The Sun. — London, England, 1835-12-29 00:00:00

by designing agents who work in foreign pay. At least so it is said. Hafez Paella, the gallant defender of Schodra during the late rebellion, arrived here three days ago. After the Bairam he will proceed to his new Pachalik at Kutahia. A letter, dated the 29th ult., from the Dardanelles, says The troops here are 1,500 infantry, 800 cannoniers. A few days ago 200 infantry arrived, and about 1,000 more are expected. Great attention is paid to the state of the castles. Everythin g looks like preparations for war. It puzzles me completely." I have learnt that the Russian Government has here, in the hands of 'a merchant, 10,000 stand of arms, which came some time back from Poland. This is positive, and it may be expected that the arms will be useful hereafter. The letter from Aleppo, alluded to above, states that the officers and men of the Euphrates expedition had all been suffering from fevers, but were well again. The large steamer had been put together,_ but they experienced the greatest difficulty in completing their arrangements , in con sequence of the want of oxen, which both the inhabitants and the Government showed an unwillingness to furnish. From this remark I should judge that all the machinery had not yet been conveyed from the coast to Bir. PRICES OF STOCKS THIS' !lank Stock.... 2ll 3 per Cent Red. 90 143's 2 per Cent Cons shut 1 1 :, per Cent 9 9 ,4 Ditto Red 99 1 4 9 :DAY AT JNE O'CLOCK. India Stock shut Ditto Bonds 2 pm South Sea Stoek Old Annnities New 3!',.per Cent - New 3 per Cent - Bank Long Annuities to expire Jan 5, 1860 16 3-16 1 ,4 Oct 10, 1850 ••..•• - Jan. 5, ISOO - Jan. 5, 1880 April 5, 1880 --.- New Ditto — 3 per Cent. Annuities, 1751 — Exch. Bills, .C.1,4i0n l6 14 pm. Ditto 500 l6 14 pm. Ditto Small Ditto Commercial — pm. Ditto Advertised ~ pm. Bank Stock for Account India Stock for Account — j Consols for Acconnt 91%% Jan. 5. 1870 Omnium - pm. 1 i PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Austrian Bonds Peruvian Bonds Belgian Bonds Ditto Account — Ditto Account. Brazilian Bonds S3'4l4 Ditto Account — Ditto Account — Ditto New Bonds Bl Buenos Ayres Ponds 3414 Ditto Accoupt 403, 3 Ditto Account Ditto, 3 per cent. 53% 4 1 ,P4 Chillisn Bonds — , Prussian Bonds — Ditto Account Russian Bonds, 18;.'.2 Colurrib'an Bonds 27% Ditto Account — Ditto Account Columbian Bonds, ;821 324 Spanish Bonds — Ditto Account — Ditto Account — Dinish Bonds Ditto Account Greek Bonds ' French, 5 per cent..... ..... . —.. —c Ditto Bonds, 15•25 — j 4 per cent. —f. —c. Ditto Account !-- S par cent. —f. —e. Mexican Ponds 5 per cent O l,-4 1 -- Exchange —f: —e. Ditto Account !Dutch, 2i:, per cent Ditto, A per cent ... ! Ditto Account' — Ditto Account 1 Ditto, 5 per cent 1 0 1%U% Neapolitan —l Ditto Account PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOC K Paid. Per . Share. Mexican Mining Company 53i4 2N - 3 North Midland Railway Company 5 7+4 Australasia Bank London and Westminster Bank l5 16 TAAILS. Arrived. Du . Arrived. Due Arrived. Due. 0 America 0 1 France 0 1 Lisbon 0 0 Brazil 0 0 Oucrn. &Jersey 0 0 Mzlta 0 Buenos Ayres... 0 0 Hamburg .. ...... 1 0 Mexico 1 0 Cartbagena 0 0 Holland 0 0 05tend........... 0 1 Dublin 0 0 Jamaica 0 0 Sweden 0 0 Flanders 0 0 Leeward Islands 1 I Waterford.— ... 0 HIGH Nv ATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. morniug 2.smlnntec after 10. I Evening 54 minutcs after 10 THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. THE GREATEST COMRINA7 lON OF ATTRACTIONS EVER OFFERED TO THE PUBLIC. THIS EVENING will be performed the New Grand Opera of _ _ THE SIEGE OF ROCHELLE. Count de Roscmberg, Mr. Seguin ; Marquisde Valmour, Mr. Templeton ; Montalban, Mr. Giubelei ; Michel, Mr. H. Phillips. Clara, Miss Shirreff; Marcella, Miss F. Healy. After which, the new Grand Operatic Drama entitled - THE JEWESS. • CareFnal de Brogny, Mr. Warde ; Prince Leopold, Mr Cooper; The Gran:l Provost of Constance:, I‘.lr. Gitibe:ei; The Bishop of Constance, Mr. St , goin ; Elcazar, Mr. Vr.ndenboff. Rachel, Miss E. Tree ; the Princess Eudocia, Mies Forde. To conclude with the Grand Comic Christmas Pantomime called WHITTING►"ON AND lIIS CAT. Harlequin, Mr. Ellar ; Clown, 7fr I'. Matthews; Pantaloon, Mr. Tumour; Ilaramscarm, Mr. W. H. Payne. Columbine, Miss G. Rcel:ie. Stage Manager, Mr. Cooper—Acting Manager, Mr. Yates. The Box-oflice is open daily, under the direction of Mr. Parsons, ol whom Private and Family Boxes, Stalls, and Places may be obtained. _ . xes, 7s. ; Second Price, ?Is. 6d.—Pit, :Ss. 6d. ; Second Price, 2s. ; Gallery, 2s. ; Second Price, Is.--Upper Gallery, 1& ; Second Price, 6d, COLBURN'S MODERN NOVELISTS. NOTICE TO THE SUBSCRIBERS TO PELHAM AND THE DISOWNED, IN WEEKLY NUMBERS. C . ." In consequence o' the continued efforts made to divert the .attention of the Subscribers to COLBURN'S NOVELISTS from the next work, which is to appear in that Collection, the pub lic are requested to take notice, that before issuing any other of those works of Mr. Beiwer's, of which Mr. Colburn possesses the copyright, he has determined to introduce CAPTAIN. MARRYAT'S •` FRANK MILMAY," The First Number of which, price One Shilling, will appear on Saturilay, • January 2, and the work will be completed in Five Weekly Numbers, with an admirable Likeness of the Anther, and Vi grief: c. Putlisht , d for Henry Colburn by IL Bentley, and all Booksellers. HAMBURG, DECEMBER, 1835. THE TICKETS of the 67th GREAT LOT TERY of the STATE of HAMBURG, selling most rapidly, and being neatly cleared off, HEINE BRO THERS, the CONTRACTORS, Beg to state that NO TIME IS TO BE LOST in ordering, if desired to be obtained before a !USE IN PrtICE. To those remitting a 101. note without delay, they will, on execut ing the order, remit a surplus of D. by - return of post. To those remitting 201., they will return 41. ; and to those remitting 301., they will return 61., provided they be in time for meeting atten tion. But to any person coming too late, or after a Rise in the Price of W.; they will return his remittance, leaving the order un ex.ccuted. .„__. Drawing - 13th of next month. In the last 66th Lottery they sold. °^ot to Liverpool, £3,600 to Edinburgh, and many other Capital Prizes to Dublin, Limerick, Liverpool, Bull, nd various places in England, Scotland, and Ireland. Schemes gratis. HAMBURG, DEC. 18, 1835. ON _approach of the 13TH of JANUARY, the Day of Drawing of the G7th HAMBURG GREAT LOTTERY, HEINE BROTHERS, the CONTRACTORS, Beg toFrecapitulate the Capital Prizes above 500/. which they sold to England, Scoiland, and Ireland, during the last Six Lotteries :- 61st Lottery. A Whsle Ticket. Sold to Edinburgh, £3,000 do. do. do. London.... - 1,000 62d do. do. do. Beverley.. . 3,000 63d do. do. do. London ... 1,000 64th do. do. do. Aberdeen. 3,000 do. do. do. Liverpool. 1,200 65th do do. . do. Limerick.. 3,600 do. do. to a Hamburgh house - I_ l 500 for account of a London house f ' do. Liverpool. 750 do. Liverpool. 7,200 do. Edinburgh 3,600 66th do. do. The publication of Tina SUN NEWSPAPER commenced this day at 20 minutes past Three o' Clock. LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 29, 1835. MORE RE-ACTION ! ! ! GLORIOUS TRIUMPH OF MUNICI PAL REFORM ! The Tory Journals cannot conceal their vexation at the triumphs which the Reformers have obtained by the Municipal Elections. Fain would they endea vour to pass the matter off as of no moment, but the truth oozes out in spite of themselves—in their very eagerness to treat it with indifference. But a few short days since, and who so filled with exultation as the Conservatives ? Now, who so chop-fallen ? It is scarcely more than a week since they saw, in their mind's eye, the, Pr o mi se d L an d o f office stretched before them from the Mount Pisgah of Northampton ; now the prospect is wholly shut out from their gaze ; " shadows, clouds, and darkness rest upon it ;" and they wake up, as if from a deceitful dream, to the stern reality of their situation. The ensuing ten days will, we doubt not, bring home to the minds of - even the most prejudiced of the faction, the sad conviction that they have scarcely a chance left. The election of Aldermen for the different Municipal Towns commences on Thursday next ; and if the Reformers but continue to act in the same determined spirit of independence with which they have commenced, Tory domination will become extinct. But in order to perfect this great triumph, they must so act, as if the battle were yet to be fought—the victory yet to be achieved. They must not be too much flushed with their recent successes ; or think that because much has been done, little remains to do ; no, they must be prompt—vigilant—determined ; and appreciate, as it , —es *434' 4' 1 / 4 .;: ,71. ,. ' •= 4 r.,t)t THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1835 sissima verba, the eyes of the Times might possibly have been opened. The juxtaposition of Dr. PHILPOTTS and " morbid sensibility," makes one smile involun tarily ; and the distinction implied, in the concluding passige, between the mild -charity of the Gospel and the unrelenting spirit of the" system " which is founded on the Athanasian Creed, is no less just than happily expressed. New York and Washington Papers, the former to the Ist inst. inclusive, have been received via Liver pool. Their contents relate principally to anticipa tions of the details of the PRESIDENT'S Message, which was to be delivered to Congress on the 7th inst. ; to the probability of a war between the United States and France ; and to the state of affairs in Texas. There are, besides, some details respecting the ener getic conduct of the SlaVery Abolitionists, who are deterred by no dangers personal to themselves in the prosecution of the good work which they have under taken ; and a good deal is said on the subject of a resolution of the shipping interest of New York to navigate the Atlantic by steam. These include the leading topics in the American Journals ; but most of what is said about them is - purely conjectural. We regret to find that the Americans show no disposition to come to an amicable adjustment of the question at issue between their Government and that of ' France. This is the more to be regretted, as we are possibly on the eve of a general European war, in which France will, and must be, one of the most conspicuous figures. The accounts from-Texas represent the inhabitants as hourly imploring the aid of the States against the Government of Santa Anna. On the part of the Americans there is a.strong feeling in favour of the insurrectionists, whose country many Members of Con gress are most anxious to declare an integral part of the United Confederacy. This is most unjust ; but as he question is likely to occupy a considerable space in be PRESIDENT'S Message, we shall await the arri- val of that document before taking further notice of it. So convinced were the Americans of the certainty of a war with France, that French goods had risen fifty per cent. in price before the 30th ult. This rise in the price of French manufactures will create a strong party in favour of hostilities, especially as many of the New York merchants have their warehouses filled with French goods purchased in the anticipation of their importation being shortly prohibited. Hundreds be sides look forward to the chances of making a large for tune by smuggling. Lisbon Papers have been received, from which ex tracts are given in another column. Advices from Madrid to the 21st inst. have been received. They are important, inasmuch as they show that the triumph of the Constitutional cause cannot be long delayed. M. MENDIZABAL continues to direct the helm of the State with an energy, a calm ness, and a degree of foresight that has astonished even those who had previously the highest opinion of his great capacity. Certain partizans of the Pre tender endeavoured to shake public confidence in the Premier, by circulating reports to the effect that he had set secret negotiations on foot with a view to compromise all differences with Don CARLOS. In answer to such base insinuations, the following article appeared officially in the Madrid Gazette of the 20th inst.:— " The same falsehoods which had been so often refuted in this official journal continue to be scattered in the capital and in the provinces ; and again, the absurd report is re peated that negotiations have begun with the Pretender, and that there is_ an intention of entering into an agree ment with him. The propagators of this nonsense pro pose to themselves the object of destroying the fixed con dition,"tO wit—order and confidence, without which it is impossible for the Government of her Majesty to termi nate the civil war without new loans or contributions. " We are authorized to oppose to these rumours, the origin and intention of which is not doubtful to any, the profession of political • faith made by the Government. No foreign intervention, no transaction, either with the Pretender or with any person whatever, although even it should seem necessary from circumstances almost im possible to occur, and which it is not wi,hin the reach of man to foresee, since in such a case, the occurrence of which is not credible, the Ministry would liberate itself from the opprobriusoi and the responsibility of treating with the enemy by giving in their resignation ; purely national resources in order to.terminate the contest ; the execution of the programme of the 14th of September ; honesty, frankness, activity, and energy in the elements and proceedings of the Ministry—these are the articles of its political religion. Against this declaration, which hitherto has not been falsified by any act, and which shall not be so in future, may be placed the chit-chat of interested persons, who tremble on beholding., in the prudent determination of her Majesty the Queen ° Governess, in the loyalty and en thusiasm of the Spaniards, in the firm and vigorous attitude of the Government, and the concord of the powers of the State, the approaching ruin of, the rebels, the consolidation of the Throne, and of the public liberties. " One of the unfounded reports which have been propa gated these days past is, that the supposed transaction with Don. Carlos refers not to the lights which the Usurper affects to have to the throne, but to the sum which is to be given to him to reside in a foreign country. To this are reduced the hopes of those who spread the news of this transaction, since they already content themselves with money. We are authorised to deny the truth of all such reports solely in these words-4 The Government will enter into no transuction.' It is also false, that there had arrived at head-quarters, or that there was any idea of admitting into them, any leader of the partisans of the Pretender." In the Chambers all is done with a view to benefit the country. -Considerable delay has taken place in consequence of the illness of the more influential mem bers of the several committees ; but in no instance was the delay voluntary, or with a design to retard the com pletion of the Reforms promised by the Premier. - The Eco del Comercio gives the following account of the Queen's Army of the North, now actively employed against Don Carlos, or ready to take the field : General Cordova has under him 13,000 foot, and 2,000 horse General Espartero (9,000 of whom are English, under the command of Gen Evans, consisting of infantry, cavalry, and artillery, and the column of Pastor, 2,000 men, consisting of the batta- lion of Africa, the regiment of San FernandO% the National Guard of St. Sebastian and Chapelgorris.) General Gurrea commands a column (consisting of infan try, cavalry, and artillery) of There is, besides, an Army of Reserve .of The Legion of Algiers The Portuguese Army The Reinforcements arrived from Madrid Ditto from Estremadura Ditto from Aragon 3,000 8,000 3,000 7,300 3,700 5,000 4,000 60,000 The garrison of Pampeluna 2,0001 Ditto, St. Sebastian BOO Ditto, Bilboa Ditto, Vittoria Ditto, Logrono Ditto, Puente de la Reyna 1,500 Ditto, Guetaria 4OO Ditto, Lequeitio 4OO Ditto, the bridge of Irun Grand Total. 71,600 Namely, a total of 60,000 men in the field, and 11,600 in gar risons. Scarcely a Meeting takes place of the Magistrates for the County of Middlesex, but they so conduct themselves, either in the administration of justice, or in the taxation they assess upon the county, as to ex cite the astonishment and the indignation of the country—astonishment that such exhibitions should so frequently occur, and indignation that those who have the authority to prevent them do not exercise it, by erasing from the Commission of the Peace, the princi pal actors in the tom-foolery which it is so often our painful duty to record. Within the last few days we have reported the case of an individual sentenced by the Middlesex Magistrates to a punishment out of all proportion to the crime committed. We have seen the same individual brought up on the same day, and ano ther sentence passed on him. Now, we apprehend bn this proceeding, that the first sentence passed was ay unnecessarily severe one, and that a more lenient- one was fully adequate to the punishment of the offence committed. If so, the Magistrates composing the Court which had passed the first sentence should, by the proper authorities, at once be relieved from -again sitting in judgment on any of his Majesty's subjects. On Thursday last, at the meeting of the Middlesex Magistrates; the case of Mr. MORRIS BARNETT, to which we allude, was mentioned, and Mr. HALSWELL, it appears, " attempted to bring the subject of the heavy sentence passed upon this gentleman, and its subsequent recal, under the notice of the Bench ;" but " Sir PETER LAURIE thought the Court of Magistrates had no power to sit in review on what one of their own body had done when presiding judi cially." _ This may be a very convenient way to evade the consideration of a disagreeable subject ; but the public have too great a stake in the proper administration of justice to be content with Sir PETER LAURIE'S eva sion. Test his argument by the facts of the case. The first sentence passed on Mr. MORRIS BARNETT was not, as Sir PETER LAURIE asserts, the act of " one magistrate presiding judicially," it was the sentence of the Court of Magistrates sitting in General Session, expressed by their Chairman, Sir WILLIAM CURTIS. From the report, it appears that Sir WILLIAM CURTIS left the Court, and application was afterwards made to him (on behalf of the unfortunate prisoner) at his house in the City ; after which application he re turned to the Sessions-house at Clerkenwell, and two other magistrates arrived to constitute a court ; the prisoner was again brought up, and a second sentence passed upon him. Perhaps Sir PETER LAURIE ; would say that the same three magistrates who passed the second sentence also passed the first, and therefore were qualified " to do what they liked with their own." But we do not believe they were the same magistrates ; and whether they were or not, during the interval that elapsed between the first sentence and the second, the Court had broken up ; and, as a matter of course, had either concluded the business of the session, or had ad journed that session fo some future day ; in either of which cases the proceedings of Sir W. CURTIS and the other two magistrates in constituting a Court—in recalling a sentence that had been legally passed—in discharging a prisoner out of custody who had been legally committed, were all illegal acts on the part of these magistrates ; and however advantageous the opera tion may have been to Mr. MORRIS BARNETT in the removal of so extraordinarily a severe sentence pro nounced on him, we think the circumstances arising out of such an administration of justice imperatively call on those in authority to prevent the possibility of a recurrence of such proceedings. On Thursday last also, the Middlesex Magistrates had a long discussion on the propriety of making bread for the prisoners in the prison, instead of purchasing it by contract. The question was loudly called for, and the divisions produced another scene. " It• was first put to a show of hands, when twelve were held up in favour of the motion, and fifteen against it. At the request of a magistrate,, the names of the magistrates pro and con were afterwards taken down seriatim by the clerk, who announced the result to be fourteen for the motion, and fifteen against it. Some surprise was expressed by several magistrates at this strange diffe rence in the result, and Mr. ALLEN, the Clerk of the Peace, was, after some opposition, allowed to read over the names he had taken down. One gentleman, whose name was down against the motion, declared he had not voted at all, and his name was erased. The num )ers being now equal, it remained with the Chairman o give the casting vote, which he did in favour of the surely merits, the unwearied energy—the wily tact, of the enemy opposed to them. That the Reformers will work in this spirit, we make not the slightest doubt. Their present., gives ample vouchers for their future, conduct. They know what they have suffered at the hands of the Tories ; and experience, which teaches even fools wisdom, will not be without its due effect on " Down with the Tories," should now be the rallying cry of all true Reformers. No quarter should be given them. They should be crushed without mercy, wherever found, and under whatever disguise. The war with them, should be one of extermination. It is all non sense, at a season like this, when Reform is beset with so many perils, endangered alike by false friends and open foes, to talk of gratitude or forbearance. The Tories never evinced a spark of either, when the destinies of the country were entrusted to their keeping. Their sole guide—their sole ruling prin ciple of action—was Self. Perish the interests of the country, so that they retained their places. As for the vast majority of the people, they were destined by Provi dence to be slaves—born ready saddled and bridled, so that Tories might ride, and whip and spur them, just as their caprice inclined. Such was the lan guage of the faction when the empire was at their feet, and such the despotic spirit in which they uniformly acted. Are these things then to be forgotten ? Never ! They should be constantly brought before the people's recollection, on whom also be impressed this wholesome admonition —to act towards their oppressors precisely as they have for generations acted towards them. As 'for adopting a InJre forbearing line of conduct, it is sheer cant and humbug. Besides, it would be attended with a world of dancer to Reform, for the Tories, de riving confidence from the imbecile simplicity of the people, would again rear their heads, and having every Court sycophant, whose name is Legion, to back them, would throw the country into the same state of confusion in which it was thrown in the autumn of last year. Surely the Tamworth Manifesto is enough to sicken the country of Conservative Governments. They can need no further stimulus to exertion than this notable sample of no-meaning. Be on the alert, then, countrymen, and look well to your muni cipal duties, ever bearing in mind that it is not on Ministers, but on yourselves, that the success of the great constitutional principle of Reform depends. They cannot work, unless you supply them with the tools, and these it is in your power to furnish them with in abundance. We look forward with confidence to the results of next Thursday's election. On that day the Aldermen for the different municipal towns will be'cho sen ; and on that day, judging from the hostile spirit the people have already shown towards it, Toryism will receive its death-blow. A word, before we conclude, to the Conservatives. What has become of the re-action they talked about last week ? What, of their report that Lord NIEL BOURNE, in despair of maintaining his post, had flown for assistance to the STANLEY party ? Who does not now see the origin of this report ? Who so dull - as not to perceive that it was one of those ingenious and seasonable calumnies, got up for the sole purpose of influencing the Municipal Elections ? cm. Sonic mischievous wag has been playing a very clever hoax on the old Times. On Thursday last there appeared in that paper a letter signed " A Curate," in which the writer, under pretence of de- fending the Bishop's late conduct towards Dr. CAR wITHEN, inflicts a severe but just castigation on the flight Rev. Prelate. In order the better to conceal his real purpose the author commences his letter (which is addressed to the Bishop) by exaggerating the 'publication of the correspondence between Dr. PHILPOTTS and Dr. CA RwITHEN into an offence of unpardonable magnitude; striking at the root of all ecclesiastical subordination, and likely to end in " the overthrow of Bishops, Archbishops, and all the orders of the Church." He then proceeds to urge the Bishop to make an example of the refractory Rector of Mana ton, by refusing- to induct him into his new Living ; " My Lord," says the Curate, " your Lordship has nothing to fear, in this instance, if, for the purpose of inculcating obedience in all the subordinate branches of the Church, and counteracting the fell influence of anarchy, you shall refuse to institute Dr. CARWITHEN to the Living given him by one of his Majesty's Ministers." The following sly appeal to the pugnacious Pre late's well-known pride and ostentation is truly ad- til i rabic : " My Lord, the well-regulated and orderly part of the community generally asks your Lordship, are you to be tutored, browbeaten, and intimidated by a subor dinate, for that which causes the face of your Father in heaven to smile upon you ? Are you in your vene rable habiliments to be dragged before the public, and made to answer to Dr. CARWITHEN and Dr. CAR WITHEN'S son, as though they were Bishops, and you not yet of proper age,' and incompetent to administer the sacrament, and unordained—in short, a novice, lifted up with pride, and fallen into the condemnation of the Devil?" This wicked imp of a Curate then goes on in a strain of the bitterest irony, pleading the cause of the lordly hierarch against his offending subordinate. " My Lord, had you even been in the wrong, Dr. CARWITHEN had no right to bring your holy name in question. Your age, your natural liability to err, and your sacred and high calling might have created in him some relenting ruth.' Were he, in short, a good man, he would rather have suffered a little incon venience in procuring a curate, and even have lost a few pounds, than have been guilty of such a merciless act, pregnant with such evil consequences." The idea of applying the words " holy name" to pamphleteering PH ILPOTTS is perhaps carrying the joke a little too far. We like a joke as well as anybody, but it should never border on profaneness. The " merciless act " of letting the world know the deeds of a Bishop is exquisite. But perhaps the quiet way in which the " Curate" insi nuates that the " Diocesan's" wrath has been kindled against Dr. CARWITHEN for his political conduct, is among the hardest hits in this excellent letter : " Again, he has made a handle of the present otea sion to show, that in being bold and bad enough to come out with staves and weapons' against his Bishop, he is that same Dr. CARWITHEN who was a stanch advocate of liberal opinions, who voted for Lord EBRINGTON in 1816,' and, he might have added, was now prepared to crucify' all the orders of the body ecclesiastic." The satirical rogue then professes to be afraid that Dr. PHILPOTTS' tender nature may relent towards his brother, and that he may carry the Gospel maxim of rendering " good for evil " to too great a length. Against this dangerous error he gravely cautions him : "My Lord, to render good for evil 'is a beautiful injunction, but to be received with caution, lest we pervert its meaning. If, in returning good for evil, we set a beggar on horseback,' &c., we err, and do not the truth. Promptitude and decision are Christian qualities, as well as kindness : and a morbid sensibility is anything but a part of the vigorous system of ' God manifest in the flesh.' The allusion to the adage, " if we set a beggar on horseback, he will ride to the Devil," is singularly happy, and we cannot help admiring the tact the " Curate " has displayed in substituting an " &c." for the latter half of the sentence : had he given the ip- motion." Comment would destroy the effect of this narrative. But those of our readers who, like ourselves, are ag grieved by excessive demands for county rates,- must recollect that it is by the body of Middlesex Magis trates that this heavy portion of our local burthens is made. It is true this body arc almost exclusively Tory, but we have here and ther*a Reformer among them. It is not a little curious, however, to Observe the vacillat ing conduct of some whom we could name ; we have been keeping a steady eye upon them, and we regret to • say we often find them opposing every improvement, and staunchly supporting all the errors of this great Metropolitan abuse—the Acting Magistracy of the County of Middlesex. The French Papers of Sunday have bccn received. Their contents are uninteresting. Yesterday the KING was to have opened the Chambers in person, and the probable topics discussed in his speech were the onlx, subjects dwelt upon in the Journals of the previous day. As we shall receive an authentic copy of the speech itself to-morrow, it is quite useless to waste a momentin conjectures about it. When we shall have read it will be the best time for giving an opinion upon it. _ _ . The opposition has been at work during the last week, in order to make head against the Ministerial party. It will hardly succeed. Its leaders are divided among themselves, and what is worse, have no confi. deuce in each other. Rumours are afloat respecting a partial change of Ministers. We look upon them as premature—rather as the expression of wishes than as announcements of facts : PARIS, DEC. 27.—We have no English Journals, so that we can say nothing of the news from the United States spread yesterday on 'Change. There has been no arrival from New York at Havre. The Moniteur du Commerce says, " Two agents, one French the other English, are said to be in Spain on a mis sion to join the Minister of War, Count d'Almodovar, in the camp of General Cordova, with a view of treating with Don Carlos to induce him to leave the Peninsula. These reports were credited on 'Change at London, and the Spanish funds rose considerably." These negotiations have been long talked of, but have been contradicted by the Journals of Madrid. A letter from St. Sebastian of the 20th says, " 170 men, and 29 artillery men, with two howitzers, have been sent to Guetaria, the garrison of which now consists of about 600 re gular troops and national guards. The Governor, who is wounded, and four soldiers, arrived here yesterday. Capt. Cotalora, commander of the Isabella 11., schooner, is gone to take the command of Guetaria till the .Governor has re covered from his wound."—lndicateur. A letter from Saragossa of the 12th says that General Palarea.completely defeated on the 15th at Rueda, the bands of Cabrera and Quilez, and killed above 400 of them. On the same occasion the Company of Sappers which had been surprised and taken prisoners by this band, rejoined the Queen's troops. The two Companies of the Foreign Legion which were at Saragossa, set out on the 16th for Sos.—lndicateur. • The Impartial gives the following news :—" It is af firmed that IVlarshal Clauzel is to be Minister of War ; that Marshal Maison will be Chancellor of the Legion of Honour, and that Count Mole will take the place of M. Persil. It is not said what will become of M. Persil. We find no trace of these reports in any other Journal."—Mes sager, Dec. 27. THE MARKETS-(THIS DAY.) HAY MARKETS.—(At per Load of 36 Trusses.) CUMBERLAN D . Coarse heavy Lowland Mead ow Ha y £2 15 to £3 5 New Meadow Hay ........................................................ 0 0 Useful Old Ditto . . 3 10 3 15 Fine Upland Meadow and Rye-grass Hay 4 4 4 8 Clover Hay .............. .............................. ... ............. Oat Straw £1 6to XI : 8 1 Wheat ....... 1 10 1 13 SMITHFIELD. Coarse heavy Lowland Meado w Ha y £2 15 to £3 New Meadow Hay ................................... .. 0 0 0 Useful Old Ditto . . ........' . 3 5 3 1 Fine Upland Meadow and RIO grass Hay Clover Hay (extra fine ......A 50 - Generally ........ 315 4 1 Oat Straw 4 1 st , xl 8 I Wheat Straw 1 8 1 1 HUN GERFORD. Coarse Meadow Hay ................................................. £2 10 to £2 15 New Meadow Hay 0 0 0 0 0 Useful Ohl Ditto ... . . ... —. .. . . ...................... ... • 3 0 3 5 Fine Upland Meadow and 11ye•grass Hay Clover Hay .......... -- ... . Oat Straw £l4 ... .i 1 6 1 Wheat Straw DINNER TO O ' C ONNELL.-Mr. O'Connel has accepted an invitation to a public dinner in Tralee which is to take place, by desire of Mr. O'Connell, durin g the first week in January.—Dublin Post. BRIGH NDAY. Their Majesties did not leave the Palace to-day. The Princess Augusta and the Landgravine took a car riage airing this morning. Prince George, accompanied by his Preceptor, the Rev. R. Wood, ,rode out this morning on horseback. Vice-Admiral Sir Charles Rowley was honoured with an audience of his Majesty. General Sir John Smith, Lieutenant-Colonel Chatter ton, Lieutenant-General Sir Thomas Widrington, Lieu tenant-Colonel Shaw, Colonel Walton, Colonel Gooch, the Honourable General Phipps, Colonel Adye, Colonel Grey, and Major-General Sir A. Clifton, were guests at the Royal dinner-table this day. CALLS—The Misses Wilbraham, Lady and Miss Whit shed, Mr. Clarence Pigru, the Rev. Dr. Foord Bowes, &c. Yesterday his Majesty and Prince Ernest took a carriage airing as far as the Norfolk Bridge, Shoreham ; and Prince George, accompanied by the Rev. R. Wood, walked out in the afternoon, after Divine Service. The calls at the Palace yesterday included Lady K., the Honourable E. and Miss Stewart, Captain Ridley, the Rev. Dr. Dibdin, Sir Ralph Rice, and Mr: Percy Rice. COURT CIRCULAR. Viscount Melbourne left Penshanger, Herts, the resi dence of Earl Cowper, yesterday, for Woburn Abbey, Bed fordshire, the residence of the Duke of Bedford. Viscount Palmerston is also expected at Woburn Abbey. The Governor of the Bank a England had an interview yesterday with the Chancellor of the Exchequer in Down ing-street. The Earl of Minto is staying on a visit with the Marquis of Lansdowne at Bowood Park, Wilts. Viscount Howick is staying on a visit with Viscount Bar rington at Becket House, Farringdon, Berks. Despatches from the Lord High Commissioner of the lonian Islands were received yesterday at the Colonial office. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS. Mr. and Mrs. Horace Hamond, at the Carlton Hotel, Re. gent-street, from Mickleham; Mr. and Mrs. Charles Martyn and Miss Elliot, at ditto, from Brighton ; Rev. Mr. Wil liams, at ditto, from Salt-hill ; Dr. Borritt, at ditto, from ditto; the Earl and Countess of Warwick and suite, Lady Caroline Neeld, "and Lord Brooke, at the Carlton Hotel, Re gent-street, from Salt-hill. DEPARTURES. Captain Rose, 15th Hussars, from the Carlton Hotel, Re gent-street, for Dublin ; Sir Henry Hunloke, Bart., for the Continent ; Major-General Sir Willoughby Cotton, from Fenton's Hotel, for Government House, Plymouth ; Lord Thomas Cecil, from ditto, for Burghley House ; Lord Dor chester, from the Burlington Hotel, on a tour; Hon. Henry, Fitzroy, from Chapel-street, Park-lane, for Lord Southamp ton's, Whittlebury, Northamptonshire; the Hon. William Duncombe, from Cavendish-square, for Duncombe Park ; Hon. James and Lady Arrabella Knox, for Dover; Sir John and Lady Burgoyne and family, for ditto ; H. _Aldridge and E. Bliss Esq., from Connaught-terrace, for Brandon Hall, Suffolk; Lady Monson, from the Carlton Hotel, for Warwick Castle, and Lord Monson, from ditto, for Gatton. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL' S. No change in the betting yesterday. CHESTER TRADE CUP, P.P. (COUNTRY PRICES.) 10 to 1 agst Sir G. Pigot's Altamont—taken 10 to 1 agst. Lord Westminster's Touchstone—taken 10 to I agst any other. DONCASTER RACES. The nominations for the St. Leger, the Champagne, the Two-Years-Old, and the other Stakes, will take place at York, London, and Newmarket, on Friday next. The number of horses at present at work at the various training establish ments is large ; and confident anticipations are entertained that the entries will be equal, if not superior, to any of former years. The•Newmitrket St. Leger, and several of the York Stakes, close at the same time. Mr. Robinson's Whaley arrived at Roger's stables, at New market, a few days ago. At the sale of the late Mr. Beardsworth's racing stud last week, Independence fetched 58 guineas, Longwaist filly 78 guineas, and a bay colt by Bustard 50 guineas. Brother to Derby was not sold. THE FUNDS-(THIS DAY). CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. Our arrivals this morning are the French and Lisbon mails; the latter by the Nautilus, sailed on the 20th December. We have likewise ship letters from Batavia, Lima, Santander, Oporto, Calcutta, and the Cape of Good Hope. The Ham burg Papers to the 23d instant, give the prices from Vienna— Metalliques, loll; Bank Shares, 1,380. The express from Paris brings accounts of the raising of the siege of St. Sebastian by the Carlists, and the advance of the British troops on Salvatierra—also, the defeat of 7,000 of the Carlists. _ _ The accounts from Madrid of the 20th instant, are of a fa vourable nature. Mendizabal was proceeding prosperously. Various reposts were in circulation of the death of Don Carlos, which, however, proved groundless. VIZ FUNDS. Consols, which left off yesterday at 91i -A- for the Account, opened at 911 ; at present 91 In a few days the dividends will be paid, which will bring into circulation about nine mil lioni of money. Ex.:thequer Bills, 14 16 • India Bonds, 24; Bank Stock, 2101 211 ; India Stock, 256 k.: The Foreign Market is inactive at present, and .most of the foreign securities are much the same as they left off yes terday. Spanish Active, 48i s ; Portuguese 82{ ; Three per Cents. 531 ; Colombian 321 ; Mexican 3Bi; Dutch Two and a Half per Cents. 55f ; Five per Cents. 1011 HALF--PAST ONE. Up to the present hour we do not hear that the President's Message has arrived. Consols remain as in the early part of the morning, at 911 for the Account, with scarce a bargain doing. Exchequer Bills, 14 16 ; India Bonds, 24; Bank Stock, 2111 212. In the Foreign Market, since the early part of the morning, when Spanish and Portuguese Stocks were heavy, an improve ment has taken place, and Active Bonds have been done at 491—previovsly 48e ; Portuguese 821- 83; Three per Cents. 543- ; Colombian 321 ; Mexican . 381 ; Dutch Two and-a-Half per Cents. 551 ; Five per Cents. 1011 The private accounts from Lisbon are not of a favourable nature : in general, the people are dissatisfied with the Mi nistry. There is a report at the Stock Exchange that the French Government are going to advance money to the Spanish Go vernment, on the security of the Island of Cuba. This has caused the Spanish Active to improve in the Market. THREE O' CL 0 CK. Consols for the Account, 91: THE FUNDS.—C. BRITISH Bank Stock 211!4 3 per Cent. Red llO 3B 3 per Cent Cons 'l4, per Cent. - - q OM 3V, per Cent. Red 99 New ;1 per Cei per Cent. Assented Dissented Long Annuities to expire Jas. 1660 l6l Oct 1810 Jan. 1860 LOSING PRICES. I FUNDS. Omniam 3 71 pm India Stock Ditto I3onds ........ . ..... pm. South Sea Stock ... Ditto Old Annuities Ditto New Annuities !._x. Bills, 1 a lir l6 pm. t)itto WO/ l6 pi. Ditto 50'! l6 pm. Bank Stock for Opg. India Stock for Act. Consols for Act. FUNDS. Austrian, 5 per cent — ! Portuguese Bonds, 5 per cent. Belgian, 5 per cent — I Ditto, Now Ditto 82% Brizilian Bonds Buenos Ayres, 6 per cent — - iZtissian Bonds, 5 per cent. ... Milan, 6 per cent 34t. Ditto, Metallic Colombian, 6 per cent. Ditto, 1834 3 .)% Ditto, 163 t 4B Danish Bonds. — F.'ench, 5 per cent ...... ... —f. —c. Greet Bonds, 1825,5 per cent. Exchanv —f, —e. Mexican, 5 per cent. 27% French, 3 per cent —t. —c. Ditto, 6 per cent., 18.25 ....... , botch, 2 , , percent. 553 Peruvian, 1525, 6 per cent ... i Ditto, 5 per cent. FOREIG IMPORTANT IMPROVEMENT IN, THE ROYAL MAIL COACHES.—On Thursday next there will be a grand display of the new royal mails, agreeably to a con tract entered into by Messrs. Wright and Co. with the General Post-Office. They will start from the contrac tor's manufactory, in Gray's Inn-road, at about twelve o'clock (consisting of forty-three coaches), and will pro ceed into Holborn, and from thence take a circuitous rodte to the Earl of - Lichfield's (the Postmaster-General's), in St. James's-square, and on returning back, will proceed to the respective inns from whence they usually depart on going to the Post-Office at night. These coaches are con structed on a principle of lightness and elegance, at the same time with due regard to strength, as well as conve nience and comfort to travellers. The mails at present in use weigh about twenty-two hundred weight. The new mails will not exceed more than eighteen hundred and a half upon an average, and it is presumed will travel at an accelerated pace. Mr. Vidler's contract ceases on the 4th of January. The new contract effects a saving of fifty thousand a year to the public. Mr. C rowle, of Edinburgh, has taken the contract for Scotland on the same terms. Mr. Richard O'Brien, attorney, parish of Nicker, Coonagh, has been served with a Rock notice to quit Gar ravin, or his life will be the forfeit, at the next visit of John Rock and his family.—Limerick Chronicle. Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Kent and Princess Victoria continue -to sojourn with us at Rams gate, and will do so for another month to come ; they take their daily rides and walks about the environs of the town, and express themselves delighted with the beautiful scenery which this fashionable watering-place presents. The Prin cess has never enjoyed better health than at this moment. They have given very general satisfaction to the inhabitants in bestowing upon every tradesman a share of their favours, and if the visitors generally were to adopt the same plan, the disgraceful system of " touting" which is so much prac tised by the would-be respectable tradesmen, would entirely fall into disuse.—Kent Herald. MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS. WINCHESTER. The ancient metropolis of England, the City which bad its guild of merchants nearly a thousand years ago, and was the .first city in England whose Chief-magistrate bore thee title of Mayor, has done its duty ; for, in spite of all the in— timidations practised by the Church and College, it has re turned thirteen Reformers out of the eighteen members who are to form the Town Council. In the ward of St. John, containing the Church and College, and the parishes of St. Michael and St. Lawrence, inhabited principally by tradesmen and others dependent on our two clerical Cor porations, the Tories have returned two, and the Reformers four. In the ward of St. Maurice the last Reformer had: double the number of votes than the first Tory. In the ward of St. Thomas three of each party were returned. No city or town in the kingdom has bad more reason to complain of its present Corporation than Winchester, and none has more confidence in its body elect than our an cient City. DOVER-MONDAY. The Election for the Town Council was duly declared by the Mayor at 2 o'clock this afternoon, and the following gentlemen are elected : CASTLE WARD. Michael Elwin George Harrisson John Goldsmith 1371A. It Gale 123 TOWN WARD. W. Prescott Charles Lamb John Marsh PIER WARD. Thomas Rutley Edward Poole William Elgar The return being 12 of the Conservative, and 6.0 f the Liberal party. The whole affair went off in the most correct and orderly manner, and a vote of thanks was passed to the Mayor, John Shipdem, Esq., for the impartial manner in which he had decided on the disputed votes, and had conducted the Election. Nothing as yet is known as to the persons who will be named for Mayor and Aldermen, but it is reported and believed that some of the senior magistrates under the ancien regime have expressed a wish to retire from public duty. NOTTINGHAM TOWN COUNCIL. SEVEN WARDS—EACH RETURN SIX. Liberals. Tories. 6 6 Byron Ward St. Mary's Park Castle St. Ann's 2 Sherwood 2 Exchange 2. 27 15 Sherwood and Exchange were both lost through more than six Liberals going to the poll. BOSTON-MONDAY. SIA M -I beg to hand you the result of Boston. I have just had a letter from Lincoln : all the old corporators have gone out but one—be is a Reformer. Hull has sent all the old Corporation out. York has got 20 Reformers out of 36. BOSTON WEST WARD. Reformers. Tories. James Reynolds 246 Thomas Gee 94 Thomas Collis John Caister Charles Wright 234 H. W. Alington ...... .. 80 Thomas Smith H. W. Hartley R. W. Stainbank Samuel Massam 203 Daniel Jackson .... . 65 Timothy Anderson Mr. Farndon Groom, 20. Total Number of Burgesses polled, 301. BAAGATE WARD. Rrforniers. Tories. Thomas Broughton J. R. Rogers H. W. Alington J. S. Baily Joshua Beverley Robert Harwood J. B. Millington 'John Sturdy James Artindale irgesses polled, 326. John Rawson John Oldrid ~.. 252 ~.. 241 John Pass , 231 Joseph Smith 219 Robert Hubbert 217 John Sharp John Noble John Nunneley W. W. Tuxford Total Number of 13u CANTERBURY-MONDAY. Sir,—l thought you would like to know from an authentic source the result of our Municipal elections. Six teen out of 18 elected are Liberals—two only are Tories. The names and numbers are as follows : Those with a * are elected. NORTHGATE WARD. LIBERALS. TORIES. *Burr *Cooper *Weeks *Plummer *Philpott Miette 114 Patridge Bennett.. B5 Halford B3 Curteis 79 Wootten Sarthey 7O WESTGATE WARD. *Redout.. *Goulden 165 1 *Goulden ... ' , Masters *Plummer 1 IG3 *Bowman Sreulter Callaway Christian 92 White Brown B3 Herriesham lOl LEASE JOAN WARD. *Cooper *Neare *Flint 167 Carter 125 *Wilkinson Ruglys Reader ... 105,Smithson,En.ofTory Paper 75 NORTHAMPTON-MONDAY. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) The election for this Borough took place on Saturdays and the state of the poll was announced to-day at two o'clock. The Liberals have returned nine Councillors ou t of eighteen, which is the total number ; and but for the ' extraordinary exertions of the Tories, we should have had ten or eleven. The Conservatives, as usual, spared no expense in bringing up their voters. They actually sent a post-chaise all the way to Daventry for one poor fellow, who, having held office under the old Corporation, did not wish to vote against them ; bind they also sent a greater dis tance for two other voters, all of whom claimed for property in the East Ward. These three voters saved the election, or we should have had two in for that Ward, as one of o ur candidates was only beaten by a majority of one or two. I send you the names of the elected, with the numbers polled by each candidate, and the number of burgesses in each ward. The names of the Liberals appear with a*. EAST WARD-273 BURGESSES. • S. Percival, Esq 147 * Mr. Parker Dr. Kerr, M. D 142 Mr. Terry Dr. Robertson, M. D... 141 Mr. Markham SOUTH WARD-312 BURGESSES. Mr. R. Phipps Mr. Brettell 164 * G. Peach, Esq ...... 155 Mr. Higgins WEST WARD-260 BURGESSES. * Mr. T. Sharp * Mr. Dennis .... .... 146,* Mr. Stanton ... * Mr. Turner So that in the West Ward there is not a single Tory, and in the South Ward it remains a matter for future conside ration whether Mr. Higgins can serve, as he holds the office of Chamberlain under the old Corporation. Upon the choice of Aldermen and Mayor, then, it will be decided which party will have the majority. The Liberals are firm and determined, and there can be little doubt of their ulti mate success. DURHAM. A Correspondent at Durham writes to us as follows " The Municipal elections for this city have terminated most favourably to the Liberal cause. The Tories bad , for some weeks, been busily employed in getting up and canvassing for lists, comprising entirely some of the most bigoted spirits of their clique. With their usual tact, they had determined to be united in their efforts, and to vote for the same set of men in each ward, and they acted accord ingly. The Reformers, on the other hand, were split into parties ; but notwithstanding the union on one side, and the want of organization on the other, the Liberals sue' ceeded in returning fourteen out of the eighteen council lors allotted to the borough. " In each ward, the Liberals were far at the head of the poll, and there can be no doubt that had they imitated the conduct of their opponents, not one Tory would have been elected. " The result of this election explains very clearly the object of the Tories in retaining the freemen. In our Par" liamentary elections, through the agency of that patriotic body here, the Tories have generally contrived to return one member ; and at the next election, they boast of, their power to return two. If those elections depended u pon the inhabitant rate-payers, it is clear, from the result of the struggle which has just concluded, that no Tory candidate would ever again have a chance. It is much to be de' sired that any subsequent measure for correcting the go' nicipal Reform Bill, may include a provision for the earlP if not the immediate disfranchisement of that corrupt rae• upon whom the Tories place their chief reliance." appli they the c hare T 1 visim of th influc while great Char owini defer conA ml Isl Liam with May typo Its we J. D S. l Jam( Thoi Fred Chaff R. I M. 1 John T. I Rich Chri Hen. Geo] Geo] :Tam ;Sam John :Neh *Tho -Will 'Thos "Will .Edvi chit ber man of st corn re IVO faller the Sam L. \I T. I G. John J. A John G. you Jorit lows Tug Savi Bail Nor Stat Fall Har Eng Han Got Ha) Sta Smi Ski Bra C