0 , o f aground on the Western Spit. tfoPe' IP' PADSTOW, DEC. 13.—The long-boat of the her, 00 o is pool, with six living and ten dead men in , efAil , to-day near here. f e t : r ri ei MILFORD, DEC. 12.—The Mary' Roll e . r oil ) ; ' o ', oP port, from Cork, struck on the Block 11 065- 4. J 0 0 and sunk ; crew saved. The Pekin, fronl '-',,, w. i 0 Brunswick, arrived here, experienced 0 0 et- 01 1 e r bo ot* 011 passed th quantiti of wreck YARMOUTH, rough Dec. 13. es —A mast, • with il i L ir r,, n eit f „,le ship's boat, bottom up, were passed, I.lth f roo.... d r, v ringbam, by the Penelope, arrived in tit'„ . .„, ° oo r for 0 04 pendence, PORTSMOUTH, Dec. 14.—Wind N.N. ,, • eI 4P- kelr pendence, Bractish, New York. a s , 1 1 p r THE WIGHT, DEC. 13.—Androrn e Hamburgh. - v 0011° 14' 10' 6 Coax, DEC. 12.—Wind N. to N.N. , -•• -- ~• St• el America. cha , i, ,,, XBl YARMOUTH ROADS, Dec. 14.--Ajar' fit ° .11 1 New Brunswick. 1 ori ll ' DUNFANAGILY, DF.C. 12.—A large schoo ll flo, d --_A ..- , ti 6 distress flying, is on shore on the island 0 0 0 1 " - , tl2, seven miles to the west of this town, and i t re Pjer become a total wreck. eligo. 00 ce ~„ GRIMSBY, DEC. 14.—The brig reP ol ..st o :raltf li rr Margaret, of Newcastle; the schooner be the 50P100,4., St. Jacob, Dommnsky, hence to Dantzic ; hi t cotn;p - eIP" ley, from Shoreham to Newcastle ; and 7 1 - 01 0 r ° ,r ) derson, bound to the nortb, have lost one - . r a 1 si MARKET NE WS.--(TI 1-1 p HAY IVIARJOIS"Li Cl A °l° SMITHFIELD.—Meadow Hay, 2/ 5 3 - to of Si 53 to 54 and Straw, 11 8s to 11 11s P 6 9 0 01. a to pet l dull, at late rates. CUMBERLAND. Meadow Hay , 21 - 51 1/ 1 36 ditto, 31 5s to 4/ 16s ; and Straw, 1 103 0 Flo 41i pe r Supply moderate, and trade firm. , WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow Hay, 2 ' 11 7 12s ditto, 31 53 to 5/ ; and Straw, 85 d. A full average supply, and a sluggis h denifin s 9 ' of MYSTERlol4.bw't;itfir,;-Vjefa° us "" 1 "—"*" 1 """"" 1 " ."'.- - DEATJI AT TuE zw,,,,....t0ad MOND WODEHOUSE , house the e spiredliv his Western the derny a Division ytithree residence iroene o E sf o i s s f s Q :E eo : .rsf.Wo3ll Norfolk, F , d ichsotAev v s e e 9 : e : . g t x - II 0? A li: 0 01.1 s resides at Thorpe by Norwich, 511 ' - 0 Vnti v al One o f thes 0 or r o j maid) on Monday night was found a CO'' se t ita a g i hs i 0 part of the premises, with her throat on dte r tog dreadful manner, and only a few nlinn,teirfed to 0'1? dressed her mistress, and had been eust,steqet .11 good spirits. There appears to be soole P"olot,1145, affair, and some attempts are being ree de r P l ot Ot matter, so far as the public are concern„n .' O , oe e tt etOos was held the next day before Par. ri l6.- 01 , reet - O f county coroners, but at which none of ti-ortiletiod the public press were present, when the 00 P S , I 10 jury was, "That the deceased had cut her a state of temporary derangement. " jpo4 • SW The breed of foxes in Westmoreland 1:0014 considerably on the increase. In are o ,oo' daily, and the mountainous districts, theL halt. l id f g r r o e i Tin i all e y an f it r d o . m m a tZi o r f d t e h p e re a d d a j taicoennst.-11°Cliorri"t lii°ibr S t r a th fi e 1 d i sa l . t e . indisposition, lkon. at Charles th e a Duke r o b f ilt W hilellii4t4 :l l 1 4 Otb° ll s#oo 4 The Right Hon. Thomas Grenville/o beio4 severely indisposed, was considered soorlAi gt, evening. The Duke of Buckinghsta c p, g after lue venerable relative On Oa dip 1 i . : 0 0P .414 „ • ."/ „;t,„:" 0 , : ;_f „, tel tki ta k Ittti tOt tim a( t